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NOTES AND COMMENTS.
THE SLEEPING "WATCHMEN.
DAY
IT'S A PITY A
MAN CANT There will no doubt be those DISPOSE OF HIS EXPERIENCE AT who, on reading of such #COST. barglary as occurred a couple of nights ago at Massrs. Kelly and It is notified that the name of Walsh's will start declaiming Mr. Oscar Boultbee Raven has "Where are the Police?" The been added to the List of answer to that, in a word, is that Authorised Architects. the Police cannot be every where at the same moment. We are
Last evening the rod core, rather inclined, when we hear of indicating the possibility of a gale these " - burglaries, to askin Hongkong within 24 hours, Where are the watchmen ? ** was hoisted. It is down again And the answer, we suppose, is this morning.
In the Land of Sleep." That burglaries occur with irritating
The rainfall registered at the frequency in the heart of the business centre of the city, when Botanic Gardens during July
AUGUST
1919
1894
HONGKONG TWENTY- FIVE YEARS AGO.
Compiled from the Hongkong
Telegraph" fled for week. ending August 11, 1894)
THE DOLLARS. Ang. 7.The rate of the Dollar, on demand, to-day, is 2s. 1-1/8 HONGKONG RIFLE ASSOCIATION
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observa this
For amartness will be very hard to beat (says the Daily Chronicla) A-well- known personage in Daronshire
The Govermeni has just received a cable from his soldier son in Mesopotamia, tains the following which contained only three The Government of Hongkong | words, “ Two John' twelve.” At wishes to bring to the notice of At first the receiver was baffled all inhabitants of the Colony who by the mysterious message, but do not ordinarily eat rice that after much puzzling the meaning owing to the extreme world: dawned upon him. Taking down shortage it is most desirable, that his Bible he turned up the Second they should abstain entirely for Aug. 7-Last Saturday after. Epistle to St. John and read the the present from eating rice. It noon eight competitors for the twelfth verse, which runs as is hoped that all hotels a Short Range Cup was won by follows:"Having many things restaurantes vil
write with paper and ink, but I Mr.W. Stewart, with whom MF to write unto you, I would not rule. most stores employ Indian watch. totalled 22.39 inches, Rainfall Maitland tied for the top seorg I trust to cothe unto yon and speak!
but as the latter had the advant men to keep an eye on the pre-on fifteen day, the highest for age in handicap points the prize face to face, that our joy way be
THE ATTACK ON A- mises, shows at once the utter one day being 6:41 on the 5th.
was awarded Mr. W. Stewart, who fall." His son was on his way
EUROPEAN GIRL futility of the watchman system.
put up together a very creditable home!
Commander Ashe carried
It would appear that women ARREST OF TWO CHINESE.
after all, with the passing of time. -- Two Chinese suspected of being Hannah Woolley, author of Thehe men who robbed Miss Cornell Aug. S-Yesterday afteroon Gentlewoman's Companion," the in Lyttleton Road, as reported in Mr. HE. Allan of Mesars. A.S.standard seventeenth century the Telegraph a few days ago.. Watson & Co.'s and Mr. Guns-book on etiquette, finds it neces have been arrested by the Falice. berger of Messra Uhlmann & sary thus to warn her readers Co's, were removed from the Hospital ship Hygeia to the Civil Hospital in a convalescent state. There are now no plague patients on board the Hygeia
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ge, when the watchman was a the use of wireless telegraphy by off the spoon for the highest not have improved in some respects,
in Siamese more conscientious individual merchant ships than he is to-day at present it territorial waters have been with- is an anachronism which has out-drawn.
lived its age. Of course, if
watchmen could be trusted to It is notified that at the expit carry out their jobs properly, the ation of three months the Nile! system would be quite all right. Steamship Company. Limited, But we fear that the Indian will, uniess cause is shown to the watchman of to-day is not the contrary, be struck off the Regis man that his predecessors were ter and the Company will be He is far more interested in dissolved. money-lending than in watch.
ing.
to
Some of the firms have Copies of a Handbook for the themselves to blame for the Relatives of Decessed Officers, latitude they permit these useless dated April, 1919, and issued by creatures. It is a common sight the Ministry of Pensions, have see the watchman, pulling been received from the Secretary out his bed and settling down of State for the Colonies, and for the night.
We should have may be seen on application at the thought that the night was the Colonial Secretary's Office. very time when a watchman, to be of any use, should remain awake. How much watching" can a sleeping watchman do, we should like to know? If firms
must employ these gentry, we suggest that they should deprive them of all such conveniences as beds and immediately ack them if ever found asleep. Until some such measures as these are taken, we shall continue to hear of the wily Chinese burglar getting the better of the watchman without the least trouble whateveT. CHINA AND GERMANY.
The first German steamer fying the International Allied Mercantile fag (after its sur- render to the Allies) to arrive at Singapore is the Scharborst, which arrived on July 19 from Marseilles, and was anchored in the outer roads. She was one of the Norddeutscher German Lloyd but now belongs to the M.M.
BCOTO.
THE FLAGUE EPIDEMIC
ABNORMAL HEAT.
Aug. 11-Unusually oppressive weather has been experienced in the coast ports of China south of Chefoo during the past week, add in several including Swatow, the thermometer registered 120 deg. in the shade. It was not quite so bad as that in Hongkong but as the bard puts it, "awfully near it."
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Three
AT SHAMEEN.
(From Our Own Correspondent.
Mr. A. H. Hollingsworth is appointed a member of the Board | SPORT of Arbitrators in connection with the resumption of section A and It was reported in one of the Remaining Portion of Lot Na yesterday's Chinese telegrams 2339 in Survey District IV. and of that the Peking Government has the Board of Arbitrators in con- decided to arrange a reconcilia- nection with the resumption of tion with Germany by, amongst Section B of Lot No. 2339 in other niethods, notifying the Survey District IV. German, Government through a
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Shameen, Aug. 1.-
Gentlewomen, discover not by any ravenous gesture your angrY appetite, nor fix your eyes too greedily on the meat before you. ...Close your lips when you eat, and do not smack like a pug, Fill not your mouth so full that your cheeks shall swell like a pair of Scotch bagpipes. It is very uncomely to drink so large a draught that your breath is almost gone, and you are forced to blow strongly to recover yourself"
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Five bigboprios of the Church of England are now vacanti VISITATIONS OF EARTHQUAKE.
Oxford, Chester, Lincoln, Truro, Aug. 11-About 11 o'clock last and St. Albans. From two of
-shock of night slight
them go great national figures, as earthquake was felt in the Kow-well as great Churchmen, in Dr. loch district; the vibration only Gore, of Oxford, with his keen lasted few seconds.
and fearless championship of distinct shocks were also felt in social reform, and Dr. Hicks, of Hongkong.
Lincoln." whose temperance advocac for a" generation helped that cause along it quarters where it could never have made the same headway Ship. These are men whose title without some such champion-
to their sees in the highest sense no one could deny, but the fact A series of sporting events is that they and many other emine coming off in the near future with men have held sees under the the men of H.M.S. Tarantula now present system of, appointment in Canton Harbour. Dr. A. H. does nothing to prove that it is neatral State that China bas It is notified that information Price; attached to this boat, has good. The fact that an overworked abolished her war attitude to has been received.
the presented a handsome silver cup Prime Minister coming back from FORSYTH-At Victoris Private Hospital, Victoria B, C., on wards the Germans, That, we Military Authorities, to the effect to be known as the Tarantula Paris must deal among many pre-
suppose, is the alternative to that Defence
Athletic Cup, to be competed for occupations with vacancies which signing the Treaty of Peace. In Practice will take place as under annually in all-round athletics ought in the interests of the the absence of such signature, during the month of August and which can be won outright Church to be filled as soon as unless other means are taken, From Belchers and Stonecutters by any one man.winning the cup possible. merely aggravate an old
scandel. China would of course, still-be on the 18th, commencing at 7 three years in successior.
བ༽་ technically at war with Germany. p.m. From Lyemun on the 11th,
Speaker Lowther, although and apparently that is what China commencing at 7p.m. From does not want to be. We should Belchers every Wednesday even
women reporters in Grand Com agreeing to the employment of have thought that the more ro-ing, commencing at 9 p.m. gular procedure would have been for China and Germany to enter into a separate Treaty definitely terminating the state of war. However, it seems that the Chin-
Telephone: No. 1. A.B.C., 5th edition. Western Union. Office address: 11, Ice House Street.
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26th June 1919. to Dr. and Mrs. Charles Forsyth, a son.
The Hongkong Telegraph
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1919.
A FOOLISH POLICY.
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NO UNDERWEAR.
HOW TO LIVE TO 110.
The events will include:-Run- Ring (sprint and distance) billiards weight, boxing: wrestling; and "knock out" system; putting the
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mittees, may not, without con In addition to the Cup, a fine sulting the House, grant them silver medal is being presented to admission to the Press Gallery, the winner of the 1919 Competi- remarks the Daily Chronicle.. Fer tions, whose parde will be here be is. bound by precedent inscribed on the Cup. Mr. F. A. one made by Speaker Peel. I There is one aspect of the continually recurring Labourse are merely to notify Germany
Nixon, Commissioner, Imperial was Mr. Bredlaugh who, 30 years troubles at Home which is apt to be overlooked by those at the that they want to be at peace.
Chinese Post Office, Canton, has ago, first raised the question of bottom of them, and that is the barciful effect which can result and to let things go that. It looks
kindly consented to be the donor women's admission to the Gallery. therefrom to our trade in general and the consequent gain to our like a case of very rapidly forget-
Dr... Chas. E. Page, a well-fof two prizes for the second and Mr. Feel said there was no Order rivals in commerce. Unhappily, a large proportion of the strikers ting and forgiving, whilst at the and their leaders cannot see further than their noses. They think same time the development has known American physician, and third placed men in the 1919 com- forbidding ladies to report, but he could do nothing without the that they merely have to formulate their demands, go on strike and the appearance of suggesting that author of health books, wants petitions.
The first of the series to place direct and express sanction of the then wait till their wishes are met. Their method of reasoning the two countries have never mankind to forego its baths and
do without its underwear.
at 6 am. to-day on the Recreation House. He added (apparently takes them no further than the thoughts of more wages and lesser really been at war.
Leave off all underwear," he Ground on Shameen, this being with a sort of humour now out of hours. They do not see that such a policy, besides meaning increas- THE CONTRAST.
says, and you will escape colds, the 100 yards flat race. It pro-date) that the presence of lady ed cost of production, thus raising the living rates to the whole When China entered the war, bronchitis, influenza, pneumonie, duced a fine finish out of an entry reporters in the Gallery might community (themselves included), results in making it easier for we heard a lot of high-sounding and the physical ailments that of nine. The result was: 1. J. Fox, lead to consequences which it other countries to compete with us, and, in the end, may even talk about the decision of the are supposed to threaten the E.R.A time 12 sec.:; 2. J. Barrels, would be difficult at this moment totally ruin given industries and throw thousands of employees out country to take its stand beside average human being." He de-AB time 12.1/5 sec. 3. J.B. Han for the House to foresee." A of work,
the Allies and make common war clares that there are dozens of cock, A.B., time 12.3/5 sec. The application had been made by a We are reminded of these points on reading the recent state on the enemies of civilisation, fashionable women residents of judges for this event were De lady the name of this pioneer ment by the French Minister of Reconstruction, in the Chamber whilst much was also made of the the Back Bay district who have AB. Price, Mr. W. Farmer, Sab would now be of some interest of Deputies, to the effect that owing to the higher cost of British losses in lives and property which not touched water, to their bodies Lieut.. Elliott, and Mr. F.A but the Serjeant-at-Arms declared coal, France is now turning to America, where she is able to the Chinese had suffered by for the last ten years," and as a Nixon. The time-keeper was that he had no authority to de buy coal more cheaply. That declaration was made during the reason of the submarine cer- result are pictures of health. C.PO. EA Jenner, and the part from the existing practice." strikes in the Yorkshire mines, and, that being the case, its import paign. Eid these utterances mean Dr. Page believes that with no ga ter. P.O.B.Joyce."
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CHURCH SERVICES.
ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL, HONG-
KONG-7th Sunday after Trinity, 3rd August 1919. Holy Communion, (7.50 am) Mem orial Service (11) Sen- tences: Merbecke. Anthem: "O Lord God-Gross - Falm: Barnby.. Benedictus: Langdon Nunc Dimittis: Felton. Anthem- "Crossing, the Bar-Bridge. Hymns: 399 and 401, Sevenfold Amen. Dead March in Saul. God. Save the King NB Psalm 90, verses 1, 2 and 17 in unison. verses 5, 6, 11 & 12 Boys & Men alternately. Hymn 399, Terge 3 in unison, veree 5 descent. Hymn 401, verses, Į and 4 in unison. Holy Com- munion (12 soon) Evensong 6 pm)Responses: Ferial Psalm: Crotch and Bervez Magnificare Gross (10th even- ing) Nuae Dimittis: Wesley Hymas: 291, 214, 235. Volunt- ary: Funeral March-Chopin, N.B.-Psalm 18, verses 1, 2, 7. 8, 9, 13, 14, 19, 25, 29, 31, 38, 47, 50 & 51 in unison. Hymn 291. - verse 1 in, unison. Hymn 214. verse 1 in unison. Hymn 235, verses. 1, 4 and 7 in unison. N.B.-Organ Recital on Mon- day, August 11th at 9.15 p.m. ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH, KOW-
LOOK.-3rd August, 1919.-7th Sunday after Trinity. Holy Communion at · 8.15-15.m. Morning Prayer 11 am. Open-. ing: Voluntary." Responses: Ferial. Venite: Russell Psalms: of the 3rd Morning XVI Kelway, XVII Tomlinson. Te Deum: St... Jude. Benedictus:- Garrett.
Tune.) 422 23 127, 372. Evening Prayer 6p.m. Open- ing Voluntary ResponseS Ferial. Padim of the 3rd EveninzXYHI, Hervey. Magnificat (XVIth Morning
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Hymn. Concluding Voluntar, UNION CHURCH KENNEDY R
Sunday Services Aug. 3rd. Morning 11-ath, Han 581, 227, 615, Evening 6 p.m. Hymns: 399, 606, 187, 617. Preacher: Rev
Kirk Maconachie.
ST. PETER'S CHURCH, WEST Porr Saday, August 3rd, 1919. 8 am Holy Communion No. 8 á.m. Service during Angust. 11- ram lorning- Prayer, Holy Communion and Bermon PEAK CHURCH.-Holy Commun, ion at 815 am. Evening Ser vice: 6,30 p.m
THE GOSPEL HALL(No. 10 and 12 Pedder Street). Weekly Services-Sunday. Breaking of Bread, 11 am. Gospel Meet ing, & p.m. Tuesday, Exposition. of Scripture, B pan. Thursday, Bible Class 8 pm Friday... Bible Class for Ladies 5.30 pm. Saturday, Prayer Meeting, Pul
all the more emphasised. What the terms of settlement in this nothing? Do the Chinese think baths, no underwear, and a proper
The Edinburgh Weekly Dispatch dispute will involve, we do not know at the moment of writing, but that the Germans are acoarse grein diet, the average.
has received the following letter we may reckon on it that if the miners' grievances are to be met, changed people and that their span of life will eventually reach
temarking on an article which British coal, already too dear for France to buy, will cost even more ideals no longer run counter 110 or 115 years.
appeared recently on Miss Mande Royden; stills Nor is it alone" in regard to coal that this kind of thing is to the true standards of Right?
London's." Woman Discussing this theory with a happening. - We read in a Home paper that the Welsh tinplata trade And are the Chinese to forget all Daily News representative Dr.
The Banvard American Musi-prescher-Dear Sir-Permit is at present in a very serious condition, owing to the enhanced cost about the innocent non-com- Josiah Oldfield, the well-known cat Comedy Co. which is now me, in the interests of accuracy, of steel and the increased wages. To get some idea of the importance batants of their own race who vegetarien physician and surgeon, appearing in Vladivostok and to say that the final paragraph in of this industry, it will be sufficient to know that before the war there last their lives at sea on account expressed his strongest dis doing their hit towards the enter your notice of Miss A. Maude were 590 tinplate mills at work in South Wales, and the of the illegal and shameful U-boat approval.
tainment of the Allied Expedition Royden hardly does justice to tobelverports reached well over nine million hundredweights atrocities? If that is to be the "In India," he said, if youry Forces in Siberia, will soon the Bishop of London. Bishops, in 1918, which was approximately half the total production, The case, we may well doubt China's cared to change your clothes return to Hongkong for a brief like Judges or Generals, are con- war of course, has badly hit the trade, which would have needed sincerity in entering the war. three or four times a day, a bath engagement, opening at the sitational officers, and have to all possible encouragement to have recuperated, but to-day we find Chiba has not played a con- would probably be unnecessary, Theatre Royal, on Thursday administer the law as it is. The ROMAN CATHOLIC
sitnation aggravated in this trade, sa it is in others, by the spicuously prominent part in the as the free perspiration coupled August 1. The Banwards are on fact that Miss Boyden has some-
sing-demands of the workers. A commentator on the struggle. It now looks as though with the rubbing of the skin by their way to India. This will be thing to say that is worth hearing,2 57761
that while twety-five year ago the Weish mano she intended to sneak quietly out fresh hiren would suffice to keep their farewell visit to Hong that she has been lice
The American market, today the American of it, even if she loses face
y delivering tinplates for sale in Great Britain in the process.”
the Welsh tinplate, works ask. Wages in the
an in Wales, but the production per man
American working man, we are told, never (TO OVERTHROW PEEING
canny policy Improve
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the skin clean. But some sort of Long and the same capacity America and rubbing is essential, unless people audiences will no doubt be on sistant wish to remain clean inside only, hand to enjoy the merriment. not qualify under & sort of glove, of dirt. It can be sefaly said, that the An
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