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in no sense education. What education means is the drawing out of the faculties to enable the young mind to reason for himself, and this is exactly the element wanting, Were the rising generation instructed in the principles of reasoning it would be able to see the fallacies of the talk presentedĮto it by such nearly as ignorant propounders of riddles as Mr. LLOYD GEORGE himself; it would also-and this is of nearly as much importance-be able to understand the inner current of self-interest which in all ages has prompted the would-be demagogue to utilise in his own favour the passions of the uninstructed commonalty. Rome perish- ed through the debauchery of the constitu- encies by selfish administrators for their own ends; England is in a fair way of being snuffed out through the similar debauchery of her constituencies by financial ignora- muses, as the leaders of the
present Government have proved themselves.
RANDOM REFLECTIONS.
How fortunate we have been this year with regard to typhoons Of the many that threatened not one struck us until Tuesday, and even then it wasn't a typhoon. So the quidnuncs say, The wind only travelled at the rate of 75 miles an hour, and to qualify for a typhoon it must put on another five miles an hour. That is a decent blow, and should satisfy anybody who is not satiated with typhoons. The greatest velocity attained by the wind in such cyclonic disturbances is the 200 odd miles of the Galves- ton cyclone many years ago.
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Another thing which proves that the "typhoon was not a typhoon" is that the scaffolding on the new Post Office withstood the force of the wind. That is usually the first to go, though against that it has to be admitted that the usual performance was repeated at the Star Ferry wharf and the military matsheds at Kowloon.
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While our thoroughfares were impassible in many places by raging torrents on Tuesday we suffered from a regular Niagara of oratory at the Legislative Council Chamber on Thursday. Two surfeits in one week! No wonder it takes us some time recover.
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The griffin who wanted to see his first typhoon was in evidence on Tuesday and it has to be admitted that though the blow did not come up to the expectation of the old hands it quite impressed the youth with a more suscept- ible mind. In one instance the griffin, whose residence was at Kowloon, was quite perturbed because he had not a clean collar for the morrow. He must have been a Kowlconatic.
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CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
I see the Sanitary Department heaquarters have been removed sooner than expected. I hope the office cat will not be forgotten. By the bye, when is that exhibition of cats to le held? Nobody seems to know anything about
it now.
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to the racecourse last Saturday was broken by The journey of the elephant from the circus the genial Colonel, who needed liquor refresh ment after his arduous walk, inviting the ju- venile mammoth to accompany him into a hotel. There was no occasion to repeat the invitation, the bar, to the astonishment of those present, who for the intelligent animal followed him up to rubbed their eyes and wondered if they had "got 'em again." Mick, as he is called, par- took of the beer which was lavished upon him. and the sight was so grotesque that even a Scotsman was heard to "shout a drink for the elephant.
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Hostesses who are about to give dances might accept the suggestion to indicate on their in- vitations that the wearing of white coats be gentlemen is optional. It is always rather warm dancing and the coolest attire would be welcomed by the gentlemen, whose regulation garb is not conducive to comfort on those joyous occasions.
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Now that the dancing season is upon us, the following yarn many be appreciated by Thes- plans. A sailor was once asked by a messmate not quite so well up in matters social as himself to explain to him the third figure in a quadrille "You first of all heave ahead," said he, "and pass your adversary's yard-arms; then in a jiffy regain your berth on the other tack in the same kind of order, slip along sharp, and take your station with your partners in line; back and fill, and then fall on your heel and bring up off alongside you; then make sail in company with your craft. She then manoeuvres ahead
with her until nearly astern of the other line; make a stern board; cast her off to shift for herself; regain your place out of the squadron as best you can, and let go your anchor."
RODERICK RANDOM.
HONGKONG.
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A Chinese tailor, for leaving the employment fined $10 or fourteen days' imprisonment by of his master (a Chinese) without notice, was Mr. F. A. Hazeland at the Magistracy on Oct. 26th.
Mr. P. P. J. Wodehouse, Deputy Superin- tendent of Police, presecuted two chair bearers Tuesday for causing an obstruction by rushing before Mr. F. A. Hazeland at the Magistracy on towards passengers. Each man was fined $2.
The wedding took place at the Union Church Miss Nellie Eadie Stevenson. on Tuesday of Mr. Frank Malcolm Crawford to The Rev. C. H. Hickling conducted the service. Mr. Crapnell acted as best man and Miss Madge
Bird acted as briedesmaid.
The Hon. Mr. Rees Davies, K.C., on Oct. 27 took the oath of office as acting Chief Justice before H.E. the Governor. Mr. F. A. Hazeland will act as Attorney General and Mr. Hallifax will take the place vacated by Mr. Hazeland at the Magistracy.
On Saturday last His Excellency the Govern or, accompanied by the Hon. Mr. May and Mr. Eves, inspected the British section of the Kowloon-Canton Railway as far as Taipo. The next day His Excellency and party inspected the railway works from Taipo up to the Chinese frontier.
Thirty Chinese, twenty-nine men and a the Magistracy on Oct. 27 with gambling at 372, woman, were charged before Mr. J. R. Wood at Queen's Road Central. The men were fined $3 each, but the woman, who said she went to look for her husband who had pawned her jacket, was discharged.
Inspector Robertson charged nine men before Mr. F. A. Hazeland at the Magistracy on Oct. 26th with armed robbery at West Point, and with cutting and wounding with intent to receiving stolen goods. Five of the murder. A woman was also charged with
pleaded guilty, and the hearing of the case was adjourned.
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His many friends in the Colony will regret to learn that Police Inspector J. Smith has been removed to hospital in a critical condition. On Saturday morning, while on duty in the charge room at the Central Station, he fell back in his chair and called to Inspector Fenton to save him from falling. Then he collapsed and was removed to hospital in an ambulance. Mr. Satur-Smith, who is anaemic, is believed to have been seized with a paralytic stroke, and there was no improvement in his condition yesterday.
His Excellency the Governor has gone into residence at Government House for the winter.
The troopship Soudon reached here on day with drafts for the China Station.
The Club Germania celebrates the 50th anniversary of its institution by an at home on Saturday, 27th November.
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subscriptions among local Chinese for the erec
A committee has now been formed to raise tion of a public hall for the use of the Chinese.
A Chinaman informs the police that he dropped out of his pocket a bank draft for $2,500 and notes to the value of $160.
The crew of the native craft were rescued.
The only cases of communicable disease in the Colony reported last week was one Chinese case of enteric fever, and three fatal cases of puer peral fever, all Chinese.
The steam launch Hoi Ling ran down a cargó It is not often, however, that so many folks boat near Bank wharf early on the 27th inst are stranded on the Hongkong side. At least a hundred people were unable to cross to their residences in Kowloon and the hotels and restaurants were busier in consequence. They were a sleepy-looking lot that crossed with the first ferry on Wednesday morning.
There were no heroics on Tuesday, although I am told there were several Emergency Volun- teers at their allotted posts.
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There may be something wrong with my thinking apparatus but I failed to see the logiy| of the argument of the Hon. Mr. Murray Stewart when he suggested that the sum to which a member of a military or a naval canteen would be entitled to as rebate of duty should be given to him in a lump sum, as tendency then would be for him to save it. the The argument is that the larger the sum the greater the tendency to thrift. If that were so, those who drink most should have the largest sums in the Savings Bank. reminds me of the story of the old woman who had become a member of a co-operative society, and who was so obsessed with the prospect of the dividend, that at meal time she addressed her family in these words: Eat, you beggars, eat. The more you eat the bigger the dividend.”
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Mr. C. W. Fairbanks, ex Vice-President of
the United States, and Mrs. Fairbanks were
passengers from Manila to Hongkong by the steamer Minnesota.
His Majesty the King has not been advised to exercise his power of disallowance with respect to Ordinance No. 21 of 1909, entitled- An Ordinance to regulate the construction and management of railways.
His Excellency the Governor has given his assent, in the name and on behalf of His Majesty the King, to the following Ordinance No. 30 of 1909.-An Ordinance to amend the passed by the Legislative Council:-Ordinance Liquors Ordinance, 1909.
punished in two instances at the end of the Snatching from the person was severely
week. One man who snatched a gold bangle from a child's wrist was sentenced by Mr Hazeland to four months' imprisonment with hard labour, six hours in the stocks and to receive two whippings of twelve strokes each. Mr. Wood dealt with another by giving him six months' hard labour and six hours in the stocks.
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His Excellency the Governor, under sections 5 and 6 of the Coroner's Ordinance, has ordered that the two existing mortuaries at West Point and Yaumati be set apart for the reception of dead bodies for the purpose of post mortem examinations, and he has appointed Drs. E. A. Shaw, R.N., and J. C. Thomson to be medical officers for Victoria, and Drs. W. W. Pearse and J. W. Hartley to be medical officers at Kowloon for the purposes of section 6 of that Ordinance.
The re-opening of the organ at St. John's Cathedral, after extensive repairs, took place on Tuesday when servico was conducted by the Rev. A. M. Thornhill, The lesson was read by the Rev. F. T. Johnson and the choir sang Spohr's
Praise His awful name," the solos being taken by Mrs. Barrett and Mr. White. At the conclu- son of shortened evensong Mr. Denman Fuller, the organist, played five selections. * The Dead March was played in token of the loss sustained by the church and choir by the death
of Mrs. Clelland.
A very successful entertainment was given in the R. E. Theatre last night when the Garrison Schools Concert was held. The display was very creditable to the young people and to
and musical drill by the The programme included a glee, part songs their painstaking instructor Mr. L. Hayne.
elder children. action songs by the, infants, solos by club singing by Master W. Phillips, a pianoforte Master R. Finlan. Mester H. Williams
duet by Misses N. Lock and H. Hooper, a duet by Misses V. Smith and E. Phillips, and a comic sketch entited "Assurance and Insurance,', in which the parts were taken by Masters W Redman, R. Finlan, W. Goulding, C. Smith, and Miss H. Hooper, The Buffs String Band played delightful selections during the evening.