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LOCAL LITERARY OUTPUT.

THE SECOND SWASTIKA”

SIR ROBERT HO TUNG.

HONOURED BY PRESIDENT IX PEKING.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1121.

HONGKONG CRICKET CLUB.

LOCAL FOOTBALL

ANNUAL MEETING HELD.

AUSTRALIAN XI MAY COME HERE,

THE COMING SEASON.

YESTERDAY'S ASSOCIATION MEETING.

out, by interested parties, is perhaps, however uninteresting to habiated newspaper readers, the most educa-i tional and important. The people cannot all attend Cont to learn their own laws. They learn them from the napaper reports. The newspaper The Srustiku, produced as a vehicle Sir Robert Ho Tung, who returns to which reports that So-and-so was for the presentation of anateur Hongkong from Peking received a fined $50 for breach of some Ordin literary efforts locally, has made its special audience of the President.

Hongkong cricketers will need to Arrangements for the coming float». anco, is really doing propagands work seconi appearance, under the editor-President Hsu spoke in

the pat in some extra hard practice at the ball season were made at "a" well- for the Government. Besides, & weship of Mr. E. W. Hamilton. When highest terms of Sir Robert'sets this season for there is a chance attended meeting of the Hongkong. have already reminded you, news the scheme was first mooted, we give keen interest in China and Chinese that an Australian XI, which is to Football Association, which was keld papers are an established part of our it every encouragement in our power. affairs and his fine work in aiding and four America next year will play a at the Victoria Barracks restertiny social machinery, and however We did not know of how much or promoting Chinese industries and game bere in the Autumn of 1927. Se evening.

obliging" an editor personally might how little of literary talent our Colony expressed the hope that Sir Robert M. R. Hangosk, the President of the Mr. R. J. Wilton was in the chair, wish to be, he must know that the might be passessed; but we felt that would soon return to Peking.

Hongkong Cricket Clab, announced to and there were presen: Messrs W. H. newspaper publicity in such uses it ought to have its chance. A On September 27, Sir Robert receiv-raembers at the Club's annual meet-Thorton and J. Watson (R.G.A.), has come to be regarded as part of quarterly magazice on some suched the appointment of Honorarying held in the pavilion last night. H. J. Farmer (Wilts). B. Fasco the penalty for the lawbreakers. It lines as these offered it that chance, Adviser to the President of the Chinese Proposing the adoption of the au (Kowloon), W, Andrew ("Titania "), is unthinkable that he has the right more than the daily newspapers have Republic, and the appointment of Dual report the President said. Moore (Cairo "), H. C. Mac- to vary the penalty in that way, been offering since their range is Honorary Adviser to the Chinese Gentlemen, the Committe's report, narara and J. Rodger (Club). C. H. reducing it for his friends, or for the limited chiefly to writings of one delegation to Washington.

together with statement of accounts Blake (ed League Secretary), D. D. friends of his friends, while letting category, news or comment on news. The two tributes mark the high and auditor's report attached having Urquhart (United), H. Kan (South the full burden rest on offenders Even now

we have not evidence esteem in which Sir Robert is held be been in your hands for several days. China). S. Bickle ("Ambrose "), H. G._ who happen to be strangers to him, or sufficient to warrant the assertion the presidency and Waichisapu, and wil, with your permission, take Austin Tamar" and tenders). R. H. to have no influence. To be air be that we have not very much literary which is shared by all departments them as read. "The accourts, I think. (St. Joseph's), G. E. Jones

call for little comment.. would have to omit all police cours salen: available, since it could be said and circles in Peking.

(refereo "Ambrose"), H. R. Donoran reports. Then do that no doubt that some exists which for one reason

As you will see the Chuh bas bad (Garrison R. C.), J. McCubbin (R. B.), the interested applicant would say, or another has not embraced the

a very successful financial year, in G. T. May (Council), W. C. Hollands but we do not think we need argue at opening offered by the Swastika. We}

fact a record, the previous best having (referee), F. T. James. C. S. Reynolds say length the unreasonableness of do say, however, that if the Swastika,

been the season 1919-1920 The out-std J. Robertson (Folice), and M. L that. The Government would have so far as it has gour, represents the A dozen lots, tea of which were at standing feature is that subscriptions Railton (hen sec., and treas). a right to object, and the whole of the maximum output, it is scarcely worth Repulse Bay, were offered for sale at show a surplus on working expe of they will be unable to run a team of The Olers United announced that law-abiding section of the community carrying on. The excellent an auction of Crown Lands that took of $2.117.15, a very healthy state of could fairly prosest.

The Chinesympeiu" feature even yet has place at the P.-W. D. yesterday after affairs, and I see no reason why this their own this reason, but some of Mail desires it to be understood and not been properly developed, and we noon, Mfr. Parker Rees bad charge of should not be repeated next season their players will join other clubs. known once for all that so far as are obliged to suspect a certain the hammer. Four of the Repulse There is a proft on sales of cricket The University wished to enter a it is concerned, its answer to all such editorial slackness here. Such things Bay lots were sold but there were no and tennis grar and on the bar of team in the second division as in Ltd requests will be a flat and final "No." requ re vigorous organising. and Mr.bids at all for the other six. Those $2,182.44, and two items under the former years.

Out friends are therefore advised to Hamilton has an air of carrying his sold wem:-Inland Lot 177. upset head of expenses are non-recurring the last day on which entries may be avoid the Tolice Courts. If they responsibilities lightly.

price. $1,716; sale price, $5,370. No. namely Company registration, lée of figure there, and ask us to "keep The longest item is a parody on 8. upset price. $2.760 sale price. $827,51 and Interport entertaining received for forthcoming season. it out of the paper," we can Fitzgerald's Rubaiyat, of which. 52,800. No. 182, upset prize, $2.173: expenses 8461.54, totalling $1.480.05.

The following teams entered the 1.ot bonestly "oblige"

then, because it was written by a young sale price, $3,250. No. 183. upsetur pavilion is written down to $1, league: and will not try. We may even if man who has since died, we would price, $3,365; sale price, $4,370, 000, and this year we have written

First Division.-"Tamar," R.G.A., provoked by persistence in this have preferredd not to say much. Since, Mrs. E. M. Stapleton who was a down our furniture, äxtures. cricket Police, Kowloon, "Cairo ""Titania," unreasonable request, consider the however, it has been picked out for keen bidder throughout managed to and tennis gear $1.363.10 to $717.30. "Ambrose," and South China. feasibility of giving such eases extra honourable mention by of secure No. 183. The other lots sold a sale figure, so I think you will agres The season begins on October 29, and unusual prominence.

Second Division-R.GA., Kex- the other papers, we feel obliged were:-Kowloon Inland Lot 1430 for with me that we are in a very sound "Habet aliqui er iniquus omar to point

loon, United, "Titania" (possibly), ont that Ohmar is $2,100 (upset price. $1,354) and a lot position. magnum exemplum, quod contra parodied with fatal

South ease (saper at Shankiwan for $6,250 (upset price,

China (two teams). and "Carlisle." singulos wilitate public rependitur."ficially) that as

a paroly this $2,113). This maxin of Tacitus has to be is not good; and as verse it can claim remembered in what seem really "hard no merit other than the slight humour lack" cases, where, for example, an which suffices to tickle the 3fess

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The China Mail.

• PROTE, JUSTICE, PUBLIO BESTICK."

JONGKONG, TUESDAY, Oct. 4, 1991.

"PLEASE KEEP IT OUT OF

THE PAPER."

The time has come to announce

CROWN LAND SALES.

TYPHOON WARNING.

RECORD RUN-GETTER.

As mentioned in the report we play ed three Interport matches daring the season, two here. against Shanghai and the Straits, and we sent a team Con-like to take this opportunity of thank

was

to Shanghai in the spring. I should ing the members of the Shanghai Cricket Club. for the splendid recep ion they gave our XI during their

received by the local American The telegrama quoted below sulate General from the Manila Observatory:-

11.15 a.m. to-day. Typhoon in about 140 deg. Long. E. 14 deg. Lat. N. moving N.W.

visit.

Monday, October 10, was fixed

The season begins on October 20 The allocation of grounds was dis- cussed, and it was suggested that a representation be made to the Recres- next season, as to football being tion Grounds Committee, in time for anthorised on the United Services Re- creation Club ground at Gun Club Hill. The Hongkong F.C. represer tatives promised to facilitate the use of their ground, as much as posible, for Association games. The difficulty was that, when the Association team was playing away, the Rus by section wanted the ground. The same posi tion arose with regard to the Almy It will interest those of you who dober of grounds available for League ground at Sookumpo, and the num not know, to bear that we are in coin: matches was stated to be reduced. munication with a member of an ornetimes, to five. Australian XI which is visiting Amer

Mr. Pearce once again heads the batting averages with the excellent average of 56.48 for 26 innings, hay ing made 1166 runs which, I think, is

There, in the patterned silence a record for a season here. Mr. Sayer

of a ginde

heads the bowling with an average

Pan's pipes had played. A gem.

10.52.

mitigation of the suffering caused him that it is really quite a good parad by an errant ofspring. Compassionate both of the form an spirit of once in such a case, although doubtfal Fitzgerald's translation." is to ex- of our right and very reluctant, we hibit amazingly bad judgment or "stretched the point" and suppressed astoundingly careless use of language. report, and the expressions of Fitzgerald's lines, for the most part, gratitude offered were some com happen to be poetic; these are not. pensation for our mental uneasiness. As for the spirit," there is no But one of the other papers published opening for intelligent comparison. the case, so that our sarrifice was Criticism is public service. Some mea- largely wasted. Long after we had sure of how Hongkong is served may an opportunity of estimating the be got by noting that the Telegraph | worth of that pleading parent's names this item as undoubtedly the best. gratitude. He had some advertising thing in the book. Sometimes, in part, to give out. He gave it to the paper literary criticism permits the factor of that had refused to "oblige" him, personal taste to be allowed for, but and not to us who did. Mestioning there are certain elemental criteria this example in the presence of our that cannot be disregarded. It seems eccentric contributor Adversari," that the journalistic amateurs in Then a long story, bumorous. 1922. Should things turn out as we that anympathetic person jerred. criticism are uzccassious of these. Distinctly appropriate, if the Swastika hope, we may have another triangdar

Serves you right" he said. You The "Blue Lustre Jug" is a good is for amateur writers. Treatment Interport festival next year. caght to have known better. C'est story, neatly and compactly told. amateurish. Tour bread upon the waters, and bid Follows a pretty poem-literally, hav- A pretty sentiment from the it a fond and final adieu, so far as ing the quality of prettyness--by Chinese, The Pearle," is not quite your Committee were empowered to to issue an invitation, also, to Sing. At meetings held some months ago seconded by Mr. Palmer, it was agreed Hongkong is concerned."

"Keith West," a poem marred, in our successfully treated in two octettes. judgment, by the line

- Pursues it three quatrains which make arrangements for building a new apore to send a team. taste as if rinched from the Tupperny pavilion. As you all know it is the

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

"Spring, darkness-scented, with her bursting pods,'

Easua some didactic verses, entitled Have you e'er failed. Our opinion of them: Like the curate's egg in the anecdote. "Parts of it are ex-ics next year, with a view to their cellent." Some are not.

paying us a visit in the Autuma of

PAVILIOS SCHEME MODIFIED,

PEOTUSED INTERPORT. An invitation was read which bad been addressed to Shanghai to send team to Hongkong this season. defnite reply had yet been received from Shanghai.

On the proposition of Mr. James,

Mr. McCubbin recalled occasions,

Music stall the banal honey-stuff intention of the Government to take last season, when Chinese spectators of which we have to say only that that suburbans like to sing, and that of the corner of our ground on which encroached on football grounds. It The vernacular press reports that spring is not the season for bursting ever, we do not want to discourage out, and as our pavilion has served its B. C. to distribute leaflets amongst darkness does not smell, and that always betrays a slight limp. How our present pavilion standa, to enable as agreed to request the South the tramway lines to be straightened China Association and the Indian all former private German properties pods. Fods usually mean seed pods. anybody. Let C. R. try again. in Hankow, confiscated by the if it be claimed "poetic licence" Item, narrative of an episode of purpose, and is no longer suitable, the spectators on this subject at the Chinese authorities, have been re-for the sheaths that spring the Chinese Revolution. Journaleee, and in addition is in a very bad state opening matches of the sesson. turned to their original owners.

An omission at the annual meeting of repair, thanks to the ravages of foliage must burst, we reply that too C. R. does try again, and scores much licence prevents poetry. Nathe mach bigger peints, with "Ichabod." dry rot, and white ants, we must was repaired by the cordial approval less, we repeat a "pretty" poem, A fine parable of an aged leman, in have another. have had to of vote of thanks to Mr. Ralston,

modify

onginal pretty sounding, if meaningless.

failing clasp There is led Nocturne, praising the unde- of burnt out. loves and the jewels debentures were first asked for, and for presiding.

Then comes a bit of prose" entit- nothing left but the ashes and dust owing to the lack of support from

members when subscriptions niable natural beauties of England by that lured her." Good veraes.

A two page article about niceties tenders, and prices of building has eo the consequent delay in getting out belittling those of Hongkong. Verdict: {

in the game of Auction Bridge. advanced that your Committer does undistinguished. Prose, qua prose,

In consequence of the attivity of pirates, Shanghai rice merchants are arranging to sail their boats bringing cargo to Shanghai in fleets, ander the protection of the Water Police.

The total output of the Kailan

whose

our

the ex-hen, secretary, for big services. scheme,

The meeting conduded with an to expression of thanks to the Chairman

once more that people really must not Alining Administration's mines for should have certain poetic qualitie Didn't read it. No judge. We pass not feel justified in going on with the ese press, & foreign landlord who.

to make it worthy of the name.

THANKS.

Oswald, Shanghai for the good of her health. I was formerly in business for himself as anti-climax, intrading the irrelev-and with a touch of poetic eloquence. for the redemption of the debentures. have much pleasure in proposing the

J

With these remarks, gentlemen, I

for 1920-1921, and after they have adoption of the report and secounts been seconded, I shall be pleased to answer to the best of my ability any questions members may ask.

Replying to a request by. Mr.

According to the Shanghai Chin- A humorous lyric, probably by the ask us to keep it out of the paper" the week ending September 17, 1921, They will bat waste their time and amounted to 54,858 tons and the sales

After that some simple verses,

editor himself. In his style. Good original plans. I am pleased to say visited his property to investigate ours. Strong as their reasons may during the period, to 84,651 tons, chastely passionate, with a hint of dough, but not up to his best form. been promised for modified plans, and against a proposed increase in zunts. that the necessary support has now personally complaints by his tenants allegory. They show power despite doubt all that was aimed at.

Distinctly amusing which is до appear to them, they are windblown

we hope to make a start before very bad hie motor car damaged by a straws as compared with the compel-

A Japanest named Hideo their simplicity of form, and our com- some notes of a short stay in Cen-long on the new building.

crowd of angry householders. The WALD-WHEEN.--On September ling reasons that forbid us to "oblige." Torigeo, has been sentenced at Singa- ment is therefore "promising."

Of the sketch by the same author, by a business-like gen.

stantinople. A business-like report 26. 1921, at Shanghai John That is how they express it; all we pore to four years' rigorous imprison-

report adds that the proposed increase Oswald, K, AMICE., of the are asked is to be "obliging" Poor ment for defrauding the Netherlands An Indian Bazaar," we can say

I should like to mention in this has been reduced from $5 to $2. Maritime Customs, late Captain, So-and-so has "got into trouble," Trading Bociety of a sum of $46,000 this is prose," To our taste the last Elman's violin music, a poetic tribute earmarked $4,000 of the funds we By a lady very much impressed by connection that your Committee has the Royal Engineers, son of the been exposed in Court; "his wife is at by means of a forged draft. Hideo three lines should have been omitted, to "The Master." Flamat, smooth, have in hand to start a sinking fund late Mr. and Mrs. Edinburgh, to Olive Margery, and if she sees it in the papers she

in Rangoon,

ance that there was a French witness, only daughter of Mr and Mrs. will be upset. Please leave it out. It

Editorial piffle. Betrays the hooi The annual tennis tournament sras, implying a moral judgment. Had it Edward Whren, Shanghi.

is of no interest to anybody, anyway.”

The death is announced in stopped on the word "softly," it having given our honest and impartial thanks of the Club are due to Mr. prints of the amateur. But now as usual, a great success and the It is with arguments like that they Yokohama of Bishop Walter Russell was a prose picture, a vignette, a ang judgment of the contents senatim, Nisbet for all the hard work he did JOONES-FORD-DUNN. On Sept-

come to us. What happens when an/Lambuth, D.D. Bishop Lambuth waste. Read it aloud, and you'll under. Opinions by which we must stand or on behalf of the players.

gestion of atmosphere and colour and ember 27, 1921, at Shanghai, editor is caught in a weak moment, born in Shanghai in 1854. After

fall as critis,-havy we not indicated Mr. Maitland on leaving for home David Phillip Walter Joncs, of and thus per maled to be obliging taking M.A. and M.D. degrees in atand what we mean.

at least a fair dollar's worth? After in the spring resigned the office of Hamilten for information about the Shanghai, to Alexs Ford-Dunn. Nothing recognizable at the time, but Americs, he returned to China sad The "Peeps at Personalities" by all, if the general effect of our President, which he had filled so ably modified pavilion scheme the edef danghter of Mr. and Ms. later the same request is made in a served as a medical missionary at "PT.L." make very interesting and criticism be correctly assessed, we for many years, and I know I am only President said it was now intended to Ford-Dunn, Southampton, Eng case that really should not be hushed Shanghai, Soochow, and Feking from suitable reading, and are told in just should stand in no peril of having voicing your feelings, when I express erect a one-storey building instead of

up. "It cannot be done" says the 1877 to 1886. He founded and was in the appropriate easy conversational applied to as Hamilton's atrocious on behalf of the Club the warmest now strong-minded editor. "Oh, yes, change of Boochow Hospital from 1889 tone. We regret that the author did

couplet:

thanks of the members for the ke ti two as was at first suggested. The it can," comes the retort. "You did to 1885, and the M.E. Hospital in not capture for "snapping" more le, in truth, would be a very interest and help he has displayed quite up to date and there would be accommodation generally would be it for So and-so, and I cannot see Peking from 1885 to 1886. He was personalities of the eminence of FIRY-On September 26, 1921, at looks as if the editor is demonstrably

why you cannot do it for me." It elected bishop in 1910.

Spencer.

during his long term of office. Who would depreciate the current Before proposing the adoption would be able to watch matches. a flat roof from which members Shanghai, Chades Lens Firy in the wrong, and so he is, not for

Now comes "Keith West" again,

Srcastika.

of the report and accounts I :. aged 39 year,

The wedding was soleranised at making ample amends with a highly

For that we have not meant or should like also to thank doing the right thing now, but for H M. British Consulate and on entrated, almost epigrammatic, tried to do. We had hoped to see Honorary Secretary, Mr. Green- having done wrong before. when he later at the Holy Trinity Cathedral, Poem on a dying Greek. It is so good more and better work, and we may hill, for his matining efforts on President and the following were made Mr. Hencork was re-elected at Shanghai, William Meddar should be published at all or not, Beatrice Coombes, of Southampton

was "obliging" Whether newspapers on September 28, of Miss Katherine and so short that we annex it, thus:

have been expecting unreasonably. hehalf of the Club. The position of members of the committee:- Mr. H Beeves, the infant son of Mr. and whether they are a biggt nuisance and London, to Mr. Lewis J. Parians,

"MINIACTTUR ARGOS."

Perhaps we should quote the Man in Hon. secretary to a Club of this size A. Nisbet, Mr. F. C. Hall, Mr. R. C Mrs. W. M. Rooves, aged three than a benefit is not the question for a well known resident of Shanghai.

Dying his thoughts to Greece the Street, whose opinion (unsolicited) is no sinecure, and having been closely Lambert, Hon. Mr. Claud Bevern, days

returned-Des us to settle here. The position is that Miss Coombes was a nursing sister in

was "No sie bad-for Hongkong." associated with him faxratetime, I Hajor Bagnall, Mr. T. E. Pearce, Mr. Returned the picture of his As a last comment the printing can testify to the immune amount of GB. Sayer, Mr. E. J. B. Mitchell and newspapers, for good or ill, or both, a nursing home and has seen service KITTER-On September 27, 1921, are part of our communal life. They with the Red Cross in France during

vipe-clad bill;"

and get-up are good, being from the bard work he has done for the Club, Mr. R. E. A Webater. at Shanghai, Marguerite, nghter are established, and their duty is to the war. Mr. Farlane has been con-

China Mad worl. We shall pro-and it is largely owing to him that we r L 8 Greenhill was rut Ke and I a

secute the newspaper that this time find ourselves in the gord-position we unanimously re-elected Hop Secretary ter. give the news That kind of new nected with the General Electric, Peoply regretted

may find typographical fault with the is today. We offer him our best and” Mr., C. Beinard Brown the kind we are usually urged to leave Company of Chins for some years.

production Good printing done here. thanks for all he has done? -

reappointed andifor.

land.

DEATHS.

REZAVES,—On September 26, 1921,

And the faint fire of life within

him-burned

The faster for a "face"""remam-

bered still,

nasty cur

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