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· SOME TREASURES ARE HEAVY WITH HUMAN TEARS, AB ÄN ILLE STORED HARVEST WITH UNTIME-
of some kind or other are quÍÏS LY-RAIN;"AND. SOME GOLD. IS likely. The main consideration BRIGHTER IN SUNSHINE THAN IT
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We have received two extrame- augurated, and for this reason
ly artistic Chinese calendars alons, the coming cruise of the from the Texas Company, Shenandoah will be awaited with the greatest interest by the whole world.
Peaceful Penetration.
Bulls and Inners
From the Office Butts,
There is no truth in the story. way they keep that our Male Voice Choir rent in Canton, ikis will in fatura de known as a soldier than a landlo Collett's Cookerels.
In future no-one will be allowed Belinda's handicap should receive $50 in twenty-cent pieces. We A disappointed yachtsman says to leave Canton with more than attention. Too bad!
never thought so much money was left.
Fourteen Chinese cases of small When we see a hilliard player por and one British case of described as a coming sueist, we diphtheria were notified yester begin to realise the possibili day.
ties of the English language.
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the Court.
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Tacchi for touchers.
In the best circles `nowadays at Mah Jongg, the White Dragon is called "Shiney."
After the last meeting, of the Board of Education it cannot be
What about Movie Star" as said that our popular Director of a suggested name for one of the Education is of a retiring dia new ferry boats?
position.
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A Canton contemporary says The head of the federal rubber that lately many begeers have commission sent to the Philip- come to Canton in order to escape pines was seriously injured as the the rigors of the cold winter in result of a fall he sustained during other provinces." Others are ex- the party's trip in Southern pected Ister on, to escape the Mindanao. Didn't bounce enough, March Settlement.
we prosume!
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As things look at present, it is If Henry Ford runs for the quite on the cards that a Labour Presidency, he should go a long Government may frown at the way on a little gasim idea of a Cater being appointed Director of Education. cacion
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The German mark "is about as useless as a birthmark these
Amongst the passengers who Something akin to a process of laft by the Empress of Russia peaceful penetration" has been were Capt. W. Davison, Mr. M. Specifications on Applica. going on in Hongkong for some J. Breen and Mr. J. Robertson.
time past now, as a result of which wealthy Chinese are gradually
It is notified that Mr. Fung getting control of important inter- ests. The unrest in the adjacent Ping-shan has been appointed by
the Court of the Hongkong Un MUSTARD & Co. province.coupled with the fact that
many ex-officials with plenty ofversity to be a Life Member of money have settled in Hongkong, Į has resulted in very large invest- ments being made both in pro His Majesty the King has been perty and shares. Rich Chinese pleased to approve the appoint- have been able to buy up big areas ment of the Hon. R. H. Kotowall of land, as well as blocks of to be an Unofficial Member of the buildings,thus getting a very con-
Legislative Council. siderable stake in the Colony, in addition to which they have been
On, enquiry this morning, we large buyers of shares in local learn that the condition of Bishop industrial companies, in many of Pozzoni is such that, barring the example of a member of the
In view of the possibility of days. which they predominate amongst complications, he may be regard-House of Commons, who arrived the owners of stock. It would be led as out of danger.
The difference between a classio interesting to know what percen-
at 5 am, being emulated by the and a super-production at the tage of privately-owned property
Hon. Members of the Legis- cinama is apparently not one of BANKER -On 19th January, is owned by Chinese, and also His Excellency the Governor lative Council, it is rumoured price. at his residence, No. 11, Hankow what ratio of interest they have has accepted the resignation by that the Government intend call- Road, Kowloon, George Banker; as shareholders in other than Lieutenant G. M. Dodwell of his ing tenders for the supply and/or aged 55 years. Fineral passes banking companies locally. The Commission in the Hongkong maintenance of a coffee stall for the Monument at £30 pm on figures would probably be some-Volunteer Defence Corps.
the comfort of those concerned. Sunday. (Shanghai papers please thing in the nature of an eye- copy).
opener. The development, we To the list of medical practi-
A local statistician has com- suppose, is inevitable. and it tioners has been added the name puted that the Fest Tramway One wonders why "Anxious certainly has been materially of Dr. Mok Tai-tim, Ho Min Ling Company has posted 393 different Shareholders" in making enquir assisted by the fact that ex- Hospital, Bachelor of Medicine notices in the cars relating to ies do not seek a direct reply officials, with funds which may and Bachelor of Surgery of the alteration to tickets, vouchers from the directors of the com or may not have been honestly University of Hongkong.
etc. since April 1st, 1923.
panies in which they are inter- come by, realise that to find this
ested Colony is a safe refuge, where
For snatching a handbag from for France.
Separatism means full cream
@ they may invest their money without fear of its being seized Miss Dorothy Haynes while she for placed in jeopardy. In the was walking along Battery Path, unemployed last analysis, whatever we may Wong Yuen, ap CONQUEST OF THE AIR. think of the consequences, the Chinese, was sentenced to 12 down, she has got another shake circumstances amount to the months hard labour and 10 existence of a strong faith in strokes, by Mr. G. N. Orme British security.
yesterday.
The Telegraph.
HONGKONG, 19th Jan., 1924.
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It is reported that the latest New York plays have become so risque that theatregoers pare ashamed to take their wives to witness them so they take some-- body alse's instead.
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The Canton Anti-Opium Office aunounces that it is starting s factory for the manufacture of high-grade opium. Nothing like handing out the dope.
Popular definition-Trouble--
The Franconia folk saw a lot of fine lights, but not nearly so many as the knocked-out at the boxing last Saturday.
When first men learned how to
Chinese wine merchants__in future will have to affix a red fly in machines that met with a
label when water has been added. measure of success it was termed
Discovered in the act of hang-A similar danger signal would the conquest of the air. Thus
ing himself with a leather belt be invaluable in the case of some suspended from the grills of the whisky. mankind, out of its concei The public will no doubt ap-door of the Yee Fa: Yuen described its partial achieve.preciate the resumption of postal godown, in Sand Street. 日
facilities between Hongkong and Chinese, aged 40, was removed that
We have heard it suggested ments. Yer despite greater ad- the United Kingdom via the to Hospital yesterday. He is be-Lown-red their dignity last week-
certain individuals who Canton. vances in the art of flying, the Siberian route. Apparently, alieved to be insane. atmosphere remains unconquer-regular express train now leaves
end by cussing others forget they were not back in the Army, ed, and every now and again Harbin every week. mails by Nature asserts her power. The days. The Hongkong postal tion with investigations into the What the President of the St. sea is the same. We can, in fact, authorities notify thet those recent series of piracies on mer-George's Society forgot to men- never be sure of the elements, wishing to take advantage of this chant ships will be charged before tion in his speech at the Ball- service, which enables letters to the Magistrate on Monday on the Roast Beef of Old England bu: it is to our credit that we reach London in twenty-five days counts of piracy and possession mostly comes from Scotland. continue to battle against their from Hongkong, should post not of articles identified to have been
Trade note:-Cabinet makers adverse mood's, and our successes later than Mondays or Tuesdays, stolen in these outrages.
$0 3. ፍ to reach exceed uur failures. The invol-1
Shang-
are busy in Peking. hai on the following Sunday. In connection with the recent
After seeing De Dear handling untary cruise of the giant Ameri-It is intimated that letters conflict in Hetingshan district
Since White got White buses, his man on Saturday we'd hate can dirigible Shenandoah marks posted later would probably reach between Chu Cheuk-man's forces Kowloon transportation seems to have to go to jail. a big step forward in aerial travel their destination quicker by and those of Admiral Chan Chak, to have turned the corner, which by lighter-than-air vehicles. A General is wise in allowing a his post and ordered him to come
the Suez route. Our Postmaster Dr. Sun has relieved the latter of remains to be seen.
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Years ago. despite the margin of nearly a week in which to headquarters to give an ex- The Cymdeithas Dewi Sant has achievements of Zeppelins. the to make the Shanghai connection. planation. It is, however, doubt decided to hold a big dinner on general opinion was against gas doubt whether he has
Even now we are beginning to ful whether he will give up his March ist. Plenty of time for
made command. filled
some of our Ice House Street airships, and the un-allowance enough. Our own' ex-
friends to make a corner in leeks. fortunate end of the French perience is that letters between
the two ports often take us long lation of the Beckwith Bell, the In connection with the instal- dirigible Dixmude, the other day,as ten days. Why, we do not
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Distorted Froverbs: Two spoons do not make a bowler.
..0 Newspaper Heading: "Kwang- Prices are coming down in tung from Both Sides." Three of seemed a
case in point, parti-profess to know, but such is the automatic fog signal at Pak Germany to about three times as them, to be precise. cularly as the Dizmude had fact. We do not know who is to Hong Point, it is of interest to much as they should be.
Lots of Hongkong people. will previously broken the world's blame, but with big boats running record that although the apt
the only arrived in record for continuous flight over points it ought to be possible to
so frequently between the two Colony on January 7th.. it was
Baron Marks is the new Foreign see Empire oxhibitions, but not Minister of Scandinavia.. No
all at Wembley.
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Canton would be a fine place she met with mishap, The are assured more rapid transit.
of foundations, the erecting and. the charging were ail done in the short time of ten days, an accom- It is a sign of culture, when a plishment which reflects great basbecomes known as a coach. credit on the Harbour Depart-
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difference between that and the feat of the Shen- andoab, excluding the element of chance, is probably in the lifting agent-the American vessel bay- ing helium in its envelopes, a non-inflammable gas which will,
SMALL FIRE.
IN KOWLOON THIS MORNING.
The Kowloon Fire Brigade were
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in time, entirely displace hydro-called out in the early hours of talented classical dancer, known disputes amicably enough. gen. The severe test which the this morning to a fire at No. 37,5 the little Pavlova of the Shenandoah has passed through Nankia Street, a three-floor brick East," arrived here yesterday by building used as a restaurant, the Empress of Russia, accom-
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A London electrician recovered after falling six storeys. Next time he'll wait for the lift.
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Dempsey says he is willing to fight anybody. If he were living Some men are born bowlers; in Ice House Street we could un-
thrust upon them.
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In an article headed Seeing
point in airship construction and kitchen, where it had orignated, way to the Manila Carnival, and only slight damage was done where special engagements have This huge American dirigible is the Brigade put out the flames.
to the contents of the place before been booked, and hopes very short- One of our American visitors Numbers" a writer in a contem ly to givea display here at a special was overheard to say that this pofary says: "It is an interest to make a flight from the New
concert, with local artistes, at the little old burg wasn't big enough ing fact that mental photography World to the Old by a short-cut.
City Hall. During har absence for him to engage a taxi and tell can produce so many variatione. Damage of the extent of $200 of about a year from Hongkong, the driver to drive him to drink. Presumably he is referring to BCross the Arctic. Permanent was caused when a restaurant at Mile. Sheimo has made many
spirit photography. ice and land-barriers
have No. 37, Kan Chung Street, at appearances in Shanghai, Feking The Government should reap a prevented, men from doing this Shamshuipo, caught freyester and Tientsin, with great success, fair amount of revenue from journay by other means, but now day. Two coolies were injured in and at one special charity per- promissory notes in March.
jumping from the cockloft where formance for the Chinese poor of there is only the atthosphere to the fire originated and were Shanghai Settlement House she be considered, and failure seems removed to hospital. The fire was raised a SUIA of $1,500. She
Overheard on the "gin tram" Shay, old fella (pointing to well-nigh impossible. An added put out in half an hour. The bas improved wonderfully as a
premises were insured for a sum dancer, and comes here with "P.T. C." on the Peak tramway thrill is lent to the contemplation of $2,500 with the Sincere Com-meny
new numbers and an grill), "guesh what those letters of this pioneer flight by the pany. The cause of the outbreak astounding variety of now dresses shtand for Silence then possibility of a "lost land," with has not yet been ascertained. of various periods.
"Why, Fretty Tight Corner "
One at least of the Volunjeer canteen yarns has made its way into print. Some people can't e'en feel a leg-pull.?
be.
A steam, hopper has collided with the Katori Maru near Muck ing. Looks as if somebody been mucking things up
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