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TUESDAY, AUGUST

No ice, no electrio lights or fans, na olevatoru, no mosquito nets, vory. Hittle sanitation, and, of coures, no motor-cars or launch

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way of sport or social life. Thosol wore the times when life inust have been marked by a doal of [drudgery and discomfort, in (striking contrast to the ameniti as wo now enjoy and of which we jaro apt to think all too little. Wo have no desire to set back tho bands of the clock of timo, The best frame of mind for us all is to regard the present as the hest of all times.

1924.

DAY BY DAY.

FAITH IS THE CONTINUATION OF-REASON/-William-Adams. ..........

There was a clean bill of health in the Colony yesterday,

TWO-MINUTE TALKS A Daily Tonle

BY ROBERT POWER

WINGED WORDS.

I saw a telegraph boy pass my "Shall wo evor forgot that during The silk which loft hore by the window the other day. My eye the long days of the War, through- P. & O. e. Karmala on the 12th followed him until he gave his out the length and breadth of the July was delivered in Marseilles imperative rat-tat upon a door land the busy messengers were on the 11th August, a transit of and he delivered his message. diatributing those envelopes which.. 30 days.

Then he turned away, whistling contained the death-blow to many morrily. It may have boon as loving mother and wife Lot us The silk forwarded from here telogram of sorrow or of joy, but not lost the sense of those dark by the Emprosą of Canada on the to the lad it was all in his day's days when the women proved 19th July arrived in Now York work

their strength to "carry on " even Whatever the nature of the though the wounds of beroa vo- on the 9th August, having been, 21 days in transit.

messago, it was an urgent ong, mont wore blooding and their Along the wire fles the brief dear once were being out, down- The Observatory reports that words which may mean so much like corn by the roapers. at 6 o'clock this morning the to those toy whom they are

There is an urgency about a typhoon was in Lat, 25. Long addressed. If wo pould road telogram which commande atten- oarly stationary or slowly than as they pass unseen from tion. When thoro is placed in point to point, what an opitomo our hand the familiar buff-colour. moving south-west.

of human lifef The merchant in ad onvolope we do not cast it on For stealing 23 dozen pairs of his office tears open the cable one side and say, "Oh, to-morrow Books from the South China from boyond the seas and pales will do for this to be attended to!" Knitting Factory, an employee perhaps to read of some disaster. It seems stamped with urgoney.

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Roforoncos in the flome papers and In leitors describing the Hongkong section of the Empire Exhibition have repeatedly in- dicated that this Colony's effort other attempts to portray life. The discussion at the joint sentenced to one mouth's hard despatches from his Ambassadors life wo should do well if we could labour by Mr. E. W. Hamilton at in foreign capitals, knowing that make some of our actions mere

too ofton such messagon mitten in Hongkong a fow days the Kowloon Magistracy.

aro briof and significant, and our Issues of life or death. ago confirme this, and we think

words more sparing and emphatic. "Montal & Magnet the whole secrat of that success

Hoaling" The young bride laughs joyous. It was truly said of John Morley is embodied in the reference to will be the subject of this week'sly as she roads the congratulations by an admirer that he "talked the large body of Chinese who Public Lecture of the Hongkong received on hor marriagos. Por like a telegram." wore induced to go to the Ex- Lodge of The Theosophical haps in the same pouch the

Only the essential is found in hibition and reside at Wembley, Society, 16. and thus give the section a sem- Central, on Wednesday August volopo in which was news to those those winged words which are bianos of China; whilst duo 13th, at 3:45 pm. All are who have waited-to-know the sont over the wire. Thoro is no result of an operation upon some ropetition and rodundancy," for Bredit must be given the designer welcome. Advt. DEATHS:

and those who helped him to

dear one. Or, in a few brief words; ovory word must be paid for. carry out the illusion of a real Two fishing boat masters were may come the solemn words indi. Surely there is a losson in this, WEASER. At St. Paul's Hos- Chinese stroat and rostaurant. charged before the Marine cating that Death has stilled a that we should cut out the sup pital, on the 12th. inst. at 7 a.m., Wo read only the other day the Magistrate this morning with busy life. The winged words fly orfluous and got down to the Funeral will comments of a London paper, dredging in the harbour without from minute to minute, telling of strictly necessary in actions and Bo a telegram pass the Monument at 5 p.. which praised the Malaya section permission. It was proved that commerce, social ovente, of now conversations. to-day.

but regrotted the absence of they woro dredging in the lives born, of others hanging in talkor!

Winged words! Words that Malays capable of preparing for vicinity of the Loongsang wreck the balanco, and of those which

mattor. visitors a real curry, and in the for small places of brass and iron. have comed. samo sentence rejoiced that A fine of $5 each was imposed. · Hongkong had sent the cooke

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AHLBERG-On July 13, at Santa Cruz, California, Charley Ablborg, aged 62, after a short illness of four days, late of the Chinese Customs Borgica.

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HONGKONG, 12th Aug., 1924.

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Саяс

HUGE HAUL OF OPIUM.

HOME CRICKET.

SHANGHAI POLICE RAID DOPE HEADQUARTERS. Shanghai, August 12.

BAND CONCERNT.

BRYAN'S DOUBLE

CENTURY,

The United Services seorod 418, Blount contributing 61 and G. J. Bryan 229. Bryan batted for four hours, and hit 29 fours.

Blanckonborg took 4 for 92. The South Africans bad com- piled 148 for the loss of 4 wickets when stumps were drawn. COUNTY CONTESTS.

At Hastings, Kont beat BussEX by an innings and 122 runs. Sussex compiled-165, and then 148. Kont scored 435 (Woolley 108).

Gloucester beat Worcestor at Cheltenham by 19. Gloucester scored 114, and thon 159. Worces- ter compiled 114, Parkor taking 5 for 40, and then 68, Parker taking 5 for 38 and Milis 5 for 29,

At Sheffield, Yorkshire boat

and materials for genuino All the buoyant spirit of Chinese. "chow." It is grati youth, the honiely, philosophy fying to learn of the very good and breezy action with which prospects of selling the build-the notod author, H. C. Witwor, Ings of the Hongkong section always invests his storios - bas after the Exhibition closos, and been ratained in "The 4th Mus- to know that not only has this katoor." Johanie Walker's

London, August 11. Colony been ablo to give visitors latest and most engrossing 'film,

The match between the United an excellent Insight into the will be shown for the first timeSix hundred and sixty pounds Services and the South Africans nature and importance of tho at the World Theatre to-morrow. of opium, and more than a was resumed at Portsmouth in placo as a port and commercial

thousand dollars in cash, woro idea! weather, on a fast wicket. base, but the financial'aspect also As the result of a search mado seized yesterday afternoon by a The atendance was small. "THE GOOD OLD DAYS." leaves no cause for concern. All by the police at No, 7 Kwong police raiding party.

connected with the local effort Fuon Street, a Chinese appeared The seizure is onu of tho are to be heartily congratulated before Mr. R. E. Lindsoll at the largest aver made by the polico. The other day we happened on the result.

Central Magistracy to-day on a It is believed the raid hit at the across a paragraph to the effect

charge of possession of a revolver, headquarters of a huge, wholesale that it was nearly three hundred

which was found in a cupboard in combine, dealing in narcotics. the defendant's home at Kwong No arrosts were made.

When yours ago that forks were intro

Yuen Street. The There is something delightfully duced into England. prior to naive in the way the Soviet formally romanded. on an appremises were deserted, but there Was the police reached the place, the which time, it was added, people Government describes its pro-plication by the police.

was evidence of a hasty retreat. usad their fingers in order toliminary agreement with Gront

Tho opium is said to be worth Britain. To stato that the At Thursday's mooting of the dissect their food. This sot us principles of nationalising the Legislative Council the following

over fifty thousand dollars.- Reuter, | thinking of what we often hear big industrios and of caucelling Bills will come up for second 08 "the good old doble cannot be reversed, and in roading: Ordinance to amend daye." which wore three con-nood of a lean has made the to authorise the appropriation of the same breath declare that the the Piors Ordinance, Ordinnaco) turies ago almost at their height. British claims quite an ex-& supplementary sum of $2,028,- But wers they "good old daya" ceptional matter," is surely argu-038.03 to defray the charges of after all. Let us recall that in ment of a comically ingenuous the year 1923, and Ordinance to the sixteenth century

kind. Cithor the Moscow clique promote the rovision of the BIG CROWD AT KOWLOON Sewage are admitting that the agree-Ordina ces of Hongkong. systems were not in use.

There must have boen fully Rofuse vet is merely a foøler for

one thousand people assembled and dishwator were tossed into world recognition, or else they Owing to the difficulty of secur on the ground of the Kowloon Warwickshire by ton wickest. the gutters; and it is small are pandering to extre-ing a sufileiont number of men Football Club last evening, when Warwick compiled 170, and then

mist elements when they for the unit, principally because wonder that plagues made people claim to be still bent on up of many departures of Italians the Band of the 1st. Battalion, 107, Macaulay taking 7 for 65. dio off like flies. No-ano, in those holding their communistic from Shanghal, it has

East Surrey Regiment (under Yorkshire scored 275 (Sutcliffo Bandmaster Bradshaw) gave an-99), and then 4 runs without the days, had running water for principles. What the world ut decided to disband the Italian other public concort. The orop loss of a wicket--Reuter. kitchen or bath. Carrying water

largo will think. of such Company of the Volunteers, ing proved to be ideal regarding long distances in buckets or At least we can give the Soviet Municipal fiozette. The Italian weather, and although a large buying it from water carts could credit for maintaining the child-Consul General conveyed this number of chairs were provided not have been altogether attrac-like simplicity of the Muscovite information to the Municipal by the Committee in charge of

whon tive. It was really an age of motivos and hope of material

it openly declaros its Council on July 16.

the arrgangement, there was a' shortage of seating accommoda- discomforts and inconveniences, advantage through a grudging The rocont increa e in

TWO ARRESTS AT tion, so large was the attendance. There were

The bandstand was again very not po number of Filipino stowaways

MARSEILLES. labour-saving concession. We are dovicey, and women worked

simistic, but would prefer that to Hongkong has led the Admiral prottily illuminated.

Paris, August 11. something more concreto bo Oriental Lino (operating the The programme rendered was themselves into thoir graves shown before describing the Presidont

The Marsoilles pólico kavo vossols) to give an excecilingly good one and all prematurely as a consequence. Anglo-Russian conference as a publicity to the local court pro-prosent thoroughly ap-arrested two Greek sailors who Ignorance and medical suporsti- auccess, or oven describing the ceedings, and punishments in-preciative of the band's delight bought arms and ammunition rosult as an agreement. It is an flicted, in the Manila newspapers, ful playing. The following wore which they intended to load on a tion were frightful; morals were arrangement whereby both par-This should have a deterrent the selections rendered

ship bound for China. Havas. low, and crime was far more tlos agree to agree at some effect on would-be stowaways to 1. Overture," Tam o' Shantor" | prevalent than now. We aup-futuro dato, and with the com- this port. As the Magistrato ro- (Drysdale.) pose one of the reasons why this muniques which the Moscow marked in a racont case, there 2. Scenes Espagnolea, “Sovil.

Government soenw bont on was a prospect of the local gaol[Jana" (Elgar.) WITH NEW COMFORT has porsisted so long is that there is danger of the affair mon.

myth of the "good old days" issuing to an expectant world, becoming crowded with those 3. Selection, "I Lombardi

(Vordi.) they have

painted in developing into one of the bigget |

4. Paraphrase, “ Ye Bauks an ' Braos" (Kappor.) rumantic colours by flotion farces in the history of inter-

national polities.

5. Valse Tristo (Sibalius.) writers: The novelist Riade ovan an old - time dungeon alluring. The truth was, of SHARE MARKET. coureo, that it was damp, cold,

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bo abortly taking up an appoint thou in the cauld blast; (b) ment here as inspector of Chinese "The maybolls and the flowers" schools, says the Afulay Mail (Mendelssohn.) (Kuala Lumpur.) Mr. Lam Tung 7. Selection, "La Bohome, ia graduate of the Hongkong (Pucolni.y

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CHINESE GETS THREE MONTHS.

A charge of unlawfully break- lug into No. 4, Cheung On Stroot, Kowloon City, and atoal ng 39 plecos of clothing, valued

at 870, was brought against an unemployed Chinese before MË Tann-W. Hamilton, at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning, 9. (a) Prelude in O. Sharp-

Defendant ploaded that he Minor (Rachmaninoff); (b) Soh- went through an open door, and, lummerlied (Schumann.)

seeing the clothing already led 10. The Songs of

Harry up in a bundle, he took itak {Laudor,'

dark, and infested with rate. SILANGHAI QUOTATIONS. Wardore were brutal Justice| Mosers. Ellis and Co. have University. He obtained a B. A. 8. Grand March, was slow; penalties, were so vore kindly supplied us with the in English and Chinese in 1916, and food was mainly mouldy following cable quotations of He was a master once vat St. Shanghai stooka from their Stephen's College. It is under- bread and water.

stood he will be stationed - In Shanghai office.

Langkate (comb.)- Tis. 181, Perak and Ponang for duty. buyers.

Ewos. Tls. 10, buyers. Shanghai Dooks. Tle. 92, buyers.

CHEAPER: FLOUR.

What is truo of the Old

The police sooopted the pleas Country is truo in a losser' scale,

11. Regimental Marches, "The saying that they had no direct, of course, of Hongkong in "the

Lass. o* Gowrie,' "A sutherly evidence of defendant's breaking good old days." Ronts may

wind and a cloudy: sky, in, but wanted the Magistrate to.. have been ridiculously cheap, Now Engineerings-Tls. 64,

London, August 11.

The Kowloon Residents Asso- take a serious view of the offence. buyers, food almost given away, But

The London flour millers have clation, which is in charge of the as burglary was becamin kaula Orientals. Tis. 3.50, buyers. reduced the price of standard arrangements, is to be com common in the distriot Chisches what of the comforts and con

Shanghai Cotton. -- Tla. 65, grade flour, by two shillings, to plimented on the manner ♬ In

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