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CHURCH NOTICES.
ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL, Hongkong.
_JHONGKONG
August 15th, 1926, 11th Sunday after
Trinity
Holy Communion at 8 am.
Children's Service at 10 am.
HONGKONG METEOROLOGICAL
REGISTER.
Hongkong Observatory, August 13th...
Previous On Date On Date
Day at
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Matins at li am.
Frescher-Rev. G. F. Stopford, c.r.
Holy Communion at 12 noon.
Evensong at 6pm.
Preacher-Bev, EL Copley Moyle.
Barameter Temperature Humidity
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Unton CAVACH-Kennedy Road.
Wind Direction... Force Weather...
Sunday Services, August 15th :-m
Sunday School at 10 am. Morning Service at 11 am.
:
Hymns: 32, 657, 739, 453 and 812. P.S.A. in Lecture Hall at 4 p.m. Evening Borrice at 6 p.m.-
Hymns: 42, 148, 470, 479 sud-671. Preacher, Morning sad Evening:
Rev. Arthur H. Bray, B.D... Wednesday, August 18th, at 8.13 p.
Boldiers and Sailors' Christian Association. Friday, August 20th, at 8.30 pm- Christian
Endeavour Meeting and Social Hour. Saturday Circle, August 14th, from 8 p.m. (85
FIRST CHURCH
(HZINT of
BCIBATIST. Macdonnell Bond, below Bowen Road Tram Station.
Bunday Service, August 15th, at 11.15 ..
SubjectBox."
Wednesday Evening Meeting at 5.30 p.m.
Rain
at 2 pm. 6am. p..
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LAWN BOWLS.
TO-DAY'S SECOND DIVISION GAMES,
The following Second Division games in the Lawn Bowls League are down for decision this afternoon.
Indian R.C.. Craigengover C.C. RH.K.Y.C. t. Civil Service C.C. Taikoo R.U. z. East Point R.C, Club de Recreio u. Kowloon 0.0.
INTER-DEPARTMENTAL
COMPETITION.
Owing to duty intervening the Prison Department are unable to raise a team for their game with the Public Works Department to-morrow. This game has therefore been postponed until Sunday, August 22nd, and in its place the semi anal game between the Sanitary Depart- ment and the Revenue Department will be played.
The following will be the teams:-
HOME CRICKET,
AUSTRALIANS . PUBLIC
SCHOOLS
14TH, 1926
WHO SPEAKS ENGLISH?
BY. PROFESSOR DÄNIELD
JONES, M.A
"(Professor" of, Phoneties at University College, and member of the B.B.C. pronunciation 'committee,)"
WHEN TIPPING WILL BE A CRIME.
THE POLICEMAN, THE GRATEFUL WOMAN, AND THE 2/6.
The time is coming when, it, you so much as attempt to tip a policeman, you
SCHOOL BOYS DO WELL.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY-].
LONDON, August 19th. I have been asked to give my views on may be frogmarched to the nearest palice The two-day match at Lord's between the question who speaks the best Eng-court and sent below for a period not the Australians and IV of Public who do not consider that any one type of
lish. Unfortunately I am one of those exceeding days.
Sir William Horwood, Commissioner of Schools, resulted in a draw. The Aus English is intrinsically better or Police, has said what he thinks about tralians batted first, and were all out for more "beautiful" than any other kind. tips in his annual report; the "branch I doubt if there is much difference in boards of the Police Federation are now 204, the biggest part of the total being beauty between any one speech sound and passing resolutions against them; and the contributed by W. M. Woodfull and Wany other, and, therefore, between any Force will soon be numbering would-be H. Ponsford. Woodfull scored By and one sequence of sounds and any other."
tippers among the criminal classes. Ponsford was within three of his century Many people, however, "have very strong opinions about what is good or beautiful when he lost his wicket..
in pronunciation, and I think it will be The feature of the innings, however, generally found that most of these prefer was the fine bowling of May, a Welling their own, pronunciation to that of any cne else. The number of ways of ton College boy. His efforts were repronouncing English is innumerable,
I went round London, writes an Erea. ag News representative, sounding tho opinion of the Force on the matter. It is unanimous. The tip has been sentenced to death,
"Personally," said a policeman in the West End, I'm dead against tips, on principle. They're degrading, if you
Revenue Dept.-Bentie, Trengrove, G. /warded by the remarkably good analysis and, consequently, the difficulty of fixing allow what I mean. But I'm not above
Watt and Tallón (Skip).
Sanitary Dept-Taylor, Smith,: Gre. gory and Hill" (Skip).
BASEBALL.
THE WEEK-END MACHES.
of six wickets for 83 runs.
Killick (St. Paul's) scored 31, and Tegner (Clifton) compiled 45, but the remaining thirteen players could muster only 38 between them, the Schoolboys be ing all out for 114. Grimmett took four wickets for 26 ruas, while Ryder claimed
| four victims at a cost of 9 TUDE.
Following on, the Public Schools put There are three matches-in-the-locap a much better display, and when
upon any standard, in view of the pre- sent wide differences of opinion, is very great.
admitting that I've taken some myself. It's not my fault. It's just impossible to refuse 'om. Where there are divergencies of
People make it impossible. "Suppose, for instance this has bap... opinion, who is to settle which is right 1 Should one pronounce the "t" in "often pened to me lots of times you find a or the "d in Wednesday" or not? door open at night, and walk in, and Should one sound the "" inalcon Wake the people-up-and tell them about because the people who practise the sport They come down and say how sorry call it "fancon"? Which is right? In they are, and how much obliged they are, and just as you're going away again they words "short" and "port" have different
rush away.. vowel sounds; in London they are pro- nounced with the same vowel. In many parts of England the "r" is pronounced in words like "morning," but educated Londoners pronounce this word to rhyme with "dawning."
Baseball League down for decision this stumps were drawn to-day they had many parts of England and Scotland the | shrust balf-a-crown into your hand and
week-end. The game are as under:—
This aftercoon, at 2.30.-H.V.D.C. v.
Club de Recreio; 4.30 South China v. Filipino.
To-morrow afternoon, 4.00.-Hong- kong Baseball Club v. Japanese Baseball Club,
scored 105 runs for the loss of only two wickets. For the improvement Wildon (Repton) was mainly responsible. He was not out with 57 to his credit at the
call of time.
GLOUCESTERSHIRE ». NOTTS.
At Cheltenham, Notts scored 224 and The League Table now stands ar 153, of which Geo. Guan compiled 67 follows:-
(unanished). Parker had a wickets for Gloucester replied with 128, Staples bad for 35. In the second innings. Gloucester scored 102; Staples took 4) wickets for 30
South China.
Japanese
Club de Recreio
Filipinos
Defence Corps
W L Pet
31
888
6
750
4
444
3
+
.429
6
.250
7
.999
Hongkong Baseball Club 2
WATERPOLO.
FURTHER MATCHES.
AMERICAN TOURISTS.
THEY CANNOT STAND
______CRICKET.”
EXCELLENT COCKNEY.
that the dropping of the before con Some people have expressed the opinion sonants and the merging of the vowels in short and "port" are due to slovenliness I am not able to accept that view. These changes are, I think, to be described merely as developments of the language.
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I got to knock 'eat up again and hand it back! You can't do it. It just isn't Possible."
"Well, what can a mando Have
And that was the lament of another policeman, in Mayfair. He said it was all the public's fault. He said the
can't refuse withous being rude. They public really ought to know better.
They do it in such a way that you
sayWell, oficer, it's awfully good of of trouble through me, and if you'd- you, and really you must have had a lot"
er.
Before you know where you are you've been tipped.
It has always happened in the past that
The women are the worst. The men developments in a language have been re, garded by pedantic people as degrada generally try and give you a drink, and tions of the language. They complain you can take it or leave it easily enough.
But the women. that they cannot understand the speech of the younger generation, that it is care member helping a woman at a fire once- It isn't only money, either. "I re- less and murabled and indistinct, but it was only her chimney on fire, but she there is no reason why they should rethought it was the biggest thing singe the Fire of London.. Well, next day she rushed out of the house as I was passing
putting temptation in the path of police. Scotland. Yard wants the public to stop men. à courteous word of thanks or a letter to the superior officer, that would be enough.
A Home paper of July 17th states that undeterred by general strike scores The Club de Recreio secred a narrow crowds of American visitors are coming win over the Royal Navy yesterday, at to town, and advertising their hundred-gard changes of pronunciation in this the V.R.C., by the odd goal in three. percentness far and wide. During the light. The speech which is to them 20 Play was even and exciting throughout, last week more genuine hornrics have difficult to understand is perfectly in-. and give me, a home-made cake." and Recreio scored through. Assumpcao adorned Piccadilly by day, and the West telligible among those by whom it is used. simost as soon as the match started. The End theatre stail by night, than we have East End cockney is an excellent tan Royal Navy had extremely hard lines in seen in London for some years. Ap gunge for its purpose; it is understood scoring as the half-time whistle bad parently the War's stimulus to the perfectly well by all East Enders, and just been blown. Carline equalised for Americna vogue for doing Europe as long as they only want to communicate the Royal Navy in the second half, but still porsists, and it is noteworthy that it with one anther there is no particular Pereira (Recrcia) scored the winning now becomes no longer an exclnsive reason why they should use any other goal in the last minute's play.
millionaire habit, but a genuine middle- kind of speech. Highly educated people.. The second match between the Victoria glass one. One result of this popularis- may have difficulty in understanding it, Recreation Club and the Kowloon Britishing of the European tour in America, but does that matter so very much? If School "B" was an case affair for the and perhaps also of the English pound's they want to understand it, they have ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL Club who won by 9 goals to, zil. Laing closer challenge to the dollar, is that only to learn it!
It is only when people are desirous of was responsible for 4, Lyons 2 and Brodie West End shopkeepers and hotel servants
no longer believe in the famous American communicating with case with those be.
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OVERSEAS NEWS BY "MAIL.
PARTS.
"The Baldwin Locomotive Works, New
person in every six in the United States owns a motor-car.
The next matches take place on "Mon. prodigality. These latter-day tourists are yond their immediate circle that the quesYork, has booked orders for eight Pacific
not throwing the dollars about so pro- tion of standardised pronunciation fusely, and in this respect are setting a comes in. London cockney cannot be un-type locomotives for the Royal State for more commendable habit. It was the derstood in Edinburgh and the local Railways, Siam, VICTORIA RECREATION CLUB. Dollar King who created the type of dialect of Edinburgh is unintelligible to According to figures collected by the vulgar American hustler, who liked to Londoners. As communication between American Department of Commerce, one FIRST NIGHT FETE.
beave his financial weight about. One fact about these American visitors of both The first Night Fete of the season will sexes may be noted. They arrive almost be held on Saturday, the 1st inst. Ebreathless to see a real big cricket match. tries for the different events close at 8But, after one afternoon at Lord's or the p.m., on Tuesday, the 17th inst. The Oval, their cricket enthusiasm dies alish-speaking people to be able to com- following will
natural death. They admire the game comprise the immensely only they cannot
stand gramme:
watching it.
100 yds. Members Aggregate, Handi-
cap.
50 yds. Back Stroke, Handicap.
High Drive.
100 yds. Breast, Handicap.
30 yds. Team Race.
Boys Two lengths, Handicap.
J
60-yda. Ladies Race, Handicap. Water Polo Match: H.K.V.D.C.
V.R.C.
LAWN TENNIS.
CHINESE TEAM FOR MACAO.
v.
DAVID AND JONATHAN.
.
different parts of England and between different parts of the English-speaking world is now developing so rapidly, it seems clear that before long it will be necessary for the great majority of Eng
municate with each other by word of mouth without possibility of misander standing."
The Sierra has sailed from Sydney (N.S.W.) for America with £1,000,000 in gold. This is the third recent shipment. of a milar amount.
The membership of the Automobile. Association has passed the third-hundred- thousand mark. On July 8th last year. the membership reached 250,000.
The Norwegian Storting has rejected by a majority of 23 votes the Communist motion that Norway should resign her membership of the League of Nations,"
The Greek Minister of Finance has denied that there is any truth in the re- ports at present in circulation to the effect that a monopoly of tobacco manu- facture is to be set up,
WIRELESS ACCENTS. The advent of broadcasting has brought this question very much to the fore lately. It is necessary that people who broadcast F.E." AND "WINSTON.” shall speak with a pronunciation which is readily intelligible in any part of the Though his face rather gives the secret country. This can only be the case if the away, neither Lord Birkenhead's vigar-speaker uses a pronunciation from which busly erect figure nor his enviably dark marked local characteristics are absent. hair betrays the fact that his lordship It is difficult to draw a line between Forged Bank of Montreal notes in has celebrated his 55th birthday, states a what is a marked local pronunciation denominations of 810 and 820, aggregat- Home paper.
and what is a pronunciation that willing approximately 82,000,000 (£400,000): A healthy open-air habit and a zest for be readily understood everywhere. If a have been found by the police in a Cal- athletic exercises that continues even in speaker uses a very strongly rolled "in gary (Alberta) printing shop. middle-age explain the ex-Lord Chan- a word like morning" it might, per- The selling price of Cleveland pig Iron cellor's still youthful vigour, despite a haps, be regarded as too locally Scotch during the past three months baving been life that has certainly been one both of to be adopted as a standard, because ascertained at 689.43d. per ton, blast-für- trentous work and strenuous amuse-southern English people sometimes find nacemen's wages will be advanced, by 3 ment. Those who imagine Lord Birken it difficult to understand words of this per cent., in accordance with the sliding head's gifts are purely superficial know kind when sounded with a strongly roll scale." little of his brilliant Oxford career, and ed "r." On the other hand, the pronun still less of his great legal prowess. It ciation of "or" as "aw," though it may cently flew over the North Polar Basin, Lieutenant-Commander Byrd, who re- may have been the lucky delivery of a not be much liked by Scotch people, has keen awarded the degree of Doctor sensationally able maiden speech in the nevertheless does not as a rule lead to of Longitude and Latitude of the Ame- 1906 House of Commons that put the any confusion of words, and is, there rican Geographical Society degree lordship's feet, and paved the way for trilling of the "r golden ball of fame and fortune at his fore, less open to objection than a strong especially for him. one of the quickest and most glittering careers. in our history, but behind the On Sunday evening, the Chinese team more spectacular gifts of Lord -Birken will be the guest of the Club de Macaohend, including a genius for aardonic at dinner at the Hotel Boa Viats.”
A team from the Chinese Recreation Club will sail for Macao this morning to play a two-days match against the Club 87 de Macao.
The following will represent the Chinese:-Ng Sae Kwong (Capt.) and Lo Man Wai Yew Man Trun and He Ka Lau, La Man He and lu Tak Cheuk. showers; QMr. K. L. Chau, Hon. Secretary of the Squalls; B-Rain; T-Thunder:
Club, will accompany, as manager of the
B-Blue sky C-Cloudy: DaDrizale: F-Fog: L-Lightning; M-Mis; O Orercast;-P-Passing
Day Week
HONGKONG TIDE TABLE.
From August 14th to 20th, 1926.
HIGH WATER.
Day of
Ajonen.
H'kong
Standard
Time.
1.
Height
LOW WATIL..
Standard
Time.
Reading Room at sbove address, or40: Bator. 14 m 0.48 46 m 85F3
Tuesday and Friday, 10a.m. to 12 Noom; Mouday and Thursday, 5 to 7 pm.
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LONDON SELLING - AGENTS
TEA, INDIGO FIRHES
BRISTLER'S
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Height
fin. b. in. ft, in
012-6 1.714 Si
181 18 4.9 m) & 57 33.
1
1 7:43 a 2.8 Mon. 16 16 5 1m 8:168 3
2144
40814-8 Tua. 172 27 5 4 m 10 9
3562862 23
58m 1:49 2.6. 4.0 9.50 88 6. 2 7 8.
11:43 6 1 48 41. 4
Bold on com mission in British
6 48
and Continental
Thur. 19
Fri 30 m 5 55
4:52.
4
8.3 4 2
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Colonel Day (Lab,) having asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he would consider legislation with a piew to taxa tion of cats, Mr. Churchill, in a written reply stated: No, sir..,
team...
Nine doubles will be played, and the matches will start to day at 3.30 p.m., and at the same time on Sunday.
ENDLAND 10 YEARS; HENCE.
CHANCE TO GET TOP DOG? IN SPORT AGAIN.
The importance of girls being physical- ly fit was urged by Lady Annaly in pre- senting the prizes at the sports of the Northampton High School for Girls.
You cannot all be Buzanne Lenglene," she told the girls, “but you can develop your powers of endurance and strive to wards perfect physique."
humour, there are real scholarship and immense ability as well as a dauntless valour of spirit.
Recommendations on this and many other matters will no doubt be made by some competent withority before long. It is probable that broadcasting will con- tribute more than anything else towards the standardisation of English pro nunciation-Daily Express.
READ HIS OBITUARY, HIS GOOD HUMOUR NEVER
DESERTED HIM."
It was just inevitable logic that "F.E." and Winston should become close friends. They have many things in com mon as well as some marked contrasts of personality. Both are adventurous, im- patient of the jog-trot mediocre, and eager to "drain all life's quintessence in an hour." But while FE has the judicial outlook, Winston's" mentality To those people who have read their is that of the born soldier. They have cwn obituary notices may be added Mr now been close neighbours in London for H. Woolley, of Havelock Road, Hastings, years, and each stood godfather to the well-known figure in the town, and other's first-born. It is years ago now pianist at the Hastings Gaiety Theatre since.E." and "Winston," soon after for over 35 years, and the latter had left the Conservative Party, to become, a Liberal Minister, were week- ending at Blenheim During an early morning stroll together they came to a ditch, which "Winston" cleared at a leap. Looking back, he remarked that it was a good jump. "Almost as good as your jump across the floor of the House It was her earnest hope that ten years of Commons," said "F.E" Whereupon bence England would have the best," Winston" said very thoughtfully, and, fittest, and strongest men and women in as we now see, prophetically, "I wonder the world
could I jump back ?"
She hoped that by the time they grew up England would have regained ber supremacy in the field of sport. Almost daily we were told that we were no longer top-dogs. That was the inevitable result of the war, but if in ten years time we were not in the top rank it would be our fault.
Mise Mitchell, who already holds the French speed record" for typing, beat- her own record" at the recent congress of the Stenographic Federation held at Auxerre; when she made 882 taps to the minute, or 14.7 per second.
The Anancial returns of New South Wales for the year show a deficiency of over £1,250,000, mainly due to the loss of railway revenue through the British sea- men's strike and the recently settled strike of New South Wales colliery engine drivers.
An English company engaged in the production of aluminium has applied for 50,000 h.p. of electric energy annually for 53 years from the Glom Fjord Falls State power plant, and the Government has decided to advise the Storting to grant the application.
A Three Rivera (Quebec) telegram: states that thieves, after robbing Henri- Ina Ideal paper there appeared the Bedard of £180 while he was alone in his announcement of his death Lying in house, tied him up to his bed, to which his bed; Mr. Woolley read, with a smile they set fire, and then departed. At the that he was a picturesque figure and last moment Bedard managed to escape, very popular with playgocre-a really but the house was burned, shaped wonderful old man."
The Spanish Government is about to He also learnt that, despite his negotiate a new Franco-Spanish com sufferings, his cheerfulness and good mareial treaty in order to obtain com- humour never deserted him."
pensation for the 20 per cent, increase He is now even more cheerful, and has in the French customs tariff and ad- sent copies of the paper to his friends vantages för Spanish manufactures and ! and relatives.
products; especially wines.
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