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The Telegraph.
HONGKONG, 7th July, 1923.
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DAY BY DAY.
IT'S THE IDLE MIND THAT WORRIES Coleman Cox,
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For ourselves we don't care a curse how a China pony looks, so long as he can run.
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The man who can tell you how month, can generally prove it. many young mosquitoes lay in a
Last month's marriage au- nouncements in Hongkong s00m to suggest a failure of the peach crop.
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The super-intelligent composi tor bas again been at work. The North China Daily News describing: Aan- the food at the tiffin and dinner
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smell of cooking opium, surely
Thora is to truth in the state- Skinny girls swier much better unequalled by anything else, to-morrow and Monday is an ex-week-end was 30 strong as to stay in the water.
The attraction at the Coronet ment that the high wind of last than the pretty ques because they there is a range of odours and oiting adventuro in the timber blow money out of the pocket of a reeks, taking one from the acrid lands," The Fire Eater."
well known Poak resident. memory of utterly vile tobacco,
When is a civil servant not a and the heavy fumes of an During the past quarter, four-civil servant? When he becomes Eastern city's multifariously-teen samples of milk were ex-piqued through being carried too
amined under the Sale of Food far up the Peak. contributed garbage, right up to and Drugs Ordinance. Of these, maybe, awaft of Parisian scent one was found to be adulterated. from some paasing damsel or bedecked dandy. But most of the
Major J. R. Lloyd, R.A.M.C, scents are unpleasant, and make has been granted leave of absence one long for the open fields and on private affairs from 9th.
Heading copied from a August, 1923, to 17th. January, temporary: "Where They fragrant woods of the country-1924, for the purpose of proceed. der What They Are Doing. nido, or the tang of the fresh, salting to the United Kingdom. wonder if they do.
hen to celebrate the opening of air out at sea. Just as one can-
the new Bank Building at Shang It's always not expect to control the many
breaking out hai put it thus "It need hardly Tenders are being asked by the Listen to this from an American be said that the noises of an Oriental city, so Government for a short lesse (of paper-Says King George, look worthy of the ecossion."
means were must one grow accustomed to its four years) of railway lands at ing worried: "I tell you, Mary, Tsim Sha Tsui for the erootion of a that poor obild isn't getting enough many smelle. Often have learned garage. It is intimated that the to eat! men discussed the strange stor-ground will be leased for no other often enough." ing-up of memories in the human purpose. brain, so that a faint whiff of] some scont years after bringa The Gazette notifies that His Majesty the King has been back the crowding thoughts of plased to approve the appoint almost forgotten episodes. To usment of the Hon. Mr. Robert temporary sojourners in the East Hormus Kotewail to be an Un shall be left the recollections of Council during the absence of the official Member of the Legislative our past travels and former Hon. Mr. Chow Shou-son, habitations; and some day, in some far-away land, stumbling over a rubbish heap in the dark, we shall remember Hongkong!
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Saya Princess Mary: "Just like a grandpa Of course be'e Kowloonis getting on. Peak folk fed enough. No. I simply won't now are always willing to admit wake him up in the middle of the that they have been there once. night to feed him."
MacWhirter, he says one thing is a black letter festival,
Church Notes says St. Swithen about a rocking obair, you never Our have to figure out how many Water Authority, however, bas miles to the gallon. marked it up in red this year.
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One of our local clubs bas "bad got out of the foreign press, assist in cooling some of the
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Owing to the breakdown of the 8 a.m. motor train from Shatin this morning, residents from Tai po and Shatin were delayed for heated discussions before they about one hour, until the arrival reach the ears of the ladies sitting many guests our new hotels will of the passenger train from Shum on the verandab. Chun, which towed the disabled coach to Kowloon Station,
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hold when full, but they never seem to have figured out how Talking about heat reminds us many they'll hold when they are that Church Notes points out the sober, advantages of the Cathedral from the point of view of coolness." Nothing like taking advantage of as terrible as the rumours they The o noar-typhoone are almost it while we can.
create. We oull the following Several wives in Kowloon have also rumoured that a signboard from a contemporary - It le determined in future to keep their fell in Graham Street striking husbands home on typhoon nights. two amaha who were said to have beon injured, but this has not been Thero was considerable depres confirmed." sion registered last week-end at the Observatory and several local Bowling Green Clubs.
The water supply figures made ON SMELLS.
up to July 1st. certainly make very much more cheerful reading) A report has been received then those for the beginning of from the master of s.3. Heung A fow months ago wo happened the previous month. For that, of Shan to the effect that a junk to be sitting down with foolscap course, we have to thank the loaded with bricks and lime sunk recent heavy rains, which came off Black Point Deep Bay about before us and pen in hand, con- just in time to avert what might 4 of a mile S.W. of Black Point, templating the subject for the have been a very serious situation. the junk lying with the mast day's leader... There seemed noth. On the Hongkong side, the reser-floating on the surface and moor
voir contents are substantially ed by the stays. Sho is right in ing topical to write about, either greater than on the same date, a the track of shipping. in the cables or locally, whicb year ago 650 million gallons bad act been dealt with already compared with 473 million. The Miss Aileen Woods, the well- during the previous week. Into June of this year have no doubt leave by the s.e. Kutsang on greater restrictions in force during known teacher of dancing, is to this early-morning contemplative had their effect on that point, for Tuesday next on a professional mood, when the only sounds that we note that the consumption per trip to Penang and other ports. she has far too, long had "new The trouble with Macas is that came to wore the distant head per day for June, 1923, was she will be absent for an in- territory" under the sea.
only 16.4 gallons, as against 24.1 definite period. murmurs of humanity waking. gallons for the same nonth last woods accompanies her daughter, Mrs. Harry punctuated by the cocing of year. On the Kowloon side, the while Miss Doris Woods will re-
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position is even better still so far main in Hongkong, to continue on # troe nearby,
as reservoir contents are concern her teaching, there suddenly came a harsh ed, the total in storage being 208 discord-a Chinese youth in a fit millons, compared with only 62
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By the way, did you hear the rumour that a mosquito was blown off the Peak and broke oue ately, has not been confirmed. of its lege? This, also, unfortun-
The Ruhr problem isn't in it of dredgers going instead of res which club is likely to win the Bhe ought to have kept a couple compared with the problem as to minding herself every now and Bowls League, then how old she was.
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We are authorised to deny the rumour
that, following the heavy play on Saturday, one Reformers, are all right if they local Bowling Club. proposes would only leave other people to lease its green to a market alone. One of these days gardener. America will get such a shock that she'll need mors that a little
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More work for the Sanitary De- neut brandy to bring her round.partment. In the dim and distant future we're likely to have
‘atinka" in Nathan Road.
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Some of our Legislative Council. Members go a long way on very little spirit.
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Last Wednesday's great thought: "A caris quicker than a The school vacations will soon "rickshs." be here. Unfortunately there is
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Another nail in the "bang went of joie de vivre bad kicked a millions a year ago. The rainfall.
On Monday last the Post grave- saxpence" coffin. At a luncheon for the first six months of this mitted to the Government Civil ly stated that since the institution of the Shanghai St. Andrew's bucket across the roadway, and year is slightly batter than for the Hospital suffering from a com- of the Chinese Republic, "no fresh Society Sir Ronald Macleay said kicked it hard. The jarring note, sanje period in 1922, being 29.07 pound fracture to his left leg, sunuchs have been created...... that the Society was a great breaking in upon a peaceful chain inches, as aginst 25.87, but it is caused in a motor car accident at the old ones are dying out, but force in the country and urged of reverie, had roused for a
still below the average for the Prays East. The car is owned from current politica, a factory Scotsmen to live up to their high period.
by Tong. Ip, of No. 774 Queen's seems to have been overlooked." motto and to keep up their moment the grosser thought that:
Road, but was driven by another What's this? Surely it isn't charitios." the world would be better off were Kowloon Magistracy.
man. He sounded the horn, and suggested that synthetic eunuchs the youth in question to meet
the reason for the accident was be turned out in numbers large When we wrote last week, in to-day explained in the admis- enough to run the country? suddenly with a fate denoted colour series of articles on police sion by the victim that he was loquially in the phrase embody reform, in favour of the provision deaf. ing the act of which he had just side, wa little expected that the of a Magistracy on the Kowloon been guilty. The result of that Government would so soon aa- interlude is interesting-we wrote nounce, its decision to fill that a leader on, noise, with special that step for two reasons.
need. We urged the taking of The reference to the noise of Hong-frat was that it would help to kong. To-day we write on smells, relieve the congestion at the and the reader can draw his own kong, and the second was that if existing Police Courts in Hong- conclusions. The smells of Hong-a Magistracy wore available on kong certainly deserve a chapter the peninsula. police officers Pany for the year ended 31st. to themselves in any book on the would be saved the loss of much May, 1923: states:---
valuable time taken up in cross- Accounts. The balance at the ing over to Hongkong for the Credit of Profit and Lose Account purpose of taking casce to Court. including $4,418.13 brought for- Our suggestion was criticised in ward from last year, is $24,604.55 were vacations for mosquitoss one official quarter because it was which it is proposed to appro- and abroffs? thought that we put it forward|priate as follows:- It was Mr. Rudyard Kipling solely in the interests of police To pay a dividend of 60' who wrote many years ago of the convenience... We had that point cents on Ordinary distinctive odours of the great object, which wa
in mind, of course, but our main
shares stressad all To pay a further divid- seaporta of the middle East, sum through the series of articles, was end of 40 cents op ming them up in terms like to prevent unnecessary wastage of Ordinary shares “fruity,” and so forth. We should time in order that the police might To pay $39.60 per ebaro like to see an attempt mada toing their efforts to primary work To pay a bonus of 40
have an opportunity of deovot-
Hnd a distinctive term for the-crime prevention and detection. varying scents of Hongkong. The We are now told that the Govern- person attempting it might finding & Magistracy on the Kowloon
mant had been considering erect To pay. a bonus of bimself somewhat in the position side for many years, and that the
$39.60 per share on Founders' shares of the shameleon that tried to resolve to provide one in the out-To carry forward to crose a square of tartan un-All we can say is that the officer come of a long-held intention.
new account ̧ observed. We have hore, for one now temporarily at the head of thing, the powerful reminders of the Police must have known very the presence of aur central market little about it, because less than
Far East, though were it a guide book the discussion would not necessarily encourage the tourist
traffic.
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How'd you enjoy yourself? All the same, some folk didn't seem quite so independent the day after.
That's right. You can't feel in any way independent drinking. earsaparilla.
One fine thing about typhoons. is that you are nearly always What some of our educationists $5,940.00 sure that the ferries have stopped need is compulsory commonsense.
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to answer, the charge against them the same morning. This One lesson to be learnt from seems to be a remarkable case of this Housing Problem is that we intelligant anticipation on the can no longer blame the war för part of our Police Force. everything.
* This kind of thing can go too Nearly all the hathing dresses far. One day we might have our; reminders that have a varying question of building a Magistracy Mr. C. Bernard Brown, A.CA Missouri. He's got to be shown. a man has been sentenced tợ a fortnight ago he stated that the presented have been audited by must be designed by a man from contemporary announcing that range, and which change accord. across the harbour rested with who, being eligible, offers himself ing to the weather and the the Government, "and, so far as for re-election. season. No-one who has lived a Lam aware, there is no intention of proceeding with one atpresent.'
cannot conceive of the
whole year round in this place We
Auditor.-The
Dietance lands enchantment to some of those powdered faces.
can have failed to note whan Govenmont's intention being ab. decision has been come to, for the not work as well in summer as in The radio set in Hongkong does cabbages were in season, for in-solutely withheld from one of the adviesa bility thereof is apparent winter. Neither does the Peak stance. Imported onions and looks to us as though the resolve forms which we urged will be
chief executive police officials. It Our hope now is that other re society set. dried fish also have their periods badheen rather hurriedly taken.dealt with in an equally prompt of particular appeal to the However, we are glad that the manner.
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We want a typhoqu enough to blow away dotte Hongkong's loose notions.
In these days of after dinner sca-bathing our enterprising: chemists should put up a cream Actions speak louder than for moonburn. What about it, menifastoor.
George?
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