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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

MONDAY, MAY 17, 1926.

PROTECT YOUR CAR supremacy of order over disorder.

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by installing It la not, as most of us are perhaps

PYRENE Fire Extinguisher. "PYREND" will kill fire without damaga

DAY BY DAY,

HE MUST BE A THOROUGH FOOL WHO CAN LEARN NOTHING FROM HI FOLLY--Hare,

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The 8.8. Takada left Singapore on the 14th instant and is due here

inclined loosely to think, the work- ing of the forces of disruption, but exactly the rover. There are a to the seat many people who think that

There was a clean bill of health ongine, woodwork Order (with 2 Cipital 0) in the Colony on Friday. or upholstery. naturally prevails" of its own "Water spreads a essential being and that disorder is petrol fire; sand is just a preventible incidental inefficient and will put the engine out matter of rebellion by something or

The Empress of Russia left of action.

homebody. But if we look a little "PYRENE Ex-closely and carefully at natural Nagasaki yesterday at 6 a.m. and is due at Shanghai at 4 p.m. to- tinguisher is small things around us, we see that dis-day. in elze, light in order is the "natural" state and weight and easy to that order has only come because handle.

"PYRENE" docs not deteriorato and is always ready for use. Keep a "PYR- ENE" handy on car and in garage.

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HANDBAG SNATCHED.

R. A. O. B. INSTITUTE.

CHINESE CAPTURED AFTER BRIGHT PROSPECTS FOR THE

·BRISK CHASE,

A Chinese who snatched a hand- bag from a lady, but who was caught when running away, was brought before Mr. E. Lindsell, at the Central Magistracy this morning, when he was charged with theft.

It appears that about 10.30 h.m. on Saturday, the complainant. a married Chinese woman, WAS

FUTURE

The progressive spirit of the R. A. O B. Institute, Hongkong, was shown at a mass meeting at the Institute, held at Rutton Build- ings on Saturday, when it was stated that from the inaugration, on January 2nd of this year, the membership had grown to 378, and that there was not one bad debt. There was a full representation of banners and lodges...

The Chairman, Mr. Goldenberg. The name of The On Tai Steam-walking up Babbington Path when said the assets were in excess of ship Company, Ltd., has been the defendant came along behind, the fiabilities, and attributed this and caught hold of the bag. As to the sappert from Judges in the of great struggles, Man-lius in-struck off the register.

she did not release it, he dragged provinces. The money had come terfered in order to get order for

The Empress of Australia left her along for several yards, when in so well that the issue of de- himself, and it is when his grip

Vancouver on the 13th instant and the strap brake: He ran away bontures was withdrawn. He pald relaxes or is upset, because some

with the bag leaving the broken glowing tributes to the committeo, is due here on June 2nd.

strap in the complainant's" hand, and Mr. Gibb, the Secretary, in' body else wants to take his place at

The name of Mr. Robert Wil-She pursued the defendant, but particular, for their untiring work. doing the gripping, that we get disorder. The getting and keep liam Stoddart has been added to an Indian constable, who was on He referred to the popularity of duty in Bonham Road, took up the their concerts and whist drives and ing of order is undoubtedly an up-

chase and succeeded in catching opined that the future was excep the man. While the defendant was tionally bright.

Mr. Jeffries appealed to the running away, he managed to ex- tract $25 from the bag and trans-members to support the Institu- fer it to his pocket, and the money' tion, saying that the various was found on him when he was lodges and charities would benefit. Mr. Gibb spoke of the increase Defendant pleaded guilty, and in membership and absence from was sentenced to nine months, and debt, and remarked that all mem- twelve strokes with the birch.

bers were agreed that the Lodge room was one of the finest in the whole Order: He tributed the Chairman on his work.

Mustard & Co.,Ltd. hill job we've always got to he

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MARRIAGE.

KEY-MACFARLANE.-At Hong- kong, on Mey 15, 1925, Walter John Smith Key, only son of the late Mr. William Key and Mrs. Key of "Bonawe" Wor- mit. Fifeshire, Scotland, to Isabel Agnes Blair, younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A:: W. Macfarlane, Corstorphine, Edinburgh, Scotland.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. Captain Thomas Reid Nicol desires to thank his friends for their expressions of sympathy in his bereavement, also for the floral tributes sent and at-

tendance at the funeral.

The Telegraph.

MONDAY, MAY 17, 1926.

RESTLESS EUROPE.

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constantly at

It, and it is à para- dox that a grant many people think humanity is most disordered when it is making its biggest efforts to get a better order. Only through the struggling mind of man has or-i der been achieved and it is only through his Boelal struggles that he will eventually evolve for self a better urdered, juster and kinder world than he knows' now. { It is a comforting thought that we are too prone to lose sight of.

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The P. and O. liner Devanha, from Hongkong, arrived at Mar- selles on May 15th at 10.30 am.

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The health return for the week end shows one case each of small-arrested.

All pox, diphtheria and rabies. were Chinese..

The Wah Yan College is hold- ing its sports on Wednesday, at Happy Valley. Mr. A. E. Wood is to distribute the prizes.

Amongst the "passengers who left by the President Grant yester- day were Capt. B. E. Sassoon, Mr. B. Monteith Webb, and Mr. and Mrs. I E. McDougall.

When we look at such things as the late general strike in Great

A Chinese engineer of a small Britain in the perspective of this steamer, the Chlat On, was fined, view, we see that they have a ro-$50, at the Central Magistracy on ward not very incommensurate Saturday for possession of 4.8 taels

of illicit opium. with their cost. The orderliness of our big Trade Unions and 'of organised labour as a whole will be more marked because of the lesson learned in May, 1926, than it would have been had last week's Maken place. upheaval never There's a lesson in that for all of

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50 Years' Work.

Educational work of real value

to the Colony, carried of year by year without ostenstation-that which arises in is the thought our mind in connection with the celebrations of .St.

ANOTHER CASE.

Chinese

When Mr. Ewing, wife of Mr. J. T. Ewing, overseer of Rowen Rond Filter Beds, was walking along Kennedy Road, a snatched her handbag containing rooney and other articles to the total value of $9.50. The man was chased, but he escaped down "the hillside.

A NUISANCE.

When the subject of the re-issue of debentures. was brought up, within two minutes promises of $480 were received, and it was agreed to raise funds in this man- ner to cover the summer months.

It was decided to close the bar at midnight, instead of 11.30 p.m., to bring themselves into line, with the other clubs.

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Mr. Saunders, after proposing votes of thanks and confidence to the committee, suggested they FOND OF POLICE LODGINGS, should carry on.. This was second- ed by Mr. Begley, and the notion E. M. V. Remedios, described as was carried with applause.

A watchman at North Point had a lucky escape a couple of days ago. During blasting operations near the Generating Station of the being unemployed, of no fixed Hongkong Electric Company at abode, was charged before. Mr. North Point, a big stone crashed J. II. B. Nihill, at the Kowloon sonment as well as having been

down on to a watchman's matshed tagistracy this morning, with be sent to the House of Detention.

and demolished it. The watchman escaped, unhurt.

A small quantity of tar which was being boiled by the occupants

ing a nuisance at the junction of Nathan and Austin Roads yester day.

The defendant pleaded guilty.

His father would have nothing to do with him and he was always going to the Police, Station for a night's lodging.

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His Worship: Well, of course, he can have that if he wants it.

A fine of $1, with the atternative

of the first floor of No. 192, Nathan Sergeant Hargreaves informed Road, Kowloon, caught fire at his Worship that the accused was about 7.30 o'clock, this morning an awful nuisance. He had pre-of two days hard labour, was im The Kowloon Fire Brigade, was viously served a term of impri- posed. soon on the scene and the out- break extinguished without any serious damage being caused.

Through

He Very Idea!

Europe is going through one of those periods of unrest and dis order that have marked her history jubilee

The following vessels are ex- ever since it was first recorded, Joseph's College. To the Direct-pected to be in wirelcas com- with Hongkong and there is the danger, unless we or and Brothers of this fine inmunication

to-day--Empress of 'Russia, keep steadfastly in view the even-stitution, congratulations" are be

Pres, Madison, Pres. Grant, Kaijo tual trend and urge of things, that ing extended on all hands in con- Maru, Azumasan Maru, Kashgar, we become obsessed by what we nection with the observances ar Laisang, Ouderkerk, Pres. Adams, now see going on and give way to ranged to mark the completion of Taiping, Shinko Maru, Luceric, At a dinner lately a Royal pital na cured.

Legazpi. Selene, Takada, Atreus, Academician stated to the company. Poland,

Maru Vestland, Tango a fifty years of earnest endeavour pessimistic despair.

and that the word "sugar" was' the George Clelland is suffering only word in the English language from a severe catch in. his back country which has, since the war, in the edcuational life of Hong- Meriones.

where "su" is pronounced "shu." which he sustained while lifting gained an independence for which kong. It was in a email and in: significant building in Pottinger

accidentally falling There was much interest shown in a tub of water. George had the she has yearned, is now embroiled Street that the present College from a plank on which he was the discovery, when Rudyard Kip tub lifted up in midair when in a civil war of quite alarm had its origin, being then known working at the new Fire Station, ling was heard from the other end catch in his back would permit Chinese has been sent to the of the table-But are you, quite him to neither put the tub down it moved Into Buxey Lodge, on Government Civil Hospital with a sure?

or raise it higher and ever since ing proportions and seriousness. as the St. Xavier's School. Later

ho has not been able to straighted "Dear land of Poland" was the fer- Caine Road, and when it was re-scalp wound.

A motor policeman found 60 up-Personal item in a California vent cry of both her exile and named St. Joseph's College there not were only 75 scholars on the roll.

A Chinese girl, aged seventeen, empty hair tonic bottles when they paper. "overlorded people and it was

To-day, students ten times that of 74, Third Street, Western Investigated a report from Mrs. until the re-establishment of the number are receiving instruction District, attempted to commit Lillian Moriarity Indianapolia, Frayers have been offered in national boundaries of Europe at the hands of the College staff suicide by jumping into the har that her husband, Frank, has been Sheffield churches for after the close of the Great War When the College left Buxey Lod-bour near Water Street, after a drunk for a week. She told police guidance of the Watch Committee that Polish nationalism came into ge and went into its new building quarrel with her parents. She her husband's fondness for the in their task of choosing a new in Robinson Road, it was gener was rescued by some people in a scalp treatment had grown almost Chief Constable at £1,000 a year, its own. The Republic has had aally felt that ample accommoda-

Bampan. troubled time ever since its birth, tion would be found there for this its future needs, but as the years

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EX-SULTAN DIES.

into a habit.

He was never ill-enough to take his bed until after his death, From a Texas paper.

She aimed to cut her weight

a bit

With exercise galore. Instead of eating lunch, she-

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She had seen better timea but

was now keeping a bourding, house,

rising to £1,250 a year.

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Two tons of imitation pearls were used in Culver City, Cal., to fashion costumes. for movie actresses in a huge "pearl ballet" dance.

Accomplished Musician-How would you like 'n sonata before dinner, my friend?"

Second Mrs. Tanqueray Fine, but don't put more than a dash of gin In it, will you?

A Canadian visiting at

but we are convinced that

went by it became obvious that lates upheaval is all for the even larger premises would be eventual good. It is a political needed. The opportunity to ac- quarrel which will sift the worst quire the old German Club then

came, and another stage in the FORMER RULER OF TURKEY. out of official life and it is a history of the College was mark- healthy, sign, although doubtless pd. Once again, there were

San Remo, May '16."- for those who thought it possible that

The death is announced of the unpleasant experience

the new quarters would be more. many. In Germany, too, there is than sufficient for its needs, but ex-Sultan of Turkey, Mehmed tho political unrest country where since that time big extension: Sixth. He died during the night

Veazie, monarchical plots are being dis- schemes have been carried out and from apoplexy.

[It will be remembered that the there is even yet evidence that!

A friend of her girlhood was Mc., naked to have the following. covered and where many parties farther expansion will be neces-ex-Sultan fled from Constantinople

Of more to Malta on a British warship in spending the day, following her notice sont into the Bangor Daily are at cute cross purposes. sary as time goes on. There is a danger that the desire significance, however, than the November, 1922, following a re-about from task to task. Finally, Newe: "I lose my dog about two outward signs of the progress of solution by the Grand National As- after surveying a mountain of week, his colour about black, his for supremacy by either one fac- the College is the Anc record it has sembly that the office of Sultan had soiled dishes, her friend spoke up. tail cut short to my body, if find

"What with cooking, sweeping, hor, keep him, I belong to it tion or another will lead to a trial achieved in educating hundreds censed to exist and that the office by force, and the "civil peuce of of Hongkong youthe, who have of Caliph, which had hitherto been cleaning and dishwashing, you 10,, $35.00 Germany may yet be sorely tried cause to be thankful for the train- vested in the Sultan, should have your hands full hore. That Martin Behrman, 61, mayor of filled" by élection from daughter of yours scents to be New Orleads for his fifth term, ing they have received in this in- be

the Princes of the House husky. Doesn't she help you?" died to-day, after an extended ill- before the country evolves itsatitution. We wish for the Col many post-war trials and problems. lege many more years of useful of Osman. After the flight "Oh, yes, was the respouse, neas. Behrman was born hore 12,, $40.00) All through Central Europe there activity, knowing full well that of the ex-Sultan, Abdul Mejld "Annie helps. She mater the when he was one year old

Hartford Timea Sultan was noon afterwards de- has been a welter of unrest of late, besides instruction in the varied Effendi succeeded, but the office of salads

subjects on its syllabus the stu-

Walter Krubert, a Chicago

It would be fine if clothing and although politicians will make dents receive a wholesome moral nitely abolished, Mustapha Kemel play out of it all, some to lose and training which is sure to stand being elected President. In March, school boy, 11, who swallowed 30 manufacturers would sew of but- 1024, the remainder of the ex-royal nails to prove to his classmates tons with the same care that is some to gain, we believe that it is them in good stead when they B9 family which for over four cen- that he was a hard guy" has been devoted to the affixing of size and

out into the world to face the in its essentials, a struggle for the larger battle of life.

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