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PROVIDING AMENITIES

OF TRAVEL.

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The Gazette contains (now by laws made by the Star Ferry Co., Ltd., in substitution for the old onos passed as long ago as 1902.

There have been a number of complaints lately about nuisances orested on the ferrias, also much Comment

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dangerous methods observed occasionally of boarding or loaving tho boats while they ого in motion, and the now regulations are evidently designed to meat the needs of the grostly Increased passenger traille which has grown up during the past two or throe

years.

With the bigger forrion about to come on the service, it is time

those mattors wore attended to,

The former by-laws, such as restriction of luggago and proven tion of dangorous boarding or disembarking, aro included, but there are also several new by lawe. Wo have space only for a summary of thoso, but it will be soon that they are comprehensiyo,

No-one is pormitted to travol when a servant of the company has decided that there is already a full complement of passengers on board,"

SEASON TICKETS.

Provision is mado against uso of another person's season ticket. (It will bo rocalled that

CHAIRS & RICKSHAS.

INDIAN DEMANDS.

PUNDED 1801

o. 12.675

六拜遊

七十月弍十英香 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27. 1924 BA+

#36 PRI ANNUM

WEST RIVER

GOLF CHAMPION. -

"DROUGHT.

LEGAL FARES RAISED.

LOWEST WATER FOR TEN YEARS.

It will be remembered that! during the debate on the Budget] in October last, a plon was made by the Unofficial members for a The Hongkong-Wuchow1 str.i rovision in the scale of rioksha Kwong Fook Cheong, which re- and cheir fares on the ground turned hore only last wook after that, although the cost of living having boon aground on tho had rison during recent years, Second Bar for five days, bas corresponding increase had been again been stuck fast in the samo made in the scale for the hire place during the past three days. She was making anothor attempt of those public vehicles.

to roach Wuchow.

In the Government Gazelle All the boats on the Hongkong- circulated to-day are publisaed Wushow run have now given up. certain amondmonts to the further attempts to reach tho Traffic Regulations which give Wost River port, as the water effect to the above con-last reported on the Second Bar tention. The most important was only 6 feet 8 inches, which is point of the rovision is that the the lowest known for ten years. five cont faro for rickshas ond

Even the Harbour Master of the ten cent fare for chairs have Wuchow (Mr. E. Kosschee) has abolished, the minimum now taken up bis temporary ro- fares now being ten conts and sidence at Do Sing, as only two fifteen conts respectively. stern-wheelers, the Gou and the Dally, are now able to pass the Second Bar.

boon

Previously there were differing scales of faron for chairs engaged in the lower levels and the Hill district, but tho fares have now what distriot a chair might be bired. The scale for chairs is now as follows.-

boon mado uniform, no matter la

Chai's with two bearer:-Ten minutes; 15 minutes, 20 cents; half hour, 30 cents; one hour, 40 conts; and for every subsequent) hour, 25 conts.

The revised scale of fares for rickshas

dente.

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as follows:-- Ton

LAST NIGHT'S CARNIVAL.

A HAPPY NIGHT OF

The long-continued drought on this river is not only causing ex-

ceptionally low water, but is playing havoc with vegetation In this locality, Vogotables are in consequence getting scarcer.

SHIPPING ITEMS.

Mr. A. B. Stewart,. who for the fourth time wou the Golf Championship of the Colony last Sunday,

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LIBERALS AND SWARAJISTS.

Belgaum, Dec, 26.

MIXED

· ASHLEY STERNE-

The subjoots committes of the. Indian National Congress has by 160 to 19 vptos approved the pact between Mr. Gandhi and the Swarajists, suspending non-co- Ere those lines aro in print I oporation and allowing the am earnestly hoping that tho now Swarajists to represent Congress star found noar the constoliation in tho legislatures. It has also Pogasus will have boon proved to adapted the resolution for spin-be a planet. No new planet has ning two thousand yarde of yarn boon found since the discovery of monthly as a Congress fra ghise. Neptuno, though at one timo Mr Gandhi urged all Indians to there was a per-istont rumour tako to spinning cloth as the only that tho ominent astronomer, alternative to violence.

Professor Starr-Studyor, had dis-

The The committee has rejected aloovered another.

Lots, motion defining Swaraj as solf-however, are these.

The Professor had ono night government within the Empire.

etars

The presidental address to been investigating somo Congress by Mr. Gandhi outlined(threo in numbór, in the constol- a rough schome for Swaraj, om- Istion J. Hennessy and Co.) when bodying retention of the British quite by accident his tolescope connection provided it ba on became focussed on a large groen perfectly honourable and equal star; right ascension, £5 14s. 08.: terms. Ho doolarod he would left ascension, 3 awt. 16 lbs 7oza, not hesitate to savor the connec- While observing it the Professor tion if Britain showed, despite saw. it suddenly turn red, declarations to the con rery, that and, in

fow minutes, jaho meant subjugation.

Mr. Gandhi condemned both tho murder of the Sirdar and the British demands in Egypt,

tho

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In again.

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The Khilafat Conference has passed a resolution describing the British notion in Egypt as MONSOON STILL STRONG.

ENGLISH FOOTBALL.

outrageous, and welcoming the The monsoon, which abatod

success of the Rifs in Morocco, Chairs with four bearers-Ton somewhat during the last wook,

intenso stating that British and Fronch gruon minutes, 30 conte; 15 minutos, 40 is now blowing again with renew.

BOXING DAY RESULTS.

rang up tho support for the Spaniards would excitement. he cents; half hour, 60 conta: one ad vigour, and practically all hour, 80 cents; and for every steamers arriving report extrous-

London, 26th.

bo rogarded as hostility towards Astronomer Royal to acquaint

lam-Beuter.

him of this epoch-making dis The matchos, played in thel

covery, only to find next morning susequent hour, 40 cents.

Lucknow, Doo 20 ly rough weather.

English League to day resulted. On the opening of the Indian that bis long had been directed Not only shall thore bo no

Company's steamer Ling Nam The Chung Wal Navigation

as follows; smoking in resorved cabins, but

National Liberal Foderation, Mr. Ou a railway signal just outside Div. I.-Arsenal 0 Birmingham Paranjpye, a former Minister of

Willesdon Junction. Por ardua a fruitful source of complaint on

minutos or undor, 10 cents; over/Capt. W. O. Woston) encountered 1; Aston Villa 2 Leede 1; Cardiff the Bombay Government, can. Jad astra," quoted the Profossor windy days in touched by the

very strong mor soon ten minutes and andor half an Tarakan to Hongkong, and had Burnley 0; Liverpool 1 Notts monent and the 3 warejists for of a knighthood vanish with the

from 2 West Ham 1; Huddersfiold demand tho provision that No-one shall

hour, 20 cents; one hour 30 cents: an abnormal set of 21 miles to County 0; Nowoastle 1 Everton retarding progress under

non-co-operation sadly, when he saw his chances Smoke ♫

lighted pipe, cigar and for every subsequent hour, 30 the Westward in 45 hours. How 1:

dawn. of cigárotto on

any part of

Notts Forest 1 Bolton 1 Reform Act. Ho repeated the the boat in Buch a mannor

orer, such an experience is Preston 3 Blackburn 3; Shofield as to cause a nuisance to others.

fairly common te marinare well Un 2 Sunderland i West Brom-pointment of a Royal Commis- aged 23, I read, has just had his Federation's demand for the ap A young Bucharest gentlemED, Climbing over the wharf barrior

acquainted with the waters southwich 3 Manchester City 1. of Hongkong. One abipmaster is forbidden, along with other

sion to enquire into the rotormus, hair out for tho first time. Div. 2.-Barnsley 0 Stockport and demanded that 25 por cont. Twenty-three years seems a long improper methods of boarding the

citing from log books, states that 1; Blackpool 2 Wednesday of the commissions in the Indian timo in which to discover that one forries (such as climbing over the

once he was set 27 miles to Bradford City 1 Stoke 0: Crystel Army be given to Indians, the is neither a poot nor a Samson. raila).

south-west in 12 hours. He had Palace 1 Portsmouth 2; Derby a good prose-bearing of Fu County 1 Oldham 0;

proportion increasing throo por Damar and Pulo Manki at 9 p.m. Clapton Orient 1: Man- of 25 years all the officers would cont. annually, so that at the end and at 9 o'clock the next morning chester Un when he picked up his position: Port

Middlesbrough to Indians.-Reuter. Valo 1 Leicester 2 with the station pointer by Southamtpton Darbukit, Falso Barbukit ano Wolverhampton 0 Chelsea 1.

1. Fulham 0:

the costumes seon last night at his rockening. On another oc- Revera 0; Bristol City 0 Swansea

Striking indeed wore many of Pulo Bintang Peak combined, he

Div. 3. (South)-Brentford 1 miles ahead of

Charlton 0; Brighton 1 Bristol) the carnival dance hold in the casion, the same shipmaster was 0; Exeter 3 Plymouth 0; Luton 0 Grill Room of the Hongkong bound from Sourabaya through Watford 3; Merthyr 3 Aberdare be allowed to travel first-closs.

Hotol. There was a big crowd of Carimata Stralt for Singapore 1: Newport 2 Bournemouth 0; morrymakers present, and the Good observations were obtained Provision is made against the carnival spirit thoroughly pro-

0 Northampton use of abscone language or other vailed, thanks to the effective by him and three officers at noon Norwich 5 Queen's P. R. 0 offensive behaviour on wharvos schemo of decoration, the but the next morning they picked Reading 1 Swindon 1; Southond

streamers, squeakers, balloons, the trees on the Bornica Coast 4 Gillingham 0. Spitting from a ferry is to boste so invishly supplied by the instead of Pulo Sambar light Div. 3. (North).~Barrow 3 The Russian woman, stated to newspapers of the period bas disallowed, as well as on or in it. hotel management. The area set vessel on the starboard. Accrington Stanley 1; Chester be the widow of an American, revealed the following, which, I Anyone whose clothing might, aside for dancing was beautifully vessel had been sot-25 miles to the fold 0 Nelson 1; Crowe 2 Roch- who was arrested outside the confidently hope; will settle this in the opinion of an inspector of illuminated with Chinese lan-oast in 20 hours, and only extreme dalo 0; Doncaster 1 Bradford 9; Russian Embassy on Dec. 12, has momentous matter once and for the company, soil the dress or terne, coloured lights, etc., whilst caution saved the ship from being Lincoln i Halifax 1; Now Brigh boon sentenced to three weeks all

wrecked on the clothing of other passengers, can the Hotel orchestra WAS in bo prevented from travelling. excellent form.

No dogs shall be taken on board or on the wharvos excopt on a load, and after permission has boon obtained from the collector on duty at the entrance. Any dog must be removed when the person in charge is so requested by a sorvant of the

a test action arose recently as to tho by-laws preventing this practice in the case of the Tram- way. Co.)

No-one who is intoxicated is to

or forriss.

company.

REVELRY,

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The

treacherous

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Millwall

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ARMED WOMAN

SENTENCED.

STORY OF INTENDED REVENGE

Paris, Dec. 26.

Statistics now to hand show that at the recont General Election no fewer more than 31,- 109s bocklers demanded of the various candidates what Glad stone said in 87. In no Instance was any satisfactory reply givento the enquirer, and as this un- doubtedly greatly influenced the | electorato at the polls, I have boan at considerable pains to find jout exactly what the vonorable statesman said in that memorable year. A diligent search of the

'Spaaking on the Irish quos- ton 1 Tranmere 0; Walsall 2 imprisonment, after which sho shoals cast of Pulo Sambar.

The Ling Nam is now the only; Wroxham 2 Southport 3.

Grimsby 0; Wigan 0 Hartlepools will be deported.-Reuter, tion at Mimhley Magna last During the ovoning, Father Chinese steamor left in the trans-

[A provious message stated that night, Mr. Gladstone olootrifiod Christmas (Mr. R. A. Nicholeon) Pacific trado and (excepting a fow

the woman was armed with a wont on a tour of the various coastore) one of the vory fow of

revolver, and bad declared bor tablos, replete with a huge bag of the larger Chinese steamers loft

Intention of killing M. Krassin novel carnival favours provided in foreign trade at all. She is an

out of rovango for the decimation by the Hotel Company, which he ex- Gorman steamer captured by

of her family by Bolsheviks.) doled out with lavish hand. The the British during the war. whole night was an imt.onso The Norway-Australia-China success, and the greatest credit is linor Rinda, erroneously reported

·LOCAL FOOTBALL.

SCOTLAND BEATS ENC- LAND. Fielding an extremely woak]

CRICKET IN SOUTH --AFRICA.

VISITORS DEFEATED.

his audience by commencing his spooch with the significant words: "Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen- What did Lard Palmerston sày în

The company's servants can due to Mr. W. H. Forry, the on the waterfront to be overdue, sido, England wore defeated by lawfully provout

of genial manager, and his staff for arrived here on Christmas Day Scotland yesterday in the Inter- paysago апуово who might, in the the comploteness of the arrange-jand left yesterday. Sho had national Charity Cup (Sunday opinion of the inspector or cal'ec. monte, which made the occasion rough weather from Haiphong to Herald) Competition by three tor on duty, be offensive to ono lang to be remembered,

Hongkong.

goals to two., Scotland natted othor passengera.

The P. and O. liner Kalyar. twice in the opening half, Forsythị bringing the Home mails, is stili putting on the final tough on two

In a recently contested will case Johannesburg, Dec. 26.. dolayed owing to rough weather.occasione after Wayleb had made

in California the costs of litiga- The weather was overcast whoption amounted to avarly a quarter- This morning we learned that excellent saves from McKolvia the Test match was resumed.of-a-million dollars. I am afraid she was not expected, hero until without being able to hold the Four thousand attended. 430 p.m. to-day.

that somebody is deemed to.. ball Eaton reduced the lead by Mr. Jool's olevan scored 149, learn by bitter experience that similar opportunism when Rodger Nupen taking & for 33. falled to hold a shot by Jones,

where there's a will there's a South Africa compiled 53 for wolgh-out.

by nine

The only personal luggage permitted is a small handbag. baskot or parcel up to 28 lbs. or one cubic foot.

The namo and address, of

SUSPECTED ARSON.

anyone believed to be committing a breach of these regulations HAWKER'S INTERRUPTED WORLD'S LARGEST MOTOR-SWIP and Scotland's third goal was put one, and thus won

shall be given on demand to a

servant of the company.

SLEEP.

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summary rising in an alarming mannor, but by the Fairfield Engineering Co. Wavish, Pattor, Eaton, Charles BOAT FROM HONGKONG

I'muob regret to see that that. hideous rolla-of the Lator Victorian Era, the Confession

porularity. Why cannot Bay, though" possibly its Ye vival may have boon stimulared by the fact that many London theatro-programmos aro-ombal-

shed every week with the “don--

GRILL

AYTHUR OF

- TWISTED TALES ·

hobby of Barnley Stormor is plakling Walnuts. The things

I really want to know about these folks aro:

How much did Diddlo's Denti frico

for pay you

your testimonial

As man to man, have you over tried Diddle's Dentifrico?

Who actually wrote that article which appeared under your signaturo in the Daily Ditkeri

Is your salary really £300 ■ wook?

If so, do you tell your Income Tax Assessor the same story as you tell your press agent?

Do you honestly attribute your luxuriant tresses to the use of "Scalpine?"

Why are you always "indis- posed when you are billed to appoar at a Charity Matinee?

It has been proposed to hold a world's congross of doctors at Washington next summor. In the ovont of the sohome's matorialia ing I would like to suggest that a fund should be started for com- punsating those doctors whose pationts recover during their onforced absence,

As announced last wook, my splendid new sorial story starta to-day, and it is with very great pleasure that I presont my readers with the first instalment

oft

KNOCK-KNEED KNORA:

for, the Girl who took the

Wrong Umbrella).

Chapter 1,

Lady Burble's dinner-party had boon a huge success. Winklo- sholls and banana-skins strewed. the floor, while the table was crowded with empty boor-bottlon, fragments of potato plo, and other ovidence of hor lavish hospitality." There was scarcely anything left, and Lady Burble beamed

as she gazed upon hor distended guests and rose-from her saxt.

"Shall wo join the gentlemon?" sho suggested; but barely had the words left hor, mouth before Billoooks, the butler, entered the room in great porturbation and Bquenky boots

Pardon me, your Ladyship," he mumbled in her car, "but something dreadful has hap poned."

"Not the drains again, I trust ? » said Lady Burblo anxiously.

No, your ladyship. nothing so bad as that, but the obildren's govorness (cortificated), has been found in her bedroom lying face downwards in the soapdish -drowned!"

"Dear, dearl murmured Lady Burble. "What a nuisancel And littlo Erlo 60 backward in his.. algebra,

I too! Well, must taleptions for a rá fill. Please scuso me a moment," she continued, raising her volue to her guests. "Bilcocks, push- the four-ale round again.":

While these dramatic' ovonta wore taking place at Burblo Maner, a palo, emaciated ́ex- might governess (oertificated) have boon soon loaving the Lost. Property Offico at bootland Yard' with a large. Japanese: umbrella under her arm.

(Another large instalment, weather permitting, next Beek),

The world's largest motor-ship, through by Bishop, England's left wickets-Reuter. the Aorangi, of 23,000 tons, which back. Eaton bondad England's For breaches of those by-laws,

has been building on the Glyde sooond from a centre by Charlon- A hawker living at No. 32, Firet for the past two years, was worth. except Nos. 9 and 12, a fine of Street woke up last night to find recently completed and in donk, up to $5 for the first offonce and the top bunk of a bed space well-being overhauled prior to trials Hume, Stewart, Duncan (Kow

Scotland wore well served by MISHAP TO STEAMER. Book, is once again coming into $10 for aubsequent ones, is alight. Smoko and flame were at the and of last month. Built loon). McKelvic, and England by provided for, alter obaviation before a magistrate. after a

fow minutes tho out their Govan yards at Glasgow worth and Jonas. Bishop was For breaches of by-lawer Nos. break was quolled. A torah was for the Union Steamship Co, of unfit and should never have been

afterwards picked out from the New Zealand, the Aarangi will played, while the half-backs gavo e paying, or with the wrong ticket) bunk. It was made up of joss-1onvo Bouthampton on January 2 thoir forwards, little if any sup- The British steamer, City of fossions of popular stage fav

soaked in kerasino. sticke wrapped with paper and on an epoch-maying voyage, this port, Howard was extremely Durham, from Hongkong to puritaswory dhaphainting or

boing the first attempt to drive, a weak. Forsyth did little apart, London, has had lot. propellor feature, in niy opinion. I'm not The ha kor was unable to give big liner by Dienolongines at from his two goala, but Duncan damaged in the Buez Canal. The the least interwa od to know that, information to the police as to the high spoed. The Aorangi fis for (Club) made, many nice Brune, watch is being detained but lan the cfavouritar flower of "Claily ** identity of the person who at the Byduby Vancouver, mail and Rodger was safe, and Gerrard damagesia, malt sprol verww.Epallita is the lasser bladder is tempted this set of armon..

9 and 12 (travelling without

offenders am. Ifable to a fino

of anything up to $25 for a firel:) and 350 for a-aubsequent, offenco: Theo-rogulations wore ap: proved by the Governor in Dounel on December 23rd.

PARANFormurvico..

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