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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY: DECEMBER 27, 1930.
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THE HONGKONG HOTEL GARAGE.
to be the losers-their opportunities for, "squeeze" will automatically disappear.
DAY BY DAY
HE WHO IS NEVER BATISIFIED CAN GIVE NO SATISFACTION TO OTHERS.---- Duke de Levia.
It is pertinent to recall that when Chin pressed for Customs autonomy, the Powers were strong In their representations that simultaneously with the grant of this right there should be a com-
Special exhibition dances will plete abolition of all other forms be aided to the New Year's Eve of imposta on imported goods. Indianer dance altractions at the 1028, when the issue was so much Hotel Coell. to the fare, the British Minister reminded Nanking of the announce- ment made in the previous year thai, as soon as possible, the nece nary steps would be taken effective ly to abolish likín, Native Customs dues, const trade duties and alusuni on Saturdays. other taxes an imports, whether levied in transit or on arrival at destination, and he asked for an assurance that goods having once paid the Customs Duties should be freed, as soon as possible, from any imposts of the nature speelfied. This assurance was given without qualification of any kind. If we revert
of to the announcement
سم
T
THE FUTURE OF SPEED.
Mechanical Forms That May Become Obsolete.
By JAMES DECIE.
THE manufacturers of a famous plast? While the population of the type of racing car have recent-world continues to increase' and to ly announced that they propose congregate in cities, the urge for retiring from motor racing because more speed will become even more they feel that, at the moment, pressin. We are only just begin- there is little further to learn from uing to realise the truth of the old
naying. "Time is money."-
It was inadvertently announced in our yesterday's Issue, that Messrs. Whiteaway, Laidlaw speed contests. Co., Ltd., would remain open until
Translated, this means that the
Practically everybody is affected 5.20 p.in. to-day. The closing few extra miles an hour which their by speed. The clerk travelling to hour will, of course, be 1 p.m. najexperts might achieve by farther his daily work is wasting time competition work would not be which might be spent more usefully. worth the heavy cost.
The farmor getting his crops to Rending between the lines. It market loses money for every hour condi- would seem that car speed has now of delay. The International busi Owing to bad weather tions, the Avro-Avian light aero- reached the limit of usefulness.ness man on his way to another plane belonging to the Far East The same le almost true of the aero-country chafea because his time i Aviation Co. which was recently lane, as we now know it. With being spent unprofitably.
Every civilised person who works Down to Shanghai fram Hong-petrol us fuel, the aeroplane
commercial propoyi- for a living is adversely affected by A. V. Harvey dul not kong, via Amoy, by Flying Officer is not a
leave for tion at speeds of more than 100 slowness of travel. Only those It who to miles an hour.
whose circumstances render them Nanking on Saturday.
Schneider Cup speeds are attain-
self-supporting entirely
remain depart on Sunday or Monday.
ed by machines quite Incapable of absolutely unaffected by speed. carrying either passenger or cargo, As civilisation le shaping at the The condition of Sergeant J. J.All available storage space is used moment more and more speed will policy to which Sir Miles Lampson Fost of the Traffic Department of for fuel, and the engines drink be essential, and where there is a that the flying suficient demand there will al- the Police Force, who was serimusly petrol sa rapidly Anitely stating by proclamation that Christmas Day, shows a slight im-
speed. Beyond that it la im- One can only "once imported goods have paid the Provement. According to informa- handicapped by lack of fuel storage
possible to sec, tion this morning he was semi- that they usually Bnish the flight pee with
a hare sufficiency of petrol. suggest that there must be prescribed new duties at the port conscious, although still in a critical
in ocean travel the limit of unimit to everything, and when ful speed has not yet been reached. the limit of speed has been reached of entry, they will be freed from condition.
For many years the Mauretania there will arise some new principal, All further Jikin tax and other in-
the Atlantic ternal transit duties." Moreover, it was further emphasised that the National Government "is profount obnoxious system of likin and duties of a like nature be totally abolished. the economic develop ŁOWICK-On December 26th, atment of the nation cannot be rea-
the Victoria Hospital, to Mr.
lised." and Mrs. A. C. Lowick, a daughter.
The Unghong Shanghai Hotel, Ltd Incorporated in Hongkong. 24, 'Queen's Road 0. and stabbe Bond
MARRIAGE.
Statt Karten:
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Vermunchle
Maria Svendsen geb. Dellinger Hongkong, 27th, Dezember, 1939,
AUM.
BIRTHS.
The
waya bo a supply. The world
was referring, we find Nanking de-injured is a motor mishap on range is very small.
Trans-Atlantic fliers aro Во in approaching an age of nuper-
y
convinced
that
unless the
Passengers who left by Hakusan held the record for Maru for Europe and Way ports crossing. Some time ago the Bre possibly on the psychological side yesterday included Ars. R. V. men shattered the record on her of human affairs, that will render Paimer, Miss N. Fletcher, Prof. Efirst voyage, and her sister ship, as the dodo.
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K. Tratman, Mr. S. Kudo, Mr. and the Europa, broke it again with a still faster time. Even so, the Mrs. Wright, Mr. I. Greille, Mr-Europa travelled at less than forty L. AL. Gusille. Mr. V. 1. Safford,imilen an hour, whereas motorboat Mrs. Fern Hunt, Mr. Willy Rieser, speeds run up to 100 miles an hour. Mr. B. C. Olason and Miss Mary.
Ocean Journeys,
The next few decades will see a
nere mechanised speed as obsoleto
FUN AMONG SAVAGES.
Wonder at the White Man's Cothes.
A Chinese woman, Cheng Fung- Yel to-day the position is that chun, was charged before Mr. But-great increase in liner speed. Not ters, at the Kowloon Magistracy only are the different nations com- whilst tarif autonomy has been
this morning, with having caused peting; liners are also in competi FORREST-At the Country Hos-
pital, on December 21, to Mr.granted and additional duties are grievous bodily injury to her hus-tion with airships.
When peean travel reaches its hand. Tung Yick, by assaulting hin and Mrs. F. J. Forrest, about to be imposed, tikin and all with a chopper en the head and face speed limit a deadlock will result in
European clothes are the occasion the thousand and one other irre-face in 335, Latchikek Road last all branches of travel. Passengers of much surprise and admiration to gular levies continue as before. night. On the application made by will pay higher fare for speedier the arily clad savage who is unac- MACGREGOR-On December 21,
a police officer, the accused was re-pasanges up to a certain polat, but
ways of covering himself up. Some 1980, at Country Hospital, What is of more serious concern is anded till Monday, as the injured they will not bear the cost of the tomed to the white man's queer
heavy expenses necessary to gain of the recorded first
impressions of Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs. that there is no indication that they man is still in hospital.
extra few miles an hour at the this kind are very amusing. the Normsan MacGregor of Cin-are likely to disappear, either.
top of the sente.
The islandora Hawaii, to whom namara. Assam, a son.
The late Sir Henry Segrave's re- the arrival of Captain Cook in hia Chian to-day is absolutely honey-
ricksha-pulling in all weathers cord-breaking ear cost £50,000. wonderful ship was like a belt from combed with taxes of every con- shortens expectation of life by ten The car that breaks Sir Henry's re- the blue, described his crew and evivable kind, practically none of years. That
unheard-of clothes 23 a capitalist in the cord will possibly cost even more, their a former should be per- and it may be less than five miles follows: The men had loose an hour speedier. Who pays for skins, and there were openinga in the Central Government. This factmitted to make much more than these experiments? The public, their sides for their belongings-
out of their eventually. When the cast of sperd openings which went far into their is responsible not only for an illegal comfortable living
sacrifices is pretty monstrous in gets ton high they will prefer not bodies; into these they thrust their obstruction to foreign trade, but it this year of grace, and looking at to go any faster at that cost hands, and they drew out knives, is absolutely killing Chinese In-it from every angle, we can see only Eventually some genius will dis- bends, cloth, nails, and all sorts of dustry. Assuredly there can be no one satisfactory solution, the coolic cover a new and inexpensive method other things."
of achieving even greater speed.
Here wonder is supreme; but sound reonomic development or ex- should own his own rickaha. Ile Possibly rocket cars and rocket. pansion in China until this curse buys it now every six months or so, aeroplanes, now in the primary ex-sometimes the is removed. Unhappily, by institut-though his ownership is not reperimental stages, will inaugurate actually terrifying. One of the
cognised. Some means should be the next era of speed. devised of allowing him to keepi Rockets introduce a new, yet very
old, feature of
propulsion. They independent of a medium. Or are
Hongkong Telegraph.the proceeds of which ever reach form of
SATURDAY, DEC. 27, 1930,
THE LIKIN FARCE.
If there were the least prospect of the abolition of likin becoming effective as from January 1st., the [date selected by the Nanking Gov-
be quite prepared to reconcile them. selves to the now Excise Duties
which are to come into force on the
find the
ing new duties and at the same time not attempting to insist on
policy
iş alterty
the fruits of his hard labour, and
DINE DANCI
Precious.Time.
first encounter is
early missionaries in New Guinea relates that when he touched at a hitherto unvisited part of the coast- the first person to go ashore was
akin.
courage an
Gloves Off.
-On another occasion the same missionary went ashore wearing gloves, and whon surrounded by n crowd quietly pulled them off. Will the present craze for speed Immediately there were shricks of consternation from the bystanders, who thought he was stripping the hands.
skin
me.
fro
from his Chalmera,
his travels in New Guinea, says, "and seon had an admiring crowd round I was dressed in white, with black leather
ather boots. Some natives, more daring than others, would come up, touch my shirt and trousers, bite their fingers, and run gain and again this was by the bold.ones, who always jeyed my boots. At Inst, after con- sultation, one old woman mustered courage, came up, and touched- trousers, and finally my boots, Sho was trembling all Over
but-horror.
ernment, foreign merchants would the provinces obeying its orders, the we do not see any grave dificulty dinary aeroplanes depend upon the a native teacher, who happened to Nanking Government is only ag- in the way. The Government could ability of the airscrew to push air be wearing a bright red checited gravating the situation. The manage it readily enough if they backwards, just as ships screws flannel shirt. The crowd at the landing-place fled In torror, but afterwards gained suicidal. But so desired by the simple expedient push water backwards.
The ordinary neroplane would be seemingly the demands for money their face value, becoming farmers there is no air. Not do the rocket-te the teacher that they had ther purchasing the rickshaя unable to fly in altitudes where came hack one by one, explaining same date. Foreign goods which'
and yet more money must be met, themselves until the coolies by daily driven plane. In regions of fright at his extraordinary red esme under the classification of the whatever the cost and whoever the payments had purchased the vacuum Its speed would increase im- Fapecial tax now decided on are to
vehicles and paid a reasonable measurably in the absence of any sufferers may be. pay the Excise Duty in ach
amount of Interest on the capitul. air resistance. It may wall be that the rocket-driven aeroplane will be dition to the regular Import
A form of compulsory insurance come the world's speediest form of would enable the coolles to replace transport. Nanking Duty, but
A Ricksha Problem. Kives an
Shanghai's splendid response to decrepit rickshaa every four or five Assurance that no other form of
North China Daily News yours. taxes will be collected. This, how the
Rickshamon's Christmas, Fund, ever, is too good to be true. If we which again finds sumelent left over take the case of Kwangting, we from Christmas treats to finance provincial authorities the Ricksha Mission for another Jibbing against the Nanking in-year, offers not too agreeable food |structions for the abolition of jikin, for reflection by residents of long- To make up for the loss of revenue these people, or their colleagues in kong. where nothing is done for
under this head, the Central Gov-the lowest ranks of unskilled ernment inst dockled to grant labour, the chair coolles. Whe- Kwangtung a monthly payment of ther or not Hongkong should $260,000, but Canton has now.ask. follow Shanghai's example. and el that this sum be doubled; other organise for the amelioration wise there will be a shortage of of their lot by "private en
another $800,000
terprlao" is, however, monthly.. "Therefore,"
matter. In our view, it is a pro- enys n Canton newspaper, "whether blem which should be tackled by or not likin can be abolished at the the Government, and which is not scheduled date depends upon the very dimenit of solution. The Miá- reply of the Central Government." ston in Shanghai provides refugee If that is the attitude of Kwang-where the coolie can obtain warmth tung, wo may depend upon it that in cold weather, instead of sitting round becoming chilled to the minr- it reflects also the frame of mind row after a sudden change from of the officials of other provinces. brisk exercise to idleness. A The point which obtrudes is that similar organisation in Hongkong the provincial authorities are seem. would not prove excessively ex- ingly all-powerful in this matier, pensive. Theft again coneldera- and that they can either ignoro ortions of humanity would seem to Buggest that the Government might respect the orders of the Central make it its duty to soo that men Government just as it suits their who must, owing to economic con- convenfance, Evidently,' what, 'theditions, make their living by act provinces realino is that if lining as boasts of burden to fellow and all other irregular taxes are human beings; are not exploited as actually abolished and the Customs well, no they undoubtedly are under revenues go to Nanking, they stand the existing farming system It is computed that, on an average,
No Gover
of horrors!to add to her fear, I Ufted my foot and pulled my boot off. She screamed and run, and did not stop before she was quite out of sight?""
There may be a bit of magle, too, about the white man's clothes, the Zulus certain early les cstablished reputatio
esainmakers by putting on
thick cloths for comfort when raw,
How. As p winds began to
showers usually followed, it seemed clear, by native |logle, that the sombre gormenta, were donned by the white wizards In order to Induce the skies to daricon' with 'rainclouds.
Par Native Taste.
· Once the›save yo has got used to the fight and feel of European clothing, admiration and envy usually, take the place of fear and suspleion/But native tanta“,
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