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THAT DROWSY FEELING AFTER MEALS
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
ON THE WATERFRONT.
M. M. Liner In Part.
This morning the Messageries Maritimes passenger steamer steamer Cordillere arrived at} Hongkong from Marseilles and the usual ports, There were 27- Balcon and 150 staaraga pas«. sengers and 80 tons of general cargo for this port, Canton, Macao and Manila. The vessel is pro ceeding to Shanghai and Japan.
Passengers by Porthos. Delayed by typhoon weather the French mail steamer Porthos will not arrive at Hongkong before 6 o'clock this evening, it was stated by the Messageries Mari- times local office this inorning. The vessel was due to reach this port yesterday morning, but was detained at Woosung for two days by the presence of m typhoon on the coast. It the meantime her departure for | Marseilles, via Saigon, has been
fixed for sometime to-morrow.
Notable among the passengers who will travel by the Porthos are the following Mr. H. La Bras, manager of the Canton branch of the Banque de l'Indo-Chine, who has been transferred to the bank at Bangkok. Mr. Le Bras will disembark at Singapore and Mrs. Le Bras, who will, accompany him, will proceed on to Marsailles.
Mrs. V. Marsot, wife of the acting manager of the Hongkong branch of the Banque de l'Indo- Chine, and her two daughters wil) | be passengers to Marseilles.
Mr. Bouliol, of Hongkong, also is booked to Marseilles, as are Fathers Bascoul and Desmet, of local institutioas.,
A party of 45 Chinese studer is from Canton colleges are proceed- in to Lyons on the Porthos They will enter the famous
University of Lyons to complete their education.
New Holt Steamer Arrives.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST
17, 1921
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The cargo steamer Glaucus ENGLISH MADE arrived at Hongkong yesterday afternoon on her maiden voyage. The vessel came out from Liver-tire pool sud brought a large general cargo for Far Eastern ports. She sailed from the Mersey on July 9, and made a good passage, arriv ing at Hongkong one day ahead of time-table. The amount of cargo for Hoogkong totals 805 tons and there rem sin board for Sheoghai And Japanese ports 5,500 tons. Capt. Houghton is in command of the Glaucus,
on
new-
The Glaucus is a vessel of, 17,600 tons gross and is a sister ship to the steamer that the Taikoo Dock and Engineering Company building for the Blue Funnel. The comer is a steel single screw steamer and was built by Mesars. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co., at their Newcastle-on-Tyne yards. She bas a length of 452 feet, a breadth of 56 feet and a depth of 35.2] feet The Glaucus is a geared- turbine ship and is fitted with two turbines, which were manu-| factured by the builders. On her tris,Glaucus logged 15 knots an hour.
She is one of the vessels in the Ocean Steamship Company's share of the Blue Funnel Line and well maintains the high standard set by the other ships in the line.
Part of the inward cargo on the Glaucus is turbine machinery which will be installed in her twin-ship, now under contruction at Taikoo dock. To-morrow she will move from Holt's Wharf to the sea wall at Taikoo to dis- charge the turbine parts for the new ship. One of the pieces is a heavy lift of 120 tons.
Lloyd Triestino Steamer from Italy.
The Italian passenger steamer Trieste, of the Lloyd Triestino S. N. Company, arrived at Hongkong this morning from Trieste, Venice and other ports en route. There were 30 cabin and
364 steerage passengers, while the freight for discharge bere amounts to 600 tons. Con-
so common at this time of year isignments for northern ports are due to sluggish liver. Just take set down at 2,000 tona.
little liver regulators, to-night, a couple of Pinkettes, the dainty
Steamer Late.
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SKEETERS!
Mosquitoes, children, are a curse
So aniversal that a verse About their ultra-fiendish ways Should earn some sympathetic praise.
They mach prefer to work at night. And I'm inclined to think their bite Is rather worse than is their bark, Although that singing in the dark Is probably the meanest noise That any living thing employs!
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While you are helpless in your bed, One picks a sector near your bead, And starts a rousical patrol Which lacerates your very soul.
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Your hands dart out in angry swipes, But nothing doing! no, those pipes. Sing on their owner undisturbed, His thirst for human gore uncurbed.
You've now become a mental wreck. And then be settles on your neck.
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You wait with diplomatic guile In spite of knowing, all the while, That he is puncturing your hide. And leaving poisoned goo inside.
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You think you've got him in a trap, And you negotiate & slap
Which leaves you aching, hard and long, But doesn't interrupt his song!
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But you, of course, bave suffered, too; You'll recognize these words as true!
$26.66 for wages due and the Pinkettes are laxative perfec. Seattle. She was due bere considerably cut,
B.
being
Dismissal. The case in which an Indian
an end last month, was affected on ready to sign on the articles a the basis of a 15 per cent. reduc, the new scale of wages, although Shah Mir
tion in wagas sil round, according, great opposition was made to claimed from the United Motor and see how much brighter and at Hongkong is the N. Y. K. kong by an American steamship enforced.
Another vessel late in arriving to information received in Hong-prevent reduction Company, Ltd, Des Voeux Road better you'il foul to-morrow. Central, the sum of $51.56, being
stearter Fushimi Maru, from company, Overtime also was balance one month's wazes in lieution. They dispel constipation, port until Friday, it is stated, future
On American ships working on prevent- yesterday, but will now not reach ing wholesale profiteering in the China Coast and to India and of notice, which came before Mr. cure biliousness, sick beadaches, owing to exceptionally heavy it is said. Engine-room work-being adopted, without any fuss. under this heading, Java the lower wages are Dow versantes, custed congue, foul weather having been encountered ers agreed to breath; mot as gently na hALUTE.
the reduction The new wages for men on between Japan and Shanghai. through their unions, and while American ships engaged on the deck officers and sailors had not coastal trades are will higher. done so at the time of mailing in than the pay on other ships on America, it was considered most the coast, due to the adven- A settlement of the maritime probable that they would follow tageous position of the gold strike in America, which came to suit After the strike crews were dollar on exchange,
Justice Wood in the Summary Court yesterday afternoon and which was adjourned until today, did not come into Court. It is understood that defendants con- sented to judgment.
A full raport of yesterday's proceedings appears on page 5.
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