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announced on the 3rd inst., there were fourteen British wearers of Of these, three are the Order. sailors.-Admiral of the Fleet. Sir Edward Seymour (sole survivor of King Edward's original list); Viscount Jellicoe, and Earl Beatty
us possible. He has also a right to Prior to the names of recipients expect that where kindly thought in the past has led to the fixing of what we may call finger posts, these be maintained in stricter sense of clarity than is now the case. Take the one directing the wayfarer to Repulse Bay. At one time a sign on the main rond drew attention fo where the path proper began. This has now disappeared. A sign off the rout indicates that the path leads to the Bay, but it
A Comparison.
the whole of England thàn King George. I wouldn't take his job, not if you paid me for It." "Give me the Prince of Wales', a 'spectacled Scotsmian In a makintosh mumbled into his moustache without taking
We have, our tribes people here in Mengtsż and have discovered a new, a splendid tribe (new to us) lately, the women of which bind their own voluminous black hair into the form of a huge turban with silver cords, red tassels, and leather thongs studded with silver. But to see our tribes you must go like a thief in the night; you see them-like fairies-only when you aren't looking for them or when you are with some painted idiot of a Frenchwoman who talks of the "sales indigienes." And in Yunnanfoù, fantastic peasants i in the most beautiful jaded rose pinks, jade greens, and purples rub shoulders with you at every corner.
TUESDAY, JUNG 94: 1924.
MIDSUMMER'S DAY IN HONGKONG.
Midsummer's Day!
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ཆོད་ཐམས་ཆོས་དཔལ་
ו.
Midsummer's Day in Hongkong to-day makes the poet a liar. It compels us to wonder what kind of poetry he would have written had he scrambled from his house or bungalow on the Peak to his chamber. in the City or from his attie in Kowloon to the Ferry, wet through, drenched to the skin and thoroughly miserable. Base wretch he would have been to dream with lofty thoughts of what his forbears had said of a Midsummer's Day like, this.
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Glancing through the indispensable book of quotations one only, one single bard, we feel, has ever told the truth. Of the season he says:
That muddy and mizzly misnomer summer."! John Wilson, may his tribe increase, was not a pessimist; he was a poet with a sense of humour who believed, like most of us do, in that old saying: "One swallow does not make a summer." The cunning cuckoo » did not deceive him; he simply told the truth,
Longfellow was never in Hongkong. His works are immortal but that single verse of his:
How beautiful is the main After the dust and hent
In the broad and fiery street
In the narrow lane
How beautiful is the rain
from his poem," Rain in Summer" makes patient ones weep and gnash their teeth as they sit and listen to the drip-drip and merciless patter of the melancholy downpour.
Some of the unfortunates pray for rain and do not get it: others implore for it to stop. As far as we are concerned it may rain, but on June 24, Midsummer's Day it is impossible. The calendar must bẻ wrong. An Old Moove of Hongkong is desperately needed.
The calendar says to-day, is Midsummer's Day, a blissful mid-point of glorious summer, a day which 'conjures up dreams of vernal beauty, his pipe out of his mouth. the sweet season of ever-fapping breezes and romance. How pootien
Ah, the Prince," said the it sounds to the musical car Midsummer's Day! Just picture the day. while the two British soldiers to wear the Ordey are the Earl of Jandlord, wagging his head amid Englund's exquisite country, in the green fields, among the heather Ypres and Earl Haigh. Literature
"he's hot as mustard. A naval or at the seaside. Think of the joys of living on Honolulu's happy. officer what was with him in beaches-a Midsummer's Day in Paradise. Think of all this, if you have is represented by Sir George
India was telling me the other the imagination and then come back to earth and look at Hongkong. Trevalyan, Thomas Hardy and Shr
night how he routed that fellow
Bah-pife! James Barrie, while politicians are-
"Gahndhi."
The following ex represented by the Earl of Balfour, Viscount. Haldon and Mr. Lloyd George. Science has two distin
YUNNANFOU. tract from a letter written by Stella is in sad case for the lack of guished representatives in Sir Benson, the well-known author, to attention and needs paint and Joseph Thomson and Sir Archi-a friend, is an unforgetable pen nails ere its last state becomes buld Gelke; music. in the person picture of a place which is looming of Sir Edward Elgar. Two more and more in the thoughts and worse than its first, Other painters, now dead-the late Sir minds of Hongkong people Forestry path signs need renova-Laurence Alma-Tadema and Hol- Wetdok one of our visitors up to Yunnanfou, the remotest yet tion, and having drawn attention man Hunt figure in the list of
least provincial place I ever was to the matter we trust those holders. This list reveals the fact,
in. It is a great junction of responsible will give it their that so far "war" has been more
Carayan routes from Burma, generally recognised than any attention. Is it also too much to other walk of life. With such a
from Tibet, from Western China, ask that the conclusion of the
and every one in every street is small list as twenty-four, it is to
worth turning around to look at math leading to Repulse Bay be be understood why certain names r.ore defined?
or the names of those representing certain. of the departments" referred to, do not appear. No poet has yet been admitted to the Our own University we believe Order (It is not likely that Thomas is affiliated with the London Hardy was selected because of his University. If not thul. its verse) whilst the Stage and. Medi- | examinations are based on the cine has so far incked a representa- high standards set by the Tortion tive. The Order is for either sex.. institution; and in any case, they but so far only one WODAN, have much in common. Both Florence Nightingale-has ever Universities had Degree cere worn it. It is comforting to think monies within almost a month of that in the many Honours which each other, and it is interesting it is possible for the King to to compare the two ceremonies bestow, there is one which cannot Hongkong's we read was over in be "purchased" or influence used almost record time, yet carried to procure it.. through with a quiet dignity that lennt reality to the proceedings. London's, being a bigger affair (the Royal Albert Hall had to bet
Reports have it used) was vested with brilliance.
that small crabs and included the Vice-Chancellor's
and fish have charge to the graduates which been found in water drawn up seems to us to have been the most from wells in the Sahara Desert. important part of the proceed-Shafts sunk in the North African ings:-
waste indicate the presence of Reminding graduates that large underground sheets of water they were held part of the everywhere and the question is graduate body of the Univer- being asked: Can it be that, sity, the Vice-Chancellor drew hundreds of feet below the surface, attention to their privileges and there exists a vast subterranean
densely inhabited? duties. 1
Did may be of course. The problemas calling for a Solomon say there was nothing solution in the world, inter-new under the sun?"And of courte national and domestic. problems he meant the Sahara as well i of politics, and of conduct, nf national and local importance.
Statisticians might were all growing more and more
be able to tell us difficult and complicated, and for
what could be done their solution the aid of the if the force in our rushing torrents trained mind which it was the helped by the heavy rains we business of Universities to have had ould be harnessed foster should be placed at the and utilised in the service of the Many have doubtless disposal of the State, of the Colony.
railed at the weather mildly community, of humanity.
That
one of their forgetting its coolth and health giving qualities and its services privileges ard duties," as graduates of a University, to in storing our liquid "godowns" render service to their fellow at Tai-tam and elsewhere.
was
...
is
men. A high standard was
sea
CRABS ETC
:
FORCE,
There
not
Professor Weiss KNOWLEDGE. of Manchester University,
rightly expected from Univer- sity men and women, and in the elucidation of these problems whose subject is botany, set up the trained mind should func- some forcing frames in the college tlon, as it functioned in pro- squad. They became to be known blems of scholarship and science, as the hot-beds of Weiss. Which The avoidance of the facile and helps us to understand how the superficial. the seeking and name is pronounced. ensuring of thoroughness, com- pleteness, and accuracy-these were the qualities which the University graduate should dis- play.
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what seems to refect. APORTENT the present state of unemployment at Home is revealed in the advertise
IN THE
RAIN.
TENANT WHO HAD NO
· ROOF.
SLOBO CLAIMED,
To shining $1,000 from the landbards (The Yick Loong firm) of
Queen's Road West on behalf
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ONLY THE AIR SAFE.
LAND OF BANDITE AND PIRATES.
(From Our Own Correspondent.)
Aviators.in Canton are only safe while in the air. Otherwise they are prey för brigands on land and pirates at sea.
On June 21 a member of the
Yunnanfouis much be-brigand ed and you can't ride for, but we did ride once to the Copper Temple, a series of old but untained courtyards under shady trees, and shady cloisters tilted up a mountain side-and in the
Canton Aviation Corps leaving the topmost courtyard the copper shrine in filigree work that rings of Chan Tan the tenants) Mr. "E. | city in Police Launch No. I with like a bell on a white marble S. C. Broks, at the Summary supplies for the East River dis
tricts was attacked on the way Court this morning siid owing to and he together with a guard of The action of the landlords his more than 20 men was taken
captive.
Reports from the districts where
terrace.
GIVING THANKS.
Many audi diversé
are
the ways used dient had hard to sleep with no by different people to show a thing between him and the sky but sense of gratitude for favours received. The following to say a few rafters, the least is picturesque
river traffic is the principal form of communication the last few days
The trout rayupied the ground indicate that nothing but anarchy is ruling there. Pirates are A thanks offering to the water for of the premises and osa Mayco-operating with the so-called spirit of the "Anna. Liffey," as Dublin's river is called, for hava pintuber of weeshen approfighed government patrol ing spared his life has just been pienise and erected scaffold-rugning down passenger junks
and launches. made by Senator Oliver St. John, ing with a view to puiling theni Gogarty. The ceremony, in
boats in
The frequent changes in com- which he was assisted by William down. The landlords were written mands in Canten, failure to pay T. Cosgrove, President of the to und warned that if they pro- following the dismissal of higher off local naval forces properly Dail, and the poet Williamided they would be liable to the officers, the inability to tell who Butler Yeats, was the release o
tetant for duniages, In spite of may be a superior officer or an two white swans on the river. A luncheon attended by Govern this the tue look off the whole of enemy through the many rapid ment officials followed.
the roof and the touring of the promotions and dismissals and the. Dr. Gogarty thus fulfilled a first and second flours. An injualtude, all have called for no little frequent change of political vow made more than a year agon was gunted on May and dissatisfaction and misunderstand- when Republican troops bad
captured him by representing ice, that time, the tenant had ing in the local river forces, and it without protection in the appeared during the last few days that his professional services been
The lead as his | that it might be the opinion of not were required. He was taken to worst of weather. a house and placed under guard, own expense repaired the roof a few in the service that since but escaped by jumping into the sciently to carry on his tailor-everything will be all wrong pretty soon, it will be foolish not river. It was then, almost ex-ing to sobie 'extent, hausted in attempting to reach The claim was for the cost of to seize what comes within reach. the other side, that he made the repairing the conf's the incur vow just fulfilled.
venience the tenant fund suffered, GOVERNMENT DEFEATED. loss of business and generally the
AN ECONOMY AMONG FRIENDS,
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John'ston: "I've stopped whisky." Miller: "Taat of
Graduates of the London Univer.ment appearing in the local press will save your friends a lot
that very few members of the DIVERS.-On June 18, 1924, at public make use of the Forestry degrees themscives.
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MARRIAGE.
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The O.M.
Home news indicates that there. was some interesting speculation regarding the Honours List due to be published on the King's birth-
In part it reads:-
Junior Acconnant (Certificated) money." Requires Position Abroad. Ex- pert Accountant, Auditor, Steno- grapher, Statistician, Commercial Mathematician. Experience Com-To-day's Poem. mercial, Railway and Estate Ac- countancy Keep, Ambitious and Capable. Highest Re-Oh, ferences. Will pay Own Passage on Guarantee of Position after proving capabilities.
Mr. Robert CONVERSATION, Lynd in an
essay
(Contrasts.)
with
scarlet hurts, like some strange lust; Mauve stills your heart
sleepy things;
dreams forever: yellow laughs; But green-green sings.
Blue
*
bruises;
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us with
Puce and cerise are hardly
•helps;
Gamboge? It stuns us and con-
fuses;
But red-red yelps!
WEATHER CALENDAR.
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outrageous endurt of the landlords in doing what they did," said Mr.. Brooks.
The tenant in evidence said that he had partially repaired the goof but even then the rampoured in on him in his bed and he had been
PROCEDURE NOT PRINCIPLE..
HOUSING BILL SRTBACK..
LONDON, June 22, The Government sustained an-
forced to strup on the next door other defeat in the House of Com-- mons by the substantial vote of verandhu..
315 to 175 in consequence of an Mr. N. I. Brewer, for the land-Opposition and Liberal combina- lords, admited responsibility for tion in favour of a motion to refer dge to a certain extent and the Housing (Financial Provi wished the vase adjourned for the sions) Bill to a committee of the whole House instead of to a special Registrar to assess the dainage.
the Government Mr. Brooks ubjected to this committee course and said the This Honour sought to impose.
The defeat, however, is one of (Mr. Justice A. Dyer Balf was best procedure, not of principle. No competent in assess such damages political significance is therefore ng he had bad so muy similar attached to it, and the other busi
ness proceeded. claims before him.
His Honour said he doubted whether he had power to refer the ense to the Registrar in view of the objection and he ruled that" it abould proceed.
Was
as
Prior to this incident the Bill, which embodies the financial re- solutions already passed, was read a second time, after an Opposition motion for its rejection had been defeated by 269 to 206 votes.
Mr. Brewer maid his caso
The Opposition argued that the that the landlord had received per-Bill was unsound in theory, and mission.from the tenant to proceed practice and its finance was with the demolition of the house thoroughly bad.
sity are entitled to a Parliament- ary vote and the nature of the address 10 which the new graduates were treated can there- fore be understood. Qur local graduates have no such vole and in the absence of the conferring of degrees upon distinguished individuals were trented to silence. We should like to think that any remarks H.E, the Chan- cellor of the University might have cared to make at the close- of the ceremony, would have been as much appreciated almost as the
"Conversation" gives us a sample Maroon just covers The only Aatisfaction we derive from it all, which is too good to allow to Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs. puths which are to be found on is that no honorary degrees were remain between the covers of his 'Solomon in all his Glory." Here Wm. C. Divers, a son.
most of our hills. The introduc-bestowed, although it might not be
it 16: HUGHES. Un June 18, 1924, at
I do not know how the talk Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs. A.tion of motor traffic has probably difficult to name those worthy
helped to make walking and such an honour,
drifted from Bottomley, whom Hughes, a daughter.
a little Ican-faced commercial climbing less attractive than
traveller drinking bitter in the they have been, In an hour and
corner refused to "it when 'e's down," to King George, but for DONNELLY —–—– TAYLOR. On half's time it is possible to
about ten minutes a chorus of male voices discussed the King and the hard life he leads- Goodwood one week, Cowes the next, and never a day idle. "I was watcheen him at Good- 1780. Wood," said young Jew in blue trousers and fawn-coloured Боска, and saw, him shakeen hands, shakeen hands, with about thirty people in five minutes, toucheon his hat and boween-greeteens, 1 suppose you would call it. I thought to myself I'd rather be dead. Greeteans. greeteens all the time. Wy does-e-do it?" the lean little man asked. all umbug" "Of course it's humbug," replied the Jew, When we come to think about it morning. He was prepared to find by his family. Inspector warmly and nobody knows it seriously, it is rather absurd for for $500 damages but Before giving Cotton said he knew the man very better than the King. That's us to expect to have uninterrupted anything further he wished to con- well. He appeared at various what makes it such hard work." stretches of happiness. Happiness sider if this WŁA simi- police stations in Hongkong *hat's what I mean," Interrupted falla to our share in separate ur to other applications under periodically, told the officials he the landlord, a large fat man detached bita and those of us who consideration. If landlorda with a moustache, a bowler on the back of head, and a booming are wise content themselves with persisted in sucli conduct they
the broken fragments. voice, when I call him a
would lay themselves open to heavy man what's more harassed In
June 17, 1924, at Shanghai, glimpse the Island's scenery and Charles Adrian Donnelly, of to delude.onself into the belief
Australia, Melbourne,
10 that one has seen and felt day. It was understood that which is perhaps more important H.M. the King was giving con- sideration to the very exclusive
Lillian Hazel, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs: Taylor, St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia.
DEATH.
DODWELL. At London, on June 23, Frederic Dodwell, Director of Dodwell & Co., Ltd. (By Cable.)
all that there is to be seen. Order of Merit, and some interest- But we still have those whose ing appointments to that distin- delight it is to walk, and climb guished' company were expected
those appointments were-names and in their interests and in the to be made.. We now know what interests of those who have still of men little known to the ordinary to walk along a Forestry path, "man in the street" but deemed we plead that a little attention be worthy the recipient of the given to these paths. It seems highest Order in the land. When the late King Edward VII, founded evident that some considerable the Order of Merit le com- I period bas elapsed since those in memorate bis coroantion in 1902. charge of them walked along he laid it down that it was to be "a special distinction for men their narrow confines. The true
eminent in any department whùit- nature lover does not wish his ever-war, science, literature, or particular pet path to be a wayart." The number of those of neatness and smoothness, but entitled to wear the Order of Merit Outside the members of the he has a right to expect that is limited to twenty-four, with the addition of foreign honorary mdra taff of tour Botánical fallen trees, and miniature land bers. This, however, is a number Prestry Department. It le likely slides should be removed as soon that has never yet been attained
China Mail. The Mezakong,. Tursday, June 24, 1924,
FORESTRY PATHS.
and
"It.s
JUNE 24.
it was
tik выз realized Itis. obliga. The Liberals also expressed tion to leave and
discontent, and WAB Some to. Another lious. the Liberal Masterman's motion ultimately, resulted in the Government's discomfilure.
My huy is cut, and it has going rained all day: well Madam, 11 was on the strength of this that which is it not better to have only the mon had been sent to the pre- annual distresses, than to mixes and it was only an after attend to old Madam Eng- thought on the part of the tenant land's cancers and amputa- to try and get damages from the tion of limbs?
landlords. The tenant had not been able to get another house.
Evidence to this effect was given by the landlord.
--A---THOUGHT.
Walpole.
—
A. VAGABOND.
NOT TRUE TO HIS BOND.
A disreputable looking. Chinese who was charged, at the Contral His Honour said he would have being a rover and a vagabond Magistracy this. morning with
LANDLORDS REDUKED.
to adjoura the case until to-morrow was stated to have been renounced
-Beatrice Harráðen. damages..
could locate armed robbers, receiv-.
ed money for his prospective in- formation and then disappeared.
Mr. Lindsell sent the man to jail for two months.