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BIRTH.

VALENTINE. On July 3, 1929, at the Victoria Hospital, to Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Valentine,

a son,

The

THURSDAY, JULY

1922.

DAY BY DAY.

· THE STAPLE INDUSTRY OF THIS COUNTRY IS NOT, THE MANUFACTURE oP CLOTH OR IRON/OR THE RAISING OF CORN, BUT THE RAISING OF MEN. W. C. Braithwaite,

the duty was put on. Thus we come back to the old point that' Import duties are extracted from the pockets of the home consumer, and not only so but the consumer pays extra money on gooda manu- factured at home as well as upon the imports. It is argued, against | ~ The P. and O ss. Kashgar, from thle, that reduced imports means Shanghai, is due here to-morrow at more employment at home, but this 5 a.m. idea has been shattered by 'official

·NEARLY MURDER,

INTRUDER ATTACKS MEN

WITH CHOPPER.

The Very Idea!

An up-to-date New York restan- rant is searching for waitresses with rod hair as an additional attraction for its customers, and girls with the right Titian hue command a higher weekly salary,

figures for several years showing Yesterday's return of notifiable that when Imports have been disease showed one Chinese case of noise, one of two partners of al who might do honour to a first-

lowest, employment has boon greatest. Summed up, the idea that an insular country can tax itself into prosperity is fallacious, An effort is evidently to be made to deal with the anomalies

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typhoid.

H. E. the Governor to-day vlalted the Sports Club, where he had tiffin with the members.

"Mr. G. S. Moss, the British Consul-General in Canton, is at present visiting Hongkong.

servicen.

1;

The R.M.S. Empress of Aala ar- rived at Manila this morning, leaves Manila to-morrow after noon, and fe due at Hongkong on the 7th July (Sunday).

of the British electoral system, but hero it will not be easy to find a solution to this age-old problem.

The Dollar Steamship Line has We have no doubt, however, that issued two artistic little brochures all the Parties agree on the neces-dealing with their round-the-world sity of reform, the only point on which opinion is liable to differ being the method to be adopted. Regarding war debts, the Prime Minister reflects popular opinion when he says Britain is bearing a burden which ought never to have

The Police Branch of the M.C.L. been impored upon her. But

is having a Ladies Whist Drive at seemingly there is to be no intor-the Helene May Institute, Garden ference with the settlements al-Road on Thursday, July 11th at ready concluded, unless, of course, 3.30 p.m. Entrance fee, which in-

cludes tea $1.00. by mutual consent. Taker by and large, the Government has set Heelf a heavy task both in domes tic and foreign affairs. will discharge its responsibilities, time alone can tell,

How It

"Kau Bing" Rescued! controversy concerning the

Hongkong Telegraph.capabilities and usefulness of the

THURSDAY JULY, 4, 1929.

Government rescue Lug "Kau Sing" is revived by the reply of the Chamber of Commerce to the recent criticisms of the vessel by the Harbour Master. In a nut-

"You came very near to com- mitting murder," Mr. E. W. Hamil ton this morning told a young Chinoso who was charged with using a chopper on two men whom ho oncountered in

Another catering #rm, running a a nocturnal visit at 183, Des Voeux Road West, chain of restaurants expects Its waitresses to possess "Ziegfeld It was stated that, roused by a lege," and will engage only thosa rattan shop, living on the accond class musical comedy chorus. In floor, cried out "Save life." He these cafes stockings are not per was instantly attacked with amitted to hie elegant ankles, chopper by the accused who had

This search for pulchritudo on entered the premises for some the part of restaurant-owners has felonious purpose, and received a cut on the head. His partner, who declare marcastically that beauty angered older waitresses, who came to the rescue, was similarly has usurped the place of brains in attacked, and was forced to loosen their professión... his hold of the accused.

In the subsequent hue-and-cry, remember six orders at a time, but In the old days a waitress could the accused was chased along nowadaya girls are supplied with a number of streets, being finally pencil and paper, or the customer caught in Des Voeux Road West, is obliged to write down his own near the Government Civil Hos

order.. pital.

Accused was sentenced to six months' hard labour on a charge of causing grievous bodily harm to the two men.

[BRIDGE MADE EASY Joy W.W.Wentworth

The elder women are wondering what will their future bo now that... waitresses over thirty or weighing more than ning stone,

restauranta will not have

•

Batty, aged four, had bought a balloon, and Cyril, nged six, under- took, with big-brotherly kindness, to blow it up for her.

Just when it had reached a nico size, it burst. He wept.

"What are you crying for?” sho demanded.. "It was my balloon." "Yes," sobbed he, "but it wAB my breath.".

("The woman adores the man of Kwhom she is just the tiniest bit

The annual report of the Royal Insurance Co., Ltd., for which Mesara, W. R. Loxley and Co. are the local agents, shows substantial profta in all departments. After (Abreviations: A-ace; paying interim and final dividends king; Q-queen: J-Jack; X-any afraid."--MISS URSULA BLOOM), totalling 6/- per share, the balance | card lower than 10). on Profit and Loss Account is 81,-. 648,528 78 8d., while the Company's funds now total the handsome sum of £39,764,760 18.8 d.

ANOTHER HARBOUR

RESCUE.

CHINESE LADY FALLS FROM

THE FERRY.

Dummy's Potential Tricks-2

How to make the most from the dummy hand in the subject of the following illustrations. Notice how often a chance for a finesse occurs and how, by plan- ning on the next two or three plays, you often can require an extra trick.

Assume in ench caso that west leads any small card less than a 10. Holding cách of the following hands, you the declarer, should play from the dummy as explained after each illustration:

Dummy holds clubs, K 5; de- clarer holds clubs J 4.3.

| LABOUR'S PROGRAMME. Į shell, the Chamber denies in toto the conclusions reached by the Hon. Commdr. G. F. Hole "from

Shortly after eight o'clock this practical experience" and eats morning a well-dressed Chinese out a vigorous defence of the ready passenger travelling first- commendations made by the Cham-class aboard a Star ferry, en route

Play low and you will be sure ber's expert committes when her from Kowloon to Hongkong, foll design was under, considération, overboard, near the Hongkong to win a trick in the club auit.

wharf.

Distribute the remaining clube in any manner you chose and if you She was rescued by a seaman follow this procedure you are sure where the European Inspector the Ace and Queen of clubs are on the ferry and lifted aboard, to win a trich no matter where (Mr. Beatty) carried out artificial located. respiration, which probably saved the woman's life.

on

"Frighten a woman, just a bit— And how she will adore you! Preach that you're 'boss'—and

practise it

She'll fetch and carry for

you!"

This scheme would cheer up, 1.

expect,

Full many a bashful male," If it did not, in one respect,

Most miserably fail. For, though it seems peculiar,

And apolls the whole darned

plan,

No girls in these days" over are The least bit scared of mani.

There are many works of art nowadays that have no appearance of beauty at all."-Mr. Justice Avory in the King's Bench Division,

Judge Cluer, at Shoreditch out greyhounds, both in infancy County Court: I have done with-

and old age.

If we are to judge from the utterances of Conservative states. men and the comments of the London newspapers, tho. Labour Government will start its and subsequently accepted by the second term of office with the Government. No attempt is made goodwill of all Parties. Tile meu to evade the responsibilities of sures foreshadowed, in the King's the Chamber in this respect; on Speech are apparently not likely the contrary, it in contended that to meet with any marked opposi- nothing has been advanced to prove the experts wrong. The tion: indeed, we cannot very well Harbour Master's allegation that see how, in the circumstances, it the single screw is responsible for could be otherwise. Maybe the the fact that she is practically un- Conservatives are not unduly manageable in typhoon weather, pleased over the prospect of role not, eays: that Chamber, sup- suming diplomatic relations with ported by evidence of any des

cription, In contradiction, the Russia, or over Labour's attitude

Chamber advance, a formidable to the Safeguarding Duties, but

array of expert opinion on the on both these issues the Governmerits of single and twin-screws, ment view coincides with that of directed to show that single-scrow the Liberals, and there can there vessels are universally approved fore be no possibility of a defeat for all conditions of employment, FARMER AND HIS WIFE THE to make the King and Queen of a tree. The car was wrecked, but.

favoured by the Government,

We may expect, of course, some diversity of view on the Safe- guarding question. The Govern- ment decision on this matter is not to give facilities for any now dubles of this type, and to reserve

better than twin-screw boats.

The ferry then proceeded to Kowloon whore an ambulanco re- moved the woman to hospital,

It was ascertained this morning that she was doing as well as could be expected.

The Water Police are enquiring into the affair.

ARMED ROBBERY IN NEW TERRITORY.

VICTIMS...

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4

Dummy holds clubs J 7; de- My wife was with me and I was clarer holds A K 4.

carrying her да ballast.-A Play the Jack of spades. This motorist at Kingston-on-Thamnes, is the only possible way to make Sir Ernest Wild, the Recorder at three tricks. K east holds the the Old Bailey, to fast-speaking Queen of spades and covers with counsel: Now that the Derby is it on the first round you can only over it is not necessary, to go at win two tricks.. If weat holds the this pace. Queen of spades, you are sure of winning three tricks.

Dummy holda hearts K. 8; de. clarer holds hearts. Q 4 3

Judge Snagge, at Marylebone: Hopes are of no commercial value, though they are excellent things to have,

At no trump play the King of hearts and in a sult declaration play the 8. In a sult declaration, A motorist gave a farmor a lift east will probably play the Ace of in his racing car. They were hearts on the first round if he travelling at soventy-five miles an holds it and you will then be sure hour, when the car akidded and hit hearts good.

the two men were thrown clear. Dummy holds diamonds KQ 6;The old farmer got up, and began declarer holds diamonds 8 4 8.to light his pipe, ....

Play the King of diamonds. It gives you the beat opportunity to said, "but what bothers me is, how "That sartainly was fine, sir,” he' make two tricks. If west holds the Ace, you will be sure to make do you stop when there's no trees: both the King and Queen of dis- about?" monds good.

Duminy holds clubs J. 6; declar- The pampering of pats in public by their woman owners is a com- Play the 5 of clubs, East will mon enough, spectacle nowadays

EXCHANGE RATES:

As I passed, the parrot turned' roud as if bored with the lady's fixed and affectionate regard, and

on these questions. What is more if good rudder area is provided, to the point, the Government, by and that they are, if anything, taking the stand it does on these Ne good purpose would be served robbery, which occurred in the A report concerning an armed matters, is merely putting into in going more fully into this ques- small hours of this morning in the effect the policles which it ad- tion.

The arguments will be New Territory village of Hun Tau, vocated in the election campaign. found elsewhere, The Harbour has been circulated, to the various

police stations, There can thus be no accusation Master says quite unambiguously

Seven men are stated to have) of betrayal of the electorate, that the "Kau Sing" cannot be re-broken into No. 4, Hun Tau vil-er holds clubs K 10 6. whose votes must be regarded as garded as a success for the pur-fage, occupied by a farmer and representing a mandate from the pose for which she was provided, his family, at 1.30 am. Roused probably cover with the Queen or but I confess (says a Home writer) country to proceed along the line and if experts disagree, on what from alcep by the sound of the Ace of clubs and you will be sure to more than mild resentment in:

basis to the layman to form an door being forced in, the farmer to make two tricks.

the Mall at the sight of a much opinion? Nevertheless, there ap knife, and endeavoured to put off clarer holds spades A 10 4.

found himself menaced with a

Dummy holds spades Q 8.6; de-overfed green parrot,

He was pears to be some justification for the robbers by saying that he was

riding in the back seat of a the Chamber's protest, that the a poor man and had no money..

Play the 6 of spades. East will luxurious limousine on a specially- "Kau Sing", has been prematurely

probably cover with the King or constructed perch facing his mis They searched the hut, however, Jack of spades. Two or three tress, who, in her billowing dress condemned, that she has not and eventually took $25 in notes tricks may be made by you.

of the same green and groy, looked been given afritest. It is from a jacket which he had left

not unlike a larger bird of the shown quite clearly that the hanging on the wall beside a bed.

same species. to self the right of repealing advice of the Chamber of Com these being valued at $10.

Government has not followed the They also took from his wife, the pair of car-rings she was wearing, those already In existence. If it

a. most important Some fifteen minutes were spent takes the latter course, it will respect. In 1926, was urged in a further fruitless search before merely be repeating its action strongly that a permanent the robbers left the hut. when it last came into power, European master should be ap Taking the combined Labour and pointed who should be solelý re-

in Amsterdam Liberai vole at the General Elec-ponsible for the navigation of to be realised that even

the tug, whereas tho. Government | expert on the bridge or an Milan tion, there can be no question but decided that she should be trust. Empress boat would not of

Stockholm that the country pronounced do-ed in the hands of a Boarding necessity be equally efficient in a finitely against Protective duties. Officer when occasion arose. To the "Kau Bing" type. The Chamber Vionne

amall powerfully-engined craft of Oslo

Copenhagen It is in view of this fact that the us this seems the key to the of Commerce has examined the Prague Government has decided to follow problem. The "Kau Bing" con- whole qubject exhaustively and alaingfors a Free Trade polley and to revert forms to a recognised type ad- deserves the thanks of the com- Madrid

munity. The not result is the Lisbon as far as possible to the traditional mittedly requiring the facal system of the country. It out of her. Is It not, there ling proposition that the Harbour

expert handling to get the best advancement, though not in so Athens

many words, of the rather start- | Bucharest cannot be questioned, of course, fore, little short of absurd to Master has been preparing to

Buenos Aires Bombay fited by Safeguarding, but a. fact dosk, in the Boarding Office and condemn a cheese-paring policy Shanghai

Hongkong which must not be overlooked is properly to navigate her? Wein respect of the "Kau Singa" Yokohama that the prices of all safeguarded are not criticising the abilities of command. The Government can Silver (pet)

not we euggest remain entirely Bilver (forward) goods have materially risen since the Boarding Officers, but It has indiferent.

merce

In

most

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WATER LEVELS.

FOR WEST, NORTH AND EAST RIVERS,

The following table, compiled 875 by the Board of Conservancy. .818 Works of Kwangtung, shows the .87% water levels in English feet on .47% | the West, North and East.

6.25/32 on the dates named Alvers.

.2/4

Shfuhing

1/10 "Talngyden

July 2 July 8

.18,7 -* 16.3

Samehul Shektong

8.8

B.5

4.8