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the excursion, and even to introduce her to DURING the past week, when balf Hongkong the great intellects of the Association. But felt nearly stified by the heat, it was hardly he cannot invite, her brother to the pic-nic!consoling: to read the metereological report He may induce half a dozen members of which seemed to show that all, the fuss about. 'the transually hot weather was mere imagion. the Young Women's Christian Association- tion. Yet it is certified that in the office of the which, to its credit, be it said, is practically absolutely free from this rank snobbery and cheap pretensions to join the excursion, so that his entourage might consist of all classes of the community on the female side. But if he dared to invite their fathers; or brothers or second cousins the probability is that as an iconoclast of the first water he would be incontinently thrown into outer darkness, where it is supposed that all is weeping and gnashing of teeth. It comes, to this that where the female section of society is concerned a man, even n member of the Y.M.C.A., can, do no wrong; but when it comes to the males, he has to be On 16th July, at Shanghai, GEORGE guarded against himself. He might even
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Supreme Court with punkahs and fans in full swing the thermanster registered 944 at 10 am on two occasions; and in the Court itself, when the Hongkong Hotel case was being heard, the thermometer ross to 96. That would appear to be an excellent incentive to to make the builders of the new Courthouse put additional energy into their work.. DESPITE the threatening character of the wea. ther last night, the attraction of Sandow and his troupe of athletes at the Theatre adyal proved as potent as ever. There was a large audience, only a few seats in the upper circle being vacant,and Sandow himself was in the pink of condition. The arrangement of the programme is admirably suited for the convenience of those
who desits to see all the principal items and
PRIZK DAY
„H.E. THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH.
AT THE ITALIAN CONVENT,
babitually answers with plain “yes” or “any " With words well selected, sentences simple": and grammatical, and the subject treated in a clear and consecutive manner, an assay cannot fail to be intelligible, and if the writer' has must also be Sir Matthew Nathan, K.C.M.G., accompanied by interesting. For most purposes this will
This afternoon His Excellency the Govemor, knowledge of what she is writing, Captain Arbuthnot-Leslie, A.D.C., and Mr. R.A. auffice, but the girl who has achieved so much B. Ponsonby, Private Secretary, visited the success will probably not be satisfied but will Italian Convent in Caine Read, for the purpose want to make her compositions pleasurable to of presenting the prizes to the successful can read. For this she must remember that an didates of that institution. Arriving at the talking is everyday song so is writing everyday Convent punctually at ball past four, His Ex-poairy; harmony must be studied and discor cellency and party were received by the Rev. dant sounds avoided. Such sounds are Ishar. Mother, and conducted to the hall, when the monious words, the unmusical repetition, in one proceedings at once began according to the sentence, of the same words and arrangement Programme below. The hall had been very of words, which is not actually ungrammatical, elegantly decorated with palms, pot plants are inelegant, for instanco, split-infiultives, and and busting, and it presented a very gay and the termination of a sentence by a preposition. lively appearance whas all had taken their willlenvaths English teacher to explain by ex- amples to any girls whom I may have interested in these matters how such errors are to be avoided, as well as how they may improve their writing by balancing their sentences, in- troducing apt parallels, picturesque illustra tions, and effective quotations. I will close these remarks, I trust before they have be come tedious, by emphasising the bene ficent effect on writing which results from the reading of good books, and by presenting
places,
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HONOKONO, SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1905,
CLASS DISTINCTIONS IN
HONGKONG.
In a Colony like Hongkong, whose cosmopolitan population is, one of its chief features, it might have been expected that anything savouring of cliqueism and class distinctions would be rigidly tabooed. The
non-Buropean'; things more wonderful have Sandow's magnificent physique proved the great draw of the evening, and the lecture on happened. So in order to prevent such a
physical culture was listened to with an atien- state of affairs, if possible, this Christian Astion and interest which would have gratified sociation has let it be understood that none
the most popular speaker. There is no doubt of the native-born-no matter his colour, that Sandow's visit to Hongkong will be pro. character or ability-need apply. And this ductive of much good if it only induces the is what they are pleased to call Young youth of the Colony to take more than a merely Men's Christian Association principles academic interest in things athletic. And It must be remembered that the V.M.C.A. judging from the audiences which have been has never been backward in soliciting crowding the theatre during the week it seems subscriptions from the very people
evident that an abiding and a personal applica- it now sceks to ostracise. Whenever
tion of Sandow's principles is likely to follow, Oge of the satisfactory features of the visit is anything is wanted for the organisation, the interest which is being displayed in the there is a call to arms, and by means matter of physical development by the ladies, of diplomacy and a suitable "amount of whose presence at the threatre has added to the
the benevolent and
numerous interests of the Colony impose cajolery, those outsiders are graciously per an intercourse with the people of all nations mitted to hand over their donations and such as obtains in few other places, and the subscriptions to result is that, in business at any rate, there brotherly members of the Y.M.C.A. To is, generally speaking, an entire absence of tell the truth, the Y.M.CIA. in Hongkong racial feeling, all castes mingling and frais practically maintained by the people who ternising in the best spirit. But when we are looked down upon by the members. The come to the social side another trait of very meckness and readiness of those.out. human nature is disclosed. Of course, it siders to render help to the Association may be said that every man has a perfect when asked is counted as so much against right to do what he pleases in his private them. The spoliation of the Egyptians by life, and while that may be perfectly true the chosen people of God was carried out the man of business takes good care to in an amateurish sort of way compared offend nobody by" any, assumption of with the tactics adopted by the Y.M.C.A. A. S. WATSON & Co., superiority over those with whom he is in of Hongkong. "We are the people," says daily contact. It has been left for an organisation-whose motto is that all men are brothers-to proclaim blatantly the dis. tinction which is supposed to attach to European birth, and to hoist the banner of social snobbery in the face of the very people from whom they are continually soliciting favours. The Young Men's Christian As
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sociation of Hongkong-worked from
the Y.M.C.A. and there is one like us." They will have their excursion to Mirs Bay in the sanctity of their own society. Those who know what that society is likely to be will cordially wish them joy and a happy ending-financially of course to the trip. But they should be made clearly to understand that when they next come forward to solicit alms they should
charm of the performance. It may be taken for granted that there will be a large audience
at the theatre to-night.
LONG DISTANCE WIRELESS TELEGRAPHIX.
THE "CAMPANIA'S" EXPERIENCE.
of the Cunard systems had kept in wireless
The last hem on the programma faished His Excellency proceeded to present the long ful scholar, and that over His Excellency addressed the children in a speech that should be as interesting and instructive to the children of an older growth, as to the scholars he addressed. We are requested by the Rev, Mother to tender-her special thanks to Mr. Sin Tak Fan, for kindly presenting a silver watch as a prize, and to Mr. Ahmet Ramjaha for generously contributing to the prize fund of the Couvent.
His Excellency said:—Children—The In-
spector of Schools bas given me a satisfactory report on your conduct and work during the year, with one exception, and I shall deal with that exception in the few romarks that I now address to the elder girls.
the works of a master of style to the girl who
is most likely to profit by their perusal, that is to the girl who has shown the greatest promita in her English compositions (loud applause.)
The piano perforinances and recitations which were given by the girls were highly appreciated and testify to the efficient manner they are taught by the good Sisters of the Con- vent. The fall programma is as follows, {-- Addres.......................M Nolasco da Silva. Piano."Symphonie d'Enfant "......P. Ros, M. Abwee.
Recitation..."Going to the Edge of the Earth"...
C. Mattock. 24 Girls....." Action Song "......Elv. Felices.
The two highest standards showed them- selves weak in English Composition, Possibly the subject does not appear to you important, as you may not intend to write books and you will not be called upon to compile reports. Apart, however, from the fact that the better you Drill..."Scarf"......M. Ahweo. can write the better you will talk and the more 1 Pianos (8 Girls)...“ Polka Concertata "...... pleasure you will get from reading what is well df. Brewster, E. Camara, R. Loching, V. written, you should remember that there is a Velez, T. Barretto, E. Best, Enr. Felicos, branch of composition which is certainly as
and I. Sison, much women's work as mee's. This is letter Recitation "Wonders of the English Language" to June of lat year it was announced, say writing, a subject in which more women excel
L'Hicks. the Elrical Record, that one of the steamers than men. A well written letter gives pleasure touch with one of the other shore during the apart from the information and the evidence of trip across the Atlantic, and since that time it letter is troublesome to read and lessens the friendship that it furnishes. An ill-written is saul that overlapping of the messages when interest in the writer. A letter, like any other in midocean has been the rule rather that the exception, the vessels of this line almost in. form of essay, to be a good one must say some thing interesting; it must be sound in mat- variably getting in touch with the shore ahead ter, and it must say it well, that is, it must be before losing touch with that they were leaving correct in style. Whether you can say something While under ordinary conditions, it would be interesting depends on whether you notice, re quite satisfactory if the vessel were in touch member and think about what you see, hear and with one shore or the other throughout the read. If you go through life without paying atten entire voyage, if a greater range were secured tion to what happens around you, and without the system would be so much better and more trying to understand things, you will never be reliable; and, that this can be done satis able to write well or even to talk well. I de factorily was demonstrated by the recent not mean that when you have an occasion to trip of the Gunarder Compunda, which arrived write an essay or a letter, or that when you
[32 América-is imbued with a spirit of almost give a wide berth to those who are deemed in New York early on the marning of Saturday, conversa you should take the opportunity of ¦
GREGOR & CO.'S
IMPERIAL
HIGHLAND
baronial pride of birth. No descendant of
Warwick the Kingmaker ever pointed with greater haughtiness to the blood-royal in his veins than do these members of n Christian body attest their nobility of
inferior mortals, whose company isot desir.
ed in the fastidious circles of the YM.C.A. and whose only claim to recognition at all is that they have some spark of human kindli- ness in their breasts and a specially develp ed bent in the direction of generosity and brotherliness, things which are apparently unknown to the Y.M.C.A. of Hongkong.
LOCAL AND GENERAL. JUNK Bay is added to the list of Ports of the
Colony.
May 17th.
Solo......" Overture de Raymond" (Andrew,
Thomas) D. Souza Accompanied by Miss E. Angel..." The Fife. Arts Music... M. Bartadas.
Poetry....
.............E. Best. Painting......Ent. Felices, Architecture ....T. Barretto. Sculpture R. Galluzi' Genius of the Arts...........Ely. Felicer
PRIZE LIST.
Appended is the prize list
Preparatory Class1st prize Clara Matlock; and-Maria Xavier; 3rd—Angelina Azevedo; 4th-Lizzie Mackintosh; sib-Ignee. Rome dios; 6th-1smenia. Paisos; 7th-Reginald Livesey; 8th-Lucy Fairy; 9th-Agues Wing-
10th-James Storie.
·
Infant Class-1st prize-Eva Figueiredo 1 showing how much you know, but I mean that and-Hercilia Gardner; 3rd-Maria Luizago. After leaving Liverpool on the preceding it should be char in the reader or listenertet Standard-st prize-Maggie Pintos i Saturday, the Campania began to receive nies that you have definite and weil grounded and-Jennie Lawrence; 3rd-Maud Kew; 4th- sages when 300 miles out from Poidhu, and information and opinions on the subject Joba Hart; 5th-Maria Rodrigues. daily after that many messages were received about which you are writing or talking. relating to current events of the utmost inter- Next as regards the manner of writing est to the passengers. On Tuesday morning Before you begin a letter or an essay you the Cunard bulletin, announced that during the should have a distinct idea of what you night the Compunts had been in direct com. munication both with England and America; are going to write, and how you are golnik Elvira Felices; 3rd-Gloria Yeara; 4th--`
On Wednesday, when the Compania was
Liverpool and 1,616 miles from New York, almost in midacean, being 1,640 miles from
messages were received from both shores, and again on Thursday signals from both stations were recorded. The Cunarder bulletin pub
caste. Their portals are closed to the riff-calf who did not happen to be raised in some European barn. It is more difficult
to arrange it For instance, in a letter you for the antive-born to gain admission to
wireless messages were received from the will probably first refer to one you have Marconi stations at Poldhu, England, and at received from the person to whom you are their distinguished company than it is for a
Cape Cod, Mass. The messages from Enwitting and you will answer any questions boot-black to gaze on the King. As they started, so they have continued; but their
gland were sent out by Reuter's agency, and that it may contain. Next you will go on thoss from America by the Associated Press. latest exploit is particularly worthy of atten
to say what you have been doing, seeing, hear The signals were strong and clear. The firsting, or reading, and make your remarks on the tion. It has been arranged that on Bank THE German mail of the azad June was de message from America was received about 3 events or books. Then you will ask any ques- Holiday the members of this precious As-livered in London on the zoth inst.
o'clock in the morning, when the Campuniations you may wish to put to your correspon suciation will have an excursion to Mirs LIEUT. G. P. Lanimert has been appointed a and 1,000 miles distant from Poldhe,
was about 1,800 miles diftant from Cape Cod dent. This is only onej arrangement of many Bay. A few circulars were printed for dis captain in the Hongkong Volunteer Corps.
that might be made and I only mention it to tribution among that limited class which is cligible to accompany the excursionists. of the annual report of the Hongkong General
it is of more importance that the ideas should WE have to acknowledge the receipt of a copy
explain that there should be some order in the way you put down your thoughts. In an essay There was no suggestion that the circulars Chamber of Commerce for 1994 in handy book
be in a regular sequence, and that they should should be posted in public places, for the form.
not fly about from one part of the subject to another. The different parts should be kept in simple reason that it was feared the aristo-
ed news received from Poldhu when the vessel lead on from one to another in a natural order. was 1,080 miles from that station. These Afrequent cause of books being dry and dull to messages were among the longest ever read is that this rule is not followed: the story received over so great a distance. They does not, as it were, flow on in a natural way. strong and clear, and it was Just in the same way that you should arrange evident that communication could have the different parts of your subject to your mind been kept up from Poldhu longer had not before you commence writing, you should are the approach of the vessel to the Cape Cod range your sentences before you put them down station made it advisable for the Poldhu station in order that they may fulfil the first require to stop sending. Thus it will be seen that the ment of style, that is, be clear. They are more Cumponta was not only is constant communi- likely to be this if they are simple and short than cation throughout the entire trip, but that for they are complicated and long, and they must three days she remained in communication with be grammatical. There must be no doubt as to which noun or pronoun a verb refers. It is to
grammatical rules, and how to parse sentences. prevent confusion of this sort that you learn
and Standard-1st prize-Manuela' Orete, and-Helen Brewster; 3rd—Julia Ycars; 4th— Alicia Carvalho; 5th-Nerah Brewster; 6th- Rosalia Longos; 7th-William Hari.
3rd Standard-est prize-Julia Dėl Pan; 2nd
Anita Goitla; 3th-Lily Reich ; 6th-Cassilda - Carvalho..
4th Standard.—181 prize-Enriqueta Felices ¿ and-Natividad Lukban.; 3rd-Givoauina Re medios; 4th-Ruby Hopwar; 5th-Renatä. Galuzzi; 6th-Rosaria Lochin; 7th-Maria Emilia Gutierrez ; 8th-Bossio Brewster,
and Ma Gutierrez; 3rd-Dolly Remedios 5th Standard.—1st prize-jessie Pestanjee 4th-Leonina d'Almada e Castro 5th-Mary Ahwee; 6th-Lonisa Hicks 7th-Isabel
Ricks.
· 6th Standsid,—si priza-Maria “Gomes da Silva; and Mary Santos; 3rd-Noemi Mar- ques; 4th-Januaria Simon; sib-Mafalda Barradas.
7th Standard-1st prize-Eliza Camara
cracy of the Association might be over- LEAVE of absence on private affairs to the lished on Thursday on the Campania contain separate paragraphs, and the paragraphs should and-Edith Best; 3rd-Cecilia Lukban 4th-
neighbouring countries has been granted to Captain W. J. S. Harvey, R.A.M.C. from 9th August to 18th October, 1903,
THE Extradition Treaty between Great Bri tain and the Republic of Cuba, for the mutual extradition of fugitive criminals, is printed in the current issue of the Gazette.
whelmed by the common herd who are not wanted. There was at least a spark of de- cent feeling shown in the attempt to conceal the proposed trip from the knowledge of those whose application for a ticket could only have been regarded as a piece of gross cffrontery, though entirely consistent with the opinion which is held by the high and WHISKY.mighty members of the Y.M.C.A. contern ing everybody and everything not stamped with the hallmark of European birth. So in order to prevent contamination by those not catitled to walk into the Presence, the circu- We learn that Mr. W. Kerloot Hughes, mapa lars were handed round among the select ger of the Penjum Mining Co. was recently few. Probably there would have been no cir-sentenced by the Senior Magistrate, l'abang culars at all, had there not been the question to six months' rigorous imprisonment, a fine of expense to consider. But the nobility of of $500 and to pay compensation, about $1,000, the Y.M.C.A. in Hongkong are apparently for loss of a Chinese dwelling house which is is alleged was set on fire by him.-Peral
NOT ONE OF THE BEST,
BUT
THE BEST!·
MR. W. C. Jack, Captain Major, and fourteen divers left in the 8.3. Fri this morning for Hai phong, whence they will proceed to the scene of the Sully's stranding, there to continue the
salvage operations.
Plonter.
not always so staunch to their colours as the vulgar crowd towards each other; and it was necessary to get a certain number of excursionists to ensure the financial auccess of the outing. Everybody entrusted with the sale of these tickets is supposed to know by Intuition the people who are officially declared by the Y.M.C.A. to be perso as who are neither fit nor proper to associate with; | wa's discharged. but that only applies to the male section of the community. The young tin deities of the Y.M.CA have excommunicated the | non-European males, but, being only mortal. GREGOR & Co., they have said nothing about the ladies, land, and sent to join the other three men for The absurdity of the situation which their three weeks' hard labour. A fifth man named crass idiotcy has brought about would be Halloway was arrested last week, bus was so ill he had to be removed to the Goverment very funny if it were not so contemptible. Civil Hospital, where he subsequently sac It is possible for a member of the Y.M.C.A. cumbed to an attack of dysentery. The sixth to escort a lady of the outsider class-that and last man who deserted from the Adalo is [33—1 | is to say the non-European-born_class-to" | |still at largo,
14. QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.
Hongkong, 15th Jans, 1905.
жего
both shores,
one direction only--from the shore to the ves These messages, it will be noted, are sept in
sel, Messages are sent in the reverse direction normally about 150 miles, and, when conditions are favorable, about 263 miles. The limiting factor here is the equipment and the amount of power available on the vessel for wireless communication. If vessels could put more power at the disposal of the wireless system, much longer distances could be covered.
Ball,
THE WEATHER.
4
if
are very few words that mean exactly the same The selection of words is important. There thing and if you know a large number of words you cas give much more precision to your.
descriptions than if you are confined to com paratively few nouns, adjectives and verbs. A large vocabulary shows a good education, The labourer's conversation is made up of a lew hundred words; a writer of repute will use many thousands. But you should never use a word of which you are not quite,certain of the meaning,
Marie Nolasco.
THE natives on the coast near Swalow were stirred up the other day by the appearance landing party which brought with it, they said, the shore. Surely the Japanese bad at last come. a gun, and boisted flags at different points on
to take possession of the ports which communi- cate with Formosi tekolved itself into a surveying party with a theodolite landed from H.M.S. Water witch, and so the course praffaj mon smoothly again,
SHIPPING AND MAILS.
MAILS. DUE.
French (Sydney) 24th.inst Indian (Catherine Aßcar) 24th inst, Canadian (Athenian) 25th inst... Canadian (Empress of China) agth init. English (Malla) 26th instų, noon.) German (Prins Sigismund) 31st inst. American (Doric) rath proze servi German (Prins Bitel Friedrich) est prox.
The Ke. Rubí leit Manila on 21st init, and
The case in which Captain Jarvis charged his steward, Chen Poy, with the theft of five bags of flour under circumstances fully recorded in these columns, was called on to-day for Judg.
The following report is from Mr. F. G. Figg, and of two words which equally represent your is dus here on Tuesday morning, ment, when Mr. F. A. Hareland said that from First Assistant of the Hongkong Observatory: the evidence before him there were not sufficiOn the 21st at 6.45 P. Orders, issued to meaning you should use the shorterone, so long, The ss. Den of Crombie sailed, from Singa ent grounds for a conviction, and defendani hoist the Black Cone point downwards and of course, as it is not slaug. With the same pore on and inst, and may be expected here
restriction, do not be afraid of making use of || on 27th ínatio The depression appears to be situated to the little-used words if they express exactly your The Barton S. S. Co.'s .. Tramont sailed SW. of Hongkong and to be moving Westwards, idea. 1 recommend to those girls who wish to from Moji on 19th inst., for Shanghai, Manila
At 945 p.: Orders issued to lower, the Black write well that, whenever they come across in and Hongkong, Cons and Ball.
On the aand at, 11.55 a. the barometer has their reading a new word, or phrase, they should fallen on the & coast of China, and risen in the learn precisely what it means, and put it down righbourhood of Hongkong and in the Philip in a note book for future use. Again, avoid pines.
The depression has probably moved into the unnecessary superlatives. Your adjectives will be stronger..if not constantly qualified by ad- Gulf of Tangking argin
Moderate SE, winds will probably prevail in verts, such as "tremendously," "enormously, the Formosa Channel and fresh to strong SE. and even "very (which I suppose means Friedrich carrying the German with dates sad 5, winds over the NW. part of the China verily" or "truly ") should only occasiotially be from Berlin of the 4th instyleft Colombo an Forecast-Light to moderate SE, and S. used. The person who is always ready to swear - Friday, pm, and may be expected here on winds ; showery,
to a fact will be less believed than the one who ] 'ast prox.
ANOTHER Seaman from the ss. Adato, G. Lund, was found wandering along the Praya near Aberdeen yesterday, and was arrested. He was this morning placed before Mr. F. A. Haza
Sea
ich which left here on Tuesday, at 10 am, The Imperial German Mail ka. Prins Hein arrived at Shanghai on Thursday, at 6 pm.
The P. & O. S. N. Co's on. Malla leit
Singapore for this port on 21st inst,, at 5 p.m., with the outward English Mails, and is here on 26th inst, at noon.
The Imperial German Mail sa Prins Eitek