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THURSDAY.
JUNE 6, 1924.
· DAY BY DAY.
THE MEN WRITING BOOKS RE- ALLY ARE THROWING BOMBA,—
K. Chesterton,
TWO-MINUTE TALKS A Dally Tonio
By ROBERT POWER
IN THE PIT.
thoughts from the mind. WhoD they load to no solution, they are loft out of consideration, The poor must ovolve a solution for themselves. A hawker of triflos must havo a licence, olse he
There was no business of pubik pays the penalty in the polico interest at yesterday's macting of
While out walking in the bound to come in the end. Wait- courts. If the probable profit is the Suultary Board.
country I saw something, which ing for help to arrive will not Do- smooth away difficulties. Bet mo thinking. about ton cents a day, ho (or
Yesterday's health roturn
There was a small hote, with ponding upon "a bit of luck "le to sho) finds such a means of carshows one cand each of small-pox smooth sides, not more than one put your trust in Chanoo. There ing a livelihood impossible, and and untoric fever. Both were foot deep, But to the bootle is an old saying full of vital "God helps, those struggling to escape it must have moaning: turns to songthing else; porhaps Chinoso.
soomod a tremendous olimb, who help themselves." "I am to theft. Dobur-laws sometitues mako erlarinils? That is often. The dead body of a Chinos Again and again the bootle strug praying hard about it," said a was found hanging by the neck gled almost to the top, only to man who was encompassed with
difioultion, unked, and can be auswored from
in King's Park fall again. For a moment, it financial troo #
said the clergyman. both in the negativo and the yesteriny. Apparently it was a would lie motionloss as though good:"
beaten. Then up again and the But do not forget that effort affirinativo,...” Poor but honest" caso of suicide."
olimb would begin all over 'should accompany your poti
tions. tends to take the place The Canton Gazelle says roports again. nownddys 'of poor, und honest."have-reached them to the effect I folt such persevorance ought There are sono in the pit who do subject for deep that teams roprosenting Kwang- to be rewarded. It was a simple not know it. They are surround- thought, deep- oxploration, and have won first prize both matter to put down my finger and ad by the walls of Circumstance, A few which shut out the sunlight and in Swimming and basket ball render assistance. In has suflicient bristling difficulties at the National Athlotte Meet in seconds the beetle was safe on fros air. But although they the turf, scamporing off into the dwell in darkness, it does not to keep a whole administrative Hankow..
friendly darkness of a low bush, trouble them. Such apathy of dopartment busily employed.
Amongst the passengers who That little bootle might have soul moans that Time is passing a dream. I suppose Few Governments attempt to returned by the Empress of Au- remained imprisoned in the pit away as delve over much into socialstralia to-day wore the Hon. Me.if I had not been able to help, we have all mot thoso. Hifeless
it in u
iN
enough.
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MUSTARD & CO, questions of such character that P. H. folyonk, Mr. C. S. Gubbay. But no doubt all the time life re- souls who do not realise they are is to say, east of Suoz. Who can Mr. C. J. Ferguson and Mr. B.mained in the tiny frame there live, and that their days word W. Bradbury. By the same boat, would have been efforts to get out. given them for service. Like blame them, when, the bulk of Mr. W. K. Heughan,, the woll-It was the Bruce spirit right the sluggard, they fold their hands and cry: "A little more. public opinion
one of known Scottish singer, arrived.
There are some humans who sleep and a little more slumber." "maskee"? When unable to
A bright sparkling comedy, are in the pit. They may have Perhaps when the Winter of life holve a problem, leave it to sumo-
with tense situations rolloved by made it themselves by foolish is upon them they will awake one elso; and it goes unsolved. come clean humour, is the attrac-actions, or perhaps, through no to realise that they have let slip squanderod But the day is over. drawing tion which will be shown for the fault of their own, they are im- opportunities and Mrs. A. R. Lowe wishes to nearer when all that will have last time at the Queen's Theatre prisoned by dobt or difficulties, Time, and have nothing to show expross her deep gratitude for
You may not be in the pit, if to be changed when Church to-day and to-night. It is "Seeing's They long to get out, to be frao, for it.
Believing." starring Viola Dana, to reach the security of ground.
But you may the very many expressions of to
where they can walk unfettered. so, be thankful. sympathy which she has received and. State and private clarity the much praised little notrans.
But again and again, they slip find those who are, and whose in her great loss and she also will work as ne. Perhaps, wishes to thank most sincerely though, wo
are visualising the Atuongst the passengers who back. Perhaps the troubles are struggles have been followed by loft by the Kushima Maru yoster almost surnunted whon down bitter disappointments. You may all who sent flowers.
day were Professor and Mrs. R. again they fall, until in bittornou be able to help. An ounce of holp K. M. Simpson. Professor and they are ready to conclude that is worth a ton of pity. It may be Mrs. W. J. Hinton, Profossor and all their days must be spont in that your assistance, very small. in itself, but provides the needed Mrs. M. 11. Roffey, Mr. J. H. the pit.
Do not despair. It is a good touch to get the poor "bootle Barr. Mr. J. R. Hindmarsh, Mr. E. 1o Tung and Miss J. Ho Tung, sign if you realise you are im up to the top of the pit. Is any prisoned and are making an other reward nooded than the You may be gratitude of the person you have That he thought the signal was offort to get out. intended for the Star Ferry boat, faced with failures, but if there helped get out of the dark pit of which was near, was the exouse in "the willing mind "success is difficulty? of Laung Tai, the mastor of the steam launch Fook Hing, who Government with a view to was charged at the Marine Court some rollef being secured. The this morning with failing to ob- oomplainants have a strong point servo the rule of the road. A fino in the fact that for casual of $10 was imposed. passengers the Company does maketoduction in the rate
The family of the late Mrs. Carolina Marla Botello da Cruz
millenium.
beg most sincerely to thank their May Road Fares. numerous relativos and friends!
May Road residents are still for the kind expressions of sym
atly shown in their recent hoping that the Peak Tramway bureavement, also for the Horn Company will reconsider its re the solve to place them. on the samo tribute and prosence nt
basis as the Ponkites no fur as funeral.
monthly ticket rates are Con corned. We hear that the matter is being represented to-the
The Telegraph.
HONGKONG, 5th June, 1924.
HOW THE POOR LIVE. charged to May Road, the fare
18 the
CORRESPONDENCE.
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SHANGHAI SHARES.
Mesere. Ellis' and Co. have. kindly supplied us with the following cable quotations of Shanghai stocks from their Shanghai oflice-
Langkals (comb.) Tla. 1814 buyurs.
Ewos. Tis. 114 buyers. Shanghai Docks. Tls. 91.
buyers.
New Engineerings. * Tls. - 6
buyers.
Orientals, Tls. 3.80 buyor. Shanghai Cottons. Tls. 56 buyers.
Mr.
(To the Editor of the Hongkong) Tolograph." Three masters of fishing junks
Macao. bolng only twenty conts compared were each lined $5, at the Marine with thirty conts for a ride to the Court this morning, for using drags or grapplings in the Harb
Sir,Thu thought bas often One half the world knows not top station. That being the case our without permission of the occurred to me that Macau, al- Harbour Mastor. They wore though known by name to many. how the other half livo. That it is argued that some concession should be made to the monthly applies in equal measure to the ticket-holder. As things sro, the caught dragging near the "Blue-pooplo, is in reality little known boll slipped their drage and avon by poople who aspire to world which we make for our-casual passenger gets a reduction made an unsuccessful attempt to write its history. I have heard it sold in Europe that Macao is solves in our special environ-whilst the regular patron, who
distant twenty minutes from ment, and it really draws a represents a steady source of get away,
income to the Company, gets The muster of the Seiyo Maru, Hongkong and only a few hours distinction between the rich and none. Another, point. If the the poor of a community. Here now rates are insisted upon, it is which arrived at Ilongkong this from Shanghai, Others who write in Hongkong, we wonder how likely that there will be greater morning from Valparaiso, reports about it, say that it to a Chinese the death of two Japanese chil-istand belonging to Portugul, al- congestion than now occurs, dren, aged eight and four respec-most wholly occupied by Chineso. many people who are not of the
because if the May Rondite has fively, on March 19th and 20th. It is true that if we compare the have, to be recorded had anything poorest class have studied the to pay the same faro conditions of life of such workers Penkite, he will of a certainty One suffered from acute enteritis two thousand Portuguese with the have gone wrong with his ongine
make use of any car available, and the other from nephritis. On eighty thousand Chinese there during those moments?
April 29th, a Chinese passangor is a big difference, but it must Abbott, has now demonstrated his as the Chinese coolle or petty whether it be non-stop or stopped from consumption. Also on not be torgotten that the majority ability to fly, but it is clear that hawker. Not many, we shoulding. These two factors should,
Kuropean kis machine is none too reliable. It makes one shudder to think think. Yet that is one of tho we think, be given due considera-board a Chinese was found to be of residents in nil | problems" of "everyday existence tion by the Company, and wo victim to leprosy, and he was colomes in the East are Chinese.
seat to hospital.
There is far too inuch aonsense of the awful calamity to the writton about Macao, some with Colony, should be one day crash down on to a Poak Tram, a of mankind. and one of the hope soon to hear that some distinction in fares is made in
Dr. Pablo Sityar, a prominent the idea of distorting isots. aspects of community progress favour of the man who only usos
Manila physician, was stabhod It is ofton said that Macuo is "Star" Forry boat; one of the no lower level trams during the busy to death in his office, shortly be dead, and that which can least afford to be the track for half its length.
fure 6 o'clock in, the evening of excitomont
the Hongkong Hotel, thure, bul thors hours, neglected. What do the hundreds A Significant Sign.
and noth-Sincoro's, any of the Hospitals or of thousands of this Colony's Though by no means constitut-May 26, Throo knife wounds no lower-class population, including ing a new element in Chinese life caused the physician's death. ing curious. But I would point ploturo houses, resulting in fire, the thousands of illiterates, think in the adjacent province, it is Ono thrust of the knife went deep out that there are fate of things which it onelly could do the
boing amply demonstrated that Into the right side, another into hie which the sightseer cannot see in Dockyards, where not ovon of the passage of history around the Merchant Volunteer Corps, stomach and a third into the back. a two-bour ride round the city. mutch le allowed within the gates; them what idea of the future of and that other body, the Village The attack must have beon To know façao needs at least the oil tanks at Lalchikok; to an A week. Chinatown has so many outgoing or incoming slip full of this place have they; what is Volunteers, are taking a far instantly overpowering because
more active part in affairs now the consulting room, where the peculiar and interesting, things passengers; to say nothing of their considered opinion of the than ever before. We reported body was found, showed little to reveal that only curious eyes other business, private, Navy, local administration? Those aro case yesterday in which the signs of a violent struggle. Chairs can observe. I advise those who Millitary or Government questions that few can attempt Village Volunteers in the Sun-warein order, medical Instruments wish to say or write anything perty. Before it is too late, my
timely were in their acquatomed places. about Macae to see it and study advice to Mr. Abbott is to stop. to answer fully. We take it ning district made
appearance on the scene when Police believe the assailant was for granted that coolie bandits were busy at their work admitted as a patient-just be- population is content, and so of plunder and did very useful fore the close of the day's work. long as pouce roigns, chairs are work in dispersing thom: That was an oxoollont hit of work, always to be bad, ricksnas are and we hope to hour of more of the available, cargo can be worked Asmo kind as time goes on. But without a hitch, and the great the Morchant Volunteers appear to be on a somewhat different labour inuchino turns over on
footing.Their business is to ward, our conclusion seems ac-watch and protect the interests curate. But all the thug wo are of the commercial class, and it
At the Kowloon Magistracy Dying" stunts" banking on a conclusion, whilst would seem that they are boing
that this morning, Mr Audrow attempted by our local aviator, not in porscusion of the facts. It now so well orgarleed
to become Harper was charged, before Mr. Mr. Abbott. Ono hesitates to lodge
much as possiblo, is impossible that the poor can go a most important factor in E.W. Hamilton, for causing ana protest against any man who yet these exports refrain from from one day's toil to another Bouth China politics, Thoir ro obstruction by placing nine cases is endeavouring to got a living, dying over towns and villages as as his calling is a perfectly some of our youthful friends, but without sonie grievance, or be go cent reorganisation and their on the footpath outside his whatsover capacity, so long. It is all very well to amure
linking up with other similar workshop.
legitimate one, but, when there dogenerated into automatons as bodles moan that they give the]
Defondant stated that
the Govern-life and property of the com-sidored and anyone who, like myself, has witnessed a fow to have no ambitions for a hotter authorities due warning that they cases had been there for several may be risk of danger to the there are other people to be con-
are able to back up their protests, months. before if necessary, by such a display of ment had laid the footpath, and munity, then the time has arrived rashes, will not hesitate to ou
whon the powers that bo should, had applied to the caused the Canton ho Thond thoughts on how the forco as
thing in a nutshell, Hongkong, classes live are aroused
Government recently to abandon authorities for a spare place of stop in and put a stop to those domn choco exhibitions over our cartain proposals poorer
this plucky and porsovoring which the land on which to store his cosas lights. I read in the papers that harbour and city. To put the suitable for flying and I think our overy time someone fortunately merchant.class rogonted. It will near the railway, There was
the service aviation: frionds, in the Colony: placed comes in contact with be interesting to watch the do- some doubt as to whom the land aviator dow over the Cricket with its surrounding hills, is not
parado was taking place, the sad aspects of human life, velopment of this movement, for belonged to the P.W.D. or the Ground while
bo nose-dived to will endorso this contention.
Yours. oto it has in it the gorms of great railway authorities.
SAFETY FIRST" the tragedy of poverty, the things. Gradually the morchant His Worship remanded the and seaming hopoloseness of the lot class in China is asserting itself. onso for a week and instructed within a few hundred feet of the
what sort of a catastrophe would Hongkong, June 4, 1904. Yot the tendency The professional politicians are Mr. Harper to have the cases Bround, Did It occur to anyone iB Always to diemies, such becoming considerably discounted, I removed,
stato.
of the massOP.
our
they will grow
A
ALLEGED OBSTRUCTION.
MR. ANDREW HARPER CHARGED.
tho
first.
Yours otc.
Macuo, June 3rd, 1924.
PATRIA.
pro-
Sally Government officials should be thoroughly satisfied that an aeroplane is beyond criticism before permitting, any one to fly it over the Colony. I bad the pleasure of flying in a Local Flying. Handley-Page from Paris to Lon- don last August. Those machines Sir. Before it is too late, Ire Billed with fioo powerful engluce, not for strength or spood, fool that a noto of warning but for epfety, and are driven by should be sounded regarding the experienced aviators who are that are being doing the trip every day and
through the year, and
that