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"S'cool"

HE "dog days" are coming,

Many gonorations ago our ancestors held the concur→ rent rising and setting of the dog-star with the sun to be responsible for the prevalence of hot weather for a period of forty days, twenty bofore and twenty after that event- a delightful climatic exactness which the oldest man living in our village cannot recollect.

REMEMBRRY A Fan in May keeps the doctor-away, as it does also at any other time between the vernal and autumnal equinoxes.

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HONGKONG MAN'S UN FORTUNATE EXPERIENCE.

TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1925.

INTERPORT SHOOTING.

FOOR SCORING IN VARYING WIND.

PRINCE GEORGE.

ARRIVING ON MALWA

H. R. H. Prince George will arrive in the Colony by the P. and

The Hongkong team for the .s. Malwa, which will reach News reached Hongkong yester. Interport Rifle Shooting carried Hongkong early on Thursday morn out their competition shoot at ing. He will not disembark horo day that Mr. V. A. J. J. Rasmus Taikos yesterday afternoon.

as was originally anticipated, but sen, who is yery well known in

Conditions, so for as light was will proceed to Shanghai, and will Hongkong and whose parents re-concerned, were favourable to thero join H. M. S. Hawkins. side here, has been captured by good shooting and excellent The Malwa will remain in port bandits. Mr. Rasmussen is the scoring was anticipated, but all day on Thursday, and the Prince Kongmoon Manager of the Asiatic changing winds, counteracted will come ashore and stay at Gov- Petroleum Company, and this is whatever, benefits might have ac-ermont House. He will probably the second occasion on which he crued from this source and the attend a garden party in the after-

returns, when shooting terminated noon.* has fallen into bandits' hands, his

at 5.30, were well below what previous unfortunate expericnça

was expected. being in October, 1921, when he was held in captivity for eight weeks.

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A notification' from Government! House says that a cable has M. N. L. H. Railton was top been received from H. R. H. snorer with 94, but the lamentable Prince George accepting an failure of Mr. T. Grimshaw at invitation from H. E the Governor 200 yards was the cause of his to stay at Government House on So far only meagre information being counted out and a con- Thursday night..

H. H. H. will not be acocrded a has reached the Colony respecting sequent reduction of the Hong- this latest outrage, the news being kong score, when he might have Royal Salute or any official recep tion upon landing in Hongkong, contained in a telegram reaching headed the list. the Hongkong Office of the Asiatic A remarkable feature of these instructions have been received Petroleum Company. from Canton days shooting was the failure of at short range. yesterday morning. This briefly all competitors stated that Mr. Rasmussen had In only one case, that of Mr. E. been captured by bandits, whilst Edwards, did the 200 yds. seore travelling in company with his exceed that at the 500 yards mark the members of the Executive and

Notwithstanding the poor score wife in one of the Company's motor boats on the river. Mrs-poor, that is, compared with Rasmussen had been released and what was expected, the Hong had returned to Kongmoon, but kong team are confident that the her husband was still held by the Shanghai score will be even less.

bandits.

Only a Fortnight at Kongmoon.

The Hongkong office is sending Mr.S. J. Clark up to Kongmoon to make further, investigations into Naturally Mr, Ras the affair. mussen's capture has perturbed both the relatives and the Com- pany, and strenuous efforts will be made to secure his immediate

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that he will not, in the ordinary course, be treated as Royalty whilst serving in H. M. S. Hawkins.

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Sir Landon Ronald stated at a dinner of the Incorporated Society of Musicians last month that not more than 2 per cent,, of the "con- .870 carts given in Landon paid their expenses. He considered that the It was on October, 1921, that

cinema, wireless, and dancing Mr. Rasmussen, was previously W. E. Cook

had interfored with concert-go- T. Grimshaw captured. Then he was an

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and allow the poople to WHAT IS THE POLE? River to Shimshui. He was

smoke, and give them some other. single then, but has since been, One of Amundsen's difficulties, attraction besides serious music, married, and much sympathy will on his atrial expedition, must be Though he loathed the cinema, be extended to Mrs., Rasmussen into recognise the Pols, as the he saw no reason, if a man paid the unfortunate experience she necessary calculations are not his two ebillings, why he should A moving not have sandwiched between the herself has been through and also easily made In being forcibly separated from plane. The ill-fated Andre once pictures first class music and her husband.

had the question put to him by a first-class artists, Then they lady: "How will you know would be giving the audiences: when you get to the North something that would please Pole?' "Oh, that will be quite everybody. But as long as they simple, madam," was the reply, stuck to pianoforte and vocal re- The north wind will become a citals they would not attract the

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