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ying-ci pennant. Bha is homeward bound, having been relieved by H. M. 8. Carlinie.

bafore Magistrate yesterda when it was shown that the milk contained at least thirty per cent. of water. One of these who is up- parently an old hand at the game of watering down the milk," had to pay the respectable little som of a hundred dollars, which will require a lot of making up from Yesterday there were notified the profits of his trade. The five cases of plague (four fatal) Police Court, is about the best and two non-fatal cases of enteric place in the world at which to fever. Both the sufferers from were Amaricans the hear ingenious excuses put for enteric ward. One of these milk fothers Chinese. vendors yesterday tried to "save

water

face by advancing an explans- A Chinese, who satched & CO., LTD. tion which he no doubt hoped the gold-mounted rattan bangle from

Magistrate to take for gospel baby in Queen's Road, was to-day truth. He blandly informed the given a sentence of 18 months Magistrate that the cow in hard labour, 12 strokes with the summer drinks much water, with birch, and four hours' stocks. the result that the milk he gives contains a large proportion of Major Piezotto, who is in To individuals who charge of the American boys who might be inclined to think that arrive here to-morrow, is one of all the liquid that a cow drinks is the best known Boys, Club automatically turned into milk, workers in the United States, and this excuse would no doubt prove bas devoted the greater part of

We quite useful

ourselves his life to work amongst boys. frankly know nothing about the process of milk production; we even doubt whether the Magis trate who tried yesterday's cases does. All the same, his Worship did well to resist being taken in The rate of subscription to "The Hongkong Telegraph is $36 by excases of this ingenious character, for the law requires per annum. (Payable in Advanca.), se

The rate per quarter and per mensem, proportional Subscrip-that milk must be milk whether tions for any period less than one month will be charged as for a the season be winter or summer. We don't usually go to cows for full month.

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and commanding that Thanksgiving to Almighty In the meantime, apparently we have to depend on the Indian thess His manifold, and Government for a band to play mercies be observed

Onz Dominions, on Sund for our peace celebrations. I have no desire to be pessimistic,2th day of July And for but candidly speaking. I think better and more devout saler the chance of securing a good nisation of the same We ha military band from India to be given directions to the Most very bazy, to say the least. I verend the Archbishops and

Fight Reverend the Bishops have lived in India for a number Mr. G. H. Elliott is appointed of years and I did not at any time England composes: form-

prayer suitable to this occasion | seting local manager of the see military bands knocking had in the church take Commercial Union Assurance Co. around out of work. They were Mr. G. F. Dumbarton is, we all fully occupied in

for the timely. "dispersing understand, abortty leaving for halcyon days. How much more the same throughout Japan to take chargs, temporarily, they will be wanted for the peace respective dioceses; And to the of the Company's interests there celebrations in Indis I leave my me and we do further adve

readers to judge. If the officers Lieut. Col. R. M. Cross is due of the band committee of any and exhort the general asse

of the church of Scotland and to return to the Colony to-morrow. particular regiment in India are He will be remembered here as a likely to be so self-sacrificing a ritual authorities and mini ters of religion in their respecti most successful playwright, hav-to dispense with their band for The "Hongkong Telegraph" is delivered free when the addressee'

ing staged The Cook" and "The the benefit of Hongkong then we churches and other places

public worship taroughout is accessible to messenger. Peak subscribers can have their copies

Idol's Eye." His many friends have some hope of gelting United Kingdom of Great Brita delivered at their residences without any extra charge. On copies GERMANY WARNED. N

Land Ireland ́sed in the sent by post an additional $1.80 per quarter is charged for postage.

Admirers of an outspoken, fear-will be glad to welcome him back less man will be sorry if the and to congratulate him on his

tharm of Our Dominions cents. Single Copies, Daily, ten

I might mention threatened

promotion. resignation from

a good many stations in India seas toke part as it bahore them Advertisements and Subscriptions which are not ordered for a political life of M. Clemenceau,

For libelling Mr. Richard Iry- the band of the regiment, if any, properly this great fixed period will be continued until countermanded.

the veteran Premier of France, ing Hope, a journalist, Mr Corinth which happens to be on the spot o actually occurs. The TigerTM knows his mind and is not afraid Henry Lee, editor of the Shany is an indispensable adjunct to common act of worship and to speak it. He did so in bis hos Gazette had damages to the evening amusements and I for do strictly charge and command communication to the Germans amount of Ti 1,500 awarded one do not think it fair that peo- that the skid public day of over the sinking of the warships against him by a jury on Jane ple in India should have to go Thanksgiving be religiously, in the Scapa Flow and the barn-26, in. H. M. Supreme Court without their music because observed by all as they render There were three alleged libel Hongkong is too mean to put up thanks for the favour of Almighty ing of the historic French flags in complained of, and of the three town band. Of course, there God and have the sense of Berlin two distinct, breaches of

benefits. the peace terms. By these twothe, jury found that two, were are many Eurasian bands that can Given at Our Court at Backing be hired, but the Eurasian people ham Palace this First day of July incidents, the Germans are al-

of India are great dancers ready. showing that they still adhere to the Scrap of Paper”.

The Indo-China & &. Hopsang, and the hired bands are always in the year of Our Lord On which left Shanghai for Hong in great demand so that the price Nineteen and in the Tenth Thousand Nine Hundred policy as M. Clemenceau pats. it, they have committed de- kong on June 21, carried gold which is likely to be asked for a

bars to the value of £700,000. visit to Hongkong including pass of Our Reign. liberate breaches. of written

The vessel was provided with sofage money would probably engagements. Now, this sort armed guard of a sergeant and amount to suficient to keep a of thing will Dot do any longer. Germany once before ten privates of the British army local band for six months, played false to her plighted word, arrival in Hongkong, she will However we must wait and ses and she is being made to pay for be taken over on Government and hope the Peace Celebrations will Bot be dis it in the terms laid down by the charter for the conveyance of rice Committee to Colombo at $1.50 per nient appointed. has Peace Treaty. She

now

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The Hongkong Telegraph

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1919.

HOME POLITICS.

fibellous:

Mr. Robert Newman, gave a series of Beethoven Symphony Festival Concerts at Queen's Hall,

God save the King:

The following telegram

also been received Secretary of State for

Colonies

The following Froclamation issued here to-day by the King

A PHOCLAMATION.

GEORGE R terms. Assuredly this is not the Coolies employed at the Taikoo

Whereas a definitive Treaty way to go about the task of quali- Dockyard and Sugar Refinery fying for admission to the League

have been in the habit of taking to celebrate the twenty-fifth an- Peace between Us and of Nations or securing a lessen-cheap rides on the foot boards of aiversary of his management of Associated Governments and ing of the period of Allied occup- ation. M. Clemencean tells the passing tramcars when on their orchestral concerts in London, German Goverm We shall not be at all surprised if. as is suggested in one of the Germans that any repetition of while it considerably eased their May 19th and 24th inclusive, the day of June last: lu

way to

work. This practice The festival took place between cinded at Versailles, telegrams to hand yesterday, there is another General Election at these acts will have a most Home before the year has run its course. It has been said over and over again, with good reason, that the last Election was no real test of the unfortunate effect on the future tired legs, gave great annoyance New Queen's Hell Orchestra per thereunto "We ha

throughout all our Domi feeling of the country on domestic and industrial affairs; that the operation of the Treaty. He to the people and the Police forming at each concert under hereby to command that result was a raflection of the desire of the electors to send back means what he says Germany The latter caught one of the the conductorship of Sir Henry same be published in due com

and We do declare to all to power the Coalition whose efforts had brought the war to heed the warning before a worse fined $3, with the alternative of is duly warned. She had better sergeant Shannon, was to-day

coolies, who, prosecuted by J. Wood..

Local Scottish music lovers loving subjects. Our will and ple successful conclusion so that it might fix the terms of peace... Asafate befalls ber.

will be interested to learn that sure that upon the exchang test of feeling on other issues it had no value or significance, and,

seven days' hard labour.

Mr. W. B. Moonie gave a pro the ratification thereof the what is an important factor, many men of the Services who had not returned from the war were unable to register their votes. Pat [SEPARATIST MOVEMENT INBURMAH. For the privilege of taking gramme devoted entirely, to his Treaty of Peace be obse plainly, it was a War Election pure and simple.

away the pigwash, a Chinese own compositions at Glasgow, inviolably as well by san But now that peace has been signed, conditions at Home take There is a movement to sepe-woman had to pay $1 to the recently. The schame, though land and in all places what on a very different hue. The main point now is what is to be done rate Burmah from the Indian En-owner of the refuse: One Chinese not representing the whole of Mr. Strictly charging and commis in the period of reconstruction for the masses. We know that thapire and to place her on the was very generous. When she much variety, as was possible notice hereof and also can Moonie's creative work, held as ing all Our loving subjects to same footing as & Crown Colony offered to pay him this sum for ing of their power; if they do not expect the formation of a Labour Indian Government is that the har money, but intimated that concert. A Home report says fly, Labourites and the Socialists are looking to an immense strengthen-Burmah's grievance against the his pigwash, be declined to take within the limits or a chamber themselves thereunto according that their eventual aim. They feel that their ranks will be immeas-venue of the Province is not she might bring along, a chicken The Quartet in G major for piano, Given at Our Court at Bat

exponded on the development of urably increased by the support given them by returning soldiers the country but goes to help these days, as Chinese feast With the composer at the piano July in the Year odred

or two as a present to him on and strings won pride of place. ingham Palace this First and they are bent on social reform of a thorough-going character: Presidencies and States of India, days are numerous, it is very ratt Jupes A Burke, J. Smith, nineteen and in the Ten That an early General Election is probable may be taken for granted Burmah is rightly recognised as a

and a capable quartet Messrs. One thousand nine hundred from the fact that Mr. Henderson has urged the Labourites to be Prince of untold hidden wealth doubtful whether the woman and D. Millar Craig the work Our Reign, ready for it and that the latter have beguz. perfecting their but it is remarkable that up to the Nevertheless, she brought the received a most commendable

could gain from the concession organisation in view of such a contingency. The recent investigations carried out by the Col Commission have present time its valuable mineral chicken along, as requested, and performance. Other numbers, and other resources have tempted given the Labourites plenty of material fg campaigning purposes, but few capitalists to couplest to-day, having fed him thus which not only lent variety and inasmuch as the main Report urges nationalisation of the the country to any extent Tegally, she besought his to the scheme but served to t mines, the several parties will have to make up their minds how to The main reason for such acathy 45.2 witness to testify to her emphasize Mr. Moon face this great question. It is that Conservative opposition homes for us are respectability before Mr. By and quality as

Lindsell at the Police be a Unionist split on the subje that is where the progressive and encouragement and assistance by Court She was charged with violoncello sol

the Government of India to these stealing a parse, containi of the party will probably find it difficult capitalists to induce them to all sum of mon pills. The Coalition, we fear, has almost run its invest their money with reason Chinese. The witmess

tion, eminently suited to abnormal times able and probable chances of

utmost importance. But when it profitable return The count

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Government as a result of the next Election, they at any rate make

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GOD SAVE THE KING

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