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SPARKLING MINERAL

WATER.

Pyeris

Delicious' either alone or blended with

wines and spirits.

THE HONGKONG "TELEGRAPH.

NOTES & COMMENTS,

Wireless in China.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1921.

DAY BY

DAY.

Addison.

A.S. WATSON & CO., LTD. bless could have, be, howetan tosulted in the removal of the

AERATED WATER MANUFACTURERS.

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Death.

BORHAM—At the Matilda Hospital, on August 23rd, Charles Borham, aged, $2 years, Deeply regretted. The funeral well pass the Monument at ó pim. to-day.

Acknowledgment.

The Son of the late Mrs Francisco Noronha Machado desire to thank their numerous friends for their kind expression of sympathy and the many beautiful floral tributes sent in their sad bereavement

The Hongkong Telegraph

HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1921.

AN OBJECT-LESSON IN TRADE DISPUTES.

the

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B

ROUND THE TOWN.

absolutely no regard whatsoevAS | for the safety of other people realise what a'langor they are to other road-users and also to themselves ? It is all very well them to sit at the

By " Gadabout.” What a curious thing is human for

PROTECTION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS,

4

Between

HAVANA CIGARS.

Holland Pacific Trading Co.'s Enterprise.

At the V.R.C. baih yesterday

Matches for Thursday next-at 5.15 p.m. RG.A. v Lusitano, 5.45 p.m. 2/ Wiltshires v. V.R.C.

Ourselves

MacWhirter.

THERE IS NO OREATER SIGN OF A GENERAL DEAY OF VIRTUE IN Apropos the discussion over

A "NATION, THAN A WANT OF wireless cantèssions in China,

A representative of the Tale ecent avants suggest that the EL IN ITS INHABITANTS FOR nainte. Almost every day one wheel, sounding their barna Government repents of the cou-THE GOOD OF THEIR COUNTRY.-reads in the local papers of and Klaxons and making life for

masters and mistresses of sam. other travallars one long anxiety grupa was yesterday afternoon tract granted to an American

pans, boatmen and others ap-all the time they are on the road, invited to view a large consÏRA- company, which was the cause of

There was a clean bill of health Paring at the Marine Court and but they should realise that the ment of real Harana cigars, the bother. Probably finance bas

being fined what must be to them humble coolie values his life quite recently imported by the Holland something to do with Peking's in the Colony yesterday,

quite a large sum for various as much as they do and is quits Pacific Trading Co., Ltd. With wish to alter, the programme.

petty offences in the Harbour, as much entitled to the use of the the exception of one or two of the The United States has been Bitten by a dog at Portland Judging by their sun-tanned road. The long list of motoring i mare popular brands, he was told, taking a strong stand-towards Street, & Chinese 16-year-old girl visages most of them are real old cases yesterday testifies that Havana oigars have not been the competitors, Britain, Japan, was yesterday brought to the salis and therefora must be Inspt. Garrod and his men are imported into the Colony, but this and Denmark, and is not likely Kwong Wad Hospital The acquainted with the law and keeping a sharp lookout for this firm has now taken up the sole to be inclined now to release animal was sont Kennedy yei, knowingly, day after day plass of gentry and those who are agency of a large number of China. So far as America is Town for examination of its cou-some of their number wantonly in the habit of speeding to the brands and hopes that when cigar concerned the contract appears to dition by the Colonial Veterinars break it. They have been break-danger of other road-users had smokers have become acquainted be valid enough, any illegality be Furgaon.

ing the law and being fined for better change their tactica or they with them they will have a mady ing attributable to Peking, so that

it, I suppose, for the last half will soon find themselves included sale. The brands include Pier- rots, Ramon Allones, Calixto open, the hand of Nemesis may be seen

Whilst at work in the third century or so, and they will in his bag."

Par Larranaga, De Murias and in the enforce meat of the pact up floor of No. 10 Kau U Fong, probably go on doing it for an-

many other fine smokes and the on a double-playing Government

retail prices should work out at now reluctant to bare the agree Carpenter sustained a fall into other century, and many other

from $25 to $100 per box of one mentconsummated. It might have the street and was severely incesturies after that. Why do ju rad. The acaident which they do it? Is this cussedness been hatter if all these under-

bundred. They are, of course, trait in #

koman nature? morning

not all in 100 sixe bares, but can takins been left occurred

I suppose it is,

the for

be procured in smaller quantities harbour folk in Hongkong kre injured man to Hospital.

and some of the bares, made of be the precise cause what it may,

not the only ones who commit

Spread Of A Laudable

special wood in two and three has not been able to function

pelty ofences. Most of the readers!

Movement.

colours, are really artistic and happily, or indeed at all. A pair of earrings, sot withjof this coloma are well soqainted question asked in the House of diamonds and jadestone. was with the story of the foolish Information obtained from the will make excellent presents. Al- Commons last month implies that snatched from the ears of virgins, but I dare say quite promoters of the Society for the together the consignment con-

the 800 Chinese lady resident at No. 15 number of them have set off on a Protection of Chinese by the U. S installation

Servant tains 20,000 cigars, representing daily newspapers of China will be Arbuthnot Road whilst she was journey with no oil (or in these Girls, the formation of which was many thousand dollars, but the provided with a cheap and steady walking along Winglot Street days it is mostly carbide) in their suggested at a big meeting held at Holland Pacific Trading Co. have low of world news through yesterday afternoon. The thief lamps and have maybe been the Tsi Ping Theatre several weeks an ideal place in which to keep American channels," and the succeeded in making his escape, hauled before the local beak" ago, indicates that satisfactory them. In the past the selection questioner. Mr. Hürd, a gentle-

and ordered to stump up in good progress is being made with the of real Havana" cigars in the been somewhat man well-known in connection According to a report made by hard cash for their foolishness. campaign for membership, which Colony has with maritime matters, Was Pablo Ansamte, the manger of Yes, human nature is a rummy now exceeds three hundred to date. limited, but it is thought that suxious to learn what British the Filipino Club, a thief entered thing; people know that the law Advertisementa inviting members with so many brands to choose news service on a similar scale his bedroom yesterday and stole says that they must not do this have been published in the leading from the Havana, will become &

more popular smoke. will be available in the Far East quantity of clothing, a gold and they must not do that and yet vernacular newspapers and it is In reply the Postmaster-Gen watch and chain and a valuable some of us (perhaps most of us) expected that are long the number be considerably increased. oral declared that he had no silver cigarettes case, the whole atrome time in our lives probably will knowledge of any such agree-estimated to be of the value of $86. disabay it.

The formation of the Society will WATER POLO LEAGUE. ment as that referred to by the

The wily Han seems to be will be formally announced sta hon member." Presumably the

The Dairy Farm, through Mr. making a bid for Far Eastern meeting to be held at the Tung P.M.G. was referring to the

Turner, this morning brought a trade again. I heard the other day Wab hospital room, at which the extent of the service to be provid charge of trespassing against a that some of the local business costitution will be discussed and ed; the fact of the agreement. itself is beyond dispute. Whether Chinese who was found by Mr. T. firms are receiving catalogues the aims and objects of the Society the V.R.C. and United Athletic German manufacturers will be outlined, It is the inter-scored easy victories over H.M S. American concessionaires Oliphant in the early morning from

a shed as by the score and a little bird tion of some of the originators of Tamar and H.M.S. Foxglore by propose to provide all the facilities Washing bimself at

Pokfulum used for the shelter of whispered in my ear that owing the scheme to collaborate, and it 18 goals to nail and 13 to nil attributed to them is a point upon infected cattle. After argument to the present rate of the ex- possible to amalgamate with the respectively.

The sailors lacked combination which more information would be welcome. May be they have between the Magistrate and Mr. change the prices quoted are so Society for the Prevention a de-

and speed, the two essentials to Turner, the defendant was dis-low that one or two of our local partment of the Po Leung Kuk, such a project in conjunction

firms have been tempted to giva | The membership roll of the Anti-good water pola with the Radio Corporation. Nos charged.

orders. I sincerely hope and Mui-Tsai Society, which aims at long ago it was stated that the Strikes, unhappily, are nothing out of the common, but U.S. naval wireless service was

It is understood that Chief Intrust that if such is the case these the suppression of the tracking

few are an exception. It must be in mui taai is alao rapidly filling. a strike that lasts eight months is. The shipyard joiners going in for an extensive news spector Kerr, who is now on

business, a strike began in December, and its course has been charac-agency

startling short holiday to the North and graat temptation to buy when half the price those of British: terised by marked obstinacy on the part of Labour. development at Erst sight, but not Japan, will, on instructions from one sees goods quoted at about so astonishing in these days of the C.SP. take opportunity to manufacturers and I have heard Perhaps Lalou would retort that obstinacy was what Government propaganda bureaux. study the methods adopted at it argued that if Germany loses characterised the employers side, since it takes two to form

those ports for combating cargo bar trade she will never be in af

By Robt. pilfering. An Explanation.

During Mr. Kerr's a dispute. An examination of the circumstances does not

Janet, she had the laugh at me to brag about. That reminds me, support this view in the present case at any rate, the

There are two ways of givinz sbsence from the Colony, Inspect position to pay the indemnity. to charity a right way and abr Robert Macdonald has been There is something in that argu-last night. The wee vin must I'll have to be paying my seat ment bat Hongkong is a British have been acting the fool yaster rent again. I'm a great supporter indications go to demonstrate that the Labour side was

Let us just explain. performing the duties of chief colony and there are thousands day wit the globe at our bedside o' the kirk so long as ye dinna" animated by a spirit of unreason. It was an attitude, too. Twice within the last few days inspector.

of our fellow countrymen out of for when I come to turn on

expect me to leave off fishing on which adversely affected the industry from the standpoint we have been asked to perform a

employment. Surely, it is better the juice at bed-time there was

Sunday. Give me the text not of the employers only but from that of other kinds of little charitable service and on A rich Chinese merchant of to trade with British firms and nothing doing. At first I thought when ye get back and all the shipyard workers. How far the obstinacy was due to the both occasions we have had to Wing Lok Street, named Chenk assis: those unfortunate fellows, it was maybe the turbine at the good news in the kirk magazine joiners, how far th the leaders of the trade union, is a dear ourselves the pleasure that Kai, the other day received by many of whom risked life and limb works that had shied, but no, the and I'm content. I'm easy going comes with giving because we post a letter which threatened to keep the Union Jack Blying over other lights worked all right. 30 on the spiritual side which I'й moot point: but that the latter were largely responsible have been asked to give the bim with death unless he paid Hongkong, to find employment. I had to go to bed in the dark admit right now maybe dogana' is evident. Numbers of the joiners were encouraged to wrong thing. No business is over the sum of $100,000 as con- There is a little poster displayed and just because I couldna get represent courage concerning e bold out by the fact that they were able to find a market philanthropic and whatever phil-tribution towards the cause of the in many parts of the Colony: let reading for fifteen minutes I by fature state so much as it does. for their skill in other industries. On the other hand, the anthropy a man might feel Kwangai pany. The merchant those who feel inclined to give and looked at the place the cail sheer laziness.

inspired to indulge in, he should communicated with the police. Fritz a trial look it and read, ing should have been getting wet But as I was saying, this going trade union cfficials, and particularly the general secretary keep it apart from his business. giving them the name of the man matk, learn and inwardly digest. and warmer the while. Janet, early to bed business fairly com of the Boilermakers Society, fanned the unrest by That applies to all, but it applies whom he suspects of sending the I often wonder why the local she says it's only a question of the cuddy. Dr. Smiles and a lot inflammatory exhortations.

most frequently to newspapers of threatening latter, and in pur-traraway company does no; issue habit-aye, so is talking-bat 1 more o' that ilk were aye strong The dispute affords an instance of the faulty presenta-whom people think they have a suance of this information the transfer tickets, as is done in are think it's the end of a rotten about getting roosted bright and

right to ask favours. We have police are

at cock-croW and tion of facts and of the loose thinking that distinguish a

many other towns in various day if I dinna get the chance of early, un advertising space for sale, and the investigations.

absorbing a little knowledge getting through a day's work certain type of Labour utterance, and to no section of the selling of it together with the

parts of the world. Say one want to go bathing at Northugh the eyes before turning before breakfast. That's no' my community is this more inimical than to the workers them-selling of the news is business.

over to sleep. Many's the row iden o living. Alleged to have an Point or at the Royal H.K. Yacht we've had ower the same thing. have a leaky conscience and ye Provided ge selves. What is the truth in relation to the joiners' strike By it we sink or swim, Dur-

is also & During the war and for a year or so afterwards ing the war and other tires of attempt at arson, a fire broke out Club (and there

amongst a heap of rags and old Chinese bathing beach in that That's the worst of marrying harna mixed your drinks the shipbuilders, of course. made handsome profits. The

newspapers have given most freely, more freely than has paper placed under the staircase direction, by the way) there our opposite. But as in Sco: night afore, no man should rise of the building occupied by the are any number of cars going at night is the last place you're accountant that was aye in first land, onyhox-a lassie's bedroom until he's called. If I had an workers shared

these advances; il

bonuses, and often beea recognised. Вис Tsus Cheong Chinese Bank at as far as Causeway Bay while allowances were the order of the day. Before 1920 new paper men the whole world closed a very different state of affairs had set in. over here come to realise tha: No. 44 Des Voeux Road West- those that will carry one the supposed to be in, that's just...in the morning I bave the audi- another of the several things tors round chop chop having a Yards that bad been inundated with orders at top prices they have made a vital mistake In addition to these inflammable ; whole journey are comparatively you've got to take with your look at his books.

materials, a tin smelling of few and far between. If

bride on chance. Janet's Do' Some learned hombres there had to fight for contracts at competitive rates, owing to the in giving in the precise war der kerusins was found near the spot one is content to wait long enough much of a reader at the best of

have. They have sacrificed and confirmed the suspicions of and to risk the chance of finding times, except it's the Telegraph best

are who tail ye that the accumulation of tuge and the general trade slump. principle, and they are

time to study's in the Modifications in respect of pay had to be resorted to, but finding it hard to insist on that fortunately, was discovered in car, it is possible to travel the much mental strain connected something in that, though the outbreak, a spare seat on the North Point and goodnese knows there's no morning. Well maybe there's the joiners held out for the retention of the special war principle. Bascommon action is time, and extinguished before any whole way for ten cents; but most w that ever at the end o& only thing I ever studied at that bonus they had been receiving.

being taken against this mistaken

to inserting an advertisement or now, after nearly three-quarters of a year, the force of making announcementsthatwould

A charge of cruelty to fowis paying ten cents, and then catch it in that a bed's a place for sleep economic laws has exposed the falsity of the joiners ordinarily be treated as advertise- brought against a Chinese woman another car at that terminusing in. Well, I suppose it is,

habit onyway. demand so completely that they have accepted the reduction ments it is only right and fair that at the Police Court this morning and to reach their journey's but sleeping's like eating, just a fork up 4.7- When I was a young lad at of wages agreed upon by shipyard workers generally, while a proper charge should be made. revealed that no less than 35 cad have to

It other bit of silver.

23 Linkdumdoddle, my aunt used the war-bonus claim has entirely disappeared: In these That is a matter of business. If chicken

tan-cent ride and so those responsible for running & small basket about a days such a radical change could not have come about by newspaper think that the charity half in diameter, whilst 37 chicken why are not transfer tickets to give us the straight dope the other hand, I was never one

in favour of early rising.

Early mere despotism on the part of employers; the change is the is sufficiently deserving to war-were in another basket of slightly sold, which would permit people to bed and ye know the rest could learn a foreign language expression of the prevailing conditions. Towards those rant support they are then left larger size. As the baskets had to travel as far as North Point on of the tune. What's more for any better by cutting of your free to give in the same way no matting to cover the bottoms, the ticket issued them in the depressed conditions the mistaken policy of the joiners,

and sleep in the morning. Of course, whether on the part of the workers theruselves or their as other people-sad to get the the legs of the chicken were Causeway Bay car? Of course,lamp oil. I'm no' sure about I'll admit on the other band that same acknowledgment., News- protruding through the holes. the Tramway Company would leaders, has contributed. Manifestly a slump in shipping paper roan cannot be accused In fining the defendant $4 Mr. lose quite a lot of money over it, the wealth but I'll have to wi lots of folk when it comes to was inevitable had the maximum of harmony reigned in of miserliness or niggard linese, G. N. Orme told the woman to but this insufficiency of car from admit, I suppose, that there's the last haar of their day they may as well be in their pyjamas, the yards.

as yawning and turning the All the more need was there, hen, to avoid In fact they have been far too free advise her friends not to commit the Post Office to North Point something in going to bed wi' the birds, looking at it from s and the non-transfer business is bealth point of view. But man, social crank of useless gossip. friction, that the best night be made of what work was in giving away what should have a sirailar offence.

bit rough on the general public. available. That the joiners' strike was a factor in the of their businesses. In laying

figured in the legitimate revenge When the keeper of a native Another little item. Mr. Traffic what a lot ye miss wi' yom sky- We'd be better resting onyway, depression is attested by the gratifying cable news to hand down the rule that announce dairy in Aberdeen Street was Manager, during this hot weather lark kind of existence. The mic they say. But the same thing

take face yawning at the back o' nine things that yesterday of a revival on Tees-side as a result of the settlements must be paid for the Hong-charged before the Magistrate with the traffic in that direction that starts making a hole in his could be said of so ment. Not only did contracts from abroad for construction keng Telegraph and the other this morning with selling adulter-considerably increased owing to o'clock is, socially, as wet & time. Take some of our inter and repairs have to be turned down, but even English newspapers in the Colony ere ated milk, Mr. W. B. Hind, for the amber of people going blanket as was ever admitted minsble committee shipowners had to send work to foreign yards in should have done years ago. Ask aleht in order that he con Pro has quite a long wait at Causeway roosting than I ever could have Cicb. It might be a lot of wasted only doing that which they the defence, aked for an adjourn-balbing, couldn't an extra car or into the Stes Laundry. I've for instance, or the nights your two be put on. One sometimes made more money wit late watch stops when you're at the consequence of the labour trouble. Apart from losses to us for a monetary contribution to duce expert evidence from an BLY, employers, the joiners' strike kept various kinds of ship-any charity and we will give employe of the Hongkong Dairy

Iaid bands, co if I'd been peeling and ineffective effort if worked Mr. R. E. Lindsell had a busy my stockings off half an hour out according to the Samuel yard hands out of work, and as a result increased un-according to our judgment and Farm Company to show that

conditions at this of time yesterday administering after the cock-boy had broken Smiles standard of getting on in selves many suffered enforced idleness because, the trade our business and it is not to be the year do not tend to produce justice to motorists who had been the last plate of a night. Aye, I life wi' your nose to the grind- employment in other directions. Among the joiners them-capacity, but ask us for part of climatic

bad. Will the Hongkong public in grass those qualities which go caught in the act of law-breaking was ays very lucky at poker stone, but oh man, what an in- anion would not let them return to the yards. Here the please note, because it is not to wake good milk. Mr. B. E. Six of the offenders were obarged though, of course I realise it's sight into human nature ye miss workers bave an object-lesson in the importance of disting- always pleasant trying to explain Lindsell fixed the hearing of the with reckless driving. Do these to a thing for a man that was when ye go to bys bye wit the

to a well-intentioned canvasser. Case for Monday next,

road bogs who dash about with very nearly an elder in the kirk bens. uishing between good and injurious counsellors.

wrong way,

stress

now the

now making active

inmates. Toe

been

For long months this was the bone of contention, and form of charity. When it comes/damage was done to the property. I people have not too much time tiring day, but she keeps rubbing time o' day was whether it was

were contained in

a

and go by the Causeway Bay car,

foot and only

bye it saved candles

ony quicker to put my boots o before breakfast or after it. Mind Metaphysics or Sanscrit or a ye, I believe that a little Chinese

empty stomach isna' nearly so bad for ye as alcobol, though ou

other that believed that yo

up

many

our

meetings