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conrey pathce, but Hardel could do the same thing in the major, they tell us. To all convention, just ns language, but language has deve- logod usefully, while husie at most is only beginning. We believe there ia sincerity in the musicien who be loves himself so he expressing an emotion. So he is.. He is express

LOCAL AND GENERAL"

HONGKONG IN THE 'EIGHTIES.

Today's dollar—39. 77 11-16d.

To-day's return of communicable BY GERSHOX STEWART, M.P. disease gives two Chinese deaths from enteric fever.

The Canton Government is 30

Lamotion to others. A Frenchman American sailors of the "Fam

nay tall a "London gutterenie tlat ha is "malheureuse" and mean it and feel it, but the child will only laugh. A boy man going hou.e Iste expresses his happiness in hearse yells, which signify that he is care fres and that all the world is a jolly good fellow. But if you couldn't see him, and hud only the noise to

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1919.

TINY INTERVIEWS.

to be held before Christmas, no

same

Art. C. Grenvilla Alabaster.—An ro official announcement has bee made of the forthcoming vacancy on the Legislative Council, I bave

I intend to stanil for... nothing to say at present as to what

are at one.

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for women," and the proper discharge of the relative duties of the sexes in relation to the State. Quite a aum- ber of the "Powerful" officers have distinguished themselves during the war, especially Admiral Halsey, who was a sprightly young lieuten ant in the closing years of the fast century. I am pleased to contribute a few fashionable, and, the old V.R.C. Boat Rowing in my early days was very fing, in his own way, his own emotion, hard up that it hasn't, paid the lines of reminiscences of my life in Club and Swimming Bath were very Hongkong. I remember leaving much frequented between October What we buy is that he cannot guar widows of the city their usual quar Dover one very dark and blowy and Christmas. The Regatta used

night toward the end of 1882 in a

Mr. H. W. Bird.--With Mr. antee to convey or transfer thatterly dole.

small paddle-boat, which made sa very lively crossing. We joined the doubt to let us go out of training labaster I do not differ very much, before plum-pudding time arrived. except on the question of Constitu- panga" saved a twelve year old boy old P.&O. steamer Pourah at Brin

It is one of the proudest recollectional Reform. There I think he is from drowning in the river at Can-disi. She was a square-rigged vessel. tions which I treasure that the Scotch wrong. On the Housing question we ten on Sunday.

the last vessel with "yards" I ever Four won the International Challenge travelled on. How dim the old ships Cup outright, by winning the Interna- were compared with present-day mail tional Races in 1983 and 1884. The Archdeacon of Hongkong steamers! I look upon the elec There were only four Scopemen gratefully acknowledges an anony.tric light as one of the greatest im rowing in

Mr. J. R. Wood. The robber those two Regattas, mous gift of $72 for the support of travel. What a happy change from

provements in the comfort of modern and the crew was the

whose death was fully reported in both occasions-Mr. a Chinese village school teacher.

Glass, the Press is now in the Jail Host the oil lamp, which was the only one Mr. Godlad, Sir James Stewart pital, progressing favourably for early available in 1832. The monthly whist, drive of the

Mr. James Orange was a fellow Lockhart, and myself. There were English, Welsh, Irish and German was being galotted by armed res. Royal Nava! Quadrille Club is being passenger. He was coming out to crews against us. How we managed held this evening in the Royal Naval buld the Tytam Water Works, which to win I do not offer to explain, but Theatre, Praya East, commencing at leaving the Government service. The to do it. I wonder how the new he successfully accomplished before I remember we worked awfully hard The Encyclopedia Britann

8.15 p.m.

mail steamer took eight or nine days Naval Dock has affected the old V. which, to be sure, kdows inore than

to come up from Singapore, owing R.C. Bath, or whether it exists at all. we do, sips that," while the langu "Not so very long ago the allow to a heavy monsoon and various it used to be very dark and muddy, age of music has been wholly creatance for civilian clothes for a breakdowns in the engines, and there and I well remember nearly breaking.

wireless in those days, so ed hy art, it is yet a perfectly discharged soldier was 5s. Now it was no

my neck by striking the bottom with we found the colony a little anxious my head when diving in the dark orgatised us to be in it of naturalis 523. 6d. for a suit and 40s. for an

as to what had happened. In due after rowing. I recollect so that the listener will best lean overcoat.

course I reported my arrival at the P. H. old Hongkong Bank, where I met shoulder by doing the same thing. May putting out his to urdistand by me vly 19 Ltd divesting his trial of prepatiess and

Henry Charles Wakeman, Euro-my afterwards, well-beloved friend, an Irish military doctor happened to pean, was fined $5 by Mr. J. R. Mr. Jackson, or rather the great T.be there and he promptly took off allowing the music to make itself Wood at the Magistracy this He was then a young and active one his boots, put his stockinged intelligible by its nua sellist morning. He was found by a con-man, adding daily to the reputation foot under Sir F. May's armpit, and,

he then enjoyed, and which he steadily ed, that's fudge, probably a muse

shoulder with a loud click. The century. The old bank premises' in lan's fulge. Real language is o

Hongkong were very dark and small! creation of art, perfectly organized.

and dingy when we compare them with the present palatial quarters bably outgrowing.

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Mr. J. O. Sheppard. Because of the import embargo on rice into the United States, shipping has fallen off etasiderably.

Mr. P. D. Sutherland.-Your energetic chief was in yesterday and

for your good · buncced me out of an, advertisement

paper.

Mr. O. 5. Ritter-China New

So far as we are,concern stable sleeping in Queen's Road in a added to for the next quarter of a taking hold of his arm, pulled in his Year has resulted in a decline of the

drunken condition.

To-day's "Canton Times" gives

but to understand it the Tener the "Bulletin's" message from Fek-which I expect the bank is now pro first to burn it. It is only thing about Japan and China word for igible" when he knows the correct word and headline for headline: but wymbols for things. Me fais no credits it to Reuter. Surely friend such comprehensive quantity of sym-

Reuter will object. bols, amit is so little "natural"

On the street near the City Cigar that any three qutual den will bare store, some Chinese dropped a large three meanings for the same pleesexthenware jar of paint at lunch A picture can tell a story, bus no time. They patiently scraped up all mer colleestion of ele e car. It

they could and put it in kerosene

veys the message. We class music

It is sometimes not realised that the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, in addition being the greatest British commercial institution east to Suez, has been for over thirty pulitical asset for the British Empire years without doubt the greatest in China and throughout the Far East, and long may it continue to increase and Rourish in that respect. One of the things that struck me

language used during the operation

number of steeruge paisun,es going to the United Status.

prevalence of armed robbers, by St. T. Breek. Owing to the

recent heavy sufferas, and to the which Messrs. Falconer & Co. were

admitted shortage at present of the Police Force, I have taken special and unusual measures to safeguard

Mr. A.S. Sorensen.-I don't think

is the, drawing, the form. that contins: bit the City still gains a useful very forcibly on my arrival was the Popular, for he had a very cutting and much of the well-fourded" repor with colour in that way. Musical/top-dressing for that section of the healthy, vigorous appearance of all I remember, in particular, that He Japan Chim question. Still there

in yesterday's Bulletin" on the

may be some truth in it.

is not for publication."

Politically Hongkonz was very enjoying a calm after the turbulent peaceful in 1833 and 1894 It was

But under Sir William Des Voeux days of Sir John Pope Hennessey and Sir William Robinson there was a great revival of political. activity, wher the Popular Cause was vigorously championed by Mr. Whitehead and Mr. Francis. those days, under Mr. Fraser Smith,

The "Hongkong Telegraph" of our property.

was a vary outspoken newspaper. Mr. Fraser Smith was naturally not

unsparing way of stating his view. the Europeans. One had heard a cordially hated the Germans. I language is belter the papascal, street.

a good deal about the bad climate rather think he applied the term but a pleasant ngle of Meso- :

of Hongkong; but at my first dances to them even in those days. potamian words:

The China Mill" acknow-in the City Hall I particularly noticed In any case, he adopted an antagon without iden in them do not muke, literature..

ledges, with pleasure. receipt of an this. Ladies were then much feweristic attitude towards them, and was Mr. A. McKirdy.-Everything I The Book of Job is better that attractive calendar from Gerin, Dre in number than they are now, and in turn hated by the strong Germanin shape now for the Billiard Cham

vard and Company, Hongkong agents by a crowd of suppliants for her. Tennyson's In Memoriam," and a

every dancing lady was surrounded interests at that time existing The China adgurgling from a bottomless jugs YouReuter's telegrun is more intelligendar is especially useful to that on dances then,

for Copper Queen Belting. The cal. favour. We stood in queues for world upon the present one, he can

If he can look down from the other pionship of the Colony. The V.R.C.

table has been fixed up, seating ar.. see what we mean? Once, in a

23 we stand in risida inn, in an atmosphere of

to the nominal mied than Mendels

for butter each leaf are the days of the past, queues

at least claim to having warned us ungements seen to, and officiale DOW. Those rank tobacco smoke and stale ale, we then, if any local champion of music song without words." Even

current and next months.

great days for

amply about German characteristics.appointed. There is no reason I s40 cricket, heard an unimportant young fellow

and matches were followed with In this connection it is only fair to thinks all this wrong, we'll give him"

the acutest interest. There was

say that the clder generation of Ger- why. it shouldn't work as smoothly sing a thing called "Hi-tid-diely-hi.

The Magistrate's Clerk at the no golf, no polo, no sailing, no newmans who had come cut long before as last year... ti-hi." It was understood to express space to present the contrary view. London Guildhall is one of those men territory to go over to, and little the Huns began to sing. Deutsch- the age of joviality and bacchana. We cannot say more fairly than who will lose their jobs when England tennis at that time. The cricket land uber Alles were a very dif joy. As we couldn't distinguir that, can we? We shall expect him reforms itself. He is too clever. He ground largely absorbed local sport ferent sort of person to the young ing interest, and the standard of play Frussianised German who succeeded the words, owing to the peculiar to explain why, if muste is a lang told a lady detective/she must not was good.

them The growth of German in- enunciation and breathing of the

say she saw a woman "steal;" she There were a large number of fluence during the time I was in China fell the whady story of a man's life., we had only the melody to

must say she saw her "take;" it is really good players at that time, one was very clear, and very interesting for the magistrate to decide whether of whom, Lieut. Bunbury; of The to watch. I remember perfectly see- Buffs, I met as a Colonel and Provo ing the first Norddeutscher Lloyd she stole Having achieved this Marshal at St. Omer whilst are: in steamer coming in. I think she was triumph, he tried again when the France at the end of 1915.

either the Bayern. or the Sachsen, detective accused another woman of retained the liveliest recollections and she was steadily followed year nothing fresh in the way of robberies

China Mail,” covering the actions of the first. of his Hongkong days, and we by year by more and more ships; hero. Sorry I have no news for the

spent a very pleasant evening and how keen British people were to “She was not covering her actions talking over old times. The North travel by them and pour money into or you would not have seen her take amptons, who followed The Buffs. Then in due course came The afternoons at Kowloon, shooting for

German hands. were great cricketing regimant, and I was interested to meet recently Mailed Fist Prince Henry of silver spoons, and sometimes winning Colonel Osborne Smith, who, as a Prussia," in the remarkable old wooden ones instead. young lieutenant, was a very usefai Deutschland; the German Navy go- Public Health The Government ing ahead steadily until in 1914 it have on their shoulders the very heavy bowler. of my trips to the Frost metingent they were stronger than our precautions in regard to public health It was very interesting during one was an open question whether or responsibility of having neglected all

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, FL. 6, 1810.

HERESY ABOUT MUSIC.

Recently, we had in Hongkong a lady musicina who in one piece, that is to eay, in one series of more or be agreeable noises, professed to

Since then we have had the Russian

solin"

age, musient committees do not play their debutes, instead of speechify

account for our emotions, not yet ing. forgotten. They were deeply ralig. performers, who have been contous in quality, and full of that ing (according to our musical critic) sense of the unworthiness of carnal equally extmordinary messages. Is

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JAPAN AND CHINA.

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Mr. D. M. Goodall-There's quite

a craze for dancing in the Colony, so we're making Wiseman's bigger by putting of an extra room which will be used for dancing.

Mr. S. Komor.--No!

There's

it permissible in a cold-blooded sort and material pleasures which leads. of way to usk if there isn't a mistake aspiration and mond endeavour. gomewhere? Or even a bogus pre-his is a serious and truthful state- tension?

can" inarticulate ment. Not a joke,-

It is curious that music should be There is nothing particularly new Bounds communicate + wherest

so respectable, since analysie (and in the assertion that Japan has been Departing on the "China," China parrative? How can sweet tops rhythmically arranged do the work our theory as just outlined) show it bullying China with regard to her Mail S. S. Co., to-morrow, for Shang- to be a purely sensual thing, with attitude at the Pur's "Conference, hai, are Sir Havilland and Lady Saus. of words?

We think it is all huming. Notional appeal. Shakespeare has and so far as we are in a position to marez, Mr. A. G. Stephen, manager a number of officers who had served China Fleet at that time. C. in C. in Hongcang during the years 1890 a lot to answer for, since he said that judge, there is not too much truth of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank in Hongkong, such Colonel Amiral Tirpitz was always to 1894. They were well warned for "that we do not enjoy musie; but that

we have noticed bow in changed con about men without music in their Japan, la funits, but she also bus at Shanghai, Mr. Maitland, one of Edmonds and Colonel Lewin and Eumpy old gentleman, and I don't years, before the great patbraas of ditions the same piece of music can soils. We place music (even the enfriends, persons who seem to take the leading exchange brokers of Major Badham Thornhill. I had suppose his temper is any better at Plague in 1894, by the Colonial sur

not the luck to meet either Sir F. the present time. I met his son gean, Dr. Ayres, burit required that, fectus differently; and we are not bout) on a level with the mode action, and exaggerating every Mr. Biggar has been in charge of the were both well kown and cordially prison camp at Deffryn Aled, in them to do anything. The old adage - delight in misrepresenting her every Shanghai, and Mr. and Mrs. Biggar, Glubo or Sir G. Micdanogh. They when inspecting the German officers word embracing calamity to induce peculiar. It seems obvious that novel of sensation. A time-passing various men would interpret a piece device, with agreeable thrills. Per tumour against her. In fact, they Hongkong office of the American liked in their younger days when Wales, and we had 9001 conversa Prevention is better that cure was in different ways The composer

haps someone will say, But what copy the Kaiser and his silly Yel Express Company, and goes to Shang-members of the R.E. Mess. They tions about Hongkong and people steadily neglected, and one of the both have readered distinguished an 3 we both know, for he had serve most helpful and hopeful signs oË thinks, let us say, of the present

about religious music? Remalaitrant low Peril" scream. For one thing, hai to assume the management of conspicuous service in the war The Some time in the German China the present day is the interest dis-

latter is now Adjutant-General, and Squadron.REM sondition of Europe, and site down answer, Well, what? Is there the allegation of Japanese instance, the office there.

since his arrival at the War Once I Daring the period of German ex played in the matter of public health, Typhoons. What a time we used to compose a piece to express it, or any music that is intrinsically relig- with threats, that China must keep

pansion we expanded also by acquire to have when we had no observatory hi thought of it. He will incor. ious? If so, what about Wesley's secret from the Paris Conference the FOUR NEW SCHOLARSHIPS have met him several tima."

But old China hands in the Navying the new territory. It entailed and no typhoon warnings! There idea that the Devil should not have Sino-Japanese agreements (unspeci

have played even a more distinguished slight military operations, dating are both now, and I am thankful porate passages to represent echoes

fied) is foolish on the face of it. What about of hideous war, the unreet of the all the good tunes?

role; and, to quote only Admirals which our transport arrangements that there is also a typhoon refuge, Such secrecy would not avail to The magazine of Ellis Kadoorie fellicas, Beatty, Keyes, Jerram and were somewhat strained. A friend which I agitated for when I was in proletariat, the suffering of women the Salvation Army music? No, 20 over-ride any agreement by the College. Honam, has this note: and children, the pot-bellied com. We suppose the so-called religious Powers in Conference, who could: Mr. Lau Chu Pak, our Honorare best amongst the friends of our plumcake into his pocket when start Hugh's house at Magazine Gap Through the efforts of the Hon. Gant, show that we had the very of mine luckily put a large piece of the Coins : 1. recollect. Mr. T. F ing; it was all he had for 24 hour being partly blown away, and that placence of politicians, the clink of music to be only conventionally so.

and would, decline to recognize any Secretary, four new scholarships,

younger days.

One amongst the naval officers Then one remembers the Boxer he had to collect contents and so on. That, mind you,] money,

The word, is derived from the agreement sprung upon them after each of the annual value of $25, well knows in China is my fellow trouble, and the Germans coming of his wardrobe off the is his seriously held idea of the pos Greek, and the Greek word embraced sibilities of his art. Very well. The all arts under the Muses that were Allies are, they are not fools, which after the generous donors, Messrs. Cap the Hor. Hedworth Lambton. their man. I recollect seeing Count became him so well at the races, was Whatever our Japanes These scholarships will be named Heworth Mean, formerly known as poor Chinese villagers just to blood His magnificent starlet coat, which have been obtained for the school member Admiral-of-the Fleet Sir out after it was all over and killing trees between the Gap and Aberdeen.

piece is played. In the audience not*** gymnastic." Mathematica

is more than we can say for some Lau Chu Pak, Chan Kai Ming, Ho When Captain of the Powerful," Walderses embarking from the salved, I believe, hanging on to a fir there are, among others, a man in were music to the Greeks; so were of their most extremist critics. Fook, and Chau Tung Shang. The he and the whole ship's company Murray Pier, surrounds by brilliant tres. And there were other parts of love, a man with acute indigestion, poetry and astronomy.. Is distin- is also desirable-to remember that school now possesses five scholar entered into our life in Hongkongly uniformed officers of all nation the contents of the wardrobe, which a man who has just loot £10,000 on guished mental development as op communiques coming out of Peking Scholarship of $40, which was found-which was remarkable. Late in 1899 of Nations then. Let us hope that ing, picked up, in much the same sort ships, including the Ho Kom-tong with a heartiness and camaraderie alities. We seemed to have a League modesty prevents me from mention- 4 consignment of rice, a man with a posed to physical. This would make do not invariably, bear the hallmarted several years ago by Mr. Ho Kom the "Powerful" left Hongkong to pro the next League of Nations, if we of place. Speaking of the Race Club, hob-mailed liver, a religious man, it appear that the Greek are against of ingenuity. When we reparked tong. The best thanks of the school ceed post haste to save the position have one, will not break up as badly I would like to be allowed to express And a jockey. They all look at their us in our contention that music

in opening that there was nothing areas to these five gentlemen for in South Africa when the Boer War as the one of 1900 has done some makes no appeal to mind; but it now in the story which was being programmes, and they see

had broken out.. A good many of Defence. The Calony was very my profound sorry and sympathy thing like this: "Europa, sharp doesn't. They know nothing of the sensationally discussed in the Colony

the officers and men, including indiferent on the question of local at the catastrophe at the last meeting. I look back on my days in Hong BEWARE OF COLDS,

Captain Lambton, spent several defence. One or two Voluntess kong with very great interest and major." And they listen Does complicated tricks with sound that last night or bhis morning, we

months in Ladysmith, besieged by Corps came into being, and died of pleasure. It was a real good place, Anyone suppose that the mental we call music, Imitations of natural meant that it had figured in contrace the contagions discuses on very short commons. It does not the eighties and nineties. The view. It one could not travel, the HILDREN Gro mach more likely to the Boers, and had to go inanition owing to lack of support in especially from the human point of atmul of that item are in all those sounds, of course, might tall a tale. Press for some weeke past. If we when they have colle. Who piogoough, seem to have done the suvivors activity and eficiency of the present world came to Hongkong and graes the same? Impossible. The idea of a steam, of a chicken are not mistaken, the bass of it was diphtheria, scarlet fever, and com

Once when John Dunn, the Engfam, even of singing birds, might in Millard's Review to mouths inace diseases that are often contrasted much harm, for the Admiral is full of Corps is indeed a happy change from amongst the mm and woman whom fish Paganini, played, a long-haired Le successfully conveyed. But we ago, A telegraphic disclosure of all medical authorities y, beware of arises which interests him. So far, ed in my early days. Un far one of one best; and the treasures the recollec

when the child has a cold. That is why Parliamentary seal when any subject the somnolent old order that prevail ons met there were many of the very Joung man said at evoked in his mind never heard any battle music that just now is rather like the farnes Golf For the quick cure of colds you the chief subject on which he has recurring scares we did att tion of all the kindness and good thoughts of white robed figures as would not equally well have repro telegram which inspired the Jamie nin's Dough Remedy. It can always be pensions and the well-being of the exists now or not I do not know; but hand. I long to see, the place agai

will find nothing hotter than Chamber forcibly expressed himself relate to Veteran Defence Corps. Whether it fellowship which abounded on every

conding a golden staircase. A bad- souted the activities of a boiler facson Raid,

kata penguente depended upon and is pleasant and saÍA has been too long to take. For sale by All Chemists and men, the breeding of horses, and it helped rifle shooting very much, I hope some day to do so. noked man sad it sounded fire beer tory The minor is supposed to a cooking, and is gzojdeno,

various points connected with Votes and we used to have very enjoyable

wards.

heir great generosity rep

Storekeepers,

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Nov. 6, 1918.-L. & C. Express.).