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THURSDAY,“ JULY 3, 1919.

CORRESPONDENCE.

PEACE. CELLBRATION

PROGRAMME."

A SECRET COMPARTMENT.

PEACE CELEBRATIONS.

JUNE MASTER FINED.

The master of a trading junk was [To the Editor of the "CHINA MAIL"cruising about Mirs Bay on June 30 when the attention of the Police launch was attracted. Lance Sergt.

SIR.-The recently published pro- gramme of the Peace Celebrations certainly calls for some comment, and I trust that you will find space for this letter.

a

Cave, KP. thereupon called to the junk to come alongside.

gave,

MEETING OF LOJAL

COMMITTEE..

DATE PUT FORWARD.

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THE CHINA MAIL.

A PROCLAMATION.

The following telegram has been received from the Seorwury of State for the Colonies :——

The following Proclamation. has been issued by the King:

peed, and Daniel Wood's "Sunshine a the While runs its course with melodio swing, the spontaneous flow of the song making it a pleasure both to sing and to hear.

Walter Butler's "Cuttin' Rushes' is a Eght, pleasing venture with something of Irish charm about it.

A PROCLAMATION.

Special mention should be made General Committee is called for A meeting of the Peace Celebrations.

GEORGE, R.I. of Helen Taylor, the Authoress of Where it has pleased Almighty the words of no les hun eight of This was complied with and the junk to-morrow at the City Hall at 12,30 God to bring, to a okes the late wide the songs referredito above. Her was searched. Nothing incriminating to approve of the revision of the spread and sanguinary war in which style has much to recomanend it and was found except that a cunningly Programme and the alteration of We were engaged against Germany the composers of the music are to In the first place, may I ask what made compartment was revealed dates of the celebration necessitated and her Allies: We therefore adoring he congratulated that they have right the Government had to select forward. The secret compartment by recept of a telegram from HM.the divine goodness and duly con- found such an excellent lyricist.

And having was made by means of a double celebrations should take place as soon blessings of penes do call for publie cowment is a setting by Sir Edward

the King to the effect that the king that she great and general committee at all?

One other work which calls for selected such committee did they bulkhead. think it unnecessary to place on it Sergt. Cave

evidence after the signing of Feace as possible and solemnt. acknowledgment have Bar for four baritone voices of G- anyone else but the same old clique to this effect before the and stating that it is proposed to thought fit by and with the advice bert Parker's "Inside the Bor." who seem to be in everything. Is it Marine Magistrate this morning. hold the Celebrations at Hams on

For the Privy Council to issue thisThe work is dedicated to four well- not evident that this was done He said that the compartment was Saturday, the 19th of July.

Our Royal Proclaration hereby up-known baritones who, as a small with the view of assuring themselves evidently designed for smuggling

The programme, as amended at a pointing and commanding that concert party, toured France and that large sums of money would be opium but there was nothing in itmeeting of the Executive Committee een Thanksgiving to Almighty other parts, and one cant readily collected from the larger firms, beat the time it was an offence held to-day at noon and which will til for these His munitoid and great instgine with what delight their cause nearly all the committee are under Section 39 of Ordinance 10 of be submitted for approval, is as mercies be observed throughout Our hearers must have listened to In- taipans. And being on the com- 1899

Dominions on Sunday, the sixth day side the Bar." mittee and Government appointees. Defendant pleaded not guilty and

FRIDAY, ISTH.

[ef July; And the better and more they would make little or no protest said he had the compartment made 6.30 Entertainment to Soldiers, etc levou solammation of the same against anything the Government to stow money in.

7.30 All illuminations to be lighted. We have given directions to the Most suggested. To the average person,

Reverend the Archbishop and the it seems, Sir, that they have neglect

9-10 Dragon Boat Procession. Bigha Referend the Bishops of Eng- ed entirely the men who really mat

10-11 Grand Fire Works Display. and to compere a form of proper ter, nately, those men, who have

SATURDAY, 19th.

Panitakka ka khám perpaniam um ko ma

'Cone something.. They gave up everything to go and fight. Surely these men should have at least some sort of a say as to how the Peace, they helped in a practical way to make possible, should be celebrated.

war

A glance at the Committee will show that hardly any of the members have done anything as all towards. winning the war, except to give money to the different war charities, and subscribe heavily to the different:

loans, for which they got interest. In this connection it might be well to state that many millions. of pounds were subscribed towar bonds by the men in the trenches in the different theatres of war. So far i as giving money to war charities is concerned, they have not given one tenth part of what they have made out of the war..

follows--

$20 or 2 months. The fine was up.

paid..

MNEMONIC SENTENCE,

Aids to memory sometimes help. A Chinese sentenced to-day to 12 months jail, 12 strokes and 12 hours

in the stocks, may now remember

that it isn't the thing to snatch jewelry from children.

HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE.

Order issued by Me. J. W. Franks,

D.S.P.R.

BAND PRACTICES,

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7.30 Review of troops on Cricket Ground.

10. Meeting of Legislative and Executive Councils.

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of Foreign Consuls, and Hongkongtime sembly of the church ELLIOTT has been appolated Acting 11. Reception at Government House W further advertise will exhort FROM this date until further Br men returned from the war.

of Sentinel and allSpiritual authori-

Frespective churches and other places! pal pubile worship, throughoa thel In a Kingdom of Great Britain 7.30 All illuminations to be lighted and land and in the quarters of

thir Peninings beyond the seas to! take part as it may properly behovet

my to do in this great and common act of worship and We strictly lunge and command that the wild Pubag of Thanksgiving be reliTO LET First Fble for UFFICES. hously observed by all as they Formerly Italian Cengaiato. Apply bar femer thanks for the favour of Secretary, cia MASONIC HALL

brighty God and have the sense

up.

8. Fish Lantern Procession. 9:30-11 Grand Fire Works Display, A lunch will be given at the Tuesdays, 8th, 15th and 22nd July Hongkong Hotel on Saturday the at 6 p.m..

19th by the members of the General Committee, which will be at the expense of the Geceral Committee and will in no way encroach upon

the fund.

of H's benefits.

even at Our Court at Backing.

Palice this First day-of July year of Our Lord One Thou-

TO LET.

LET-First Floor Masonic Hal

TO LET.

There are many men left in meeting to be held as a protest Hongkong who could have easily against the high handed manner in

Schools children will be given a gone and fought. But made the which this programme has been book and a medal and an entertain- excuse of being indispensible. What arranged.. A practical form of childishness. Surely in times like we protest would be for the people,ment w be arranged by the head. have just gone through, it was proved who after all said and done are

Apply to masters. The arrangements are not sin. Finded and Nineter A FLAT in Prince's Buildings. yet complete.

and he the Tenth yet Chur Reign, time and time again that no one was the backbone of the Colony, not

Note Special services will be held the until

GOD SWE THE KING, indispensible. No. Mr. Editor. these men preferred to stay at home and existing conditions are altered and in the various churches on Sunday,

6th July... jump into better positions which were to sign a Memorial and forward it open, owing to those mer who realised their duty and went and fought. Others took the opportunity

them-

to. subscribe

3 cent

direct to the Colonial Secretary at Eome explaining the reason why no money was being subscribed.

It is such damnable autocracy that.

when one has fought for its downfall

of growing rich through the many we have been fighting against and possibilities that presented selves owing to the war, At Home these people were called. it is heartbreaking to find it flourish. and very properly too, "profiteersing in a Colony that is under the but cut here they were respected and British Flag, of which we are so looked up to is smart business men.

proud.

RECEPTION AT H. K. HOTEL.

FRENCH COMMUNITY [TO ENTERTAIN.

In the proposed celebrations there May I also mention that I am not is nothing said about the children, a conscript, indispensible" shirker,

The French Community recently Will you allow me to point out that or a "smart businessman"

but just held a meeting and decided to hold an there are in England, many many an ordinary individual who had a informal reception at the Hongkong children, who have been separated good job, but volunteered on 4th Hotel. from their fathers owing to these August 1914, and went to France men having realised their duty, and the same year and stayed there until although they were unfit for the put out of business.-Yours truly. front line volunteered for duty in Garrisons. like Hongkong. Surely this duty could have been done by

the rany able-bodied men one sees

in the Colony, who apparently made

DISGUSTED.

THE ESSENTIAL. DIVIDING LING.

į

The wing telegram has been received as the Seereary of State for The Colomies: --

The following Proclination wus Lissed here today by the King:

A PROCLAMATION.

GEORGE, R.I. Whereas a definitive Trenty of Petce between Us and the Asso-

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Goverment viss concluded at Ver- sailles on the 28th day of June last: In conformity thereunto We have ght fit hereby to cororaand shát the same be polished in due course throughout all our Donduions; And The function is to celebrate the We declare to all our loving sub- French Independence Day and the fects thor will and pleasure that upon signing of the Peace Treaty.

There will be refreshments, dánc there the said Treaty of Peace be the itange of the ratification ing, music,etc, and will be from 5 observed inviolably as well by sea to 7 pm. Invitations will shortly be as by hard and in all places whitso- issued and it is hoped that all the friends of members of the French ever: Strictly charging and com- banding all Our loving subjoute to Community will be present,

The French Consul will be "At take notice hereof and "lo, conform the morning as customary. Home" at the French Consulate in

themselves thereunto uccordingly.

re attempt to do their duty, and when (To the Filitof of the "Cisa Man." conscripted put up the plea of being "indispensible." In some cases, or in nearly all, they were backed up by their taipans, who are just as much to blame as those men who were fit, unmarried and did not try or would not go. Something must be done for the children, more especially for those children whose fathers have world more than once and a student made the supreme sacrifice. And of men, the arguments of "Sun-tan-out a plum, but he forgot to pay for also something that the smaller ned Ceylonese," apparently formid-it, that was the cause of the whole children here will remember all their able. but in reality only specious and trouble. He was a schoolboy who was lives. The war was fought for the arrogant bluff, are about the most in the habit of buying plums from a future generation not the present.

SIR,-After reading the correspon dence that has recently appeared in your paper, I, as a person keenly in- terested in questions of this sort, CURIOUS SCHOOLBOY CASE. cannot refrain from butting in to make a few observations..

live.

As a traveller who has seen the

He put in his thumb and he took

GARRISON TENNIS LEAGUE.

Given at Our Court as Bucking- bun Paluce this First day of July and Nine Hundred And Nineteen in the year of Our Lord Are Thou-

and in the Tenth year of Our Reign. GOD SAVE THE KING.

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absurd thing I have yet struck. Allow bawker, on tick, but when the money ing election of your music from the If one looks closely at the pro-me to point out that it is absolutely was not forthcoming the hawker got well-known publishers Broch and posed programme it will be seen that essential to the world that a dividing hold of him by the neck, and desons. Pride of place must be given the same old favoured few will line must be drawn between the manded immediate payment. Scared to Landon Ronald's participate, but there will apparently white races, and the coloured ones. It out of his wits the lad gave his atlas Springtime," an album of five songs. "Song of be no room for those men who have was the. white races that did the book to the creditor as security. Everyone knows this composer's really done something. The Hong fighting and underwent the sufferings

As ar upshot hawker and kong hotel large as it is

"Down in the Forest and those cannot of the recent war. Are we then schoolboy appeared before Mr, R. Eongs, are on the same high level: seat everyone, and furthermore directly the end has been achieved to Lindsell to-day, the former charged they make their appeal to the artist several people will have to look be deprived of the fruits of victory ? with stealing the map book, and twice before they can spare the The prestige of the white men hawking without a licence.

who sings and to the artist who plays, price. This is of course due to the requires that his superiority balad laid his case plainly before the

The for the piano parts are not inere smart 'business man" who has recognised over coloured races, Magistrate and said he had no night well have been described as

accompaniments, the forced the prices up to such an especially in the foreign lands of the money to pay the man. In acquitting cycle of Duets for Voice and extent that it is extremely hard for earth that the white man is domiciled accused on the charge of larceny his Pizzo. This sibun cannot be too the averaged salaried people to in. It is a vital matter for us, and Worship remarked that there was expediency, even necessity, demands plainly no larceny, but he (defendant) A reception at Government House that this be rigidly observed and should notrakeschool boy's books and very nice indeed for those who can sternly enforced. At Home we can other articles as security for unpaid squeeze in, and will be favoured with afford to sing the slogan of Equality debts. On the second charge de an invitation ( am certain I shan't and. Fraternity, but can we do it in fendant was fined $4. be: I do not belong to the Clique). the Colonies? Here the same old crowd will have a ia time the white race had a perfectly good time at the poorer better conception of its dignity,

in Valentine" by Easthope people's expense.

When I was at Home recently, I

Murtin is a very effective song with' No mention is made as to the enter noted with dismay, at a gathering to

touches of humour and a pianoforte are hereby notified that the Cargo will tainment of returned soldiers. Evid- which University students were

accompaniment of somo interest. be discharged into Holt's Wharf, Kow- | ently this has been squashed by those Invited, that nearly one half of the

The same composer's "The Old Vin- loon, where it will lie at Consignee's risk. man, who are on the committee and Indian students, present, and there -RAM.C. “A” v=83-COMPANT

Idictive" is a typica! bze every god The Cargo wil be ready for delivery from who when called upon to go and was quite a number of them, were

deals with the famous mid on St. Godown on and after July 3. fight were considered "Indispensible" accompanied by lady companions,

George's Day last year. It is in- -Such treatment to men who were students themselves, and girls of

Optional cargo will be landed, unless teresting to note that the publishers patriotic enough to go and risk good families. The English students their all cannot happen in any other seemed to be entirely ostracised. resulting in a win for the R.A.M.C. Fund 6d. for every copy of the litter val

Played at Happy Valley yesterday are giving to the Navy's Cinema notice has been given prior to steamer's part of the "British Empire, Is it It made

think furiously, by 13 games.

song which is sold.

All broken; chafod, and damaged Goods because these men are numeri- and I` am surprised the Capt. Burn and L/Cpl. Kirby beat

"Arthur Meale's album of three are to be loft in the Godowns, whers cally small that the members of European boys at the University Sgt. Haskings and Gr. Baines 5-4 songs exttled Chimney Corner they will be examined on any Tuesdays the Committee think that they permit this. Expediency, I say, de beat Cpl. Taylor and Gr. Moss. 6-3; Songs appeal to the Tom, Dick and Fridays between the hours of 10.45 can be ignored? It appears that the mands a speedy end to this sort of lost to Gra. Sandeil and Horsfall 4-5. and Flarry of the singing world. m and noon within the froe storage concerted motive of the Committee attachment, however platonic it may Sgt. Taylor and S. Sgt. Theyers These songs are of a pleasing nature period. is, not to make these men happy and be, between a white girl and a beat Cpl. Taylor and Gr. Moss 6-3; and do noticall for a high degree of No claims will be admitted after the proud that they have done their bit turbanned brown man. but disgusted that they were focish

lost to Sgt. Haskings and Gr. Baines execution on for muchimegination. Goods have left the steamer's Godowa, A little study of "Sun tanned 45; lost Grs. Sandell and Horsfall The many lovers of Jack Thompson's and all Goods remaining undelivered enough to go and play a man's part, Ceylonese's" letter will show that he 36. for the n.uch vaunted freedour of has not yet cut his wisdom tooth. I

Bongs will welcome his The Old after July 3, will be subject to rent.

All Claims against the Steamer zooak "Sgt. McKechnie and L/Cpl. Webb Fashioned Garden of Love with be presented to the Undersigned on or the British Empire.

advise the youngster to set aside all beat Set. Haskings and Gr. Bainesite graceful waltlice refrain. It is before July 93, or they will ls if not time, Mr. Editor for this silly dreams and try to live in the 8-1; beat Cpl. Taylor, and Gr. Moss. enough to any of this effort that it be recognised. elique which has been fattening itself reality of the work-a-day world 5-4; beat to Gra. Sandel and Horsfall is in Jack Thompson. One No Fire Insurance will be effected.

Dream of You" (Over de Gerde)

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE Totals-RAM.C. "A" 47 Games, and Aly Devotion (Ivor Novello)!

Agente 88 Coy. R.GIA"B" 34 Games. ere songs which have" their own ap. 1. Hongkong, July 3, 1918.

for so long on the poorer people to Truly yours,

be shown that they are not the whole thing? Is it not time for a mass

me

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NO COMPROMISE

Hongkong, July 3, 1919.

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