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AMENDED LAWS.

HARBOUR MASTER'S NEW POWERS.

"COUNCIL CLERK CHANGE.

The Gazelle contains the draft· of an Ordinance to amend the In- terpretation Ordinance, 1911. This Bill makes threo amendments in the Ordinance,

Clause 2 adds to section 25. of the Ordinance, a sub-section which.. provides that in an appointment to an offico it shall not be neces- sary to name any particular in- dividual but that the appointment may be of the holder of some other office in the name of that office. The sub-section goes on to provide that upon an appointment being mado in that form the person who is from time to time, for the time heing, performing the duties of the latter office shall be deemed to have been appointed to the former office.

POWER NEEDED.

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A particular provision to this effect was inserted recently in the Marriage Amendment Ordinance, 1926. Under that particular pro vision it will be possible to appoint "the Land Officer" to be Registrar of Marriage, and that one appoint ment will be sufficient for so long. as the Land Office remains the Re- gistry of Marriages, Without, this power it would be necessary to make a fresh appointment whenever a now Land Officer or acting Land" Oficer were appointed. Clause 2 of the Bill proposes to make a general provision for this class of CABC.

DEPUTY CLERK OF COUNCILS.

In order to reduce the pressure of work on the Assistant Colonial Secretary, it is proposed that, while retaining his duties as Clerk to the Executive Council, be should be relieved of his duties as Clerk to the Legislative Council. There is at present" a technical obstacle in the way of this being done, in that the Ordinances generally contem plate only one clerk for both Coun cils. Clause 3 of the Bill mets this diflically by providing in effect, for a Deputy Clerk of Councils. The intention is to appoint a Del. puty Clerk of Councils who will act as Clerk to the Legislative Council

HARBOUR MASTER'S POWERS. Sub-sections (3) and (5) of see- tion 22 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinanco, 1809, gives the Harbour Master certain powers over mer- chant ships, including, inter alia, power to allot berths, and powe to give special directions for typhoon, weather. Is appears, how- ever, that these powers apply only when the merchant ship in ques- tion is in a port of the Colony, and, therefore, so fas as the port of 'Victoria is concerned, they do a

extent beyond the harbour limits. Table W in the Schedule to the Merchants Shipping Ordinance, 1809, makes. Victoria Harbour port of the Colony, and section 39 B (7) of the Interpretation Ordin- ance, 1911, gives the boundaries of the Harbour of Victoria,

Broadly speaking, those bound- aries, as at present laid down, ex- clade everything east of a straight line drawn from North Point to Kowloon City, and they also ex- cludo a large part of the area be- tween Stonecutters Island and the mainland. It has been found in practice that ships anchoring to the eastward of the eastern bound- ary of the harbour, being outside the harbour limits and thus not being bound to obey orders basued by the Harbour Master under sec-. tion 22 (5) of the Merchant Ship- ping Ordinance, sometimes fait in typhoon weather to raise steam br take other necessary precau- tions. Such ships sometimes drag their anchors down to the westward into the harbour limits and thus constitute a very grave danger to ships within the harbour limits which have taken all precautions in accordance with the orders of the Harbour Master. NEW LIMITS.

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THE HONGKONG - TELEGRAPH,

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1926.

MUSIC IS MAGIC!

MIXED GRILL by A Merry Miscellany

Ashley Sterne

I am very sorry, ladies; but you mustn't wear your dear little Rus-" Binn boots again this winter. At least, so the fashion papera any though they omit to mention what' the penalty is for infringing the cdlet. Possibly the wearing of them will be its own punishment, eince it will be apparent that a woman who persists, in defying- Fashion's ukase can only possess calves like beer-barrels and ankles like ballgons.

I admit that this sudden change of vogue is very distressing, espc- einlly from the economic poins of view, as it is very hard to find any practical use for discardel Russian boots. One lady of my aequaintance has, however, ingeni- ously converted hers, Into a stand for two umbrellas; another has

filled hers with melted lead and is Casing one as a door-stopper and the other as a paper-weight; while get a third has cut the uppers off hers, and by means of a little light repousse work, at which she is an adept, is busy transforming them into fancy washers for suction, pamps.

One of the exhibits at the recent Inventions Exhibition at West- minster was a "dhpickable lock. Our friend, Mr. Willian: Sykes? has since been heard to declare his intention of inventing, by way of Petaliation, a silent burglar alarm.

"Over-indulgence in sweet-cat- ing" says an eminent physician, often ears to a general dowi grading of character." If this in- deed be so, the moment is obvious- ly ripe, not to say over-ripe, for in- sitting some sort of sweet- Eaters' Rescue Society Inspec- tors of the Society might then be sent round to all our 'cinemas and theatres, and whenever they ob- "served a young person tempted to eat que peur-drop over the eight, they should take him or her aside, and gently but firmly seek to per- suade the victim to cast the noxi- ous confection away and try suck- ing potash lozenge instead. In order to drive the lesson home the Inspectors might further be pro vided with tracts in which the mral downfull of the wretched boy who had given way to a cray ing for aniseed-balls was depicted in glowing phrases; how, by per- sisting in the awful practice. he drove both his parents to drink and himself to a life of crime, and how he was at last spared "a humiliating death on the scaffold by dying of billiousness while he was being pinioned. This, I think, if suitably illustrated with colour- ed diagrams of chronic jujube suckers' liver and the oesophagus of a Pontefract cake fiend, would go far towards stopping this in- sidious and debasing hubit.

A man rushed into City-tea- shop the other afternoon and dis-.. charged threo shots from a revol- ver. I have it on the authority of a customer who was present that at least two of the waitresses were distinctly heard to moan in their. sleep.

Since Mr. Bernard Shaw has ad- mitted that he attributes his child- tike complexion to the fact that he only uses water, and never soap to wash his face, it has occurred to me that possibly all famous men For this purpose, if for no

have their own peculiarities as to other, it is essential that the nu-. face-washing, and accordingly I thority of the Harbour Master

wired my own little coterie of cel

should extend to the natural boun-brities to inquire what they were dary of the harbour on the east. in the habit of cleaning their diale ward, ie, to. Lyenun Pass. The with. Here are their answers: definition in this Bill extends the harbour, to Lyemun Pass on the eastward, and also includes the area north of Stonecutters Island above referred to. This amend ment to desirable also for the purposes of section 39 (18) of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, -which gives the Harbour Master

certain powers over junks, light. era, cargo boats and small eraft.

It should be noticed that the following results will also flow, from the proposed amendment of the harbour limits:-

(a) Vessels affected by the.

Quarantine Regulations in Table Lin the Schedule to tha Morchant Shipping Ori dinance, 1899, if arriving la Hongkong between 6 p.m. and 6 am, will have to an- chor outside, Lyemun Pass. (b) Under Regulation. 7-

Tabla M in the Schedule to the Merchant Shipping Or dinance, 1899, vessels ex- ceeding 60 tons will have to reduce their speed to d

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Professor Barmion-Crumpett.- Eniory-paper and a spokeshave.

Professor Lfonasus Leber-

wurat-Vacuum-Cleaner.

Professor Plinger: Rottonblei ter-Bath Brick

Sir Batta Innes-Belfry-Tar. Dr. Bulkley Stodger-Nitro- glycerine and nitro-cucumber.

Professor Anacesthesius Bilge- water-Acetylene blow-flame.

Mr. Bensley Tosher."I general- ly use a palette-knife, but in ad- dition I have my face bleached with quick-lime every alternate Leap Year."

Excavations at Sehwan, Sind have revealed a number of hither- to unknown verses by Omar Khay- yam. So let us adjourn to Hotum Ti's tavern, and drink a few Gin- and-Pitfalls to the Immortal Mem- ory of the Bibulous Bard, where- after I will recite:-

Good Omar, in these Times of grave

Unrest,

When

bronchial "colds afflict each honving Chest,

And German anal pullutes our at

"mosphere,

While Life itself seems sana Aliný,

sans Zest;

Tis wcct to think that in far-off.

Schwan,

You still have Comfort to bestow on

Man

Singing the praise of Jamshyd's

Seven-Ring'd Cup,

Again, as erst you did in Teheran. For though the Pussyfoots may

urgo until they're blac The harm which from the Vineyard

may accrue,

"Tis better far to wine than just

to whine,"

And that's the Doctrine taught,

good Sake, by you!

-Ah, yes!

I know that many are opposed,

To Praise the Cup c'er which great

Jamshyd dozed! ·

Yet there are others who delight

to know,

Thut your sweet-scented Manu- seripts aren't closed!

OBSCURE INDUSTRIES.

As, in the gloom of the Picture Palace you have sat sucking your peppermint bull's-eyes, have on. ever considered how this daleeta- ble sweatment became possessed of the flavoursome and pungert white- stripes which encircle it! Little can you have imagined that dway in a remote village in Oxon, there exists a colony of highly skilled artists who pass their days paint- ing these pristine bands upon the crude black globules of toffee as they come

and viscous warm straight from the casting-

moulds. The greatest mathemati cal precision has to be exercised

stripes, applying the

in

any deviation from the authen- tic geometrical design may chuse the consumer to contract gum-boild or even pyrrhoea. The pattern has consequently to be first traced upon the surface with diamond-pointed calipers, and the exact amplitude of curvature checked by means of the differen- tial calculus. The artists, many of whom, have been trained at the Mislaid School, are paid at a very high rate for their labours, since the work not only demands an ad- vanced degree of skill, but it must on no account be sent for exhibi- tion at the Royal Academy. Nor may the artists hold "private views" of their handiwork, "the manufacturers rightly contending that the consumption of the finish- ed bull's-eye affords them all the "puff" they are entitled to,

To obtain "face" value, a Chinese woman visiting relatives newly ar rived from the country, borrowed jewellery from a sympathising fel- low-lodger and wore it at the visit. As days passed by and the woman' hiid not returned, the owner of the trinkets realised that she had been swindled by a trick, and yesterday sho made a report to the police, giv ing the value of the fowellory as $80.

knots upon entering, Lye- mun Pass from the east.

LANE, CRAWFORD'S

Select Orchestra -plays every Evening

in their Restaurant .From 8 to 10 p.m.

DINNER at Usual Prices.

CHRISTMAS COMES BUT ONCE A YEAR.

So Why let your cook prepare you the ordinary Christmas dinner?

Come to us and make your own choice, no time, wasted. We are very handily located, within easy reach from all offices, in the centre of the town.

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If suggestions for your table are required we are always at your service,

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AND

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FOWNES

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