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IN MEMORIAM.

Ferdinand Foch, Mare- chal de France, Generalis- 'aime des armees alliees.

Un service solennel sera celebre en la Cathedrale Catholique, 16 Caine Road, Hongkong, le Samedi 23 Mars 1929 a 10 heures du matin par Sa Grandeur Monseigneur VALTORTA, Evequé de Leros et Vicaire Apostolique.

Le Consul de France sern reconnaissant aux amis et admirateurs du Marechal de vouloir bien assister a sette ceremonie,

The

Thongkong Telegraph.

FRIDAY MARCH 22, 1929.

THE TARIFF BATTLE.

T

FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1929.

DAY BY DAY,

FUL, AS WHEN SHE BAITS HER HOOK FALSEHOOD IS NEVER 80 SUCCESS-

WITH TRUTH; AND NO OPINIONS' BO FATALLY MISLEAD US AS THOSE THAT ARE NOT WHOLLY WRONG.--Colton.

21 YEARS AGO,

SOME EXTRACTS FROM THE 'TELEGRAPII" FILES.

The Very Idea!

going cron further than the most rabid Protectionist would go, and fhore was at the time consider able speculation as to whether the statement was to be regarded as reflective of the Labour Party's policy... It would seem so, If we read it in conjunction with a de- claration made a few weeks ago by small-pox were notified yesterday, The rate of the dollar on de Berida, in Spain, was accidentally Mr. Clynes.. He says;—"If goods all from the mainland. admitted here from abroad aro

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Four further Chinese cases of)

The following items are from the Honghong Telegraph for the week ended March 23rd, 1908."

• •

mand was 18. 10. 11/16d.

Presentations were made to Mr. A. J. Raymond, manager of Messrs. E. D. Sassoon and Co., Ltd., on leaving the Colony after 27 years'

Mr. P. Hell was authorised to sign for Kruse and Co. and Mr. C. Skott for Skott and Co.

A "singular story of a blind man'a recovery of his sight. through the shock of a cold doucho on his head is, reported from Bordeaux. In 1927 | Juan Lodo, a man in a sawmill at

blinded

and an operation per formed upon his eyes proved un- successful. Since this misfortune befel him he had gained a pre- carious living by selling lottery tickets.

Recently ho visited a hair- drosser to have a hair cut and shampoo. Whòn at the end of the shampoo ho plunged his head under a cold water tap he felt suddön paina in his eyes, but then to his amazement saw his faco reflected in thỏ basin. It la "ba-- Senhor A. G. Romano, Consul-loved that the shock had restored General for Portugal in Hongkong, his vision, and specialists are now.

Investigating the case.

THE "TELEGRAPH" ART SUPPLEMENT.

Another Fine Batch of Pictures.

To-morrow's. Issue of the Telegraph Art Supplement wi contain more than twenty ple tures of topical interest, those Illustrating local happeninga of the past week.

proven to be a danger to British ILM:S. Cornflower Icft Welhal- trade, the remedy is not to admit wel on Thursday, arriving at

Chefoo on the same day. those goods on a plan that will] make them dearer to ourselves, but

"Nina et Jacques" the Con-residence. to prohibit their entry altogether."tinental dancora, are to appear, at That la an oven more sweeping the Star Theatre this evening, and suggestion than that made by Mr. Hot at the Queen's as stated

yesterday, Ramsay MacDonald, for the latter contemplated shutting out only Boolding is now open at Montric's those foreign goods which are pro and the Star Theatre for the Ban duced by sweated labour. Mr. vard Musical Comedy Company's Clynes, apparently, would apply acason, which starts on Saturday,

30th Instant. the embargo to say goods which are "a danger to British trade,” How this can be made to square Marshal Foch is to be held at the A memorial service to the late with the Labour idea that tariff Catholle Cathedral to morrow mor discriminations should be avoid-ning at 10 o'clock. Bishop.

Valtoria will officiate. ed, as they are a fruitful enuse of international friction, We

Radio advices received from the cannot see. Mr. Clynes himself s.s. President Johnson, of the has alated that "Labour's greatest Dollar Steamship Line Round-the- fear is that the Bafeguarding World Service, advise that that steamer is expected to arrivo in) Duties must Intensify the bitter Hongkong at noon to-morrow ness of the international commer- (Saturday), . cial struggle, and that as anch nation increnues dificulties of trade for its competitors, so the next world-war is brought neurer."

from March 23 to March 27 at It a little wonder that the Con- Mokgho, then proceeding tof servative Press has been seizing Izvlara where she will remain until April 1. Her next port will on these utterances and suggest-be Nagasaki, staying there a week, ing that if prohibition of foreign after which she will sail for goods is the labour policy, a period Shanghai, being due on April 11. uf economic frightfulness is in store, compared with which the fiercost tariff-war would be like a friendly game of bowls. As une' paper put it, it does seem odd that while a duty intensifies strife, New York prohibition will help to federate Brussels the world. We have little doubt, Geneva however, in spite of these con- Milan #licting utterances by Labour Berlin

Stockholm politicians, that the Labourites as Copenhagen a whole will be found decidedly Oslo

Praguo against Protection in the coming Vienna election campaign,, possibly be-Helsingfors

Madrid cause of a belief that more elec-

Ilabon toral support will be obtained by Athens following thla line than by setting up in opposition to Free Trade.

Anti-Communism,

H.M.S. Magnolia leaves Weihol- woi to-day for a cruise extending until April 11. She will spend

EXCHANGE RATES.

Paris

Amsterdam

Bucharest Rio.... Buenos Aires

Bombay

Shanghai

Hongkong

Yokohama

London, Mar. 21.

.124.276 4.66 11/32 .34,96% .24.234

The Hongkong Marathon will be illustrated by five pic- tures, showing the race in pro gress, the four placed men and the distribution of the prizes. Tennia pictures will include the match between the Chinese R. C. and the U.S.R.O. and the ladies' American tournament held in connexion with the Kow- loon Football Club. Other sports pictures will be of the Shield football match between Kowloon end the Chinese Athletic and the athletic team of the Headquarter, Wing of the K.O.S.B.

There will be three excellent pictures of the wedding of Miss Jean Ho Tung and Mr. W. M. Gitting, a photo of the Sha- meen Police Force, and a group taken at the. St. John's Hall danee.

12.11%

02.70

.20,45%

18.17%

, 18.215, BOGANSETUR

.18.20

Husband, summoned at Totten. ham-She said, "Hit mo. I want a mark to show the Magistrate."

Nottingham Husband-I was flabbergasted by my alling wife's" flow of languago. Her tongue was not ailing.

Magistrate, to a Belvedere Man What have you to say? Man- Nothing. Magistrate—And I have little to say to you. Six months' hard labour.

TI now I have' from tíme là

time

Been conscious of a shamed-

distress,

When I recalled how surely I'm Blind to the brainy charms of

chess,

Preferring for

sake

amusements

The simpler joye of, Put and

Take.

Now shamo and I are milos

apart;

My chess opinions may be

said

To spring from tenderness of

heart

Rather than softness of the

head;

It is my passion for romance That bids me view the game

askance...

To-day's Ghost Story.--Travel- ling southward soon after tho close of the Matabele War, I- halted at the historic Bhangani,

.......194] died at his residence in Arbuthnot battlefield with, its myriade of .34.545 Road.

.1027%

.31,725

.108

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glistening bones. To a hardened Föld hunter like myself bonea were so I

A Committee to consider the bones, and nothing more,

376 project of establishing a Univer selected two perfect akulls, intend- 810 sity in Hongkong met at Governing to present them to a museum.

.5% ment House.

.47.11/32 Holiday,

2/0 Vice-Admiral Sir Hedworth 1/11% Lambton arrived in Hongkong on 1/11.11/5248auming the duties of Comman

20.11/16 der-in-Chief of the China Squa-

.20% dron. -British Wircican.

Silver (spot) Silver (forward)

LOCAL RADIO.

'QUESTION OF INCREASING RADIUS.

W

PRETTY CHINESE

WEDDING.

LOCAL MEDICO MARRIED YESTERDAY

On my return home, fearing to shock my women folk with the sight of my gruesome trophies, I hid them in the stable loft. That night I awoke in a cold sweat of fear. Standing at the foot of my bed were two stalwart Matabele warriors. Their magnificent feather head-dress, their highly ornamented shields and spears, and their notable demeanour, pro- claimed them sons of a Paramount Chief.

It Is becoming increasingly clearer, as time goes on that the "aafeguarding" Issue is likely to

The blow administered to Com- figure very prominently in the munism by the British authorities coming General Election at Home.in India was brilliantly conceive, The Protectionists, of course, want and if vigilance is maintained, not only to see the preservation Moscow is likely to find the effects of Thin system but its extension, uncomfortably Insting. The com- whereas the Free Traders assert plete success of the coup, the ar-

"Speak!" I whispered, but those awful spectres were voiceless. that they will, if they get the rest of a large majority of the

Until dawn dhey circled tirelessly opportunity, sweep away the safe-leading agitators engaged in "the

round and over my spineless form. Kuarding duties once and for all, conspiracy to deprive the King of

At a meeting of the Finance

This performance was repeated Committee of the Legislative A pretty wedding was celebrated|ad nauseam nightly, but on the Incidentally, the Liberals, who his severeignty in India" In in Council vesterilay afternoon, the in St. Paul's Church yesterday be fourth night, my much-vaunted appear to be the only out-and-out self the principal evidence of its Hon. Mr. W. T. Southern pre-tween Dr. Y. K. Wong of theiron nerves" Jellified, and, pocket- Free Traders at the moment, are ecesalty. The means adopted, siding, the votes approved included Government Civil Hospital and Missing my pride, I confided my being twitted by the Conservative to, suggest extremely careful a sum of $5,000 for further equipp- Beatrice Lau, daughter of Mr. G. experiences to a man who had a while fought at the Shangan!, "Pack journals on the fact that it was

planning for some time past, and ing the wireless broadcasting studio, T. Lau. The bride wore

The Hon. Mr. W.E.L. Shenton satin picture frock, with tulle velf up those skulls, and send some elose co-operation between the enquired whether it was intended and wreath of orange blossom. Her one to replace them on the battle- Mr. Lloyd George himself who rolice forces of different centres. to increase the radius of local bouquet consisted of a sheaf of field," said he. "Only then will was responsible for the Safeguard- The Government of India has been broadcasting, as he had been in-fram lilles. The principal brides- you have peace." I did so, and ing Act. Sir Herbert Samuel, in watching the development of the formed that the power was not maid wore a picture frock with from that day. have never again light allver tissue bodice and long seen those two ghostly warriors. attempting to defend his leader, Soviet selivities with extreme The Hon. Mr. C. Mel. Messer skirt of frills of tulle, recently asserted that Mr. Lloyd patience, and has acted at laat said he understood that the Hong-

Bones are no longer "bones, to A very well attended reception' me." George was in bad political com-with dramatic suddenness and kong station had been heard as far whs afterwards held at Lane,

as Chicago. pany at the time he brought for confidence which should have a

Crawford's Restaurant, when the The Chairman said he would young couple, who, were the reel- ward the Act, and that it was in

deep moral influence on those enquire regarding what it was plents of many congratulations,

that he took the step.. It is now

ties who may, fve been wavering increasing the radius.

bell of fern and white flowers. en the brink. The police have being suggested by the. Conserva-raided Labour Unions, Labour Live Press that it may be for the newspaper offices, the headquar same reason that the ex-Premier tors of the League of Youth (a is now attacking the system which hot-handed Commanist organisa- he himself established!

|tion), individuals' homes, in Bom-

suficient to reach Canton.

order to agree with his colleagues members of the Indian; commun- intended to do in the matter of received their guests under a huge

Party.

If we know for a certainty in bay, Caleutta, Poona, Allahabad, which camps the Conservative and New Delhi and Lucknow, a coun- Liberal Parties are on this safe-trywide round-up bringing an end guarding question; the same can- to a large number of Communist not be said concerning the Labour "cells" and serving as a useful warning to Red agents in India of Traditionally, the La-

what is likely to happen to them bourites have always been regard in the event of the Public Safety ed as staunch Free Traders, but Removal from India) Bill finding latterly there has been evident a

ita way through the Legislative considerable divergence of view Assembly. How deeply impro- point between opposing schools gnated is the Soviet doctrine within the Party. At the Birming- among certain sections of the con- hum Conference, some little Limomunity is illustrated by the strikes ago, Mr. Ramany MacDonald took at Bombay of thousands of mill the line that if British industry hands. Clearly the authorities suffered as the result of the im-ve not taken action any too soon, though naturally the Indian Nas

51

COMMON ERROR.

IN BRIDGE

AND HOW TO CORRECT THEM

by ww.wentworth

29. Į PAILURE TO TRY FOR GAME, North (Dummy)--

00:42

JAAK 10 9.0

West- Lade 10

Bouth. (Boolarer)-—-—-—- AAKQJ9

J:13.

Kastne

Deciding the Play:

Latest schoolboy "howlers:"

Quite easily done. What is the meaning of Q.E.D.

A fugue is what you get in a room where there are lots of people and all the windows are shut.

The Papal bull is kept in the

vacuum.

What are rabies and what would you do for them?-Rabies Bre Jewish priests and I would do no- thing for them.

}

Joan of Arc's father was ja pheasant.

Perkin Warbeck said he was the son of a king but he was really Weat leads the son of respectable people. 10 of diamonds and Declarer akes the trick with Ace of dia-

There was a scene outside ar monds. Declarer now draws three English theatre where the pan. rounds of trumps and exhausts tomime was being shown. An opponents of thein. Declarer has attendant had just elected a youth made four tricks.

He is certain

of two more spade tricks and two from the gallery to the attet. more club tricks or a total of and the youth was protesting In eight tricks. He may thus make very plain language, police. his contract. If, however, Declar-man came along to sea what was er finesses Jack of clubs' he will wrong. either make game or lose his con- "It's all right said the atten- tract. How should Declarer play? dant "He's been misbehaving The Error: Declarer plays con himself, and so the manager had servatively, does not finesse and him chucked out." makes his contract.

"But," said the indignant youth,

portation of foreign goods pro- tionalisis and people of the Sak

The Correct Method: Declarer"I was only passing some fruit to duced by "sweated" inbour, the intvala kidney are not very pleas The Bidding. South bids one Anesses and makes a small alam paf mine can't I do that?” situation could be met by prohibited with the affair. In more reu-pade, West passes, North bids if it succeeds.

"No you can't," said the atten two clubs. East bida two dla. ing the entry of such goods into sonable circles, there will be monds. South bids two spades is always permissible to try for gallery and your pal's in the pit The Principle; At love score itdant "Not when you're in the the country. This seemed to be heartý endorsement of the policy, and all pass.

game at risk of losing contract...". and the fruit is a rotten tomato "