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LONDON, July 21st.
restrictions, no matter what they may be with regard to the sale of alcohol is grist to their milk, E
The Labour Party in Parliament garo thoir, support to Lady Astor; and it is a noteworthy fact that nearly all the mon on that side of the House are rabid teetotalers How is it that people with extremo political opinions always figure as apostles of the pump-1 wESTMINSTER HALK,
IN THE YEUNAY
What a climate this is The gods de orced analess days and frosty nights till wa had passed Midsummer Day, and naturally everyone became reconciled to the thought that we should get co sammer weather at all. Now for a week we have been in the clammy embrace of a heat The historic Westiinster Hall wild re- wave, and have thus passed to the other opened this week by the King, who was extreme à man home from the tropics accompanied by Queen Mary, and the may feel at his case, but the stay at home ceremony, was very simple, very dignified, Englishman is not prepared for extreme and very impressive. There was no music, hent, As there is more cool weather than no uniform, and no attempt at display. bot in this country nobody as a rule has For this reason, there was nothing to dis a wardrobe equal to the sudden emer tract attention from a study of the gency of the thermometer reaching 130 celebrated roof of the Hall.
This has been under degrees in the sun and 91 in the shade, been
renovation for nine as recorded in the prosent week of grace. (laterrupted by the war), the origised Eron at Margate, where the ses faces timbers, after remaining intact for nearly eight centuries, having been injured by a East and north, the shade temperature
into waa 90, and this is aa eloquent testimony peculiar kind of beetle that bares
wood with devastating effect. The tim of the tropical spell. London, was not the bers, or most of them, remain strong only, place that sirrled in the sun.
thened by steel girders in a cunning "Whila mere man has stewed in his own manner so that the steel-work is not seen. juice, at is were, lovely woman hur been.
It was remarked how well the King con- delightfully comfortable and cool. The trived to make his volue carry through sex seems able to rise to an emergency the great empty spaces of the Hall. at is true that in the present, instance the noticed, however, that His Majesty held sect has been rather startling, at least the M.S. of his
physician tells in same cases In the streets of Loudon length from him that full-arms' the Iden suggested by casual observation ine that this is
is a sign that King Georgo
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dis. Tice to read his speeches in public wearing glasses on ceremonial occasions; for many having the manuscript typed in large years King Edward avoided doing go by block letters.
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1L pair of light shoes, and hey presto the lady is dressed to defy King Sol.
THE MASCULINE MODE
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Mr.
One incident attracted my notice. Ramsay Macdonald, the lender of the Labour Party who is tho of course leader of His Majesty's Opposition in the House of Commons, was not at the top of in the Hall among the great ones at the be
of the winning
Some of the wiseaëres, have been writ. ing to the papers pointing out foolish, in are compared to women
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the matter of dress. But are men 20 very modestly in the bandings He kept
nid it was
not until the King was about to open the doors, and thus formally complete the ceremony, that Mr. Macdonald-was
stopped at once, "and, breaking the "Hue, erossed at once to the Labour leader and shook hands with him Queco Mary in- mediately followed the King's example. It as a very English touch and a very pleasant one.-H. B.
stupid after all There are not may men outside the ranks of the wat pro fiteers who would care to spend money to a large extent on clothes on the assumptuished by his friends into the foreground, tion that there may be 1 long spell of With that unfailing tact which is that very hot weather. In England we seem to acterizio of King George, His Majesty be always in the transition stage between the seasons, and, therefore, to the museu line mind it is not worth while striving for more than to make do. The English man's clothes are a compromise suited to a fickle climate. if the glass rises or falls to any considerable extent it is only Jor a brief period. Despite the present heat, wive, no doubt the Harley Street, Specialist who advises the evening. papers how to keep cool will be confding with equal confidence how to keep warm in August, or how we can hiace ourselves withstand the relaxing sunshine of dext winter. With the English climate you nover can tell. And, as somebody has said, perhaps it is our weather that his
made Eirgland what it is."
THE NATIONAL · ASSEMBLY-
**LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.
LABOUR PARTY DEMONSTRATION,
In celebration of the victory of Mr. Smilie at Morpeth the members of the Labour party in the House of Commons on June 25th decorated themselves with red road gays:
Those who had been forer warned of this floral display appeared in the House with big bungues of flaming carnations in their buttonholes. Thero were many less imaginative who came unprepared for this new method of poli. tical demonstration; but these were pru- vided for. Mr. Jack Jones entered the House with a big bouquet of scarlet gladioli, which be proceeded to distribute among his colleagues" on the Labour benches. Attention was called to this by whether it was in order to introduce a big bunch of flowers into the House, hut the Speaker ignored the, inquiry.
Later Mr. Jones "shifted his post to the Bar of the House, where he distributed favours to the late comers of his party, Viscount Curzon then wished to know whether it was in order for a flower girl to be in the House, but again the
After sitting for nearly a fortnight, the National Assembly of the Church of tag land has adjourned til November, Approval was given to a number of useful measures, que of the meat" import. ant, perhaps, being that which is to ensure pensions to the clergy in their ald agu It will take some time for this scheme to come into full operation: Sir W. Davison, who wanted to know it has long been overdue as a measurt of justice. I will put an end to the sad spectacle of clergy clinging to their livings for years after they have become phy sically and intellectually undt prop to discharge their duties. Sixty-five is the ag fint ns basis of a pension
Considerable progress was mads in an endeavour to carry out Prayer Book revision, and the proposals have been Speaker, declined to be drawn. Sir ferred to a drafting Committer with in Walter de Frece, however, stored a point view to final revision at a later stage subsequently when a question was asked. An important reform to which approval with regard to the ventilation of the was given dealt with the sale of adyow.Chamber, by suggesting that the wearing sons. This has been a very heary abuse of oral adornments should be prohibit in the Church of England, livings being lied, as tending to increase the impurity. advertised for sale and disposed of to the of the air. By the time questions were highest bidder on purely commercial lines concluded all the Labour menthers pre like a grocer's shop. Of general public sent had been adorned, although it was interest, nise, was the adoption of a re- with apparent reluctance that Mr. Ram solation regarding the publication of Bay MacDonald was persuaded to join in divorce proceedings and other enses in the performance.. volving the "relation of the sexrs. was propond by Canon Donner Pieres, Vicar of Brighton, who suggested that, if the existing law is not adequate to enable action to be taken, the Government should frame further legislation to control the publication of such reports in the news papers.,
Who Mr. Smillie walked up the floor if company with r/Menderaan and Mr. Warne to take the oath, he was lousy cheered by his decorted party; but the beauty of the flowers, did not appear to exert any very refining influence on the language of some of their wearers. A perhaps not very good-natured remark from Conservative member, "He's got Lord Hagh Cecil was the only pembe in at last was received with hours of present who had dressed to suit the "heat|"
You swine!" You dirty dog M wave temperature. He was a conspicuously Telegraph figure among the bishops and clergy in-d sombre black, for he appeared in cricket Ping Bannels for which he apologised to
the Archialing "of Canterbury," wha pres sided, and others en the ground that a “permissive variation of thatments" was allowed.
LADY, ASTOR AGAIN
Lady Astor's Bill to control the supply of liquor to young persons has got a third
reading in the House of Commons, tot because she repeated her egregius perfor mance of clinging to the coat tails of members who rose to speak against it, but) because the Government gave it facilities What may happen to the Bill in the Hous of Lords remains to be seen. It is not. at all unlikely that their Lordships will roject i
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The measure, as amended in Committee is a very different one from what it was when first introduced. It set out origi nally to make illegal the sale of any in- toxicant on any licensed premises to any young person ander the age of eighteen, As it now emerges, a young person over sixteen may be sold beer, porter, cider, or sherry with a meal in the eating room of t A licensed house, though the age of eighteen must be reached before any alcoholic drink can be sold him at a bar. Lady Astor is jubilant at her success in the House of Communs, as well she may, for nobody in the country generally was. clamouring for legislation on the subject. 7, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL
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Owing to the receipt of numerous complaints from patrons as to the incivility of various members of the Staff of the Hotels under the Management of this Company in Hongkong, such complaints being to the effect that "Cash" has been demanded in satisfaction- of Liquors supplied, and patrons thereby inconvenienced by not being allowed to sign "chits", we beg to draw the attention of our clientele to the terms of the Liquors Ordinance, 1917, an extract from which is hereby given :-
in this Ordinance
(a) "Cash" means any coiris or notes current in
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"Sale" includes any transaction in which intoxicating liquor is supplied for any con- sideration whatsoever, direct or indirect.
Subject to the provisions of sub-section (a) of this section, no person shall sell any intoxicating liquor" for consumption on or at any licensed premises except for cash.
(2) Sub-section (1) of this section shall not apply to
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(a) any sale by the proprietor of an hotel 3
person residing at the hotel;"
(b) any sale by the proprietor of an hotel of liquor to be consumed in the dining room of the hotel at one of the regular meals of the hotel or of liquor to be consumed in conjunc- tion with any other bond fide meal for which a charge of at least thirty, cents can be, rea- sonably made;T
(e) any sale in accordance with the conditions of his licence by the holder of a restaurant adjunct licence.
Where any intoxicating liquor is sold by a servant or employé in contravention of section 3 of this Ordinance the employer, whether a natural person or a body corporate, shall be deemed to be guilty of an offence against this Ordinance unless he proves affirma- tively that the sale was against his express orders and without his consent or connivance,
5 Every person to whom an
any liquor is to the knowledge of such person, supplică in contraven tion of this Ordinance shall also be guilty of an offence against this Ordinance..
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