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family thank their relatives and friends for their kind expressions of sympathy in their recent be- Travement."
Hong Kong, Friday, Jan. 15, 1932.
be utterly without foundation. In either case the good to an individual newspaper or the harm to Governmental circles
has been done.
་་
to the
Cavernment would thus be en- abled to come within the recom- mendations of the International Press Conference. It would also be entitled utmost credit for giving a lead in placing at the disposal of the Prass here every possible facility for the publication of Government information and for the confirmation or refutation of news itens placed before it by journalists generally,
FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1982;
MY LORD "THE BABOON
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Link" in "Familly Evolution.
MIRROR OF MAN'S EARLY LIFE.
By E. G. Boulenger.
7. quarrel with my wife at home,
We never fight abroad;
turned-strife
Is inevitable and the issue frequently fatal. Always And Mrs. Blank has grasped the "the woman pays."
fact
I am her only lord.
The lines from Kiplin's Depart CORRESPONDENCE mental Ditty, though not penned by a professed naturalist, states D
"BUYING BRITISH."
fundamental truth exhaustively olaborated in a remarkable book, "The Social Life of Apes and To the Editor of "China Mail"}
Monkeys" (Kegan Paul, 168.), by Dr. S. Zückerman, the Zoological Sir-In view of the All-British Society's Anatomical Research Fel- claims made in certain local ad- low.
The female baboon is a mere cipher, invariably succumbing in the tween two factions at once sets the frequent melees, since a dispute be whole
community ablaze. A van- quished overlord may obtain. other wives, but more usually joins, per- force, the great company unwedded.
of the
As Dr. Zuckerman points out, baboon a crude picture of a social one may.sea in the life of the
earliest human ancestors. level from which emerged our The most bigoted anti-evolutionists could not deny this, baboon family life having its counterpart amongst certain African tribes.
unlike that to be sech amongst The baboon social system is not
polygamy is the rule. various Oriental peoples where
Seven Wives.
That the baboon has a large re- set eyes is frequently demonstrated serve of, cunning behind his deep- at the Zoo, both males and females having been seen to entice hated rivals by overtures of friendship within reach of their teeth..
The family group is ruled with an iron hand, and the several wives
the
vertisements the following article: The volume discusses ape and from The Sphere will undoubted-monkey sociology in general, and ty be of interest to your many that of the Zoo Monkey Hill In readers.
particular. Following my recent reference During the six years of its being in The Sphere to this national Monkey Hill has been the subject movement, and the difficulty of of many wild and absurd stories, so easily recognising foreign goods, I that the clear white light of truth have received a letter from a bar which Dr. Zuckerman's tireless re rister of standing, Mr. Jacques search throws upon it is particular- Abady, in which he says:- ¡ly welcome.
"You' referred in your pars
From the outset the truism con- graph, Buy British, to a very tained in Kipling's lines has been real difficulty. It is a matter to very apparent, and has caused much which I have given
much of the noisy, strife which brought thought, because from my ex-the hill inte notoriety and disrepute. perience (as counsel) in pro Dominant male supremacy is the moting applications for marking keynote, of baboon sociology. When orders under the Act of 1926, it the hill was first erected in 1925. is apparent that the scope of ninety-four males and six females-sometimes as many as seven, are such orders is very limited in- were installed. At once certain never allowed out of sight of their deed. I have tried to penetrate iusty males appropriated to them-husband. Eventually, a bachelor the official hide without success, selves wives.
"hanger-on".greatly daring compels and as you are the first writer When, in 1927, thirty adult him to ight to retain his title. who has put his finger on the females were added, there began
himself The author
recently real difficulty, I venture to In-that series of matrimonial disputes journeyed to South Africa to in- trude, upon you."
which finally led to the withdrawal vestigate baboon life in the wild. Encouraged by these words, of all the females.
If not actually on the increase, he wrote to Mr. Abady and asked him
The Woman Pays,
found that these monkeys are cer to give me the giat of the diffi Here is where the suggestion culties, and how they could be re- several hundred individuals, divid annually do a vast amount of dam- A baboon colony may total tainly not getting scarcer, and of the Täternational Press Con-medied in a few of his own words. ed into small family groups of age to agriculture. This is partly The China Mail.ference comes in. It should be The subject to-day is one of burn- several females, a few young bache due to the fact that the wide intro- made possible in all Government ng importance." He has respond- lers, and a very mature overlord, duction of cattle has led to the offices, within
ed to my request as follows:- So long as the overlord's sway is wholesale destruction of all reasonable "The public are urged, by the undisputed all goes well, but this baboon's principal foe, the leopard. hours, for a journalist to ob- slogan Buy British, to remedy seldom obtains for long.
This is a notable book, the result tain speedy confirmation or re- our adverse trade balance. They Envious eyes are cast upon his of lang observation and sound rea- futation of any particular ques-won't affect this), whether goods fidelity is rare-except on the rare
do not know, however (and tariffs harem, and although feminine in-soning. It is lavishly illustrated tion.
and Of interest to the average
by photographs
contains an It is the experience of advertised or offered are foreign calons when my lord's back is exhaustive bibliography. render of newspapers as well as most Pressmen that, in
some or
made of foreign materiais to Governments, is the principal Government offices in all coun-which we could produce. True
that resolution passed at the conclud- tries and colonies, there is
certain "marking orders" under the Merchandise Marks Acts; ing session of the International marked aversion to confirming or compel some foreign goods to he Press Conference in Copenha- refuting a vital news item, even marked, but these don't apply zen.
This resolution related to where it must be obvious to the to all goods, nor, except to a limit- the best way of coping with the meanest intelligence that such: "For instance, foreign furniture | No. 4, Hong Kong Road, Shanghai,
procedure is essential in must be marked. Yet, a bedroom to Mise Annie Soyka, No. 7, Edin-The funeral of Vasco Luiz dos matter for continus! anxiety, on the public interest. The journal-suite, made perhaps in Belgium, burgh Rond, Shanghai.
Remedios took place at the the part of Editors and publish-ist who takes a pride in his pro-bedroom suite, without mention can be advertised as a 'beautiful;
Roman Catholic Cemetery, crs no less than to others who fession will make accuracy his that it is foreign. Or, three cos
Happy Valley, last evening, when a large number of rela may be involved. It was held by first Gulwark. He is ever ready tumes are advertised and lus-
tives and friends attended to pay the conference that the circula- to co-operate to the best of his Yorkshire cloth, one in England of trated: one made in England of
their last respects: The Very tion of false news could best be ability with Government offices; German cloth, and one in France
Rev. Fr. G. M. Spada, Rector of the Rosary Church, Kowloon, prevented by providing the but, at the same time, he resents of French cloth. The advertise- ;
officiated at the graveside, assist- widest possible facilities for the being quite needlessly handicap-ment need not and does not always
ed by the Rev. Fr. Granelli. supply of information by Gov-ped in his duty to his newspaper tish, or wholly foreign.
say which is British, partly Bri-
Deceased's two sons, Messrs. A tablet which for many years Reinaldo and Augusto Remedios, ernment offices, which should be through sheer official red-tape
was thought to be lost has been "If a person's desire for a par- found among the flagstones in a mark of respect to the deceased, were the chief mourners. As a so organised that journalists and a studied aversion to sup- ticular thing is aroused, it is di- newly-laid footpath at Carshalton. might, at any time, obtain con- plying confirmation or refuta will at the moment of purchase, first thought when they saw letter-flown at half mast yesterday.
cult to assume that patriotism,
the house flag of the Union In- People using the pavement at firmation or refutation of any tion,
|surance Society of Canton was kill that desire. Moreover, if the ing on one of the flags that the particular question. P
Not very long ago, we took an advertised goods are ordered by local council had used in error an tributes included those from his The large number of floral The first essential of any news opportunity to comment on the post, the purchaser has no legal old gravestone. A close examina- sorrowing wife, sons and daugh- paper as the name newspaper effeteness of the existing De ing (if they are goods subject to vealed, however, that the stone friends, and from the Union In-
right to return them on discover tion by the council's surveyor reters, automatically implies -is the partmental Press table system in a marking order'
other relatives, many getting and publishing of news. this Colony, and revived the sub-foreign.
bore the following Inscription:
surance, the, Club de Recrélo, of In the rush of bringing out aject of an official Press BureauThough there are some obvious Life, of the Brooks and Fruits that mittee member, and the Lyric "In Obedience to the Giver of which he was a former com-
framing a short Act compelling
False News.
circulation of false news -
3/
!
ed extent, to advertisements.
that they are
Personal Par.
The forthcoming wedding in an- nounced of Mr. Hans Koppelhoff.
LINK WITH JOHN RUSKIN.
Long-Lost Tablet As Flagstone.
LAID TO REST.
www
Vasco Luiz dos Remedios.
Was
To-day's Thought.
1
The most inconsistent people are
daily newspaper, it is obvious easily accessible to fournalists at Snags there is no difficulty in Feed it, of the Peace that Ends It, Orchestra, of which he that time does not always permit all reasonable hours. of the very desirable confirma- days of strict Governmental eco-prominently when foreign goods, Flowers and Be By Kindness Called
In these notice of foreign origin to be given May This Well be Kept Secred for manager.
the Service of Men's Flocks (and Arkge2) tion being obtained in official nomy it may seem superfluous to or
made gooda
of foreign quarters. It would be an errone suggest the creation of any new wertised. This would remedy the Beautified and Endowed by John materials, are sold, offered, or ad-Margaret's Well. This Pool was ous conception of journalism to Department involving the em-situation I have tried in a few Ruskin, MA, LLD assert that, in the absence of ployment of fresh officials, St Mr Abady, by the way, himself the stone was originally erected those who insist that they are con-
words to draw attention to." .. It has now been ascertained that confirmation, or even of refuta- much money and valuable times from The Sphere near Margaret's Pool, Carshalton sietent.
particu- might be saved to the Gavern-of advertisers drawing attention which Ruskin at his own expense lar news item should be deferred, ment in the long run were an to the foreign origin of advertis- cleaned out and named Margaret These are very competitive times experienced journalist to he led goods without obligation to do after his mother, who lived close by in daily Journalism and any placed in charge of the official single newspaper, which strained Fress Bureau, his duties to in- the proprieties too strictly, would clude supervision of Government find not only that a reportorial advertising and printing and cog-
tion, publication. of
any
ataft working under a rule and nate matters. In some other
하
thumb system had recourse to places there are distinct
a diet of fasting in respect of Bureaux State Adv news gathering, but that a com, Agencies, and State petitor, broader-minded, may be, Departme would publish the gist of an im Semal portant news story and reap the duties
In a parative- Polony like H All thes
the natural benefit of increased departments could well be assign- atlon. That story may be ed to one expérienced four
hundred per cent correct or with!
"be subsequently proven, to vertising and
میر
KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN. Hong Kong, January 14, 1932.
News in Brief.
est open air temperature yes vox 665 Humidity at 10
sun, was 12 and at 4 p.m: 59..
A minor landslide occurred at Sog Street this morning when about one
at Shirley.
Ten Years Ago.
(From the "China Mail" of January 15, 1922),
CHINA'S REVENUE IN 1931.
To-day's dollar is worth 2/7
Hong Kong's newest garrison It is learned, on very good unit arrived here yesterday by the authority, says the North China sa. Himalaya, and disembarked in Daily News, that the Chinese Cus the Naval Yard early in the after- toms, revenue for the year 1091 noon. Besides the relleving troops, amounts to approximately Haikuan who belong to the 2nd. Battalion, TIB, 248,000,000:**
King's Liverpool Regiment, Major
This is an extremely gratifying. Geñéral Sir John Fowler, K.C.M.G., ton of earth became dislodged and regulf as the estimate for the year C.B., D.S.O. successor to Lieut. buried a Chinese coolie. He war wast BL) The 240,000,000 17 General Kirkpatrick, an, GO CHING! later removed to the Kowloon Hos;|--Füll: figures of the Customs, col-1 troops in China was on board with INTERNETARVIKUMI Wight shock, lections are expected to be issued | Lady Fowler and the Misses
Thr Bertous condition within the next few days..
Fowler