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Hongkong, Monday, March 23, 1925.
€3.
Five out of every eight would-be recruits for the British army have:
elementary school girls are, on an average, nearly two inches taller than they were a generation ago, This, and much more, is a set off against the unquieting news referred to at the beginning of this note. The Nation has suffer- ed immensely as a result of the war and the inconclusive peace treaty--and one piece of suffering is the fact of diminished vitality
tive, the wisdom which we believe Flies latent in most people fa likely to be quickened. A reading of the interesting speeches made on Saturday well prove that, «.... Life in Hongkong is at last to be made interesting to those who think, and who agree with Robert Ingersoll in his ery"Banish me from Eden when you will, but just let me est of the fruit of the tree of knowledge
Black Shirt Oath.
Signor Mussolini, making his first public appearance since his illness, to-day's cables state, gave the ancient Roman salute to the assembled throng. There is some thing of old Rome, too, in the qath of the Fascisti. Here is the remarkable pledge which some of the Black Shirts have taken:--:
"By the blood of our 2,000 martyrs whom we invoke as wit- nesses and judges of our actions, we, the black-shirts of Piacenza Province, awear that for one
year
OLD BOYS MEET.
GATHERING AT DIOCESAN SCHOOL,
NEW ASSOCIATION,
SHORTER VOYAGE HOME
IMPROVED SERVICE.
The new NY.K.. schodule of A gathering of Old Boys, members of the staff and prefects regular mail, passenger and of Diocesan School (Boys) took Freight Service to Europe, which place at the School on Saturday will come luts ehfect after the salling hence of s... Kubima Marun evening, a dinner preceding a on April 8 next, has now been
business meeting.
worked out, embodying most · Mr. A. E. Hell presided over important improvements in the the dinner and proposed the running of the service. health of the School mentioning One of the features of the new that this was the first time the schedule is the alteration of the Old Boys had been able to gather salling day at Hongkong from in the manner they were now Wednesday to the Saturday doing. Referring to the manner following, thus keeping an in- in which the School had progress terval of one week with the ed and the prospects of the plans sailing date of P. and O. Mall for the removal of the School todays behind as at present. materialising in the near future steamer, instead of being four Kowloon he said this was due to The most remarkable Innovation the efforts and determination of introduced in the new N.Y.K the Head, Rev. WT. Feather- schedule, however, is the shorter- stone.
ing of the duration of voyage, DE
The Head replied to the toast, the running time of steamers from other speakers being Mr. C. H. Hongkong to Marseilles will be Lyson, who proposed the health of made within 29 days, instead of 31 the School and Mr. A. Bower who days as at present. This lesson replied.
ing by two days of the run will be -
On the proposal of Mr. Choe done at much additional expense, Po-sien, seconded by Mr. J. M. but the Company feels that it must Wong, it was decided to send a be done, Irrespective of expenses cable to Mr. Geo. Piercy (head-in order to satisfy the popular master from 1878 to 1918), who is demand these days for fast mall, now living in retirement at Vic Passenger and freight service. foria, B.C. conveying to him the meace with the ss. Hakone Maru The new schedule will com- love and esteem of all old Boys to sail hence on Saturday April 25 and informing him that at last a with thereafter sailings every fort really "live" Association had been night. formed.'
"First, we will not wear on our persons, or keep in our house, anything made of gold, silver, or precious metals or stones;
"Second, we claim for ourselves the privilege of working ardently without pay for the good of our country;
Third, we renounce all worldly amusements which are not expres sions of civic joy for our nation's progress;
Those present at the dinner "Fourth, we will give all super-included Messrs. Choa Po-sien, duous ornaments to a fund for J. M. Wong, Chau Yue-teng, Dr. supporting enterprises having GH. Thomas, Dr. Arthur Woo, goodness, civilisation, beauty, and! Messrs, Lee Sik-ling, C. H. Lyson, improvement as thefr object." Edwin Long, E. S. Ford, A. Were these black-shirts. of Mackenzie. C. Mackenzie, Anglo-Saxon tradition: we should Geo. Lam, H. E. Edwards, say that something of Oliver F. E. Nash, S. Jex, R. Cromwell was in their breasts. Drude, W. Muskett, Peter Wong,
J. Kew, Fred Gourdin, F Schnepel, P. Abesser, B. C. Randall, and many others.
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TIN PRICES:
According to the vernacular" papers the prices, for Singapore tin ware as follow
March 16, 75.rons sold at $125.25 March 17, 125-tons sold at: $123.50 March 18, 150 tons sold at $125.625 Marchro, 125 tons sold at $123.00 March 20, 125.tons sold at $124,50 March 21, 150 tons sold at $126.50
FLOUR PRICES.
Yesterday's flour quotations per
A business meeting followed, at which the following officers were elected: Chairman, Mr. Choa Po-sien, Vice-Chairman, Mr. J. M. Wong Hon. Secretary, Mr. B. C. Randall; and Hon. Trea- To the Editor of the China Mail). Į surer. Mr. H. Gittins. The fol- sack of solbs.,
lowing were appointed on the follow Committee (with power to Sir, It is always true that co-opt) The Hon. Mr. R. H. "Le style c'est l'homme" and so Kotewall, Mr. Chau Yue-teng, Mr. I can understand the paychology A: E. Hall,. Dr. Arthur, Woo, Dr. of your correspondent "Large G. H. Thomas, Messrs. Petor Writ" who champions the law of Wong, P. Abesser, J. Mackenzie, the Jungle. I find him to be Wai Po-cheung, and C. H, Lyson. bombastic, egotistical and cynical; } ----
I would advise him that in con- troversy, and controversy must be to create a wider understand- ing twix't man and man, that it were better for him to dispense with such puerile humour. Utter silliness is pardonable only when it is expressed by little children or lesser fools.
MOTOR ACCIDENT,
CHINESE PEDESTRIAN
KILLED.
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Five Birds
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Kwan Tao
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SHANGHAI
QUOTATIONS.
The following, kindly supplied by Messrs. L. Gould & Co., were the opening quotations on the Shanghai A motor accident occurred-st | Market this morning. I was taught Love, Faith, and Causeway Bay near the pole ground
Ms. Charity in the schools of England, yesterday morning causing the Langkats 2475 Buyers. and from this tuition, under- death of a Chinese pedestrica. Bwos.................... 1190 Buyers. standing grew. If during my
Buyers The man was picked up - Shanghai Docks...... [27
3.75 Buyers. sojourn in Hongkong I lose these consious after he had been knocked Orientals.
Shanghai Cottone 59 Buyers. would be ashamed of me. ethics, the best of my countrymen down by a motor-car and was taken
to the Government Civil Hospital. N. Engineering...... 91⁄44 Baters,
However his injuries were of
I
in the manhood of the nation-certainly do not want the plaudits
a vitality which has been further of the worst and particularly the weakened by the worries of worst of Britain's colonists.
Yours, etc., unemployment. If certain politi cians have a shred of conscience Hongkong, March 21. left, they must think pitifully on the promise made to returning soldiers to make England a place fit for heroes to dwell, in-an A Country for an Al population. So far it is very much Cer unemployment, deles, and a threat of steel houses!
Rationalism.
WORLD TOURISTS. HONGKONG'S DEPRESSING
WEATHER.
SIGHT-SEEING DIFFICULT.
ich a nature that he died shortly after admission.
The driver of the motor car has been detained by the police,
A RABID DOG.
A dog which has been under observation at Kennedy Towa for some time has shown symptoms of rabies during the last two days The animal was removed from the house of a Japanese, at No 117, Praya East-
CATHOLIC PRESS DAY.
FROZEN SEAS.
ICE-BREAKER FORCING
¿PASSAGE.
How many people "know how an ice-breaker works? There is an idea that it simply ploughs through the field of ice and smashes things up on the way. This is not the case....
In the largest shipbuilding yard on the Clyde,~_that 'of "Williams Beardmore and Co, Ltd., writes a The Empress of France tourists
Scottish correspondent, I saw AD. were doomed to another day of dis-
ice-breaker in course of cons, The superstitions may well appointment with the persistent
|tructión :"to the order of the lean back with a sigh of relief. drizzle which fell during the whole Press Day was held yesterday, for keeping the port of Riga open The 6th celebration of Catholic | Government of Latvia, intended A week which included a tornado, of yesterday.
In spite of the danip weather consisting of special services at the through the winter. This par a great fire and the death of a some of the visitors mude trips to Cathedral of the Immaculate Con- ticular ship was of 2,750 tons, will had to be rejected on medical or prominent, statesman, has finished the Peak, returning to the Hong ception in the morning and in the length of 185 feet. She has a physical grounds. Ninety per up with the second annual dinner kong Hotel for lunch. From afternoon, and of a literary and cast steal stem and sternpost, and cent. of the applicants for police of the local branch of the sight-seeing point of view the visits musical entertainment at the Club an ice belt I in, thick at the water Imitano as soon as the afternoon line, and about 6 feet above and appointments in England and Rationalist Press. Association, proved a failure. Wales "never get so far as the Such warnings earlier might well One half of the party left this service at the cathedral was over. below it. In the vicinity of the bow have been added to! But there morning for Canton. They will The entertainment composed of zad the stern the hull is similarly are doubtless scientific facts to leave there this afternoon on the speech by Mr. Vasconcelos Soares, strengthened. account for fires, floods and return trip. With a continuance of recitation by Miss Ecs, song by The lines of the vessel are some death: they are, presumably gloomy weather conditions, there. Mr. M. G. de Aquind and his son, what like those of a shallow river "verifiable fact." It is unfortun-ure few about on the street There G de Aquino, performance by punt. The procedure in breaking ate perhaps that official rational will be a dinner and dance at the few enthusiastic youths under the a field of ice is for the ship to ism has definitely set itself or is Hongkong Hotel for the remainder direction of Mr. J. A de Almeida charge the edge of the ice at a popularly supposed to be againat of the party this evening and various pieces of music by Pro the stem slides up, until the wighe the tenets of professional One of the silk stores more easily fear Gonzales Orchestra, was of the vessel, combined with the Christianity, entirely that Its accessible than the others had the well rendered und largely attended action of the forward propeller efforts are first and last to be largest Alure of the business, and in spite of very bad weather.
(there is a propeller at each end of devoted to fighting the alleged oned to be quite satisfied with
the ship), which sucks the water away below the ice, thus depriving superstitious beliefs which Chris the tuniover. The business wan tianity inculcates. The difficulty done mostly i silke shawl and A Chinese boy who received it of support, breaks down the with numbers of people, is that frocks made to order. The other wound in the head is at present edge of the fieldakse ka pa whilst they cannot accept the stores across the way are in hopes in hospital. His brother was When the field is too thick for teachings of any particular that the weather conditions would brought before Mr. JR Wood at the vessel to break in how. day to enable the the Central Magistracy, this further measures are neces Church, they cannot accept the improve
morning charged with assault and In order to increase the wel contrariwise arguments of those visitors to ace their offerings,
was formalls arena adadhara theshowâtinre are ang whose opinions are based on the dictates of the human reason.
stem" and stern, and Arrangements Most people believe In human.
about 150 tons of forward to fon
doctor because they are inani festly unsuitable." To which has to be added the well-known fact that, hi almost all classes of sports, the nation is behind in the race for honours. So far there is no information as to where the would-be soldier fails. In the case of the police recruits it is" the after effects of war-time priva- tions which are showing in those now reaching manhood. Which, If true, is another nail in the coffin which should hide the corpse of war for ever The situation is not so hopeless as facts would make it out. There is the bright side, and that side is with the young reason, but qulie a number belleve in a faith the evidence of which dis not
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