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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1929.
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by their own officials and militarists that the Chinese are oppressed and exploited. That is a point which is too seldom realised in Western countries, but we were pleased, the other day to see it emphasised, in a Home papar by a writer who took up a Communist for repeating clap trap on a subject with which this "Red" was in no way qualified to deal..
CORRESPONDENCE,
The Hongkong Dollar..
To The Editor of Hongkong Telegraph.]
·DAY BY DAY.
IF WE CANNOT LOVE UNCONDITION- ALLY, LOVE 19 ALREADY IN A CRITICAL CONDITION.-Goethe:
There was a clean bill of health in the Colony yesterday.
H.M.S. Sandwich sailed from Hongkong yesterday for Northern waters."
The P. and O. s.5, Kalyan, from Shanghai. Is due here at 8 a.m.
Str, Sanity's" happy-go-lucky. attitude on the currency question has just about floored me. He is obviously ignorant of the fact that a community whose financial au- The tragedy of these exactions
thorities are seemingly incom- on the civilian population is that petent can never hope to achieve the money wrung from the people prosperity, no matter how efficient-on Friday, goes to no useful purpose whatever.ly its industrial affairs are con-
ducted.. It is merely, pocketed by those who The period of big fluctuations do the collecting, and, as often as to which he refers covers the War not, the demands are repeated when and its subsequent anprecedentexl
The Very Idea!
Several people have asked me lately what they should do when they are knocked down by motor cara, says 4writer in a Home paper. The correct procedure is as follows: N
Rise briskly, remove the hat (if not already removed by violent contact with the road), bow with just a shade of formality and say. cordially but without unetion, "1 hope, Sir (or Madam), that I have not damaged your car. There is no need to wait for a reply. Bow again and withdraw, 20 A foki named Tak Kook-hing, if you look like an Ambassador
Mr. W. H. Bell was amongst the passengers who left for Manila by the B.s Empress of Asia,
or an
a new regime takes over control of financial disorders, and he appears aged 18 years, is suspected of steal or an elderly family solicitor or a
refinancial upheaval as a normal ac- Fung Yeun import and export shop
to be regarding history's not to be wondered at that the curronce. To-day a fluctuation of at 88, Gilman Street. The man THERE ARE DOMESTIC coming of troops to a district, so 1% in the Bank of England rate ger of the arm, Tong Pak-chi, as MODELS OF FROM FOUR] far from being looked upon as sends a tremor of apprehensionserts that the lad absconded yes to have (and may have, for all I
thoughout the Fropire and yet interday, guaranteeing peace and protection, 1914 that rate-jumped 10% before a is more often than not regarded as moratorium was declared. Within a calamity. It is the people who six months suffer, whilst the militariats fatten
TO EIGHTEEN CUBIC FEET STORAGE CAPACITY.
OVER
The public la reminded that the from that. time, Warwick Revue Company opens currency inflation and deflation its brief season on the Hongkong pulled down and then restor- side to-night, when "The Peep Show" will be presented at the Theatre Royal. This is one of the Company's big successes, and should not be missed.
1,000,000 themselves at the expense of the ad the purchasing power of public. When these things will the paper £1 to the extent of 300%, and yet to-day a fluctuation of 3% change for the better. no-one can would be considered ample say; it will not be until either the justification for anxiety.
IN USE THROUGHOUT
TOR WORLD. ·
And
DODWELL &Co., Ltd. Central Government is able to rule "Sanity" must not forget that war-
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the country from end to end or until some new form of administra- tion, served by honest officials, comes into being.
Opium Traffic.
Hongkong Telegraph. developed throughout the world
WEDNESDAY OOT. 23, 1929.
time fluctuations rande, and broke Shanghal has to work under a thousands of men and that Britain similar condition. The proof of will continue to pay for them for this statement might be found in Our indus- the published accounts of the local many a year to come. trial troubles at Home now are the Dock Co., the bad results of which direct result of heavy taxation to have been inverse in ratio to the cover interest on war debt.
prosperity of similar Companies in Shanghal, despite, our superior technical efficiency.
irrepressibly avuncular person, and the driver of the car locks like the sort of niece you would like
know), a little expansiveness de permissible. You may lightly, stroke the radiator of the car and murmur soothingly, "Foor "thing" or "There, there
"What are the three words most used by boys and girls in school?? asked the father, of his son."
"I don't know," was the reply.. "That's. It," said the father.
"You've guessed it first time."
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傘
Husband at West London: My tongue is as bitter as a serpent's.
Reveller at Highgate: At the police station I was asked to write Then as another instance of
my name three times and at the financial abnormalities,
first attempt the doctor said, "You war's Sweden in 1916 adopted a gold ex- (b) The same considerations ought to have been a clerk."
Clerk at Bromley, Kent: Were clusion policy, a hitherto unheard apply to the unprofitable work of
using of procedure, and Swedish paper new construction, which should not you
bad language? actually rose: well above its gold be lost to the Colony by the drop Prisoner: I will plead guilty to parity. There had been examples in exchange, for the good reason talking to myself."
Constable at Willesden: The of silver exclusion previously-In that tenders for this class of work dia in 1803 and the Netherlands in is generally in sterling. The dis-prisoner had a woman's costume. 1873-but never before had any appearance of our premium in in his pocket with a large ticket country contemplated shutting out banknotes should result in amended sticking out which read, "Bargain. When I gold. (By the way, this goes to lower tenders in sterling for that Sale ticket, 258. 11d."
there are times part of the job represented by stopped him he said, "I om un- prove that
lucky. It is not such a bargain when it is advisable to give way to wages. a paper premium.)
Generally, all our factories, ce after all." "Sanity's" retrospection there- ment, rope, and the numerous no ice with anyone small manufacturers will do better, world-wide war is and as regards the two specifically Whilst a marriage was being
fore
to
cuts
unless be regarded ណ some mentioned, not only, from an ex-performed in Sainte Croix Church, thing normal and unavoidable, port point of view, but also by an Bordeaux, a large monkey, which Then why all this fuss?" he effective economic barrler against had escaped from its owner's concludes. He must either have dumping into the local consumption house, entered the building and jumped on to the shoulder of the taken a substantial haul on the market.
I think it is equally high time it bridegroom's mother. The bride's dollar drop or else his salary is big enough to render him immune was realised that without free and mother-in-law-to-be gave a loud shrick; and the ceremony was from a mere 3d. in the dolur. I unrestricted trade with China in wonder if he is aware of the fact monetary system basically the same stopped while members of the wed- that there are hardwoking men as that of the Chinese, our chief ding party chased, the monkey. out here who had just enough put asset the harbour. would, metal- The monkey took refuge in the by for six well-earned months phorically speaking, have no ships, pulpit. There it was captured by at Home and now find that their and consequently not even ship the verger, who restored it to the leave will mean six, long months yards. Political issues once, not owner. of financial anxiety or that there so long ago, gave us a taste of the many Europeans in this consequences of absence of trade,
house at night, and thought he peat the experience." Colony at the moment who will be and the Colony is not ready to re- A man was passing his fowl compelled, within the next few months, to take their families to declaration by Chinese bankers and there?" he asked, and a graft voice This morning's papers contain a heard a disturbance. "Is anyone live in Chinese tenements for to also a declaration by the Chairman replied, "No, only us chickens!! some of us that 3d in the dollar of a meeting of all bankers held is going to make all the difference yesterday, and I am content to ac- Mr. Cairns, the between struggling respectability cept their considered views that
return to silver is calculated to Magistrate: People in the 'East and bitter fatalism.
When such letters as "Sanitys" henefit the trade of the Colony, End like their fish, their "taters," appear in your paper, Mr. Editor, which has been my contention all and their language strong. I, for one, am quite ready to back along since the hot months of July.. Mr. Dummett, the Marylebone
didn't Magistrate: You
make up "Common Sense's" suggestionYours, etc., of a public proteat meeting and.
yourself particularly pleasing to moreover, I begin to wonder if our
the constable. Young Woman: financial authorities are afraid of
Well, no, he wasn't particularly the intervention of an outside
pleasant to know, expert. Yours, etc.,
"
OBSERVER. Hongkong, Oct, 23rd, 1929.
Kowloon Point.
The campaign gradually being for suppression of the illicit traffle in opium is destined to lose its force if other legislative bodies see fit to follow the example of the U. S. Senate. Powerful shipping THE PEOPLE SUFFER.interests have apparently been at work in Washington and, as a re- sult, we suppose, the Senate has decided to amend the Tariff B1 What civil war means to the
so as to absolve" ship-owners and people of China, even when a ship's officers from liability for locality is spared the effects of opium smuggling if they are able actual hostilities, In well to prove, their ignorance of the No. 56 Le Cid-Ballet (Massenet)
exemplified in the course of the attempt. Normally, this would information which has just come seem only equitable, but the very By Alfred Hertz & San Francisco Symphony Orchestra.
to hand from Nanning, where re- serious position created by the ex- tensive scale on which the gangs cently there has been a good deal engaged in the nefarious trafic No. 55 Symphony No 6 in GMajor of unrest. Our correspondent, re-parte demands drastic counter “Surprise” (Haydn)ch trouble has been caused to decision is to be deplored as a re. porting on events, states that methods, and for that reason the |the populace. Not pontent with trograde stop. With the induce By Serge Koussevitzky & Boston Symphony Orchestru.
impressing coolies into military ment to the officers to keep a very service, the officials have embarked strict watch against possible opium smugglers at their ports of on a wholesale campaign of
are call now removed, it is easy to see "squeezing" householders and mer-
that the rings controlling the chants. An extra month's rent was smuggling will lose little time in first demanded from tenants, then resuming their full activities, came a tax equivalent to two hitherto kept in check. Apparent months' rent, and finally thely the onus of proof still rests with Chamber of Commerce was called the shipping people, but we can upon to pay an assessment of six see no legal difficulty which is per cent. on all capital invested likely to arise in discharging this obligation. Ignorance is an easy in shops and business enterprises.plea and it is easy to present a As might be expected, the people did consistent case in support of such not pay these imposts willingly, but a plea. they had no option in the malter, since the collectors were
Embarrassing Labour. accom- panied by squads of soldiers with
Yorkshire has followed the ex- Mauser pistols and fixed bayonets: ample of Lancashire and is press- ing its workers to accept a reduc- Opposition, in the circumstances,
tion of salary and, at the same was out of the question..
time, is embarrassing the Labour "We draw attention to these in-Government at a critical period in cidents for the purpose of showing its career. The wool textile how innocent people, wishing noth-workers have been presented with ing better than to be left alone in proposals that they should accept peace to carry on their daily avoca- cut of 8.5 per cent and they have refused. The result is the tions, are mercilessly treated by threat of a
atoppage affecting officialdom. These taxes, it need 200,000 operatives. The compare hardly be pointed out, are utterly tive leniency of the demand indi- illegal, but that does not matter cates that the employers in this -they have to be paid. We won case are not quite so sure of their der how the Chinese in foreign ground, and it is to be hoped that settlements in China, and in stch the Trade Union leaders will be willing to submit the case to places as Hongkong, react to news arbitration. There has been more of this kind. Possibly some of than a mere suggestion that em
To assert that ship repair work, them have had actual experience,ployers in many parts of the coun as an invisible export, in confined in China Proper, of similar ex-try are seeking to take advantage merely to a portion of the earn: actions, for the evil is common to of the reluctance of labour in Bri-inga of ships, owned and operated all parts of the country. All the tain to engage in industrial strife abroad, passing through this same, they cannot help, on reflec-at this particular time, In the port, and that the proportion is fo finitesimal to the whole, ie., to the tion, comparing the security which case of the cotton industry, there whole of auch earnings, should not WAS somo justification for the warrant the charge of palpable they enjoy where the administra- tion of affairs is honestly conduct position taken up by the mill-ignorance of the importance and
owners," plea magnitude of the ed. We write thus, not to indulge pare but disewhere the pen, of work. Ito reallee the great intors In boasting, but merely for the pur-press. If the allegations that are est of Hongkong in this industry. In my previous letters I made pose of stressing the facts and being made have any foundation in the statement generally that local
Will the Government (or per- showing what can be done where fact, and there is machinery in industry, will improve, and in the haps the K.R.A.) consider offering government authority is properly existence for meeting such a situa- case in point, namely that of our $10.000 (or even half that amount) enforced. There is another angle tion, the Government will act with local Docks, I would now state: for the best competitive design (a) A low exchange will enable from architects and others for the to this question also. We refer to citizens of the country. The em- cessfully, because of the difference what may be described us the the full approval of the thinking us to compete with Shanghai suc Improvement of the amenities of the charge which is often made, players should be held equally in wages, which, in repair work. Piorhead of Kowloon? I believe but of which we have happily not responsible with their employees absorb the greater part of the con- it would be money well spent heard so much latterly, that the in pravonting the reign of chaos.
tract. In Shanghai, workmen earn especially if we unfortunate bus Chinese are oppressed in their own
alver; in Hongkong they are passengers who use the busca paid in inflated banknotes carrying which are required to park on the country by foreigners. This was
the right to no greater aum in
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ONLOOKER. Kowloon, Oct. 22nd, 1929.
Sir, I had thought that my let ter of the 21st instant would have
much for the next six months on
Thames
Sir, The rainy season being almost over, bus passenger in Kowloon will not be bothered very WHO WAS—?
the Kowloon Star Ferry to the the question of the distance from CAPTAIN CUTTLE. motor bus parking place.
been the last, particularly after
One realizes that the present your discouraging leader of the same date calling a stop to per arrangement is only an experiment suasion by those loaded with and that a permanent scheme for theories. But "Onlooker" will not the bus terminus has not yet been decided upon Before auch deci- have it so.
"Onlooker" claims never to have clon is reached I desire to call thought of "freight", yet to any attention to the following interest- close reader the expression "aniping announcement in a newspaper ping work contained in his lotter I have recently received from of the 17th instant must be taken Homs. It is as follows: to include the carrying trade. Again his letter of the 19th instant rather acknowledged the slip, but we are now agreed that "freights" have no important influence on ex-
change
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"Liverpool Corporation offering premiums of 1,000 guineas and 500 guineas for the best two competitive designa from architects and others for the improvement of the "amenities of the Plerhead. It was originally suggested that the premiums should be 500 guineas and 260 guineas, but at a recent meeting of the Finance Committee of the Liverpool Cor- -poration. It was decided that these would not attract the best brains in the country. It is understood
liberty will be allowed to designers in making their suggestions for an improvement."
.
the favourite cry of the so-called Passengers leaving on the Pre-silver. In imported raw material, most easterly bus lane are provid sident Cleveland yesterday included a law exchange would, at first sight, ed under the new scheme with "anti-Imperialista" a few years Rov. J. H Kerry Mr. J.-K. Shaw. appear undesirable, but the dis a covered way-Yours, etc. ago. But when we come to look Mr. W. W. Mackenzie and Mr. De ability when compared to Shanghal facts in the face, we find that it is W. Wagstaff.
disappears for the good reason that'
STAR BUS.
Kowloon, Oct, 23, 1929.
"Train up a fig tree in the way it should grow, and when you are old sit under the ahade of it," was one of the sayings of Captain Cuttle, the good-natured old seaman In "Domboy and Son." When his, listeners showed natonishment at his amazing quotations, Captain Cuttle would ad- monish them to search the found, entchism, and "when make a note of."
Charlos Dickens
:
never
created: "a" more lovable character than this kind hearted sailor who sheltered and protected Florence Dombey. Under a not very handsome. exterior-forhis nose was covered all over with nobs, and he had a hook where his right hand should. have been the old skipper had a heart of gold. Though not rich in worldly goods he was always anxious to help his friends. When young Walter Gay set off on his travels Cap- tain Cattle gave him his cherished silver watch, with Instructions to put it back, half an hour in the morning, and a quarter of an hour in the afternoon.
May we never wint friend, nor a bottle to give bim," was his pet phrase, and not all the slings and arrows of fortune could shake his love of his fellow-men. He is one of those rare men whose acquaintance Is a never fail- Ing delight, by reason of their child-like sincerity and simplëvizes goodness;