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Victor Record No. 20007

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1926.

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PYRENE will ston. One plays cricket to win but kill fire without noyer so keenly to win as not to damage to the engine, woodwork give the other man a fair chance.

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DAY BY DAY.

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LEARN ANYTHING AT ALL UNLESS no LEARN AT FIRST HUMILITY--- Owen Meredith.

DE VERY SURE THAT NO MAN WILL

Mr. A. H. mail, of the Hong- kong Electric Company, reports to the police the loss from his office desk of a gold wrist watch, valued at $18.

21 YEARS AGO.

EXTRACTS FROM "TELEGRAPH" FILES.

The following items are extract

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MODERN BOAT.

THE "KONIGSBERG" IN FORT.

There is at present in port the German twin-screw Diesel motor. weasel, Konigsburg, Captain August. Ricklefe, of 2,978 nett register tons

The quarantine restrictions im- ed from the Telegraph files for the One never boasts about, winning, i posed against arrivals from Yoko-week ended August 19th, 1905.

and 6,486 gross register tons. one always emphasiaca the bad luck hama and Haiphong on account of

This steamer was built at' Bremen the other man had in losing. Thors plague and cholera respectively The rate of the dollar on demand In 1924 by the Action Gesellscha is a finer code of conduct then in

have been withdrawn.

was 18. 10 13/16."-

Wesor. She has a length of 431.5- most other games--a code that,

fect overall, and 411 feet between. "Further earthquake shocks were prependiculara, while her extreme felt in Macno. Residents left breadth is 58.4 feet and her mould- makes barracking" almost un

their houses at night and Hed depth 30.8 feet. Her draft is thinkable. And it is that part of

the Governor slept in a matahed. 22 feet 6 inches fully loaded, and the game "that one likes to think

she has tween decks all over be makes Its strongest appeal. Man grow up to love and respect that "PYRENE" does which is clean and wholesome, and not deteriorate and even the professional aide of is always ready cricket is entirely free from the gladiatorial spirit that goes with so much paid play. There is scope for generalship, in the disposition of the "fold," there is ample room for individual prowess with either Mustard & Co., Ltd. bat or ball, and there is always de

for use. Keep a "PYR- ENE" handy on car and in garage.

Incorporated under Lite Companies Ordinances Hongkong. 16-17, Connaught Road C

Phone C.1186 or write for particulara.

BIRTH.

ROSS-On August 20th at The Peak Hospital to Hilda, wife.

|manded the traditional fair play 'ní the game. The rise Into popularity of lawn teanie in recent years has done much to divert the attention of virile youth from cricket, but it is curious that a schoolboy's heroes are mainly of the cricketing world. Hobbs is a far greater figure to him than any of the finest tennis or football players and, so it is with

The circular road in the New

are asked to

Territories is to be opened to-mor- row, but motorists proceed with caution over the re- Paired parts..

The sympathy of many friends will be extended to Mr. and Mrs. infant child which occurred short R. C. Wilson at the death of their ly after birta. The funeral took place at Happy Valley yesterday day afternoon.

Congratulations are extended to Mfr. J. Em Lemiere, one of the best known and most popular members hai, on the attainment of his seven- of the French community in Shang-

tieth birthday, after nearly half a century spent in the Far East.

Mr. L. B. Warren, who failed to answer to his name when called upon to serve on the jury when the Criminal Sessions began on Wed- nesday morning, put in an appear-

The Volunteers attended church sides having an orlop deck as well parado at the Cathedral, under the in the No. 1 hold. The vessel is command of Major A, Chapman equipped with wireless and electric and headed by the band of the light all over, and is Atted with 2, West Kents. Archdeacon Bannia-powerful Diesel motors of the 4'S. ter was the preacher.

C.S.A type, 12 cylinders, 27'9/16". x 47'4", which together develop The Hongkong Government re3, force of 850 nominal horse mercial Union to call a public The Konigsberg is an excellent fused to allow the Chinese Com-power. moeting to discuss the boycott of cargo-carrier, and is equipped the United States arising out of with a number of very modern del. He

vices of handling cargo, including. a derrick for handling heavy lifts

the exclusion' laws.

The anti-American boycott in up to 60 tons. She makes a speed Canton was reported to be gain of 121⁄2 knots per hour on a fuel Ing in strength, and several consumption of 12-13 tons of with the authorities. American firms filed big claims crude oil per day.

An innovation on the steamer is that her main radder Is only to be used for emergency purposes, she being generally steered with an August Flettner rudder. This is a smart contraption fitted to the end of the main rudder, and is an invention by the contructor of the The Royal Hongkong Yacht Club famous August Flettner rotor

Increased cold storage facilities were provided for the E. and A. steamer Eastern, engaged on the Hongkong-Australia run.

of Sydney, Hampden Ross.the average man, even though he 18ance at noon the same day. Mr. approved of resolutions accepting ships. This device works, au

daughter.

DEATH.

NG NGAI SHI-On 16th August, 1926, at 37 Pokfulam Road, Hongkong, Ngni Shi, wife of Ng Yuk Shu. Funeral takes place at 12 noon on Sunday, 22nd August from above add Tegs-to Yat Pit Ting" Kennedy Town. «

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day,

one of those prepared_to_argue Justice-Wood-fined-him-$10-and the Government's offer of an ex- about the dullness and slowness of ordered him to remain in Court all the game. The Teat Match just concluded has proved that cricket has lost none of its magical appeal to Britishers and has even grown more beloved and respected. The Australian visitors have been a powerful combination and have caused the Selectors of the English

The Observatory reports that.. side some anxious moments. But Dr. C. Bennett, well known medi- by Mr. Denman, Fuller, Mr. Frank the typhoon appears to be cross- now that all is over and now that cal man in the Far East, has been Austin was advertised as the jing Hainan in the north-west. England has demonstrated her pro-appointed resident physician and vocalist.

direction, and may be filling up. superintendent at the Shanghai | wess of the game that is natively General Hospital. Dr. Bennett.

Manila reports a typhoon east- Mr. J. W. Lee Jones was ap-south-east of Naha, moving north- hers there will be none who will not succeeding to the post left vacant pointed Registrar of the Supreme east or east-north-east. wish for the men from the Anti- by the death of the late Dr. J. B. Court, Mr. G. H. Wakeman Land podes the chance of revenge when Fear, has until recently been the Officer, and Mr. C. A. D. Mei-

Port Health Officer at Woosung and bourne Assistant Land Officer. Mr. H. W. Slade, presiding, refer- THE NATIONAL GAME. England again goes sgth.

he assumed this new duties at the""

red to trade depression in South General Hospital on Monday, August 16, :

change of site for the new Club tomatically, even when the ship is manoevuring in and out of port: premises, approving the plans drawn up by Mr. C. H. Gale, and we learn that at sea there is gener For being in possession of a confirming the lasuing of $20,000 ally only one man on the bridge, rifle and 40 rounds of cartages. worth of $50 debentures bearing namely the officer on watch, who controls the steering, navigation on boad his junk in Deep Bay yes-interest at 7 per cent, terday, a Chinese was fined $100,

of the vessel, and everying neces- with the alternative of two months' The marriage of Mr. E. Ralphs Bary. The ship also has a Gyro- hard labour, by Mr. J. H. B, Niniil to Mise May Witter, in England, compass, and is fitted with sub-

marine telephones, at the Kowloon Magistracy this was reported. morning.

The Telegraph

FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1926,

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Canton's Connivaïlce.

In the course of his outspokeh utterance on Tuesday last, His Ex- collency the Governor accused the Canton Government of allowing "an, unlawful tyranny to be im posed upon the Cantonese people His reference was, of course, to the continuation of the Boycott. lawful there can be no question, That that moverint is utterly un-

for it results in the infringement of Treaty rights by an illegal in- terference with foreign trade.

EX-

The following vessels are pected to be in wireless communi- cation with Hongkong today:- Empress of Asia, rPesident Cleve- land, Euryades, West Holbrook, Tango Maru, Kutsang, Chenan, Malva, Mishima Maru, Clara Job- son, Ryoka Maru, Taliwong, Korea, Maru, Monado Maru, Samarang Timandek, Norviken, Telorodins, Maru, Fingai, Santhia, Tjikarang,

Protesilaus.

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At an organ recital, to be given

At the half-yearly meeting of China. The proposed dividend of the Hongkong and Shanghai-Banki 16s, per share was approved,

The Very Joes!

Finance has been considered the formation of the World: Pro- traditionally as a man's game, but hibition Federation.

"Almost. from the cradle we

One wonders if any previous Test- Match aroused such, tense Empire- wide interest as was generated by the match which came to a drama- tic conclusion at, the oval on Wed- nesday, and as the result of which England regained the mythical "Ashes” from Australia. The lack of decision in any of the preceding four matches, and the fostering of attention on the final event by the Empire's newspapers resulted in

H. M. T. Neuralia with the the new women are coming into Said Mr. Mark Hayler, secretary unprecedented interest and the That it is tyranny is also obvious. 2 K. O. S. B. and 23rd H. Battery Wall Street, New York of the World Prohibition Feder

It is hot, as claimed by the Can- for Hongkong and drafts of Malaya In the financial district wo- tion: participation (in spirit) of prac-ton Government, an organised and North and South China, will men no longer are content to play tically every British boy and man. patriotic demonstration sustained leave Southampton on Sept. 17 the roles of secretary, steno brothers and sisters ate, drank and The great national game of cricket by the people of South China, being due in Singapore on Oct. 17grapher and clerk. They have en- breathed prohibition. Our father, Father is it, as the British dele- and Hongkong on Oct. 22. She will tered the sacred precincts of bark Guy Hayler, now 76 years of age, seems to lose little of its power gates at the Conference put it, a return with the 1/E. Surrey for of attraction for Britishers, though movement imposed on an unwill-India the 25th H. Battery for and bond house executive offices started out in life as a painter. one often hears heated criticism of ing people by a small but powerful Singapore and details from China and are winning a new respect. "If you were to look into the The Association of Bank Wo- matter, I don't doubt that you organisation which maintains the for United Kingdom and will take it. There are hundrede of young boycott by force of arms. On the details from Malaya, being. due men has doubled its membership in would find members of my family men in England who condemn point as to whether the Canton Home again on Dec, 13.

two years. One hundred and forty had been influential in spróading cricket as being "too slow and whoGovernment actually connîyes at a

women exécutives are now in the the prohibition doctrine in the The death occurred at the Gen-

fold.

United States. Hoylers have been. would cite such a fact as Sutcliffe continuance of the movement, we

need go no further than to point eral Hospital, Singapore, on the

Several women, who are sales pioneers in the states of Iowa, batting for 40 minutes without out, that the Strike Committee it 12th inst. of Captain Frederick managers of "women's depart- Ohio and California, and their acoring one run in support of their self admits so much, for, in a re- James Stack, who was a well-known ments" in large bond houses say descendants must be scattered all contention. Back in the days when cent statement, it declared that figure in shipping circles. The late that most of their customers are over the west, " J. W. H. T. Douglas captained the thanks to the protection of the Captain Stack, who was 66-years men.

Nationalist Government...our sacri- of age, came up from Australia English team to Australia we heard fice has not been in vil In twenty years ago and took charge the same complaint and J. W. H. other words, the Government has of one of the ships operated by the T. D. was made to stand for "John- facilitated rather than sought to Ho Hong Steamship Company interfere with a campaign, the Twelve years ago he joined the ny, won't hit to-day." Collins can main object of which is described Straits Steamship Company and go in and hold his end for an hour as "to strike a death-blow at Hong- was in the Kinta when he retired only to score six runs, and even the long." It is the inactivity of the fifteen months ago on account of

Canton Administration which war- wilhealth. idol Hobbs can be made to slow rants the charge of tacit acquies- down to less than ten in the hour. cence in the movement. If Can- "Stow beyond all hope" is the judg-tan's leaders have the power to ment of many a hustling youth, and atop the boycott and refrain from exercising it, then the only con- yet it is safe to say that the time clusion to be reached is that it Paris will come when that same youth connives at its continuance. If it Brussels

Amsterdam will be prepared to exhibit wild en has not the power, then its claim Berlin thusiasm over a cricket result Just of Kwangtung obviously goes by Vienna,

that it has control of the affairs Copenhagon · as did the "staid and Bober" men of the board. There is only one way Lisbon.

Helsingfors the City on Wednesday evening, in which to test the genuineness Buenos Aires

an organised Shanghal Cricket, apart altogether from its of the Boycott as keen devotees who defend it with people and that is to remove the Genev

patriotic movement by the Chinese Yokohama New York the fervour of a religion, fa a barriers and perceive the result. Milan national game that sooner or later On that point wo are absolutely Stockholm "gets" an Englishman by reason of when they say that, once the ar- Madrid

at one with the British delegates Oale

Prague Its being national. It is beyond tificial obstructions are removed, Rid criticism that will last

the current of trade and friendly Bombay Cricket has become as much to the mutual benefit of Chinese Silver (forward

Intercourse will again flow freely, Hongkong

Silver. (spot) model for conduct as it is a game and British alike..

EXCHANGE RATES.

Ragby, August 19. 171 :1784 12114 ..20.41

.8.28

84.42

19274

2.17782

45.13/32

A beggars, headquarters, where

A "Fifer" went up to "do" Lon- tramp outfits could be hired, was don, and called at the box office of discovered the other day in West one of the West End theatres. London. Attention was attracted "Have you two front row or to the place because a number of chestra stalls for to-night?" men would arrive daily, neatly "Yes, sir," replied the clerk dressed, and leave in shabby attire." expectantly.

Then the show can't be much good," retorted the visitor, and be walked off.

His mother made him wash his

hands

Ten times a day, but then

The phrase "Getting the sacle" originated from the habit of workmen carrying their tools in a bag. These were kept in safe custody by the employer to save. employees. the trouble of carrying them to and from their work every. day When a workman left one employer to go to another he was handed back his sack of tools, ak was also the case, of course, when Challenging dry America, Eng- he was dismissed. It was from land claims the dryest family in this custom that the phrase came the world Guy Hayler, his wife, into currency

He couldn't understand it

'cause

They just got black again.

his four sons and his four 4.86 daughters.

26.10

An Aberdoninn went to the don This family is the dryest in the tist to get a tooth extracted. He 16.16 world because the whole tribe has got gas, and when he came to him- 22.15 for yeare and years unitedly fought self discovered that all his tooth

14 to make the world dry, has flooded were out.

.81.68

/gall civilized countries of the globe Whit wey did ye dae that?" he 1/6 with dry literature, has addressed asked,

8.9/10

hundreds of dry meetings and for "Oh," replied the dentist, I gave 234 years, all by itself, carried on the ye ower much gas and didns like

I work that culminated in 1909, In to waste 1