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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH) FRIDAY, FEBRUARY

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the V. R. C., Mr. K. Higashide. fairly easily defeated C. S. M., Pragnell, R.G.A., scoring 400 to

GRAND VARIETY ENTERTAINMENT Championship of the Colony, at

In aid of the Ministering League Funds (VICTORIA BRANCH.)

UNDER THE DISTINGUISHED PATRONAGE OF

His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government. His Excellency Major-General Ventris, Sir William and Lady Rees Davies, Commodore and Mrs. Gurner.

Saturday, 22nd February,

at 9.15 p.m.

PRICES: DRESS CIRCLE AND ORCH, STALLS $3.00

STALLS

PIT AND GALLERY

$2.00

... $1.00

Booking at MOUTRIE'S.

A CLEVER HOAX UNEARTHED.

leaves could be turned over; all the rest appeared to be gummed. He then noticed that the books were cleverly hollowed out and opium secreted in them.

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the latter's 332. The winner IRON & STEEL PRODUCTS

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THE VICTORIA THEATRE.

AN EXCELLENT PROGRAMME.

This

There was quite a full house last night at the Victoria Theatre when a combination bill was pre- sented, the first part being the screening of Epoch 6 of "The Count of Monte Christo," and a variety enter- tainment by the Cottrella. In the sixth epoch we see the Count rapidly completing his schemes for the downfall of the three men who were responsible for his years of misery at the Chateau D'It.

masterpiece of Dumas has been correctly drama- ANOTHER SAMPLE OF

tised, and an immediate impres ORIENTAL CUNNING.

This morning these Chinese sion is gained of the excellence were piloted into Mr. Wood's of the acting. A more whole There are many wise Celostials Court,and Mr. Leo d'Almada

some picture could not be screened. that have secret hearts and appeared to defend them. The

The scrobatic feats by the transparent countenances. After quantity that the men tried to

Cottrell Brothers elicited loud all what is cunning? Francis smaggle was 195 taels of opium. Bacon says: We take cunning

The somersaults in Mr. .Almada, ia pleading applause. for a sinister or crooked wisdom guilty on behalf of the first de- the air and other tricks were And certainly there is great fendant, said there was no doubt above the average of amateur differance between a cunning that he was in possession of the acrobats. The greatest amuse man and a wise man; not only in opium. The first defendant was ment was created when a little point of honesty but in point of in Madan for three years, where mite who did not look more than ability. The petty points of he was a travelling trader. It three years, came on the stage cunning are infinite, and it is seemed clear, said Mr. Almada, and tried to perform some some good to make a list of them, for, that the man did not know that

saults. ᎡᎯ Bacon further remarks, the books contained opium as nothing doth more burt in a they were concealed in a book State than that cunning men case. He asked bis Worship to

take as l'énient pass for wise."

2 view as possible, also It is due to that inquisitiveness the offence of the Hongkong Police, the mantioning that the man was desire to poke their nose into suffering from beri-beri. other people's affairs and posses- Inspector Gordon said the men sions that two Chinese were stop were returning from Singapore, their seats early. ped in a nefarious game.

and had apparently passed Customs there. They Kowloon City. bad large baskets which contained old books, the At Madan, he states, he was centres of which were dug out. asked to carry a bundle of books and the opium concealed. Some for a person. He, like a good of the opiam was also discovered Samaritan, condescended to de-concealed in a hand bag, the staff liver them and he met another being covered with oil paper. The defendant claimed the Chinese on board the vessel he first was travelling by and chummed luggage as his, but the second up. with him. They arrived in defendant had the keys. He was the Colony yesterday and went prepared to accept the ples of to the same boarding house, and guilty on behalf of one.

The facts &re these Athe Chinese was returning from Landed Madan, in Netherlands India, They and travelling to Singapore.

after

little 2

at Kowloon 'to

book

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of

The Gazette gave us a vivid picture of the partAmerica played in the war.

Bookings for Saturday are heavy. Those who wish to see "The Count of Monte Christo and the Cottrells should secure

THE WISE MOTHER

can

AND BABY'S OWN TABLETS.

The ills of children come swiftly, and too often before & be called in or doctor medicine obtained the little one is beyond sid.

The wise mother will always safeguard her little one by keep- ing Baby's Own Tablets, the Canadian children's remedy, in

sight-seeing. Mr. Wood accordingly dis- went to the railway station charged the second defendant. the home. This medicine always their Addressing the first defendant, does good-it cannot do harm as seats for Canton, from where they he said: The opium found is it contains no opiates or other were to proceed to their homes. worth $2,340 and the opium dross, harmful drugs-and is confidently They carried with them not much 45. You plead guilty. I fine recommended as a remedy for Inggage just a basket full of you $15,000 or 12 months. For teething troubles, constipation, delectable Chinese literature and the opium dross you are fined diarrhoea, colic, indigestion, sim-

$200 or one month, the opiumple fever and worms. a hand bag..

Mrs. Napoleon Lambert, of Se A Chinese constable at the land dross to be confiscated."

| Ignace, Quebec, writes:-"Baby's' Own Tablets are an excellent

railway station was cursing his luck because for some days he

SPARTACUS OF ILL-OKEN.

could not succeed in arresting Blackmailer, bandit and anar-medicine for childhood ailments any evil-doors and, seeing balky chist of the largest scale, such was and I am well pleased with them."

Obtainable from medicine deal- Chinese Books knocking about in Spartacus, the Roman and one is

a basket, tried to drown his tempted to ask whether it was also post free, 60 cents the Borrow by pouring over the because of his black record that vial, from the Dr. Wil novels. Thera were nice pictures the extreme Socialists in Berlin Medicine Co., 96 Haschnen Road, but he was not satisfied in just named themselve after him. Shanghai. glancing over them. He turned

over each leaf, but although the Spartacus was born in 100 Bo

books were thick only few and was in turn shepherd, gladi-

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