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PIRATES NEAR MACÃO,

SEVEN CORPSES FOUND FLOATING.

(Our Own Correspondent à

Muono, July 14.

KOWLOON BAND CONCERT.

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TUESDAY, JULY 15, 1924

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Owing to a misunderstanding, it was orroneously announood in the morning papors to-day, that the Kowloon Band Concert, K. U. C. On Saturday, pirates made an which had to be postponed last U. 9. R. G. attempt to raid the Malowchowaight owing to inclement weather I. R. C. Customs Station (Lappa District). was to take place on Thursday C. R. C. It they were unsuccessful, as next. This is not so, and Kow-II. K. C. C. I.. their intention had been pro-loon's first concert will take place University viously discloned.

on Monday, July 28th, at 9 pm.

Offalo, pirates hava boen activo in this locality, and yostording there was a grim reminder of this fact when the corpses of sovep Chinese, all bound tightly to- gothor with thick ropes, wore found floating in the hairbone. It is presumed that these word the hodios of hostages hold by the piratos. and that as the ramon lemanded had not been forthcom ing, thog wore all led together and thrown overboard from some¡ pirato vassel.

KONGMOON NEWS.

BLACKMAIL BY PIRATES. (Our Own. Correspondent.)

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Jargo University quantity of red phosphorus wat C. de R. dostroyed.

K. C. C. (B).. The damage is considerable.-C. C. C. (A).. Daily Bulletin.

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CORONET THEATRE.

A NOTABLE FILM.. If Mark Twain's great book, The Princo and the Pauper," deserves the author's description as "a story for young people of oil ages," not less, dros the film, Bow showing at the Coronot) Theatre undor the same name, the producers having caught the spirit which animated the original work and with rare skill infused it into the picture.

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ANOTHER ACCOUNT. Another version of the finding of those bodion states that they wore mon bolonging to one of Dr. Suu's milllary forces which into conflict with hind come

force also owning another allegiance to Dr. Sun. It is raid that these rival forvos went to Kum Tau Wan, about ten miles from Macao, for the purpose of collecting revenue due on rice fields, totulling about a lakh of dollars, and, that ghting broke it hot woon them. The victorious force captured forty of the other side, and rather than keep them in custody they tied thom to- gether in various lots and throw them into the water. Over fifty:story of "The Prince and the peasants' buts in the fields are Pauper" will be intercuted in a also said to have been burned brief summary of a tale that will never dio. Its principal figures are down.

two boys who bear a marvoilour I resemblance to each other.. though one is heir to the English Throno and the other is Tom Canty, the son of a thief. The period is 1537. Thu, two boys moet in a plausible manner and Kongmoon, July 14th. the Prince, in a spirit of mischief, A recent ruport indicates that orders Ton to chango clothon after some indecisive fighting be- [with him that ho may explore twoon the pro-Chan and pro-Sun Tom's haunts, while the latter forcon, the former have gained romains in the Palaco attired isce the slin outline of the full thi another definite step forward the royal robes. Then the drama! by taking Holping City, and aro begins. For the Prince cannol working their way down from return to the Palace, nor can Yanping and Hoiping. Wounded Tom oscape. Neither boy is bo- soldiers are scan returning to level when he tells the truth Chekhom, and a large number about his identity and each is of dead bodies floating down the thought to be mad. The offorts river from the Yanping crook. of the Princs to escape from the The Hop Koo towboat, which lawless band who hold him and was on the Kongmoon-Shokki return to his rightful place pro- run and whien was recently vide many exciting incidents as pirated near Ngoihai, bas ruceir, well as some vory pathetic mo- a blackmailing letter from ments: while Tom'ssorryattempts the gong of pirates concerned. at princely dignity are highly domanding a sum of $2,100 as amusing. This fascinating story compensation for expenses of of mistaken identity is played in

munition and provisions in magnificent settings-pelacos,} curred in the said piracy. An a courtyards, cathedrals and pio-j result of this Intimidation, the turquo etroots, announced rusumption of tho service has been put off by the

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Altogether "The Prince and the Pauper" is one of the most notable pictures of the year.

TWO-MINUTE TALKS A Daily Tonte

By ROBERT POWER

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GOVERNOR'S TRAGIC DEATH. Mr. W. S. Royce, who had just · been appointed Governor of Tas- mania, died on the top of a "bua in London on route to the House of Commons last month. Mr. Royce started life as an apprentice to a builder and then went to South Africa at the age of eighteen, eventually becoming Managing Director of the Trans- vaal Engineering and Contracting| Company at Johannesburg. Re-i turning to England, be twice was recorded by Mr. Piozzi;**|| fought the flolland Division as น Umönist in 1910 and as th cannot exactly tell you who he is,

He had and I would loath to speak ill of Labourite in 1918. any person who I do not know recently become a large Takl desorves it. But I am afraid he owner in the Spalding district. is an attorney,"

MY LEGAL ADVISER.

My Legal Advisor is a gentle man I hope to son as little, as possible in his official rapacity, But sometimos he is indispon Bible.

Although technically I am sup posed, as a good citizen, to under- But let us not forget that inw stand the Law, for, ignorance is lessees makes the lawyer busy no excuse for an infraction, yet and a love of litigation fills his It has grown so complicated that blue bag with papers. How many

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me if I sot foot in its maize. The and obstinacy to carry him. It is pitiful the sufferings so' old proverb, "The law was made into court. When his cause many children endure when their for the lawyers to grow fat on,' fails, ho will often turn toeth are coming through. Now: is another way of saying it is an round and abuso his logal advisor, with Baby's Own Tablets ready complicated that it is almost who may quito possibly have at hand any paront in able to impossible to understand, and done his best to dissuade him from sposdily alleviate these toothing requires one trainod in its sub- taking procoodings. A good pains and thus bring peace and tleties to sot it in motion.

lawyer advison to the host of his comfort to the tortured little ono.

In the old days light was the ability: if that wise counsel is Road this mother's ovidence :- Law. Foreo rulod, and if there touted, then he must do his best "My baby was very ill whon) was a clash, the wonker went to to help his cllout win. One of the culting his tooth and greatly the wall. That primitive Instinct oldost proverbs in our language troubled with tooth-rasb, infiamod still persists in human naturo, sayo: Virtue in the middle; mouth`und norvousness", writos i and you may often sou it break aft the devil, when sonted Mrs. W. Pelham, of McCreary, out in acts that shook us by thoir between two lawyers,"

Manitoba. "Ho was unable to. orudonoss, But generally We But there is another Legal take food for two days owing to behave in a more refined fashion Advisor who serves every man ulcorated mouth, but after giving and do our fighting by, proxy faithfully and freely. Conscience him Baby's Own Tablots the soru Or, as it is said, wo go to will always witness the right of mouth soon heated and his health

Fow people have a good word any controversy or course of improved in ovory way."

conduct. Pride and Prejudice.. Many other mothers toll of to say for lawyers. They have those two rascally attornies," similar experiences. Baby's Own always had a bad name. Wo remember the pungent remark of will try to represent the case in Tablets also have a romarkable a mannor pleasing to our self-record as a remedy for such com Lord Brougham himself a mom-

Intprost. Wo may addopt their mon ailments of Infants and young bor of the Bar. "A lawyer is a gentleman who'rescues your estate advico, and if we do wo certainly children as cimple fovor, indiges- tion, constipation, collo, vomiting, from your enemies-and koops it shall no it,

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