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GENERAL NEWS.

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WHAT IS A, BILLIARD AMATEUR.

The Billiard Control Club's

Dafinition.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1913,

A FINE HOTEL

The Grand Hotel de l'Europe, of Singapore, has forg since ob taiard for itself a reputation which has established it as one of finest and most up to date hotele in the whole Ear East. The

The Bun report of the British Prisons Department show- a largo decrease in oriminale con- The now regulations issued by vioted during the year, as "com- the Billiards Control Club for the pared with the previous twelve government of their amateur modern palatial building is n months. The number of prisoners championship have created a mildt miliar sight to visitors to sentenced was 10,000 less, and sensation among billiard players. Singapore, but, fine as it is, we thehamber tried 100,000 las Originally orly momiere of the understand that further improve than in last year. One of the club were allowed to comgate, ments are about to be initiated, chief caures of this decrease in Last year the championship was A new grill room, after the style the general trade prosperity.

thrown open to members of any that in the Hugkong Hotel, is ecogrieedamates, club, members to be installed; while arrange Ex-Premier's. Residence Sold,»

of the Eervices, and of the Univer- ments have also been made where Belmont Castle, the residonor of the late Sir Henry Campbell sities. This year it was consider. by hot and cold running water is ed by the Control Club that these gut inable on every floor, this Bannerman, has been purchased by Sir James K. Oaird for conditions did not make the being a feature not possessed by championship a purely amateur any other hotel in the Straits regulations were pad.

ffair, and accordingly the new Scilements."

$55,000. The estate, wh'ob is

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MEIRION, Nos. 9 & 10, Peak, Cheap Rental, from 1st December newly painted and colourwashed. RGATE, Austin Road, Kow- loon; unfurnished.

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(From 1st November, 1913.)TM Bungalow containing drawing. No.1 Gough Hill, No. 103 Peak, dining and smoking rooms and five bedrooms. With ground for

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HARTING and ROGATE, on strike part of Kowloon Inland Lot 1154.

situated in Meigle: Peribabire,

Much of the success of the " extends to about 1,000 aores," The cartle was the scene of many int ible tuk, raid the rotary of tribute to its enterprising mana- "It really is an almost impos-Hotel de l'Europe must be at portat political conferences, in the slab to a representative of the ger, Mr F. P. Baur, from The the lifetime of Sir Ilenry, and it Pall Mall Gazette, to arrive at Savoy, Londoa la theearly days of was in his private suty there really good and sound defizition, his association with the Flotel, that the Liberal Cabinet of 1000 of an amateur. It tms to me Mr. Baur had to fight the old Tennis-Court was formed.

The Catle wa that the only sound method i-systein of Chinese compradoring, rebuilt by Sir Henry in 1885.

to debar altogether any person which could not be rooted out. Monk Heroes of the Alps. -

who makes a living, or part of until he had been given full That the monks of S Broad living, out of the game. Naturally, powers to take the matter into have a high death-rato was dehen, debar a professional player his own hands. He first of all clared by Dr. Atkin Swan in the and a professional marker. discharged the compradore, and course of a lecture at the London

A Small Change,

this rosulted in Salon of Photography, in Pall With the third regulation a of all the Bervante just mall Erst. Their lives are great'y certain amount of fault has found. before dinner was due to be seLY-| shortened owing to the stress of and a small change will be made. ed: It was thought by many that the climate. On his recent visit I s'ates that all people connected Mr. Baur would have to give in, to the hospice, Dr. Swan was in-in any working capacity, with a but these reckoned without a troduced to the oldest monk, wun anufac urer or supplier shall knowledge of the man. Mr Bur was eged 37, which was consider not lo considered amateurs for informed his guests of his ed to be a record age among them this championship. In the case of predicament, and in true sport- The famous deg numbered 30 large stores, this refers to those ing spirit they all went to Each has a stone cell of its own. people connected with the billiard the kitchens and and is named after a saint. department only, and the word their own meals; they kept it up, of his recollections was of Stunly" will be added to the too.

Joseph and St Christopher quar

relling over a bone, for even the saintly dogs quarrel. Before any thing is done for a traveller whom they may rescue, the doge äre rewarded with sugar.

To America by Air Vía Iceland,

Garros, the hero of the Medi- terranean hon-stopa, fight, was heartily welcomed back to Paris,

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fetched O LET Furnished for seven months from the Bret week The result was that thin March 1914; No. 64, The Peak. clause as at present worded. Of servants, socing that they were-Apply to G. M. HARSTON course, I know that the great beaten, petitioned to come back, Hongkor, 31st Oct., 1913. [997 Hongkong, 17th Oct., 1913. [966 majority of such people are but the manager resolutely de amateurs in the playing sense, clined to meet them. He then

making money out of this game, and that is a thing no true amateur ought to do. I am sorry to have to strik- out the whole of the licensed victuallere, but if part of a class is to go it must all go.

VIVISECTION.

More Stations But Fewer Experiments on Living Animals,

Notices

GOOD GLASSES PROPERLY FITTED

There is no economy in going to an optician of doubtful ability to purchase glasses upon which your eye-sight depends.

Personal Attention is given to |the examination and the fitting of lenses, that will relleve all trouble. The only charge is for the glasses.

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Ophthalmic Optician. 14, D'Aguiler Street.

but every one knows that if they engaged a new staff of boys, and In five osses irregularities were won, the amateur championship decided to employ French rooks discovered, experiments being they would be worth a great deal only; and the wisdom of his performed by licensees not cover to their firm, and could probably actions has since been abundanted by their certificates. In none command's higher wage. Thasly shown.

of the cases was any operation Home they would, in a way, to making

performed which the He thinks that the crossing of the money out if the game.

Secretary would have refused to Atlantio in an aeroplane is p "Further, for a similar reaso

to allow if it had been covered well within the bounds of possi- we must debur all poople whe

by the terms of the certificate. bility. With a few slight im-have a public table. They are

He directed that a suitable ad- monition be addressed to the provements in the average aerop Isne mctor there would to nothing

licensee in saoh qase. to prevent it. Gatros has, indeed, sketched out a suitablo route from the north of England to Iceland, which would be the first supply Blage. Thence to Newfoundland,

The Amateur in Golf.. and the mainland. M. René It is being said that such re- Quinton, president of the National gulations do not exist in any other Aerial Lague, says that two game, but I maintain that they French aviators, intend soon to do. They exist, for example, in undertake a flight from Paris & golf. No-out-maker or person Constantinople, Jerusalem, Osiro employed in that trade is a real Baghdad, and the Persian Gulf. ama-eur. I know of a cie8 in which a most prominent amateur The penny is being displaced accepted the position of minager hy the ball-penny; well it is bat of a olub-making business. "Ile getting its desert, for it neither was told he would not be permit weighs por measures anything in ted to take part in the amateur particular. Its legal weight is championship while he held this

·145,833 33... grains, which position, and promptly retired. means nothing at all for common of enur, I know the "American 166. Mensure it, and you will champion, Quimet, is in a golfege Pathological Laboratory find it is a little bit more than ship in New York. I very much London: School of Medicine one inch and one fifth. Why that doubt if ho could play in our for Women, Brunswick-square; Ireland will find peace when Sir little bit more? Kacok it offamatour-championship. With aud Royal Colleges of Phyai Edward Cerson is onnght with a and five pennies will measure six these new regulations we ought cians and Surgeons' Laboratories, lighted cigarette in a non-smok- inches, and wealth will pour into get a relomater champion Bloomsbury, the national puree

It looks ahip,"

The Billiards Control Olab round, but it is not; The cliem- eter from head to foot of Bitannia claims to be the gozorning body is the greatest; In fact it is about of the game both for amateurs

On the other hand, the number time that something was done to and profesi mals. The club bas of experiments on living, animals the penny, for it has no particular been in ex'n'enco four years, and in Great Britain were less than weight, no particular size, and it has undoubtedly done much good in 1911. The total was 83,559 is not the shape that it relen is work for the game: Among the a decrease of 11.604. Of the de io be. Really, a ronny in hardly club members may be mentioned orease 11,557 were under the

According to a Home Office report just issued nine Dew Sydney Sun and Sir E. Carson places were registered for tho

The Sydney Sun, the organ of performance of experiments on Australian: Nationalism, saya living animals during 1012.Sir Edward Carson is undoubt These were as follows:

edly preaching rebellion, Bis-Note:" Aberdeen University Dopart-marck in euch circumstances ment of Medical Jurispradence would no doubt have recommend- and Public Health.

The Poor Penny.· ́

worth-a toss-Daily Chronicle".

The Only Europeao e his famous remedy a little optician in D'Agullar St. Ayr Promises of the County hanging."' Come instruction

Telephone 1292. Council.

may be gathered from the story Cambridge: Research Hospital of Coxey's Army of the Com Damfries: Promises of the monwealth of Christ' in America County Council.

in 1804. It was to march to Washington and compel the Government to issue irredeem able paper money. Coxey was not hanged. He was arrested for walking on the grass in the Capitol gmunda. Sirailarly

Glasgow: Natural History De partment of the University,

Greenwich: Royal Naval Col·

Whitchurch (Glamorgan): Po- hologic Laboratory, Cardiff Mental Hospital.

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such well known sportsmen. " heading of experiments of Lord Alverstone, a frequent visit the nature of aimple inocu Mr Churchill's Intquitytor to the club, Mr W, Burdet!lations, hypodermio injections, Men's Wear, the organ of the clothing and on fiting trade. Cout's, M... Viscount Deerline-and similar proceedings perform publishes a protest against Mr Sir George Chetwynd, the Euted without and thetics, the de- of Essex, Lord Lurgan, Sir Biol oline in other experiments being Winston Churchill's dress on a recent cocasion. The editor ob-hard Musgrave, Mr. R. HI. Rim- only 47.

serves: A photograph of Mrington-Wilcon, the Marquis - The number of licensos in Churchill as he appeared at Ripon, Lard Walsingham, MrA.Ef 1912 numbered 508 but 151 of Buckingham, which town he todart, and Mr. G. W. Hillyard. those performed no operations.

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|_ Dr. G. “D, Thane, the Home Army marisavres, has been widely published this week. He is shown A carious instance of transmis Office inspector, in his report

But take a few doses of our BALSAMIC COUGH wearing a square felt hat, stiff sion of a melody by wireless states that Sir James Russell and linen collar with large wings, a telegraphy is reported from New himself made the usual in- bow necktie, a lounge coat with York. Acording to this, the potions during the year. They LINCTUS. It stops the most obstinate Cough, removes lap to the outside breast pocket, wireless operator on board the saw numerous animole under ex-Jahe Phlegm and heals up the irritated bronchial tubes. The kid gloves, and trousers which Norddeutscher Lloyd Grosser periment, and "everywhere found look like a grass between a pair Kurfuerst as well as several of the animals suitably lodged and taste is pleasant, the action_prompt_and_it

of riding breeches and of wollen the ship's offers, had an oppo-woll cared for, and the licensees harmless. pants, the pants part having large tunity of clearly hearing the attentive to the requirements of

Greases at the lower part of the British National Anthem played the Act, as well as to the condi

tions appended to their licencas

leg. To complete this extra through the rooiring appartus by the Secretary of State ordinary rig-out the right hon. on board station. It was later on

agentleman thought it a fit and ascertained that this melody bad

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