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THURSDAY MAY 29 1924
CORRESPONDENCE.
THE CRUELTY BILL
To the Editor of the China Mail,}
Sir, I think that others besides the Officers' and Engineera' Guilds should consider the proposed Bill for the prevention of cruelty to d'nimals.
CANTON STRIKE-
MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES
CLIMB DOWN.
CARGO GOING UP AS USUAL.
KOWLOON FERRY.
A REASONABLE REQUEST.
The China Mail has received the following from the Hon. Secretary
the Kowloon Residents Association-
of
We
THE CHINA MAIL:
CAMOENS,
PORTUGAL'S GREAT POET.»
Writing from Taipo, Macao, under dus. May 27, S. 2. Valpiculli writess
"ROBIN FIRED ON
CHINESE OUTRAGE ON BRITISH BOAT..
CAPTAIN SHOT.
On Monday: lust, when H.M.S. On the 10th June, Macna will "Robin" was proceeding from celebrate the fourth centenary of Canton to Watchow to recover the Cumouna, one of the grenrejt poots two launches the Kwangsai of all time. His eventful life, (A.P.C.
the Co. Ltd.) and moreover, was a poem, like that of Cheunghing which had been de Byron, whose centenary also co-tained at Walchow she was fired curs this year. ·· Miteno apecial reasons for the celebration,on and her Commander wounded. During the last four miles of us a well founded traditio points
hay
to some rocks as the place which the journey the "Robin" was sbeltared the post from the tropi. heavily fired on from the shore by cal sun, while he wrote portions Sun's troops, by riftes and machine of his epic. Visitors of Cunoons' guns. So heavy and accurate was Grotto must have road amongst the fire that Lieut.-Commander the inscriptione two pooms-one L. C. P. Tudwey, D.S.O, D.S.C., in Latin, the other in English by was wounded in the thigh. The two former Governors of Hong "Robin" returned the fire. kong. May I suggest that you should start aubscription to add to aboso inseriptions the poem of Elizabeth Barrett Browning "Catarina to Camoens" one of the swootest over written, and which only a woman could have written In enclose a copy of the poem written by the women who also: loved a poot but wyne more fori- unuto in her love."
As predicted by the China Mail's
"In connection with the removal Canton correspondent on Tuesday, of the first-class entrance at the the Canton strike did not eventuate, Star Ferry Wharf, Kowloon, a As expected, both sides had too letter- has been received by the much to lose by forcing 鼈 I suggest that at least portions crisis and one side gave in. Association from the Ferry Com- of it should be published in the In this case the Canton authori-pany appealing for the assistance local press so that people concern-ties thought it wise to repeal the and co-operation of members in ed, which is every body, can see" Maloo Nationalisation' order, regard to the production of season what it means,
This being the main bone of con- tickets when travelling, The Cruelty to animals can now be tention, the shopkeers called the letter states: On account of the adequately punished; and no proposed strike off. There now increasing number of season reasonable man has any doubt remain 3 few other taxes ticket holders, it has become 'im- about cruelty when he meets it.
at which resentment has been possible for our collectora to
·The new cruelty will be vigorously expressed. A con-recognise them all. and in order different.
between the munich- that we may effectively check the ference The new Bill extends the law opal government and people is traffic, it will be necessary in that it will be an offence punish-promised to settle these outstand future for each season ticket able by arrest and imprisonment ing questions.
Inquiries made in Hongkong holder, when travelling, to pro- to cause by any act or omission to day revealed the fact that duce his of her ticket at the unnecessary pain and suffering to Chinese cargo, was being shipped entrance to the "wharves. "any animal.
again although the volume was solicit the assistance and co-opera-} Now it is entirely a matter of still below average. However, it tion of members of your Associa- Individual opinion what is un-is thought that conditions will tion in this matter."" necessery pain or suffering to an return to normal in a few days The Association, in forwarding adimal. So that a man may be Passengers from Canton have this appeal to the press of the sent to Gaol for 6 months for doing
Colony for favour of insertion, something that he thinks does not
wishes to urge upon members the cause unnecessary pain, or for
desirability of co-operating with more want of thought. Yet he
the Ferry Company in this matter, will be acquitted of theft if he can
as the ready production of season show that he thought he had a
tickets will greatly facilitate the operation of a service which, in claim to the stolen article, that He took it unintentionally. The
When feeling was
view of the constantly increasing Bill goes on to give a number of highest in Canton, det enents traffic, is becoming more and more examples of punishable acts of Merchants Militia and Village difficult. By the provision of alope withdraws her peradventure Among others for which a man Volunteers from as far as Fal-separate entrance for season ticket may be treated as a felón are: shan marched into the city holder's and by the ro-arrange- Carrying two cats in che basket, ostensibly to help preserve order, ment of the waiting accommoda- carrying a fowl by the legs: tying but in reality, to assist in the tion, the Company is endeavouring the wings of a pigeon, sitting upon proposed strike.
to meet traffic needs and is deserv- a crate of fowls,
ing of the ready co-operation of the travelling public."
The maximum penalty is a fine of $250 and 6 months' imprison- ment.
within his view, or if he has not
only come down in usual numbers. This is taken to indicate the con- fidence up there that no trouble will follow.
From another source it was gathered that the patent medicine dealers were still on strike, but for some other reason.
Its at
CORRESPONDENCE,
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MAY ROAD FARES.
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Sir I am inclined to challenge
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CATARINA TO CAMOENS. Dying in his absence abroad, and referring to the poem in which fe recorded the sweetness of her eyes. I
On the door you will not enter, I have gazed too long-adiou !
Death is near mo, and not you.
v
Come, O lover,
Cluse and cover
A telegram has been received stating that the "Robin" returned to Canton last night about 9:30 p.m. with the injured Commander who is now in hospital. His injury is not considered serious and he is expected to be about again in a few days.
BROKEN HEART.
FORMER HONGKONG MAN COMMITS SUICIDE:
"A tragic story of love and a broken heart was toid at the Inquest at Leigh (Essex) on John Briskow Burtonwood, aged forty,
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These puor eyes, you called, I ween, kong, wished to become engaged Sweetest eyes, wore ever eten'.
II
When I heard you sing that burden In my veral days and bowers,' Other praises disregarding,
I but bearkened that of yours-
Only saying
In heart-playing, 'Blessed eyes mine eyes have been, I: the sweetest, his Eave soon!
III But all changes. At this vesper,
Cold the sun shines down the door, If you stood there, would you
whisper
"Love, I love you", as before.—
Death pervading Now, and shading."
Any Inspector of the Society (which includes an Assistant Inspector) may arrest any one who has committed an offence [To the Editor of the China Mail," OPINION ON LEE REPORT
seen the offenec, he can arrest on the statement made to the Peak
SIMLA, May 28. the complaint of some one who.
Service circles and the Anglo- has. In the absence of an the signatories to the May Road that the Lee Commission's report Tramway's Co. that only half of Indian Press are of the opinion Inspector any one can arrest all protest were Season Ticket Hold- offers a satisfactory solution of the offender, An arrest in practice hers. I should like someone to be question of the position of the nearly always means at least one given the opportunity to compare services, but they are doubtful of night in the cells.
This puts the currying of two these signatures with the list of the success of any experiment for Fyes you sung of, that yestreen, eats in one basket on the level of in the Company's books.
May Road Senson Ticket Holders the recruiting of the services in the As the sweetcet ever seen i
provinces by Indian Ministers and felony.
a rapid Indianisation. An Inspector may on suspicionever quite apart from that, if the enter and search any place (which Company's statement is correct, condemns the report
the number of the non-season means any body's house) and ticket holders who protested will board and search any ship. Aserve to show the strength of policeman has to get a warrant topablic opinion in May Road alone search for stolen goods.
Will the Society's Inspectors against this unjustifiable action on always be fit for these serious the part of the Peak Tramways, Ltd. A private Company which -responsibilities?
serves a public utility with a monopoly should, be ashamed to
How-
Real cruelty is amply provided for by the existing law; the new boast of an increase of over Bill will create a multitude of minor offences, and will give far! $80,000 in their profits and a re-
too much power to the S.P.C.A.
This does not pretend to be a detailed examination of the Bill but is merely intended to call public attention to it. Your readers should make an examina-. tion for themselves, And I think that if they do. they will come to the conclusion that this Bill is an 'attempt to teach kindness to, animals by putting human beings in Gaol," and as such should be squashed.
-A B.
¡cord year.
Yours etc.,
MAYROADITE." Hongkong, May 29.
BILLIARDS:
HO KOM TONG · CUPS.
Playing in the semi-final in the above handicap at the Palace Hotel last night, Mr. E. Spry (-125) beat Mr. L. Antonio (-125) by 250-136,
Highest breaks were:-Mr. Spry 32, 24, 19, 18, 15, 14, 13. 12. Mr. Antonio 20, 19, 18, 14, 13, 12.
I enclose my card,
Yours faithfully, P.S. The clause to which the Guilds objected has been left out, but the fact that A. J. Osmund -325 vs. Mr. F. E. Tonight in the semi-fual, Mr. such a preposterous clause Silva -190. was ever in, shows what fanaticism is at the back of this measure. Hongkong, May 28.
To the Editor of the China Mei.
Sir-It is with much interest that one read your leader on the ahove, and while one may not see eye to eye with you regarding ships officers not being held responsible for the treatment of animals on board their ships, one can only hope-in spite of the Guilde' protest-that the pro- posed Bill will prove effectual. From time to time, one reads of various Chinese engaged in the pig business, being fined for cruelty to the animals. But does cruelty atop here? I would like to enquire if there is one fair-minded Britisber in the Colony who will agree that the racing on Saturday was also cruelty to animals. I am quite confident that there is not, and that my protest is merely" a voice crying in the wilderness" against “a grand old British
DISCORD AND HARMONY.
P
Down where the city was teeming
With all the chaos of sourd,
on
The Indian Press unanimously ground that it gives overwhelming the and uncalled for concessions, to the Services. Indian members of the Assembly are also hostile and propose to move a resolution to that effect.Reuter.
BASEBALL RESULTS.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
SHANGHAI, May 28. Detroit 5 St. Louis....... Cleveland,... 7 Chicago.............
NATIONAL LEAGUE,
ية
Chicago
4 Pittsburg...... Boston. Philadelphia..
do
St.
IV. Yes, think, were you beside them,
Near the bed I die ipon,- Though their beauty you danied
them,
'As you stood there, lonking down,
You would, tuly......... Call them, duly, For the love's sake found therein,— 'Swoobest-eyes, were over scen'.
.-] And if you looked down upon them,'
And if they looked up to you, And the light which has foregone
chem
10
do (two games.), Louis... 4 Cincianaiti... 3
do
do
Would be gathered back anew. They would truly
Bo indulg Love transformed to beauly's
sheen,
*Sweatest eyes, very ever seen',
VI
But, ab ime you only see me,
In your thoughts of loving man, Siniling soft parlaps, and dreamy
Through the wavings of my fan,
And unweeting (two games)"
Ga répésting," ---Reuter's American Service. In your roverie serene,
"Sweetest eyes, woré 'ever doen'.
VII While my spirit lease and renobles From my body still and pale,. Fain to hear what tender spooch ja
In your love to help my balb
O my poet
WORLD FLIGHT,
AMERICANS RE-START
SATURDAY.
Tokyo, May 29, The airmen are expecting, if weather permits to hop off from Kasumigaura on Saturday reach-
ing Kagoshima on the same day,
only stopping at Kushimoto for fuel.
They are at present busy test. ing out the new engines and effect- necessary repairs.-Reuter's American Service.
I felt that life was all tending.
Where discord could be founding The curves of art soomed all lineal; The haze of objects, unreal For filled with the cares diurnal,
They seemed to be out of count
But with the pulsing of nature
Vibrating on earth and sed,
I could hear the fluto of Krishing,
Whispering this melody-
here is but an aspiring goal; All missing parts to form the
whole,
True Love's the keynote of the
The road to harmony.
GOA
H. M. SILVA.
LOAN TO STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
THE HAGUE, May 28,
FIRE IN BUCHAREST.
AMMUNITION DUMP ABLAZE.
Bucharest, May 29,
A fire has broken out on an ammunition dump in the centre of the city in
Come and show it! Come, of Intest love, to glean 'Sweetest eyes, were ever seen',
VIII
ao,
my poct, O my prophet. When you pruised their sweetness Did you think, in signing of it. That it might be near to go? Fad your fanción. From their glances, That the grave would quickly screen 'Swooldat eyes, were ever soon'?..
No ranly the fountain's warblo
In the court-yard sounds alone. “ As the water to the marble.
So my heart falls with a moun
From love sighing -- To this dying. Denth. forerunnoth Love 10"win 'Bweetest eyes, were over 'seen'..
There have been numerous explosions and much damage in the vicinity. A large force of fire-Will you come? When I'm departed mon are endeavouring to localise the firest
AMERICA'S NAVY.
MORE SHIPS TO BE
CONSTRUCTED..
WASHINGTON, May 28. The House of Representatives Navy to the 5/5/3 ratio and Ar
sport." But I maintain-and no The Chamber by 48 votsi to 28 must any genuine lover of horses have passed a bill granting the -that the slogging necessary for Royal Dutch Lloyd Steamship have passed a bill to bring the the one and a quarter miles race, Company credit for five million with the ground in the condition two hundred and fifty thousand authorising the construction of
it was on Saturday, la cruelty to
florins-Reuter.
the horse and rider, (not that the:
latter counts, because he can
eight Scout cruisers and six river gunboats, also extenslys imam ments to siz.bailleskips at a jótál coft of alllion dollare
Where all sweetness, are bid? Where thy voies; my tender-hearted,
Will not lift an' either lid."
Gry, laver -
Love is over 1 dre bendothe.évnross green "Bwpotest"'eyon," "wiere ever neon'
XI
AN When the angelus is ringing.
Near the covet will von walk, And hall, the pinnal anging
Which brought angels down "bur
talk 2:0
Brinch
I viewed Teaverip
og gay hap *Sweetest eyes, wars ever seen"?
Mag Whe braith the relaze-Inffice
· please himself) and le a matter A foreman employed - by "Reuter's American Service, P
which the S.P.C.A. might justly [Messrs, Andrew Harper and Co, safede alla poli Ton vide slow as Vou havo danë. give its attention. On such occa was fined $15 by Mr. E. W. D'01SY LEAVES SHANGHALnd you see any there that is sions, the racing ought to be post. Hamilton at the Kowloon, Magis" for quinese hande va con 4 Not the old farmdlice ond)- “poned."
tracy, this morning for causing an Event Shanghal, May 29. Yours truly, Hongkong, May 27
FAIRNESS
obstruction by repairing a notorOlay, left Shanghai at yaa Adda Marman softly r forry on the footpath outside the am. He passed over Nanking Herd Vewached me morn and gien, workshop on May 140 % Gwu és forty-five minutes later,
wootear eyes were over Been E
to a Miss Mabel B. Parser, of Prittlewell, but her parents objected. A letter addressed to the lady, which was found on the body, read: "My dear Gladys, The harder I try to forget the worse it becomes. My heart is broken, and my nerva awful. My head is fearful, and I cannot sleep. Goodbye." Miss Purser's father, at the inquest, said he had objected to the engagement, and on Burton- | wood's retum from Hongkong witness went to Tilbury Docks to give him his decision. Verdibt: "Suicide during temporary in- sanity."
'XITI
When the palace ladies, sitting
Round your gitto, shall havo
Frid,
1
For
Poet, sing those verses written
the lady who is dead," Will you tromble," Yot dissemble,-
Or sing hourse, with tears between, 'Sweetest eyes, were over seen'?
XIV
'Sweetest eyes how sweet in flow-
inga
The repeated cadence is! Though you sang a hundred poems, Still the best one would be this.
I can hear it
"Twixt my spirit And the earth'aoise intervene " Sweetest eyes, were ever seen'
XV
Pat the priest wait for the praying, And the choir are on their knees, And the soul must pass away in
Strains more solemn high than
these.
!
Miserere
For the weary! Oh, no longer for Catrine, "Sweetest eyes, ware ever seen!
XVI..
Keen my ribbon, take and keep it
I have looked it from my hair)*, Feeling, while you overweep it, Not alone in your despair,.
Since with saintly Watch unfaintly Out of heaves shall o'er you lean 'Sweetest eyes,' were ever seen',
XVII
But-but now-yet unremoved
"Up to Heaven, they glisten fast, You may enat away, Beloved,
In your future all my past.
Such old phira
May be praises: For some fairer bosom-queen- "Sweetest eyes, were ever seen!,
XVIII Eyes of mine, what are ye doing?
Faithless, faithless-praised amiss If a test be of your showing, Dropt for any hope of hist
Death has boldness Bosidas coldness,
If unworthy tears demean
Sweotest eyes, were ever scon,
XIX
I will look out to his future;
I will bless it till it shine, Should be ever be a suitor
Unto sweeter open than mine,
Bureline gild them, Angela shield them, Whatever eyes terrenie
Sweetest eyes, were ever seen i
She left him the ribbon from ber hair.
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