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Dr. Baronsfeather of Fakhoi who had a breakdown in. health last year. owing to overwork, is going to Can-

ton to work there.

view, we suspect that the suns of happiness and unhappiness have remained relatively constant. The primeval savage battling for his life The approaching wedding is an against monsters was no worse of nounced of Mr. A. A. da Luz to Miss than the soldier in Europe's recent 1. M. dos Santos. trenches, and both contrived to find sufficient happiness to make ir] The death has occurred at Shioja, |-- worth while going on hiring. The near Kobe, of Mr. George A. Adam borrible malady called tedium ritue who was for many years associated is a feature of advanced civiliza-with the Oriental Hotel in Kobe |tion, of communities we consider to have most conspicuously progress- ed. There are no stable conditions

are

Since the Bureau of Mines of

Shinchow has repealed half of the taxes on coal, many of the coal merchants in the North River Dis tricts have resumed business.

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OBITUARY.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1820.

HE. & L. L. DE SOUSA

DEATH FROM SUNSTROKE.

The death took place from sup

SING SONG GIRL TRAGEDY.

SUSPECT ÅRRESTED,

SEQUEL TO SENSATIONAL MURDER.

As foreshadowed by a special wire

stroke, at his father's residence into the China Mail, there is every Kowloon at 240 pm Yesterday, of likelihood of an early sequel to the Mr. A. EL de Sousa, second son of recent sensational murder of a "sing Mr. E V.M. R. de Sousa, ex-Consul song" girl in Shanghai. It may be for Portugal in Hongkong.

New coins, issued by the Com

As the Government Coal Depot, ñnding it, most often in change with less silver than those now. in amounting to $105,000 to Mitsui and took an active part in the athletic visitor to the house for a motor cat The deceased, who was only 15 membered that the girl who of happiness, man seeking it, and monwealth Government are to include

square pennies in nickel and shillings Canton, cannot pay a coal bill years of age, was a keen sportstaan, resided in one of the Foochow Road houses was invited out by a young Variety, he says is the spice of circulation:

Bushan Kaiska the Director of the affairs of the Colony. As a jockey, ride and that was the last seen of her life. There is a witty saying which

Depot and the Financial Commis- he came into prominence lately, bears on the topic of happiness,

The runaway gmboat "Kong sioner have arranged with the latter scoring some creditable wins for his Later, her body, hadly decom- namely, that a Scotsman is never Goo" has been recaptured. A large / to regard the sum, as a loan for six father at the various Gymkhana ground in the Bubbling well disrict posed, was found on some waste at home till he's abroad, an Irish-quantity of arms, however, are remonths at an interest of 12 per cent. meetings. man never at peace till he's fight ported to have been taken away and

The death of young de Sousa came and it was evident that she ing, and an Englishman never six offers belonging to the gunboat which is being built to the order of large circle of friends, his finess for the sake of her jewellery. Since - Work, on the new river boat as a great shock and surprise to bis: had been done to death happy till he's misemble. If you are missing. examine that, you will notice that

the China Merchants by the Shang-being of very short duration. He then the Municipal Police have been happiness is predicated in each.

hai Dock and Engineering Co., is was in the best of spirits during casing on their investigations. A At home airdat peace

In the future, Fanian Syndicates progressing favourably and it will the week-end, and went out swim quantity of the valuable articles was phrases practically

in Canton will be undertaken by not be leng before this vessel is ming with a party of friends. He afterwards recovered from a second- synonymous with happiness. We certainly can

Hang On, for a period of three years, launched. She is at present on the was sun-barned, but on Monday and hand shop, but up to the other day happily applaud Professor Thom-The Revenue Buress recommends tong and appears to be nearly com- office as usual. On Wednesday he

at an annual licence fee of $2,350,000 slips of the Dock Co.'s yard at Poo- Tuesday was at work in his father's there was no clue to the whereabouts son's definition of progress, as that all gambling houses should be pleted and ready for launching..

of the murderer.

Now it is learned that a man *** meaning increase in the realiza-

complained of headache and stayed properly protected hereafter. tion of what the racial conscious-

indoors, though he did not go to answering to the description which ness has most persistently held to

on July 29. It was an invasion of became alarming and several doctor arrest by the native authorities of a Shiba-ku in Japan, was invaded bed. In the evering his condition was circulated by the Settlement authorities, has been placed under of the highest value, because

millions, of myriads. The inbabitants were called in. Yesterday morning Shantang Province village. The that is a complete surrender to and

were forced to take refuge in their he recovered and was once more Shanghai police have been notified of acquiescence in the proposition that

houses and barricade the doors, wip-out of bed. happiness is the supreme objective,

dows and all other openings. The At about 11.30, while walking the occurrence and it is expected that But it gives away the whole phil

streets were deserted, none dared from one room to another in the down there in the course of a few the suspected man will be brought sophie case for progress. We grew

step outside. The invaders remain-house, be suddenly collapsed and totnato plants once. They pro- | Ltd. gresse

ed about two hours, then suddenly was unconscious when picked up days' time for investigation into his They grow stalks about The damage done to the Sunning disappeared as quickly, and mysteri-He did not recover consciousness movements. a dozen feet long. But they grew Railway during the heavy rain of the ously as they appeared. The army again, la spite of all medical atten last week has been partially repaired. was composed of winged ants, Action, and at 2.40 p.m. was prenounced If it makes the pessimist happy it is reported that the railway service cording to legend the appearance of dead. to prove that there is no progress, between Pekhai, Kongmoon and an army of winged ants is the portent Much sympathy will be felt for let hin. If it makes the optimist Towshan has been restored, but the of a coming wind storm; the storm his parents and relatives in their and weliorist happy to believe that railway service in other places has broke a couple of days later, bring-bereavement. The funeral will take there is. let him. In the end it been discontinued temporarily.

ing a very welcome cool to the city place at the Roman Catholic Ceme comes to the same thing, that i

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DEATHS.

SIQUEIRA-On August 6, 1920, at Shanghai. Henneinda Joarfa. the beloved daughter of the late Jozo J. de Siqueira and Virginia da Costa Siqueira, in her 64th OBERG. On August 6, 1920, at Shanghai, Gustaf Leonhard Oberg, aged 70 years.

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A resident of Canton, was recently charged at the Police Station with unlawfully connecting an elec tric wire with the street wires and using an electric light bulb of 850 kilowatt for lighting up his premises A fine of H4,500 was imposed.

a man than to be happy. If in aged by the heavy rain of last week. The Sanning Railway was dam- his work." let him work. If in It is estimated that it will take shirking, let him shirk. If in about tex days to repair the railroad study. let him learn, If in Consequently the train service be ignorance, let him vegetate. Doftween Sunwci and Kungyik has been What you will, say what you discontinued for time being. It is will. his will because he mist. said that the damage done amounts He cannot help it, any more than to more than $10,000. the drug-fed, rait-splashed, wind-

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There is ely to be more trouble in Australian shipping circles in the of a certain company are expected to near future. Three Japanese vessels arrive on that coast soon to start trad

thought of there being Japanese lab ing along the coast. The Australian

Sailor's Union resents the very

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MISS SUBA TURNER.

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DEATH IN PERSIA.

ed away on June 19, at Deh Lard, a was buried at Baft. village on the way up to Kerman and

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Bernard Shaw for taking the public There is "nobody quite like Mr. into his confidence. He has not been afraid to confess to an audience at Croydon that he has finished a new play which has given him a lot of trouble. Most authors are reti-record the death of Miss Susa It is with regret that we have to cent about their toils. They prefer Turner, who for six years was a us to think that they just throw their Sister of the Matilda Hospital, Hoag blown rase can help emitting l The death has cecurred in Lon-Shaw hints, is not a little thing. "It October.

little things off. But this, Mr. kong, and left the Colosy last pleasing odong. Life and hap-don of Mr. Ross Clunis, aged 54. ie really a series of five separate piness are like running downstairs Mr. Clunis joined the Siamese De-

At the time of her death Miss if you begin to think about it. partment of Mines in 1894 and later struggling with them for a very long in Persia, to be married to Mr. Gace, plays" he says. "I have been Turner was on her way to Kerman, you miss your step.

The great took up subber planting. His father time past and it has been a great of the Imperial Bank of Persia. She moral of the great story of the First hit the Grand Palace in Bangkok relief to me to write the final words." was taken ill on the journey with Garden is pertinent. Happiness and a brother was in the Railway Now all that remains is for some cerebro-malarial meningitis and pass. prevailed in Eden until the occu-Department of Siam They were pants acquired knowledge-know related to the Claris Ross family of audience to be equally relieved. ledge of good and evil-until they Cocos Islands. started comparisons until they

Information has been received in became sophisticated "pessimists. Colombo announcing the-death of Adam and Eve undoubtedly made Mr. E. A. Pugh, manager, of the happiness it deserves to be clutched intellectual progress, and gained China Matual Life Insurance Co., though an illusion. Why insist for Darwin to Genesis, we will con- left Ceylon in March last, was return: and clung to unquestioningly, even unhappiness thereby. If you pre-Colombo. The late Mr. Pugh, who upon strict truth, if it make us cede that from their common an-ing to the island by the "Nippon," unhappy, and if happiness be the cestor, men have progressed, accompanied by Mrs. Pugh, and the supreme good? Instead, he takes and monkeys have not. But which event took place on the voyage the strangely illogical course of are the happier? Who shall say? between Aden and Bombay. The reminding us of the "progress' The monkeys have no words, no late Mr. Pugh was about 40 years of made since the earth was first polities, no dictionaries, no news-age.

Captain Oberg, who was of Swedish heaved off from the central mass papers. No monkey ever yet asked

Commonwealth. This is undoubtedly nationality, has had a very long as a spiral nebula." the "progress" if life were worth living, whereas

correct; the Japanese were never à acquaintance with Shanghai, arriving filustrated by the origin and deve men, poor devils. have asked it the Ministries of Communications which is no fault of the Australians, of the sailing vessel. He was asso Heavy guards were placed over popular people in Australian waters there some 45 years ago, as Master lopment of life on the planet, and seriously, and occasionally they and Finance at the Salt Industrial By their own actions only have they ciated with the mercantile marine for St. Joseph's Church, Garden Road The wedding was solemmised at by its increasing mentality." have decided, again poor devils, and North-western Development merited descrimination--even in such some years, and later became a part- yesterday afternoon, of Mademoiselle do with it? that it was not. The word pro Banks, at Peking on the night of a thing as trading on the Australianner in Messrs. Schiller & Co. After Yvonne Lecable, the only daughter If we are to go so far back to gress means going to. We must July 29. The object of the guard coast, says the Shanghai Gazette.

spending some time in Indo-China, of M. and Mme. Lecable of "Myrtle prove progress," we must go ask to what? If to happiness, over the two Ministries is said to be

be returned to Shanghai and was Bank," The Feak, to Monsieur Racul least as jar forrard, to find out if may we not say that the monkeys the prevention of the destruction of At the Criminal Sessions at then mainly instrumental in the Rodenfuser, Agent of the Messageries the visible progress is not merely have already arrived, and that man, unauthorized deals, and over the two Bombay, on July 22, an Englishman foundation of the Shanghai Mutual Maritimies Cie, in Hongkong. M. a segment of a vicious, circle, in proud. boastful animal that he is. banks the prevention of a possible named J. Wilkinson, was acquitted Telephone Company, some 28 years Rodenfuser is a son, of a Parisian which case it does not deserve the is sidetracked. Yes, we may say attempt on the part of the Anfu bank on a charge of forging a Hundi 280 He contributed much to the family, while the bride and her name of progress. If the sun is so if it make us happy to say it officials to remove the funds or the valued at Rs.25,000, purporting to Progress of the company, of which parents have resided in the Colony grow cold, and the planet to be And those who prefer to say the books, says a Peking exchange. again, dissolved into its constituent contrary, let, then be happy too..

have been signed by the Secretary to he was Secretary

and General for many years and are well known the Mabarajah of Gwalior. The Manager for a number of years, and highly esteemed among European atome, and perhaps to start again For as another "spiral nebula," we get

all go unto one place."

"I am an arrow and want to accused wanted to take a Bible to returning only in June of this year. shoot birds but there are not now swear on oath and when it was The deceased, who was in his circumgression, not progression.

any more birds to shoot, and there pointed out to him that accused per 70th year, leaves a widow and two "Progrese "* Dames 3

and a thing of no value. Hereafter statements on "eath he said that be fore the arrow has become useless sons were not..required to make daughters: thought, having reference exclu- sively to haman affairs, and in

I will no longer participate is the swore by all that was dear to him discussing it as a philosophic pro-

doings of political circles." While that his name was put forward said by the native press to have thus depended on the evidence of hand. lying in bed, Marshal Tuan Chi-jui is falsely as a forger. A conviction

The China Mail. What has all that

RUTH, JUSTIÇA PUBLIC SERVICE."

BONGKONG, FRIDAY, AFG. 13, 1990.

SECRETS OF HAPPINESS.

human THAT OMELETTES INVOLVE

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Japanese ship and accordingly has of Captain Gustav L. Oberg, an old our on the coast even though it be in We regret to announce the death made strong protestations to the Go and very well-known resident of against all the best interests of the vernment pointing out that it is Shanghai.

PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.

INDEPENDENCE.

Of late there has been a moot ing of the problem of progress.

·Professor Bury in a learned his torical enquiry shown that the idea of progrese is 3 parvenu, and has no pedigree and very little founda- tion. Dean Inge in a characteris tic lecture tells us to look around and see for ourselves that it is an blem, we must keep that in view. By all means let us in this brief illusion. Now Professor Arthur Whence and how far bae man pro- essay avoid the plerophoric note, remarked to a consoler sent to him writing experts and the Judge, sum PROSPECTS OF Thonison (our teacher in heredity) gressed towards happiness? That the tone dogmatic. writes in the New Statesman to is the conundrum put by the pessi- there must be, or so at least we or rather a section of it, is inclined of these experts was more confusing There are, by the President. The native press, ming up said that, often the evidence confess that he still retains faith in mist. "All the answers appear so fare obliged to suppose, people who to treat the matter most pathetically than elucidating. He advised the progress. In the present article. fer impertinent and evasive. It will be disinclined to agree with this theme is Lot the one primarily happens that we have, sought bap-its principal assertion. A decent

jury to leave - aside the expert evid | SENATOR CONSIDERS THEM REMOTE, to be dealt with, but rather some piness in gratifying our intellec- regard for the opinions of those the R. N. Dockyard Recreation Club dependently of it. The jury returned The fortnightly whist drive of ence and come to a conclusion in.. of the incidental observations that fual curiosity, without suffering so who disagree with us is required of was held on Wednesday evening, the 4 verdict of not guilty. occur in Professor Thonison's argu- much vexation of spirit as any writer who cares for the good prize winners being: Ladies-1.Mrs. ment. He seems to reach the con Ecclesiastes, did, because we have opinion of those who uphold these Hodds (177); 2, Miss Hill (167); 3, civsion of Ecclesiastes that there instinctively, on coming within canons of good taste, and it may Mrs. Laterton (167); 4, Mrs. Chees is no greater satisfaction for a man sight and smell of the dragon of be taken for granted, unless objec ley (167); Hidden No. Mrs. Phillips than to be happy in his work, and disillusionment, declined to take tion be made to the unseemly as (158). Gents-1, C. P. O. Jones it is this on which we have things things as seriously as he. We sertiveness of such a suggestion, (175); 2, Mr. Rhodes (174); 3, Mr.

fo say, for in addition to thorough have audaciously treated the dragon that the good opinion of those who Sandford (173); 4, Mr. T Marsh ly (and happily digesting the as a joke, and the laughter. of disagree with him must be precious (172); Hidden No, Mr. Lee (155). philosophy of Ecclesiastes we have foots," to Ecclesiastes apparently to any writer worthy of bis profes Mr. Budden was MC. The next carried the analysis a little farther, an irritating reminder of the sion. The pain with which upon drive would be held on Wednesday, and have dared to amend that test crackling of thorns under a pot, occasion we feel constrained to utter the 25th inst.

othere is no greater satisfaction has been to us & frue and authen statements that are blatantly and

for

HONGKONG WEDDING..

RODINFUSER-LECIBLE."

residents of There was

many nationalities friends at the wedding service and at a large attendance of

the reception which followed. AN

The service at the Church was conducted by Pere Monnier, assisted by other priests. The bride, who was given away by her father, was charmingly attired in a dress of satin draped with tulle, with train, made by "Le Gagne Petit," Avenue de l'Opera, Paris. She was attended as bridesmaid by Miss Rose Edkins, who- wore a costume of taffetas Pompadour That the Philippine Islands have Lily). The bridegroom was attended "and white lace (made by La Maison

not yet advanced to the point where by M. Jean de Very de Beaufort. entire self-government" would be: The reception which followed the either safe or wise is the opinion of Church service was held at the Hong- Senator. Thomas Sterling of South kong Hotel, where the happy pair, Dakota, one of the two members of standing under a magnificent fioral the Upper House accompanying the marriage bell, received the felicita- Congressional Party

tions of a host of friends. The Act There are evidences of great ing Chief Justice (Mr. H. H. J. Gome prosperity in the Islands; in fact, I do pertz) in proposing the health of the were of more than ordinary interest ever known such an era of plenty," services which the bridegroom had Last Saturday's League matches not believe that the Filipinos have bride and bridegroom, alluded to the

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as it was the first meeting of Kowald Senator Sterling Bat tweely rendered to his country during the loon and Taikoo, and also, because year is far too short a time to war in the French army, and the

should act asschool-master for several

Archbishop Daniel Mannix who

man than to be puppy in any tic hall-mark of happiness. Hap indecently direct and categorical is First deliveries of the, ten 535 the Police, who lost to the Kowloon develop them into a self-governing bridegroom speaking in English, thing, eg, even in ignorance.piness, always laughs, and hearty known only to ourselves, and is type steamships allocated by the Cricket Club on the latter's ground people. This seemed to be the pre made a happy response. The frot thought that comes to us unassuined) Jaughter must always concealed from the observation of American Shipping Board to the Ad by two points in their first encounter, vating inspression of the Congres is that the greatest enemy of hap. indicate happiness. If happiness the public. Would that it were miral Line and the Pacific Mail were playing the return match at ional Party when we visited the pinees must be analysis. thought, be the summum bonum, if it be the possible to gratify our naturallySteamship Company: probably will Happy Valley

Islanda. The Filipinos are a bright all such discussions as these. The goal, what matter the route by modest instincts to the extent of not be made before January, 1921 Kowloon won against Taikoo by people and we have great hopes for most nearly perfect happiness must which it is reached? The shorter never going beyond the deferential according to a letter from the traffic 13 prints, gaining a comfortable their future, but they are not quite be unconsciousmust not be the better. Now, when we look submission of perhapses and it-may, manager of the Emergency Fleet lead early in the game and keeping ready for their diplainas. Uncle Sam mentally handled, it will suffer the long procession of mankind be thats. How pleasant and con- Corporation to Mr. Richard Neville, it all the way through. as does the bloom of a fresh grape. through history, we see him always, genial our duty then would be. But Treasury Attache of the United States The Police had their revenge over decades to come.". Some such thought was Whituran's even in the most terrifying periods, alas! The spirit of the times, the Consulate General at Yokohama. Ex the KCC coming off victors by 14 when he envied the cattle in the enjoying some measure of hap-fashion of the day, and the quite are given as the reason for the delay. fields, because they did not lie piness. If we have progressed plain and manifest requirements of Five of the big ships will go to the

traordinary delays and labourfroubles points.

The scores follow- awake at night bewailing their really and truly progressed, that modern conditions compel ng now Pacific Mail and five to the Admiral vins. The very wise gentleman measure must have visibly in- and again to overstep the limite of Line, the letter states, and two smaller who writes under the pseudonym of creased. Has it? In so far as the that becoming diffidence, which is vessels will be delivered to an Ameri- Ecclesiastes, confesses that science human mentality that Professor so greatly to be desired, so amiable can company operating between Ha- and philosophy (verses 13 and 16) Thomson boasts is admitted the to observe, and so much in harait and the mainland.

happen exercices, RE VERZICHsure di happiness has decreased, mony with our natural disposition.

Professor Thom since awareness, the consciousness In short, we fid it almost impos

the retention of that is produced by introspection Bible to fill these columns day after Six rese, might justly and analysis, is a foe to happiness day without once in a while ven- that as a source of But taking a large and very aloof turing to say something

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