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The
Thongkong Telegraph.
SATURDAY, MAY 23. 1931.
JUVENILE OFFENDERS AS SCOUTS.
SATURDAY, MAY 23, 1931.
self was still without any official status, it members were only Scouts
DAY BY DAY
A RED ROSE 19 NOT BELFISH, RE• CAUSE IT WANTS TO BE A RED ROSE,
IT WOULD BE HORRDLY SELFISH IF IT WANTED ALL THE OTHER FLOWERS IN THE GARDEN TO BE RED AND ROSES.-e Oscar Wilde.
I
The Importance of Being in Love.
By The BARONESS ORCZY.
any
in name, and it was inevitable that the whole atmosphere of the move- ment in the prison lacked sub- stance and individuality. Negotia- tions were therefore opened with the Imperial Scout Headquarters, and recognition of the reorganised troop was obtained. The new troop
Mr. S. T. Williamson was amongst now designated the 1st Weliknila
the passengers who left by the 6.5.
HAVE just been reading in perspective. It cannot even pur- Rover Troop, officially came into Taiping yesterday,
my newspaper of the break chase health.
I know of at least one multi- being in June 1920.
His Excellency the Governor hasing-off of an engagement between Naturally, various setbacks in-plated. G. Stokes to be an a certain young man of title and millionaire who would gladly give. a young lady whose father pos-five-sixths of his entire furtune to. doctor who could permanently evitable under the circumstances, Oficial Justice of the Peace.
seases a great deal of wealth. have been experienced, but it la
And I think these modern young cure him of a troublesome but not
dendly ́dinoazo. Thirty two pages of the Gazette are
A famous Victorian woman of interesting to read that the troop devoted to regulations under the persons very courageouat has gone from strength to strength, Nursing Registration Ordinance.
wealth publicly offered as sometime luges are arranged,
by in- great happens,
and relatives $100,000 to any physician who and that the ideals embodied in the
The Chief Justice has appointed terested parents Scout creed have had a splendid Mr. E. Taylor and Mr. R. A. D. who produce convincing figures could rid her of a disfiguring port- Commissionat to concerning the laying of acres to wine mark on the face. Yet the effect in raising the moral tone of Forrest to be
acres and dollars to dollars, they lady took the ugly mark with her administer caths. the boys. It is now hoped to ex-
always add as a corollary, that to her grave.
No, wealth is not almighty--It tend the movement to the Kandy His Excellency the Governor has happiness will follow wealth. prison, and for this purpose, three appointed Mr. Edwin Taylor to be a Director of the Widows and Orphana' of the keenest and most efficient of Pensions, vice Mr. C. M. I. Messer, the Welikada Rovers have been O. B. E. transferred, at their own wish, to Kandy, to act as patrol leaders to the three patrols of eight hoys which have already been formed in the Kandy prison.
It is notified that the names of
Jack A Tai and Company, Limited, and of the Sai Nam Steamship Com- pany, Limited, have been struck off the Register.
lista
via
His Excelloney the Governor has received information from the Secre- tary of State for the Colones that Mr. D. D. Edgar has been appointed a Vice-Consul for the United States of America in Hongkong.
a
When
At auch times let us hope that is merely very pleasant. It has the guardian angels of the chil-not the stirring power of health, dren chiefly concerned are very nor the satisfying quality of faith, near, and whisper to them that nor the rapture of true love.
Wealth a lot of it—is often a love is the only true gold.
The influence of money is, un-source of more trouble than any- fortunately, on the Increase. Too thing else on earth, It can so more vital often nowadays, in certain strata easily rob you of of society, the share-pusher is things. accepted, Croesus is toadied to The getting of it is a worry, because of benefits which the losing of it a greater one still. accrue from his good will, and In that way it is like teeth- the ill-mannered millionaire com- trouble when they come, a trou- mands more attention than the ble when they go. man or woman whose riches lio A Golden Mirage. in courtesy and breeding. Romantic Money,
may
Of course, money is romantic!
Money is, in fact, a perpetually unsatisfied ambition.
The man who owns a bicycle at.
embittered by dreams and long-
Ho has exchanged his soul for
It is notified that the valuation for the Colony for the year 1931-1932 will be open to inspection At the Treasury for twenty-one Jays Severn Barrage Scheme. PRICE $800,
commencing on Tuesday, 20th Inst." The great Severn Barrage
Mr. J. Scott Harston, accompanied VEHICLES MAY BE INSPECTED Scheme for power generation on
by Miss Esme Scott Harston and AT OUR STUBBS ROAD GARAGE
enormous scale acama to be Bilas Pamela Scott Harston, left by It opens up the far world before once longs for a car; as soon as THE HONGKONG HOTEL brought nearer fruition by the suc- the Empress of Japan to-day. They one's feet, it brings the delightful he has a tar, he wants a larger luxuries of the earth within reach, one. Then he longs for a yacht; cess of new experiments carried are proceeding on Home leave
meanwhile, he pours out his very it satisfies wishes and desires by life, atriving in a tausty office, GARAGE.
out at Avonmouth recently. In Siberia.
the thousand. But it is not the original project it was proposed to use a certain proportion of the
worth selling one's soul for!
Far be it from me to pretendings which are out of reach.
He sells his soul for a growing tidal power for
pumping water
ridiculous attitude of contempt into a vast elevated reservoir for
for wealth, and the comfort and column of figures: he cannot hear the seductive voices of love, hap- pleasure which it can
I ensure. subsequent utilisation as a source
like wealth and I love life's plea piness and idealism because his of power generation when the tidal
вес beautiful ear is glued to his business tele- His Excellency the Governor has, sures. I like to
phone. head was inoperative. The iden
under instructions from the Secre pearls round a beautiful woman's In the end, money, that glitter- had to be abandoned on the ground tary of State for the Colonies, been neck, and I have before now cast
ed his years, cheats him out and of excessive cost and a new plan pleased to recogniso Senor Waldemar eyes of longing on fifteen-hundred ing thing for which he has barter- was substituted, providing for "The de Araujo, provisionally and pending guinens fur coats. At the same out, because it is powerless to buy the issue of His Majesty's Exequatur, time, 1 recognise that there are for him that which perhaps he Grid" system which would ensures Consul for Brazil in Hongkong.
influences infinitely gronter than
wants more than anything else in a constant supply of power, but
Hongkong to-day lost one of its pearls and fur coats.
To begin with, there is reli- the world. involved serious problems and add-
best-known residents in the person of ed excessively to the cost per unit. Mr. J. M. McHutchon, of the Bluegion. People say that religion in a golden mirage.
It is a pity that the modren ten- In consequence of these difficulties, Fannel Line, who left on the Empress dying, yet I venture to say that! the scheme has made little head of Japan for Vancouver on retirement not all the money in the world, dency is to assume that wealth after many years' residence in the heaped in i glittering mountain way. The new experiments, how-Colony. He is accompanied by his of gold, could purchase the con-must be gained at any cost, that wealth alone is Important, and victions of one devout ever, change the situation entire-wife and two daughters.
man or that for its sake It is wise to woman to-day-and there are
idealist ly. Mr. Paul Shishkoff has invent-
sacrifice everything the Bankruptcy notifications state that many. ed a new generating plant, now be first and final dividend of $8 per
The pages of the world's his holds precious love, conscience,
art, even honour sometimes. ing demonstrated at Bristol, for cent. has been declared in the case of tory teem with the accounts of
We cannot, it is true, take these which a claim is put forward that Tsang Kam-chuen, late compradore martyrdom endured by such latter things to the pawnshop like
of the s.s. Ling Nam; a second and people. electricity can be produced at a final of $20 per cent, in the case of One need only refer to the rope of pearls. But, when we the have them, we are rich in a farthing per Wong Kwan-aheung, clerk;, and
early Christian
of the possession of gems more precious It can be made large enough, second of $10 per cent, in the case of story of the
than the proudest pearls merchant, 259, martyrs, to the horrors moreover, to produce half a million Queen's Road Enat Chung Kam-ching,
Inquisition, or to the persecution found in the deepest scas. of the Jews, to prove, that even
For they have horse power units per day, and the
a purchasing As Hongkong is concerning it-
of torture and death are proferred authorities are said to be giving Amongst the large number self with the problem of the
never had and never will have. Japan to-day were Mr. Karsten Lar- conviction is at stake,
They alone can buy us love and Juvenile offender, it will be of in-the system the most careful con-residents who left by the Empress of to life and wealth when religious power, which the almighty dollar
sideration. Like all other systems, sen, the Hon. Mr. J. P. Braga, Mr.—And Love,
friendship. terest to give some particulars of the Shishkoff generator employa-a and Mrs.-B. L. Lewis, Dr. A. C. Herk- Then-there-la-love. a plan devised in Ceylon, and in dual source of power, but unlike lots, Mr. and Mrs. Allan Cameron, Is there any money in the world
Mr. H. R. Forsyth, Mr. H. R. Forsyth,! operation for many years, as an the others, it is self-contained. A Mr. and the Misses Parker Rees, that will purchase the love of al
hito a marriage PHIPPS introduces alternative to the usual correction- portion of the power developed by Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Ferguson, Mr. Woman forced al and reformative institutions. the turbines under tidal influence J. E. Joseph, and Mr. and Mrs. Eldon with a very Croesus?
Many a rich man and many a
learned thi careless girl have This takes the form of an organised is converted into heat by means of
Yesterday about noon a fracas, hard lesson to their sorrow. Din- Scout troop, which is affiliated in a friction brake, the heated water
another arrested, occurred at the cars, every luxury the heart can steam accumulator. As soon as the Western Market. Kwan Hou and desire turns to dust and ashes perial Scout Headquarters. In- tidal head falls below the minimum Chan Khei, employer at Bah atall where love is not. cidentally, it may be mentioned required to run the water turbine. No. 0, are alleged to have suddenly The Koh-i-noor diamond could dence is usually to be found in a
indulged in a scuffle, and one of them! that Lord Baden Powell, the power is generated from by the is said to have seized an iron fish not purchase a single heartfelt note-book in the breast-pocket, for Chief Scout, takes the keenest in- steam through a turbo-alternator, hanger and thrust it into the other's caresa or the true favour of one at this time of year the Ubiquitous terest in the movement, which, con- and an uninterrupted supply of abdomen. The wounded man was re-loving kiss.
moved to hospital, and his assailant Oh, be careful to keep the Im-as hearts.
its true portance of money in ducted within prison walls, is en-"Julce" is thus obtained. So far taken into custody. tirely unique. A full report of its it has only been tested on a small scale, that is with a continuous land of 16 kw. and a peak load of 32 kw. Its Inventor, however, la The movement dates as far back optimistic as to the effects of the as 1922, when, as a preliminary system when exploited on a large to step, all juvenile offenders with scale. It is also interesting sentences of one year and over were note that the Shishkoff system is sorted out from the various pri- easily adaptable to generation by sons in the island and collected at river flow in cases where there is diurnal variation. An ingenious Wellkada
Adevice, of this kind is not likely to nucleus of four patrols was made suffer from lack of employment.
cost of less than unil
Potter.
ever
MO BILE.
the ordinary manner to the Im. being stored under pressure in a resulting in a man being wounded and monds and pearls, furs and motor-HERE is idence of spring
activities is forwarded to him every quarter.
Colombo. prison,
up and several interested. helpers
from. the Scout Headquarters gave || assistance in putting, the troop on Market yesterday as the result of a Police were called to the Western
the men
In firm footing. At this early stage.fight between two men belonging to
the troop
was more a recreation a stall. They arrested one
against whom it was alleged that he club than a Scout troop, but prg- used a packing needle and inflicted grammes of outdoor, games, phy- a serious wound in the left side of the other man's chest. The injured man sical exercises and so on attracted was removed to the Government Giv/l the lads, and slow but steady pro-
Hospital gress was made, so that by the end of 1924 the numbers had grown from 40, boys in 1922 to 80. In 1925, a subsidiary or attached troop of Tenderfoot Scouts was formed and housed in an adjoining ward under the supervlalon of While taking in washing from a
an 'amah accidentally. patrol leaders. This stop was in- drying polo,
toppled into the backyard from an tended to serve as a means where- upper floor at 50, High Street, yester by younger and prospective Scouts day, receiving injuries which wore at- tended to after admission into hos pital.
Dropping down a height of 16 feet from staging set against the hull of the President Cleveland, in dry-dock at Talkoo, yesterday, a workman, named Chan Heng-sang, fell on his head an received injuries which are regarded na serious. He was taken to hospital,
should go through a period of probation, and profit by the ex- ample and experience of their older Struck by a bag of cement falling on him as ho passed a house under comrades bafore joining the troop construction at 182, Johnstone Road yesterday, a Chineno suffered injuries proper. During 1026; radical.cading to his admission Into hospital changes took place. The troop it. yesterday.
"Oh, boy! Am 1 lucky1A brother of mine has offered to loan, merone of his drug sulto, if I'll help hita catoh
A
up on his home studies.
In fold, in hedgerow, and In cops. In the last case the evi-
Urge affects accelerators as well
Everywhere on the roads, you will see Mo Bile (the Portable Policeman) in the role of a For- get-me-not. Mo is a member of the constabular body which hay been equipped with a powerful chasels and sent into the highways byways. Mo is Fine
and
Fellow.
Mo used to be, an upstanding sort of a chap, but now that he's one of the Motor Cyclops his oc- cupation is largely sedentary. Mo told me that he couldn't give any definite reason for his attach ment to the new unit, but that he had been simply awept off his fect.
'On the roads he has
has earned himself the c
soubriquet of "Arf-
for
a-Mo Bile, because he is never quito
satisfied. When you've shown Me your driving licence, your insurance card, your dog licence, and your marriage certi- ficato, it's ten to one he'll find your number-plate is obscured, Two Pet Aversions.
Constable Bile fia very strict in his interpretation of the new Highway
ho
Code. The two things
la particularly down on
CATW
pseudo-
"cutting In" and the po
orchestral use of horns. In the
lattor case,
Mo
quotes the
Code to the enlprit. "Motor "
with
should be used
sparingly, and with consideration for the feel- ings
of hothers. They should never be used to show hannoy or himpatience." And then,
anco
silencer
mo.
What your
Mo is torn between pride in his machina and an uneasy feelin that while Justice may be swift it should never proceed on tull
'She's a fine little bus, l