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COLONY'S TRADE-DECLINE.
My
1933.
I WON'T MARRY A SCOTSMAN
By Rita Donald
friends hore in England Scots holding their jobs while "received notice from which going to marry and sottle down in Scotland. I have just returned you will argue this provos them from a holiday north of the Tweed to bo better men. Not at all.
It proves them to be what they and quite honestly I hope the fates: will spin no tartan wedding skeins are greater opportunists, mon
The Very Idea!
LOOKING AT SPORT-
By Eddie "Rummyjahn Kelly WE notice in the papers that
ling trade is heavily reduced local for me. I have decided that I with greater acumen for assessing additional encourage.
The Colony waits in rain for n sign of an end to the trade depres sion. Figures covering imports and exports for September show that the month did not differ from any other month of 1988 in reven- ling a marked falling off in com parison with the same month of 1032. More Important, the figures confirm the growing conviction that one of the chief causes of fal- consumption, undoubtedly due to restricted purchasing power. It is anotable fact that while the Colony's imports declined by nearly $100,000,000 in the first nine months of 1933, the reduction of exports was only about $45,000,000.. In other words, internal consurap tion was reduced by over $50,000 000 in nine months, taking whole sale prices as the guide. What the amount would be in terms of retall prices it is impossible to computo, though it is not necessary to go much further to discover the cause of so many failures of small fris.
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ticipate that anything will be done. submerged nine-tenths cropping up again.
PREJUDICE AGAINST JAPAN ?
could not face marriage with their work and fellow-men in hard terms of money for services ron- Scotsman now.
dored.
I love my native land as much as over; the purple hills yearly draw me to their sweet embrace.
I meet my "depression English
play your part by deciding on the most reasonable item available. The times, we agree, will change some time, for the bettor.
n women's cricket team is going to tour Australia this year. Presumably, the Aus- tralians will protest against this fresh invasion of leg theory, but that is by the way......
are glad to see this
ment of girlish participation in sport. We are very keen on sports. In fact we are known as a bit of a sport ourself.
man" and we go to some sociable place for a cocktail and to talk. But the young Scotsman of to- He knows he cannot afford to do day fills me with scorn, duo to the things as he would like them to be
We are captain of the old fact that, after my eight years in done, so he amilingly doos the next the south, I have shed my vine beat. Together you accept life as Home town Asylum's Old gary-Scotch prejudice. You soe, is; he loaves it to you and you Boys when they defeated the I was young when I left Scotland, and when you catch a Scotswoman
Reception House baseball young she will soon ncclimatise
team by four goals to one... It was a very interesting herself to any new scheme of life.
But your Scot with his nest She is infinitely more flexible than the Scotsman. Once a Scetaman egg safe and sound cannot by game. They were playing base- always a Scotsman-and always a the nature of him carry off such a ball and we were playing foot- human thistle, prickly, and on his situation with tact. Go to a cine
The difference between base. ma or theatre and It is the veriost guard.
Throughout his life the Scots discomfort. You are made self-ball and football is that in base- man remains plain John McNab of conscious and fl-at-case by the ball you try, how far you can MacNabbery, with his parochial obvious manner he stops and allde on your own stomach, and ideas only slightly adapted to any weighs up the money to be laid in football you try to slide as fur broader plane on which, he may out. His "What do you think?" is as you can on someone else's find himself. Whisky, women, the as plain as it can bo. You are bagpipes, the bawbec, all retain bound to suggest the cheaper their old-time values for him. seats, or otherwise you feel you trails behind him are condemning him to a terrible Scotland wherever he goes; he can't help and long futuro of rigld economics, it; his trouble is that ho prefers! it so.
For me the worst feature of all It is is the inexorable hold the Scottish
Increasingly I realise the awful sameness about Scotsmen.
ball.
stomach.
chance.
We only ever scored one' run at tennis when we were a girl, and that was in our stocking. We are far, far better at kick- the-tin and org-in-the-hat than anybody, we know. What we mean to say, when we say anybody we know, wo mean to say, if there's anybody we don't know, we don't know them.
I had been told these English offspring.
So, if you as a sweetheart do not were "terrible anobs." Let me just note down two points under conform to the parental idea of that head. England bases her what is suitable in a marriage social system on a triangle plan, worse still, if you have no money
As a matter of fact, we got so with a broad base and an apex.as an additional matter of con- Very sound, I discovered, and alderation-the silent propaganda confident after we won the inter- a sideboard built to hold our hanest, admitting the natural in- begins. There will be no clash.
earthly chance unless the young trophies. Twenty-two feet, six equalities and distinctions among Oh, no! But you just haven't an port kick-the-tin final that we had man who wants you is right out- inches long. It was, and eight feet people.
their side the family circle and its in-wide. It wasn't big enough. The
· The Scotch express through the clan pattern-an theory, of social construction fluonce.
Those
infinitely superior to the young
the bottom half. Very nice young couple they are.
PURCHASING POWER
The September figures show the truth convincingly, for the reason that trade during the month was not down in quite the same heavy proportion as the average for the year. Exports, in fact, showed
We don't think either of them. falling-or, as compared with 1932, of only $1,700,000. Imports losses
is a good game for girls. Tennis wore three times as heavy. Tho disparity has long ceased to be a
is a much batter game for our sex. In tennis one girl stands on one coincidence. It has revealed itself
side of a net, finger-waving her month after month. There is only
hair with one hand, and holding. one conclusion to be drawn; na-
the bat, or paddle with the other. suming the problem were tackled in the right way and in the right to be ascribed to the cut-and-dried parent has over the son. Daugh while another girl does the same spirit, the Colony is not quite so family and educational treatment ters are different! If a suitable thing on the other side of the not. helplessly in the grip of outside they all receive, irrespective of sort of person presents himself for One of the girls swipes the ball her hand, why that's all right. In with the paddle, or bat, and it Influences as we have been asked class.
England it is the daughter who is
screams. Tennis la a dandy to bellove. One of the most im-
Hero in England the wide safeguarded and the son who is up in the air, and everybody
game. portant factors in the existing
The girl who screams loudest is trade depression is internal and variety of types and minds is allowed to develop along his own
vastly stimulating to a young lines.
It is strange, but true to the always made the Captain of a therefore capable of responding to
woman like myself, as I feel it local treatment. Not that we an-must be to anyone except the logic of Scotland, that the mothergirl's tennis club. Of course, the It is a comforting sign that It is the problem provided by the Scotsman, who appears to think, and father (either the one or the girl who, scores runs also has a
aubtly, that it is his prime mlaslon other) should have this great the local bus companies, given
in life to slow down the tempo of ascendancy over their sons. It is the accepted immemorial right of living. an opportunity of replying to
That may be a good thing, but I the parent, and sub-consciously, their critics, concerned them-
deny that the Scots method of do- no doubt, the sons hope to exercise in turn the same control over their selves more with explanations
ing it is good. regarding plans for effecting im
Many Interesting facts are re- provements in their services. A vealed by exploring between the confession of fault, with definite lines of the Statistical Depart promise of remedies, gives renment's report. It is possible to dis- son to expect real endeavour, cover for instance, that the Colony And with that, the public must is becoming more than ever a cheap rest content for a space, appre- goods market, providing additional cinting that the radical re- confirmation for the suggestion organisation essential needs care that decreasing purchasing power and time for full application. locally looms large among the Such changes as can be effected causes of the Colony's trado crisis, Immediately are, we are told, The Colony is, in fact, absorbing
All this safeguarding of sons one we have now we are living in. already prepared for, and the more goods than ever from China
and less from Europe and the elastic circle which never brealm would lead you to suppose that the A young married couple are shar- establishment in Kowloon of United States, despite the fact no matter how far it la extended. young men of Scotland would being the top half, and we live in school of manners-amusing as that in normal times, the deprecia-Their snobbishness is a madden- it may possibly be to those tions of the dollar and the pounding self-aufficiency. whose experience has not-reveal-would-have-had-an-opposite effect. I had also been clearly told the ed the necessity-shows that the Britain's percentage fell from 18.2 English were immoral. managements are not entirely per cent. in 1932 to 10.9 per cent. nonplussed by the chaos into in the first nine months of 1983. which the services threatened to China's share increased to 29.4 per fall. The companies have stated cent. largely, be it noted because their case very plainly and in the piece-goods field Britain has although it is not possible to been ousted, not by Japan, but by agree with their views on all Shanghai. Japan's piece-goods im- points, the interviews have ports were 8.8 per cent. of the total, cleared up misapprehensions and Britain's 26.6 per cent, and Shang- hai's 40.1 per cent. As far as this placed the situation in a little Colony is concerned, the figures better light from the viewpoint seem to confirm our contention that of the Licensees. It was, for much of the condemnation of instance, generally believed in Japanese dumping has been largely Kowloon that the diversion of attributable to prejudice, the No. 8 route from the Star Ferry to the Vehicular Ferry was the decision of the com- pany; it now seems that the diversion was the responsibility of Government. The weight of criticism rested upon the ob- vious fact that the route could never pay and was of little prae tical value, that it caused acute congestion of the No. 7 route, buses usually being full before they reached their second main feeding point, Homuntin. It loses much point in the face of the explanation, although to gether with the representations being made by the Company, it should convince the authorities that some modification of the schedule requirements on the Japanese tension are bound to be made by those who persistently No. 8 route can be permitted look for the nigger in the woodpile, without serious damage to the Such rumours may be dismissed cause of adequacy. We could as so much nonsense, if they invito not, of course, aupport general the Inference that the Russo- resistance by the companies to Japanese crisis has influenced the maintenance. of reasonable United States. Certainly it may schedules on specified routes Instil extra eagerness in the Soviet merely because they are not to complete the negotiations, but profit-making. Their task is to that is all Mr. Roosevelt is ques-
ting for a trade outlet. provide
passenger transport facilities for all; in Kowloon, the entire responsibility rests with
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U.S. AND THE SOVIET
States.
America's move towards the re- cognition of the Soviet comes rather later than expected. Mr. Franklin Roosevelt has been slower in action in this matter than in most other problems that have come before him in a hectic eight months as president of the United Now the decision to invite negotia- tions has been taken, howover, nothing will be allowed to stand in the way; there is nothing that can crop up which will be regarded as sufficient Importance, compared, that is, with the trade aspect of the question. Suggestions that there is somo secret connexion between-
Russo- the approach and the
the bus company and they must the whole, however, the attitude naturally take the good with the of the companies may be re- bad, the heavy profit-making garded, as satisfactory and the routes with those established explanations given should intro- purely for public service. Here duce a better spirit. It cannot again, it may be questioned be denied that there has been. whether the Kowloon Bus Com-some antagonism between public. pany is on the right tack in and companies, but the root plotting out a scheme for exten- cause has been inelelency. If alons in the Now Territories. performance in betterment ap When its existing services are in pronches nearly to promise, we truly shipshape order will it be, do not believe that the accusa time to consider extensions, Ontion of prejudice will hold good.
men of other countries.
I am quite safe in saying that the average young man in Scotland whom I have met have not appear has progressed morally no further ed so; or, at worst, their pecca- since the days of Robert Burns.
My sympathy goes out to the. dilloes have not been profoundly wicked. At any rate, they do not wild and wanton poet, I must ad smugly trouble to cover them up. mit. His case has never been pro- Your Scot remains dour (properly understood and can to-day nounced doorrr) about his past life be duplicated a hundredfold. Who and you are left to Imagine that wouldn't react violently against Only last week I discussed the he is the most blameless person all those family embargoes?" who ever lived. You see, he wants to have the advantage of a good point with a Scotsman down from character, or, at least, the name Dundee for a long week-end, He told me the "attitude" his parents for one.
Your young Englishman, I find, took towards his girl friends, but, comes out of the fog of all this he added, "I don't tell them any trado depression far more plens-thing and, when they want to ingly than your Scotsman. Why? know where I've been I just tell
(Continued on Page 6.) I see around me in London young
"But we dont presents for li er first four bables. We can't.
Just stop now."
Hockey is our forte. We always - wanted to be a champion hockler when we were young, so that just proves to you that the wish is father to the forte.
Hockey is a game played by girls with thick legs. You have a thick stick with a bend in one end like a banana, and the idea is to bash the shins off the opposing side. without tripping over the stick.
Some Hongkong teams use a ball as well, but this is just putting on sido.
A sport we never did care for was rowing. We went off rowing after we heard about the girl who
scull, went out for a row and broke her
We expect to be picked for the interport hep-scotch team this year.
After the final gamo last season, the crowd gave us an ovation. A lovely big one, It was, with our name engraved on it..
We may also nominato for the Back race. We are pretty good at sack races. Every time our boss looks at us we know we are in front.
we must be getting Well, well, along now. Headache will be home shortly, and the boy hasn't got the meat on yet. If, over any of you. girls need a masseur, drop in any time except washing days and Saturday afternoons. Adios (Spanish).
MORE PLACE NAMES ANDOVER. Your life or your
money.
HULL. Prefixed by "Oh" means "Drat it."
DUNDEE. A finished Capital.
CHIPPENHAM Teasing de. parted pig.
BOTHWELL, Réfers to mother. and child.
NEWPORT. A fresh bottle.
SOAP LEASED Somebody made a mistake the other day, and called the Telegraph on the telephone, then enquired "Is that the Observatory 7" Now we have the brightest and, best little operator, always courteous, and always ready with a reply. But this time her sonse of humour was good and her answer was this: Yes, Sir." Then a dialect tongue that was hard to decipher asked: "How about a shower to-night1" "Fine idea," replied our telephovo girl Take one if you want and use plenty of soup,"