Hong Kong Telegraph 1909-10-09

Hong Kong Telegraph 1909-10-09

Year: 1909

ECONOMY AS A FIRE ART. The report of the Retrenchment Comittee appointed to cut down superfluous expenditure in the various Government departments, and to adopt a policy of excision in the interests of economy that would make a miser look like a philanthropist. WHERE THE BOYCOTT IS A NOVELTY. ROBBERY ON THE "ASCANIA". WHY WE SAY "YOU" INSTEAD OF "THOU". CORRESPONDENCE. THE GOVENOR'S BULGET SPEECH. MACAO DELIMITATION CONFERENCE. THE SEVENTH SITTING. ACCIDENT IN ARSENAL STREET. HORSE KILLED BY TRUCK SHAFTS. ARMED ROBBERY AT KOWLOON-TSAL. A CLUMSY THIEF. DROPS ILL GOTTEN GAIN AND HOLTS AT SIGHT OF POLICEMAN. CHAIR BEARERS. CONTRABAND SEIZED. STAMP DUTY. GAMBLING MONOPOLY. NEW TREASURER. PRATAS ISLAND SETTLEMENT. OPIUM SMOKERS ARRESTED. THE LATE CHANG CHIH-TUNG. NEGRO BURNED AT THE STAKE. THE HALLRY COMET AS A PORTENT. THE GOVERNMENT'S LUCK. HELPING TO SOLVR CHINA'S. HELPING TO SOLVR CHINA'S PROBLEMS. EVENING CONTINUATION CLASSES IN HONGKONG. ALLEGED GRIEVANCES OF SANITARY OFFICIALS. HONGKONG AND SINGAPORE AS TRADE CENTRES. THE KENNEDY ROAD ASSAULT CASE. CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE LIMITED. ANNUAL REPORT. FIRE NEAR SHAMEEN. HALF A DOZEN HOUSES DESTROYED AND ONE FATALITY. WESTWARD HO. HARMS