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THEY SAID OF HONGKONG.-IV
HARTER OF OUR COLONY
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ty of peace and friendship with China was concluded and signed on August 26, 1841, ba- ween Queen Victoria's Plenipotentiary, Sir Henry Pottinger (who became first Governor of sköng) and representatives of the Manchu Dynasty, the fourth paragraph of the treaty declar- "the island of Hongkong coded in perpetuity to Her Brittanic Majesty, her heirs and successors.' By a subsequent treaty, known as the Treaty of Nanking, dated August 29, 1842, section III, after repeating the cession clause quoted above, laid down that Hongkong was "to be governed by such laws and regulations as Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, etc., shall see fit to direct."
As soon as the treaty of peace was ratified and exchanged, a Royal Charter declaring Hong- kong a separate Colony with established Courts and full legislative powers, and a commission ap- pointing Sir Henry Pottinger the first Governor of the Colony and its dependencies, was duly pro- claimed and published, the Charter being granted on April 6, 1843.
Thus, although Hongkong was taken possession of on January 26, 1841, the actual centenary of the foundation of the Colony does not occur until April 6, 1843.
By proclamation dated June 26, 1843, Sir Henry Pottinger was further pleased to direct “that present city, on the northern side of the island, shall be distinguished by Her Majesty's name, and
■Il public communications, archives, etc., etc., shall be henceforth dated Victoria." Until this
town proper had been known by the name of “Queen's Town.”
CHARTERS
arter:
THE COLONY OF HONGKONG -Victoria, by the Grace God, of the United Kingdom and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Fail, all to whom, these Presents shall come-Greeting: Know ye-that We "of our capecial grace, certain Knowledge, and mere motion, have thought fit to great and do hereby creet Qur island of Hongkong and its dependencies, situate between twenty-two degrees nine minutes and twenty-two degrees twenty-one minutes north latitude, and the one hundred and fourteenth degree siz minutes and the one hundred and fourteenth degree eighteen minutes cast longitude from the meridian of Greenwich, into a separate Colony, and the maid island and its dependencies in hereby erected into a separate Colony, accordingly, to be kann und designated as "The Colony of Hongkong.
"And We do hereby further graut, appoint, and ordain that the Governor for the time being of the said Colony, and ruch other persona BR are hereinafter designated, shall constitute and be a Legislative Connell for the maid Colony:
And We do hereby direct and appoint that, in addition to the anid Governor, the said Legislative Council shall be composed of such Public Officers within the said Colony, or of such other persons within the same
We all take drugs
and some people
eat arsenic
WHILE the authorities WH
are devising ways and means to stop drug traffick- ing, research workers all over the world are discovering new uses for drugs to help combat pain and disease.
We appreciate already aspirin for headaches, cocaine when a tooth is taken out, morphine to ease pain. The new drugs may have even better uses.
Restoring memory
One of them, benzedrine, raises the bined pressure and aids the cure of depression. It helps to overcome shyness, gives self-confidence, brings back powers of concentration.
Another experimental drug seems
jan shall from time to time be named or designated for that purpose by Ue, by any Instruction or Instructions or Warrant or Warrants, to be issued by Us for that purpose under Our Signet and Sign Manual, and with the advice of Our Privy Council, all of which Councillors shall hold their places in the said Council at our pleasure.
And we do hereby grant and ordain that the Governor for the time. being of the said Colony, with the advice of the said Legislative Council, shall have full power and authority to make and enact all such Laws and Ordinances as misy from time to time be required for the peace, order, and good government of the said Colony of Hongkong:
And that in the making of all such Laws and Ordinancer, the anid Governor shall crureise all such powers and authorities, and that the sata Legislative Council shall conform to and observe all auch rules and regulatious, ar shall be given and prescribed in and by such instructiona as We, with the advice of Our Privy Council, shall from time to time make for his and their guidance therein: Provided, nevertheless, and We do hereby reserve to Quracives, Our Heirs and Successors, Our and their right and authority to disallow any such Ordinances in the whole' or in part, and to make and catablish from time to time, with the advies and consent of Parliament, or with the advice of Our or their Privy Council, all such Laws as may to Us, or them, appear necessary, for the order, peace, and good povernment of Our said island and its dependen- cics; as fully as if theac presents has not been made;
And whereas it is expedient that an Ezccutive Council shall be memories.appointed to advice and assist the Governor of Our said Colony of capable of restoring last Two American doctors have discover Hongkong for the time being in the administration of the government ed a drug which will cure certain thercof-We do therefore, by these Our Letters Patent, authorise the types of insanity.
Governor of Our said Colony for the time being to summon, an an A few months ago a New York Executive Council, such persons as may from time to time he named university announced the discovery,
or designated by Us, in any Instructions under Our Signet and Sign after 20 years' research,, of a new drug which makes the dentist's drill- Manual, addressed to him in that behalf: ing painless.
Everyday drugs
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п new
The Soviet Academy of Science recently produced
drug. chichin, which is more effective thus the drug quinine in combating malaria.
We all take drugs. Tea and coffee contaln caffeine, drug which stimulates; beer, wines and spirits contain alcohol, a drug which tends to produce a feeling of well-being; tobacco smoking a world-wide hault -means smoking a drug which has a soothing effect.
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Drugs have different effects certain people.
Austrian and Swiss peasants, for instance, ent large quantities arsenic as a stimulant without suffer- ing inconvenience.
Craving grows
of
White men in the tropics Lake doses of quinine, to ward off fever, in quantities which would kill in ordinary European.
Habitual absorption of a drug makes the body adjust itself to It so that larger and larger doses must be taken to produce any noticeable
results.
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And We do hereby authorise, and empower the Governor of Our said Colony of Hongkong for the time being, to keep and use the Public Seal appointed for the nealing of all things whatsoever that shall pass the scal of Our said Colony:
And We do hereby give and grant, to the Governor of Our said Colony of Hongkong for the time being, full power and authority, in, Our name and on Our behalf, but subject nevertheless to such provisiona as may be in that respect contained in any Instructions which may front time to time be addressed to him by Us for that purpose, to make and behalf, under the Public Seal of execute in Our Name, and on Our Our said Colony, grants of land to Us or to any persons, bodice politic or corporate, in trust for the public uses of Our subjects there resident, or of any of them:
And We do hereby authorize and empower the Governor of Our
SATURDAY
JANUARY 2, 1997
Travel article by a a man who found a land of new charm and old charms
Britain's Neighbour
W
E landed. at Ross- lare on a Sunday! morning. It was about breakfast time. People were going to Mass.
Country roads were thronged with bicycles, donkey carts, and folk on foot.
At Enniscorthy an hour or so later our two enrs pulled up and parked with many conveyances outside the cathedral. The entrances were choked with men who were crowded
out.
"Have you ever got the bug of gold?"
"Not quite, sir, but once-begging your pardon, sir-grapefruit sir?"
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You must live in make-belleve pixie land if you would be at home In Ireland.
Wishing wells, lucky seats, springs of rare healing, formule for heart- nehe, toothache, and every other ache. Fairies, gnonies, fends every- where.
A Glendalough you struggle to make lands meet round an ancient cross. Reward: A wish. I remem- ber, 10 years ago, seeing Mr. Tim Healy trying hard with the rest of us to do it.
"Any special service?" I asked one, "Sure, It's Mass," he said. "Always as well attended?" "There'll be more people at the
You grow to feel All Irish. Per- next. There are five Masses In thehaps there is Irish blood in the veins morning, ye know.'
Our first impression. A nation at worship.
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At Killarney a week Inter we entered into the spirit of the Irish Sunday. To the cathedral, We had to stand among the worshippers in the porch.
In the afternoon to the Stadium. Crowds. Three heavily guarbed friars from the Franciscan Friary, iwo priests, and the bishop sat on form in the middle of the arena and en-
sports.
joyed the clergy be Oirishmen, too?"
The enthusiasm of the races currl. ed us away. Our party included a London stockbroker and a produce broker. Their friends would, I am sure, be glad to have movie records of these two London business men going all
ng all Irish and shouting "Come on, Finnegan," in encouragement of the local favourite, whom we loyally supported.
dinner to Heagerty's. Heagerly keeps n store and garage at n rond Junction. He provides an outdoor dancing platform at his
Aller
corner.
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of many of us. Cardinal (when Bishop) Mactory once assured me I was frish. My name, he said, was Just MncRory in another form.
When in Dublin we looked over the Dall. Two women from the country fell in with our party. "Tell mo," said one, "where does the dear man sit?"
Mr. de Valera's chair was pointed put. She promptly plumped herself in 11. "I come from his native place," she said. "It's a great honour to sit in his chair. Ye're from England?" she went on to us.
We admitted it. She held out both
hands and burst into Brac. "But of
course, ye won't understand that. It's just a hundred thousand wel- comes I'm wishing ye."
And that's how it is everywhere. Welcome to strangers whatever dif- ferences there may be among them- selves,
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Let nobody miss the following scenes, unsurpassed in Britain, some unequalled.
Choice Of Veg.
Tim O'Sullivan was there with his Recordion-travels four miles every Sunday just for the privilege of play- ing. The Inds and lassies from six miles round had come to dance.
Into Killarney for more. Never have seen such enthusiastic dancing. delightful colleens moved ilike thistledown; the young fellows skip ped and bounced and postured with these:- elegant precision.
Lichen! In the Arctic Circle a This was
the
used for real Kerry dancing lichen-Iceland mo35—IS about. The BBC should broad or eaten boiled with reindeer is sung
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that is
Not every menu includes
said Colony of Hongkong for the time being, to constitute and uppoint broadenst it. The spirit of the placeWeeds-caten by Atlantic coast-
Judges, and, in cases requisite, Commissioners of Oyer and Terminer, Justices of the Peace, and other accessary Officers and finisters of Our said Colony, for the due and impartial administration of justicó, and for putting the Laws into execution, and to administer, or cause to be administered, unto them auch Oath or Oaths, na are uarially given for the due excention and performance of offices and places, and for the clearing of truth in judicial matters:
And We do hereby give and grant unto the Governor of Our said Colony of Hongkong for the time being, full nacer and authority, as ho shall be occasion, in Our namr, and on Our behalf, to remit any fincs, penalties, or forfeitures which may occrne, or become payable to Us, provided the same do not exceed the sum of fifty pounds sterling in any one case, and to respite and suspend the payment of any such fine, penalty, or forfeiture, exceeding the raid sum of fifty pounds, until Our pleasure thereon shall be made known and signified to such Governor:
It is this reaction that helps to
And We do hereby give and grant unto the Governor of Oar seid make drug-trafficking proßlable.
The Arst small doses of opium for Colony of Hongkong for the time icing, full power and authority, as he smoking or cating soon mean. shall see occasion, in Our name and on Our behalf to grant to any craving for more frequent and larger offender convicted of any crime, in any Court, or before any Judge, quantities. The habit becomes more Justice, or Magistrate within Our said Colony, a free and unconditional and fnore expensive und demoralis-pardon, or a partion subject to such conditions as by any Law or Ing.
There are more than 2,000,000 dri: Ordinance hereafter to be in force in Our said Colony may be there- unto annexed, or any respite of the execution of the sentence of any adalets in the world; 30,000 of them
such offender, for such period as to such Governor may seem fit: are in Britain.
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And We do hereby give and grant unto the Governor of Our said Colony of Hongkong for the time being, full power and authority, upon sufficient cause to him appearing, to suspend from the exercise of his oice, within Our said Colony, any person exercising any office or place, under or by virtue of any Commission or Warrant granted, or which may be granted, by Us, or in Our name, or under Our authority, which suspension shall continue and have effect only until Our pleasure therein shall be made known and siguifled to such Governors
And We do hereby strictly require and enjoin the Governor of Our said Colony of Hongkong for the time being, în proceeding to any suck suspension, to observe the directions in that behalf, given to him by Our Instructions under Our Signet and Sign Manual, accompanying kin Commission of appointment as Governor of the raid Colony:
And in the event of the death or absence out of Our naid Colony of Hongkong of such person as may be commissioned and appointed by Us to be the Governor thereof, We do hereby provide and declare Our pleasure to be, that all and every the powers and authorities herein granted to the Governor of Our caid Colony of Hongkong for the time being, shall be, and the same are, hereby vested in such person as may be appointed by Us, by Warrant under Our Signet and-Sign Manual, to be the Lieutenant Governor of Our said Colony; or in the event of there being person upon the place commissioned and appointed by Us, to be Lieutenant Governor thereof, then Our pleasure is, and We do hereby provide and declare that, in any such contingency, all the powera and authorities hercin granted to the Governor or Lieutenant-Governor of Our said Colony, shall be, and the same are, hereby granted to the Colonial Secretary of Our said Colony for the time being, and such Lieutenant-Governor, or such Colonial Secretary, as the case may be, shall ezècute all and every the powers and authorities herein granted, until Our further pleasure shall be signified therein:
And We do hereby require and command all Our officers and ministers, civil and military, and all other the inhabitants of Our sail Colony of Hongkong, to be obedient, alding, and assisting to such person as may be commiscioned and appointed by Us to be the Governor of Our said Colony of Hongkong, or, in the event of his death or absence, to such person as may, under the provision of these Our Letters Patent, assume and exercise the functions of auch Governor:
And Wo do hereby reserve to Us, Our Heirs and Successors, full power and authority from time to time, to revoke, alter, or amend these Our Letters Patent, as to Us or them shall seem mest:
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In witness whereof, We have caused these Our Letters to be made. patent,
Witness Ourselves, at Westminster, the fifth day of April, in the
By the Queen Horself,
| sixth year of Our,Reign,
EDMUNDS.
made one feel 10 years younger,
What modest girls the colleens are!
in Scotland and Ireland-
And not a streak of paint on check only the midrib is caten).
or p.
.
the re * When "I came down to breakfast the first morning in Killarney, the old head walter approached me con- fidentially: "Did ye happen to hear the tapping in the night?"
"No. What tapping?"
The little leprechauns, sir. There are lots of 'em in the grass by the
They
mend their boots in the
of the night." "Yes, yes," I said, "Oh, yes."
"But ye don't sir. Ye should get up understand me,
get up and catch one. Hold him tight in your hand. He'll try all dodges to get away. But never take your eye off him, and In the end he'll give you a bag of gold."
Dulse (especially if growing on. mussel shells).
Carrageen (for jellies), --- Jeclanders, and Greenlanders find sargasso seaweed and bladder wrack useful, though chiefly as winter food for cattle.
English truffles: Both summer and autuma varieties grow hidden underground in chalky soll, parti-. cularly in Hampshire, Wiltshire, and Kent.
No forcing possible here. The spores take several years to develop. When ripe they give off smell of onions, garlic, or old cheese. This helps trumle hunting hogs or dogs.
You can introduce the spores artl- ficially.
The sylvan benuty of Avoca-the ancient allurements of Glendalough with the glory of lako and mountain
the footsteps of St. Kevin.
The 72 miles' drive round the Antrim coast, with its glens, ita Carrick-n-rede rope bridge, 1 Glants' Causeway.
Vergh,
mountain drive from Letter-
round the head of Loch
and the almost appailing wonder of the view from the side of Mount Errigal.
The
gorgeous stretch from. Sligo round
withd the base of the pilgrim Leenane on the fjord, beneath the mountain Croagh Patrick, down to
Pins. of Connemara, along the "miles" of fuchsia hedges,
The Ring of Kerry tour. See the Mediterranean-blue of Dingle Bay, stay a while at Parknasills, visit the Island of the troples, Garinish,
The mountain ride to Glengariff over the corkscrew pass dedicated to Tim Healy, rising 2,000ft. to cross the
Ch-Hin Mountains. Stand in awe and worship before the great crucifix' t the summit.
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I was in my bunk again. - Through the porthole I saw the waning lights. of Rosslare. The home of fairies, and gnomes, of leprechauns, of o hundred thousand welcomes faded away.
"I could have wished I was really. a MacRory.
Ulyss Rogers Mid-Week Problems
By Hubert Phillips
PROBLEM I
A SUGGESTION FOR MR. LOLLIPOP "Chorus looks pretty scraggy," said the producer to the Stage Manager.
"I know, Mr. Lollipop. We've only got the eight girls. But I've got an idea, Mr. Lollipop. Ever been to Macaroni's restaurant- with the mirrors on that
the walls?"
"Yes, Jos. What about 11?" "Why you know how, if you get a party of people there, you see them receding Infinitely into the distance?"
"Sure,"
"Well, I thought we'd do the same with our chorus. I'll put a big mirror at the back of the stage-parallel with the front row of the stalls then, Mr. Lollipop, we shall have, not eight mingy chorus girls, but rows and rows of them. It's a swell ides, you think so?"
What objection (if any) did Mr. Lollipop raise to Joe's plan? PROBLEM II FIGURES FOR
FOOTBALLERS
"In our local Football League," said Bigboots, "each team plays home and away matches against cach of the others."
"How many matches does that entail?"
case last year."
"I forget. But I know that since last season
Potham Up- words have joined the League, and that means' that the total number of matches played is 20 per cent, greater than War How many teams are competing? PROBLEM I WORD SQUARE (I) This light is useless. (2) Princess Elizabeth is the
King's.
(3) Concocted from meloh. (4) Part of a Gallie onset. (5) Taut for grammarians.
An Interesting Group-
The Rt. Hon. Geo. Lansbury, M.P., Mr. Mifes (mother of the Quads), Mr. C. 5. Taylor, M.P. (Director of Cow & Gals Ltd.), the Nurse.
THE QUADS-Ann, Michael, Paul and Ernest (with big brother Gordon).
THE Quadruplets were exceedingly pleased to meet the REL
Hon. George Lansbury recently (First Commissioner of Works
In the last British Labour Government). They recognised a fellow sportsman, and enjoyed his funny stories.
And what lovely bables they have become on Cow & Gate Milk Food! Well over normal weight now and full of the vitality and tone which this famous English milk always seems to give.