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mentator that nothing is to be gained by trying to discover tho cause of the depression: the real business is-to prepare for the
better times that are sure to come.
DAY BY DAY
The Annual General Meeting of
LEISURE FOR MEN OF BUSINESS, This sounds all right but surely AND BUSINESS FOR MEN OF LEISURE, a disease cannot be cured until its would cURE MANY COMPLAINTS—— origin is traced. The prime necos-Mrs. Thrale." sity is to get down to Arst causes, for unless these are understood and appreciated, it will be found extremely difficult to prescribe the correct remedies.
The United States has, without question, suffered badly from the series of...ätock exchange crashes, as well as from the over-produe
Empire Problems.
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A Chinese woman, aged 54, was found lying in a nullah yesterday with serious injuries, resulting apparently from 3 fall over bridge at Macdonnell Road.
EVELYN WAUGH on
PUBLIC SCHOOL "MEN."
H.
the Kowloon Chess Club is adver. THERE are three ways in which One can usually--though not lavari- one can regard boys' schools ably-recognise them as such. But. tised to take place at the Central British School, on Tuesday, Octo--and, for that matter, girls' this is just like saying that you can ber 14th, at.5.30 p.m.
schools, too. I dare say. The first recognise Scotsmen or parsons. and simplest is from the point of The point is whether the recogni view of education.
tion is of any value. Except for This is usually overlooked by schoolmastering, there is practical- parents, but is a matter of unsus-ly no profession nowadays in which pected concern to schoolmasters.the possession of a public school old My own opinion is that a great deal boys' tie-and that alone is of any more education goes on at public definite value. tion which has revealed itself in The forthcoming wedding is an schools than anyone ever realises, For my own part, it so happens certain of its big industries.nounced of Lieut. John Gerald and that the predominant obsession that most of my friends have been. Wolfe Barry, R.A., of the R.A. of athletics, with which they are to public schools, but this is the last Happily, as President Hoover says, Mess, Stonecutters, to Miss Con, always charged, is not so much thing. I value in them, and if it is the situation has not been com-stance Bell Cree, No. 85, Queen's typical of the large and famous a question of talking casually in a schools as of the smaller and less jahip or hotel with a man who wears plicated by labour disputes, which Gate, London.
august, who imagine that they can an old school tie and one who does is so much to the good. None the
The Ho. Treasurer of the St. better raise their status in public not, I would always choose the less, there are factors in the pre-John Ambulance Brigade begs to esteem by producing Test match latter, because one can be fairly cer. sent situation which suggest that acknowledge with grateful thanks cricketers than by producing profes-tain in advance of what the former
the receipt of $25 from. Mr. Foo sors or artists.
will say to one. many difficulties are looming up Sik towards the St. John Ambu-
Odlous
Professional Schoolboys, which will require real statesman-lance Brigade Funds, ship to handle.. We do not sug The Hon. Treasurer of the St. view is that boys between the ages people one can only describe as pro
A second very sensible point of There is, however, a sad race of gest that the problems ahead are John Ambulance Brigade has the of thirteen and eighteen are com- fessional schoolboys. Mr. J. B. insoluble, but, whilst it may be honour to acknowledge with grate-pletely odious creatures, destruc- Priestley, in his new novel, has ful thanks a donation of $50 from tive of peace and property, uncouth, drawn a painful picture of one of perfectly true that nothing is to His Excellency the Governor, to-self-assertive, and generally unsuit these. They are for the most part. be gained by encouraging a pes-wards the finances of the Brigade, fed to civilised company.
the men who have been least suc- simistic frame of mind amongst
Accordingly parents have to find cessful at their schools. Boys who the people, it is quite as essential whose
E. A. von Kobza-Nagy, B.A., a-race of men so desperate and tolled painfully up the school, just. beautiful photographic mercenary that they will devote Javoiding superannuation, just scrap- that facts, however, unpleasant, studies place him in the front rank their lives to keeping, them awaying into their house teams, incons- should be squarely faced. There with masters of his 'art, is at pre-from home during the greater part picuous, neither popular nor un is as much danger in belittling the a studio at No. 4, The Albany, and anyone of experience can quarrel
sent in Hongkong. He has opened of this period. I do not see how popular.
For some reason it is usually PINGUET-At the French Hos-dangers as in magnifying them. Messrs. Komor and Komor are ar with this opinion.
these who are the most zealous old. pital on October 7, 1930,
ranging appointments for sittings. But the third idea, equally wide-boys; they subscribe to new build- Marie Pinguet, aged nineteen
spread, is that by going to a public ings and come down from London funeral months. The
will
Detective Sergeant Kellett made take place this afternoon.
an application before Mr. Butters school a boy is given "a start in to see them opened; they read their life." I am sure that this motive old school. magazine and write The tremendous tangible suc at the Kowloon Magistracy this impels a great number of parents querulous letters to it when they cess of the Imperial Confernce of morning for the confiscation of a to make severe sacrifices in order detect any sign of change; they 1926 has never, perhaps, been revolver, which he said he found to pay the high fees of a public attend old boys' dinners. They brought into the foreground so in a bundle of clothing at the No. school. clearly as now when the cordial day. He had previously searched atmosphere of the, Imperial Con-the passengers of the President ference of 1936, with its com- Jefferson. There was no claimant It is looked on nga form of income engaged to be married. They plicated issues pressing for 'con- for the revolver. The applicationsurance. For five or six years of a encounter you anywhere. structive solution, is obviously awas granted..
boy's life premiums are paid for greet you boisterously by direct outcome. Four years ago,
him in the form of his terminal longforgotten nickname.
There is a sadder type of profes-, An enjoyable evening was spent bills. At the end. of that time the politica! framework of the by quite a large number of mem- provided 10 untoward incident sional schoolboy. That is the one British Commonwealth was left bers and friends of the St. upsets his career-he is presented who was brilliantly successful in in a somewhat uncompleted state,Patrick's Catholic Club in the with his "leaving book," he pays his boyhood, but for some reason proves and to-day wo
find the Labour Club Hall, Garden Road, Inst subscription to the Old Boys' unable to repeat his success in Judging by the recent utter-Prime Minister of Australia de-evening, when a whist drive was society, buys himself two or three after-life.
claring that there is nothing to be were very satisfactory, were
held. The arrangements, which old boys' ties, and sets out a fully
Arrested Development. anees he has made, President
In equipped member of the mysterious Hoover is apparently quite satisfi- gained and a great deal to be lost the capable hands of Mrs. D. secret society of "public school
They were able athletes, respect- by attempting to crystallise the O'Hare and Mrs. A. F. Smith, men."
able scholars, just and dignified ed that all is for the best in the relations between the separate en- This is the first of a series of so- He is supposed to have made prefects-just the type beloved by present industrial and economic,tities of the Commonwealth
cials organized by the Club. friends who will be useful to him. their-housemaster, who writes in situation of the United States. closely within the confines of any
and to have received a stamp by their reports: "I have the utmost The October number of St. which other, public school boys all confidence in his success." The outside observer, however, formal documents. There are John's Review contains a number over the world will recognise their suddenly they seem to stop develop- will be inclined to discount some bigger things affecting the whole of articles of interest among them own kind.
ing, and they remain school pre- of the President's enthusiasm, future of the British Empire to being "The Bishops and Reunion Of the first of these advantages Ifects for the rest of their lives."
If they are born with estates to particularly in view of the fact be considered, and if grave prob- in South India," "The Effects of can speak from experience. There
Civil war in China," by the Rev. is nothing so useless ду lems are to be solved there is Wilfred Stott, of Nanning, who friends. They are far too busy re to useful, if limited, lives. When, useful manage they are able to settle down that the Senatorial elections are also a great opportunity. The tells of his experiences during the taining and enlarging their spheres however, as is frequently the Case, shortly to take place, and, as a Conference in 1926 was chiefly recent bombardment; "Marriage of usefulness to be able to waste they have no advantages of money. consequence, every possible effort concerned with establishing the and Sex," an extract from the time in being actually useful. The or position they drift into subor- is being made to glorify the Re-autonomy, that is to say,
Lambeth Letter; "Sunday," by Rother is more doubtful. the
dinate positions in commercial or Ashton Hill, and others. Cathedral -} publican Administration in the separateness, of the Dominions. announcements for the month are able similarity between men who remain doing their work sensibly. There is certainly a distinguish- Government offices; and there they eyes of the electorate: "Hoover The delegates in London, sitting also given.
Thave had a public school education.; (Continued on Page 7.) stock" has latterly fallen some-at their first plenary session at what in the States, so that the the Foreign Office to-day, have! necessity for showing that the Republicans have done well in face of admittedly difficult prob- lems is easily understood.
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WEDNESDAY, OCT. 8 1939.
THE UNITED STATES OUTLOOK.
too
1. Kowloon godown wharf on Mon-
In their power to realise the économic unity of the Empire, with all that that implies in this time. of world trade depression. The necessities will not permit of In his recent speech to the muddling, of any rash experiment American Bankers' Association, in such doctrines as are embodied Mr. Hoover declared that present in the cry of the Rothermere Press day depression is worldwide in its heads of the delegations at to- for Empire Free Trade. The scope, but he did not think it was day's plenary session are to make necessary for America to wait for general statements, and their pro- the recovery of the rest of the posals, we presume, regarding the world. He had to concede, how-development of inter-imperial ever, that the economic system of trade. If there is any point of the United States
contact in the considered views of has recently experienced a severe shock, but, 1930 Conference is marked out for the various representatives, the in spite of this, he hazarded the triumphant success. Of special view that in many ways the posi-interest will be the proposals of tion is better than it was two free trade Great Britain to pro- years ago. Opinions will natural-tectionist Dominions... Will Mfr. ly differ on that point, especially J. H. Thomas, erstwhile Minister since many American commenta- for Unemployment, be vindicated, | —^.
or will Mr. Snowden's hard and tors think that there are more. industrial and economic trises Bromley election which showed Will the fast principles prevail? ahead. The optimism of some of definitely the trend of British America's leaders is offset by the public opinion reveal its influence, equally pessimistic outlook of or is the Labour Party blind to others.. Indeed, it is hardly pos- Its opportunities and to the plain sible to pick up any American fact without some form of tariffs it is destined for a devastating newspaper of fairly recent date
fall at the next election? Some which does not contain some re-
part of the answers to
these ference to the prevailing depres-questions, which may affect the sion and uncertainty. To such a whole future of the British Com pitch has this volume of dis-monwealth are expected to beʼre- satisfaction grown that there is a vealed by cable to-morrow and feeling growing up that altogether Friday. The waiting time is too much is being made of the matter. As one of the papers ex- pressed it, "people are beginning Charity Whist Drive held at the The prize-winners at the to suspect that we are spending Cathedral Hall on Monday night| altogether too much time in talk-were:-1st Lady, Mrs. Jopling;. ing about depression, and it may 2nd Lady, Mrs. Woollcott; Lady very well be that our hard times 1st Gent. Mr. Goldle; 2nd Gent
sealed number, Mrs. Burmingham.
have had about all the vocal at Mr. "Mac"; Gent sealed number. tention that they need." It is Mr. Goulter. Mr. A. E. Medina
acted as M.C. even suggested by another com
onerous,
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