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THE COST OF LIVING.
WAR ON JAZZ.`·
THE FAR EASTERN FLIGHT,
[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. }
SHANGHAI'S CEREMONIAL
HELD UP BY FIREWORK: DEALERS' STRIKE.
1
RESULT OF NATIONALIST -TAXATION.
With Chinese incense, makers on strike and fireworks dealers engaged in ʼn shop strike as a protest against LONDON, Sept. Bath.
the Nationalist tax of 30 per cent.. The official figures just published on their products, prospects of show that there is a rise of one elaborate weddings and funerals, point in the cost of living, but this temple ceremonies and joss" per- was to be expected with the ap-formances whereich articles preach of Autumn and Winter when play important parts are very commodity prices always advance glootay.
Shanghai never laboured under to some extent. Food prices have such a load of misery, that is, ef been gradually falling for some course, the Chinese side to whom time, though not at the rate that incense and fireworks are essential features in the important events of might reasonably have been expect life. To foreigners there must have ed. This has not bees due to per been general satisfaction at the sistent profiteering, as some seem fact that their sleep has no longer to think, but to world causes that been disturbed by ear-shattering is, supply and demand in the world barrages of fireworks, markets.
DIARY OF EVENTS.
To-day.
6th Ordinary Annual Meeting of the Hong Kong and Canton Ice Manufacturing Company, Limited, 2, Lower Albert Road, acon.
St. Peter's Church Young Men's Club walking picnic to Telegraph Bay, 9 p.
New Territorica Agricultural Show Committee meeting, Sheung Shui, 2.30 p.m.
Official Opening of Yachting Scaran, Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club.
Annual Swimming Sports of the H.K. Boy Scouts Association,
R.C., 3 p.m.
Hockey: Y.M.C.A. v. Helena May Institute team.
Cricket League: — Division 1.: I:R.C. "A'' v. R.G.A.; Royal Navy
I.R.C. B. Division 11.: Uni versity r. Kowloon C.C.; Police R.C. v. RA.0.0.
Friendly Crickab: H.K.C.C. v. R.A.F. Chinese R.C. v. Univer sity; Kowloon C.C.: K.0.S.B.; Craigengower GC. v. Civil Service C.C. End; Club de Recreio t Northamptonshire Regt.
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H.K. Football League:-Division
Incense makers at most of the This is, of course, a subject that shops in the French Concession and has an interest for everyone in the the Chinese city went out on strike. Scots Guards & Recreio: Club country. The cost of living exerts on Thursday asking for higher. R.A.; Police v. Kowloon RAF Queen's South China. Chinese an influence in countless ways. I wages, and the manufacture of in- find that in trade and industrial cease and "jors sticks," has pras Ath. Division II. "Kowloon South China "B"; South China circles the opinion is held that moretically censed, although there are attention should have been paid large supplies in hand. The shop. R.A.; University. Club; Chinese Ath. Reorcio; St. than has been the case to reducing keepers are considering the men's the cost of living, and so reducing demands but as there is no biz Joseph's . K.0.8.B. Division II B: South China "B"" v. St. the cost of production of our prin Chinese festival in the offing s sation of manufacture will not cipal articles of export. „
interfere much with public pics sures
Looking back on the last few years, it seems fairly evident that this matter has not been as seri
Joseph's; Kung Woo t. Kowloon; Moslems v. South China A Chinese Ath. v. Boy Scouts: St.
Joseph's e. South China
The fireworks shop strike is a
"Tea Dances: H.K. Hotel and ously, tackled as its importance more serious matter. For three deserved. Instead, attention has wecks most shops have been closed, Hotel Savoy, 1.30 p.m., and Lane, been paid to the view that high depriving people of this signal Crawford's Restaurant, 4.30-6.30 Dinner Dansant at King Edward costs of production can be balanced method of celebration as a protest P
Hotel by industrial amalgamations on an against the tax of 30 per cent, im- extensive scale. But this view has posed on fireworks by the NationExhibition Billiard match been falsified by experience., Pro alist authoritien duction costs have remained so high that business has been handicapped, and, as we are a trading nation, or less everybody has been more penalised
at
A deputation of shopkeepers made European Y.M.C.A., Kowloon, 8.30 pilgrimage to Nanking to lay P
Mias T. Capel and her." Jpans" their came befove the authorities
give entertainment for benefit of there, but the turned yesterday widow of late Mr. A. Rose, at in dismay their protest having former Nävät and Military been ignored. The tax till stands YMCA, Peking Road, Kowloon, and the shops ara still closed.-
9.18 PAEX Shanghai Times," A
The Quainta present One Dam Tung After Another," Theatre Royal, 0.16
Queen's Theatre: The Cat and the Canary
HOUSE BOMBED AND BURNT.
Burdeas On Industry, In regard to the question of the cost of production, I have been in- terested in a statement made re- cently by Mr. Band, formerly Presi dent of the National Federation-of-NEGRO'S Iron and Steel Manufacturers. He points out that, in 1925 kcal rates and the cost of social services in- creased the price of every, ton of steel plates by Sa. 10d. as against 38. 2nd. only in the year 1013. Local rates and railway charges on
FIVE POLICEMEN SHOT.
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EVANSVILLE (Indiana), Sept. 6th. every ten of steal exported have
The body of a cegro, riddled with risen on a similar scale. No doubt bullets, was dragged from his blaz s'milar evidence as to the cost of ing home last night after dozens of social services on industry could be tear bombe had been hurled into adiered by authorities, in other the house by the police, who were directions. But protests and pray-trying to force their way into the ers the Government and to mani-building to prevent the man carry. cipnities are all in vain; there is ing out a threat to kill his wife.. no curtailment of expenditure.
The negro, who had been at ore time confined in an asylum, kept the constables at bay with a re volver for three hours, during which he seriously wounded five men, ia cluding the chief of police hanself Finally the besiegers set the house on five in order to drive out its desperate defender.,
A Bit of Old London. An interesting bit of old London is shortly to be sold by auction This is La Belle Sauvage, of Lud- gate Hill The ground and build- ings were until recently in the possession of Cassell & Co., the publishers. The historians of Lon- asa say that the locality got its curious name from a tavern known as "Savage's Inu," so called after The defenders of jazz and the its owner. This inn was much fre musician who need not necessarily quented by the actors from the old be a serious musician-simply talk Blackfriars and Globe Theatres, a different language and there is not much doubt that Shakespeare bimself was one of the patrons. In the time of Queen Anne the inn was called Ye Belle Savage," and this old name has survived.
Vulgar Jaiz
Far East Flight.
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World Theatre: The Binck Pirate."
Star Theatre: "The Golden Bed."
Principal Mails:-Outwardi Europe via Marseilles, etc. (Aashi- Ala Maru), 0.30 azn.
Sunday.
19th Sunday after Trinity. Rifle Shooting: .Bcottish Co. (II.V.D.C.) v. Queen's Regt's. Sergts., Taikoo Range, 9.30 am.
Cricket Match at University Pavilion, p...
Lawn Bowls: No. 6 Platoon (Volunteers) v. Armoured Car Co. (Volunteers) Kowloon Deck, 3 p.m. Theosophical Society: Lecture by Mr. H. H. Lanepart on
The Power of Thought" Lane, Craw- ford's Restaurant, & p.m.
"Cheer O" Y.M.C.A:-Ken's Mecting, 7.45 p.m.
After dinner dance at Lee Gar- dena.
Queen's Theatre: "Peter Pan." World Theatre: "Kiss Me Again," also Chinese Picture "Man Lee Chun (Part-II)
Star Theatre: **The Prairie
King."
Principal Mails:-Inward: U.S.A.. etc. (Tengo Maru); Europe via Negaratam, papers only (Kutiang), Monday.
Queen of Spain Born, 1887. Frost's Descent (Shuang-Chiang). 2nd K.OS.B. Regimental Sports, Sockumpoo," p.m.
I learn that the fight of sCD- planes to the Far East by R.AF. pilots will start about the middle of October from the Cattewater,, Dear Plymouth, if the conditions are favourabla.There will be four Sir Henry Coward has declared plance with metal hulls and fitted war on jazz, and has consequently with Napier Lion engines, under the stirred up the supporters of that command of Group Captain H. M. Tea Dancen H.K. Hotel and form of entertainment. They are Cavo Brown Cave. The flight will Hotel Savoy, 4.20 p.m.; King Ed- incensed by his public declaration proceed down the west coast of ward Hotel, 8 pm., and Lane, that jazz is a dead-end sort of France, thence to Naples, Brindisi, Crawford's Restaurant, -4.30-6,30 composition that cannot progress." Alexandretto and Brera, following p.m. He further states that nothing the air mail route to Baghdad from Steel and Coulson's Billiard can make it anything but the Egypt.
League: R.A. v. D.R.C. K.O.S.B cézenec of vulgarity. It is a low From the Persian Gulf the route v. R.E. and R. Siga; St. Patrick's type of primitive music both in will be to Karachi, and down the Club Warders." structure and performance. The west coast of India vid Madras to St. Peter's Young Men's Club popularisation of this type of music Colombo, then up the east coast to lecture, 8.30 p.m.
H.K. Male Voice Choir Rebearsal, and the attendant immodest dances Calcutta, across the Gulf of Bengal leads to, and, in fact, bas already to Rangoon and Penang, thence to St. John's Cathedral Hall, 9 p.m. led to, a lowering, of the prestige Singapore. From Singapore the Queen's Theatre: "Peter Pan." of the white races.'
'planes will fly to the Dutch East
World Theatre: "Kiss Me Again,' This is plain and direct enough Indies, and soon to Australia, also Chinese Picture "Man Lee to satisfy anybody who is fond of which will be encircled. Afterwards Chun" (Part II).
Star Theatre: The Prairie candour." The apostles of jazz have the journey is to be continued back challenged Sir Henry Coward to to Singapore, which should be
King"
Principal Maila Inward: U. 8.A., debate the relative merits of that reached early in October, 1028.
kind of dance music and other It will be observed that the time etc. (Président. McKinley); U.S.A forms of which he approves. But allowed to complete this great fight etc. and Europe via Siberia (Pre- he has naturally declined to oom is about twelve months, and the aident Van Buren) Outward: ply. His opponents and critics, who total distance flown will be ap- San Francisco and via Biberia Canada, America, etc, Europe a have rushed into print, appear to proximately 23.920 miles. The sea-President Tuft), & p.m. me to have entirely missed the places are to remain at Singapare important point that jazz is not as their permanent station, where music at all, and therefore any they will form the nucleus of the debate with a musician on its hydroplane fleet that is to be Stock Exchange. merits could not fail to be futile, assembled there in connection with
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