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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

MIXED GRILL

A Merry Miscellany Ashley Sterne

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A friend of mine who was pre- An American author, I see, has sent at the recent Hastings Chess compiled a list of "the world's Tournament has asked me what ten worst writers," in which he Ideas I can suggest for gingering cites among others the name of up the game and making it more Walt Whitmant Personally, I Attractive to the spectators. Well, have 'n tremendous admiration for In the first place I would suggeat Walt, if only because he started that when you want to take one what you might call the "free- of your opponent's pieces you wheel" style of poetry-poetry shouldn't waste time endeavour-which goes on and on without ever" Ing to manoeuvre its capture, but once stopping to rhyme or to scan. be allowed to fight him for it. But and full of the most amazing If this appears to be too boister-words and expressions which no A and brutal a method, the body ever dreamt of using in plece might he serummed for, as poetry before Walt came along. in Rugger. Then I think that Indeed 1.often take him players might be permitted to model, as you may see from the move more than one piece at a following excerpt taken from my time. To be able to move your long poem, "Lifeboat Saturday in queen and both your rooks simul-Schenectady":-- taneously would certainly tend to make the game far less tedious and protracted, especially if the pawns were abolished. Pawns, I find, are only a nuisance, forever tripping up the other pieces. Lastly, considering that the whole abject of the same is to "check" Your opponent's king into such i position that it can't move, why not have the kings permanently rivetted on to the bourd? Then, since they would be unable to move from the very outset, the object of, chess would be accomplished automatically, and everybody coneevači, would go to a Cup Tie instead.

Two Nature Notes. (1) A Jax which was being hunted by the Gellyraer, and Talybont hounda the other day attempted to take ra- Tage in an empty salmon fin. The pody thing evidently preferred the can-ean to the fox-trot. (2) A wild boar which was being hented near Rangoon sought sane- tuary in a native temple. And ever since, imine, the distine- five feature of that pagoda ha been its pig odnur.

I bumped my nose on Brooklyn

Bridge-wallop!

And all Manhattan roared ita mirth. (0 Impertinent, jejuno Democracy, With your lefánt uvulas and run-

cous Inrynxos!) Sparks bright as a hourt's belladon-

nn'd orbs

Danced furiously Churiestones bo-

foro me;

A dull dark-green pain, like gum- boils, asened my strils;

I burst out into netile-raah I longed for Analgesia, For some finaleptic catholicon; And then somebody chucked

dog at me--w!

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hot

(0 the Incomprehensibility of the

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Indeterminate!

the Pusillanimity of the Isomorphous!) Bring me some turmeric, camerado. I'm fed up to the back teeth with

Manhattan.

No, don't ask me what it all means. I don't want You to

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Sir Michaelmas and Lady, Day with their charming daughter, Miss Quarta Day, are mying their understand it. "To be great," annual, visit to Zotosplatz (Upper said Emersoni, "is to be misunder- Gunpelin. Switzerland) for stood." And if the converse is #winter sports. They are staying so true, hope one day to be

at the Rotteneg, which bouals many

Krent. distinguished visitors, including Prince Poode! of Pomerania, the Duke and Duchess of Camembert

road with dismay blunt a Wand their daughter, Lady Lacfica] Stepnuy schoolboy, after pilfering St. Ivel (who won the tee stilt-a pinch of snuf from a tray on a walking ruce last year,) and the tobacconist's counter, was taken Barl and Countess of Slapeab with so violent a bout of sneezing hare ani. Buggins (pronounced that he fainted from exhaustion. Slage and Bones). In additior. After that harrowing experience their Inane Highnesses the Phos- he will doubtless be in disagree- phate of Tungsten and the Sul-mint with the old copybook muxim phide of Magnesia, with their which asserts that "Snuff's as respective suites are both es

good as a feast." pected early next week. Special red snow is being laid on the rail- way platform in preparation for their arrival.

The ski-jumping contest was held yesterday, and was wen by

Another long cable just to hand from Bombay. tolls, me that Pro- fessor Barmion Crumpett is still looking for a teacher of snake. charming. He complains that he Is severely handicapped by his ignorance of the native tongue. The other day he stopped a native on the maidan who looked as if he ought to be a snake-charmer. and by some means of elaborate pantomime tried to express what he wanted. The follow promptly ran off and returned with a fire- engine. Thinking he might have better luck in the native bazaar, Bjonk Bjonkssen, the Danish Crumpett repaired there and competitor, with a jump of 5000 again approached a likely-looking feet. He took the wrong turning individual. He repeated his little and went clean over the famous dumb charade, whereupon the man precipice of the Inkhern. The gave a nod of comprehension, re- handsonse trophy-a solid zinc tired into his shop (he was a se- cuckoo-clock--has. consequently cond-hand dealer), and presently been handed to his widow, suft-returned with a stomach pump, a ably engraved upon the face. Idcor-mat, an oleograph portrait mean-of-course, the clock's face, of Sir Rubindranth Tagore, and n not the widow's.

complete set of disused false teeth. teeth.

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Professor Sievers of Leipzig The idea of securing the agre has invented a method whereby vices of un interpreter doesn't criminal's voices may be phono-seem to have occurred to the Pro- graphically recorded without the fessor. He has a perfect pussion criminals' knowledge. Detectiven for ignoring the obvious. If, for needing to identify criminals by example, he breaks a bootlace, his this menna are requested to ask solution of the difficulty is to buy for "His Master's Vice" records, a new pair of boots.

SUPER CINEMAS.

A NEW PLAN FOR LONDON.

Luthorities would be glad if the small cinemas were wiped out,

At present there is a phenomen. al demand for cinemas which are changing hands at continuously

London, 1st February: There increasing prices. Fifteen auch

is a project on foot for the estab-sales in the provinces fetched

lishment in London ci 40 super-£700,000,

cinemas costing £2,500,000 most

of which would accommodate from

3,000 to 4,000 people.

Threa, stowaways were recently

The cinemas would be equipped landed at Plymouth from the with luxurious dante halts and Union Castle liner Sandgate Cas- Cafes.

tte, bound for New York from The London County Council 'Southampton.

INDUSTRIES FAIR.

VISITED BY KING AND QUEEN.

London, Feb. 25,

Their Majesties the King and Queen to-day visited the British Industries Fair in London.

Thoir Majesties made a thorough inspection of the exhibits, being particularly interested in those of the Dominions and Colonies.

His Majesty aeked and was given much information about the progress of various Empire indus tries. He expressed his congra tulations on the increase of the Rhodesian tobacco crop.

When the King visited the Bri- tish Industries Fair last year he remarked that it was a scandal that foreign typewriters should be in use in this country in prefer- ence to British machines. He was told today of an increase of 400 per cent. in the orders for British typewriters since the last exhibi- tion;

On leaving, the King and Queen assured the organisers that it was the best British Industries Fair that they had seen-British Wiry less.

LOCAL WILL...

THE LATE MR. J. N. GOOSMAN.

Letters of administration with| the will annexed in respect of the estate of the late Mr. Johann Nico- las Goosman, late of Bremen, Ger- many, who died there on February 19th, 1926, have been granted to Mr. D. J. Lewis, solicitor, John- ann, Stakes and Master, appointed attorney to the executors, Dr. J. R. Daniel Danziger and Armin Houpt.

Deceased left extate in Hong- kong valued at $17,600, and in his will he bequeaths all his property to relatives."

In his will, décensed gave ordera

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1927.

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NASTY EXPERIENCE.

THREATS TO POLICE RESERVIST.

J. E. H.

U.S. FARM BILL.

VETOED BY PRESIDENT.

Washington, Feb. 25. A Chinese member of the Police President Coolidge has vetoed Flying Squad hid a nasty ex-the Farm Relief Bill-Reuter. perience last night, when he was President Coolidge found the returning to Talkoo after special Bill economically unsound and de- police reserve duty.

clared that the equalisation fee

"that after my death my body It appears that when he reached on cotton, corn, wheat, rice, hogy

shall be cremated and that the text the junction of Queen's Road West and tobacco amounted to dis of the memorial service sermon and Queen's Street, his machine crimination in price-fixing and un shall be from Corinthians 2, Cháp-skidded and fell over, pinning the economic fallacy which would not ter 5, verse 1 "For we know that rider, named Yung Sun-tin, under benefit the farmer while raising if our earthly house of this talor-neath. A crowd started to gather, the cost of living. He also quoted nacle were dissolved, we have a shouted in. Chitiese "Strike him to the opinion of the Attorney building of God, a house not made death!" Fearing that the crowd General that the measure was un- with hands, eternal in themight become, dangerous, Yung constitutional.-Router'a Ameri- Heavens."

drew his private automatic pistol can Service. Deceased, who, it is understood, and fired several shots into the (A former message explained left the Colony on the outbreak ground. No-one was injured how-that "an interesting situation has of the "Great War, also instructed ever, and Yang was soon, rescued that after the cremation, the ashes from his predicament. should be placed in the family vault, at Waller Cemetery.

EMPIRE TIES.

THE VALUE OF FLIGHT,

London, Feb. 25.

Sir Samuel Hoare, Secretary for Air, and Lady Maud Hoare, were guests of the Overseas League at lunch in celebration of their re- cent flight to India.

been created as the result of the House of Representatives passing the Farm Relief Bill, which hus enused the livellest controversy.

TROPICAL DISEASES. The Bill was largely supportéd

FIGHTING MALARIA IN MALAY,

London, Feb. 25.

in

by important agricultural interests the Middle East, but was strongly opposed in the East. President Coolidge and Mr. Mel- lon were known to disapprove of the measure but the question Sir Ronald Ross, interviewed on arises whether President,Coolidge his arrival Home after studying lean afford to lose the Farmers' tropical diseases in the East, said vote by vetoing the Bill in the that the medical acthorities were event of his intending to stand devoting greater attention to com- for the Presidency next year.]

in Malaysia,

batting malaria

where the planters realised the

Sir Samuel Hoare sald:am value of the prevention of disease. most amusing manner in "The

not sufficiently advanced in India The medical authorities were

-Reuter.

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"THE FRESHMAN.”

for the last time to-day at the Freshman," which is being shown

Star Theatre, Kowloon,

more convinced, the more I study Empire questions, that the British Empire depends first and foremost upon its communications, and that the neropiane and the airship are

Throughout, the picture is one the instruments that can give us

huge laugh; there is not a dull that quicker and closer intercourse

Imoment in it. Especially towards which will bring closer unity. I

the end is excitement tense, when look back on the tour, as the be

Harold, amid many humorous in- ginning of a better system of in-

cidents, wins the big football game tercourse between one end of the

for his college, thus reaching the Empire and the other and as an

pinnacle of fame. Those who have instrument in making it easier for in his ultimately auccessful en- the opportunity to-day for it is The adventures of Harold Lloyd, not seen the picture, should take us to solve our problenis and to understand each others view-deavour to become the most popular one of the funniest films that has point."--British Wirelcas.

man at his College, are told in a ever been shown in the Colony.

A RAZOR SURPRISE.

AUTO-STROP FOR $1.25.

Messrs Whiteaway, Laidlaw & Co., Ltd., have made a notable ad- dillon to their "Standard Values" by contracting with the makers of the well known "Valet" auto- strop razors to supply a specially packed outfit which sells at a sur- prisingly low price. The explana- tion is that this firm place huge orders with factories for the sup- ply of their merchandise, and in the present instance, the magni- tude of the contract influenced the makers to meet the requirements of Whiteaway's.

The outfit is attractively packed in a leatheretto caso which con- tains one "Valot" razor, three blades, ono strop and blade case. the price ta $1,261 Assuredly excellent valuc.

A protest against special jury- men being called away from busi- ness to try ordinary street' nccl- dent cases was made by Sir W. F. Taylor, K.C., presiding judge in the Liverpool Court of Passage.

FUNNY FILM AT THE STAR.

RECENT

KOWL OON

WEDDING.

Group taken at the wedding, at St. Andrew's Church, Kow loon, of Mr. V. Patherfck-and: Misa Cissy East, (Photo:

Ming Yuen; Photo-chgraving by S. C. M. Poat)..

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