·MONDAY- -- NOVEMBER 19, 1923
CORRESPONDENCE.
UNGODLY HONGKONG.
[To the Editor of the "China Mall."¶
ingly.
With your leave, Sir, I will deal with some of the writers who, under the heading already quoted, have added to the interest of your pages and, incidentally, extend my
COMING THIS WEEK.
JAPANESE TRAINING
SQUADRON.
A
prognumme of enter- 'tainments is being
Beck with
a
CHINESE
BANKS.
¦ LOCAL RUMOUR.
THE CHINA MAIL.
BUTTERFLY CHASE.
AND ITS SEQUEL.
case
TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS.
HONGKONG ST. ANDREW'S. SOCIETY.
NOTICE.
PRACTICE DANCES
NOTIOR.
1
Unfavourable remarks have been YOUNG ETYMOLOGIST· ·ROBBED, This week Hongkong is to have made in the last few days anant SI-I beg once more for per another visit from the Japanese number of Chinese banks which
A butterfly chase by a young raission to enter your columns in training squadron which was here are alleged to have been hard hit order to remove a few falus Im a few months back. It will arrive through the rise in exchange. The etymologist from Queen's College pressions formed by some of your at 9am. On Friday, and report is that a number have falled figured as one of the central. In- readers from my lucubrations. the Government, fu, co-opera- and their respective masters are
It is in my nature to take your tion with the Hongkong General already insolvent or not to be found cidents in a case beard at the MEMBERS are reminded that the November Criminal Sessions this place at the City Hall on TUESDAYS,
IL PRACTICE DANCES will ex correspondents seriously, and I Chamber of Commerce, is arrang. In the Colony.
To prevent any confusion it morning when two Chinese were 20th and 27th instant, Admission feel that the remarks by some of ing to give the visitors a good time
should be explained that the word charged before Mr. Justice Gom only by Slips attached to the Ball them about myself are unde- while they are here. servedly personal and unking. If,às
bank." le misleading. In this case In the case of "Araene," my motives
it does not mean an exchange bank pertz with a robbery on Bowen | Invitation Cards... planned
Dancere most weer dancing shoes. are misunderstood, I attribute it to by the following committee The or even one of the Chinese de Road. One of them was also.
By Order, the effect of the environment of Hon. Mr. A. O. Lang, Compository banks which cater for docharged with shooting at a con- "Ungodly Hongkong" upon the mander
D. K. BLAIR M mestic remittances on a small scale, stable and, he pleaded guilty to (Harbour The class of bank referred to is a charge of robbery on Kennedy
Hon. Secretary. unsophisticated, and grieve accord-Master), Lt-Comdr. Gregory what would be correctly described Road. (acting secretary to the Com as exchange brokers and specula- The
Hongkong, 19th November, 1923. modore) and Mr. D. K. Blair, secretors. That they should come under H. K. Holmes, briefly recounted UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF
Crown Solicitor, Mr. tary of the Hongkong General the classification of bank is due to the circumstances of the Chamber of Commerco.
CANTUN, LIMITED. On Friday morning half of the the anomaly of their having the to the inry, which consisted of 388 cadets in the squadron will same characters in Chineso to Messrs. C.B. Matthews (foreman), be taken in buses and motor cars firm dealing in money, as is used Tak-kwong, A. P. D'Almeida, denote their trade, viz., Ngün Ho, a J.W. Falkiner, B.A. Murphy, Wong First "D.Ts." While he is corto Repulse Bay, where a buffer will imputing to me the statement that go to the Peak where a buffet bers of an exchange nearly opposite 28 a party of five schoolboys from these speculative banks are mom Mr.Holmes said that onSeptember the ungodly live only on the Peak, will be installed in the gar Wing On'a establishment, Here Queen's College started out from
By Order of the Board, I am quite prepared to admit there den of the Peak Hotel.. A special the main business is confined to the public gardens, leaving there
C. MONTAGUE EDE others elsewhere.
service
General Manager. ***Non-Builder" is really angry, and isorder is to be arranged for transactions in American twenty-at about Boon. They walked
Hongking, 18th November; 1923. I am afraid. I certainly did depart with the normal business traffic the dollars gold pieces or "double along Kennedy Road and up from the Sunday labour question, sightseers will be taken up before eagles." Nearly all the business the path hear the filter
When BRITISH TRADERS' INSURANCE but it may interest him to know, so noon and will not come back again is on a forward business as settle beds. on Bowen Road. far as that is concerned, I think it until 2.30. In the afternoon the ment of difference is usually they came to the service - COMFANY, LIMITED. could be solved by paying the parties will change over.
asked for and accepted and servoir" they sat down to rest. labours seven days pay for six who went to Repulse Bay in the stock as in share business.
there ia no taking up ' of ] One of them tried to catch a butter- days' work. They would go and morning will go to the Peak in the
Some fly with his handforchlef in which work elsewhere on the seventh afternoon and vice versa.. day, but that does not matter: religion does not interest itself in economics. Like me I am sure he will agree with Verlaine (I think it was Verlaine, but I am not quite sure, not possessing a Cassell's quotation book, Mr. Theosophist!) who sang:
views.
HB undersigned RESUMES
rect in the main, he is wrong in be provided, and the other half will by the depository banks. Most of C.K. Chung and H.L. Stainfield CHARGE: from this date.
"A Sabbath well spent brings
a week of content And health for the toil of the
morrow. But a
Sabbath profaned, whate'er may be gained,
Is a certain forerunner of sor-
Tow."
I do think Verlaine a fine poet;
likewise Mr. Silva.
Those
It is not known yet to what extent the ratings of the squadron will be free but arrangements are being made to entertain them also.
The Japanese community is also taking some part in entertaining the cailors and cadets on Saturday and Sunday. The visitors will also
be entertained by the warships in
port.
H. A. P. S.
'ANNUAL DINNER.
In "Arsene" recognise an The Hongkong Photographic opponent of a different calibre. Society celebrated on Saturday, I have already forgiven him on one 17th November, & point, but he should not try to draw function at Yea Woo Hotel at West very pretty me into his Original Sin Club; the Point. About forty members with shame of it! /
their friends were assembled to the annual dinner of the Society. Four
Faithfully yours,
PITIELL Hongkong, November 19.
[To the Editor of the'" China Mail,"
$
"The Republic of China" by the
NOTICE.
CHARGE from this date.
By Order of the Board,
of the larger firms interested in he had tied up 50 cents. In the heat THE undersigned RESUMES this class of business boast a of the chase the young etymo decent clientele which amply pays them for their trouble. Their transactions would, therefore, be mostly for account of clients. There sell on their own account and it are others, of course, who buy and
C. 'MONTAGUE EDR,
General Manager, Bongkong, 19th November, 1923,
'COMPANY, LIMITED.
logist lost his money and his com pantons helped him to look for it. They found 20 cents and were hunting for the balance when covering them with a revolver two men spoke to them, one said that quite a number of while the other searched them, THE CHINA FIRE INSURANCE eagles." With the daily quotation jewellery. The boys were then told them have sold short in double robbing them of money and going up in sympathy with ex- to go off towards the racecourse, change and loves by the "bears" which they did. Later they made being settled or carried over, alarma report and one man was arrested was felt during the week-end and two days afterwards in connectionTHE this has blossomed into a rumour with a shooting charge. The other that a number of these "bears" man was arrested, the same day in have failed for fairly large amounts. Wanchai where one of the boys!
noticed him.
CANTON,
battle to their invaders.
In an interview published in the China Mail some months ago an ex- colonel suggested that the Yunnan troops would make all the money they could in Canton and leave the fighting on the Wai Chow front to Sun's other troops. If Chan should
:
NOTICE.
undersigned RESUMES CHARGE from this date.
By Order of the Board,
C. MONTAGUE EDE,
General Manager. Hongkong, 19th November. 1923.
:
The Stewards invite the Ladies of Hongkong to be present.
Hongkong, 19th November, 1923.
TO LET.
PRIVATE BOARD RESIDENCE
Regarding the shooting charge, Mr. Holmes narrated that on the same day two Chinese constables were searching pedestrians at the THE HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB. top of Glenealy and keeping a EXODUS OF OFFICIALS,
general look-out there. While they
NEXTRA GYMKHANA And now, Mr. Editor, I regret
were searching two men, another A MEETING will be held (weather that I am unable further to continue halls of the Hotel were engaged for body looks forward to a decisive when he saw what was going for SATURDAY, 1st December 1923 Calling a halt just when every-man (the prisoner) came up who, permitting) at Happy Valley, en my efforts for the regeneration of the purpose and were most artisti-action, is not to be unexpected in ward, started to run away. One commending 3.45 p.m. this place. At the commencement cally decorated for the occasion. I was inspired by the writer of the
Kwangtung warfare but at this of the constables called to him to The Charge for admission to the Book of the Revelation who uttered winners of the recent exhibition held was felt that a decision would be air. The man turned. and fired at
Proceeding the dinner the prize stage of the present campaign it stop and fired his revolver into the Public Enslosure will be 81. the command: Behold I make all under the auspices of this Society reached one way or the other. the constable and then disappear prios.
Boldiers and Sailors in uniform half things new. Writel "But I find received their awards. The prizes However, this was not to be, and /ed somewhere near the public gar-| Members are advised that they must have been throwing seed on stony were very kindly distributed by since Saturday, there has been dens. As the constable, having show their Badges to obtain admission ground. I have been abused and misunderstood, and I feel aweary Major H. W. Gandy, who was little fighting to speak of. Chan abandoned the chase, was return to the Members' Enclosure. and athirst. Moreover, I have used introduced by Mr. Fang Shiu-wa. Kwing-ming's forces are encamped ing to the central police station he Each member has the right of in- up all my texts.
President of the Society. Following along the railway towards the East met Sergt. Neil who helped him to troducing not-members to the the prize distribution a flash-light River valley while Sun Yat-sen's make another search of the gar members enclosure, tickets for whom photograph was tatkea of the suc- main strength has not yet given deas. They saw a man hiding bean be obtained from Messrs. Linstead cessful competitors.
hind a bushand, feeling that this & Davis at #52 msch up to FRIDAY Another flash-light picture was
as the man they were looking for, November 30th. taken of the entire assembly follow
they both fired. Called upon to sur ing which dinner was partaken.
render, the man put up his hands The toasts proposed were:
and was taken to the police station "The King" by Mr. Fung Shin-
where he was found to be in wa, the President of the
possession of a pair of spectacles which had been stolen in Kennedy Society.
be defeated, well and good. If he Road the day before. Next day won they would make terms with the prisoner went back to the Him and move to some other gardens and pointed out a place "The Guests" by Mr. Fung Shiu-huating ground without impairing where a revolver was afterwards
their strength. Perhaps this is found. what is being done now..
After he had given his evidence, Today's vernacular papers state on of the school boys was asked that there is a large influx of office how he identified one of the als and generals from Canton, Prisoners "Oh," replied the wit Yeung Hi-roan, the commander in-ness" by his high cheekbones and chief of the Yunnans, and Fan his criminal eyes. His eyes would Shek-sang, commanding one of the make anybody frightened." divisions, are said to be staying at there are plenty of peo
But,"
observed His 'Honour, the Oriental Hotel while Yeun Ting-pui, another Yunnan ple in Hongkong with high General, is mentioned as living at cheekbones." some house in Caine Road. The "Yes," agreed the youngster, report goes on to state that an order" but I identify him as the one," bas been issued in Cantón forbid- The jury found the prisoners ding any military officer to leave guilty on all counts. The man for Canton but thinks that this will agalist who
The Stoninahip several charges have no effect whatever on the big were preferred was awarded sea- Religion is the only possible
generals..
tences aggregating twenty basis of optimism.
The two. Yunzan officers who years fall and 10 strokes of the Optimism is the essential the Sanitary Department, and a attempted suicide by jumping into cat. The other man, who was only brass incense burder belonging to the harbour from near the Harbour charged with gobbery, was sen- One is what one believes Mr. E. Savage who lives in No. 4. Office have been repatriated to tenced to seven years jail. oneself to be. If one believes Cox Road, were alleged against a thele native province, having left oneself to be an animal one bed Chinese named Lai Yuk in Mr. on Saturday by the s.s. Lee Sang comes bestial; if one believes J. R. Wood's Court this morning. for Haiphong. oneself spiritual one becomes Defendant pleaded guilty to the thefts as having occurred on Sa turday.
Sir-I notice several correspon- dents have indulged in quotations. I give below several others which have their own interest. They were written by a man who styled himself "a student in arms” who offered himself to his country and died in the last great war, which is more than some of your correspon- dents have done--otherwise had we been spared these letters →→
The world judges a man by his station, inherited or acquired. God judges by his character. To be our best we must share God's viewpoint.
To the world death is always a tragedy; to the Christian It is never a tragedy unless a man has been a contemptible charac
ter.
Religion is the widening of a man's horizonso as to include God.*
condition of progress.
Divino.
Faith is an effective force whose measure, has, nover yet been taken.
Yours etc. QUOTATOR Hongkong, November 17.
MUSIC
To the Editor of the China Mail.)
Sir, I am only, interested in this matter to wonder on what grounde
Vice-President.
WA.
"Reply" Major Wright. "The Hongkong Aamateur Photo-
graphic Society" Mr. D. O. de Silva: "Reply" The Honorary Secretary
of the Society.
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KOWLOON THEFTS.
MAGISTRATE'S SMART SENTENCE.
Theft of a clock valued at $50 from No. 6, Cox Road, Kowloon. occupied by Mr. S. Eccleshaw of
Acting Inspector Spearthen told His Worship that there had been an epidemic of thefts in Kow- loon recently and 'His Worship linposed sentence of eight months' hard labour in all. ·
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