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Wife "Isn't that splendid! What can we buy with it this time?"

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"The theatre was in an uproar.

"They're calling for the author," 'said the manager.

"But I can't make a speech!" replied the man responsible for the play.

The manager grabbed the play- wright and impelled him, along the passage. As he showed him to- ward the curtain he said curtly: "Well, just. go in front and tell them you're sorry."

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The reporter was sent to write up a charity ball. Next day, the editor called him to his desk.

"Look here, what do you mean By this? Among the most beautiful girls was Horatio Lucian Dingley Why, you crazy idiot! Old Dingley isn't a girt and besides he's one of our principal stockholders.”

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CHINESE ART EXHIBITION

Closing Scenes In London

London, Mar.

So great. was the last moment rush to view the Chinese exhibition that the doors were not closed be- fore 10 p.m. Not a single art treasure was broken, disfigured or stolen.

As soon as the last visitor left the dispersion preparations began. Steel scaffolding was erected for dismantling the giant twenty-ton Buddha which so impressed. the visitors on passing the turnstiles. The dismantling will take several days.

All repacking preliminaries are in the hands of experts, Niu Na Nearly seventy and Fu Sung British art packers and others will Join the experta on March 9 and will work day night.

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Bidding farewell to the Chinese A doctor told a man that he

Art Exhibition the "News would have to give up coffee. Noting the man's regret, he said Chronicle" in a leading article describes the greatest spiritual ex- that he would give him a sub-perience our time." It adds:

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"Well" said the doctor, "how do you feel since you gave up coffee and started drinking the sub-

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DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS

MONDAY, MARCH 9. Anniversaries and Holidays

St. Frances of Rome, W.

Auctions-Household Furniture, at 18 Hillwood Road, Kowloon, 10.30 a.m

Cinemas.

King's "The Man Who Broke

The Bank At Monie Caflo. Queen's: Alibi Ike,” Central: "Never Too Late." Oriental:-"Broadway Melody Of

1936."

World: Chinese Picture Albamora"The Man Who Broke

The Bank At Monte Carlo " Majestic:-"Hooray For Love!” Star.-The Last Outpecst."

Dances. Cheero 8,30 p.m.

Club Dance,

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Entertainments-Grand Concert

·infald of HKS.P.C., at Peninsula Hotel, 9 p.m.

Meetings. Half Monthly, of Hong Kong Referees Association, at Sports Club; 8 pm.

Social-M.CL (K'loon Branch) Whist and Mah Jong Bridge, Drive. at European YMCA, 3 at p.m.; Services Whist Drive Y.M.C.A.. 9 p.m.

Sports. Billiards. Senior Championship Semi-final, W. Hong Sling v. Lam

A short time later the man call-The very ties of the pictures Cho-Cha (Club Lusitano), 9 m.; have been an. Inspiration, entibling.] Junior. Championship Semi-final, US, in a world full of violence, L. T. Yung v. Tam Kun-bua (Club cruelty and insane ambition, to Lusitanc), 5.30 pm, view the essential beauty and won- der of life with the cool wisdom of the artist who generations ago sat in contemplation by a stream

stitute?"

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The Morning Post" says that these treasures of Cathay were in the nature of an aesthetic revela- tion. "China reveals itself as an A tourist in Lancashire was in-influence comparable with that of tea at the home of an Greece and Italy, not only in what vited to acquaintance, and was asked where patronisingly called the applied ther he would care to drink the arts but in the fine arts as well.”— tea from a "pihnt coop."

He looked puzzled. "In a what?” he asked,

"A plant coop." and they pro- duced one for his inspection. ...

His face cleared.

"Oh, yes, I see," he said. "but I should have called that a "mug." you know."

"A moog, eh? Ah, we calls them!

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struction of the Singapore Naval Base has been completed by 8 Jackson, & Co., Ltd, who have re ceived payment of £4,000,000. The Admiralty. engineers have taken over the base for the completion of the subsidiary works.

The base is authoritatively re- garded as an effective unit in the Imperial defence system for the Pacific, whereby the British fleet is now able to operate east of Suez, whereas previously the nearest base was Malta

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