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THEN considering the Olym-and when we take this "official" pic Games in this year of financial grant as an indication of perlence of practical affairs. One
During the week-end, only one caяO grace it is intereating to what our handful of competitors. journal remarks that the sugge of cholera, from the Victoria district, observe their trend.
face, it is timo seriously advisability of tion that membership of the and one case of paratyphoid, were re-
It has always been a conviction to consider the House of Commons should be reported to the health authorities,
amongst certain nations that Bri- clearing out of what has no value or even interest for us and what duced by about one-fourth is
Breaking into the third floor of 87,tain's world-predominance enough to condemn the scheme. Gloucester Road, Wanchal, the reaid out of all relation to our actual appears to be a fertile stamping ence of Miss Clark, by wrenching a strength. Ignoring the persistence Bround for the development of the If reform could be undertaken "in lock of a staircase door, a burglar on of character they affected to find seven deadly sina.
To-day wo сап rotiro with a vacuum" much might be said for Sunday night stok clothing to the it a pretence. They thought so
the value of $204.
eighteen years ago and we proved dignity, for, considering a smaller Legislature, but anyone
them wrong.
paucity of our numbers and with- who knows its working at close
Certainly in proportion to the out apology for the difficulties of quarters realises that such a pro-ted to hospital, the victim of an as-world-influence wielded to-day by training, the old country did right posal would at once arouse the sault with a pen-knife following an this country it can be admitted well this year, and it is surely altercation with another man, who is that the total of our Olympic proposterous to have to appeal for keenest opposition. The sugges- now in custody on the charge.
points appears poor. Having con- funds in order to send a gallant. tion that great economies would
ceded that, let us examine what we handful of amateurs to compete Mr. George W. Grey has returned to are faced with in order to dis against hurdes of scarcely-volled result if the number of Ministeru
Hongkong again to
to practice as cover if it is reasonably worth our and long-prepared professionals. were reduced by amalgamation Is Chartered Architect and Chartered white to participate in future.:
We Taught Them. Surveyor. During Mr. Grey's abвoncoj considered as being equally futile.
The United States of America, has been architect with Messrs.
Make it a confessedly profea- Palmer, and
with its vast polyglot population tho The salaries of the political heads,
Westminster Consultinguin en wat flamboyant Patriotism, beset sioni show and be done with it. are the merest trifle compared and has been working upon the Char-with its determination to "beat the Alternatively (although with the total cost of the Depart- ing Cross Bridge scheme, the new band" at any cost, has set the forbid!) follow the example
Waterlon Bridge, with its alternate pace. With one outstanding ex- other nations and let us have a ments, and if these were made re-conditioning, the
Chelsen ception, the nations of Europe, Government grant by means larger. and the political supervi-Bridge, Royal Docks approaches, and from conviction or example, fol- which we may take a large num
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Messrs. Reuter,
still which they seem congenitally slow Brockelmann und Co., sounded by von Bernhardi
afto assimilate. Even I am apprehension that the salaries of one of the biggest German import and persists: war, he insisted is
old what in vaguely called "White-exports firms in Canton, and Miss Hny biological necessity and an exten enough to remember when tennis and football, to mention only two, ball" are responsible for a large the Linx formerly a teacher in sion of policy.
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1932.
SOME CRITICSED REFORMS
the
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in Bristol, England, where the wed ding is to take place. Mr. Kraemer
Follow My Leader.
heaven
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red
on bis return with his wife will live | To those who read the signs rare as a in Tungsfan. The young couple are this Continental post-war cult of whiskers, and the youth of the en-lesser breeds fell away respectfully hoth keen riders, Miss Hayward lay-athletics is almost entirely. ing won several races in "inst year's couraged from political motives. meetings of the Canton Ride.
on pends on policy, and until that is TO BE MARRIED SOON.to agree on similar lines of action. If by specialisation
altered by the House of Commons
substantial saving is impossible.
To point out the increase which
which Parliament has
NOTIFICATION OF FOUR EARLY WEDDING
The following marriages will be
from your boyish path in the belief It is a sad reflection on human that by virtue of the closed fist wo were a nation apart and under the natore that whenever a body favoured countenance of the Lord. posed of opposing forces decides
our pupils Thave been able to produce indivi- sooner or later one of them goes duals who excel--why worry! back on the bargain-the rest is.
For at least two centuries we merely a scramble to follow.
No sooner docs Europe settle to have set the world's standard not has taken place in the staff of the celebrated shortly in the Colony: the hope and even the prospects, only in sport but in things that matter, from personal cleanliness various Departments, and to pay George Raymond Halbert, however faint, of an era of arrang downwards. Our men's clothes no regard to the increased duties widower, radio engineer, residing ed peace, than the inevitable hap-for everything and our women's
imposed at the Airlie Hotel, and Esther pens.
jin sport are the envy and despair. Just as a string of tired sub-of the world. upon them is, to say the least. Mary Falconer Taylor, Helena May
Institute.
urbanites progressing station- We, the least military nation in mere trifling.
Charles C. Roberts, Peak Hotel, wards can be seen suddenly start- and Constance May Mitchell, of the ing to sprint simply because the Europe, have had our field uniform same address.
leading bread-winner, his watch copied by all countries and the Albert Jillott, prison department, being wrong, and fearing to miss cut of our riding-breeches and Sports or Sportsmanship? ·
und Maud Elizabeth Woodhouse, 13 his train, has set off at a gallop; bools is the abiding marvel of the Robinson Road, Hongkong.
ao one perverse mind can destroy age. The list is endless. The outstanding feature of the Stanley Isaac Hill, Union In- the world's peace. All must fol
Not Our Kind. course,surance Mess, The Peak, and Amy low. The new political group at Home Olympic Games was, of
So let them assemble to snarl Saint Kilda, Mel-d the remarkable amount of record Byrne, East
Having observed and studied the known as the Empire Party has
breaking witnessed, particularly bourne, Australia.
value in peace and war of our and triumph as they will. Inter- come forward with sweeping pro- in the track and field
national athletic tendencies and national sport is not sport as we events.
love of aport (did not that clever know and practise it. posals said to be in the joint Swimming and the women's con-
The definite and growing lack old man Bismarck observe that we interest of economy and efficiency. tests naturally showed many new
Inever could have a revolution in of interest in this country Amongst the ideas put forward is marks because they are compara-
this country while the people were the mere existence of these Olym- a reduction in the number of tively new competitions. But
Ho fond of horse-racing) the Con-pic Games is the clearest Indica- tinent at large has seized upon tion of their inevitable extinction M.P.'s by at least 150, reorganisa-oven in events which have been in
The following cable at the close "sports-training" as the certain so far as we are concerned and I tion and concentration of Govern-world-wide competition for thirty of the sugar market yesterday has road to supremacy in peace and feel I express the conviction of
five years the winner who did not been received by Messrs. Pen-war. also knock down at least an Olym-treath and Co. pie record at Los Angeles considered almost a failure. Out
ment departments, the constitution
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of a Civil Service Board to take over the duties of the Civil Ser vice Commission, functioning of of twenty-three track and fell the High Courts throughout the events for men, twenty new Olym- eleven year, abolition of motor-car police pic records were set and patrols, and the employment of world's records equalled or convicted persons on partially de-ceeded. The visitors seemed to adopt a familiar western habit of ferred reward, even in competition
refusing to admit that what is is with other labour. It is proposed good enough. Probably some that there should be a unification credit must go to the almost ideal under one Cabinet Minister of all conditions California. provided. departments dealing with trade But the largest factor, of course, and industry, assistant ministers is the increasing amount of pre- being appointed for cach sub-divi-liminary competition which found) sion. By this method it is claimed its final oulet at Los Angeles. The spread of sports, not only into that great administrative economies nations but into strata of society would be effected and efficiency which hardly knew them
a few produced by co-ordinated effort years ago, has produced a vast for the resurrection of industries, reacrvoir of athletic talent from draw Other amalgamations of Govern-which the Olymple Games ment departments suggested include only the quintessence of ability. the Foreign Office and the Dom- The number actually in competi- tion at Los Angeles was less than inions Office under one Secretary
at some earlier Olympiads, but of State, the constitution of the they were only the representa- Treasury as a Ministry of Finance tives of an increasing host under the Chancellor of the Ex-athletes whose competitions are chequer, and the amalgamation of every year better organised. Some the Ministry of Pensions,, Pay-lovers of sports for their master-General's department, and sake seu a danger la this
toward organisation.. They be all superannuation sections
lieve it tends to make spectacles defonce and civil dopartments.
of sports and hence to commer- Regarding the reduction in the cialisation. They blame it for
of
of
own
trend
number of M.P.'s the urea would excessive specialisation and ex- count as much as population in cessiva emphasis on winning, and redistributing seats. It is further say it threatens the genuine proposed that relief for unemploy-amateur ideal. There is value in this warning. Rocord breaking od who are not insured or whose
can be overstressed. It is but a Insurance has expired should be symbol of physical excellence, at a definitely lower rate than for And the underlying purpose of the insured persons, and to be cond!-Olympic Games is to promote tional on able-bodied persons of sports as an agency for inculcat- both soxos doing massed physical ing those montal excellences com- exerefass. Polico patrol work, it prised in good sportsmanship. But other lovers of athletics ba- fa suggested, should be done lieve, that sports tend to the main mainly by motor ayals or podal to carry aportamanship with tham,
New York Terminals. December 1932 1.03 down 5 pts. March 1933 1.00 down pts. May 1935 1.03 dowri 5 pls. July 1933 1.09 down 4 pts. Cuban 96-Spot N.Y. 1.15 change.
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the vast majority of thinking people when I say bluntly that the time has come to leave it to the Quite two years ago a bankrupt others with our benevolent good European country voted seventy wishes. thousand pounds sterling 19 preliminary grant towards the ex- pense of training their team for 1932 Olympic Games. From one end of the Continent to the other the same thing went on.
While admitting the difficulty of defining accurately the precise status of an amateur in any par- ticular game, we all know beyond no any sophisticated argument what
THIS BUDGET RACKET
By Edward Kelly, Financier. This week in Legislative
in the general sense is an amateur: Council the Budget will be in-
troduced.
The Treasurer will be there with the Hon. Colonial Secretary. Bankers, brokers, journalists, and other prominent people will also be there to see what the blow will amount to this year.
We will take our seat and say: "Well, gentlemen, about this chit account of mine. My wife says
The Hon. Colonial Secretary (we know it) will Interrupt and say, "Hon. Members will notice that the sum of $60,000 has been allotted this year for the Shing Mun scheme.
on.
And we will keep prattling
"The tailor said to me, he said, Now listen to me! I've been pretty lonient with you".
And one of the Unofficial Mem- bers will say, "I regret, your Ex- collency, that increased amounts rond have not been allotted for work in the Colony this.
And we'll any,
"We word only anying to the 'chap who sits next to us in the ferry what a terrible thing it is having your chit account at the hotels stopped just boenuse ・・・ ・ ..
And then they will all tell us to shut up, and start talking' in millions. Then we will produce our list..
Everybody has a list. If they haven't got one, it's only because they are not game to make it up. We will stand up and road it in a loud, sing-song voice.
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