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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8
1928.
DAY BY DAY.
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ruch & tunnel, but, like so many other schemes, the project did not get beyond that stage If the Idon woro at any time revived, it would probably be found advisable to make provision for pedestrian 18 well as vehicular traffic. It has been suggested to us that if such
LIFE.
GOOD MEN ARE THE CONSCIENCES A VIGNETTE OF HONGKONG oF THE TOWNS WHERE THEY RESIDE, THE TUTELAR ANGELS OF A NATION, THE LIFEGUARDS AND GLORY OF THE WORLD-Bishop Patrick.
Mr. and Mrs. James Valentine
Yesterday's health return shows two cases of typhoid fever (one British and one Chinese), as well as a Chinese.case of diphtherin.
The following littlo vignette of life has been written by a Hong kong Ind, 18 years of age, who has recently returned to tho Coleny after being educated at Home:
The Very Idea!
Although it was the festivo Bannon, and Cleaver, the family butcher, was expecting plenty of orders, he was rather surprised when a slim young woman entered the shop and asked for 2510 of boof. All the same, ho cut of the joint and put it on the scales to be weighed up.
Will you take it with you, or ahall I send it round to the house ?" ho inquired as it came off, the scales,
The day was sultry. Coming after a cold spell, It produced that listless feeling which is more expected of the summer months than the winter. It was a day when work was more' definitely unwelcome than over, and when "Oh," she murmured, blushing You see, the doctor said I Had lost one's desire was to loll about and prettily, "I don't want to buy it. wait for the time to pass.
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a project were put on foot, it left. for Home by the s.8 Porscus would materially assist in solving, yesterday. quite a number of our problems,
The Empress of Russia left Van There would, for example, be no neccesity for vehicular ferries;couver on the 4th February, and is
duo here on the 23rd February. Kowloon would not be cut off In time of typhoon; and the tunnet could also be utilised for the pur- pose of carrying water mains from-Kowloon to Hongkong, as well as cables and telephone The Empress of Australia, on her lines. From the engineering world tour, leaves Manila this even- ing and is due here at 8 am on
She will berth at No. standpoint the scheme is cer- Friday. tainly feasible, but the question Pier, Kowloon Wharves
The annual meeting of the Hong- |
kong Branch of the Navy League takes place this evening at. 5,30, to force themselves to be interest are entoiroly!" answered one of the men behind the counter. "I In the Board Room at Messrs, dared in things which they would think you may be able to get wan
not even note on dine, Matheson and Co., Ltd..
normal days. at tho public-house across the One found great amusement in gazing up at me, whileh occupa- tlon was not terminated till some-
Barrister, at Shoreditch County one gave him a jerk. The shake
and in court this morning? recalled his senses and he walk-Court: Have you seen the defend- ed aimlessly on.
Plaintif: No-he must have seen
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secaring a return on outlay raises other less technical but by no means unimportant issues.
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A Chinese woman who fell over the verandah of 204, Reclamation
On auch days, verandahs are 25 b, and I wanted to see what much favoured by poonie gazing it looked like in-a lump." into the street and observing
Hare le another story told about lazily the unfortunate ones who are obliged to work and walk. Sir Herbert Tree by Mr. Chance Life, which was seething along Newton, in his book, "Cues and bhis artery yesterday, was to-day Curtain Calls." Sir Herbert almost staguant. Everyone who dashed Into the Dublin G.PO, one- passed was walking because he day for a stamp to post a letter. had to do so. Chinese are easily "Sure, sor, it's out of stampa we amused, but to-day they seemed
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The trams clanged their way along, not because of any obstruc-
r-road."
mc.
Counsel, appealingly, to a man
appeal in her latest communien Street on Monday, while leaning tion in their path, but purely from at Shoreditch: Will you kindly try
A HARBOUR TUNNEL? and they are now separated by a
Among those who left of Home leave by the s.8. Perseus yesterday, whs Mr. F. P. Franklin, of the Hongkong Telegraph. During Mr. Franklin's absence, the advertising business of this paper will be in the care of Mr. A. Morley.
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Passengers leaving by the s.a. President Madison to-day included Mr. P. A..Cox, Mr. S. J. Hicks, Mr. P. C. Inglis, Dr. II. A. Marten and Mr. H. Marlen. Dr. Marten is a London physician on a world tour, accompanied by his brother.
drivers; so it went on ceaselessly. After a while, the monotony was relieved by loud shouts from a stout, perspiring man who was distributing
pamphlets.
This
to understand my question? Man: do, but will you kindly under- stand my answers?
Man, at Marylebone; I had a glass too much. Mr. Bingley: It will cost you, five shillings.
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The master of the Ling Lee Madame Sun's "Outburst,
Bakery, of 343, Shanghai Street, 'Madame Sun is dreadfully dis- has reported that his fok! collect appointed in Marshal Chiang Kai-ed on behalf of the firm $41 from several customers and absconded.. alick, She condemns him, at the same time conveying a wistful tion regarding the severing of re-out to hang out some clothing, died habit. This clanging did not re- Iations with the Soviet. Perhaps in the Kwong Wah Hospital shortlyquire any effort on the part of the unwittingly, Madame Sun adopts after admission. the role of the dear old lady whose protege has been guilty of some terrible crime, visiting a night club or something of that nature,
Unofficial figures published in and although horror-stricken, le
diversion WELLB welcomed and atill hopeful of saving him from
people almost ran to see what the Paris with regard to divorce show eternal damnation. Poor Chiang
wonderful pamphlets had to say. (says Router) that of 100 divorces, has allowed himself to be in
Then they slowly returned to the 98 are obtained during the fourth fluenced against the Soviet by the
pavement, reclined against pillars, year of marriage. The reason foul element which surrounds him,
and purused the, papers which they for this in summed up by a Paris "During the first year of their yawning abyss which can only be
had nequired. The man's stac- evening paper as follows: bridged if Chiang desires to re-
cato notes died away in the dia turn to the fold. Madame Sun
tance and quiet was restored. A marriage, husband and wife get points out that Russia is the only
string of rickshas passed, carry to know each other. During the We have just been reading anti-militaristic power; in other
ing very self-satisfied taipans, second year they think they know smoking big cigars: Their heads each other. During the third some Interesting detalls of the words, asks him to believe that
jerked from side to side with year they know each other too completion of the big vehicular the Soviet standing army of 720,-
A thestage from Medan, every movement of the rickshas, well, and when the fourth year making one think of jelly. The arrives, they no longer want to. tunnel which has been construc-000 men, spends its time breeding
the 1at inst. atatoa cosing doves, and cultivating olive dated
toolies pulling them along were know each other. coolics murder-
In any case, there is a consider- ted under the Hudson River in trees. Madame Sun should, how that thirty
a planter named Van stripped to the waist and their America. This magnificent feat ever, be congratulated en a. fine ed.
divorces this year, which ought to the sunshine. turn of phrase. Chlang has be-Vessem on the Parnabolon estate. bodies were wet and glistening in able decrease in the number of of engineering has involved over littled the Revolution and allowed The reason apparently was that
The next thing of interest was prove that the marriages of 1924 seven years of work and an ex-it to become the tool of shallow the planter had passed some alight penditure of more than forty-scoundrels. Elsewhere they are criticism on the work of the 3 coolic who crossed the rond were happier once than usual,
limping rather badly. His left arm was twisted queerly and The following are some amusing eight million dollars gold. In described as agcomplices of the coolics.
Imperiallets maintaining closo re- view of the frequent mention lations with the chief of punitive
Major Sir Douglas M. B. Hall, seemed paralysed. The curious extracts from health essays by glances directed towards him Carnarvonshire children (says & which has been made of the pos-expedition corps despatched to sibility of building such a tunnel Chinn as though to a Colony; in of the Coldstream Guards, was perturbed him not a bit; he con Daily Express correspondent), for addition there is a bestial reué amongst the passengera leaving tinued his way unconcernedly and which prizes are awarded an- under our own harbour, and thus tion hiding itself insolently be- here by the s.8. President Madison disappeared into one of the steep nually by the Education Com Bnking up Hongkong and Kow-hind the Kuomintang. In conclu- to-day, being accompanied by buildings which lined both sides mittee:- loon, it is may be worth while slon, sho charges Chiang Kai-Lady Hall. He served in the of the road.
shick and his adherents with Great War, being mentioned three to mention a few facts concerning treason. Madame Sun has learn-times in despatches and awarded this big American undertaking. ed, Moscow's teachings extra the D.S.0,
ordinarily well. Any suggestion Known as the Holland Tunnel, that her messages to Chlang are work was began on the Hudson submitted under duress, Madame project in October,, 1920, the Sun strongly denies. We cannot guarantee that the Nanking leader bores met under the river four will accept this. That the Soviet years later, and it was opened to le taking a very keen interest in traffic last November. It is in the Madame Sun's cross-talk with him, is clearly, démonstrated by form of twin tubes, and it is the the fact that the Soviet official
There followed another spoll of longeat tunnel of its kind in the news agency is responsible for the
Mr. A. N. Braude, of the Hong-quiet which was eventually bro- world, being some two miles in publication thereof. Our impres
sion of the situation as it exists length. The width of each road-to-day in that Madame Sun is bent-kong Telephone Company, reported ken by the trundling of a cart way, paved with granite blocks, is ing vainly on a closed door.
twenty feet, and the headroom: thirteen feet,, six inches. The
tibes are. ventilated by eighty-
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four 200-horse-power blower fana, and there are, frequent signal- lights, telephones, fire hosea and
Paris... other appliances for use in emer-New York gency, with a powerful electric Brussels
Geneva truck at ench ́end ready to dash in Amsterdam and haul out any vehicle that Milan
Berlin may be disabled. The estimated stockholm daily capacity is 46,000 vehicles Copenhagen.
Oslo of all sizes, and the toll rates for
Vienna motor-cycles, cars, buses and Helsingfors trucks range from 25 cents to Prague | Madrid $1.25. The cost of operation is Lisbon $11,232 per day, and the tunnel Athens
Bucharest needs a daily truffle of about 16,-
Nio 600 cars, to pay expenses. A Buenos Alrea
Bombay Boon as the capital and, interest Shanghai Is paid off, the tunnel will be Hongkong made available, to the public free Yokohama of all charge..
These facts and figures are lluminating as showing what can be, accomplished; provided funds. are available and the enterprise
is 'present. When we come to
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"To keep the body clean and in good condition it should be wash ed every week with red soap,
we should chew the food well, because there are no teeth in the stomach."
"All the children at our school
A native of Japan next appear ad on the scene. He was clad in khakl shorts and skirt, and ahuffled along with a peculiar The case in which two women swaying gait, quite oblivious of a were charged with harbouring an little Chinese boy who closely unmarried girl and two boys, and followed him, imitating his walk have joined the Ivory Castle with aiding and abetting, was con- to perfection. This created some League, and we are cleaning our cluded before Major C. Willson, at amusement among the spectators toeth at night and immediately on the Central Magistracy this morn-who relapsed into lethargy when rising sp that Giant Decay will ing, when both defendants were the two had disappeared round anot attack them." sent to prison for six months, corner. Sergt. Fitches prosecuted.
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"Great care. should be taken to kill all the little germs that find their way into our bodies, and so stop them from eating our bodies away and cause us to die."
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to the police yesterday that 880 laden with furniture. It was
were Two horses drawing, a funeral yards of telephone wires between pulled by two men who North Point and Stanley Terrace evidently fed up with their job coach in Glasgow recently bolted were cut and stolen some time be- and with each other. The furni-for more than half a mile until tween Sunday and yesterday. A ture was balanced precariously the driver managed to manoeuvre vacant piece of report has also been made by the on the cart, so that it was not them into a
P. W. D. that 1,000 yards of Gov- Burprising that a dressing table ground.
Horses and coach then rolled ernment wires had been cut besuddenly slid off and crashed to tween the same points.
the ground, its mirror smashing down an embankment to a level into a thousand pieces. There almost twenty feet below the followed a hullabaloo which must street. The driver threw himself have awakened the whole neigh clear, and the horses. were, not bourhood. The two coolies wont hurt. for each other like wild cats and it
Applause Hits me to the heights was not Ull each had sustained some injury that they consented of happiness.-M. Pachmann.
There is no more laudablo.ambi- to be stopped by a native police.
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London, Feb. 7.
.124 4.87 9/32 It la announced that the Crimi- 34.99nal Sessions will commence at the 25.32 Supreme Court on February 16 .12.09% The cases down for trial include
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the prisoners charged, in connex 18.1642 ion with the police shooting affray 18.20 of December 7 last year and the 18.82 charge of manslaughter against a man. The latter did not relish his tion than that men should own. 34.57% Chinese student. In the lafter job very much and seemed to wish their own homes--Mr. Walter
1981 Case, Mr. F. C. Jenkin has been himself somewhere else. When Runciman. 164% lrlofed for the defence.
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the tempers had subsided some I am not happy when I think what, the policeman produced a that, 60,000. 700,000, or 100,000. .2,5/10 .367%
The following notice to ma- grimy note book and took down people can attend a dog race at 792% riners has been issued by the local some particulars of the cart, night--Mr. J. H. Thomas,
furniture, and coolies. Then the 6.69/64 authorities under date February arrangement of the furniture was The boxer entered the fur de
477% 7th:-"With reference to No. 5.140 made sensibly safer and the cart partment of a large store and fixe 1/0.3/64 in the Government Gazette dated trundled along once more. ed the assistant with an eye that.
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2/7 June 17, 1927, the following. 1/13/32 Amendments are made to the pro-
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an offensive 'trade license at No.
52. Hau Wo Street, first floor. The
showed he was one who stood no
consider our own little problem, Chairman (Mr. W. J. Carrie) monreports, gave 20 arrivals and the Part of the garage wall and exponsive, though, da
it is, of course, apparent that a
ramme of Coast Defenco Prae. Many people were brought to nonsense. tices: Six pounder sub-calibra their senses by this disturbance I want a set of furs," he said. practice by the 31st Heavy Battery and more activity was seen. The A present for a lady friend." of the Royal Artillery from 'O' chauffeur who had tried to backYea, air, replied the aorist- section, Mount Davis; on February his car into a garage fifteen ant. Any special kind ?";
The man of muscle glanced The Sanitary Board yesterday 14th. This practice will now take minutes previously but had stop-
ped to watch the diverting scene, about him. "That dark brown set now once again caaayed his task in the window. looks the sort of refused to grant an application for place on February 17th
and succeeded in knocking down thing I want. It mustn't be too This morning's Harbour Office-
The assistant followed his gaze. damaging a mudguard. The car tioned that the Medical Officer of Health was opposed to upper floors same number of departures, with crept out of the garage and shot, "Oh," he exclaimed. "You mean similar project suited to our needs being registered for the carrying British contributing nine under in again with incredible swift skunk!" E would be much less costly. For on of offensive trade. In addition cach headings. There were nine ness-quite an alarming and ex. When the assistant next woke
to the Chairman, there were pre-nationalities in the complete re-traordinary proceeding for such a up he found himself in hospital. one thing, the distance is only sent at the meeting the Hon. Mr, turn, with fairly high tonnage and day. However, the car was lodg about one-half, whilst there would H. T. Creasy Director of Public some heavy freights registered, ed safely at last, much to the re- hardly be any necessity for twin Works), the Hon. Mr. B.A.C. North There were few through returns, lief of the chauffeur. with more gusto. Their drivers After this, people began de looked mors, business-like and I (Secretary for Chinese Alfairs), and three vessels entered in hal tubes, as the traffic would not be Dr, W. V. M. Koch, Mr. S. W. Teo, last. British carried the heaviest finitely to move, Some relinquish thought it wise for me to follow nearly so great. Some years ago, Mr. Wong Kwong-tin, Mr. J. Pinward and the second best ed their pillars, some their shop their example, So I summoned Mr. Chatham, then Director of Braga, Dr. G. W Pope (Medical through. At 9 o'clock this morn doors and others their vold looks, my energy for the effort and, with Officer of Health) and Mr. J. Wating, there were (74 vessels-In har- The trams actually found some sigh, Laced the bleak expanse of Public Works, got out plans for son (Secretary).
bour, of which 30 were British thing to clang about and did so my desk,
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