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SATURDAY, JANUARY 5,
against us “aliens” in this sub- tropical land, the strain of our [work is therefore greater, our
SPRING HINGES health is exposed to risks un-
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WE ARE 'ALL CRIMINALS, BUT BEING DISCOVERED. IS THE UN- kncwn in sour; native country, FORTUNATE THING. Thames and we are obliged, most of us, Magistrate, to live up to a standard that makes serious demands on our income, evon if that be not taxed. At present, we maintain that in
Bulls and Inners
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We are authorised to state that Past misdeeds aren't the only there is no truth in the rumour things that come home to roost. that the staff of the Public Works Watch the speed of our shroffs The Board of Education is to Department is sending to Mr. just now.
meat on Monday afternoon.
TL Perkins, the late D.P.W., a gold casket in which to house his Mrs, de Martin is to present CM.G. decoration..
Cfew places anywhere in the the prizes at Yaumati School on
There is no truth in the story that the moshie match, England Scotland, has been postponed.
world does a man have to pay the 11th instant. out such a large proportion of
The West of Prayer in connec-v. his salary in rent as in this
tion with Hongkong churches is Colony. In writing of local to be observed from January 7th Mhardships we laid stress on the to 11th.
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position of the man of moderate).
A late notification states that means, who has to live a life of toil, to marry late pr not at all, the P. & O... Sicilia is to sail for Shanghai at daglight on in order to save up a competence Monday.....
Afor his old age-and then, if he
MacWhirter, he says you iden of three suppers was fine.
We hear of a couple who ware so interested in themselves and the chow last night that they Judging from prices reached went in for the first supper and lately, some people seem to be didn't come out until the third
was finished. partial to cold chicken.
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A London reformer says that. They must have been twin with double-barrelled modern dancing looks like a souls
race. It usually ends neck and appetites. neck.
How's your feat ? Instead of The "Dun Cow was done coffee they should "serve out
returns to spend the late evening! His Excellency the Governor of his days among his own kith has appointed Lieutenant R. R Nand king beds his scrubie in-Beauchamp, RN.. to act as As-much too soon.
sistant Harbour Master until fur-:
rose duly taxed! Whatever the ther notice.
conditions of life might be in
Y Britain. there are, as we have
17, Connaught Road, Central,
Tel. 1188
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VAS-To Mr. and Mrs. Char- Hie Vas, a son this morning.
The Telegraph.
HONGKONG, 5th Jan., 1924.
COMPARISONS.
Command Orders state that, shown. compensatious which the pistol range at Scandal Point will be open to British civilians make fair comparison with life for pistol practice from 5 pm. to
Elephant Seen in Bird Shop says the S.P.C.A. report. Perhaps it was a shroff in disguise.
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boracic.
The only baring thing there last night was carried in on a platter.
The same document refers to The success of a ball all depends baskets of snakes." Oh, this on yourself.
If any one of our balls were
in the East. In saying this, we 6 pm on Mondays, until further holiday feeling! reflect the opinion of those who notice." have sampled both, and we refer
A Shanghai paper says that the only ball of the season, it A Reuter message from Shang-"five primary colours" were used would be the finest ball we ever of course to the majority, hai states that Sir Robert and in the decoration of the new Astor attended. and not the favoured few. Any• Lady Ho Tung left there aboard House ballroom. They do see how it would seen that com the Paul Lecat yesterday on their things in Shanghai ! parisons dze odorous."!
way home to Hongkong. About two hundred boy and girl students bade them farewell.
Our Boat People.
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When is a Bull not a Bull? When it is written after a Ball Boy, another glass of water!
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One of these days reporter will qualify for the sack by des- cribing the decorations and light-
received much publicity, we think syndicate, which proposes to Some callers take everything ing other than novel and effective.
resort as
Lots of Hongkong folk are beginning to realise that the most expensive thing about a house is The Ming Yuan Gardens at company.
.0 Although, the fået has not North Point have been leased to
limited but a bint. B it ought to be generally known run the that there is something of a liability company, and, in this campaign going on just now aga- connection, will introduce certain inst junk and sampar people who attractive features with the view are guilty of mooring their boats to increasing the popularity of inshore at night without the the gardens amongst Chinese and necessary permits. There have foreigners alike. been lots of cases at the Marine
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When does a passage become a An advertiser in an outport pergola? After the fifth one any ants "a fast lady typist." He's Passage looks rosy. looking for trouble.
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It is but right that Sentiment The proof of the padding is in and Spirit should go together. the digestion.
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Court recently, fines having been The well known men's wear inflicted. The reason for the specialists, Messrs Mackintosh &, regulation which makes it an Co., Ltd, announce a special sale Funny that some people find it offence for sampans and junks to of surplus season's stock. On hard to get out of bed, even lie inshore without a permit is January 7th, 8th and 9th., very sub though they've been doing it all. that such craft, when lying stantial reductions will be made to their lives. alongside the shore all night clear the large stock which has make ideal hiding places for been left on hand owing to the robbers and other criminals and mild weather. An advertisement also can be very conveniently on the subject appears on Page 3. used for the smuggling ashore of contrabrand goods. In principle,
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A goat in the vicinity of Happs Valley ate two sticks of dynamite last week. We should hate it to chase us.
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We wish it would butt our
It may be that human nature, the world over, makes us magnify whatever hardships we suffer until they assume proportions which make us really sorry for ourselves, and envious of others who appear to be better placed: but when a man who knows the
In connection with the anno- conditions of life in two different
the regulation is quite all right uncement of the forthcoming decades makes a comparison and but the question that is exercising wedding of Lieut. Morice Blood landlord. Maybe he wouldn't decides one way or the other, it our mind is whether there .M.S. Titanic, and Miss Doris then butt in so much,
enough and may be assured that his views are
sufficiently M. J. Lavers, it should be ex- convenient anchorages at which plained that, the notice recently not biassed in any way junks and sampans can lie at published relates purely to the awfully bad for the goat's health. Of course, eating dynamite is Thus, when we wrote some time night. It is all vary well to civil ceremony, the religious back on the hardships of life in prevent them tying up to the ceremony having taken place at Hongkong nowadays, basing our seawall, but, in the interests of Holy Trinity Cathedral. Shang-
the Colony's trade, we do not hai, on November 15th last. comments on comparison-parti want to drive them too far away cularly comparison between pre-from the centre of things. If a
His Excellency the Governor| For all that, some hard-headed war and post-war Hongkongwe boat is lying alongside the praga has nominated the following as Hongkong people butt in even felt justified in the conclusion laden, or waiting for some specific Members of the Court of the where goats fear to tread.
cargo. it can get a permit. it is University of Hongkong for a that many of the amenities of true, but a great many boats are further period of three years.
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The festive season seems to
have put some of our worthy con- tributors out of action. We hope the "Armchair Critic" will re- cover consciousness by next week.
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As for Scrutator," he must have stripped his gear, while “Nortonia,” it is said, is suffering from over-ciling.
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Not much use confiding & secret to a political party at
Home just now. It's almost Fure to split
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One good thing about the New Year is that there are such a lot of pay days before Christmas.
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Kowloon folk had a "Night with the Spirits" &t. the Star Theatre recently. Great strength didn't return their money though.
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Shanghai doesn't want to see IT. Brinkley transplant goat glands into harcan beings, probably owing to a shortage in the latter..
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Peking will have trams in the spring, Kowloon hopes they'll be forgotten by then.
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lire in this Colony have vanished hired at &lmost
momect's with effect from the 1st January,
A new serum should be found with the changing times. It is notice
presence 1924-Mr. Chau Siu-ki, R. Rev. for folk who lie so well at bowls. along the seawall whilst C. R. Duppur (Bishop of Vic- interesting to note the views of waiting for morning and possible toria). Mr. C. Montague Fde, Mr.
Will the gentleman who in a business, man at Home on hire is not allowed. Are the G. T. Edkins. Mr. Ho Kwong, Rt. advertently departed with the conditions there, and for this anchorages to which these boats Rev. Bishop D. Pozzoni, and Mr. poker while first-footing in Kow
ought to go. sufficiently convenTso Seen-wan. reason we published them yes-ent? We ask that question be-
loon, please return same, as it belongs next door? terday. The gentleman in ques cause we fear that sampah and
After a stay in harbour of over tion draws givomy picture of junk folk are 2 little unduly
A Hongkong Englishman who conditions in the United King-harassed just now. The floating aree weeks, owing to the fact
that the trouble with her German has just received a New Year's
Never speak ill of a stranger population is very essential to dom now as contrasted with the this Colony and ought to be pro-crew could not be satisfactorily parcel from Scotland says he in Hofgkong. He may be a land- days before the war. but welvided with lawful resting places settled, the s.s. Paul Regendanz supposes they call it shortcake lord. suggest he falls to make out that at night not too far removed from steamed out of port yesterday because it doesn't last long.
afternoon with a Chinese crew.
Apparently there is to be an people out here are better off the scene of the next day's work. It will be remembed that on the These boats anchor alongside the
One might call it "Folt Boots," says an advertise- other oil war. It must not be forgotten that the seawall because they find it more members of the crank work ment. That's what our house. the stormy petrol.
from Singapore, the way up homeland hardships are what the convient than are the present anchorages. Perhaps those in British resider: 'has to face on
owing, they alleged, to ill-treat boy did when he smashed our ment they had received from the most precious Chinese.vaSC.
Ropes s" are in great demand charge of harbour davelopment
just now. Let's hope nobody those periodical spells of holiday will not overlook the claims of Captain. When in Hongkong the
crew asked to be paid off, buti which mean so much to him, and the humbler boat owners.
"New York Police say that "The bangs himself. claimed that they had a right to New Year celebration was orderly often form the only prospect Cracker Firings.
be taken to Shanghai as "pas-and very little liquor was found." We shan't be long before we that makes his toiling here:
sengers. During the past few Suppose it was swallowed for experience that gland and We were glad to read in yesterdays there have been conferences safety. bearable. Granted that English day's Morning Post a comment between the Assistant Harbour
glorious feeling. Dr. Brinkley is on the way. conditions or,, for that matter, on the ridiculous and indis-Master, the men, the agents and world conditions are most un-criminate firing of crackers which various interested Consuls. Mat the States, they jail him. If they If they find liquor on a man in marked the passing of the Old and ters seem to have been amicably find it in him they envy him.
It is said that one or two well- promising, the
fact still re the coming of the New Year. We arranged, for, as stated above, the
known identities have already mains that Hongkong life has have no objection to a feu de je ship left yesterday afternoon for
been seen stalking goats so that also its many drawbacks. All at midnight on the last day of the
Shanghai.
Who wouldn't rather be envied they won't miss the bus. than jailed? sce at Home blacker old year, to the sounding of sirens or to the making of as much noise
Of course, if their friends chaff than local conditions is the big as possible, if that proceeding
Some of the things we are them too much, they are liable unemployment problem, but in gives pleasure or satisfaction to by their parents, but parents writing of the hardships of local anybody, but we have an objec- ought to have a little more con- looking forward to in the New to lose their goats.
tion to the prolongation of the sideration for their neighbours. Year: Opening of the Kowloon- European residents we naturally celebration until two and three The fring of crackers such as is Canton line and the incarceration
It may be encouraging to know mean those in employment, and o'clock in the morning and even complained, of is unlawful, any of the youth in the house back of that over 30 goat-gland babies compare them with Home toilers. into the next day. Over in Kow-how, but if the tolerant absence us who still persists in crackar have been born in the States.
loon the peace and rest of the of police action is going to be firing.
Hope they don't feed on tin cans, It must be admitted, we think, inhabitants were seriously inter- so much abused as it was in
for all that ton, the dollar here (approximate-fered with by intermittent Kowloon this year then the
Plain chow is in great demand. ly two shillings and threepence) Cracker firing from Monday sooner the police stop all cracker this week
We should say that some of evening until Tuesday evening, firing except by permit the better. bas
our local lads require tortoise- half the purchasing the firing beginning in not
same will it be. We are not "kill-joys"
Four cups of tea at breakfast gland grafting to make them value of a similar sum at Homeplaces as early on Tuesday mornin arguing as we do, we are only. Then there are all the comforts as 6.30. That sort of thing is not anxious to preserve reasonable is the best advertisement of a slow up a bit.. of real family ties and home life quite good enough and there residential amenities. Cracker good time the night before.
Later on they could howover humble that home-ught to be measures taken to firing, to all excepting those eng- prevent a repetition. We realise aged in the actual firing, can
Cause and effect: Haggis and exchange them for the
qariety. which so many of us sacrifice in that the nuisance is caused mostly soon became an intolerablo nui-Victory. the Far East. The climate is by children who are indulged in sance.
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