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MONDAY. JANUARY 30, 1922.

ADVERSARIA.

(Continued from Page 4.)

Let us beware of snes- AMERICAN ing at American Hang,

SLANG &B

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to wrong

call

Was doubly

&D American error, because Americans attach the same special meaning to it that we do (see their dictionaries) and because its more general meaning, which we also re- cognize, is not an error but quite "superior some AQAIN. people do. It oftener legitimate. Let me elucidate with an thau not. proves to analogy. When we speak of a "club boomerang. 2

here, we mean a member of lady man writing in T'he

the Hongkong Club. Mr. Teesdale Times Literary Supplement cited the word "hick Mackintosh might say that is the only (meaning a rustic or bumpkin in the meaning it has for him, and urge that Western states) as a new one. Mr. the term should not be used of a mem

ber of the Pokfulam Recreation Club. William Archer points out that in

So far he would have my sympathy. Steele'e comedy,The Funeral or Grisi à-la-mode" (Act IV Brene 9) Bat if he proceeded to argue that in Lord Hardy says to one of his ragged calling a Pokfulum Club member a

Richard Bumpkio! Ha! regiment:

we are guilty of a A perfect country bick. How came solecism, I would contradict him. If

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he unnecessarily you, friend, to be a soldier?" The Oxford Dic. gives two other quots added that the Kowloon people are tions which show the word to have addicted to this error, I should re- beau in common use about 1700." primand him, just as I have done. The American boast that they spask better and pure: English than we do may have mure foundation than we thought.

FACIFISTH.

This does not scen

LEAUGE OF to have started yet, INTERNATIONAL, and the Fellowship (and Service) League, at present stunned by the hurricane of ridicule, might du worse than revise its title and constitution and jump the claim.

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DR.

PEAROL

SPECIAL CABLE.

KEOAR

MURDER.

GOVERNMENT SURVEYOR

KILLED.

FIANCEE DON THE WAY OUT FROM

HOME

China Mail SPECIAL. 1

SINGAPORE, January 27. Mr. Robert Smart, a Government surveyor in Kedah, was murdered, by three Malays yesterday. The motive was robbery.

Mr. Smart's English fiancée is at present coming ent 00 the 6.9. "Khiva." was

Dr. Pearce, who supporting him, did it much more tactfully and much more honest- I refer to his phrase about the specific end in view, namely, the greater glory of the University. Our University has every reason to ask as a favour, and as a desirable dis- tinction, that Hongkong should apply this word only to University products. but it should not try to bluff us into thinking we have been misusing the word.

DICE OF DESTINY."

CORONET'S BIG HOLIDAY

ATTRACTION.

F

THE CHINA MAIL.'

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A year ago today, H.E. the Governor performed the unveiling ceremony for the St. John's Cathedral War Momortal.

The first prize in the Siam Lottery of Tes. 200,000 was drawn by Chin Hust, a hawker of perfumes, 800ps, combs, etc.

Price and Princesa de Croy, of Belgium, and party, arrived ini Singapore ou the American steamer "Granite State."

In further celebration of th

holiday, the Kowloon Theatre shows the great burlesque Come vo in again the evening.

Owing to the heavy pressure on our space as the result of accumulat- ed cables we have had to hold over until to-morrow our usual cricket and football news.

A new Prisou Ordinance rule empowers the Jail Superintendent to have a juvenile prisoner whipped lor certain offences. Twelve strokes are allowed with a light cane or rattan

During the month of December

CUPID STILL BUSY.

The following forthcoming mar riages are announced :-

Mr. Hana Bart, Basel Mission, to Miss Julie Diemer, on route from London by s.8. “Kkiva.”

Mr. Arthur C. Wheeler, architect, to Miss Gertru e van Bien, en route from Liverpool by 8.8. "City of Simla."

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Stoker George Ford, H.M.S. Wiven," to Mise Minnie Day, of Horusey, London.

Mr. F. C. Coleman, electrical eng neer, Kowloon Dooks, to Miss Dorothy Benson, of Kingston on Thames, en route by 8.8. Khiva."

Mr. J. D. Pereira, to Miss C. H. Baptista.

Mr. V. Walker, engineer, to Miss Doris Muir, en route from home by 8.8.1yo Maru.”

Mr. Chin Chu-san, of the Tung Wah Hospital, who qualified at the local University on January 3 last as a bachelor of medicine and a bachelor of surgery has bad his name added to the Register of modioal practitionora.

THE HONGKONG & KOWLOON WHARF

& GODOWN CO., LTD.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

The power of a great book to capture the imagination and stir the emotions usually tes in the innate 10,790 Chinese immigrants (7.698 genius of one person, but the power being adult males) landed in the HE THIRTY-FIFTH ORDINARY AN- I expose tuyacil to of a great film to achieve similar Straits, making a total of 138,785 fo1 A1 MEETING OF SHAKEHOL the accusation of results mostly lies in the inherent the year against 126,077 in 1920. 15 will be held at the Offices of Ma

many people notably But 11,666 left in December, making, February 11, 1922, et 11 am. for the "Bour grapes," be ability of

Jomisk Marnysos & Co., Imp, na FRI- actor. And producer, cause, alas! lave author,

the total departures for the year use of recuiving the Report of the Dirent Hence the strong no University degree. I was "sent photographer.

98,986.

For and the Statement of Accoums for the

var ended Jcember, 31st. 1921, down" for entertaining (and expres.ruman sppeal made by Dice of this evening's special sing) opinions unbecoming a gentle Destiny"

UNIVERSITY

DEGREES.

Such a league, in which members would breathe an atmosphere of sanity and sweet reason, free of the poison gay of chauvinism, would send em out, as a Times reviewer baa beautiful- ly phrased it, to spread abroad a contagion of Manity and good will." That's the stuff that I'm giving 'em.

THEY A recent book about golfers | man. Even at this distance in time Coronet Theatre holiday attraction, a suggests this rendering the subject is too personally painful great crook" drama in which the

to enlarge upon; but I may claim originality, resouren, art, and skili a coal barge Misuerunt herbas et non ramona verba- They raised a cloud of (whether you believe me or not) to of the principal makers have few turf and unparliamentary language

have no bias when I point that compeere. Mingling pathos, laughter this striking Pathe & University degree is only a school and action, This very good looking DEVILS little Chinese boy began certificate after all, and that as such picture, written by John Moroso,

discharging crackers under

it often certifies actually less than the well-known newspaper writer, and my window far too soon, and kept it certificates of schools of lower grade directed by lleary King, producer of up far too long. 1 remonstrated may do. I know many "degree" "One Hour Before Dawn," fasciontes with bit. It was quite evident that he men who know far less than the spectator by the tenteness of its drama, charms him by the freshuess considered me unreasonable. Indeed, do, and everybody knows he sued to reproach me with an. one with a university degree who of ite romance and delights him by and the unexpectedness of its humour, is regarded NO

in who, a regarded, is not a living The climax is masterly. Rich

to compliment

intelligent

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unbecoming ingratitude. Was be not chasing away devils for my benefit »s well as for his own.? This was a

point of view depending on the extent of his information, which, I pointed

out, was inferior to mine. him in the first place that he was not succeeding, because he had made bimself a devil of a nuisance and had besides induced in me a devil of a temper.

I explained to him that there are good devils and bad devils,

the

168,

20m

swank that I am a Graduate of the

The 650 p.m.. ferry launch from Kowloon to Hongkong rollided with 00 Thursday soon after leaving the whard. The impact shook the ferry badly and passengers were throws from their seafa

The ferry was only slightly damaged by the collision and was able to continue ita voyage to Hongkong,

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be GLOSED from WEDNESDAY, Fruary 1, 1922 10 February 10, 1922, Mary 1, 1922

Order of the Board of Directors

W. S. BROWN,

Secretary.

Hongkong, January 26, 1922.

TO SECRETARIES OF CLUBS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS.

prefiminary notices of forth-

Command ders place the following out of bounds(1.) Li; Chit Street, Anton Street, Cresson Street, Landale Street. The first four streets east of Arsenal Street. (2) The village of Hung Hom and that part of Taumati to the north of Austin Road and west of Nathan St. Francie St, Br. Francis Lane and Holy Infant Lane will be placed in the advertising in the Wa chai District.

coming meetings, lectures and er tertainments, sent for insertion in the news columns of the China Mail, are charged for at the rate of $1 each, las announced in May and June of last year) providing that they do not In occupy more than four lines. future if this space is exceeded they

columns at the prevailing rates,

TO-DAY'S NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

colour the story bas for its baro quadruped. "Misuse" indeed. Why, Jiminy Doyle, once the quickest cool whenever I encounter the type who eat, and most dashing crook, but swanke because he is a University now an honest man battling wit.. Road. (3). I told

graduate, I floor him with the super brain, brawn, and wit to keep his ward 17) wholesome surroundings. Universe, which is a bigger pro. And she is the kind of girl whose love position. There are many of us, and I never fails. From the dangers of the in the security of claim that we are much superior men.city's underworl

"the country's peace, the action shifts, A MAVVY. may be able to recite passages of giving interesting glimpses of a prison Greek, in any one of the umpteen hospital, behind the scenes in a big pronunciations that are considered jowa! house, a detective's office, and correct at Universities, and yet not

a bridal suite on au ocean liner, The H. B. Warner be able to beat Giorgio the Cigarette acting is brilliant.

an at dominoes. See? Well, don't forget. When it comes to the under standing of variances and settling of

also lucky devils as well as unlucky. I assured him that personally I pre: ferred devil because they were less noisy than crackers. But it is un- possible to convince people who are sure they are right. I have, for instance, very little hope of cousine ing my friend the Registrar of the

We have

more

man

University that he was wrong, in part controversies, #5 Plato forgot to at least, at the Education Board mention, kokon nout earphor themas meeting on Thursday,

nazem dun. Burry we have no Gresk type for that.

GRADUATES.

Because, for reason, he may be right us regards the desirability, for the sake of our Un- iversity's prestige, of confining the use of the word "graduate to University products, and denying it

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

plays the leading role and plays it with rare pe se. Undeniably Dice of Destiny" is a notable picture.

The Secret of

Girl's Beauty

IS

Extradition treaties betwren

Often

to graduates of local schools and Britain and Austria and Hungary

colleges. He was wrong in calling

it an Americanism, for American dictionaries define it as he did. He

have been revived.

Mr. Robert A. Walter has ha

was wrong, if it had been an Ameri. his name added to the local list of

authorised architecta,

The Government Gazette publishes the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon's revised fees for official certificates.

Sergeant G. A. Stimson has been appointed an examiner of weights and measures, also a gunpowder inspector.

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canism, in wording it this way: "Train up public opinion so that they may use the word 'graduate in its right sense and not in its American sense." It would have been better to urge its use according to the British usage, rather than in its right seaso. Because American or not, and how ever undesirable it may be from the University point of view, the right sense of the word is not so narrow as he wishes it to be. Queen's College can produce graduates as truly as the University can. It may mean for him only a student who has "taken a degree at a University," but it means for a philologiat any student who bas

The names of the Wing Ty Co., taken any grade anywhere. I would Ltd., and the Canton and South China for bottles define it as a student who has ad. Mining Co., Ltd., have been struck

late Sir Boshan Wei-yuk, O.M.U., as a Mr. J. R. Woods succeeds the

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Court.

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vanced a grade; and in that case it is no misuse of the word to apply it to, graduates of educational institutions Revised parcel postage rates of a lower grade than the University, affecting French Indo-China, Yuanan, Personally, I am quite willing that Greece, Italy, Lybia, Tunis and Con- the public should oblige the Uni- stantinople are published in the latest versity in this matter, and give Government Gazette.

them by courtesy D monopoly

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to which they are not strictly! Next month the sun rises at 7.30 ontitled. But they have managed to on the first, 6.56 a.m, on the with their gratuitous 14th, and 6.45 on the 28th. It sets reference to American English (about at 6.12 p.m. on the 1st., 6.20 on the which I had a noto higher up) so I 14th., and 6.20 on the 28th. have to rap them on the knuckles in

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this way. It is. I-must rewind them, Regulations have been made all a matter of degree. It is conceivre enacting in'a consolidated form all able that an Oxford don might think the existing regulations under the is desirable that the term 'graduate Stamp: Ordinatios, 1921, with tlio should be restricted to products of exception of those now out of date.. Oxford, or at the lowest, Cambridge,

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