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THE HONGKONG TELE
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cannot possibly account for the
CHICAGO www resignation of men after a brief↑
period of service here. Yoster-
SPRING HINGES day in our news columns there
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HOPE AWAKENS COURAGE. "HE WHO CAN IMPLANT COURAGE IN was an interesting account of THE HUMAN SOUL IS THE BEST the success of one civil servant PHYSICIAN, - Von Knedet. who came and later left, presum--
Dr. H. Baloan left for Home to-
Bulls and Inners
From the Office Butts.
It takes umpteen Bishops to run Chung Hua Shang Kung Hai Synod proparty,
The two German stowaways
Hongkong à at least fifteen million years old, according to a lecturer. Wonder when the first shroff landed?
Jably because he was not satisfied. [day, At any rate, whatever the reasons for bis leaving us, is is It is notified that "Edward Proved their national taste for In view of the decision of the high living. Instead of stowing Batting Committee, as announce. [away on as. Woodbine, they by Mr. Snowden in the House Cassuredly cause for regret that Avenue
chose the s.s. Curona.
last week. England is not going to be the Battor Land that some
has been renamed so talented a man should be lost "Prince Edward Road". to the Government service. His
The name of Mr. Sydney case is, in some respects, typical Charles Clayton has been added of many others-we got good to men, but they do not remain, Architects. with us.
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Amongst many other names of griffins are sorely disappointed those who have not yet claimed because there is little prospect of His Excellency the Governor their medals at the Harbour their experiencing a really first- It is not the purpose of these has appointed Mr. N. L. Smith to Office, we notice that of Mr. class earthquake." Pcomments to suggest that this be Head of the Sanitary Depart-Alfred Record. This is without
The Canton Government -hav- problem can be solved by in-
ing settled the question of the creasing salaries all round. Mr. T. A Martin, A.SAA We read that a man was Ferry Tax, Hongkong will now That indeed, would be un-and Mr. T. S. Bustard, A.CA..Jarrested in London for cursing at deal with the ferry attacks. economic and undesirable. It are appointed auditors for the a show. It must bare been the
When somebody beard details of the new educational
pro- Motor Note: One advantage of gramma he said. "Gee! En- His Excellency the Governor the closed ear is you get more ormous." Y. But if conditions as they are to has appointed Mr. D. W. Tratman mileage out of each cigar.
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HONGKONG, Sth March, 1924.
CIVIL SERVICE CONDITIONS.
We have heard quite a deal in
in other circles, and it would! inot guarantee better service.
aaces.
to be District Officer in the day, whether in regard to
Southern District of the New salaries or other matters, are Territories. preventing us from getting an adequate number of
A sports gymkbana is to be men of
held at the Chinese Recreation satisfactory type, then it is high club on the 12th instant, on the time that the whole question of occasion of St. Stephen's College conditions in the Civil Service of Founder's Day. Hongkong was thoroughly in vestigated and the causes for complaint promptly removed.
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Although there was a “Hayes” The Telegraph refers to the on the harbour on Monday last, it dog and cats how "-"d'you do?" was quite possible to see over it.
The Chinese conductor who Now that future racing events fell off the Peak tram into a are to be known as Extra Race pullah, the other day, must have Meetings. Hongkong can truth been overcome by the fumes on fully declare: "Yes, we have no the 8.10 Gindrinkers" "Fullman" Gymkhanas."
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Gazing at the incline of the Secretary Lee, of the U.S. Goli declared in this port on February 10th at 10 rails after reading the "Non- Association, has a.m., arrived in New York on Stop" sign at the lower tram favour of a larger and lighter golf March 3rd at 11 p.m., having station. one of our Laconia ball. Many players will now be been 2212calendar days in transit. visitors was overheard to re able to make good their leeway in
markSay! If this mountain the handicaps. A Reuter's Peking message railroad corporation ain't shoot-
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Some cities get all the joss. After the Laconians come the Bishops.
It must seem paradoxical to somethat desire for peace and pre- paredness for war should go band') in hand, yet such is ever the case states that according to Chinese ing any bull about the pea-stop where the lessons of history have telegrams, Sun Chuan-fang's sup dope, I'll say we're jest about due Lafor-porter, General Chow Yin-jen, to run slap bang into St. Peter been properly conned. tunately, there are those whose suddenly appeared at Foocow on for thirty cents."
@ recent times of the difficulty war preparations are due to a the 6th inst. and drove out Wang
Yun-chang.
We should have liked to have which the Hongkong Govern-desire for hostilities, and it is
heard what he had to say on the ment is experiencing in obtaining difficult to distinguish one party
Information has been received return journey!
It appears that somebody is from the other. So each nation
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ruling in Iodia after all We the services of new men to staff follows the lead of others, pre-from His Britannic Majesty's
Consul-General, Manila that A current advertisement for learn that through the abolition the various departments needing paration begets counter-prepara- them. If current reports
are tion, and the game goes merrily with efect from the 10th March employment states that the ad- of the Caliphate, Consternation true, this difficulty applies more on despite peace conferences and all passenger ships from Hongvertiser has no objection to any reigns.
diplomatic dissertations on the kong must call at Marivelel for salary", which means, we under- to the
stand, that he has many objections particularly
medical ultimate fraternity of mankind. quarantine examination.
to no salary educational and public works! However, mere criticism of such
His. Excellency the Governor departments. Various reasons things does not do away with the
fact that preparedness for has appointed provisionally and are put forward to account for possible strife is a-necessity, subject to His Majesty's pleasure, Treaty has been framed to answer this circumstance, but there if only to
we Mr. Chau Siu-ki to be an Unaffi-the old enquiry as to who put the in band-in Germany. ensure Lat appears to be a consensus of retain what is rightfully ours. cial Member of the Legislative gin in Virginia. opinion that the salaries offered. Only the rank pacifists can Council during the absence oa rail at the activities amongst the leave of the Hon. Mr. Chow together with other conditions of territories of our Empire-more} Shou-son. service are not sufficiently at- exposed than the Homeland to
It is notified that until a suc- tractive to indure the right type attack which tend to consolidate
our position. We make bold to cessor is appointed to the Right of man to leave the Old Country state that no-one with a proper Rev. D. Pozzoni, deceased, the Rev- for a Colony which is ten thou-sense of the fitness of things can C.M. Spada as Pro-vicar Apostolic sand miles distant and of, which bring himself to do aught than is, for the purpose of the Vicar term began on Wednesday.
encourage such matters as citizen Apostolic of the Roman Catholic training (such as the training Church Incorporation Ordinance, A form of labour, which doesn't imparted to Volunteers in the 1885, the Roman Catholic Dignit-pay is labouring under a delusion. Crown Colonies), or cadet service ary for the time being having the (such as exists in Australia). "If supreme ecclesiastical jurisdic
Roman Catholic such there be, then mark him well," tion in the
possible applicants for post can have very little real knowledge That, as we say, is the general impression, and we have heard
it put forward not only by Gov-for he can have little national Church in this Colony. ernment servants in subordinate spirit-or spirit of any kind. positions but also by others who, And On Marksmanship.
so far as they are personally In a discussion of preparedness. concerned; have no complaint to one naturally-considering what
nake in this respect.
Building Ordinance Departments
OBITUARY.
MR. DAVID HORNSBY.
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Why not take advantage of the Bishops' visit to arrange a special service for shopkeepers'? One of the hymns could be: "What Will the Harvest Be?"
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It was bound to leek out-those Kowloon cricketers are good gardeners.
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modern warfare requires of the average man-turns to the sub- During one stage of the disject of "being able to shoot is with much regret that we was emptied into the gutters in sound firm" here. We would
It is in the rifle record the death of Mr. David Ice House Street last week "had recommend the cussion at Thursday's meeting of straight."
clubs all озере the Empire, Hornsby, a young ships draughts- been adversely affected by a saloon beneath our office. - the Legislative Council there and at the ranges wherever men man employed at the Kowloon thunderstorm." Suppose the bang
"Leeks were a very strong seemed some probability of inter-are practising, that one of the Docks, who only arrived in the had gone out of it
class," says the Telegraph raport esting official information being chief items in the equipment of Colony some four months' ago.
knowledge of a fighting man is He succumbed yesterday follow- What between the Yunnanese of the Flower and Vegetable given on this question at least, being acquired. Das recalls how ing an operation for appendicitis and the Hunanese. Dr. Sun must Show. Onions too, we suppose. so far as it concerns the Public the men who devoted much of at the French Hospital, at the be having an uneasy time of it. Work Department. Mr. Pollock their leisure before 1914 to drilling age of 26 years. During his brief had spoken of the Survey and and shooting-and even youths residence in the Colony, he made'
"Britain's Boxer Indemnity who went Scouting-were looked many upon with a deal of good-natured popular with his colleagues, who should be applied to the pension bestos notes. being seriously under-manned, amusement. But it not our object are greatly grieved at his de-ing off of Beckett.
Much sympathy will be
In London, a man recently and he wanted to know when the to stress the point of how the first mise.
The bankruptcy of the Wagner- shot a women through the bat. shortcoming would be remedied years of war proved what those felt for the deceased's parents.
men and youths had learned. Alas! brother and sister in the Home-lian Opera Company should be a If it was an old hat she will pro The reply given by the Director that there were not more of them land.
warning to those who think of bably recover, r There was a big gathering at the taking up German notes. of Public Works did not strike then. We should like, however,
Sir Lionel Earle refers to the usas being unduly informative.to mention the pleasure it gives funeral, which took place at the to note that keeness has not cemetery at Happy Valley yester-
Mr. Passyfoot Johnson is re-, O.B.E. as the "Victoria Cross of Aracag He spoke of a mere four men abated, and rifle-shooting bids fair day afternoon having been obtained, of their to become one of the great national present were Mr. 1. M. Dyer Chief Dorted to have said I'm not civil life." It's & cross all right,
By Manager), Mr. E. Cock (Aesistant going to die, till the whole world but not that sort. the way out--or, at sports of the British race. least, we have received notice yesterday's mail came further Manager), Messrs. E. L. Hosie, Tis dry." We add to the rythmic.
evidence of the great work the Neave, H. Scott, R. 1. Nicholson utterance: Beat Methusalah, that they are to come." Later National Rifle Association is Manager Cosmopolitan Dock, W. Yet, we still will be wet." he admitted that "considerable doing in the way of fostering J. Matthews. J. 8. MeIntosh,
"Indian Trouble: More Brew- difficulty" had been encounter marksmanship amongst the boys M. Stevenson, J. B.. Hamilton
of the Empire. New honours are W. Patton, V. Ramsay, the Chinese ing," says Telegraph headline. ed in getting men and spoke of to be won this year by the young draughtsmen and others. Those Some folk have a queer idea of
wreaths were His trouble. one who had withdrawn after rifleshots, whom statistics show who sent having been engaged. Mr. are coming forward in greater loving mother and father, sister numbers to compete in the Em- and brother, lice, Mr. and Mrs. Creasy was asked for reasons for pire-wide contests. Last year Nicholson, Mr. and Mrs. Neave, the difficulty in securing men, 2,578 boys, teams entered the lists, Mr. W. J. Matthews and family but he could give none, and it in Great Britain, the Dominions, Mr. N. Stevenson. Messrs B. M.
It was appropriate that a polica and Protectorates. Dyer, Ramsay, B. H
officer named Cashman should be was left for His Excellency to Colonies hazard the opinion that they men of the future, a nucleus who Smyth. Mr
These competitors will form the Church, J. B. Hamilton, J. Dixon, and 3. Steel,
It is said that during the recent on the spot when gambling was
His captives were net available owing, to are learnig the elements of dis- Messrs E. Cock, G. White. W. Mexican election several men toward. interruption in training during cipline and self-reliance; and Itcbson, A. Duncan, Meintosh, failed to vote because they had dollar-ous crew, snybow.
even if the world becomes Mr. and Mrs. Baxter, Mr. and Mrs. no ammunition. the war. With due respect,
Newcomers who have taken up better place to live in and they Hartley, Mr. W. Cochrane, Mr. J. we venture the opinion that!
Leading a double life usually, the study of Cantonese say it's a never be called upon to test 0. McLuggan, the Kowloon Dock
Chinese makes it shorter.
Dyér-Ballical language. this explanation does not go their skill, they will have been Recreation Club, the
draughtsmen, and many others. to the root of the trouble. It made into good, useful citizens.
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