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for, above all else, he has shown MAR himself a Governor of kean in- sight into all matters.command.
SPRING HINGES ing his attention a man who
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HOW QUIOTLY NATURE PALIS INTO REVOLT WHEN GOLD BI- wants to know the why and the COMES HEROBJECT.-Shakespeare. wherefore of everything with
The Board of Education is to which ha in concerned. We should regard it as a short-sight-meet on Wednesday afternoon. ed policy were he now, at this
A uptice of interest to lady juncture in the Colony's affairs, members of the Golf Club appears Cto be transferred elsewhere. May on Page 4 to-day
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There is no trulb in the rumour. Bully-boaf would have been, that, in order to facilitate the good dish at the Hockey Club acclimatisation of Government dinner,
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from Caylon, the Forestry De- We recently read that married partment is busily ́engaged in men live longer than bachelors. preparing plans for a Cinnamon This looks like Leap Year Garden.
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The long remain to direct the do-
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A Telegraph correspondent was made to refer the other day to gorilla warfare.” The educated compositar must have been “8. C. A" in future will, mean monkeying around.
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His-Excellency the Governor "Sorry, Can't Appear."
If we were a dentist, we should. One of the factors in favour of has appointed Dr. J. C. Dalmahor
The language of dance music be overjoyed to have our land- the scheme for a local passenger Allan to be a Member of the Pdepo; is, as its author observes, Medical Board for a further term seems to appeal to some of our lord as a patient.
dashing lady-killing youths, es- pecially when it happens to be
that it will form a much-needed of three years. check on the introduction of dis-
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His Excellency the Governor Hawaiian. ease into the Colony. With its' position of one of the world's has reappointed Dr. Gladys
robbers gagged their grest ports, Hongkong requires Mande Frager to be a Member of more than a cursory quarantine the Midwives Board for a further victims with old socks. This was probably more effective than chloroforming them.
Nystem. The time arrived several term of three years,
years ago, in fact, when a port
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The Prince of Wales is still unmarried. He's known as the world's greatest diplomat.
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A mail paper reports the retire- ment of a Mr. Damms, the third generation in an unbroken lins of Parish Clerks. Three Damins in health department on a large The Gazette contains regula-
They were evidently believers succession, and possibly Damms Yscale was necessary. In the not tions under the Liquors Ordin
very distant future, when the ance requiring intoxicating liquor in the literal application of the for ever. disease-checking machinery of to be sealed over the corks with injunction: "Give 'em Socks." the League of Nations-recently Duty Paid " labels. set in motion in the Near East-
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The Telegraph.
HONGKONG, 29th March, 1924
OUR GOVERNOR.
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Hongkong wanta, more typhoon has spread its activities to this Inland Lot No. 2463, situate on warnings. We favour fewer ty- part of the world, it will be some-Kennedy Road, is to be sold by phoons. thing for us to have already in auction on the 14th instant. It operation a system of thorough contains about 20,030 square feet examination of possible carriers of and the upset price is $20,530. malignant infection; a small-scale
Our latest barrister comes from Kenya. Kenya beat it ?
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Ellis Island as it were. The vastly The annual cricket match bo One thing about being a night growing population of this Colony tween the Past and Present off watchman is that he's due for bed is a menace of a kind in its on Queen's College is to take place just as we make tracks for the way, and if other evils are to be to-day on the Indian Recreation office. added the problem might become Club Ground at 2.15 pm sharp, very grave before long. As it is,
When shroffs take up aviation the Government are faced with
His Excellency the Govenor we shall all be going in for these the question of how many hund- reds of morally undesirable has appointed the Hon. Mr. H. E round-the-world flights. characters are coming in month Pollock, E.C., to act as Attorney
A ship's crew are said to have Sir Edward Stubbs is now in by month; and if that matter General during the absence on
whilst on the fifth year of his Governor-proves a difficult one to remedy, leave of the Hon. Mr. J. H. Kemp seen thousands of green saakes a voyage recently. They must have been stuck on ship of this Colony, and, as we how much worse will be continued.C., C.BE
asyiam here for bringers of
In our report (appearing on the bar at their last port. The contemplate that thought, the disease? query naturally arises as to how epidemic of small-pox seems but another page) of the Inter-School long His Excellency is to remain a foretaste of what might menace sports there is a slight errror. St. Hongkong at subsequent periods. Paul's defeated St. Joseph's and with us. Looking over the list of In short, the suggested depot not St. Stephen's College in the Past Governors, we find that for the dust examination of im-championship shield contest.
How doth the little busy their terms of office have, in migrants has everything to rom-
His Excellency the Governor B's...?" A Bishop, a Broker mend
and we it recent times, generally varied inauguration will be a matter of has appointed Hon. Mr. R. H. and a Boxer recently left Hong- between three and five years, just so long as the assembling of Kotewall to be a Member of the kong by the same steamer. although some occupants of the the necessary machinery willAuthorized gubernatorial chair have had even require.
sarere recent
trust its
Architects* Com- mittee during the absence on leave of the. Hon. Mr. Chow Shou-son.
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Being minus its Blair, the Chamber of Commerce will now have to blow its own trumpet.
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Bishops and carols should go together, but probably the broker could show the boxer a point or two in the matter of Ba
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Church News-Worry less about what you are after here, and more about what you are bereafter.
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If the Heir Apparent gets any more painful accidents, we shall be tempted to call him the Prince of Wails.
The Post is to be congratulated in being the first newspaper to announce the passing of the
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There is no truth, however, in the rumour that the same drastic step will be taken in regard to
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They're going to tax atrated waters, of all things, in Canton. Our chief pan-maker says he can't understand the authorities being Shameen.
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"Most Chinese soldiers fight best when their pockets empty," says the Canto & Gazette. That being the case, Dr. Sun's troops should soon wipe the opposition out.
Who was the star tum at the Star last Sunday-in the audiance?
longer spells of authority. We Traffic Reform. presume that. in the naturall
Great changes for the goodmay
A military court of enquiry is order of things, Sir Edward be looked forward to as a result
Far be it from us to rake up of the traffic reforms which the to be held on Monday to enquire
We are asked if we are in it would Stubbs would be leaving as in Police are about to institute in into and report upon the circumst local disputes, but
sympathy with the idea of ap the cear future, but we are the city. One of the worst ances under which a pony was appear that ability to handle a strongly entertaining the hope features of Eastern roads is the drowned during the disembarka-spade is, in some quarters, not plying the trade mark law to the that it will be made possible for impediment which slow-moving tion of animals from the ss, regarded as qualification for a products of Chinese hens. The
vehicles cause to fast, modern Ichang.
seat amongst the dandy lions of answer is in the eggative. the Colony. him to put in a further term of transport; and on the other hand
Quite
a number of people office.
wanted to know the reason for the Resolute being under the Panama flag. The solution is the solution.
one of the chief dangers faced It is notified that, at the ex- by users of the leisurely modes piration of three months, the Ex- of locomotion is this same swift treme Orient Trading Company, cause is traffic. For many years to come. Limited will, unless
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Suppose we shall now be told
we're having a dig at somebody.
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Possibly Leap Year accounts for the fact that Easmaites have refrained from organising cabaret concerts and dances this year.
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During the period of his Gov vernorship. Sir Edward Stubbs has proved himself one of the the mutual satipathy of rickshas shown to the contrary, be struck| for motor-cars, and rice perse, off the register and the company ables and most far-sceing ad-will continues and as the former will be dissolved. ministrators this Colony has ever must long remain a necessary had. Young in years compared means of getting about the place, In the Open Billiards Cham-
the only thing left for the pionship last night, at the V.R.C It is computed that. Kowloon's with past occupants of the post authorities is a mitigation of the an interesting match was played motor buses use 9,999 gallons of he has, none the less, brought & evil caused by indiscriminate when Mr. C. Earnshaw met Moil per annum. They receive no wise head and progressive ideas loitering of rickshas. We feel sure H. C. Balchin. The former won allowance from the Govenment to bear on the many problems that whatever seeming hardship by 800 to 599. The winner's for laying most of it on the main with which this Colony has been might be placed in the way of the highest break was 36 and the roads:
users of these man-pulled vebi-loser's 22. confronted during the past five cles by the new law compelling
A London brids of three weeks A slight correction has to be is seeking a divorce. She must years. There is no need at the rickshas to wait in side streets moment for us to enumerate the will be cheerfully borne as soon made in the comment appearing have been hugging a delusion.
As the benefits of the scheme be in to-day's Motor Supplement on splondid services he has rendered realised. We find one indication, the Thornycroft cup competition. A wealthy New York woman to the public here, but there is at however, of the Police authorities The cap is to be awarded to the offered surgeons least one respect in which he has not going far enough. There is owner of the successful" vehicle. amount if they could graft to her earned the gratitude of the whole half-way concession to pedes and the prize of $100 is a special own throat the vocal chords of a
trians in the case of the level sec-inducement to the drivers. The grand opera singer. community, of whatever national- tion of Ice House Street. We cap, which is of handsome design, its. We refor to the firm stand he adhere to the opinion that the is now on show in the window ofĮ has taken on the rents question, true measure of traffic reform the Hongkong Hotel Motor. De will be reached when that portion
partmant showing in unmistakable manner of the road is entirely barred to that he is the tenant's friend. In wheeled traffic of all kinds, and Mr. Tom Callahan, in the em all his work, Sir Edward Stubbs made an exclusively pedestrian ploy of the China Sun Motion has worthily apheld the tradit- thoroughfare. We hope that Picture Co., who was yesterday ions of the office, and in hand- the regulations for any ricksha reported by the Company to be have to callit Gland Opera.
missing." turned up last night| ling big questions he has invar-to pass through "Brokers' Alley,"
some day it will be a breach of
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A Canton paper ways two lakhs of dollars have been raised to pay the Hananese troops' travelling expenses from Canton to the East River front. Railway rates must be terribly high these days.
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"Piracy in Chinese Waters," says a newspaper heading We prefer Victoria Vat in Pyerisy waters.
"Singapore
Another heading: Base." The man next door also fabulous sings one.
While there are many singers whose voices need amputating.
we are not in favour of them being grafted on to other people.
If that were done, we should
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The Polo Club may more to We hope they and a grava crime for one of these at the offices of the S. C. M. Post of iably displayed qualities vehicles to halt there, with its and stated that he was surprised Happy Valley.
news circulated with won't have to chukkaway much true statesmanship. His social shafts protruding into the fair-at the activities (not forgetting his way, as is the present practice. regard to hin. He said he had money on the transfer,
bean on leave in Kowloon for the past few days and he understooā penchant for humorous speeches)]
s bridge. To that the Company knew his span her troubles, we suppose." have yet further added to his
whereabouts. popularity. In view of these considerations, and others which
Canton wants
Mr. Daugherty has accepted the American public's verdict with resignation.
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Although the gentleman who emtrolled cus of the tennis matches yesterday was a game umpire, he had "the double ad- vantage of winning the love of the players and causing a dence "of a racket among the spectators. It appeared odds on that he was courting disaster.
A London woman got fifteen. days, forbiting a policeman. suppose it was retaliation for being pinched.
It's a wonder many more do not receive injuries "esused- by
buildings. lasting in the vicinity of new
When the 8. Or Les cas
MATSHED FIRE. A fire occurred last night in Walking along the streets, take "A Kongmoon correspondent writes Maybe the bark of might also be cited, we cannot the Kowloon City district, in care you don't bump into a burly,] help feeling that if there is any volving two matsheds, which good-looking Fian-for he is the these rumour is worse than their possibility of His Excellency were completely gutted The world's champion strong man. So bite, but they borrow wings from outbreak first occurred at the convinced is ha of his supremacy the fact that enormous numbers being moved to another sphere, home of a female market that when he appears in the Star of soldiers have recently, arrived. every effort should be made to gardener, and, fanned by a strong Theatre to-morrow to open's brief The situation being so serious, we back to Hongkong recently police six pistols and smmunf prevent such a contingency. wind, was communicated to Kowloon season he will offer would advise Dr. Son to put his Cept. Loud banded over to th tion. Cheers for Loud loud ones, There are big questions shend another structure nearby used as $1,000 reward to anyone who can foot down with a firm hand.
sleeping quarters by the fokis of perform his long list of seemingly
A poli man which require the presence, as the Tan On Sugar factory, of impossible feats. It is only recess- the head of the Government, of a No. 86 Shapo. Villagers and sary to add that this strong man Sessions man who hase thorough grasp police constables who arrived on is Peter Limutkin, who claims invesÁPA
the scene in response to the call also the heavy weight wrestli
this for of local needs and conditions dealt with the outbreak but championship-of the
m the job qui That qualification is possessed to without much result The how challenges an
Colony for a mate the full by Sir Edward Stubbs, damage is estimated at $300.
at the Landon fessed that in Lots of people going Home get storing accident their names in the papers these the distance with days. We don't blame them
of doing the They've got to
getting valus for.
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