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MONDAY, JUNE 17, 1929.
CORRESPONDENCE
OPENING. OF WELLS
PRABS -
·P'RAPS NOT!
(To the Editor of the “China Mail"]
Sir-I am glad that the Govern ment has decided to open wells and
An Aberdonian gave à waiter has already sanctioned the opening of a number of wells in different threepence for a tip. The waiter parts of the Colony for the purpose said: "Ta a this for me." of relieving the present water The Aberdonian replied: "Every shortage.
penny o't."
seen your He seemed to
Brown "I have not on for many years. amtebe quite a promising lad."
Welton: "Too promising. He's been sued twice for breach of pro- mise."
really don't care a brass farthing whether the United States' Navy is larger now or later than that of the British. We at least have had enough of war for a long time, either on sea or land. All we intend to have-and no matter how it may compare with others -is a Navy that will meet the nation's and the Empire's needs,
so note that the Military Other nations will think likewise
Authorities have opened nine wells for their own requirements: if in the cantonmenta on the Island not, they must be relegated to the and four wells in Kowloon, which category of incurable altruists. shove their coramendable promp-
Evidently, judging by what has titude and foresight. been made known of the Lossie- explore the Island and tap all the mouth communique, we are to perennial streams and springs, and
Supporter: "Do you think our hear a great deal more about this open new spring wella.
The water from such sources candidate put enough fire into his limitation crochet now that the
should be collected and conducted or speech ?” Labour Government is in power-pumped into reinforced concrete
Critic:
The "He did, indeed. With so incurable an idealist as tants, as they are cheap, sanitary trouble is he didn't pat enough of
his speech into the fire," Mr. MacDonald at its head, such and easy to construct. was to be expected. Happily, there are in Great Britain other organisations interested in the nation's Navy, who regard the problem (if it is one) much more practically and see it in its true proportions.
It will now be necessary to
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Victor: "My cough has been dreadfully troublesome to-night,
When all these sources of supply have been properly harnessed and controlled, the supplies from the different tanks could be systema- Parkins." tictly conducted to various points in the City and elsewhere by pipe
lines or pumped into the reservoirs of sympathisers. They've put
to augment the City supply.
more
This scheme should be economical than importing water
Verger: "Well, sir, you've a lot
lozengers in the plate instead of sixpences."
from outside sources and less dan- "Dixon, the eminent scientist, has gemus, and it will mean a perman- a horror of badingge.
If anyone
One Chinese Case of enteric feverent supply of pure fresh spring starts to chaff him he becomes was reported during the week-end.
A Chinese named Li Fook (48),
a foki on a cargo boat, was drowned
in the harbour when he accidentally
fell overboard yesterday. The body was recovered later in the day.
water throughout the year. At miserably tongue-tied." present, the daily consumption of "How strange! I thought that
scientist always had a ready."
the Colony (Island) amounts to & 4,000,000 gallons.
|
The quantity of water collected
retort
from the streams during the past Some Saturdays ago a small boy week Way 17:24 million gallons, asked his father for a shilling to which works out at 2.46 million buy a rabbit- On being satisfied. In connection with Saturday galons per day or over one half of that a hutch was being fixed up in night's fire, reported elsewhere, it the day consumption of the which to keep the rabbit, and being was learned from the Police this Colony: This means a shortage of also, a believer in the civilising in- morning that the place was insured 1.54 million gallons.
fluence on boys of keeping pets, dad When with the New Zealand Insurance
the water from all the gave him the shilling. Co., for $16,000.
The following Saturday a second perennial streams and springs and newly opened spring wells of the youngster came the same
on
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confer regarding the desirability or non-desirability of piling up or of scrapping warship tonnage, but. it is a very different matter when one or more nations suggest to a when she fell ints the street whilst cult to remedy this shortage of 1.54 not wishing to display any favour- sleeping on the verandah parapet million gallons and provide the itism, dad eventually gave a shilling third the policy that shoud been the second floor of No. 32, requisite supply of 4,000,000 gallons to each of his children for the pur- adopted in common for, obviously, Shanghai-street.
per day from all sources.
chase of a rabbit. a common policy is altogether
In any case it will not be neces- One day he went out to see all AL the Kowloon Magistracy asary for the Colony to go to the ex-thes: rabbits and was surprised to
A Chinese woman Tai. Yee faland has been harnessed and con- errand, and obtained a shilling. It (38), was killed instantaneously served in tanks, it will not be diffl-happened to be a large family, and
absurd, nations differing in Chinese boy aged 13 years, plead-passe of importing water from dis- find only one! He inquired of his
super-
coastline and in many other re-ad guilty to a charge of stealing a tant Shanghai and other places; children what they had all done spects. It would appear that the raincoat, the property of Mr. W. Fand the next downfall of rain will with their shillings. Each de United States, having a
Houghton of the .s. "San Nam greatly increase the supply from theclared that he or she had bought a rabbit. "Well, where are they fluity of cash with which theo from the latter's motor-cycle streams and wells.
combination in Austin Road. The officials at Washington hardly accused was arrested by a district the dangers of drinking stale con-
Besides we shall be relieved from then?" he demanded.
"Why, dad," explained one of his know precisely what to do, are watchman when attempting to pawn taminated water, which is a most youngsters, **it was the same determined to build a Navy such the coat. The Magistrate ordered important point to be considered by rabbit: we bought it from each
him to receive 12 strokes of the
as they have never had before and, it may be safe enough to predict, they may never have oc-
cane.
the
,
Government, the Health Au-other." thorities and the inhabitants of this
Phyllis : "I'H give Reginald. When a Chinese was charged at important and growing Colony.
Time is precious, the situation is credit for getting me a nice engage- the Kowloon Magistracy with plac- casion either to need or to use.ng dynamite under the bed of getting critical, and we cannot
ment ring." And it is the officials of Washing-another Chinese with the intent to afford to jeopardize the, health and
Dora: "I understand that's what tɔn, it will be observed, who do kill, he said that the man would notes of the inhabitants by Import the jeweller did, too.""" most of the talking regarding have died, because he had placed in water of doubtful purity and neval disarmament and limitation from him. His Worship (Mr. T. S.
the stick of dynamite far away quality.
Yours, etc., generally.
TSE THAN-TAL
Whyte-Smith) was not convinced, his however, and sentenced the man to aix months' hard labour, and also fined him $25 for illegal possession
red:
OFFICERS
Hong Kong, June 15..
REGIMENTAL MARCHES
ture The Royal Regiment.
The Royal Scots, or lat of Foot,
.
*
"Well, Tommy, I see your brother bas his arm bandaged. Has he had an accident ?"
"Yes, sir. Reckless driving."
"Ah, a motor-cycle, I presume?" "Oh, no, sira nail!."
was
"And what" one fussy old dame immediately ingaired, "does it stand for ?"
"Because, madam," the poor guide
is the oldest Regiment in the British Army, and on account of its explained, "it would look so darned. antiquity was long ago jocularly willy lying down!" given the nick name of "Pontius Pilate's Body Guard."
The Flapper of old did 20 she:
was told
(An excellent thing, in her aunt's
eyes);
Mr: Churchill, in speech the other night at Chingford, referred to the of the explosive. "tremendous and irrevocable de-
To the Editor of the "Chína Mall”)
Young Actor: "Yes, at the last cision" of the Washington Confer- The Department of Trade and Sir,-With reference to the very town in which I stayed my landlady ence by which, Great Britain had Commerce of the Dominion of interesting articles on Regimental shed bitter tears when I left."
Canadà announces in our adver- Marches of the British Army, which
Landlady: "Well, that ain't likely accepted the new principle that tising columns the opening of a appeared in the "Sunday Herald" of to happen here. I want my money Hong Kong, Monday, June 11, 1929. Britdin and the United States Canadian Trade Commissioner's last Sunday, I think that it might in advance."
should be equal as "Sea Powers."office in Hong Kong, operating interest some of your readers if I over the following territory were to amplify the statement that
The guide was feeling very ex- FALLACY OF DISARMAMENT Happily, as the ex-Chancellor re- Hong Kong, South China, the "The Lothians have for their march
minded us, "two conditions are Philippine Islands, and French an old tune known as Dumbarton's showing round the old building.
asperated with the party he Freed from his duties as implied" and it is precisely be Indo-China. This office will be Drums."
Their endless Interruptions and Chancellor of the Exchequer, in cause of the presence of such con- building, Hong Kong, and will be Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) him mad
situated at Room 314, Exchange- The Regiment referred to is The silly questions were almost driving which office he was conspicuously ditions that the so-called agree in charge of Mr. Paul Sykes to which had for many years its sub-
At last, pausing before a small successful, Mr. Winston Churchill, ments had better not be made whom all enquiries regarding the the Lothian Regiment) but statue, he said: "And this, ladies who may in the next Conservative First of the conditions is to the trade with Canda may be refer which has since the War, with His and gentlemen, was erected three Government be Prime Minister. | effect that "special regard should
Majesty's permission, reverted for years ago in →→→→ has broken his own silence and he had of the different ckcum-
stb-title to its much older nomen- that of his rejected and dejected stances between the British Isles NEW KNIGHTHOODS Cabinet confreres of the last (which could be starved in a Administration, by making a few weeks presumably by a CONFERRED UPON NEW LAW speech on disarmament-which superior and hostile naval force) subject is surely the most ever--and the United States which is THE PRINCE OFFICIATES green of all topics by politicians practically a self-supporting con-
As Your Article States the Re- London, Saturday. and publicista, no matter from tinent, in which the population
The King, having approved that mented March Past" is "Dum- what political angle they may apowell safely and prosperously." knighthoods be conferred on Mr barton's Drums." This is a pipe tune in which the druma pre- proach the problem. And of all This "ship for ship' agreement is William Jowitt, on his appoint-
dominate. The statement in your subjects before the public, at pre- absurd in the case of Great Bri- ment as Attorney-General, and 2 article. however requires qualifica
Mr. J. B. Melville, on appointment sent and for a long time past, tain and the United States even as Solicitor General, the Prince of
thr. When Her Majesty the late there is none more unsatisfactory, more than it would be between Wales yesterday, on behalf of His Queen Victoria was inspecting the To-day that's all changed, her hair's
Regiment she described herself! doubtless because of its perennial any other two countries A Majesty, conferred the accolade
a a daughter of the Regiment, re- qualities of emerald green that nation's Navy must be determin on them.
ferring to the fact that her father, Colonial Appointment seem to defy any sort of satisfaced, so far as actual ships and Mr. MacNaghten, Vice-Chair- the Duke of Kent, had been
Colonel in the Royals," Since tory solution, Government after armament is concerned, by the man of the Overseas Settlement Government takes up the pro- nation's requirements. An island Department, has been selected for then, whenever a member of the blem, confers on it internationally nation, like the British of the the appointment of Administrator Royal Family is present at a A cross at the end of a letter would
of the Presidency of Saint Christo parade of the Regiment, "Dum- at Washington or elsewhere, and Japanese, for example, must pher and Nevis (Leeward barton's Drams are silent and then find themselves precisely obviously pay more attention to Islands), to succeed Colonel the Regiment marches past to the where they were,
their naval needs than, say, the Saint Johnston, who has become salon & march from the opera The up-to-date Miss, with a cross
Governor of the Leeward Islands. The Daughter of the Regiment (not a kiss) The fact of the matter is the Americans or the Chinese, even | British Wireless Service.
paved by the brass band.
This has a particular significance question of disarmament is so though both these nations have
at the present time as Her Royal essentially a national and not an considerable coastlines to defend. FRACTURED SKULL Highness Princess Mary, Viscoun- International question that it is
If therefore we are to have impossible to believe that a agreement let it be on sane lines: Washington Conference, such as let it be on a decision to eliminate was held a few years ago on the submarines or some such step macred subject of naval limitation, which is the only practical form could have had any other conclu-on which agreement can be reach- sion than fatture. Nations, ored in such a matter. The British- rather their representatives, may at the present moment at least
MOTOR CYCLIST'S SAD END
· Douglas (Isle of Man),
Saturday Lamb, on of four Tourist Trophy riders, who crashed at the ame spot, has died from a frac Router
ture
tess Lascelles, Colonel-in Chief}
She covered her toes, didn't powder
her nose,
And never thought much of the
franchise.
so arranged There's nothing to flap (like her
ant's is);
Not hiding her hose, never mind
about toes:
To her tué the candidate dances.
send
A-fluttering yesteryear's spin-
ster
Sends the handsomest man
Westminster.
tradition
connected
of the Regiment, and it must be Regimental a romantic and inspiring sight to with this, witness her taking the salirte as the The 2nd Battalion of the Re- Begiment marches past to this so giment is at present at Tientsin appropriate music.
and is furnishing the British
The Royal Scots usually march Legation Guard at Peking
to parade to a rousing fine Scotland the Brave.
pipe: I do
39) Yours etaN
* AN EX-Royal Scot. Hong Kong, June 18, 1929,
w bow whether there is any