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His Majesty the King has not) been advised to exercise his power of disallowance with respect to Ordinance No. 37 of 1931-An Ordinance to amend the Public Revenue Protection Ordinance, 1927.
It la notified that at the expiration of three months from date the Asia Mirrors Manufacturing Company, Limited, will, unless causo is shown to the contrary, be struck off the Register of Companies and be dissolved.
Prof. W. Brown, M.A., B.Sc., F.R.S.E.. A.M.J.E.E., will give a lectare on "A Visit To South Africa" to the Arts Association, University on Thursday at 8.80 pm. In Room "K" of the Main Building of the University. The lecture will be illustrated, and the general public invited.
great and grave responsibility | rests. It should be the earnest Chinese, Japanese
Personal Pars.
DE SILVA-At Hampstead, Lon-wish of all
don, on March 11, 1982, to Mr. and Mrs. D. O. de Silva, a and foreigner that these men, daughter.
Ma
› SATURDAY, MARCH
1932.
THE PRINCE'S ROUSING SPEECH
CALL TO NATION'S YOUTH.
Need for Personal Service.
TACKLING PROBLEM OF UNEMPLOYED.
His
The Prince of War
delivered a rousing speech in presiding at a mass meeling of the nation's youth at the Albert Hall last mouth, and it has been acclaimed as the best speech he has yet delivered. One commentator has likened it to a sermon which many a noted Divine would have been proud to preach.
Royal Highness, whose The war-time generation · still address was broadcast, said: doubts, is still seeing through a
I find my task to-night, in glass darkly, and here lies- youth's
A Chinese named Lau Ching, (97), was removed to the Kwong ||Wah Hospital in the early hours of
this morning after she had been addressing this great gathering, opportunity. For you have it in rescued from the harbour, near the anything but an easy one, but we your power to confront every ob No. 1 buoy, by Kwok Sal-lo, & fire-start on common ground, for we are stack with boldness and originality, which means to man on the ferry launch Northern all, young and old, seriously per- with the faith Star. The woman is presumed to plexed by the many problems that triumph, and to encourage and in- confront us, and are all equally vigorate those who may be older have jumped off the launch.
anxious to do what we can to help than you in years" and experience........... our country in a time of need:
You cannot hope to influence Information has been received I believe there exists in many directly the trend of International from His Brittasie Majesty's Con-minds a feeling that while our trou-affairs, but close at hand is a aul-General' at Manila,, to the effect ble is largely due to outside causes, domestic problem, vast and baffling that from March 2, all passengers it is not due to these alone-that if looked at in the mass, though... and members of crews of vessels while political and economic changes easier to help when broken up into entering Philippine ports on may be effective to avert financial individual pieces. It is made up of vessels from Hong Kong will be disaster, they cannot in themselves men and women, boys and girls.
I am, as you will have guessed, required to he vaccinated against ensure a true and sound growth of smallpox before arrival in the our national life. Whatever the thinking of unemployment. I am Philippines or to present to the coming years may hold of hardship thinking now neither in terms of quarantine authorities at the port and difficulty, we can win through economic nor of politics, but of each of, entry satisfactory evidence of triumphantly if only we will re- member of the unemployed popula vaccination within one year. cognise that the future is in our tion as a single, separate person-
own hands.
ality, beset by depression, labouring By all means let the State do all under a sense of frustration and for us that it can, but it cannot do futility-a blank wall in front of much more than give us conditions him, which he can neither climb in which our individual task: is made | over nor scramble round.
My appeal here is not to states- easier, and neither the State nor anyone else can relleve us of that men, nor even to philanthropists, now being weighed: in the balance
The forthcoming wedding is an-
task.
but to all those who are in work, by the Fates, should not be nounced of Patrick O'Neil Dunne,
There is an enormous call at the "to play the part of neighbour' and found wanting.
No. 51, Pekin Road, Kowloon, to
present time for personal service-a] friend to the men out of work. call that is increasing. Almost That is the open road of duty and An important duty to-day also Dorothy June Madar, No. 14, Boun-
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every good cause needs the time a short cut to happiness all round. devolves on all who mould and
and personal effort which each one There is no central machinery here. fashion public opinion so to
Inquiries made by the China Mail of you can give, and there is some in London that can provide a sub- mould and fashion public opinion this morning, elicited the informa-place, however small, where your stitute for the good neighbour.
"Get Together." that the masses, so easily sway-tion from Mr. M. K. Lo that his services can be of real use and
The enemy to-day is depression ed, may be swayed away from sister, Miss Enid; Lo, who was la-worth. So don't stand aside and
attack them jured as the result of a riding ac- leave it to others, for the oppor-and apathy. Let us anger towards goodwill. In the cident at the
on tunities are at your threshold, in with two of our old-fashioned char- race course ! words of a once popular song, Thursday morning, is getting on every town and village wherever you acteristice--good sense, and good humour. I believe there are groups Hong Kong, Saturday, Mar. 12, 1932. let them encourage the fancy of very well. She is a patient in, the may happen to live.
French. Hospital, Causeway Bay, Wa. meet in a time of national'of the unemployed here and there, the masses to turn to thoughts.
anxiety, but let us also say, taking dead sick of prolonged idleness, who Encourage. the Peace Fof. Peace, This does not mean
When the ss. President Jefferson strength from the past, that it is are themselves feeling out towards a time of national opportunity, ways of giving their unhired labour. Idea.
blinding eyes to the truth of arrived in Hong Kong harbour, last when the traditions we inherit in co-operative effort for the help conditions, nor does it mean night, she had on board M. Georges should be more than equal to the of others in need. It is up to us The Dove of Peace may not securing a false sense of security Marie Haardt, leader of the Trans need.
to back such attempts with every Emerson, wrote, a. good many possible support. yet actually have settled in by deception. It means the pre-Asia Motor Expedition In, cater- pillar cars. Members of M
years ago, that he found the Get together wherever this bur-, Shanghai, but it is true to say sentation of truths in such man-Haardt's party are M. Louis Briton to be him of all men den lies heaviest, face up to the she is fluttering above that ner that, while they make plain Audonin-Dubavil, Joint Leader of who stands firmest in his shoes, and most urgent local need, and see, it, great northtra metropol, and the facts of the case, do not the Expedition, Captain Victor I am sure this is true of the rising the community on the spot cannot process saves the
Point Chief of the China Group generation of to-day.
make its own self-directed contribu cost of Newthat, with the exercise of tact, exploit feelings for gain for Commandant Plequeen, Geologist, It was not your fault that there tion towards this great problem. So. some give and take, patience, some concealed and small pur- M. Georges Ze Fívu, Historian, M, was a war. it is not your fault far as is humanly possible, let us Clothes and
perseverance, encouragement and
Alexandre Iacovleit, the famous that there, is now, a world crisis. break it up, into little pieces and lengthens the life
invitation, she may yet fold her And so, to-day, let there be re- Artist and Painter, M. Zion Monzit, But do not congratulate yourselves, refuse to be brow-beaten into para of old ones.
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That the Dove of Peace has prepared for Peace.
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are blameless. Better to realise As far as my part is concerned," that you alone. are the ones to re- many paths in life are closed to me.. pair wrongs, to do those things that Múch that I would like to, do I can. have been left undone, and it is not not. But I have tried to bring, Judge: Guilty or not guilty? {going, to be easy,
more closely together, the people of Prisoner: Not guilty, sir,
the, Empire, to bring more closely, Judge: Ever, been arrested be
I want you, to understand that we together the English-speaking peo fore?· been induced even to flutter
are not just facing a 'few months of ples, and to further our interests. To China we say? You have Prisoner: No, sir. I never stole "grin and bear it," but that we abroad. I have had my failure, I above Shanghai is an achieve-placed your case in the hands of before. The Humorist.
must-get into. training for a long know, but in these years, with few ment of which those who have the League of Nations, leave It A lot of girls will be crazy when effort, sustained in spite of possible failure is to
period of work hard work and precedents to guide us, to have no' have attempted been labouring so assiduously there in the full confidence that, I get married."
discouragements. You must be pre-nothing. for peace have full reason to he in so far as it is humanly pose Why How many are you go- paned, as others have been before, A Threefold Message. proud. It is something done to ble to-day, you will
ultimately ins to marry?"-Hummel, Ham to enlist "for the duration, without Let me make it quite clear that have silenced the deep growl and receive justice and fair play.
asking how much may in the long, I am not asking anyone to launch run be required of you:
(Continued 'at foot of Column bark of artillery, to have
To Japan we would say, as brought about a cessation of the the London Times has already (Continued from last Column.)
burg
"The wiser course for Japan yet another organisation. Far from It The message that I have tried would be to discard the to give you is a threefold one; promptings of her militariats policy and revert to the liberal principles which ac tuated her adherence to the League Covenant and Wash- ington Treaties.”
rain of death from the sky, to said: have all but, cat ed to die away the rat-tat-tat of the machine- gun and the crack of the rifle. It may be true the safety zone has yet not been reached, and that, at any moment, one false step, at this critical juncture, may be the signal for unleashing the dogs of war. But, having achieved so much, those to whose hands negotiations for, wa hope, a lasting peace have been Fentrusted, we feel sure, will not allow-so delicate a vessel to fall and shatter to pieces.
States
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News in Brief.
The next. Assizes will be held on Monday, March 21,
The Curors List for 1982 published
the Government Gazette.
First, for a fresh response to national service; for a greater spirit of unselfish and adventur ons helpfulness in the midst of problems which the ablest in our midst find difficult to unravel
The second point la that the opportunity for service is at our door in our own village, in our
third and last point is on and apathy
are not
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