CILINA'S PRESIDENCY.
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MEN IN THE LIMELIGHT..
Marchal Tuan Chi-juif the Holdier and votoran Chinese statesman, who might be China's next President.
Marshal Tsao Kun, who has just resigned the Presidency.
SHANGHAI POLITICAL
MURDER.
MAN SHOT IN DAYLIGHT.
A thing outrago tek place in broad daylight on Oct. goth, when an ex-officer of the Unutonese army was assassinated in the Say Kong ta Alleyway, just off Amoy Road,
Shanghai,
the
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The deceased was fond lying on the ground, blond meing frem bis mouth. As his pulse was still brat- ing lie was quividly printed to -Shantung Road Hospitak but Arrival was found to be dead. doctor's certificate stated But death was caused by a bullet through the heal
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
TWO-MINUTE TALKS A Dally Tonio
LOCUSTS,
By ROBERT POWER
The locust is an insignificant are frequently insignificant. But inscot, so small that it can be collectively they are terrible in awept away by a puff of breath, their capacity to devour. They and may be onished by the "eat up the good green things fingora of a obild. Their reddish of the gardon of Life."
There is the little locust of brown bodies and gauzy winge
But make a beautiful picture what wasted moments. One moment- they fly in the air and the rays how insignificant it soONIB. of the sun gleams upon thom. sixty make a minute, and sixty "A Hen of living light," says a minutos total up the hour. "O traveller.
Time Timel thou art the locus! But when they come up in which devours my years!" said their myriads, numberless as the Cardinal Mazarin when be drow But those aro Rnowflakes that fly before the near the ond. North wind, and when the boat- locusts wo can combat. Let us ing of their wings is as the sound realise that while recreation is of many waters, then indood they necessary, there are other mo are "terrible as any army with monta which should be spent in hannors." There is nothing in diligence. "Manage your mo Nature to bo compared with the monts," said a villago philosopher, and your hours will take care destructivo force of a swarm of locusts. Literally, they devour of themselves."
There are the locusts of evil every green thing, and after tho visitation has passed the fields acts. How ofton a life like a rocently green and smiling are good garden is covered by the haro as the palm of the hand. posts which dovour, until nothing Individually puny and insigni- is left but rubbish! Acts of folly. ficant, collectively the locust can Deceitful ways which oat away róputation. Lion which load to make man afraid.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1924.
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Locusts aro little. Fight the of this plague, moans have been
the posts which succeed in destroying thought Cizat to combat visitation, No longer does the because they are numerous. Nip farmer anticipate with sinking in the bud a drift towards idleness, heart the humming sound of the and thwart the tendency to grow! approaching army of winged careloss in distinguishing be- creatures. His enemy has been tween Right and Wrong. Don't Jose everything that is worth subdued.
having through the locusts which devour and destroy,.
But there are focusts in daily life. They may seem smail-and
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THE LATEST CHANGES.
Captain A. Tucker, from leavo, has gone mastor, Kiangau.
Captain R. Mitchell, of the Kiangsu, hae gone mastor, Taikoo Wan 1. Captain D. Williams, of, the Taikoo Wan I, is on leave.
Captain N. Hardie, of the Hunan, is on kavo.
Mr. J. Beck, fram reserve, has gone acting master, Honam.
Mr S. E. Firth, chief officer. Waishing, has gone chief officer, Mingsang
Mr K. H. Stuart, from leave. has gone second officer, Lienshing, Mr. R. Dobson, second officer, Lienshing, is on roservo.
Mr A. B. Osmond, chief oflicor Loosang, has gone chief officer Chaksang,
Mr J. S. Masson, chief officer Chakeang, has gone chief officer, Leasang.
Mr F. Barcus has been appoint- ed tiird engineer, Tingsang.
Mr G. P. Copo has been a
Bacond officer, pointed sup'y Shengking.
Mr D. C. Jonge, second oflicer, Tungchow, is on rosorvo.
Mr J. Whyto, from reserve, Itas gone second officer, Tungehow.
Mr A. Anderson, second ou Aginoor, Yingchow, is on reserve.
Mr J. . Davies, from reserve. has gone chief office, Yatshing.
Mr B. E. Bidwell, chief officer, Yatshing, has gone chiet officer, Waishing.
From investigations made by the
Mr J. W. Whyto, second on- police it appears, that the deceased was formerly an officer in the Lauginoor, Tingsang, has rosigned. Lonese krmny and came to Shanghai with Chang Pali chi, ex-Turlar of has Chekiang
Kone
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CANTON NEWS.
VARIOUS INTERESTING
ITEMS.
A Canton correspondent ro ports that the Russian sloop)
Vorovsky," which has booa at Whampoa, for the last few weeks, will probably depart for Shanghai before the week-end. The officers of the loop havo invited Dr. Sun Yat-son, to be their guost on hoard, when he goes north- ward, as he announced a few! days ago.
November 7th. being the 7th. of the Russian anniversary
bc & Revolution, there will colobration in Canton. A inong the Chinese organisations parti elpate will be the Central Com mitte of the Kuomintang. the Anti Counter Rovoltionary League, the Workors Conferenco) of the Kuomintang, the New Students Union, the Young People's League of Luichow, the Farmers' Institutes of the Kuo- mintang the Ling-tung Club, the Oil Pressors Union, the As- Rociated Unions of the Labourers, Farmers, Soldiers Students, and Rovolutionists of the Kuomintang, and the Canton Students Union.
The Star, a now Hongkong Chinese daily nowspaper, has boon refused admission into Canton by the authorities,
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The Prime Minister, in a BIDAS- ago to the annual conference of the British Institute of Adult Education in Manchester recont England, he thought, was far Mr J. W. Laverick, from leave,
ly, wrote:
behind any of the countries of gone second ongincor, "We are only beginning to un- Europe and certainly far below Fooshing,
derstand the importance of adult the standard of the United States Mr E. McNab, second engineur, education. Untess we keep our in regard to the organisation and Fooshing, is on reserve. It seems that he was watching a
Mr C. Ross, from leave, has adults in contact with those in-use of museums.
mature fluonces which mako funeral procession which was passi
There are a great deal to engineer, minds and koop thom riponing many books printod nowadays," ing in Amoy Road and that his ússassiu came up from behinti and Tingsang.
intu an ever-richor fulness, our he added. "I think it would be Several persons Mr M. Ilull, chiof engineer. people will suffer from arrested a very beneficent thing if about fired up him.
dovalopment, and the education one-half of them were burnod, have been found who hranil the shot, Tingsang, is on leave.
Mr R. Thomson, from leave, they got in their youth will be (Laughter.) What we want is tat some of them adnik having seen |
not so much book knowledge as the assassin. There seems to have has gone acting chief enginoor, largely wanted."
The discussions of the day wore contact with the the things them- bero ng allompt at robbery, the Wouang,
Mr J. Stalker, chief engineer, remarkable for the way in which solves. In this matter we may gularity, banish blliousnous and ontrage probably being for pedificat
Wasang, is on leave.
headaches, clear working men students joined prepare the general public for motiver
with distinguished man of science, forming an intolligent political sick heads best. Of chemists
Till we know reserve, has gone third officer University professors, and oduca opinion,
the vial, from Dr. Williams' Medi- Haining.
to .OUT follow- Mr W. II. Watson, third officer, tion experts in thrashing out the place in nature, till we know everywhere, or post free, 60 conts
of adult education.our relations
cino Co., CO Kiangse Road, Haining, has gone second officer,
Mr. Percy Nunn, profossor of creatures, how on earth may wo
Shanghai. Halching.
education, London University, enter into the study of politics and urged that the English mind psychology with any hope of nooded a corrective by way of success ?** boing taken out of the atmospliero of machinery and brought into contact with natural life.
WILH
An empty cartrulge cause found a few yards from the body. and upon the person of the deceased) was found a warrant, card with a photograph of Sun Yat-sen.
CRICKET.
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Mr. P. C. Hutchence, from
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Mr J. H. Telfer, socond officer Haiching, has gone soond officer, Haiyang.
Mr E. P. Smith, from reserve has gone master, Kwong Fook Cheung.
C. R. C. CIVIL SERVICE. The following will roprosent the Chinese in a friendly match against the Civil Servico on Satur-Lungshan. day at 2 p.m., on the latter's ground at Happy Valley:-
problemis
Sir William Boyd Dawkits, the Captain C. H.. Turner, from
veteran geologist and associate laave, has gone master, Suitai.
of Huxley, endorsed this view. Mr. E. Pringent, acting master. He pointed out how offestively Sultai, has gone. chief officer, the Manchester University, not- Mr. E. W. Matthows, noting ing on Huxley's advice, was working in the way of convoying chlof ofloor, Lungshan, has gone aducation to working mon unable Ng Szo Kwong (Captain), Ng second same ship.
Mr. B. W. S. Pritchard, acting to receive education within its Bae Choung, H. C. Hung, W.
education, -museums, and the Hung, C. Clios, Yung Hin Lun, second officer. Lungehan, has walle. In the great work of H. Ching, Wong Po Koung, Chow gone third officer, same ship intelligent use of them would have tako their definite placo, Kwan Lam, 9. Y. Shi, and C. R. Shipping und Engineering. AG Wong,
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