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PARAGON

SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1926.

DAY BY DAY.

thus saved will go to the coal mining industry as the price of its peaceful continuance, and if

IF YOU HAVE A THRUST. TO] the subsidy should amount to a MAKE AT YOUR FRIEND'S. EX- figure beyond the £20,000,000 PENSE, DO IT GRACEFULLY, IT IS mark (as it is foreshadowed ALL THE MORE EFFECTIVE

Haliburton. might well be the case)

Mr.

Churchill, as Chancellor of the It is notified that His Honour Exchequer, and the Government the Chief Justice has ordered that

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[QUALITY & DURABILITY generally will be hard to put to it the next Criminal Sossions shall Right on top of my announce-trains an innovation recently

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azu important factors in Typewriter Ribbons. Firms Ате often judged by the appearance of their letters and whore Romtico Ribbons. are usod the cleanout im-

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be held on Monday, 22nd Marchment last week of the discovery introduced on the Berlin-Ham. to justify anything in the nature

of a new and delightful proposition | burg of increased taxation in the

Betwoon the 11th and 12th. by Euclid carios

express. If generally nows that an adopted in England, it will enable forthcoming Budget.

instant, furniture, valued at $48 Argerican professor of Boston those of us who travel by the was stolen from the Him Yik has discovered two hitherto un- famous "Flying Snail" of the The people of Britain are still firm, second floor, 113, Wing Lok known poems by Shelley. far. too highly taxed, bearing a Streat.

Of Southern Railway to keep in course, America would try to touch with the dear ones at home. burdon which is out of all pro-

cep our littlo discoveries! But I They will be able to send us A Chinaso <<woman was portion to what they had a right

ac-fancy they will find it hard to newspapers and hampers of food cidentally knocked down by a pressions are such that give to expect as a people who success-motor lorry in Pokfulam Road up the one I made a few days from time to time; also their ago. From the floor of n tram-photographs at intervals of six a lotter the stamp of quality. fully waged a grout war which Third Street, yesterday, and died car in which I was riding I pick months, so that we shall be able cost for more than more money while she was being taken to od up a scrap of torp paper, to recognise them when we arrive hospital. The body has been taken soiled with age (or possibly home. Alternatively, the pas can ever represent. So far to the mortuary.

passengers boots), on which I sengers would be able to send chsential defence services are con-

could just discorn the letter 0.nows of their prospective where- corned-the Navy, the Army and

Among the passengers leaving I was about to throw it away as abouts, and mothers and children, Phone 0.1186 or write for the Air Force-wo think the Hongkong to-day by the P. & O. of no consequence when I remem-on receipt of probable time and .. Kaslimir was Lieut. Col. L. bored that the letter O was the place, could take a 'bus to the Government is taking the right G. Bird, D.S.O. (Administrative Greek for the exclamation "Oh!" Jevel-crossing or other convenient course in keeping these arms at a Commandant of the Hongkong and it occurred to me that I had view-point, and shout loving relatively high pitch of efficiency, going to England on leave.

Valunteer Defence Corps), who is possibly come across a portion of greetings to Father as he trickled an important Greek document. by at the reckless speed of 60 So I promptly posted it off to my hours a mile.

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at the same time effecting ocono- mios where not of vital injury. "The Little Mummers" Kow- friend, Dr. Achilles Pantech- The Navy Estimates, which have foon Children's Dramatic Society) nicon, who is Regius Professor

During my perambulations of already been fully set forth, are fave another performance of of Greek at Borstal, for his the London streets this past week Cinderella" in aid of Dr. Bar- opinion. Yesterday I received a. I have been struck by the gaunt, an excellent example of the idea, nardo's Homes at the Star Thoa-long letter in reply, in which, lugubrious countenances borne and it is not surprising that they tre, Kowloon, last night. A lurge this eminent classical scholar by nearly every man I encounter- passed the House of Commons on audience greatly enjoyed the pro- unbueltatingly declares that I od At first I put it down to an have discovered nothing less epidemic of face-ache, but I have the day of their presentation,;

noteworthy than a "fragment" since learnt that the poor fellowa notwithstanding the fact that It is understood that H. M. S. of an ode by Sappho

are suffering from a much more serious complaint, to wit, sale- there were some, Labour' amend-Hawkins, flying the flag of Vice- Admiral Alexander Sinclair, will ments-one of which was particuleave for Singapore on Monday,

roomatism. For the drapers' winter bargain sales are now in AXE", larly foolish,

and after a two weeks stay will

full swing, and the womenfolk return to 1longkong before pro-

have taken all the housekeeping. coeding on the summer, cruise to

money to sqfender on georgette And things, while their wretched husbands are forced to lick the steam off restaurant windows in order to assuage their gnawing hunger. Wero Tennyson alive,

SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1926.

THE ECONOMY

Tho presept

Conservative

Government at Home is carning

the north.

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Now then, wake up, Bostoa! And cap that if you can.

I am rejoiced to see that a company has been formed with the object of building ice-skating rinks in all our principal cities. for when this is effected we shall

Malaya and Cornwall.

The trouble with such measures

His Excellency the Governor be able to enjoy at least one Tor itself the reputation of being as the Safeguarding of Industries has, under instructions from the winter sport without the bother one of the soundest adminis-Act and the Trade Facilities Act Secretary of State for the and exponse of travelling to is that complaints are bound to Colonies, been pleased to rece- Switzerland. I only hope this irations of post-war days. In one arise of favouritiam shown, tognise Monsieur Dufaure de "la admirable example will inspire or two directions it has left itself certain industries or con-Prade, provisionally and pending another company to provide open for justified criticism, as forcerns whilst others are left to the issue of His Majesty's Ex-home facilities for ski-ing and to-

carry on as best they can. example the prodigul way in this regard, there has just been for France,

In equatur, as Consui in Hongkong bogganing also. Snow could be imported from the Himalayans or which it shelved the coal problem some criticism by both Conserva-

the Andes at the more cost of. of last autumn and light-heartedly tive and Labour members in the His Excellency the Governor gathering it, and work would thus House of Commons, who have has been pleasoe to recognise, be found for our numerous "un- saddled the country with a subsidy objected to the guaranteeing of provisionally and pending in-employed in laying it down upon running into many millions. unnecessary new undertakings instructions from the Secretary of suitable declivities. Similarly, the spectacular return established industries. It would State for the Colonies, Mr. Harold I understand that Professor I feel sure he would sum up the to the gold standard made by appear, as a case in point, that Shuntz as a Consul for the United Anaesthesins Bilgewater had situation somewhat in this man-

guarantees have been, winde in States of America in Hongkong. been making some, experiments ner Mr. Winston Churchill in con- respect of Malay tin drodgers,

in the production of artificial nection with the Budget last and this is described by a Labour

An arm's warrant was executed snow; but his process, though Spring put up the foreign price of M. Pas equivalent to the Gov-ut un annumbered house in the Practicable, is exceedingly ex- Brliish exported goods und had increase the Malay output at a

ernment going out of its way to village of Ngan Shi Wan, Kow- at about three chillings a pint ponsive, the snow working out distinctly traceable reaction on time when the Cornish tin indus-loon new district, when one the export trade. But that trying try is still suffering from depres-revolver, two holsters, and two At this rate it would require a time has been lived through and sion. Time was when Cornwall daggers were seized, and a woman

arrested. Was an extremely prosperous the return to gold is beginning to county on account of its woalth bear fruit.

sum equivalent to the National Debt to plaster only one side of Skiddaw. My plan, I think, is the butter.

of tin and copper, but Observatory returns for Feb.-- two rather the exploiting of the resources ruary show that the average mean Offsetting these

of Malaya, with its cheaper temperature was 60, the highest costly proceedings, the Govern labour, badly hit the industry, boing 74.4, on the 10th, and the ment has now gone in for an which has remained more or less lowest 48.8 on, the 24th. There economy campaign that will have in the doldrums for many years were 66.1 hours of sunshino and the whole-hearted support of the now. Latterly, the outlook has 2.40 inches of rain, whilst the

been rather better, due to the average humidity was 82. British taxpayer, especially in better price of tin, but there are view of the fact that the still many hundreds of unem- Special sailings of the s. s. Chancellor of the Exchequer has ployed Cornish miners for whom Taishan are to he made from the little response has been forth-Company's wharf on Monday and warned the country to expect a coming in appeals made to the Tuesday at 9 a.m., the return from

On reading that a certain slightly increased income tax Government. Indeed, conditions Macao to be made each day famous actor fall in love with his next year unless the national some time ago were so bad that at 3 pan.

wife while sharing a buit with the miners maintained a regular

her on a Yorkshire noor during expenditure falls. In the Navy choir which was sent on tour

a grouse-drive, I was at once in- Estimatos, which were introduc- throughout the country to raise

Theosophy and Science" the spired to the following lines. It ed into and approved by the funds for their families. Many Vienna Congress lecture of Mr. is the actor, not I, of course, who

efforts have been made by, the dinarajadasa, Vice-President speaks - House of Commons on Thursday leaders of the industry to obtain of the World Theosophical Society there has been a reduction of aid from the Government with a was the subject of an address de- nearly two-and-a-half million view to setting the industry on its livered by Mr. H. W. Lanepart

And not have felt the start feet again, but these have met at this week's meeting of the

pounds sterling-approximately with little success. The plea now Hongkong Lodge of the Theoso-

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EXCHANGE RATES.

Of quickened pulse, nor frenzied

beat

Of an impetuous heart,

I might have mot you in some

play,

THE ON-THE-MAKE QUEEN,

You must wake and call me early,

For to-morrow will be the top-

Call me early, hubby dear;

pingest time

Of all the glad New Year;

Of all the Glad New Year, hubby, The maddest, merriest day, For the sales are on down Ken.

sington

And Oxford Circus way.

Thore'll be many a black, black

eye, hubby,

But none so black as mine, If I can only wake and take

vost

A place in the fighting-line! There will I wreat for blouse and

And camisole 90 gay; So stick your hand in your purse,

hubby,

And pay-pay-pay!

THIS WEEK'S NATURE NOTE.

As you раня the frosted hodgorows of the countryside, koop an open oyo for that hardy I might have met you in the little songstor, the pigeon-

street,

breasted baokehat. It builds its nest in empty ginger-boer bottles, where it lives hoad downwards all through the cold months, breathing on its eggs to keep them starts. The eggs are triangular, warm till the hatching-season

of a brilliant scarlet colour motti- number about nineteen to the ed with Eau-de-Nile, and usually

litter. The backchát rarely quits its nest-excopt on Fridays, whon", it goes searching for its food, which consists of bits of blotting-. paper, pink string, brace-buttons, and early rhubarb. Its sweet notes ATO easily distinguish- able from those of a trombone, being exactly similar, in fact, to the noiso made when woighing sugar.

And heeded not your charmis, Though in some love-scene you

would lay"

Close held within my arms. It needed quite a different

touch

Tó rouso me to 'adore ;

Mr. J. G. Thompson, of the Hongkong Telephone Co., report| led to the Water Police yesterday evening that someone had brokon into the public telephone call-box at the "Star Forry Wharf, Kowloon, and stole the box in which ton-cent pieces had to be dropped. There was no idea. of course, how much was in the box whon it was taken. The money- box was intact at 4.20 p.m., yes- 38.20 terday, as a tolophone call was 107,0 put through at that time, but 12.18 when a European entered the

20.42 call-box shortly after 4.30, he wireless telephones in railway .18.59found the box had bean romoved.

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Rugby, March 12. To-day's exchange rates are as follow:

Parla Brussels

four por cont.whilst there has made-and it scents a reasonable phical Society, beon an economy of over £12,000,- Jono-is that when it comes to 1000 affected in the Civil Service Government guarantees, charity

should begin at home. Estimates, which are due to come! bafore the flouse of Commons in' a day or two. In addition to" these two savings, a further eight| or ten millions sterling is sought to be saved by the Economy Bill which is to be introduced by Mr. Church- ill at

early date. If the measure finds approval Amsterdam (although it will assuredly croute Berlin much discussion, seeing that the Copenhagen economies are going to be effected Vienna in connection with "statutory "Helsingfors

Lisbon expenditures there will have

Buenos Ares been a total saving of about 22 Shanghai.. millions offeoted, made up of: New York Yokohama Nuvy, £2,400,000; Army, £2,000,-Geneva.

Atlan 000; Civil Service, £12,000,000; Stockholm and Statutory expendituros, Oslo

Prague £8,000,000. The small increase Indrid

Rio of £500,000 in connection with Bombay the Air Force does not alter the Hongkong

Silver (spot} figure appreciably. It is a groat Silver (forward) pity that the bulk of the money

Mr. Remedios, of 37, Granville

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much

Loved I not on a moori

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I like the idea of installing

By permission of the Lord

2 Road, Kowloon, reported to the Bishop of Victoria, the pulpit of .44% police yesterday that while play-St. John's Cathedral will bo 37 ing tennis in his garden on Thurs-occupied on Sunday morning by 1/10 day afternoon he drove a tennis

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him, compared him to the great Wesley. The subject of Mr. Koo's sermon will be "A'Chiness Conception of Christ."

Under the provisions of tho Liquors Consolidation

1.228 ball over into the garden of the Chinese layman, Mr. T. 7, Koo, 19 adjoining house, tenanted "by a who is now on a visit to Hong- 18.12 Mr. Botelho. He sent his Chinese korig, being engaged in workOrdinance, 1911, His Excellency 22.30 boy, to retrieve the ball, and while

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10 the boy was doing so he was among Students in connection the Governor in Council has badly bitten by a dog, owned by with the YM. C. A. Mr. Koo approved the premises at West Mr. Botulio, which was in, tho has beon speaking much Point, the property of the China 2/3 garden. The dog was taken to in England and has always. Providont. Loun and Mortgage":" 30.6/18 the Water Police Station for left the impression of being a Company, Limited, to be general 30.7/10 romoval to Kennedy Town for great spiritual force. The Arch-bonded warehouses for the ware -British Wireless,

I observation.

bishop of Canterbury, on hearinghousing of dutiable lignors.