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DOG-SHOOTING.
mada public reference lately but which, inconsequence of the Police campaign of shooting alleged
DAY BY DAY.
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CURRENT COIN.
(BY "MERCATOR ")-
FRAWLEY
SEASON.
It was a large and happy audience which gathered at the
TO-DAY'S MISCELLANY
We want to-pen a few words. known dog to which Mr. Gadge TAINED-Cice about poor ald "Jenka, the well MINISTERED, WRONGFULLY RE- enquities from Jara, Burma and witness the Frawley Company's and, it is said, the vegetable re There have been a number of Theatre on Saturday night, mandat in a.biginom mineral Saigon for iron and steel products production of It Pays to mains of coniferous trees or fam- from this market, and a good | Advertise.” His Excellency the lied wood. The best jet comes Saturday's health return shows business has resulted à farge Governor, Lady Stubbs and party from mines in Whitby, England. stray animals, is no more. When one non-fatal case of enteric (quantity of round bars and nails were present. The play, which had Spain and Francs have large the shootings first began wo Chinese).
were shipped during the past been produced in Hongkong more jet miqes. Queen Victoria is vigorously assailed the murderous
week to these places. Last month than once before, was made the said to have been fond of jet and and totally unnecessary crusade,
a lot of cargo was offered here by very most of, and all the members during the latter part of her Japan, but now the Japanese of the cast did their best to bring reign. it came into
great marchants are out of this market, out its humour and the moral favour as jewellry. It is as the prices in Japan have gone which it points. There were one capable of taking 齄 high up. During the past three weeks or two alterations in the alloca polish and is very easy to carre. A fine of $250 was to-day in the matals market has registered tion of the parts, as compared The genuine jet is so valuable advanca of coma ten with the Company's earlier pre market. The best imitations that many imitations are in the
voicing, as we know, public fool A batch of literature for the ing on the question. Then for aoops has been received from time wa heard
SN." Many thanks.
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mare of these happenings and we bad begun to hope that the order
to the Police had been cancelled.flicted on a Chinese for the But now comes the pathetic story possession of two revolvers and of the slaughter of "Jenks," and several rounds of ammunition. if only because everybody knew this fine fallow of a dog and will
Att
per cont hare, and prices sentations of the play. Mr. arg still Tory steady. InFrawley on this occasion appear come from Italy and are called galvanised sheets business ing with much success as the “Italien jet.” The real job is was done last week at $17.50 for advertising canvassar.
very light while some of the a hundred pounds, against the
imitations made from glass are The Company is now on a brief question of $15.15 of the previous visit to Canton, but it will reopen
beavy. week. There are few stocks of bare on Thursday with AT this in the local market. The local entirely new play. A Pair of dealers have been replenishing Queens," concluding the season their carga. One firm is stated with The 13th Chair" on Friday feature of lawn-tennis for women,
Cloths are a vary important! to have bought some fifty tons of and "The Man Who Came Back" says Phyllis Satterthwaite in the yesterday galvanised sheets ten days ago. on Saturday.
thus be able to visualise what From Aulau a report has reach- these nightly shooting expeditions ed the Police of the accidental mean, we do trust that the whole death by drowning of a Chinese business will now be put a stop boy whilst bathing in a fish pond to. It is said that “Jenks was at Sampui. lying quietly asleep when ha was shot, wearing his collar, with A Chinese
A.S. WATSON & CO., LTD. he knocked down by a truck, receiv and this, I am told, will be
THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY.
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could
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thousand
keg
WEIS
be could therefore be regarded ing serious injuries to his feet shipped to Calcutta. Calcutta has
Daily Sketch. I think the French girls have got nearer the kies of straying" is a neat point He was removed to the Govern- into which we will not go Bat ment Civil Hospital.
presumably run short of the
comfort with a certain amount of this much is certain-that it
metal, and is, therefore, prepared to six thousand cases of Belgian smartness than the English. One would have the easiest of matters
to pay higher prices for it. Wire Window glass.
should avoid either the bard The market! for the Police to have taken pos-
at It has been reported to the nails are quoted $16 to is steady at $12.50 to $13 per case manish type of dressing, with session of him and removed him Police that a Chinese tiring in $17 per reg. In the for first quality glass. The rating tremendously starched skirs and to the Dogs Home where he On Lan Street has been sent to previous week wire nails were ate here is below the price at severe collars OT the equally have been kept until the Government Civil Hospital selling at $15.50 per keg. The Present prevailing in Belgium. impossible fluffy style. If the claimed by his master. If the suffering from opium poisoning.
reason for this rise is that Jaye The last quotation received from day ever comes when woman idea underlying the shooting
has been buying, and a fow Belgium mentioned WAS
have the courage to play lawn- 60 order is to prevent dogs from
shipped shillings per case, which equals tennis in real comfort by wear- straying at night, why on earth.
In our report on Saturday of a there from here. The demand is about $15. The stocks of Belgian is something like the cannot some such procedure 55
case of theft in which a Filipino still unsatisfied. By the glass in the Colony are beary costume of schooldays, it will this be adopted, with, if you like, was sentenced to six weeks' hard Editor there arrived some six and although the demand is slow se
the standard of play TUCKER-A Sex, on 5th. July, 1920, Alfred Tucker, late of a stiff fine on the owner?
labour it was stated in error that thousand kegs of wire nails from the dealers are That
enormously. "Dressed as she is, not displaying should be ample. But no: any cousin. Another Filipios in the dollar will certainly
Mr. Andres Baleros was his the United States. The rising any desire to dispose of their backwards or sideways hall as The Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co., Ltd.
a woman cannot move either poor dog which happens to
hamper holdings at cheap rates because slip away from its home after Colony claims that relationship further deals with Java and the they know that replacing cost quickly as a man. 10 p.m. is liable to be mur-
Southern ports, for it will maka would be very much higher. There dered at sight. For the Police
iron and steel goods dear for is a good enquiry here from to talk of having made a "mis-legal fare and for using abusive from Java and India will not be first-quality Belgian glass,
For demanding more than the these countries, and the demand Amoy, Foochow and Canton. for take." as they are said to have language to the complainant. Miss done in this instance. is sheer M. Alarakia,
23 great, Stocks of iron who resides in nonsense and hypocrisy, How Cochrane Street, a Chinese chair Hongkong are fairly large, except and steel products in are sent out with a shot gun for Smith at the Police Court this There are heavy stocks of steel brought a ray of hope to many dreams now of doing otherwise cauld it be a "mistake" if officers coolie was fined $5 by Mr. N. Lin the case of certain classes. value of the Hongkong dollar has music, but if she has brought the express purpose of killing any morning. dog seen without its owner?
plates in the thinner sizes.
a heart. The crossrate between than gathering up The "mistake" (we could use a
notably 15, 332 and 1.8 inch,London and New York has fallen Miss Frances Thompson Bruce but a quarter to half-inch sizes considerably, but little is known ring on the gramophone, and much stronger term), was made: when the Police were firs: auth-sails for England by the Atsuta are scarce. orised to set out on this indefen-Maru to-morrow. She is to pro sible campaign, agains: which we ceed to Worcester, where she wish once more to put on record will be married to Mr. Sidney a mos: emphatic protest.
Shirvington, formerly warder in Victoria Gaol, who is now in business at Home.
The Hongkong Telegraph
HONGKONG, MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 1920.
'BRITAIN'S HOUSING AND OURS.
when there were
persons
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consideration, for as
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The steady rise in the exchange
Great Warfalls due. The position
not seem
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Truly old times are changing and giving place to new (com ments the Star.) When a girl arrives at a party now she isn't asked if she has brought her records. For no party
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the rugs.
or records. The result is some
ment would be.
A matter
as to why this should be. There Proceeding to dance. The great may be heavy shipments from the popularity of the informal dance Whilst we in Hongkong are still hoping for enough houses to
United States to England or it shows that people are making · live in, the authorities in England have not been letting grass grow
Prices in the Colony of most Pay be that the United States the best of these difficult times, under their fee: lately and the Old Country is just now in the throes
iron and steel goods are still
have been supplying Poland with when it is wellnigh Impossible of a building campaige that bids fair to end the bousing shortage in a
for people of moderate means to below replacing cost. Steel bars arms and ammunition, or possibly entertain at all. If a hosters is as it is surmised in many circles, - few years. We notice that the two predominant conclusions to be REAL WORK.
are quoted to-day at $9.50 to $10 that soother payment of the loan willing to give her studio-or drawn from the great Inter-Allied Housing and Town Planning.
Alexander C. Leggall, charge for 116th, 3.32 and 18 inch the advanced by the United States to floor and some light refreshmen
per picul for the large sizes, but If there is a belief current that by the Police with being drunk rate is $12 per picul. We cannot England and France during the she will find others are only too Conference, which was recently held in London and at which
drawingroom with a good dancing delegates representing twenty-five nationalities were present, are. Government servants never get and behaving in a disorderis get steel plates from England or in Hongkong, or, for & matter of pleased to supply gramophones firstly, that the house famine is universally acute, and, secondly, to know what hard work is, then manner when "run is," lost to the Europe at less than £40 per that in spite of the long discussions upon such subjects as labour it's about time it was abandoned. Police Treasury a sum of $10 ton, which works out at to-day's that, in China do troubles. State or private enterprise, details of planning and so on,
The Post Office, like the P.W.D.which represented the bail coa-exchange at about $12.50 to 313.
favourable views. very jolly eredings-often more at the root of the solution of the housing problem lies the urgent and the Observatory, gets a lot fiscated by the Magistrate when Four hundred tons of steel bars The export trade is practically spontaneous and happy than a necessity of the rapid supply of vast quantities of building materials of hard things said about it in the be failed to turn up at the Court have been sold to Java during
dead. There are and manufactures. When the true import is realised of such a course of a year. Not that that this morning.
very large costly and elaborate entertain stocks of tea, silk, etc. awaiting a statement as that made by Senator Hinck, head of the Belgian greatly worries the staff, for it is
the last three weeks. The National Housing Society, that in Belgium alone 100,000 homes were possible to get used to anything.
demand from Java for this still market, whereas with a lower destroyed during the war, while the stoppage of building operations The lesson to be drawn here is
Reservoirs in the City and Hill continues, it being confined stocks of sycee, dollars, etc. at China exchange the present during the same period had resulted in a further deficit of 120,000 that ultra-sensitive
district waterworks level on present to small size bars of 1⁄44.
It may be true that genius will houses, the stupendous nature of the problem will be easily under should never join stood not only in the number of houses required, but more partica-service. Nor newspapers, for million gallons, compared with these small sizes are scarce in and this will, if floods do not | Bookman's Journal, that quite a the public Augus: 1s: contained 2,130.36 5/16 and 3 inch diameter, but Shanghai are unnecessarily large. out, but in the meantime is must India has had a good moD300D, live. This reminds us, says The larly as to the production of sufficient materials with which to build that matter. They would be 117.70 million gallons on the Hongkong. Therefore, such them. The note of most of the speeches of overseas delegates as happier selling peanuts. Bat. same date last year. All were demand from Java cannot be destroy the crops, lead to a big number of people in this country the conference was admiration for British achievement.
level with or One coming back to the Post Office, owlos reservoir was level with India and. Burma bare found it quite likely, therefore, that ladis people's representatives are per- abore overflow satisfied by this market. Java. demand for silver rupees. It is are concerned for genius, and the of the foreign visitors expressed the opinion that the it would have done some of its
352,50 cheaper to buy in Hongkong/will after all come into the silvermitted to spend £1,200 a year on gres: developments of housing work in England had led the critics good had ther stepped million gallons, the same as last than from the United Kingdom marr and make purchases. On the Civil List. But that is a world. That such a statement was to a great extent justified is behind the scenes of that institu- best prosed by the large number of comprehensive housing schemes tion on Friday and Saturday.
or the United States as their needs this presumption the bulls may matter of faci that are in various stages of progression all over the country.
are urgent and that is not the only have been active on the London of
The market, but being so many conclude that struggling genius imagination, Wo may" Such hoge undertakings as that at Dagenham, where the Loudon hundred bags of mail being County Council, whose total expenditure on housing will, it is grappled with. That meant hard the death of an earth coolie, took to import from Hongkong, and don and Reater's Agency not con- We
A landslide, which resulted in already stated they find it cheaper hundred of miles away from Lon-does not too greatly repine. estimated, exceed five and a half millions of money, are providing work with the vengeance for the place at the Kowloon Docks on there is also the advantage of sidering it of importance to wire a story of Francis Thompson, are remined (again) of 30,000 houses, and similar big schemes now in progress at Manches. staff. the more so since a large Saturday. The accident hap quick shipments. A good deal of to Hongkong the main features of apocyphal, perhape, but at which ter. Liverpool. Birmingham, Newcastle, Glasgow, Edinburgh, number of workers were off pened on a piece of waste ground enquiries came to the Colony the weekly circular of Messrs. men of genius, we are sure, Dundee, Cardiff. and other important cities and towne, through sickness. all indicate that the public authorities of Great
Britain realise that each bag contains at the Docks, the coolie being products, but nothing has a The only real cure for falling of his club, the editor of a week- When we at the back of the new quarters from Manila for steel and iron Samuel Montagu and Co.relating would, of all men, laugh most
to silver, one are tackling the housing problem in no half-hearted nanner.
can only guess, heartily. Descending the stape One about two hundred missives and killed whilst loading a truck. spired. I bear that Manila has finds confirmation of this fact in one of the recent reports published that there were some by the Housing Department of the Ministry of Health. This show. thousand registration receipts to in the slide had to be sent to the reas" worth of iron and steel from mitted, would be purchases for of the Hound of Heaven" ear- eight Another Chinese who was caught purchased about ball-a-million prices, it has all along been sub-ly review recognised the anthor ed that the total number of schemes submitted by local authorities make out, we can gain some faint Hospital in consequence of the Japan. and public utility societies is now 10.292 (70,000 acres). Schemes idea of what a busy day in the serious injuries he received,
The reason why the coinage, on Indian and or Ameri-ing & few coppers by selling approved now number 6,560 (49.250 acres). One hundred and Post Office really means. We
enquires did not, result can account, but the buying by bootlaces. "But thats terrible,' seventeen lay-out schemes were submitted and 80 approved, bring like to fret and fame about the
Insiness was because of this the U. S. Mint under the Pittman he stammered, terrible Per ing the total submitted to 4,523 and number approved to 4,045. postal arrangements every now
big
Act did not inspire much confidhaps it is," retorted the poet, des] thai W38 put It was to-day the lot of Mr. House plans representing 2,110 houses were submitted, and plans and
houses through Japanese
inence owing to the cumbersome again. little for 2,667 houses approved. The total number of houses represented
but you should pay your coa- thinking Nash to have to defend a Chinese, the Phillipines. Bot Manila Provisions laid down for the guid-tributors better. that the local officials who, in face of the fact that 75) in all the plans now submitted is 204,963, and in the plans approved may have nothing whatever to do rounds of ammunition were found has purchased from here during ance of the Director of the U. S.
Mint. In their most recent cir-} 192,167. Tenders were submitted for 5,645 houses. Tenders for with the cause of sur grievances most carefully and ingeniously hundred tons of galvanised sheets cular to hand by the mail, Messrs.
the past fortnight about two 3,905 were approved, bringing the total submitted to 125,283 and the But if instead, we were to culti-concealed in a pair of boots. and steel bars.
Samuel Montagu and Co. makethe total approved to 105,505. It is estimated that nearly 3,000 houses rate the habit of thinking a little would persist in giving the lame
Mauritius, which has just sold following observations as regards us £18,000,000 worth of sugar, have now been completed by local authorities and public utility bit about the tremendous amount story that he was a servant to a
silver, under date June 30th was at one time noted for its societies, while a large number are in an advanced state of erection. of mail matter with which the Chinese official to whom the
"The market has been We have also perused details of some of these schemes and it is Post Office staff has to deal in the Ammunition belonged. It was
of dodo-not Mr E. F. Benson's Quicksilver has been a fat stendy
character encouraging to find that in one of the biggest a house containing course of month, we should left to Mr. Nash to explain that market. It can be picked up now we last addressed you, mainly bolike any other bird knowd on since heroine, but a fightless pigeon living room and scullery with bath on the ground floor and with feel more inclined to praise than the official in question three bedrooms on the first floor is being built at a cost that will abuse. Hongkong is a busy spot travelling incognito in the Kijo The London quotation is £21 per purchases and the scantiness of writer. It was larger than a
was at 160 a picul, or $90 per flask.
of speculative the globe, says a Daily Chronicle allow of a rental of from 10s. to 11s. 6d. For 14s. 6d. a week for postal workers, but we fear Maru from Amoy and that the flask, which at to-day's exchange supplies from the Continent. On turkey bad a huge bill, abort sealy family will obtain a house containing living room, parlour, spare the fact is generally overlooked. search after him, made by the works out at $105. In tin plates the 28th instant, there was quite legs, and curled tall feathers. To bedroom or dining room, and scullery on the ground floor; three bed- rooms, bathroom, with hot and cold water laid on, and the usual offices
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account
Police when they arrested the there seems to be big stocks, but, sharp rise of 214d. in the price the intense regret of scientista prisoner, had necessarily to be in spite of that, prices have for prompt delivery, owing to bear the dodo became extinct about the on the first floor. That is a little different to what was at one time REUTERISMS.
hurried one in view of the rush appreciated. Two weeks ago the covering. The tendency at the end of the seventeenth century, expected and can be considered well within the means of most!
of passengers to go ashore.. A quotation was $11.75 per case, but moment is rather uncertain as having been ruthlessly ex artisans in these days of high wages.
At times we feel we should like fine of $30, or three weeks, was to-day there are buyers at $12.25 the apparent steadness has not terminated in order to supply There is great concentration on the use of reinforced concrete, to get beside the presiding genius the Magistrate's view of the to $12.50. A local firm of been the outcome of strength the ships which touched usi and it seems as though Hongkong could well embark on the erec-
of Reuter's establishment and ist case.
tobacconists are reported to have imported from India or from Mauritius for provisions. Its tion of concrete houses, as they are quicker in erection than houses him know, by word or deed, what
made purchases last week of some China. In the asser of the former grotesque appearance, compled five to six thousand cases of tin exchange has been extremely with the fact that it has utterly
think about his choice
of brick, are extraordinarily weather proof and cool. Bricks in We England are all too scarce and when the big schemes are completed of cable subjects. We suppose is life in the wild West." Is this plates, and shipped them to weak, a factor against purchases vanished from Mauritiu the the Old Country will be able to boast of many thousands of concrete there are people in the world part of Reuter's Imperial Service Shanghai. Obviously the price for the Indian bazaars, whilst in only country where it houses. There is no really scute shortage of materials in Hongkong that Charlie Chaplin and his wife is or is not, it's wasting time and kong quotation. There is no out exports are still almost immobile." to believe that the dodo wa who can be interested in the fact for which we pay? Whether it in Shanghai is above the Hong the case of the latter Chinese flourished has led some po there is only a great abortage in official initiative and enterprise. At Home they have overcome greater difficulties than we have and don't get along very well together, money to distribute such rubbish.side demand for tin plates.
Of course, a lot of water has fabulous bird. Such is It seems as though the stay-at-home English will be housed long but even these don't need to be But we'll give Router this
flowed under the bridge sizde means the cat before their over-seas brethren who have not half the problems to informed by cable that Mrs. tide, for, after all, he didn't send face. England met the emergency needs of war and she is meeting that they are both temperamental entro inta: London by Mary and
then and it may be that prospects learned from Strick Pad Chaplin momentously declares us any stuff about the triumphant the emergency needs of peace. All that we are doing is to which we Ohurßecord time, Ston Douglas. So we'll call it quits.
of besty, buying by the Indian Metzi andywalt instead of simulate »
The steamer Jeypore brought Government may be during the
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