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JENERAL NEWS.

American Women.

things certainly dis nguish the American woman- a splendid skin, good figure, and Wonderi-i tailor-made suits, saya

TENNIS 850 YEARS OLD.

Played in Normandy la todo-

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1914.

NEW ARRIVALS."

The Latest in Motor Cars and Motor Cycles,

The Dragon Cycls Company is at present better able than ever to satialy its patrons; and it ass always been able to do that. It

Prepaid Advertisements

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Polo 1,500 Years Old. Two hundred years have been added to the career of tennis the Duchess of Sutherland, who court), according to A. E. Craw is now in New York. The inley in the London Field, the terviene a gratefully comment. game having been played in Tua has just secured three new model tall, but so splendidly proportion/1085, whence, it was probablyers and one Overland. The Church Mission Society Bunga occupation of the Bank "of The young Daokess is almost 6ft.cany, Italy, between 1080 and earstwo Hudson Light Sir ed that her height is not noticed, taken by the Knights of Nor Hadson Light Six is claimed by low) partly furnished. Cheap rent Taiwan Ld. Apply to, DAVID

von

derman War Tax.

loon; unfurnished.

No. 68 Poak, Mount Kellett.

ROGATE, Austin Road, Kow-

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

No. 19, Shelley Street. year from 1st May, 1914.

TO LET— till 31st Octobëri

TO LET-No. 5. Mountain

mandy to South Italy. This takes many good judges to be the easiest the knowledge of the game back riding car in the world, and Remarkable figures are publish- 850 years. This knowledge is there seems a lot of good ground ed in Berlin showing the obtained from the Italian obroni. for the claim. Of the Overland

64, The Peak, contributions of the wealthiest cler, Donato Vellati, who died in there is little need to say any-1910 LET Germans to the special war tax 1870, and who, in writing on thing. A car which sells to the seven rooms and drying room The foll wing are the largest Tuscany, said "about that time extent of 10,000 in a year and furnished, including Electric fans payers: Fran Krupp von Bahlen, was the beginning in these parts which still leaves the demand and Tolephone 8,800,00', marks; Prince Henckel of playing at tenes, whereas in satisfied is a car which requires

Dineramarck, 4,200,000, the time of the Duke of Calabria little in the way of common-View from 1st April 1914. Newly marks; he Emperor, 4,000,000 it took hold, strengthered, and dation. As a touring car there painted and colourwashed."

nothing to equal the TO LET from 1st June 1914, 55 ELGIN TERRACE, newly marks; the Grand Duke of became popular with tome of is

Overland at the price charged for " them.

painted and Colour washed, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, 3,400,000

In order to place the date of it. In addition to these new cars

No. 12 Beaconfield Arcade," marks; the Prince of Thurn and Taxis, 1,500,000 marka. The this playing of tenes, Mr. Crawley the Dragon Cycle Company has Sho

No. 7 Mountain View, Who then was the Dake bad direct from the Olympic

No. 7 Stewart Terrace, Poak. Emperor is not compelled to pay.: bat he does so voluntarily as an of Calabria?" One of the most Exhibition, London,

epoch-making Comet light motor cycle. This example to the other German dramatic and

motor cycle princes who are richer than he events in the Italian history of is an all-British In any case a considerable portion the two centuries preceding Vel- which combines the strength of of his estate, which he owns as futi's time was the establishment an ordinary motor oycle with the

of the Norman empire in the lightness of an ordinary cycle. Station. King of Prussia, will probably sooth of the Peningals and in This is the latest thing in cycles dscape the war tax.

bad and must be seen to be appreciat- Normans Sicily. The settled in Normandy, ceded to ed. There never was anything them in 918 by Charles the like it seen in the Colony before. Simple. For a century they Further facts about the new may be said to have obtefly co-arrivals will be found in a full-TO LET.- "LA HACIENDA copied themselves in becoming page advertisment in this issue. French.. Among other institutions

French Wireless Chain. The Mft tin states that the difficulties raised by the Post Office in the carrying out of the great scheme for an inter-colonial shain of wireless stations are now on the way to settlement. Work

principal stations which will

83ys;

4 Now

FOR SALE. "GLENSHIEL" 124 Barker Road, 5 "rooms, close to Tram

Apply to

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E. No. 74, Mount Kellett!

O LET-From 1st July 1914. 55, the premises now in the

BASSOON & Co. Ltd. Hongkong.

immediate TO LET-With

possession. Office:-2nd Floor of the Deutsch-Asiatische

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Granville HOUSES in Avenue and Salisbury Avenue, Kowloon, Cheap rentals.

TO LET FOUR-ROOMED

SHOP with GODOWN attach ed, Nathan Road, KOWLOON.

Kowloon Marine Lot No. 48 with Wharf.

Windsor Lodge, Kimberley Road, Kowloon, 6] rooms and Tennis Court.

No. 3, Minden Villas. Flats in Nathan Rd.

Humphreys Buildings.

Road. Apply CHATER & Apply to.- MODY, No. 5, Queen's Road

pilgrimage to Rome and knight describes his tall stature, blonde Central. will commence forthwith. The errantcy on the Continent became colour, and powerful voice, like TO LET.-from lat May, 1914

popular with their youth. One that of Achilles. such company of young knights, after a chapter of accidents, et

led in Italy, founding the colony

establish a round-the-world chain

will be at Timbuctos, Dangui,

Noumea

Bero

No. 104a, The Peak, forme "It is certain that Robert ed. Apply to S. J. DAVID & Co... Guiscard is the Duke of Calabria Prince's Buildings. referred to by Vellati... The

CYCLE Co.

"

and

HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE CO., LTD.

Alexandra Buildings,

&

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WHY SWELTER IN THE HEAT?

and his brother Roger, the game of under the a shining half F

double the distance.

Coupler.

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Djiboutil, Autanarivo (Madagab of Aversa in 1029. Reinforced dukedom was not created tillTO LET-From April 1st. The LET unfurnished No. 4 Morrison 'Hill, containing 8 car), Pondicherry, Saigon, from home, they conquered 1059. The Norman Empire of First Floor of No. 25. Des rooms with usual servants accom-

(New Caledonis),

further par- Papeete, be Marquesas Islands Apulia, South Italy being then South Italy and Sicily passed into Voeux Road, Central. Suitable modation. For and Mart aique. Most of the subject to the Greek Empire other hands in 1204. In the for Offices. Rooms can be let tisulars apply Property Office,

MATHESON stations ill have a range of Apulis was placed in 1043 under interval no one was known as separately. Apply DRAGON JARDINE

twelve Norman counts.

Duke of Calabria, for this reason,"

Co., Ltd. from roughly, 2,000 to 3,000 there comes upon the scene one

that, after the conquest of miles. The connection between

of the greatest of the many great Sicily during the next few years accordingly amounts to this, that Sunday the new minister placed the Marquesas Islands and Noumea will admit of almost card (or Wiscard, a word mean the Norman sovereigna were name tones, took hold and What was his astonishment, bow-

ing wirs; its suffit reminds us of

among the ever, to find later that the wiseacre), a contemporary and styled Kings of Sicily only. Ro- became popular intellectuel geer of our William Ger, the twelfth and last of the Norman knights of South Italy collection was lower than ever, Champion Railway Wagon

the Conqueror, who approved of one of Tancred of Hauteville, in the time of Rok art Gaiscard and, worse still, his half-crown assisted Robert in his conquest of between 1080 and 1085, the second was gone. Sorrowfully he con- fided his loss to the older. Aye, Smart work in railway wagon and admired him. Coming out Calabria, and in 1082 shared half of the eleventh century."

From this Mr. Crawley deduces mon," cried that worthy," je’va coupling was witnessed at the from Normandy as a poverty Apulia and Calabria with him, sauual competion at Burton-on-stricken youngster in 1046, he as a condominium. Bat in 1072 the fact that Normans must have no knowledge of the world!" Ye

the remainder of Trent, who 8. Bennett (North conquered

Robert invested Roger as 'Count brought the game to Italy, the should ha glued the money to Staffordshite Railway) won the South Italy for himself. This of Sicily, and as such he words "took hold and broame the plate, as the sald meenister English ci impionship for coupl remainder was Calabria, and

generally known to popular" having no other appli- did!"-Windsor Magazine. ing and uacoupling 20 wagons, in the words of Gibbon, the performio, the foot in Imin, pessants of Calabria assumed the posterity; his successors were cation than to a game already in Kings of Sicily.' To Robert existence. He further declares 13.1/2ses. fe defeated the holder, name and character of Normane. belonged the distinction of being that it is a practical certainty C. Salt, by a escond through a In 1059 Robert was invested by the conqueror of Calabria, and that the game was played by the slip by the latter. Last year Salt the Pope with the ducal title, and the a priori probability that he Normans in the eleventh century, won in imin. 10 sec. Sait won became the first 'Dake of Apulia, would be known as such is con- during the period of William the the railwaymen's contest (15 and Calabria and future. Lard of firmad by the fact that the con- Conqueror, whence it was prob- wagons) in 5000.; Topliss Sicily. Some twenty years

temporary historisa Malaterra ably taken to England, where the (Worthington's Brewery) won the his ambition led him to attack always styles him the Duke of court built for Henry VIII in shunters ompetition (15 wagons) the Greek Empire. Though he Calabria. Robert Guiscard died 1530 still existe. in 6000.; Bennett won the 12 defeated the Emperor, his project in 1086. The statement of Velluti failed, bat his intercourse with wagons event in 38860,

A Bird Treaty,

later

Was

Constantinople, which was consid-IF you have lost your appetite arable and carried on for yeara, one of the big variety of

Tennis is, however, by no means the oldest game, for polo| was played much as it is now in Persia in the sixth century, and

Notices.

{H. LAZARUS,

аю Ор

A treat with Great Britain for has left its result in the character dainty dishes at the ALEXAN came thore "from Obins with Nothing is more we thy of your con the protection of migratory birds: skutoh of the Norman by the DRA CAFE is sure to tempt various Tartar hordes, in which aideration than the welfare of your eyes

saye Fores, and Stream, has been

drafted by the Federal State De- partment. Che proposed treaty ap-! plies to birds passing between the United States and Canada, and also to those that and South Am- erica. It is understood that this treaty will be followed by others to be negotiated between the United States and France, Den- mark and Holland, which have colonies in the Western Hemis- phere, and also with the Latin- American countries and possibly with ati other countries of Europo o Asia..

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"The Privilege of the Press." In a case before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council last month Lord Shaw said :-- "Their Lordships regret to find that there appeared on the one side in this case the time-warn fallacy that some kind of privilege attaches to the profession of the Prens se distinguished from the members of the public. The freedom of the jurnalist is an ordinary part of the Tra

、#uin .b1 the sur, ot, and to whatever lengths he subject in general may go,o also may the journalist, but, apa t from statute-law, his privilege is no other and no higher. The responsibilities which at ach to his power in the dissemination of printed matter may, on in the case of a con- scientious journalist do, make him mors careful; but the range, of his assertions, his criticiems, or his mments is as wide as, and no wider than, that of any other abject, No privilege taches to his position."

Princess Anna Cominens.

She you.

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