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SATURDAY, JUNE 20–1908.

LETTERS ON LIFE.

No IX

CLOCKWORK FIGURES.

HONGKONG, June, 1908. Dear Man, Did you ever ses nu Opera called "The Mountebanks writ

than most of us do. For it stands to reason that if we realised our condition to be miserable, we should try and alter it, and if we did not believe it to be so we should not sing aloud of our misery and ory for marry

And do think just for a moment of the Lies we tell of the insincerities we per- petmte in the same machine like man-

iner.

has not been half so bitter against Japan ten by i W. S. Gilbert? If an you"Must you go? Well! I am so delight

will remeteber o verso which sung:

Clockwork figures any he found Everywhere and all around; Ten to one if wa bat know Yon pre clockwork figures too.

Britain. Yet lie is sent to gaol! We feel sure that this incident will do more to damage the present British Governs I have lately been forcibly reminded meat, and incidentally do more to render of the elemcat of truth in these pro impossible any renewal of the alliance, found verses, reminded of our ter- than even the Fakumen railway ques-rible tendency to grow automatic, so Mon. Time wil show if our judgement that our very-ident, in time become is sourd

or engineered, for no apparent motive. as have been many Indian Editors, who But in moh cases it is certain that some have cscaped pralshment, against Great motive, which though insufficient and even nop-understandable to the outside observer, is satisfactory and sufficient to the persons wlio occasion these actions, What molive could Mr Bethell possers to act in ʼn maner contrary to the bost traditions of British journalism? Money? His paper suspended publica tion, not because of the impending action, but because of financial difficul ties. That explantion is therefore

ed to have seen you, murmurs & hostess to her departing guests as she bide them adieu.G

Then sinking into a chair with an air of relief the machinery gives way sod she becanes human again,

"I thought those people were never going, Jom, sad I am so tired," she ha to her husband. Oh dear, what

a nuisance entertaining is."

stereotyped, our conversations clichée,

The guests well wound up before Surely clockwork figutes could say.

have enjoyed ourselves immensely, How do you do with the cordiality aging farewell, each proteste of most human beings, and interchange Thank you so much, so good of you to sews about the weather, and the

equal intelligence.

One evening not very long ago, was travelling down in the Peak tram, we stopped at the Bowen Road Station a woman I knew well, got in

We observe that fears are expressed cancerning the future of the rice crop which is said to have sufferer severely impossible, Was Mr Bethell looking in consequence of the superabundant probable occurrence of a typhoon with Goods par Nippon undslivered after this for honours and dignities? Obviously rainfall in parts of the cangung delin

if he had been he would have adopted In Teing Un, one of the most extensive the policy of praising Japan's very districts of the province, the water has action. Honours bestowed by Japan, risen more tlum ter feat above its normal now regarded as one of the world's level, thus overflowing the embankments, great Powers, would be more valuable which, in this part of the country, are than distinctions bestowed by a poor specially constructed of a width and little "protected" state such as Korea. height to protect from flood the land

"Quite well, thank you," was her We feel then that we are justified in contingent to the river. Here from time

answer. to time disastrous floods have occurred, the dykes proving inadequate to with- Why did you not bring him with

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How do you do? I baid. Quita well, thank you," replied she **And how is your husband?" I continued.

have invited u

Onco outside and the doors closed behind them these clock work figures. also are transformed.

I was thankfpl to come away were

not you?" says one to another I cannot think why we ever accepted the invitation."

Everywhere and all around-Clock work figures!

VERONICA.

LOCAL INDUSTRY.

4

Through the courtesy of Mr D. R. Law,

10 p.m. Acetion of Sundry Old and Sax-assuming that Mr Bethell took up the attitude of antagonism to Japan because

stand the pressure of the current nugyon to-night ?" (wa were both on our The Governor Visits Quarry Bay, he conscientiously believed that she was mented as it has heen from the two way to dine at the house of a mutual Goode per Socotra andelivered after behaving in Korea in a manner which main watershede in the north of the friend)e it sugge

Ob 1 poor dear, he has been in bed exposed. Holding this view he has disaster as the bursting of river banks for quite a week, ill with an attack of published articles and news items of a has taken place, it is stated that an exmalarial fever."

And my interlocutor cannot yet

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His Excellency and Staff visited Mesere Butterfield and Swire's Sugar Refinery and Gooda per America Maru undelivered After noon this date subject to rent.

the Shippand at Quarry Bay on Friday

Mr Murray Scots, the Manager and My TRUESDAY, June 2

Lochand kindly showed the party over the 2.20 p.m.--Auction of Household Farmi-

ture, de, at Mie Gas, P. Lammert's character which brought upon hintensive area is submerged by the over-

the ignanny of being "bound over" flow, the dykes being in parts complete imagine why I was so heartless as to Refinery, and Mr Forster Nicholson. Mr Griffin and Mr Clarke conducted them libe A wilc-benter, and now, they covered by water. It is further told smile.

At dinner that evening I sat at table round the Shipyard and Docks, Tes was crowning degradation of goal. With that the town of Fatson is under flood

to Hongkong in one of the Firm's launchon Letters relating to be sineas ekould be address-r Bethell's articles, which were ex-many of its streets being for the time between an elderly man of Colonial then served after which the party returned ail to THE MANAGER.

pressions of opinion, we have nothing impassable for foot passengers. They aportance and a youth to whom which was kindly placed at their dispossi, Communications relating to news should be to do. But the news items certaiuly are in fact turned into water courses nature had been particularly kind in

the matter of personal beauty.

Ton stranger Singapore must be a wild addressed to THE EDITOR.

showed that, at all events, some of the navigable for small bests, which ply in

And what have you been doing plase to live in for they are alwaye shout- Correspondents mat forcard their names and addresses with any communications ddagruts of Japan in Koren, were behar them for hire. For a time therefore

with yourself to-LiBy, the former ingerens of the wild in the heart of the town. The latest is the Unboyary of a dressed to the Editor, not for publication buting towards the inhabitants of that until the waters abate, this well-known as evidence of good faith,

enoatry in a manner which called for commercial and industrial centrs is asked me. He always puts that same will boat in Tonk Road dot mile from

every Commercial Square, denunciation. To cite one minor intransformed into a Venice in Chion question indiscriminately to

The lealing shipping lines have issued. No anonymously signed communications that ance readers may recollect the historic Throughout Fatsban itself, and in woman he meets in a kind, fatherly,

the region adjacent, the pedestrian is Bort of way have already appeared in ether pagers will be Songdo Pagoda, which was “

Bacquired "

likely now to meet with considerable Playing golf with you if you will notice to shippers ststing that on and after July 1 next bills of lading on which Kinserted.

Orders for catro cepiva of the Cisa Mazunder peculiar circumstances by co less difficulty in traversing public thorough remember, " I answered,

freight in prepayable will not be surrender- should be sent before 12 a. on the day after a person than the special emissary of fares, highwaya na well as bywys being By Jove yea, how stupid I am," bied until the freight has been paid, also publication. After that hour the supply is of Eraperor of Japan. The pro-Japan-to a considerable extent under water said laughing quite pleasantly at that bills of lading will not be couoker-- limited. Cash 10 eta., Credit 50 da, per asc papers published in English in The outlook for the farmer and the siding himself caught out.

signed in delivery orders granted for cargo en which freight bas to be collected here until the runout due bas leen paid..

All letters for publication should be written on one side of the paper only.

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resignation will be greatly regetted by his

Ten to one if we only knew Alterations and additions to Advertisements Japan Hatly denied the "acquisition" poorer population generally is becoming on Pages 1, 2, 2, 3 and 7, should be sent to our and one of them went so far as to sufficiently serions. The consequences Tou are a clockwork figure too," Office at 5 Wyndham Street not inter than 11 am, New Advertisements should be sent to characterise Mr Bothell, who first of à pour rice invest in the southern said patiently, and then. I turned our Office at E, Queen's Road Central before reported the acquistion, as a "lar and central parts of Kwangtung are to hear what original remarks the

felt in a variety of ways that are neighbour on my left had to offer, In a few mouths that journal had to

not always obvious at the time Beastly weather we're having" he | not ordered for a fixed period will be continued shamefacedly admit that Mr Bethell had when disturbing estises sucit ne floods began brightly, and not at al as if it all upon his time. Needless to say his

been perfectly correct.. fr Bethell, and drought are most in opelation. In had affected him in any way. whatever errors of judgment he may bad years public order is largely affect The remark did not seem like the colleagues and, the Chese commooty have committed, has done a service toed, rubber bands are recruited from the humanity in exposing the abuses of ranks of the suffering peasantry, and Japanese governance in Korea. The the task of ruling no easy one at world was the more ready to beliere ordinary times and under normal con- ditions in this part of China, becomes in their authenticity by reason of un-one of special difficulty.

isputed facts in Manchuria. The dooria Maneturia has not been opened.

The China Mail.

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The Governor has given his nssont on

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Ta British papers is very pudiation does not open a deer which papers.

The excavation work at Causeway Bay wisely given a degree of freedom which has been carefully and designedly is the subject of a notice calling for tenders we believe to be unequalled in any closed. It was the Hsiumintan Faku in the Goremment Gazette."

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WATSON'S

D. SHERRY

opening of a really elevating convers. generally ation, so I merely acquiesced.

"Favn't been able to see the Peak

"In place of Brevet Colonel F. E, Kent, who retires on hali pay after completion of to-day," he continued.

Are yours service as Regtinental Lieutenant "No," I granted.

Colonel, Lisht, Colonel G. D. Chamior, And I don't suppose we shall so it c.M.G., Royal Garrison Artillery, Ofleer for aucther month or so now," and with | Commanding Militia and Volunteer Arul- that the youth turned to his other lory, Woolwich, and who was a command of neighbour and made those same three the Ardillery during the legs of Kimberley, remarks all over again, for I am not has besa appointed Commander of the ashamed to confess that I had the Royal Artillery, in South Chins. curiosity to listen.

Aminer writes to the Times of

Then I touched hith on the arm, "I want to tell you a little story? I said. Malaya" and drawn attention to an increas

“Once upon a time two ladies who geri). Hundreds of women, he says, go out every day stealing kin-tru over Govern« had not seen each other for many years ment land, or even encroaching on lessed met again in the street.

land, when the lesson is absent, whilst ***So delighted to see you again," re their loading husbands remain at home

that Gorernment took this matter in hand

other recherchical country. That this men railway difficulty which first It is notified in the Gastbo" that marked one. Why you are scarcely smoking or sleeping. It is certainly time

freedom is matíme, abused is moused the slow thinking British poo proof that the policy of permitting the ple to wonder whether the Ally was press to unrestrainedly comment upon really playing the game" according public affairs is unwise, Rights, as to the rules. To rato a contract givon wall us privileges may be abused to a British firm on grounde which

Superior Pale Dry. Taking it all in all a free prese has had insult the intelligence was to give to

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Jurata and Bitanki, P. I will be closed as altered at all.”

"'Bo_glauf," answered the other, and or the legitimate miner will be wiped out. ports of entry on the 30th inst.

Mr LA. M. Johnston, Postmaster how little changed you are? Why bow General, is gavetto e Columial Trommer long is it since we met?!

**"About ten years if not longer, said the first one.

in the sbranna of Mr A. M. Thomson,

Tenders are called for in the curent Gazette for the supply of Japanese Akaike lump coal for the Kolom-Canton milway, British Bection.

“And why bare you never looked me ap-you surely knew where i was living? ----

My dear, just look at the weather

The Barma Oil Company have inado à

sul cart with their new scheme of transporting oil by speline from Yenang yaung odfelds to the pumping sintion at Prinhinhts, some twenty five miles above Prome, says a Singapore contemporary 1800 tons of oil were delivered through the pepeling into boats moored at Fylnbinhla These wore Lowed to Rangdon by the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company's steamer Pelan

& very great deal to do with making the British poople throughout the our Empire what it is. It is the world an unexpected shock, We with something like wonder that we would ask readers, and our local Ja- observe that our traditional policy has panese friends--of whom we are glad 108th Maharetta Baul will play special

At the Kowloon Hotel to-night the We have had, rejoined the other."

Ha Ha langhed my youthful neigh- been departed from in regard to Mr.

to say we have many to recall that selections during and after dinner. The bour, that's a jolly good story - E. T. Bethell, latoly of the Koren have hitherto reserved judgment on make his guests comfortable,

propriety of the hotel is sparing no pains. But I do not think he saw the point The Straits Times is informed that

B8 bpplied to himself

the Teochews and Hokiena. Li Singapore. It is not only in little trivial ways aro 1100 joimug the Cant Lieut. Col. Chwing, who has been terday, however, we were enabled to

appointed to Canton, is in the Colony that we grow mechanical. Religion be- boyu publish Japan's defence of her action. Boven here tomorrow for Canton comes formula, art, a pretence The Since perusing this we feel compelled whore he will host by the civil and Society man or woman is an automatio

unlitary officials on landing at the Fati.

har, the popular novelist perpetually to say that if there is not au extraordinary outburst of indignation in

Rainier Beer Daily Her". We may say an open this particular action of Japan. Ter

we do not identify ourselves with the policy for which Mr, Bethell was the LIGHT, wholesome, and leading exponent. That policy was persistent and unrelenting hostility to invigorating

Japan. That is a policy we cannot Undoubtedly the best Bee

endoree. Japan is entitled to precisely brewed in America.

the same treatment as every other na tion, Ooofdental or Oriental: Sho should be commended when her actions

time

At a meeting of the Sanitary Board, toproduces the same types, the success which is to be held on Tuesday, an applice-ful business man becamos a mere money * the British prese we are willing to fere tion for permission to reduce the open grinding machine. Even History rapeɛta fem

8. WATSON & 00, deverse oulogy and denounced when

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her behaviour dalla for reproof. Litar fairly cloas atudy of the Korea

its ince Daily News are constrained to say that we have

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go day reputation we may possess de space on the ground floor of the Hongkong beervers of events and edges of their Hotel by 300 squnks fect is to be com results. It was hoped by thos0 Well

among whom disposed towards Japan,

we eines ourselves, that she would be able to supply some defence sufficient. specious to render its acceptance by

ourselves

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