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NOTES & COMMENTS.
RENT CONTROL.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2. 1920.
DAY
BY DAY.
FOOTBALL.
A MAN SELDOM FORGETS A SATURDAY'S MATCHES. FAVOUR HE DOES ANOTHER,.
The matches on The Hon. Dr. Claud Sever.resulted as follows:- C. X. G., has kindly consented to distribute the prizea at the Ellis on Friday, Kadoorie School February 6th, at noon,
**
We desire to revert to the house-rent question because we know that for many residents of this Colony it is at the moment the most pressing one that they have to face. If His Excellency the Governor, in his remarks on the subject last Thursday, meant to imply that we shall never go back to really cheap rentals, we are inclined to agree with him. But nobody is really asking that we shall. What most people are concerned about is that some means shall be devised to put a
The total output of the.. Kailan stop to the constant increases that
Mining Administration's mines are taking place, without, for the week ending 17th January 35 сап be seen, any 1920, armounted to.99,435 tons and justification whatever. Let us the sales during the period, to take a case in point. We know 75,669 tons.
far
He is
A Chinese was sentenced to six weeks hard labour to-day for the theft of 2816lbs. of lead and 1316lbs. of brass wire from the Taikoo Docks.
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Saturday
SHIELD COMPETITION. Kowloon, 3: H.M.S. Cadmas, Police. I; H.M.S. Carlisle, 0.
LEAGUE: DIVISION II.
CLUB DE RECREIO V. NAVY RESERVES.
man.
TO-DAY'S MISCELLANY.
Very little interest attached to the meeting of these Clubs on the Navy ground, as the result was a
..Sailors who have recently re- foregone situation, and especially turned from the Gulf of Mexico so when it was observed that report that the Gulf Stream is Recreio were only playing nine almost at the boiling point, and The chief feature of the that existence on deck is almost first half was a remarkable dis-nbearable while ships are pass- 0.|play of goalkeeping by Recreio'sing through it, states the Daily goalie, who ared well on Express. Water dipped from the numerous occasions, but even stream is almost warm enough to so, McCarthy, Brant and Innes poach an egg, they assert. The scored with good shot the Navy temperature 100 miles out to sea. beingconstantly around the goalie. is 100 degrees above zero.
Staffs and Depts, 7; S. Joseph's Res, 0.
8.
The
In the second half. Trace from stream is also said to be ten miles Navy Res., 6; Club Recreio. half-back scored and Innes and nearer the coast than in July, all Hodge get the sixth with a very of which is believed to be the Club Res., 3; South China, 0.
fine dropping shot from well out. cause of the hot weather recently Atlantic Recreio's display was feeble in prevailing along the U.S. LEAGUE.
the extreme and afforded no coast. Tamar, 4: Marazion. C.
practice for the Navy's clever side, The weather Saturday Hayward in the Navy goal hay-
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of a resident who less than a year ago rented a flat for $120 per
Saturday's health return shows rain making things unpleasant of view, the game had better not month, inclusive of taxes. now being asked to pay $130 plus two cases of enterit (one fatal) but these conditions alone cannot have been played. taxes for the same flat. What he and one non-fatal case of cerebro-be held responsible for the very is spinal fever. The last-named poor standard of football display-
A.S. WATSON & CO., LTD. would very much like to know to was that of a Britisher, whilst ed in practically all the matches.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
Rent control may be difficult, but it is by no means impossible. Some time ago, when there were demands heard for fixing the price of foodstuffs, the retort was made in official quarters that the idea was impracticable, since the
The
enter the
POLICE V. H.M.S. CARLISLE.
Mr. Black was in charge of the game.
STAFFS DEPTS AND Y. ST. JOSEPHS RES.
in
The
played 116 per cent; wool. 18 per cent.
As for cats,
Some very striking figures re- was not too pleasant for playing, ing very few occasions to touch garding the present prices of
and a high wind occasional the ball. From a football point agriculural produce in the United Kingdom are to be found in a White Paper that has been issu- ed by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries. Compared with the years 1906-8, the average in selling value of corn, live stock, The It one of the enteric sufferers was In most of the games on Saturday!
etc., has been 153 per cent. warrant this big increase.
in two matches the football was
highest increase has been in the apparently paid the landlord as American and the other athe play was very mediocre, and
St. Josephs Res, placed a price of beans and peas, which year ago to let at the lower Chinese,
farcical. The opposition for Navy
Fruit Res, and Staffs and Depts, was of extremely weak team in the field has gone up 403 per cent. figure, or he would not have done
The Warichai arms case was
against their strong opponents and
cent. and has risen 353 per weak such a
character that 80. Then why does he now ask
the game only afforded the Staffs vegetables 218 per cent. an advance of well over twenty concluded on Saturday.
the games at times became a per cent.? This is the type of Chinese charged with attempting burlesque. The question of the an opportunity of improving their farm products which show the St. Joseph's were lowest increases are-potatoes. case that is raising the ire often- to shoot Sergt. McFall, in a admittance of these extremely goal average.
as usual short and ants. They don't expect rents to opium divan, was committed for weak sides to the League next throughout with ten men only hay, 120 per cent; and butter, 119 come down; they do plead that trial at the Sessions. Decision on:
the evidence against the second season should be seriously consod Townsend was
parti- per cent. It is necessary to go they should not go bigher.
man, who was
aggressive form and back to 1818 to find a higher charged with sidered, as both teams, St. Joseph's NOT IMPOSSIBLE.
possession of arms, was adjourned and Club de Recreio played less cularly
them elever men and their play had no difficulty in notching 3 average price for. wheat than in was below the goals in the first half. Connor 1917, and to 1812 for a higher until to-coorTOW,
on Saturday standard of Schoolboy football and Copeland also contributed price for barley. No less than nine hundred Kowloon and the Police both won and Staffs led 3-0 at the interval. there is no previous instance In the second half, the staffs during the period for which re- dollare in subsidiary coins were their ties and now
by the Police as second round of the Shield Com obviously eased down and Con cords are available that is since nor and Townsend could hardly 1771--of average prices so high Mrs. P. A. Cordeiro and family beg to tender their heartfelt
collected
result of the arrest of petition. thanks to their relatives and friends for the deep expressions of
help themselves in adding to the as those which were reached in total. A ridiculously, one-sided 1917 and 1918. The price was sympathy extended to them in their recent sad bereavement and
fourteen Chinese who attempted to for the many beautiful floral tokens seat; they also wish to thank matter, to be dealt with successful export the silver. Brought before.
game ended in a win for the 49. 10d. for 312lb in 1917 and 49s. ly, would need to be tackled at the Mr. N. L. Smith, at the Police This game was robbed of much Staffs by 7 goals to nil. their many friends for attending the funeral.
4d. in 1918. The highest price on Source of supply. That argument Court this morning, and charged of its interest owing to the fact
record previously was 44s. 6d. in was a reasonable one, but it can- at the instance of Inspector that the Carlisle team was not re-
1812. not apply to the case of rents." So Davitt. these speculators in presentative and as the ship is the game. we trust that the Public Works exchange were each fined $5. leavingthe Colony before the com-
CLUB RESERVES Y. SOUTH
It was not quite the most Committee, when it comes to con
petition can possibly be completed,
CHINA "A."
crowded hour of the day, and in sider this matter, will press for
The Managing Director of the a more or less, scratch Carlisle
Spectators who took the trouble the tube car were
two empty some measure of rent control. Un-Canton-Samshui Railway Com-team opposed the Police. The to journey to the Military Ground places. side by side (says "A officials should arm themselves pany bas recently proposed to scratch team, however, put
the Evening with details of what other construct a motor road from up Я very goud fight and were rewarded with a nice open Londoner" in Colonies and the Home Govern- Fatshan to Kuansban. The pro-playing up the hill in the game, probably the best game of Standard.) Presently a woman the day. The Reserves were entered, followed by a wire-haired ment has done in this regard.posed road is 15 miles long and first half, they caused Clarke,
law-defying muzzle As to the argument that it would will have three stations, to be MeWalters and the goalie plenty withou: Weyman, their centre-terrier, a be an interference with business, located at Lansek, Shuitang and of trouble. The police made many half, his place being taken by hanging carelessly under his
"the He Martin, who made an ear. Rev.
took that can be put on one side, since Kuanshan. It is said that funds a raid, principally through
There was beside his mistress with an the Government, by deciding to of more than $400,000 are required Grimmett and
Robertson, but interesting debut.
not much in the first half assurance born cf long custom, build houses for the public. has for the construction of the pro- the Carlisle backs were steady not allowed that circumstance to posed road.
and Edwards" was very safe and South China would have and gazed on his fellow-passengers and with wise and rather weary eyes. in goal. The Police weigh. If no steps are taken to prescribe standards of rentals, the
We learn that at the meeting desperately to score in the second McKenzie, who were in bright At the next station no one got landlords will think that they can
able factor, in their favour, the owner unceremoniously pushed Even since the cinematograph has come into its present world. do just as they please. It's about to be held to-morrow afternoon half and it must be admitted for. In the second half, with out, but five people came burry- wide popularity there have been discussions on the dangerous effect time they were made to under- under the auspices of the Hong. luck was not on theirside. Me Wathe wind, which was a considering into the train, on public morals that the repeated showing of criminal stories has stand that there is a limit to their kong General Chamber of Com-ters was very useful in repelling Club forwards dominated the him off to make way for the fore-
merce, to welcome the members a smart attack by the Carlisle of the Aerial Derby Commission right wing. Grimmett raced game, and Pilger. Boysen and most passenger-an elderly wo-
Zeverin were a clever combina- man. She smilingly .shook her. now in Hongkong, at which through or his own and was just
she said. matter was but an expression of what a great many people harc Within the next few weeks, members of the Commission will robbed in time, and on another tion. Pilger scored a very nice head. "I won't take the dog's been thinking for a long time past. We did not intend referring to
several occasions. The and the four men behind her the question further than what has already been done, because it is Hongkong sportsmen will have speak, Sir Arthur Whitten Brown, occasion he caused amusement by opening goal and Boysen got two place,"
her keeper who remained undisturbed. Altogether the meeting
example, and a mutter that rather speaks for itself, but during the week-end it plenty to interest them. The of Atlantic flight fame, will be a heavy charge on the big goal-pile-drivers and had hard lines smile spread through the car,
rear's biggest sporting fixture- guest.
their half wey line in. this resolutely laid hold of their was very strikingly borne home to us that if the exhibition of crimes The Jockey Club's Raco Meeting promises to be an exceedingly! After continued pressure one of South China rarely got beyond followed
half and Club played a strong straps. The dog seemed to grasp McKenzie not being the situation and lost no time in
The Hongkong Telegraph
HONGKONG, MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 1920.
FILMS AND POSTERS.
and the question that was asked at lest Thursday's meeting of the rapacity. Legislative Council by the Hon, Mr. H. E. Pollock in regard to this SPORT GALORE.
tried
Mr. Dawes was in charge of
scored but for Young
on
game.
旮
Бед
The terrier's
Her
The picture is worthy of a little more than passing notice Tournament on the 14th "instant. him to do the deed. His gTaRoberstson show decided promise were in good fettle. The Chinese Stanley, and so rendering such
the Carlisle defenders handled of viclence on films is bad, then even more so must be the displaying soon to come off, and already interesting one.
and Robertson scored with a very of huge pictorial posters on which acts of crime are depicted. Films have a much lesser publicity than the posters one can see in many people are busy attempting
For the theft of fire sovereigns fast shot which Edwards made à many parts of the City, especially outside the picture houses. We to forecast the winners. Great have in mind a poster we saw on Saturday in one of the principal interest has been and still is and two finger rings front his great attempt to save. The game troubled over much. The Club Re-regaining the place ceded to him thoroughfares of the City on which was shown a woman holding a being manifested in the trainings, grandmother, a Chinese who was was exciting and Carlisle for-serves played an open, attractive by five tired looking humans, who revolver against a man's chest and she was tragically pointing the and there is every promise of a charged atthe instance of a woman, wards gave some good combined game and their forwards were stood and swayed cheerfully for He stated that the de- particularly the goalkeeper and the pick and some of their work feeling akin to gratitude to the while to an office table, demanding that the man should put back really first-class Meeting. Then, was given three months hard work at times. Their defence, quite good, the inside trio being his sake. I left the train with &
to wind up Race Week, we labour. some money he had obviously taken.
are to have another Boxing mands of money-lenders forced backs, was good. Police included being very attractive. The halves car makers for not sending those new men and the goalie and did well and behind the rearguard 200 cars ordered by Sir Albert
backs kicked well but placed an incident possible. being objectionable. One has to consider those who see such
which mother a picture and what is the effect on their minds. Take the ordinary will be of decided interest." The the third time she had suffered and are acquisitions. McWalters, badly, while their forwards were uneducated Chinese of poor means-the man whose moral code:
The Magistrate Grimmett and Clarke were the articles for the two principal at his bands. would never deter him from being dishonest or even a danger: bouts were signed in the Telegraph was informed that the prisoner pick of the others. Mr. Townsend clever on the run, but finished ous criminal if and when opportunity presented itself. He doesn't! offices on Saturday. Stoker pawned the rings and changed was in charge of the game. see the film, but he sees the picture of a woman, regarding whom waters was not satisfied with the sovereigns after he had com- KOWLOON Y. H. M. S. CADMUS. he shares the national contempt for the sex, holding up a man with the result of his last "go" with mitted the theft.
woman.
the main events
in
said
that this
meaning men are confident that they can the
was
weakly.
TAMAR V. MARAZION.
were
ex-
•
wes in the main in every way unobjectionable, but the incident from/entrants is an indication of the dagger, had been whipped off his poor attempt at .scoring and a cellent chance of improving their machinery ought
•
induces
Dr Prosser, as every one knows, wants us to fit the colours of our rooms to what we do in them. Mr. Birkenshaw was in charge For instance, a business house in of the game.
Cardiff came to him and asked him to colour-scheme their Considerable interest centred a revolver and having her way, if not by violence certainly by Kerrison for the Welterweight!
premises so as to help efficiency armed force. If a mere woman can do that, there isn't much to Championship of the Colony, and Keenly interested in the music in this match as Cadmua were
The Tamar fielded a strong in their workers. In their offices strolling known to possess a smart team stand in his way. By being a man, he was born better than any sa he is having another attempt discoureed by some
team including Graydon, Taliana, (Dr. ·Prosser says). mauve
be fatal-it That is just a supposition of the kind of reasoning he to wrest the title from the holder musicians, at the junction of and were new to the Club ground. Stone, Munphy, Amey and Hay- would would be likely to indulge in, and it is a reasoning that could pro-wester big fight that between Bonham and Pokfulam Roads, a Kowloon played Weyman, of the ward and Marazion, excepting sleep. So he suggests --Blue duce very harmful effects. The Government's reply to Mr. Pollock Mason
and Lee, for the Chinese forgot that there was Club Reserves, vice Mitchell, was that it would be difficult to suppress all films that depicted Middleweight Championship-isa watchman behind him who centre balf, the latter having for a few spasmodic rushes, never ceiling, primrose-yellow walls, seriously troubled Hayward. green woodwork and chairs. For crimes of violence as mere subsidiary incidents in long serials, but the censoring authorities had been requested to give careful likely to be a star item, for both was curious to know what was loft the Colony. Kowloon opened Goals were scored in the first vellow "has a life-giving force," of the with their usual fast passing half through Graydon (2) cad and green you can make "either attention to the matter and in particular to prohibit films in which wir. There will be other attractive suspicious bulge that showed game and Tatam was first given
with 2 nice effort in the crimes of violence and the use of firearms by evil- doers form the items too, of course. Then, on the in his cap. Before he could bring a chance but sent just outside./ Stove, and Taliana came along restful or ecergetic." It is a fair bet he will pat a " gingering" Marazion second half. chief attraction. The whole point reissed is that even when "crimes following Saturday, we are to have his mind back from the ecstasy Cadmus left wing got moving in
green on those Cardiff chaire. of violence are mere subsidiary incidents in long serials" they are the Marathon for the Telegraph of the music, he discovered that good style and beat Jackson
which concealed & rather easily but made a very very poor class and the match Then a North Country doctor emphasised on posters for the attraction of patrons. It may be that
merely afforded Tamar să
asked Dr. Prosser what colour to be. so the poster which we saw on Saturday, bad reference to a picture that up. The very large number of his cap,
combination, and incidentally it that the men and women great interest which is being head, and the he was arrested. fine chance was lost. Millard it, as depicted and emphasised on a lurid poster, might well give one taken in this race, and that a fine Brought before Mr. J. R. Wood mede no mistake at the other showed that Graydon was good who work it should not the impression that it was essentially a criminal film, Every tussle for chief honours will take at the Police Court to-day, he end, however, for an opening resident is well aware of how our City has for several years past seenplace we may be quite sure. One was sentenced to three months, presented itself and the inside form and not much the worse the exhibition of posters excessively tragic, often showing murders, or two of the Indian runners, hard labour.
fight steadied himself and scored after his recent injury. with a good shot. Cadmus, im-
HONGKONG SHIELD violent life and death struggles, and numerous other morbid kinds who have been in hard training.
COMPETITION, of scenes.
are fancied in some quarters, but It will be interesting for those mediately after, had arare chance.
Å meeticg of the This, together with the showing of films of criminal stories, is others think that the twenty-four who are concerned with mach-as from a very faulty bit of goal- far from elevating-in fact has been proved in many cases to have had a deleterious effect on the minds not only of men, but of boys/ aspirants from H.M.S. Hawkins inery to learn--that Mr. F. keeping by Byder the ball was Committee of the above. Com I can get the right colour vibra-
will contain some men who will Holroyd, of Messrs. Alex Ross sent the wrong side of the post.petition consisting of Messrs. and youths, too. We join with Mr. Pollock in regretting the bad have to be seriously reckoned and Co.'s machinery department, Kowloon were better finished with McCubbin, Dawes and Birken- tions." About the firm's rest and faster than shaw met at the Pavilion room for workers he advised- example that is thereby set, but we regret to an even greater extent with, while some of the Wilts is now in Hongkong in the interest their work
blue (for concentration) and that those into whose hands the "picture" industry has gone scem
mauve. "For mauve with them being Messrs. came to make it their special business to make films of a low melodrama- men are also known to be worth of many well-known Home firms. Cadmus and two more goals of the Hongkong F.C. on Satur easily through day evening to arrange dates etc. It will be among keeping one'a eye on. fic type. Fortunately, there are many of a different kind also manu a ne race, anyhow.
Crossley Bros, of Manchester: Millard and Tatam in the second for the second round of the Com-lot of red in it is stimulat- factured and it is our own opinion that the public generally would
Thos. Piggott and Co. of Birming half, the civilian side winning petition. Many minor matters ing. England is having far rather see a high-toned story based on sentiment than a repre-
hem; Lambourne and Co. of rather easily on the run of play. were discussed, principally con- colour wave, Dr. Prosser says. sentation of exaggerated crimes and criminals. It may be that the
"Manchester; J. H. Carruthers Kowloon did not seem quite up filth censors in Hongkong could also be given power to deal with WILLING TO CHANGE PLACES.
and Co. of Glasgow, Geo. Turton, to their usual standard but cerning the referee appointments, is really a heat wave" be-
arranged:— in clearing away a great deal that is not only objectionable but un-of Prince Kujo is reported to have Elkanah Armitage and Sons, of and Millard were in great form:
Feb, 7. H.M.S. Hawkins doubtedly dangerous because of the power of example. We frankly filed an application with the jud- Manchester; B. K. Morton and Cadmus were well served for admit that those who actually show the films are largely in the ical authorities asking for per- Co, of Shefeld; James, Dawson ward, but the finishing was South China club Ground, referee, bands of those who make them, but that scarcely does away with mission to suffer capital punish- and Son, of Lincoln; Robert extremely poor and much good Lt. Snock, kick-off 4.15 p.m. the argument. If a thing is bad and of dangerous example, it ought ment in lieu of Yamada Ken, and Co. of London; and the work was thrown away.
in charge of the club Ground, kick-off 4,75 p.m., Scotland, because of the lack of to be removed, and under such a category come a great many of concerned in the Tokio murder Dictograph Product Corporation Snook was
Eno there. of New Yo the advertising posters we now refer to.
rather
Sub-
get tired. It was engineering.
thousandth-of-an-inch work. "Well," said Dr Prosser to the London Evening News, "I had to ask the rate at which the parts of the machinery vibrate. Then
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posters and an instruction that action should be taken would result. A maid servant in the employ Platts and Co. of Sheffield; Bir Wheeler, White Van Langenberg and the following matches were cause people are wearing the
case.
geme.
primary colours. This is due to strength, and a consequent reviv- al of colour-sense given us by the war. Before the war men and women were wearing dull neutral
Lt. Feb. 21.-H.M.S. Tamar v, Club, tones. You see red waru most in
referee, Lieut. Snook.
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