generally admitted that most have now a "Post-War
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reputation.
NOTES & COMMENT
FALLEN GREATNESS,
Our calendar toki ́un yesterday that it was: the 68th birthday of that
to •
YOUR “DE (PORTURE AND CONDITION, NOT YOUR FORTUNE BY YOUR DISINS.-Veramy Taylor,
The Band of the 2nd
AVIATION NOTES
Britibers at Home or Brondj and with special reference to those whose experience has been gains
GYMKANA NOTES.
SOME GOOD GALLOPS
AND TIMES
(BY * WIREL
main.
Not everyone knew, in the
great - modern -aktier Visocuri Franck and we cʻuld
That sounds odd, an not help thinking of the strennans
od at considerable cost in the late At Happy Val'èy this morning motormar, but days of 1914 and 1915 when the
war, will welcome the suggestion there were prezant the usual in types its lettare hundred embodied in the special resolt-terested owners. Burning Day" away. It is a now form name of French-was`associated
Wilte tion passed by the Congress Hight Blam and Lighting were graph instrument, and as the kay with all the thrilling exploits of the British Expeditionary Force Battalion is returning to Murray of the British Chambers of ridden by the Hon. Mr. J. John-of any letter is tapped this in France. And than this un-Barracks from Mount Austin, Commerosa Toronto for stone. The best gallop of the printed doubtedly great soldier, who had to-day.
the establishment, amongst other morning was done by Lighting, ribbon by a little lettered whne Imade the army his profession
schemes, of an. Imperial" Air this pony covering the whoes morements are controllo since the year 1874, - bad to
Fient and an all-red aircraft route mile in Lient (Temporary Captain) R. round the Empire. It is a proses, but the last quarter, in the instrument. The keyboard 14.2/5 by the electric currents varit feces. gira
The inner history of Cartwright, O. B. E, RA. Pay powal which, I think, should $3.3/5 secs, with an amab was is just like that of an ordinary
younger |man. what caused the change in the Dept arrived by the
zabave the immediate attention of poor. The stable companion, typewriter, and forty" wards's Command has yet to be told the "Kashgar” for duty on the staff of the proper authorities, for the Slam, was sent over the mile minute can be written in York or world, but for all that Viscount the Command Paymaster. period is now past when we can distance and Alexander joined Glasgow by a man tapping:his French has done the nation owes
regard with squanimity on the this pony at the three quarter-machine in Birmingham him debt of gratitude that it
progress which other nations are mile post. The latter was very Landon. During last week the only cases registaring whilst # would be hard to pay. We all
laggard badly beaten and Slam simply know the lines that run Lives of communicable disease notified Government shows a complete cantared bome, covering the mile of great men all remind us" etc. the victims being Chinese. There in leaving the responsibility of three-quarters mile having been spring of 1918, st
were two of entaric, both fatal, indiferenca to the vital question in 2 min. 1445 seca; his last but we also know that the lives of
were also, seven Chinese deaths the aircraft industry of the covered in 1 min. 39.4/4 secs datial invention for locating. great men ars fraught with' ebance-a chance that can make from influenza.
country la private hands. For Spotted Sand with Mr. Soares sounds Buch a device it y for mar even the most brilliant.
promiss of something far-reaching 17.3/5 secs,finishing, the last the bombardment of the big Ger Mr. W. H. Gala' the who are now in something like s Consul General for the United in the deliberations of Lord ass
new being accomplished for the cause quarter in 32 secs, and the man gun, nicknamed Big Berths, silent retirement, that fact States, will arrive in the Colony Weir's Advisory Committee on see. This pony
1. min 06 Which was firing at a distance of is most poignantly brought in the middle of November. He Civil Aviation, but the resulta Scotia Dahlia was sent over the St. Gervais had already been Was game. 100 kilometres. The church of home. Names like Birrell has lait Copenhagen to take up when they came to be promal-three-quarters of a mile distance wrecked by the gigantic cannon. Haldane, Asquith, Marley, Crewe, his new post here. Harcourt, and Runciman-only
gated were disappointing for many and the whole time was 1 min. But through the genius of a interested quarters who had hoped 453 5; the last half being in 1 min scientist the exact spot was found to name a few, bring back mamories of quite recent happen-
for something more substantial 05.3,5 soca. Mr. Seth on Black-where this baroe-working gun The summons issued by Mr ings. Where are the majority of Edward Brown sainst Mr than a meagre suheidy of £125 bird Dahlia should be pleased had been placed, and the bouss these men, now? Out of office Rufus F. Garcia of the Admiral 000 to place the aircraft industry with the pony which covared the bardment was checked. The and out of the public limelight. Line for assault has been with on a basis which shall correspond mile in 2 min. 18 secs and the French Government bas Dow Viscount French has certainly drawn, as the defendant has given security that is given in the grey went well, and the time for promote the further work of this mars closely to our desires for last quarter in 33 secs. Mr. Cox's granted the sum of 10,000f. to bad a strenuous time as C-i-C of a written apology to the com-establishment of national air the three-quarters distance, 1markable the forces in Ireland, bot during plainant.
scientist, Abbe the years 1915-1918 he was sholy-
supremacy. It was true that the min. 42.3.5 secs. and for Rouselat, priest and Professor ed to the not very important post
sum granted is for the purpose of the last half, 1043/5, was one of of Physica. In the College da of C-i-C of the troops stationed in The Shanghai Junior Golf Club encouraging aviation, but it is the best of this morning's gallops. France. sbe United Kingdom, Greatness defeated the Hongkong team at restricted in its application to The full times recorded werO:--
original researches and the WINTERS-On September 28th, in Kongmoon, to Mr. and Mrs. Carries its peozlties just as does Hongkow Park by seven pointsdevelopment of the trade overseas: 130; 2.01; last quarter, 31.
Pantila (Three quarters).—54; insignificance. The whim of The game was exceedingly inter-
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THE CANTON COUP,
or unát.
Treasury is
The
(135) 2nd, Mrs. Reynolds (130),
Mrs. Strange (91). Geats:-1st,
while there was held out the up did the mile in 2 min. that helped to save Paris. frames.
D
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half-mile' in
Ocial College, which recently. Burning Daylight (Mile).—38; [ entertained the National Feder- 1.15: 1.50; 9.319/5; last quarter ation of General Workers, in 31.2/5.
commonly connected in the Salamander. (Hilo)~13:-122.popular mind with the Oxford 1.59; 2.32.2,5; last quarter 33.2.5. Movement, but has also been the Brutus. (Mile)-37; 1.12.25; mother of many eminent Liberals. |147.2/5; 2.20; last quarter 32.3/5, among them we may count the “Noetics,” a brilliant intellectual Sinza (Mile)-49; 139: 2.07 ; | |243; last quarter 36.
group who preceded the Trac tarians, and -the las of whom Red Cost and Mr. Cor's-grey-was Whateley. A notable Oriel: (Three-quarters).- 38: 1.10.3/5; undergraduate of that period 1.42.35; last quarter 32.
was William George Browns, Slam (Mile) and Alexander whose sympathy with republican joined at three-quarters)-35; France led him to leave. Tory 1.08.2/5; 1.41.15; 214.35; last England and, devote his Bie quarter 33.3/5.
ter 32
3 Minister, the power of aesting and close, but was mated and no provision was made for well-equipped opponent, a slight at the concluding stage by rain, the industry at Home which in indiscretion io conduct can making play very difficult and all cases must be the mainspring change a great man's life in unpleasant. Up to the interrup of all vir "on enterprises, as well almost tragic manner. It bastion by the showers the scores
as the centre net-work for any been well said by H.G. Wells that were level, but after the resump future system of serial connee Britain is abnormally prodigal iation the locals secured the re-
tions with other parts of the the reckless manner in which it maining ends with one`exception
Empire. squanders the services of its best and were declared winners by 19 equipped. Men of promise rise points to 12.
The resolution of the Congress of up to be thrown aside, killed by
British Chambers of Commerce, parties and cliques. Our party system has been very strictly There is at present in Hong-in the short transcript that was condemned on this one acconat kong one of the best known cabled through by Reater a week alone, and yet it is difficult to French miniature painters, in the ago. was pregnant with many see how affairs could be so well person of Madame Fenis de meanings. In the vital rendition conducted by any other methed. Noreuil, who has just completed it means that a growing interest
-Ito those remarkable travela Opposition induces efficiency, a series of portraits in Hanoi and and recognition is being given by
Attraction (Mils)—40.25;1.18; which resulted in the rediscovery - compels action. But it squanders. Saigon. She intends staying in businessmen to the services of 1533/5; 296: last quarter 32.2,5, of the lost caris of Jupiler: Ame the arroplane and the necessity It is not always a case of the the Colony, for three weeks, or
for maintaining, for the purposes
Scotia Dahlia, Three-quarters)}mon. But within recent years Canton, which never seems at rest, is again in the throes of Survival of the fittest; it is possibly more, and hopes to fresh trouble, as will have been seen by the news which we pablish- survival of the most favoured, it undertake work of this character of national defence, an adequate 40-1.15.3/5; 1.45.35; last quar-Oriel bas bad a thoroughly democratic Dean in Arthur GraT fleet of machines to meet any hare. Monsieur Lionel, the ed yesterday. It would take more space than we have at our com-
Geordie Mas. (Three-quarters). Butler, the first Head Haster of mand to attempt to explain in detail all the conflicting elements and H.C.L
sculptor and art critic, says of demand on it which, under modern
Inst Haileybury, ous of the earliest movements in the political life of the adjacent Province of Kwang-
promoters of schemen for the her work that it is full of grace, practices of warfare, it may be 38.25 135; 1.49.45: tung, for, perhaps more so thao elsewhere in China, Centon and the
-We have had quite a deal of suppleness and intuition. Madame safely prophesied will be all too quarter 344'5.
Spotted Sand (Milo).—343/5, better housing of the poor, whome province of which it is the capital has long been and still is the cews in the telegrams lately de Noreuil is staying at the sudden. And to accomplish this
end, the building up of the British|111.2/5; 1.45.2/5; 2.17.25; Inst sorra indignatio for the EECKENCO of the farm labourer found vést centre of intrigues and party manoeuvring in their most complex dealing with the cost of living Hongk ng Hotel.
aircraft industry to the same quarter.8% 2 forto. Io Canton it is always a case of the "ins" versus the "Outs" and of efforts being made in many
position sa that given to ship Sepand and Season Ticket.in sobe vigorous verses on “Hadee - struggle for power between rival factions. And that has been quarters to reduce it. It is re-
A very pleasant whist drive building is entirely within the (Mile)-325 109; 1.46.35; and the Land," still worth reading. Butler's tradition is-maintained even more so since the establishment of the Republic than it was in ported from London that the and dance were beld last evening requirements expected of the 222.3/5; last quarter 36. the days of Manchu rule. As to what will happen now, as an upshot bank rate will probably be raised
Lighting (file)-32; 107.2/5 the present Provost, |1,41; 2.1.2/5; last quarter 33.2/5.
ardent sympathiser with the of the new movement aiming at the expulsion of Kwangsi officials, in the near future in the hope at the Military Hospital, Bowen British Goverment.
classes and it would be foolish to predict, for anything may occur.
working Ba: that that large stocks of goods which Road, by the members of the
also Siamese Cat (Three-quarters) Statements as made by the lead-1-37; 1112/5; 143.45; last economics.
a considerable authority more trouble is anticipated is generally acknowledged in competent are at present being held from R.A.M.C. Sergeants Moss. The Chinese circles and is lent colour to by the exodus of citizens from the market will be forced into winners of the drive ware as the capital, many of whom are, as is usual in times of aprest, flock-sale. It is stated that the follows-Ladies--1st, Mrs Smith wanafacturers of the country, quarter 32.2/5
Pawnshop. (Three quarters).~~ notably the Handley Page, in determined NOW ing into Hongkong for refuge.
But it is not necessary to dive very deeply into Canton affairs to to make a serione effort to 3rd, Miss Enwright (130), Boob dicata a state of affairs whieb 95.3/5; 1102/5; 143,3/5 Jast.) : "I bave come to look after the:
cannot be classed as satisfactory quarter 33.1/5. anderstand this new movement which has been put on foot. In restrict the activities of
"colonine—in the first place; where Blackbird Dahlia. (mile.-35 are the colouise?" So Palmerston brief, it is a case of resentment at rale by Kwangsi people, and in speculators. In New York there Mr. Gooch (135) 2nd, Mr. Shipley where the Government is con that sense it indicates a split in the South, all of the Provinces in is a positive wave of price-cutting(132), 3rd, Mr. Vosper (130) cerned. Through their neglect 1.10; 145; 218; last quarter 33. ones introduced himself at the..
in stabilising the industry by the
Colonial Office; and so the British which were previously united in their independence of the and there has been a reduction of Booby, Mr. Dyer (102). A good Central Government. What the Military Commander Li Fook-lam 25 per cent, in some cases.
sumber participated in the dance, kuarantee of State-aid, an indus-
citizen may be exprctad to face. and the Police Commissioner Ngai Bong-ping now design is an movement to reduce the excessive which was a huge success. Sgt try which is still in its infancy,
to pay its promoters handsomely, it overthrow of the Tuchon la Kwangsi man), the clearing from cost of living in America has he Major Thompson officiated as and as such cannot yet be made filling the needs of commerce, the "threat to the British Con- only stitution” with which, sa wG Aru Kwangtung of all Kwaozsi troops, and. in short, "Kwangtung Come countrywide.
And other. C.
is allowed to fritter away, while, hope of safety in the event of told, we are menaced. Where is government by Kwangtong people." And, seemingly, the Naval es
come to band
to make matters worse, the another war, and the only means the British Constitution? There. Commander-in-Chief, who bitherto has stood aloof in isolation, bas which reveal the fact that the For the theft of a gold neck technical experts thus affected by which we can hope to prevent is, in the ordinary sense of the come into fine with these two Cantonese leaders. What is more, present high prices are not so chain and appendage from a have been compelled for the sakes sudden invasion by air on the word, no such thing. ll we the movement is said to have been well financed from Shanghai by much due to excessive costs of Annamite woman living at Wan-of a profession which has no part of a hostile power. The late desired to see the American. prominent Southern leaders who went North when the Canton production as to the pernicious chai Road, a Chinese was to-day great security given to it is wor has shown what can be or the French Constitution ww Military Government began to suffer from dissension within its operations of big financiers sentenced by Mr. Dyer Ball to England, to go abroad and apply accomplished with the seroplane, could do so, but there la na own ranks. Connected also with the new coup is the recent fighting and speculators. People have in which General Chan King-ming has been engaged against the been told that ander production ix months' hard labour, with ten the results of their experience but it is to be trusted that we may precisely formulated British Con- strokes of the birch. It was for the benefit of foreign com- not again be subjected to the stitutions to which we can obtain" Kwangsi troops, for if he succeeds it is expected that the Tuchan responsible for high selling stated by Inspector Grant, who panies who until now have same dangers as those ensuing in socess. There are constitutions. and his followers will soon make themselves scarce. in which event prices, but it would seem that Generals Li and Ngai promise to maintain order in Canton and tas even with a lessened production Prosecuted that the prisoner found it to their advantage to use the late war from a bigoted sense histories, the very night of he
detected
群 masse. of security, pawning the British
As an important sets the ordinary citind Wa province generally. Chan is a Cantonese, but, even so, he is not needed goods have been held up
ornament, which, on sub Thus at a period when the though small link in the Empire None the lem, the British **Bone popular with those who bave initiated the new movement. He was by merchants and others for the sequent investigations, was development of aviation atid its bond we in this colony.have sud the British Constitution formerly a Tuchun in Canton, but his rule was distasteful, sud he is sole purpose of keeping prices traced to the Annamite woman transference to practical chan- hopes of being consulted in any are the two things in what wa disliked almost as much as the present Military Governor is. Bat bigh and profits big. There is no
rest of the world.” Of course, if the fact of his being a Cantongse is a point in his favour question that producing costs of The theft, it appears, took place nals are rendered imminent from schemes that may result from the boast ourselves superior a time like the present.
we are asked to duffle the British. If the present Tuchun fises, it is everything are higher because of on Monday evening, when the the national and commercial congress resolution.
woman was with another walking points of view, and when the doubtful who will succeed him, though, of course, a Cantonese is the risen remuneration of labour, along Wanchai Road.
Mr. Ricou and bis distinguished rapidly vaguely
Constitution"""We can munn The necessity arises of husbanding all certain to fill the vacancy. At any rate, the present Tuchon's but there is also no question that prisoner came up from behind, resources and the conservation of passenger arrived at Haiphong formula-Magna Charta, Bil position is one of distinct insecurity, especially in view of the fact profiteering and speculation have and snatched the chain from her natire talent, the decision of the in the huge Curtiss at 145 on the Rights, Babeas Corpor that both Generals Li and Ngal have strong military support. In resulted in adding to the co- neck. The woman caught hold of Government to leave the industry evening of the 17th, after a most whos Revolution ffact, if he does not comply with the wish of the Cantonese and sumers' costs. The other day the chain which then broke, without its financial help cannot interesting fight over the route charge can be buried retire, he has been informed that "something may happen to him." correspondent wrote as in leaving one balf in her hands be anything else but amicidal. They left Holbow, after the com" floor of the And, knowing Canton, we would rather that the "something" hap regard to the action of The prisoner escaped with the pened to him than to us.
rubber growers, who are now ether half and was not arrested The worst part of this new development is that it is likely to restricting the rubber output in hinder whatever progress was being made towards an adjustment order to get prices back to the of differences between the North and South. Before this couplevel from wbich they have jast occurred, it was felt in some quarters that a reconciliation was fallen, and we were rather inclin- about to take place, though one factor against the probability wased to agree with him that such 20 that the disbandment measures were to follow and not preceds the action is one not calculated to And it is a question that we of connection routes between several ciroles : al-K settlement. It was also thought that the Canton Government's make consumers very sympathe. would rather leave to the various the various British possessions several thousand fee promise to unite with the North was largely dependent on the oper- the tour in rubber were so selves. At present Capital is out local air fleets to be transferred of the anch
tio with any farther rise in prices. interests to fight out for them as well as the maintenance of M. Painlere log tions in which Chan King-ming is engaged in other words, that there would only be a rapprochement if Chan happened to sustain serious as to endanger the econo- for all that it can get, and so is from peaceful to warlike pursuits rocks für defeat. If the new Canton for the Cantonese development mic stability of the estates pro-Labour. There is friction, and when the occasion arises, would ducing it. then the action economie war, - instead's of help to create a demand which Succeeds, it is doubtful what effect it would have on this important question, though in view of the character of the movement there is taken is easily understandable. The present system is being pot developin
which the growers have do-operation and economic peace. will simulate strong possibility that objection would be raised to rule from Peking At any rate, an entirely new aspect has been put on the The question that is looming to a great trial, and there will proveret whole situation, and our chief hope is that whatever changes are in largely for settlement unquestionably here to be him
is "What is a ressonable Tile of modifications if the system is fölsz ore they will be quickly effected and that Kwangtung will at long interest for capital to earn 27 merit its own continuame aat be able to settle down in pesos and quietude.
have
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will
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pletion of repairs to the damage until yesterday morning, bysment would preserve the industry and in regy fine weather Co-operation from the Govern-wing of the plans," at noon, detective at the pawnshop.
from stagnation, and the establish sighted the famous Bay ment of serial schemes of Empire Ablong some hours afterward significance, such as the laying Here the machine descri