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officially proposed route. It looked quite good—a psper.

You cannot have your trains till your rats an rady." Quite so. "Why isn't more being done on the Kuwloor roads? Ieland roads

VOYCE.—On Julv 4. Chinese Mari-less urgently required are being

time Cusions. Souchow, the wife of G. T. Vovce. a daughter. PEEK. On July 5. at Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Peek, a son. REILLY-On July 5, at Shanghai,

pushed a while Kowloon walls,

Kowloon has a tremendous population now. and is reaching

to Mr. and Mrs. F. V. Reilly, a the dog.

41 sor. REMEDIOS.-On July 5, at Shang:

hai,

Remedios, a son. OLSEN-On July 7. at Shanghai. 10

Mr. and Mrs. V: Ofsen, a son.

The China Mail.

ZAUTE, JUSTICE, PUBLO SERVICE:"

BONGKONG, TUESDAY, JULY 13, 1920.

KOWLOON TRANSPORTA-

TION.

in our opinion it has so far gone about it too gently, with too much of the suave mode, too many melli- floous phrases, too much of the respectfully praying petitioner tone.

ů

would be welcomed.

THE CHINA MAIL.

politics are rather he that. We joya Hurrah for our bathing pic- need not dot the 's and cross the nics. They will be bright spots in t's. The moral is plain enough. the memory long after all other

The Straits Times had Hongkong recollections fade beyond

recall,

A MAN'S

For

›

I would not hand a baby, face,

Smooth and unscarred, to God

on high, And say; "Hereon You will find

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ten freighter, totalling 51,810

TUESDAY, JULY 18, 20

·LOCAL AND GEDERIL.

"Mi. Edwin S. Gunegalus, till

tons gross, were launched in Japanese recently American Consul at Singa

shipyards during May, not including ships of less than 1,000 tons gross each, according to returns from the Department of Communications.

"

The Indo China, sa. "Wosang" has been placed on the run to Han- kow. She was formerly on the run to Hongkong from Shanghai but owing to certain vessels being laid up for repairs it has been deemed expedient to supplement the service by placing cther vessels on the

pore) has been appointed to Halifax

News has reached China of the death in New York of Mr. J. R. Ohl a well known American journalist who

CHINESE MOB AND MOTORIST.

STONE THROWING: EYE HURT.

ALARMING EXPERIENCE IN YAUMAFI.

To have your car break down is annoying. To have the usual gaping.. crowd gather round aggravates the The Kung Yee Medical College) annoyance."To have that crowd start has asked the Canton Government throwing stones at you is worse. I And when a stone hits you for permission to dissect deceased alarms. prisoners. The Civil Governor has in the eye, smashing the glass of your replied that since the Ministry of spectacles, it hurts This has just Education has not fully approved of happened to a gentleman who has the college as a-medical institution, written to the China Mail about it. the request cannot be granted.

C.O. a note on the notion

ibat the Colonial!

Kipling's poem of the Office at Home is the stumbling

man who was neither block in Crown Colony matters!

good enough nor bad referred to it, such, for instance, as

enough for heaven or question of Civil Service bell respectively was strong stuff;

Mr. Pearce, late chief officer of represented the New York Herald | the

ss in the Far East from 1907 till about alaries Rubbish, comments our but there was a suspicion of irrever the China Navigation Cos

"Lenan," has resigned from the | 1914, " southern

*The ence in it, and zo really lofty contemporary. Colonial Office will always do what thought, such as we now meet. In company and returned to England. we insist caught to be done, but it is little poem by Richard Burton. He was for many years on the coast has a quite sound view that its in the New York Review, we find and his wife, who came to Hong fanetian is to evoke real and vigor, the high moral seriousness of the keng during the early part of last ous expressions of public opinion, Parable of the Talents, the boldness year, has returned with him. The Cislonial Ofies will not allow of the virile man coupled with the any of officials to assess their ingenuous simplicity of the child own value, bag" if the people say "we and the best," that offices will very soon reply Pay for it, and nobody will oppose your resolu tion." The Straits Fehn - points nut then this is not carreet. When the Echo was arguing that Malaya was a large, rich country that could afont the lost and should have it. paying at least as much as India I does, the Solonial Office objected. that this would not be fair to long kang wud Ceylon. That argument shows admirably the extent of the geographical knowledge of the Colonial Difice manlarins, who are! better and to sign dog licences SEEK PEACE than me men Malaya is a territory as hinge as England and Sevtland, and to put it on á parity with Hongkong is absurd.

The

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"no trace

Of living, now I come to die." No, battered up and down the

trave

I give Him back this proof of

mes

Record of keen, tumultuous day,

Life's scars, for man or God

to tee.

AND ENSUE

I

Hankow ruaG.

With a friend and we ladies he was seated in a car which broke down near the Chinese Theatre. Nathan Road, Yaumati. They phoned for assistance.

Mr. J. C. d'Almeida is leaving Hongkong for Rio de Janeiro this week. Last night at the Happy

The usaml crowd Retreat, under the chairmanship of

gathered round. An Indian police- Mr. P. Rosario, number of his friends entertained him to a Chinese his dury: but he got tired and went man dispersed it several times, es was dinner of twelve courses.

A very pleasant social evening was spent, away. Then the crowd grew denser The mechanics the speechifying being brief and and came closer.

eived and set to work on the car. eloquent.

Our informant, sitting in the front seat, suddenly felt a blow in the eye. A stone had been thrown. His eye was badly bruised, but fortunately not cut by the broken glass. His post was scratched.

The némber of motorcars and Fords in Shanghai has increased to auch an extent that it seems probable that the police force may soon be inadequate to check their misdemean ours. Taking trivial breaches of re "He swore for 20 miles without gulations alone, such as speeding, repealing himself," said a witness at There are 2 differ-improper lights, etc., there were 21 Willesden Police Court referring to ent theatres of war reported from various police stations Edward Bates, of Hamilton Street, yet. although we on one day, this is not an unusually Camden Town, who was summoned are supposed to large number and does not include for using bad language in a railway A Chinese constable dreaming in have regained peace. collisions and other accidents.

carriage. He began to swear, it was the vicinity was hailed and told what Others are in preparation, unless

stated, because there was no unoc2) had happened. The victim, with one the people who "count can be According to a Tokyo message cupied seat, în the carriage that he eye closed and the other watering so Indianapolis awakened. Philip Gibbs the gains it is reported that the Nippor Yusen entered. A woman offered him a that he could not see, was asked by Nier has a poet when distinction from the "Sir' re-Kaisha has applied to the Govern seat, if he would cease sweat this imtelligent officer to point out the hás managed to ex-leently added to his naine) says the ment for permission to increase ing but he refused to take it-Of person who had thrown the stone.

our position intellectuals everywhere are all freight rates on the subsidized course! No gentleman would.

When he was told that this was fahly well. Julge for yourselves against inore war. They believe European service line, by 20 to 30

impossible, he passed the buck. Me When Lo, the Poor Indian, stad in peace. They are not out to freights on the said line continue to man, named Bigot, who was in a dirty around the motorists, and more in-

per cent.. on the ground that the

According to a Paris message, a strolled off, leaving the crowd will denly and ".

ture other people's markets. They His banker ton short at are anti-military. They have no hatrel of other nations. They are

fice of so many beroic martyrs has or a way the said shortage changed nothing. has left the pro-

nini.

fiteers safe. the diplomats busy. He writes:

TASK OF SISYON.

mi

pass

pe

decrease in consequence of the general and ragged condition, was arrested terested than ever. mercantile depression, while business or the roadside counting gleefully a

The party then judged it better 30

Hen to think in a man disappointed to find that the saari. expenses continue high. It is expect-j number of bank notes valued at over I go, leaving their car to the mechanics.

sl

He sodied and fretted around

unite while.

Till ("wrinkles, he had quite

at era,

But at last he argo with a trima-

phant smile And whacked a piece

we gotunn?

off the

crafty

Now

Then with a dy nd of his

old heri He grunted aul said. Poor Lo go and gittam a needle

and thread And sew that piece on to the

bottom

+:

We laugh at poor Lo in our

cynical way,

ed that the Government authorities | 100,000 franes Bigot protested that will grant the application in view of he was marine pensioner, and that the prevailing circumstances

he had won most of the money in three days at Epsom (England), Many New Zealand newspapers chiefly over the race for the Derby. "As a newspaper man I think are in a critical position consequent The police investigated his story, and the best beginning could be made upon the shortage of newsprint paper found that it was true. Bigot has in the newspaper world from which supplies. The situation was considered been released from custody.

Let at Wellington by newspaper pro- so much poison is distilled.

*

This is the

They had not annoyed the crowd by knocking anybody down, or blow- ing the horn, so the sone mus have been thrown out of mischief. The gentleman says stones were thrown' st him at Shaukiwan recently.

LOCAL POETRY. "

us declare a war against the poi-prietors from all parts of the A draft for 550 has been for- songs, and kill them by ridicule Dominion. It was decided that those warded to the widow of the late and by truth. Let us, men of the baving reserve stocks on hand should Warder Speed who met his death in pen, and the printing-press, make assist those in short supply. It was very tragic circumstances in the jail" AT THE LAST IT STINGETH,2 a ract of peace among ourselves for also decided that the proprietors on December 15 last. the protection of all simple folk. should be urged to conserve supplies first of a series of quarterly instal I an all for the simple folk who to the utmost of their ability, and to ments which will be sent to Mrs. When I sit and laugh and drink, with in every country that I know--and reduce the size of papers wherever Speed from the Relief Fund raised

the rest of them, I have travelled a good part of the possible.

here A letter has been received When I taste of the joy of the mirth from Mrs. Speed thanking all the One million American silver, subscribers to the fund. She special Slave to the taste of it, yet with the

giving cup. peace in their fields and their fac dollars is an item on the manifest of ly wishes to thank Mr. Franks for tories with their women and their the Pacic Mail liner "Ecu dor" the trouble he has taken on behalf Say to myself" Is it worth giving babies. It is they who are the vic-which sailed from Shanghai recently of herself and her infant. tims of the villainy, and still more for San Francisco. The dollars are

earth's surface-want to be left in

rest of them

up.

Yet I dare say he reasoned

as

of the stupidity of those above in the strong room in 1,000 bags,

The ex-German ships "Prince Craving and yearting I mock it the them in power and place. I do each containing 1,000 dollars. This

Eitel Friedrich" and "Leviathan ** think, quite seriously, that there is unusual, as silver has until recently (formerly the "Vaterland"), were to might be an international society been in great demand in the Orient

fire of it,

Another large tankard-1 lift ứ and

sup.

well-

As those who expect frequent

ruises in pay

1.

und 25sonance,

There is, for example, the man

из

GENTLEMAN.

де

after

a

N.D.L. feet.

"it up-

Last to say

"It shall not be my master, I will

give it up."

-WILLIAM Hui.

GLEES AND JAZZ.

„ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL

NIGHT,

The decease of Dr. Conder in

and willingly. As a matter of fact, they couldn't help it for Tokyo which we recently recorded

A rather good story which is a packed house stamped and was very quickly followed by that of Mr. C. A. W. Powell, leaving very going the rounds about the experience clapped until their desires were grant- few of the experts whem the Govern of one of the Shanghai, pilots who ed. The services of Mr. Brick" ment engaged in the early years ce brought an American vessel into port Morse were not overlooked and he He's best Meiji, and none in office, says thf recently, is recorded by the Shanghei came in for a little reception all to It has some connection himself as he came to the front to Japan Chronicle Mr. Powell's resigna Gazette.

To keep up with the JF. . of of journalists pledged in honour to and for many months past almost have been offered for sale by tender

abstain from all provocative writ every steamer from San Francisco by the United States Shipping Board Slaving and burning, sucked down in

the mire of it: The poem by Wiling about other nations and to de- has brought consignments of silver on June 30. Both the "Prince Eitel

nounce as unprofessional the con- coin or bullion to the Far East. The Friedrich" and the "Leviathan" we è I'm losing myself-but I won't give ANSONANCE. Ham Hill in this dust of any of their fellowra who are

saized by the United States during Ecuador" also has on board 14 boxes the war. The "Leviathan is one the point where it may soon be said inte problem. The end words of and spite calculated to disturb the signed to a Yokohama Bank.

issue offers neat found guilty of spreading slander of gold coin, valued at $600,000 con of the largest ships afloat, having a But when in the morning the death

fumes have passed away, t that Hoogkung is the tail that was the first and third lines of the last world's peace

registered tonnage of 54,282. She is Lloyd's is arranging, it is report. 920 feet in length and has a breadth And my tongue is so sweet through

that ill giving cup. Rome wasn't built in a day, and stanza. what do they present? A

of 100 feet. The "Eitel Friedrich " we are not foolish enough to ex-thyme? Or an aonance? P'er-

Japan, to facilitate the classification to Mr. and Mrs. V. O. Let the Kowloon trans in a fort.sonally we consider that they pre.j. Bottoniley, writing most immorallyed, to establish a. corporation was a commerce raider and was well-1 Yet, fool that I am, I'll still be the

night; but we are bound to reply seat both true rhyme and true abou: the Americans. There are, of newly built ships, surveying, and known on this coast as one of the

American and Australian all other matters connected with are remarkably also, to such reasoning that a Begirining

journalists writing war-seed stuff merchantmen. Except where Lloyd's was made with tie-building of ingenious.

against the Japanese. There are corporations are established, such It is better to be paying double Rome, or it would never have been

The vessel enters une our own newspaper parrots vilify matters are handled by the head for the privilege of living on this built. What Kowloon wants is a BATHING nt those numerous ing the Bolsheviks, for no better office in London through its agents, planet now, than to have paid half tangible, visible beginning with its

PICSICS. hays with which the reason than that they think it pays and this means considerable incon to have lived here, say 50 years ago— street transportation system, abļu

shores of Honghong to kick a "man when he is down. venience to the shipbuilders in places and only half lived What they call- earnest. a largain-penny, a straw harbour tre indented. The anchor

We had a little where such corporations are noted living then would be little more to prove that the wind of trae in-Isplashes overboard. The solitary

existent. In fact, this inconvenience than grovelling pow. Yet when the tent is rising, instead of a few pulle Chinese whe is always there, THE PERFECT while ago was responsible for the recent ar haired ones get together at the Club of boj, air which are all Kowloon farmer, grasscutter, stoneworker,

notes groping rangements made by the leading they talk in hushed tones of the. good" old days. Speaking of the a satisfac shipbuilding concerns in Japan to has so far been able to record. The whatnot. looks up at the noise, and

The Glee Club of the University of sight of a surveyor going over the as quickly ines on again. The ladtory definition of a gentleman, establish a corporation there under cost of things now as compared with ground would be something. An der is put down. One by one the is not easy to find the perfect de special understanding with the British then, there are men still living in California gave about four times as early announcement by the Govern bathers dive in to the blue pellucid. finition, and it is quite clear that Corporation, of Glasgow, which is Shanghai who can recall when an many items as the programme indi- adult-sized drink could be purchased cated, at the Theatre Royal last night. ment of something attemptedness, making white fo110 on it... Freeman in the Westmins rival of Lloyd's.

at the Shanghai Club for seven cents. They did the extra work smilingly ter Gazette hasn't even tried. Here Cheerful voices and laughter carry |

N. C. D. N. Cinderella Koxioon awaits the far upon it. Thereafter comes the is his contribution: Kowloon has its Ratepayers As-fairy godmother. Then Sister pure joy of sitting about in dress. Define me, some one, if you can, sociation. which is doing its best Hongkong, the haughty, the selfish, that could not be called negligent The elusive term of gentleman. to ginger up the Government; bur will learn what's what."

without tattery. Thereupon come.

Says Vere de Vere, A man is tea, whisky, tobacco. To para. phrase a little a bit of Byron : Of pure-blooded, ancestry."

Behold herein a

Says Newman Frig group that's quite antique, Half-naked, merry, natural, and. Greek." How we all Bang the drum! Call heaven to

"The amah on the love them, these collarless, bare witness that Kowloon has rights,

afternoons, those opposite doorstep re-foot Sunday which it most certainly has. Direct

SINN FEIN. cited over and over sweltering, evenings in beautiful the attention of the public to the

again to her little surroundings and circumstances to fact that Kowloon is missing its charge an appropriately little suit. Robinson Crusoe and fair turn, and being kept waiting poem: Look see.

"Man Friday are no longer Mun Key. for things promised when its claims Look sec. Mun Key." Huck sat children. Ashore and clad respect A Christ-like person-Church are really entitled to precedence.

preferred." on the verandab railing, tearing up ably they are men of affairs. But

Says Books, "Whoever in he The Hospital delay is a scandal. the Adversarian's morning paper, when on such occasions they take.

lets, Where is that site that was talked thoughtlessly handed to him by the the dinghy and paddle ashore, to of Tell the people, so that they news boy. He was saying several play upon the beach awhile, they He never fails to pay his bets."

'Tis clear enough he's one," may go and look-see and make sure quite new things on the subject of have the hearts of children. They that is is there. ・・

say's Shirt, amahs, and his language was not are primitive men, as keenly ab.

Who for his living doesn't How about the road to the re- nice. Along came a patriotic little sorbed in the movements of the

work.** clamation suburb? People are living boy, who rieasured with his eye hermit crab as they will later be in out there, have been living for some the distance between himself and intricate commercial problems. time, and a half made; rutty trail the Sinn Feiner.. He decided that Time bas turned backward upon is all they've got.

Huck, was in range, and opened its swift way, and made them as Other instances of neglect could fire. The gunnery was crocilent, boys again, just for the day. So be mentioned, showing that Kow and Huck was kept busy. At last in an especially literal sense, they con is getting the most ebrious the crash and tinkle of falling glass scrabble with the fingers in the life- are engaged in recreation. To Cinderella treatment.

told the marksman that he had Worst of all is the transporta achieved something he never in-haunted sand, to explore, bare tion problem. Has one single thing tended He fled. Adversarius sent legged, the pools left by the tide, been done towards getting: trams for a glazier. Huck found that to run and jump for the sheer joy for Kowloon since the time long broken glass is not good to eat of life and of freedom from the BLAZON TYPE NOT NECESSARY to Hamburg. Moreover, four other fact, when he was dismissed, he past when Clind Serern was telling This still probably appear on the trammels of conventional existence.HAMBERLAINA Colin and Dische Japanese firms have started branch actually owed his master $150. The TO reed of suffering from crampin ns that the Government, had its eye official list as another Sinn Fein this it is to be born again, and to Remedy needs no glaring head offices in Germany. Japan would be comptamant was dismissed because the stomach or intesti al nifer on this job had its plans made, atrocity, but anybody can see it feel it. This it is to have a place line to attract the public eye. The able to supply before long large be was in the habit of staying out at Chamberlain's Colic and Di-chers Re- and was prepared to go ahead wat Huck's fault. I wasn't in the sun, and to feel that too, simple et fement that all chemists sell quantities of copper and silk, in night, until very late The Magis-dre ce Get it town in the rates. with a really sensible scheme. The even the fault of the patriotic, boy, A little chafing soreness in office ales. It has heen weed for for years exchange for German chemicals trate said that he thought Mr. Rowan no time to send for for he attack China Mail was even permitted at who simply did'nt remember the next day is nothing to regret it and in fout what is name in For Japan, however, did not intend to had no case to answer and dismissed comes on. For sale by all Chamisa mandi

Stockoppers. give large credits. she time to publish a man of the existence of windows. Grown-up serves as a reminder of holiday te tundy and tiers

ADVERSARIA.

WAR ON

deaned.

As one who has a cultured/tion of the office of Chief Engineer with the "fabricated" officers who conduct, one of the concerted eum-

*

mind."

Says Midas,Culture? Blood?

Pooh ! Dash! The true criterion is cash." Bays Priest, "He is in thought,

deed, word,

A real gent.""says Ikey Chink, "Don't know the price of any

think." Between these various views

they voice. Come, pay your cash and take

your choice.

It is suficient, an avery family knows its.

of Government Railways was some are now being turned out by the bers what dramatic. The railway dozen by the Shipping Board and to It is no adulation to say that the authorities attempted to make a which so much prominence is being University lads have provided one scapegoat of him over the accident to given by the American periodicals. of the brightest entertainments that the bridge over the Usuigawa. an On boarding the vessel the pilot has been here for some time. The endeavour being made to lay the remarked to the officer on watch entertainment is of an unusual blame on him for structural weakness: would he kindly take, as azimuth?" character for Hongkong, but this He proved to them that the work was The officer looked somewhat dubious alone cannot be said to account for not carried out according to his and retired for a few moments, from its success. These young gentlemen designs, and having demonstrated the bridge. Later he returned and have talent and make good use of it. this be resigned.

said in a tone of regret: "Guess you Te single out any particular item for can't have one of them to-day, pilot. special notice is hard, but to judge Steward dunno how to mix em.

by the applause, the violin solcs of Mr. David Phennig were exceedingly Last night he played

In the course of an interview at Amsterdam a member of the Japanese Mission now staying in Berlin declar A Chinese "boy" this morning popular. ed that opinion in Japan towards sued his Chinese master before Mr.Souvenir" in a very delicate mau Germany was very favourable (as is N. L. Smith for balance of wages due. ner and for his encores went on to shown, says the Japan Chronicle, by He said that he was promised $7.15 jazz. The saxophone solos of Mr. the confiscation of German property), per month as wages. He worked Strick faden were excellent. The jazz and the Japanese commercial and for his master for six months and band had a great time and was kept

cause very busy. industrial circles intended to resume then was dismissed" for no

The general opinion seems to be economic relations with Germany as whatever. On his dismissal, he was soon as possible, Japan has already given $15.40 only. He now claimed that it is a pity the party cannot stay,

Mr. T. longer. made a beginning, the Nippon Yusen the balance due to him. Kaisha having established a branch Rowan, who appeared for the master, office in Hamburg, while sending said that the defendant had over- monthly a steamer from Yokohama drawn his wages, and, as a matter of

the summons.

- CRAMP COLIC.

today, be