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Sale Price $12.50, $18.50

Many other bargains in Slippers · Boots.

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THE HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1929.

NOW IS THE TIME TO GET YOUR

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

DAY BY DAY.

THE OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME MUST BE SEIZED DURING THE LIFE- TIME OF THE OPPORTUNITY--Clurice

E. Newlin.

"

Mr. W. H. Chen, of the North. China Daily News, is on a brief visit to the Colony,

The P. and O. 8.3. Kaaligar, from Hongkong, arrived at London on the 13th August at 6 am.

have to pay. The decision is at- tributed to the

Conservative in- Government, having been augurated before they gave up office. Judging, from what the Hankow paper says, the residents of Kluklang are not averse to paying certain taxes, but, know- ing China and Chinese officialdom as they do, they are very mucli against paying away good money for specific purposes unless they are placed in the position to see that their money is expended on the object fur which it is demanded.

Foreign merchants,

The Canton Gazette, which Aus- states this commentator, are still pended publication for a consider patiently awaiting the fulfilment [able period, has appeared again. of Government promises as the abolition of itkin and other. taxes, which was definitely agreed to when the enormously enhanced tariffs were dropped into the lap of Chinese officialdom, but instead of a remission of taxation, the grant of practical tariff autonomy seems merely to have whetted the Chinese appetite for more.

to

According to a Police report, Private John, Naismith of the King's Own Scottish Borderers, has been absent from his regiment since Friday.

For causing unnecessary cruelly to ten ducks by failing to provide malting at the bottom of a crate, a Chinese was fined $5 by Mr. T. S. Whyte Smith Magistracy.

at the

Kowloon

FROM HOME LEAVE.

RESIDENTS RETURNING IN

THE AUTUMN.

The following passengers have booked by P. and O. liners for Hongkong:

►

The Very Idea!

Mr. Herbert Morrison, Minisler of Transport, speaking at Hendon, N.W., recently, sald:

"I always look upon time spent upon making myself look nice, that is in cleaning my boots, brushing my clothes, and having my hair cut, as loss of useful Lime which could otherwise have been spent in the servics of the Labour Government.

What keeps 'em young?

Kalyan, London Aug. 22nd.-Mr. H. Barrett, Mr. E. Bolton, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Coleman, Rov. and Mrs. W. M. Clayson, Master J. Dinnen, Surg-Comdr. W. J. Gerrard, Miss A. Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Jack, Capt. V. MeC. Liddell, Mr. R. G. Robertson, Mr. E. T. Warden, "It is only the goading and Miss N. Wentworth.

stimulating encouragement that 1- Macedonia, London Sept. 6th-get from Mrs. Morrison that make. Mrs. P. Angus, Miss C. H. Angus, me look at all presentable." Mr. W. Anderson, Mr. R. R. W Ashby, Mr. N. S. Brown, Miss G. Buttfield, Mrs. G. F. Byles, child and infant, Mrs. M. F. Claro, Mr. W. Foy, Mr. V. M. Grayburn, Mra. Field Hook, Miss D. Hutchinson, Mr. C. G. Harrison, Miss K. Hughes, Mrs. J. Lack, child and nurse, Miss A. Lindsay, Mins. I McQnker, Mr. and Mrs. A. H.; Mills and infant, Mr. M. G. O'Connor, Mrs. T. R. Rowell and child, Miss D. Reynolds, Mr. and Mrs. W. Sanderson, Miss D. M. Shilston, Mrs. It. J. S. Scull and two children, Miss Seull, Mr. W. L. Skinn, Mrs. R. Taylor, three chil dren and infant, Mr. 1. B. Trevor, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Way, Mr. N. Way.

These comments are very much to the point, and they are well worth bearing in mind in view

Kashgar, London Sept. 13th.- of the certainty that we shall

Mr. B. C. Randall, of Messrs. Miss V. R. D. Bishop, Mrs. B. Bis- soon hear very much more from Benjamin and Potts, reported to hop, and child, Mr. and Mrs. R. the Police yesterday that a Kodak Cryan, and infant, Mrs. G. E. Den the Nanking Government on the

camera, valued at $80, disappear-ham, Mrs. L. M. Humphrey, und question of the abolition of extra-ed from his office some time dur-child, Master Humphrey, Mr. and territoriality. We are amongst ing the day. those who believe in a liberal foreign policy, based on reeipro- eat favours, but we are decidedly against any undue or premature surrendering of rights and pri-

The widow and brothers of the late Mr. Joseph Whiteley Kew thank their friends for their floral tributes and attendance at the funeral, also for let-vileges, designed for the adequate protection of British life and property in foreign lands. It is for this reason that we note with

ters of condolence.

Mrs. G. Rapp, and family thank all friends and relatives for floral tributos, attendance at the funeral and condolence in their recent bereavement.

The

Hongkong Telegraph.

TUESDAY AUGUST 13, 1929.

EGYPT AND CHINA.

Among passengers arriving yes- torday on the Empress of Russia were Mr. G. F. Gardner, Mrs. Ho Leung, Mrs. J. S. Landolt, Miss Heard, Mrs. G. Rossi and Mr.

[P. H. Elwood.

in

Some tell us of their diet. Some of the joys of endless work

have sung

Some keep their youth by

always keeping quict. A mind content

Is not so bad a notion.

A job that antisfica your natural

bent...

A strict economy in sex-

emotion

But as for nie,

I swear by all that's truthful: This tunch of brawling babies

at my knee,

They tire me out, and yet they

keep me youthful,

"

"suppose you're pleased with what your son learned away at school"

"Not much! He can't play that thing in the house!"

can

Mrs. B. J. Keeley, and two children, Mr. and Mrs. F. T. J. Portallion, Mr. and Mrs. R. S. W. Paterson, Dr.

and Mrs. G. W. Pope, Mr. John Jackman, of Black- Mr. J. Whyte.

Rawalpindi, London Oct. 4th.-heath Vale, Blackheath, S.E., who Mrs. F. M. Alderman, Mr. and Mrs, celebrated his 100th birthday last C. F. Alexander, two children and month, gave mi exhibition of high. son. Misa B. Auderson, Mr. and He said: infant, Mr. J. Andrew, Mrs. Ander-kicking to a Daily Mail reporter. Mra, T. P. M. Bevan, and two

"You think I'm old. Nonsense. children, Mrs, Bostock, Mrs. C. I can see to read, I'm not deaf, Henvis, Mixs J. Benvis, Mr. and

my hair is as thick as ever, and The terrific thunderstorm ex- Mrs. L. Brewer, Miss Brewer, Mrs. my memory is perfect 1 perienced last night was confined Bien Ming-Chin, and infant, Mr. remember killing a wild boar near almost entirely to the island of and Mrs. Douglas Butcher, and Guildford, probably the Inst. In Hongkong. At the Royal Obser- child, Mr. S. H., Clarke, Mrs. A. England. The animal tore my vatory in the 24 hours ended at Compton, child and amah, Miss Mherse in seven places before

shot it." of 10 o'clock this morning, the rain- Cooper, Mr. P. F. de Frietas, Mr.

fall totalled only 0.17 inch.

and Mrs. F. J. de Rome, and child, Mr. H. B. L.. Dowbiggin, Mrs. Don- nithorne, Mr. S. R. Farlow, The Hon. Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Halifax, Miss Halifax, Mrs. A. C. Hynes, Miss H. Harry, Mr. and Mrs. Han low, Mra, P. Jacks, Mrs. M. Kitson, Mrs. A, E, Martin, two children and nurse, Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Martin, their Mrs. L. N. Murphy, The Hon. Mr. man." C. Mc.I. Messer, Mrs. A. S. Mackichu, child, Infant and nurse, By imitation one may pay, Mr. and Mr. Neilson, Mra. Phillips, High court and compliment they Mis Ramsay, Mr. E. G. Rapley, Mr. D. Reith, Miss E. L. Rogers, Alas, it does not Phyllis please Mr. and Mrs. Shroff, and child, Mr. When I display my neck and Shroff, (Junr.) Mr. and Mrs. E knees, Stewart. Dr. and Mrs. J. T. Smalley, Miss Smalley, (2), Mrs. M. W Thomson, Mr. H. G. Wallington, Misa A. Wordle, Mr. G. Wright, Mr. and Mrs. H. Westlake, Mra. Waller, Mr. and Mrs. G. II. White, and Infant.

satisfaction the recent intimation that the Treaty Powers, including Britain, are averse to conceding the immediate Abolition extrality in China. The Labour Government, apparently, is at ano with the Governments of other

The many friends of Mr. J. E. nations on this point a sign Hancock, of Messrs. Dodwell and that it is not to be rushed into Co., Ltd., will regret to hear that he was last night operated upon the making of foolish experi- for appendicitis nt

the French ments so far as China is concern-Hospital. This morning he was

as well as could be expected.

ed.

Government Procrastination, The attitude of the Labour The formal opening yesterday Government in connexion with of the tramway extension to Shau- the resignation, of Lord Lloyd iwan village afforded MF, L. C. F.

Dr. Alfred Jordan, the pioneer of the Men's Dress Reform Party, believes that women will prove the chief obstacle to the progress of his scheme. He says, "They will not be seen with-thom unless man is like every other

Any:

"For shorts," she says, "look

horrid on

was recently described by Mr. Bellamy an opportunity of answer-Berger, U. S. Consul ut. Swat,

Amongst the passengers who left by the President Lincoln to- day were the Rav. E. K. Quick, proceeding to Shanghai to take up his post as Headmaster of the Cathedral School, and Mr. D. C.

grace ing recent criticisms flargely ad- who is going to Amerien on leave. Winston Churchill as one of "sloppy surrender and retreat."mitted to be justified) of the ser- We have no doubt that the fornier vice between Causeway Bay and Taikoo Dockyard. The explana

Your spille banks, my Corydon; Nor can some new unstudded Your collar and your tie replace." Oh may we by the gods Inspir Malwa, London Oct. 18th-Mr. ed A Chinese, who when spoken to by an Indian consiable about, and Mrs. P. S. Cassidy, child and Some day be suitably attired Chancellor of the Exchequer, and tion is, of course, so simple that causing an obstruction in Haj-Burse Mrs. B. H. Collls Hallowes. To gain the long-sought goal at many other Conservatives with it might have been anticipated. phong Road, was alleged to have and child. Mrs. M. King, Mrs. M. him, would apply the same phrase The Government was almost cer- used abusive language towards the E. Lang, Mr. and Mrs. Meade to many of the provisions of the tain to have some! connexion with tracy this morning was fined $5 T. Orr, Mr. J. C.. Owen, Mrs. Mid-

been

nu

ofleer, at the Kowloon Magis

by Mr. T. S. Whyte Smith, It was alleged that among other im- precations the defendant called the complainant un "Indian deyll,"

The return of notifiable dia- cuses for last week shows seven cases of typhoid, of which

two

of

Mrs. L. Meade, and child. Mr. F.

dleton Smith.

BRIDGE MADE EASY

Joy W.W.Wentworth

(Abbreviations: A-ace; K- king: Q-queen; J-fuck; X-any card lower than 10.)'

Expert versus Novice-4, A thoughtless play with the fol- lowing holding would result in the

Dummy-spades, A 10-5 3. loss of a trick for the declarer:

East--7 Declarer-K Q 8 7 G.

Just

With Phyllis pleased and Jordan,

passed.

#

We Clean Your Dirty Kids for a quarter-Advl. In Amariçan paper.

Woman at North London-Three months ago he threatened to hit me with real violence,

Mr. Halkett, the Marylebone Magistrate-There was a time when a husband was allowed to give his wife reasonable chastise- ment, but that time has gone by.

Reveller at Wimbledon-I had · been to a wedding. I loft about six o'clock, but you know what weddings are you usually ad- journ to the nearest pub.

Mr Luke, the Willesden Magis- trate, to separated Wife-Both your married and semi-married lives seem to have been fallurca.

A motor-cyclist summoned at Bromley, Kent, for having a noisy, exhuust said that he had bought 11 pot scourers at a cheap stores. to try to silence the machine..

When the defendant broke your

new Anglo-Egyptian Treaty, the an unsatisfactory position allow draft of which was published lasted to go unheeded for so long, week. A British paper in Han-and so it is disclosed. The new kow, however, is at some pains to rond, destined to pass. behind the show that the Labour Government A.P.C. tanks at Bay View, cutting will, to use its own phrase, hive off a nusty earner, and on which to "go some" to beat the record the tramway concern is to build a of the Conservatives in the matter double track, is being held up and of surrendering British rights. it is unlikely to be ready for serwera British and the rest Chin- ese, None was futal. There Hankow people inturally feel very vice until 1932, according to Mr.

diphtheria (one fatal), one non- keenly on this matter, for they Bellamy. The Government's pleu were also two Chinese cases

of paraty- were the first to suffer from the Is that it has not the necessary fatal Japanese case

fúnds to spare for this work, the phoid fever, and one Chinese Inte Government's policy of usual story. We are rapidly com- death from small-pox. A case of muklag concessions to China. It ing to the conclusion, however, rabies (animal) was also notified, is pointed out, in this connexion, that edges have worn off this ex- A further British case of typhold

was reported yesterday. that the Government now in power cuse for further procrastination. has given an undertaking that the At the end of March this year,! new Anglo-Egyptian Trenty will the surplus in the Colony's fin-

Passengers arriving here from. not come into force until it has anees was in excess of $10,000,000, Australia by the as, Changte were ratified by the British and while the water shortage has | Dr. J. Lulham, Miss Y. E. Bende Norrie, Mrs. G. Norrie, Mr. A. Parliament, and it is pertinently involved considerable extraordin-lack, Mrs. M. Franklin, Dr. G. asked whether Mr. Baldwin overary expenditure, there is

Miss S. Campbell, Miss K. Arm- secured the approval of the House reason to suppose that the bal-Earnshaw, Mr., G. W. Brownhill,

West? unce has been seriously affected. strong, Miss E. Gearin, Miss M.

On the first round of spindes the af Commons before rendering The time has

when M. Gibson, Miss B. Steven, Mr. effective the long list of surrender the Government can well afford and Mrs, R. J. T. Hopkins, declarer should play small from back door with a broom it was the merely an incident, for what she ed British rights which began with to indulge in a bolder policy, Mr. J. Rose, Mr. G. Mandietao, the duminy and take with

Mr. P. Wyler and Mrs, K. M. apade King. If the missing really wanted to do was to break the Chen-O'Malley Agreement. -- when there is no further demandi Rutter.

spades are all in one hand and your head-Mr. Luke; the Willes- either Went or East makes this den magistrate, to a woman com- It would appear, from what the for extreme prudence, when a

obvious by discarding from an-plaining about her neighbour. Ilanków paper stalcs, that con-ttle courage would be welcomed.

Ever since 1925 when restraint Kowloon than in any other part of other suit, the declarer learns the

"Do you like spinach?" asked siderable dissatisfaction is now became obligatory, the Colony une the Colony, its population grows location of the Jack and plays ac-

the hostess. being felt by residents inbeen suffering from curtailment of steadily, more and more big build-cordingly for its capture,

If the declarer plays the spado

"Yes, somewhat," replied thie Klukiang following a recent state-useful and important publicings are in the course of erection, ment by the Chinese Foreign works. The Government has been or have been completed in the past ce on the first round, the proba-

Meanwhile, its Post bility of capturing the spade Juck guoat, "but I have always felt that the water It was cooked In. Minister that the British Govern, steadily increasing its surplus five years.

Office remains an eyesore, a roky becomes a gamble.

The player muat at all times he could have been put to some good ment has Intimated that all with no apparent purpose, at least, one-storey building, looking more

none with which the public has like godown than anything on the qui vive to employ the purpose." British subjects residing in the been acquainted. In addition to else. Letters are often sort-twenty-six cards rationally ruther former British Concession will the completion of the new road eď on

busi than trust to luck. Study the rea hereafter pay taxes according beyond Causeway Bay, we could ness is transacted through a cage-sonlag in the following illustra-diamond Queen, Declarer should

therefore refuse to take the trick. Dummy-diamonds, 4 3 2: on the first round, playing the 6 to Chinese laws. This gesture is mention a dozen things which re-like erection which must arouse in tion:

tourists no little astonishment.

Last-blank.

The result of this play is that described as having been made at quire early attention, not least Furthermore, the site is probably

Declarer-A J G.

West is encouraged to continue i cher panplex expense, without among them being the provision of the most inconvenient possible

West-Leads diamond K.

leading the diamond eült and de- a. Kowloon Post Office more in from the public viewpoint. Small apparently the slightest thought keeping with the times. More wonder that it 18 seldom Declarer must immediately read clarer will win tricks with both to the wishes of those who will rapid development is going on in patronised:

West's hand as also containing the the diamond Ace and the Jück."

come

the floor, and

t