CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH, 1924
TRAVEL via CANADA to EUROPE.
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CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS.
Asiatic Building, Queen's Rd. C
11
Phone C. 2004.
HOLLAND EAST ASIA LINE of the United Netherlands Navigation Company.
Regular Four-weekly Service between
Japan, Vladivostock, China, Hongkong, Manila, Singapore
"-and
Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Bremen and North Continental Ports
ARRIVALS FROM EUROPE:
"OUDERKERK"
14:"SALAWATI"
OLDEKERK"
IM
SAILINGS FOR EUROPE:
"SCRIEDYK" 11. “QU DERKERK"
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All Steamers have a Limited Accommodation for Passengers. For Freight, Pasange and further Particulars, Please Apply to
Telephone Central N, 1574
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18th November
18th December
14th Jan., 1925.
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26th November
JAVA CHINA - JAPAN
14gente.
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End of December
LIN,
York Building.
|JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN
JCJL
York Building
Hongkor,
LIJN.
Tel. Address
JAVALYN
Tel. Central-1573 |
REGULAR FORTNIGHT SERVICE BETWEEN JAVA, CHINA AND JAPAN,
STRAMERS
FROM:
EXPECTED ON 08
WILL LEAVE
ON OR ABOUT
ABOUT
OMBILIN
SAWAH
LOENTO
JAYA.
Java
In port
7th Nov.
TJIMANOER
NOATH CHINA
7th
12th Nov,
TJIKINI.
S'UAL É AMOY
9th
11th
TJIBODAS
Java vin M’san.
10th
13th
TJISALAR
JAPAN
14th
11th
TJIKEMBANG
JAVA.
14th
10th
TJIKARANG
NORTH CHINA
23rd
26th
26tk
Wireless Telegraphy.
TJITAROBM i Java via M'san. | 93rd
For
BATAVIA MAKASSAR & SOPRABALA ¡AMOT SHANGHAI BATAVIA
SHANGHAI & NORTH CHINA BATAVIA JAPAN
The steamers are all fitted, throughout with Electric Light and have accommodation for a limited number of saloon Passengers. All steamers carry a duly qualified surgeon. Cargo taken at through rates to all ports in Netherlands India and Australia.
For Particulars of Freight and Passage, apply to the
JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN..
THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD.,
COPENHAGEN.
The M/S.
PANAMA "
will be loading for DUNKIRK, BOTTERDAM. AMSTERDAM. HAMBURG, COPENHAGEN and other
Further Sailing
"Afrika
Malaya'
* Annam
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SCANDINAVIAN PORTS.
About 29th November' 1924.
"Australien”
Expected on or about 6th November 10th December
1st Jaunary
2nd February
Will leave homeward-bound on or about
16th December
Subject to change without notice.
For further particulars. please apply to:-
JOHN MANNERS & CO., LTD.,
Agents
COMPANIA TRASATLANTICA DE BARCELONA
Spanish Royal Mail Line
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For MANILA, SINGAPORE, COLOMBO, BURZ, PORT SAID, BARCELONA and OTHEE SPANISH PORTS.
21st 'Deo.
'BA "ISLA DE PANAT”.
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For YOKOHAMA, KOBE, MOJL, and SHANGHAL B.B. "ISLA DE PANAY"
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The steamers of this Company, azeʻall classedi 100 A1 at Lloyds and are Attad with every modern convenience for the comfort and safety of Ike' passengers. Biowardner and Dorlor carried
OD BARRETTO
25, Gentral Avenus, B.Ü. Canzon.
For Freight and/or pazmags apply to --
BOTELHO BROB
·Alerandes Building, Hongkon
THE VOLUNTARY SYSTEM.
HOW BRITISH HOSPITALS ARE:
the
SUPPORTED.
LABOUR AND COMMUNISTS.
"AFFILIATION REFUSED"
(1) That the application for affilia tion from the Communist party be
refused.
(2) That no member of the Com- munist party shall be eligible for en dorsement na a Labour candidate for Parliament or any local authority"
The figures of the income and expen and policy of the Communist party is Severe condemnation of the attitude
diture of British hospitals situated ont-made in a statement issued by the sde of London as ascertained by Dsocieties and members.
Labour
"affiliated party to their 'Kay Menzies, acting on behalf of the ment it is pointed out that the executive In this state- Joist Council of the Order of St. John committee of the party has recently had under consideration the renewed applica and the British Red Cross Society, de-
tion for affintion of the Communist serve the close attention of the public. party of Great Britain, and, in conjunc says The Time. They are remarkable tion therewith, the general relationship both in their magnitude and in their parties with members of the Communist of both the national and local Labour relationship to each other. Thus income party. As a result, the following recom exceeded expenditure last year by the mendations were submitted to the annual conference which opened at Queen's Hall amount of £913,604, while a sum of more on October 7th.: than £7,000,000 was actually obtained from voluntary subscriptions. This large volume of support has fowed not from a few woalthy men or women," but from the whole people, rich and poor alike. It represents a national impulse to serve the weak and the disabled which, with- out doubt, is as strong as it is in spizing IF face of this expression of good will, statements to the effect that voluntary system" has failed or outlived its usefulness, lose their point The voluntary system as these returns clearly indicate, has given to a whole people the means of expressing continu ously its kindest and most unselfish feel ings. It has organized the spirit of service on behalf not only of the sick but also of humanity; and the greatest gain is to the givers. Indeed it is no exaggeration to say that, as a people, we owe a great debt to all those who, by inviting help for the hospitals have made vast numbers of their fellow citizens partners in the noblest of enter prises. The advocates of medien! socia ism overlook this aspect. At a heavy charge on the National Exchequer they may promise larger institutions equipped with more costly apparatus though it is possible that even this promise may not be fulfilled. But it is hard to see what they can give to compensate for the loss tune, which is, the most precious of all of that sense of comradeship in mistor the elements of a freewill offering. More. over, the present system undoubtedly makes for eficienes. No fewer than 2.881.308 patients were treated during the rear in the group of hospitals ander clearly: No other necd apply.
The total cost works out at rather less than £2 per patient, in- patients and out-patients being included in this reckoning.
DEVIL'S ISLAND,
.TO BE DISCONTINUED "AS A PENAL SETTLEMENT.
INDO-CHINA
ÉTEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED,
KOBE via MOJI MANILA
SANDAKAN
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BAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION. NAMSANG' TUENSANG ...Saturday,
HAIPHONG HOIHOW BANGKOK via SWATOW TSINGTAU via SWATOW..
SHANGHAL
SWATOW
MANILA vis HAIPHONG vs HOTNOW STRAITS & CALOUTTA SANDAKAN
KOBE BHANGHAI STRAITS & CALCUTTA.
Saturday.
8th Nov. 71.3.
8th Nov, 11am.
BINSANG
Batunlar.
8th Nov, p=.
*ERSANG
..Sanday,
- 9th Nov, 10ʻs
"HOPSANG"
Monday,
- 10th Nov, 18.30.
TUNGSHING"
"YATSHING
Wednesday, 12th Nov. Friday
14th Nov. 7am
*MINGBANG* Sunday
15th Nov. Ipa
16th. Nov. 106,30.
17th Nov.
"ÜBFONGSHING' Saturday, 15th Nov, Moon.
'MUISANG'
"FOOKSANG " **MAUSANG " "HORANG
"KUTSANG"
Saturday,
Monday, ...Monday,
21st Nov, A. 4th Nov 7am 14th Nov, 8 patie
CALOUTTA LINE-This Line now affords regular sailings to Caloutts, Fanang
Singapore returning from Calentia steamers proosed via Skais and Hongkong to Japan, occasionally calling at Shanghai, All stemmars have aroellent passenger, ascemmodation, - Etted with Wirelaza and carry a fully qualified Surgeon,
SHANGHAI LINE →→Sailing approximately every three days between Canton and Shanghai, sometimes palling at Swatow. Through tickets: wwm be obtained and through Bills of Lading are insued to all Northum and Yangtze Ports vin Shanghai. LINE:--A weekly sarvion is maintained with Manila by vessels with road passenger accommodation, sailings from both port every Saturday, At 11 m
MANILA
The affiliation of the Communist party. it is stated, has been consistently refused methods are in harmony with those of on the ground that neither its objects nor the Labour party, which seeks to achieve the Socialist Commonwealth by means of Parliamentary demoerney. The Com- HAIPHONG munist party seeks to achieve the dicta torship of the proletariat" by armed BORNEO revolution. The Labour party realises that, unlike old Russia, with its auto- cracy, its memories of Siberia and the Tsar kept putant of the sixties, and its Great Britain possesses almost a wholly- enfranchised adult population, and a Parliament and system of government that will respond to the direction of the working people, so soon as they express intelligent desire for change through the ballot box.
the serfdom
The statement concludes: "In the opinion of the executive committee it is time the rank and file of the movement was given an opportunity of realising the confict between our own principles and say definitely and distinctly that the first those of the Communist party, and to quality the party is entitled to look for in its candidates is straightforward cinles, our methods, and our objects, bonesty in the acceptance of our prin The conference is urged to say quite
What should I call the fellow. First it was Sherringford Holmes; then it was' Sherlock Holmes.
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He could not tell his own exploits. Bo he must have a commonplace "comrade. as a foil an educated man of action who could both join in the exploits and. nar
A quiet. drab name for this unoste tatious man. Watson would do."
So Sir Arthur begin to tire of his two famous companiona.
The Ile du Diable, which is to be disrate them. continued as a penal settlement, has de- served the naine in a much fuller uns than most of the territories which take their man from the same quarter. it is as hot as might be expected from its position clown to the equator and to the ungefreshingly-named town-of Cayenne (though it is not there that the pepper comes from). To those natural disadvan- tages man has added everything in the way of horror and despair that we as sociate with a penal settlement: so that the name of the Devil's Island has be come a legend for the extremity of human Ruffering, with Dreyfus as its typical atartyr.
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"I was determined," he says, "now (after numerous Holmes, saccesses) that I had no longer the excuse of absolute pecuniary pressure, never again to write mything which was not as good as I could possibly make it, and therefore I would not write a Holbes story without
worthy plot and without a problem' which interested my own mind."" But it was still the Sherlock Holmes stories for which the public clamoured from time to time I enden- Youred to supply them."
So the falls of Reichenbach were made Holmes' tomb, but—
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"I was amazed at the concern express-
by the public.
"You brute' was the beginning of a letter of remon strance which one lady sent me. of many who wept,
There are no such sinister associations with any of the devil's corners in Eng. land, and they are many. Hardly a part of the country (except, I believe, the East Riding) "is free from the diabolic influence in nomenclature. There is the Devil's Dyke, near Brighton; the Devil Bridge. near Aberystwyth: the Devil's Kitchen, on Snowdon; the Devil's Arrows, near Boroughbridge; the Devil's Cavern, at the Peak the Devil's Punchbowl, at.
So Sherlock rose from the grave. The Hindhead: the Devil's Jumps, at Fren. public insisted-Sir Arthur had no op sham; the Devil's Water, Northumber-ion. land; the Devil's Den, Wiltshire; and no
| doubt scores of others. There was no higher criticism' at the time when Eng- lish scenery was christened.
But none of these lurid titles seems to have been taken seriously, any more than the corner of the St. Andrew's golf-course which is known to players as Hell." Was there ever a time when rustics would pass the Devil's Dyke with bated breath, or make the sign of the cross as they crossed a Devil's Bridge! Or were Eng- lishmen always as phlegmatic as 'Luther," who, waking in the night in Wittenberg Monastery and hearing a noise in the eloisters, turned again to sleep, reassured by the reflection that it was only the devil! OuseRVATOR in the Observer.
CONAN DOYLE'S DÉTECTIVE,
HOW SHERLOCK HOLMES DOGGED HIS CREATOR.
"People have often asked me," writes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in bis "Memories and Adventures," whether I knew the end of a Sherlock Holmes story before I started it.
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Of course, I did. One could not pos nibly steer d course if one did not know ane's destination. The first thing is to get your idea." Having got that key iden, one's next task is to conceal it and lay emphasis upon everything which con make for a different explanation.'
"Holmes, however, can sce all the fallacies of the alternatives, and arrives more or less dramatically at the true solution by steps: which he can describe and justify."
HOLMES A GOOD FRIEND.
I do not wish to be ungrateful to Holmes, his creator adds. He has been a good friend to me in many 'ways.' If I have sometimes been inclined to weary of him it is because his character, admits of no light or shade.
The detective's name was first Sherring- ford, Holmesafe Tatt
(Continued on next Column.)
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TIENTSIN
BANGKOK
LINE-Sallings approximately weekly for passengers and cargo, calling at
Hoihow both ways LINE
Fortnightly sailings to and from Sandakan by two 5,000, bam stemmora, La. “HINBANG* and *.. "MAUSANG,” both simsmass
having excellent passenger accommodation, Cargo_taken on
through Bills of Lading for Kudat, Jesselton, Lubuan, TawAS AME Fahad Datu
LINEA regist ervice is ran from March to November between Hange
kong and Tientsin, occasionally calling at Walniwai and Cheloom LINEA weekly service is provided between Hongkong and Bangkok vis Swatow by are steamers fitted with up-to-date passenger soooms- modation
CALCUTTA LINE
EL "FOOKSANG" will be despatched on or about Monday, 17th November, 3 p.m., for SINGAPORE, PENANG
& CALOUTTA
Through Bills of Lading issued to RANGOON, MADRAS, POET SWETTENHAM and DUTCH EAST INDIES.
For Freight or Purage apply to.....
JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD..
TELEPHONE No. Central 915.
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GENERAL MANAGERS.
AND
SHIRE
JOINT SERVICE OF STEAMERS,
U.K.-STRAITS, CHINA & JAPAN SERVIOL
OUTWARDS.
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Die Hongkong.
*CARMARTHENSHIRE" 13th Nov,
CARNARVONSHIRE" *GLENTARA* "GLENBEG »
14th Dec.
... 25th Dec.
7th Nov,
HOMEWARDS.
Versal.. Learea Hing.
*GLENGARRY " London, Botterdam and "GLENAPP" Landon, Hosterdam
Movements are subject to change without notise,
For Freight or farther Partialan, plenas apply foam.
Dimhargal
20th Nov.
Banbury.
Fad Des. Hamburg
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