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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 1914.

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Kowloon Ricksha Shelter."

DAY BY DAY.

REFLECT UPON YOUR PRESENT BLESSINGS OF WHICH EVERY MAN AS MANY NOT ON YOUR PAST MISFORTUNES, OF WHICH ALL MEN HAVE SOME-Dickens.

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One would like to know when some sort of shelter" for "rickelas is to be provided at Kowloon. The present one did excellent service when the old pier was in use, but it is quito neglected now that the

The Weather. now pier is being utilised. The result is that the cooliea bave to

Lower level 8 a.m. Temp 83; romsin in the heat of the glaringutshine. sun, or out in the heavy rain, as

At the Poak 8 s.m. Teúp 75; the onse may be. By the way, it

fog. would be interesting to know what is taking place at the top

The Mails, end the old shelter. A portion Siberian Mail.-Due per of it is being enclosed, apparently.

Anhui to day. for use as a motor garage. It is European Mail via San Francisco due to the public to be informed Closes per 3:a. Ohiyo Maru for whose benefit this conversion is being made. The shelter, as in known, is located on the public pathway, and why, if such is the| case, pablic land should be occupied in the interest of private. individasle, we should much like to know.

The Law's Delays.

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Count the Columus.

On Saturday the Telegraph published 40 columns of solid reading matter. Today there will be 30 published...

Wireless Station.

Tenders for the erection of a wireless station for Hongkong We think it is high time that close at noon to-morrow. something were done to srde

Land Sales. relieving the congestion of Inland Lot 2081. below business in the Supreme Court.nedy Road, is to be sold to The matter was raised on Friday morrow at the P.W.D. Offices. last by Mr. Goldring, who The upset price is $1,510. advocated that half a day a week | »

To Consignees. should be set aside for dealing with cases to which there are no de reseninded that goods Consignees of cargo by the s.8. defences-quite a good idea. Then cannot something be done remaining undelivered after in- The daily ismo in delivered free when the address is accessible to the way of -preparing a list of/mortow will be subject to rent.

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Auction Sales.

HONGKONGTM VEHICLES. HONGKONG AND

Need for More Inspection.

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When a man has lived in Hongkong for three months and upwards, he begins to lose many of bie Home sensibilities. Chinese practices which at first bewilder

THE WAR.

BRITISH R.N.R. CALLED UP

Germans Leave for Tsingtau.

FLOOD RELIEF.

Further Gifts to the Bazaar.

The committee respectfully beg to acknowledge with sincere

We were informed by the thanke the following further pro German Consul this morning that mises of gifts in aid of the Flood or shock, or stagger bim, gradual very few German residents of Relief Bazaar which opens to- ly cease to affect him, and Hongkong left by the Siberia day-

nally be arrives at that happy yesterday, though some would be. Mesars. MoEwen, Frickel pitch of "maskesdom" wherein feaving by the Chigo Maru to Co.-3 cases cocos. nothing surprises and nothing morrow for Teingiau. He did Mesere. David Sassoon & Co.:— worries him. It is quite a good not know of any order calling "P 20 pieces shirting. state of mind to get into one the reservists for daty at Tsing- grows old the less quickly; but tan. The men were responding from a hygienic point of view it to the exigencies entirely in a is hardly, commendable for, in voluntary spirit.

Messrs. E. D. Sassoon & Co.:- 20 pieces shirting.

Messrs. King Wo Cheong- Loan of 4 pieces silk,

Mesars. Tung Hung Yu:-100 boxes pills.

Messrs. Connell Bros. Co.:~Į

case rosat chicken & 5 cases pre- Dr. Ho Ko Chan:-100 volamee served froïs

Mesara, Pok Chai Hin:-2,000. packets and 50 boxes medicinal tea and 50 bottles hair oil.

Messra. Ying Wa:-Three dred-1016 dato blocks.

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shutting one's eyes to some of the A number of German Reservists aforesaid practices, one may be from Canton went North by the asking for trouble where com- Siberia yesterday."- municable disease, as well as The Star Ferry service has been personal discomfort, is concerned. reduced by changes notified by Bat while the hardened sinner the Company. These stato that For old-stager turns his blind eye the first boats in the mornings to the state of affairs which will leave Hongkong at 65 a.m. prevails in this Colony wherever and Kowloon at Ga.m, while the "First Aid”. our dear friend the coolie has fast bouts will leave Hongkong at Messrs. Gilman & Co.-80 anything of a astrolling hand, 11,30 pm, and Kowloon at 11.15 pairs blankets. the newcomer and the newly-p.. Ken-returned man find, at every turn, giberian Mall Service Stopped. more to disgust or anger them in The Post Office notifies that five minutes than they would the trans-Siberian route is no God in six months at Home; longer available for the trase

Misses Lo, the daughters of particularly as regards that trio mission of mails. of evils characteristic of Hongkong| The maile for Europe by this Mr. Lo Chung Kue:-1 em- smelly, noire and dirt. rute, which were despatched broidered picture and 1 crochet.

The emells and the noises can on the 30th ult. per a.s. Delta and table cloth. be dodger, to

Messre. Carlton Hotel :-1,000 some extent at the let inst, por as. Siberia, loast, by giving Chinatown will be diverted at Shanghai and assorted cakes. wiss; but the dirt we have always | sent on vis Sap Francisco by the Mr. G. F. Lammert commerces with us, because, wherever we latter steamer.

may live and wherever our work We learn that intending takes its place? Only last week a two-days sale of ladies' and swhole day was wasted because childrens boots and shoes, etc., may lie, most of us, at any rate, engers by the Norddeutscher

sitting of the Full Court which to-morrow. He will also sell are bound, with greater or less Lloyd line have had their page each day for 7 dage. was fixed did not come off, and collection of valuable postage frequency, jo make use of the

money returned to them. licensed conveyances of the there was no arrangement for the stamps at 5 p.m. next case due to take the day.

U. S. Consular List. Colony: trams, sampans, chairs, Royal Naval Reserve Called Out,

The following Government! In the present state of congestion.

Hongkong importers are invitriakshas or gharris; and most of

Gazette Extraordinary (publish these are excellent dirt preserves. ed to correspond with American

ed by Authority) was issued the plan seems to us worthy of

this morning: exporters seeking Hongkong When I say most, of course, I every consideration.-

connection in electric fans, road-exelade the low-level care and making machinery, automobile those of the Peak Tramway, both accessories, electric, pumps, con- of which are under close British supervision and leave nothing to| fectionery, eggs, etc.

be desired in point of cleanliness, True at times one feels that it is a pity that the two companies do not adopt the Singapore custom of having a movable linen or khaki cover slipped over the seate ladies' used by Europeans; dresses and men's white clothing would stand less chance of get- ting soiled. But that is a trifle.

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Ruskin.

The object of this paper is to publish correct information, to serve the truth on Saturday we published a para-

and print the news without fear or favour.

Cable Address: Telegraph, Hongkong.

A.B.C., 5th edition. Western Union Telephone: No. 1

The Hongkong Telegraph.

HONGKONG, MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 1914.

ROADS, RENTS. AND REVENUES.

CAUSERIE ON SPORT.

War and Weather Interferes.

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In our General News column

graph headed "Ruskin's" old home," and the headline han est us thinking. Is Ruskin. read nowadays? We remember the days-it must be close upon a quarter of a century ago now- when it was commonly said that Ruskin would live forever. Yet what do we find to-day? Even at

The public rickshas aro certai Home--leave alone the Far Eset Sport locally received a bit of a

if one talks of The Seven shock this week-end, what with much cleaner than they were, Lamps" or any other of Ruskin's the weather, and the excitement quite a few years ago; but that je works, one is stared at. Perhaps owing to the serious international not necessarily saying much the whole trath of the matter is situation in Europe. The boxing They may be perfectly fair to the aye, yet first-class spreaders of that the man who is over-rated was postponed and many sup disease and vermin; and of course during his life-time is likely to be porters of both Sky Kerrison and the same applies to the chairs. It forgotten very soon after his Scott the "star turns" wero die is nice to know that the ohair in death. What the average person appointed. Let it be said, however, which one is riding was duly does not seem to understand is that the circumstances under scrubbed and cleansed a few that Ruskin was-first thing and which the event was postponed honra previously, but even that last thing an art critic; (we had were such as Mr. Hall had no con- doesn't help much when one finds almost said and nothing more") trol over. He is to be sympathis and that when he strayed into ed with in the loss be has suffered any other realm he not only lost as also are the men who had himself but was in very serious trained so hard for the fight. danger of losing other people. Readers of his Unto this last" will know what we

Under this heading, a few days since, we touched upon a mat- ter of no inconsiderable importance to the Colony, by advocating that the Government should take up a comprehensive scheme for the development of good roads on the southern side of the island. The point we then made was, that by doing this, and granting every reasonable facility to residents to build their own houses, the Government would be doing something tangible towards relieving the community from the burden of heavy rents, and would at the mean. same time itself stand to gain no mean sum in the way of increased. revenues. There was a further aspect of the question which we left over for separate consideration, and which we should now like to analyse somewhat closely,

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"English."

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Before everything! WAR → .at

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Water Polo.

that, underneath one's seat, is a storehouse containing a couple of sweat-sodden coolis jackets and other savoury sundries; or that' one of the chair-bearers as jast risen from á refreshing nap, The R. A played the V.R.C. taken in the obair itself. So with "A" team in the A. 8. C. camber the rickshas; it is comforting to on Wednesday evening, and had see that the cloth covering to suffer defeat by three goals to the seat and back is white and two after playing a hard game, clean, not so comforting to reflect The play in the second half that this very vehicle has perhaps Ruskin indicated very plainly that had just returned from the job of any rate 60 the soldiers adopted those tactice carrying a person suffering from In all recent sales of Orown lind fo: building aides, the

før se concerna feeling an in the first half the result might small-pox or plugas. The gharris, Government has imposed a “building covenant", stipulating that artist; and the artist has no bave at least been a draw. At the too, which have recently been in- certain suma shall be expended on rateable buildings within a business to meddle with the hard interval the visiting team led by troduced into Kowloon may be facts which concern this works two goale to nil, but soon vir clein and comfortable, bat specified period-asually 24 months. Failure on the part of a day world. Losing sight of this, after the resumption the R. As long as the driver's friends are parohseer to comply with the covenant involves an increase in the John Ruskin launched out into equalised. True, one goal was allowed, during a gharri's off annual Crown rent, and ultimately, the possible resumption by political coonomy-a subject the result of a penalty but the time, to recline inside the rebicle Government of the areas sold. We consider that more favourable which his type of man could work pat in by the home team and place their bare feet-some- treatment in this respect should be given to the parchaser of a small never hope to enter into, eave in was-ench-that-a-goal-had- to times neither clean nor free from

theory; and, among the econ- eventuate. building site for his private residence, and that greater precautiona omists of his day, he laid himsel!

Boren the cushions, that form There were two goals disallow of conveyance will not commend should be taken to prevent powerful syndicates baying up large open to much oriticism. There ed; one on either side, but this itself strongly to Europeans. areas and by erecting one or two blocks of oramped "cave-Iwal is one other side of him that it did not affect the result. The It is difficult to suggest a re- lings" at fotiticus values, evading the spirit of the covenant made.would be impertinent to ignore soldiers left their efforts appar-medy for the evils complained So far as practical suggestions go, we recommend for the consideramely his ability to write ently until the last half and they of. It is only fair to the Sanitary ation of the Unofficial members of the Legislative Council English. Literary. meu. who, found it noprofitable to do so. Board to assume that, where a build nowadays, anderstand their own Better combination in the first public conveyance has been used the investigation of covenanta attached to

and far moiety might very well have given to carry a plague case, the Board ing sides, especially in regard to aitea which have been language are few privately owned for much longer than the two years usually allowed between Ruskin set a fine of them an extra goal if it did not insists on its being taken off the for the erection of rateable tenements and here we would repeat the ample i handling the mother reminder which we recently gave the Government, that Crown land tongue; the question is, will others is in reality public land: therefore in every lease or sale of public follow where he led ? and the good of the public should be safeguarded. This can be attained primarily by extended, building, and extended building cannot take place while vast areas of land are sold, without proper building covenants, to big syndicated

give them another to lead with. ran till it has been properly dis- Again they did not seem so fast infected. But at least it should as the civilian team, and this is not be difficult to make it a pan- not to be wondered at where ne ishable offence for coolies to considers how often the V... lounge or sleep, in any of these team geta together in the bath vehicles, whether chair, gharri, or and practiags all that is to be prac-the passenger part of a sampan. Wo regres to learn that the tised in the game. It must not Rev. W. H. Elton, who has only be lost sight of, however, that the recently retired from Sandakan, soldiers had the advantage in British North Borneo, is seriously

Seriously ill.

Proclamation

Francis Henry May Governor...

Mr. Tae Kam-ming of Messrs. Po Tai:-100 volumes English 88-literature and 600 postcards.

Anonymous:-200 lbs. fruit

Mesars, Kwong Tani Wing 200 earthenware basine, also losn of 30 teapots and 10 sats tea

čupa.

Messrs. Wo Cheong:-2 pieces red cloth.

Mesars. Ling Loogz Oo. 2 pieces red cloth.

Mesars. Shun Yuen Chan-

4 oil paintings and 4 foreign By His Excellency Sir

pictures, Francis Henry May, K.O.M.G. Mr. Ko So-him-1 ball's Governor and Commander-in-head, goldfish bowl, 4 flower Chief of the Colony, of Hong, kong and its Dependencies and Vice-Admiral of the same..

Whereas by the fourth seo- tion of the Royal Naval Reserve4 (Volunteer) Act, 1859, it is anacted that it shall be lawful for the King on such cocasions as His Majesty shall deem fit (the nocasion being first communi cated to Parliament or declared

Fotoz. porcelain figares, 2 porcelain dishes, and 6 doz. artificial flowers.

Mesars, Wụ Cheong of Canton:

embroidered screens. Mosare, Wing Lee Wai:-300 bottles Chinese wine.

Mesare. Bumo & Beif-4. sewing machines, 200 bottles machine oil, 50 doz. needles...

Mosers. Wallace. Hansen - in Council and notified by Pro- 3 cases stout, 3 cases bear, 100 clamation il Parliament be not

sitting or in being) to order cherry brandy and 20 gallons

disinfectant. and direct that Volunteers Mesere, Hip Tak:-1 new style ander that Act, or so many or table and ditto chair. such part of them ag His

Mesara, Hop Yik:-6. sets, rat- Majesty may deem necessary inn baskets. shall be called into actual service:

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Mr. Lau Kam-chi-1 sub-

And whereas by the first scription preface, 1 pair scrolle, Mesare. Chiu Shin Kee & So section of the Naval Reserve Pui Kee-Flowers.. (Mobilization), Act, 1800, it is. Messrs. Ko Fong Lan:-1 enacted that it shall be lawful picture. for the King in case of any,

The Kwan Ming Girls' School: such order and direction, to1 embroidered picture, 2 ditto authorize theAdmiralty to give, sorolls and 1 pair ditto sareens. and when given to revoke Shang Ching School: 1 pair or vary, anch directions as embroidered sorolls, 1 pair, ditto may seem necessary or proper cushions and 1 ditto picture for calling out all or any of the frame. Baid Volanteers as the occasion

Messrs. Tai Xan:-4 bamboo laddere. may require

And whereas the King bas Mr. Sin King-ohong:-1 box has declared in Council) and Messrs. Man Wo:-12 doz. communicated to Parliament (or cinnamon bark. notified by Proclamation that bottles sasorted Chinese wine owing to the state of public and 5 Joa bottles medicated wine. affairsand the demands upon his Naval Forces for the protection of the Empire, an occasion has arisen for ordering and directing as in the said firåt-mentioned Act is provided:

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It is hereby notified that the King has ordered and directed that the Royal Navel. Reserves, or, auch part of them as the Lorda Commissioners of the Admiralty may direct, be called into actual service.

Given under my hand and the Public Seal of the Colony at Victoria, Hongkong, this 2nd day of August, 1014, we d

By Command,"al

A CLAUD BEVERN,

Colonial Secretary, God Save The King.

Mesara Tung Woo00 floral buttonholes each day for 7 days, Mesere Pan Tak Yum-Tang:--- 60 copies modern literary works. Mr. Wa Koon Ping-80 bottles assorted pills, 20 bottles powder.

Press Censor?

Baroda has adopted as regular Press consorship and the officer is walled the "Press Reporter" The censor is working under Mr. Bor- den and be exercises a kind of censorship over the working of the printing presses in the State. His daty consists of reporting øn the weekly and monthly publica- tions and newspapers and periodi If reasonable facilities were given the purchaser of small arena,

cals and also books pu suitable for the many who would be glad to erect small detached or

Death of a General. the presses, As a resul semi-detached bungalows, the Colony would be healthier through

General Sir Edward Stedman, censorship one netepapers was At a low cost.". the cessation of overcrowding and would also become speedily in London. Mr. Elton had playing on their own ground, eo "Alcohol can be produced at a G.O.B., formerly military secret cautioned "for indulg wealthier through the increased rateable values. These desirable

low cost as long as the sun shines," ary to the India Office, who served jectionable language only carrying out the soheme decided upon for extending the Aher period of service in the Tropics, evenlig prevented in second faraons motor fuel expert, at the War (1878 80) and with the press was fined for

The bad weather on Wednesday said Sir Baverton Redwood, the with distinction in the Afghan proprietor of another ends van be most quickly attained, as we have pointed out, by not only just returned after his long deen road, but by a comprehensive opening out and advertising where he had laboured incessantly round of the Clay Pigeon Shooting Royal Automobile Olub, and Chitral Bellet Forde (1895), died the time and sale fof a suitable building areas on the island, and the sale of such areas for many years. He is at present Distance Bandicap taking place alcohol is the only cheap and fe suddenly at Arandel last month In all 20 books were pros an inmate of a nursing home in at the Victoria Clay Pigeon Scoot liable substitute for petrol, in small late, so that publio lend may be disposed of for the public'

London; fi & C. Bepress) ing Olub good.

to speak

aged seventy-one.

under the Preas