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THE HONGKONG HOTEL GARAGE. STUBBS ROAD,
The
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MONDAY,
(CT. 6
1930.
DAY BY DAY
[duty would do much to encourage the extension of preferences for British goods in the Dominions. Moreover, an informal agreement, entered into between Great Britain
YOU WANT MORTAL PATIENCE IF and the Dominions to consider trade TOU LOVE A MAN. Quida, and governmental representations from ether parts of the Empire To-day's instalment of our serial is unavoidably held over! before embarking upen any major until to-morrow. tariff revision, would do even more.
The P. and O. R.S. Morea, from There are doubtless other dire"-
Singapore, is due here with the tions also in which a great deal English mails at 9 a.m, on Thurs- could be done without, raising er-day.
story
***
BEVERLEY NICHOLS discovers
THE NEW SNOBBERY.
same
in the stime
I had not walked more than a voice uplifted. few paces before I was aware that apologia. there was a sense of strain in the
Half of these women-and the atmosphere. There is always, of course, a sense of strain in the men are just as bad-do not travel Gare du Nord-one seems to hear by the Golden Arrow because it are a little softer, nor because its grim
the service is smoother. They the throbbing of the heart of in-s quicker, nor because the seats dustrial France under arched roof.
travel by it for the simple reason But this was different. It was that it costs more. If the seats
FIRST encountered it-the new forced upon her. "There simply a seat in the Golden snobbery. I mean-ut about wasn't ten minutes before noon a few Arrow," she shrieks. "Not a She glances round to seo days ago on the departure plat-seat!"
that this vital fact has register- form of the Gare du Nord."
"That's why I'm here," she I had bought an ordinary first-ed. class ticket on the regular midday yells; "not a seat in the Golden train.. After piling my cap, Arrow!"
Feeling that she has at least tremely serious international com- A coal coolie was drowned on
magazines, and walking-stick into Saturday through falling over- plications.
torrent) henn on the scat. I assumes the correct slunuming Looking at the situation gener-board from the ss. Tonjer at Lai-n imposing (and I hoped de- made her position, clear, she
chikok.
descended to take a little fresh expression, and prepares to endure ally, it seems that whatever is ad-
Passengers arriving by the Em-air and to see how many acquain- her martyrdom. But in the boat vocated by the Imperial Conference
Station you will hear the will be within very well-defined press of Asia to-day included Mr. tances it would be necessary to at Dover and even at Victoria
and Mrs. J. D. Danby, Mrs. avoid during the journey. limits Nothing really revolution Davison. Rev. G. T. Waldegrave, ary may be expected to emerge and Mr. Eldon Potter. from the delibeintions of the dele- gates. No one section of the Con- ference ean expect to force its views on the rest, especially in view for the fact that the Mother Caun- try and each of the Dominions na- take account of turally have to their own peculiar circumstances. Above all, as one writer has tersely put it. to use the Conference as market for the arrangement of de- tailed tarit bargains, which necessarily subject to the vicissi tudes of political fortunes in half a dozen countries, would be to turn the mutual collaboration of friends into an ignoble, strife over commer- cial lvantage..
Three cases of typhoid and one of diphtheria were reported to the Medical Officer of Health during the week-end. One of the typhoid cases concerned a European, the other cases being Chinese.
il
kan.
are
A fine of $50, or one month's confined to the particular plat- were like pin-cushions and the
which. I stood. The 011
execrable, and the food was imprisonment. was imposed by form
Butters on Chan Ming. a people on the right-hand side of waiters pulled long noses at every Mr.
would the Nellore which the platform looked sheepish-body in the train, they stowaway on arrived in Hongkong from Sanda- little furtive, as though they were still travel by the Golden Arrow. -
ashamed of something. The people If the steamer belched smoke over on the left, however, were buoy them and the crew danced horn- A fall of debris yesterday during ant. somewhat haughty, and pipes on their suit-cases and the the demolition of a building at evidently ashamed of nothing at cahins were swarming with rats,
they would still travel by Keelung Street. Shamshuipo, all.
Golden Arrow. resulted in the death of a coolie. Lee Ming (26), who was killed in- stantly.
1
..
In honour of Portugal's National Day. warships in Hongkong Har bour dressed ship yesterday, and at noon a salute was fired. There was a dance at the Club Institute at night.
the
I do not say all the people were
Comfort, celerity, convenience classes, these two divided into
-these things count for nothing. because on every station platform The only thing that counts is the there are plenty of charming, in- knowledge that even if they tried teresting people, such as railway they could not be spending more porters, young mothers, and ex money. I see evidences of this cited schoolboys. Nevertheless, form of snobbery, everywhere. the two classes worp very dis-Consider the case of the theatre. Soviet Dumping Menace:
timetly in evidence.
Quantities of people would rather Then, suddenly, I realised the sit in the twentieth row of the The French manner of meeting
The Feast of Our Lady of the the Soviet dumping menace seems Rosary was observed in Kowloon reason for this strange psychologistalls, behind a large pillar, at the left the extreme end of the row, than cal gulf. There, on countermove, yesterday by numerous religious hand side, glittering superbly in in the middle of the front row of Economic questions are to be dealt though we are afraid that the Bri-servances at the Rosary Church the sun, was the Golden Arrow. the dress circle (which is always with by the Imperial Conference tish Government is not likely to fol.Mgr. Valtorta. Vicar Apostolic, off its windows seemed to flash de- the best scut in any theatre). ciated at Solemn Pontifical Mass risively at its poor meck sister Any man with an experience of this work. These are regarded as low suit. In France, where they whilst the usual procession took on the other side, a train abound taking women to the theatre will
EMPIRE ECONOMICS.
under
the sole
ellective
importa-
confirm this assertion.
ditches, were sufficient warning. the ordinary first-class train was-Daily Mail.
•
can
can.
one
Yet
ing in first-class carriages, it is the most important which the dele-do these things with less attention place in the afternoon.
It is the same with night-clubs to politica dogma than to the in-
A Chinese, pesing as an elec- true, but not nearly as first-class gates will consider, for, on the re-
-those abominations of desola- as the Golden Arrows.. mediate emergency, the
trician, went to 6, Maple Street. sult of the discussions, will largely tion of cereals, meats, eggs, sugar and attempted to run away with
A purist would observe that it tion to which even the sanest man { depend the nature of inter-Imperial timber and so on, is to be prohibl-four electric switches. He was is not possible to be firster than sometimes finds himself unwill- trade relations for some time to ted except under licence, and doubi-was charged before Mr. Butters first. But then purists do not ingly propelled. There are lots of of licences will fat Kowloon this morning and usually travel by the Golden comparatively inoffensive night- come It is to be prisumed that less the issuers
pay greatest attention to the coun- sentenced to six weeks' imprison- Arrow. Nor are purists aware clubs in London where one
Defendant said he told of the profound depths of snob- dance and talk in comfort-and the Empire Free Trado TUSH- ders will
I particularly activetry of origin. In explanation of ment,
But there are only about three this drastic step, the Minister of girl in the house that the bery into which the modern soul also breathe, in moderation.
switches were not safe and he will sink.
Before the Golden Arrow shot night-clubs where fashionable whilst the discussions are
Agriculture points on that Russia would take them away and replace way: in
particular, the Press has been exporting at prices no-them later. The girl denied this through the pages of the time- young persons wish to proceed,
previous and in none tables, upsetting all
of them Barons may be depended upon to toriously lower than the cost price in Court.
standards of luxury travel, first dance, talk, or breathe,
third, people are delighted to be seen grek to influence the delegates in of similar goods in other countries
A summons was brought against was first, and third was aswhile the flooding of France with the Hongkong Telephone Company; and never the twain would meet. in them, squashed between a wall, fayer of some such sebeme
products has before Mr. Lindsell, at the Central One could go no higher than first, a table, a drum, and a palm, half that sponsored by Land Beaverbrook suspiciously cheap
was royal, with asphxiated, completely deafened. and his followers. The issues, how nullified the Government's efforts Magistracy this morning, accusing unless one
to safeguard producers and caused the Company of failing to provide special train, or suffering from and partially blinded, unable to fever, are by no means as simple as
a slump which might casily develop a series of trenches at North an infectious disènse, with a seal- eat or drink, whereas they would a curtain for very rush behind Ronded compartment. Point, on the Shaukiwan they appear on the surface,, and we into a catastrophe. France's with sufficient warning to indicate But now quantities of Channel shame if they were observed in shall be surprised if anything near-perience is one that has been shared to traffic of the presence of excuva- crossers would shrink with shame any of the places which are not
an or- of the Golden Arrow class. ly as swoping as the Empire Free hy nearly every country in Europe Lions. After evidence had been if they were detected in
and the taken, his Worship adjourned the dinary first-class carriage. You Trade proposals is endorsed by the und the United States,
an opulent-look- It is all very puzzling to me. For soon astonishing feature of the Soviet summons to visit the segue to see will hear many conference.
tremendous whether two lights, one at each ending woman in the dining-car ex- But diverting too. Some weeks ago. Mr. Winston policy is that while a
of two trenches some distance away plaining. in loud, hurried voice, there will be, a Diamond Arrow, exportation of foodstuffs has been
on either end of a series of how the shame of travelling by and then we shall see some fun. Churchill declared that the limits of ordered, it was only two months direct taxation has been reached in ago that a leading American was England, and he added that there invited to assist in the organisa- was a large measure of common tion of relief work in view of the agreement in all parties
afamine expected in tertain districts
tariff.or
revenue upon imported of Bussia it is not therefore sur- foreign manufactured goods wasprising that another "Red bogey" und to come. Upon what he has been raised. When the whole- sale scale of Soviet dumping first based this assertion, we do not attracted attention it was келег- know, but we do know that the pro-ally supposed that Moscow spects of erecting anything like a hard up, but lately there have been sustantial tariff wall against for-whispers of a gigantic scheme, as eign goods appear extremely re-sociated with the Five Year Plan, mote. The Liberal Party is de- for the disorganisation of world finitely opposed to such a change intrade. The object of the Reds, It is alleged, is the destruction of con- fiscal policy, and whilst there are
fidence in private enterprise. That sections of the Labour Party by no
there may be more in the story than means wedded to Free Trade, the
mere scaremongering is perhaps fact cannot be overlooked that the illustrated by the activities of Cem- present Government dislikes even munist agents on the American the mild form of Protection implied grain market, which has reached tremendous in the Safeguarding Duties. So record low levels by far as the Dominions are concern Britain, printed cottons have been xdling of Russian wheat short. In ed, they would naturally not object offered for sale in Manchester at to discrimination by Britain against prices lower than the cost of the: the foreigner, but there are grounds dyes. The Reds are living in a for thinking that they would not fairyland if they imagine that they be at all favourable to the free can bring Britain and the United import of the Motherland's
States to economic ruin by such ducts, however much they may wish methods, but they can do serious damage, and ordinary measures of
that
pro-
was
Rev.
to improve and develop inter-meeting the problems are hardly Empire trade. This does not mean sufficient. that there is no scope for a closer linking up of the relations between
The Chinese Catholic community various parts of the Empire. Far
are holding a reception at the from it. As one commentator has Catholic Compound, Caine Road, on suggested, the real importance of Thursday, at 8 p.m.,. when an ad- the discussions which are to take Simon Chan in honour of his re
dress will be presented to
place this week is the expression of turn from Home after having_re policy which is likely to emergeceived the Sacred Order of Priest- from the Conference. A declara-hood. A High Mass of Thanks giving will be celebrated at the tion by the Home Government that Cathedral on Friday, October 10th, it would respect the principle of at 8 am by Rev. Father Simon Chan, when he will give the Papal substantial Imperial Preference Blessing (by special privilege of whenever imposing or altering a His Holiness the Pepe).
"My dear, you frightened me. You breezed up here like millionaires. with twenty servants."
"Well, Gwen, we did have twenty laat year-one by one."