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ideal from these standpoints, The only point outstanding, there Tore, is the desirability of the cur rency from à trade point of view, and, as we say, no reasona have so far been brought forward to prove that a change would be in- jurious. We do, however, know that Professor Robertson, an in- dependent witness with expert knowledge as an economist, took a totally different view from that now expressed by the Committee, One of the most interesting of the Committee's suggestions is that relating to measures to be taken' so that Hongkong may not be caught napping by a sudden decision on the part of China to switch from silver to gold. The
DAY BY DAY.
THUE FREEDOM DOES NOT MEAN
ABSENCE OF CONTROL, IT MEANS FULLNESS OF CONTROL OF ONESELF.
Rev. R. C. Gülie.
The P. and D. a.s. Ranpura, from Shanghai, is due here at 6 am. on Friday.
A SIMPLE STORY.
Brown and the Slump in the....
Dollar.
The Very Idea!
An enthusiastle boxer is doing": his training to music. It sounds Just plain Brown was his name, a bright idea, hitting your sparr unhyphenated and unassuming ing partner to time and rhythm, A Chinese case of diphtheria was And he came to Hongkong some and stepping back without missing notified yesterday.
years ago, because it was before the beat when he gets one in on the war, and he went to the war: you. It brings back memories. and he came back again after the The commanding officer of a com war, and he said to his wife, for,pany in 4 London Territorial he was married and had several battalion was struck with the idea children, "I am glad that they are that it would be helpful for his going to make England a place fit men to do physica! drill-to músic. for heroes to live in, because al-He fixed up with the regimental until 1930, it is very nice to know, though we will not go to live there
and we are very happy here and can save some money.”
We are naked by the Secretary of the Royal Hongkong Golf Club to on for June is cancelled, owing to state that the Adamson Competi insufficient entries.
Cameron
Mrs. Leigh, of 11, Road, Kowloon, informed the Police yesterday that she lost a hand bag containing about $50 in money, either on the Star Ferry or in a ricksha, about noon.
proposal, is that, to meet such an
The loss of a pair of gold ear- eventuality, data should be placed
rings set with three small pearls, before expert opinion so that a valued at $10, from her bedroom at feasible scheme may be worked out 3, Peking Road, was reported to whereby this Colony could follow the police by a Chinese married wo
man last night. The jewellery dis- suit with as little trouble and ex-appeared sometime between 10 p.m. pense as possible. If by "expert on Monday and 3.30 p.m. yesterday, opinion" is meant the services of
Being a deportee from Singapore, an expert outside the Colony, as where he had been convicted on we presume it is, does it not fol- several occasions, a Chinese who ap low that in reaching the conclu-peared before Mr. Whyte Smith at the Kowloon Magistracy this morn- sion that immediate stabilisation ing on a charge of stealing a rat
is impracticable the Committee bas done so without expert guidance on the matter? It is certainly conceivable that if an outside ex- pert were supplied with complete duta and asked for his advice on stabilisation quite apart from what China might or might not do, he WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1930, might be able to demonstrate the
The
Hongkong Telegraph.
OUR CURRENCY.
tan chair from a house in Shanghai labour. Street, was given six months' hard
The next morning the Major, who bandmaster and made a start.
had heard rumour, came to look at D Company doing jerks. › He was an old regular. "What the deuce is this?", he roared out. "Training a dd lot of baller. girls? Stop that band-men, put some pep in it!" That, at least, is the tenour of what he said
And the dollar went up to six shillings and he said "We will buy some sterling and keep it in the bank at Home because that will be all the better when we go Home in 1930. And he did not buy shares in Hongkong because, be said, he did not know which were "You worked for 30 years and the good ones, 80 he just brought up a large family on 158. saved up all he could. And just a week?" said the visitor..: In- a few years before he was credulously. going Home for good, he said that. it would be nice to have some savings invested in something safe, and the Government invited him to buy some of the Hongkong Government loan which would pay him 6 %, and he said to his wife that that would be very safe and
"Not so loud, sir; not so loud. The missus thought it was 145, 9d. I was earnin'"
"My son has taken up Spanish, French, German and Scotch," re- marked Mrs. Smith, proudly,
"Goodness gracious,” replied her
friend, "where does he study?"
"He doesn't study," the good
lady explained: "he works a lift."
.
."
nice because he did not know any thing about shares in England either, so he sont to England and told them to send out his savings in the bank there, and the dollar Quite a lot of sixpences, says was then worth 2/1 and he said that | a writer in a-Home paper, can be the Hongkong Government was the made by. a simple little test of Two building contractors and one same as the British Empire, and other people's alertness. Of property owner were each fined $50 | they would always be sure of their course, sometimes one is had one- by Mr. Whyte Smith at the Kow-Income.
: self. This is what I witnessed loon Magistracy this morning for Then just as he was going Home last night in a club. One man, allowing mosquitoes to breed on to retire and live happily ever after carefully leading the conver their land. In two cases larvae was afterwards, something happened to sation towards dressing habits, found in sumps near the kitchens, the Hongkong dollar and his said to another: "Now, I'll bet while in the other pools of water Hongkong Government Loan was you sixpence you don't button. constituted the menace.
worth five hundred pounds less your waistcoat up in thirty than the money he brought from seconds." The other man took him Before the Hon. Commdr. G. F. Home to buy it with, and he said on, buttoned his waistcoat in six Hole, RN at the Marine Court "I do not know why it is, and we seconds and lost his sixpence.. this morning, Cheung Sau, the shall have to wait a longer time Of course, he nad, as most men master of a trading junk WAS now, because we have not got as
do. buttoned his waistcoat down, not.up. charged on two counts, (a) ailing much as we had only one year ago to report the arrival of his junk and yet we have saved on June 16 and (b) leaving the dollars". And he thought it very port without a clearance. Defen- hard especially when he remem- pleaded guilty to both bered that England was place dant
for heroes to live in, but he said that these days it is only heroes who can live in Hongkong because they can't. help it.
more
Nurse: Jimmy, an angel has just
brought you a baby brother. Would you like to see him?
Jimmy: I'd like to see the angel!
*
Innkeeper: Yes, Dick Turpin was once nearly caught in this very room!
feasibility of the idea and show how the change could be made. One other point. in conclusion. The Committee argues that the Little, if any, surprise will be present time is most inopportune felt by the public at the tenour of to introduce stabilisation. inas- the Currency Committee's interim much as present holdings of silver report. The conclusions reached would have to be sold for what are precisely in accord with ex-they would obtain in the new cur-charges and was fined $10 on euch. reney, and because stabilisation Following a fight between two pectations. In saying so much,
Chinese at the Yaumati we do not in any way reflect on the could not be effected at any arbi-young
Market, one of the men was struck bona fides of those conducting the trary higher, figure. But let us with a chopper and received in-pity he did not get a job with the And his wife said that it was a
Sardonic Visitor (opening eggs): inquiry, but we do suggest that assume that when China changes juries to his chest and back neces- Government because they got a lot Yes, and it strikes me he went off the members of the Committee over to gold our dollar is still low sitating his detention in hospital of leave and a lot of pay and after and left his breakfast!
for three days. The assailant was they left off work for good they still have been unduly scared by the in sterling value; what becomes brought before Mr. Whyte Smith got their pay till they died so they fear of reactions adverse to the of the disparity argument then? at the Kowloon Magistracy this did not worry about the dollar. The answer may be that this is morning and fined $25, while bath And he said that he was very sorry Colony's trade if Hongkong de- cided to act altogether indepen-precisely the type of problem az dently of China. The parrot-ery, vise. To which we would retort son, of the Public Works Depart which expert opinion would ad- An Austin Seven motor-car, own
ed and driven by Mr. J. E. Richard, "Wait for China," has been so
that the same expert opinion canment; came into collision with a taxi often and so insistently repeated
diate application of the point. ing. Some damage was done to be called in to deal with imme- at the junction of Macdonnell Road and Garden Road yesterday even-
There may be ways and means both vehicles. No personal injuries were received by Mr. Richardson,
passenger who was in the
that it has come to be regarded as
the essence of wisdom. It was
trotted out by one after another
were bound over.
EXCHANGE RATES.
that he didn't, and he said that all young men working in offices Brussels
would not lose their money. should give up work and join the Amsterdam Government because then they Berlin
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An expert could tell us, anyhow. without undue trouble, or expense. vehicle.
Moreover, a scheme has already been outlined locally which would appear to overcome the difficulties,
interim report is that the need of Our reaction to the Committee's
really expert advice, from an im-
was.
Mr. Lloyd George's Plan.
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Stockholm Nicola, who is recognised as one Oslo of the world's most famous magf- Madrid cians, is now touring the East and Athens will be due to play at the Star Rio.... Theatre, Kowloon, shortly.
Hombay
The name Nicola is famed the Hongkong world over, a name which has Silver, (spot) topped the bill in almost every Silver (forward) big city. Described as "The Whirl- wind Magician," he is at present masajları benzene on board, the British with a company of international WHO WAS
With 7,600 tons of kerosine and playing In the Straits Settlements steamer Acardo left Balikapan for stars and beautiful Broadway girls, this port on June 11 and arrived The compay has been acclaimed here on her first visit at 9.30 p.m. everywhere for its music, mystery, yesterday. Capt. Davies is in com- comedy, gorgeous costumes and mand of the vessel with a crew of scenery,
везден.
......
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D'ARTAGNAN?
.. The Three Musketeers, those gallant companions-in- arms, were not three, but four, Athos. Porthos, Aramis and D'Artagnan.
D'Artagnon was adopted in- to the little band on the day. of his arrival in Paris, a thin, ill-nourished youth, come up from the South of France to. seek his fortune. Fired with ambition to become a muska- teer in Louis XIII's own spe cial corps, he engaged in duels with the famous Three... From annoyance at his pre- sumption, Athos, Porthos and Aramis were converted to ad miration of his skill and bravery, which gained for him the entry into their friend- ship. Thereafter D'Artagnan shared their adventures, their.
of the witnesses whose interests are served by a perpetuation of the present system, and it appears. to have impressed the Committee. What is noteworthy, however, is that no reasons
are adduced to prove the point that this Colony would suffer by divorcing its cur rency from that of China. The assertion is made, but no argument is advanced in support of it. In-partial source, is more strongly deed, excepting in regard to one emphasised to-day than ever it aspect of the stabilisation ques- tion, the saine may be said of the whole of the Committee's conten- tions. The exception is on the
It is now obvious that the sug-11 British officers and 39 AsiaticThe opening date of the season question of the disparity between Liberals and Labour for the latter Petroleum Co., for whom the A.P.C. available.
gested arrangement between the
will be announced shortly, when Owned by the Anglo-Saxon advance booking facilities will be the old and the new currencies to be kept in office in consideration are the local agents, the Acardo in the event of stabilisation of promoting legislation for elector- is a steel screw steamer of 5,767 taking place immediately, or at al reform never in fact became a gross tonnage and 3,423 nett any time whilst the dollar is low reality. Home political correspon-tonnage. She was built in 1921 by in sterling vaue. That is a point dents state that Labour will not be has a length of 412 feet, a beam the Union Construction Co. and to which we shall revert later. Ona party to proportional representa- of 53.4 feet and a depth of 30.9 the general question of the absence berats and to all intents and pur-don:
tion so ardently desired by the Li-feet. She is registered at Lon- of supporting reasons, we fully poses there is no pact between the realise that the document just two minority parties and never has issued is merely an interim, or been. Mr. Lloyd George now makes faced fairly and squarely. Mr. summarised, report. We shall at another
Lloyd George hints at a great in any, rate expect the shortcoming to keep the Government in power ficance of his move is we believe, a employment measure, but the signi- if it will convene to be made good when the final gency session of Parliament to deal is possible to stem it. Here is o
a special emer- sincere desire to stem the tide if it
The Committee, in reaching the measure. The Liberal leader aug-position to refuse any possible solu
great unemployment call to the Premier which cannot. easily be ignored. He is not in a conclusion that the present cur-gests that unemployment should be tion, any suggestions which may
Sheklung ... 24 1.3 The highest levels on record reney is most advantageous for treated as a national emergency help towards ameliorating indus are: Shlubing, 41 feet; Tsing- the purposes of the trade of the and we imagine that few will die-trial conditions in England. Na-yuen, 29.2 feet; Samshul, 27.3 Colony, is at pains to point out agree with him. The weekly tional emergencies, mobilisation of feet; Sheklung, 15.5 feet.
corner. The lowest level on record at that the scope of the inquiry in figures continue to rise and there State resources and other such Samshui is minus 5 feet and at this respect was confined, by the tain's total unemployed will number full well realises the seriousness, of
are general predictions that Bri- phrases are grave utterances
times of peace, but Mr. MacDonald Sheklung minus 2.7 feet, terms of reference, to trade. This at least 2,000,000 by Christmas. the situation and may well agree fact unfortunately ruled out of The Labour Party, for reasons well with Mr. Lloyd George on this issue. consideration the effects of a cur- known and enumerated on count-The offer of a guaranteed majority rency, based on such a fluctuating less occasions, has found itself at- for the Government should not be commodity as silver, on the exterly incapable of dealing with the fall in with the Liberal's sugges-that the Northern depression has
necessary to make Mr. MacDonald
The Royal Opservatory reports problem. Mr. Thomae has done histions." Unemployment has become deepened and passed northward to penditure of Government, which utmost with the obvious remedies, a national emergency In England the north of Japan. The southern is mostly in sterling, and on the but it is not a task for just.one and it is
little use cost of living of residents of the party. The time has now surely one pretending longer that the S.W. and W.. China. Conditions any depression is now central over. Colony. We presume that even come when party politica must be methods so far tried can make any are uncertain over the N. China ed his conception of this gay the Currency Committee would not set on one side in order that Bri appreciable difference or that hope Sea. The local forecast is: East and platitudes will carry Britain or variable winds, moderate; fair consider our present currency ftain's most difficult problem be through
at first, come rain later.
report is released.
with
offer
and promises
in
The following table, issued by. the Kwangtung River Conservancy Commission, shows in English feet the water levels on the West River, North River and East River, on the dates named:
Shiuhing Tsingyuen Samshui
June 16 June 17
13.8
6.9
6.6
7.3
7.9
SOME RAIN LATER.
ů.
good and ill fortune, through. thick and thin, bearing an ap- parently charmed life, and it was his nimble wits and Gas- con shrewdness which rescued them all from many a tight
Such courage and intelli gence were not destined to go unnoticed, and in the end he is Comte D'Artagnan, Murahar of France. The doings of the four are chronicled in Dümoa' three great novels, Three Museo keteers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Brague- lonne.
The diary of Henri de Batz- Castlemore, a famous seldier of the days of Louis XIV was the data on which Damas baa-
soldier of fortune.