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BUFFALOES DANCE,
SATURDAY EVENING'S
FUNCTION.
At the Royal Naval Canteen": Theatre on Saturday night, & very successful carnival danco underlining the principal passages, was held by the members of the Wycherley's, Vanburgh's, Olb- bler's or any dramatic works of The P. & O. s.s. Kashgar, from
They consider generally, with Royal Ancient Order of Buffaloes. the moro modora Macklin,
Hongkong, arrived at Marseilles L'Oeuvre, that the impression in Thero were some 350 people pre- on the 23rd January, at 7 pm.
sont, including many in fancy Garrick, Foote, "Colinan,
the lobbies is that numerous dress. · Sheridan." Is the culture reared Among the departures by the
Deputies would have wished that, The orchestra of H. M. S.. -on such a fare to be despised? So Khyber ware Capt. R. Ritchie, M. Briand and M. Doumer had in- Titania provided the dance music to the young man of to-day we Capt. W. W., Hipkin, Capt. A. articles which appear to them na of the s.&. Belgenland under the Major and Mrs. B. A. H. James,sisted on putting to the vote the and some very good selections were also given by the Jazz Band would say: Get to know your Scott, Liout.-Commdr. H. H. Red- Burns. His writings will provide gers, Lieut.-Commdr, P. Jones. being the only ones capable of as-direction of Mr. Harry Spindler. the best of all antidotos" to much
suring the equilibrium and stratch-This added greatly to the enjoy- of the trash that masquerados as due to leave. Hongkong at 5 p.m. L'Oeuvre concluded by stating that ons
The Belgenland tourists are tening cut the Budget. However, sent were loud in their expros- ment of the evening and all pre- literatura in these restless days, to-day. They have one and all. Briand clearly indicated yester- band's services. What is more, they have
been delighted with their stay in mossage for all time.
the Colony. The big linor is today that he will not always be an The hall had been beauti- As has leave on another world cruise in debates, and it is expected that he Jacob and Faithfull, who are. impartial observer in the Anancial fully decorated, and Messrs. boon said of classic literature December next.
will throw his influence in the shortly leaving for Home, are to in general, Burns' work has Required a new significance, long of over six hundred dollars worth blies have decided matters.
A man charged with possession balance as soon as the two Assom-be congratulated on their final sffort. The prizes for fancy after the Conditions in which it of opium was remanded by Mr. The Echo de Paris Baya M. Bri- treas
were . Won by---Miss was written have passed away. R. E. Lindsell this morning on and has succeeded already in ren Murphy, let. as Parcola Post; and it keeps, undefaced by on behalf of Mr. C. A. 9. Russ, tion of the Finance Committee Lemone: Mr. Grenham, lat. as bail of 80,000; Mr. Loo d'Almada dering less dangerous the opposi Mre. Ward, 2nd. as Oranges and handling, the original noble making an application. for an ad-whose project is criticised even by Russian Cavalry Officer; and Mr.
B
of appreciation of the
minted it, so that, as generation imprint of the mind that first jourment.
numerous Cartellists. In pers'Dear, 2nd. as. Jack and his Bride.. ing, M. Briand will force the The prizes were presented at aftor generation rings the coin, it loft by the Empress of Canada I will be easy for him then to China Province. Messrs. Pook, Amongst the passengers who Chamber to admit its cappelty and the interval by the F. G. P. of the. ever returns the ocho of its wore Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Aucott, make the ideas of the Government Pillage, Pimm. Murphy, Jeffreya, father-spirit.
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Costollo, Mr. accepted.
Jacobs and Faithfull were the Allan Cameron, Mrs. G. F. Has- L'Ere Nouvelle upproves M. Bri-Committen. lam, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Kew, Mr.and's attitude.
meeting to nominate the candidates of the Grand Committees, consider-
GERMANY & LEAGUE.
MORE CONCESSIONS WANTED,
War "Guilt. " board
Proof that Germany's appeals. J. Hicks, and Mr. and Mrs. The Groups of the Senate,, in a Hector"
on 23rd January, for a lessoned military force of Leonard Yates. Gladys, wife of J. H. Gordon. occupation in the Rhineland and (Gibb, Livingston & Co., Ltd. for the privilege of governing one At half pust nine o'clock this ed the political situation. and
of the mandated territories, is all morning, four men, one of whom blamed the impotancy of the Chiap in line with much responsible was armed with a dagger, ontored ber. M. Chaumet, the new pret.. thought in England and France, the first floor of No. 37, Argyiolent of the is forthcoming in the fact that in Street, Yaumati, and attempted to Union, said "it is due to cleetoria Democratic Radieni both countries manifestoes have ransack the promises. The Bların been drawn up and signed by a was raised by the tenants of the that the Chamber has been preven "which the entry of Germany in the
preoccupations and party rivalries large number of distinguished ground floor. The men took flighted from arriving at a men and women anggesting that and made good their escape be-it will be bad for the country
decision the war guilt" and war fore the arrival of the Police. criminals" clauses of the Treaty
this, long Parliamentary powerless ness is prolonged"—Indopacifi.
The Telegraph.
MONDAY, JAN. 25, 1926.
ROBERT BURNS. »
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Berlin, Jan. 23. The People's and Nationalist Parties have proposed a motion by
League of Nations would be sub- ject to fresh concessions on the part of the Allies-Indopacifi
POEM.
of Vorsailles should
On Wednesday morning, at dropped. Significantly enough, 11.30 a.m. & school Confirmation
NEW PROPOSALS. the Here in far-off Hongkong, as France, a manifesto, signed by Diocesan Boys' School, will be suggestion originated in Servies, in connection with the
Paris, Jan. 24.
A BURNS UNPUBLISHED many other parts of the world, many eminent French mon of held at St. John's Cathedral, cial agents, comprising the genera!!
The Cartel of syndicates of finan 1 Scotsmen will foregather to-night letters, appearing in responsible when fifteen Candidates will be union of functionaries of registra to honour in fitting manner the journals. The signatories do not presented for confirmation. The iminortal memory of their Nation-which, aftor
press for u.revision of the Treaty service is open to all and especial-on, the syndicates of tax-colloc all, might be ly to parents, godparents, Old tors, the agents of indirect taxe al Bard. To the true Scol. Burns dungerous and impracticable but Boys and friends of the school. tions, the general treasuries, the Nicht possesses a far greater they ask the various Govern
active services of the Customs and significance" than St. Andrew's ments concerned publicly to
of land surveys, preoccupied with ennounce their intention to THE FRENCH BOURSE. addressed to the President of the Mrs. Moffatt's grandfather, the late
the grave financial difficulties, have
The poem below was copied by Republic a petition in which they Mr. Edward Sanderson, well-nigh declare the functionaries of finance 100 years ago." consider that the present evil comes
LATEST NEWS OF STRIKE,
Paris, Jan. 23.
It is seldom in these, days that hitherto unpublished poem of the great poet comes to light, but Mrs. Moffatt, St. Andrews, is the happy possessor of such.
firstly from the failure to adopt following words: the administrative organisation:
.
Day over can, for it serves as the disregard the offending clauses. occasion on which to recall the This French manifesto has been debt which the literature of not
followed by a British one 011 practically idontical -lines. only Scotland, but of the whole Certain financial provisions of
The verses are prefaced with the world, owes to the great post the Treaty have already been
Le Matin has interviewed M. to the modern needs of the State; presented to the nobleman address. "Composed by Robert Burns, and whose genius is more universally scrapped and there should be no
insuperable difficulty in agreeing Jacob, the Syndic of Exchange secondly, to the wrong conceptioned upon being called up from the acknowledged to day than ever it to ignoro clauses of the Treaty Agents, who stated that the strike of the role of functionaries; and servants' half, where he had been was before Remembering, above which offend. The clauses in
thirdly, to the complete anachronsent to dine, to add to the enter
Paris, Jan. 24.
. It
all else, that Burns wrote for question are obviously one-sided was caused by the exasperationsm in the methods of assessment tainment of his company, along mankind, and not for a favoured der coercion, they serve no useful stocks of the Bourse which are point the cartel of functionaries casked to go on an excursion to the and unjust, they were signed un-of seeing attacks on movable of the date of taxes. On each with which company he had been few, it may be pertinent to ask purpose, and their retention is paying very heavy taxes. whether he is read nowadays as of Locarno.
out of harmony with the spirit thinks the transactions will be able good sense which it is ready he put on his hat, turned on his Henance sees a solution in reason. Bass Rock. On presenting which The Governments resumed on Monday, but the clerks offer to the public authorities. heel, and retired." he was, say, a generation ago. of Europe must get back to a arm that they will take steps The administrative reforms should For the sake of our elders, let as state of mutual friendliness: if the warning of yesterday does be such as to adapt political organi-
My Lord, I would not All your
chair qualify the query thus: Do young possible of foreign troops; she
Germany must be left as free as not suffice.—Indopacifi.
Though ye be proudest Noble's folk read Burns? A-cording to
heir; book agents, Burns works are still good sellers, but the same might be said of Sunday Schoo prizes, which," however excellent in some respects, scarcely
'crimes" under it. "We have come within the category of passed the day when it was rea! literature. Looking at necessary to preach that the matter quite dispass.
The
ought to be trusted with a Transactions on the Bourse will Colonial or mandated territory to be resumed on "Monday. provide an outlet for lier colonis- Marseilles Bourse will cease, work ing genius; and she should not on Tuesday.Indopacif. have it left against her as an accepted fact that she alone was responsible for the war and for
ionately, one is rather inclined AMERICA & FRANCE. to agree with the writer who
feared that the young man of to-
The
Washington, Jan, 23.
AN IMPASSE REACHED.
1
sation to the economie role of al the functionaries believe, firstly, modern State. On fiscal reform,
that the equilibrium of the Budget can be recovered without new taxa-| tion; secondly, that the collecting of new taxes will be fruitless, the: administration of financial bureaux BANKNOTE SCANDAL. being harassed by the recovery of
existing contributions; thirdly, thel receipt of existing taxes will be considerably improved by the di- minution of the rates of taxe: Paris, Jan. 23, which would permit the 3-planee The Franco-Hungarian negotia-correlatively of a fiscal dementa- tions on the subject of the false tion in proportion with the form of bank notes resulted in an impasse, modern fortunes; fourthly, the ratej Cay tackles Burns in a breezy, DEBT SETTLEMENT HOPES. the Hungarians declaring that the of certain taxes should be fixed by irresponsible manner, picking out
facilities accorded to French police National Assembly to avoid the salacious passages and im-1
agents and French bank represen- delivering the matter into the hands speeches of Presidenttatives for the enquiry already ex-of political parties; and fifthiv, a ugining by so doing that he has captured the poet's you. For
Coolidge and M. Berenger, during ceed phosible limits.-Indopacif the presentation of credentials such as these, the rest of Eurhs writings, with its majesty of
favourably commented on. thought, its breadth of humanity.
Official circles see in it the and its perfervid nationalism, armation of a reciprocal desire ntoan vory little, Yot Burns is to arrive at a definite settlement. essentially a young man's poet M. Berenger will The story of his struggle towards interview M. Mollon officially, Paris artistic perfection would, if well
after the debutes in the Amsterdam told, make a Samuel Smiles Senate on the International Court Berlin lecture appear decidedly anaemio, and the ratification of the agree-age Helsingfors The popular conception of Burns ments on the subject of foreign Heal
Liabon as a gifted but uncouth and un, debt. settlements.-Indopacifi... Buenos Airer lettered ploughman is ridicul-j
Paris, Jan. 24. Shanghai ously wrong. True, he had no self ready to discuss the conso-Geneva
M. Berenger has declared him- New York schooling to speak of, but he lidation of debts with the Com-Ma had a passion for learning that mission.
Stockholm Oslo rofused
to be damped by The Petit Parialen uiuion that; poverty and restricted
M. Daoschrier, on arrival at Ria oppor tunities. Every spare
Havre, stated that the Americans
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are
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:
A's equal to the best, at least.
"Tis true that cash with me s
scant
And titles tries that I want;. The King has never made me
kneel
To stamp my manhood with his
seal,
But what of that? The King on
high. Who took less pains with you
than I....
Has, Alled my bosom, and my
mind,
With something better in its kind. Than your proud acres, some-
thing which
I cannot well translate to speech, But by its impulse I can know "Tis deeds, not birth, that make
men low,
Your rank, my lord, is but a loan; "But mine, thank Heaven, to all
my own;
A peasant, 'tis my pride to be; Look round and round your hall
and see
"Who boasts a higher pedigreet
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I was not fit, it seems, to dine With these fox-hunting heroes
fine,
But only came to bandy Among your lordship's hopefyl
guests.
There must be herd some sad
mistake,
I would not play for such a stake. Be a buffoon for drink and meat At a poor earl's tax paid sist; Not die my heart era dich g Descenda on Robert Burns's zama,