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THE CHINA MAIL.
Book, or any of the recognized moderns, shows that the sound of the written symbols is kept in mind all the time. A simple way of testing English is to read it aloud.
An European" sounds horrid, so we have agreed to discard it in the teeth of the pedants.
A ittle knowledge of phonetics shows that while our chaotic spelling makes 'em look different, the symbol and sound in "European" and "young" are really the same. Consequently in the following example the "an" both looks and sounds wrong. It is wrong.
grammarian.
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LOCAL AND GENERAL. LOCAL
The dollar is up again now worth 3s 2 3-16d on demand.
To-day's return of communicable disease has one case of diphtheria, one of small-pox, and three of cerebro spinal fever.
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THE HONGKONG CITY ·
HALL
24
北
4561.
Cers were thus enabled to maintain
THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1919.
LORD INCHCAPE'S WARNING.
Parket
quisite and proper for that purpose, exist in the descriptive words veed such rules, and regulations to be sub in the Crown Lease of Maring Lot "Fmitted for the approval of the whate, No. 82. and those used in the Leases holders and subscriboms at a general[of other Marino Lots. The "Chair-
Speaking at the annual meeting of The annual meeting of the share meeting. For many reasons it was man said that on receipt of this holders in and subscribers to the City deemed advisable that the Commit letter he had forwarded is and the the National, Provinsial, and Unres Hall was hul in the Music Room ofte of Management should be electal other papers to Mr. Fancis, 9.0., Bank, Land Inchcape said: As re.. the City Hall yesterly afternoon jannually abgereral meeting to be with a request that he would with guns the francial future of these The Hon. Mr. D. Tandale presided hell is soon as possible after the spent, refrence to the works used sands, the outlook is not promising. and there were also present the Hon. June och year, aut that at the Crown Lease of Marine Tet It is difficult to say what reretu Sie Pail Chair. C.M.., the Hou. report and staterent of accouts Sp. 83, reconsider the ouse that had will be required when things are Mr. H." E. Pothick, R.C., fr. A. Should be submitted annually by the been submitted to him. The Chair squared up to meet the expenditure,
and Mr, Dentin Fuller (Hou, retiring Committee. The shachokam then read to the mitton together with the interest and sin
better he had received from Mr. Franing fund on the public debt, but s Secretary),
Atter, the nodes convening this an effective control over the manage is on the 26th day of July, 1800, inerale estimate must be in the which he gave it as his opinion that neighbourhood of 600 or 700 nallons- meeting had been read, the Chairment. An European who was quite an
the descriptive words used in the annually. The position was only her iwan said: Gatteinen.—Before mov.
20TH JULY 1870. youth, met an young man'in an
Crown Lease of Marine Lot No. 82| met by the most rigid economy, aml "The Chainman said thats the chief made no difference, and be confim an afraid even with this we shall uniform, and said unto him: Art!e the adoption of the Report and
Accounts as presented. I would he event of the year had been there his previous opiniom slut the be under a heavy burden of taxations. thou an United States citizen or an to read a few extracts from the rival of H.B.H. the Duke of Edines of Mumue Lot No. 82 were in for many years to rete. La bre European? Neither, quoth he. I am an euphonious custodian of an unminutes of acetings held in the past hurgh, and it was with great gruti-the same position as other Marine mentine, in some quarters there in connection with this Clay Hall, forfication that the Committee had been Lot holders and were ens'tled to en- iversal syndicate engaged upon an 1 tlink in view of the proposal to able with no mean exertious, to get ter into agreement with the Goren ny sense of proportion, and an idea.. seems to be a complote absence of useful job, namely, looking for an eharmonic eulogist to spiflicate a replace the bukling but the building ready for his reception.ment provided for by the Reclama existe that as we have been able to
as War Memorial. It is desirable Unfortunately considemble expensetion Ordinance. chut, sound of the history and the had been incurred.
M. Fransis want finance the war by borrowing, we They had op- on to advise that an application can go on Euanging all sorts of un- present position of the City Hall plied to the Government for a grant should be made to the Supreme economic schemes in the same way. Shoulit. be understood by the Cousin aid and they were good enough to Cours to restrain the Goremment
Almat every other week seems ju
•münity"
give them $10,000 which wenta cer- contractor by injunction from filling bring forth the report of some com tain way towards detraying expenses, up the bed of the mes in front of the mittee recommending somna gigantio The following are stane, notes ex-but did not do so entirely There Cuy Hall. The Chairman proposed enterprise. One day we ate to buy tructed from various records: ---
was thus a deficiency but it was right that this advice of Mr. Francis out the liquor trade, the next we are. Jt is !
In the year 1961 a meeting was to state if bley had not had the should be at once acted upon, which to nationalisa railways of the mines, held at the Hongkong Ch to con- $1, they would probably not proposition was unanimously agreed on the think we are to embark on a eder proposud for the erection of a fave but the bud og at ally How to by the Committee, and the Acting vast housing scheme without bother builting, purposes of Public mest the deficiency which amounted Secretary was directed to put him ing our heads about economie liwe, Angement in Hongkong. At this to close on $10,000 he surely knew.self in communication with Mr. and or a fourth we are invited to eeting which was well attended, Messrs. Jardine, utason & Co. Francis and to take the necessary plunge into an electric lighting and Mr. C. W. Murray was the Chainman were good enough to give a very large steps to bring the matter before the Power undertaking that will cover thre and he tell those present that the portion. However, he hoped by re-Court as soon as possibile.
whole country. Nobody stope to ask fiovernment had offered a piece of presenting the cuse" to the Gevonor Bxwuct from Chairman's speech | Where the money is to come from, ground me the west side of the they might get more assistance. at ting of the shareholders and kideed, people at almost astorshed P. Ground open part of which Shore they do so, they must repay sulise us to the City Hall on that their incderation when they pube the Harbour Master's office then the $7,000 eaning to Messrs. Jar-December, 1891
forward a scheme that will cqit n stod, provided that the Harbour dine, Matheson & Co., and then the That the Cay Hall which war]
more than was spent in a week ar Mister offer was rebuilt upon City Hall would be perfectly free.
a month of the war. Ladies and another site. It was proposed flat By wing economical they might keep are in 1900 has fuddled the pin- gentlemen, that habit of regulating the nury funds should be raised it going after that. He did not sup- pal objects of its founders in pro- our pence expendituro by our s by the issue of shares representing pose that the shareholders when they riding a suitable place of resort, one hundred dollars each. A provi- took their shares did so.with any identertainment and convenience for have got to outgrow. (Hear, hor.
At any rate any public purposes is evident, but I often hear it at that the war has sional Committee, consisting of Mr. of getting a dividend, The Consul for Holland calls our Murrey. Mr. Peard and Mr. Owen, they were not likely to do so for some the roll it is zo bez wught us as a nation to think attention to the third annual Dutch was appointed to cistain a site and years at all events. But they might had been hoped for, and it is hundreds of millions. I fears boo Industries Fair, which is to be held to collot Pads They had power fairly look to meet the expenditure be egretted that we seem likely ever, that is just what it bow- at Utrecht from February 24 to given them to add to their aimaber in the ordinary way, by rent of to be exposed to considemble legal done. Thought teases in the pre- March 8. The first one in 1917 was und 'ds by, asspainting with them-rosas, theatae, etc. Their position expense in consequence of the as sence of sans so immense as to be a great success, with 690 industries selves a merchant (A. Turing, a was not so desperate as the Chair-sumption by the Government of the well-nigh meaningless bee represented. So was last year's, bunker (H. Node) and a member of man of the Victoris Library had foreshore rights of the property. It en juggling in bundreds of m with 1062 exhibitors. For this the lovernment (W. H. Renie), hia. The Museum could not yet will be within the recollection of alisons, frou like. We have been Nothing appears to have been donest of many contributions, but present that this countree felt drifting and splashing in them. But publicly after that meeting until the they had had two valuable ones late numbent upon them to advance a unhappily, we have not been thin 31st Derezaber, 1803, when the Pro-fe, which' no doubt would form the claim upon the foreshore wifebing in the; sal I know of nothing Vonal Committee published a dir-thelend of a collection, to which he in cone of "reckiumben, enlar which sets cut (1) that an ap had every gentleman would try to had been a matter of signe uprise cover our movey-serge, and begin At a lecture on the race displetion of the ste previously read. By this means they might to communication whatever was cutting our cout according to our crimination question at Tokyo referred to had with the scent of the have a museum which would be in made to the City Hall Coumittee in cloth. (Hear, hear) I' we don't cently, Mr. Jihei Hashiguchi made libre anthorites boon forwarded testing to the whole Colony. At reference to the recanation, as the we shall find ourselves on the slip- some sarcastic remarks about the by the legal Government to the the time of the Puja Reclamation property is held my her pery side of a ruke's progress which, League of Nations play and said that winery of State for the Colonies: Scheme in 1800 the Committee of Murine Lot and they had no option if persisted in, can only have ond he doubted the sincerity of those (2) the space that would be at the the City Hall, considered that the but to commence a suit in the name who advocated it. He believes that (mmittee's disposal; (3) the shachelen were entitled to the of the only one of the Cren Tessee If the British Government in tek the League of Nations, when formed,
meet its obligations in the future us: will serve merely as one of theeney of the warp tint "ex sted: benefit of the schone as regarded tid resident in Hongkong.
an application for funds. In May that portion of the Reclamation stated in the report," an application The "China Mailis now on closed in the same letter, we read diplomatic instruments which the 1964 another publicaresting was held which butted on the ground on for an injunction to restrain, the has done in the past, if the co- sale at, und will be delivered that of fiftyseven ship captains nations of the world may employ" to
at de: Club convoked by Mr. Murray which the Clay Hal was built. The Government from proceeding, with by, Mesars. W. Gy Humphreys who were consulted, two were in suit their conveniences and that its for the Committee, and as the meet Government resisted this claim and the reels, sier stain
favour of the radius signal, seven insignificance will fade" away as did and Co. Shemeen. Canton, favour of
ing it was announced timt $5.00 the Committee accedingly simit however, that if the "City Hall had velocity signal, many similar instruments in history: d been collected, that the Comited à cuse to Mr. J. J. Francis, Q.Q., suffered it could be settled bylapone-au individual, a private. firm, or a who have been appointed, our seven replied without answering the agents,
mittee proposed to ndd $35,000 by te avise us to whether their contentary compensation, and the ratter question, and the remainder, took no notices Do the nine out of 27 who expressed an opinion represent thelarge majority of the British
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12 TÁCTA, JUSTICE, PÜÜLIC SERVICE."
HONGKONG, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1918.
TYPHOON SIGNALS.
the Hongkong procedure? Here we may explain that the Hongkong expert considers that to signal the
The Dockyard Retreation Club held a whist drive in the Dockyard last night. There was a large at tendance. Mr. V. Stannard was the M.C. The prize winners were as follows: Ladies: 1st. Mrs Ovenden; 2nd, Mrs Sears: 3rd, Mrs Harrison, Gentlemen: 1st. Mr. Kinshole : 2nd, Mr. Phillips; 3rd, MF. Matthews,
already 1225 exhibitors have
one,
re
gistered. The exhibition is to be right in the centre of the city.
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SHANGHAI CHAMBER .OF COMMERCE.
Out of the
3. I take it that each man in this
1:
As
penditure during the war is one wes
more urgent than that we should re-
end.
must live within our incore and not
ry's erelit is to le maintained, we
on our capital. (Hear, hear.) It is the same with a Gorenment as with
company. The wealth of the coșun-
ineans of shares, and that Mr. Jar-tion wills sound or not. The result bus been allover), to stand over, bus try can only be built up by spending dine hd offered $50,000 at very low appears in the minutes of a Com will engage early attention. Marine less than its income. The Govern- interest on condition that the former mittee meeting held on the 5th May benefits under" the "Ordinance as are the people. This, I am afraid, i
follows:-The Chairman
Lot No. 8 is entitled to the same
ment has no income outside that of
HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE
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Order issued by Mr. J. W. Franks; D.SP.E.
out.
STRENGTH:
sun be trade up. Resolutions were 18), s passed:-(1) That the retiring.Com-stated that in accordance with the conferred on the other Marine Lots, many quarters is scarcely realised. mittee be reselected with power to eshition come to at the last neend we consider that it should have. add to their number and to supplying he had had a case stated for the been included in Section 7 of the "aditis" (within so many miles of a (British) Chamber of Commerce take all neeessay measures for the as to the position of tlie Comsttee on the Tsh July, 1899,- There is no The annual meeting of the Shang vacancies, and authorising them to opinion of Mr. J. J. Francis. Q.C., Schedule published in the Chazette .observer) the
is of doubtful He favours a utility."
velocity
was held on March 20. In the course completion of the undertaking. (2) with respect to the Fraya Rechuma record of any further action king signal, because velocity-plus-direc-i
of a long speech the Chairman made That the Committee he authorised to tion Ovlinance and Mr. Francie had taken to obtain compensation from tion enable a navigator to chart the
these points
consider the proposal of Governement given his opinion which the Chair. the Government.
The City Hall Register of Shares track of the 'storm. (The Marine | 1. I take it that each man in this as to the site and the rebuilding of man then proceeded to read. After Superintendent of the Indo-China S. room has got his own individual good the Harbour Master's office apart reading the opinion the Chairman contains the names of holders of 216 Those who have not forgotten the Company, Mr. Rolfe, says the out of the practical extinction of from the City Hall and to execute said that as the Committed would see shares of $100 each and the prefer- typhoon of September 1906, and who navigator needs position, diameter, German trade. Has he or has he the necessary works. (8) That the Mt. Frines' opinion was that the ence shares subscribed for by the late
further Funds required should be holders of Marine Lt No. 82 the Sir Robert Jardine to the value of P.C. 25 Ling King Ro ia invalided remember that personal friction direction, and velocity), The whole not? Of course he has.
2. I take it that each man in raised by shades of $100 each, the ground upon which the City Ball $50,000now held by his won the
March 27th, 1919.". between the head man of the Hong. memorandum is too technical to he kong Observatory and the Manila condensed for popular consumption. this room would get als individual liabilty of shareholders to be limited stands were in the same position as present Sir Robert Jardine. Of the Typhoon Expert caused the neglect It reads convincingly. A letter to good
restoration to the amount of their shares. (4) other Marine Lot holders and were holders of the ordinary shares there. peace in China, Would That the $30,000 worth of abores undoubtedly entitled to enter into the are as far as I can ascertain only Siz of a warning that would have saved the Customs at Peking shows that of an awful lot of life and shipping, Hongkong was willing to meet he or would be not? Of course belonging to Mr. Jardine should be agreement with the Government pro Paul Chater, who took over Messrs, taken. I know of no better or more
The Douglas Lapruik & Co.'s and Messis, useful War Memorial in which a will read the correspondence in the Shanghai in one detail. When M. he would. Well we have worked for preferential and bear a per cent. in-vided for by the Ordinance. annual report of the Chamber of Claxton met the Committee; by in that and if we have not yet succeeded terest, etc. (5) That the Committee Chairman suggested that a Jetter Turner & Co.'s shares, Messrs. Jar, cases, creeds and nationalities i Commerce with some dismay. It does vitation (that was the meeting at it is not our fault. We have been in authored to arrange for plans should be sent to the Acting Colonial dine, Matheson & Co. and the late this unity can better unite them. not appear that the Hongkong man which he alleged personal pique" close touch with Sir John Jordan and estimates. (8) That the Con- Secretary asking why the lessees of Mr. Arthur Saswoon either here or in providing a building to contain a in the present case is to blame, in the controversy) he said that warn during the past year and have done. rutte le authorised to make terms Marine Lot No. 82 had not been now represented here. It should not luge, Museum as a repository of it certainly not in anything like the way ings from Shanghai, were useless' to our utmost to strengthen his hands.
with the Chamber of Commerce and included in the Schedule of Murine therefore be difficult to obtain the teresting objects of Art, Natum! His that his predecessor was blameworthy Hongkong, but it was important that
rederye free accommodation for Log Hokjers under the Ordinance. sanction of the shareholder to deal,tolly and Modern Solence of any And now description, u really good. libra y.. in 1906; but it is a thousand pities Hongkong should work hand in hand room will get his individual good out the Libraries of the Morrison and. This was agreed to by the Committee with this building." that in such a business there should with Manila. Manila warnings were of Tarif revision. Well, Tariff re Royal Asiatic Societies and of the and the Chairman was also requested should like to my a few words re and suitable Aussendly Rooms with a be any personal piqus" at all. (At essential We are very glad to note vision has engaged the energies and London Mission. Funds were re-by the Committee to see Be Excel garding the Government at tude Theatre attached unless separatel a special meeting of the General this. It is a very different attitude attention both of the general comceived by Mr. Murray on account of laney the Administrator before seul-in the past towards this Cits provided. The only alterative sig Committee of the Chamber of Com- to that taken up by his predecessor mittee and of sub-committees, and shares, and the latter were issued to ing in the Official letter to the As your wii see from the reel gestion nude at the meeting of the merce on February 22 Mr. Claxton in Algue's time, as old-time seafarers the work is now completed, as far as
the Public. A public meeting was Colonial Secretary so as to explain have just read to you, the Govern Chinese Section of the War Clm-t stated that he thought the whole will remember. Yet this does not I know, to everybody's satisfaction. held at the Club House on the 29th to in personally the position, ment in 1869. voted ʼn sonof $10,000 mittee was that of a further endow Impasse arose out of personal alter the fact, which seems to have 4.1. take it that practically every August, 1886, at which it was de Wait transpired after this appears to assist in completing the building ment of the University. I think i pique on the part of Captain been apparent to the Committee, that man in this room will get his indivi- cided to accept Awah's tender and from the minutes of a Committee and an annual grant of $1,200 has would be difficult to turn such en- Tyler." This Impasse is the outcome if he has not shown pique he has dual good out of the work which the proceed with the building at oure.meeting held on the 1st August 1800. been made to the Committee by the dowment into a lasting War Men of a laudable attempt to institute a shown something like jalousie de Chamber has been doing in respect The foundation stone was laid by the The Chairman having stated that in Government for the Librariat and orial and surely the provision of uniform code of storm signals, for metier, and obstinacy, in champion of Trade Marks As you know early Governor on the 23rd February, accordance with the resolution cone Curator of the Museuta. The Care proper Museum and Library woul the whole of the China coast and ship of what Mr. Parr called
pet last year the Trade Marks Sub-1867. The building Committed pub to the last meeting he had cornernnent have not naisted the City e di equally instructive value an Manila. Shipping and Engineering theories." The remark that Shangha: Committee had been working on quest
Last year There. had pointed out that Hongkong warpings are useless to Hongkong tions which in view of Trade Marks she their report on the 20th June,municated with the Acting Colin Hall as far as I can ascertain any reach a very much larger number of
1869, and meeting was called for Secretary, the Acting Secretary, by other way whatever und in 1890 as the community. wasn't using the same signals as did not sound well, as coming from Legislation then before Parliament: the 28th June, 1880, at which the direction of the Chamnan, read to you have just heard they would not Museum such as it is was visited by Siccawei and the others were doing an "official who scorns pique. Mr. In March a joint committee was form. and the Committee, shocked at this, Landale objected to it on the grounded with the China Association and report was adopted and the account the Committee a letter addressed to conced to the City Hall the very 78,907 Chinese and 5,548 others and passed. At this meeting a new Com the Acting Colonial Secretary on the valuable reclamation rights which to the library by 5,321 Chinese and rute to the Colonial Secretary of common-sense, and foretold disas has been meeting regularly since used as dected consisting of 23rd of hist month, in which it was day are worth about $2,500,000 to 11.185 others a total of 101,299 per about it. Be very sure that theter if it were acted upon.
then, engaged on work the results of rs. Keswick, Gibb, Polar, stated that His Excellency had been $8,000,000. In almost every City in sps, improve these institutions are Hongkong Government was in no Expert opinion collected by the which must ultimately affect nearly Fresser, Berrick, Forett and Hol adviser that the omission of the City the World the provision of Tube fake them worthy of Hongkong as
the wrong. It never Committce shows that both the every member present. way in
Hull front the Bebodak erred to Buildings of this kind is regarded as more like similar institutions ine 5. Then there is the question of Back to the Committee came Hongkong and Shanghai systems
Transit Passes. I maintain that the
The following extrate from the in Section 7 of the Reclamation Onlia Municipal duty and when Great Britain or America and tem a long letter enclosing a longer have faults.
work done during the past months repeats of meetings held on the 28th nahee was intentions, and in the sure the community would be quite times that number of people wil memorandum full of injured in
and the representations made to the June, 1889, and 29th July, 1870, Trustees of the City Hall had unwilling to subscribe towards the re-visit them every year.
The report and secounte for Ger nocence and conscious virtue. It is
Authorities in connection with these give particulars of the completion of rights to any lund beyond the bound building of the City Hall, if such
acheme is acceptable as the Colony's year ended December 81, 1918, wa Passes, have laid the basis for an the building and the steps taken to aries Sixed in their lease.
The Chairman informed the Com-War Memorial, there is no doubt that unanimously adopted on the proposate advance, when the right time comes, provide the necessary funds for that
mittes that under his instructions a large portion of the cost should fall of the Chairman, seconded by titer which must advantageously affect purpose:- practically everybody in this room.
the "Aoting Sereinry had examined upon Public Funds and it is to be Hon. Me. H. E. Pollock,
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"a pleasure to" read such convincing documents. Agreement with "Capt. Tyler and Siccawei was found im possible" (as it always is by the party which will not budge from its
WANTED.
An advertisement beginning with these words catches our eye:
original position) so the Government teach English. “
Chamber is invited i
land; -
28 JUNE, 1869.
DESPONDENCY DUE TO
CONSTIPATION.".
"Wanted, an European teacher to Well there are five big questions At that meeting the members of the the Crown Lease of Marine Lot No. hoped that the Government here and" The eting terminated. with.. had no other course open to it Obviously. Pedants will disagree on which the Chamber has been Building Committee having accom- 82 and compared it with the Crow the various Government Depart vote of thanks to the Chairman. but to adopt its own code. The with us, we know, and cite a rule engaged during the past year, which plished the work entrusted to them, Leases of other Marine Lots with a ments at Home who will have to be the with which, we are as familiar as go to the very root of things; in rosigned their functions and a new view of ascertaining if there was any consulted will recognise the debt letter to advise Shanghai to secure they are. But there is more to the which every one of you has an Committee of Management was difference between the descriptive they owe to this place and the duty uniformity by using the Hongkong construction of decent English than interest yet in which without a big thereupon aleched for the purpose of words in the Lease of Marine Lot they have to perform for the future. code, which has been approved by that. As was said of RUS,, it is central organization such as the talding over and providing for the No. 62 and those used in cases of This building has carved its purpose WOMEN often become nervous and the Chamber and the local Naval better to be a master of English Chamber is you would have little or future maintenance of the building other Marine Lots, and he rand to for fifty years and in considering the despondent. When this is das t Authorities and endorsed by a large than a Schoolulaster of it. Ex- to say at all. Judged on these five and of carrying out the objects of the Committee a letter he had replacement of it by a more modern constipation it is only corrected by tak majority of the British Mercantile amination of good English questions alone I maintain that these institution. Full powers were ceived from the Acting Sertary on structure a large view of the future. Ing an occasional dose of Chamberlain Marine who were consulted." But any accepted instance, as the Chamber has fully justified, and le given them to make much fules and the 28 day of July 1800 printing extending over at least another fifty made in the tables are pool by we
Mr. Claxton's memorandum en-Bible, Shakespeare, or, the Prayer fully justifying its existence.
regulations as they might deem re-out certain differences which did years if not much longer should be Chemists and Storekeepers.
and pleasant in effect For sale all!