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GENERAL NEWS.

Red Cross Exhibition.

Lord Nordeen

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 1914.

TURF ADMINISTRATION. SHOUTING AT THE KING,

Mr. F. Helton Replies to a Critic'sm:

Prepaid Advertisements

ONE CENT PER WORD

FOR EACH INSERTION.

TO LET.

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Peak, to let furnished for 1 year 1 CAMERON VILLAS No. 60 from 1st May,

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Suffragists at Covent Garden-

recently

The King and Queen after opened a Red Ur șs and National The 14th "nouï fuper of the returning from Chatsworth, et Health Service Exhibitin, of "Anciente Fraternitiof York tended the final parformance of which Lady A erdeen is predimernok," was held at York re- Mr. Roze's season at Covent sident, in the Masillall-building, fcantly, when Mr. E. Balton, who Garden, the opera presented Aberdeen, The exhibition iu- won the Gimernok it. kos at the haing Joan of Aro. Hardly had MEIRION, Nos, 9 & 10, Peak, TO LET FOUR-ROOMED cludes 12 sections, one of which York August meeting for third the lights gone up after the first illustrates past and present hous. time in succession, was the guest act when women's voices were Cheap Rental, from lat Desember Avenue and Salisbury Avenue,

unfurnished, '6 ing conditions in Ireland.

of the evening.

Mr. Halton, responding to the site side of the theatre: "King loon; unfurnished.

heard calling out from the anpo-nowly painted a id colourwashed. Kowloon, Cheap rentals. Marriage Portions for Girls.

ROGATE, Austin Road, Kow. SHOP with GODOWN atech- toast of "The Winner of the George, do you know that thái The London Charity Commis. Limorack Stakes," said :-My Mrs. Pankhuret is being tortured

with Wharf. oil, Nathan Eoad, KOWLOON. No. 68 Peak, Mount Kellett. sionera have approved a sobenie avention has been drawn to in prison?" and it was seen that

Apply to

Kowloon Marine Lot No. 48 prepared by the Corporation for an article in the Manchester the speakers were three women in the administration of a bequest | Guardian dealing with avaning dress who had hang's by Siguor Pasqualo Favale for what are described as some orrow strip of white fabric from providing marriage portions for unsatisfactory features of the past the front of their box bearing the young women born in the City Finning-season. The writer ware. words "King George, do you The fund amounts to about Never has theto bren a season know that women are being for $1,500. The yearly income is t when there his born so much toret in your Majesty'a gaol ?" be applied in giving three marri question blo riding, such unsatis. age portions of £12eich for poor, factory starting, and such inethe-realized the situation the woren's The moment the spectators honest young women hetwroniant stewardship,' Lo remody voices were drowned in hisos the ages of 10 and 25, who this state of affaire ho anggests a and cries of disapproval. Two of either have recently been married high court officials more busi-thera speedly desisted, but "the ness like than the present Jockey third went on trying to make Olub stowards. What it amounts herself heard above the general Mr. David Robertson, retired is stipendiary stewards protest, in which many ladies in farmer,

House, proposal that has often leen debat the audience took a vigorous part. Bridge of Era, asar Perth, ani od, with the result that it has not The King looked across towarde formerly of Olog, Methven, com heen generally thought to have the white soroll and the shadow of mitted suicide reconn ly by shoot-ny advantage over the present emile passed over his face: nig himself, Mr. Robertson was totam of voluntary ale warde. Ifthen with the Queca he hall have apporrel before Sher. shall refer in a moment to the turned in another direction and part of Kowloon Inland Lot 1154. substitute Sym and a

talement of questionable riding p id no further attention to the jury ot Porth

und starting, but I totally dis- įngident. ΟΠ a charge of having while in a motor-ear run "gree in reaprot to inefficient

Officials of the theatre voy down two wom" who were rid-towardship. But what is meant woon entered the box, and al ing upon bicy-los. Both the inclicient"? Does it mean though the three woman pratest- women were inju od, one serious-incapable? If, how can the and offered some resist.nce ly. Two civil claims had been writer to the judge when he is they were rapidly taken cu entered, one of £1,500 damagsa, totally unacquated with the evid-

or are about to be.

Suicide before a Law Sult.

Brickhall

Boswell's House.

The proposed destruction of

Sir Edward

jag.

New Gresham College.

euch that may have been before

..

xaggerat, even the

Peak to let furnished for one No. 6 Cameron Villas, No. 59

Penk, from lat March, 1914, part- year from 1st May, 1914:

Kellett Crest" No. 66 The ly furnished.

No. 19, Shelley Street. One small Godown in Duddell

Street Road.

No. 3, The Albany, Robinson

FOR SALE. HARTING and RCGATE, on "GLENSHIEL" 124 Barker

HENRY HUMPHREYS, Alexandra Buildings. Hongkong, 16th Dec., 1913 [1079.

TO LET-Two room Flate in

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Kowloon," Suitable for Eur- opeans, in good airy locality, All Modern Conveniences. Terms Moderate. Apply H. RUTTON- JEE. Royal George Hotel. Hongkong, 17th Oct., 1913. [987

Road, 5 rooms, close to Tram TO LET GODOWNS, 94,

Station.

Apply to LINSTEAD & DAVIS, 3rd Flour, Alandra Building. Hongkong, 2nd Oct., 1913

Notice

the

1

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THE HONGKONG LAND INVESTMENT & AGENCY Co., Ltd.

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West

FOR SALE.

Notice:

M. LAZARUS,

Ophibial Optician

the stewards? Or does he mean weakest point was the human neglect of duty? If so, I say that element, for like poate, starters houses in Grant Queen-street, one never has there been ologer super- were born, not made. But the TO LET-9. Pedder's Hill, in March 1914: No. 64. The Peat. months from the first week of which 189

Boswell's vision than at present The writer leal starter, even if he had the comfortable. Apply to Leung Hongkong, 29th Dec, 1913. [1105 town house, in order to make continues: "Mattera bave come attributes of angel and devil Teu San, 15, Bonham Strand

newly renovated, airy andApply to G. M. HARSTON.. room for the enlargement of Free within the public ken this season combined, would not silence all East. masons' Hall was discussed at a which, taken along with the complaints. With regard to the Hongkong, 8th Jan,, 1914 meeting of the committee of the vicissitudes of the great races, present style of riding, Mr. Holton Society for the

Protection of have made many racing men remarked that lots of troubles Ancient Buildings. It WDB think." decided to send a letter to would trouble to think when he agreed that it was possible to Kowloon, "Apply

If the racing public

were put down to it very unfairly

FOR SALE-Kenlis, 76a The F No. 1 "DURBAR VILLAS " Letchworth, suggestions of dishonealy are

Peak, 7 rooms. box room, Freemasons' Hall, asking if it is made, and demand some shadow seat," but, anyway, the old style TION.

monkey ISH DOMINICAN PROCURA ing. tram 7 min. by rickshaw,--. to:-8PAN- lawn and garden, Contral hent-- not possible to save the front and of proof there would be an end of riding was as dead as the dodo the main roof with its dormers to half the slanderous talk by to any case, he did not think any

Apply Harbour Master. unaltered, and to do necessary which the turf is disoredited. repair to these parts of the build-

practical racing man would ergue that the riding of to-day was de extensive districts in Kennyhill Irresponsible Chatter."

iberately foul, or that it was less and Riddrie, on the eastern The Lord Mayor, who was

The writer seems to be describ bouest than at any other period. boundary of the city, and in Kelvinside, Temple, Jordan Hill, accompanied by the Lady Mayo-10g the status of the turf to-day

The Defeats of Favourites. Te88 and the Sheriffs and their by the light of a charge mado in

Whiteinch, Scotstoun, Yoker, wives, formally opened the new recent turf action with reference: Speaking of the unusual char-Drumchapel, Scotstounhill, and

to a "trainers' ring," for he say actor of racing during the year, nightswood on Gresham College in Basicghall- street recently. The site of the between all the manipulatingly the most singalar event was of development or likely to be If combinations ero possibler. Hulton said that undoubted which they consider as "in course now college is about 3,574 square practitioners on the racecourse, the disqualification of the winner used for building purposes." feet. The building, which is there is no hips for the great of the Derbs. If the stewards larger than the old college, bas a frontage to Gresham-strest of traditions of the English turl." were satisfied that the winner hnd about 71ft, and to Basinghall-But might not the writer of this interfered with other horses in street of 58ft, The lecture hall article have fairly recorded the the race not only at the finish and gallery will seat: about 430 absolute failure to produce one be entirely failed to see why they

hall

item of evidence in support of should be expected to put the

bie libel that thero was throughout with osk

aDerby outside the rules of raė is made for a complete cinemato-trainers' ring? Might ho noting, or to allow jockeys to do as graph apparatus for use in the have referred to the finding of the they liked in the Derby any more scientific and medical lectures.jury that the charge was false? than in the most humble selling The building has cost about Regarding much of this irre race. Some critics grumbled that £34,000,

sponsible chatter, I Виррове the stowards exercised no juris- every successful cwner is subject diction, yet when they did there King Edward's Hospital Fund,

to the irritating and ridiculone was more grumbling than ever. A meeting of the Gove nors wild-cat tales about his horses. Touching upon the frequency of and General Council of King If you have a favourite beaten he defeats of favourites in big races Edward's Hospital Fund for Lor-has been pulled, if ous but little during the year, he remarked dea for the purpose of awarding untried wing-starting, at a long that these things seemed to go in grants to the hospitals, convales-price-the trainer bas secretly patches; after all, it was always cent homes, and consumption aan won a large amount. Perhaps the expected that never happened. atoria for the present year was held it is because I am unusually In a long reference to the turf recently at St. James's Palace, simple that I have been selected libel suit Wootton v. Sievier, Mr. It was announced that the Fund as the dupe of constant burglaries Hulton said it was regrettable that would benefit by about $405,000 of this character by those who are the only method open to Wotton in all under the will of Sir Julius good enough to acqu't me of by which he would hope to clear often become impaired through such Indis Wernher. Lord Rothechild (hon. being a partner in such ill-gotten his character of the charges made positions as headache, toothache, th treasurer) reported that the wealth. To such remarks and against him was to confront a

mount receive by the Fund to idle tales there is only one reply, tribunal quite inexperienced in effectual means for the rapid relief of pain is December G. alter payment of ex which has always up to now been the usages of the turf. With the found in the well-known remedy Omuins penses was $150,602, Grants effective: Bring me proof. Bat greatest respect for the learned Bayer's Tablets of Aspirin STOP WATS & BINOCULAR were approved as under:Hos-never has a shadow of proof been judge and jury who heard pitale, £151,000; convalescent forthcoming. Aro dishonnst the cas?, their lack of homes, £2,525; consumption san practices so onsily put into execut experienta in racing affairs PRICE $0.50 PER TUBE atoris, £3,973.

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A novelty in street decoration oyeswatching and all these honey satisfactory if a tribunal to deal 351, quäen's has been installed in Cheyne-ed tongues nly too enger to be with turf matters could be ope walk. In front of one of its losed? Whence come there with an intimate know ledge of the houses, on the onoraa batween slanderous suggestions ? Not turf-one that could appreciate the the second and third floors, two from those colively associated real significance of the facts and tablets have been affixed measur-with the practical part of racing, suggestions placed before them. ing about 27in. by 18in. each but mainly from those backers It would be quite possible for the containing a pair of heade, who liave been disappointed by Jockey Club to appoint a commis- apparently in conversation. The the result of a rice, and who sion to bold such an inquiry. first gives Sir Thomas More and blame everything and everybody. Erasmus, capped, after Holbein's but their own judgment. When well-known drawings, reproduc-one looks fairly at the status of ing them as they must have the turf to-day there is not much

Town Planning Scheme. The Corporation of Glasgow appeared when talking in Móre'n amiss. Stewards are exercising propose to apply the provision garden as Erasmus bas described. unusual vigilance over all matters of the Town Planning Act to The second tablet contains Miz- within their koo, and particularly

sini and Carlyle, uncovered, as over jookeys ridinz in races,

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