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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1921.
NOTES & COMMENTS.
DAY BY DAY.
The Holidays.
"QUARRELS WOULD NOT LAST LONG IF THE FAULT WAS ONLY ON ONE SIDE.-La Rochefoucauld.
DARING ESCAPE,
Prisoner Gains Freedom.
INTERNATIONAL MATCH.
M
Scotland Wins Football Honours.
TO-DAY'S MISCELLANY.
Something quite out of the On Christmas night a daring|
This match was played on the ordinary run of war memoriale is escapa was effected by a prisoner Club ground yesterday befors n'about to be put up in the Royal from the Central Police large attendance and ended in a Exchange to the underwriters manner which win for the Soots by the odd gand other members of the Cor-
On Saturday the Wilts, gave us a publish your letter as you have Station in
indicated that ha * being in five. The teams were played (paration of Lloyd's. It will appear
An
Clear skies and crisp, sunny weather favoured the holidays, rendering the period distinctly favourable to outdoor recreation.! To Englishman,”—We cannot final sample of their cricketing not complied with the rule that assisted by an accomplice. So into the field by the Pipes and at the top of the malo sisiway prowess, but had to bow the knee all correspondents must send their aurreptitious was the get-away Drums of the H.K.V.D.C. under leading into the Subscription to the Club, whose second string, names and addresses, not nece that the alarm was not raised Piper MoEwen. The play opened Rooms, and to ons going to the however, were beaten fairly sarily for publication, but as until the following morning when in favour of England and Duval barrier of that exclusive domein easily by Craigangower, what evidence of good faith.
the discovery was made that the netted for them in the spaning will fail to sɔ it. The old stone time, on the adjoining Civil
doar of the room, in which the minutes of the game. The play facade of the main wall has bion Service ground, the Navy had to
vory fast and England chipped away, leaving a rough strike isg to the Hon. Mr. Claud The following will represent man had been confined, was ajar. was
examination of the lock monopolised the play.
surface, and to that, bidded with Severn's XI. Simultaneously the Navy in the Nars rersus the
After about 20 minutes play como:, an enablature will ba votaries of the big ball were Arms match at Sookunpoo on sbowed that it had been wrenched
the Septs got into their stride and built, classis in, design, to being liberally catered for. Jan. 2nd ERA, Mitch Tamar, sway with a chisel.
The escaped man was being were pressing England. Begg harmonis, with the architecture Yesterday saw the start of a Tel. Burke, Cairo, and Stoker
Eve of the Etɔbanza, and, suitable series of two-day matchas be-Vickers, Hawkins: P. Q. Cook held by the Police by virtue of got through and sent to
Tamar.. Sig. Hodson, requisition warrant from Singa- from close range, the goalie is a memorial of the great ocom- tween the Club the Army, and Grant. the Navy, which las:a ocar the Tamar and A. B. Ryder, Cairo: pore where ho is believed to have kicked out but Stevenson running sto n.
a thaft al up pot the ball into the net and new year, the first teams being ERA Savage. Ambrose, P.0.been concerned In
#GOTOR equal. A the Club versus the Army, and Duval, Titania, ERA, Stevenson. $10,000 from & European firm made the
Have you noticed the incress- some play of more than ordinary Cairo. Tel. Bates, Titania, and The prisoner's passage was being moment later Moore handled in
arranged and he was being datain the penalty area and Forsything landinsy to ginors the ous interest is likely. In inspecting A.B. Evans, Alacrity.
ed in the cell, when he made the taking the kick gave the Scots hard-and-fait rules governing our some scores, by the way, we
eacaps in the manner related the lead. Shortly before the reluire pronouns? asks a Lon
interval Daval was brought downjdan sorib. At school we ware
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The room in which the prisoner in the penalty area and Amor beat always taught in this connection was placed is situated in the East Rodger at the second attempt and that "bo" refers to patsoas, Wing of the now police Building made the score all. This score "which" to things, and "shit" to no-balls and wides are properis Children's Entertainment on the northern boundary of the was unchanged at halftime. The either parsons or things. The so- were, debited against the bowler, becan-
included. amang About one hundred and twenty compound of the Central Police Pipes played during the interval called "dumb" animals not be held responsible for byes.
Station. It was formerly used and the spectators showed their of caurua,
But nowadaya which often form the majority children of members of the Hong-
suph expressions in priat when that Was abolished it at the end of each selection.
The second half opened sansa- "The dog who..." or "The Correspon lents are rips to observe the rule which requires of Mr. Extra's" contribution kong Civil Service Club were as a police passport office but appreciation by loudly applauding the "shing"
detention them to forward their names and allresses with communications The case is complicated, too, by entertained in the Club grounds
Games coverted into
from the kick off and J. Rodger and the shorter relative is even addressed to the Elitar, not necessarily for publication, but as a different clubs employing differ-yesterday afternoon.
ent methods. But let tech- were indulged in and the kiddies cell to meet the requirements of the tionally for England get away horss who..." are quite common, evidence of their bans tiles.
alcommunications intended for publication should be address-nicalities go just now. The main were also amused by the funny already congested Caol proper handled in the penalty area. The sometimes applied to insects.
consideration is that lovers of antics of six gentlemen who The window giving on the com referes stopped the game for a is interesting to notice that with loutdoor recreation had enjoyable/made themselves up as clowas pound, and consequently practic foul but later dropped the ball this apparent effort
ol to the Editor.
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The Hongkong Telegraph
HONGKONG, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1921.
A LONELY FURROW.
conditions for the holiday. The Pacific Pact.
such
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THE CORONET..
advised of the nature of the raport
The Holiday Programme.
Ordinarily. December 25 turns
This
the
pose.
art in heaven."
Ourselves
Between
By Robt MacWhirter.
in a case like this. Ya see, to the pretence that it's your birth-
I think the Attorney
a ladder outside the Theatre room The ricksha coolies of Hankow out to be distinctly an "off" day in the picture show business. There are So many counter
A result has
parties that the kinema is left
those unfortunates who find
SEIZURE.
to giva the principal exit
lower had done ally on
from the Station, was latticed, down and play was resumed. Be greater "life" to justice to a rest Christmass tes, bg: as the catch was left to be fore the close Forsyth agaia net-eraturas we yet continue to use esch little guest was handed a secured from the icside, it would ted for Scotland who won after the obsolete "Our Father which. Birth.
It would be an unfortunate present from the Christmas tree.
During the afternoon Mrs. bare been a simple matter for the most exciting struggle. LAMPLUGH-On the 25th inst. at the Peak Hospital to Mt. coincidence indeed if the U. S.
Severn presented the cups won prisoner to open it and to receiva Senate, after being at
forbidden articles frym and Mrs. A. G. Lamplush, a son.
purposes with President Wilson during the year for games.
outside. For first eleven cricket, the accomplice standing over the Versailles Treaty, should
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the fset, now take up a hostile attitude to batting prize went to Sayer and
the escape President Harding over the the bowling prize to Reed. The manner in which Pacide pact.
We can hardly batting and bowling prizes for was brought about. The police think that the American second second eleven cricket went to officers had taken the precaution of removing every likely instru chamber seriously contemplates Taylor and Sara respectively mens from him while in the cell. The other night Joe, he was saying where it'll end. What's
The tennis championship cup| course, even if one
was won by EFincher, and Dr. but he managed to secure a chisel lamming of about our laws and to hinder anybody from walking or two extremists, in this
from an accomplice and force the the evils of amending them by into the bank and depositing was awarded the sease, like Senator Borah bave Valentine
and lock of the door of the cell. To reference (whatever just exactly money to the credit of your runner-up prize. Lane declared unalterable antagonism Duncan carried of the prizes for escape through the compound, that may mean) bu: I wonder account? Or suppose somebody The Washington Conference was authorised by the Senate, the tennis doubles handicap. The which was left alighted, would what our Magistrates would do wishes a motor-car onto you on
be an easy matter. bowls championship cup went which, in fact passed
The identity of the accomplice come to the point at once, some day or some such excuse like resolution on its own initiative to C.E. Pathayjohas.
Mrs. Severn: was presented who assisted the prisoner to es body broke into our house some that? Is there no way in law to It is true that the resolution referred to disarmament, not to with a bouquet by Miss Gwennit cape is an interesting matter for time between last Saturday night prevent a thing like that happen
and Sunday morning and Janet ing? The police, have, Our readers might possibly think that we ought to the Far East, but why should the Sara, and was accorded a hearty conjecture. give their digestive systems a rest after the strenuous round Senate take exception to the Tote of thanks for her kindness however, promptly arrested the and the wee sin harena' been the General should make it his first Conference being more fruitful in being present and giving away prisoner's wife and are now hold-same since and if I jalouse arigb.,, job in the New Year to x up & ing her until further investigation it'll be a long time before they new Bill to prevent that sort
get back to normal again.
of thing. expected the prizes. of holiday feasting in which they have possibly indulged ha
The prisoner, who gave his Man, our house was in a terrible In the present instance. I'd have themselves, and that to talk of submarines is a little Unless the Washington publicis
name as David Troi, is easily state on Sunday morning. At liked to have made a test case indigestible. But we have to consider all things-serious hase been misinforming us zil
distinguished by the extraordin-first I was for ringing up the myself but unfortunately the man ary. Eatness of his
It Police but I minded just in time that broke into our place got as well as frivolous-and if they will forgive us we should along, the Senate like to say a word or two on the fact that Britain's sugges- proposal. Surely the
was this description which of a case no so long ago when clean away without leaving as sisted the local police to❘s man got off because it was prov. much as a clue excepting several tion for the total abolition of submarines was summarily must be an example of un-
identify and arrest the man. ed that he broke into a place large pieces of brown paper and dismissed by the representatives of the other nations at intelligent anticipation.
The wharves and other possible of amusement. Apparently the some white paper shavings which Washington. We cannot help thinking that such a total Ricksha Coolies.
SVEDVES of escape
from the law reads that way." Ye can put the boy found in the spars bed- Celony are being watched. rejection of the idea was a little remarkable. Britain's
the next morning. The Royal, climb up it and walk in wee yin says she heard a kind o' naval experts. under the lead of Lord Lee, sought au have been on strike against the
by a window and no's soul fonay noise through the night agreement whereby the use of submarine ships for wariare increased hiring rates charged attractions in the shape of family
dare
A word to ya. and the screen in front of the would he totally prohibited and they possibly had in wind by the owners.
Of course wi' a dwelling house fireplace had been shifted. If he it's different Should a coolie came down the chimney he must the cruel and destructive purposes to which subtuarines been an addition to the Chinese forgatherings and Christmas BIG OPIUM
climb the front verandah and have been awfu' thin for there were put during the late war. That there was systematic labour unions that seem to usually to become the refuge f
growing up apace, although this
An Interesting Case. bone your best bags off the back wason' a speck o' sool about. I inhumanity practised, that thousands of non-combatants is said to be the firs: one to make themselves at the festive gesson
of a chair, he's liable to get ony- had an idea that he must have lost their lives and that submarinism is entirely unwhole-its appearance in the Central in the position of having to make
An opium seizure which may thing the next day according to come up the bick stairs and some even between warring nations was proved up to the China city. One sion is the most of their own company. lead to many interesting revels- siste of the Magistrate's liver or through the bathroom but that bilt. Britain wanted the whole thing done away with, but the movement bas engaged a
the tions was affected by officers of the amount he lost at poker the theory had to be abandoned. it legal adviser, who has drafted Coronet Theatre was crowded at the Revenue Department yester night before. But get something being afterwards discovered that the others nations have said - No."
Western lines. provision being nations joined in condemning the abuse to which sub-made for battering the living and to be rather a striking Chinese steamer which arrived jail for it.
tribute to the management's from Haiphong. marines have been put. Mr. Hughes expressed his de-working conditions of the ricksha sound judgment in selecting A
The steamer which is of a few though. testation. M. Sarraut, Signor Schauzer and Mr. Hanibara coolies and for raising their pictors like "The Last of the
As proof of the Mobicans" for their Christmas hand red tons deadweight, was by all deplored the abusive use of the craft. If it is admittatus.
abomination when used auineness of the movement Day feature. It was an attrac- being anchored in the passage like, I'm ed that submarines are
is mont'oord that the coolies tion of such magnitude that in between Lamma and Cheungchan the case of the individual that epidemic. against ships other than warships" why risk further contributed
three days the face of it the old fashioned Islands at 2 a.m. when a private broke into our house last week was broken into as well and later breaches of the humane code by sanctioning their existence allowance granted them und tradition of spending Christmas launch came alongside and before end whether in the first place he on in the day the wee yin reported to could be charged wi' entering at that nearly every house in the time the smugglers bad for defensive
purposes! be to abolish under-water craft entirely, leaving all naval for financing the union.
the most part ricksbé coolies are e ships of offence and defence to operate above water?
hard-working class, and few cases of any rate, by the board. had taken out preparatory to on the Magistrate's idea of what entered about the same time. I the Ravenue Officers amusement at this time of year. ware thinking about at all, I have Every nation would be on an equal fouting and the im would grudge them a better time. Just as Fenimore Cooper's story of being lowered into a waitting exactly constitutes a place of canna' think what our Police boarded the steamer and took There's been no doubt in Janet's an idea that it must be a gang portant nations of the world would have subscribed to the Still, it is not easy to understand without a kingdom, is remera-
of mind, and the wee yin has been but the was yin and Janet seem principle that submarine warfare is bad and liable to what is meant by such phrases bared from boyhood as a tale of possession of
acd
placed quite openly in a state of hysterical bilarity.to think that it's the work of ons tales, so Maurice Tourneur's film opiura improvement in working condi- version of it stands out as a in
since last Friday. But opinions man But that should be sasily the Chinese grave abuses-abuses which any nation might be driven to raising their status"
We have talked of tion The coolies' earnings are classic among photoplaya. commit under circumstances of stress.
Information had reached the differ. My idea of amusement proved. One man couldos' handle war and its horrors. of the necessity to avoid spending not by way of wages, so that the
A companion star to "The Department before the arrival of doesna rue to standing on tables so many things and no leave. and chairs and fixing decorations finger-prints. It's funny too that buge sums on artnaments,.of the desire to free wars from improvement seems to presage Last of the Mobicans" glowed the steamer, reporting an stand red paper lanterns and nobody seems to have seen him. the fiendish subtleties of science, and yet the nations are series of advances in fares. At out in the Coronet firmament yes tempt that was
wi bideous One wee tot in our house yester- the passenger raiesterday. It was
The Leopard made to smuggle ashore 10,000 being wakeged
noises at six o'clock in the day said that he wore & white. content to permit the existence of subtharines-one of the Hankow
of raw opium taken side, which allows a margin for picture
morning Again, I don't just beard and a red nose bot I expect greatest agencies of death vet invented and a means of appear to be on the moderate Won.es" a magnifirently staged taels
wherein intrigue rubs aboard at Haiphong. It was increase. So far the movement shoulders with fearless courage also
know how the law stands in the that it was some kind o' disguise made known to the attack always open to be directed against innocent folk.
case of a man who after breaking, put on for the occasion. Up to that If we are ever to get nearer the day of permanent is justified, but if the union is to and love and passion with hate Officers
pritaje peace we must be prepared to scrap some of the means of be only another name for a fare and evil cunning. It is the sort launch was to meet the steamer into your house leaves a big doll late last night the only additional
increasing society it war. It will be no use holding conferences and spending expect the public to regard it seen it it tough, you would like outside the hero, un was then bow in her hair; a wooden engine is thought that the miscreant's cat of picture which, when you have outside the harbour, and take the wearing real drawers and a pink information to band was that it bours in discussions unless there is an open attempt to with much favour. If the purpose to have screened for you all over prepared by the revenue men, wi' iron wheels; a brass trumpet; name is San Tab-clas, but nobody white dressing table wi' seems to be worrying about him. make wars less likely and less costly when they are inevitable. is to resist excessive hiring again. Both films are from the They promptly seized the launch brushes and combs, * ditto. No detectives have been round Poison gas, liquid fire, submarines-all have been condem-charges phaps more to be said studios of Associated Producers in question, put the master and washstand. wi basin and ower our way but then I heard that ned as being outside the range of open honest-to-goodness there te perhaps more to said and are to be shown at the Coronet coxswain and crew under strest fighting Fighting with modern weapons must in any case for the rare ens during the next few days in and want to meet the steamer in and chamber complete and San Tab had even paid the Police
have put forward s
íu accordance with the special time the commandeered vessel. The enough drawing books, crayons, Station a visit, which just shows be an abomination, but why not try to remove the more respect of reduced profits from table advertised. Nazimova in smugglers, whoever they were, and sundry games to stock a wee ye the desperate kind o character sweetie shop.. What can the he is. Ay, this is ́s carious hideous side of it. Rightly, or wrongly, Britain has made one cause or another. There is
The circumstance that
And yet, according to Reuter, the spokesnieh of other (constitution for the union on all sessions on Sunday would day morning aboard a certain he will, even if he's got to go to it was another gentleman alto-
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gether who had been there.
About tiffin on the day follow- reference ing it became clear that we were- the na' the only sufferers. He seems re in to bave been worse than xa
MacPherson's place:
How much better would it the terms of settlement to & fuad Day around the family rest hide away the drug which they all. Ye see a lot would depend. vicinity had apparently been
For for
once went. in somt
Uncas, the
Mobican
prince bost
ten cases
mess-room.
about to be
an attempt to have done with submarines once and for all, mention of facilities for education The Brat" will furnish the were completely taken in by the Folice do in a case of this Find ? business. It should be seen into
Coronet's New Year attraction.
but that attempt has failed. Would it have failed if the and recreation, and if these are ment in etatus the organisation spirit of the peoples of the earth had been earnestly inter-what is referred to by improve- preted? It would be interesting to know the diplomats merits approbation. An account contractors for the letting of the Central China Post, rickshas to the coolies and answer to such a query, Our evening contemporary on in the Saturday headed the cablenews on this subjectBritain's however, pictures the union to exercise general control. This different colours as being, in fact, makes the organisation look like Lopely Furrow"--a beading which struck a peculiarly apron by & close corporation of one for the bettering of officials propriate note.
quion officials, who will act as pock
trick and had the chagrin of see How does the law stand? (ane at once. We canns have my ing the opium which they had; taken out from its hiding place man break into your house and houses broken into in this fashion. tween a toy bazper and a midden be notified. Perhaps Mr. Pollock for removal confiscated by the leave your bedroom & cross be- I think the Government should officers.
and hope to get sway wi' it?" will see to it and have a series of Further arrente are expected It's an interesting point and questions ready for the next to develop from this seizure, by there should be a test case in the meeting of the Council. He might far the most interesting that has matter. If this sort of thing's even call public medi occurred for a long time.
allowed to go on there's no "discuss it unT NYA
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