HERE'S HEALTH !
All the world over WHITBREAD'S PALE ALE retains its It can be brilliancy, delicate flavour and exhilarating tone. iced or served at any desired temperaturo. British Pale Ale in its most delicate and attractive, form.
It represents
WHITBREAD'S PALE ALE
NOW ON SALE
THE NEW
VICTOR RECORDS FOR
SEPTEMBER
Three Outstanding Hits
24279 Tell me To-night-Foxtrot Ambrose & His Orchestra,
Ich Liebe Dich, My Dear-F.T.
24262
New Mayfair Orchestra.
Leo Reisman's Orchestra. Stormy Weather-Foxtrot Maybe I Love you too much—F.T.
24309-To-night-Tango
Leo Reisman's Orchestra.
Marek Weber's Orchestra. Zigeuner, You have stolen my Hoart-Tango
Marck Weber's Orchestra.
Ask for a Complete List.
S. MOUTRIE & CO., LTD.
York Building.
Tel. 20527.
UVEN
BORN
1860n.
THE FINEST IN EVERY WAY
AN
INEXPENSIVE
WATCH
WITH
ONE OF THE
MOST
ACCURATE OF MOVEMENTS.
Chater Road.
in Platinum, White Gold & Chromium,
Beautifully precisioned movements, fully Jowelied possessing all modern improvements.
There are numerous designs to be had, all plain, ..A modern note. neat
Wo cordially invite you to inspect them, there is bound to be one to suit you.
Evory Watch is Guarantood For 5 Yosis.
JUVENIA
Watch and Clock Dept.
LANE, CRAWFORD, LTD.
HONG KONG
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1933.
BEFORE
YOU DECIDE.
on your NEW CAR
you should try out the NEW VAUXHALL LIGHT SIX
HAVETM ARRIVED!
HONGKONG HOTEL GARAGE Stubbs Road (Showroom) PHONE 27778-9
Hongkong Telegraph.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1933.
THE COLONY'S BUDGET
NOTES OF THE DAY
LOCAL PLAYGROUNDS
Government support for the Playgrounds Association follows closely upon recent criticism of
OUR NOISIER WORLD
By A. P. GARLAND
HE Industrial Health, glance at the mortality tables of
TBoard in its recent re- the life-assurance companies.
port states that after close
The Very Idea!
OUR BIOGRAPHIES By Eddio Kelly, Who's Who!'
EVERY newspaper office
has its Morgue, in
official policy regarding the provi-investigation it has been FARMERS AND THE which is stored the biogra-
elon of open spaces. Twenty-one
TITHE
phies and histories of every
thousand dollars is now to be de-proved that the constant
person of note. voted to the preparation of four clatter of many typewriters grounds, two in Hongkong and two makes no difference to the TN almost every English county
As soon as people leave or the mainland, and the money health, of the sufferers, and I farmers are showing the really could scarcely be better spent. practically none to their ef- resentment against tithes. Recent this world of strife, all that The Playgrounds Association will ficiency.
fusals to pay, followed by distraint is necessary is to dig deep on the farmers' goods. And now down in the morgue, drag This may serve to calm to
many of these forced sales have some extent the panic-mongers been declared by Mr. Justice Swift out the copy, blue pencil any and who are always bemoaning the in the King's Bench Division to unkind references,
have been illegally executed. stress and fury of modern life.
tako over responsibility for main. tenance. The Government's ac- tion la gratifying, although there remains a great deal more to be done in the same direction.
E
FOOCHOW PROBLEM
ly there have been numerous re-
Which reminds us of the little
Uncountably venerable, and un- publish the rest. For example, they indict the speeding-up, which is the salient doubtedly complicated as regards! feature of latter-day transport, their legal history, the principle and assure us that the rate at upon which tithes are based ta girl who visited Happy Valley delightfully simple. "The labour cemetery with her Mother. She which we are borne in our trains, er is worthy of his hire"-and if scanned all the tombstones with- motor-cars and other vehicles is his labour is spiritual, to the ex-in sight. Then after a pause- making this a nerve-racked age,clusion of work necessary for
HOW IT BEGAN.
"Mother," she asked, "where do they bury all the bad people?”
Naturally, in the Telegraph morgue, two or three drawers have had to be provided for per- song whose surnames begin with
The situation at Foochow is still serious although feelinge of alarm
Yet, on analysis, we see how material existence, then it becontos have been somewhat alloyed since' last weck. The Communists ap feeble is this charge. Which is the duty of those for whom his pear to be in considerable strength, the more soothing, to sit at case spiritual work is given to provide in a comfortable railway carriage that he keeps body and soul to but the principal factor in their
or rubber-tyred motor-car travel-gether. successes against the XIXth Army ling smoothly, at 40 to 60 miles
In that way the fruits of the is lack of unity.. It seems a sad an hour, or to be jolted about in
less than the con- commentary upon the Chinese mill-rattling, springless, slow-moving earth, no
sequences of man'a toll in their the letter "K". This has happen- tary machino generally when two vehicles over rough ground?
production, came under the toll of ed ever since we came to Hong- the Church. There was the globe kong. divisions under the same ultimate
LABOUR-SAVING INVENTIONS.
allocated direct to the use of tho
About the only peoplo tag lan't Command let one another down bo-
Again, if we survey the whole incumbent of the parish church; cause of personal disagreements field of human existence we shall and there was the tithe, or tenth kept on are the newspaper writers quickly realise how modern in-part, of the yield of the agri- themselves. For instance, we can ventions have greatly ameliorated cultural produce of the rest of the tell you who it was you wore out with the other night, while your the disabilities which our fore-land in the parish earmarked as wife was on a holiday in Shanghai, bears had willy-nilly to endure. belonging to him.
between leaders.
•
VENTILATING THOUGHT
B
means
119,
In the home, labour-saving de- In simpler days, when the entire We could also tell you who your
in Shanghai. Montal air pockets resulting vices have got rid of 90 per cent. parish-landowners and labourers wife was out with while she was In response to repeated re- from the sluggish circulation of of the drudgery of domestic work.lived under the ministrations of Ideas are big handicaps to health-No longer is the housewife an old one parson, and when corn fetched ful thinking. Like a close room woman before she is 40. In the good prices and was the staple in- quests, we have arranged, after" industrial and commercial world, dustry of the countryside, this considerable research, a complete The highly healthy state of whose atmosphere is quickly im-setence has provided us with in- tribute in kind was nothing of a directory of the writers in Hong- the Colony's finances lends an proved by opening a window at nite
of avolding the hardship. In its origin a volun-kong. If you don't believe
KELLY, EDWARD, born and graz stage of English legal history be- interest to the forthcoming pre- top and bottom, the human men- tedious and agonising labour of tary gift, it had in a very early ask them yoursolves.
ed in Australia, 1888; educ. Ox. and Even in such matters as bodily come compulsory. Bentation of the Budget not tality reads fresh currents of the bad old days.
But its obligatory mature does Far East; gaon of Edward, notorious usual to the annual stocktaking. thought obtained by
kind of pala, which surely must be the
fault of his own; wane Pelo Watkins, In a year of business depression, cross-ventilation process. Mentai greatest of all nerve irritants, not seem to have mattered until buahranger; m. Arabella through no with intensive competition car-
ruts and indoient habits of thought medical discovery has endowed us time brought other changes with sire. Whalosteeth, the Very Idca; bountifully with palliatives. No greater potentialities of irritation. invented Chit system 1038, abolished ving deeply into the commercial predispose one toward intellectual man, for instance, with tablets at The growing sectarianism of the chit system 1038. Wears black and profits which might have been stultification. Prevention and cure his cibow nead endure a headache countryside cannot hava increased tan shoes. Recreations: Drinking made despite smaller turnovers, of this unhappy state are both for any length of time; his grand- the cheerful willingness of the sneering at shrofe, drinking. Publi-
father had usually to grin and bear gift. And the alienation, in cer-cations: "1.0.U."
the tain cases, of tithes. into lay hands, the Treasury has steadily inaccessible to multitudes. The simit. And in grave illnesses creased its surplus and the bai-plo programme of opening the patient of to-day has a luxurious made possible--as we are told-by | land; eduo, same place. is dangerous
windows of thought to fresh ideas time in comparison with his pre- is the only prescription necessary; decessors. but it takes persistence to follow through. Wo all tend to become crentures of habit, to take the line
ance on the right side exceeds the sixteen million dollar mark. If revenue continues to come in
records
of least resistance. Most of us need to lot the currents of fresh ideas sweep away prejudices and
obsolete opinions.
-NEW_ANGLES
Д
MACWHIRTER, ROBERT: b. Scot.
the dissolution of the monasteries, when roused; killed his first editor, doprived of all sentimental reason 1898. Shouted Edward Kelly one. drink 1003. Fend of buttermilk, but such offerings, which thus became consorts with suspicious characters, L.B.G.C. Rearca- momber as impersonal and cold-blooded as
mortgage.
boing and keeping eve
Edward Kelly. "The Once
on
Publications: Over "Hop Scotch", "Free Beer in Hongkong". Club; Å big with knobs
ONO
от
dressed fim stare. Raised in
Fond of
overy took; Publlent Walte
NOISIER-BUT EASIER.
at the same rate, new
True, it must be admitted that!a
nosier world than
IRKSOME IN LEAN YEARS. ours is will be established, although the
ever before. The growth of traffic principal factor in the flourish-
But the shoe must have really ing condition of the Treasury is,
and of factories has produced a
"CELLULOID & PREVIEWER” 6. of course, the rise in dollar ex-
volume of sound that might be begun to pinch about a hundred expected to be gravely injurious to years ago, when payment in cash Hollywood Zoo, educ. same placs, issue change, making possible a great
took the place of payment in kind. Gold Cups, Bouquets, Raspberrics the nerves. saving in salaries, for instance,
still (mostly raspberries.); m. Alszonder Yet to accept this bellef would The basis of paymont was as compared with the Budget
be to discount unwarrantably the corn, and the price of corn over a Korda, 1932 div, same tear: lesung Estimates. The position is high- ly gratifying but it throws a
Cross-ventilation of the think-amazing adaptability of the human certain number of years governed shareholders in-stocking factories. greater responsibility than usual ing processes is mainly a matter race to changing conditions. Old the amount. In good years the Possess many framed pictures of upon the framers of the Budget of viewing things from new angles, and feeble people may find the sum could, no doubt, have been,
Old subjects of interest take on noise of modern traffic oppressive, and was, paid without difficulty. M
monnt a substantial bill in lean ongoing to picture shows on for 1934. We can look coraplavily when thus regarded. With but it is their lack of resiliency But the average process too often
free ticketa, sleeping. Clubs: H.K.H., cently upon the past and the re-drawal from the banal, widening that is to blame.
The modern child, born into a years, mainder of 1933: the future pre- the receptivity of eye and car to
Matters came to a head in the PH, R.BH., and several others,
PRO BON PUBLICO b. 1585 when sents more difficulties and a fore-beauty, diversification of reading, noisy world, suffers no discomfort cast of what the Governnient interest in the biography of emin- from the turmoil. To him or her post-war years, when the anchor- will do is not easy. What will ent men and women and the cult is the natural condition of age to cord as a standard of pay-nouspapers first invented; issues any happen to the dollar? Will the tivation of curiosity about current things. And the riveter or boiler-ment proved about as calamitous at all; 6. in Fiord car, the Skapgerack, to gold has proved to the rest of works; has blue eyes. Recreations: to tho Editor. Publica yield from present taxation con- affairs and world movements con-maker makes no complaint of the to the tithepayer as the anchorage Scandinavia, just behind the sardine
It is true. that
The Dump" "The Coal To sum it up, we have no need the human race. tinue at its present high level? tribute to such ventilation. Toler- din in which he labours.
worry about the stress of the corn anchorage has now been Cabarets", "The Water Shortage", These are two questions which ance for the views of others does
tithe-rent "The Government", "The Bus Fran-
several others. will be uppermost in Govern- not imply assent to practices which to
run counter to cherished funda-modern life. It is now smoother abolished,
HISTORICUS 6 1888 in Yorkshire, ment's mind when formulating mentals, but it is a powerful leav- and easier than ever before, as our charge put at a fixed figure, while chise", and its proposals for the coming in the lump of human discord. predecessors, if they got the a Binking fund has been instituted
Lane. Invented body-line and button- year, and they are not easy to Tolerance is a fresh breeze ahon chance, would be willing to admit. with a view to its redemption in nuburb of Lancashire; edur. Bramell holes in coats, fond of roses, Publica tions: Ika Moor Baht T'ah", "The answer. It is probably safe tot into the habitations of thought:
Red Ross of No Man's Land", "York- assume that the dollar will not With all its vast problems, the pre-
shire Puddings". go much lower than it is to-day; sent age offers less excuse than any if any pronounced movement which has gone before for lending takes place it is more likely to o sluggish mental existence. Un be upward than downward. On bounded opportunities for self- the second point, it is possible cultivation and Improvement por- vade the civilized wield. Hope- fulness is in the air. Across old reduction of taxation based upon ignorances and subjective thinking the figures of falling trade. A move the invigorating wind of review of revenue sources should unselfish desire for better things certainly be undertaken with a for all sorts and conditions of men, attune the view to affording some relief, and these currents where it would do most geed. Mellan harp of the willing intel- It might even be wise to un-lect to greater fullness of living. balance the Budget-permitting
to make out a strong case for a
ourselves to remember the amplo | BETTING surpluses already existing-to secure benefit for the public.
Since its presentation very little This would not necessarily mean has been heard from official quar- any interference with the emer-ters concerning the Rowlatt Com gency taxation imposed when the mission's Report on lotteries and most prob- dollar was round the elevenpenny betting. What is its lovel-entertainmunt tax, bet-able fate? The shelf? Latest in- ting duty and the increase in the formation suggests there is a risk assessment tax are all of the of it; and yet, despits outcry from type which spreads, the burden Interested quarters, it had many most equitably-but there are good points. Sir Sidney Rowlatt directions where relief could be is no bigot, and the Report makes afforded in a way which would laudable attempt to distinguish two things-the. Individual's do- A engonder some enthusiasm. aire to "have a flutter," which. It cut in the assessment tax would proposes to lot him indulge rather merely mean a bonus to land-more freely than before, and the Jords; there are other ways, oporations of bodies. Booking to Postage rates to mention only exploit this desire for their own one, if those responsible look profit, which it aims at controlling. carefully enough for them. Whe- We dislike the proposal to re- ther they will or not depends up strict "totos" to horse-racing and on how they view the very un-refuse them to deg-racing, bo- cause it savours of class-unfair cortain future; with hopeful opnast But the proposal to limit all Hmism or the customary ultra-race-courses alike to a maximum of cautiousness.
100 openings a year seama piso,zij
and the
In confirmation oho has but to certain instances.
C.B.
"I'vo rally outgrown these things. I only play with them
to keep in shape.
.
TELEGRAPH EDITOR: b. Shing Mun Dam; educ. Oxford; has been converted to Fascism; Recreatione: Kooking back E.Kelly's applications for riao. Does not smoke, drink or swear, but has other vices. Playe poker with moderate success, losing only. 30 last month. Clube: none EARLY BIRD 5. 1900 Happy Val-
મન loy, be buried in same place; Prominent gold-fish privately educ. breeder, owner of reserve ch, goldfish gelding Chips Also has several goldfisk griffens. Plays mouth organ in accret; recreations: choir singing, catching worma. Sings in his bath tub: Fought in Boring Champlon- shipe 1929; came out of hospital 1930. Wears red ties, Jaeger underpants ond has been known to swear.
•
•
PATAUDI
Don't blame us for what followst How do you think be presennose-kie nasa This bright Trong Kajak of -ericketing_
Kamst
What are li vewilat and can you gre Which of the syllables aus shealë strom,
Some people will says Ok, sla't prekrisi The jelly old Nawab of Palandy,
Others: 1hops There's not too ruindy,
A crowd of the Oval to "griak · Fatowdy
·Others' aguldy I'm mos u tuały
But, I desilitro Ukle chip. Palosēt,
And whai de, you: thish 1 beard lait,
I'm hoping to voè a knock by Paturday!
Wočij, that'll be all right toolė 1) Boʻs osa of Choos, Whitl Pat:er'die