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Peps

For THROAT, CHEST & LUNGS

To ward off coughs, colds, and night chills,

and to protect throat, chest and lungs against- climate and disease, everybody needs Peps.

As Peps tableta dissolve in the mouth they give off medi- cinal fumes that carry soothing and healing benefits to the entire breathing syajem. Inflarnostian or soreness in the throat er bronchiale is quickly alfayed, coughs and golds are nipped in the bud, and the chest and lungs are strengthened infine

against Bronchitis, Asthma, and Paeumonia.

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THE - HONGKONG - TELEGRAPH,

PAWNBROKER ARRESTED,

TOOK ADVANTAGE OF BOYISH THEFT.

The master of the Ting Yupn pawn shop was the defendant in n Pase before Mr. R. E. Timisell, yesterday, being charged with not giving a receipt to a small boy who pawned a gold bangle at the shop.

Evidone was given to the effect that on the 4th ist, a boy, Li Sju- kin, took his mother's gold bangle from a drawer and gave it to another boy, Li Jing tai, who pawned it. The pawnbroker told the boy that if he would pawn tho, bangle for good and give back the ticket he would rercive another extra, The bay agreed sad the

handed over to of $47 โทรฟ him. The two young scamps then spent all the money between them.

A few days later the pawnbroker went to the first boy's parents and told them that he was willing to let them redeem, the article and have the matter dropped at that. The boy's mother informed hini. that she had already reported the matter to the police and that she was leaving Ure matter in their hands.

Before the case was tuhjourned Mr. M. K, Jan, who appeared for the delene, on applying for bait. said that he could see no resson why the fun was arrested instead of making him-appear on akum. LIKTS. Sub-Inspector Clark then told his Worship that he Wax making enquiries into the "ase and defendant was going round and fampering with the people, nó hại was arrested. Alter Sore argument Mr. Lindell said that it he been! in the Inspector's place he would have done the same, and fixed bail

at $230.

BANDITS IN TUNG KOON.

A STRONG BÅND.

Since their defeat at the hands

of Gen. Li Funk Lain's men lately, the bandits in Tung Koon under Lau Pat-tsai have gone over to the village of Won Tong, which they attucked on March, 20. The vil huge volunteers resisted the attack (and suceeded in killing' six of

them.

arrived.

FRIDAY,

1924

SYNCHRONOME

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Is The Idea A Pagan

Survival?

winding attention.

WHAT IS COLOUR?

.....

Effects Of Light.

Members of the West of Eng- land Contro of the Printers' Man- ager and Ovorseers' Association epent an interesting and instruc- tive time when Mr. A. E. Bawtroo gave an illustrated lecture on Colour," the other day. There was a large attendance.

The orgin of All Fools' Day on the 1st of April is lost in the mists of prohistoric solar mythi- eism, in all probability. Thero is a remarkable dearth of referonce to any such custom in the ancient literatures, but it soomslikely that it is a festival dependant, as all the major festivals are, on thesident of the branch, introducing rocurrence of the four crucial the lecturer, said their Centro points in the solar year, the

was the youngest, but it was equinoxes and the solstices. We composed of a number of men know that some sort of fooling whose aim in life was to loave used to follow the conclusion of

the printing trade botter than

of

Mr. James Bowen, the pro-

they found it, and who looked upon it as a duty, which every man owed his

profession to do something to lift its status and increase its usefulneas, Mr. Bawtree was one the greatest authorities on light and colour. in the world, and they felt honoured that he had specially from London to give. theni the benefit of his ex- perience and the result of his latest experiments..

come

Mr. Rawiree was listened to with rapt attention

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the spring festivals in Greece and Rome, and still further back we have a very ancient Indian cus- tom of celebrating the 31st. of March as a sort of general fooling day, it being in certain dis- tricts, and amongst certain races or subraces, a common trick to The robbers senches the place sand the unsuspecting on long about op.a. that day. The fight errands to more or less mythical ing continued natil about sc'elek, personages. This is a common the next morning, when the robbers trick even down to to-day in reinforcemente

Their some countries of Western Eur strength being thus meresed, they opo, whore, whatever may have finally severeded in entering the boon the prime origin of the set- villnge, in which they killed more ting apart of this day for cum-dealt with the fascinating sule than-fen-of-the-villagers-and-took (mon foolery, the day snams jeer, illustrated by a coloured awis eattle and nuties of eat, specially to have been chosen bedie Tele. He emphasised the fact This band number sine three cause it was the first day after that every substance destroyed

the cloto of the religious ritos hundred men. They are wyll arni connectod with the return ed, having several machine guns spring, the 1st of April being the and some ghty Mansers, which octave of the 25th of March The they took when the Allied tropps, very wide-spread religious cale- left Sheklung last your-faufon.

bration of the first seven days of Gazette:

spring, when very often a sumás what sovere discioline was ex ercised, was more or loss natur- ally followed by a day of laxity and even licence, and our mild jokes are its vestigial survivals. With the institution of Chris-bo tianity as the official religion of "Lucky" Black Cat For the Roman Empire, a good many of the precedent paganisms were Destroyer.

taken over, but April Fool Day "Bright and snappy

minds Heros to have escaped the gon-

Colour, possesses three pro- were evidently at work on the oral incorporation, perhaps be-

andi special Admiralty Committee cause it savoured too much of porties huc, intansity. that has just completed its three things about which the less said Purity. Adding any pigment to another destroyed part of its years' task of deciding the badges the botter.

power of reflection and its intens- conts-of-arms" for all the

It has been said that English-ity and purity. The whole ques ships of the Navy.

The rather broad humour that meu, at any rate; take their tion of pigment mixing was that characterised, some of the old for that matter, and we certainly got loft what nolther of the pleasures sadly. Most of us do of mutual destruction, and they badges has been rigidly suppress do not get the boisterous fun this by means of a colour-meter ingradients destroyed. He showed od in the selection of the now.

out. of life that .our Instead the committos aimed at

of his own invention. little

or

WARSHIPS' COATS-OF-ARMS.

וי

OUR ANCESTORS' JOKEJ.

a "bright and anappy appropriate Castors did. Our mild

jokos on the first of April

ness." Here are some of the re-, are insignificant indeed besides aulte

azure.

colour, and did not create it, us it was at one time supposed, For instance, the vinlet appeared to be violet because it destroyed every other colour which feli upon it from the white lights, and only left its own colour. A fundamental law WAS that colour depended on the light which fell upon a substance, and was not an inherent property of the substanco itself. There could no colour without light. Ho exemplified this by various lights thrown on tho soreon. Substances destroyed nearly all the colour which fell upon them, and reflect. ad the remainder..

those of, for example, Horne April fooling, Thus, we "find Badge of destroyer Umpiro A Tooke, who sent out hundreds of Swift, in his letters to Stella.. pair of scales in gold on a blue invitations for a reception at a enters under the 31st March 1713 ground, with the motto "Without famous ducal house in London, that himself, Dr. "Arbuthnot and Favour."

and watched the hundreds of ac- Lady Masham had boon "con- Badges of cruisor Inconstant-captors arriving in their cabrio- triving a lie" for the next day. A A golden butterfly on a field of lots: or either, of that vast boax person named Noble had been when literally thousands of per-hanged a fow days" before, Sterling (destroyer) in rod sons received cards of admission Thelio" that these thras con- on a gold ground.

to, the Tower of London, on the costed. was that this man bad Wakeful (destroyer) An oye 1st April 1860, bearing the legend: come to life again and his body with golden rays issuing from it "Admit the Boaror and Friend to had been handed over to his and the motto Catch a Weasel, View the Annual Ceremony of friends but had once more been. Asleep

Whahing the White Lions, on flaid hold of by the Sheriff and Waitley (destroyer) Speaker's Sunday the 1st April. "Admission, now lay at the Black Swan in the maco in gold with red background only at the White Gate: It is custody of a mossanger. "We are. bartloularly requested that"No all;" says Swift, "to sond to our and motto Bilense Is Golden."

Turbulent (destroyer) Golden Gratulties be given to the War Triends, to know whether they band grasping a club surrounded; „dens or their Assistants. Hund-know anything of it, and so we with state with motto Keep rods of cabs arrived at the White hoped it will spread Next day. Quidf

Gate of the Tower and it is said the bitter Doan sint, a messenger RAWitob (destroyer). A black dat that the colour of the atmosphere, to the house of one of bis frionás under

became a decided blue

to know whether he had heard Sesam

The literaturo of the

anything of it but the fr not no the Dean's concludes

(Miroraft ourrier)A cantury, from ! The

orown

(not of agurse the Peoken Cand-korgan-known by the name

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CANTON ANNOUNCEMENT

We beg to announce to the Public of Canton that the firm of

J. T. SHAW

TAILORS AND OU' ITTERS have opened a branch at VICTORIA HOTEL BUILDING, SHAMEEN.

PRELIMINARY

ANNOUNCEMENT

Mr. F. C. BIGGINS, formerly with

T. SHAW of Pedder Street. Will commence business as Gentlemen's

HIGH CLASS · TAILOR at-7, Ice House St. (next Hughes & Hough)'

on April 1st, 1024. ATRIAL SOLICITED.

“Lady Di's”* Colour Hints

FOR THE FAIR

The charm of lain silky hair with its golden light, and alunale, and the blue eye, that en wich a skin of delicate culmutiny, int renhanced by Trucks syed in thợ delicate sisiles at Twink, esteri

ly the cal: Loks sind b

FOR THE DARK

Any of the warns rich shouke of Twak wil heighten the fast a stion alkuir "of ghops file,k with dark gɔgs and clear since skin, a fresh, bright complexion. There's a lovely Shade oi. Twink to suit every type of beauty and colouring Dye your frocks, blouses, jumpers, to the shade which best ber comes you. The Twink way. is so easy and sate. Follow the directions carefully

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Gram Geden

Lads Gerso

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