THE CHINA MAIL THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1935
GOVERNOR'S FAREWELL FLEETS VISIT TO To-day's Short Story.
Continued from Page 1).
work for the public good. This undoubtedly assists in a quicker
Mr. S. W. Tso. OBE LLD, the despatch of business. Hon. Mr. TN. Chau and the Hon.
HAPPY RELATIONS Mr. J. J. Paterson.
"Past history shows that at: The Hon. Mr. Jose Pedro Braga, times there has been considerable
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22 Ships Take Up Positions
London, To-day-
By Lion
POLAR EXPLORATION Feuchtwanger
pursuant to notice, asked the fol rancour and bitterness in In accordance with plan. 2 ships WHEN be was fourteen the hunger, frost and scurry, and stor- Northerner read of the led his knowledge and experience lowing questions to which the Hon- Council Chamber, probably due to of the Home Fleet which are privations of the pola explorer, in his brain, banking them there ourable the Colonial Secretary re- a lack of sympathy and understanding a week's visit to the Thames, Sir John Franklin, and his com- distrustfully and taking no pleasure plied as follows:--
ing. Fortunately happier, relations) took up their temporary stations
panions; how for weeks they in his fellow men; believing no 1. Will Government state what have obtained in recent years and in the river and estuary yesterday-lived on bones they found in a man but himself.
The battleships Nelson, Rodney, steps it has taken to implement the such relations have rendered- my]
the battle-cruiser deserted Indian camp, till at last. He extorted the means for his recommendation of the Pig and experience in this Chamber a sin and Valiant
It is satis- Hood, the aircraft carriers Cour they devoured their own leather first independent expedition; for he Poultry Committee which reported gularly pleasant oze.
The ambition to overwas without scruple in money mat-| and Furious, the cruiser boots. in September, 19342
factory to record that, with one ex-ageous
He crossed the northern present ception, there has been no
real Cairo, and the destroyer Valorous come similar hardships flamed ters.
The up as he read
ocean in a course Rever before co-divergence of opinion in our meet- are anchored of Southend.
Leander
He was a taciturn boy Without completed. He forced the north- cruisers OTION...
ard! Terri-ings. It has never been necessary Neptune, and the destroyers Fame telling anyone what was in his west passage after the labours of
(b) The opportunity
is being use of what an unofficial in Singa-/and Fortune are of Gravesend mind he began on a fantastic course three years, an enterprise in which {
The destroyers Crusader and of training, extorting their utmost all before him had come to grief. taken of the presence in Hong Kong pore ance described as “Govern-
Cygnet. and two subinarines are in from muscle and nerve. Near the All the world acclaimed the in the near future of Mr. C. F.ment's puppet majority:* Even on
The destroyers town where he lived there was a achievement. Tilbury Dock
He himself the_loud- Strickland, who has recently been the occasion to which I refer the Cresent and Comet are off Green-platead never yet traversed during est. He was indefatigable in trum delegated by the League of Nations (divergence of opinion was not SO
hithe. The destroyers Fearless winter by any living being.
Ipeting his exploits, carefully weigh- to advise on the question of agricul- great as it appeared at first sight. and Forester are at Greenwich Pier At the age of twenty-one hejing and reckoning up the measure tural co-operative societies in A considerable amount of legis-and Flotilla-leader Kempenfelt is in crossed it in January, saved from of his success and how far it ex- China, to obtain his expert advice lation has been passed during my the Pool of Londer above the starvation only by an extreme ceeded that of any of his predeces on the same problem in the condi- period of office, much of which has Tower Bridge British Wireless power of endurance. after being sors or rivals tions of Hong Kong.
been of considerable importance Service (c) Government has had under That our bills have passed without consideration the engagement of a friction and difficulty is due largely expert in Animal Husbandry for to the uniform assistance of Men- work in New Territories and, as a 'bers, to the help given by the Stand- first step. in order to ascertain the ing Law Committee which I hereby likelihood of response on the part gratefully acknowledge and to the "of the farmers to professional ad-sympathetic breadth of outlook vice, has arranged that the Colonial shown by Government Officers com- Veterinary Surgeon shall pay week cerned and by the Attorney. General
Canton. To-day.
voyages the oceans where hardships out for the North Pole Another y visits to spots in New Territories in particular. Perhaps the most!
in order to leam was before him. Wasting no time agreement between
greatest the were
The turned about and made for the to be selected by the District Officer, notable legislation has been connect-
practical experience all the.
South Pole. On this quest, too, where he will give free advice oned with the new Urban Council, and South-west Aviation Corporation
Post Office for arts, big and little. of navigation all matters relating to breeding and in this connection I should like to and the General care of animals.
offer special thanks to the Standing transmission of mails will be put and ice travel He became a hard another had the start of him. A (d) Advice on the question
into effect Tuesday next, from and silent man during months of rim race began. The Northerner, of Law Committee. the Attorner
with cold calculation, pitted against which day air mail service will be strains of pigs and poultry likely to General and the acting Attorney
the other his accumulated experi- be successful under local conditions General, to the Director of Medical available at all post offices.
JUBILEE NAVAL ence, so carefully filed in his brain. has also been sought from expert and Sanitary Services, several Heads The Corporation is rushing pre- sources but this matter is being of the Sanitary Department and to parations for inauguration of the
round-Liangkwang service. held over until after Mr. Strick-Members generally. land's visit next month.
"Other in-
teresting bills have been the Juvente Is it not a fact that the re-offenders and the Magistrates AP commendations of the Pig and peals, which I was very glad to get Poultry Committee have been up- on the Statute Book. Perhaps the hesitatingly endorsed by the only bill of note which not come to: Economic Commission?
fruition, much to my disappoint- The Honourable Member's at-ment, was that providing for the sention is invited to Chapter XIV compulsory taking out of new of the Report of the Economic Com- Crown leases in case of sub-divi- | | mission. Sessional Paper No. 3 of sions. As an old Land Officer in 1935.
Malaya I am convinced that such
tions?
AIR MAIL SERVICE IN KWANGTUNG
Increased Facilities Next Week
The
Three
e planes ordered abroad for the new service have arrived, and will be christened, shortly-en-
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SUMMER DISEASES
IN CANTON
Health Campaign To Be Undertaken
"Canton, To-day-
frozen fast one night in a snow- hole which froze to solid ice while he slept the sleep of utter exhaus-
tion. -
Tough and methodical, he learnt fall that a polar explorer could need to know-the science of the sea and the sky. When he had passed his examinations, he chose. for his
from
REVIEW
No Foreign Ships To Participate
London, To-day.
TO-MORROW'S STORY
To-morrow's story will be ***Film Star On Holiday." by Inez Holder.
Encouraged by. his success he set
Where could be spy out a mistake in the preparations of his rival, al mistake. to avoid himself?" He hit
a mistake, the mistake. The other man had taken ponies with him, he himself banked on the hardiness and the meat of his dogs, The First Lord of the Admiral-The other, with his ponies, met which are both transport and food
ty, Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell, stat-
disaster. ed in the House of Commons yes-
He returned victorious. He paid terday that as the Jubilee celebra- tions are essentially domestic in his competitor, now defeated and character, no foreign nations have dead, the tribute of his admiration. been invited to send ships to re world very
But he did not forget to tell the Will Government take steps legislation would be to the benefit
clearly that, the man to accelerate the implementing of of the lessees and that the day will
present them at the Naval Review
ored his failure and his death to the said Committee's recommenda- come when there will be regret that: A drive against contagious dis- at Spithead in July
such a bill was not introduced. Teases in summer will begin on, it He also announced that 297 ofthe mistake of relying on ponies. None of the recommendations of cannot see how without some such is announced by the Municipal ficers of the Royal Naval Reserve he himself had triumphed; it and Royal Naval Volunteer Re dogs. He owed it not to his luck was due to the inspiration of taking the Committee has been overlock-provision, it will be possible alto- Bureau of Public Health. ed." - So far as the answer to this gether to avoid disputes due to sur- The campaign will last for 2 serve had volunteered to take part question is not contained in the vey and other causes. However I months Inoculation against choin the review, and most of these but to his merit.
Soon afterwards he had the great! answer to question 1. it is to the am fortunate in only having had lera will be dispensed from May 21 will probably do so." Approxim
and pensioner idea of his life, the forcing of the effect that, although the utility of that one disappointment.
to June 10; against typhoid, from ately 3,000 reserve an extension of road communica-. STRONG FINANCIAL POSTTION June 11 to June 30; and against ratings will also be invited to take Pole by a new and better method- the airship. The prosecution of tion is fully realised, the present "I thank the unofficials for their dysentery. from July 1 to 20. Be-part. Participation in all financial conditions render fur-ready support of financial measures sides those under the control of will be entirely voluntary-Bri-the idea and the effort to make sure of an airship for his next. ther expenditure in this direction placed before them and for their the Burean, all public and private
polar expedition brought him into impracticable at the present time. readiness to provide the necessary hospitals and doctors will assist
touch with the Southerner. FAREWELL SPEECH. funds for which they have been in the campaign during the period.
The Northerner had been made) In addressing the Legislative asked for various services. It
Central Presa.
eren harder and more overbearing Council for the last time His Ex-a matter for congratulation that in
by success-morose and given to cellency said.
His face
these times of depression the JUGGLER REVISITED **This is the last occasion on financial position of the Govern- which I shall have the privilege of ment is as strong as it is and that
BY ASSISTANT presiding over this Council and I this has been achieved without rise with a feeling of great sad anything which might be called ex- Loitering Charge » ness to say goodbye.
cessive in the way of taxation. It
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CHINESE CLASSICS
tish Wireless Service.***
cases
SUFFERED FROM DELUSIONS
Ex-Student Bound Over villainous ill-humour.
In Court
*I AM SORRY”
was as guaried as a hundred-year-} old olive tree, his mouth was twist- ed. He was not à lovable man; his own mother could not say that of him. There were few he did not
There was
1 do not propose to review the is enabling us today to carry out
The politically-minded ex-student, hold in contempt and many he hated work of the past five years: in large and very important works to ant, was this morning sentenced Sham Po-summ, who was remanded with an icy ferocity.
the the benefit of the Colony, while at to three months' hard labour by for inquiries to be made concerning no one he loved. From all he ex- occasion of the presentation to me the same time affording a large Mr.A. W. G. E. Grantham at his relatives; and for medical acted unquestioning submission to of public addresses. two days ago measure of employment in these the Central Police Court for loi-examination owing to his peculiar his authority I shall now just express my grate- hard times. Although we still tering in a private enclosure, behaviour in the dock a week ago, The Southerner, whom he had ful thanks for the help and advice have heavy commitments in front namely a tent."
when he was charged with unlaw now to work in with, was his exact which I have received in this of us in respect of such works, our Defendant was formerly em-fully making a speech, tending opposite: lovable, adroit, superficial, Chamber. I have been a Member surplus balances are
sathiciently ploved by one Tai Kwok-po, a directly or indirectly to encourage beyishly optimistic, unreasonably of a number of Councils and have large to enable us to carry out juggler, as his assistant, but or incite any person to interfere cock-a-hoop in success, in misfor
hesitation
saying that these works without undue strain was dismissed by complainant as with the maintenance of law and tune overwhelmed by despair. The have At the same time I realise that he was found to have been in gaol order; and with disorderly conduct, vivacious, charming Southerner and I found business carried on more unless the economic position im-Lefore Two nights after he was bound over «in a personal bond the stubborn, morose Northerner expeditiously than in this one-proves it will be necessary to post s dismissed he returned to the of $50 to be of good behaviour for sniffed at Apart from the annual feast of or-¦pone: indefinitely other important tent. His entry aroused the compone year by Mr. W. Schoßeld at the liked the other's smell.
one another. Neither atory on the occasion of the Budget works that are more or less essen-plainant who, after a „ struggle.
Central Police Court this morning. Both had unbounded ambition; little time is spent on speeches. tial..
In the medical report it
was both
were domineering and - une stated that defendant is suffering scrupulous. There were clashes as of interest on the one hand or apressing my thanks also to the BODY FOR PROMOTING.
from delusions. tendency to gag members on the Members of the Executive Council
soon as ever negotiations began: When his name was called out but there was only one way to the other but affords evidence of a for their great assistance and ad-į
this morning defendant rose-and Pole and it led through the North- practical business-like spirit, the vice. I realise that it is a heavy Under the auspices of the Bar-exclaimed "Yes, what can I tell object of which is to avoid unne-strain on busy men to peruse the leau of Education, a new body en-you", and throughout the proceed-ship to the Pole and the Southerner erner, and there was only one air- sometimes very lengthy and balky titled the Chinese Classics Preserings he stared vacantly with gleam who built it disposed of it. LETTLE WASTE OF TIME files which are circulated, but the vation Association has been inau- ing eyes and with both his hands "Viscount Snowden in his recent work has been carried out without gurated with a temporary office in tightly clasped in
The Southerner had constructed autobiography makes a scathing a grumble and I am more than the Bureau.
front of his the airship and was a good pilot. Comment on the waste of time in grateful.
breast
The Northerner had forced the the House of Commons, more espé-
Mr. Schofield warned defendant north-west passage .and that help I should indeed have not to go out making speeches again. Arctic and Antarctic. It is a risk *knew cially over bills.
"I should like to offer a word of found my task a very difficult one to which he replied in perfect Eng-when a man who has never put on He remarked that there is often an
thanks to the Chinese Members and I am very grateful to them. enormona amount of discussion om these both for their friendship during
Jish "I am sorry.” "I feel that my successor will be which leads to little or no change my term of office and for their fortunate in both his official and
a journey over the limitless ice. It in principle or detail
working in helping to maintair unofficial advisers and am confident PLANS FOR A FRANCO-SOVIET is a zisk when a man who has "In this respect this Council-uch happy and harmonious"
re that you will all continue to give
CONFERENCE
never flown trust himself to an- other's leadership for a flight into Government on the one hand, and have always given to me.
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unknown desolation, where the
unofficial-representation on the Ex-represent on the other,
you as Members of this Council Teipal outcome of M. Laval's talk An equal necessity, an identical écutive. Council, as this enables a "Though this is more parti- can only add that I shall retain to was an agreement with the So goal linked these opposites together. Governor to avoid pitfalls and to larly a farewell to the Members of the end of my days most happy viet leaders that a conference Neither was willing to share the discuss possible points of difer this Council I desire to take the memories of our association rennd will be held to draft the multi-success. Each hoped to jockey the ence before placing bills before Opportunity of thanking my honour this table
lateral pact of consultation and other out of his share of it while the Legislative Council.
able friend, the Colonial Secretary, Following the Governor's speech now-aggression, which will be they were on the way to attain it. "I have the greatest admiration and all the Members of Government Sir Henry Pollock and the Hon. Dr. supplemented by a pact of mu-And, behold, the airship reached for the way in which Members service for their uniform loyalty p H Kotewall expressed- tual assistance on the part of its goal It few over the Pole. have shown their desire to avoid and unstinted service throughout; appreciation of His
lency 2 those nations so desiring Bea- Whose was the success ? ? sing personal interests and to my five years of office.
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CHINESE MEMBERS THANKED
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