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TUESDAY .... SEPTEMBER 20, 1981.

CHILEAN CELEBRATION

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AT CONSUL'S HOUSE.

A LETTER FROM

"ADVERSARIUS.”

In commemoration of the anni

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himas to point out that the journalism has come to, that it allows "query the euch impertinences in these days as com of those who authenticity of the plays" is a piece the obiter dicta of persons who are of archinesque impudence. One of not qualified to have opinions of their

versary of the Declaration of Indepen- [To the Editor of the " China Mall,"|` the brightest literary intellects (toen at all. We refuse to let the boy

dence of the Republic of Chile, the which even the Pat is as a rash-light of seven have a real gun, yet we

Consul-General and Senhora Rajas Sir,Well. I got em going, didin't to an ate-lamp) has shown fairly adow intellectual children to write convincingly that whoever wrols un newspapers.

As we remarked supra, our hackle"Shin Yus" Iron Vladivostok was

residence, No. 1, Prat Avenue, Kow-disturbing the earwige.

The editorial article entitled "A Shakspare, it was not the play-actÓT

rish, ur ivory shows, and we dars in party of 12 adult gipsies and nine Hapeers held a reception at their I? Just like lifting a flowerpot and

children.

loon, yesterday evening. A large from Stratford of that name.

He got one We have in this club-footed salad bite. What we have bitten we

number of Civil, Naval and Military Word-Spinner Confited does not ponderous rejoinder by the Post have bitten.

officials, members of the Consular require much answer.

journalist. It is a hard name, an fine text for a eermon against that

Corps and heads of business bruses blow in that hurts. Called me mast common of afectations, in which

tended to offer their felicitations. Invitations for the reception were unkind epithet, but as I'm not s the semi-literate pretend to know,

issued to H. E. The Governor and journalist, it breaks no bones of mine. and pass judgment upon. works of

Lady Stobbs. Miss Besant, the A. The opponent I prefer is the ene which they really know very little.

In order to direct the attack on D. . to . E. The Governor, the who contributed the letter signed and seklom glanceat. But we forbear,

Langchew more effectively the head-Colonial Secretary and Mrs. Severn, Relim." He shows promise of a merely stating our opinion that a little

quarters of the Cantonese Army have lieut-General Sir G. M. Kirkpatrick, lively punch when emotionally work, more common honesty would make

however, literary discussions much more useful.

Bros will been removed from Nanning to Tai Lady Kirkpatrick, and the Mis esed up Models his style on my own,

Commodore Bowden obviously. He should, We should find out what people really de like, if in the case (say) of a post auction a quantity of household furnipingfu, which was recently captured Kirkpatrick,

from the Kwangsi forces

Smith and Mrs. Bowden Smith, the avoid the unnecessary cliche. like the weekly infliction of columns of Acting Chief Justice and Mrs. Gom

unoffending upon * Like Milton, whom they consider theyture to-morrow afternoot.

The launch Kwon Yik," which ste obliged to admire or be damned.

Attacked by a number of men pertz, the Attorney-General and Mrs, twaddle they were to say frankly: Wel.

was overdue from Hongkong siner

in West Point yesterday afternoon. Kemp, Iton. Mr. T. L. Perkins and public."," The hebdomadal bosh by personally, I tried to read him about August 15, has arrived at Singa.

Chinese has been admitted to the Mrs. Perkins, Hon. Mr. Messer. Hon which the people silly enough Mrs. Pollock, to buy the China Ma must be and have neglected him since." That porr safely. She had been virtually Government Civil Hospital for treat Mr. Pollock and

ment of his injuries. None of his Hon. Mt. Holyoak and Mrs. Holyoak, dreadfully bored" would have been Hon. Mr. Lau Che Pak, Hon. Mr. fresher, and just as effective. And he is the exact situation of hundreds given up as lost.

Dodwell, Hon. Mr. Bird, Hon. Mr. Ho should avoid compliments like "circus of literary hypocrites who as the

Sr. Casanova, Portuguese Consul assailants has been arrested yet. Post does. prate of Shakspere, General in Shanghai, who is now

Twe more cases of less through Fook, the Secretary for Chinese Affairs clown." Many people like clowns.

Moreover, and this is fatal-in sett. Milton, al Dante. If

visiting Hongkong, will meet local Pool's present

Portuguese residents at the Club speculating in exchanges are reported (Hon. Mr. Ross), the Director of Teansson that have really excited Rectiu an advertisement in this in the Chinese press. In both cases Education (Hon. Mr. Irving). Mesing out to show that my stuff is a the men, whe bave absconded, are Irving, and the Misses Irving. Hon weekly infiction," be should make There has been our indignation.

alleged to have lost no less than Sir Paul Chater and Lady Chater, no damaging admissions, such as sit E. FI. Sharp the implied when he quotes not only from Before they left Hon. Mr. within recent times a movement in which it was the thing" to sneer The total number of Chinese iru-1310,000 each. Ltd at and belittle Tennyson a poet.migrants arriving at Singapore fer the Shanghai, they are reported to bave Postmaster General (Mr. Breen), Cap- my last Saturday stuff but from that Wolfe), Harbour Master (Lieut. Hake), shows he is a regular reader of mine the Consul-General for USA. (Mr. and a man who turns up regularly We suspect the parroting the cant of that movement. Year 10 the end of Angast was 138,407 collected whatever money was dus tain-Superintendent of Police (Mr of the previous Saturday."

compared with 70,731 in the same to them.

The master of the steari launch Gale) and Mrs. Gale, Consul-General once a week to be inflicted must be Tung Lee was fined at the for France (M. Heau), Madame Reau un ass.

With these exceptions, his letter Marine Court to-day for failure to and Mademoiselle Reau, Consul Captain A. Svarter, forruery of observe the rule of the road. The General for Portugal and Madame Fer- was a fairly good bit of vituperation. the Siani Steam Navigation Co., Ltd, Magistrate (Lieutenant Conway Hake nandes, Consul-General for Japan and I compliment him. has been married at home, and is now R.X.R.) direted that he should be Mrs. Tsubogami. Consul General for chief officer on the Malaya," one of re-examined before his certificate the Netherlands (Mr. Hamel). the the 13,000 ton motor ships recently was returned to him. For neglecting Consul for Cuba and Mrs. Harrington, completed for the East Asiatic Co., to renew his licence the master of Ltd., and now on her way out to the passenger boat was ordered to pay

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It says Milton was a much bigger period of last year. The numbers who man than Tennyson." So long as left during the same period were tastes differ, so long as we believe the respectively 61,847 and 10,020.0

man who says it to be sincere, end when in addition we believe him to

have some ruall claim to judge, we shail receive such an opinion with dee respect, although we hold the exactly opposite opinion. We prefer Tennyson's poetry as a whole) to Milton's (as a whole) There are noble passages in Milton, but there is also a lot of windy nonsense. There are puerilities in Tennyson, but there is a mass of really great poetry, in the highest sense of the term.

The Scottish writer questioned the propriety of referring to Burns a Bobbie, which is certainly unusual "Robbie" or "Rab would seem lawful. His point was that English

write of "Bill "Alfie" Tennyson.

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The Colombe drainage system.

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In H.B.M.'s Supreme Court, at Shakspere or

evidently, fire points of Shanghai, last week, before Mr. Peter Here.

be- Grain, Assistant Judge, a claim by nationalistic amour Fropre are

we R. G. Ashton against S. Mortrie & ing introduced, with, which will have no dealings. We mention Co., Ltd., was mentioned. The claim it in order to give point to the Pat's was for $5,000 being $1,000 for observations, which appear to be in-wrongful dismissal and $1,000-dam- tended to have a light and playipl ages for assault and battery. The usual order for pleadings was made by the Judge.

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the Consul for Denmark. the Consol

for Panama and Madame Molino, the

Consul for Nicaragua and Mrs. Botelho, Consul for Brazil and Mrs. Alves, Consul for U.S.A. (Mr. Hope).

Yours Truly,

That

ADVERSARIES."

THE GAMBLE IN MARKS.

SHANGHAI SPECULATORS BADLY STUNG,

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The death has occurred at Yoko-Consul for Norway, Consul for Mexico, which has been under construction for hama of Mrs. F. W. Hill Mrs. Hill Vice-Consul for France and Madame sixteen years, is now completed. The had been ill a long time and her death Kremer, Vice-Cansul for Italy and

Among the many things which scheme has cost eighteen million was not unexpected. She went to Madame Petrucci, Vice-Consul for

(Mr. Moguaschi} Right Shanghai has chosen as a medium for England a few years ago for medical Peru. rupees and will be extended as occasion demands. It is by far the treatment on account of sprue, but Rev. Bishop Pozzoni of Taria, gambling has to be reckoned the Clementi Smith.mark, and in view of recent develop moet extensive and up-to-date drain returned after a very short stay. Her Lieut.-Col. E.

last days were darkened, and perhaps Lieut. Col. J. R. Wyndham and ments of this currency a considerable age system in the East.

shortened by the terrible shock of Mrs. Wyndham, Lieut-Col. Taylor number of people cannot feel too Mrs. Taylor, Lieut. Col. pleased with themselves at the pre- the murder of het only son, Mr. and Ronald Hill, crime the perpetrator Delacorabe and Mrs. Delacombe, sent juncture, says the N.C.D. Ners. of which is still undiscovered.

Lieut.-Col. Mac G. Greer. Colonel R.otwithstanding that many were Humphry and Mrs. Humphry. Lieut.badly stung over roubles, Shanghai The annual military manoeuvres Col. Sanders and Mrs. Sanders, Lient. entered upon the gamble in marks in Japan under command of Imperial Col. Nicholson, Lieut.-Col. Crosse and with a fight heart and much con- officers are to be held at Kwanto Mrs. Crosse, Major Lloyd and Afidence, for the reports of expanding Prairie on November 17. Headquar- Lloyd, Major Edwards and Mrs. trade on the part of Germany made ters are to be established in Toko Edwards, Hajor Humphreys and Mrs, the cutlook promising. By the mi hams. The maneuvres this year. a Humphreys, Capt. Leslie Smith and die of April last business in marks "Tennyson was Poet Laureate

for weel:s thereafter the daily which is rather a genteel position

party of monkeys took contemporary says, will be on the Mrs. Leslie Smith, Captain Oxspring had fairly got into its stride, and into five or six and one certainly would hesitate to

At first everything went call him Ally. In fact one might possession of the Methodist Mission largest scale ever held in Japan, and Mrs. Oxspring, Lieut. C. S. Ficher, even pause before calling him Alfred Church at Simpang Ampat in the several additional divisions of troops AD.C. to Major-General, Comdr transactions ran

Practically all of the Mrs. Crookshank. Comdr. Vining ofwimmingly, and even when the re- Tennyson without prefixing the Malay States a few weeks ago. When participating. New weapons are to Crookshank of H.318. "Cairo and millions. mister- he is so essentially genteel. the Tamil Pastor anived up a the be tested.

Comdr, and Officers of HMS, "Am-mark steadily appreciated. The end A city clerk but gently born and scene he attempted to drive out the aeroplanes of the army are to be HMS. "Tamar" and Mrs. Viningparations crisis was in full train the brose," Comer, and Officers of HMS. of April saw it at 41.25 to the tael, bred yes, we should not call bim intruders, hut the latter took some employed in the demonstration.

"Foxylove," "Moorhen," Submarine whereas a month later the quotation "We rubbed on eyes the other anything less than . Alfred tiles from the roof which they aimed at the pastor's head and he wa

day when we found in the list of No. 2. Submarine No. 9, Submarine was 31. As events turned out the Ternyson."

arrivals by a Japanese steamer the No. 15, Submarine No. 3, Submarine settlement of the reparations crisis There could hardly be a bigger in compelled to make a hasty retreat. suit to the memory of an established.

The Siamese Court of Appeal has names of Lord Muck and the Duke of Reserve, Comdr. Greig and Ms. was the signal for the retrograde poet than that "Mr." We are not

Lusng those noblemen before, and the pages Stopford, the Secretary to the Com-which has taken an absolute plange imprisonment passed on "A regards Burns being a rush-light! here alluding to the fact that his confirmed the sentence of 56 months Aarondale. We had zever heard of Greig, Comdr. Stopford and Mr.movement of Germany's currency, Bovoravadi who, when charge of The Peerage" contained no re-modore, Mr. Stern and Mrs. Stem, downward, The end of the month Proper title would be "Lo:d" Ten-

President Club Recreio (Mr. Souza) 52,25; August, 56. Now they are SUTTON-41 Shamees, Cantes, on that, seeing that there are poets who son, because that is nearly as d'affaires in Reme in 1919, tried to ference to them. We suspected a Chairman of Hongkong Club (ir.prices are distinctly instructive, so the 13th inst; to Mr. and Mrs. are mere tiny sparky compared with respectful. The plain surname on the sell the Siamese Legation and to make blunder, but on reference to the Young), President Club Lusitano (Mr. they may be given :-April. 41.25 per the Swan of Avon, whose poetry we people's tongues is the mark of literary a big profit for himself. In addition | official copy found they were quite Silva-Netto) and Mrs. Silva-Netto, tael; May, 37; June 48.50; July,

mank. Those who believe that Byron the appeal court added another six correct was a poet call bio Pyren; those The phrase beginning who regard him as an aristocratic months imprisonment for offering must be trying on a leg pull and cut and Mrs. Souza, the Manager Toyo quated at 76 to the tael, so that they a bribe to the Minister of Foreign the names out, to find out later they Kisen Kaisha (Mr. Tsutsumi) and are less than half their value as whose poetry" should have been put versifier of a certain aptitude pune-Affairs in connection with the deal. were quite genuine. They stood for a Mr. Tsutsumi, the Spanish Dominicas compared with May. And the situa couple of low-grade buma who had Procuration, Mr. Morley and Mrs. tion is anything bat hopeful, for WATSON, -On or alour Sprember after the word "poets, in order to tiliously prefix the Lord.

But in calling attention to this well The Japan Gazette states that made their way up to Hankow on a W. Marley, Editor of the S. C. France regards Germany as very Telegraph, Mr. E. A. de Carvalho and Gambling in depreciated currencies 10, 1921, nt Shanghai China. give the writer's meaning, which was Arthur Watson, Hesti. Lepart-(we guess) that he loves and reads

the tiny spark" poets, although known finesse in literary nomenclature some 90 Japanese merchants, losing cadging expedition (Central China Morning Post, Manager Hongkong nearly playing for bankruptcy. Mrs. Carvalho, Dr. A. M. Vadon and may be a fascinating pursuit, but the Mrs. Vadon, Dr. Bernardo Souza and chances of making money at it seem mut, SLC., aged 40 vees.

they are just that. His proposition in this way, we are following the Post Y250,000 through the recent sudden Post). in that case is that since he lures Cinto the stodgy and sententions realm departure of Hr. Robert Sherower,

Yokohams, bave presented Pak Hot Tong, a new district Mrs. Souza, Dr. Sir Stuart Taylor and more remote than in almost any other intends no disrespect when he calls Bing it with a respect to which it is representations to the Ministers of south-west of Canton city, promises Lady Taylor, Manager the Daily commodity. which is inferior to both A and B. he where humour is not. We are treat

Whether it Foreign Affairs and Agriculture and to be a very prosperous little colony Press, and the Manager Chino Mail, much inferior to A. There are cir- clearly not entitled. cumstances in which that might be meant it seriously or playfully, its Commerce, asking that some measures of foreigners and Chineze. Many new Dr. P. Grove, Mr. and Mrs. Birkett, all night, but when B-happens to be remark that Milton lived in the age be taken to provide against similar buildings and wide roads are under fr. and Mrs. F. M. Crawford, Mr. Burns, and A Shakspere, there is no of the Puritans and that " puritanism loss and that the Treaties be revised construction. Mr. C. S. Pagct, the Faulo da Silva, of Chileau Consulate. excuse for saying that B is to A what is markedly genteel" is merely silly. to enable the defaulters to be brought enterprising civil engineer, and one a rush-light is to the sun. It is true There is to possible connect on or back and punished. that both are poets but they are in even ssociation of ideas between

A Bangkok wire of September 8 pality, has been more or less, respon- sible for beautifying the place, different, categories, just as straw. puritanism and what is generally

bota understood by the word genteel. The states: An official statement says berrier and oranges are

foreigners are residing there at present, of marrying Princess besides a large number of Chinese

St. Andrew's Church, Kowloon, was, Wongaeichang Road yesterday alter- Whenever and wherever we die fruits, but not to be compared incongruity suggest to us that this the King of Siam has announced his say the Canton Times. About 75 cover a debate up literary matters, as he compared Burns and Shakspere, writer is not only ignorant of poetry, intention

x liveliest interest is aroused. We Any man is entitled to announce that but of the raw mate.is! of poetry, Lakekmi Lavan, half sister of his teachers and student. A number of the scene of a pretty wedding on noon suffering from a wound in the ssy married Mr. William Greig, of hospital. On regaining consciousness, fixed Devi. Princess Lakshmi is also raised making their homes there. Wisten, and if the parties seem to he gets more pleasate from reading that, in abort, our good English former. betrothed Princess Vallabha missionaries and merchants are also Saturday when the Rev. G. R., Lindant, a Chinese was removed to the Yes, that to the rank of Royal Highness. It Police Department has ordered that a the Hongkong and Whampoa Docks, the man alleged that he had been know what they are asking shout, we Bhalapers than from reading Bums words have no

to Miss Sarah Murell, who arrived assaulted by another Chinese who, draw closer, and field for new ideas as if it be true) but he cannot compare meanings for him

from England by the P. & G. ns. he said, had used a knife. The keenly as Point at cricket. Should it their greatness. If popularity were is his trouble, quite apparent now was announced in 1919 that the King police station be established there.

The bride who was given trouble arose from an old grudge. Wusham, another Kwangsi city "Khivs." Be an aqument about poets, we do the index of greatness, geography when we observe his use of the good was betrothed to Princess Vallabhs gagement was suddenly broken of ut wait for an invitation to join in. would come in, and in Scotland Burns old word "vogue" in the following Devi, but some months later the en- No doubt that is what we ought to would be the greater poet. Probably passage:

"Burns was a great poet but not owing, it was announced, to incom- which has been the scene of serious away by Mr. J. R. Dixon, of the which the assailant had nursed for fighting, was captured by the Can-Hongkong and Whampoa Docks, a long time. The police are looking do, but we don't, expecially if any one also in Hongkong, for we notice that

one of the outstanding poets of an patibility of temperament.

tonese troops on September 12, looked charming in a dress of white for the man whose name and descrip of the contributors to the debate ap- the number of Englishmen who praise

age and in the same category as

The marriage of Miss Eva Chris-according to a report from Shumchow. satin charmeuse and ninou veil, tam- tion the patient has supplied. The petra to u to have rushed in where Shakspere is enormously larger than

Dante, Milton and Shakespeare. The should have feared to tread. That the number who read him. The Scot

As to this question being a matter tine Sowerby and Mr. Robert Dunbar, On the morning of the 11th, themed with orange blossoms. She injured man's condition is not serious. find inflames us as red-hair does who challenged that rush-light"

of opinion one has only to compare Secretary of the British Legation, troops under General Ngai Bong-carried a shower bouquet of white head-hunter. Our hackle rises, our comparison was quite right, and in

the rogue of Shakspeare with the a celebrated at the British Legation, ping and Wang Taiwai storied lilies and maiden hair fer. The on September 11, and in the British the city from the river, while Misses Dorothy May and C. Dizon forary shows, and we dart in for acidentally he did it with a fine stroke

vogue of Burns"

WOMAN'S TERRIBLE DEATH. Eshion-Legation Chapel in the afternoon by the troops under General Chen were bridesmaids the former was ait lite. Two of the local papers of humour, when he remarked that

Vogue a temporary Eave been arguing about poets. We Beetamen had no controversy as to

While engaged in gathering clothing eterlooked the beginning of this who wrote Bume. The solemnity applies to neither Boras nor Shaks the Right Hev. Bishop Norris, D.D. Ching-kwang marched towards dressed in champagne silk and net,

hang ap to dry on the roof of a house affair, but it seems, from an admission with which the Post takes that rapier pere. Both are poeta "of an age," to It was one of the prettiest weddings the city by land. The enemy troops with bat to match, and carried a bou made yesterday morning, that the thrust, and responds with bludgeonse this writer's other expresien, sofern Peking for many years. The under Liu Tek-hing could not resist quet of lilies, and the latter in prim- Blomming Post had editorially com- strokes, variously dismining the inconsistent with his the of the word chapel was filled with friends of the the combined attack and abandoned silk and net with a basket of ditted itself to the ridiculous opinion Baconian theory as discredited, is "vogur" in that connection. Touyoung couple and of the bride's the city to the Cantonese. General pink roses and fem.

or amusing

painful poraryness is an essential ingredient parents, the Rev. and Mrs. Arthur Nga Bang-pong has been ordered by Following the ceremony, & recep. in Chinatown yesterday evening, That Buzz was to Shakspere what a feither

oberrse, woording to vogue. Thus it appears that he Sowerby The British Minister sert Comma er-in-chief Chen Chiung: tide was held at the Bio Hotel, Chinese woman överbalanced hereft wash-light is to a much ligger illumia-to auk, probably the aux. The simile whether one is malitions or kindly, had a sight whatever to enter upon a congratulatory telegram expressing thing to purse the defeated troops Kowloon, after which My And Mas and fell into the road. Her head was

king a become the worse for wear by the It betrays an entire lack of the sense such a discusien, being unqualified regret that he could not return to and captors their leader, Liu Tak-Greig left for Macao on their honey-smashed and she was killed time we meet it, the Post remarking, of humour. After that, it is anti- from the bottom up. That is what Reking to be present

The China Mail.

*IKUTEL JUSTIÚR PUWAU SIEVIOR.

Momakoma, TurkSDAY, SEPT. 20, 1991.

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