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Sunset and the
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BY N.S. WHITESTONE
T. Paul Gregory
tells about
Sniffs
of Snuff
NE of the most unusual
ONE
roles in the history of the China trade has been played by that familiar domestic commodity of our ancestors-snuff. Not even the ubiquitous cigarette of our modern era has enjoyed "NIGHT THE
STAR" and with the full strength of WITH WHAT offence is the
greater popularity; for less muscular limbs hurls the belt man charged? Attempted glides all but impercep- aloft and out to the sinking man, suicide would appear not to be a
than a century since, the of a well-filled tibly over the shimmering, Other belts quickly follow and criminal or punishable offence in offering sunny harbour, turning her there is little danger to the the Colony, and the possessor of snuff-box to one's acquain- back to the multi-coloured would-be suicide, who is quickly an incradicable desire for a sup tances was regarded in the
a passing walla of Lysol need, I suppose, con- glories of the sinking sun rescued by
Nowadays, of course, excapt beyond the purpling hills walla and hauled to safety; a jure up no fears of again awak-light of a social grace.
miserable, drenched, shivering ening in status quo ante, withi surely a sight scarcely to be mortal, tugged aboard the Ferry the added disadvantage of find in certain isolated communities, surpassed, and towards with scant care or ceremony, ing a large, red-faced note the use of snuff is practically obsolete, although singularly which but few of the homing teeth, chattering and limbs a booked policeman at the bedside, crowd cast even a glance, tremble, pools of water collecting eager and ready for a heart-to-enough, it is still in vogue in
in his wake. The life-belts are heart chat! and but one gazes back at boathooked aboard and we con-
Hongkong Telegraphi. the landing, loth to part tinue our journey homewards,
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1930.
Marine Inquiries
The Merchant Shipping Or- dinance of 1809 provides for public inquiries into shipwrecks or other casualties affecting ships. An anomaly arises, how- ever. The Ordinance makes provision for inquiries into casualties in which ships are in- volved, but in the definition of ships expressly exempts junka.
As the Ordinance now stands, it appears that there is no authority to demand an inquiry into an accident involving a ship and a junk, or involving two junks,
with the poignant, heart- By some chance or in he al- ways there?-un official is on stirring loveliness.
board. He takes charge of the An unaccountable spurn- skinny derelict, and at Kowloon, ing of a gift for which we the pair march off, presumably pay nothing, and for an in- to the Water Police Station. ferior representation of which the rich man pays thousands.
A crowd to ponder over. Hongkong has endured many a bitter taunt and Far fewer are biting gibe. the words of praise.
A Few
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China; for in this ancient land Possibly the rescued man was many of the established habits not charged with anything any of the past have not yet fallen how, but humanely dried and into desuetude. Indeed, there is n considerable percentage among fed and told to think it over.
What does happen in such the more conservative element cases, and with what conceiv. of the Chinese people who retaln able offence could he be charged, with affection this habit of suicide excepted?
Hints on
BEING AN EXPERT!
another era. For them, more- over, snuff is a daily necessity, and strange as it may appear, an exceedingly expensive one; for these devotees of pei-vin, or "nose tobacco" as it is termed in the vernacular, have the tastes of true virtuosi, compared with whom the most avid con- noisseurs of rare wines pale into insignificance.
ACTUALLY it is quite easy to being books in a language which ARISTOCRATIC CULT
an expert; you have only to neither he nor his friends under-
Strangely enough, snuff- To the carping visitor we listen to experts talking to realise stood.
taxing as practised by old- I have a friend who is reputed to might well retort: "Come and this.
fashioned Chinese has been see our Ferry !"
First you must decide upon which be an authority on art. One Sunday
to the status of an subject you would like to be an ex- he was strolling along a London elevated Other countries and colonies pert. The fald is wide, and for your street when it came on rain. Like aristocratic cult, distinguished intermingle their varied popu- benefit it might be as well to give a most townsmen he had never been by a number of opinions and be lations, but never with so com- few general hints on the best sub. inside the Art Galleries, but as he
say the least, Actually, departmental in-plete and feel timid or out of fects, and those to avoid.
was near them, and it was raining, liefs which, to he decided to kill two birds with one seem to the uninitiated to be quiries are sometimes held, al-plete and admirable a success as Always avoid a subject that has stone.
whimsical and even fantastic. though the authority for them does Hongkong.
hard and fast rules and anything connected with "dates," It is ustless) When he came out again he ran For instance, there is the notion cannot be found in the Merchant
knowing when the Battle of Hastags into a
This man that snuff, in order to be good, Shipping Ordinance. But they
was fought, or when Alfred burned could not understand why anyone must be old; for, like wine, It is are informal and although law-
HERE NO ONE, of whatever the cakes. To know them would should want to visit the Arl
(Indeed, also take months of memorising, and then lerits, even on a wet Sunday, and he alleged to improve with age, and those of none at all) need feel; you could not argue about them put it down to the only possible rea-, after a hundred years or 60, it
You must pick a subjret that does son. My friend was an expert! not need memorising, and which
Ich The Confident Manner timid or out of place.
certainly allows you to argue. The The
yers are present to watch the
interests of those involved, the evidence is not taken on oath, as
in a regularly constituted Marine Court of Inquiry.
The Press is rigidly excluded from these departmental in- quiries, and what transpires behind the closed doors is known only to the princinals and de- partmental authorities.
An anomaly exists here that should be corrected. While it would be absurd to require that every accident involving junks should be investigated, we be lieve that if a marine accident in serious enough to warrant a departmental inquiry, it is
serious enough to be carried out in a regularly constituted Court, at which evidence is given on
and Press should have ncecss.
onth, and to which the public
nationality
man 11 knew.
fortuitous arc
On-
enges. Not
acquires a 'bouquet' which is absolutely incomparable, and in- cidentally, a value which is irre- Indian constables-of
mort controversial the subject, the It is as easy as that. Of course, many times greater than its prouchable manners; British stronger is your position. Moreover, these males of the tired business and always pick a subject which no one everyone gets a reputation thrust weight in silver.
The grades of snuff in most.... other varieties: neat, dapper, knows anything about-whether it is upon him. Most people beautifully
demand are those imported into coiffured steno- the evolution of a tea cup, or politics. work for it.
To do this you must cultivate China from Portugal in the time graphers; wealthy, long -gown- Flying Start
confident manner. It does not mat- ed, gentle-mannered Chinese;
have to:-
Probably the quickest way to be-ter what you say as long as you say of the Manchu emperors Ch'len the inevitable harsh-voiced Ger- come an expert in iu fly the Atlantic, it confidently. Few people have the Lung and Chia Ch'ing (circa man; an occasional gesticulat- swim to Macau, or become a film courage to contradict anyone who 1735-1820), which are packed in
sharp-toned Italian; a star.
The last is much to be pre-, speaks as though he knew every gilt ornamented glass bottles of ing,
Then you become an expert thing. Parsee lady with the delicate, ferred.
on love, home, and the opposite sex;}
George Bernard Shaw was prob early American manufacture. of various lovely hands of race, the perfect- and you can write books on religion, ubly is a shy man. Speaking to These bottles are ly moulded limbs gorgeously your experiences, nothing, or Bny-strangers was torture to him. And sizes ranging from 2 to 20 gowned; Chinese and Portuguese thing-and, what is more surprising, then he discovered that if he spoke ounces, and while in the country loudly and confidently people would of their origin, they were proba clerks, unreasonably neat and sell them!
listen to him. The subject was im-
n
intent upon the booked And yet it is ridiculously easy to gain difficult point, and then say: "Rub-
bisli!"
a reputation.
knuff.
According to the firm belief of the present-day Chinese de- voter of snuff, the commodity, to be of value, must be in the ori-
tidy after a sweltering day; a Having decided upon which sub-material, and it did not matter what bly intended to hold spirits or French priest; a trio of cream-ject you wish to be an expert, the he said. As long as he spoke loudly liqueurs, they were utiused by the foreign merchants at Can- authority. and-black Maryknolls, obviously next item on the agenda la to become he
this is the Another method in to wait until ton to serve as containers for women of gentle breeding, eyes one. Funnily enough,
part which stumps most people. someone has anished explaining words-never have I succeeded
That is all. But in nine PRECIOUS COMMODITY in catching a fleeting glance;| Arnold Bennett tells how he gained cases out of ten the speaker will Last week such a depart-and our grand old man, the a literary reputation simply by buy-j (Continued on Page 5.) mental inquiry was, in fact. litheness of whom belies one ad- held. It was an inquiry into thejective, with his gracious,charm- circumstances surrounding the sinking in mid-harbour of a junk, a large number of men, women and children aboard be. ing rescued by European pas- sengers on a Star Ferry. What transpired at that inquiry is un- known, and in all probability will not be made known. Humanity to Animals
ing lady, bound on yet another GRIN AND BEAR IT earrand of social benevolence.
But one other town do I know where such a congregation ami- cably rub shoulders, and noņe where the alloy is so complete.
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ONE PASSENGER holds him- self aloof. On the lower deck. A poorly clad little old Chinese stands gazing fixedly' down the wake.
Every precaution to protect men, women and children of European cities in event of war is being taken-and being taken
In mid harbour; a sharp for granted. What of animals? "plop" seemed to synchronise Even while the cables and wire-exnctly with the flinging of ai less were crowded with tho life-belt from the upper deck by developments on which the issue a ready-witted and quick-action-
ed Briton. of war or peace hung, camo des- patches that the safety of Truly a remarkable example animals was not being over- of the deceptiveness of British looked, in England at least. phlegm. One moment this grey- London has developed a gas-ing, middle aged fellow, whose proof kennel for cats and dogs appearance gives no hint of any- and started an air-raid protec- thing beyond mediocre mental tion fund for pets. Animals capacity, is apparently complete-
were objects of human solicitudely absorbed in his own thoughts
in those tense hours.
Man's humanity to animals is more credible than mankind's Inhumanity to men, and in it is proof of the existence of motives which will one day predominate in all human experience.
and not too pleasant thoughts at that, judging from the half- scowl upon the anxious features; the next moment his world is changed and he springs to vivid, pulsating, creativo life; he leaps to the rail, wrenches out the bolt
By Lichty ginal glass pnial in which it was
"Parties! Parties! Parties! I've been up every afternoon this week?".
packed so long ago, and as four- teen distinct blends and seven different atyles of containers are recognised, it requires no little art to be able to distinguish with sufficient exactitude the many variations of the product. Each grade, moreover, is of a different valuc, and, LA ro- marked above, this snuff which has survived through the years with its flavour unimpaired is extremely precious. A four ounce bottle of genuine old snuff will command at the present time, no less than $45 in H.K. currency, while one of say 16 or 20 ounces will easily fetch $160
or even more.
Modern varieties of snuff, regardless of the country of origin, are regarded with con- tempt, and only the verlest ama- teur would think of cheapening his exotic vice by partaking of them.
Even the rickaha coblies of Swatow, who, incidentally, are greatly addicted to the use of snuff, scorn recent Importations, and, as far as their limited means permit, endeavour to pur chase blends which have been (Continued on Page 5.)