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SPARKLING MINERAL

WATER.

Pyeris

Delicious either alone or blended with

wines and spirits.

THE HONGKONG

A.S. WATSON & CO., LTD.

AERATED WATER MANUFACTURERS.

TELEPHONE 436.

Death.

BORHAM-At the Matilda Hospital, on August 23rd, Charles Borham, aged, 82 years. Deeply regretted. The funeral well pass the Monument at 3 pm. to-day.

Acknowledgment.

The Sons 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.

[TELEGRAPH.

NOTES & COMMENTS.

Wireless in China.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24 1991,

DAY

BY DAY.

Addison.

tract granted to an American; company, which was the cause of

There was a clean bill of health the bother. Probably Guance baa, something to do with Peking's] in the Colony yesterday. wish to alter the programme.

matters.

un a

ROUND THE TOWN.

By "Gadabout."

absolutely no regard whatsosTRE for: the safety of other people realise what a danger they are to [other, road-users and also to themselves? It is all vary wall

PROTECTION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS.

Between

HAVANA CIGARS.

Holland Pacific Trading Co.'s Enterprise.

Mark M

At the V.R.C. bath yesterday

Ourselves

MacWhirter.

THERE IS NO GREATER SIGN OF Apropos the discussion over 4 GENERAL DECAY OF VIRTUE IN

What a curious thing is human for them to ait at the wireless concessions in China A NATION, THAN A WANT OF

ZEAL IN ITS INHABITANTS FOR nature. Almost every day one wheel sounding their horns ecent events suggest that the

A representative of the Tele- Government repents of the cou-THE GOOD OF THEIR COUNTRY, reads in the local papers of and Elaxons and making life for

mastags and mistresses of sam-¡other travellers one long anxiety gruph was yesterday afternoon pans, boatmen and others ap-all the time they are on the road, invited to view a largo consign- pearing at the Marine Court and but they should realise that the ment of real Havana cigars, being fined what must be to them humble coolie values his life quite recently imported by the Holland quite a large sum_for_variousjas much as they do and is quite Pacific Trading Co., Ltd. With 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 more popular brands, he was told, taking a strong stand-towards Street, a Chinese 16-year-old girl visages most of them are real old cases yesterday testlies that Havana sigars have not been the competitors, Britain, Japat was yesterday brought to the salts and therefore must be Inspt. Garrod and his men are imported into the Colony, but this and Denmark, and is not likely Kwong Wah Hospital The acquainted with the law and keeping a sharp lookout for this firm has now taken up the sola to be inclined now to release animal was sent to Kennedy yes, knowingly, day after day class 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 Veterinary breat it. They have been break-danger of other road-users had smokers have become acquainted be valid enough, any illegality be-Surgeon.

ing the law and being fined for better change their tactics or they with them they will have a ready ing #ttributable to Peking, so that

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

ross Ramon Allones, Calixto opez, in the enforce ment of the pack up-

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

Par Larranaga. Do Murias and on a double-playing Government floor of No. 10 Kaz U Fong, a probably go on doing it for an-

many other fine smokes and the now reluctant to have the agree Carpenter sustained a fall into other century, and many other:

retail prices should work out at ment consummated. It might have the street and was severely in centuries after that. Why do

The

which they do it? Is this cussedness

from $25 to $100 per box of one accident been better if all these under-jured.

human trait in

nature? occurred

bundred. They are, of course, takins could have been left to

yesterday moraing resulted in the removal of the I suppose ī 13.

not all in 100 aize bares, but can fur the the Consortium, which, however,

barbour folk in Hongkong are

be procured in smaller quantities be the precise cause what it may, injured man to Hospital.

not the only ones who commit

and some of the bores, made of has not been able to function

Spread Of A Laudable petty offences. Most of the readers

special wood in two and three happily, or indeed at all A A pair of earrings, set wish of this columa are well acquinted

Movement.

colours, are really artistic and question asked in the House of diamonds and jadestone, Was with the story of the foolish

Information, obtained from the will make excellent presenta. Al- Commons last month implies that snatched from the ears of a virgins, but I dare say quite a promoters of the Society for the together the consignment con- by the U. S. installation the 800 Chinese lady resident at No. 15 number of them bare set off on a Protection of Chinese Servant ains 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 Wingtok Street days it is mostly carbide) in their suggested at a big meeting held at Holland Pacino Trading Co. have low of world news through yesterday afternoon The thief lamps and have maybe been the Tai Ping Theatre several weeks an ideal place in which to keep American chaccels," and the succeeded in making his escape. hauled before the local" beak" ago, indicates that satisfactory them. In the past the selection man well-known in connection questioner. Mr. Hurd, a gentle-

and ordered to stump up in good progress is being made with the of real Havana cigars in the with maritime

According to a report made by hard cash for their foolishness. campaign for membership, which Colony has been somewhat was Pablo Ansamte, the manager of Yes, human nature is a rummy now exceeds three hundred to date. limited, but it is thought that anxious to learn what British the Filipino Club, a thief entered thing; people know that the law Advertisements 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 Havans will become z will be available in the Far Easta quantity of clothing, a gold and they must not do that and yet vernacular newspapers and it is more popular smoke. In reply the Postmaster-Gen- watch and chain and a valuable some of us (perhaps most of us) expected that ers long the number oral declared that he had no silver cigarettes case, the whole at some time in our lives probably will be considerably increased. knowledge of any such agree-estimated to be of the value of $56. disobey it.

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

The wily Hun seems to be will be formally announced at a hon member." Presumably the

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

157234 referring to the extent of the service to be provid-Turnor, this morning brought a trade again. I heard the other day Wah hospital zoom, at which the ed: the fact of the agreement charge of trespassing against a that some of the local business constitution will be discussed and itself is beyond dispute. Whether Chinese who was found by Mr. Tires are receiving catalogues the aims and objects of the Society the V.R.C. and United Athletic

German Oliphant in the early morning from

will be cutlined, manufacturera

It is the inten-scored easy victories over H.M 3. the American concessionaires propose to provide all the facilities Washing himself as a shed at by the score and a little bird tion of some of the originators of Tamar and H.M.S. Forglove by sttributed to them is a point upon Pokfulum used for the shelter of whispered in my ear that owing the scheme to collaborate, and if 18 goals to nil and 13 to nit which more information would infected cattle. After argument to the present rate of the ex- possible to amalgamate with the respectively.

The sailors lacked combination AN OBJECT-LESSON IN TRADE DISPUTES.

be welcome. May be they have between the Magistrate and Mr. change the prices quoted are so Society for the Prevention a de-

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

charged.

firms have been tempted to give with the Radio Corporation. Not

The membership roll of the Anti-good water polo. orders. I sincerely hope and Mui-Tsai Society, which aims at

Matches for Thursday next-at long ago it was stated that thei Strikes, unhappy, are nothing out of the common, but C.S. naval wireless service was

If is understood that Chief Intrust that if such is the case these the suppression of the tracking 5.15 p.m. R.G.A. v. Lusitano, 5.45

few are an exception. It must be in mui teci is also rapidly filing. p.m. 2 Wiltshires v. V.R.C. a strike that lasts eight months is. The shipyard joiners going in for an extensive news spector Karz, who is now strike began in December, and its course has been charac-agency businesy, & startling short holiday to the North and great temptation to bay when, one seas goods quoted at about terised by marked tbstinacy on the part of Labour (development at Erst sight, but not Japan, will, on instructions from half the price those of British Perhaps Labour would retort that obstinacy was what Government propaganda bureaux. study the methods adopted at it argued that if Germany loses so astonishing in these days of the C.S.P. take opportunity to mancfacturers and I have heard characterised the employers' side, since it takes two to form

those ports for combating cargo a dispute. An examination of the circumstances does not

By Robt. An Explanation.

pilfering. During Mr. Kerr's her trade she will never be in a

Janet, she had the laugh at me position to pay the indemnity. There are two ways of giving absence from the Colony. Inspect There is something in that argu-last night. The wee yin must I'll have to be paying my seat support this view, in the present case at, any rate, the

to brag about. That reminds me, indications go to demonstrate that the Labour side was

to charity right way and albr Robert Macdonald has beeni wrong way. Let us just explain. performing the duties of chief met but Hongkong is a British have been acting the fool yester rent again. I'm a great supporter animated by a spirit of unreason. It was an attitude, too. Twice within the last few days inspector

colony and there are thousands day wi' the globe at our bedside o' the kirk so long as ye dinna' which adversely affected the industry from the standpoint we have been asked to perform a

of our fellow countrymen out of for when I coma

tura on expect me to leave off fishing an employment. Surely, it is better the juice at bed-time there was

a 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 Cheak assist those unfortunate fallows, it was maybe the turbine at the good news in the kick magazine joiners. how far to the leaders of the trade union, is a dens ourselves the pleasure that Kai, the other day received by many of whom risked life and limb works that bad shied, but no, the and I'm content. I'm easy going moot point: but that the latter were largely responsible have been asked to give the hire with death unless he paid Hongkong, to find employment. I had to go to bed in the dark

comes with giving because we post a letter which threatened to keep the Union Jack flying over other lights worked all right. 30 on the spiritual side which I'll is evident. Numbers of the joiners were encouraged to wrong thing

admit right now maybe doesna' No business is over the sum of $100,000 as conThere is a little poster displayed and just because I couldns get represent courage concerning s hold 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 lay future state so much as it does. for their skill in other industries. On the other hand, the anthropy man might feel Kwangsi party. The merchant those who feel inclined to give and looked at the place the cell sheer laziness. trade union officials, and particularly the general secretary keep it apart from his business. giving them the name of the man mark, learn and inwardly digest. and warmer the while Janet, early to bed business fairly cows inspired to indulge in, he should communicated with the police. Fritz a trial look at it and read, ing should bave been getting wet But as I was saying, this going of the Boilermakers Society. fanned the unrest by That applies to all, but it applies whom he suspects of sending the inflammatory exhortations,

most frequently to newspapers of threatening letter, and in pur tramway company does not issnehabit-aye, so is talking-but I more o' that ilk were sye strong I often wonder why the local she says it's only question of the cuddy. Dr. Smiles and a lot The dispute affords an instance of the faulty presenta- whom people think ther base 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 tion of facts and of the loose thinking that distinguish advertising apace for sale. and the investigations.

right to ask favours. We have police are now making active

day if I dinna get the chance of early, ap many other towns in various

st cock-crow and certain type of Labour utterance, and to no section of the selling of it together with the

absorbing & little parts of the world. Say one

knowledge getting through a day's work community is this more inimical than to the workers them-selling of the news is business.

want to go bathing at North through the eyes before turning before breakfast. That's no my selves. What is the truth in relation to the joiners' strike? By it we sink or swim. Dur attempt at arson, a fire broke out Club (and

Alleged to have been an Point or at the Royal H.K. Tacht we're had ower the same thing. barna a leaky conscience and ya over to sleep. Many's the row idea o living. Provided yo During the war

year or So afterwardsing the war sad other times of amongst & heap of rags and old Chinese bathing beach in that That's the worst of marrying havas mixed your drinks the shipbuilders. of course, made handsome profits

newspapers have given The stress

mos: freely, more freely than has of the building occupied by the are any number of cars going at night is the last place you're accountant that was sye in first

paper placed under the staircase direction. by the way).

your opposite. But as in Scot- night afore, no man should rise workers shared ill these advances: bonuses. and often

land, on how lassie's bedroom until he's called. If I had an been recognised. Bo: allowances were the order of the day. Before 1920 new paper men the whole world Tu Chong Chinese Bank at as far as Causeway Bay while closed a very different state of affairs had set in. over have come to realise that D. 44 Des Voeux Road West. those that will carry one the supposed to be in, that's just in the morning I have the audi- Yards that had been inundated with orders at top prices they have made a vital mistake In addition to these inflammable whole journey are comparatively another of the several things tors round chop chop having a

in giving in the precise way they kerceine was found near the spot one is content to wait long enough much of a reader at the best of

materials, tin smelling of few had to fight for contracts at competitive rates, owing to the have. Thes. bave sacrificed a and confirmed the suspicions of and to risk the chance of finding times, except it's the Telegraph best time to study's in the

and far between. If you've got to take with your look at his books.

bride on chance. Janet's no Some learned hombres there accumulation of tonnage and the general trade stump.principle, and they are

are #bo tell ye that 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 the inmates. The outbreak. a spare sest on the North Point and goodness knows there's no morning. Well maybe there's the joiners hell out for the retention of the special war principle. But common action is time, and extinguished before any whole way for ten cents, but most wi' that even at the end of & only thing I ever studied at that bonus they had been receiving.

being taken against this mistaken

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

A charge of cruelty to fowls paying ten cents, and then catch it in that a bed's a place for sleep- ooy quicker to put my boots DD 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, 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

ye, I believe that a little Chinese their journey's but sleeping's like eating, just a habit onyway. bave to fork up

Metaphysics or Sanscrit on an of wages agreed upon by shipyard workers generally, while a proper charge should be made. revealed that no less than 35 end of silver. It

When I was a young lad, at empty stomach isna' nearly so bit the war-bonus claim has entirely disappeared: In there those responsible for running a small basket about a foot and only a

That is a matter of business. If chicken were contained in other

Linkcumdoddie, my auct used bad for ya as alcohol, though on days such a radical change could not have come about by newspaper think that the charity ball in diameter, whilst 37 chicken why are nos transfer tickets aye to give us the straight dope the other hand, I was never one o' them that believed that yo mere despotism on the part of employers: the change is the is suficiently deserving to war were in another basket of elightly sold, which would permit people in favour of early rising. "Early 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 onto bed and "-ye kaow the rest could learn a foreign language ony Better by cutting off your depressed conditions the mistaken policy of the joiners, free to give in the same way no matting to cover the bottoms, the ticket issued them in the of the tune. What's more for

byo. It saved candles and sleep in the morning. Of course, whether on the part of the workers themselves or their as other people--and 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 hand that Be protruding through the holes. the Tramway Company would the wealth but I'll have to widots of folk when it comes to leaders, has contributed. Manifestly a slump in shipping paper men cannot be accused In firing the defendant $4 Mr. lose quite a lot of money over admit, I suppose, that there's the last hour of their day ther was inevitable had the maximum of harmony reigned in of miserliness or niggard lines G. N. Orme told the woman to but this insufficiency of cars from

may as well be in their pyjamaU, the yards. All the more need was there. then, to avoid In fact they have been far too free advise ber friends not to commit the Post Office to North Point something in going to bed wi'

and the non-transfer business is health point of view. But man, social crank of useless gossip. the birds, looking at it from & friction, that the best night be made of what work was in giving away what should have similar offence.

as yawning and turning the bit rough on the general public. available. That the joiners' strike was a factor in the figured in the legitimate revenus of their businesses. In laying 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 that starts making a hole in his

When the keeper of a native Another little item. Mr. Traffic What a lot ye miss. wi' yon sky- We'd be better resting onyway. lark kind of existence. The man they say. But the same thing 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 face yawning at the back o' nine things

could be said of 50

that take ment. Not only did contracts from abroad for construction ong 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 are ated milk, Mr. W. B, Hind, for the large number of people going blanket as was ever admitted minable committee

only doing that which they the defence, asked for an adjourn balbing, couldn't an extra car or into the Steam Laundry, I've for instance, or the nights your meetings to send work to foreign yards in should have done years ago. Ask mett in order that he could pro- has quite a long wait at Causeway roosting than I ever could have Club. It might be a lot of wasted shipowners had

two be put on. One sometimes consequence of the labour trouble. Apart from losses to us for a monetary contribution to duce expert evidence from an

made more money late watch stops when you're af the employers, the joiners strike kept various kinds of ship any charity and we will give employe of the Hongkong Dairy Bay.

Isid hands on if I'd been peeling and ineffective effort if worked yard hands out of work, and as a result increased un-according to our judgment and Farm Company to show that Mr. B. E. Lindsell had a busy my stockings off half an hour out according to the Samuel, employment in other directions. Among the joiners them-capacity, but ask us for part of climatic conditions at this of time yesterday administering after the cook-boy had broken Smiles' standard of getting on in selves many suffered enforced idleness because the trade bad. Will the Hongkong public in grass those qualities which go caught in the act of law-breaking was aye very lucky at poker stone, but oh! msn, what an in

our business and it is not to be the year do tot tend to produce justice to motorists who had been the last plate of a night. Aye, I life wi' your nose to the grind. union would not let them return to the yards. Here the please note, because it is not to make good milk. Mr. R. E. Six of the offenders were charged though, of course I realise it's sight into human nature ye miss workers have an object-lesson in the importance of disting- always pleasant trying to explain Lindsell fixed the hearing of the with reckless driving. Do these no a thing for a man that was when ye go to bys bye wit the uishing between good and injurious counsellors.

to a well-intentioned canvasser. case for Monday next.

road boge who dash about with very early an elder in the kirk bene.

and for a

2

there

is also

2

there

to

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

same acknowledgment.

and go by the Causeway Bay car,

21-

is ten-cent ride and so

before breakfast or after it. Mind

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