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good novel whose here was a pugilist, and who certainly was a good boxer.
If we remember rightly he was what we may term an old-style boxer-he fought in the days when a purse was a purse; a loser lost and did not get a fraction of gate receipts or any- thing else outside his damaged chin, or nose; and the question of cinema rights was a thing unheard of. All this is beside the point and a long way off from the word of appreciation we set out to give those who are fostering the spirit of what was once known as "the manly art." It suggests the days
in the Far East and if the two caught soon afterwards trying to Governments were in agreement smuggle arms from Hongkong to fellow.conspirators on the naturally the same spirit' should his
He was arrested at prevall amongst the private Yangtze. citizens of the two countries in Shanghai, tried in the British their various commercial activi-Court, and sentenced to imprison- ties. This suggests that is in ment. He tells the story of this Hongkong, so in Shanghai "the part of his life in "Chinese Con same spirit" does not prevail fessions" (Grant Richards, 76, 6d.), amongst those belonging to the and tells it very well. His picture of life in the Treaty Ports at that two countries, and the hint is time is vivid, and does not err on given that the question of getting the side of reticence. logether should receive instant consideration. It seems to us that the matter is long overdue. Doubtless there is friendship amongst our local business men the ordinary things of life evinced on both sides that is abiding and by some of our learned judges is The latest example full of hope for the larger and remarkable.
SATURDAY APRIL 12, 1924
SHADOWS BEFORE.
Coming Events Advertised In The Mall,
ENTERTAINMENTS.
April 12-Coronet "Parted Curtains."
Theatre;
CHINESE AMAZONS.
ARMED ROBBERS PUT TO FLIGHT.
CHASED FROM JUNK.
Thanks to the efforts of two
April 12.-Star Theatre,Kowloon; Amazon drúghters, a gang of "The Royal Russian Ballet also armed robbers who attacked the Wallace Roid in "Always master and mistress of a cargo boat shortly after midnight last Audacious." seeming
night, were chased off. The
Theatre; April
12.-World
The junk was lying alongside BRIDGE. abysmal ignor. "The
Who Fooled Woman
the, Western water-front and at ance regarding Herself."
that hour some of the crew were Apell 19.-Coronet Theatre away having tea on shore. When Poor Men's Wivos."
April 13.-Star Theatre, Charles the mistress woke up she found an intruder trying to remove a gold She her wrist, bangle from Ray in "Paris Green."
April 13-World Theatro: "Fer-grappled with him and gave the
of Ben Sayers and the lime when only be brought about by such case, enquired:-"What is bridge?" ert Rawlinson" in "His Mysteryaların. On looking around she
Girl."
MISSION,
closer relations which should exist is that of the Lord Chief Justice outside local affairs, but which can of England, who during a recent have
saw her husband struggling, with which
another robber. Both man and April 12-16.-Sermons for a Lon-wife were injured The woman'· Mr Bernard ten Mission by Rev. R. B. Schmitt,
Instrument and the man was NOTHING ELSE. Shaw whose R... at the Cathedral of the Imas cut in the wrist by some sharp
utterances are maculaté Conception, 8 p.m.
stabbed in the face, marks showing on the cheek and forehead.
As the gang were chased by the. two daughters, one was seen to jump into the harbour and he eventually escaped. Another man intercepted by an Indian constable in Des Voeux Road is alleged to
the Praya.
GOOD FRIDAY,
IN MAUPINGA NGA DAN GATLAN TANGEN SAN MATAN DAN FRETONIARIA INTESERLER ENEMIGHTHEATER MENORMIEREN MG | obvious. We believe it has other convey a spirit of buoyancy much money seems to exclude every William Roes Davies at Hongkong have jumped from the boat on to.
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game organisations as we have suggest Counsel is reported to the curtain on certain forms of ed from time to time. The natural replied: The
preceded Mah Jongg "i drama descended on the heroes's hustling methods adopted by a assurance that he would defend younger country-and the atten- the heroine's honour with his dant confidence expressed in the It is striking utterance of her nationals strong, right British arm.
-has not always appealed to the never ambiguous has been telling
an interviewer that "the people April 18.--St. John's Cathoshal rather late in the day to suggest older and more staid ideas of the who make money are people who special Choir of 50 voices will sing
But these are small that good Amateur boxing is to be other.
never think of doing anything sekutions from Flandel's "Mes encouraged; that it inculcates matters. The worst-or perhaps else, and do not want to do any sinh."
SOCIAL. habits of clean living and training the best-that can be said of them thing else." It seems quite true.
April 12-Public Dinner to Sit that promotes health. All that is is that they are optimistic and The absorbing pastime of making
There are Hotel. 8 p.m. needed in these days of depression. other consideration.
April 23. Carnival at Repulse benefits to bestow on those who Our trouble here, as it doubtless exceptions, but few and far be take part in it, and we could wish ia in Shanghai, that we are a tween. The urge to live, is so Bay Hotel.
acquisition April 90.-Dance at Penk Club, money blunts all finer 9.15 p.m. that these benefits might he "floating population"-some of us insistent
SPORT. showered on spectators. But that here to-day and gone to-morrow. of
Were'it otherwise we should prob- feelings shuts our eyes to heauty
'pril 14.-H.K.C.C. Tennis Ltd. at the moment is asking too much. ably have an organisation with at and the need of it, and is probably
the real reason. Until we cease from Termament: Ng Ste-kwong v. T. It raises the question of whether least one object in view-getting judging a man by the wealth he via. 4 p.m. certain people would not be much together with a view to getting has been able to secure, and
better understanding.
appraise him at the worth of the better engaged in playing games
character he possesses, things will remain as they are. On the other or indulging in sport, rather than But again,
hand, it may be the knowledge that watching others.
Our soldiers, we the wealth acquiring game is often watching is a method of relaxa-
TURKEY, believe, had a mighty the hardest that the world knows tion which has its pleasures also.
respect for the Turkish and our own experience in that The inclusion of school boys in Tommy as a fighter. It is therefore game, that inspires us with a certain these public displays may be open interesting to hear that the Turkish respect for those who have reached We will not ponti- Government is allocating 50,000 the giddy heights. to question.
Turkish pounds to train and send ficate on that, Obviously they athletes to the Olympic Games. enjoy it and it may probably fit This is the first move of any them for the hard knocks coming importance on the part of the Turkish Government to encourage to them when the sterner things athletics, and the experiment will of life have to be met. We may be
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The war produced the HATE. famous German "Hyma of Hate." The French occupation of the Rhur has pro- duced another one as the following translation shows.
THE GERMAN OATH.
April 19 and 21.-H.K. Jockey Club and extra race meetings.
LAND SALE.
April 14-At P.W.D. Offices. one lot of Crown land at Kennedy Town, 3 p.m.
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ALL MEN EQUAL BEFORE HIM.
LENTEN MISSION SERMON.
"You have all come here to-day to hear a famous preacher whose eloquence has been spread far and wide. He has been to all parts of the world. He has preached in the palaces of kings, in the mansions
of noblemen, in
p.m.
churches, in market-places, in the April 16.-Lammort Bros. at houses of the poor, in public You 6 Catchick St.. Kennedy Town. houses, and in the streets. two complete peta rattan and cane all know him very well, he is even splitting machinery, etc. 8 p.m.
DEATH April 16.-Lammert Bros. at 6 now standing before you, and Catchick St., Kennedy Town, Dover his name..... is.....
Most of you here will say, "Why, cooking stoves, etc., 3 p.m.
June 11-Lammert Bros. at why should I think of death when
safely leave such matters, to those European competent coaches are Our hands we raise in an iron the premises of the H.K. Tramway I am in the pink of health. See
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to be engaged to train the Turkish who take the trouble to encourage athletes. boxing in our midst, and to see that conditions are according to code and in the best interest of
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ing little story is, at once human and humorous
Lord Cavan, the Chief of the Imperial General Staff, and Mr. Stephen Walsh, the Secretary of State for War, were dis- cussing a question, which was found to involve the Colonial Office as Office.
VOW,
That many a year will last from
now,
Through gloom and wo. Our children's children shall know
It well, For the very wind its word shall
The
tell:
forest at nightfall shall breathe its soul, Twill sound where the mighty
billows roll,
And shine in the golden noontide
beam.
well as the War In every German eye it shall gleam Which, my lord, is And guide like a star in death's
dark hour, the senior department?" asked Mr. Walsh.
It seems to be a recognised axiom that state-owned enter- prises never pay; that private enterprise is the best thing in all circumstances, and that it should be encouraged to the greatest possible extent.
"I understand, sit, the War Evidence. can probably be produced to discount Office," was the reply.
"Captain," said Mr. Walsh, to this statement, but there is more than factual and visible an attendant General. "Captain. substantiate the just get on the telephone and tell évidence to first part of it. During the Jim Thomas to come over here at
pace,"
M'A
Who in the German Fatherland A Frenchman succours with roof
or hand;
Who is accursed hand doth take And from his heart doth not him Who on him e'en a glance doth
hate;
turn,
driak
A SONNET ON CHRISTIAN NAMES. (Written in the sibam of Edith Soutbey.)
In Christian world Mary the gar
land wears!! Rebecca sweetens on a Hebrew's
ear;
Quakers for pure Priscilla are
more clear;
| war, the British Government "took over" the railways. The,
Our brief sketch And falls his ill-got gold to spurn; railways ceased to be dividend-] INSOMNIA. called Somnus has Whoever deigns his foe to feed, earning concerns from the
prompted a reader Or helps him, whatsoe'er his need; moment they were acquired to the to submit the following dialogue: Who gives him but a drop to time they were handed back."Wake up, Pat, wake up?" cried Australia at one time ran its own Mike, sitting up in bed and shaking Nor from him, as a snake, doth
shrink; line of State-owned steamers, the snoring figure beside him; She has been glad to give up the "Wake up, Ol say, it's time to For ever in German land
banned. business in the full knowledge take your insomnia medicine!" As honour-lacking wretch be
Somnus" gained by bitter experience that adding Insomnia and
have nothing in common. Be
difference To-day's Poem. it was not a profitable venture,tween them is the and that instead of relieving the between success and physical fore- burden of taxation, only increased closure. Blest be the man who it. Similarly with America. first invented sleep (Somnus) s America's Shipping Board has Ali Baba says, and so say I! proved as disastrous as any mush- "Sweet sleep be thine-sound room concern has ever been. cause to sleep hast thou !" France, we learn, has also suffered.
Oxford University has in this particular respect. The Bill
conferred upon Lillan Bayliss the honorary business. There can be no differ-Chamber has adopted a
authorising contracts for the sale ence of opinion on the question of of state-owned vessels, and it is degree of Master of Arts. This And the light Gaul by amorous
Ninon swears. distinction may not sound very re- 1924, at Paris, to Mr. and encouraging the practice of stated that ships which cost 1:425 | markable, buf with it goes recogi Among the lesser lights how Lucy }
amateur sport and encouraging millions of francs, have realised tion of a very fine personality and those who have the time to reach 247 millions. This is a tremendous one of England's best, workers.
loss falling as it will upon, the Lilian Bayliss is the manageress of What air of fragrance Rosamond
Old throws around! the highest phase of efficiency in tax-payer. The reason for these what is familiarly called the particular sport they espouse. failures may not be hard to seek. Vica theatre dear to the hearts How like a hymn doth sweet If with that efficiency can go a We do not suggest that they are of those who still believe in the strengthening of the mind, there due to incompetent management mission of the theatre to amuse Of Marthas, and of Abigails, few which again is proverbially and instruct. It is in one of the can be no reason for complaint. associated with State-managed most congested districts of London Have bragged in verse. Of coarsest
household stuff ··· GALE On February 15, 1924,
It may be that games are a matter enterprises. It is more likely, in and has a warm corner in the at Woodbury, Devon, Eng
limited. It seems to land, Phoebe, widow of the of temperament-that excess or the case of ships, a reflex of the hearts of numbers whose mears Should homely Joan be fashioned.
specialise in Sheakespearlan late S. R. Gale. Deeply success in any one sport, indicates dismal trade conditions which are regretted,
the character of a man. Generally And is not Clare for love excuse
have existed since 1920 and the productions, and just recently has You Barbara resist, or Marian?.
enough? LOVELL-On April 4, 1924, at
Nanking, Brenda, infant speaking that is true, although it the same time. it seems peculiar whole of Shakespeare's plays.
"profess, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. cannot hold good where we are that what may be regarded as Truly a remarkable achievement. Yet, by my faith in numbers, E. H. Lovell.
able to refer to a man as an Socialistic ventures should so Conferring bonorary degrees on
signally have failed.
women is of course not a new These all, than Saxon Edith,
please me less. "all-round" athlete. The Colony
Innovation. Sybil Thorndike and Ellen Terry occur to the memory seems to be primarily interested
in this respect.
UNDERWOOD.—On—April
·0,
Mrs. II. Underwood, daughter, FUXMAN. On April 7, 1924, at Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Fuxman, a daughter.
DEATHS.
5 China Mail. in sport. Larger crowds are The Same Spirit.
Borokora SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1924;|
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shines!
Cecilia sound]
lines.
But can
3
-C. Lamb.
WEATHER CALENDAR.
Fattracted to a game of tennis, or- Mr. J. Harold Dollar, son of
Thirty years A CHINESE
ago Mr. C. W. football-or even cricket-all out- Capt. Robert Dollar who recently
"REVOLUTION" Mason was a door games, than throng the urged Hodgkong business men to get together, has been repeating
junior assist. 1798. lecture and music rooms. Bernard the same slogan to Shanghai ant in the Chinese Customs, of BOXING...
Shaw is very biting and very business men, if we understand which the famous Sir Robert Hart Opinions may differ on the truthful when he assures us that his remarks aright. Presiding at was the supreme head. Stationed the annual meeting of the Amari at Chingklang, the youth became "most fashionable pleasures are
can Chamber of Commerce, he said involved in one of the native plots question of the commercialising of
against the Chinese Government. ature too - miserable to bear thinking that the Washington Conference He conceived the crazy, notion of sport and turning it into a huge bout. That is why intellect is so demonstrated that America and becoming their leader, of conquer- money-making concern with some
unpopular," But we remember Britain stand practically on the ing the Province, and of making of the attendant evils commonly
that Bernard wrote a more or less seme ground and had the same himself King Mason realgned look as nice as possible.
standpoint as regards the policies his post in the Customs, and was Cassociated with certain classes of
Wordsworth.
Co., Ltd., Bowrington Canel Rd., the flush on my cheeks and the Fast, steam driven electric generat sparkle in my eyes and the. ing plant, 3 p.m.
strength in my body. I-am not going to die. I have many more April 14. Annual meeting of the years yet to live, so why think of Society of St. George in the City death. Let me enjoy life and all
OTHER MEETINGS.
Fall, 5.15 p.m.
• LOCAL AND GENERAL..
Sitka, Alaska, April 11The American military world fliers have arrived-Reuter's American
Service.
The name of Mr. Andrew S. Mill is added to the List of Authorised Architects, states to day's Government Gazette.
its pleasures. It is too early yet Oh, what to think of death.' foolish thoughts! Death is no respecter of persons. He comes to you when you never think of him. He knocks at your door: when you least expect him. No matter if you are an old man, or a little child, he is sure to come to you. You know not when. A child's first step is his first step towards his grave." These were the introductory remarks of the text given at the third session Another success was scored of the mission to a big congrega- by Master Emil Danenberg in a tion at the Roman Catholic Cathe Piano Recital, in Canton last dral yesterday, who stretched Sunday, the proceeds. of which their necks and strained their ears were given to the Canton Hospital. to catch the name of the preacher who had the effrontery to boast of The Rev. T, W. Pearce, the his fame and his eloquence and Rev. A. D. Stewart, Messrs. S. W. whom the Rev. Father: R. B. been re-appointed Members of the
so and A. F. B. Silva-Netto have Schmitt, S. J. introduced as Board of Education for a further Period of two years.
The name of Yue Man-kwong Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery of the University of Hongkong has heen added to the. Register of Medical Practitioners entitled to practise in the Colony.
"Death."
OIBTUARY
REV. J. H. LEWIN.
Compelled to leave Sngapore owing to continued ill health. Rev. There was discovered on the J. H. Lewin. Wesleyan Church hillside below that part of Minister arrived in Hongkong Pokfulam Road near Belchers Fort yesterday morning and was re (beyond the University) the dead moved immediately to the French body of a Chinese suspended to a Hospital, where, we regret to say, passed away shortly after tree by a rope. Deceased had the he
The late
Mr. of a seafarer and admittance. appearance the rope was tied round his neck. Lewin's condition became worse during the voyage from Singa- The Douglas Steamship Co.'s pore. The funeral will pass the "Halching" will be leaving her local Monument to-day at 5 p.m.
The late Mr. Lewin was a po run on Monday next, having been chartered for the period of six pular figure in Singapore espe months for the Saigon trade. The cially with service men. He had "Haining,"theold"Repose" which been in Singapore only two years able overhaul at Messrs. Balley's of his denomination. When he has recently undergone consider and was the fourth English pastor vard-will, in all probability, left Singapore, he intended to join, the service at the end of the go with his wife to San Francisco.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. current month.
According to a Reuter cable from is as follows: Notice to Mariners. London, Mr. John Gregory Apear, Bay of Bengal-Coromandel Coast. being erected at the port of Porto £20.579 in the United Kingdom, IA new South boundary pillar is Calcutta, merchant, who left besides considerable property in Novo in the following position, India, bequeathed £10,000 to and the existing one will be Harrow School and Rupees
A notice to mariners Issued from Madras and dated March 7,
demolished after the new one is. completed. Latitude 71.28 North. 200,000 to Mrs. Lisa Anthony, of
Penang. Longitude 79.46.30 East.
News was received from Home yesterday of the death of Capt. Chas. S. Benning, D.S.O, which occurred at Fort Blockhouse, Portsmouth. Capt. Benning left the China Station not long ago
Innocence was protested by APRIL 12.
two of the three defendants, in the casa which The Spring advances rapid-"Yaumat! battle ly, multitudes of primroses, came up for hearing again before dog-violets, periwinides, Mr. R. E. Linsell yesterday after stitchwort Dorothy noon. After Sergeant Kelly, after having been stationed here McEwen, a Chinese detective who about two years. He was in H.M.S. claims to have efected one amest Titania, in charge of submarines. and others had given evidence. No particulars as to his career or first and second defendants or the cause of his death are available. preised a wish to make a statu? It is the duty of all women to ments During the hearing His the deepest regret by his friends The news will be received with Worship criticised the action of re Barrie. Chinese police coxswain, for A
A DUTY