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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1930.
and informing him of the con fidence of the "House" in his ad- visers.
and is dreamingly selling one's MOCK PARLIAMENT. motion of thanks to His Majesty soul to Bridge parties or to bor-1' ing, after-dinner conversations about distinguished people one has glimpsed at Home, and who! may have the misfortune to be There listantly, related to one.
MINIATURE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
"THE KING'S SPEECH.”
Mr. S. A. Gray (Chancellor of. the Exchequor) seconded.
Labour Amendment.
Mr. G. Sima, leader of the Labour Party, in proposing an umendment that the "House" had it is, and we must make the best
no confidence in His Majesty's of it, but it would be a really sound
The local Y.M.C.A. Parliament advisors, said that never had idea if someone of consequence, was formally opened last night there been a more shoddy docu. who feared neither the pungs, of with great enthusiasm and, not & ment placed before Parliament at 14 the begining of a session than unpopularity nor the slings of the little merriment..
to Before "the appointed time, the the King's Speech which they had outraged inhabitants, wore
benches were well filled on both just heard. It was undigestive, organise a colony on the main-sides of the house and there was irrelevant and full of deliberate land and rigidly exclude all who standing room only in the evasions..
The Prime Minister, in reply, betrayed the merest signs of the visitors' gallery. The Reading | horrible vices that make Hong Room had been skilfully con-said that tariffs would help to verted, and had all the appearance bring more land under cultiva- Kong one of the most ludicrous of a miniature House of Com- tion: by stimulating home de places on the earth.
News in Brief.
Silk forwarded from here by the Empress of Japan' on October 2 arrived in New York (St. John's Park) and Hobukes on October 21, having been 19 days in transit.
Arrested In Stanley Street yester- day with 10 tueis of prepared non- Government opium concealed in his girdle, a Chinese was to-day charged' before Mr. R. E. Lindself at the Central Magistracy and was fined $1,000 or four months' hard labour,
mons. Shortly after 9 the Pre-mand for British products, 'would mier moved that Mr. Cassidy be put our factories into working elected Speaker and was second- nearer to full capacity and thus ed by the Leader of the Opposi-reduce overhead charges and tion. This motion' being unani-eventually prices: find markets mously accepted, the two leaders for Britain in her Dominions and escorted the Speaker to his Colonies, give them a lever to bar- chair. The Speaker thanked the gain with foreign nations and re- House and without further delay duce prices for selling abroad. proceeded to read the King's Mr. F. Rees. (Labour) in second-
Speech.
ing the Opposition amendment, to show that in The Premier formally moved quoted figures its acceptance and was support-1-rotected countries such as Ger- ed by the Chancellor of the Ex. many and America, unemployment gutes reached a very high num- chequer.
ber, and that America had stated was useless for that Protection
Racy Speech,
The Leader of the Opposition
formally moved an amendment that the Government had not the confidence of the which was supported by the
House"
Mr. A. W. Brown (leader of the
ringing prosperity to a country. Liberal Party) said that the
Liberals would abstain from vot
Member for Cardiff. The Leader ng on the amendment on the Labour issue of Nationalisation. Two plays, "The Boy Comes of the Opposition then rose and Mr. E. R. Price (President of Home" by A. A. Milne und "The addressed the Speaker in support the Board of Trade) alleged that Crimson Coconut" by Ian Hay, will of his amendment. In a racy the whole country was turning to- be presented by St. Andrew's Club and piquant speech he criticised ward Freference, as could be seen in the St. Andrew's Church Hall to the Conservative policy, pointing by the recent attitude of the Lon- night at nine o'clock, when there out the inadequacy of the don Bankers, and the resolutions will be also a concert programme, methods outlined for the solution of the Manchester and Liverpool including vocal items and monato of the problem of unemployment.Chambers of Trade, who were usual? It would seem to most gues. The proceeds are in ald of His references to sops and the overwhelmingly in favour of Pre- men, without much reflection, the V. D. M. A., and the admission interjections of "Allsops" caused ference as the only means of say that there is, after all, no, harm is $1.
in being mediocre; and that, if it A fatal cracker explosion at No. is one's lot to come out East and 601, Reclamation Street.. had
Some
considerable merriment.
ing industry. The Premier replied with an
"Left Leg of Tail" able defence of his policy supply- In T. J. Price (Liberal) said ing figures to show the appalling they did not mind the Labour
and
the Labour
to lose the fine gossamer and the sequel in the Kowloon Magistracy condition of Home industry and Party taking their ideas
afternoon when the trade. The Members for Cardiff schenies of Free Trade and of Individualistic traits of one's yesterday Icharacter, it is but the ordained/manager of the Kwong Man Loong stroked..he t's and flotted the i's agriculture, and wouldn't mind cracker factory, his foreman, and of the Labour criticism, but the co-operating with them on those path of predestination. Then two women were charged for manu-Chancellor of the Exchequer was points, but Mi. Sinis was swayed one is led to ask: Why do men facturing crackers in a place other not heard at his beat. It was ap-by the "left leg of his tail." and The Manager was parent from the beginning that must include Nationalisation, so change; is it the heat; the than a factory.
fined $100, the foreman $50, and the this versatile Parliamentarian which was where they parted racial consciousness one often dis-
women $10 each,
felt rather uneasy on the question from him. He denied that the Stuff!
of Tariffs. His past haunted him. London Bankers had displayed a proportionately acquires?
When a case against Ho Kiu, a
"Crowing Cock."
desire for Preference. and women never men
The Lender of the Liberal A motion of the adjournment of change, apart from the inevitable woman who was charged with hay-
ing brought a married woman into Party, humorously referring to the debate was defeated on a divi metamorphosis that Time brings the Colony for the purposes of the Labour Party's poster show-sion; but by 16 to 16 the "House" about in their minds and their taking her abroad and also harbouring the "crowing cock" said it divided to reject bodies, hardening the arteries and ing a boy and girl under the age of was typical of the Party that amendment of "No. Confidence,
14 years was mentioned before made a great deal of noise with the Liberals as a whole abstain. the humanities. The changes, Mr. E. H. Williams at the
out any tangible result.
ing from voting. like a curse, that fall upon the Central Police Court yesterday, This called forth a clever bit The "House" was afterward ad
of of repartee from the Alembers for journed for one month. average man and woman in Mr. Crown Colonies are not due to in the S.C.A., stated that the prisoner Cardiff who interjected "that it digenous qualities of the land, or was in hospital suffering from was the bird that woke people typhoid fever. As the witnesses for up." The Liberal Leader reveal- to that mysterious, Oriental fan-the prosecution could not await the eu none of his customary fire, guor which Rex Reach and Vic woman's
being very restrained and reserv toria Cross invented in their that the charge be dropped and the ed as if he alone of all the Lead- defendant banished. His Worshipers realised the gravity of the exotic tales of adjectival-lovedjourned the case sine die. economic and social state of the Although three centuries have They are due to a beastly tradi-
country and the futility of the elapsed since cinchona bark was remedies proposed. Tariffs were introduced to European practice as tion which, if placed in the moral
treatment for only irritan's and as for nation-a
malaria, and - retort, and analysed, would be-
derivatives from cinchona are still Back Benchers Silent the only recognised treatment, much Members from all sides of the exnet Information is still required.
In the Chemical Section of the House caught the Speaker's eye
R. Soame Jenyns,
recovery, he
asked
fof the question.
'MALARIA FEVER.
QUININE STILL THE MOST RELIABLE.
tray all the weaknesses and Look into the mirror. Now the shams of social life as it is lived reflection that you see therein in small towns and suburbs of may be handsome and beautiful, Britain. - Unfortunately it has
TA. Henry, Professor R. By borrowing without permie- in turn but there was an entire British Association on September 9 or ugly and wretched. But we not prevented us from becoming do not mean you to be so critical a great race; for it is bitterness slon a service neroplane to see his absence of activity from the back Dr.
fiancee, Mr. Hugh Forbes-Gower, benchers who were content to ap Robinson, and others explained the of knowledge and of yourself. The mirror is but an to consider that a people with all late R.A.F., lost his job but gained plaud or cheer. Except for the present state analogy. Search its bright sur these imperfections can rise to a bride. The man, who two years telling address of the Leader of described some of the investigations face for those lines which denote the heights of Imperial fame. We ago startled Paignton by his daring the Opposition, whose brilliant being carried out in Germany, and well Research Council, the London School the change and depreciation from have all the qualities that are ad-anties in the air, was married at neck-tie intimidated the Pre- in England under the Medical
All Saints Church, Whetstone, mier into paying him a which there is no recovery: lines mired by historians courage, England, recently, to the pretty merited compliment, the honours of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Except in countries where malaria due to the drop in the dollar; perseverance, grit, stubbornness, girl for whom he made his reck of the debate went to the Liberal and at Cambridge. lips pursed into thin lines by the faith, pride, and conscientious less dash. She is, or rather, was, benches.
Miss Joan Dare, of Whetstone, On the otion for an adjourn-is still provalent, the comparison of Continual habit of talking scan ability; yet we are mean, slow, Middlesex.
ment the Government was defeat-treatment with different drugs and dal; bags under the eyes caused dull-witted, pretentious and lack-
In August, 1928, just after herjed and narrowly escaped defeat dosos cannot be carried out on by worrying over Retrenchment;ing in most of the heroics that do engagement, flas Dare was on on what amounted to a vote of human beings, but as birds are also the little creases on the forchead not depend either upon sentimen- holiday at Paignton. Her future no confidence, the Liberals ab- liable to malaria extensive use of In addition to sinine, three other caused by the expression of
tality or brute strength. This is husband was a pilot at a near by straining from voting.
Admirable "Speaker." Fired with R.A.F. headquarters.
tracted from the shocked surprise and disappoint the material of which we are love, but temporarily forgetful of
The new Parliament bids fair alkaloids can be
bark. Quinine o 1 quinidine hava ment at learning that Mr. Blank's salary was only $800 a month in-made, collectively, although it is Service regulations, he determined to be one of the outstanding 80-been found to be more active than not pleasant to think on it; and to see her, so he took "French cial features of the Colony. Br. cinchonine, but the value of the
an admirable leave" and a Bristol fighter and Cassidy makes stead of $2,000, and wondering
from which we weave the pattern set off on a flying visit to his Speaker and the talent shown fourth alkaloid, cinchonidine, is still rude to how he dares to be so
of our social lives. It is prin- beloved.
last night points to Interesting, is textur people on such a salary. Thus do
cipally due to this texture that Overloyed with a bird's-eye instructive and amusing debate
LOVE-SICK AIRMAN. alisation-t. was absolutely out, although quinine and its associated ESCAPADE CLIMAX: JOB LOST
***BUT BRIDE GAINED.
we change in the Far East, where Hong Kong is what it is, and will view of the town where his bride- during the coming session.
to be was staying, Mr. Forbes j
pool, or Tilbury or Southampton thone many years ago to fight for a representative place in this
d
Bacond.
canarles has been made.
uncertain.
In Germany, work has, been done on a substance introduced under the name "plasmochin." It appears to have the property of destroying Bub the demoralising influence of
ANOTHER REPORT.
tertian malaria but, according to the being very important somebodies ever remain in this condition so Gower began a series of thrilling long as we possess it. We have spiral loops over the beach of the
The Liberals abstaining from investigations made by Professor wreaks havoc with our characmade it one of the finest colonies famous holiday resort. He delight ters, changing us from the pale
in the world, but it has lost, for ed thousands of holiday-makers, voting on the Labour amend Robinson, it is much more dangerous but suddenly came to grief. In atment, which featured nationalisa- than quinine, Dr. Baldwin has pro- and lank, or stout and rubicund, nobodies who sailed from Liver ever, and ever, its character as tempting a double loop he accomtion, saved the Tory Government pared a number of new bases of of the Orient. Hong Kong plished the first but, found himself from defeat at the opening of the similar constitution, but it is still
evening, the King's Speech and them has practical value. ---- 18 Surbiton, and Torquay, and top near the sea to nish the Y.M.C.A. Mock Parliament last too early to say whether any of Tunbridge Wells, and Edinburgh,
Making for an opening between the motion of thanks and con- far corner of the British Em- and Dublin; and all the bickering the houses lining the front, the 5dence in His Majesty's advisers, pire. Do we regret, in the sad and scandal, and pettiness, and aleman just cleared the roof of the being agreed to. moments of absolute solitude lack of thought that go on in Galety Cafe, but the undercarriage Mr. P. S. Casaldy was elected (which, a writer once said, are these Homeside paradises of of his machine struck a 80ft. flag Speaker to the "House." He read bills at the back of the town. He played the Government's propos the true moments of philosophy) suburbanie, are found intenst staff. He landed safely on the the King's Speech," which dis- the loss of our own pale indified in this Colony Directly one afterwards left the service, ed methods of treating the un-To-day's dollar is worth 8/10 viduality, and its absorption into leaves the ship, the toxin mists The bridegroom had another employment and depression of the robust realities of the herd of Peakanta, like the dust rising thrilling dash on his wedding day, industry problems by safeguard-
at the church without the marriage gether with the agriculture policy the Chinese staff of the Educa Instinct? No; usually we do not, from a suburban carpet, during when he found that he had arrived ing the Imperial Preference, to- At the To Yuen Hotel last night For how many of us ever know Spring-cleaning operations, over licence. He had to go to St. John's of a guaranteed wheat, price for tion Department entertained Mr. the bitter-sweet joys of the free come one with the fumes of small. Wood for it, and owing to traffic home farmers and a tariff on im- B. Tanner of Queen's College, who dinner. During the, evening Mr. spirit; feel contempt for the man talk and artificiality, and, by the congestion got back to Whetstone ported cereals and other food-is going on leave, to a farewell
only five minutes before 3 o'clock, stuffa
C. Tanner was asked to accept a (Mr. Premier. The
Ten Years Ago.
[From the "China Mall" of October, 24, 1920.]
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misery that one should be so un-
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