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FER "HONGKONG-EFLEGRAPH.

BETWEEN OURSELVES. CHINESE ENTERPRISES. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS

Proposed New Hotel.

We learn that a syndicate of} Chinese businessmen is being formed with the ides of poaling

AGO:

A Glance at our Files.

thuly 2030, 1897.1 3

THE DOLLAR. ·

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ays go one better than you' even if he has to tall a lie to prove it This sort o' thing to terribly resources to build a modern and irritating at times. It doesna up-to-date Hotel in the Calony on matter what the subject is, Mac's European lines. The site has now quoted at 1:11.1/5. Before sure to stop you half-way wi'not been disclosed, but his.

were informed that

Still it dropat The dollar is

we long we shall require now ex-

it is change tables-from sixpence up. "That's nothing. Imind when at present occupied by aids to one "bob." I was inmate.“

shops in the central part of PET CAMEL'S DEATH.. Mao's been all over the world the town. Three months' notice

We are informed that the camel and wi very little encouragement will be given the tenants, before a belonging to the Hon. ER сад make The Wide Worldstart is made on the scheme, Belilios strayed away from his Magazine look like a First Reader which will represent an outlay of stable at the Peak yesterday after- by comparison.

nearly a million dollars, including noon, and on search being made Is the talk of storms, typhoons, the cost of the purchase of the for him could not be found. This cyclones, monsodas, water site and the construction A work, morning the poor beast was dis- spouts?

It is intended by the syndicate covered about a bundred feet that the name of The Empress below Mountain Lodge, having in Cambodia or on the Hoogly Hotel" with be given to the new apparenity jumped or fallen over way back in the early seventies, undertaking.

the wall there and been killed. I mind--"

That's nothing. When I was

Ming Yuen Gardens.

THE RIFLE RANGES. With regard to the paragraph that appeared in our columos s few days ago on the total absence now of shelter of any sort for the men

Did someone say something in A misguided moment about

The Ming Yuen Gardens have snakes, scorpions, cantipedes, just changed hands at a cost of cockroaches, mosquitoes ? -

nearly four lakhs. The

"That's nothing. I mind fins owners comprise a syndicate engaged in musketry practice at

who she Kowloos Banges, wo

o' one time when I was in Alaska of Chinese businessmen

late sixties**

Was the talk of onything in the fruit line or crops or trees or

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Or was it Arkansas, let me see intend to apply fresh enterprise pleased to note that the Naval now, it must have been in the to the business by introducing. authorities have taken up the

at an early date, various new matter and adequate "shelters forms of attraction and diversion are to be provided on their Range so as to supplement the character to protect the men from both sun of the place as a pleasura resort. and rain. This is decidedly a The upper levels of the grounds wise stop and we hope that the will be censerted into a terrace military authorities will soon see to provide sites for the building their way clear to follow the of six or seven European-type excellent example set them by bases.

flowers?

"That's nothing. When I was a bor, I mind o my grandfather showing

Is there anything that you and I might discuss quietly and logic. ally without in the least wanting to show off to each other? There

Rabid Kindness.

Yon was quite a fine leader one night this weak in the thing Mail warning folks against rabid humanitarianism. Aye, this

the sister service.

CIVILIANS & SOLDIERS. We have received several com- is no such thing wi'MacPherson.sheep left naked on some bleak plaints from soldiers regarding To him onything you may have hillside bleating its heart out at the insulting treatment shown seen or heard is the merest of the indignity of being born in them by a section of the civilian bagatelles. What be doesna order that he may be warm? community. The military here at know, he imagines-when he How cruel?

And when cur present are an exceedingly well- doesna' lie ke a sticking miserable scribe wit the Latin bebaved body of men and it is codfisb. He's brother to the name brushes his teeth of a very discreditable and wholly inan that's forever capping your morning the thought that the unjustifiable that they should be story wi another-an abominabristles in his brush were once subjected to insult by those who tion to decent self-respecting nature's protection for some dumb should know them better. It is society. Did I say his name was animal, esanet in onyway make felt in some quarters that the MacPherson ? Well. I'm no the task lighter. Oh, unkind act: soldiers are really despised by

lsh. Besides, I don't know|

civilians and this belief does not everybody.

A Primal Instinct. Help yourself.

add to the pleasure of Tommy Let us not develop a sickly askin's sojourn in the Far East. bloodless squeamishness about

THE HONGKONG CLUB. the fact of killing. Shooting birds and wild animals is obeying Club to-day went into occupation The members of the Hongkong primal instinct

which merely of their new sad bandsoare plem- survives because it is naturalises on the Praya. kindness-to-animal craze CAR

All animals prey on and kill each moval from the old premises on The re- essily be overdone. As I've said before, prosecutions for other the human animal cer-Qasan's Raad was quickly effect- cruelty are all very well in theirtainly less cruelly than any.

There's no end to this sort o

ed, and now the members have way bat our policemen have, quite enough to be going on withing once ye get started. Take possession of one of the finest and most admirably situated back and call of every kind like. Doss our friend not course, evan yet, there are a few these days without being at the insects; bad bags, mosquitoes and buildings in

Hongkong. Of hearted female of either sex who think that their slaughter is for finishing torches to be given but think they've got a clear case 1st me take our vegetarian & step should soon be disposed of with- the good of the community? Or these are matters of detail that and plenty of wind to see it'

Lots a cruel bings further. Deas he never weep out interfering with the comfort through. are simply done through ignor tears of pity at the thought of of members. The style of architec-

young and toothsome ance and baving an ofender 50e

tare adopted is the Italian re fiad a month's wages might to being denied ripe naissance. set off with portions relieve our compassionate feel-eld

For, plants, they in the Doric and Corinthian tell us, have feelings and I believe ings but it'l 'no' stop cruelty. They've got to be shown how, that many of our modern batanists styles. It is a pity that the mait entrance W39 not from and now that the S.P.CA. has Agree that confining specimens in the ses front, but this ceaned to be merely academic black tin boxes and museums is owing to the position of the I think we can safely leave the nothing short of "wanton cruelty. bowling alley. and the main matter in the hands of Mr. More Cruelty. Fisher, it'* first inspector. I

While on this subject of suffer the building.

entrance is in the western end of wish him the best of luck in ing, permit me, Joe, to remind you the club should make it a most

The position of) bis new job. If I never hest of that whilepalsglottic phraseology welcome resort in the heat of him for the next twelve months might look fine and represent in a summer as its commanding site I'll be all the better pleased for measure your acquaintance with enables it to catch the breazes. It then 1'11 know he' been the unused parts of the dictionary, is vast improvement on the old working on the right lines. I think that to insinuate such H... can rely on my 'help when it's preded though.

A Crazy Crank.

Now ja

age ?

building

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knowledge into telegram bead; lines is not only unwarrantable: but entirely uncalled for. When last Tursday night you said that time when Lord Balfour had described the regarding Kowloon British Col-outcome of it being that the would do all they could not to Hongkong is embarking on what Palestine Mandate as are of the inhabitants of Kowlooo grant

lege was submitted to a meeting Governant bad offered make the position of the Govern- is maybe its greatest need. the you not only displayed a prizzish held last evening in the Hoa C.P. the

of $8,0399 towards ment too onerous, but it was edneation of the heart, we have superiority over ordinary news Chater's bangalow, Mr. H. J. The Committee estimated that ed was not large enough and that building of 1 school generally felt that the sum offer- Commune Bonura" whirring paper men but you were untruth Holmes presided and from among our feet like fut into the bargain. What his

at his the cost of the building would be there ought to be greater facilities quaking ben and trying to find Lordship said was that Falestine outline of the present position of announced that Messrs. J. D. children in Kowloon. On the request Mr. T. H. Reid gave an $11,000 or $12,000. Mr. Reid also for the education of European an analogy between the protection was settled as far as the League fairs. He said that the Com- Hómphreys and Son had promised motion of Mr. Main, seconded by of society and that of wild birds of Nations was concerned and hemittee had been very active siace $3,000 towards s If I mistake not this is the never as much as mentioned the its election in January last, toe guarantee food and it was expect to sak the Government to fo teachers Mrs. Hayward, it was resolved second time this poor fellow bas other thing. That's the worst Hon. Secretary, Mr. H. Cooke, ed that an additional $1,500 would crease its offer to $12,000 for aired his pet subjses in public reading the Daily Press and kid- having been particularly energe be contributed by the inhabitants, which sum an excellent school print during the past fortnight ding yourself about a university tic. Considerable correspondence In reference to the offer made by could be erected. A new Com- and such persistence should be education, but just let me tell ye had passed between the Com-the Government Mr. Reid said mittee was then elected and the taken notice of if for no other that if the Telegraph is going mittee and the Government, the he felt sure that the residents meeting concluded. reason but to satisfy his vanity-to start giving its readers $ daily beadache that was

Somehow or other I have an idea

that this crazy crank wi' the then it's getting to be a darned bigh-faluting noe de plume is sight too dignified for me and I'm vegetarian votary who lifts his liable to be lifting my back pay hands at the mere ides of eating ony' time from now on. flesh. The only thing I'm no

Qure about is whether his Stick To It.

head screws on or buttons up Just a cheery last word to Mr. the back. It makes me aquirm A. R. Lowe. I know that what though when I read such I said last week must have seam- phrases as "atrocious sport," ed unkind after all the head work

'disgrace to humanity," waa-he has put into our Telephones: too shooting." etc. Animals and enquiry but he must not pay ony birds he says are "only tolerated beed to an old man's blethare. to live to subserve man's aims" It was Pindly meant and I'd bate and be asks that "they should in any way to discourage him inj be admitted to their rights and the pursuit of sach a high-spirited be regarded as existing for their public duty." He is our very own ends.” Now as a kind-heart-present help in time of trouble ed man myself I find language and we're all mentally backing like that terribly disconcerting.him to the limit. Hongkong, to But hold 00. I

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