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1893.

HONGKONG TWENTY-FIVE

YEARS AGO. .

(Compiled from the "Hongkong Telegraph" files, for the week ending July 27, 1895.)

The Dollar,

Jala 20.The rate of the dollar on demand to day is 2/8.

Governors Peak Residence.

July 21-A comment on the subject of a Peak rewidengs for the Governor are:-The glaring transparency of the attempted job has been its own condemnation, with so much effect that we peed not recapitulate the unsnawerable Arguments against it. It is satisfactory to know that no

TWEEDLEDUM AND TWEEDLEDEE,

(By A.G W. Mends)

Jim and Every were the fastest of pale and their spare time waa seldom spent apt. Their platoon sergeant, being a good sort, saw to it that they were together on guards and on all other form of fatigues, until they became known to all as Tweedledum, and Tweedledee. Two men more opposite in every way it would be diffonlt to imagine, for Jim (or Tweedledum as he became) was snrace and soldierly lad while Eaery (Tweedledee) wase kindly, besolic-looking yeath, possessed of a head cat of all proporsion to the rest of his body.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1918.

MONDAY'S TRIBUNAL.

List of Cases to be Considered.

The following is the agenda er Monday's silling of the Tri- banal:-

Asiatic Petroleum Co. The following men are medio- ally fit:-

JL A. Cossart. 2. W. Manning. 3. M. M. MABU.

"

The following men of military "ge in this firm have been rejected A unfit for servios :—Ñ. - L. Waton, B. F. Booje sud A. Edwarde.

The following mea is on leave. from the Colony":-B. E Atwell, į

Brokers.

The following is medically, This queerly assorted coupleft:-B. Espoock. had one thing is common The following brokere of milit

ар

fit for service :-P. Teater. E. B. Leyton and H. B. L. Diwbiggin.

Messrs. Bradley & Co. The following are medically fit:-

1. K8 Morrison, 2 F. Bevington,

direct vols has been carried; it unassailable good temper, which ary age have been rejected 69 #2. would not be surprising to learn was never known to fail under of so attempt to construe the rany circumstances. They survis. polation into a signed cheque fored the trisle of early training and $80,000 with only the daia left sothing much happened to break blank, to be filled by the Colonial the even lecour of their Treasurer on the mere request of existence in France before the the Dirretor of Public Works, night of the air at the bat the Unofficial Members must Farm." It was one of those be relied on to prevent any such minor incidents of warfare dodge, and to restrict the opera- which go unaccompanied by tion of the resolution to the limite furish of trumpete and are set before the Council by the seldom, if ever, beard of beyond Colonial Secretary. A Peak the circle of individuala actually house for the Governor may or concerned in the operation. may not be so desireable as to be worth te huge cost-gome day "but certainly not now."

goungre.

There are Do auft men ci military age in this firm.

· Other Cases. A. Mountain (7th Day Advent- ist) is medically fit,

W. Barker, of the Grand Hotel, is medically fit. There are no onft men of military age in the employ of this Hotel.

To be Struck Lff.

It is notified that at the expira on of three months the Jipan Gzite Company, Limited, will, Llesa 08u88 is shown to the contrary, be struck off the Ragi- ater and the Company will be

Midway between the lines, if anything rather nearer the Ger 10 than the English, were the Newspaper Enterprise. remains of s farm. The boilding July 22 - The Hongkong Tele was not badly koocked about graph in pablished every day be omsidering that its possession fore 8 p.m., and has been giving had been claimed with eacce, aby the news up to half an hour beboth sides in tara, batic was quite fore, daily for all these years, and antenable to either for more than still there are people whose beads a very short time, since every have wildstood the Beige and brick in it, so to speak, had been remain solid against the keenest registered by the opposing dievalved. efforts of enterprise even now. Last night's Law report runs into Tde enterprise originated in five columns, and is given com the mind of Tweedledum, ger ground, were well placed for plete in this issue; yet probably minated in that of his slow-witted the there will be fossils who will friend and in due course the Taere still remained about an purposes of observation. placidly wait until the Daily following enggestion was com hour till dawn, when they becsme Press comes out with a mutilated maniosted to their company aware of someone stealthily crawl Jarn, some day rext week! and officer. It was:

ing towards them. The man was. these good people will sleepily

A week platoon should sieze wary, but not wary enough, and murmur that the Hongkong the farm under cover of dark before he knew where he was the newspapers are not up to date,”

nssa, put it into a state of defence two friends had fallen on him, A Woman's Wants.

without advertising to the enemy sscared his weapons and stopped Jaly 2t.-There is another old that the place was in occupation, his mouth. lady in sore distress. Over the link op with the main system nom de plume of "Peak Resident" of trench line and hold it as an work of a second, the captiva The whole thing was but the she has written to the Daily advance strong point for 24 was dragged in and, by the aid Presa olsiming that as she pays, hoare, for the Observatory, she ought Beache" patrole would, if not ment in rear, removed to Hand- It was assumed that of some of the machine detach to have some of it. Old that night, at least on the night quarters for disposal of by the maida se rule never do know after, seek to enter the farm, in officer. what they want, but this one's which case prisoners would be

Whether it was a case of ex- taking espacity is great. The secured and much credit rebound

hilipstion over their first effort or wonder is that she has not asked for.

to the officer responsible for so the distraction cansed by the firet the earth, the sun the moon and masterly piece of strategy. the man therein. Failing to have the Observatory placed up on up with the company machine Tweedledee are never perfectly An expedition was foally fixed rays of a roseate dawo which was now bresking, Tweedledum and Mount Arrst, madam thinks that the posting of the. Meteoroizioa 8an officer in command. There gure, but of one thing they are were twenty men (inolading certain and that is, that on the Begister at the Tram Station Tweedledum and Tweedledee), second ocossion they were caught would, in a meneare, have a sooth and a machine gun section. Moob napping and nearly proved ing effect on her nerves, for material was alea takes, including the undoing of the whole party. instance, when a thunderstorm is practically the entire contents for a head suddenly appeared signalled she could retire to the of the company and pistoon bomb above the debrie, birely a foot dumpe. A moonless night was grants; and when a typhoon selected: At the last moment, frozen look at their blackened away from the watchers, gars one approaching, why, the lady could Tweedledee, following the come down to the city and put ap example of Tweedledum, had fright and forthwith developed a foco, let fly an sganised sell of at the Grand, or the Land We blackened bie face, a proceeding body with two lege which carried Live In, or some other fashionable which called down upon their it away down the ravine with hostelry down West. Anyhow, heade sarcastic comments from amazing sgility. why doesn't this person indulge the leader. As, however, he did

Then the foo began. Twee

Beclusion that her

bath-room

in the luxury of a local news not appear to regard it as being dledom and Tweedledee, fog paper? She will find all the material or otherwise to the enCCESS meteorological notices that are of the enterprice, the blackenedig csation to the winds, gave issued from the Observatory daly faces remained. obronicaled in these columns.

"K. L. L

July 25-168 at Kowloon Peninsuls (which, as the Attorney General says, is not an island, though just now it might be

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eeeing that their position was the party resobed their objective to follow the old teaching, that the farm was unoccupied and hopelessly given away, decided without incident. The work of in doubt, hit out." In other worde preparing the place for a possible he rallied his bombere, giving the attack proceeded space, with due G. section orders to support and biomees, clear the com- COMPAGNIE DES MESS- mistaken for a not very shallow regard for keeping the alterations them as far as possible, made a plexion, que sick the anc part of the deep blue ses itself.) soreened from the enemy's view dash for the enemy trench and sweeten the breath, ?? the dainty A certain young man had gone by daylight. The most vulner- over to Kantaford, Terrace to seeable spot was a ravine, which moment afterwards (to use his laxative

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uses of the attack gave it sacosse They ganly a stara aid courts were a hopeless swamp, enemy scouts would probab' the Booke just as he like the alleged brain of Ks the spproach the farm, should they beginning to think about "stand- Of cheats, 60 cents the phial, Mad-headed. Bo they stood become aware that it was in any ing to," 200 bombe were thrown or pai free from Dr. Williams the verandah, and let it rain. "What does that mean?" the way occupied consequently the before he began to pull himself Medicine Co., 98 8z shu a Bed, said, pointing to the F.W.D. proaches were left open and together to concentrate his fire on Shanghai,

covered by the machine gan. the party, which by now was boundary-stone, standing alone in Farther, strategical points were

making the middle of pool. "KLL. 286 strengthened and bombera told

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