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Honghong. Monday, May 4, 1925.
FRANCE AND MOROCCO.
May Day.
MONDAY, MAY 4, 1925.
SHREDS AND PATCHES.
The moon's day, and MONDAY. the influence of the moon on those born at
ཆ་
It was
It is not clear why the organised forces of Labour have selected the first day of May. on which to celebrate their existence and to voice their grievances--fancled or real. The Morris pole is, presum ably forsaken, and processions of
the
drabness and speeches of spleen,
WAX AND THE French Ro take its place. London's labourists
GUILLOTINE. volution that march to the Bulgarian Legation her special festival gives beauty
founded Ma- and protest against the alleged and imagination. It is probable
Tussaud's Chamber of persecution of Bulgarian workers that many of Hongkong's brokers dame -a persecution which is denied, were born on Monday!
Horrors. In pursuit of her realistic Moscow's "oy" is more milk-
art she did not hesitate to take taristic than labouristic. There
In a manual published models direct from heads severed the garrison is reviewed, 60 aero- MAY 3. in 1565, May 3 was
included in a list of by the guillotine to enrich her first planes participate, the whila members of the Government and unlucky days, but it is not stated collection, which was established Diplomatic Corps look on. Canton clearly whether they were un on the Boulevard du Temple, Hor family for provides the humour, although it, lucky during that year alone or Paris, in 1780.
were tabooed for all timer Three four generations came near making ia sad and sorry stuff. "Down days in the year on which no with foreign religion," and "Down business must be staried, accord a longevity record, herself, her with capitalism are the cries, ing to a noble Lord in 1633. mother, grandmother and great- whilst there is a word for the were the first Monday in April, grandmother totalling Ave years
Soviet." progressive
The the second- Monday in August and Cantonese dearly love Л
pro- the last Monday in December, short of four hundred. ression. The one at Canton was The first because it was then that three miles long. There is some, Cain was born, and also the thing pathetic about these pro day on which he killed his brother; cessions-in London, Moscow and the second because that was the Canton. We do not seem to have day on which the cities of the progressed very far even in China plain were destroyed; and the with its boasted civilisation, when third because it was the birthday
three-mile long procession can of Judas Iscarrot give vent only to parrot like cries. the purport of which, it seems Every likely, at least one and half miles of the procession does not understand.
French Government and Chamber, and it is assumed, the great bulk of French, public opinion, are resolutely opposed to any terri-}· torial extension of the French Frotectorate and to any additional military abilities. Accordingly. it is sincerely hoped and believed that Abd-el-Krin wil not be so rash as to seck a serious quarrel. with the neighbouring French euthorities by incursions into | French-protected areas, but will be content to let alone and be let alone.
·
RIFT IN LUTE.
SOVIETS CONGRESS.
TROUBLĖS.
(Reuter's Service.)
蚵
For the first time 'AN ENQUIRY." It is proposed to tabulate the earn-
tngs and hours of labour of the
workers of the United Kingdom.
The Ministry of Labour is about to undertake a general inquiry relate ing to 1024 The first census of The throwing of production" was taken in 1906, CONFETTI. rice at weddings is but earning were not then included'
said to have been in the scope of the Inquiry, the Chinese, custom, adopted because report on which was published in rice was easy to obtain Confetti was eight volumes. The issue has adopted because it was considered begun of about 400,000 Inquiry the use of rice was wasteful and forms, and these 'will continue to even dangerous. In Saxon times, be distributed until probably early the ith of the bride was strewn in May Among the questions with red and white rose leaves to asked are:- represent the passion and purity of love Wheat was another bridal offering.
THE GREEN: GODDESS,
Number of wage-earners (ex- cluding typists, clerks, etc.) employed in each of four weeks in 1924.
Total wages paid in those four weeks and throughout the year. Normal falktime hours of labour in the period.
Numbers on short time.. Hours lost,.
+3
There has been a Riga, May 3.
trek to the World Signs of opposition to the
Theatre to sec Soviets new economic policy were
"The Green forthcoming at the 14th. Congress Goddess." Some of us have gone of the All-Russian Communist to see the film, because we have Party, notably in connection with read the play; others because the Aggregate hours worked. the President, M. Rykoff's state- late William Archer wrote it. It is
The information supplied will a good film and the Americans, be regarded as strictly confidential, who did it, are to be congratulated, and will be used only in compiling George Arliss makes a fine Rajah. general statistics. The Ministry of And George Arliss is English Labour proposes also to undertake actlog in American movies.; an inquiry at an early date on ap- whilst in the story Americans give prenticeship in the principal in- fine impersonations of English dustries. In the 1906 "Census of characters. Another item of production," the heads under which interest is a shocker" of a play information was finally tabulated written by an intellectual and ons
were:-Gross output;
of of the finest gentlemen and critice materials; work given out to other that England has produced. Such firms; get output; average number films as this one make the cinema of people employed; and net out- possible. There is hope.
put per person.
M. Rykoff.
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ANIMALS AT
THE OPERA
Hongkong is a place .fit for heroes to live in. Read this
LOVELY.
:
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cost
A Gibman, unable to piss a bus, was in- flamed to paroxysms Oh
that
from a recent issue of the Straits of unthinkable objurgation, Times:-
sir," said the busman in tones of Sir,-We are alas,
some. reverence,"
was lovely. what accustomed to lax man- Will yer kindly tell me where ners in the audiences theyer preching next Sunday? I Victoria Theatre but I venture to should so like to 'dar yer at yer
at
.
In the Daily Express TRIPE. Beachcomber" writes: Mr. Robert Lynd is re-
have written poems s0
From the British and inter- national standpoint, what really matters. is the status of the Riffian coast, because of its proximity to Ceuta, Tangier, and the Straits of Gibraltar. The
suggest we have about reached best." extreme reticence on this subject
the limit when animals are manifested by Mr. Austen Cham-
allowed inside at an operatic bariain in the course of his recent
performance. The admirable per. formance of La Traviata was statement at Westminster was no
marred by the yapping of a pet doubt due to his appreciation of
ment that no administrative pres- dog carried by some one, in the ported to have said that he finds it the delicate nature of the problem, sure must be exercised against stalls, and the chattering of a pet impossible to imagine anybody which might at any time become the new capitalistic relations aris. monkey brought by a lover of writing a good poem about tripe. Although to-day's cables from critical. Similarly, although the ing in the rural distrets, where music into the circle. In addition I disagree. Many of our younger
those in the circle were compelled poets Morocco report that the Riffis Moroccan question was touched the policy is beginning to bear to listen to the incessant buzz of realistic that they were actually conversation which hardly ever mistaken for tripe. Itself. And, have infiltrated" intó the upon by the British Foreign Various speakers criticised the died away throughout the entire anyhow, I myself will at once French zone, the position need Secretary in the course of his new line as incompatible with performance, and which emanated write a good poem about tripe. not be viewed with any due alarm conversations with M. Herrict and Communist doctrines.
from one corner of the circle only. Here it is: One member "expressed the In a London theatre one could Marshal Lyantey is confident he Signor Mussolini, Mr. Chamber-opinion that the policy was an complain to a stalwart attendant can deal with the trouble with the lain, so it was gathered from both error which would cause an acute who would speedily amend troops at his disposal. The inten-cupitals, was too tactful and dis- political struggle in the villages. matters, but in Singapore one can. (The Government will submit only suffer in silence.Yours etc., tions and dispositions of the creat to enter fully into the
A, LOVER OF OPERA. French Government, there is matter with either party in the to the All-Russian Congress of Soviets, certain amendments and
Singapore, April 24, 1925. every reason to believe, are as absence of the third. If and when additions to the Russian constitú- circumstances should warrant an tion including an article granting pacific towards the Rifans as international discussion of the rights to the Soviet, foreign | they are conciliatory towards Moroccan problem in all its citizens, and joint stock com Spain, and considerate of her aspects, the British attitude will panies, to apply private capital to susceptibilities. France, it is naturally be openly and more developments of the economic re-
clearly defined
Sensible.
Shanghai or a firm there- sets an example that might well be followed by business houses in Hongkong. Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., have
fruit.
sources of Russia.]
"There's a sad A TRAGEDY. case," sald the well-dressed mas
to his companion, as a shabby-
looking individual in a time worn overcoat passed by. "That chap used to have pots of money and
now"
A
Drink "queried his companion. "Oh, no, certainly not he→→→ "Gambling I suppose on the Stock Exchange interrupted the friend.
true; maintains her legal inter- pretation f the Franco-Spanish Agreements of 1904 and 1912 as
FRENCH ELECTIONS. investing Spain with the duty, as well na the right, to control
(Reuter's Service.)` effectively the Moroccan Zone
Paris, May 3 entrusted to her protectorate, decreed that during the summer the present have resulted in no made"
The municipal elections up to "I was nothing of that sort, be to ensure by a military occupation months their business hours are change in Paris. that no troubles shall occur within to be 8.00 a.m, to 12 noon and
1 "Lest you mean, betting, and There have been slight gains horse-racing, ruin à man sooner that zone such as might entail any 2 pm to 4.30 pm. The summer by the Left Bloc in the Provinces. than anything.” danger to the adjoining French is as trying in Shanghai as it is
You are mistaken, it was not in Hongkong. An early start, an Juridically, Zone.
therefore,
his fault. He was the victim of a ¦ extended tiffin interval and an France would claim for herself
the right to occupy militarily any
areas evacuated by the Spanish
Come, gentle trips, the hungry
carter's joy, Drayman's delight, conduc-
tor's second course, Passion and dream of every.
errand-boy,
Vision of every rogue that
holds a horse,
Bane of all titled ladies, bishop's
dread,
Doom of the softly nurtured,
peers' despair, Was it for this the tall Achilles
bled."
For this that Agamemnon tore
his hair?
Was this the food that launched
a thousand ships
And tore the heart of Dido, as
she stood
Above the feast, wiping her
royal lips,
And called her love again—
was this food? The answer is, in a sense, no.
A CANDY KID,
boy to another..
"Why?"
"My sister is awfully lucky
said one little
London, May 3:-"Reynolds passing fancy, a craze, anything early cessation of work probably News" understands on high like to call it." means greater productivity authority that within a few days woman The other drop. although the actual working hours the proposed silk tax will be with-ped his voice to a shocked whisper. "She went to a party last night are less. A good start is the main drawn in view of the attitude of thing and a man is more likely to the silk industry-Reuter.
"Not just one woman, all of 'em.where they played a game in which He was a hairpin manufacturer."
|
be eager for his work at 8.30 a.m.,
سی
than he is at 9 um., be the differ Paris, May 3-The Petit Pari- ence only thirty minutes. It sien, the Oeuvre and the Excelsior the thing aimed at, but simply Mr. Churchill's budget proposals may be that productivity is not publish articles emphasising that
the men either had to kiss a girl or pay a forfeit of a box of choco lates." Although Tus- "Well, how was your sister THE ABBEY Saud's is said to lucky?"
the WAXWORKS. be
oldest "She came bome with thirteen waxwork collec- baxea of chocolatés.
army with resultant difficulties to the contiguous frontier regions of the French Protectorate.
But this claim, which is con- tested by Spain on the ground that the latter's Protectorate can a realisation that Europeans will harm French exporte, partition in Europe, there existed long be legitimately exercised without work at a disadvantage in cularly silk goods. Reuter.
before a chantry' lo Westminster necessarily involving a complete the torrid, or humid conditions
Abbey
of containing effigies
Saturday's contest re of a Far Eastern summer, a London, May 2.-"The dream
BOXERS, minds us of the military occupation (as a matter recognition of that fact, and the of armament experts and metal princes and pobles who wore
| buried in the Abhay. By 1754.the.
Chinese secret society of fact, within the French zone introduction of a system that lurgists has come true Thus Sir relica were, so ancient that the which took a prominent part in the military frontier does not aims at a condition of things Robert Hadfield referred to a new robes of Edward VI, had turned the rising against foreigners in everywhere extend us for us the which shall be to the advantage of-type-of-armour-piercing shell of from rich crimson velvet 10a-1900 The Chinese political frontier), is to be upheld, the European and a means to sixteen inch calibre for the British semblance of russet leather. All Gee He Chuan Kigoifying strengthen his reserves of health. service. He added that tests the beat preserved, costumes had righteousness, harmony and fista.” for the time being, rather on It is about time such a sensible carried out would have been been stripped from the affigies, What this righteousness" and abstract than on practical system be adopted by Hongkong believed impossible two or three which were sadly minitreated" la "harmony" has cost China is movie grounds. In effect, the present business houses,
the handling.
wall known.
years ago.