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COUNCIL REFORM,
Hongkong and the Straits Settle-
the Chineso member represented] the views of all the non-European communities, but now the various communities have their own repre- Bentatives, a dovelopment, which has been extremely successful and beneficial.
Despite the charges of lethargy brought against the Association, it Is clear that there are leading spirits in it who intend to press this matter of Council reform. As
a consequence. the Association hna
DAY BY DAY
HAVE THAT WHICH 18 ABSOLUTELY TO HAVE FREEDOM 18 ONLY TO
NECESSARY TO ENABLE UA TO BE WHAT WE OUGHT TO DE.-Rahel.
The P, and O. 8.5. Burdwan, from Shanghai, is dua hero at daylight on Friday,
Those Unpunctual
By LADY WILD, Wife of Sir Ernest Wild, the Recorder of London.
The Ben Line s. a. Benmachui, from 66T'M terribly Home via Straits, in due here on Sunday.
No fewer than 88 deaths from pul monary tuberculoals were reported in the Colony, last week.
sorry.
Women.
"I'Matter man, or, we're Should the be an Influential you know what women thrown into a panic. When told are."
at last by the patient shop assist. And so for the hundredth or ant that owing to her non-arrival may be thousandth time the onus the appointment had been filled, but that if madam would be good of unpunctuality is thrown upon enough to walt n little while he would see what could be done, sle
decided to join with the Fenangthek Church will be held in St. Have we any material evidence lapse into sulku, threats, and even-
The Annual Meeting of Electors of the shoulders of women. Association in petitioning the Gov-John's Cathedral Hall on Thursday, by which we can give the lie to tually takes her custom elsuwhere. orament to appoint a Commission May 28th at 5.30 p.m.
this criticism? Unfortunately wai have not, for unpunctuality is be- Strangely enough it is this very to go into the whole question. It
Leung Yuk was sentenced by Mr. coming a fashionable failing typo of woman who is most cager is hoped that by this method, every Hamilton, at the Kowloon Magistracy among women.
to organise and help in the affairs aspect of the issue will be calmly this morning, to two months' imprison- As long as it continues to do so of others. She will undertake more considered and some definite do-ent for the theft of a suit casa con- I shall always have a quarrel with social welfare duties than any wo-
taining clothing from 48, Pakhol
my Bex. This practice is especial- man could comfortably see through cision be reached. The Govern Street, the property of La Shun-yung. ly noticeable among the modern in the course of a day.
young creatures of to-day, whoj Chiu Treung-chuens, a plasterer of are wanton where time is con- the work that she puts in disap Lacking a sense of time value, ment, apparently, does not think the moment quite propitious, judg- the Chang Kee Building contractors cerned, and deliberately make ing from the remarks of an official shed, fell from a house under con-themselves
points those who depended on her, late becaBRE they Lockhart Road yesterday think it puts a higher value onsibilities on to others. She la late and gradually she shifts the respon- present at the meeting, but he con- whilst plastering the wall between the themselves. ceded that the subject was not dead second and third floors and received n And would come
up again in the fracture of his right thigh.. near future. The questions in- volved aro admittedly diffeull, but that is no reason why they should not be faced, Frankly, we should! like to see the Isauc taken up by Hongkong as well. An impartial
struction
in
Only the other day a young wo-t committees, as well as lax man openly boasted to me that she presenting her reports. takes a delight in sauntering along But when at the end of a term Amongst the passengers who left the corridora of her hotel while of office her place is taken by a by the Asama Maru today were the her fiance fumes and frets in the plainer, not nearly so clever woman
lounge below.
her amazement knows no bounds. She also admitted that she en- She retires, sore and humiliated
and, as she thinks, a martyr to the ingratitude of others. In reality, poor soul, she is the slave of hor own vice-unpunctuality.
Chow, Major A. H. Hewson and the Hon. Sir. Shouson Chow and Lady
Hon. Mrs. Hewson, Mr. W. T. Stan- ton. Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Kennedy joyed the sensation of strolling in Skipton, and Mr. Sum Pak-ming. to dinner inte and receiving the glances of a score or more guests investigation of the matter should Last week's return of notifiable well beyond the soup stage.
Basking in the warmth of mo be of the utmost value. In theag diseases shows five non-fatal cases of
typhoid (two imported), two cases of mentary
Thus woman stands convicted of notoriety, this sanie matters. It is well that action cerebrospinal fever (one fatal), and young creature pouts or raises consointion I have is that hur im- her own unpunctuality, and the only one fatal occurrence should not lag behind public feel-The return for yesterday shown an-kaa the courage to remonstrate becility eventually brings its own
of diptheria winning laugh when her hostess ing.
other case of cerebrospinal fever.
upon her unpunctuality.
punishment.
THEY DON'T
UNDERSTAND
IN ENGLAND.
By W. A. MUTCH.
At an examination held in March War Debts Rejoinder.
last for the Shorthand Certificates of "You know what women are," Pitman Institute the following susays the poor Foreign delegates to the Inter-cesses were obtained:-Theory Certi and alaka gratefully into the prof- embarassed man, national Chamber of Commerce ficales.-K. Mohamad, M. C. Pen- ments were referred to at a recent authering In Washington appear to drey. Ip Kam-wing. Speed Certif-fered chair. For him the sparklej
entes-60 words à meeting in Singapore as the only have come off best in a tilt with Pendrey; 60 words a
minute; M. c.ie off the champagne and the
minute, Ne evening irretrievably ruined, two Colonies in the British Em-President Hoover on the war debts and Ip Kam-wing: 50 words a minute, fiance's inpse the first time, and} Ting-ki 70 words a minute, D. Hynes A young fellow may forgive hie pire which does not enjoy some revision issue. Advocates of re- C. Blumenthal. The class were If he is sufciently in love, the form of franchise. This was dur-duction or cancellation are, in these taught by Miss Bascombe, D.A.
second, but let it occur again, and ing a discussion. at the annual days particularly, anything but
he begins to ask, "Where shal} ! Two lots of Crown lands were dis-be-in the future?" meeting of the Straits Settlements popular in the American capital posed of at the land sale, held yes. (Singapore) Association
He sees himself becoming the on the which would prefer to let sleeping terday afternoon, at the P. W.D.
dogs lie. The mere thought of open offer. New Kowloon Inland Lot No. victim of a woman's whim, the question of Council reform. The
a critical moment in a new aisenusion of the problem is auf-1500, in Fuk Wing Street, Shum-afety valve on which she relies fact that the Imperial Government
shuipu, consisting of about 2.592 tu excuse all her petty súcial sins, talking picture, "Body and felent to cause disquiet. When, square feet, waa sold to Mr. Fan And as a result the wedding ring Soul." Charles Farrell, as a pilot in is proposing to extend the franchise therefore, it became known that the Sung, at the upset price of $4,888, he proposed buying remains where a British dying squadron, is accus- in Bermuda, and even to introduce International Chamber was likely Inland Lot No. 3180, in Yick Yam he first saw it in the jeweller's ed of conveying information to the
Street, Wang Nel Chung, consisting of shop window. female suffrage, was commented on, to indulge in the gentle game of about 2,200 square feet, was sold to one speaker suggesting that Lord American Government-haiting, Pre-Mr. Yee Tom at $15,000, the upset
price being $11,000 Passfield might be under the im- |sident Hoover seized the first op- pression that the Straits Settle-portunity to deliver a public speech. ments enjoyed the franchise, in professing to represent the attitude which event he 'should be informed of the Government. that his assumption was wrong!
In most quar- ters, the address was interpreted na warning to Europe that it Reading through the report of would be useless to talk about debt The meeting to which we have re-revision white spending such large
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WATER LEVELS.
enemy,
I do not recommend that this
similar tricks,
When married women resort lo To this accusation, made by his the outcome is commanding officer, he replies, even more disastrous. It is then "Listen here, sir! Either your dope that men learn that the caprice is all wrong or I'm cuckoo." which first enchanted them has turned their domestic happiness into misery. The story of the form of reply should be included in husband who brought inlluential the rules and regulations of the business friends home to dinner Royal Air Force, but I should like only to find the cupboard bare address it in
to borrow it, just for a moment, and all its primitive ind his wife in the early stages of dressing has become a classic, vigour to almost any commanding His failure to achieve the pro- picture studio, for the very good officer in almost any British talking.
DETAILS FOR WEST, NORTH AND EAST RIVERS.
The following table, issued by ferred, it becomes. apparent that sums On #rmaments. The line the Kwangtung River. Conservancy there is considerable diversity of taken by the President was ready Commission, shows in English feet motion due to him is a moral that reason that there is in "Body and view among members of the A. seized upon by delegates at the the water levels on the West River.hould be learned by every wife. Soul" a British flm actress who sociation on this matter of Coun-flext meeting. one of the Italiana North River and East River on the For the fact remains that a man retains the name of Elissa Landi
than one-third of the
dates named:
May May 25, 26.
10.5 13.7
la frequently judged by his wife's but who in every other respect is behaviour, and many an other another personality.
wise intelligent woman has drag- ged her husband down to her own
When Elissa Landi loft. London
10.0 level on the score of unpuuc-to play on the New York stage the
8.7tuality.
her wants satisfied immeditely,
part of Catherine in "A Farewell to Arma" she was convinced she was In hopeless film subject.
Only two British directors of pic- tures belleved in her, and only one, in my opinion, came within a thous- and miles of capturing her rare beauty. Most of the others were has scared of her. Elissa Landi brains as well as beauty. Judging by some who have been preferred to her in our studios, that may have been her handicap.
A New Personality.
Anyhow, Elissa Landi went to New York. She was sought by six different American talking picturq studios and decided to go to Holly- wood.
The Brat result of that decision
cil reform. In fact, the Chairman Pointing out that the United States herself has the world's biggest war drew attention to the fact that less budget. The figures for the cur-West River at Shishing 10.8
North River at Taingyubn members rent year in round figures, he said, North River at Samshui voted in a recent referendum on were America, £150,000,000; East River at Samshi - the subject, and he interpreted this Great Britain, £155,000,000; The highest levels recorded are: as indicating that the Association France, £82,000,000. America had-Shiuhing, 41 feet; Tsingyuen,
Then there is the woman who 29.2 feet; Shamsul, was definitely opposed to any nl. also shown the greatest percentage Sheklung, 11.5 feet.
27.3 feet; keeps her dressmaker or hair-
Out of her experience in British teration in the existing conditions. of increase since the War, the 1913
The lowest levels on record are more, and arrives with a bland but an "Inferiority complex."
dresser waiting half an sur or studios she had acquired nothing figures being. Britain, £77,000,000, minus This view was, however, strongly France, £82,000,000, and America, minus 2.7 feet at Sheklung,
5 feet at Samshui and smile, no excuse, expecting to have opposed by other speakers, a point £68,000,000. The figures apenk being made of the fact that various for themselves, and serving as a communal Associations favour rather blunt rejoinder to Pre- some type of reform. One point sident Hoover's attempt to 'silence ruised was the definition of a Bri-eriticism, appear timely as well as tish subject, in which connexion a justified. One of the principal query was raised as to whether speakers during the Chamber de- Chinese ar Indians born in a Bri- the Bank of
bate was Sir Alan Anderson, of England, who sup- tish Colony could claim that deported the Itallau delegate warmly, signation. The speaker who raised and pointed out that while Great this issue confessed that he could Britain had cancelled a greater find no law in support of the gen- debt than the total owed to the oral, belief that such persons were United States, the latter country British subjects, adding that he still found it hard to accept as im- partial, advice from debtor coun- thought people who had
Arles that they should be forgiven not shown any capacity to what they owed. The Initial moves govern their own country in the rather piquant situation, be should not have the right to it. noted, were made by the nations help-in goveralug a British Colony, which under the Young Plan stand A Government spukesman, however, neither to gain nor to lose by debt made the point quite clear when he revision. The Americans have stated that anyone born in British since resorted to the argument that Europe's ability to pay had been de- territory is a natural-born Britishi |
monstrated. Perhaps it han. No Hubject. The status of
Chinese default has yet been recorded. At born in the Straits Settlements the same time, there is more than was also dwelt, upon by a Chinesen suspicion that the impoverish- speaker, who and the very factment of Europe in the process has that addresses were given on Em-had more than a little to do with pire Day to Chinese students, Im-the grave American industrial de- prossing on them their duties these days are not by peoples hop pression. Revision suggestions responsibilities to the Empire.ing to escape liability, but by x- made it quite clear that they were perts desirious of breaking the regarded as British subjects. The world depression, Unfortunately, fact was recalled, during the meet-It appears, America cannot soo wis fng that on the last occasion on dom in this point of view.
"Oh, I'm always partial to eggs, any style-but Henry won't touch his If the yellow is brokon."
is in her rendering of the part of Carla in "Body and Soul." Here we see an Elissa Landi transfgur ed.
In the making of the picture it
is easy to see the guiding hand of 4 supremely sensitive director, and It is easy to see, in the photo- graph, the work of a wizard with in camera. -
Wherever Elissa Landi moves in this picture she is followed by per sonaf lighting, so that her features are clear and soft, and so that in her hair there is a thrilling radi-
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That is perhaps the most strik-- Ing ingredient in the transforma- tion, but it is only one item of many,
These things are not done in this country, They are hot understood.
They are done in Hollywood be cause they pay!
Hollywood knows that an essen tial of film entertainment in the presentation of people at their best.