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TRUTH, JOANN, POR
ADVERSARIA.
AFSTICE"
THE CHINA MAIL"
I hadn't played bowls A BOWLS for about, this months;
STORY.
and when I drifted nto one of the cabs où-
Monday afternoon. I was anked, it Ķ would play. I said no. "Ob, you. might cald my friend, "It's a spoon competition." I said no again, tie- cause I was na rot bunter." It would look funny," I explain- cl, "to hold aloof so long and then (Spot the inconsistency with coma in when there's a trophy to play attitude in the foregoing aush
story.)
"Oh, that'll be all right," said he, twinkling. "The losers pay for the rpoons."
real object of all this ticket inspecting hare, whether it is to prevent cheating by passengers or by the conductors. Possibly it is meantas a check on both. In any cass it fails, and the company in regularly defrauded all the same. On Tuesday I noticed an incident that may be significant. An inspector who knows me well by sight hoarded the car, I produced any ticket, and was rather surprised to soo him open it and make a bluff at reading it. My European neighbour, also well known, tried to get off with aud. "I must see your ticket, please," the inspector asid, and did see it. Bat a young Chiren in the front seat, who had successfully nodded away the con- ductor previously, gave him and, sed the inspector acempted it. I said "You haven't seen that man's ticket " but he smiled and swang off. I Love also noticed that whercas European children occupying seata have to pay,. Chinese children with grownaps are rarely charged for. Perhaps I should express it, to be exact, frequently exempted, as a matter I have fre quently observed. On one occasion, standing because there was no seat, I watched the collector collect from a Chinese man, woman, and two small children, occupying, four seats. All they paid was 20 ceat,
BOOK
After this week, I presume the Book Club's new stock CLUB will be available to men
bore. I infer this from a notice requiring the old ones to bo branded in not later thou yesterday, for transference to those who have; Ixought them,
POLITE
LETTER
I suppose I ought to bej thankful that a corre spondent of the China) WRITING. Mail, entliar in the
week, who had been ra
| guding m: an å "biffoon, np. [o iger does so. But somehow I am not feeling grateful. I would rather ba thought a buffon by that sort of
person than commended by Lim. Ia my opinion he is a supercilious toul, and his only merit the fact that is has somehow bfundered into taking a light view of the Registration of Person Bill. The Boss will not like me talk- iug this way about him, for letter writers are as welcome as they are rare here; but I insist that this one, if offended, will be no loss. In any case, so far as I'm concerned, he may go where angry people usually bid such offensive idiots to go.
DIRTY MONEY
A friend wants the China Mail to start ́a campaign against the Cursa, disturbing the services there.
filthy dollar notes in They conib'ne bathing and tobaggan cireniation. He says they are spread- gby sliding down the nullah dating disease, etc. The China Mail can Blows under Kenedy Road. Thoy dod as it like My position in the this stark naked, for the green fungu maitar is severaly practical I shall JONGZONU. ŠAVUZ JAK, Ana 350 12, 1992 || has made the channel fairly smooth.do no fancy writing about it. I
Not all of them are young boys, not afraid of infection, and those who either.
đo not like the dirty dollar, may send Most unusual for Chinese of this them to. 場 Or, on receipt of age to do such a thing," remarks the intimation accordingly. I am even A reader sends me Magistrate, surveying the defendant, willing to call for them. I have an WISDOM WILL thin clipping: a Chinced bricklayer, aged about 25 simt immediate usa for as many
Leat.-Geral Sir years.
thousands of them as I can collect. Iva Mixo, Com- I have seen them up to 30 years
A lady friend: 0, mander-in-Coief of age," replies Inspector Macdonald
Mr. Adversaria, I'm Yorthera Command, addressing the "sliding down there like a lot of
'glad you called. I'm oya of St. Peter's School, Yark, said children."
in such trouble, My amah, whom Fined $t, with the alternative af I've had for nearly thro years, is twas being stated by half the Pres! and half the people who made speeches noven days' imprisonment.”
leaving without notice; and good one! hist "a thing called the League of I for my part, like to see them "upra so hard to find. the is coming Nation" oald take the place of to 30 years of age," aye, and beyond back this evening for her five days" armed force. "Da't believe it, that like a lot of children." So did
ors," he said: "it's a'l tosh-Jesus. I, for my part, like to think Pay. (This was on the Cth of the
month.)
DIE WITH SUJA.
banlately tosh." We should have of them this hot weather enjoying
fight again some day, he a·ldad.
TRUE Bif:
"A joyrider in the hospital worth two on the highway."
I do not find any fault at all with a reporter's INTEREST recent attempt to deal picturesquely with our
HOMAN
THE AMAH
.
such perfectly rational and healthy I: But she can't. She must give This one I clipped for my-recreation, which (by the way) is a you proper notice or you can have her
favourite of Malay princes. Ask the panished by the law,
L. F.--I wouldn't like to do that` Hoabla. Me. Severa sometime about "mengel lunchor". (I hope I'va I-Anyway, do not pay her for epelt it rightly.) I, for my part, these five days. That would be cannot see what harm they were doing. encouraging bad behaviour. Disturbing the services at a ohutoh L.F.-You don't know her. She is Ah yes, I was forgetting that. It such a gossip, and if I do not pay her ice court dramas. In fast I ad would have been better to make less in fall she will talk about me horridly sire it and dongratulate the reporter noise. People making one sort of noise among all the servants of the neigh- ait. It was good reading. Bat do not like other people to make other boure. 're is sa extract that made noises. I would have been just as I-Sho will do that in any case. It Had- I had the you give her a thousand dollars and a First case dull and futile-a story privilege of sitting on Kennedy Road, trousstan to run away with, you can- of a man who could not paraus lea and watching this delightful new not stop her doing that if she has stable to strast his eamy assport, I am sure I would have resented quarrelled with you."They say. hrow stone and got arrested him the doleful noises coming from the What say they? Lat thom say."
I am writing a magazine story on spoiling the sweat silence of my
102 want to argue with him:
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intolerant myself.
church just as I detest church balis L.F.I know, but one doesn't like
hatia alone, for which I expect Sundays. But I wouldn't have sent to be misrepresented. I'm sure I've
get five or six gainoas. It is for the police as they did.oldatben a good mistress.
There is they have asked the water chuts Tite fascinating plot.
baving an eamy whose conduct rives one talagich expédients ?
Very neat was his implied criticism f local famin this bit
I-I'm sure you have or I
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And by Gam they did. I was on of the lonere. It was a grand, ciosa game, however, 25 all after 21 heads. and an extra head needed to decide it
HEARTORIAK CITY.
Ii Hangkong ever
SATURDAY, AUGUST 12., 1992.
SQUATICS.
- V.R.C.. NIGHT FETE.
the regiment of cycling papers that and to litter the book sialla. I believe I cycled through every county in England but ons, and that thể smallest. Nevar, however, "great sa was the enjoyment I had of it, did. I again experience the glorious thrills, of the twelve-year-old, guiding be. tween the hedgerows as on wings. I doubt if our airmen could beat it.
There was a large gathering of spectators present., including H.E the| am deeply Officer Administering the Government,
'I
CORRESPONDENCE.
And
TRAINING TEACHERS.
The third swimming fete of the season was held by the Vetmia Re-To the Editor of the “ China Mak.”F- creation Club is its swimming bath last night. `-|
Sir-1 did not sea a China Mai porter present at the Board of Education meating on Wednesday
1 AM DEEPLY offended by the who was accompanied by Mrs. Severn fat, but, an it is evident from the
OPINNED Daily Express of and Mrs. Bullock.
London, because
press reports and more especially from of this sentence with which it bagine items, among them a 100 yards Iaiseus that the main points of my posi
The programme included some new your leading article in to-night's one of its typically foolish notes:
"Readers of Mark Twain O. Henry terport trial roce which was won by tion ave not been made clear, you the excellent time will, I am sure allow m space and other Transatlantic authors will af 03 2-5 sets, with D. Laing second briefly to state iny objections to the
D. Lyon in be familiar with the gentle art of ex(66 seca). J. Johnstone was unable to training of teachers by means tracting money from "suckers" ca attend the fete, or a fluc tuele normal classes held at. Government practised in the United States."
It would have hart me in any case bead witnessed. Another absenter
between him and Lyon would have expense in the Technical Institute.
Or
sports, had be bren dressed, he would probably have broken Hongkong's
of
teachers are chosen is of a very low standard. "They need not have passed the Matriculation or Junior Local Examinations, but, in paint of fact they have probably falled in the Matriculation Examination.” (The description is that given by the Director of Education at the meeting though not repostad.).
to see Mark Twain referred to as was G. Jack, who arrived late for the 1). The maleriał from which these
Transatlantic" author, for he is tril. Lyon was in very fine form wante su alias or a universal. I do not ask anyone last night, and as Mr. W. Logan ro nickname, call it
to agree with
accept my marked at the conclusion of the Heartbreak. I am
opinion that Mark Twain 15 thinking of those reforming abala who the world's greatest writing mas, take things seriously, fiks Matthew
gres'er ven than Shakespeare, or Arnold's beautiful angel, beating in a
Balzac. I know that. some people record. for the 100 yards. void his luminous wings in vain.wiil consider it extravagant. But it Luckily I am serious only in spasms, and when stupidity wine, I can still laugh. I never weep for the sinners who iguote my calls to repentance. I shrug my shoulders, and say simply: **All right, you. Go where sinners are said to go." Why should I wear myself out contending with fools for tha sak.of.fools? Ent there be beer.-
Dore is a picture of the QUAINT quaint epitaph mentioned erinara, in this column a week or
two ago. I am indebted to a friendly reader for it.
A missionary NED CROMWELLIANS boasts that
the army i day, and in the intervals of drill en- Honan (at Kaifeng) sings hymns all
gages in bible study: This explaing to me one of the mysteries of Chinese
among their own people. I allude to soldiers operating in their own led
the looting, I suppose.it must be that they have learned to let not their right band know what their left hand dosth.
DIKA
Seeing an advertisement THE FOSH in which a local parent
wants a bicycle "auit ablefor a boy of twel- ve," my thoughts went back to the old, old days when I too, shout that age, badgered my father to get me one. His objeolion was to the risk, rather than to the expense, for in our parts at least the "safety" had not then appeared. The bioycle was a thing taller than some horses, with an 'absurd little wheel at the back"which used to kick up like some horses. I had planned it all out in long hours of theory, while waiting for my sire to yield, and I learned in about half an hour, unagusted. Unamisted, I mean, by any teacher. I had to climb a convenient gate every time I wanted to mcrunt, and sometimes When I fell off I had to walle far to find a suitable gata. But once on it is an indisputable fact that I could keep going, and evca turn corners that were not too abrupt. I remem- ber neighbour coming along that -|- Saturday afternoon, on his bicycle. "Hello," he said. "I didn't Imow you could ride. I'm going to(a. village three miles on). Come with me." As I was headed in that direction at the time, and too proud to confess that I was only just beginning, I tagged along behind him, Wells in some of his stories geta good fan out of early bicycling. The Wheele of Chance" is a good story, for instance. He splakamuch of "wabb..
rely nothing dall and fatils" artists kindly to make less noise, naked wouldn't advise this way: I assure you them explainingly, so that they would that no matter how good you am, no sarry and respectfully observe 1 It matter what you do or don't do, you was more convenient, doubtless, to will be talked about and misrepresent send for the police, and have them. I am. We all are. The very An elde Chilifere from America, made into oriminals. I, for my part, first essential stop to happiness, returning to Kongmoon with an would not hare fined them. I don't Mrs., is to train yourself to
I would have indifference as regarda landbropsling." Well, I wabbled and wabbled, implement of his trade-a butcher's think Jesus would,
ife, made by Ward of Sheffield bound the complainants over to be a gossip. You will never be happy but I did actually manage that threa miles out and home on my very first as to pay $50 because the law little less fatolerant, of taste in unt you do and you will be con- chooses to regard the knife as a happiness, of noise, or even perchance d'antly exposed to what amounts to
attempt. I learned later to put my of nakedness. The others I would blackmail. This emah has probably legs over the handlebar, consting hills, Lagger.
will nat spoil it by commenting have advised to be happy less noisily and her story that she must go to the safety came. My fist was a had a more terapting offer. elsewhere, and was prodigiously happy. Then There is A curious ON THE Custom by which season Canton is most likely a lie. If you lid," dis;arded before long for a TRAMS.ticket holders on the will offer me ten, 111 stay and interchion" tyred Humber
street cars catch the view her for you if you like.
ridionlonaly heavy bar strong conductor's eye, and nod, in order to Bho gave me tos, but she wouldn's machine. The cushion" tyre was of thick rubber with a small bore in avoid showing their ticket. -I- prefer | let me chevy the ungrateful omah, for The police have received a co-to produce mida. It is lone trouble set a bet who paid. ▲ handsome it. It would be abouta decade before aint that certain Chinese boys and and less undignified. Remembering premiata to prevent the amah talking, I made the acquaintance of the na have discormed a diversion street car systems all over the world, and I'll bet the talked all the pragmatic tyre, and became engular kondat; as well de a contributor tɔ. which they praslice near St Joseph's" I have never understood what is the mate.
"
as I could do-as anyone could do. Coo-words:aller" becanın."-say-it Jil: and "Tar il bestr
Batran the same two column tory Pafly Press August 8) I extract the
lowing bit to talk about
:
The Blue Jazz Band.ably.conducted is my honest opinion. Except that by Mr. Tedo Miles was again in atten they were both writing men, you.can-with delightful music.
dance and brightened the evening not compare Twain and Shakespeare.
"RESULTS. I know that, of course. What mean is that if I had to do without all but one ( supposition sometimes pro- pounded) Mark Twain is the one I would retain, before all others. It ha ever wrote a line I haven't read, I don't know of it. I have even read all the biographies In his way he was as varied and versatile and as true B thinker as Bacon. He
The following were the results:- Two Leagths Handiesp (open to the Services), Boyle, time 37eecs.; 2, McDade, time 30.ccs.
100 Yards Interport _Trial—1, D. Lyon, time 62.2 Users.; 2, D. Laing. 60secs.
Ranning Header.~1, D. Laing; 2. G. A. V. Hall
(members).-1, D.
Two Length Girls' Handicap.-1 M. Groundwater, time 12scos.; 2, D. was, *ven if you count me Spanton, time 47uecs. eut
too enthusiastically tulogistio, by ay fair test somethi g bigger than the phrase "trausstlautio author" implies, I am chiefly offended, however, by the sugestion that he ever wrote about the gentle art of ex- tranting money from cackers. I deny | Miss C. Smith, time 13seca.
Four Lengths Handicap Boys.-W. | that the word can be found in any of}
Team Race Laing's team, time 3mins, 45seca.
Two Lengths Ladies' Handicap,— 1, Miss R. Kitchell, tine 48.4-5ses; S
It is clearly unfair that the younger generation should te taught by these so called School masters, and no amount of Prat- tising teaching real classes under expert observation" at the Techni. cal Institute for two or three' oven- inge a week after a hard day's work at school can really improve them, far, as Mr. 8. W. Tso remarked at the same meeting, "They are teaching real classes all day long in the schools in which they are ext ployed." This too was, I think, not reported.
(2). The Educational Authorities have got to decide the proportions of foreigners and Chinese to be employ- ed in the Education Department in A few years time.
I saw an exactly similar problem.
his books, and I deny that he over | Alatcham, tiwe Dineca.; 2, A. 21' faced, a me years ago i the Educa
dwelt on that theme, It is ineufer-
| able that some ignorant gruli in Fleet Street who knows Mark Twain only as a name, he has heard of should write.such impertinences about a man so whom I owe practically all. I am, the man from whom I have learned
most.
time 7399ce.
During the proceedings an exhibit ion of high diving from the 20 feet stage was given by a number of the members of the Club.
The Water Polo match was won by tion Department in Egypt, and I the Bluesha thres goals to one. E know, how important the problem i». Busschaert scored all three goale for It is a crime for the Government.to. the winners and J. M. Jack scored torturn-out educated men for whom there is no employment, and all I am the losers (the Whitis),
asking is to be given some kind of figure as to the number of Chinese teachers for which. bille's esp ie found in ten or twenty years time I do not know of any better paid jobs to which they can "dezeit." To fact 50:n of our ⚫ngi- neering graduates bave takra to teaching because the teaching posta are better paid. Cạn we, in twenty years time had education posts for thousand or two thousand Chinese graduates in Education?
LOCAL AND OENERIL.
The Offertory at St. Andrew's Church, Kowloon, on Sunday for ing next will be devoted to the, Relief Fund in usanection with the Swatow Typhoon Disaster,
"O.C." writes to REGISTRATION Me:-It seems as if OF SPECIAL your efforts will be ATTAINMENT in vain. The ob- Dorions Bill will pass. In that case I enclose, as a suggestion to others, memoranda showing how I prope to answer the question re special attainments. 1 shall ay:-Can boil water and oc- casionally cook an egg correctly. Can
I would gladly have forgiven you clean my own shoes, sew on buttons
your obvious mistake of "Under- and take my bath without the help of a
Mr. Noguichi, a partner of graduates" for Graduates "--but I nurse. Cau drink Horse's Necks High Forukawa and Company, No. 14, find it difficult to forgive the mistake balle, Gimlets, Angela' Curses, Prairie Prays East reports that his room at when made by your" Expert who has Oyetere beer, ginalings, fiza, liqueure, the above address was entered during personal knowledge of both lots." It and all such like comforts without the night and money and clothing desiring to sing, shout, fight, or otherworth: $120 stolen, wise act the fool, eg framing) bareaneraties ordinacom Cam est anything but humble pie, and The Consulate General for Franor play every game there is excaptosoubor that the ultimate date for blakerings Can aide adonkey, the reception of tenders for the light pony horse, camel, elephant llama,ing of the towns of Fort Bayard and baby carriage, bicycle, motor byke, Tohekam wich has been provionily or scooter and drise anything with fixed for October 1 next, has been from two to twenty wheels. Is there postponed till November 30, any more you would wish to know?
I advise O. C, to don't. I do no
A rattan worker employed in a know what our Polizei Fanjundrums shop at No. 3 Austin Road, Kowloon, would do to him for each lese majeste, was yesterday admitted to the Kwong but I think it would probably hurt,
Wab Hospital aufiring from a stab wound in the back alleged to have My respectful. 000. HIS ADVICE gratulations, and the been inflicted in a fight by a man nam WAS TAKEN. grateful thanks of the cd Ng Pun, who is in custody.
community, to my old -A Chiness student living on the rival in science. Mr. Tse Taan Tai, for first flour of No. 10, Wingkat Street, having accomplished something that
all others had failed to do, namely, reports that his room was entered paraading Ban Yat-sen to quit during his absence from the house Canton. He published a letter in the between 7 and 8.30 p.m. yesterday, papers advising Sun to go, and within and a leather bag containing an American cash certificate for $100 sday or two Sun went.
gold stolen.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
“Another Ch ́nese woman bas become a victim of the confidence trick. She was accosted by two men August 21 eses next criminal in Queen's Road Central, near No. 5. sessions.
Station yesterday afternoon, and in? duned to part withher jewellery worth Postcards from bere to Chias $147, in exchange for a parcel which must now bear two-cents postage. 7.5
the men said contained bank notes, She discovered the trick too lato,
The Registrar of Companies (EE notifies the deletion of Faithful & Co., Ltd.
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is our graduates of course, that I am pleading for, not our undergraduates,
-And lastly na to fanta.
(a) The Univerity has most excellent
classes "At present? to practice on, sur, because the Govern beat bar placed the classes at the Sai Ying Pun Sobool at its disposal and every student in the Educational Depart ment of the University" bas`to`give a definite number of practical lessons. per annum to thes; c❘mages. (b) The University has a most export Master of Methods, and I hope we may enjoy his services for many a long day to come, für be will be almost impossible to replace, F mean of course - my friend Air. Alfred Morris, who has been out Master of Method over anos I can remember, and whose Issions are in themselves an inspiration.
1 sm. Bir.
Your obedient servant,
N. TEESDALE MACKINTOSH. Hongkong August 11, 1922,
FORGED NOTE CASE.
Evidence for the prosecution was completed before Me, R. W. Hamilton yesterday afternoon in the case în which a Chiness clerk formerly employed by the Dragon Motor Gar- Mrs. E. D. Blackburn residing ago in obarged with having attempted at the Hongkong Hotel, reports that to utter a farmt $100 pote, and while abe was bathing off Stone with unlawfor possession of it There will be gan-re from Stonecutters between 4 and 8 p.m., yetter. The forgery was a clever alteration cutters in N.W: direction on August day, some one entered the cabin of of a $5 bote of the Chartered 17, 18 and 19. Yachtamen observe. the steam lanach "Beelenng" and Bank, and could gaily have
stole a Chinese amber beads neoklasu deceived anyone at a first glance. worth $30, a finger ring worth $25 The master of the Tung Yuen
restaurant, Yaumati said that defen Fand's purse containing $2 in cash;
daar tendered a doubtful #1-6 pote Counsel in the case in which at the counter on the night of June Chinese is su'ng Mesara Hughes and 119, to pay a bill. When the note was Hough, the wall known auctioneers rejected, defendant put it back in his - for $10,000 damages in roepeat of the pocket, ande Jriend who was sals of the steamtug Huculenoid the bill=*=* have been arguing out paints of law Mr. Lão d'Almado, for ibs riefance, before the Puione Judge (Mr. J. R. taled the pants to worker, in Wood) for three days. They finished order to convien for uthing w yesterday afternoon and His Honour cesary to prove guilty knowle ga. intimated that he would deliver to find that the accused had presented. written juigment later on. Mr. the note himself. Eldon Potter and Mr. O, G. Alabaster appeared for the plaintiff and Mr. B. O Jenkin for the defendants.
The forthcoming marriage is an nounced of Mt. A. Brooksbank, over. sor of the P.W.D., and Miss Laura E. Lamb en route frem. England by the as, "Suwa Maru.”ina
The Sepoy of the HK.S-R.G.A who was charged with having snatch ed an ear tag from Chinese woman in Nathan Road, Kowloon on Wed nosday night, was discharged by Mr. E. R. Ludsell. The evidence of the woman and the constable who arrested the "dalfendant was confisting, and the Magistrato was satisfied that the Indian did not hit the woman with a cano as she allɛged.
The Magistrate adjourned the CMA until Wednesday next in order to e sider the point.