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TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, ·· 1926.
must be told, a great many Scots on Burgs and Scott subjects. were ashamed of their nationality. Suroly It is not beyond the means The Tide of Scottish Nationalism. of a powerful society like ours to Scotland had at that time sorvol do something similar for the bali un gifted wilters, such as Adum Smith, of this Colony. I am
sure my David Hume, and Robertson, the friend Pipfessor Simpson, Burns Night, the birthday an- historian, authors of world-wide staunch Scdt from Aberfeldy, will niversary of the Immortal Bard, repute, but these took the greatest bo only too pleased to do what he. was colebrated in fitting manner Pains to write meticulously correct can to help, in such a laudable by Hongkong Scotsmen when English and dreaded nothing O scheme. I hope the members of when over a hundred assembled much as the mischance of a Scot-the committee will consider the at the Hongkong Hotel to honour ticism or a Scottish flom creep suggestion (Applause). his memory. Having-partaken ing into their writings. Just when
Lord Rosebery's - Tribute.
of
of a dinner after their own heart, the Scottish dialect ssomed in dan- the party wars entertained by ger of porishing Burns appenred, Besides knowing the poems some of his songs and "scraps of as if dropped from the clouds, to Burns, every Scot worthy of the his poitry."
render that dialect classical, to name should be familiar with
of the St. Andrew's Society.
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Entertainments.
The Phantom of the
the Opera
at the
The QUEEN'S
CLARA KIMBALL "YOUNG
in
A WIFE'S ROMANCE
The STAR
CONSTANCE TALMADGE
IN
The chair was taken by Dr. show Scotland she still had 3 Carlyle's magnificent · cosay G.D.R. Black, Chieftain of the soul,(applause)—and to vindica: Burns- one of the best things Car St. Andrew's Society, and the his country's claim to recognition.yle ever wrote and Lord Rose- toast"The Immortal Memory"
The publication of the now famous bery's speeches made at Dumfries was proposed by Mr. W. Kay Kilmarnock edition, for which the and Glasgow. With your permi M. A., who tributed the poet and poet received a paltry £20, gav slon I shall conclude with a brief suggested a knowledge of Burns Scotland a pleasant shock and quotation, from the most eloquen!! as a qualification of membership Scotsmen a guld conceit o' then-of living Scotsmen. His Lordship The guests were piped in by Mr. solves conceit which, I am says: "Burns had honours in his G.S. Brown, who also did the pleased to say, they have never lifetime but his fame has rollen honours at the entrance of the since lost. (Applause). From that on like a snowball since his death. haggis
rad-letter day in our history, June and still rolla on. That generous Songs were rendered by Mr. 1786, the tide of Scottish national.and immortal soul pervades te G. McLeod, Mr. K. McNaughton lam, then at a dangerously low universe to-day. In the humming and Mr. C. W. Blackley, and Mr. ebb, set in, and, gentlemen, It city and in the crowd of man; in zot the backwood and in the swamp: A. S. Mill gave much appreciated up to us to see that it does
As where the sentinel paces the bleaki recitations from
Mr. begin to recede in our day. soraps."
the sator J. Bartholomew told some highly Principal Shairp says: "No wonde frontier and where amusing yarns, while à foursome the peasantry of Scotland loved smokes his evening pipe; and by four of Scotland's illustrious Burns as perhaps people never above all where the farmer and sons Was a further contribution loved o post. He interpreted his men pursue their summer toil, to a typical Burns Festival.
them to themselves and to others, whether under the and this too in their own language Stripes or under the Union Jack, made musical and glorified by geni-the thought and sympathy of men. The Chairman proposed the us. He made the poorest plaugh-are directed to Burns. His tre loyal. toast, after which Mr. Kay men proud of his atation and offe began with his death; with rose to propose the "Immortal his tall since Robbie Burns had his body passed away all that was memory of Robert Burns." He shared and aung them. In him the gross and impure. The clear spirit SHANGHAI HEALTH. said: In the first place allow me to Scottish people have seen an i-stood, revealed and soared at once thank you for the great honcur personation of themselves
to its accepted place among the you have conferred on me to-alg, large scale. If Scotsmen of to-day fixed stars in the firmament of an honour of which anyone, but love and cherish. their country the rare immortals." (Appinuse). especially a Scot, "is bound to be with a pride unknown to their an-
The value of vaccination in pre-] proud. It is a distinction but cestors of the 18th century, if stran- "The Lasses" toast was in the venting small-pox is stressed by Dr. also a task, seeing that to say any-gers look on Scotland as a land of able hands of Mr. J. Walker. He C. Noel Davis, Commissioner of thing new about Buris is almost romance, this we owe in a great suld if the epirit of Burna
The Immortal Memory,
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The Lasses.
Stars
and
the established custom to introduce
WOMAN'S PLACE
THE WORLD
VALUE OF VACCINATION.
died.
The
cent,
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were
TRAFFIC CASES.
TO-DAY'S POLICE
**: PROSECUTIONS.
Chinose
SPEEDSTER FINED.
woman
At
A number of traffic cases came up at the Magistracy this morning. On January 10th, as a Chinese an impossibility. For instance. measure to Burns," (Applause) could be with them he would and Public Health in Shanghai, in his
was driving a car in a westerly just consider what is happening That is why I say, gentlemen, there many kindred spirits, all monthly report. He says:
direction, following behind B to-night. Four or five hours ago these gatherings on Burns anni-ready to admit the same weakness The health of the community private rickola, when near the Scots in Fiji were probably begin-versary are of a thanksgiving na-for the lasses. It seemed to be during the last month of the year with the back of the ricksba, Naval Dockyard gates he collided ning the 1926 Burns celebrations. ¡ture. These were followed by the many
throwing the this toast with a certain amount of continued to be satisfactory, the His Conversational Powers. Scots in New Zealand, Eastern Aus-
levity. He himself had had some death-rate among both Foreigners occupant out, and doing consider tralia; and Japan. Brither Scots To-day Burns is admired on ac-experience of the lasses,-(laugh-
able damage to the ricksha in Shanghai started along with us count of his poems, more especi-ter,an experience which had and Chinese being about normal. Before Major Willson, this morn- and at the present moment those ally the songs, but all who had the probably been a bit varied and increase in the number of cases of to report the accident, and with There was, however, a definite ing, he was charged with falling In Malaya and the Dutch Fast good fortune to speak with him vivid. (Laughter). It might seem Indics will be assembling. From say that his conversational powers a paradox but the more we learned smallpox notified, and in the num-reckless driving. there the Burns fiery cross will were even more amazing than his about them the less we were likely ber of deaths from the disease. Sub-Inspector Alexander said woman bad been asked to speed by Rangeon and Mandalay to poetic gifts. One Edinburgh hos-to understand them. They might Among foreigners there were al- the many towns in India and be halled toss said: "None ever antshone say that in the lasses they had together 18 cases and of these 5 attend the Court to give evidence against the defendant on the with joy wherever Scotsmen are Burns in the sorcery of fascinating contradiction contradicted. But gathered together. While we are conversation,
Di history. clo-when troubled with all the care spontaneous
vaccination charge of reckless driving, arising out of the accident, but she had sleeping off the effects of to-night's quence, and brilliant repartee." and strife of the world, to whom among them was as follows: potations and orations tene She then goes on to describe he did we go for comfort and sym- Five, of whom three died, had not put in an appearance. Expected on or Will leave homeward bound thousands of Burns enthusiasts in almost superhuman beauty of his pathy? To the lasses. But who never been vaccinated at all. That first, he understood, the defendant the Old Country and South Africa voice and eyes, those block balls had caused all care and strife? is a heavy mortality of 60 per refused to pay compensation, but will be celebrating this date and fire that, electrified all on whom The lesses.
(Laughter.) Still, as cent, whereas in the vaccinated the had since done so.
The defendant denied the when these are wending their way they rested. The Duchess of for the flapper of 16 said, there were mortality is often less than 1 per
charges. home in the sma' hoors almost don, queen of Scottish society then. compensations and in the Hong-
Inspector An application by Four, all adults, had never been se many admirers in Canada and the friend of Pitt, and acquainted kong lasses there were compensa vaccinated since infancy, and one Kent that the cases be adjourned the States will be taking up the with all the most brilliant men of tions, although the only trouble he
of these died.
was granted. tale. Indeed, it may be truly said that time, said of Burns: "No had found was that there were not
Five had not been vaccinated that on January 25th the moon man's conversation ever cacried enough from North of the Tweed within the last three years. never, sets
A fine of $50 was imposed on on Burns Suppers.me so completely of my fest." There were cigarettes, cocktails
two Three, of whom Speeches about the poet and his Professore and learned doctor and shingles to" compensate and Japanese, had been vaccinated less it.
a Chinese for exceeding the speed works are usually delivered at these were alike impressed but, alas, the ladies to brighten an otherwise than two years ago, one unsuccess- functions and as this has been there remains only the reputation dull existence. The lasses
Sub-Inspector Alexander said the fully, and of orte no history could defendant drove a closed, empty happening for very many years of that wonderful gift of speech, as the sugar to the toddy. (Laugh- be obtained.
ear, out of Wing Lok Street, into now you will realise how lite The greatest of all biographies was ter and applause),
The prevention of smallpox by Des Voeux Road at a very fast remains to be said about the Ayr-written "by a Scotsman about" and
Kilmarnock Relations. vaccination is one of the greatest rate. He then drove from the stire bard. So. gentlemen, to-Englishman. What a pity 'Burns Dr. John Morrison replied and triumphs of preventive medicine, Sincere Company as far as the night I shall rather ask the why had no Boswell dogging his foot sald Mr. Walker had given such a and despite the persistent attacks Central Market at
a Bpeed of universal steps to preserve for postery brilliant display of and wherefore of this
pointed of the prejudiced and ignorant, the twenty-two miles an hour. He had homage to Burns.
that eloquence and wit, especially aphorisms that he would like to foundations upon which it rests to pull up by the market be- during the one crowded hour
Dask him if he had any relations in have never been shaken.
cause a stationary tramcar was Full particulars may be obtained on application to the RADIO
glorious life in Edinburgh when Kilmarnock,
(Laughter). Buras They cannot be, for they are obstructing his path. There was a COUNTER in the MAIN HALL of the G.P.C., and at the RADIO TELE. Scotland has produced many dis-the star of Burns shone brightest. had written a lot of things about based on Nature, and the method lot of traffic, and many pedestrians GRAPH OFFICE, 3rd. floor, GOVERNMENT BUILDING.
The RADIO TELEGRAPH OFFICE is always open for the receptinguished men, yet their anniver- However, gentlemen, we still have the ladies but not many unkind is in strictest harmony tion and transmission of Radio Telegrams and for reporting vessels saries pass by unheeded: England his poems and my advice to you is ones. One of the unkind ones, Nature's method, by which the Inspector Kent said the defen- passing WAGLAN and GAP ROCK LIGHTHOUSES.
about lady body, in response to the experience dant had two previous convictions Firma or persons, who have placed standing orders with the Radio and Ireland have scores of herces read them (Applause). The ig-however, Tragraph Office for advices of vessels passing the WAGLAN and GAF and poets, but neither the English norance of many Scotsmen about who turned him out of a comfort of disease, not only recovers, but recorded against him, one for speed- more effectively ing and the other for reckless MUCK LIGHTHOUSES are requested to send rovised lists of vessels of nor the Irish have a function cor- the life and works of Burns is de-able pub late one evening, laugh prepares Itself which they are the owners, or agents, to the Officer-in-Charge, as early as responding to our Burns night. plorable and disgraceful. Far too ter) when he was tired and had to against future attacks by creating driving.
within itself a special resistance, upessibia.
appear that many of our countrymen have a walk many miles to the next restor, as we say, a specific immunity, defendant, said if he was not care- Therefore it would
Major, Willson, in warning "the" RADIO TELEGRAPH CODE ADDRESSES FOR THE YEAR 1926) should be registered at the Radio Telegraph Office, 3rd. Floor, Government all over the world are more than of the poet and are Burnsites one plause).
these numerous Burns gatherings hearsay, second-hand knowledge ing house. (Laughter and ap-
against the disease.
... ful, he would find himself charged Wuilding without delay. Forms may be obtained on application
Vaccination, duly and efficiently with manslaughter. Dutlable antities forwarded by letter post to Great Britain are a tribute to the man's genius end day or rather one night per year- The Chieftain made reference performed, will protect from small- dible to confiscation by the Customs. Such articles should be forwarded intense sympathy. (Applause). To to-night's date.
to the high honour so deservedly pox as much as an attack of the
FAILED TO STOP.. By parcel post anly.
conferred on Mr. George Duncan, disease Jenner himself said, I
Charged with disobeying, the and thanked Mr. H. E. D. Adams
never expected that it would do "stop" signal given by the traffic for his excellent arrangements.
A vote of thanks to Dr. Blackmore and it will not, I believe, do pointsman at the junction of
Fless."
Arsenal Street and Queen's Road above all others Wallace and it a rule that no one could join was carried with musical honours. The protection given by efficient East, a Chinese driver was fined
of The gathering broke up with January 28. Burna. The reason for this, gentle-unless he possessed i, copy January 21. men, is because these two, on Burns poems and could prove to a the singing of Auld Lang Syne. Vaccination is almost absolute, as $5, by Major Willeon. January 37. ferent occasions, saved her from Board of Examiners that he knew
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January 29. extinction. At the end of the something of the contents (Ap- January 29 thirteenth century, when our coun- plause). That may sound a January 29. try lay crushed and bleeding under drastic but I certainly think that January 81. the iron heel of Edward I, Wallace no one should be allowed to for February appeared, and, at the cost of his have the nerve to) alt on the com- LORD STONEHAVEN'S SPECIAL .February 1.
own life, resurrected his country,mittee who does not have a well February 6. What the patriot did then, the thumbed copy of our poet. Of
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It was alleged against the man absolute as anything human can be, but smallpox is known to occur that by not complying with the occasionally among the vaccinated, signal, he complicated a "jam" at for any immunity is capable of this point, in which were a tram- being broken through by an excep-car, a motor car, a goods truck, tionally potent víruð.
and a motor cycle. The interest- Experience, however, has deing feature was that riding this" finitely shown that such cases are motor cycle was Sergeant Baker, comparatively mild, and the mor- one of the Traffic Department's tality from smallpox is from 6 to patrol men..
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poet may be said to have achieved course, gentlemen, I am casting- five hundred years later. At the no reflections on the members of An aeroplane is under construc-16 times greater in the unvaccinat end of the eighteenth century the present excellent committeo. tion in England for the recently ed than in the vaccinated. only) Tilkembang Tues., Jan. 26, 3.30 p.m. tically non-existent; the
Scottish national life was pra-And you fathers here to-night, appointed Governor-General of All who have not been efficiently The 250,000 stamp collection of vaccinated during the last thres the late Taar Nicholas of Russia country what do your balras ken aboot Australia, Lord Stonehaven. ...Wed., Jan. 27, 9.30 a.m. Yusang......Wed,, Jan. 27, 10 x.m. was exhausted after a contury of Buras and his dialect? Are you The machine is a De Haviland years are urged to be done without is to be sold shortly by a London Van Overstraten Wed. Jan. 27, 10 a.m. political and religious strife; she letting them grow up ignorant of Fifty biplane, fitted with a two delay.
philatelic agency. The collection Philoctetes.. Wed., Jan. 27, 10.30 am. was in bad odour on account of the tongue of their forefathers. hundred and thirty horse-power! During this last year a record consists of the Romanoff issues
Wed., Jan. 27,
Noor. the two Jacobite rebellions which, and is the priceless heritage. of Siddeley Pama engine. There is number of 49.000 free vaccinations of the Russian stamps which my- 1 pm. though abortive, had nevertheless Scottish song, ballad, and story cabin with seats for four passen-have been done at the Branch peared in 1913, and which took West Cajate'..
Wed, Jan. 27, 1 pm given John Bull a nasty fight; he to be a closed book to them? Here gora, and the machine will be used Health Offices and Hospitals of the the Russian government four Sawa Maru
years to prepare, parliament was defunst; all sym- I think the Hongkong St. Andrew's by the Governor on his official, Public Health Dapartment. Sun Li....
Wed., January 27, 8.80 pmbols of her royalty were gone; as Society can be of use. In mare visits throughout Australia, It
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we can see by reading the works parts of Scotland the Burns and can be quickly converted from a
Printed and Published for the Proprietor by Thurs, Jan. 28, 0.30 am of Johnson and Swift, Englishmon Beott societies give prizes to the landplane with wheels to a sea- PERCY, FRANKLIN, at 11, Ice House Stre Ninghai Thurs., January 28, 10.80 a.m., despised Scotsmen; and if the truth scholars who, write the best essaya plane with floats. British Wireless. Victoria, Hongkong,
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