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The Telegraph.

HONGKONG, 9: Dec., 1922

THE WATER SUPPLY.

Real Charity.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1922.

Because of the very practica) work in the relief of poverty and

DAY BY DAY.

kuffaring which is done by the A FOOL'S PARADISE IS BETTER Society of St. Vincent de Paul THAN NO PARADISE AT ALL-Mr. we wish to appeal to the public Puscan Swan,

to render hearty support to the

од

Between Ourselves

By Robt. MacWhirter.

tip

You man, MacPherson, is broke me

more than never content and his face never anything sise, I can res him yes al fresco fete and bazar beingMembers of the Hongkong stands straight, no matter what's creaking his way up to the ward held under the Society's auspices Stock Exchange have given $1,000 done for him. I tell go when a sad and taking a wee bit parcel sulled from the annual report Paul to-morrow. Here are a few facts to the Society of St. Vincent de man gets up in the world he's very out a' bis pocket and slipping it recently published: -Olara 36,000 was absorbed by relief in money and provisions; more than $1,000 was spent on the education of the paor; and over $2,000 wax usad in payment of teat for people who Weld themselves lunable to maka

No. 2 Moreton Terrace and No, ends meet. Besides thesa activities, the 72 Hollywood Roxt, Ground Society maintains a Home for and first Floara ara exemptað: the Aged at Kowloon Tong, from the Rents Ordinance. where over eighty old folk are

Tenders are invited for metall. and tar painting certain por- tions of the Castle Peak and Tai. po Roais.

*

apt to go down in our estimation. into the nurse's hand. I can 160° The whole trouble started over him yet bending over har (for the my reference to him last week, was a dahity wes thing) and wi about him once upon a time being admonishing finger, tap, tapping A second engineer on a boat. No the parcel, but when later on she that it wasna"true, mind ye, but showed me a bit o' shortbread I suppose Mrs. Mao was road and black surois bun and about over the head of it and caused two inches of bogie roll, I didua* tha AlacPherson blood to boil need her to tell me what he'd over a bit.

said. They were out of his Now Year parcel from home. That just about finished me and I turn ed on my side and grat.

| A Complaint.

Whenever I caught sight oʻhim now living in comfort and hap The traffic signal, at the junc-lást Monday morning at the Ferry, Man, the memory's curious piness, as well as a' Home for the tion of Garden Road and Kennedy I know there was something thing. In less time than it takes Blied and Crippled at Hungham.] Road, was knocked down and wrong. Misc, he looked as if he'd to say it, I saw once more, in my These items represent only a smashed by a motor car last night. spent the night nursing a teeth mind's eye, the scene F're just. tithe of the good work which thej

ing infaut, for he'd a kinda' wild described and lots more forbye. I Society does, and we think the It is notified that the name of look sad bis Adam's appla. kept realised in a flash that I couldn' public must agree that, by sup the Anglo-Russian Trading and runcing up and down his neck afford to lose Mac as a friend, porting to-marrow's function. industrial Company Britorusse, like water in a gaugo glass. To Archie," says L, "I want to can rest assured that the money Limited has been struck off the make matters worse, I came on apologise for the nasty things. spent will be used to good purpose register.

him just as he was going through I've just said.” -which is more than can be said

his pockets for the second time in "Ach," beamed he “give over. in iba case of many so called

Mrs. Severn is to distributa the search of his monthly ticket You'll be wanting to kiss me into charitable efforts. The poor are prizes of the Peak School on the Finally he got it stuck in his bip the bargain if you're to careful.” always with us-to-morrow we 14th. inst. the ceremony to take pocket and by that time I could shail all have an opportunity of place at the Peak Club at 5.15 see that he was as thrawn as a helping to relieve their distress

boy wi' measles and a circus ig and of bringing a little sunshine |intɔ their lives.

The Shipping Slump..

p.m

tora.

"And as for you, he'com.

His Excellency the Governor! has appointed Mrs. A. D. Hick.anced. {ling, M.B.E., and Mr..M. E F. "Whoesht, Mac,” says 1, "the

of Education. Airey as Members of the Board Ferry's no a nice place to have a

fit on."

"I feel fair black-affronted."

*Mac," saya I, giving him my hand, "put it there."

"Don't be funny," says he, "or the folk round about'll bathinking you've no' gotten over the Ball yet."

A Fine Scotch Name.

Ay, old man MacPherson's a good sort once you begin to know him; & decent respectable man, "Is looks more like St. Vitus' I'll have ya understand. He'TA Dace to me," says 1, "but the bit touchy at times like the next, that it's very apt to be confused heart the size of an orangebox. I worst thing about that tromble is but man, at bottom, he's got

wi' drink, and nobody likes to be just mention these things in the [blamed for a thing like that early, bygoing for it's got to be a habit

on a Monday morning."

of late wi' lots'o' fplk to take Mac

sore face looking at ye." says he, I've got time I'm going to write a "Acb," "you'd give opybody s'ower cheaply. Some day when raising his voice, and what's book about Mac for he's a typical more forbye," be continued, Scot and the money'll be worth it. even if I was once a second¦ Archie MacPherson, like some insulted wi' impanity." engineer, I'm not going to be o' us, and lots more that diapa

The shipbuilding industry is suffering, in common with practically every other industry in the world, from the severe trade y.3.C.A.

Dr. Sherwood Eddy, the noted as be. worker, arrived in slump that has been causing so Hongkong this morning. He is much anxiety for the past two to preach at Union Church to sears. With less business,morrow morning- there is less cargo. followed by lower freights owing to keener competition and inevitably there ship of the Colony, beld under the The Open Billiard Champion follows the time when, with some auspices of the Victoria Recrea companies, it is ruinous to contion Club, is to take place about The publication of the monthly had a cable a few weeks ago re-

tinue running their ships. We the middle of January. return showing the amount of ferring to vessels being indefinitely water stored in the reservoirs of bed up in Australian ports owing reminded of the Second Ancus Members of the QCOBA are the Colony raises the question charges down so low that it was/Meeting to be held on Monday, to a freight war having brought

„care to let on, hadna' the best o' "Quite right, Mac," says I, educations. As I've heard him whether the restrictions still in impossible to run the steamers the 11th ins!, at 5.30 p.m. in nero me impune lucessit, as they myself say, he was dragged up force on the Hongkong side car except at B 1037.

Queen's CollegeAdet. Certain

used to say at Oxford, büt P rather than brought up, but be removed in the near future. vessels are today costing more

like to remind ye that you're no' outside a decided weakness, în to keep in operation than they It is notified that, at the among a lot o' firemen the now. arithmetic, Mac's as good as That we have had an abnormally are earring, but the owners are expiration of three months, the Pull yourself together man and the next when he's sober and lots dry year is well-known to every-drawing on their reserves, usually China Vegetable Oil Company, no have folk turning round and batter than most when he's-30' boly-the extent of the drought accumulated profits obtained in Limited will, unless cause is looking at ye."

Mind ye, even in his cups, I've will perhaps be realised when we whilst hoping for better times off the register and the company under their iadle." says he, "and once when we were lying at Leith

the recent years of prosperity, shown to the contrary, be struck

"Well, my plate dosana' lie'seen him no' so donnered. I mind point out that the rainfall up to ahead. It is rare, indeed, to see will be dissolved.

even if I have gotten on in the taking over & now boat at December 1st. WAS some 26 freighter loaded to anywhere

world, itane no' to say...”* Ramage and Ferguson's yard, linches less than for the same

Dear her plimsoll mark nowadays. At the Helena May Institute "That's right enough,” says I, the Third, and Mao and I, took s Merchants period a

who, during the on Monday the 11th December at soothingly, "but ye needa let tour round Edinburgh." Of course Fear ago. The con- period of the later years of the 5.30 p.m. the Rev. J. Kirk everybody see how much better Mac, being a Glugow man, sequence is & serious fallin the war and the two Fears iMaconachie will give a Lantern it is to have been born lucky than WIEDE what you'd sky contents of the reservoirs inmediately following, had almost Lecture on Star Clusters and intelligent."

very complimentary. His best Hongkong. which contain 359 certain lines, and then had to invited.-.ldri.

to beg for cargo space from Nebulae." The public are cordially "Oh, ay," says he "I know my description of the Capital that

place but-"

day, was that-it was 'A' brigs. million galloas less than ou pay practically exorbitant i

"Quite so Mac," says I. "but and no watter" which wasna” December Ist., 1921. That is a freight charges, will perhaps The average mean temperature it's a lot too early in the day, bad when you consider that considerable shortage, and the have scant sympathy for last month in Hongkong was 68.4, to be talking about bed." Auld Reekis, like Athens, is the shipowners; but an the highest point reached being "Wi' that he glared at me. I built on seven hills. The Third, situation is still bad enough when important consideration in this 82.5, and the lowest 43.7. There could see

the rosy

dawa who was an Englishman, bút á we bear in mind that there are, connection is the fact that the were 157 hours of sunshine and incipient apoplexy creeping up no' bad engineer for all that, be or should be, several dry months slump has a far-reaching effect, paly 0.53-inch of rain. The aver-behind bis ears.

was inclined to be a bit perky still ahead of us before the wet affected shipbuilding and allied

inasmuch 4 it has gravely age humidity was 59,

"Look here, Robbie," says he, when he thought he had Mao on "you and I have been friends", bis side. But my old friend soon trades, thus throwing many more The manager of the Kwong Lee for many a long year, but man, put him in his place. I mind it persors out of work and adding to imports and exporta firm of 158, you'll have to draw that last bit happened just as we were passing the general business depression. Queen's Road West, bas reported back or you and me'll have to the Calton Hill. Mas, he asked to the police that on Wednesday jpart brass rage this time.” me what was the building on the the salesman of the shop was sent In Days Gone By.

top. Wi' that I said it was the Nelson Monument. Hardly

season els in.

[* there

were

in storage

to the Bankof Taiwan to draw

.

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What is the actual situation so far as the Hongkong reservoirs

re concerned? On December What of the Future?

There has been much specul2-$5,000 on behalf of the firm. The I could see by the pathetic, before I got the words out of my just over 1,358 million gallons. tion from time to time as to what man has not been seen since he look on his face that he meant mouth, the Third, he chimeria- This, on the prasect basis of prospects there might be of an cashed the cheque,

it. It was the same look that he 'Bat Nelson was not a Scotsman,” woze when be consumption, means

Bursed & supply early trade recovery, with its

me and man, Mac, he turns on him

fash and Word has been received in through the first stages of a stiff, like a

Bays he, consequent increased demand for of over six months, but if the recargo accommodation and a better Hongkong from the Commissioner dose o' rheumatic fever I once "No, ye watless crator, but strictions жете removed we outlook for the shipbuilding of Customs at Amoy stating that had. I dinna mind leaving the hadn't Lady Hamilton z should fod that serious inroads industry. That the latter bas F. Knudsen, & Norwegian light ship that time, I was so bad, but Scotch name?" Man, ya.could would be made on the existing been badly affected during the house keeper at Oksen, an island it was the same old Mac I saw have knocked me down wi' & supplies. Taking an

past two years is amply demon of the coast midway between tiptoeing up the ward weeks straw at the retort and as for the average strated by the review comprised Amoy and Foochow, was murdered after. He bad a bunch of white Third, we could bardly get month's fall consumption at 300 in Lloyd's annual report for the on December 2. No particulars are chrysanthemums in one hand civil word out of him for the rent million gallons (that is the latest sear 1921-1922. It is shown that to band regarding the tragedy. fand his cap wi' the braid on ito' the afternoon.

in the other, for he had honoured Local Colour.. figure we can dod), it would the world-wide depression in the

shipbuilding industry which wa Referring to the death of Mr.me and the ship by coming mena very little more than noted during the previous year R. A. Gabbay from heart failure dressed for the occasion. I can Mac, as a Scot, alcó hạs the four months supply, and as it is has not been relieved during the on board the ss. Nagasaki Maru, see him yet standing at the saving grace of being able to usually April or later before the twelve months ucder review, the the Singapore Free Press says a mile on his face, and his Hoo's nationale. His favourite is about foot of the bed wit a wee bit tell a story azainst his-own new tonnage registered being wire was received by the N. Y. real rainy season sets in, there considerably short of the some, from the relatives of the wi' yo, Robbie just nearly had the Aberdeen man who ODCE would appear to be justification what high levels reached just deceased to embalm the body and The Burge had given him strict return related his experiences to me greeting like Wes. Went to London and on his for a continuance of the policy of after the war. Reasons for this send it to Hongkong, but after instructions ap to be talking! the pop-yed natives. It's conservation of supplies, at any are, besides stagnation of inter-consultation with Mr. N. N. Adis, rate for the present.

national trade, the contributorya Brst cousin of the deceased, the awer much and man, be kept bis ower long to print here, especial- conditions of disturbance to the burial took place at Singapore on word to the letter for he was is the way Mae tells it, but the

about de tongue-tied as a bairn end is always the satne, Much as we should like the political and economic outlook. Yovember 30th,

at the kirk for the first time. It is important, also, to bear in

"Hoo did 1 like London? Be Chinese community to be put on mind that the tonnage now afloat)

got ten minutes altogether and Grand! Yon's the plans for me, A case of highway robbery on I'm sure half of that time he stood Every time ye go into a restaurant fall supply immediately, we exceeds the pre-war mercantile Bowen Road bas been reported to wi we-stricken gass (aking in ye fad tuppence under yer thick they will realise, with the tonnage by some fifteen million the police by the houseboy em the details of my chart at the bed plate!" facts as they are, that it would allowance

Even after making due ployed at No. 13. He reports that head. He bad my letters from

But I WAS telling about · for old vessels whilst walking along the road Janet but these be had given to the our Edinburgh jaunt. It was be running an undue risk to re- which cannot remsio much at 5.45 p.m. on Friday, near the matron for my consumption later &

fide Afternoon and I move the restrictions on such a longer a float, there still filter beds, four men accosted him on. Ay, his sister Annis had gotten took them round nearly" every. narrow margin of available sup the tonnage now available

remains the possibility that One was armed with a dagger another bairs; the sulfest had where I knew. There was the

ex-and one of the men 'said plies. The authorities are

Doceeds the requirements even of they wanted to search him for past the Fifth Standard already Castle, the Scoft Monument, John doubt watching the situation prosperous business years, so that arms. The ratbars opened old man (esme o Meiklejohn) Palace, Fine. That reminds me, and would soon be working. The Kur's House and Holyrood carefully, and as they are fully fear the outlook for shipping basket the man was carrying and had said to be

to ask did ye ever hear the story, of the aware of the hardships which the seeme reason to believe that con- valued at $7.60 and also searched me; he'd shifted Jock (the cabby and the American tourist ?

is not at all a bright one. There stole seven 67ticles of clothing, present partial supply are in-ditions in the world's markets are his pockets, stealing 80 cents in Canary) into his cabin and Jessie

eting on the poor people indefinitely improving, however, but money. Two of the men another lot a kittens. Mac, the Housh,

was on the fair way to baye an- dickey That's particular, we may be sure that we cannot, however, much away, but the other two ordered

tons.

Says the man 03

the

John Kross

Tourist Say, who was Mr. J.

(Continued on Page 7)

the embargo will be lifted as soon& return of shipping prosperity could, an order he promptly time at his disposal. His going we would like to, see any signs of him to get away as quickly as he dear old chap got outside quite s

lot of informationdering the short-Knoz 7. as possible.

for many years yet,

carried out.