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* HELP US TO MAKE PEACE !"
WEDNESDAY,-OCTOBER 17, 1923
· Minneapolis, Det, 16.
In a speech at a luncheon Mr. Lyd George reiterated the appeal to the United States to help Europe to make peace. Ha despaired of the future until America did so. During the luncheon Mr. Lloyd George with pictureque ceremony was made AT honorary member of the Sioux tribe of Indians. Chief Brace Eagle decorating him in Indian war paint and naming him Two Eagles, after which Mr. Loyd George smoked a pipe of peace with the Ladians and subsequently left for Chicago.
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THE RENTENMARK.”
STORY OF "LORD JIM." THE SHANGHAI HOTELS, LIMITED.
Sir Frank Swettenham
Langht Nodding.
Sir Frank Swettenham has been inspired by the article on the history of Mr. Conrad's book which recently appeared in the Times Literary Supplement, to contribute an interesting letter to the T. L S. in mail week, in which be sets down the true story of the pilgrim ship Jeddab, used by Conrad as the episode on which turns the whole drama of Lord Jim.
Berlin, Oct. 16. Under dictatorial powers conferred br the
emergency law the Government has decided to launch a QET currency scheme In doing 50 Sir Frank's largely along the lines mentioned in former cables. The new unit memory has played him an of currency, however, will be called a "Rentenmark" and will be jamusing trick, says the Malay issued by a new privately owned bank called the Rentenbank. Mail. "I assume your readers lacked by gold securities the Rentenbank will place twelve hundred know the story of Lord Jim" he bullin "Rentermarks" at the disposal of the Government. Paper-temarks, and proceeds to refer to marks will also be legal tender.
BRITAIN'S UNEMPLOYED.
London. Oct. 16.
Lord Jim as "the one officer left behind" when all other Euro- peans had abandoned the ap parently doomed vessel.
As a matter of fact, the one donkeyman. Jim jumped into man left behind was George, the the boat which already held the
Sir W. Joynson Hicks stated in his speech on unemployment that the programite of reconstruction Includes 150 bridges. Orders totalling £21.500.000 will be placed in the steel trade almost imme-scallywag skipper and his two diately.
The Morning Post says the latest official Soviet statistics show nearly 2,500,000 unemployed in Russia. The Commissariat of Labour is urging the necessity for the organisation of public works all over the country.
BREAD 450,000,000 MARKS A LOAF. The sudden jump in prices of a loaf of bread from 31,000,000 marks to 430,000,000 marks so infuriated the people of Berlin that the police dispersed large crowds of bread demonstrators in various ceatres without dificulty but they have been unable to deal with organized bands of young men and women who dash into shops and seize bread and then disappear before the arrival of the police. The police at Leipzig batoned crowds after a number of. shops has been lo ted.
AMERCAN BASEBALL
New York, Oct. 16.
In the baseball championships, the Yankees won the first series, defeating the Giants by six runs t four in the deciding match. The Yankees won four games and the Glants two.
COMMUNISTS ARRESTED IN HANOVER.
Berlin. Oct. 16. A hundred Communist leaders were arrested at Hildesheim, Alfeld province, Hanover, while attempting to hold a Congress Workmen's Conseils,
DANGEROUS THROAT SORENESS.
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BECAUSE the throat is the main highway to the lungs. it is of first importance that you should take Peps whenever it begins to feel sore, tender or inflamed in the least.
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C.B C. 2ND XI CLUB DE RECREIO.
it, and the one essential fact companions. That was the pity of
upon which Conrad built his story.
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It seems less surprising to us that Sir Frank Swettenham, who when writing was fesse ly unable to verify his refer mistake, than that the editor of ences, should have made this The Literary Supplement should have failed to pull him up apon it. The following is the letter re- ferred to:
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THE STORY OF LORD JIM.
Sir. I have been an admirer jof Mr. Conrad ever since, in its first appearance, Mr. T. P. U'Connor made Almayer's Folly the "Book of the Week." Your correspondent's account, in The Times Litery Supplement of August 30, of the history of Mr. Conrad's books attracted my immediate attention, especially the early books which deal or what he says about the origin of
seem to deal with people and places in the Far East. and notably Malay and the Dutch | Indies; and with your permission 1 | should like to say something in re- gerd to two statements. Writing
of Lont: Jim. he says, “The Patusan where he worked out his salvation, was assumed to lie The C.R.C. 2ad N entertained on the south coast of north-west | the Club de Recreio last Saturday Sumatra, and Stein's villa was! at Causeway Bay C.R.C. barted outside some town of northern first and compiled 117 runs, and Java." Summing up his article the visitors replied with 51.
For the U.R.C. the feature of the this sense of contact with life your correspondent writes, "It is play was the fourth sod fifth that gives to his pages the feeling wicket partoer-hip, which produced that things happened so and not Lover 50 rupia e very bort time. otherwise?"
For the visitors. Nurochs, Ribein Throat trouble-most frequently and Xavier did well, but the rest reference to books or documents
I am far from any means result from neglected colds.siled against the bowling of the and in what follows I am trusting sudden changes of the weather, Wong-. Suures: -train and fatigue from unusual
to my memory. but the facts are C R.C. vocal effort (producing laryngitis). Wong Po Kong, e Lopez, b
easy to verify. " added to this, there is peril in the dust-ladea air containing the Fl-or-Ker. b Xavier germs of tonsilitis, diphtheria and K. L. Chao, e Pirgos, b. Alves...
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NOT A PRETTY TALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the above Company will be held at the Hongkong. Hotel, Pedder Street, Victoria, in the Colony of Hengkeng, an MONDAY, the 15th day of October, 1923, at 11.50 o'clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of crasidering and, if thought fit, passing the following Re solutions as Extraordinary Resolutions, namely:-
1. What it is expedient to effect an amalgamation of this Company with The Hongkong Hotel Company," Limited, whose Registered Office is situate at Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong and with a view thereto that this Company be wound up voluntarily and that Walter John Hawker; of Victoria, in the Colway of Hongkong, be and he is hereby appointed Liquidator for the purpose of such winding up "with full power to delegate all or any of his duties as he In his absolute discretion may think fit for the purpose of appointing a persen or Corporation in Shanghai in the Republic of China to act in conjunction with him and under bis control and as his Agent for the purpose of carrying out such liquidation.
2. That the Conditional Agreement submitted to the Meeting for the Amalgamation of this Company with The Hongkong Hotel Company, Limited, upon the terms (inter alias) the acquisition by The Hongkong Hotel Company, Limited, of the complete undertaking, business, goodwill and pro- perts of this Company in return for the issue to members of this Company (other than The Hongkong Hotel Com- pany, Limited) of Two shares of The Hongkong Hotel. Company, Limited, of the nominal value of Ten Dollars ($10.00) each credited as fully paid up in respect of each and every complete share held by such members of this Company respectively, be and the sar hereby approved. and that the liquidator be and hereby authorised, purspant to Section One hundred and eighty-five of the Companies Ordinance. One thousand nine hundred and eleven, to adopt the said Agreement and carry the same into effect with such (if any) modifications either before or after the execution thereof as the said Liquidator may think expedient.
NB-A copy of the said Conditional Agreement may be inspreted at any time during business hours at the Registered Office of the Company. Powell's Building, Des Voeur Roat Central, Victoria, Hongkong, end at the office of Messrs. Diacon, Harston & Shenton, No. 1, Des Voeux Road Central efore, the Solicitors to this Company and else at the Shanghai office of the Company, No. 15 Kikizzy Road Shanghai.
3. That the aforesaid shares of The Hongkong Hotel Com- pany, Limited, shall be allotted to sneb aforesaid members who are on the Register of Shareholders of this Company on the date of the confirmation by this Company of the Special Resolution confrmicz the said Conditional Agree-
ment.
NB.-The shares of The Hongkong Hotel Company, Limited, to be allotted under the said Conditional Agreement to such aforesaid members of this Compaxy will participate in all dividends declared by The Hongkong Hotet Company. Limited, in respect of the financial year ending, Jish December, 1993, pari passu with the existing issued shares ("Old") of The Hongkong Hotel Company, Limited.
4. That the Liquidator be and he is hereby authorised to giva such consent as may be necessary to the same of The Hongkong Hotel Company, Limited, being changed to "The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited."
SHOULD THE ABOVE RESOLUTIONS be passed by the requisite majority they will be submitted for confirmation as Specia Resolations to a Second Extraordinary General Meeting to be held at the Hongkong Hotel, Pedder Street aforesaid, on Wednesday, the 31st day of October, 1923, at 11 o'clock in the foresoon, for the purpose of considering and, if thought it, confrming such Resolu tions as Special Resolutions accordingly.
same
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NOTICE IS HEREBY ALSO GIVEN that Registered Share- and vote thereat in person or by Proxy provided that all Proxies fholders of this Compány may attend the above mentioned Meetings
and the Powers of Attorney (if any) under which the signed are deposited duly stamped at the Head Offee of the Company (namels, the Registered Office of the Company at Powell's Building. Des Vœux Road Central, Hongkong, aforesaid) not less than Twenty- four hours before the time fixed for holding the said Meetings.
I assume that your readers
23 interested me greatly because I knew the facts and was in the
with the above provisions will not be available for use at the said Any Proxies or Powers of Attorney not deposited in accordance Meetings.
o East when they occurred. The vitale far from pretty was very briefly this. An Arab in Singa- 14 pore, named Seyyid Muhammed Alsagoff, a rich man, was the principal owner of a pilgrim 1steamer named, I believe, the Jeddah. She carried pilgrims 117 from Singapore and the Dutch
Islands to Jeddah and back. She That was how he really “worked!
Dated this 24th day of September, 1923.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD.
other deadly throat disease. W. K. Cheung, Alves, b Pina 10 know the story of Lord Jim. Then there are a lot of people IS. C. Wung. 6 lives... who are constitutionally delicate Leung hard Cheung, run out about the throat, and need to C. Wong, e Noroaba, b Alves... texercise a continual care.
A. Y. K. Cheung, b Pions... Peps are a real throat tonic: Was In Shing. e Barros, b Soothing, invigorating and germ- Pinna destroying. That is why they J. M. Tan, not out. are so invaluable to all subject to throat troubles. As Peps dissolve in the mouth they give off power- ful medicinal formes. These not only impregnate the delicate vocal chords at the back of the throat with. their purifying germicidal influence, but
they et as a highly efficient curative for trouble in the pharynx and deeper passages of the throat.
Whether throat soreness be directly due to a sudden chill, or extra vocal effort, sa breath-D. Alves, & S. C. Wong, b C. ling in germ laden dust, Or WODE
Total Club de Recreio.
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A. Ribeiro, S. C. Wong, b
C. Wong
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C. Wong.....
to strain of coughing, it should L. Xavier, c and b S. C. Wong always be borne in mind that B. Barros, e Wan, b S. C. Peps are the real remedy that Wong ... gives quickest relief and most D. Lopen, not out permanently curative results. G. Carvalho, b 6. C. Wong. Peps Bre real germ-killing A. Carvaību, b C. Wong tablets and their unique breathe- able character makes them vastly superior to crude lozenges containing formalia or other harsh chemicals which can never reach the inner tissues where the Peps fames go.
Peps which are invaluable, for throat and chest at all seasons, are now obtainable of dispen-į sarics and medicine vendors everywhere, By Post from Messrs. Wakefield & Co. (China) Ltd., 60 Kiangse Road, Shanghai, etc.
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When pilgrims from Malaya She left Singapore with and the Archipelago used to. about 900 pilgrims, and when start for the Hedjur it was re-
the Arabian Sea. in cognized that the chances of fal heavy weather, the master and ing by the way at sea or cross. all the officers except one, I think ing the desert from Jeddah to o the second mate, abandoned her Mecca and back again-were so
in the darkness of night and left great that it was the custom for! ofthe pilgrims to their fate. The every pilgrim to provide himself ia one officer left behind-Lord Jim with a winding sheet in which to of Mr. Conrad's story-ways so be buried, should he meet with left because he was ant quick death. In reading the evidence enough to get into the boat or gizen to the harbour authorities oboats with the other deserters, it was stated that when the pil-! They pulled away and reached grims found they had been Aden, where they reported that abandoned by the master of the the steamer bad gone down with Jeddah and all officers except all the pilgrims. A ship belon- Jim, and when they realized their ing to the Ocean Steam Naviga- desperate situation they all left tion Company, commonly called the decks for a while and then the Blue Funnel Line, sighted reappeared clothed in their wind- the Jeddah wallowing in the ing sheets. Out of the hundreds of trough of the sea; sent some pages of evidence that fart seized officers on board, got the crew my imagination; & waterlogged and pilgrims to the pumps, clear-ship pitching and rolling in B ed the water. lighted the fires heavy ses, the passengere de- and navigated the Jeddah into serted by all those responsible Aden, where an inquiry was held for their safety-arcapt. Jim by the harbour authorities. Sub-and then silently the deck cover- sequently a longer inquiry wasted by 900 figures wrapped in held in Singapore, and in the white gravecloths, waiting för course of time. I read these their doom. I felt sure too, that voluminous records. The mar er if Mr. Conrad had known of this got away out of jurisdiction, but incident he would not have omnt- *Jim," the hero of the story was fed for mention it. The point, taken to Singapore where he however, is the salvation of Jim found work in a ship chandler's
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FRANK SWETTENHAM
Walter J. Hawler,
Secretary.
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