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THE HONGKONG "TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1918.

THE OFFICE GIRL.

DAIRY FARM NEWS.

GERMANS AND · SUEZ CANAL.

EXPORT PROSECUTION,

Charge Against Chinese Firm

Falls

A Weary Employer Grosms.

Self-Contained Empire.

Sinos wär broke out I have had At the Police Court this morn-to replace the seven men in my Sir Joseph Ward. Minister of irg, the Cheong Sing Leong firm office with ten women. My wages Finance for New Zealand, was were charged before Mr. F.D.C. bill is higher now than it over the guest, of the British Empire Wolfe with exporting a consign-was, though the work has not Producers Association at lunch- son at the Connaught, comment of old sine sheets and iron risen to efficiency in the same wire larger than the amount degree. Far from it. And there recently.

specified in the permit." Mr. D: | are one or two things that I would Sir John Hewlett, who prezid W. Tratman. Superintendent of like to tell the girls in my office. ed, said that it was in the Imports and Exports, prosecuted, I would like to tell them in a Ministers of our oversea dominand Mr. Agassiz defenced. “ friendly way if that wera | jone that we had the best security In the course of his opening possible. But I know it isn't. for the future of our Empire statement, Mr. Tretman said the Before I had got well begun, I **Faddiets at home," he said, defendants indicated in their know that, the staff would, one "eem afraid, to fight even with permit 30 picule of old sing sheets and all, put on their hats, powder the glaves on, but there is only sad 150, picule of iron wite, and their facer, and QUIT, Girls bave one end that any true god' of the these figures were, altered to 37 brought the American habit off Empire will admit- namely, picala of, sine chests and 180 quiting to s fine art nowadays. to beat the Carman" to picals of iron wire. his knees, to draw his claws,

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Well, my first gusry would be Chinese clerk employed in "Why do you object to keeping) and to strip him of everything the Imports and Exports Office time?" Only one man in twenty that will make it possible for him stated that one of tbs.defendant is persistently anpanetaal: only to make that hell on earth that firm's fokie brought him the one girl in iwenty has any idea we have seen during the last four landing sheets for the two con- what panotuality means. With a years. The Navy must have signments Lad on noticing that whole staff wandering in fifteen restored to it thas freedom of the figures had been altered, minutes late every morning, the neton which is now denied it, and witness asked him if he knew not lose in hoars is quite we must make it clear that at any of the alteration, The foki substantial. peace conference we in this country stand behind the Dominees was asked to pass the sheets not get to work at once? Whea

replied in the negative and wit‹ | ~.

Then when they are in, why ions, when they say that to Withers, however, would not do male clerk arrives, he jumping-ff places, either in

to, and he openlied the Saperia-"Good morning." changes into Africa or in the Pacifio, shall be tendant of the Department. "allow to the Germans by which

bis office coat, and without say Replying to Mr. Agassi, farther preamble gets into bia they can injure our Dominions.”

wilnees said he knew that the day's drag. Note: the girls. Sir Joseph Ward, replying to defendant firm was one of the First there's the hair to arrange the toast of his health, said that biggest firms in Hongkong. they would never be right in the

and flof up, the blouse to pull Is it not a fact that in practical straight, the complexion Empire until they made up their by every case the weight in the examine and restore with a minds that in many respects they weight column differs from the were going to be self-contained permit? Not always.

surreptitions dab

非道 of powder. Then, He hoped that steps would be

of coarse? there's Mr. Tretman aleo taken to protect our trade, and evidence and ristel that the goods tion with Clarice of Emma about * the quite sentia! CONVERSE- that the Motherland would not were exported to Kobe. When he last night, the sympathetic en display quits so much generosity noticed the alteration, be wrote to the enemy after the war as it to the British Coneal there on the airy as to whether the morning's had been in the habit of display uti ct.

post has brought anything from |"Him" or whether it's "all ofỀ” ing in the past. At the Imperial Conference in 1907 he arged

(or not-with "the new one. Then what Was 'looked on with atkarce and met with great opposition-namely, that this country and France, who owned the great bulk of the shares of

Replying to Mr. Agam ́s, wit

to

ness admitted that it was not "Oh, just a minute till I jot down

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uncommon for the weight given the address of that little dressesses come through some derange

in the permit to-differ from the maker who makes such ducky ment of the stomach or bowels. Don't make bad" worse He also said that in some cases simply lovely. Where did you children's remedy, have been weight in the landing certificate blouses for 3/6 each. Yours is Baby's Own Tablets, the Canadian they did not trouble if the go-bay the stof?" &c. &c.—all of

the Suez Canal, should not allow sigement were a couple of picals which takes up another quarter/ proved by thousands of mothers by dropping out of sight.

their enemies to compete on level abort. terms with them. When the war

bowels and sweeten the stomach.

to be the greatest medicine known of an hour, while the books are for the cure of these ailments, Mr. Agassis addressed the still unopened and the telephone simply because they regulate the was over, after the sinking of Court, pointing out that there bell rings unbeeded. merchant shipe by the hundred, could be an object in bis alient were the rulers of this country applying for a permit and then why so many girls take on jobs as Lambert, St Igusoe, Quebec, I should like to sak my staff} | Concerning them Mrs. Napoleon going to allow enemy shipping exporting more than wasspecified, afficient typiste when they don't to go through the Suez Canal on A reseonable theory was that the know the first thing about Eaglish writes: "Baby'a Own Tablets)

the same terms as French or English ships? If

you own a great highway," he added, why should you not use it to build up your trade? You will require to build it up more and more after

the war."

Continuing, he said that the world was not going to be the same after the war, sad it would

goods were weighed by the they would try to get as much Japanese custome and naturally daty sa they could..

After Mr. Traiman bad

addressed the Court, his Worship discharged the defendant;

Of

DOLLAR DIRECTORY.

TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS.

are an excellent medicine for or punctuation. Some of the childhood ailments and I am well signature!! Senes wrong, gram medicine deslere, or by mail at: letters Tv bad handed to me for pleased with their nee." mar bad, everything, muddled 60 cents a vial from The Dr. position of etenographer as a Szechnen Road, Shanghai. and when the girls regard the Williams Medicine Co., 96 NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA. important one which only SD intelligent, well-educated person cax fill, the sooner will the worries

be fatuous stupidity if they BRAVE GIRLS OF RHEIMS of dictatore of letters conse.

allowed enemy merchants to control the supply of raw material within the Empire. It should

not again be posible for German Supplied Children sad the Sick banking institutions to te eo linked up with commercial institutions that they were able

on the same favourable terme se

It's funny to watch the differ ept waye in which an affaiza

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da coeur" affects the respective

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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

Alico Memorial Hospital.

The Hon. Treasurer of the

The CE.M.S,

+

"KITANO MARU,"

having arrived. Consignees of Caring

уге hereby informed that their Goods are being landed and placed at their risk in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf & Godown Com-

sorted out mark by mark and de- pany's Godowns at Kowloon, where each consignment will be livery/can be obtained as soon as

work of a man and a girl. When Alice Memorial and Affi'isted THE Company's Steamship a youth falls in love it makes him capitala bega to acknowledge s different fellow. He takes bis with thanks the following dona- Paris, June 30 The little job seriously, and is as keen astion to the fonde the of Hospitale: to compete in the overses marketa milk girls of Rheims are given mastard for advancement, for he Chinese Wesleyan Church, bigh rank by Paul Drama, knows that unless he works up

$55. they had. The sathorities here of that city in an article he has and improves his position hia must devise some fecal system displayed by the

written praising the heroism chances of marrying his little lady

women of by which they scald interchange Rheims. M. Dramas was editor of in love!-I spesk from experience are small, Bot lets girl clerk fall irsda on s reciprocal basis the Eclaireu de l'Est, which news-her days of utility in an office Church of England Men's Socisty between this and other coun-

paper be published in Rheims are numbered. She sits at her is to be held on Tuesday evening inhabitants to buy it." aptil there were no longer any desk nibbling her pan, eyes fixed next, the 24th inst., stap.. the Goods are landed.

"The little milk gizle," he away. She carriee "his lettera" terseted are invited to obtain on space, her thoughts miles St. Paul's College. Friends in- writee, will never be forgotten at inside her blouse, and every spare information as to the Society from Rheims.

Milk was a necessity minute she is jotting down the Hon. Secretary, care of St. for the children, the aged, and answers. Lastead of her mind Pa's College.

of the British Empire. They tries, and freely between all parte mart make up their minds to use their own abips first, and, if thea were-not-suficient, to-use those of friends and Allies rather than

those of the enemy, whose rulers

were now directing that our ships

should be sank. The part which

the sick. Thanks to the little being set on finding the missing milk girls, they never went with abilling in the monthly balance,

the United Sister and Japan had out. The tinkling of their little it is obsessed by the mighty

and parcel of ourealvas, ̈ ́ It wLE

for

The annual meeting of the

on unless instructions are given Optional Goods will be carried to the contrary, before? MOON TO-DAY,

Goods not cleared by the 24th September, 1918, will be subject to rent.

Damaged packages must be left played in the war must never be bells announoad their arrival, and problem of whether he "will their hearts into it, I should like by the Consignee's and the Co.'s! in the Godowns for examination forgotten, and they must be in a traversed all the streets of the city will ask her out again on Sunday I went to tell them to stop gossip hour on Tuesday & Friday. All

forty-four months they ring up as he promised, or if he

to ask them to stop being perfame. representatives at an appointed position to regard the United Stater as a country with which Many a time they were taken by night. So far as usefulness is

surprise by & storm of shells. concerned abs might as well being during office hours, to study claims must be presented they could deal on a comprocal Three of them had to be car on holiday. La lect, whenever I correctases in small details. I within ten days of the steamer's basis, having treaties which would fried sway on stretchers, yet these symptoms of love sicknees, infam anxious that they ́should} arrival- here, after which date enable Ameries to become part others continued on their route so any of the steff, I think it's about know that plain shirt bloneen are they cannot be recognised. No most important for the future of that the children sed sick should time to advertise again. mach more to their employer's claims will be admitted after the Empire that we should have February 28 we heard the tinkerquire what the staff imagines

bave their milk all the same. On Again, I should like to politely mind than fancy affairs of lace the goods have left the Godowns. the enemy right out of different ling of their bella for the last telephones are installed into pink and blue ribbong things points where he would be in time. The little ilk girls were offices for My girls answer the below. I would like to stick apl position to obtain command over sent out of the city. They had ring of a businces firm in voice notice No powder or lip salve Hongkong, 17th September, 1918. any part of the Empire. Free filled their mission to the very full of indignation at being dis to be used during office hours. we did not win on the Western end, for after that there were no tarbed. When their own friends many for me, these girls. After front, in the Colonies they werS determined, as long as Britain longer in Rheims either children, get on the wire they waken up all, it is rather pleasant to have ruled the sea, to do their beat to aged or sick. All had left,” prevent excess supplies of raw

material from going to enemy.

countries to be used against this to revert to the enemy after the Empire in a întaire war,”

war they ought to be awept out of

and openwork with more or less

But I daren't. They are too

to the ass and the possibilities of them filling a vase with fresh the phone, calmly answering wers every day and putting it “lina engaged” when my aged in my room, or pisoing a primrose customer dares to butt in.

buttoninis on my dark of

I wish I could sell my morning. Bo I meekly eshit

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In conclusion St Joseph Ward sistemos for all time sa public that the "bom'a ky ld and go on reading those mesmerie TEE attention of members is Ain Alladed to the question of men. He sured his hearers of johnny, good caly for giving articles which sppase so often in plured German colonies; the resolution of the Dominions, increases of salary and from the paper on The Splendid and remarked that if by any and said that they would never whom one seks days ch. I wish work Our Girls Are Dsiog Chanos any of the rulers

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