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ENTERTAINMENTS.
Aug. 4.
An American visitor made a r mark the other day that the numberį of motor accidents in Hongkong was comparatively all on account of there being no street- regulations for pedestrians. Asked to explain this he mid that as there wore no hard and fast rules for people walking in the streets they had to be wide-The Carnival with Matheson awake and were constantly taking: Lang.
Aug. Star Theatre; "Below care of 'tlamselves instead of trust- ing themselves to traffic oflicers. the Deadline.” There seems to be some truth in this remarkable statement. Never- theless, experts agree that education
inile regulations would be! beneficial for pedestrians. Except for a few thoroughfares in the Euro- pan business centre the absence of any attempt to lay down the law as far as "Keep to the left is con-
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 4′ 19
OUR LITERARY LOBBY,
LOCAL GOSSIP FOR BOOKY PEOPLE.
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MR., HARDING'S DEATH.
HONGKONG EXPRESSES
SYMPATHY,
"The study of names A column is like a germon.
GOVERNOR'S CONDOLENCES. fascinating There must be a decent begining. hobby. So many of a fair ending and a perorating us have been given finish...
A China Maitrepresentative was This week the young informed at the American Com- Coronet Theatre; the right kind. In perusing a list
they call The Iron Trail."
John "
and sulate-Genemt this morning, that August 3-World
of people who, have left consider- Theatre;
able sums of the necessary before A...." help us to a beginning neither the cable received from The former sends us clippings, the Department of State nor that departing to the place where there
less) and Peking gave any particulars of the is no signing of chits, we come one tent your old friend "F.E from the American Legation in across such cognomens as T. A Lord, Birkenhead no Cash (who has left £54,661), W. H. Herbert Jenkins the creator of death of President Harding beyond Gold (who could not take with him Bindle, whilst "A.E.G.." sends us the statement: "President died £18,641) and R. A. Firbank who a copy of The Adelphi, John very suddenly of cerebral apop- left £8,321, all he had, to the Middleton Murry's new monthly. lexy in San Francisco at 7.20 p.m. Salvation Army Cash, Gold, Fir...We have waxeil verbally elo Friday."
"The news came as a great bank all in one list is remarkable.quent about The Adelphi, more
Boy, the Office 1...
particularly about Murry's opening shock that such a short and pro- had been cut essay which has about, it all the mising career
a consular official,
¿
"A
Aug. 4-Star Theatre; Thousand to One."
August 4.R.C. "at home." from 4 to 7 p.n.
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Aug. 7-Lammert Bros., at the Yue Fat Godown, Kennedy Town, 300 bage No. 24 Java white sugur,
new crop. II a.m.
LOCAL AND GENERAL ·
a
Men. cerned. is net marked.
August 8-Lannuert Bros., at women sind children, wander nini- lessly along, cross street corners at Kingsclere Hall, 2.45 p.m.. their leisure, meander about the quantity of fine furniture and read and zig-zag at will without | linen. interference. We believe that the present C.S.P. once tried to regolate Pedestriatis. beginning with Pedder Street. Somehow, the Indian con- stables responsible for directing | pedestrian make themselves un- The name
of the Chinese popular and the solemne was drop- Seamen's Union Bank Ltd.has been jed. We think that no matter how struck off the Register. difficult it would ha, the rule of keeping to the left should bel The total output of the Kailan Administration's mines Ltd. forced for pedestrians as well as Mining
for street truftic. Jay-walking," for the week ending July 21, 1923, an Australian term applied to aim-arouated to 93,576 tons and the less strolling at crossings should be sales during the period to 84,044 suppressed. Glaring instances of tons. how not to regulate traffic can be Three Chinese and one Ameri- seen outside cinerus every evening. The police were willing to try the fied for the 24 hours ending August | scheme onre. Why not again?
2. In addition, one case each of meningitis and puerperal fever is reported. Both patients Chinese.
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Overworked President.
President Harding's last illness, the cables have told 18,
'can case of enteric were
are
warmth and simplicity that is inck-off," said irr view of the
ing in some of the stuff we have especially to read...
the
Cash, Gold and Firbanks, All left money galore. Cash, Gold and Firbanks, Went before they got more.
Tho.format is excel-sutisfactory bulletins of That sphere of the THE ONION third degree is long life before it. Else-andated
of likely to be award-where we have recorded air regret sympathy. HE the Governor sent ed to a New Zea-ai not being able to get a copy of his A.DC., Captain R. A. Neville, land padre. Said he: The thing the limited edition of Defoe's Jal RMLI, personally to convey his that does the most evil in the world Flanders... There seems to be a sympathies. to-day is the tongue, and the only profitable vogue in re-prints...
tent and we hope the magazine has previous two days."
"The Consulate has been in
AWARD.
with
messages.
Captain Neville way to effect a cure is to cut a good addition to Defoe, we have edi. A.G.M. Fletcher, C.M.G., C.B.E, called in compar y with the Hon. many out: Further, 1 suggest that
Mrs.
The
POLICY WILL CONTINUE. "It is extremely unlikely that the policy of the Washington Government will deviate in any shape or form from that followed during Present Harding's re- gime,
said a
a start might be made with those tions of Herman Melville. Thomas acting on behalf of the British people who are always harping on Love Peacock, Anthony Trollope, community, called at 10.30 this the evil of different forms of and now George Borrow, the latter morning. Later, General Sir John Grace, Commodore amusement. It is these people strictly limited to 775 numbered Fowler, G. O. C., and Com who are the greatest offenders in sets of sixteen volumes at fifteen mander
the If way of our numer-of
Port, called. Mem slander. backbiting and
The guineas.. cause of the whole trouble is that ous admirers are thinking in the bers of the Consular Corps have right direction, now is their oppor- called in person as have heads of they have nothing better to do."
We were once tunity.... We have just room government departments and a SPELLING. assured that spelling enough on our shelves to take in number of the American and
was the gift of God. those sixteen....
British civilian community. Likewise we We are reminded of this by the are Borrovians and can wax quite fact that an attempt is being made eloquent on Larengro, The Romany to teach spelling by the typewri Rye, and Wild Wales. notiter. Pupils sing "believe," "re- Pickwick has views on the pre-pid ceive," and other words which they post-war type of novel... find difficult, to some such tune as pre-war novel gave you a story.
consular official. Catching fishes all alive" and at There was a beginning, a middle
President Coolidge, as Vice-Pre- the same time they tap them out and an ending, and you knew just sident, enjoyed the full confidence upon the typewriter so that the where you were... Now, we of President Harding and though image impressed upon them is
have short sentences, innumerable he held no portfolio, was frequent both visual and auditory. Another burden to the over-worked school dots, and situations that leave the ly present at meetings of the child to say nothing of Poor Pa mind and brain tired out in six Cabinet at the special request of
fane which has no pub.. A Out of respect for the memory: who will probably have to shell out pages, whilst the ending is like the Present Harding" $150 for a typewriter.
Down in New Guinea Paris publisher contemplates pre- of President Harding the Consu PIANO, they have their own way sunting each of his thirce "best late-General will be closed untli of describing the ivory sellors" with a motor-car as a token Tuesday next. The baseball game, box. If you ask a native what a of his gratitude. So now they will scheduled for this afternoon be piano is he will say:"Him one big be able to plead that they were tween the U.S.N." Pampanga "and fellow box. His savvy plenty driven to it... Hutchinson is the S. C. A. A team has been con- at Government teeth. Suppose Missus fight hini to receive a more £20,000 for the celled. Flags
House, at the Consulates, at all plenty, him sing out." Judging by film rights of This Freedom. the way "him sing out in Kow- These kind of things make the American and many British houses
... We wonder how of business are at half-mast. loon, many Missus there "fight him head "reel."
many read Elbert Hubbard these plenty."
"The persuasive and daye.... Get the Liberators and
coercive thon write and thank us. powers of the "When we remember timt hoarse citizen should en guttural cry of "Away with Him i able him to make Away with Him and when wệ sure that the burden of longevity recall that some of the best aud
Considerable damage was
was done to Kitying, near Swatow, by aggravated by overwork. When be the recent typhoon. According to was still suffering, from the effects latest reports from that district, low of plomaine poisoning after eating places there are still flooded to a crilis impregnated with copper, he depth of several feet. A large attempted to resume his heavy pro- number of houses were destroyed. grame. The result proved fatal." That he was frequently overworked, even when merely fulfilling bistusli routine, we have his own testimony. Attending a "birthday party given him by the members of the National Press Club, Washington, to cele brate his first year of office, he re- lated the trials and troubles "of a. President. He said he felt as if he
Mrs. Coole and family were had held the post for twenty years passengers by the s.s. "Taiyuan." instead of one, and that the life had which left here yesterday. The been so full that scarcely any im-party are bound for Sydney. pression of his life before he enme
to Washington was left outstanding.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
The name of Cyril Henry Burton has been added to the Dental Register.
In Chinese circles in Peking, it is
GUESS THE AUTHOR.
even
in the previous generation does noblest men that over lived have not become disproportionate and been revited and traduced, indicted The President said he considered reported that Mongolian princes intolerable, especially to the
the biggest titing accomplished since and nobles are combining to drive females." Say this to them and and executed by so-called good men | he took the reins of government was out the Living Buddha, who is re- they will sway slightly to and fro/certainly men who were sincere
WHO WILL WRITE IT?
A HONGKONG HISTORY WANTED.
GOVERNMENT'S ATTITUDE.
Mr. A. G. M. Fletcher C. M. G.,
the progress made in the return to C. B. E., (Colonial Secretary), told Say to them "Murder your mother" the tales of discredit told of my thought it would be an excellent
normal conditions. "I am not untroubles in the country. mindful of the,fuct," he said, "that
man?"
a China Mailman yesterday,that he
thing if
reliable History of .
While the Government, at.
such a work, I can state that should
Hongkong were written.
Returns of the Average Amount
Beaks.
Chartered Bank of
India, Australia
of the respective
Average Amount
Specia In Reserve.
and China...... $12,299,311 $5,780,000 Alongkang and. Shanghai Bank
That's Hubbard, and they sit up quite suddenly. y predecessor was ill and that the Command Orders announce that yet the two sentences,. In cold Bindle is said by T. P. O'Connor to Goverment was in the drift of the Colonel C. W. Davy, C.M.G., Chief logic, are exactly the same. Say be the funniest character created reaction from the war," but in Engineer, is granted leave of to them "It is not improbable that since the days of our great forbear. men" of the next outbreak. It has President Hurtling's opinion the absence on private affairs from a period may arrive when the Pickwick... Bindle was sent to present, has no idea of compiling remained for J. M. Barrie to outline problems of readjustment were in August 9 to November 4 Colonel narrow if once useful distinction thirty professional humourists before any private individual desire to do In his 1920 finitely harder than anything else Davy purposes to visit Japan and between the anthropoid home and it was published. Nearly all de-so, he would be given access to the a simple scheme.
the other animals, which has been clared it wasn't funny. But it sold. archives and generally given every CARTER-On July 26, 1923, at, Rectorial Address on the subject of imaginable, and although soine of Canada.
modified on so many moral points,... The editor of the Mercure de facility to complete his task. Vancouver, B.C., Robert James Camage"-it is a moving piece of his dreuns had failed to come true!
The current issue of the Govern may be modified also even in re- France estimates that out of overy: Asked whether the Gover Carter, in his 60th year, hus-literature-he advocated the forma and many of his views had been band of M. E. Carter. (By tion of "A League of Youth." changed. Mr. Harding felt he could meat Gazette notifies that in pur-gard to the important question of thousand books published, nine ment would help financially, Mr.. cable.}
ready to say to all Governments say that a great amount of good had suance of directions given by His the extension of human diet"; say hundred are bad, ninety-five medio- Fletcher was non-committal, but "we will fight each other but only been achieved. The President com- Majesty the King, Mr. Frederick this to them, and beauty born of ere, four estimable, and one is good. admitted that he had no doubt the One might reasonally say that Government would consider any plained that his task was never Peel Eldon Leonard Potter has murmuring sound will pass into' when we are sure of the necessity.
appointed one of His their face. But say to them, in this estimate is not quite tender. definite scheme for the publica- [He advocated the acquirement of done, and that the greatest difficulty been
simple, manly, hearty way "Let's Thank you!... A suggestion has tion of such a work. the spoken language of other coun-of the "White House job" was to Majesty's Counsel for Hongkong.
eat a man!" and their surprise is been wade to publishers that books tries so that when conferences were keep human. That he did succeed-
Yet the sent on different subjects should be A pretty wedding was solem- quite surprising, heki at, Ray St. Andrew's Univered in keeping human there is no
From his first fervent nized at the Synagogue Ohel ences say just the same thing. marked by the use of a specified sity, there should be the feeling of doubt. Hoxakong, Saturday, August 4, 1923. brotherhood which a knowledge of prayer when the election figures Rachel, Shanghai on July 29, by While you're guessing who wrote colour for the binding. Thus, HONGKONG BANK NOTES. tongues gives those who meet to find were announced, "May God make Rabbi Hirsch, when Miss Nadia that, we shall try one of our own history would be red, science green, ... The idea art yellow, &c. "Shpunt became the bride of Mr. That continuous or unlimited ex- out the best course to pursue. Such me capable of playing my part,' a suggestion is not to be dismissed to the last words he uttered when William Katz, Miss Shpunt is the tension which, almost without might also be tried with novels of Bank Notes in Circulation and
a Barriesque Whimsicality, his wife was reading him a maga daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. P. exception since newspapers first With Professor Gilbert Murray Barrio spoke with the feeling and zine article-about himself, Read Shpunt of Harbin, Mr. Katz the made their welcome appearance, although it would probably lead to of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong. ying it is impossible to make war experience of an old-young man some more like that," the late son of the late Mr. M. Katz and Mrs. has been the ever mindful, indeed famine in blue.... Mesars. during the month ended 31st remained essentially Katz, has been in China for 20 the ever essential factor governing Hutchinsons have been getting July, 1923, as certified by the George addressing those who were on the President inspossibility: Mr.
A year has human. That it in which adds still years, and has been connected with the literary output of those whom trounced by an outspoken critic Managers Lansbury indicating that if he threshold of life.
since that
suggestion further pathos to bis sudden death the firm of Brunner, Mond & Co. destiny has called to write for the regarding the format of their Banks all passed dictator
Britain of
siderable demand by more weighty""The idea that the paper, printing, ja no at the culminating point of bis (China), Ltd., for the past four daily Press, being this day in con "Library of Standard Lives."
years, aruments of every kind would was made, but there
and the distinguished career."
and more compelling topics, we are and 'make-up of a book is unim. go, with a trust to the good. Dengue of Youth"
The death is announced of M. du reluctantly, not to say sorrowfully, portant is as absurd as the idea that will in the hearts of humanity feeling is that should there be
Chaylard former French Consul at compelled to perform the act of does not matter how slovenly and to chance what would happen; and another war, no matter what the
Tientsin, whose name is perpetuat- setting limits to the otherwise con- insanitary a house is if the tenant The Prime tinuous of unlimited extension it is honest." our Commodore's cryptic reference cause of it, our "einple soldier
ed in the Rue Chaylard. He was which it has been our wont every Minister says he would rather have to the next world typhoon"--all men" will rush unhesitatingly to Today's Poem.
It is that glorious!
Consul there for seven years, from
dilate upon the written a Koats Sonnet than invent Upeo representing more or less the do their "bit."
Has he ever 1894 to 1gor, including the eventful Saturday to divergent type of temperament and spirit of adventure, of self-sacrifice.
Boxer period. During his term of quaint, the arousing and the sara poison gas.....
..Bernard Lintot in his donic among the week's newa. In tried? thought which go to make up oir that needs to be harnessed, not British life where, on this grim-necessarily to the dictum: "My!
much extended, namely from the other words, space being short, we End Papere says "There is no more
must stop. mest of all the anniversaries of the country right or wrong" but to the
street which Bears name up to year do we stand? The haunting severer and harder "Is my country Our own
the canal. His son, so a Consul, fear of war is still with us. It is right or is it wrong?"
is serving in the Tunly administra- spoken of with the glibness and Cenotaph, which in its beautiful
tion. carlainity of the pre-ordained Sear outline of design brings its own and prophet. If we are not pre-message of devotion to country, paring for it in terms of armamente, serves to remind us, not of war, but tay of us are preparing for it in of men. Let the Poct speak: our hearts and minde, looking upon the matter as the inevitableness of inevitability demonstrations at home in support of "no more WAT activithstanding. These have been Largely attended mostly by Had the cabled words read mostly by young people " the news would have been most significant, and hopeful for the days to
For it is with the young people that the fuure destinies of the world, rest. If they have not profited by the experience of the past, if the batreds and the pawions of a victorions and a defeated people have no lessong of their own, to say nothing of the economic ones, hope for the future is indeed dismal. For the young people will be "the simple soldier
women,"
come.
↑
tha'simple soldier man Who, when the great war first
bogao, Just died, stone dead, From Jumps of lend In mire, Or lived through holl, Words cannot tell, For four long years And more: Of misery, Until the war. Was ended.
No man did more ...Before,
No love has been.
By this world seen
Like hie, since Christ
Ascended.
(Evening Song.)
The night has but descended, Its black veils are suspended Now over bush and stead. The beeches rustio gently, The last winds seek intently The thickest tops wherein to make
bed.
Once more a gentle sighing: - Then comes the sudden dying Of the world's weary breath." And yet I sense a shiver Through night still faintly quiver, While Peuce spreads out her
hands on all beneath. [Translated from the German of Otto Julius Bierbaum (1865-1010) by Holen Jollie.1
office the French Concession was
Official appointments in the cur rent issue of the Government Gazelle include-Mr. H. W. Bird to be an Unofficial Member vice Mr. A. G- Stephen, resigned; Mr. A.R. Lowe to be an Unofficial Member during the absence from the Colony of the Hon. Mr. H. W. Bird; Mr. F.R.J.. Adams to be a member of the Authorised Architects Committee during the absence on leave of Mr. Alexander Colbourne Little, B
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admirable spectacle in the world than the eternal procession of Scots, Irish, Walsh, Jews and Germans, striving valiantly to look like English- men."
Monsieur Camille Flammarion who has been ́er-
The following statement of the: lightening us about death, has writ securities lodged with the Crown ten another book of which we are Agents by the Mercantile Bank of promised an English translation. India, Limited, against their notes He guides the reader in in circulation, is published, for voyage from the broiling surface of general information under Section Venus to the multiple moonlight of the Mercantile Bank Note The Golony's new Sunday paper, and "ring-light" of Saturn's night Issue Ordinance, 1911, (Ordinance Hongkong Sports, makes its first and the appalling darkness and No. 65 of 1911) —; appearance to-morrow. From the loneliness of Neptune. He adverisement appearing in the points out that night, not day, is China Mall, it will be seen that an the normal aspect and condition of attractive Issue is promised, creation, and says: "In this pro- Among the features are local and found and silent night, all things world sporting news items, topical move, borne along by a divine
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