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MONDAY, MARCH 1926.
off. The retention of the passport
is largely due to two causes up- plying to two classes of countries.
DAY BY DAY.
HYPOCRITES DO THE DEVIL'S There are countries like Britain DRUDDERY IN CHRIST'S LIVERY,
Austria and Czecho-Slovakia Amoy this evening, and is due
CASH SWEEP.
HOW THE SYSTEM. IS WORKED.
The possibility, however re-
ECHO OF WAR.
REPEALING ENEMY ALIEN- DISABILITIES.
An Ordinance to repeal, certain
and the United States who claim-Matthew Henry. that the passport is an offcotive
The Observatory forecast for protection against Communists to-morrow is:-N.E. winds, mode-moto; of an addition to one's perennetments imposing disabilities on and other political agitators; and rate; cloudy.
sonat exchequer of a substantial former, enemy alicns comes up for there are others, like Poland,
sum, without the fatigue of carn-first reading at this afternoon's ing it, is a lure of the cash meeting of the Legislative Council. sweep system which few find it
Objects, and Reasons possible. to resist, and for this state-"In the treaty of commerce
it will interest
and navigation between United Kingdom and Germany which was ratified on the 8th September, 1926, His Majesty's Government under.
reason
many,
The
The 8.5. Talma. Is to leave
which obtain a very largo per-here-to-morrow. centage of their revenues from
The Empress of Canada leaves charges on visas. For these and
Shanghai at 7 am to-morrow other reasons, it is not expected and is due hero on Thursday. particularly those who carefully that the coming Conference at
selected numbers which aggre- Geneva will result in 'the The Empress of Russia. loft system being done away with in is due here on the 25th instant. just how the system is worked.
Vancouver on the 6th instant and gated 13 without success, to learn LET PROMENE' BE YOUR its entirety, but there are hopes,
Over $300,000, an average of GUARD AGAINST FIRE ! that the transit vian will be Sir Robert and Lady Ho Tung over $7,000 per ruce, was invested
returned to the Colony from Many a serious outbreak of first abolished, the validity of pas po today aboard the in the course of Race Week in cotki be avoided if the necessay ports be extended, the foe for Hakuzan Maru.
cash sweeps. That amount must equipment is st hand to cope visas reduced fola maximum of with the outbreak in its carly
five gold franes, and an improve- Members of the Helena May have been contributed by several stages.
Phomeme' protects life and pro-ment registered in the methods booking for the Musicale closes yet very few know, or have felt
Institute are reminded that the thousands of "subscribers" and Former perty; is easy to operate; does of passport control at frontior on Wednesday, 10th inst.-Advt. interested enough to enquire, not injure papers or fabrics and stations.... the cost is insignificant. Your inspection of Phomene'
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took to recommend to Parliament the necessary legislation for the removal of certain disabilities. affecting German companies which did not extend to the subjects or citizens or companies of the most favoured foreign country. This resulted in the passing of the Enemy Aliens (Dis- and 16 Goo. 5, c. 48. This Colony abilities Removal). Act, 1925, 15
proposen to give notice of desire to adhere to the above treaty, and it therefore becomes necessary to
the British Fire Extinguisher is system, reforms such as the Association are arranging a din-jeverything is fair and above legislate here in the same way as
cordially invited.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
The Queen's College Old Boys' what guarantee they have that ner to be held on Saturday, March board.
in the United Kingdom: This bill, will no doubt bo halted with 13th, in the Hall of Queen's Col-
Every race has its OWNL
therefore, proposes to repeal three get of sweep ticket. und 11 general satisfaction. Britishers lege..
enactments which were directed corresponding number of balls. against former enemy allens, ie, MUSTARD & CO., LTD. and others who live in the Far . It has been decided to hold the each with a complete number.provisions to prevent any im- Mucorporated under Companies Ordinances East, and who, during the cource annual dinner of the Engineer The draw is not made, as popular-movable property dealt with in
HONGKONGS
of their travels so often run up Company of the Hongkong Volun-ly supposed, by digits, but the liquidations under the Allen 16-17, Connaught Road, Contral. against the pussport restrictions, teer Defence Corps on Thursday numbers are in strings of fifty and Enemies (Winding up). Ordinances,
April 1st.
when a book has been completely 1014 to 1917, from coming under will watch the progress of the
Hold, the whole string of balls,the control of former enemies, coming Conference with she The Sonior Chaplain of, St.minus the string of course, are restrictions on banking business, deepest of interest, in the hope John's Cathedral, the Rev. V. Hmixed up and placed into a large and the prohibition against the Copley Moyle, returned from barrel, under the eyes of two employment of former enemy allens that agreement will be reached Home loave yesterday by the scrutineers, a representative of on British ships registered in the The Sons and Daughters of the
late Mrs. 1. C. Tock desire between the various States so as Blue Funnel s.s. Sarpedon.
the Jockey Club and also the Colony. to thank all kind, friends to romove many of the causes for
manager.
"The English Act dealt also with and relatives for floral complaint which have been left
Presuming only one ticket is another matter, ie., the restriction tributes and expressions of
soll from a particular book, the on dealings in non-ferrous metals. sympathy in their recefit sad them as a legacy of the war,
corresponding number is taken We had similar legislation in this Valuable as the system may be
from the string and that particu-Colony, ie, Ordinances Nos. 1 of in some respects, it is, none the
lar number placed in the barrel, 1919 and 4 of 1920, but those
Ordinances excluding the odd forty-nine. less, totally un-British in its
repealed by
nature, and those affected by its
The procedure begins about half Ordinance No. 11 of 1921"
operation will not be content) until it is altogether abolished.
berauvement.
The Telegraph
MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1926.
PASSPORTS.
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The fifth confort in aid of the St. John's Cathedral Organ Fund will be given on Wednesday, at 6 pit in the Cathedal Hall The artistes will be Mrs. Dalean, Mrs. Bellamy, Mrs. Minney and Mr. Squires.
A Chinese farmer, living in the an hour before the race and the village of Ping Tse, has reported umbers are drawn after the third to the police that on March 7th,bell, first the ticket number and the doors of his two houses were then a pony. The winning num- broken open. The bullocks and ber, of course, is gletermined by a quantity of clothing to the value the race itself. of $241 were stolen.
were.
The following will represent the H.K. Hockey Club against the Pun- abis on the Marina. ground ba Wednesday at 5.15 p.m.-E. W.. The only coincidence worth Hamilton; C. H. R. Oxlude, C. L."R. mentioning during last week oc-Becher; L. P. Ralph, E. J. R. Mit-
At St. John's Cathedral yester-Jeurred on the first day in the two chell (Capt.), E. W. L. Martin; day there was an ordination ser- races, when Ticket No. 339 drewH. Owen Hughes, W. Woodward, vice during Matins, when His horse in each race without got G. P. Lammert, E. J. Larkcom and
the Rt. Rev. C. R. Duppuy) or Lordship the Bishop of Victoria ting into the first three in either. B. D. Evans.
dained Mr. James Fu to deacon's orders. Mr. Fuis returning to Yunnan Fu to work in connection with the Church there.
Lady Clementi
and to-morrow,
the Theatre
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'Trums V, Bures. We in Hongkong, are very in. terested In the controversy whether motor buses or trams Most of us have had experience provide the most suitable type of of the annoyances of the passport road passenger transport, because system, and for that reusch very one or the other of these systems widespread interest will no doubt will shortly have to be established be taken in the forthcoming on a permanent basis in Kowloon. conference, to be held in May at At the recent annual meeting of Gonova, under the auspices of the Hongkong Tramways, Limit- Every seat in tho League of Nations, for theed, the Chairman spoke at some Royal was occupied on Saturday purpose of considering varius length on the matter and.contend- further performance of "If." His night when the A.D.C. gave a aspects of the passport problem.ed that tramways were much Excellency the Governor and We see from Honie papers to better, quoting a number of Home those present. The play was the man who's full of cheer. The hand that invitations have been authorities on the merits of both splendidly interpreted and at the world at large will greet him 'cause issued to several States not systems regarding such matters close there were many demon- it's very glad he's here. He Arlen lunched with Alice Terry in members of the League, including
as cost, reliability and spood. Itstrations of approval. There will spreads the sort of spirit that can a black hat.
He Capt. Devereux is a roal hero, the United States and Mexico,
be further performances to-night make the world look bright. is interesting to learn by the
thinks a laugh's a tonic and he He stood on the bride until the and the hope is expressed that latest newspapers to hand from
always find he's right.
crew had left. Jack Pickford is foutured in the representative gathering of London. that Stoke-on-Trent has come 10 the conclusion that heneficial
the current film at the Queen's nations "will have
tramways are a danger and a
Come on, you sombre people who Her husband sat alt day roading resuits in assisting towards the nuisance to other traffic and that Theatre; entitled "Waking Up are dull and sad of face, produce Dickens, Arnold Bennett and Maria the Town." It is a conventional a smile and knock the frowns and Corelli, according to a Willesden League's eventual ambition, they will have to go. If, as seems cinema story, but is noteworthy sourness out of place. You've only woman who complained in Court. which is the total abolition of the likely, Stoke does away with its for a graphic depiction of a man's got to try a bit; now do not be The man, a French waiter, was
tramway system it, will be the passport system. The last first town in England to take that dream of the end of the world. afraid. Step out and throw a summoned for desertion and order. Passport Conference was held in step. Some of the towns have The Royal Hawaiians appear in laughter fit and join the joy ed to pay 20 shillings a week..
parade.
During a recent snowstorm, "ant showing some wonderful fronks ANGLO PARIS' FITTED WITH 1920, since which time there has given up short sections of their new programme, whilst a film lines, while others are experi-of nature in Now Zealand is un-
to a been a marked diminution in the menting with rail-less cars en
Mr. Sydney Dark, in "Mainty Aberdonian drove his car stringency of passport regula-portions of their system, but usually attractive and informa-About Other People," tells a story garage in a side street, intending tions. In nearly all countries there is no vease of
of a war-time conference between to get some petrol. He put his Mr. Lloyd George and a party of hand into his pocket to see how much money he had, and one coin, the charge for vigas has been town in the country having
Many prominent Hongkong journalists. wholly abandoned its tramways residents departed for Home on
"After some half-dozen question, a sixpence, dropped in the snow. reduced ton shilling or its and replaced the system by Saturday on the 8... Mantua, in-had been asked the writes), Mr. He scraped about for some time in. equivalent; the visa has been another The general tendency, eluding Mr. C. W. Jaffries, Mr. Horatio, Bottomley stood up anil the snow, but could not find it, so in fact (comments an engineer and Mrs. P. P. J. Wadehouse, began to harangue in the true Par he left bis car where it was and entirely abolished as
writer at Home) is towards the Ms. . B. R. Bacchus, Prof, and iamentary manner, referring to walked between several countries and the extension of the presont tramway general regulations relating to systems. Quite recently, Loed Mrs. J. W. N. Smith, Mr. and Mr. Lloyd George as. "My right The snow was gone, and the six=; has ordered 150 new cars, Shaf.Mrs. J. Laing, Mrs. T. Arthur, Mr.honourable friend," and so on. field 50 and Bournemouth 20 Mr. and Miss E. A. Ram, Mr. G. When he had been speaking for two pence lay revealed just by one of
H. Bannerman, Mr. A. H. Penn, Birmingham is extending its
or three minutes, Mr. Phillips, who the wheels. Mre. SS. Struhan. Mr. and Mrs. To Britishors in particular the lines and Leeds has also opened S. C. Miskin, Capt. Bell Smith, the Yorkshire Post, rose at the here for three days?" asked the was the much-respected editor of "Why did you leave your car passport system is far from a now circular route. Hull is also Mr. Robert Lanigan, Mr. Richardback of the room, and interrupting garage owner. "Just to mark the-
extending, Nottingham has a popular, interfering, as it does proposal under consideration. Lanigan and Mr. and Mrs. J.
Smith, with that freedom of movement whilst both Liverpool. and Man- which marked the years before choster are borrowing money for further services. In face of all the war. We all know by ex-this it does not look as though
Wife: Your Worship, he broke. parience the pottifogging annoy there is a vory widespread di-
Mr. Bottomley's every dish in the house over my ances which the, system brings minution of faith in the tramway
head, and treated me cruelly." in its train--the long and weary readily appreciates that because, method of transportation, and one'
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Magistrate:-"Did your husband waits at British consular offices on such vital inutters as cast of At noon, the following vessels]
If you wish your wife to remem apologize or express regret for his and foreign police departments, upkeep, cheapnees of fares and were expected to be in wireless ber anything, write on a piece of actions?"...
Wife: "No, Your Worship; tha and the extortionate charges reliability of service the tram-communication with Hongkong: paper--and place it carefully in
ambulance driver took him away ways have proved themselves. President Grant, King Yuan, your right hand trouser pocket, ofton mado for visas which, once over and over again. Inevitably, Shantung, West Jester, Anking,
before he could speak to me." secured, have little value, since there are two schools of thought. Leesang, Kaijo Maru, Machaon,
Dead-white hands; only to be They tell of a strange case In the signatures are frequently tracks are a bit of a nuisance. No. G
Tremways are ugly and their Tjibodas, Kiangsu, Shinsei Maru, achieved by a conting of liquid Wales. A man complained of Taikoowanyi, Taishan, powder, and blood-red nails are the paine in his heal. His doctors re- never examined again. So far as But wo in Hongkong ought to Tikandi, Kotsu
Mara, Van newest manicure fashions. the general publié is concorned, keep in mind what we want in Ovatraten, Van Cloon, Sarpedon, Maru, therefore, niuch satisfaction Kowloon. Do we want beauty Fulda, Bintang, Talked would be felt were passports and oconomical system of trans-Archer, Laignng, Klungchow, Indus or do we want a reliable, efficient Winghong, Tjikarang, Hozan Maru
totally abolished, but it would portation? That's the real point, Maru, Kwaisang, Talma, Fook seem that that time is still far after all.
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