WATSON'
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maintains the same HIGH
quality TO-DAY as BEFORE
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and during the War.
Per Case including duty.
$29.00
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There has been an interesti Htila development. taking place in Kowloon of late in regard the priess of foodstuffs charged by the wily compradores. Some little time back, "all the com-
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This has been a vary full week | ANNUAL ATE DIDN'T BE regarda pablin happenings All
ALL through it we have "bid": "firi))| A'very'intèrenting: program WORLD Ciam: theatre · Company giving of thirteen events in the anni
un" some “Very fine shows, athletic sports of the Hongkon there has been the Cham- University WAS gone throng
Commeres meeting yaslarday in the preestroe
the|the" "CRIVSfiol, I beragamKIN
shape of the Importers and Ex-sant besides, Dr. Jordan, porters, and we have been toll Jordan and the members of the that Hi Ercellency the the University, staff. The no publie de ct.
To-morrow; being Good Friday, ber of
will be no site of the thair prices, and there was noth- | Hongkong Telegrapā. ing for the aggrieved customea.do do except to pay up and
Tha Rav, J. Kirk Maconachis Governor has accepted the following were the officialsity of its inhabitania is Attempt to look cheerful A few days ago, öne Cheung Fatt 11 am, to-morrow,
is to proach it the Union Church, | sarviong offered and has Patron; His Broallangy the the savings bank deposits,
really formed the new Carpe, Governor. President Dr. G. Pdoubled in a year, and at the sad announced to Kowloon house- wivas in general that -- be had it,
which is going to be known Jordan. Chairman of 1918 are a average of 218 Miss Marie Tempest and Com as the Hongkong Volunteer Redmond, Judges: J. D. Wright, for each depositor. At present started business, his method
I see that W, Brown; Referee: A. the British civil population,num- being to distribute to
pany left this morning by the Defence Corps. every honaphold a price list showing Shinyo Mara faf Shanghai.
the journal I pen these few notes Middleton Smith: Starter: J.H.R.bare about 16,000. There is for has stated that it suggested Freeborn; Time-keepers: A. Broom for .faw more on "the slight reductions on the matsa
the such a title nearly four months Warren and M. H. Roffey: Sports Rock," because the Census af Mrs ago and if lis suggestion had any Committee: K. Brayshay, N. 1911 enumerated nearly 17,000 previously employed in one of the Anderson left this morning by thing to do with the actual Mackintosh and Chestr Toon Lak besides Maltese and aliens, wao. compradore establishments across the Shinyo' Maru for Lima.
choosing, then it
an (Hon. Secretary); Stewards: have also diminished sines iban. the harbour but because of a
extremely sensible and timely K. M. Sampson, R. W:' Barney оде Nothing {quarrel-he resolved to start in Thars will be two services al could have
more fit and Thung Siang Swea;'> been chosan. the other St. Andrew's Church, Kowloop. I hear that the new members are wont to May Hall, Lugard Hall Chronicle) that the word “chuda,
The inter-hostal championship Our surmise (säys the Daily the to-morrow Morning Prayer at wondering when they are first being second. Messrs. D.K. Samy used by a Japanese correspondent
| charged by the other compradores.
Dr. E. G. Anderson,
This man, we are informed, was Peruvian Cosul, and
and, compete with shops Whether that is
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HONGKONG, THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1920.
A PLEA FOR CANDOUR..
mare
and
much
interesting gratifying is the fact that plekpockef was caught in conditions the abone which had only a week Dea Viann Road West yesterday, Or so previously put up their by a constable, and he was to-day charges answered this newcomer given six weeks, by Mr. N. L by issuing freab price Hats show Smith.
ing reductions on Cheung Fat's
an this
*.
顺
would that season have been if
Until the League of Nations is able to bring about some degree
*210 Yards Handles-1, D. K. war. There may not be any Samy: 2, S. M. Sapher; 3, Chesh more ware with savages or semi- Toou Lok.
civilised peoples. But for intern- Mile Race-1, Shih Wei Hua:|
al troubles Imperial tanks would be equally efficient. The bulk of Woo, Pak Luk: 3, Yeoh Hone
our troops in India, ́ ́Egypt, Mesopotamia and other regions Relay Race1, Lugard Hall might be withdrawn and replaced by a mechanical and irresistible police force.
we get too far on in the hot and Chesh Toon tied for the in Western Russia, was a varian
championship..
of the word "kudos” in disputed weather before anything is done
for training and His Excellency, in distributing by a correspondent, who was drilling will not be any so the awards, said he was glad to formerly the foreign editor of a comfortable.
find that May Hall had carried Moscow paper. If,” Namaya," one off the championship. The roads the whole sentence, and in standard of sport showed a
this work the nearest years areale ~ rates, and, incidentally, in some Lord Acheson, Sir Arthur Company I believe the Manage-provement.
As regards the Maria Temper possibility of considerable in incomparable greater asikio than has done last year's, triumphal cases below their own recently-Churchmas and other Directors ment considers that it had a
war," and remembers that this is revised prices, which were put of the British-America Tobacco fairly successful season. bere.
The results were as follows a literal translation from The up, so housewives were informed,
Kicking the Football-1, Obeah Russian, one comes to the con~ because to continue the old rates Company, left this morning by But how much more successful Keng Selig: 2, D. K. Samy.
the Shingo Maru for Shangħai.
...falosion that 'chudo" in simply a would have meant a loss? Thej
the prices for admission bad been Throwing the Cricket Ball-1, transcription in Latin characters question which Kowloon residents are now asking themselves is how The Empress of Asia left dock a little more in line with what is DK Samy: Chum Sin of the Russian word meaning *milracle, marrel," and parfnatly long this rate-cutting will last: this morning after an extensive generally charged? I personally Kah. they are unanimous in wishing of a number of plates. She is have gone bot who, in all the Yuan: Cheah Toon Lok: 3 D. Russia the equivalent to the ex- overhaul, including the renewal know of many people who would 220 Yards Race-1. Hot Pin if it is borne in mind that in fits the whole phrase, especially more power to Cheung Far's elbow. Incidentally,
now alongside at Kowloon wharf circumstances, decided that is K. Samy.
would be better policy not to.
pression 'perform a miracls" is "to JOBSIS-ULDALL-A Registrar's Office on the 1st inst. general question, it seems that
Long Jump-1, Cheab Toon create a miracle..". There is to be a service to One- man the Food Control Committee has
- said G. J. Jobsis of Holland to M. K. Uldall of Denmark.
that he Lak; 2, Yeoh Teik Ee. been dissolved. But what about marrow (Good Friday) at the felt that if he patronised
show he would .bal 100 Tards-1. Had Pin Yuan; the Proclamation actually fixing Wesleyan Church, Wanchai, at the
2. D. K. Samy. prices of foodstufs? Has that 10.15 am. The Rev. C. encouraging other Companies ever been repealed? If not, then/Gimblets, will be the to charge So and, so, contented High Jump-1, D. K. Samy: of iatarsational disarmament the, the authorities ought to be pro- preacher.
himself by staying away. I was Cheah Toon Lok. *
beat hope of relief for the far- secuting people who are charging
in a similar position and als
440 Yarks-1. Hsu Fin Yuan: payer seems to be in the develop more than the prescribed figures:
At the Oratorio to be given in though I might have scraped up $3 2, D. K. Sany.
ment of the tank. Colonel TEČ A Proclamation bas the force of St. John's Cathedral to-morrow for a back seat-though it was
Putting the Weight-1. Yang Faller, D.8.0., the ablief general a law, hasn't it?
evening seatholders are requested pretty late in the manth-1]
Sü Chion; Cheah Toon taff officer of the Tank Corpa, to kindly be in their seats not decided to enter a silent protest. Lok. OTHER KOWLOON MATTERS.
truly say in his book that, all later than 9 p.m. The collection The Company was great, I hear,' What with a possible further will be in aid of the Cathedral and all who did go to see Miss
880 Yards, Shih Wah Hua; years could have been won in #--
our "little wars" of the Insă-40 reduction in the prices of food-Organ Fund.
Tempest were loud in their 2. Wong Tik Sik; 3. K
vary brief time and at small cost stuffs, unless these compradore
praises. But they first had to be Sunavat.
if we had possessed few folk come to some sort of agree A fins of $500, or three months, long in their purses. We all know
Pole Jump- Thong Kam; 2 of the Mark II. tanks which ap ment, and the fact that the was imposed on a Chinese, who that everything has gote up'in Dong Tse HAR.
peared at the end of the great monthly ferry fares have been bad in his possession 2736 taels price and I don't think that any reduced, living in Kowloon after of opium. He had gone to great one would object to a decent a bit will become quise pains in concealing the opium, show charging 4. but it ought passable. Of course, there are bot with equal cleverness the not to be encouraged if it charges plenty of other reforms needed searcher.succeeded in bringing more. The City Hall Committee We have just had another good example of the love of the yet, but these can safely be left to light the stuff.
who lat the Theatre ought to secret even when big things are happening. Hongkong seems to be to the Residents Association.
point that out very strongly to Soo. very full of those people who either have a fear of publicity or who which is doing no end of useful
The gong was not sounded to all future Companies. It was an have a morbid love of keeping things to themselves. We could sell work in a quiet but thorough way, give warning of what was going eloquent showing of what resid. (Yeoh Talk Ea, D. K. Samy, S.M. this old, old story every day, but in the general run of things we are Soon we hope to see some more of on, and, as a result, & contractor ents felt when they flocked in Sepher, A. A. Rumjaho). content to let it go by. But when such an important matter as a its correspondence published, and who had charge of the blasting such numbers to the Victoria threatened strike of all the native fitters in Hongkong is afoot and then the public will get a further operations on the new Magazine Theatre to see the Humphrey we then find people intimately connected with the matter closing illustration of the fact that it is a Gap Road, was to-day summon-Bishop Company. And a bright the Colony had very great Should it prove true that cotton __pp like oysters, it is time that a little further was said about the vary energetic body indeed, The ed by the P.W.D. at the Police little show they put on, too.
has been discovered growing. difficulty in finding accommoda- matter.
saccess scored by the Asso-Court and fined $25.
tion and even applied to one of wild in what was believed to be We are not going into the merits or demerits of the threatened cistion in getting the Barrow
our local hospitals for permission¤ Australian desert, the future strike; at least not here. We were able yesterday, after a good deal Terrace notices-to-quit withdrawn
Building preparations for the terday's paper that occasion was of course, was denied them, but new fortunes. The past of collon I was very glad to see in yes to sleep in the institution. This, may open up vast possibilities of of energy, had been expended, to give the full story-as fall as we is something to the good, new Cathedral Hall are advanc could get. But the fact remains that there was, at the time we anyhow, and we do not iog rapidly. A sum of about aked to speak on the departure of one of the party conceived the is strewn with El Dorados- wrote, a very strong probability of a big strike affecting practically doubt that other of its efforts $3,000 is still required. There has the men of the RG.A., a good idea of going to a doctor and except for many of those inven- the whole of the industrial machinery of the Colony. All works, will also prove beneficial. There been received a sum of $5,000 of whom are known to me getting a certificate of admission to whose lugenious machines of docks and manufacturing concerns employing native fitters were surely is a doubt about the wind from a donor who wishes to able distinction to have of being toughe
personally. It is not a very envi-Whether the doctor really the 18th century have made riches involved. There was very free general talk going on among the of a body of this kind, and it would remain anonymous, as an endow
for modern Lancashire Ark- European community and, of course, it was a very widely discussed be to every Kowloon resident's ment fund for the new building. almost the last men in the British I did not, bear, but it is wright is the only conspicuous in subject among the Chinese community. But so soon as we began own interest to become attached
Empire to be demobilised, es said that he, did give
stance of reward following merit.' tomvastigte the facts among those intimately concerned, in order to it. In closing these Kowloon
The members of the American/Pecially when the greater number certificate and that the man died in" poverty. It is only
Most of them, Hike Hargreave, f that we might fulfil our proper function of giving to the public comments, let us give a word of Silk Mission, Messrs. Charles their services soon
of them willingly volunteered the true position of the crisis, we ran ourselves up agains: so praise to the Ferry Company for Cheney (President of the Silk outbreak of war. In many cases cars of $3 per day. When he fluctuations in the price of cotton
after the speat some very comfortable
in our own times that »vast days in the institution at a attitude of assumed ignorance and sometimes even of deliberate voluntarily reducing the monthly Association of America), Emil refusal to say anything. We wonder what these people thought ticket rates. we were after? It was only a very natural desire-and & legitimate appreciated, and
was due to proceed on his way have taken place, and that, of... yet further D. Dunlop, William C. Cheney, from being in khaki with the first
prevented one to know exactly what was happening and then present illustrates the point that the Ramsay Prugnet and Daniel hundred thousand. Of course, nurses.
them he recovered with a celerity course, is due to the ameing. the facts to the reading public of Hongkong in the normal way. Company is showing more and E. Donty, left to-day by the there are always some people
astonished his ingenuity of the men who made the human-like machines that Employers ware particularly reticent and in more than one in-more consideration to its patrons. Shinyo Mara for Shanghai.
now do the work of a thousand hance they flatly refused to give any information. And whilst IRISH AFFAIRS.
willing to deride the services of Colbers did say a little, they ended with the wrual injunction "But,
Our friends across the Pacific men. When machinery was first others, whilst they themselves bare a happy way of coining applied in this country one of Nothing could be more in- A Chinese was before Mr. R.O. are more talk than give. The phrases and I read the following bossted that he had redused the *-plasse don't say anything about it." We were rather expecting that
these more fortunate inventors- visit to a certain Government official would have been hopeless, congruous than the fact that the Hutchison this morning, the little band of men who went away debate on the new Bill which charge being that he was caught from this Colony ouder com-
Lin one of the American_JOKE that it was pleasing to find that he willingly gave all the information
be bad, for he probably realised that to try to stifle publicity on poses to give Ireland a form in possession of two pieces of poisory measure were not all papers which I think is worthy of price specially fine kind of reproduction: In our more or cotton from 20quinens to 135. such an important matter as this would do a great deal more harm incide with the dastardly murder have been stolen. He told the expressed it, and it is in my own of the phonograph
of self-government, should co-timber which were believed to dug-upe." as yesterday's writer less witty slang the product for a quantity micient to make than all the bagm imagined by other people. The position we take of a magistrate in Dublin, and Magistrate that he had to swim personal knowledge that not a quently referred to as
is. frea Indy's dress. We need him in such a matter is this: that the more publicity given to it the an armed raid on
DON. canned better. Let all the facts, bots of the men's demands, and of the Kerry. But we are not going to planks, which were loating in the hare
a police but in to get within distance of the few of those among them who music. The phase is commonly employers' reasons for withholding those demands be as fall and comment on that aspect of the water about 100 yards from the volunteered for the new local
returned bava already disparagingly. But can The reassembling of Parliament freely known as possible because it is only thus that the public, the Irish langle; the two sets of shore. His past was enquired defence force. It is time that is one of the most useful renoved, serious Hturgical people who form the ultimate judgment of the rights or wrongs of a circumstances will suggest their into and it was found that he had others got more charitable and oped and it takes one of its high which, in the period before dal y arts that civilization has devel dificulty about the mon fonse, is ever given an opportunity of passing judgment. It is fairly Febylous that with a serious matter on foot people soon get to know/own comment. As to the new once served a term in gaol for a did a little volunteering them-est forms in the mechanism of the local papers, confrunted country,
about it and whether anything is said in the public press or not doomed to failure. It satisfies three weeks hard labour" was
Bill, it is already obvious that it similar crime. A sentence of selves.
phonograph. A leisure half hour parsons. Dr. Brodrick, the láts makes very little difference as to the extent the publicity. But nobody, and if it is the best that accordingly inflicted. what the public press can do, and always should do, is to present the Government can do, then we feel
might be spent plasssatly and Warden of Merton College, Ox full facts of the case from both points of view, thus noting se a cor- sorry for its incapacity. The
not unprofitably in recallingford, loved to relate how in bis rective to the wrong ideas of people who have only heard of some question is a very thorny one, of the Church Fund was held in deal has been and is being done are conserved in that way for into a Yorkshire moo
A ssle of work for the benet meeting revealed that a great Of course fruits and vegetables first Reform Bill, he wandered some of the uses of canning young days, about the time of the thing and then of only half of it. In the absence of full incis there admittedly. If everybody would the compound of the Union to improve the trade of the port future nee and the shelves in the where the old-fash Can only be conjectures and how often false conjectures have been be content with the Act which Church yesterday afternoon and I think we may fairly rest The faz more to say in support of the owners than against them, but by the best way would be apparel which was on display looked after from a business point of service to men slong bore the othe detrimental to the point at issue we have all seen. There might is already on the Status Book, The big collection of wearing assured that the Colony is being grocery and the rubbish piles in decker arrang
the alley tel
eloquently Reak, reading deal by adopting the attitude that so many of them. did yesterday they to put it into operation at represented the creditable efforts of view. Still, I bad deal of that line. But very many of the At the preserí tute laying themselves open to false censure.
It is not only in regard to such matters as this that one finds a once. Failing that, Mr. Clynes of the Union Church working sympathy for the editorial com- things that make life worth while High Court atkere to make things public. We have spoken about it often be- Assembly representing the whole is Hon. Secretary and Treasurer, though not being a propagande not otherwise have been avail paused,
suggestion -, of a Constituent party of which Mrs. Hickling ment in yesterday's Telegraph, are canned products that would sme que and have come in opposition to it in regard to certain things Irish people; to be charged with These articles as well as the expert I don't quite see how it is able. Books are the canned subordinate ju sa that have been designed wholly for the benefit of the Colony. These the task of drafting a new Con- goods of the sweets stall which going to be done without very wisdom or foolishness of the ages. the late days to argue in favour of the benefits of publicity, for one titution within the principles of was established at the entrance, great deal of extra effort.
uld have thought that the world was old enough in wisdom by self-determination, with full pro- for the children, were freely
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The act much J. Stebli, George A. Post, John ess
it WILS only physical unft-
that
The Chamber of Commerca
the
that rather
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Without this caring
the wisdom of Solomon
winds and Shaki fello
to realise list light and ventilation have done more perhaps minorities and the dispeed of to the large number of Anything sise towards furthering civilisation. In matters of costions of defence and aparice, visitors, Those who sexisted at The other day I spoke about a ablid weal or stress it is of vital importance that nothing should would appear the best solution the sale wers Mesdames Chap the housing shortage, and
in the dark, that obscurity and its consequent conjecture Indeed, the only wane attitude on man, fitebell, Walker, Temple this week heard not be allowed to falsify any position. Will Hongkong people this Irish question seems to belton, Gibeon, McCorquodale
ing story
Hy take a little thought on the point, for if they did they would that taken up by the Labour Maconachle, and Mas Temple without in realise the tremendous benent that could be derived from Party
ton,
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