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HUMOUR: ANCIENT AND MODERN.

I do not know, I do not care.

How far it is to anywhere;

I only know that where I'm not

Is always an alluring spot.

What nice little boys you are. And how old are you?

Twelve years old."

But you can't be that old" Yes'm, Six years apince."

Esther: "One of my girl friends is here at the beach looking for her husband."

Richard: "What's his name?" Esther: "Oh, she doesn't know

·yet."

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1929.

THE WORLD AT ITS WORST “

I say, Rafe, do you know where Dink Judson is?"

Yassuh. He's asleep down he yond the barn, looking for work."

"Dad, is. Es much money?”

"That depends, my son; when I earn it, it is a lot of money, but when your mother goes shopping with it, it is nothing."

Criss-cross: "Aren't crossword puzzles wonderfully beneficial to one's vocabulary."

Up-and-down: "Yes, indeed. I've 300 elolete and' added about archaic words to mine.

My unele gave me Einstein's 'Relativity for a birthday prerafters Sent,"

Have you read it yet

"No, I am waiting for the film! to be released."

Colonel (as examinations, begiu) "Well, young man, the next time I see you, I hope you'll be a lien- tegat.

Candidate: Thank you sir. The same to you, sir."

Sammy (aged seyen): "Mamma, can I have some more puddin' 1"

Mother: No, Sammy, you've bad enough."

Sammy: "But, Mother, I don't waat enough. I want too much."

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Country Postman: "An' believe me mum, I've got t' walk over three miles to the farm to deliver this."

Lady: It annoying. It would almost be better to sead-it by post,"

"Do you keep powder here?" ask- ed the eity young lady at the vil Inge stores.

Yes, madam," said the shop- keeper. "Washing, baking, cus tard, plate, face, tooth, insect, and

gun!

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Little John was interested in the the sleeping porch. What are those round things, Daddy he asked.

They are kno1 holes, Son." Well, if they are not holes, what are they, Daddy 1"

Dame Malaprop: "I think Napo. leon was

ranch greater. soldier than Bonaparte."

Friend: But they were identic. at 1"

Dame Malaprop, "That may be,. but I always said that Napoleon was much the more identical of the two."

There was a little baby in the train, and an elderly gentleman opposite said: "A fide child, ma dan. I trust he will grow into an

right and honourable man." "Yes," smiled the mother."but it will be rather, difficult."

"As the twig is bent. so the tree's inclined, murmured the gentleman pompously.

By GLUYAS WILLIAMS

WITH GUESTS EXPECTED ANY MINUTE. AND DINNER BEHIND HAND YOU ASK YOUR HUSBAND

"TO STRAIGHTEN UP THE LIVING-ROOM, AND FIVE MINUTES LATER FIND HIM WANDERING AMLESSLY ABOUT, WONDERING WHAT HE'D BETTER DO WITH JUNIOR'S CAP 4-5 (Copyright, 1929, by The Belt Syndicate, Inc.)

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But the trouble is," and the RUMOURS FROM MONGOLIA.! ANCIENT CEREMONIES TO mother," the twig is bent on being a girl."

Mrs. Dash wished to show kind ness to Captain Blank, so sent him this invitation:

Mrs. Dal requests the plen- sure of Captain. Blank's company at a reception, on Friday evening. John, Joke Writer's Wife:

A prompt reply came: deur, will you suggest some comedy situations for our annual club play

jokes to think

Joke Writer: "Don't bother me. I'm too busy up anything

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RUSSIA'S INFLUENCE

EXAGGERATED.

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Peping.-Traders with Outer With the exception of three mer, who, unfortunately, are in the Mongolia, who have recently return guard house, Captain Biank's comed from that isolated region, regard pany nerepts your kind invitation, with amusement the report from and will come with pleasure to your Chinese sources in Manchuria that reception on Friday evening.'

the Soviet Government of Outer Mongolia has mobilized ali males between 20 and 40 years of age, and has ordered two cavalry divisions commanded by Sovint officers to move toward the frontier."

CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

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1-Abetted.

6.To Annoy.

11. Not so wealthy,

13. Malarial poison.

14.-Italian river.

15.-Finshier.

37.-Exists.

18-Type units.

20.--Outbreaks.

21-Metalliferous rock.

22.-Soaks..

24.-Born.

28.-Pouches.

26.--Plunges.

28.-The two. 20.-Tu praise. 30.-Sentence. 31.-Affection. 32-Prepared. 34.--Solitary, 38. To achieve.. 36-To travel by ship. 38.-Possessive pronoun. 39.-Hair of forehead. 41.-A constellation. 42.-Musical note.

43.-Red gems.

43. Toward.

48-European country. 48.-Fish nets, 50.-Crisp cookies.

51,-Arrogance.

1.-Higher.

Vertical.

2.-Lodged. 3.-Boxing match.

4.-Unit of energy. 5.-Beloved.

6.-Units.

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8. To defame. 10-Relieves. 12-Wrecked.

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25.--Kinds.

27. To petition. 29.-Wager. 30-Calours slightly. 31-Healing medicine. 32-North European. 33.-Ata by rule,

34.-Walks haltingly.

35.-One under guardianship. 57.-Untied.

39.-Interdictions.

40.-Stride.

43.-Opening.

44.-Address of respect. 47.--Musician note. 48.-Symbol for nickle.

This puzzle took 24 minutes to solve. See how long it will take

you to solve it,

YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION.

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These traders, among the few. foreigners familiar with conditions in Outer Mongolia, declare that there is no "Soviet Government of Outer Mongolia," that there is no government capable of issuing an order for a general mobilization,

that no such thing a

exista in Outer envaliy division Mongolia.

and

No Organisation.

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They add that there is no or- ganised army of any sort in Outer Mongolia,"nor any organised govern- ment. The territory is controlled by lamas, each who in turn control the chieftain's, of whom has his own clan and his own district, his flocks and berda.

Soviet influence in this region, according to the traders, has been much exaggerated. It is admitted

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THE WAILING WALL.

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The Moslem Argument.

So far, however, the Moslems have very rarely (except under

TO-DAY'S NATIONAL HOLIDAY, stress of Christian conquest, when

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SHOOTING INCIDENT AT BARRACKS.

REMARKABLE STORY OF YOUNG PRIVTE.

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FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

The shooting incident at Nor- thampton Barracks again occupied the attention of the magistrates

Ernest Johnson, of the same regi-

ment, with intent to murder.

the Dome of the Rock became the Temple Church and the Aqsa Mos. que WAS turned into A Royal Palace) parted with any of their Tokyo. Ancient ceremonies, dat-shrines, and in the present instance when William Mark Lines, aged ing back to the misty days of pre- maintain that, while they have historic Japan, will be observed to- permitted the Jews to use the coifrt-

18, a private in the Northampton- day when the sacred relics of the yard in front of the Wailing Wallshire Regiment, was charged with inperors of Nippon are removed for private devotions, the Jews shooting at Lance Corporal John to their new shrines at Is.

have no right to use, the courtyard Shinto ritualists of the Imperial for congregational worship, with Household now are preparing for the usual accompaniment of mats, the removal which takes place every chairs, tables, tights, and the cere 20 years.

According to Imperialmonial screen or partition which regulations the shrines must be re-usage prescribes between the men newed every fifth of a century. The end the women. new grand shrines at Ise aro esti- The Moslems insist that the in mated to have cost nearly five mil- troduction of these objects and the lion gold dollars, of Yen 6,500,000.practice of congregational praying They have just been completed after is an infringement of the status nine years of labor.

gre, and point to a variety of offi; cial rulings, both Turkish and British, in support of their conten- tion; and although the mats and other things to the introduction of which objection is made may seem insignficant, Christians are in no position to blame the Moselms for

male making a mountain out of

Today is a national holiday and business largely will be suspended throughout the Empire. Jubilees will be held in leading cities while the government will commemorate the event by issuance of a memori al postage stamp.

The removal will be featured be

Lines was committed for trial. Mr. H. J. Parham, prosecuting. said that Johnson was a laner-cor. poral in the room where Lines was quartered. Lines was heard to say something to, the effect, "I will have him," and when Johnson en- tared two shots were fired in his direction. The aims were not good," but the shots went near Johnson. After firing Lines seemed to fall in a faint. There seemed to be, sche

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"After Somebody."

a Divine Procession participated in hill. They have to remember with trouble between the two about clean- by 320 representative high official shame that rival Christian Churing the barrack-room. of the Court and the government ches have shed blood about the More than 5,000 invited guests-in-position. not of a whole mat or cluding a few selected foreign carpet, but of one small corner of newspaper-correspondents will be a carpet in the Church of the allowed to view the ceremonials Nativity at Bethleem. from points of vantage while about 9,000 ordinary subjects will be given positions along the route.

1,000 Year Old Custom. The ceremonies will be the 58th

Private Robert Duffield "said he saw Lines go towards Johnson's bed look at a rifle, and put it down. The Christians are accustomed by When naked what he was looking. now to the existence of Holy Places for, he replied, "I am after sotne- heck by jowl with those belonging body to-night." He then walked to rival Churches (in Jerusalem, across to the other.side of the room, unfortunately, "rival" is in most took a rifle from the rack, walked cases the word to be applied to to his own bed and loaded it with that a few of the lamas have made since the first removal was made Churches which elsewhere would be three rounds he took from his! agreements with the Soviets for Dre than a thousand years ago quite content to be "sister"), but and probably will the most the Moslems have more spacious purposes of their own, and that if the Soviets were willing to lay out elaborate in history, ranking al-ideas. substantial sums they might buy the fighting-power of some of the Mon- golian clans.

But very large sums would be required to buy over all the lamas, it is pointed out, and the Soviet Fnion probably could use its money to greater advantage in bolstering up its own Red army. The lama, of priests, control the country be enuse chieftains of various tribes will do nothing without their con sent, and the lamas are jealous of any outsides influence...

Fearless Fighters.

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most with the grand ceremonials The Rock of Sacrifice of the Jews, in Kyoto at the Imperial Enthrone on which Abraham made ready to ment last November.

offer up Isaac, which afterwards Plans to broadcast a description served in turn as the foundation of the ceremonies, worked out by for the great Altar of Sacrifics in the Japaa Radio Broadcasting Cor- front of the Temples of King poration, have been turned down Solomon, Zerubbabel and King by the Imperial Household Depart Herod, and of the High Altar of is understood, on the the Crusaders' Temple Church, was grounds no description could be the spot from which the Prophet given which properly would express Mohamed started on his journey to the solemnity of occasion.

mert, it

Henver, while still in this life. The shrines are in Miye Prefec-

Its sanctity in Moslem eyes there- ture, about half an hour by motor fore is such that it affects its sur- from the Yamada-Railway Station roundings far and near, and, for and about 18 hours by rail from this reason, the Moslems refused to It is considered possible, how- Tokyo. They are located in a grove sell the courtyard under the Wail- ever, that some of the Mongel of giant cryptomeria trees in a re-ing Wall, although it is nearly 200 tribes may take advantage of the gion of rolling hills. The region yards away from the Rock, when is one of the most beautiful in the Jews, in 1918, made an offer to Sino-Russian crisis to make forays Japan and the season the finest buy the place at any price in into Manchuria. They are fearless of the year when leaves of the ma reason which the Moslems might fighters, and delight in opportu-ples are turning a vivid scarlet. Ax nities to raid and foot," Scarcely a

The shrines house the sacred rega- winter has passed in recent years lia of the Imperial Household-- when Mongol tribes have failed to without which no Emperior legal the Shinto wood men's hymn.

was sccompanied by chanting of cross the Manchurian borders and ly can rule Japan are descended loot towns and farms.

according to the imperial legend.

The largest of these raids in re- cent years occurred last winter, when a group known as the Young Mongols cut the Chinese Eastern Railway not far from Hailar, and stopped through traffic for a few days. At the same time they raided nearby towns.

This raid was described in the Chinese press as inspired by the Soviets, but later impartial reports indicated that the raid was largely inspired by a desire for loot, plus indignation against Chinese mili- itary leaders who were seeking to tax the Mongols beyond what they considered just, and against Chi nese traders who were gradually absorbing their grazing lands.

That further Mongol raids will oecir in Manchuria this winter ap- nears probable, whateve: the out- come of the Bino-Russian contro- Such raids would simply repeat those of previous winters.

versy,

Bégan Construction in 1924, There really are two sets of Construction of the shrines be- shrines, the inner and outer, known gan with the levelling of the as the Kodaijingu and the Toyou-ground in May 1921 and has just kendaijingu. Lumber for construc-completed. Ceremonies in accord tion of the new temples was cut with the Shinto faith-the state from the Kiso Forcat-made an Im religion of Japan-marked every perial state in 3020-with elaborate phase of the work. Shinto ceremonies. It was trans- A member of the Imperial Fami- parted to Nagora where it was ly will preside at the forthcoming huished and seasoned in the Im-eremonics, assisted by the Chief perial stores yard.

of the Bureau of Shrines of the Imperial Household Department, Premier Humaguchi, Home Minis- ter Adatchi and other members of the Cabinet will participate in the ceremonies in ancient custumes, not dissimilar from those worn at the Enthronement.

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Every phase of the preparation of the lumber from cutting of the trees to final joining of the beams was blessed by Bhinto priests and conducted according to the un- broken ritual of the Imperial Household. More than 1300 buge trees were cut to construct the

buildings, the work lasting from 1017 to 1922,

The ceremonies proper started yesterday: Imperial messengers notified the spirits of the Imperial Smaller trees cut numbered 10,178 Ancestors of the impending remov. and were transported down iso al. The Sacred Procession, consist river in rafts. Bawing of the wooding of the treasures and the other

(Continued on next Column). relics, will take place to-day.

pocket.

He (Duffield) went to warn John- son, who came back as far as the door, took off his belt, and with a corporal walked away. Lines went to the door, raised the rifle, and fired. Witness heard one shot and went to warn the men in the guard.

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Lance-Corp. Johnson said that afternoon he had placed Lines un- der open arrest for failing to obey an order to scrub the room,

At the inquiry Lines made a statement in which he said John- sun spoke about cleaning out the barrack-room, and threw £ dry Bcrubber at hitt.

"I thought to myself," the state- ment continued, "that Lance-Cor- poral Johnson was trying to be funny with me, and I thought I would be funny with him. So I remembered the rounds of ammuni tion he had shown me, and went to his quarters and came across them in his overcoat pocket.

"I waited for Lance-Corporal Johnson to come in. I heard some- one say that he was creeping along the wall of the barrack-room out- ride. So I went out with the rifte in my hand and saw him at the corner of the barrack room block, took aim; and fired.

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"I knew I had missed him with that shot, so I went down the steps to about ten yards on the square. I saw Lance-Corporal Johnson run. ning around the corner, so I aimed and fired another round at him, After that I heard people shouting

THREE MONTHS at me to put the rifle down and everything seemed to go black, and HX MONTHS I don't remember any more until I woke up in hospital.”

TWELVE MONTHS Detective Inspector Blake said, when charged, Lines said, "Not with intent to murder.”

Lincs told the Bench that he was very sorry it had happened, and he was not in his right health.

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