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DAY BY DAY
REPUTATION 18 IN ITSELF only a FARTHING CANDLE OF WAVERING ANU UNCERTAIN FLAME, AND EASILY BLOWN OUT; NUT IT 18 THE LIGHT BY WHICH THE WORLD LOOKB FOR AND FINDS MERIT.-J. R. Inwell.
*
The Old Story. There has been the vital after- math of the Chinese New Year in the form of batches of summonsen against offenders for infringe- ments of the cracker-firing regula- Mr. F. Thorougood has been con- firmed in his rank na Manager of the tions. General opinion seems to local branch of the Mercantile Bank of be that there was more discharIndia, Ind. ing of freworks this year than even before-whether due to a de the evil sire to frighten away
THE P.C.'s ODD JOBS:
By Montague Smith.
【17HEN yesterday. I inquired| W
Thoirs to suppresa fortune-tell- volume setting forth the duties of ever on the watch for stolen pro- at a bookshop for a handying or recapture lunatics; to be
the modern constable I was at perty or suspected persons; to see once handed a list of 238 books, a that no one wears an unauthorised The Hongkong, Couton and Macaotudy of all of which, it appeared, medal, sells polson without a for the production licence, holds a wake over anyöze Steamboat Co. Ltd., advertise that Whe
of ROCCARATY
Perfect Policeman the dead of an infectious disease, or as from February 20, 1931
spirits credited by the superstition 13r. G. E. Hilaman will act as Secretary part of policoman, in fact, who contravenes the OMeial Socrets
na having
with
do
or to a rumour
that
to had something
depression, current
Mr. M. F. Key, Secretary of the was Hongkong General Chamber of Com this
Is In the Peak Hospital merce, to be the last time the lunar year suffering from tonsilitis. He hopes to was to be observed locally,' it be back at work again in about a I would be difficult to any. At any week.
rate. people who had the misfor
Eric Fleming, the 15-year-old son of tune to live in localities with Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Fleming, of No. enrahot of the noisy celebrations 2 Wing Lock Buildings, has been were made painfully conscious of missing since yesterday, according to an official police report insued this the occasioa, Notwithstanding
morning.
the
P
can
Licencos-gun, dog,
hawkor's,
solve
murder mystery and Act salute all dignitaries in mufti.
Just over a hundred years ago, porter's, hackney carriage, man- in 1829, Sir Robert Feel brought servant's, and many othora—are the present British constabulary their particular care, and no one force into existence to suppress may now possess a revolver with- crime, which was then so rife that out their inquiry or permission.
Women must be helped, across one in overy 22 of the population was engaged in muriler, robbery, the read, lost children restored to burglary, picking puckets, or some their parents, and courteous and other more or less violent form of correct replies given to all who evil-doing.
"Ak a policeman.”
In "Practical Points for Polico- At last the constable raises his
that definite restrictions were
men," which the Chief Constable eyes in heaven in a mate appeal→→ of Gateshead has The 42nd Ordinary Annual Meeting there is a list of 28 classes of is his duty to
Just issued, and is instantly reminded that it pinced on the firing of crackers,
prevent, "anyone timiting the areas and the times of turboleta in the rised to take "felonies" and 23 of "misdemean "flying an us to cause unnecessarY
Co. Ltd., is advertised in which they might be displace at the offices of the Company, ours against which it is the dager to persons or property.”
bulk of great charged, the
Before he ran' become a police the Exchange Building, on Wednesday. prime duty of the police to pro- population appears, as in always March 18 at 11.30 a.m.
teet the public. Abduction, us-sergeant he must pass an ex- sault, bigamy, burglary, embezzle-amination and answer auth ques- the case, to have paid na head
taken It is advertised thot the 42nd ment, forgery, murder, sacrilege, tions as these (all
from to the regulations. Every year. Ordinary Yearly Meeting of share-bribery, cruelty to children, cons-recent papers): it is clearly laid doven in the holders of the Hongkong Electric Co.pirney, rioting-these, taken at What is the meaning of ultra
ifications issued that
1.td., will he held at the Company's random from the list, are typicatþeiren, prima donna, sum grzmo Offices, P. and Q. Building, on Wed- of the crimes to which the police, natis, salua populi, ora pro nobis, gulations will be enforced
andnesday, March 18 at 11 a.m.
mun owes his existence.
and atet? thal the police have strict orders
What methods are adopted by to arrest offenders. Yet the cut- The traf authorities afirmed this Their suppression to-day is but our Government to foster a spirit
marning their intention of ruthlessly
a very, very small fractional part of friendship and further com- saner, for that is what it is, con pressing a campaign against motorists of his duties, and fresh tasks are mercial enterpriar with our Dom- tinues unabated. Fireworks are and car drivers who blow their horns being put upon him almost daily.inions and foreign countries! exposed for sale without praten- unnecessarily, regarding which user. The licensing laws, the gaming What is a vacuum? How do you tion of any kind, crackers and ex- complaints have beca
Hawa, and the new road traffic Inwałaccount for the noise made when plosive bombs are thrown from
cach verandahs, and pedestrians and
pen? He must, for instance, be quite, What is meant by the "Cabinet”? motorists are placed in distinet at the European YM.C.A., Kowloon, danger as a consequence,
If these are the things that ser- Some night, an enjoyable Lime being quite sure that no publican on his
pent by lurge and happy company.bent serves a drink after hours arigeants have to know it as caly to Cof the fireworks thrown
from My, G. W. E. True again filed the any drink at all to a child under understand a difficulty in filling verandah- might, in fret, easily role as master of ceremonins, and 15 yenes of see; he must have an the post of Chief Commissioner of blind anyone by explosion. Then pleasing selections of the latest ball-eye on a wicked grocer tempted Police. there is the mess and filth caused Unique Orchestra.
played by the to sell a half-bottle of spirits; the in our streets by this foolish form of celebrating. Indeed, the whole
lutely.
received
The usual monthly dance was held obligations*** him with a host of the cork is expelled from a pop-
r07 tones were
it
How can We be Friends?
By Maurice Lane-Norcott.
¡NE of the things that life has
flutter of a betting slip is presum- Recognition of the inevitability,
ed to prompt him to repression of Dr. W. H. Bathurst, Cruise Passe-street betting; and every motor- of fresh taxation will not exempt Colony seems more or less Riven ger on the Empress of Australia, re-ent is now a potential "case."
porta that he lost his book of From writhebam the new arriage.
over to noise and confusion du Canadian Pacific express travellers
Has it a front light? Has it a Ncheques while sight-seeing in Hong obscured? Is it bearing the pro- rear light? In its number plate ments put into fore for the collec-ing the New Year holidays, tion of duties on Nquors and to-
one would or could object if the konge. He is unable to state the exact
amount but it is thought that theper licence? Is it being driven within celebrations were confined
amount lost is in the neighbourhood of dangerously? Is It (on the other Teasonable limits, but the fact is $400.00. The number of the lost bandi) an obstruction? Doce that the concessions permitted are (chenges are contained in the numbers perchance answer to the descrip- sure an a gold basis.
tion of some stolen car with which grossly abused, so much so that it 254921 54934.
taught me is that there are means a very considerably increase is high time for the authorities to
the constable must be acquainted?
too many men in the world call- One case of small-pox and one of menses for all and sundry authori and Lee, and Haines. Such men The police to serve sun-el Pearce, and Read, and Carr,
have in the retail prices of these
consider more rigorous enforce-
cerebrospinat meningitis, bath Chi- nionses modities, in spite of Mr. Lloyd's ment of the regulations. the plac
nese, were reported to the Medien Lies; they have to superintend the simply waste our money Disclaimer. and it
that ing of further limits on the pri- ficar of Health during the three excention of distress warrants; Beads
sary irritation at times., devotees of My Lady Nicoline and vileges granted, or even the entice days of the Chinese New Year Holi-they must be acquainted with all case us a great deal of unneces- days. The health return for the week leeal by-laws; they are respon- For example, let us suppose hard drinks are to shoulder the banning of these noisy demonstra ended the 14th inst, showe two cases [sible for the regulation and that we are introduced to one of
Lions. Prior to the New Year, it of small-pox and one death there- was intimated that no cracker-from, four cases of diphtheria and ready in all cases
supervision of aliens; they must these men called Read and that he to render takes an instantaneous fancy to four deaths, two cases aling commitments in England, firing whatever would he permit-fever and one death from puerperal
of enterit first-aid to the injured or to dis- us.
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entire, cost of meeting Hongkong's
against
THE TIN QUOTA SCHEME.
RUMOURS SUGGEST A
at
and
"My dear fellow," this Bend It is their job to see that any
anya when we bid him good-bye.. the safety precautions are taken ve taken un instantaneoust theatres, music-halls, and fancy to you. Do ring me up one cinemas; in decide whether plays. Saturday and we'll have a game ---- songs, pictures, posters, or books of golf together."" displayed for sale
to
indecent; Well, of course, nothing sounda
prevent cruelty to animals nad regulate all markets: to organise processions and license flux days to detect chimneys on fire people without wireless licences.
easier than that at the time. Not
until we attempt to do it does it seem at all impossible. Then the and important qucation suddenly
Oc-
eurs to us. How does this man. spell his name?
" Then leaving a balance inted in Canton during the holidays, fever. There were 38 dontha from 10se of the dead. favour of the Government. The Whether the ban was
1:012 int tuberculosis. Lestimated TUVCHUPS from these fect, we have not heard, but wel sources for 1981 were $4,000,000.
can imagine the fuss that wooldi be mude here if a similar urder The Government's new arrange-
luid been promulgated. The old! ments. roughly estimated, re
vry of interfering with designed to place at, their dispogal susceptibilities would be heard in 2,100,000 "sl" dollars at thefall its force. According to reports rate of 1/8, ne nearly £300,000. to hand, the Canton Government The payment in silver dollars will made a determined move fluctuate with the rate of exchange. Í Thus if the dollar falls to tempence,
the likeliest eventuality, the log duty will be two silver dollars for the fictitious gold unit. Ti'it rises To 1/4, the duty will be only $1.25, All through the Government keeps a fira hold on that £300,000. The schools, thus ensuring a full 1- tendance of pupils. All this con- Lestimated additional yield in silver
trasts very sharply with the condi- dollars at the current rate of estions which prevailed in Hongkong change, presuming the value of No-one, of courge, would object to imports keeps up, amounts to cer tainly not less than $2,000,000.
From some points of view, the "vetem now to be applied, possess its merits. Nevertheless, a Gov-
SETTLEMENT.
Messrs. Pentreath and Co. have the observance of the New Year re dived the following cable, daleu In the country their task is en- You see the awkward predica- necessity of im- ment we are now in? Of all the Cerned. It is stated that Generaltin marke so far as official circles were con- Liverpool Saferday, regarding the livened by the
pounding all stray animals and Reads, and Reades, and Reeds. Chan Ming-shu personally visited | Qunte tin in London for delivery of any orders made for dealing which in the particular one that by securing the proper observance and Reedes, and Reids in London, Government offfees lu
that over three mouths £123-4123 $5 with food-and-mouth disease, al has taken an instantaneous fancy everyone was at his post, und that | per ton,
ways keeping a good look-out for to us? There are persistent rumour people sleeping in the open air examinations were held in New Year's Day in all the Government that the gusta scheme has been without visible means of subsis-telling, and in the end we are com-
its
worse.
Next?
We
settled.
a mild observance of any fential by the Chinese, but the public has
right to complain when day and. night are made hideous by con tinuous cracker-firing and; what is when really dangerous tenment which, so far, has declined practices are indulged in. Of in speech or action to concede any-even greater seriousness is the thing to the claims of those who floating of Government orders in would stabilise Hongkong's For the wholesale manner of the past rency, is surely going against few days. Rules and regulations wn principles in moving ta collect are made to be obeyed. Unfor- tunately, in Hongkong so many of its revenues
gold standard. them are merely ignored by the The decision exposes the weak masses, i fuct upon which hesaps on the Government's, flunks have had occasion to comment in jin this issue; in fact, it reveals the the past when dealing with mat- Government; in the malter of cur- ters of public health and hygiene. rency's reform.. its own wornt The interests and comfort of the the community are sacrificed on For instance, it does this altar of personal selfishness. enemy. |much; it definitely strengthens the argements of the advocates of stallisation. Here we have a very Magistracy this morning, Wong Chu Before Mr. Butters, at the Kowloon
pretty picture of the Government, and Wong Fou were charged with worried by the extent of its steri-having kept a gaming house on the ground floor of No. 540, Shanghai ing commultmoute. inking very Street. The first defendant WOR ffeetive steps to protect itself, by absent and his bail bond of $100 was estrented. The second dofendant was further inrands into the taxpayer's fined $100, or atx weeks' imprisonment, packet, while that“, same unfor- No fewer then 29 others were charged tunnte, with similarly grave
with gambling: 19 were absent and per their bail of $5 auch was entreated. soal problems, is left to wallow in The rest were fined $8 or one week's
Imipelsonment each,
the mire. The Government
IN
5
tence.
“No, Bess, I'm sure it was your younger brother I graduated with."
Naturally, we have no means
of
pelled to give it up and play golf with a man called Wilberforce Instead. Still, we know that all unintentionally we have given grave offence.
"You never, rang me up, did you?" anys this Read, or Reade, or Reed, or Reede, or Reid, when we! meet him again. "I'm sorry I bare you."
And then he hurries away down the street and passes out of our life, maybe, for ever.
And what applies to the Reide, and Recds, and Reads, and Redes applies equally to the Lees, and the Pearces, and the Carrs, and the Haines.
Nothing. offends 'n Lee so much." us to be mistaken. for a Leigh. between the There is enmity Foarces and Pierces, the Carrs. and the Korrs. The Déana' dan- plso the Deons and the VOTY namo-
Hainas" pa an
envelope is ana- thema to a Haynes.
How then are we to be friends with these people? How are wo to ring them up and ask them to our bottle parties and what not?
Well
I have a plan for that. All mon. with confusing names shall be called Smith In the telophono directory and given a code" num-\- ber. Then, if only we can remern. "
ber this code number, it
won't matter how they spell their names. They can be Read or Rold, or Les of Leigh; or even Carr or Kerr. It won't matter in the slightest. They will be just plain SMITH (876793)ɔto us.
Well,
It seems a very good idea to me, I must any, will sex- change it with the Postmaster- General for stampa: or anything useful.