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Beaconsfield Arcade.
Now that a public maeting has boen held and it has been definite- ly decided to proceed with the erection of a European V.M.C.A. opposite the Naval Yard we are
SATURDAY, DECEMBER
DAY BY DAY.
DO NOTHING WHEN YOU ARE OUT OF TEMPER, AND THEN YOU WILL HAVE THE LEBS TO UNDO,— G. H. Spurgeon
Rural Building Lot No 154. happen to the much-discussed P. W. D. offices on December Basconsfeld Armade building. At 20th. It has an area of 29,000 the time: the Government square feet, and the upset price is acquired this site it was generally $3,450 understood that it was there that
We have received fresh stocks of the latest FRENCH Wondering what is going Coombe Road, is to be sold at the PERFUMES from Coty, Dubarry, Chiris, and other high class perfumers which include their choicest examples. Singla bottles | Oases of 2 bottles, Caskets of 2 and 3 bottles.
Series of Eau de Cologna and Lavender Water.
Roger & Gallets Perfume in caskets of
2 and 3 bottles.
1895.
1920.
HONGKONG TWENTY- FIVE YEARS AGO.
(Compiled from the "Hongkong Telegraph" éles for week- ending Dec. 4th, 1995.) THE DOLLAR.
Dec. 5th. The rate of the Dollar, on demand. today is
SHIPPING NOTES.
This serves
TO-DAY'S MISCELLANY.
(By "Neptune.") Last week I discussed in these!
The dispute on the subject of columns the difficulty of securing payment for the vast number of passages Home, which has been cigars smoked or taken away giving some of those who are from, the Spa Conference is an anxious to spend their vacation in interesting one in itself, but it con the Home Country many sleepless tains the germs of an even more nights. The Hongkong Govern engaging discussion. The tobacco ment, it appears, were the first in enthusiasts will be able to argue the field in booking such passages that the incident is at least now 1-784
for their servants, I learn that proof of the old and proverbial LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEETING, the number of Government connection between peace and a big Y.M.C.A. institution was
Dec. 5th-A maeting of the servanta booked to travel Home tobacco. The "pipe of peace" is going up, though there was ex-
Amongst the trade marks whose Legislative Council was held this in the spring is 158 but the an ancient triend, and a good deal pressed a considerable amount of registration have been renewed afternoon. There were present number of passages booked is has been written on the soothing opposition to the ides, on the there Are in to-day's Gazette His Excellency the Governor. Sit 229 or nearly twice the number effects of tobacco in controversy. ground that such a central and eighteen standing in the name of William Robinson, K,C.M.G., Hon.desired.
to prove There was a big employer of valuable site could be batter Sander, Wieler and Co.,ofShangbai J.H. Stewart Lockhart, (Colonial how unreliable "waiting" lists in labour who once defended his utilised in the provision of
Secretary), Hon. W. M. Goodman į the shipping Companies are as a habit of smoking preferably business offices. With that idea!
At the P. W. D. Ofices on Attomey General) Hoo. F. guide to the perplexed. It appears
all pipe-at we were in agreement and if for
Public that with the P. and O. Company ences where feeling might run Cooper, (Director of no other reason, we are glad that December 13th, Rural Building Works), Captain W.CH. Hastings the Government booked 27 full high on the ground that a man another venue has been selected. Lot No. 157, on Magazine Gap RN. (Acting Captain Superinten- passages and half passages with a pipe in his mouth canno But the present structure opposite Road, will be sold by auction-dent of Police), Hon. A. M. while the booking with the other speak on the spur of the moment. the City Hall is old and in-The area is about 4,500 square Thomson, (Acting Colonial Trea-shipping companies Was as and so says fewer things which adequate and should be converted feet, and the upsa: price $540.
surer), Hon. R. M. Rumsey, R.N. follows: N. Y. K... 59 full and might be regretted afterwards into a modern business block
Master), the Hon. 35 half passages; the Blue Funnel than the non-smoker. The very as early as is possible.
and 13 half tact that he bad to pause while It is notified that His Ex-Messrs. C. P. Chater, T. H. Line. shortage of suitable office accom-cellency Sir Reginald Edward Whitehead. A. McConachie, ER passages; the Gieu-Shire Line, he removed his pipe before de modation in the City has been a
Stubbe, K.C.M.G.. has been Belilios, C.M.G., and Hoo. Dr. full
Pass livering his mind gave, he said, nana too happy theme for years pleased to accept the position of Ho Kai, unofficial members, and ages: the Pacific Mail. full the necessary instant for thought, past and the situation is Honorary Colonel of the Hong-Mr. J.G.T. Backle (Acting Clerk passages; and the Canadian Pacific and so provided an analogy to sufficiently acute just now 10 kong Volunteer Defence Corps.
Ocean Services one fell pa'sage. the wise custo n of never answer- Correspondents are requested to observe the rule which requires warrant the Government putting
Of course, the bookings with the ing a letter on the spur of the them to forward their names and addresses with communications the site to a better use than
Pacific Mail and the C.PUS. are moment. addressed to the Editor, not necessarily for publication, but as anfit has at
England ris the United States and svidence of their bons fides.
the
Canada, and in these cases the Government servant travelling has to pay the difference.
Coffrets of Perfume Soap and Powder.
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Business correspondence should be sent to the Manager..
The
With present.
His Excellency the Governor forthcoming sale of the bas, under instructions from the Post Ofice sir, and Secretary of State for the with the proposed erection by the Colonies, recognised Mr. William Asiatic Petroleum Company of Egbert Shenck as Vice-Consul a big block on the site of Bank of the United States of America, The rate of subscription to "The Hongkong Telegraph" is $35 Buildings there will eventually in Hongkong. per annum. (Payable in Advance.)
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On the other hand, is might be argued that negotiators in past periods managed very well with-
The various departments for out smoking, and that the after- whom passages have been booked math of the Versailles Treaty on the Bremen are as follows:-)
hardly suggests that wisdom has increased with the more frem-and- Land Office, two full passages; The Committee of the V.R.C.
Dec. 10-The programme for the Police. 30 fall and 15 haft easy method of conference in has pleasure in informing the courage farther development, public that the sum of foo has the Victoria Regatta to be held on passages: the Sanitary Depart these times. The fact of a dispute. as to whato pay for the Spa cigars We believe that the Government been forwarded to Dr. Barnardo's Thursday and Friday is to be ment, U full and 9 half passages: is doing its mimos: to help the Homes, being the proceeds from issued to-day. A very long list of the General Post Office, 2 full scarcely suggests harmony. Bat tobacco crusade from America on commercial community, a belief the night carnival and balance of events has been arranged. these and four balf passages: the Gaol, are threatened with an anti-
the sanual including eight pulling taces, each full and half passages, the
"Pussyfoot" lives. and this that is born out by the fact that subscriptions from
day, with two sailing races to be P.W.D., three fall, the Registry. Advertisements and Subscriptions which are not ordered for at is moving in the matter of aquatic sports.
run in the afternoons. With the full; the Education Depart question of the Spa cigars might fixed period will be continued until countermanded..
Military Lands Resumption and
very complete arrangements for men, I full passage; and the "se" as a subject for debate The "Hongkong Telegraph" is now on sale at, and will be providing other housing for the The remains of the late Mr. the convenience of guests, and Imports and Exports two full tobacco aided or retarded the between the two sides. " Has delivered to subscribers by the Dairy Farm Company, Ltd.. Government offices now in the Alexander George Grant Gordon, spectators and the full list of and four half passages.. It is ghameen, Canton, who are our agents there.
new Post Office. But as "every a very old resident of the Colony, events, this year's regatta hoped that with the accommod Pacification of Europe?" There should be some entertaining prove an unqualified ation now obtained or promised
for the Government servants onruments on both sides. the Bremen an equal number of berths will be released on other De of the British correspon- steamship companies. It is so dents in the United States, com- difficult to say whether the ship-menting
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HONGKONG, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4. 1920.
there has been
EMPIRE CO:OPERATION.
little helps" we should like to see will be buried on Monday even-should some move made to make the ing. The funeral will pass the success. Beaconsfeld Arcade site more Monument at 4.45 p.m. and the valuable to the business com-Rev. G. J. Williams, of the Union munity.
Church, will conduct the burial ceremony.
Opium Control.
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A pretty wedding took place St.at|ping companies will be able Carpentier match, says that Andrew's Church. Kowloon, yester to transport all who are nothing would please the day afternoon, the contracting anxious to get away in spring. American public so much as to the fcrisistive Council on the will be dang until that body has parties being Me 1. A Lite (but the Manager of a hisse
knockout question of opium were hardly given the subject its promised eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs company has assured me that the Dempsey in the first round "for given the attention. we think, consideration.
3. E. Unite. i 138 The Bluff, needs of one and all will be satis- the fall count and a long, long that they deserved, is Democracy in Japan.
Yokoboma, Japan, and Me W. E.jed. There have been rumours period beyond that." as Dempsey The world is trying to settle down to the ways of peace. lov
big question and опе
Cook, of the Hongkong and Wham current for some days that the is not popular. This statement. are thinking more of peaceful business than they are of war-time should not lightly His- The other day we noticed the poa Dock Company Ld.
Indian Governmen: Taj re mich: be cited as proof of the exigencies, and throughout the world there is a concentrated cussed for there is so much growth of the Labour movement The bride, who was given away [quisitioned some of the P. and O. extraordinary brutalising of a endeavour on the part of traders to secure for themselves and their bound up with it that consider in Japan. Although democratic by Mr P E. F. Stoar, of the vessels, and that consequently, prize-fighting public if it were country a commensurate place in the buying markets. Trade has able study should be made before tendencies among individuals Hongkong and Whampoa Dock some of the Pand O. sailings in the credible. But it is not All coun- again come into its own as a matter of first rank importance and venturing an opinion. And we are not new in Japan, activities Company, was charmingly attired spring would have to be cancelled. tries which have thesp rting.com. much care and attention is being given to it by politicans and think that Mr. Part has made of even a purely Trade Union in a gown of white crepe de chine. I learn that there is no foundation petitive instinct are desperately statesmen as well as by those actuated purely by financial con- that study for he went to the root character were severely restricted She wore a hat with ostrich feathers for such report, and that the partisan, and none has it deeper in siderations. Much has been written of the position of the British of the smuggling matter when he until the conditions brought sad carried a bouquet of pink rose P. and O. are confident of meeting the bones than the United States. Empire in this regard and it has been generally agreed that co-stated that the British Govern-about by the war resulted in a with spray of orange blossoms. the needs of the travelling public The average English crowd is operation between the several units of our commonwealth of nations ment in ladis and elsewhere rapid expansion of the Labour She was attended by Miss in the spring.
(always heavily prejudiced in. is essential it we are to realise all our hopes.
Watson, It is interesting to should rigorously control the movement. Until then the workers Catharine
favour of the bome side, bo its note that a Member of Parliament, Lieut-Col. W. Grant Mordeo. growth and exportation of the bad hardly ventured to constitute dres
mauve Inffels His many
Iriends will be club or a league game, a country has been contributing a series of articles to the Press at Home on drug
The Smuggling opium into themselves into Trade Unions with black bat.
brides-interested to know that Mr. J. O. or an iternational match. But this subject of Empire development in which he puts forward the Hongkong has become one of the as the term is understood in rai rated A bouquet of Sheppard, the acting Manager of there is, by the admission of assertion that the Empire has within its borders practically every most lucrative games in the Western conntries, such organis violets.
the Pacific Mail Steamship Co. Americans themselves, a great thing to make entirely self-supporting and independent of the rest world and all the efforts of the ations as they possessed being in Mr J. G. Dick, a friend of the who recently went on furlough, difference between the English of the world. This, he says, is embodied in three fundamentals. Revenue Department here are the nature of friendly societies. bridegroom, was "best man." will not come back to Hongkong. and the American spectator. ospital, experience and natural resources.
made the barder by lack of con- Now we see that the various The ceremony was performed by He will most probably be station. The Englishman cheers the good The outlook for the future of the Empire is bright, if one is to trol over the poppy growing unions contemplate consolidating the Rev. G. R. Lindsay, and dured at San Francisco, which is a things done by his favourites. accept the viewpoint of the writer named above. In the United districts of India. And themselves into a comparativelying the course of the service promotion for him. Mr. Brown The American cheers also the Kingdom we have the greatest trading country in the world. afin China. too, growing powerful Labour organisation, Chopin's Wedding March was play is coming down to take charge of blunders and failures of their country whose people have for centuries been the pioneers of is openly carried on. In the with a view to considering suched by the organisi.
the Hongkong office.
opponents.......pertly to ex- trading in every part of the globe. Their experience and their annual report of the Customs tactics as-direct action." Their A reception was held in the
-press-bis-jor partly to fluster-- ability in this site on are admitted by all of her nations. They have Commissioner for Swatow we programme za at present Station Hotel. Kowloon, when the The Admiral Line has been sad unnerve them into making bean aide tu amass great riches, and, in consequence, Loodon has read that "encouraged, it is said,formulated, however, contains customary toasts were honoured growing in strength, until to-day more. been in the part, and, it may be predicted, will be for the future. by certain officials, large tracts of no allusion to nationalisation. and the happy couple received the it is considered to be a steamship the greatest financial centre in the world. Within the last century land in the interior were devoted In referring to Japan. there warm felicitations of their many company of great importance. The most notorious instance, of
an enormous development of industry topoppy-planting at the expense of fore. ond, may speak of friends.
Its tentacles are now spread far course, is baseball, where it is a Machinery came into use for factory purposes in the early forties. cereals and sugar. When the juice Labour
and..
Socialism
Mr and Mrs Cook left Inter for and wide, and it has direct definite and settled policy to and since then Britain has become one of the foremost manufactur- was almost ripe for collecting, an distinct terme, while wben Macao, where the honeymoon services with many parts of the disturb and rattle "the opposing ing countries in the world. The Government of the day took to order emanating from the Tuchun dealing with the West there is being spent.
world. Plying to Seattle, Tacoma, side. Still, baseball is a pro- heart the words of Lord Macaulay, words, which, though some was issued conjointly by the some doubt as to just what the
Victoria, Vancouver and Portland | fessional business, and the highest ninety years have passed since their utterance, are still being Garrison Commissioner and the labels denote. In the Empire of seem to have reached breaking are thirteen vessels of 10,000 tons standards of the good sportsman followed in the United Kingdom to-day. "Our rulers," said the Taopin suppressing cultivation. the East, Socialism is still frowned point. As from the 1st August each. These are the laconiam. are not to be expected. Bat, in great historian," will best promote the improvement of the nation severe repressive measures being upon, the events of 1910 have left the Dock Board have put into the Crosskeys, Wheatland. Moo-fact, the habit extends even to by strictly contining themselves to their own legitimate duties, by instituted. To what extent the flavour of lese moleste. The affect a resolution changing the tague, Endicott, Abercos, Elkton, the watching of such joyous leaving capital to find its most lucrative course, commodities their injunction was given effect to it calt contiques, however, if it does port tariff, with the idea of Eldridge, Warvalons. Edmore, games as lawn tennis. A 18- fair price, industry and intelligence their natural reward, idleness is difficult to say." And again not thrive. An attempt is being stopping what is termed the City of Spokans, Parylett and themarkable instance is given in a and folly their natural punishment, by preserving peace, by Nearly all articles of native) made to found a Socialist Union. Shut out cargo" evil, AË- Coaxet. The service to New recent American book. The protecting property, by diminishing the price of jaw, and produce (except sugar) brought and it was at first understood cording to Fairplay, under this York and Baston via Panama is writer says that in the National by observing economy in every department of the State. Let the down from the interior for export the there would be no revised tariff, 3 ship is served by eighteen vessels of from Championship of 1916 Murray, Government do this: the people will assuredly do the rest abroad have increased. Tonnage objection so long as the proceed to be allowed seven days 8,000 to 10,000 tons each. The the popular Californian player. In Great Britain every form of industrial development is encourag- for Bangkok and Singapore hastings were orderly: but the use of wharves prior to its arrivals. 5. Hwah Jah, ace of was two sets and some games ed. The necessity of industries in similar lines of business been plentiful, and foreign trade authorities promptly dispelled for assembling cargo. Should the German boats requisitioned down to Church, B brilliant combining to eliminate the duplication of overhead charges and to has generally improved but other this idea with an intimation that she not be there on the seventh by the Chinese Government but highly nervous player. "Then effect economies and increase production in order to enable them to circumstances have occurred that the proposed inaugural meeting day a charge of 4 cents per ton and chartered to the Admiral Murray bozan & desperate re go out into the markets of the world and meet competition is be- have caused losses which offset would not be permitted. More gross per day will be made for Line, is on this ran. To Cuba and covers, and the crowd chested coming more and more fully realised, and there have probably been the gain. The principal cause was than this they vetoed the "Book each day pending her arrival. If New York there run only wildly. He drew even, and they more industrial consolidations in Britain since the end of the undoubtedly the culture of opium Day" in Tokio, and
when a boat leave cargo that has been two vessels. namely, Robin cheered more wildly still. Church, war than took place in the previous half century.
that prevailed all over this district. Socialists defied the prohibition received for her on a wharf the Gray and Robin Good- under the strain, began to lose his And in the Empire's Overseas Dominions there are tremendous Poppy was grown on hundreds of by offering Socialistic literature tariff provides that the vessel's fellow, of 11,000 tons each, while nerve and make blunders. The reserves of raw material, Canada, for instance, from the point of acres of fertile land that would for sale a party were arrested, in-agent shall be required immedi-to New Orleans the Company "gallery" noticed what was wrong view of natural resources, is one of the richest countries in the otherwise have produced enor-cluding the wife of a barrister. The stely to name the position of an-plies tour vessels. The President and increased their demon- world. Its potentialities are enormous. It lacks but the capital mous quantities of important Socialist movement in Japan other boat to lift the consignment. Grant sad Edellyn are managed (strations against bio.
"They and experience to develop these great resources to the extent, to foodstuffs". It is not much good appears to be us much "black. When a vessel shuts out cargo for the United States Army. The clapped errors as they rained which they should be developed, and within a reasonable period of the Hongkong authorities trying coated" as horny-handed, and in the charge will forthwith accrue Orient passenger service to Seattle from Church's racquet." Church time that development will be accomplished. The raw materials of to control opium traffic when regard to a section, at any rate, on the cargo, and will be assessed run on account of the United went to pieces and lost the match. nature are at our disposal, waiting only for their transformation that kind of thing goes on. If is of ac academic character, against the ship which eventually States Shipping Board are three The historian adds that "there into useful commodities, and their transportation from the place of ever opium is going to although there are non-Christian lifts it Cargo 'shut out" for These are the Wenatchee, of was nothing that could be done." production to the markets of the world. That is the task which be effectively controlled "activists." On the whole the the second time will not be 24,000 tons, and the Sea Girt and Presumably not. if it was im faces the British Empire to-day. The result can be achieved only there must be joint action authorities are showing a certain permitted to remain upon the American Legion, of the same possible to turn a hosepipe on the through the co-operation and use of the capital and experiance between the various centres of amount of prudence in discoun-public WEDIVON under any tonnage, which have just been crowd. which the home country possesses in such abuodant supply for the British Government and all other tenancing a system which the circumstances, and must be put into service." development of our limitless natural resources, and, given this co- Governmenta concerned with the more advanced civilisations of the removed within 24 hours after operation, the wealth and prosperity of every individual part of the manufacture of the drug. It Occident have hesitated to put the departure of the vessel. The practice of utilising Empire's dorsinione, as well as that of the United Kingdom, will be is B matter on which the into practice, and Labour is evio-Naturally, steamship agents do wharves as warehouses has long increased, and the greatest Empire the sun has ever shone upon League of Nations might ing discernment in not clogging ifs) not accord the scheme their been an unfortunate consequence up recently with candies and oil will be established anew and perpetuated on
a sound cconomic legitimately deliberats: in fact programme with this unwieldy approval, but the Dock Board are of world-wide congestion, but at lamps, owing to the fusing of au
we believe that nothing effective question while more light is needed. said to be adamant.
New Orleans the situation would electric cable.
basis.
TRAINS BY CANDLE LIGHT. Surbiton Station was lighted
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