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NOTES & COMMENTS.
Traffic Improvements.
Our local Traffic Department is by no means an inactive on and we are wondering just how many people besides ourselves have noticed the improvement which has resulted in clear ng out the ricksbas from the main atreets wast of Pedder Street Rickshas used to be allowed to "park" "along the gutters of Queen's Road and Des Voeux Road with the result that traffic using those roads was robbed of a deal of space. During the past few days the rickshas have been instructed to "park" up side streets, just as the chairs have to
23 1921.
-FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER
DAY BY DAY.
THE BOOKSHELF.
TRUTH 19 ONE FOREVER ABSOLUTE, BUT OPINION IS TRUTH
(By "Librarian.")
THE BLOOD, THE DISPOSITION
DEAN INOK ON THE NOVEL FILTERED THROUGH THE MOODS, or THE SPECTATOR-Wesdell Phillips.
ia
There was a olsan bill of health the Colony yesterday 13 regards notifiable diseases.
exhibit the self-conscious postur English_journal. Certainly an- ings of some particular clique ather Banaoa-E F.-gives a and to satisfy a little inner circle vivid idea of it in "The Luck of admirers; its purpose is to lead of the Vaila”. The subject forma everyman out into the broad and the central idea of a very striking varied fields over which the free story by Marguerite Bryant, call- spirit of poetry bloweth, like the ad. "A Courageous Marriage “ somewhat gloomy of late, but from over ninety poats are in-young and penniless girl, marries, Dr. Inge has bean waxing wind, where it listeth. Selections (Hutchinson) Theodora Dane, & there is nothing to complain of on oluded. Among those who are with her eyes open to the truth this score in his views on the dead, Ernest Dowson, James that her husband is possessed of novel, recently contributed to a Elroy Flecker, Andrew Lang, the devil of cruelty. What her London journal, though the Dean George Meredith, R. L. Stevenson, married life is like in consequence is outspoken enough in places. Francis Thompson, and Osoar can be easily imagined. But He recalls the ill-favour that long Wilde find a place; while of the through this ordeal Theodora Springing a leak, a junk, loaded attached to novelists socially, a posts of to-day we have Hilaire eventually emerges triomphant, with a cargo of Brawood, sank-in circumstance that has a eurious Belloo, Laurence Binyon. Robers having cast out the devil by her Kowloon Bay on Wednesday and sound ic these day when Bridges, W. H. Davies, Walter de kindness, patiance, forbearance, became a total loss. The crew success
A novelist
ia a la Mare, Austin Dobson, John and splendid endurance. in all. was rescued.
ipasaport to society. The render Drinkwater, Edround Cosse, respects a capital story with a may remember that a lady of Ralph Hodgson, John Masefield, fine moral. In to-morrow's Pictorial Page title who was deeply interested Alice Meynell, Harold Moaro, do in Wyndham Street and Ice we intend publishing the following in Richardson's fiction employed Alfred Noyes, J. C. Squire, and House Street and the resultant photographs Group ploture of a disguise when communicating Arthur Symons. Here, indeed, improvement is by no means the Shanghai and Hongkong with the "father of the English for the very moderate sum of six small one. It is just as easy for Interport Bowls Teams: the scans novel." feeling that it was 'not { shillings. ja AR almost in- residents to call a ricksha, in fact, at Happy Valley last Saturday at quite the thing" for a dame of exbaustible treasury of joy and it is easier, because only one rick-tha Interport game: The Taikoo quality to be on speaking terms inspiration and consolation.
novelist. Indeed, fiction
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LATE SINGAPORE
NEWS.
An Official Denial.
A.S. WATSON & CO., LTD. s is at the end of the line at one club representative Bowls Team with
time whereas before to call one the Greig Murell wedding group; I shared the stigms which long Hiroshige. By Yone Noguchi (From Our Own "Correspondent.)
(ESTABLISHED 1841)
HONGKONG DISPENSARY Phone No. 16'
Cable Address: Hongkong. Telegraph,
Telephone: No. 1. A.B.C., 5th edition. Western Union.
Office address: 11, Ice House Street.
The Hongkong Telegraph
Some
HONGKONG, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1921.
say
EVENTS IN GERMANY.
have been but it strikes us that
the
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doubted
in
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Singapore, September 23. Guillemsrd is going Home bas The rumour that Sir Lawrence been officially declared as being without foundation.
Singapore's Trade Reviewed.
Between Ourselves
By Robt. MacWhirter.
Įrieksha from among many lining two photographs taken at the attached to the stage.
the sidewalk was to invite the polo match during the. Wood- The best Greek novel, the London: Elkia Mathews. 250. Det, dash of several. For this little Forbes stay-over bera and a Odyssey, is not a novel in form Hiroshige 19 one of the great matter our Traffic Department portrait of Signor L. Petrucci the indeed, this form is represented landscape artists of the world, can, through us, accept best newly-appointed Italian Consul in antiquity only by the anedify remarks London critic in re thanks. There are many lutte for Hongkong.
ing fragments of Petronius, the farence to a little monograph. ways in which the traffic problema
hardly more respectable "Golden printed in Japan and got up in of this Colony-by no means easy
Sir William Bunyate, Vice-Ass of Apuleius, some short the pretty Japanese fashion, but problems by reason of the nature Chancellor of the University of stories by Lucian, and the late written in English, by Yone of the traffic-are being deal Hongkong, who has gone up erotic romances like "Daphnis Noguchi, known both in England with. Ever since traffic police North to attend the Medical Con- and Chloe," remarks the Dean. and in America as, a poet. His have been pus oo dangerous ference convened by Mr. The Middle Ages, when they command of English idiom is not corners the driving of a motorear Rockefeller, Jor, is not expected became tired of the "Lives of the absolutely perfect, and his langu-
At the Chamber of Commeros for the riding of a motor cycle in to return to the Colony until the Saints," full of incidents about as 430 is sometimes "vague; on half-yearly meeting, Mr. Gibbons, the Colony has been a very much end of October. Opportunity will probable as those of Jack and the other hand, it is characteris-the Chairman, reviewed the trade less nerve-wearing experience be taken by Sir William to visit the Beanstalk." created the
ed by freshness and felicity. Mr. position, showing a falling-off in than it was hitherto Last week the Hongkong University examin- romances of chivalry, tales of love Noguchi's acquaintance with imports and exports of 53 and 5 end the writer bad personal ation centres at Hankow, and advanture like the legends Western art And literature per cant, respectively. There experience of the improvements Wuchang and Shanghai on his of the Round Table.
enables him to write from a
was some satisfaction, he said, in and it was comforting to be return. As regards the report Love and adventure are the broader point of view than the smaller volume of trade, given intelligent signals at the that Mr. Rockefeller has agreed favourite topics of the novel, and that of orthodox native criticism. enabling merchants to liquidato bottom of Garden Road, at the to donate a sum of $600.0.0) in the best novels the career of The Japanese themselves are only costly stocks. They were very Volunteer Headquarters corner, towards the establishment of the one person is the centre of inbeginning to take Hiroshige and slowly approaching a healthier at the Glenealy-Caine Road, medical faculty of the University terest. A novel should be a ficti- the whole school to which he state of trade, the distressful corner and at the Bonham Road on the condition that another tious biography. The Odyssey belonged with something of the
feature being the continued corner just by the University. It sum of $400,000 is forthcoming and "Robinson Crusoe," seriousness which Westera cri-depresion in rubber and tin. made all the difference between from other sources, we have very perfect novels, conform to ticism has devoted to them. Mr. The meeting decided that only assurance and doubt, the two received по confirmation on this type. Sometimes love is Noguchi bas
British members should vote in biggest factors in either the pre-enquiries with the Cniversity the chief interest, sometimes, prejudices, and writes with an the nomination of a representa- vention of or the contribution to authorities.
25 in Stevenson's novels, thusiasm on his theme. A score live on the Legislative Council. accidents. If one could only
adventure. Scott combines the or so of Hiroshige's prints are instil into the minds of pedestrian
Variety turns are always two, but the love interest is gen-reproduced, two in colour.
VALUABLE ART BIQUEST. Chinese that the road is not the welcome in Hongkong and the erally rather perfunctory. His safest place in which to wander management of the World Theatre heroes have
A collection of paintings, necessary aimlessly and could also tesch are to be congratulated on their muscular and amatory qualifica that takes possession of a human containing many fine examples of The belief in a personal devil statuary, and other objects of art The election of a member of the People's Party as caution is far preferable to speed, feature into their programme. The ing. and some of his heroines are ty as a subject for treatment by valued at £250,000, was bequeath- Chinese drivers that care and enterprise in introducing this tions, but are apt to be uninterest being has always appealed strong- the Flemish and Italian schools, Premier of Bavaria is a straw which shows the direction then our list of accidents would. classical dancing by Miss Do: much better. of the wind in that quarter. Since the armistice the thanks to the assistance being Mosolowa and Mr. Gordon on It is curious to remember that{
the novelis Perbups E. H. Ben-ed to the Metropolitan Museum. son dealt with this theme better of Art, New York, in his will by history of this southern State has been exceedingly curious. given by our traffic police, be Wednesday and Thursday was for a long time novels and At first it was a hotbed of the extreme kind of democratic reduced to something like greatly appreciated by patrons of novelists were frowned upon as generation, says & writer in an of a firma of jewellers.
than any other writer in his the late Mr. Michael Dreief, head negligible quantity.
the World and the higher-priced being hardly respectable, says fervour; this at any rate was the type of doctrine enunci-
seats were well filled cn both the Dean, adding that the ated by those who had the reins of office. Before long a Local Trenches.
nights. To-night the attraction real reason why Sir Walter Scott decided change came over the scence. The democratic) Whilst we are on the subjectLifting Shadows."
at this theatre is a film entitled so long concealed his authorship governors gave way to a set of Imperialistic politicians of traffic, a word or two would Emmy Weblen. This artiste takes have been that he wished to be a featuring of the Waverley Novela seems to who have been foremost in the attempts to thwart the not be out of place regarding the part of Vania," a very fine gentleman sad carrying out of the Peace Treaty, especially in relation to the prolonged mess the Electric beautiful woman, whose husband whether it would not do him disarmament. There has recently been some trouble between Company is making of Our bas wrecked himself by drag arm socialy to be known as a Bavaria and Berlin in reference to the rights of the central streets right in the centre of the taking. Her trials and tribulations writer of fiction. In strict avange going to tell yo & story. It's a ship wasna easily pleased. Bat Now today, to begin wi, I'm there were times when his Lord- government and of the individual States respectively about the technicalities of laring how she escapes from the terrible red altogether, as we find
city. We don't know very much are realistically portrayed, and lical bouseholds novels were bar-Russian story. s fable, to be the nutgatherer was a handy little this friction is all camouflage, and that Berlin a new cable cr whether there is cload which overshadows her life many Victorian biographies; and waur o' that, though. I'll admit more precise but it's none the and the States understand each other very well. This does any real reason for keeping the is the theme on which well. I can remember myself, says Dr. that the reading public have bad not agree with the general attitude of the Wirth Cabinet. trenches open so long as they woven plot is based.
Inge, that to buy a novel at a more than their share of Hussian which appears to have made up its mind that an earnest once the cable is properly laid
bookstall, especially if it was fables this while back, but fables attempt to carry out the Peace Treaty is the best thing there is no reason why the roads furnished good pickings for yellow cover, was considered a buctoo point out the fallacies A returned emigrant from Peru bound in the then fashion able whether from Tobolsk or Tim- in Germany's own interest. Bavaria, however, maintains could not be repaired straight gang of juvenile thieves on the slightly rakish action. its intransigeance, as is now confirmed by the selection of aaway. If we take Ice House raya last evening when going
and foibles of the human mind Stories of love and adventure and are just a3 applicable to the People's Party man as Premier. the
Street 33 an example, practically People's Party
the will always be popular. But it situations and the human nature being a disguise for a body in strong sympathy with the polised by the cable-larer fortaining a large sum is Pezasian infinite possibilities of this form were first evo.ved in the original half of that road has been mano Kongmoon steamer, his purse con- was not long before the simost of to-day as they were when they Hohenzollerns. Only the other day, at a public function. over a fortnight. Wooden blocks the Burgomaster virtually saluted the representative of the have ben ter up, treaches dus being abstracted from his jacket Descriptions of social life, in which wiser than those of his genera notes end local currency, of literature were discovered brain of him who was maybe Bavarian dynasty and bade the assembly look forward to a and the earth spread out on either pocket. Though the thief was the interest depends on the fine- tion. Come to think of it, if it
eide, and the cable is down. It has been down many days.
caught
notness of the observation. bave werena' for fables or parables, These Junker-like manifestations. though perhaps the speed with which the road is had passed from the hands of ists, for this kind of observation at times be very hard put to it for he was either ticked off or talked
recovered, for in a twinkling it especially attracted women novel-if ye like our ministers would more noticeable in Bavaria, are not confined to that area. being repaired is a little tiresome. the culprit to so accomplice who is usually much more keenly de-a subject. Talking of subjects I over and reminded generally witness the assassination of Erzeberger, apparently because to say the least. The paving succeeded in making his escape.veloped in women. Some of the read in one of yesterday's papers about the grand blow-out bed he favoured adherence to the reparations settlement. The stones under the verandah on the The only consolation left to the best of this type are delicate where a man who had been writ bave when be pot his paws into the mails to band contain accounts of activities in the German north side of Queen's Road are Peruvian man was derived from satires, like the novels of Janeing a column to his journal for promised waggon-load of fruit. capital. Baron von Lesner, one of the delegates who refus to trip one up every step, and. prisoner at the Police Court this
giving evidence against the Austen.
over 30 years, asked if he'd ever ed to sign the Peace Treaty, recently contributed to the speaking generally, there seems morning. Mr. R. E. Lindsell from the point of view of mere supposed to have said something the scruff of the neck and told to One of the most brilliant novels, felt ony difficulty for a topic, was away. but was bauled back by Once he tried to make a break- Tagliche Runde has an article in which he says that Germany undue hesitancy to put a road or heard from the boy a statement technique, that he has read for to be effect that whenever he get on wi' it will never rise again unless it resists with all its might the pathway back to the same usable to the effect that he was a native many years, Dr. Inge tells us, is dipped his pen in the inkpot the spared to gallivaunt about lika He couldna' be "blackmail" of its enemies, and be threatens the Govern-condition in which it was found. af Kongmoen, and, advising him the Dutch writer Couperus's "Old stuff came raaning down his arm. ment with "a fearful explosion" over its reparations policy.speed, please?
Cannot we have a little more that Hongkong could very well People and Things that Pasa" At first I thought he meant the The Deutsche Zeitung, on the anniversary of the signing of
do with out his presence, his But in this book there is not ink. Now, I wouldna" like to say and our Squirrel had to fai-tee The Lion's family grew bigger the Treaty of Versailles, published an article entitled The Cost.
Worship sentenced him to receive single noble or pleasant character. anything harsh but between you twelve strokes with the rattan.
all are, in various degree, rather and me I think that man's either sneak out at the back door and more than ever. Often he would "The Day of Shame." in which, reminding its readers that News of the terrible disaster io
repulsive, and the novel leaves a liar or a phenomenon. A man the German Empire was founded in the Hall of Mirrors at the Rbineland must have come
have a looksee at the nut-bushes bad taste in the mouth. He felt wi' a 30 years non-stop brain but alas he could only shake his Versailles and betrayed there, prophesies that it will there as something of a shock to all of
the same, he adds, when putting should be in a museum alongside head and slip back to his job and When renew its power, and he exhorts all Germans to keep in whole community has been wiped we realise that a
TYPHOON WARNINGS. down Mr. Hugh Walpole's new Munchausen. Most nights when slog into it. mind Der Tag, "which must and will come."
book, The Captives," which has I dip my pen in the inkpot the loat, that the countryside for Real as the chauvinistic movement is among a very miles around has been made a received by the American Con-excellent workmanship. There is arm is perspiration and I've no told bas become somewhat tedious The telegram quoted below was been deservedly praised for its only thing that runs down my has grown old and if the truth be But see.. At last Mr. Squirrel considerable section of Germans, it would be easy to over-scene of sorrow and suffering sulate General from the Manila not a character in this book that been thirty months at the column to his master, the Lion. Ay, it estimate its significance. The Kapp fiasco indicates that our sympathy will but naturally Observatory at 9.00 a.m. to-day-one would like to meet, and the filling game. But then I'm ao'a the nation as a whole, though it seems to bear no striking Happily, such disasters are of E. 20 deg. Lat. N. direction parently wishes us to admire, is all the difference.
go out to those who have suffered. Typhoon in about 129 deg. beroice, whom the author ap journalist which maybe makes was getting a bit gabby into the was high time he'd retired. He resentment towards the late dynasty as the cause of its rare occurrence, but the unknown.
an odions young person who
bargain and no so light on his disasters, is not disposed to move for its restoration. The event at Oppau gives
But as I was saying about the feet as he used to be. Bo he got desarts an estimable husband fable. Once upon a time. D'ye his nute the whole risk of an upheaval is in the possibility that an energetic body pause to reflect on the
who loves her to go off with mind when you used to grue at load, as promised. Fine nuts as waggon- of Imperialists, after more careful preparation, or taking efficient
fact fast modern industry,
most disreputable lover. though it advantage of dissatisfaction over economic conditions, may be from the point of productivity, few years ago. We are getting vogue just now, but of all the ye may as well lay the paper another.
undreamt of even a comparatively
the words? It ye diana', the world had never seen before. Anthologies are very much in then there's no hope for ye and All picked nuts-one as good as again attempt to stampede the country. This probably has made the lives of countless more out of things; we are volumes of selected modern verse side and mix another cocktail breadth to draw atween them.
And no' helps to account for the moderating influence which workers far more precarious than speeding up and Britain has exercised in reference to French demands they were in the days before more efficient in productivity during recent years we have no Squirrel once was in service one thing was wrong the Squirrel getting that bave come from the press for all the good this story'll do ye. Ay, perfectly marvellous, only German industry is, in all the circumstances, showing re- Chemistry bas.by its analyses of p forces that will destroy. Anthology of Modern
great factories and workshops. But, without care, we are building besitation in preclaiming "Anto a Lion. We don't know in had long since lost all his teeth. markable signs of recovery, and if the Wirth Cabinet can various substances, given us the Something went wrong in the (Methuen & Ro.), to be the best, bere nor there. This much is To point the lesson in this case Verse what capacity, but that's neither' Now, I wont preach at ya. old on long enough to give the German people a clear use of many things formerly an Oppan Works and отег ope It is the best because it is the certain, the Lion thought a lot of would be mere impertinense, and pointer in regard to a renewal of prosperity, the risk of a known; great natural powers are thousand human lives was the most catholic, and because it is Fazzytail and you'll agree wi' insult to your intelligence. If counter-revolation is likely to diminish appreciably, though machinery and men and women efficiency in productivity but pedantry. Here is a really to affair., A Squirrel to be body out and fit the moral to your Own
harnessed for the driving of cost. There may have been free from academic bias it is a contingency to which we cannot afford to close our congregate in their thousands in there was no efficiency in the presentative collection of modern servant to sia a beast has con case as ye went along I've less Or me, to satisfy & Lion is no light you've no been able to think it Tere. It is not designed to tinually to be on the jump and hope for ye than evUT,
restoration.
eyes.
**
But
still in a condition which threaten
us.
Industrial works of
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may
to take
the
passage on
money
care of human safety,
Was
together. By sad by though, the cass and at first they got on fine Squirrel wanted a holiday bat dy'e think he could get off? No, he couldna' be spared and had to keep right on wi his work. Io return for all this the Squirrel load o' nuts. Promised-ay; live was promised a whole waggon- horse and ye'll get grass. Mean- friend, plugging away for dear while time went on and our wee
life could see his pals among the
cracking ants treas enjoying themselves fine,
and generally having the time of their lives. Erary time he let on about this
that.
hair's