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NOTES OF THE DAY
AMERICA'S BUSINESS
goos, and thus transfer the burden
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SOME DRIVEL THAT DELIGHTS
By REX LONDON
choose a subject, and the popular Roses, mothers, and home have song calls for a popular subject. always been hot favourites, while
BULLS AND INNERS
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口口8 From the Office Butts These bus conductors, who ring every dollar so carefully, must be- love in the principles of the Sound Money League.
О During the week an umah was desert love, hot-rhythm, and babice bitten by a guinea-pig. Must have can be reckoned as good runners.
There could probably be no more appropriate time than the end, of the fiscal year to appraise the American business situation. The United States has become a land of
IVER since Nero (locally known tremendous ascal deficits. These have one end in view-to "prime treated the populace to his render as "the Crooning Violinist") the business pump," as the saying Ing of "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes," of supporting the jobless from the every man, woman, and child has boen convinced that he or she could exchequer to private enterprise.write a popular song. Nor are Occasionally the "baby song" beats been pulling its tailt Economic activity is a trifling af- fair consisting of production, dis- they wrong, for a song's popularity the lot and comes in first, but this is no criterion of ita quality of is because he is an unusual infant, tribution and consumption. The construction, but rather of the who has either had a busy day or oasiest factor to appraise is pro-appeal it has for the public's mind.
A sudden flash of lightning dur- duction. And, normally, it is
was born a crooner who goes, Boo, ing Tuesday night's storm, reveal- During the war there was a song boo, bao.
ed a well-known local restdent kiss- reflex of the entire economic scene,
which was born in the gutter, and
Weather conditions, such asing a girl on the Lido. This, of never rose above that state, yet it sunshine, clouds of groy, or rain course, was a thundering shame, was chanted by millions of urchins. are possibles, but fogs (gentleman
D It was sung to the tune of "Red-lost in same) should not be used wing," and it ran:-
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For, if consumption is lagging,
Ilia boots are cracking-for want
of blacking,
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for many
months to come, The Wock's Silver Report: Con- When the moon shines bright on Domestic animals, such as dogs, trary to general expectations.
Charlie Chaplin,
cata, or father, contrary to expecta-silverites polished up surplus tions, have not found favour; nor stocks, not, however to any appreci is it wise to try to find an original able oxtent. Closing quotations subject-firstly, because the public wore the last given. Bullish bear- are conservative; and, secondly, ing caused apprehension in the because the chances are that it is double cagle dove-cotes! not original at all. need a catchy title. If it is a hot
Having chosen your subject, you' rhythm number,
And his to baggy trousers
they want mending. Before they send him-to the
Dardanellos.
Its author's mind was entirely unhampered by the questionable rhymes of Chaplin and cracking, or mending and send him, neverthe
a title such as
then the effect will be felt im- mediately in distribution and ultimately by production. Not for long will industry turn out goods when consumers are lacking. In this respect the low point in the depression was reached in July, 1932, when industrial production had sunk as low as 58 per cent. of the 1923-1925 average. This may seem surprising to those who do not follow statistics, yet it is n fact. In the following March, which most people associate with
We suppose that Scotamen are the country's "lows," the index was
"Fidgety Feet" would not be amiss; fond of humour because it's a gift! a point higher, or 59. Evidently
while for a fax-trot ballad, "Moon- the country had touched rock bot-lese he had created a popular song, light and Memories," conveys the
whose singers could visualise the gist of the idea. redoubtable Charlie conducting a choose the problematical title, such and we'll ruin you!
It is unwise to
Silverites Slogan:-Stick to us lone, moonlight raid upon then "June in January." because onc Turkish forces, in his torn trousers has to read the words before one
ច O and broken boots, armed only with understands what caused tho his little whangee cane. In short, seasonal transfer. the successful lyric lies in the pic- ture it awakes in the bosom. With the chango in administra-the question of rhyming to be the gentleman to dance with tears in new snake. Snakes alive!
Most amateur song-writers find shag of their efforts, but this is his eyes, 'cos the girl in his arms an entirely unnecessary fear, for isn't his. In such circumstances most professional song-writers the Briton would probably stop,
tom in midsummer of 1932. It was the long agony of scraping it that created those disturbances which sapped public confidence, causing the run on the banks.
"
HOPE REVIVED
tions, hopo, so long deferred, began to return. The index of industrial output reflected it. From 59 per. cent., production shot up to the 1923-1925 level, or 100, a rise in four months of almost 70 per cent. Never before had there been such a sharp rebound. It was too fast, however, to be healthy. Here the THE GOVERNORSHIP Industrial index could not be re-
garded as OF HONGKONG
a. true barometer of economic progress. The advance was connected with all kinds of The North China Daily News adventitious circumstances. It was would appear to be flogging a the result of the hope (or fear) of inflation, coupled with the haste of dead horse in urging that a industrialists to create stocks in atatesman of pre-eminent quali-hand before the advent of N.R.A. fications should be appointed to standards. Two years have since the vacant
elapsed. But the index has never Governorship
of
again touched that point, and at Hongkong. The purpose of the present is 80 per cent. of the 1923- suggested change is that the new 1925 level. Governor, who would have extended responsibilities, should assume the duties of rapporteur No stretch of language will allow to the British Government on
the unbiased observer to call such events in the Pacific, for the dueless satisfactory than it
a result satisfactory. It is even guidance of British policy in the Far Enat. The idea is by no means a new one, but it fails to
'NOT SATISFACTORY
looks.
For the 86 per cent. status is not wholly the work of the industrial process. It is partly the result of Government pump priming. This
S. MOUTRIE & CO., LTD. take account of realities, hus in felt particularly in the consumer
York Building.
Chater Road.
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been shown impracticable in the Industries. Work relief is intend- ed to distribute the maximum past, and is certainly not likely amount in wages. These will be to be put into effect. Hongkong spent in the necessities supplied by ls, and will remain, under the For an exampla of what unaided the consumer-goods industries. Colonial Office, for the simple private business is doing, a speci- reason that it is a Colony; it men index la the value of private building contracts. Work relief. obviously cannot be placed under will not enable any recipient to the Foreign Office, which buy new houses. The following any such plan as that propounded table gives the figure of residential by our contemporary would corresponding figures for 1934 and contracts for May, coupled with the necessitate. Any idea of link-1926: ing the Governorship of this Colony with the British diploma- tic services in China and Japan fails to take account of the dominant fact that Hongkong exists merely as shipping port, a clearing house for the South China markets. It has political significance, and is not concerned with Chinese politics except insofar as
1936
1934
1926
$ 44,902,000 $ 24,840,000: $224,588,000
It will be seen that in this, depart- ment a great deal of ground hos ground is recaptured. But, as with to be covered beforò the 1920 other statistics, the low point has been no
passed. By far the most business is confidence. Yet this important index of the state DI cannot be reduced to any figure. these may
It is apparent, however, that in this affect our purely commercial re-
respect there has been a great im- provement over the record of 1932 Intions with China. The criticism and 1933. The farm population that, with a muddled sense of
has been filled with new hope as defeatism and self-sufficiency, People in general feel that the de-
wali na
new purchasing power. we have adopted a policy of pression is past. No longer are myopic aloofness, is without which they see no return. This they looking into an abyss from Justification. Our China con qualitative index is better than the tacts are with Canton, and it quantitative one. On the May can be anid that never have the 9,711,000. But, with better feel- count the jobless still numbered relationships of the two centresing in evidence, business is primed been on a happier and more
with the first desideratum for re- satisfactory footing than they
employing them. are to-day. We can therefore refute the inference that this of enlarging the scope of the Colony is not greatly concerned Governorship. Nor is there any in the fostering of Sino-British reason for thinking that such a friendship. Our alleged "myople change is likely; indeed, it is to aloofness" te, indeed, far less be assumed that the Colonial, real than the effects of the Office has already made up its "Shanghai Mind," which has not mind as to who shall succeed always conduced to the Sir William Peel, and that the encouragement of amicable now appointed will be from tho relations between Britain and Colonial service. If contact be China. On the general Issue tween the Hongkong Govern raised, there is no presentment and the diplomatic service circumstance nor any futuro in the East is necessitated by
LANE CRAWFORD, LTD. contingency which would war- special circumstance,
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rant any departure from machinery already exists for Colonial Office control of Hong- such exchange of views as may kong nor point to the necessity be called for.
possess a
Songs about tears should be written for the female gender only, because it is not British for a
If you're troubled with prickly heat-think of the poor porcupine!
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"Vinjar" has discovered another
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rhyming dictionary, the band and ask for a Paul Joues The same authority asserts that for the sum of fifteen shillings. which can be purchased by anyone and thus remedy the matter right there are noarly forty species of
This useful adjunct saves hours question of British
away; which brings us to the vexed reptiles in the Colony. This, we of labour because it gives overy song-writers; but as this question lizards.
v. American understand, does not include lounge conceivable rhyme for all the words only vexes the British song-writer, you know and hundreds of words we won't dwell upon it. you have probably never heard of.
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Having fixed upon a title, we But there are words for which now come to construction. This is no rhyme has been found-for simplified by the fact that most example, Wednesday. If by chance popular songs are constructed by you can think of one, you may dividing the copyright it and repeat it to your parts; parts 1 and 2 being almost chorus into four self the whole day long and part identical; a slight variation being of Thursday as well. Needless to Introduced fato part 8, and then aay, there are sophisticated writers repeating the first phrase for part who are not above rhyming it in 4, to wit-Valse Tempo. this manner:-
The dance we held on Wednesday
night
Was greatly to our friend'e
delight.
But these people are to be avoided rather than copied. Far better to take simpler rhymes, as did the writer of "Tea for Two" when he made the young prospective bride assure her future spouse that.
"Day will break And I'll awake, And start to bako A sugar cako For you to tako
For all your friends to see." brought
There you have a man who
CHORUS
1. Roses will always remind me
of you,
love.
For roses are emblems of
2. Rosco will always remind me
of you,
As they grow-on the arbour
above.
3. Your lips are like petals,
Your smile bright and guy, Like a butterfly settles
And then hies away.
4. Roses will always remind me
of you,
For a rose is the emblem-of
- love.
Of course most-song-writers- simplest form by fiching half a left hand while they worked out a song-writing to its could write that slush with their page from the rhyming dictionary, crossword puzzle with their right and at the same time thrilling the hand, but the fact remains that hearts of all prospective brides even worse songs than this have with the thought of their husbands, been sung by people who were old being awakened at dawn by a smell enough to know better. bacon-and upon being shown the the melody that makes it possible. of cooking-other than the usual You will probably say that it is result of same, taking the warm The answer to that is that nothing cake up to town by the 8.39 and should have made it possible, which holding up the markets while he brings us to the further question; displayed his wife's confection to is it the words or the music that all his friends in the middle of make for a song's success? Throgmorton Street.
One waggish composer answered of rhyming, the next thing is to
Having disposed of the difficulty this by saying "Well, I've never
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Why can't you just mention to him that your unclo can get. rings wholesale? Maybe that's all ho hesitating about.
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We understand that the Lido will. have a large diving pontoon, This will give some of our taipans a few more chances of going off the deep' end.
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of the finest climates in the world. Hongkong is said to possess one It should be locked up in that future muacum.
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has complained that the heigh- A prominent Kowloon resident bours throw odd scraps of food into a garden. People who live in class.houses shouldn't throw bones!
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It is not anticipated
That the $'ll be deflated:
Not even bankers dare to make
a guess.
In fact it has been stated That with silver we are mated, Though the mating leaves us
in an awful mess. Those who once preferred the.
changing
Of the daily rate are ranging Themselves with those who
think it best to "fx." For they've had their fill of
gambling,
And the upwards, downwards
rambling, For business after all's not
based on tricks!
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children digging in the sand bua- A local golfer complains about kera at Happy Valley. Quite right; that sort of thing should be loft to the players.
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A bluejacket on the China Stat- ion is said to have the figures 1 to 100 tattooed on his chest. His pals know they can always count on him.
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A man has invented a clock that cannot lose. He should now turn his attention to the share market.
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Among the things that grow by leaps and bounds are the children in the flat above.
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A motorist bas his car number- ed; a pedestrian, his days.
Einstein says space is limited. But it's only fair to add that editors said it first.
A local office assistant says it's
not always the fault of the debtor. that he gets into debt. No doubt a lot of it is owing to other people,
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All those sales suggest that Hongkong has a shoptimistic out look at the moment.
Whilst it's true that the old- fashioned wife could make a dollar go farther, the modern one makes it go faster.
Time leaves its mark on says a doctor. Espécially: "bigh old time.