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CHRISTMAS CONFECTIONERY.

CHOCOLATES

From

FOSS, of Boston CADBURY FRY

THE HONGKONG

“MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1921.

TELEGRAPH.

DAY BY DAY.

NOTES & COMMENTS.

Healthy Finances.

THE MEANEST. MAN ALIVE IS

IS GENEROUS

With the periodic publication THE ONE WHO

in the Government Gazette of the WITH MONEY THAT HE HAS NOT statement of revenue and ex.TO SWEAT FOR—G.H. Lorimer. penditure for the current year, it

There was one case of small- is becoming more and more appareat that the

finances of par reported on Saturday, the the Calony AI the present sufferer being a Britisher,

time

FUNERAL

Tributes to the 'Late Sir Boshan Wei-Yuk.

near

CHARGED.

RIFLE SHOOTING.

vix, H.M.S. Ambrose, H.M.S. There are night teams competing. Cairo, H.M.S. Tamar, H.M.B. Titania, Hongkong Palice, Hong; . koog Volunteers, RN. Dockyard and Royal Engineers. The sam petition will sh

mutually between opposing teame and resulla of matches with individual scores will be sent to the Hon. Secretary the day following the shooting.

10

arranged

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SHANGHAI TRAGEDY. Britisher Found Shot. (From Our Own Correspondent.)

Hongkong League, Shanghai, Dee. 12. Mr. H. R. Adams was found The Hong kong Rifle League cours daad in pool of blood in his home manoes in season on Baturday, 7th The funeral procession preced- ing the internment of the late Siran Sunday. A revolver was lying January, when H.1.8. Anbroms Boshan Wei-yuk took place this Deceased was Assistant Clerk to Police shoot aguinat H. K. Thanos and, suicide,, is presumad, meet H.M.S. Cairo and HK afternoon and was of a ref the British Supreme Court and Carpe simple character. Starting from had an excellent war record. in Are

No. 37 Wong Nei Chong Road, Both judges paid a tribute to the ад extremely • |bealthy condition. There has not For selling government opium tha procession turned

fato deceased from the Bench this been one month this year in without a licence a Chinese, who Queen's Road and passed the which the Government's income was charged by C.PO. Watt City Hall at about 3 p.m.

morning- has not been greater than its ex- this morning, was sentenced to The route to Kennedy Town from BRITISH SEAMEN penditure, with the result that up three months' hard labour. this point was by way of Winglor to the end of September there had

and Queen's Road West At the Impersonating the Police. March. Ranges will be been a profit on the nine months' Mr. Lo Chang, Chinese Consul-western tram junction the working of over $2,000,000. It]Gaseral in Lonton, bas been procession was joined by a num has to be boras in mind that transferred to Singapore, and Mr.ber of friends which inclnded the revenue from Land Sales Wu Huang, Canaul-Ginneral at has been very much higher than Singapore, is succeeding him. “ was expected and that this cannot be treated as an ordinary source Mr. Daniel Warrea Smith (34) of revenue, but it is indeed very of Birkby House, Bickley, Kant

Preceding the hearse, which satisfactory to note that under formerly of Hongkong, where he was heavily laden with weaths, the heading Licences and was interested in the Daily Press, was a guard of honour provided Internal Revenue not otherwise lei: esiste of the gross value of 55 a number of district watch-| (From Our Ora Correspondent) Ispecited"-included in which are | £55,413.

men, with whose welfare andį

Shanghai, Dec. 19. the receipts from the Opium

activities the deceased was st Shanghai bankers are taking Monopoly the revenue has con- A special dance (evening dreas) pe cime closely identified. Fol steps to raise money to finance siderably increased: This is will be held to-morrow as the lowing the carriage were the the purchase of the Shantung with a capacity for a 20,000-ton mainly due to the increased taxa- Kowloon Theatre at 9 o'clock chief mourners, Sir Boshan's five Railway. tion on alcoholic liquors sad Admission ticket costs $2, includ-sons, their wives and children, tobacco, but the interesting ing light refreshments, and a nambering sixteen in all. The procession turned back when Kennedy Town was reached and came to the Tung Wah Hospital | HANDYSIDE At Kowloon, on December 19th.. to Mr. and mens can gradually transfer the opium comprised the extent of the Depository, preparatory to Three hundred pounds of raw where the remains were lefs in Mrs. W. Lucas Handyside, a yon.

monies it used to receive from seizure affected by Revenue being buried in a local cemete interested, a friend o'mine at generally led to admit, at least to

Infancy boxes of 1 lb., 2 lb., 3 lb

suitable for presents.

A.S. WATSON & CO., LTD.

(Established 1841)

Phone 16.

Birth.

Marriage. STEWART-COX-A: St. Joha's Cathedral, Hongkong, on 17th. December. 1921, by Rev. 1. Copley Moyle, Allan Brown Stewart to Mary Uox.

The Hongkong Telegraph

feature of the situation is that limited number is obtainable at increased taxation has more Mautrias. than made up the decrease in opium receipts. If the Govern-

party

Shanghai, Dec. 19. FourBritisher-seamen are being nearly all the higher Government held on trial in the Upper Court officials and Europases who had on a charge of impersonating the come into contact with the late police with a view to extortion. Sir Bosban in his life-time. SHANTUNG RAILWAY.

Shanghai Bankers Interested.

in the course of a few days.

There are medals for the winning team; sad the runners-up will bave medals or a cup, as desired.

A LARGE DÓCK UNDER- CONSTRUCTION BY THE ASANO.

The Asano Dockyard Company

is at present constructing a dock

ship at Hishimoto.

Between Ourselves

By Robt. MacWhirter.

Knowing that I used to be sult that at fifty, the Maryist is

opium to other constant source Officer Knight and his fas it has succeeded in doing this aboard the Prometheus which

Home has sent me out a book. himself, that if she hadas' been year) then we shall get very arrived

THE PALUDINA..

It's name is "The Fall of Mary among the craws she wouldns' much nearer the stabilising of Amoy. The drug was concealed here yesterday from

Stuart (Constable) and F. A. have been shot at. revenues. Another feature in the foe'stle.

Mumby, the author. Man. Reception on Board.

There's one point though that of the figures published in the

considering the very large num. I've occasionally pondered over of latest Gazette is that under the

Members of the staff of the ber of books götten, out already late years. You'll maybe mind beading of Public Works Ex-the boats in A. King's shipyard their

A small äre broke out in one of Asistic Petroleum Company and dealing wi'the Queen of Scots I'd that Riccio, her Italian Secretary, traordinary there was spent in about three

wives and their friends have thought that most every- was the bird that Darnley bad o'clock yestrday visited the Paladins, drst of four thing that could have been said removed. James VI. was then the first nine months of the year afternoon. Both the main Fire oil-tanters being built for the bad been said long age. So it was three months off being born and only $1,621,496, whereas the Bud-Brigade and the sub-Brigade from A. P. C. and its associated com- wit to little interest that I Mary and hubby werens', get- HONGKONG, MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1921.

get was planned to allow of an the station near by were soon on panies, at Kowloon Dock. expenditure of Dearly

on tackled this latest book during ting ave the seene and in a few minutes Saturday afernom.

OD TORY well together. THE STRONG HAND IN INDIA.

millions. It is not likely that the the miniature blaze was extin

the week-end. But I may as well Scandalous tongues at the time big difference between the fore-guished.

The party was conveyed from have saved the time for oaything alleged that Riccio was the royal Blake Pier to the ship in the fresh that Mr. Mumby had to tell infant's dad and no Daralay at Although the cable to hand from Calcutta on Saturday going #gures will be made up before the year comes to an end,

Company's lauacbes. The visitors] me. I had been led to under- all. Certainly there is some was somewhat ambiguously worded. the meaning appears

An explosion, resulting in in-inspected the vessel and all were stand that the heavy cost of confrmation of this in Mary's to be sufficiently plain.

fact which proves that our juries to two workmen, occurred greatly impressed with the fine raper and printers' wages bad anxiety to convince Darnley of I reply to an appeal by certain Eudgets are rather ambitiously on Saturday, in e native members of the Indian Legislature, the Viceroy has planned regarding works of public which was being completed on kind to be built in the Far East. of the market, but apparently

motor boat tanker, which is the first of its helped a lot to keep reprints out his paternity. stated that the Government has not changed its policy, but improvement. At the

"My Lord "said she, when the recent the slipway at Ab King's yard. She is sister ship to the I've been misinformed, for by the King came to have a look-see at that in consequence of violence being resorted to by the budget meeting of the Council an A light used by the workmen is Patricols, which was launched Hokey Fly. I'll swear I've read Scotland's heir, God has given Non-Co-operators on the arrival of the Prince of Wales, expenditure of over six-and-a-half said to have caused the explo- the other day.

millions was sanctioned for next sion of a gas tank damaging the

all yon before. Supposed to be you and me a son begotten by the Government-deem it necessary to assert its authority-year's Public Works Extraordia- motor boat to the extent of $300. festures of the ship appeared in the story neither adds nor takes the child and said again "My A description of the main told from contemporary records, none but you." Then she took a policy that is to be maintained whenever needful. Weary. but it is extremely doubtful The injured men refused to go the columns of this paper when away from the ordinary version, Lord, here I protest to God and believe this declaration will give general satisfaction to whether we shall spead anything to Hospital saping that their she was launched at Kowloon makee whether it be that given as I shall answer to Him on the Britishers in the East. Lord Reading took over the reins like that sum when the present injuries could be treated by Dock a few months ago. Since by perfervid Jacobites or those great Day of Judgment, this is in India shortly after the inauguration of the Montagu mind. Taking

year's spendings are borne in

then the finishing touches have of the other side who could see your son sad no other man's the Colony's Chelmsford system, which gives large native representation fnaccial position as a whole there

been added and she now appears nothing but the Scarlet Woman in son." So there you are, take it on the newly-created Indiau Legislature and vests very is room

really fine vessel. She is the young To make the trip from Macao else than

misguided Queen. or leave it. to Hongkong and back again in a equipped with all the latest There it all was, cauld kail bet Now if the thought can be extensive powers in that body. From the day of his land-gratification at the fact that we

motor boat that is hardly tigger devices in the trade, including afagain, the tangled story of her tolerated for a moment that ing the new Viceroy gave evidence of his desire to see the are act only paging our way as than these used in Hongkong novel instrument which is placed usrriage wi Damley, of Darnley was made cockold what new regime administered in the most liberal spirit. Prob. How the completo yes harbour is the rather noteworthy in the wheel house and which the lang lad's murder by in the Game o fortana kind o

money. completed year feat ably not a few Britishers in India and some outside India will pan out remains to be seen.

which Mr. Ricou bas shows at a glance whether the Bothwell and Bothwell's mar Stuart was you that was James accomplished over the week navigation lights are burning|riage considered that his Excellency even allowed an excess of

wi' Mary: of Mary's the First of England. That A Lost Opportunity.'

.and. Mr. Ricou arrived bere properly. The. Paludina is at imprisonment and fasi escape would bive latitude.

made him half The new Viceroy evidently started with the

Saturday The news from Canton through Macao after an exciting voyage preparatory to making her maiden at once placed in custody by rest, daft Scots. In any case, even

morning from present taking oil on board to England determination to leave no ground for rational complaint

where she was Italian. quarter French and the on the side of the native population. This was plainly no: free for one single day of during whieb little vessel bebaved

out the whole of last week was of nearly four hours duration vorage.

|ber cousin, Queen Elizabeth.

assuming that Mary stuck to the indicated in his initial speech when he addressed a large reports telling of the cnexampled remarkably well considering her ments were served on board and contemporary records.

Tea and other light refresh- I've got very little time for letter of her marriage vows, the gathering of Indians as well as Europeans at the Simia activity of pirates and bandits size. She was navigated by Mr. the visitors were then conveyed whether written in a private weakling and wi' the mother in A lie father of her child was a moral Nor did the Viceroy stop at general promises. He unpleasant reading and told their icon himself with a crew of back to Elake Pier. after sought out Mr. Gandhi and the All brothers (the respective being ravaged, bosses looted, leaders of the Hindu and the Mahommedan wings of the innocent country folk being killed Catholic Cathedral was the scene Non-Co-operation party) and, according to report, if his or kidnapped and of troops help of a very pleasing function Excellency was not successful in dissuading them from less to cope with the marauding their campaign, be arranged a concordat by which the gangs. On Saturday we publish Festerday afternoon when a large Throwing Fire Crackers, celling the accuracy of shorthand defend our beliefs against Charles

Club.

for little

In many cases the details made

own eloquent story of districts

And we were told the day pre-

themselves.

two men.

The grounds of the Roman

number of the poor were entertain.

DANGEROUS PRANK.

ou

oiletter or in a state document you condition right in the middle interesting and instructive couple does not became a truth because of a sixty wound murder, was it of hours.

it happens to be 350 yasrs old. to be wondered at, if we belleva Mary's enemies Ind friends anything regarding pre-catal wrote. and told lies by the influence, that the later Stuarts, SCOTE. They corroborated one were onything elso bat another wi an exactness ex- lot o' washouts? We had to ed information from our Cantoned. Tea was provided on a large leaders pledged themselves to abstain from violence or correspondent telling how huu-scale for the children while practised with considerable zes: Which ever side you're on wire. Who knows but that the cause of A prack which has been reporters of the present century.. I and our faith against James II. other breach of the law. More than this, the Rowlatt dreds of armed bandits badswoop blankets and oiber creature com by mischief-tankers in Spring gard to Mary, you can aya get this moral perversity may have enactment was revoked the further to pacify any native ed down on large villages leaving forts were distributed to those Garden Lane was brought to the plenty of corroborative dissatisfaction. It has often been said that leniency is behind them death and desolation. who required them. The proceed. notice of the Magistrate this temporary evidence wi which to I've never yet seen the point con had its origin in this very sct? invariably futile in dealing with Orientals. The prudent viously that a certain Govern- services of an excellent string against a ricksha paller. Defen-cause-well, I've been young my thing in it for all that.

ingy were brightened by the morning, in a summons preferred make a fine case. I know be raised but I believe there's some- man is chary of generalisations, especially in reference to ment official named Fang, whe is band which in the latter part of dant was charged with firing self. And there I think lies much dicta that cover half of the human family; but there on his way to join President Sun the afternoon also provided the crackers at 12.15 in the morning of the cause of this taking sides been the most beautiful woman of Alas, poor Mary, said to have are indications that Lord Reading's indulgent attitude Yat-see, could not proceed far-

the memory of a dead her time. From existing portraits, has been wrongly interpreted by the Non-Co-operationists. ther than the town at which is for an enjoyable dance held and provoking a breach of the over

peace.

Queen. If such be the case, it seems likely that these gentry will the escort of a regiment of sol-

however, we cannot find much be bad thes arrived without in the Catholic Union Club.

Sergeant Post said that whilst The average Scot's boy while at to rave about, but on the other yet discover their error. Lord Reading has evidently diary. The traffic on the river were believed to have been stolen morning in Spring Garden Lane drummed into him that Mary was been mere duffers.

Several yards of velvet, which on duty in the early hours of this the school. geta it steadily hand her painters might bare decided to demonstrate that there is something bebind the above Wuchow is totally suspend.from the cargo of a steamer in he saw defendant throw a lighted a strumpet and altogether a bad velvet glove.

ed while to trade between Canton the harbour, formed the subs

Of course, the fascination of cracker amongst a crowd of woman. The reason is mainly personality depends as mach The understanding with the Non-Co-operation leaders and Wuchow has its own terrortance of a charge against a coolie

sailors.. It is no exaggeration to say that

religious. Mary was a Catholic, on the period 46 had not long been arrived at before Mr. Gandhi launched never before in the history of the before Mr. J. R. Wood this

Defendant: I was pulling my Scottish History of the period is the person. The posthumous a big fund movement to further the cause with which he is Two Kwangs bas such widespread meming. Inspector Spear said ab along. Someone threw biased, baring for its groundwork attraction of historical personages identified. Ostensibly the methods to be pursued were of a terror prevailed. We think it took the police aboard the P. and Prevent it from exploding and Reformation"

that when arrested the defendant racker into my ricksha and to Knox

"History of the is more or less a poetised refec-

&nd peaceful nature. but as the response to the appeal for pity that the Canton Government. Do gola from which, he stated, spoiling the cushion I picked it Buchanan's History. Both thess depending largely on the romantic George tion of their temporary influence, funds was not too rapid at the start. the leader began to matter in a little more business made with the cheers failed to pare accident that it hit one of and hated br worse than poison, customs, on the shading out of

bas not been able to handle this he too's thath, s enquiries BP and threw it away. It was by men were contemporary wi' Mary strangeness of dreas inflame excitement by promising Swaraj (Home Rule) in like way. At the very lime when six months if the fund were forthcoming. Finally, the it should have concentrated Apparently the cloth had been fendant had still another cracker

They held opposite, creeds the contradictions of actuality and fund, or the bulk of it, was subscribed. Mr. Gandhi must the good governance test, the stolen from some other steamer which he was on the point of comes a reading and thinking from

Sergeant Post said that de-religious and politics!

the legendary accrations that in By and by, when the boy be- time become as indistinguishable surely have known that his promise was vain, but now that territory under its control, its the name of which defendant was time is drawing on he must make some show of redeeming with a big arms, entertaining of three months' bard labour was of the Wanchai Station, said that very apt to swing right over in fore, reconolin

ascertainable reality as anxious not to disclose. Sentence throwing, when arrested,

young man and runs across some sunset clouds from distant it. Apparently he thinks to produce an effect upon the ideas of the conquest of the

Inspector Blackman, io charge of the Maryist literature be's mountains. We cannot there. mind of the populace by rendering the Prince's tour un-north. Thousands of defeated inflicted.

this form of disturbance was the opposite direction and see of

the possibility successful through the organisation of hartals and similar Kwangsi men, still possessing

exchanging our ideal nightly occurrence in Spring Gar- her in the light of everything notion of any historical personage and At some places--Benares the other day, for arms

munitions, have Kwangtung and Kwangsi should den Lane. Several cases had that's tragic, romantic and re for an actual uncompromising example the attempt has been a failure; at others, it has tattered over the countryside be made exsurples of good govern- come to his notice in which markable.

adopting thair OWLI lawlessment The Canton officials stated Europeans were concerned. He enthusiastic and is aye ready to of meeting Cleopatra in the Hotel He begins to get impression. Think of the shook been only too successful, leading to bloodshed as well as methods in order to find that spcb was their sim when they had tucught sailors were the lake up the cudgels in argament Lounge. Our dusky, glittering boycott. Mr. Gandhi, even if sincere himself in relation sustenance and reward. There chose Dr. Sua to be their Pree principal offenders. but now on her behalf. Bome have been dream of Egyptian passion would to pacific methods, must know that there is always this is talk of the immediate disident, yet in what seems a found himself mistaken in this so much under the sway of her maybe have to give way to the risk of his unruly followers getting out of band. He must bandment of many Csutonese premature attempt to gain control view.

personality as to eten write impression of a swartby, över~- bave known it in the first instance, or, if he didn't, he troops stationed nearer home, but of the whole country, they have William O'Connor, of HMS books about ber,

we cannot help thinking that if lost effective control over their Merlin, deposed that one of the

dressed, bysterical hag. had not lang to wait. The news from India shows these men were utilised in an own province, 'bre will be crackers thrown by defendant hit in years though, he begins to get would work out somewhat the When a man begins to get up WI Mary Stuart, I'm afraid it that the authorities base decided that the time for taking organised way to clean up the many to join with us in regretting him in the eye, but fortunately a wee bit more savvy, especially, same way, if we knew all the a strong hand has arrived; many arrests are reported. Mr. Connityside Government would institute food for exparty to did not explode until it had fallen short women folk. He begins to facts. As it is wp only see her Gandhi may think himself fortunate that he is not among stand to gain a great deal of the presented to Canton this year has A fine of $7 or fourteen days

government as was to the ground.

find out that a women is about historically through the softened credit it has unquestionably lost. been allowed to slip by,

measures.

them.

President goes wandering off

disclose That this

was 50,

the sailors.

And

in the last being on earth to start gloom of her unlawful imprison

the alternative was inflicted. getting positive about, wit the re- ment and unrighteous desih,