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Sir R. Burnett & Co.'s Fine

Old Tom and Fine Unsweetened.

THE CHINA MAIL.

Lloyd Georges of this world is an indication of the fact that he is be- indicasion of the fact that we are beginning to see we are riot getting tbere.

ADVERSARIA.

THAT ''* PRIVATE

"GOLF CLUB MEETING.

MATE DISREGARDS REGULATIONS.

JAPANESE SHIP'S OFFICER JINED.

THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1920

WAYS THAT ARE DARKLY

OFFICIAL

CASUAL NOTES."

BY." THE TRAMP.”

Obtuse indeed are the ways of Officialdom:

The new rates of salary for our A: 10.20 am. the Colonial SecreCivil Servants are gradually coming

the way of personal pride should yo

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should not be admitted. The pro- pasal was formally made, and quite sensibly angned, that the meeting should be reported by the Press. Before the proposal was seconded. s that he was patently out of de- der, bur Colonini Secretary rose to speak uginst it. In any case that

Before Captain Basil Taylour. R.N.tary states that a copy of the new out, but safar do not seem to be giving isn't fair, We know of govern Marine Magistrate, M. Yamaguchi Civil Service salary scale for a satisfaction. The increases granted Men of savvyment employers there who dis are in a raino greed with him hut dared not take No. 2, was charged, yesterday after of the department concerned and gainsay that they are well deserved.

the first mate of the ss."Yei Maru certain department has already been the Police are

good some forwarded that morning to the head cases. and DO one wif rity. Flong-sides against hint. In any case it noon, with unlawfully delaying and kong

European hasis in bad taste for a high govern-impeding the Harbour Master in that within another half hour A

starts at arate wore than its net official to take that particular obtaining the information of the ship second department will also be entsixty per cent above that which share of tools and fogies. Its nenige in connection with an institu- as required in accordance with Table the new rates of remuneration for pertained in the

good old days fat shows far more of self-conndence tion that the community already KA of the Merchant Shipping Ordin-its employees

before the war. This, together with than ability

A visit to the first department finds the abolition of the rank of constable A stupid person is thinks Ins been unduly favoured by ance, and further for refusing to the bead thereof evasive. He seems something for the bank or the wife seldon conscious of his limitations. the govemment. And again in any give such information as was require to doubt whether the copy of the as the case may be, and something in This exposes the Adversarian to an case. his arguments, so far day in Victoria Harbour on Tuesday on

new scale has arrived, and is inclined obvious tort, and he is quite will have been represented to us were May 11th. ing to meet it, as a moot propesi- childishly wrong.

The boarding officer testified that to deprecate publication. It is at a long way towards promoting a He argue that tion open to argument. The fact because the Government hadassist. he went alongside the vessel, about once pointed out to him that the rates state of content.

for other departments, have already that he expends so much energy fed the Gull Chab-in, a way that 18 a.m. of the day la question, upon appeared in the newspapers, and aj

arrival of the ship in port. Lighters

In general civil servants will be arguing with and about fails could bad turned out a good investment count as evidence that he is a bite bave only his word for that so were tied up on each side of the ship, authority of the stains the full rid of the nightmare of change. la fel huuseft. He is willing to fur, and would like explanation, making it difficult for the boarding authority of the Colonial Secretary to Their pay is fixed at a 26, exchange. admit that fools.com get up to news-tiplifestion, and duonstration-officer to get on board the ship. For to the Pasculare of the new salaries all they have to do is safe and

'nought" at the end of paper staffs. He points au con- that was no reason to regard the that reason the boarding afficer sent the Press. The head then blandly fidently, however, that the news Golf Club as public institution. his coxswain with, the required blank information though he has the figures to get their of their sterling form with the request that it be information in his possession at that (No charge is made for this reliable paper job itself must in time make He instances the P. confilled in and returned. The coxswain very moment he feels that it cannot and important piece of information.) even & foot less foolish than the Puny which gets a Government sub-reported back, about fifteen minutes be given until the following morning The great thing is that they will now As a general rule,sidy for carrying mails y later, with the form not filled in. at the earliest. For why? He does know exactly what's coming to them average fool. it may be taken thas the average porter culd have told him, even if stating that the mate refused to fill not wish the new salaries to be-nancially.

has more savvy suck an absurd analogy were allow it in, as he had no time, and that he published in the newspapers until he newsniper M shan the average outsider. Froned to pass. that all the annual and did not care for the European in the himself has announced them to the employees concerned-a task that

There is an interesting point for all we hear about that "private"extraordiary general meetings of launch..

our rent profiteers to consider. It meeting of the Golf Club at which the F.&O. company are open so

Complainant then went on board, he fears will take at least a day. with

is to be assumed the re still with Yes, he agrees that were the in- ole of our reporters was rudely the Press ravated, the highbrows. panjan

In the paragraph defendant why he did not information obtained through another us, although they are keeping very quiet. The Government considers entitled "The Con- in

source-a possibility he cannot deny drums and fogies did not shine in-

COMMITTEE mittee," we refer sitting

-the effect of its publication would that six per cent of an employee's tellectually. The first resclation of Ltd the wresting was to exclude the

red to a sort of votime, and turning around to face be the same, But, no, that is net salary is sufficient for him to pay in rent. Thus a civil servant who of confidence in the complainant, said that he had no his point. He, as head of his depart- We understand that, time to do so. The boarding officer meat, does not wish the particulars collects $500 monthly, if he is not published until he has announced to the Government the sum of entitled to free quarters. returns

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THE

AGAIN.

the Coxswain, and asked

the

form. Defendant w29 in his

at

the

1001

Press, hat to engage a verbatim re porter and create 6 copies of Committee. the very least $130. It will be which the Committee had been ship, and was informed that the

to

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a pension to look forward.tc.

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the report. This will cost them at impressed by the nekless way in then asked for the Master of the them to the employees of his depart $30 for quarters. Eslower and less rustworthy than handling the club funds. this very Master was on shore. Defendantment. He seems to labour under a outside earning $400, and needing the newspaper reports would have meeting decided that in future the ignored 'complainant altogether and delusion that it is of first importance the same accommodation (say a three went on with his work. After con- that the scale should be published roomed flat) will have to pay bet Been For a club supposed to be Committee should be guided by a

with the tag Official." In vain is seriously concerned about its in. Biniget, and not be permitted to aiderable argument, defendant finally fit pointed out to him that the mere also that the Government man has ween $100 and $120. Remember filled in the form. Upon being told tance, to was a remarkable promit the club to expenditure that the matter would be reported appearance of the scale in print is

feclure to adopt. **

beyond the provisions thereof. It

the Harbour Master,

sufficient guarantee to the majority Why should we that had been done long ago, dant became very aggresive. As of readers of its accuracy, that the say that the stead of lecting Bill and Jim settle the boarding officer was leaving quickest THE COMMITTEE.

way to circularise the A Shangbai paper referring to verbatim prithings between hole and hole the ship defendant gave vent to employees through the news housing in that city says. "Now-a- vate record will be less trustworthy flyhole and corner way of many remarks, the nature of which paper, and that beyond an days it seems impossible to get a It would be easy to ask us some transacting expensive business the boarding officer did not under- academic objection nothing is house at a face rental and to get thing harder. The Golf Club com.the clabmight not have found itself stand. The boarding officer testified to be gained by further secrecy. one

that he had wasted fully a half hour No, the head politely but resolutely even mice has been a sort of happy in its present financial tangle."

The main strafe.op board this ship, and that there were declines to give the desired informa. like family all along, doing pretty much

INCOSSISTENT of course: con-nineteen ships to be boarded that

cerned the pro-morning.

tion.

A very weak detence was offered by the wate. He was fined $25,

A Japanese should be the last per.is son to flout authority, for his own officials would not tolerate such dis

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

010 "a any

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reasonable, or kind of lease seeme crying for the

moen.

as it like without consiting the

Today salary earners are paying? The Colonial Treasurer is next ap-on an average one-third of their general body of members. We hear

preached as it is understood that a earnings for ho rent, whereas, that is spent $4000 on Imprav. Posals to increase the subscriptions.

duplicate of every scale as it is issued they should not be called supon të ing one hole at Fanling.. To-This does not worry ce, as no prin wards the end of this meeting some.tiple involved (except that per

forwarded to his department for pay any more than one-tenth. Either body got up and bleated something baps the cost of a public means of

guidance in the compilation of the salaries must be incressed or rents about confidence in the Committee, recreation should be minimized, but

pay-sheets. True, the duplicates do lowered and very much lowered." cómá to this department, but, sorry, which might be trusted to get them it wories qui a nt of the mem. respect.

neither of those for the two depart bers for is heathen raising

With all this" The Trabip" agrees- opt of the presentangle Haythe hembership from 600 to a

ments in question has yet arrived. and is not disposed to quibble over naive! How exquisitely naive, see

But call again in the afternoon, by the proportion of 10 per cent, or 6 ing that none outside the Commit thousand they need a bigger sub-

all means.

per cent. The alternatives named tee can be blamed for the tangle.cription That seemy Inconsist

A visit to the head of the second are both logical and would be popular abolished duelling, that established reason we say that the official ent. If they desire 400 more, are

department is also fruitless.. The here as well as in Shanghai. There' Today's dollar is worth 4s. lad.. habeas corpus, that put an end to report of the meeting will be less they not discouraging candidates by

Colonial Secretary's half hour has is one other method and that is for slavery, that "finished feudalism, trustworthy than a newspaper re-making golf dearer? They raised

lengthened into hours but no sign employers to buid quarters and droit du seigneur, and forced labour.port would have been is that it will the sabeription when war reduced

The London Gazette of March 10 has yet been seen of the new scale.rent them at say 10 per cent of the We have painted out already in this most certainly be edited by a repre- the inenberships Why not reduce says that Majne I. I. Kirkpatrick, It is believed that it has been employees salary. Do you think HONCHONG, THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1920. colon that there is no real differsentative of the Committee. No-it when he membership is so enor R. Inniskilling Fusiliers, retires on entrusted to a messenger,

they will do it? Will they}, ience between revolution and evolu. thing will go out to the 600 mem-isly increased? Because more retired pay on 11th March. He was Treasurer is again approached and | In the afternoon the Colonial tion. Even a resolution does not hers that tells against these auto-the thers need more accommoda-appointed to General Staff, Hong

Since the accident last Sunday tion. Quite so. So this club, in xong, in July 1919.

promptly makes available the rates"The Tramp" has been asked why PROGRESS AND EFFICIENCY. happen as the result of a sudden cratic blunderbusses.

whim. It is the natural saatımi ale j

of pay for the first department which something isn't said about roads. Why did they bar terrible financial foogle, and with ways of a long course of events lead- IS IT A PRIVATE The Press?

overtaxel drommodation, seeks, to Some of the lifts are still giving are duly copied and rushed to the It's often been done and I have said worshiping up to it. in the quite respectable

solve the problem by pereasing the trouble, and considerable money is newspaper office in time for insertion things about them which could not СЪРВ · far 35 we tan

Thus be printed. Solemn protest is hereby membership, and increasing is probably being spent in effecting their in that afternoon's paper. Though way of evolution. It usually means

hear, they had no that men have awakened to the fact argument other than that they had burden of expenditure. Maybe repairs. The lift in No. 1 Queen's does the head of one department entered against the excessive use of and though gods are no longer ami that they have decided to has and to that end had engaged an Maybe ile Adversarian is too door is giving trouble. kings no longer rule they are that a desirabic change is coming array decided in bar the Press, there's a catchs in it somewhere. Building is closed, and the one next (unconsciously, perhaps) condemn sand and ruts. After this I am going and nullify the action of the head of to skid in silence and draw the insur divine they are worshipped. Pruten it and get it over. Every poli- official note-taker, himself a merit that Gulf Club bunch claims to to do simple sus. But by Jings.

another department. --

atice money for repairs. The s.s. "Africa,"Lloyd Triestino

The elasticity of the Colonial prese is a fetich and efficiency is a tical révalution is preceded by a her of a newspaper staff. The same erich, and the medicine-men who revolution in ideas, a mental turn man would probably have done the represent the intellectual acne Line, Messrs. Dodwell and Company, Secretary's half hour

Does the present unrest reporting for the same paper, so of Hongkong, he is willing to matchs Agents, leaves Yokohama on the ascertained that afternoon, at least, -boss the corrobborees of our pseudo-over.

nfean that minds are changing? If that there is

the Oulon Club against it, putting 23rd instant for Hongkong, via Kobe, as the head of the second department civilized heathen carry their tongues

no suggestion that not, what else can it mean? Ideas newspaper reporters are inethe onion brain against three golfis expected to arrive here on the is out" to telephonic enquiry until are fermenting. the political yeast sent. This basicut club, huling brains, and wagering his new shirt 30th of May, and will sail the follow after the paper has gone to Press. -savages never stop their howling or is working. We are dots if we an extraordinary general meeting to that the golfers will rank as Als day for Venice and Trieste via their oblations, to ask progress do not prepare for-big changes. decide what to do about its hard-up-Rans. Riding talked of the flan her usual ports of call. whither? ur efficiency-for what The war has expedited the process | Dess, engages and pays a mean to 40 audied afs of football. We who is on his way to attend the particulars to the Press, the head ofceived by Mr. C. Band from- "Mrs.

Bishop Norris of North China. argoniens failed visibly to star, for them for nothing. The issue of must rable hint for a slap-up postic Church Conference in London, is the newspaper office a brief circular from the Sergeants Mess and the So does As a Home writer has recently reports will rather discount the iPhrase that will fit these semnexpected to spend the week end here issued to the employees 'concerned. Mess of other ranks,, expressing

" "privacy

of the proceedings. dunderheads of golf. When that (mentals Revoluit a private club? It is not on the tion is come full circle the axiom sane footing as the Hongkong will have been established that the Club. It is a club that has been

The idol makers an idol

pers are still with us.

in their checks, for the simple

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nelled fods of cricket and he

of ratiocination that long, years of something that he would have done

John Gilpin made progress. did the Godarene swine.

So

of what.

matter?

remarked

DELEGATION FROM AMERICA TO PHILIPPINES.

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The ss.Mount Vernon," one of

When a Chinese was this

cannot be

There is still a chapter to add, and this the most satirical touch of all. Presumably iguoratt - that the Colonial Treasurer has given the full

THE LATE WARDER SPEED.

LETTER FROM HIS WIDOW.

The following letter has been re the first department suddenly sends to Speed in reply to a communication

noon.

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the death of her

16, Oxford Road, Ranelagh, Dublin, Ireland. March 26.

the modern politician. So do the nations. Charles Peace was highly

and will preach at St. John's which, of

course, arrives Cathedral on Sunday at the morning late for publication that after husband.

to sympathy at efficient. So was Lucrezia Borgia.

and evening services. Dr. Norris So are the profiteers.

. Yes,

brief circular, will be remembered here as conduc indeed, a very brief circular, giving Earth is sick and heaven is happiness end the well being of lavishly helped by the Government

Hope in 1916. ting the Mission of Repentance and not more than half of the new rates weary of the hollow words that each individual living creature, the on the ground that it furnishes op- States and Kingdotas niter."

Exed and omitting all but the bare Mr.health, contentment, and gladness portunities for healthy recreation to Lloyd George prates of the insur- of man, woman and child are of the community. From the Govern

figures. The circular, furthermore, Dear Sir,I wish to thank you one gent forces which threaten destrue more value than anything else, ment's point of view, it is, or night the largest vessels of the American ning charged before Mr. N. L. Smithingly states in two places and all through you far the kind lion" and the parrots tremble in They will be set farabjive the power to be, a public utility,

government. is in San Francisco with returning from banishment, he whisper it not, the copy held by letter of December 15, 1919 of the not specified," when, sympathy conveyed to me in your their cages, because destruction is of sovereigns, the "diguity of states-

Or ought to be" was making ready for a voyage to the said he could do nothing in the the Colonial Treasurer said to great loss of my dearly loved 1 word of dread.. Destruction men, the comfort of ruling classes, ACT 19 a reservation we felt ob- Far East with a delegation of Con country, and decided go to Siam to be a

duplicate of the original husband. I have one great thought” That is the proper far above a great commerce, power. IT THAT? liged to umke. Now gressmen on board ef more than 100, try his luck. He had to come to in the possession of the departmental that he died like a soldier. It has question to ask. In this case, all fet armaments, vast wealth in the

bat it has been decided and this delegation, it is understood, Hongkong to get a steamer. The head and published in full in the been a great blow to me and our It means is the destruction of Lloyd bands of a smalt number."

to raise the membership to a thouill investigate condition in the Police said the defendant had a most China Mail-gives the actual num baby whom he had never had the George's political career, of his self. By comparing some of the glaring sand. we cannot fairly call it an Philippine Islands in connection with the viable record of crime, and was bers! If the salary scale could be given happiness of seeing, rot even the interested ambitions. Does that evils of just uges with their absence exclusive club, since thu: means the proposals for independence sub- banished for life-Twelve month's in full to the Press by the Colonial photo which has a rot even the to-day, we get the idea that pro- that more than half uur adult civi-mitted by a delegation from the hard labour and four hours' stocks in Treasurer, then, why not in full by me. I well know he was loved by The whole history of our country press has been ronde. But any real-lian population can be members. Phillippines Legislature which visited lieu of the last day.

the head of the department to the everyone who came in contact with and our people is a story of insurly judicial weighing of the balances That in itself rather kills the notion the United States during the war.

men concerned? gence leading to the destruction of shows that in two thousand years of privacy. In spite of all that we will also call at China ports, while in Lapicque & Company, owners, which neas is entrusted to such devious in- and it seems crut that he was the hlm as his general disposition was The 6..." Song Ma," Messrs. P. The "Mount Vernon," it is said,

It is awful to think that real busi rare and our married life was perfect he bad and the substitution of the oar nett guin has been insignificant cannot dismiss the feeling that the Far East, and also at Hongkong, was wrecked near Hunghom Bay en tellects. There is something not quite one chosen for such a death and I. better. Why should we worry in the light of the travail it has some of the Government wallohs and, as many of the Congress men route from Haiphong to this part, human about them. They are not am left to drift in loneliness with a Why fall into panic alarms at the east. Progress to what? Certain-are rather inclined to regard the will be accompanied by their wives, is being attended by a steamer from automatons, because they manifest a baby. reiterated ery of Wolf? Why aban-ly to no Utopia. That word Utopis Golf Club as a preserve for their in the cent of the vessel calling here Haiphong, which has a party on sort of will power, that can be very don all our ideals because souseis another bugaboo, that auffices to own class. Government wallabs are local American Society will enjoy quite card to inspect and endeavour to stubborn. They are not administra your kind sympathy which I much Again thanking you and all for political imp holds up a hollow stop many movements towards bet never fond of newspaper publicity an addition to its numbers for a repair the vessel. Doubt exists as to tora, because reason means nothing appreciate. tornip on a stick?

terment, Efficiency for what? exrept for their good deeds and time. The vessel is ccheduled to salt whether the vessel can be floated to them. What are they? Hush Although it spells present discom- Until we are efficient, revointion- bungus, and it was, we understand, from San Francisco on the 5th of and should the present efforis fail. They are officials. fort and inconvenience, although it aries, we have no right to brag of the Colonial Secretary who led the July, and is to call, Brst, at Japan the Song Ma" will be abandoned may even lead toward disastrous ex-efficiency. To make the best of opposition to the motion that this ports, thence to ports on the China as a total wreck. Almost all of the periments and failures, the existing a bad job is not efficiency. to meeting be open to the Presa. We coast, en route to Manila.

cargo has been saved. unrest is not, per se, a hac choose the less of two. evils when have pleasure in telling our public thingIt may be, what it has both ruight be abolished is not how, according to our information,

Li Fat and Yuen Ki Chai, boat

NEW BRITISH STEEL CORPORATION. proved to be in the past, that efficiency. To let other and self-collected and collated from various

man and passenger, respectively, were divine discontent which leads to interested men do our thinking for persons present, Mr. Fletcher did yn want a clear head and good them by Lance Sgt. A. H. Blackman:

TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF.

parties in a procedure brought against betterment. When things are adne is not efficiency. A dog that re-it.

ditation, you must not let your They were tried before the Marine

News comes from Montreal, mittedly bad, who should fear turns to its vomit may be an

The syndicate for the conduct of Canada; of the consolidation of mine Seeing that the bowels beone clogged with poisonions Magistrate, Captain Basil Taylour, R. the ricsha traffic has been informed steel coal and transportation com change?

efficient dog, but we are men, made DOM Golf Club's annual waste from the body, sa is always the The word revolution has a nasty we tell each other) in the image ABOTMENTS. meetings have been Proper food, an abundance of water and alongside the Hai Yuen, while may still enjoy its menopoly to run Strel Corporation with a capital of Case when you become constipated N., charged with unlawfully Hooking by the Canton Municipality that it panies of Canada into the British sound, and when it is uttered in of God. Man is a thinking ma-

open to the Press, plenty of outdoor overtins should keep that vessel was under way on the 1,250 ridshas until its term of five $500,000,000. tons of warping the parrots thinlechine, and should first all think that its secretary has been gladatu ez bola gula When that ails 12th ninetent. The bootmanaseara expires if the monopoly This is the largest inger-of-the of the guillotine and the sans eliciently Freedom and happiness use the Fren in connecion with should take Chamberlain's Tablets found guity, after evidence was bolders wish to run more than 250 kind ever consummated in the British eulottes, They do not think of the is the real goal of progress, and the golfing events and records, it was bowal, and are easy, and pleasant to beard, and sentenced to pay a fine ricahas; additional licence may be Empire and is second only to that of They cause a gentle movement of the revolution that abolished capital objective of efficiency. The accial for the opponents, and not for the take. For sale by all Chemists and of $3 or serve 10 days in jail. He procured in accordance with the the United States Steel Corporation Fanishment for petty theft, that unrest at present worrying the Press, to show cause why the Press Storekeepers.

forked over the $3, -

regulations of the Municipality. of America.

1,250 RICSHAS IN

CANTON.

Yours Sincerely

A. SPEED.