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HONG KONG'S WEATHER.
PRINCIPAL FEATURES LAST YEAR.
REPORT FROM ROYAL OBSERVATORY.
The principal features of the weather in Hong Kong in 1097
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SOCIAL UNREST IN JAPAN.
1928.
FASCISM MORE LIKELY THAN BOLSHEVISM.
TROUBLES OF THE PEASANTRY,
KOHE, March 9th. There was first the very well-con- Rester's agent in Japan, Captain ducted strike in 1019, in which M. D. Kennedy, has contributed to compromiso was effected. In 1921, the Nineteenth Century and After when the slump had very definitely article reviewing the growth of arrived the Kobe dockers, both the labour movement in Japan, Kawasaki and Mitsubishi, went on (4) Rainfall very considerably headed “Labour and Social Unrest | a much more serious strike, demand- above normal in Alay and con siderably above normal in July in Japan." His general conclusioning a syndicalist management of the and August. 8.01 inches fell is that Fascism is more likely to be workshops. from May 8th to 8th and 15.75 the outcome of unrest than A Captain Kennedy seems to as to inches from May 17th to 24th.
(b) Temperature considerably Socialist revolution, and in this he gire a great deal too much credit below normal in March and April is probably right, though the Fascist to the infuence of the Liberal and considerably above in Noyem organisations like the Roninkai and thinkers, who, he says, realising the ber and December.
(e) A typhoon which passed a the Kokusuzikaj already existing importance of guiding the Labour few miles to the South of Hong have not made themselves at all movement into moderate channels" Kong in the morning of July' 95th, causing a moderate gale. popular, and if anything in the lest otherwise it might drift la too Another typhoon which passed a nature of a "loyal and bloodless radical a direction, gave it their few miles to the South of Gap revolution" were to the place it patronage and.support." He does Rock in the morning of August would probably be a purely inilitary not mention the amalgamation of 30th, causing a violent gale at Hong Kong.
affair, and would not be, as in Italy, Barometric Pressure was perais- because of labour troubles verging tently below normal from January towards anarchy so much as be- to August, and again in November causo of the gross corruption of the and December. In September it political gangs who divido the was considerably above sormat and power between them. Though some in October moderately above.
knowledge of and an inclination The temperature of the air was to imitate European revolutionary considerably below normal in movement begun about the begin- March and April and considerablyning of the present century, and above in November and December. the Yuai-kai was formed in 1912, it The mean temperature for the year was only after the rice riots of was 71944 as against 71.6 in 1990 1918 that trade unionism really and 718 for the past 44 years began. The highest temperature was D3*.1 on August 19th, as against 023 in 1926 and 5.0 for the past 44 years. The lowest temperature was 45.9 | tivity going on below the surface, on February 7th, as against 43.2 and, & class of malcontents with a
in 1996 and 3.0 for the past 44
years
For the next few years everything was seemingly quiet though in reality there was considerable ac
grudge against the existing order
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the Socialists into one union in 1921 and its breaking up by the police- with the aid, in part, of ruffians who assaulted the Socialists when- ever they caught them in sufficient- ay small cumbers to make it safe.
of society was coming into being.
Later on the writer refers to the accusation against the Eta that" they were prominent in the riots- an secusation that was probably true only to the extent that they are poor people and stand in less awe of the police than most of their
In view of our "grave affair,” of to-day the following passage in the article is interesting:--
In passing, however, it may be well to note that personal in- quiries both from Government | officials and leaders of the Labour movement would seem to disprove that there is any Soviet money, behind this unrest, though one of the leading men in the Labour movement, whose name, for obvious reasons, cannot be mentioned here, stated quite frankly that active propaganda was being carried out constantly among the labouring classes by a certain unofficial member of the Soviet Embassy. This individual, The total rainfall for the year
As he put it, was the real repre- sentative of the Moscow Govern was 107.86 ins, as against 100.78
ment in Japan, while the ambas ins. in 1928 and 88.00 ins. for the
sador was merely a figurehead, oi
smoke-screen." past 44 years. The greatest fall. in
Apparently since. Heüter's agent one civil day was 7.95 ina. on May 23rd as against 21.02 ins in 1928;
in Japan interviewed Covernment on this subject, officia! the highest on record. The greatest
ofheinls fall in one hour was 2.10 ins. be- fellow-countrymen. The strikes were, opiaion has changed, since a Reuter tween 12 and 1334. on May 1st, as spontaneous as such a rising message from Japan of March 23rd as against 3.06 ins. in 1928; also could be, and it was discontented states that "the police appear to the highest on record.
fishwives-another outspoken class-suspect the left wing of the Labour. who began the row. There had been Farmer Party have received sub- financial support from a number of strikes before the riots,stantial and it was not until the war was Moscow," over that wages really began to Captain Kennedy concludes with assume their present exalted level. brief survey of the condition of Captain Kennedy says that during the peasantry, and tells of the the boot" the workers could afford desperate straits of the tenant- to be unruly and dictatorial," but larmers who cannot pay the extor- that in the slump and general de- tionate rents demanded. It is ob- pression that followed the boot was viously, as he says, a dangerove a situation, and it would appear that on the other foot." "This as general proposition is true, but an absurdly high assessment of the there were a good many exceptions. land is the cause of it, though that For instance, big dockyard strikes, asacssment does not prevent great which Captain Kennedy does not landlords from being millionaires. mention, both took place when the This is one of the most serious pro- men no longer had the whip hand.blems of the day in Japan.
Typhoon Signals. ;. The following tables show the number of times typhoon signals have been hoisted during the past five years.
RED BIGNALS.
11 Times.
1993
1924
10
中原
1995
5
J7
1928
5
11
ID27
3
71
BLACK SIGNALS.
1923
8 Times.
1824
· 1925
1926
1927
BOMES FIRED.
1923
1024
Twice. *None.
1925
1926 1927
None. Once. Once.
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SCOTT 'RECORD MAY BE LOST TO BRITAIN.
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Then, said Lord Merrivale," she referred to the dog she had with her and for which she professed affection. She said she should sell the horses, but abe was going to keep her Rover," as I cannot afford another car just yet
Then she went on to suggest that her husband should came to see her
in Norfolk, where she was going to
The report of the Botanical and Forestry Department for the year 1907 saya:
The weather throughout the whole of Captain Scott's tragic journey, which penalises his widow, if she A clause in Thomas Hardy's will, year was unfavourable for garden- to fad its final home in America?
This question is raised by the fact marries again by halving her an- Lord Merrivale, President of the ing owing to the excessive rainfall that M. Herbert Ponting, who auity of £6,000 is being widely Divorce Court, made some strong sort out her things:
case in which ä which delayed planting and spoil-made the film, has received a discussed and the opinion on the comments if ed to a great extent the show of Transatlantic Snancial offer for it whole condemns Hardy's action on 23-years-old, wile with £1,000 a year. that is too eubstantial to decline the grounds that he remarried and left her husband for a co-respondent onless a British bid is forthcoming.had, therefore, no right to punish aged 18,
Various persons who are alarmed his wife if she did the same.
were
flowers on annuals and herbaceous plants; on the other hand forestry operations were much benefitted by wet conditions which prevailed up to about the third quarter of the успг. The fourth quarter of the year was mild and dry and insect pests
in consequence very
Considerable damage was done to flowering and other trees in many parts of the Colony by typhoons. The force of the exceptionally long gale which approached the Colony on August 20th war responsible for the major portion of the damage;
Dumerous..
in the Botanical Gardens the damage was fortunately compara tively alight..
The following is the comparative statement of revenue and expendi- ture of the Botanical and Forestry Department for the years 1918-1927. Year. Expenditure: Revenue.
$51,007 8 6,282 *$1,457 8,307
55,075
8,547 61,429 10,657
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at the prospect of this pictorial epic being appropriated by America have approached Mr. Poating, and he is unwilling to let his great work become the property of America
Baerlice.
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"The case was that in which Mr. The following views have been Derek, Scott Innes Sefton-Toms, of expressed by representative women: Queen's gate, S. W., of no occupa
tion, petitioned for the dissolution Min Sheila Kayes Smith:
of his marriage with his wite, Helen knew Hardy and I know his wife, Sefton-Toms, (née Betts), on the but none of us know his motive for ground of her adultery with Mr. inserting this clause in his will. Philip Avery (appearing by his No doubt the point of inconsistency mother as guardian), against whom can be made against him on the damages were claimed. grounds of his second marriage, but
The adultery was not denied, and
I should hate to think of anything Mr. Barnard, for the husband, in- that might. detract from his
timated that, subject to the approval memory."
of the jury, damages had been agreed at £00
Miss Mabel Winnie James, recep-
Lord Merrivale continued:-
I can well conceive that you will think the value, from a matri menial point of view, of the wile who behaves in this way, whether she has £1,500 a year (as stated) or 1,500 pence, was represented But tho at a very small sum. guardians of this lad, recognising: that there is a case for damages, have apparently declared them- selves ready to provide £100 in He is, in fact, prepared to make
respect of damages, and if you a sacrifice, and would rather accept
concur in that and think that"£100 less than half the American offer,
does not overestimate the loss provided the ownership of the film
suffered by the petitioner, you. can be retained in Great Britain.
will assess damagës at that sum. Strendous efforts are being made
"Husband's Lost Work, the film, and
Miss Sybil Thorndike: There to retain the proprietorial rights an
special gathering can be no question of penalty. If
Tao jury asked Lord Merrivale was held in the cinema of the Im Mrs. Hardy marries again under tion clerk at the Bell Hotel, Glou-whether, the husband, who gave up perial Institute, when Mr. Ponting the terms of the will, the residue cester, and Hiss Violet Dando, a his work at the suggestion of his again screened the pictures, and devolves upon the other beneficiaries chambermaid, were. witnesses for wife to live in the country, could
It the husband,
get any help from her. Rear-Admiral Evans (Evans of the his brother and his sister. Broke), who as Lieutenant Evans seems to me that his will, is the Lord Merrivale, addressing the The President said he could not.
The jury found adultery, and Scott's expedition, best distribution he could have jury on the question of damages," accompanied voiced the feelings of these moying made."
said no that they might form some assessed damages at the agreed in the matter.
Mins Stella Beason: "Leaving opinion as to whether the damages amount of £100, and. Lord Merri- Admiral Evans described the film Hardy out of it and speaking which had been suggested were vale pronounced a decree nízi. Ho as illustrating one of the most generally, I think the practice of reasonable, he woudl read a letter made an order for costs against the exquisite chapters, not only in the such a stipulation in a will is un- which this young woman of 22 or co-respondent and the respondent,
Sat justifiable,”
23 wrote to her husband after she limited in the latter case to her. History of Polus exploration, he might almost in the his- Misa Lillian Baylin I have had gone, off with this boy of 18. separate estate. Lord. Merrivale observed to the jury: I can quite tory of our Empite
never married so I don't know what The letter opened: The film, as shown recently in I should do about it. It seems to Darling Derek, Will you not understand your dissatisfaction with fix up anything about selling the the sum here, but the fact of a London, awakened all the old feel me that if a wife has been of rest
Spinney yet as I am not at all youth 18 years of age it, of course;" ings of romance, adventure, hero- help to a man in his work sad in ism, and patriotiem that were his home she deserves everything he sure about my plans? I am in a great obstacle to an effective ver terrible muddle-no money, no diet, unless he has considerable 61 stirred when it was first shown, leares,"
Lady Wyndham: "It seems to ma car, but very happy. I went to pectations, shout which I know no- while the heroism of Scott and his
see auntie and fold her about thing. Damages cannot be assessed party, and the great encrifice of such a personal matter, and it is
everything, and we discovered against a woman, the law does not Captain Oates, " a very gallant so difficult for anybody outside to
that Philip (co-respondent) and provide for any such remedy as gentleman," had all their old judge. I should never insert such
I are cousins by marriage. z clause myself" poignancy.
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that