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SAILORS' PHRASES.

COMMON SAYINGS OF

NAUTICAL ORIGIN.

THE CHINA MAIL.

Tipplar expressions such as "Thres boots in the wind," To give one a Foglar berth,” “On'ong's boont-ends,"

d many others, have an obviously alty, deep sea quality and favour, writes George Spencer in the Daily

News.

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Few people however, realise that euch commonly used phrites as "first rate," "There's the devil to pay," "To the bitter end," to "give in the consular and mission com- way," to be "taken aback," are to an unpleasant extent, nothing more or leas that ordinary pounds

rhilst half of the local inhabitants | technical maritime terms. were living on board junks moored The expression "There's the dovil well off the shore or in campans ready to pay," has certainly no reference to to move at a moment's notice. When The year 1921 was a very trying the Cantonese returned, these refugees the question of geing tribute to his one in many respecta, not only for from the country dispersed gradualiy, Batonio Majesty.. The word "pay" and the shops, which had been almont here means to fill with pitch a traders, but for all, Chinese and entirely closed for weeks and whose previously oakum-filled seam in the foreign, in Fakhoi and the surround contents had been kept afloat, l or deck planking of ing district, but in spite of trials and opened up once troubles the business done was greater was gradually resumed, and the return wooden ship. The devil" is one than during 1920, and commercial to more or lesa normal was surprising patticular scam in the hull which is transactions on the whole brought in ly quick considering all thisga. During very inaccessible and difficult a certain amount of profit to mer past years there has been a tendency"pay," whence its name devil." chants, with the exception of those in many respecte justified, no doubt, the remainder of the ship is well and connected with indigo writes the to bemoan the fact that Pakhoi's ruly caulked and payed, and yet Pakhoi Customs Commissioner in his trade is not what it used to be. True, there remains the "devil" to pay, the annual report. The year's dealings the opening of Nanning deals, as it has hardest and most unpopular job has are held, however, to have hean some bean pat, a staggering blow" to the yet to be done. The original expres- what of a disappointment so far as commerce of the port; but, after all sion is "There's the devil to pay, and the return per cent. upon outlay is is said and done, has the trade of no hot pitch!" concerved, largely as the result of the Pakhoi decreased to any great extent unsettledptate of the district, due in a during the past decade o co? It great measure to the conflict between would seam (vide remarks under Kwangtung and Kwangsi, which cam 2. Revenue") that it has not, but to a head in June. The year had rather that, despite many years of opened with traders somewhat hesitant trials and difficultice, commerce local after the troubles at the end of 1920, ly has held its own, although only and businers was rather alack ant just so. The unsettled state of the March. During the next few week country from at least the inaugura there was more of a return to normal ton of the republican regine onwards but by May rumours of a disquieting has certainly been a very important naturo were once more afloat and factor in making any extension of caused further uncasiness. Dealers trade through the port difficult, kept their stocks as low as possible, but at the same time there are other

Firit rate," is a former naval termo. Ships were classed according o the number of guns they carried, and altogether there were six ratce. the largest of these was a first-rate," and carried 110 guns or more. The old I.M 8. "Victory" was one of the first-rate chez, Ships in H.M. "Navy are not rated "now; but the werd te still used with reference to the perrounel of the lower deck; the rate" of a petty officer or a teaman being his rank.

ODDS AND ENDS.

MAINLY SCISSORS LOUT.

Unclaimed Millions.

GENERAL ITEM 3,

Two dogs were found mauling a dead baby's body in a lane at Sketty,| Dear Swansen.

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There are immense sums of money Berkshire County Polica Iping unclaimed. While the funds in investigating a series of Reading Chancery represent a huge total, burglaries apparently the work of a larger still is the amount of declaimed gang. Government stock. A recent Parlia mentory paper above that dividends

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Because of lose on the undertaking, "dus and not demanded" on Govern the despatch of letters by air mail meat stocks reach to high figure of from London to Brussela has been £1,042,000. The capital value of easpended. these stocke must be very large indeed. Not for över ball a century has the Government published a list of the registered holders of the stocks uper which dividen 's are unclaimed. Buch a list if published now would be most interesting and must lead to the diacovery of legitimate claimants. Somewhere there must be beits to much of this anclaimed wealth.

After 20 Years' Ezilo

The Hile of Wight is losing the com- munity of Benedictine monks who, alter being in exile in the island for twenty years (for the greater part of the time at Quart Abbey, Lear Ryde, which was specially built for them)

After placing flowers un hor non'e grave Mrs. Taylor, 76, of Jocelyn-road, Richmond, Surrey, fell dead in Rich- mond Cemetery.

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Owing to the postal strike in Spain, now antiled, British merchants and residente in Tangier were without news from home for 13 days,

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The a'camer" Neptune," on arrival

at Ostend, reported having se large flating mine with two bons north of the lightship Ruytingen.

The House of Bishope of the Epis-

copal Church, Portland, Oregon, has are re'aruing to their old home at So voted by 36 to 27 in favour of remey. comes, France, at the invitation of ing the word obey from the marring the French Government. This invit-tual. ation is believed to have been 1 mely

The US. Shipping Board has fluenced by the fue record of work dons by the monks and others con accepted a bid of £150,000 for 220 of nected with these communities during its fleat of wooden vessels built during The Benedicline the war at an original cost of the Great War. nuns at St. Cecilia's Convent, Ryde, | £60,000,000. some eighty in number; are also re turning to France. Among the mem bers of the latter community are three sisters of the ex-Empress of Austria, namely Princess Mario Adelaide, Princess Francoise, and Princess Maria Antonia of Bourbon and Parma, sed also Princess Agnes Leowenstein of Bavaria.

That First Cigarotto

Ploying by a railway siding at Sunderland, Beory Wilson, aged 5, was killed by the top of a cignal post, which by some unknown means bu cane aulodged, falling on him.

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Major-General Sir G. J. Young. busband, Indian Army (retired). the explorer of Northern India and Tibet, lins bren awarded a Good Service

Pension states the London Gazette.

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While in her nightdress, Mrs. Helen Bingham, 40, of St. George's road Glasgow, fell from a third-storey win dow of her house to a spiked railing and died while being taken to an in-

firmary.

Still trying to track down that firat cigarette, we are reminded that H.M. Hyndman said in his Reminiscences that cigarette smoking was almost The bitter end" bears no relation antown in 1880. Ten years later it had been noted by Ouida-coly; the cable of a ship is the extreme in bowover ne the distinctive mark of board end of the cable so-called the dandy aristocrat, on whose per- because it is that end which is secured fections Ouida loved to dwell, That to two small piliate of ime called was the day of "toying" with a

little blue package marked "A bitte." I atchering to go to the bigaretta, in striking contrant with the

cure for sleeplessness," on bring open- bitter end, is to veer out all the cable posent system of devouring it. Dad for examination by the magistrates' until only sufficient links am left in- Creighton must have been one of the clerk at Portsmouth Police Court was board to secure it to the bitta.

fset bishops to smoke cigarette.found to contain an advertisement To "give way" is to stop or alter Samael Butler relates that on receiv-for bedding. clear. When two ships are approach with Dr. Creighton, whom at that t'me ourse to allot another ship to passing an invitation to spend a weekend

A bomb was thrown in Mannheim he had over me. I conanied my Stock Exchange. It caused a in-ider- one another; one of them has t give way," and the other, in nearly good clerk, Alfred Let me bare able damage but nobody was injured water, is a third reason for the preevery circumstance, bas to keep look at his letter, Sir,' he said. I us the buikling was empty. The sent state of affairs. Nanning's openway," in order that the two vessels gave it to him, and he said. eco alleged thrower, a prominent Socialist, ing undoubtedly did adversely affeci

was arrested. Pakhoi's trade; but no useful end it may pass cach other in safety. "Way" sir, there's a crumb of tobacco in it;

3 the progress of a ship through the think you may go.' ' attained by merely continuing to bomoan this fact, and it is high tine, ater, Fuch as "headway," "etern- Constantinople. way," "leeway."

and whilst the interprovincial confi.cause to which want of expansionit all to bitterness. The Liter end of lasted trade was at a standstill. He may be attributed. The conservatism covery, however, this took place to of the local people is one-the Can- great extent, and movement, bath in

tolese proper are far more enter imports and exports, was brisk prising, but are not as aumerous in Nevertheless, although this was the che port as fat its commercial welfare casc and although a considerables perhaps desirable. The want of amount of cargo reached and left the provincial government support for port up to the close of the year-attempted new enterprise, with result giving the impression that busincsting hesitancy on the part of these was at least fully normal once more, who could utilise the capital they prices obtained were not quite abave, is another, and, inrther, the hoped for, turnover generally through utter neglect of existing means of out the 12 months, I am told, we communication, both by land and not as promptly effected as had beet looked for, and loss of interest was incurred. Further, the withdrawal from Septemter onwards of thr soldiery-troublesome and trolled as they were in preparation for the expedition against the North, etc., allowed of a big increase in th number of piratca and bandite every where, with the result that trode fontes, especially those leading into Kwangi-none too safe at any time

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in the interests both of kcal tradere and of the prosperity of this part of the province generally, that stop were taken not only to uncover such assete as undoubtedly lis baneath the surface of the country and are only

A ship is taken aback," when on account of a sudden shift of wind, or bad steering, the wind is suddenly brought to bear on the wrong side of the saile. The result is confusion, and

While two families were being eject- Reuter's frequent references récented through the back door of a house) fly to Constantinople rent as ts our in Southovar-street, Brightou, čla Gibbon there to road once again the front door was enteird by furniture strange story of the tide of Mabomed removere from Suricy, who installed

aism from the south, submerging all the new tenants. North Africa, spreading right and left

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for years past,were more that awaiting opening up, bat to make often a great deal of destruction. The to India on the one side and to Spain London Hospital that an inaurasz use by further extension of cultivation very essence of being "takea aback" on the other, finally washing right

is surprise; no seaman would allow over the walls of Byzantium un'il it, company bad admitted a claim of bis ship to be taken aback if he had the bulwark of Christianity, became £147 for the loss of 11.3 milligrammes suflicient warning to enable biu to what it is now, the advanced of radium bromide through the break- take preventive measures.

European fortress of, the Moslem. ing of a glass tube. "All three sheets in the wind" is a Then we read bow the Russian made

It was stated at the inquest at term sometimes used in reference to a their debut in the same "theatre "----

John Henry ship being taken aback. In a square came down the great rivers and Deptford. $.., on tigged sailing ship, the three principal appeared at the Bosphorus in two Shau dera 22, at Caraberwell, 8.E.. hundred canoes, from which they hat hudied as a result of plrying foot endeavoured to board the Imperial bali immediately after a heavy meal. galleye. Singular that a thestand He had a weak heart,

Said to bave forged 50 Treasury years have passed and that tho ambition of the Russians is still to carry out the task at which their skin-notes so skilfully that all of them clad ancestora failed. Or the Turks were cashed and reached the bank, again; you may recall the characteris. Frederick Martin, 39, an art student, tie ferocity with which they opened as sentenced at the Old Bailey to their career. A handful of them wers

sails are secured on the lee, or thel

ordinarily dangerous. In comer quence, buyers fren inland, who ate of the very considerable and fertile usually expected as early as th

area upon that surface now ly ng end of the 9th moon

to beg waste. Aid and not discouragement to make their purchases of imported by heavy taxation for any new ven commodities for sale prior to the Nea

ture is essential, as is attention, wore Year settlement, came forward over, to existing industries, which are smaller number, and Pakbe declining as the result of failure to merchants, who had perhaps counter take cognizance of obanged con. upon a marked reaction alter the inditions and their effects. One may tered side, of the ship by ropes called cite, as an instance of this latter, the local fishing indartry, which at one sheete. Should, however, the win time was very flourishing, but which shift and make this the weather, or has now declined, owing, firstly to windy side, then the three sheets are want of adequate protection for all in the wind. A abip in this the

and for trader unenviable position staggers about, asing to routes by which plunging and yawning, in a manner the "catch" reaches ita principal rather reminiscent of a drunken man. markets, and, secondly, to, it would dunce the expression three sheets in

Gehermen

salt supply-so essential for the salt person at the staggering stage,

ng of the fish. Repairs to all the

Terprovincial combat, but had no looked for the advent of freebooter in far larger number than usual or for unprot.cted trade routes, foun themselves left at the close of the year with very considerable stock nasold. Indigo, I am told, began ti feel the competition of foreig anilion dyes severely, and a loss, salt to be not less than $30,000, coautem, want of help in the matter of the wind," as applied to an intoxicat on some mission to the Emperor. The upon the year's trade in this article The profits made, however, during the Great War yam and just alte 1abled dealers to accept the result 1921 a tres action with equanimity Iadiga hom this district, although o high quality, is unable to stand cold weather, and as soon as the tempera tare drops to evco slightly abne that of, say late autumn or carly winter in Shanghai, the dys fosca gol deal of its colour. No remedy hai as yet been discovered, I am told and in consequence the Pakbo.

product is decidedly handicappa

18 months' bard labour.

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Bathing too soon after a heavy towo was besieged, from the landward Beam cade" is the position of a side by the barbarians, and the breakfast was said by a doctor at an inqucet to bave caused the death of land trade routes are very necessary, ship lying on her side, waterlogged at Asiatics.

Aljes Ethel Cara Yard, 30 of Chelsea, whilst a good deal could be dous to sea, and in imminent dange: of sink-"The Tigero" Return,

Who collapsed on watering the water facilitate the navigatious the very g. The beams referred to are the The announcement that M. Clumen- for a bathe at Ramsgate, aumerous waterways with which thross, or athwartehip, deck beams. ceau Premier of Fraura, intends

Thus a person in very great to tour America explaining the Stafi in Government department little paternal attention and fostering difficulties is said to be on bis "beam rights and duties in the world-crisis on August 1 numbered 314,687, au in- on the part of those in power much

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of each nation, where the same victory crease of 199 on the previous monili. could be effected, and the port of

Everyday expressions, such as made all the Allies equally responsi- Post Office employees were 480 more, Paklei willi its surrounding district making headway," "making up ble for the future," lins created, due to the engagement of temporary would soon begin to reap the benefit. leeway, and a host of similar ones, states a Faris message of September staff to meet seasonal pressure. as already remarked many years ago ate obviously sea plirasus, and regard. 10, the greatest interest, as it shows

whole district is intersected. With s

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however, safety for life and property ing their meaning, both at sea and as that M. Clemenceau, after three Feur email ebildren, of whom the in the hinterland of the port-as yet applied to everyday life, they speak years of retirement, intends to return oldest is seven and the youngest two

themselves and require no when in competition with that fron

iar from being attained, although for other parts, which, it is said, in lesacarly three decades have clapsed explanation. arnaitiva to low temperatures. since the remarks refeised to Bere Kraugi troops took possession of officially mode-is a sine qua non. A Pakhai on the 2nd July. For weske glance at the map will show that, previously the district had Lech in

to public life. It is believed that years sad four month, left their homs M. Clemenceau is actuated by the at Pirbright, Burrey, recently, and announcement that Mr. Lloyd George walked 7 miles to Pattenham, to see is writing a book giving his version their grandmother, a Mrs. King. of the momentous war events, and

and He was

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geographically, Pathoi ir perhaps the route via this Kwangtung seaport, also by M. Poincaré's unsuccessful About 2,000 people have signed the vory panicky state, sud rumours o dátural outlet for produce from quite and se would enlarge the port's at handling of the delicate European petition to the Home Secretary for the all kinds were circulating freely. Thastico of Kwangai, and whilst now-present very limited supplying area, situation. M. Clemenceau's re-quashing of the sentencs by the Rich- ocupation, however, tok place very despite the West River route with and with provincial internal affairs so turn is regarded as big with mond Beach of 6 months' hard labour Europe," H. on Robert Emery, 23, shoemaker, lor quietly, some 800 toldiery entoring ita reported numerous likin levies, managed as to render "insurance" possibilities for the town without opposition, as the although, perhaps, more rapid transit against piracy (which is now actually Georges Clemenceau has been stealing apples worth ad. He has Cantonese, both cies and military of cargo-there are still goods of paid, although indirectly some battling in Frouch politics since been released from prison pending an had already withdrawo in a great Kwangi provenance (from an area in routra) unnecessary, Pakhoi would 1871, making unmaking appeal. hurry. Kwangsi held the port anti that proving both thickly populated gradually attain that commercial Ministries.

whose case stirred A Constaninople memage saya tha the 10th July, when reports of re- and Nch productively) which prefer position to which its geographical of. Dreyfus verses in the region of Wuchow and the Pakhui route to Hongkong and itnation seems to entitle it, instead France from end to end. He was a wife of Enver Pasha bas just x. deived farther west necessitated withdraws | Canton, a little further adjustment of of being, as al present, naught but a doctor by education, a politician by from her husband, the pro-German to Chiuchow, and thence over the provincial inland taxation in order to dirty little toma, poverty-stricken ta oboice. He is a born orator, and a Tark sow a leader of Turkestan border. Prior to the arrival of the uncourage and attract trade would appearance, a hotbed of disease, and keen journalist. Üle Was Prime rebels, a telegram dated August 22 Kwangit people, many hundreds of not be made in vain. More Kwangu with its possibilities as an estrepot for Minister from November, 1917 to stating that he is in perfect health, zalagres from the intnor had flocked merchap would, with thess adjusta lar larger biaterland than it at 1920, resigning in January. He is 81 thus contradicting the report of his

dealb la battle, ¡yesta at age Ento age town and had taken shelter edgyis, be pezronded to take the present serves beglected entirely.

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