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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1929.
increasing the purity of English, One Imported case of enteric CORRESPONDENCE
,,
it clarity and truth, can such a fever (Japanese) was notified yes-
terday. victory for the English language
even be hoped for.
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H.K.V.D.C. SPORTS
(To the Editor of the “China Mall”) - Bir-In regard to the so-called "incident" at the Hong Kong Volun- teer Defence Corps sports at Kow- loon on Saturday, what is there to
The "China Mall" la askąd to Whilst we of the West are announce that ladies are cordially possessed of many jewels of invited to attend the Interport Lawn Bowls match at the K.C.C., on Sat- verse and prose, truly beyond urday, admission to theat being free, compare," in commercial litera- Iture we not only drag far behind, A British sailor has reported to make all the fuss about? The but hamper and wrongly in- the Police that a Chinese robbed him Somerseta' Private must have known of $10 at the junction of Garden- that the Indians were ineligible and fluence those who would use our road and Queen's-road Central, at that, therefore, they had no busi- medium of thought as their own midnight on Sunday, The thief ness on the course. What else could As Sir Henry Gollan himself re-escaped.
The do, therefore, but to brush one
of them out of his way? marked last night, some of our
The forthcoming marriage is an- film captions can hardly be re- garded as models of prose,, or Xavier, clerk of the General Elec- nounced of Mr. Bernardo Maria ven as English. Every possible tric Co. of China, who lives at No. error of taste and truth is to be 59, Haiphong-rönd, to Miss Maria found in the literature of com- Funy. No. 19, Temple-street, 2nd merce. Why should this be so? floor. Is it either because the goods are
The wedding is announced to take
Yours, etc..
'AVE A 'EART, Hong Kong, October 1.
BROADCASTING
To the Editor of the "Chips Mail"). Sir, I come under the heading of
our local
not that which they that should place shortly, of Professor Joseph |"Local Artiste," (that hateful ap- be, and need to be lauded with Young Steux, of Lingnam Univer pellation by which musicians are roise and colour in order to find alty, Canton, at present living at the generally described on rinrket. or because their pur-Chinese Y.M.C.A., Hong Kong, and Down" that it is no honour to be posters) and I agree with "Lie lack the principle of treet, Hong Kong.
Miss Lily Chan, of 8, Wyndham-asked to broadcast in Hong Kong. Veyors truth? The introduction of a
Broadcasting Officials get nice, fat salaries. The gramophone · re-
imple, sincere style in the writ- A Chinese woman named Chang cords used at present are not hired- ing of commercial English is Kam (28), living at No. 155,1 certain to have a favourable re- Wusung-street, was admitted to the out for nothing. Even the coolie action on the public, and to create Kwang Wah Hospital suffering from who aweeps the office gets paid for a better impression on foreign attempted suicide by-swallowing are asked to consider it an honour,
poisoning. She was alleged to have his services! But Local Musicians readers.
1ome Chinese drug,
to provide a programme gratis- and this, mark you, for an audience
-
In regard to the literature of fiction, belle letres, and the more cerious contributions of our philosophers, economists, ideal Magistracy this morning, fined $3. No-the musician has to persue
For riding his bicycle on the which has not even paid them the wrong side, of Wahu Street, a compliment of buying a ticket and Chinese bay was at the Kowloon turning-out to hear them!
ists, and dramatista; we cannot enforce a set of standard prin- ciples by the methods with which
Div. Inspector Stimson stated to his Worship that these riders were a nuisance to that part of Hunghom
district.
them, driving his, music" "into their ears mechanically, while they foll in easy chairs at home.
The performer gets neither the stimulua of facing an audience, Dor the reward of applause. His sole
..
Yours, etc.,-
"LOCAL ARTISTE." Hong Kong, October 1.
MR. KING REPLIES
the Soviet Commissariat is wont to enforce its wishes. Saint
Having been in Hong Kong only Saens has written "Le style est six days, a Chinese, fined $12, or consolation will be in the fact that homme," and that is a profound two weeks, was at Kowloon Magis- he is a cata-paw pulling out verse and prose is spirit, and as truism, for the individual must tracy this morning before Mr. T. S. chestnuts for the Broadcasting such it is inter-communicable.always express himself as he will.rate, containing 14 chickens, to-
Whyte-Smith with the theft of a Department. To cite only the instance of the That which we do decry, how-gether valued at $11.60 from a works of that provoking Irish ever, is the false and artificial vacant piece of ground at the rear mon, Mr. George Bernard Shaw, "impressionism" now prevalent of 98,, Canton-road, through the aegis of translation in Britain and Aniérica. Space Overland China Mail. it may be promalgated the world allows the
At the Land Office, P.W.D., yes- citation of
one terday afternoon, a piece of Crown To the Editor of the "Chinx Mail"] across, and inspire in men's souls example. only. Can we, for in-land, New Kowloon Inland Lot No.
Sir The leader in your Isque desires varying with the tenor of stance, believe that the contribu-1280, situated in Tu Chau-street, dated September 30, contains a' re- its message
Lions to literature, so-called, of and comprising an area of about ference to myself as the only person In Hong Kong the Association neurotic antics, liable to stain our There was no competition and the Z.B.W. Such a statement is hardly the Sitwells are anything but 5,100 square feet, with annual rent who can vouch for the quality of of $36, was sold by public auction. the transmission emitted from will have to face a more urgent reputation and class us in the property was sold to Messrs. Kong complimentary inroblem, for here the culture of
eyes of foreigners as fools with- Wong and Fan Sung, of 1, Wang listener, but apart from this and rootedly divergent races con-out the saving grace of knowledge Chuk-street, at the upset price of assuming your remarks are made verges and overlaps. The of our folly? literature of China has fascinated many a Briton
or English-reasons for English to be written CHINESE WEDDING mission is invariably quite good. speaking, man-Lafcado Hearn and understood perfectly by the among them.
The author of author, the man in the street, "Lady Windermere's Fan" and the business man. How essayed the dissolution, of à ́po-many average journalists, cóm- lar phase when he exposed the mercial men, or even teachers, Oriental pose of the nineties (other than English masters)
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Then again, there are greater
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with the Intention of obtaining an answer. I have no hesitation in replying that the quality of the
I say invariably because' periodically nome minor fault in the driving mechanism of the reproducing, sp., paratus will develop, affecting the speed of the turntable which, imme- diately results in distorted repro- The P.C. Cathedral was the scene of duction. Such defects are inherent
as a "Feast of Lanterns," that trouble to speak and write correct when two well-known Chinese familier only thing one can do is to eliminate a pretty wedding ceremony yesterday to any mechanical device, and the was too romantic to show the English? Their letters and lec-were united. Miss Marie H. M. Chong, these. defects by the experience candlegrease. He decided that tures reveal errors of style and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Chong,
The bride's mother was dressed in a beige Jace gown and diamante buckle
we obtained our illusion from logic which stupefy the intelli-ried to Mr. Oswald Yat-san Lyon, son being done.
25, Ashley Road, Kowloon, was mar gained in their recurrence. This is
AS SHE IS SPOKE
vases and screens-the plunder gence, and are worthy only of of Mr. Lyen and the late Mr. Esau Regarding the point that you so of Peking. But then, Wilde had politicians. They use words the Lyen. The Rev. Fr. Fanchio officiated, strongly emphasise that the public "What is truth ?" asked jesting lion-his-incapacity.
The bride, who was given away by is paying a licence for musical never been to China, and therein meanings of which they often do her father, was charmingly attired in
not understand,-and-which-bear in gown of white georgette and taffeta, their own gronsophone-I am afraid programme that can be heard on Pilate, and no one answered
Those of us who realise that different valués from the embroidered with. silver, tuilo literature." They should have, China is looming with "shadows thoughts in their minds. Usually blossoms and carried
embroidered vell, wreath of orange
you are rather behind the times. though, for literature is neither portending as a very great and it is due to laziness, or ignorance, white roses, Honolulu creepers, and so complementary one to the other a bouquet of The gromophone and the radio are history nor the arrangement of a very significant Power to-be, but the result is confusion in maiden hair fern. She was attended that your point has very little words "primarily, but the utter can afford neither to allow her their minds and the minds of Lyen and Annie Chong, the chief both either as separate instruments. by two bridesmaids, the Misses Anna bearing. The average person has ance of the well-known basic of to pass unnoticed the glories of those whom they instruct. bridesmaid being dressed in belge lace or combined. It might be equally. philosophy, "truth and beauty." our heritage, nor in our turn to
with the skirt falling in long points, well stated that, because a listener The dangers of this unthinking and a beige crinoline hat, and the In this, all cultured ruces find a escape the marvellous beauty of habit, as the late Dean Alford other bridesmaid in a belge lace and can hear about 8,000 records an common mean, and the dragon her own vast, store of literature, made clear in "The Queen's Eng. taffeta frock and a belge georgette hat, nually at a cost of $6, he would not of St. George becomes the dragon The secret, of course, may lie lish," are manifold. How many in Honolulu creepers, tied with pink in actual practice,
They carried bouquets of pink roses buy records, which is not the case which the Buddhist disciples saw largely in translation, and ade-friendships have been shattered streamers. on their trek across the Gobi quate translation; but even that, by the
Yours, etc... use of an unsuitable
L. H. KING, desert. Yet, dedicated to tradi- as our pedants love to reiterate, word how many innocent men with beige toque to match.
Electrical Engineer. tion as is the English saying: has the snag of a task impossible. have been condemned by the in- The "bost man" was Mr. W. N.
Hong Kong, October 1. "I mean what I say," and with it often in translation shades of terpretation which it is possible Thomas Tam.
[Our correspondent's letter will be Following the ceremony, a largely dealt with in due course Ed. "China the English manner, few of us meaning, and loveliness, are losting of our legal codes; how many Caine Road, where the young couple
for casuists to give to the word-attended reception was held at 140, Minit." -ever mean what we say, or even judgments","are founded on mistreaties could be pro-violated by were the recipients of the congratula say what we mean. For, by understanding, and contempt is the wilful insertion of words of The honeymoon will be spent in
ttons of their many friends. misuse, words have lost the hurled at that which is but the double intent (although there is, Shanthal, the bride' travelling Th essence that was theirs when colourlesshell of the precious in reality, none such)?
belge georgette dress and costco with they were first hewn. We use pearl.
hat and shoes to watch, We shall never be understood our tongues for wagging, none The English language, how-by the peoples of other races and deny, but seldom do we bother ever, should be, and is, as subtle tongues then our own until we whether they wag intelligibly. as any ether. There is no mean-learn to understand ourselves and We ate the slaves of our o own lacking or vaguest, most fleeting that which we mean: Scores of*** of care, and say "yes" when we thought which cannot be wedded the people of our race never mean no for to say "awfully to a word. It is when they are think at all, yet many of that good" is to nullify praise. A "prisoned" to words, as the poet quantity attempt to write, to thing cannot be both good and wrongly believed they should be, teach, and to preach. The minds the "Follow Dragon," produced by the awful, pretty and frightful.. that meanings become dead of even highly-educated persons joint efforts of Mr. I. G. Morgan,
It was to promote the study of things: for no verbal Ariel is are over-atccked with materials Mr. Loung Cheuk-a (Chinese Bection), Schools, antung the children and young B.Sc., (Editor, English Section) And This week the subject of prayer for the services is Work In the Sunday and interest in English literature liable to betray in its anguish which, like the exhibits in our contains a budget of articles of gea" people of the parish of St. Andrewz."
YELLOW DRAGON
LATEST 188UE OF QUEEN'S: COLLEGE, HONG KONG
SOME EXCELLENT FEATURES The August and September, lasue of
ST ANDREWS
MID-WEEK SERVICES TO RE-COMMENCE
PRAYER & INTERCESSION
Mid-week evensong in St. Andrew's Church, Kowloon will re-commenco an Wednesday (to-morrow) and will be continued each wook throughout the autumn and winter monthak Day
These services will be in the nature of the parish, the diocese, and the of prayer and Intercession for the work Church, Universal
and the English language that anything but restraint and tor-
local museum, are wrongly label-cral interest. There is a bright edi- the English Association was tuousness.
torial on the Autumn Term, School led and classified "personal" notes, an amusing sketch formed many years ago, and of
This then, is the problem which "Almost a Comedy," by E. H. Sling, CHINA TELEGRAMS The problem that is set for us the English Association has to brief, but oncise article on the which Branch was inaugurated to solve is whether the East shall tackle: to teach us to think clear some useful botanica), noter on The
Chinese "Stad by G. P.) 3. Ling, FAULTY CABLE CONNECTION by His Excellency the Governor yield to the West, or whether, as ly, to appreciate truth, and to Flowering Plants of Hong Kong" (with
"A WITH SHANGHAI ' last night..
Sir Cecil preased it, the Orien-read and write only just as we Illustrations) And notes on examina- English literature, in spite of tal languages shall become bi feel and think. There is nothing creditable performance.
SUBJECT TO DELAY tions and class work. In all, a very the uncatholicy Catholicities of lingual Which tongue shall con- crooked or ugly where sincerity MANU
The Hong Kong Station of the Mr. Hilaire Belloc and that Ilk quer in the division of time called shakes hands with experience. Following a police chase from Chion Telegraph Co., Ltd announces Eastern Extouxion, Australasia and has no ambition to be "cabined future? The Chinese think we And when that brotherhood of Potters Bar, Middlesex, to Enfield, that the sanders of Belfor and confined" within its insular should kern, their language, and language is attained, even Kipman was arrested near Oakmere Changhel and beyond are suremond Farm on a charge of stealing 47 List owing to faulty eshje connection, it heteredox to do we that
They should make ting will have been proved to be from Mr. Herbert Sawyer's house Negrams to and from Shanghai, and
Only by inaccurate
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