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increased. Wo doubt whether

smuggling of any klodoan over be entirely suppressed. The

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usually sufficient to placED WAYS OUT OF HIM, HEAVEN small fortune in the hands of ITSELF IS MORE INTERNAL THAN the participants, and the risk EXTERNAL-Newman. will always be taken. The Lieut. G. C. Fawns, R.A., has traffic, in opium, for instanco, proceeded to India on recruiting has not been chooked even by duty. the huge finos inflicted on people. datooted, principally because $30 was stolen yostorday from the A gold wrist watch valued at their employers are woll ablo toonbin of Mr. Androw, fourth most the imposition. Less money onginoor of the Kalyan. - is probably made cut of arme smuggling, and there is the ad-

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MIXED

ASHLEY STERNE

GRILL

(AVITIOR BF- TWISTED TALLS.

Polman Institute), in an ox- amination in Old Furniture, Antique Silver, the Tlaga of all Nations, and the Golf Courses of Great Britain.

I hear on good authority that tho after a sorios of experlmonts, rooont discoveries of the Snofruit was found that ducks fad. Nin-Gal in Mesopotamia have so ducks fed on scraps of mont laid tomb in Egypt and the temple of on fish laid green egge, whilet excited that esteemed and venera pink eggs. The report, however, blo Egytologist, Prof. Pifflingor omits to stato whother ducks fed Rottenbleiter of Potztausend, on snared rabbits laid poached that he has emerged from bis ogge rotiroment, and is now feverishly engaged in fitting out an excavat

Mre, Torguson, the Governor of ing expedition of his own.

Texas, maintains that cigarette- It had long been his wish to smokers ought to contribute yot the dangor they run must

attempt to locate and dig up the towards education. Well, my bo worth while, for the evil Shipping is warned that soarob- ancient Hanging Gardens of conscience is clear on that score. shows no diminution, Perhaps lights will ha exorciood at Babylon, but owing to persistent I might almost any I adopted reflection of what Lyomun from 7.15 pini. to 8.20 ill-health, caused by his swallow-cigarette smoking solely with p.m. on Thursday, 28th May, ing a box of dominoes in mistake the object of contributing towards logialation can do, in the matter,

for some slices of currant bread, education. For years I have in the present trend of the traffic. His Excellency the Governor he was forced to retire from active been in the habit of giving my Latterly there have been fewer has appointed Dr. R. M. Gibson discoveries of his rivals would result that there's many a streat- archaeology. However, startling cigarette-pictures away, with the consignments to the East from and G.H. Thomas to be members of

the Midwives Board for a further m to have acted as a power- urchin who could whack mo America and more from Gerstorm of three years.

ful restorativo, for last week he (who am an M. A. of Oxford, was able to start buying his Cambridge, London, Durham, many. The United States, as it

It le notified that a prose notice equipment, which, I understand, Dublin Harvard and the happens, have recently instituted rigid supervision over potential of about 250 words le broadoasted daily at 0400 on 2200 metro wave traffickers in arms, whereas we length from the Naval Wireless do not know of any special Station on Stoncutter's Island. measures adopted by the Ger-

His Excelleney, the Governor man authoritios. Everyone has has appointed Mr. A. S. Mac heard about the "mystery ships" Kichan to be a member of the Architects' Com- that sro alleged to have been Authorized observed off the China Coast, resigned.

mittee, vice Mr. Albert Denison,

is being ontiroly supplied by prosumably landing precious

Messrs. John Walker and Sons, cargoes of rifles, pistols, and Tho Gazette contains parti Ltd., Mossra. J. Buchanan and ammunition. If the suspicions culars of the renumbering of Co., Lt., and Messrs. John Dawar premises in Caine Road, Des and Sons, Ltd.-bottles allowed against cortain vessels be woll Voux Road West, Pool Street, for on return.. ARMS SMUGGLING.

founded, it is a pity that there Pokfulum Road, Portland Street I hope to be able very shortly to give Mixed Grill readers some appears to be no means of check-and Shanghai Street,

exclusive news concerning the The reference to the broaking ing their operations unless they His Excellency the Governor progress of this expedition, up of a big gang of arms put into & British pork. One can has appointed Dr. R. E, smugglers, operating in the only hope that the Geneva con F.R.C.P.I., L.M., to bo Honorary

Tottenham, B.A., M.D,, D.P.H European buying market and ference is going to devise a Visiting Obstetrician and Gynne-Melhuish having its headquarters in Hong- scheme by which proper inter-cologist to the Government Civil His temper, however, kong, whence the traffic was national co-operation can bo Hospital, and also to be a member helhuish

of the Midwives Board for a organised to different parts of offected; but in the meantime it period of three years.

And so hot was his iro It would set coke on fire the Far East, comes appropriate is disquieting to think of the

A fact I won't try to embelhùish. ly at a time when the subject is hundreds of weapons that must You Fook koo, a married

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.HONGKONG, 16th May, 1925.

Exports about the way in which the gang was obliged to disperse aftor its ramifications had come

Our Taxes,

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RHYMES WITHOUT REASON. A

nice follow was very

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Was

as I passed it. It gave a shriek like a bloater bereft of its roe,

ABROAD THOUGHTS FROM AT HOME. (After a long way after Robert Browning.)

Oh, to be in Fili

wakes

Now that April's here! For whoever

England

Sees, each morning, dank

and drear,

That the splish-splash-splosh

of the pelting rain

Is flooding the gutters and"

choking the drain;

While the garden's more or

less of a slough

In England-now!. And after April,” when May'

follows,

And the cornerako orcake, and

the dry throat swallows i Hark, where my swaying

clothes-line in the hedge Loans to the field and scattere

on the clover.

Pants, socks and hankies-

near my early "vedge,"

Site the silly cuckoo, ouoking

twice over.

Heave half-a-brick at him,

then the other,

Lost ho should think it was

somewhat abrupt, your

First fine careless rapture t

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being considered by the inter- be finding their way into un-hai Street, has reported to the woman living at No. 603 Shang-

The Axe (Devonshire) Fishery national conference at Genova, authorised hands every week in police that armed robbers enter- Board of Conservators, I see, have and following much comment different parts of the Far East, ad her home at 3.30 p.m. yes-decided to pay a shilling for each which has been made in Parlia- until a position might eventually value of $80. She stated that a With the help of my private terday, and stole jewellery to the cormorant kuled in the district. ment about the importation of be reached when the traffic revolver was pointed at her, chartered accountant I have been find; arms into China. It is interest- would actually diminish of itself whilst another member of the going into figures, but

much to my disappointment, that ing to road in the report of the owing to immediate demands gang-bound and gagged her. at that price 1 cannot make S. MOUTRIE & CO., LTD. Superintendent of Imports and boing fully satisfied

In connection with Imperial my projected cormorant-farm pay Baby Week at Wembley from July 6th to 11th, there will be a Coming downstairs to break- Onco again, I soe, the scheme": display of the Empire's bonniest | fast two afternoons ago I of a Channel tunnel from Dover babies photographs, culled from encountered a weird effigy, with to Calais is being discussed. I to light and proceedings had bood Most of Hongkong's menfolk the entries received; whilst the its head done up, in a pudding- am afraid I must appear very instituted against the moving reason thoro is general interest competition will be presented to aroma of four-ale. Not quite the

smoke and drink, and for that prizes and certificates won in the cloth, and oxuding a strong conservative when I say that old-fashioned method of spirits of the organisation. The taken in the question of the the winnere or their deputies at a certain whether I was fully swimming the Channel is quite statement that there were "tech- taxation of liquors and tobacco. grand presentation ceremony in awake, I gave the figure a pinch good enough for me.

Looking through the annual re-the large conference hall, nical objections' to using the

port of the Imports and Exporte large amount of evidence avail- Department, we find some in-

The Canton Gazette says ablo against the mon who were teresting figures on this matter. Another step to perpetuate the The revenue from both European banished from the Colony, aug and Chinese liquors decreased memory of Dr. Sun, will be the gests that the authorities were of last year, the total shrinkage Preservation of his ancestral home in his birthplace, Tsui opinion that it would be wiser being some $46,000. In this con Hong village in the Heungshan nection, it is recorded that the district, recently renamed Chung not to make public the means of collection of duties on Chinese Shan district, The Governor, in detection. If our interpretation liquor is at present unsatisfactory,

compliance with the popular of that is correct, it is to be pro-

It appears that whereas in 1913,

roquest, bas ordered the licensees numbering 240 paid in sumed that the knowledge ob duty on an average of 6,088 magistrate there to take measures

to preserve the historic place." tained in this big case will stand gallons each, last

year 341

and holed out on to the stair-mat the authorities in good stead in licensees in the same districts

A Chinese bricklayer paid on an average of only 3,603

was in one. I then realised what was any future action which might gallons each. Methods are now yesterday committed for trial on happening, I was being spring become necessary against arms being taken to

botter a charge of attempting a robbery cleaned, and the weird affigy was smugglers.

control of production, although with violence on the inmates of none other than the extra the problem is a peculiarly the second floor of No. 157 Kee help" which it is customary to However, it would be absurd to difficult one. So far as tobacco ung Street, Shamsuipo, on the engage upon theso "solemn presume that the bringing of one was concerned, the collection of 4th instant. Evidence was given occasions. organisation to book is likely to more being secured last year

duties resulted in some $176,000 the effect that the man secured

admittance" 45 a prospective After this brief preamble, you affect the whole traffic, which is than in 1923. The public is, of tenant, but his project was foiled will probably not be altogether carried on by a multitude of course, always interested in the from a woman and the timely found me starting to write these SPEND YOUR EASTER BY THE SEA

by the unexpected resistance surprised to learn that yesterday the question of the future of

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Much to my rogrot I find that I shall be unable to get away for Easter. A congestion of work, caused by various periodicals' Special Christmas Extras for 1930 going to press somewhat earlier than I anticipated, will neces sitate my staying at home, much es I want to visit ono or other. of our native Eastertide resorts advertised on. the pictorial railway-posters. I should like, for examplo, to visit D——, whore apparently, in the second wook of April ladies walk about in diaph- anous raiment, and men sitaio a

Italy never knew-avon in summer,

After feasting my syes on these, pictorial delights it will be cold: comfort to have to spend Lostor wrapped in thermogone and with my foot on a hot bricke

agents, actually in competition taxes on these two commodities, action of a man living in the notes in the scullery. I was with each othor, The police and but nothing is said on this subject adjacent house. The latter blew agreeably surprised to find that revenue officers in differont coun-in the report so far as it whistle and went out into the the sink made a far more com- state of sunburn euch as is usually trics unearth the workings of of the liquor duties, However, a

relates to tobacco. In the matter street, where he cut off the, man's fortably. chair than I had only acquired after long residence anticipatad, that a knife-board in the tropics. Or, again, H, arms and drug smugglers ovary rovision of the taxation law has,

supported on two jamppte formed where sunflowers-and-hollybocks / a very sorviocable writing-doek, (if the pictures can be belloved) now and again, but often by mero it appears, been approved, and chanco, In a case we know of, work was proceeding on the Transvaal. Later, he settled in fortable a head rest as the beneath a corulcan sky such as at the time the report was issued Master of the High Court in the and that the bottom of a fish-will be in full bloom, and half- kettle was at least 68 com-naked children be soon romping the Fortunate discovery of a lottor question.

England and came to be looked that went astray led to the deter- Rider Haggard,

upon as an authority on rural railway carriages provide,.. | tion of a gang which had operated

problems. In 1905, he was com-By the by, can anybody re- Literature loses a talented man missioned by the Colonial Office commond mo a one-night, oure successfully for a number of as a result of the death of Sir to enquire into the Salvation for rheumatism?

From a scientific journal I Foare. At the same time, thero Ridor. Haggard, who first leapt Army settlements in the United is no doubt that the stricter into fame as a novelist with States and his report, later glean the important nows that, "King Solomon's Mine," since published, was a fine piece of watch which is boing kept is when he has produced some work, attached to which was a making matters harder for the thirty romantio novois. When schome for national land settle traffickers, and if some form only 19 yours of ago, Rider ment. He was a practical farmer Haggard went to South Africa as and gardoner, as he clearly of international convention be secretary to Sir Houry Bulwer, demonstrated on his own estate, A GUARD'S CARELESSNESS However, it was only the drawn up in the near future, Goverhor of Natal, and in 1877 and he will go down in the and if it be loyally kept by the he became a member of the staff memory of all who knew him and of Sir Thoophilus Shopstone, his works as a virile, and ablo countries concerned, the risks Special Commissioner to the man of many parts, with a wide of detection should be largely Transvaal. In 1878, we find him outlook on life.

FERRY SCARE.

were quick to anticipate the fontbreak of a piracy.

Chinese guard acoldentally dis Passengers on the 6.30 morning charging his revolver whilst

ferry for Choungchau word examining it, and fears were alarmed yesterday by thetroport allayed on an explanation being

of a revolver shot, and many givon,"