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NOTES & COMMENTS.
Industrial Welfare.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1920.
DAY BY DAY.
ROSEMARY AND RUE.
WARWICK COMEDY
COMPANY.
THE BATHING BEACHES.
CEREMONIES ARE DIFFERENT There is 80 much talk IN EVERY COUNTRY; BUT TRUE nowadays of the relations exist. POLITENESS IS EVERYWHERE THE ing between Capital and Labour |SAME-Goldsmith, that it is interesting to learn of the existence of the Industrial Welfare Society at Home. The
is
of a knowledge of the social health and welfare sides of in-
home to
The importance of the welfare the Magistrate that she had question lay in the fact that it beaten the boy “black and blue,”
(By "Tony.")
when children
and lo, like as in a few seconds, it was morning-Christmas the stockings
"The Case of Lady Camber."
COD-
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an
to
the
THE STOCKING. Already visions of Xmas
Splendid soting was witnessed sense that it in its duty to keep stockings and the delights of Sentence of three weeks' hand plum pudding and turkey (minus in the third of the Warwick these areas at North Point and at We have received fresh stocks of the latest FRENCH
Comedy Company's productions West Point. The Government is ATO flashing in perfumers-which include their choicest examples. Singla bottles brought into being by a number on a Chinesɔ who, whilst in the children's minds at the moment Lady Camber," a four-act play reasonable facilities to prepara PERFUMES from Coty, Dubarry, Chiris, and other high class Society is one that was recently labour was this morning inflicted castor oil)
last evening, when "The Case of ready and willing to offer all of big capitalists who realised capacity of watchman, took the Paters and Maters hover around that there is an intensely human opportunity yesterday to steal 50 the brilliant toy-dressed windows of absorbing interest, by Horaca to put up accommodation and to side to industry and that thes, of brass from H.M.S. Kent of the big shops mentally ticking Annesley Vachell, was staged consider any proposal that might welfare of the labourers is of which was being broken up by a off presents they must buy for the Lady Camber, ex-stage dancer, bo put forward for reasonably supreme importance to industry Taking the brass to one of the mas cards from wanderers abroad patient
Chinese dealer for scrap iron. little ones. Thousands of Christ is the neurotic, obviously ill cheap transportation. As I have of Harley Napier, suggested, tranportation to Stone- sa a whole. The Duke of York junts employed by the dealer toare speeding many knots an hour
the eminen: specialist And cutiers or possibly, Ister on, to the President of the Society and at the recent annual meeting in ring scrap-matal over to Hong-to the old home. For the spirit stadent of research at whose bouse Sai Wan and possibly even to she becomes resident with a viaw Repulse Bay should be 10 of Christmas i3 io the London he said that the visits kong, he was seen and arrested.
His labor-more costly than the present ho had been able to pay to the
air; that indefinable something to a permanent cure,
is to North Point various branches of industry had
which people call psychology foratory assistant, Esther Yorke, a transport brought home to him more than jacket from a clothes live at the The time was
and the A thief who yesterday lifted the want of a better expression.ne-time friend of Lord Camber, and Kennedy Town,
becomes the unwilling nurse, Government, ід that sense, ever the vital necessity of enpublic garden at Yaumati, was faithfully believed in Father The attentions of Lord Camber to accepts the resolution that it is couraging the human side of well punished before being handed, Christmas, with his snowy whisk Father Yorke, made known to his its duty to provide such reasonsbla industry. In that lay our greatest to the Police. The man hope of industrial peace. There whom he stole the jacket tied
fromersknapsack of toys and his wife by the faithful Pesch, Lady facilities as it can to assist the Camber's maid, and the accom. public in the matter of free bath- mysterious entry was little doubt that the welfare him to a tree and gave him a chimnes.
down the Half the charm of Panying disclosure, the supposed ing, and it will welcome any move:sent was attracting a great good Liding, before fetching the Christmas was associated with administration of a deadly poison, scheme for transport or other- A.S. WATSON & CO., LTD, deal of attention, and the annual Police and handing him over to thoughts of the genial old man of and the ultimate death of Lady wise that the Hon. Member who report of the Chief Inspector of them. Passed into the hands of benevolence, and children, trip- Camber, help to make a series made the motion may wish to Factories and Workshops, where the Magistrate this morning, helping upstairs to bed in a state of situations leading to put before it. But as the mom- he spoke of the marked progress was further awarded three of exquisite
veritable O. Henry-like
ber who mored has defined his de excitement, in the introduction of welfare weeks' hard labour. conditions, and how the necessity
termined to keep awake to catch clusion, which call for all that is motion as meaning that it is the "O Farver Kismus" in the act best in histrionic art. The mem-duty of the Government The step-mother of a Chinese of filling their stockings. But bers of the Company rise to the preserve the two beaches now dustrial life was being brought boy, who was charged before Mr. somehow the elusive old fellow occasion in a most convincing under question, the Government most interesting and encouraging. [stealing a piece of timbor, told eyes could no longer keep openMiss Beatrix Wynn in the title to the points raised in
the employers, was. I. Smith this morning with was never caught; wee drowsy manner. In the second act a fine regrets that it cannot accept it.
piece of acting was achieved by The Hon. Mr. Pollock replied role, and a splendid representa discussion, tion given of a peerish, uncultur- Holyoak's point as to the weight emphasising Mr. helped the worker to free himself but could not succeed in making morning-acd from the grip of the machine, and bim change his dishonest habita as usual, were found full, or balfed member of the aristocracy of public opinion, and pointing out that it WAS not his enabled him to make fuller use of and earn an honest living. She full, or only too full of heart's whose past is that of a popular his increased leisure. There was explained ber poor circumstances, condition of Pa's pocket. Even
delight according to the financial theatrical star of the dancer dus
Most effective was the
Unofficial alternative new industrial philosophy which had compelled her to send
suggest
sites. of voice abroad with which capitalists out her children into the streets, carried away in the ecstacy of over the phone which revealed had said about alternative sites
grown up people were sometimes display
mimicry All that the Colonial Secretary mus: identify themselves. The in order to swell the family saving and brightening of the revenue by doing old jobs. This moments of make-believe. But Lord Camber's duplicity, berwas vague. His main point was
subsequent eventually be, an industrial issue, Magistrate, who ordered the boy to are no longer deceived as to the bererting spouse, and the out-take away the presen: beaches burst of rage and furs at the until it had provided something and when the community realises receive eight strokes of the rattan. They are aware that father does duplicity of her husband and the else.
origin of the Christmas stocking. that that country is richest which | nourishes the greatest number of
the trick. In many cases stock-supposed connivance of the nurse.
The Hon. Mr. F. V. D. Parr happy people, a big step will Barkit Khan, a watchman em.ings are not even hung on then this and the following acts,
Miss Muriel Aked as Peach, explained that although he was have been taken towards the played by the Hongkong Electric bed; and as a consequence, much; contentment, and prosperity of Company, was charged before of the delight of anticipation and formerly Lady Camber's dresser, strongly in favour of bathing the nation. Such A
statemen: Mr. N. L. Smith, at the Police the air of mystery attached to the earned much applause for her beaches he had, as Chairman of should da much to bring Court this morning, with being cocturnal prowlings of toy laden inimitable character study. Miss the Shipping Committee of the about industrial peace, and the drunk and inespable. He ad-parents has passed into the limbo Jon Mayne a Esther Yorke Economic Resources Committe remarks of Sir William Beardmitted to have imbibed
of disused customs. The child acted with restraint and in con-recommended the Government to more are not less encouraging, little more
junction with Mr. Thorpe-Mayne develop the harbour to its ut was of today is no longer the wide- helped to make the play the suc-mos: Baing beaches should liquor than He said that the Society was not go for him. bat stoutly eyed little visualist of twenty.
Mr be provide, but not at the ex- called upon to express an opinion denied having been incapable. years ago. He is a precocious cess it undoubtedly was. as to the right and wrongs of Sub-Inspector Shannon, whose pattern of the modern cynic. The Thorpe-Mayne was the strong. pense of the development of the industrial troubles, but they duty it is to keep a watch over stocking is passing out with the Sympathetic statuesque Doctor to harbour.
His Excellency the Governor believed they were contributing our watchmen. stated that Barkit mislėtos and paper chains.
Mention must be made of Mr.stated that he could did accept to industrial happiness by urging Khan, when seen last night, was sides, the motor car or aeroplane
road, expected by the modern blase Frank Wheatley as Sir Bedford the motion, in view of the inter- The possibility in the near future of a Latour Government in the importance of co-operation staggering all over the charge of the affairs of Britain is a prospect which is viewed with where co-operation was possible, which fact proved beyond a doub: child, makes an awkward fi in Slufter. The play was well stag-pretation put upon it.
that be varying feelings. There are those who believe that sach a develop If only there could be an exten-
was incapable. The hose that cost so much in these ed and much enjoyed by the large
audience present. Mr. Edgar The motion was then put men: is bound to come and that the sooner it comes the better.sion of such ideas, and if all Indian recently care over from days of high prices.
Warick is to be congratulated on and [declared lost. Mr. Others predict disaster to the Old Country and the Empire as a employers of labour would take Sato, where he had gone
the composition of his little Com. Pollock
3. division result of Labour rule, whilst still others think it would be better to similarly enlightened view of through an exciting experience
Marcelle, sweet and full of pany, and the class of play he is the result of which was that only hand over the reins of Government to the Labourites for a time. it
producing.
himself. Mr. Holvoak, Mr. Lau only to convince them and their almirers that Mr. Churchill is
At the billets on the farm,
Cbu Pak and Mr. Ho Fook voted To-night Hubert Henry Davies' for. right when be declares that Labour is unfitted for the task. What
The Met a burly soldier man.
Unofficials voting ever we may think about the matter, the subject has now come into
witty satire Doormats" is to be against were Mr. John Johnstone the realm of practical politics, and it will be of interest, therefore,
Tall was he and strong of arm.presented. She'd no need to be tight laced)
and Mr. Parr. All the Officials to see what one of the moderate Labour leaders (Mr. J. H. Thomas,
When his arm was found her
voted agains!. M. P.) has to say about the matter. He has just written a book on
waist. the subject, entitled "When Labour Rules," and in it he not only) seeks to show that Labour is it to govern, but attempts to explain) how it will carry out the task.
The Hongkong Telegraph
HONGKONG, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1930,
WHEN LABOUR RULES.
remarks, and in none are their views more steadfastly established than on this question of the head of the State. Socialists used to
things and foster the comfort and in being captured by the Kwang- happiness of their employees we si troops and eventually making should hear a great deal less of his escape into this Colony. industrial unrest
The Brigadier-General.
that
Celebrating his escape. eb? remarked his Worship, when he inflicted a fine of $5 on the defendant.
The first screening of "Bar- bary Sheep" at the Hongkong
by
charm,
THE GRIP.
THE DREAM HOUSE.
the life.
Be-
It will be remembered that a short while ago an announcement
Who amongst us at some period In "England of Tomorrow" as Mr. Thomas sees it, most things was made that the War Office Theatre yesterday was marked of their lives, have not indulged that matter will be nationalised. There will be national ownership Brigadier General but
intended to abolish the rank of
a crowded attendance to in flights of fancy and the build. of railways, mines, canals, harbours, roads, shipping, electricity. liquor, besides a national theatre and a national opera.
witness what was a magnificenting of castles in the air? The Labour subsequently it was given out production. With that artistic dream in the far future of that will not declare for a Republic; on the contrary, it recognises the that such abolition would be wisdom of having a hereditary monarchy. "In many respects the Postponed until January 1st. of touch which has characterized snug little home in the old country workers are even more conservative than the Conservatives," he the coming year. In view of the has succeeded in holding the with its alluring comfort and all bis other productions, Tourneur that you bave built in your mind,į that fact
Hongkong is 5Q,
interest of the audience whilst he the beauty of its imaginative intimately interested in Service
unfolds before their gaze scenes architecture. You see the place be identified with people who wore red neckties and made rude matters Ke shall. We trust. remarks about the Crown, but Mr. Thomas is highly appreciatory readily be excused in giving the very popularly associated with of your dreams nestling among the mystic East revolving round the trees and shrubs with of the services rendered to the Empire by the present King and opinion of one of the leading of an
and red gables impressionable English its Home
roof Prince of Wales. But Labour is not prepared for a moment to
papere. The journal
Maybe countenance a hereditary Upper Chamber" he is himself a Second states: Many officers will be several oriental settings, and one a little orchard adds to its attrac
Sumptuous indeed were and white garden fence. Chamber man, and would have it constituted of a small body sorry tosee the rank pass, because noticed the careful regard for de- tion and you imagine lounging elected on a large geographical basis or a body chosen from the
of sentimental reasons, while tail which House of Commons and containing proportional representation of others
the producer has on the grass in the shade of the will look upoo its the political parties returned to the Lower Chamber."
visualised in the endeavour to fruit trees on summer days, with So far as the
with equal regret workers are concerned, Mr. Thomas suggests that a forty-hour from more practical motives, for It must have been a costly pro- fowl yard, the hum of bees and secure the necessary atmosphere. perhaps the cackle of hens in the week is in the realm of practical politics." He presumes that aspiration towards the rack of duction, and the management of the scent of flowers. You visual- nationalisation will lower prices: he offers no proof; and he admits Colonel-Commandant is no: as the Theatre are to be congratulatise the furnishings of that war control has often enough only kept up prices. Buat keen as is the case where the ed in their policy of not increas- mental home and can couot there is a work of difference." be contends, in the principles rank entitles the recipient to the ing the prices, in order that the every door and window in the underlying that sort of control and national ownership."
Mr. Precedence and privileges of Thomas does not adopt the narrow view that manual labour is the General rank. It is contended public may have every chance of only essential to successful industry, and, with regard to manage by those who favour the reten enjoying what is a really first
class picture. ment, he has every faith that men will readily be found who will tion of the rank that the title of
abolition.
besides
act on behalf of the Government owners in successfully and skilfully being unimpressive, does not pro-
Colonel Commandeat,
carrying out those duties."
to set up a new class warfare.
girl.
This morning we had a call
your
place. Many, many people have had dreams such as these, and in their simplicity have even started a secret banking account with the ob of some day realising their hopes. But as time goes
READERSHIP IN CHINESE. The Rev. W. Hopkyn Rees, of Shanghai, has been appointed to the London University Reader-1 ship in Chinese, teasble at the School of Oriental Studies.
and
In the sea down at the beaches- Hundreds of our nuts
peaches.
But the Public Works decided To resume the bathing places. Should we want
to
cool
ourselves We must go and wash our
faces. Evidently trade and wealthi Stands before the public health.
ence.
•
claimed
TO-DAY'S MISCELLANY.
The astonishing figures publish. ed as to the gains made by Ray and Vardon during their tour of the United States will open up a new vista for the aspiring youth of the caddreshed. It used to be said that the Lord Mayor's gold coach had its appointed place in the scheme of things, since idle apprentices, seeing it pass, might well be encouraged to mend their. ways in hope of attaining & similar distinction. The golden
of argosy
the AWO Swimmers, divers, paddlers golf professionals should have great splashers,
a similar lure for idle caddies, Raise a shout-show your re- There is, in fact, only one form
sistance
of sport in which so much money To the plundering of your can be made, and that is boxing;
pleasures.
but whereas the boxer who saves Keep it up with keen persist-money is an exception, there is nothing in the life of the establish- If you'll but hang on like leaches ed golf professional which encour They will give you back yourages rash expenditure. No one The Labour Government will not seek
beaches. It will fix the profits that can be vide an adequate distinction from Mr. Frederick Stubbs. on the habita and customs of far
expects him to launch out inta earned at the factory, and at all other stages before the goods get to between officers in command of F.R.G.S.. well-known as a writter dung countries of their residence SAVE OUR PEACHES.
diamonds and motor-cars; no one the purchaser, and "there will be no profiteering." The workers and the officer in command of New Zealand. Mr. Stubbs is at slowly kills their ambition. The" Rosemary and Rue
well-defined regimental units for the Press in Australia and ruthlessly claim them; inertia Someone has been dipping into
is disappointed if he puts his must be taken more into the confidence of the employers, and it the group of different regiments present on & long tour through vista of years of waiting destroys used the heading
money into good securities as E and bas must be more generally recognised that they can suggest improve-
provision for old age and £6,000 ments which would be invaluable to the concern by which they are
comprising a brigade,
"Save Our provides a handsome old-age and Asia, Africa and Europe, writing the desire. The lure, or shall we Beaches" as a slogan on the employed. I want to assert," he says, "that the only future for that the duties of a Brigadier articles for Australasian journala. call it the babit, of the new campaign posters against the
panion. the middle-class man is under the Labour rule. Slaves of the peo And the office stool-these are among us, and the lot of these gature as to warrant the distinc about forty different countries and
such During the past fifteen years, he country displaces the old. New sanexation of the bathing beaches an onerous and responsible has visited and written upon thoughts and new friends for commercial purposes. Well, workers will be better under our administration."
new social life mellow we do not mind. Go to it and tion of General rank with attend-and during those years he has and
Compare this with the earnings In finance a Labour Government will begin with a capital levant badges and crassed sword been elected to the Royal Geo-dim and faded memories. You cause and a gallant one, for professionals. There can be few
ripen. and and will endeavour to raise revenue by means of only one tax and baton and oak leaves in gokl. graphical Society of London, the become acclimatised, colonised:
replace good luck. It is a worthy of even the most famous cricket Income-tax. Death-duties, however, will remain and be increased.)
large number of the of them who have made as much Indirect taxation will be abolished. In order to solve the problem The official reason for postpone Royal Geographical Society of and in time you desire nothing fair sex have in tbe of the exchanges, Mr. Thomas would like to see a world-widement is that its abolition on the Australia
past as £6,000 in a long career as and the National better than the Eastern or availed themselves of the cooling exacting as that of the golf pro- currency, but he admits the many difficulties. In its foreign policy been coinsident with the passing United States. He is staying in habit. Then it is that the dream In the future, when bathing is ionals have left estates running date intended, which would have Geographical Society of the Southern life that has become a delights of bathing at North Point.fessional Few cricket profes- Labour will abolish secret diplomacy, oppose Imperial Preferences of the Army Council Act, 1920, Hongkong until the 21st instant, house becomes old and delapid-practically inaccessible sad our into four figures when they died. and seek to lead the undeveloped pants of the Empire to self-govern would have involved difficulties when he will leave for Singapore, ated, and one fine day it totters mermaids languish and lose their We hear & Lood deal about the meat. Labour will endeavour to make the League of Nations into a League of Peoples, and Mr. Thomas closes his vision of the future in the performance of their duties and whilst here he will write on and falls and vanishes with the fresh loveliness through the heat gains of the professional football- international economic problems as well as diplomatic conduct. Suck, in brief, is the picture which this moderate Labourite paints Army, as far as rank is concerned, Y.M.C.A. Mr. Stubbe has a son, for us. It has no land colours, for it is a bloodless and peaceful armies, but it is not welcomed University, in the East, as well as more into line with Continental Professor C.M. Stubbs, of Chengtu revolution that Mr. Thomas foresses. IFall that be predicts comes true, then the millennium may not be far off, after all. But it really the inore because of that a daughter, the wife of Dr. E. W. seems too good to be true,
fact."
Kirk, F.R.G.8., of Canton,
in war-time STO of
with the emergence of a World Parliament, which would regulate The change will bring the British University students and
of existing the Brigadiers-General. this city and also lecture to old hopes for all time.
the
THE SPOILERS.
In the hot sod clammy days Of our summer weather. People used to cool themselves; Sport and splash together
and perspiration of this uncom-player, but to him too, such a fortable climate, we stand a total for a single season, bow- chance of losing our peaches. As ever strenuous, would seem a an incentive to our young gallante fairy tale. Perhaps baseball-pro- to buck to and help the cause, fessionals might be compared- why not add to the posters "Bave but their "earnings are rather our Peaches ? "
sore point just now, !