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Our Democratic Age.
"An engagement is announced," as the Sooloty papers say, on the part of Mr. William Leeds and the Princess Xenia, daughter of the late Grand Duke George of Russia, who was well known in London, - For
a long while Royalty was looked upon as soparated (matrimonially) by an impassable barrier from all other
TUESDAY, APRIL 3. 1921.
DAY BY DAY.
WHEN FREE NATIONS ABDICATE THEIR POLITICAL FUNCTIONS. THEY GRADUALLY LOSE BOTH THE CAPACITY AND THE DESIRE FOR FREEDOM.-Lecky,
TO-DAY'S MISCELLANY.
AN ISLANDER'S DIARY. for motor cars whilst the other. may be utilised as an exit or entrance for the Hongkong Hotel (By “Ajax")
garage. Would it not be a better plan to have the exit or entrance During the week there have from Queen's Road, especially as A live lamb was the first prize.
the the new structure that is soon to been reports current in
for women at a whist drive at Colony that the new Hotel in go up on the old Bank Building Bishop's Waltham (Hants.) This Kowloon will not materialise. site will lose a certain amount of adds a new terror to whist drives. This is entirely untrue, for I frontage under the new Govern- Suddenly to win a lamb, late in A grass firs took place at Deep learn that the land has just been ment Ordinanco 7. I should think the evening (says the Daily Water Bay yesterday.
secured from the Hongkong an outlet on Queen's Road would Chronicle), and to have to take it Government for the erection of suit the Hotel very well, at the home, without the slightest iden the new Hotel. It has an area of same time preserving the hand-of what to feed it on or whether ordera, except for the species of its annual 'aports at the Race- in front of Victoris View. The Building.
The Juvenile Society is holding about 80,000 square feet, and is some appearance of the Hotel to keep it in the dog kennel or allianco known as loft-handed.
the fowlhouse, or the coal souttle, (morganatic) marriage, or an Edith Soares is to distribute the dollare a square foot, and it is course on the 16th instant. Misa purchase price is, I believe, five
would be a vivid reminder that occasional union of a collateral
A few touring companies have we English take our pleasures prizes. member of a Royal house with
stated that the Government has at times aired the boast that they seriously. Probably it will not the higher ranks of the nobility.
agreed to accept payment of the have broken all box office returns stop at lambe, and the man who Now we have loyalty joining
value by easy instalments. The at the Theatre Royal. For fighting in the bar of the report to which I gave currency a claims may or may not be true, has to drive it home on a dark Thoir wina a pig at a whist drive, and hands with the commonalty, and, Hongkong Hotel, two British fortnight age that the site of the bat certainly in the cass of the night, will possibly decide to join what is still rarer, it is the bride marines wore brought up before now Hotel would be immediately Bandman Opera Company there the Anti-Gambling League. who is of Royal rank. Not a little Mr. G. N. Ormo at the Police adjacent to the Post Office al can be no two opinions that not curiously it is among Americans Court this morning and remanded Kowloon ja not quite correct, only have they broken all past that such marriages are coming, till to-morrow. into favour. Some few years ago
There have been negotiations for records, from the booking point of concludes an article on "The men The New York Evening Post that plot of land, but apparently view, but they have caused much we cannot beat" as follows: In the newspapers of two or more continents were agog over the
Proparations are already being it could not be secured. From disappointment. By that I mean I contests between the British and A.S. WATSON & CO., LTD.rotoured engagement between made at Government House for various speculations as to what that a large number of people Americans the British can hardly
of the Abruzzi tho-King's Birthday. Invitations
during past few nights forget that some of their best and a fair young
maiden will shortly be issued to those use the land in front of Victoria who turned up the Thea-ruoners will never break a tape, belonging
View would be put. It was thought tre southern who have called at Government for sometime that it was being belief of securing seats have had their heat polo players never in the almost certain their best golfers never tee up, State, Miss Katherine Elkins, House during the current year. held by the Government with a to go back home. On Friday,Satur- lift a mallet. The runners made After the report had been reiterat cd more than once, the romance
view to its possible use in connec-day and last night the experience their last sprint in the smoke of ended because, it was said, the The following forthcoming tion with any railway expansion has been the same. Banvard's the Somme, and the polo them to forward their names and ad trossos with communications who then had no heir, interposed. tain J. S. Sloper, R.A.M.C., to intended to lay it out as a recrea- twenty thousand dollars, which
Correspondents are requested to observe the rule which requires Duke's cousin, the King of Italy marriages are announced: Cap-in future years, but latterly it are reported to have hotted here players died
was reported that the Government during their last season sonie
putting their addressed to the Editor, not necessarily for publication, but as an Miss Elkins disappeared from the Miss Katherine Prian, the Peaktion ground for Kowloon. Pre- was considerad extremely good for America win at Auckland must last ounce behind a bayonet. Australasians who watched beadlines of the world's Press Mr. F.C. Naville, P.W.D., to Miss All communications intended for publication should be address-until a year or two later, when Hilda May Cooper, on route from sumably, these ideas have been their short season, and it would have
thought of Wilding. ed to the Editor.
she found her partner in a navel England; Mr. Clarence Smith, of abandoned.
be interesting to know how much the giant who played 80 officer. Another American lady, the Asia Banking Corporation,
Bandman makes. The crowd at smashingly at Forest Hills the however, in the person of Mrs. Canton, to Miss Janet Penney.
The now Hotel will cost about the Theatre last night clamouring summer of 1914 and few months The rate of subscription to “The Hongkong Telegraph" is $36) Leeds entered the select circle
three million dollars; that is, to get in was immense. It later WEB Kono at Gallipoli. per annum. (Payable in Advance.)
by her marriago
about two millions for the struc. is reckoned that some to Prince
three Not
for from B. million The rate per quarter and por mensam, proportional. Subscrip-Christopher of Greece, and it is Last week's health return túre, rather more than half-a hundred persons inust have been British died in the field; tlons for any period less than one month will be charged as for a the son of Princess Christopher-shows 14 cases of cerebro-spinal million for tho value of turned away. The doors were the battle dond of little full month.
the eon, of course, of her first fever (six fatal, 11 of smallpox the land and another half a opened shortly after 8 p.m., but Australia alone equalled ours. The "Hongkong Telegraph" is delivered free when the addressce marriage--who has become (ten fatal), two of plague (both a million for furnishing. It is no seats were being sold, for they Our rivals are too good sportsmen te accessible to musserger. Poak subscribers can have thoir copies engaged to the charming young fatal), and one non-fatal case each rumoured that the Board of had all been snapped up on to mention the fact, but all the delivered at their residences without any extra charge. On copies Princess Xonia (who is Greek of enteric and diphtheria. The Directors of the Hongkong Hotel Saturday. This must be gratify-more reason why we should do sent by post an additional $1.80 per quarter is charged for postage. on her mother's side) The Loods last-named was Indian, the rest Co. will be strengthened by the ing to the Company. Probably 80.
Single Copies, Daily, ton cunts.
family evidently hit it off" with Chinese. There were also four addition of three more Directors, the big crush last night was due Royalty.
Chinese deatha from influenza.
There have been speculations into the fact that the play was a the share market on a report very popular musical comedy, that the Hotel Co. will raise the which was staged for the first
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These brave dead we do not beat,"
Coming down Regent Street the other day, in the afternoon (writes a correspondent of the Morning Post), I saw a procession of unemployed marching park- wards, with band and banners, Before the procession was in sight I was accosted by the advance guard of collectors, and after the procession had passed out of sight the rearguard of colloctors, rattling their boxes, still held the pavement. I counted tho procession. It consisted four ranks of fours and four of sixteen demonstrators in
banner-bearers. (three fifes and a drum) the With the band
total of those who marched was only twenty-four all told. I cannot say how many collec tors there were, but I count- indicate that these demonstra- ed fourteen, which seems to
tions are not unprofitable; and
be a case of the collectors em employing the collectors, it may that, instead of the processionists
ploying the processionists.
Between Ourselves
By Robt. MacWhirter.
A week's remand was given by necessary capital by the issue of time in this Colony. I am told the Magistrate this morning to new shares, so that the present that "Buzz Buzz" on Saturday A recent report from H. M. the case in which two Chinese holders of shares on the books of was a very tame show, but those {Consul-General at Munila shows wore charged with being in pos. the Company would have an who witnessed "The Maid of the the present position of the procession of counterfoit Kwangtung opportunity of participating on a Mountains" last night and who posal to make a free zone at the notes of the alleged value of $186. preferential basis in the new saw the same company in other port of Manila, a question which One of the defendants was arrest-issue, This I do not think pieces last week must have had is now, or shortly will be, before ed in endeavouring to palm. off likely, but it is the belief that such occasion to revise their estimate tho Legislature. Suggestions some of the notes on a money procedure would be adopted that of the versatility of the artists. vary from a small free port dis-changer, and on his information has given the price of the shares trict, where goods could be stored
a raid was subsquently made on a fillip recently, and handled free of duty, unless house at Dan Vooux Road Weat
PORTIA'S RETORT. imported (an extension of the and the arrest effected of his
What may possibly happen is her father in a case at Willesden A young woman represented bonded warehouse system), to a accomplice. A number of the that the Hotel Mansions will be Police Court, and the opposing large foreign trading zone, similar forged notes were found concealed sold to secure the to that formerly at Hamburg behind a picture frame.
necessary solicitor said that although she funds for the erection of the new had no right to do so he was not where sorting, repacking and evenj
Hotel at Kowloon. In fact, an objecting. He added that she manufacturing, could take place,
overture bas. I hear, been made had been a solicitor's clerk, and the commoditios concerned being A "Guild" procession passed by the Land Investment Company exported without duty. Doubtless through the contral part of the for the purchase of the Hotel Probably wanted someone to considerable expense would be town this morning on its way to Mansions, and it will not surprise in favour of the prosecutors, the practiae upon. The verdict went involved in the planning and Happy Valley where the Tsing me to learn that it has been decid-District Council, and the solicitor It is not always that we see eye to eye with Mr. Lloyd establishment of such a zono, so Ming Festival demands itsed by the Directors of the Hong asked for costs. "Costs, indeed," that even if the project is approv-devotees to pay homage to the kong Hotel Company todispose of retorted Portis, "You are the George, but we should like to throw into emphasis a recented some delay seems likely before remains of speech of his when be very effectually turned the tables it can come into operation. It is who died under poor circum-I may recall that the Directors a are paid a salary for your job." Guild member this property. In this connection, deputy clerk to the Council, and the Trade Unions in regard to the question of unemploy-hoped by the promoters that stances and was buried recent-couple of years ago converted the Costs were not allowed, ment. He was speaking in the House of Commons on the Manila will thereby hecome a ly. Preceeded by a pipo-and Hotel Mansions into cffices, Labour Party's unemployment amendment to the Address leading distributing centre for drum band, the procession, to the evidently working ол the in reply to the Speech from the Throne, and he took the an emporium for the Far East. along to the strains of martial accommodation after the War American and foreign trade and number of a hundred, marched idea that the demand for hotel opportunity to show how the Trade Unions, whilst asking American goods, however, already airs, and trailing in the rear were would be small, at least from the for greater Government consideration for the unemployed, como in duty free, so the proposed several trays containing the car-touring public. So they gave notice were setting their faces against the utilisation of the labour free port" would not benefit casses of roasted pigs and other to the residents of the Mansions of ex-Service men. He wanted to know whether the handling, and storage charges the departed one was thought to for the tenancy of the different minute we get anything, never No' that I ridicule the idea of them except in so far as landing, delicacies for which the spirit of and concluded lenses with offices Labourites, in their demand of the right to work. meant might be made lower. Moreover, have a predilection.
The world is full of cures. The land some things we dinna' get. everybody's right to do so, or merely the right to work if the fact that the nearest point of
floors. It has not yet transpired mind what it is, someone starts faith curing, mind ye. When all's the Trade Unions permitted it. The Premier declared that China is from two to three days'
what money the Land Invest- ment Company has offered the are doctors wi' treatments rang-done that way anyway. Many's up in our path wi' a cure. There said and done, most o' our curing's the building trules could absorb 50,018) more workers. The distance is a disadvantage to The detective drama is the money was available, the contracts were there. the material Manila as compared with Hong- chosen theme for this week's pro- Hotel Mansions, but it is almost Glands, New Thoughters o' every (made nasty in case my faith
Hongkong Hotel Company for
ing from Epsom Salts to Monkey the big bottle of coloured water was there: workers were lacking. Why? Plenty of able-kong in relation to the large granime
at the Coronet, and cartain that it will be enough to kind wi' their various systems of wasne' strong enough) I've swal- The Empire of Diamonds" had bodied men who served their entry well had earned the
for the cost of the Hotel's healing, bone men and muscle lowed and paid for. a most favourable reception at its new venture in Kowloon, right to work, and the State, the municipalities, and
first screening yesterday. The
Mr. Hickson's no' bigofted. It employers wanted them, but Trades Unions which asked Novelty in History,
resources of the house of Patho
would seem that he's ready and had placed within the scope of for legislation for the right to work supported Unions One by one the treasured stories the film & number of interesting would be a big transaction, giving without being cured, and some operation wi' the medical faculty willing to work in fulleet co- which declined to allow people to take part in work which of our childhood are torn from scenes lifted en bloc from the point to my remarks that there times whether ye want to er no'. was available. It was, said the Premier, a sham and and at em" (we are not quite Monte Carlo Casino, the floral side for investment in
us. Wellington's "Up, Guards, famous Riviera, including the is at present a lot of money out-
here. I hope it'll do them good. Our roading matter is continu- If I were a doctor, though, I'd be hypocrisy. These men were being maintained by the State, certain how it stands with the feast, and the beautiful soonery and incidentally the Government kind of healing dope. If it's no' his Union Card.
land, ally being interlarded wi' some inclined to ask him to produce and yet they were anxious to work.
Mr. Lloyd George was alle, also, to show that the since been consigued to the limbo well-staged, the photography their old Post Office site. With People and how they cure most I'm a bit surprised that this sort playing fields of Eton) has long of this coast. The production is should profit from that fact with somebody's Bile Pills for Vile I must say nevertheless that State has done a very great deal to avert distress among attended Washington's cherry-the work of the artistes to make other day by the Directors of to an abnormal thirst, it's some get the imprimatur of the Angli- of myths, and a like fate has magnificent and it only needed regard to the purchase made the onything from an ingrown toenail o fake-me-doodle should have those willing to work. He showed that thirteen years ago tree there was no unemployment insurance at all. In 1909 prompts a writer in the Melbourne in exceeded, all expectations at present houses the cafe, it is thrown at yo, plus the horrors of whole. Sunday's perusal of the exploit. This tendency it a complete success. That the Wiseman's of the premises that body's Torics for Tired Eyes can Church, After nearly a they had 2.000.000 insured for 75. a week. Now they were Argus to supply further cor- may be surmised from the fact not out of place to say that there blindness, in the event of your Archbishop's Encyclical Letter to have 12,000,000) insured for 188, a week. The Premier rections of history, which we that it is one of the bost pictures would have been buyers of that ever forgetting the name of the and Reports of the Committees admitted that 18s, was not enough, but it was something are tempted to reproduce upon of its class shown at this well-property at over fifty dollars a company that raised the bogey. Then he showed that up to March 31. £40,000,000 would}
the distinct understanding that known little cincms.
of the last Conference holden at square foot, but the peculiar con- Now I see the Church is taking Lambeth in August of last year, We accept no have been spent in unemployment pay, whilst the Govern-for
responsibility
ditions of purchase, namely, that a hand at the game. Well, II rather gathered that the laity them. As an example, ment had also allocated £23,000,000 for settling men upon Alexander did not weep for freeh
the landlord could not eject suppose they've got to do some were to be encouraged to look the present tenants, many of thing these hard times in order askance at this sort of thing. Of the land, a process that was not going on rapidly, but worlds to conquer. On the con- TERRITORIAL RECRUITING.
whom have four years' leases with to make sinful man realise that sourse, I wouldna' bet on it which he hoped would continue. On new arterial roads trary, he was a meek little chap
Sir L. Worthington Evans the Land Investment Company, he's got a seedy stomach or an the State and municipalities' £10,500,000 was to provide life, and died at a ripe old age total number of recruits enlisted leases with the present tenants of soul to save. There's baith meat before, it would, maybe, be worth
who never fought a battle in his stated in the Commons that the frightened buyers away.
Between you and me, though The overstrung heart as well as as many folks are dying as died Employment for the unemployed. Then there was after founding "Alexander's Rag- for the Territorial Force up to Wiseman's building do not provide and music here, as the dog said while to inquire what result these £3,000,000 allocated to Local Authorities to go on with time Band." No battle mur dipal undertakings for the benefit of the unemployed. fought near Northand 3,664 men had been registered, property being sold. In the light "All's well tacked on to his no doubt true, but I should sex was February 12 was 83,268, and for the leases being considered when he ate the piper's bag. curea accomplish. That some of Mr. Hickson, who has had the them prolong lits for a wee bit is Much more, admittedly, could be done, but a perusal William of Normandy tossed but not yet attested. The of these figures will at any rate show that, in a time of old for the Crown of England, establishment was approximately of these facts, it must be stated Healing Mission by the Bishop, is offhand that their greatest benent unexampled taxation, the Government has not been alto-the Crown jewels in The Wash; 224,000.
that the Directors of Wiseman's about dne here. I wish. bim is that they furnish a new compe gether idle. More blame is due to agitators who mis-the true version is that he pledged
have secured a bargain, as there every success. I'm a bit sceptical tion. After all, this would be a have been and are buyers of the of his line of business though. monotonous world if folks kept represent the facts than to those who at any rate are doing them and inadvertently sent the
land at higher pricos.
I've aye noticed that the man on having things and there was something. And what we are especially glad to see is that ticket to the wash with his only bluo wafor Sir Francis Drake
that, thinks he's got to be cured no cure for them. The excite the Government is putting it to the builders that they confirmed bachelor the Old did the washing. Unlike Artemus Hongkong Hotel building, next normal unless he's ready and new oure, the hopes raised and
laundry. Henry VIII. was elever saw was when his mother I notice that two stores in the of something lama considered ment and Interest in finding should insist upon a fair proportion of ex-Service men Pretender was Grand Mastor of Ward, the new historian does to Shaw's, are at present vacant, willing to spend lots of goad the machinery used mail this 1***** being employed upon building contracts, and if the build-the Orange Lodge; the Spanish not qualify his dicta by any suob and I hear that the management money in the process, Va see. In kind of amusement ing trades refuse the Government is to stand behind them Armada gave the English leat postscript as
writ of the Hotel intend to have a the natural order a things we've mitigates the stress of Iwo 12 Fin whatever action is necessary,
the duce of a hiding; and the Baru astik,"
show room in one of these stores to pay for everything we get~ #11,
potential markets of China.
and won. King John never lost
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men and skin men and breathing experts. You canna' get the yourself nowadays
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