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THE PARADOX OF CHINA, manners in Society, and was courteous to
A writer in The Times signing him- women he dresseil in the most untidy
self For East," points out that a mes fashion imaginable. But woe betide any A CONTRAST WITH THE DAYS OF one who attempted to take a liberty with age from that paper's Peking corres him. He had a gift of vitriolie invective panden: which appeared on January 3rd When he had is calculated to convey a more favour which was devastating. money he spent it tavishly; he would, forable impression than the actual facts instance, call a taxi to take him across justify: He says:- the street. Personally I should describe him as the last of the literary Bohemians. PARSON AND PUBLICANS,
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.
LONDON, January 3rd.
A FAMOUS-CANTOONIST.
The news comes to hand as I am writ ing this article of the death of Sir Francis Carruthers Gould, who was for
JAPAN AND TRIAL BY JURY. SIR ERNEST WILD'S "NOVEL EXPERIENCE."
A delegation of distinguished Japanes jadges and counseliges paid a visit to the Old Bailey, London, on January 13th, to study the jury system as applied to criminal cases, as Japan haa decided to try the experiment of trial by jury in eriminal matters.
The problem of reducing currency, in
The Recorder (Sir Ernest Witd, K.C.), this case Raikwan tarist to their sterling eqquivalent is beset with pitfalls, but if the average rate of exchange for the year in welcoming them, said as Japan bad many years on the staff of the old Patt) Francis, Vicar of All Saints, Islington, 1044 be taken at 39, 3d, which is prob nassed an Act to adopt the new system
ubly approximately correct, the Customs receipts would appear to have been as
Average Sterling follows:-
Haikwan exchange Equiva
·lent. Taets.
1920 49,519,583 6. D 16,018,000 1921 34,462,044 11.7.10 10.764,582 10,893,91 1922... 34,834,230-3 9 102163,504,231 3. 54
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Hall Gazette, and after that journal bad changed its politics with a change of thou Fextminster proprietor, went Gazette. I used to see a good deal of him at one time when he was in London, but for some years he had made his home in Devonshire, and there he has passed away at the age of 81,
A London clergyman, Rev. A. W, has started a new movement in the Church called the Guild of Publicans The membership will be open to all pub licans, their families and staf Mr. Francis considers it is utterly wrong. and as un-Christian as it is intemperate. for the Church-or rather sparrow- minded section of her members to create complete estrangement with "the Trade." The publicans, he says, "have been faaght to feel that they were looked down Many readers abroad will recall with upon by ecclesiastics of every rank and pleasure the cartoons that appeared over that their presence would not be wel come in the Churches. They feel their priest, the familiar initials. F.C.C.", and the position very koenly, and I as
So he is out to break down curious thing was that Gould--had never feel it too.
what he calls a "false" barrier." been trained as an artist. He was ons that he has found that publicans the Stock Exchange until he discover are jolly good fellows and possess un- TAKE A PEG e bis gift when he was middle aged. Llenished characters.
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I have had the somewhat novel ex-. 11,047,093 perience this morning," the Recorder £1,445,770 60,550,000 j
went an with a smile, "of undergoing (estimated) While, therefore, it is true that the a somewhat severe cross-examination~~~ of which I hope I came through satisfac- currency and revenue in terms Chinese currency has increased in each! of the last four years, the figures are not torily as to my personal views about the necessarily indicative of an increased matter. They were particularly anxious annual trade, and three main factors should be considered in assessing their to know how we got on with women on
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value as a guide to-the-trade of China: juries, and I gave them my opinion in (1) The fail in exchange gives the Cus- favour of a certain number of women on: toms more revenue in Chinese currency.
"Japan does not propose to try the ex- periment yet because in that country women have not yet got the vote. I ex-
WISH WYNNE. ANOTHER GOOD PERFORMANCE.
On the question of character I am sure A life-long Liberal and-Free Trader
Abr. Francis is right. Before a man from convicting, he found his opportu can obtain a licence to carry on a public
(2) A revised import tariff came into juries, because I have found in the three nity when Mr. Chamberlain started the house his whole life's history is gune forco on January 17th, 1993, the object years I have sat here that they are of the
raging, tearing campaign in favour into very deeply. Mr. Francis held a being to make the duties equivalent to an greatest assistance.
Mrvice in his church on a recent Sunday effective 5 per cent, ad vntoren, and a of Tariff Reforma quarter of a century which was attended by 413 publicans at rich revenue was confidently expected ago. One feature of his work was that their own suggestion. It will be the ob- in 1993. In fact, the actual advance in he could get home" on his victims inject of the new Guild to badd together revenue collection fell below expectations, in a religious altoosphere all those em- and but for the increased duty it is clear the political senso without giving per-
have been less than that for 1992 This lege of voting they should also baw the -- sonal offence. He may be said to have ployed in running hotels or public that the revenue for the year 1923 would plained that when women had the privi- point must also be borne in mind in liabilities that accorngany citizenship. climbed to fame on Mr. Chamberlain's
Connection with the returns for 1924. monocle he represented the great man WINTER HOLIDAYS.
(3) The Customs revenue is collected My advice wng that when women had the asually as some animal-generally a wolf
By all accounts the light from Eng- dog-and always with an eye-land to the continent for the Christmas from imports and exports, though in res vote they should serve on juries. glass.
Figures for 1923, however, A caricaturist of such proved ability holidays was larger than ever this year.pect of 1994 it is not yet possible to ap- was a tremendous asset to the Liberal and Moreover, the English seaside places portion it. Free Trade party It is pleasant to ever had so large & crowd of visitors. show that the total value of imports (not know that nowhere were the cartoons of Paris was the favourite resort of those revenues from imports) was lesa in 192 "F.C.G." more appreciated for their with limited time at their disposal; but than in 1022, while the value of exports
Another appreciative audience wai wit or less resented for their severity than the real exodus from here was to Swit increased. It may well be that the 1924
comed. Miss Wish Wynne and her com by Mr. Chamberlain himself, although I zerland. It is now, of course, the "cor-imports have shown a further decline and
It is difficult to see how there can be pany to the Star Theatre, Kowloon, last believe an one occasion he complained to rest thing" to patronise one or other that exports have increased.
of the Swiss mountain resorts in mid- Gould in a quite good-humoured way winter for the various games carried on any revival of business on a consider night, the amount of applause well justify- about being represented so often as amid ident strroundings-high altitude able scale until the outcome of the poli-ing high praise of this talented company... small dog.
tical struggle in Peking becomes more Chief interest naturally centres around Miss Wish Wynne herself. Her charm defined.
Although an analysis of the returns for and personality are things that you can 123 shows that the British Empire's take away with you and cherish long There is a great rumpus over the delay that has been amade by the Post Office
share of the foreign trade was about 41 alterwards, for she is as near to perfect in delivering the mails at Christmas. THE OLD STYCK
per cent, it should not be overlooked as it is possible for any performer to There is be in this particular, line. Letters posted on December, 22nd wero
There have been many regretful refer that. Hongkong contributed nearly two- not delivered for four or five days after
and Christmas. Complaint has been to veheences in the papers to the passing of the thirds of that share, and in this connec- nothing forced or mechanical about her ting. She is what she portreatness. What would tion the fact that Hongkong is a dis-work-nothing to indicate that she is pent the newspapere that the Post-old-fashioned Christmas
therein Master General has seen fit to mako.an Chatles Dickaus have said, it is asked,tributing centre for South China should acting as the secret of her'
Victoria not be forgetteä.
The art that convenis art
truly bers official apology in the hope, it may be if he could have stood on
and seen -the Continental
Miss Wish Wynne is surrounded by a presumed, of placating public opinion. Station
splendid company and Kowloon residents The
cause of the mudille is the unpretrains leaving day after day in tripli
are grateful to Mr. Edgar Warwick for cedented quantity of letters and parcels cate? The Dickens conception of Christ.
bringing them to Kowloon, and the man- that have been sent through the post this mas centred round the Home," with n
agement of the Star Theatre for accom- Christmas. As an instance, in Central big log on the fire, and plenty of feast-
modating them. The violin playing of "kindly London alone (leaving out the suburbs) ing and fun of the homely sort by largo
M. Chuhaldin, the Russian artiste, is over 2.000,000 more letters were posted family parties.
Very extensive damage and the death really magnificent-no other word would so well describe it and do it justice. in the three days preceding Christmas spirit, and a sense of happiness and good.
of two members of the crew has been
The humorist, Mr. Harold Walden, was Day, the total handled in that period will
But whatever Charles Dickens may caused by the fire which broke out on in Central London being nearly
have thought or said, the change is in the O.S. K. steamer Altei Vera on Satur- in better form than ever last night, and, 11.000,000.
Wo
as one of the audience put it, January 31st and lasted for four day
ness knows where he gets all his songs. There is the dame story in regard to evitably due to changed conditions.
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There was
JAPANESE SHIP ON FIRE. "ALTAI MARU" BEACHED AT BELAWAN..
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good-
the overseas mails, both the inward and are living in another age. If we think days Altai Muru was on her way from and stories from." Mr. Alfred Canning-
The
was no less a success last night, and Bernard Kitches at the piano was a applause he got. Zoe, the dainty dancer, revelation in pianoforte playing that
the Colony. should be studied by all music pupils
outward traffic, and it appears that in of our great-grandfathers as sturdy this case, also, the explanation is a champions of the home, rebly resisting Bombay to Japan with a cargo of 33,000 han again was in great demand as a phenomenal increase of letters and par- the allurements of the Christmas Day bales of cotton when fire was discovered baritone singer, and he deserved all the cels. The Post Office was literally snow. restaurant dinner or the Christmas week in one of the holds when forty miles the Press is that the Government has they are not very certainly entitled. On extinguish the fire had failed the captain ed under." One result of the out-ery by seaside hotel, we give them credit to which north of Eclawan. After attempts to decided to set up a Committee of busi- the face of things, it is very possible that beached the ship outside Belawan.
seven holds, destroyed a large por Rees on to consider the management on principal reason why they ate their and organization of the Post Ofice. This Christmas dinner, at house uns because the seven holich spread to four out of is welcome news, and the appropriate there was nowhere else to eat it. And tion of the cargo, and eighty per cent. The mos the flooding of the holds, comment is that there seems to be ample besides there was no scarcity of servants of it is estimated to be wet, owing scope for the activities of a group of in Victorian days!
serious damage, however, has been done of the bridge fallen. business men in overhauling the present oficial methods. They may even recomBIRTHDAY HONOURR
Mr. Baldwin is generally commended superstructure having Įmend a return to penny postage!
with respect to his first list of honours. members of the crew have been
in the
PUET AND BOXEMIAN,
to
to
It is quite appropriate in the case of a probably of a report of the bests!!
CINEMA" NOTES.
QUEEN'S THEATRE. Miriam Cooper, the pretty actress who
by Lloyd's Sur- bewitched thousands by her portrayal of
one of the Cameron sisters in "The Birth «
An extraordinary literary man and Government new to office that the New veyor, the Altai are, which is a vessel journalist has gone in Mr. T. WH Year's Honours List is singularly free of 4,817 tons net, will probably be towed of a Nation and is Intolerance,
to Singapore For repair-Straits - will appear at the Queen's Theatre to- Crosland, humorist, critic, and poe who from political bias. It is also for the died in penury this week in a London same reason a very short one. There is Times tenement. He was probably moet widely one Earl, Viscount Jellicoe, three Barons, known as the author of The Unspeak
able Scot" and he also wrote other one of them Sir John Bradbury who has books in which he turned the shafts of done good work on the Reparation Com- mission, nineteen Knights, and two satire ou racial trails, at the Welsh in O.M.'&
Taffy was a Welshman," and at the Irish in The Wild Irishman attacked the entire sex Woman"
He
"Lovely
As a poet Crosland did some really good work as a writer of patriotic verse Bome of which contained both beauty and passion. Of himself he once wrote in the manner of W. E. Henley:
"It matters not how stiff and beer, The climb-bow difficult the sum; I am the man they've got to hear!
I am the man that's bound to come!
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EPIDEMICS IN THE FAR EAST LEAGUE OF NATIONS BUREAU
OF INFORMATION..
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day in Serenade, an R. A. Walsh- First National attraction, In this Spanish senorita, and invests the roles with such an air of sincerity and fidelity picture. Ms Cooper takes the part of a
that it bocciers a classic. The manage ment has accured, the services of two In the main public interest centres in
well known artistes, Miss Tamara the bestowak of the Order of Merit, an order, which, as is well known, “ confers Dr. Norman White, head of the League Bargnelli and Mr. Jack Thomas, "who no precedence." Sir Ernest Rutherford of Nations Epidemics Commission and will perform at this theatre for four is the leader in physical science in this former Sanitary Commissioner for India, days beginning today at the 5.15 and country, and.. his name is familiar on has arrived in Singapore and opened an in- 0.15 p.m. performances in addition to account of the almost romantic posibil formation bureau which will deal with the the picture" Serenade." Miss Baronežli itics which are popularly expected to re- question of epidemics and which will will give a number of classical and serve as a Far Eastern branch of the oriental dances and Mr. Jack Thoman sult from his research in breaking up the atom." The Order of Merit ia a Epidemics Information Service of the will sing veral popular souÉG.
A conference of officials of graceful; acknowledgment of his work. League.
The other 0.M., Sir James Frazer, is, health services will be convened by Dr.
THE CORONET.
of course, the author of the world-famous White to discuss the working of the new It speaks well for the powerful attrac Golden Bough" I have heard it said bureau, and all the health organisations tion of "Nera," the master picture now that the bonour now conferred would of the Far East have been invited to take showing at the Coronet, that it should be sustaining good houses at all the Crossland certainly arrived, as the bave come more appropriately in 1000 when part,
The funds for the working of the sessions this week. It is certainly evi- French say, but it was not in orthodox his monumtatal work on primitive races, fashion, and such was the temper of the their myths and legends, was first pub bureau have been provided by the Inter- dence of the fact that, given a really man and his peculiar habits that he made lished. An abridged edition was issued national Hygiene Bureau of the Rocke tip-top film, the public will respond to
a total feller Foundation,
sum of the utmost of their limit. In Nero ** For some more" enemies' than friends.
in 1022, revised hy himself-the only man
$125,000 having been handed to the health one in carried away by the spectacular time he edited the Outlook, and figured living capable of doing it. in many law cases. He claimed that on
1 dare say as time goes on and women section of the League of Nations for use scenes which give the picture a one occasion as editor he kicked. Cecil enter more and more into the professions over five years, on conditions that not royal setting and induce the audicoca Rhodes downstairs..
and public life the names of members of more than $50,000 be spent in any one to go again and again to feast their eyes the sex who distinguish themselves will year,
VOGUE OF CHINESE FASHIONS.
truly
on the wonders of ancient Rome. The hurning of that city is a veritable triumph for the producer, flow is it done, may well be asked by those not behind the brain of William Fox Then the mobit
'AT, THE PARTY.
For years Fleet Street has been vastly appear prominently in the honoura hats amused by stories of Crosland's freakish On this occasion Mr. Baldwin has singled doings. One of the most typical I recall out two women for distinction. Mrs. bad-ite setting in Stafford House where Heory Fawcett and Miss Ellen Terry A great year of Chinese fashions a great thing in itself, and one can as a journalist he attended a big party become Damex of the British Empire. predicted. A bride at Home has added well understand that it required a squa which included several bishops and half The veteran actress, who is 70, made her to her trousseau a marvellous Chinese dron of Italian dragoona to keep law and the peerage. When tea and coffee were stage début in 1956. Altogether, it ap dress of red and green with tiny designs order during the Alming process. Inter- brought round Croeland instructed the pears that Mr. Baldwin in conferring embroidered across it. There are Chin-woven between the arenes is a tender. footmar to bring him a bottle of whisky. honours has shown care to recognise ess tea jackets, rest coatces, and looss love story, with just enough tenseness Crosland helped himself liberally, took people identified with the permanent life wraps made of vivid colours, embroider- a page from his notebook, wrote his of the country, which is a welcome imed with large white lotus flowers with to give a tone and sustain the interest name on it, tied it round the neck of provement on the old system when the red fish and orange birds. Chiness of the audience just the sort of love story Nero" will be at the Coronet till the bottle, marched across the room and fountain of honour played for those dance frocks made in marocain worked that one would imagine would have ite
Saturday. put it on the great mantleniece, and dür, whose well filled partes could make the in many coloured skeins of silk will be locale in the Eternal City and its environs.
be worn embroidered silk slippers, ing the afternoon helped himself as occa wheels of the political party machine go seen in dance halls, and with these will
smoothly round-HB sion required.