Y. M. C. A. DEBATE CONVENTIONS.
MAJORITY FAVOURS
ABOLITION.
FOR AND AGAINST.
HARBOUR OFFICE SHROFF.
EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGE PREFERRED.
CAUTION GIVEN.
THE
HONGKONG
COLLISION CASE SUBMISSIONS.
KIANGSU "DOING 7 TO 8 KNOTS."
JAPANESE SHIP'S MOVEMENTS:
TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1931.
FURTHER MOTOR
OFFENCES.
TOOTING NUISANCE STILL TO THE FORE.
In the absence of Mr. P. S. I was not entered in a bill and / opened the case for the delen Pedder Street and back to Chater
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OTHER BREACHES. Lo Kal-to, a shroff at the lar Members of the European hour Offen, was charged before
Excessive Hounding of motor-car Y.M.C.A.. gave an emphatic Mr. Williams, at the Central Police
borun stil engages the attention reply to the qucation as to whe-Court to-day, with the embezzle- Alleging that the 5.6. Kiangau of the Central Police Court Magis ment of $159 from Harbour Offee had ateamed into the a.a. Tokooka trate who, this morning was call- ther the world should submit to
dues.
Maru in a fog at a speed ofed upon to deal with severni fur- the tyranny of conventions when
For the defendant, Mr. F. if. between seven and eight knots,ther cases in which drivers were the motion was debated in the Loseby, after indicating that what while the latter ship, having alleged to have created lounge last night, and,
unneces- by 13 he would be anying would be the ranched an votes, to 7, declared themselves police side of the case, told the was lying practically motionless
anchorage ground, sary annoyance to the public.
In one case a driver was stated in favour of the abolition of Court that the money was collect in the water, Mr. H. G. Sheldon to have driven his car from Statue Tyrannical taboos.
ed by the defendant
en Square into Connaught Road, to the accounts Ins
in the C.N.C. v. N.Y.K.
action Cassidy (Chairman of the Y.M.C.A. even up till four o'clock yesterday which was resumed in the Supreme Rond, sounding his horn through
afternoon, although it was collect Court this morning before the out. He also cut across the stand ed at 11 o'clock in the morning. Chief Justice (Sir Joseph Kemp) in front of another car in Chaterepurt) There would not
not be any dispute over Land the Harbour Master Hen, Road. When stopped, the driver The men we to wary of the facts, and the question would Commander G. E. Hole. R.N., Re-car and was lookin for freed the to submit to the tyranny con- be whether there was any inten- ventions," was proposed by Mrtion on the part of the defendant
the driver, The China Navigation Com- On the sumAJORS. Colin Carruthers, who at the out-
for the horn to commit this larceng, which pany, owners of the Kiangan, are
nuisance a fine of $5 was imposed, set referred to the diflenty of dening exactly what mast people would enable the Court to runvici.claining $40,000 damages from The defendant would probably the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, owners meant when they spoke of conventose his job and he would be deal of the Tokooka Maru, while the tions. Usually it had an unplea
with departmentally.
N.Y.K. cross-claim for $40.551. sant and sinlater movning, and
Mr. Losely did not think the always
bar to progress.
Mr. Eldon Potter, R.C., together Government had suffered any loss, with Mr. F. C. Jenkin, K.C., is for as the money had heen turned in. the China Navigation Company, The attitude of the Crown appear- Complexes Created.
while Mr. H. G. Sheldon is for the ed to be that they would be satis Nippon Yusen Kaishu. Generally speaking, conventions fed if the defendint were caution- were confined to social life, and if | ed. He had been 24 hours in pri- we were not in the lal swim.sun.
Literary and Debatir Society), Mr. E. R. Price presided,
WAR
He continued:
as Assessor,
Seeking Refuge.
Mr. Sheldon, in opening his
the year,
Tokooku Mur
we found murselves up against a Detective Sergeant Pitcher stat set of prevedents affected by those that the defendant received thee, said that on March 22, this unpleasant people who believed
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the 40x1 variotis she sel her A 7.-43
A Bolection of Vic- Victor Balon Orchestre de roup tor Herbert's Music Played by the
directed by Nathaniel Shilkret.
Ah Sweet Myatory of Life-Selce- tione from "Naughty Marietta"-Kles
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tions from "The Bed Mi."
8.30-10.30 p.m.
a further fine of $f being imposed Me Again-Selections from "The For on a summons for failing to keep to his own side of the road by cross- Ing in front of another ear on the public stand is Chater Rond
For driving in reverse from Ice House Street to Wardley Street atong Chater Road and steering a zig-zag course throughout, the dri ver of a public car was fined $5.
similar
being imposed for
#
In Auding a Chinese motor eyele driver $6 for not having the ex- haust of his machine working silently, his Worship remarked to the defendant that he would have to get repaired or else buy a new machine.
falling to stop when called upon a police officer, The defendani sum, for what Cure; the stemmer of 1,588 odd tong, carrears on the public stand and, on was alleged to have been attempt- ing to park in front of the other themselves to be better than we. rites, trom Captain of sa In other words, the term was No ilung. It was the defendant's licensed pilot, ti Wai, left
a Kowloon wharf at 7.10 aan. Meeing a police officer approach, re- usert $15
for an in-dity when receiving such sams in The weather was misty and versed along Chater RoI. An exenSC feriority complex.
mediately to make But a
receipt
ship
steered 1f wo
select, we and submit it to the
Aeroun- the Chier
coursed.
At 732 use the word in relation fant of the Department, Mr. T. never
north-76-cast. course to ourselves and our ways. But Parkinson. Apparently the bill
thick for stick rigidly From habit was suppressed.
Parkinson
approached from the mainly, be it said in defence to knew that the ship had Cleared, north-east of the harbour, about
certain code of wunners amil and
the Clearanceve cables away, and the Master speech, and those whose speech Office to see if the bill had been and pilot jointly decided to serk
refuge in the anchorage When approached, the de- and manners are not exactly to the paid.
north of the channel pattern which we have been taught | Tendant said he had received the right. bill, but had lost the money. When revard
Esh ION we very discreetly weither sve gorf pearched, the money was found on hear. That is, we suffer from an him. He had not left the premises superiority complex.
after voceiving 1.
ww
tr
We are usually between the Two Plasses that is, we are all alightly envious of the parody who are poríally above us and oyer and glightly contempimons of
the people in the art west below
It is conventional to be so, Branded as Tyranatent.
UN.
That is what I believe to be at correct interpretation
what
most prople understand by
Con vention, and the mere statement of it is sufficient to brund it as tyrannical.
Not only that, but its
mere bald statement is sufficient a eundemnation to make us certain we should not submit to it,
or
he went
Mr.
the
The defendant said the machine was in the same condition as it when he had bought it.
XILM
At the time that the decision was made, and just before, with Several attempts had been made to
in-going ships were sighted the fog some five cables away.
silence the exhaust but without
111
SUCCCAA.
It was stated that after the de- fendant was stopped and inform- ed of the annoyance he drove away and made a worse noise that pre-
Replying to his Worship, Sergt.
in going ships were Pitches raid he did not think the
heard. defendant had any intention
Counsel continued that what trafine the money. The proserad been termed by the other side
the "suleidal crossing of theviously, tion would be stefied with ¿
fairway, hnd not clearly brough
caution, and he thought the Hon.
Commdr. Bode would be too.
Defendant was discharged with enation.
His Worship-The only alterna-
the distance which thetike for him was to push it home. Tokooka Maru had to travel in
der
to reach the anchorage, which was. approximately 8.2 cables, about Góu yards, It was. therefore, never, the ease of m
exist to-day come under the same ship going a long journey aeross category
aerowded fairway. It was a
a ship, with fox comin case of down some five cables away, with 600 yards to go to reach
many thinks yoruge.
HGUE BUSH FIRE IN
AUSTRIALA.
FLAMES ADVANCING ALONG 150-MILE FRONT.
Many Allinnces.
The fact that so were bound up in conventions made it absolutely imperative that On caurses being altered to
Sydney, Dec. 14. The greatest grass and bush It is bad for those who, in the precedents should not be
reach the anchorage the regula- fires on the western plains in the Wiped plietly
out merely because they appeared
redtion for signals were sounded and past ten years are sweeping north. explietly, aslept mannerisms and t ist bad for certain respects as being tyran- at 7.44 a whistle was heard which wards
nical, Fashions, habits, tradition, appeared to be from a distance.length. on a front thost who can never hope to be | ME
150 miles in conventional according to
about three points on the star- the culture, education and re- notions of the socially select.. ligion were all closely allied to attra bmw. Immediately that Cobur, and Wileannia many large aren between Bourke, whistle was heard the engines stations have been completely de- Mannerisms which are adopted conventions, and to destroy these conventions would create nothing by section of a society mere-HOP
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were stopped and the Tokouka stroyed, I to distinguish it from another her unholy chaos, which Maru continued on her
watki rip Society and all that i towards the archurage. Imeant front end to end.
are definitely injurious to mu kind as
whole. They are
developed and mude conventioni by contempt and superciliousnUSA on the one bead and they develop suspleinn, envy and toadyism on the ather.
convention
Historical Aspect.
The in
But some conventions bi seeonding Mr. Carruthers
Part of Evolutionary System.
were
conventions
wer
Parse
nican
In
12 an
All the men in the affected dis- tricts are being organised to fight the Bres, which are travelling of the rate of 40 miles a day before southerly and westerly winds.
reports
(Uoannounced).
Dance programme.
Fox Trot-I Apologize. Fox Trol-A Little Less of
Moonlight. 22781. Fox Trot-Let's Drift Away
o Dreamar's Bay. Fox Trot-Now That I Need You,
You're Gone. 22805. Fox Trot-The Mystery Song. Fox Trot-Moanin'.
22800. Waltz-Kiss Me Goodnight,
Not Goodbye. Fux Trot-The Cute Littl
Things You Do. 22782. Fox Trot-1 Can't Get Mississippi
Off My Mind. Fox Trot-With You On My Mind
I Find 1 Can't write
the words, 22705. Fox Trot-Alone in n Corner, Fox Trot-My Success. 22787. Fox Trot-It's A Long Tiare
Between Kinsen. Fox Trot-Love Letters In The
Sand. 22790. Waltz-When The Maun Comce
Over The Mountain. Fox Trot-Without That Girl. 22746, Fox Trot-Limehouse Blues. Fox Trot-Echoes of The
Jungle. 227-13. Fox Tret-After To-Night. Fox Troi-One Night Alone
With You. 227-44. Fox Trat-Buffalo Rhythm. Fux Trat-On The Beach
With You. 227 10. Fox Trot-The First Girl I Met. Waltz-When The Clock Is
Striking Twelve, 22764. Fox Trot- Must Have It. Fox Trot-You're Just My
Type V38124. Fox Trot-Penchotrain. Fox Trot-Fussy Mabel. V36125. Fox Trot-Leven Thirty Saturday
Night. Fox Trot-I'm Feelin'
Devilish. V38131. Fox Trot-I'll Make Fun For You. Waltz-Then Someone's In
Lovo V38142. Fox Trot-Smile Darn Ya, Smile. Fox Trot-I'm Crazy 'Bout My
Baby. 22062. For Trot-Come To Me. 22756. Fox Trot-As Long As You're
There. Waltz-Tales from the Vienna Woods, Waltz-Blue Danube. All records in the above European programmes are kindly supplied by Messra. Moutrle and Co.
10.30-10.48 p.m.
D1218.
Variations Symphoniques (Cerar
Franck).
Played by Alfred Cortot and the London Symphony Orchestra con- ducted hy Sir Landon Ronald. 6734-6735. 10.18-11.00 p.m. (approx). Rugby
mid-day press news, and Board of Trade London Letters.
11.00-12.00 midnight (approx;}. Relay of the 2nd Act of "Miss Hook by courtesy of the Hongkery Phil- of Holland" from the Theatre Royal harmonic Society,
12.00 midnight (approx). clown.
MORE BOYS' PASTIMES.
Clase
re-
They could not study
Whistle Beard. dividual only wher, it came to the 41 7.48 the whistle of the question of breaking down con Kiangsu was heard and, almost ventions. Though individantly a simultaneously. that ship was person might feel very sore coureen by both the Master and the The Royal Observatory Mr. Carruthers submitted that verning a convention, the fact that pilot, 'The Tokooka Apra's that a fresh anticyclone has formed
crystallised the majority held it to be correct engines
1!!! public-opinion, and agreed that stof necessity take prevedene stern, and at 7.5 or 7.51 the
full-speed over 8.E. Mongolia, all conventions were not tyranni-ver the individunt comptrint.
collision occurred. ent, for some were short cuts and
Mr. Sheldon went on to say Captain of the Kiangsu had estim- simplifications tu make
that the Tokooka Mara's speed,
nted the distance between the Casier.
after course had been set to go Maru at between 200 and 100 feet shius on sighting the Tokooka Ind become divarzed
from motion, Mr. H. Brokenshire mnin-
to Dre nuchorage. was. 7.43, Retuality and had caused insin-lained that the flouting of con engines
slow speed about five Tokooka Maru in catimated it at while the Captain of the cerity, Religion was one ventions in the past had been res-
knots. 741- - engines stopped. example where we had breomeponsible for the progress of the
7-18 engines were full-astern, and
between 600 and 900 feet. If his merely Conventional.
without world, and that if some of the old
when the collision occurred there Lordship decided he had to make bring sincere.
conventions had not been broken,
was no way, or practically no way, strike the mean, such as between finding on that, then he could it was possible that we would not
on the Tokooka Maru. have advanced from the Stone ABS-cult for the most
In a dense fox, it was very dill-
600 and 700 feet. Mr. S. A. Gray. In outing The pages of history, he
Mr. Sheldon went on to say that saith,
necomplished the opposition, contended there were liberally
man to say whether a life had the force of the collision was so sprinkled with motion through the water or not. which had been lying north-east, violent that the Tokooka's bow, were two questions to con-illustrations of men and women sider: whelker
Hi Lordship:-Do you who had refused to bow to the that the Kiangsu came up against was turned inly a position facing!
(Continued from Page 6.) tyrantous and.
conventional, and by doing so had even if they were--whether w
advanced the world to a better the Mary and that the latter shin north-west, and the bow was badly This was sold in ha'penny packets,
was stationary?
bent. aught not to submit
state. to then.
and we did our best to emulate Tyranny in its full sense was
Mr. Shelton:-Yes.
Counsel said his submission our elders us we puffed away at It was not correct, he said, that
His Lordship:-The Кідливи ма supreme power unjustly admini- the insubmission to convention steamed or drifted against you?renched her anchorage ground with rustic-looking pipe. At her
was that the Tokooka Maru, having that harmless smoking mixture in stered,
and, hearing that in mind, would bring the world into a together with the idea that conchaotic state. Even to-day there
Mr. Sheldon --Stenmod against no way on her-or if she had any quest we would permit one of the ventions
way it was so slight as to be fair sex to "have a draw," after were standards by which were notorious flouters of conven-
neligible was, for all practical which she possibly wondered why we lived and enjoyed intercourse tion and there were no signs of a with our fellow
Speed Submission.
питровск, lying motionless in the she had been so envious of the beings, carried out chaotic state.
water, and Was run our business, pleasures and social
smoker. The
Counsel little changes in convention, Kiangsu's speed, from 7.45 until travelling between
continued that the by activities, he submitted that it he concluded,
the Kiangsu, which were immaterial the collision.
Walking High. was as logical to y
seven that conven- and not tyrannical, but all break at 7.50 or 7.51, was, according to a ship which was between 500 nare on
which occurred eight knots in a fog so dense that to be able at Inst to maintain, bol- and Thon stilts"-wasn't it grand tions were tyrannical as to suggest ings way from the orthodox that the evidence, in his submission, and 600 feet away could not be allowed us to gaze over sundry that because a fellow wore plus had remained
those long poles that fours he was a golfor.
permanent, wer certainly seven and a half knots: progressive. Conventions were obviously a
over the ground, probably, eight and that, although the fog garden walls, erected presumably part of
of the Tokooka Maru Deplorable Unconventionalists. an evolutionary system
for privacy? Didn't we have also which regulated the whole of life
had been heard, yet the engines those little cast-iron tops which Mr. C. F. Bernard, seconding the
He referred to the fact that the of the Klangau were not stopped wore kopt spinning by applying and the way we lived that life. As opposition, said the association of
(Continued on Next Column) at all. our attitude to life and perspective human beings for the progress of
the side of our boot; tin peashoot. "Suicidal" Resented. of life changed, so did conventions, the world was
era to bombord friend and foo and
convention. To- could never conventions
beday the ery of "I" was
the Soul. They ignore it simply Lordship as to whether the can thing resembling n
It would be a question for his allo; twanging Jew's harp from tyrannical, as they were conventions instead of "We." The individual because the only shame they ever duct of
Koing up
which we never could conx any, only while they were applicable to unconventionals were demanding a foot is the shame of facing it, and Tokeoka the Captain of tho
tuno; and the conditions
which, if granted, would they
bombshell on atring to startle the Beck to cover emancipation of women, from the only bind them stronger to chains crimes with the selfish nations and ter
their been described
passer-by? Pot. days of domesticity and which bar progress. Ther mins loose speaking which their croodtion which, in counsel's opinion. combination of pastime and re--
де "sulciual
descrip- And last that which WILA 4 demands. how conventions changed which give the power that guards
was not very fortunate, and which freshment the bottle of "augar After motion had been dis was rather resented his client with the times. Although it might the hallover's progress to his gual cuased from the body of the hall. ad not also be applied in the liquorice in a half-filled bottle of water. A fow chips of tlons of 50 years ago wore applied of the stability of convention na ballet, was taken, when the motion of Jon then proceeded to frothy head to the mixture, which Ho regarded the tearing down and the leaders had replied, a cans of the Captain whose case water, followed by an energetic to-day they could be rogarded as one of those deplorable efforts of "That we ought not to sumbit to
shaking, was sufficient to bring a tyrannical, it was ridiculous to so-called modern minds to destroy the tyranny of Convention" was deal with the Inw and the case was rapturously sucked up through
Mr. Sheldon suggest that the conventions which the jewel of human natura itself passed,
in proceeding.
the neck of the bottle until the
of personality, clearly untirely the aims of conventions,
be fairly stated that if the convon-
Us.
ur more.
Maru,
which
Mr.
into
Was
had
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