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THE CHINA MAIL.

福

At the

Olympic Games

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 29 1924

SPECIAL CAMERA FILMS FOR THE EAST.

AN ILLUSION DISPELLED.

THE REAL SIDE OF MARITAL BLISS.

films

tive

stops to centre keeps the whole warm.women may be seen sauntering BRITISH ENTERPRISE. fce of Bathingcommodation is in a into their offices at their leisure in eded, either by som bath to every ree tents, with a co serious attempt made to enforce separate bolding at the rate of one the morning, for there is little idum or vote ntnioussupplyarhot und cold water. strict punctuality, while they' Whereas are earthquake proof. stream out as Big Ben is striking The was dea to say the least. is five o'clock. The Treasury, in the ingenfone and once again proves interests of the taxpayer, is now,

Hongkong photographers will All happy delusions of marital What necessity is the mother of suggesting that an eight-hour day learn with Interest from ude bliss are rudely shattered when invention. What about a tent shall be general ip Whitehall, in Vertisements. now The Unverary tries of wal Hotsthin the New Territories?

appearing the baby crica,all night. Father accordance with the recommenda- In the China Mail that they tramps the bedroom floor while efforts of its own which we for

tion of the Anderson Committee it henceforth obtain we may be forgiven for caning

really mother holds the bottle and the British next The proposal is, being strenuously good Communal Trading. The first one OLYMPIC "

opposed by the menibers of the manufactured and packed to with with the full power of its diminu specially little bundle of innocence yells on is the work of providing itself, its

LITERATURE. to be held in grades concerned.

stand our climate. These are the workshops and the surrounding prizes are to he offered for literary Paris this year,

new Paget roll films, made by the father thinks of days of single Hostels with electric light for compositions relating to sport,

lungs, The distrnoted It is very peculiar. Paget Prize Plate Company, of which it has the necessary plant, games and physical culture. The

TO LET. At one time there used Watford, famous for Paget papers blessedness and the lady of what and to which students give a part compositions need not deal with flats vacant in Kowloon. Now new films out here is a further crisis.

to be at least twenty,

and plates.

The advent of the her mother would do in such of their time to overseeing at the games themselves. It will be In the west end of London we tribute to British enterprise for father tears his hair and mother As the night wears on, Jenst at one time they did. The sufficient if they celebrate any read that boards with "To leto Firstly the films are distinctly soothed, caressed, rocked and Income and expenditure account form of athletic exercise..

seversi very sound reasons. begins to cry. of the University for 1923 shows competition is open to the whole a great extent

Baby is petted, The them have never been seen to sech faster, the makers claim, than sworn at but victory is his-Our Power Station Earnings...$8,911.47-

world, and poems, essays; stories, fortunately house hunters here are stlms sold out East. Socoad picture represents just one of the Electric Ligal and Power. 6,307.74

argumentative articles, anything in not in 2 position to migrate to they are specially hardened for responsibilities of marriage, look- prose or verse is eligible, provid- London..

Hongkong conditions: Thirdyed at through Western eyes. ing it fulfils the condition already

they are packed in sealed lead Take a contrast. Balance over expenditure..$2,613.73

mentioned, and does not run to

Some shroffs

tubes. Fourthly they are sold at more than 1,000 lines of poetry or We do not know if the University 2,000 words of prose.

TEN regular sleight

very moderate prices. And finally Three Authorities regard this as a 'net Olympic medals, with diplomas,

CENTERS. handers. We realise they are entirely British.. profit. There is nothing in the are offered. A very distinguished 1y fetch from the inner recesses of that when we sudden- accounts to show the value of the jury will make the awards. It in our slenderly lined pockets a power station and its machinery Johan Boyer, Paul Claudel, Blasco wonder who has "palmed it" on CHANCES OF REFLOATING, cludes M.M. Gabriele D'Annunzio, Singapore ten cent piece and (doubtless this is incorporated Ibanez, Maeterlinck, Merikavki, to us. Time was when such a coin Hunder assete in "Buildings. Land Heari de Regnier, Mrs. Wharton, was accepted in Hongkong but

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HONGKONG FRIDAY, FEB, 29, 1924.

OF CABBAGES

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Section, seems rather heavy. We write, not having read the Chair- man's explanation, and add that it seems another Sir William Branyate is needed." $7,000 is

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The Chinese COURTESY Y.M.C.A. Debating EFFICIENCY. Club is to orate the

statement that Courtesy is of greater value in business than efficiency." The latter is somewhat weakened by

JOHN GAY.

now.

as now..

Un-

are

of

Another insult to

STEAMER ASHORE.

The night was beautiful and calm as we stepped on to the ferry boat for Kowloon last night. The world seemed at peace. It was a time for dreams as the boat the Harbour. Nothing could be glided over the silent waters of heard but the splash of the pro- There is every chance of refloat paller. There were no chattering ing the

Chinese to break the harmony of Hongkong-Wuchow steamer "Kochow" which went

the scene; the lights were low and ashore in a fog about a fortnight up above, the stars were twinkling To-day's Poem.

ago, at Bak Nei, near Simshui, merrily. In the front row was 4 (Books.)

Hohau. It is hoped that the pretty girl. Dreams, books, are each a world:samer will be ropaired and entrancing and as

Her silhouette ras put back

the boat and books, we know,

her usual On

run smoothed over its course, the Are a substantial world, both pure Tsun Wan Yat Po. Several river a stray wisp of hair.

ia a few days, Says the gentle breeze playfully caressed Round these, with tendrils strong ed vessel at the time of her beauty of the picture. Suddenly

and good;

Steamers which passed the distress-thrilling and consummated the She was Our pastime and our happiness off but the wires and steel-ropes its plaint into

as flesh and blood,

grounding attempted to tow her

a baby began to cry, developing will grow.

snapped owing to the strain. This

a tantalising last report is based on an examina- scream. It was like dropping an tion by engineers who went up exquisite vase on a concrete pave from Canton.

The yell Increased in volume as the boat sped on. Whether the child was foreign er Chinese could not be told as all babies cry alike. The baby brought us back to earth with a

-Wordsworth.

WEATHER CALENDAR.

So far as we know. the mother-in-law joke is wropt. in 1848.

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FEBRUARY 29.

if depreciation is allowed for and Thomas Hardy and the Poet Singapore! the usual charges common to an Laureate of England. ordinary business. It seems therefore impossible to say if the University is saving by this method of "trading" or whether our local Electric Light Co. could! supply illumination cheaper. The other effort is the Bookstore account which last year showed a modest profit of $1,193.31. The opinion is that courtesy goes a the words "in business." Our bookstore includes "Academic long way-the way to making robes" and $10,000 worth of sales you come back again and we were made last year, as against would. commend that simple $15,842, of purchases. On the statement of fact to all who are in figures shown the profits for the business.. year seem exceptionally small and we imagine a concern with a capital of $13,000 or ao would expect to make slightly more than that. Here again the quas-mystery and in antiquity-yet it tion of allowance for depreciation never fails to extract a laugh or a comes in; also charges to repre- guffaw. Generally it is based on sent light, rent, servants.

the interfering attitude said to be stock in hand is inserted at cost A joke about good mothers-in-law The adopted by most mothers-in-law. price, but we suggest that does would never raise a smile... Simil not meet the case. "Academic arly jokes about married life find robes" whether worn or not a ready response or references to depreciate more or less rapidly the vagaries of feminine nature, in our humid atmosphere, whilst Why? We do not pretend to those who collect books know know. It Was obvious how what heart-rending peste cock- Gay's satire-some of it very roaches, silver-fish and book-pointed-in his "The Beggar's "The doorsteps to the temple worms can be. The experiments

Opera" "went down' very well of wisdom is a knowledge of our referred to are interesting but we probably some humour in the

with the audience. There is own ignorance." should like to be assured that sight of a man with fixe wives

-Rev. C. H. Spurgeon. they are self-supporting-in-every all clamouring for his attention, way.

our

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LOCAL AND GENEREL

This has been the most un-. healthy winter that I ever remember Ipet, showery, vapoury, thor- oughly trying. We have a A report from Samshui states very clever novel called that a junk loaded with timber and Jane Eyre by a new writer.partly submerged lies ashore on He calls himself Currer the Flat Rock about 3 miles from Beil-Miss Mitford.

Tak Hing city.

TRUE.

ment.

ferry

д

T. T. exchange on London is shock. It had either a bone stuck damp, zi34; on Shanghai 714.

in its throat or was being tortured, When boat stopped at Kowloon

the Chinese woman with a bundle landing stage. She was blithely on her back stepped on to the smoking a rank cigarette and out Master Emil Danenberg is to of the bundle emerged five little play thirty piecos from his fingers grasping a piece of stale repertoire on March If, next, and toast. We peered into the will join his father in duets on two recesses and saw young Chir pianos. Mrs. D. J. Brown will smiling with glee, sucking at the sing Crooning Water," and stale toast with relish.

Homing," choice examples of the work of Del Riego.

The

The China Mail understands that "Leap Year Extras" will be included in the programme of the dance given by the S. P. C. A. to-night. In "Leap Year Dances" the ladies take a turn in asking partners to dance, and usually the reversal of procedure causes much amusement.

A hint to young married couples: Try stale toast when the baby wakes up in the middle of the night. Turn over on the other side and go to sleep.

-J. H. L.

TYPHOON BRAVERY.

:

and the attendant situations and cross talk. Certainly only a Gay SHADOWS BEFORE. pen could make such a thing. Are They Needed?

palatable and acceptable- Are Do we

Coming Events Advertised need

we progressing in our sense of n Menagerie humour? (? Zoo) and an Aquarium? We competent to express the highest

Ate

humorists

In The Mail. have a Museum and a Library and the best that is to be found

ENTERTAINMENT S. of sorts-all sorts, and a few in humour leaving out entirely the living specimens of animal life salacious? Wa. do not pretend

February 29.-Coronet Theatre; Considerable prominence is C.P.O. CLARKE DECORATED, are housed at the Botanical to know. Boccacio's Decameron Herbert Rawlinson in Gardens. A local store ance tried for instance is a piece of artistic Victor."

given by the Hongkong vernacular to meet the menagerie deficiency, but is there one to justify its

literature, buoyant and fresh; February 29-Star

papers to a report that Dr.' Sun's but it did not seem to us to be attitude to call a spade a spade Jane Novak in "Divorce."

Theatre; followers in the Kuomintang party was recalled when, just before yes. 'An incident of last year's typhoon Sentimental Tommy." quite successful. We

February 20-World Theatre; preparations for a Presidential Logislative Council began, His Ex- In Canton are particularly busy in tenday afternoon's meeting of the prompted to the question by ment? We may hope to have are instead of an agricultural imple-

election to be carried out shortly elleney the Governor presented the reading that a "well-known" reached a reasonable stage of Royal; 2nd Edition of the "Nine Delegates from other parts of the medal to Chief Preventive Officer 8. February 29-Mar. 1-Theatre in the southern metropolis. Royal Humane Society's bronze man, in a "well-known" town perfection when the mother-in. O'clock Revue," 9.15 p.m. (the number of people and places law, married life, and domestic "well-known" is surprising large) infelicity jokes become taboo and P., special matinee "The Beggers' votes constitutional. The hint.

March 1.-Theatre Royal; 430 Canton to make the number of stated in yesterday's China Mall)."

country are urged to hurry toJ. Clarke (not Wate as indivertently 34,000.000 good Hongkong dollars thing either to attempt to in- has given an amount equalling it will be considered not the

Opera."

His Excellency said -- to build an aquarium, where pre- dulge in them or to encourage

of course, is in the direction that 13.-Theatre Royal Dr. Sun will be asked to assume gentlemen, I have a presentation to Before we proesed to business, sumably marine specimens will them by immoderate laughter P.m..

Grand Orchestral Concert, 9.15 the chief stewardship of the yake. The following are the cir be housed or tanked. Manila which is now the case.

SOCIAL

government in the South.

Gunanes. During the typhoon Fossesses a neat aquarium, and

February. 29.-At City Hall,

weather on July 27, 1923, in were we not at the time we paid

When

Fancy Dress Ball, in aid of the Harbour Office states that until Chinese man and woman attempted the forenoon, there was a heary sek A notification posted up at the ruining in the barbour, when, H.E. GOVERNMENT the

Governor February 29. -*** S.P.C.A., 9.30 p.m. HOURS. arrived in the

Cinematograph further notice borings of the

to commit suicide by jumping from Colony it was Institute, 5.30 p.m.

display at the Helena May harbour bed will be taken at the Centon Wharf.

distance of from 300 to 600 feet the Chief Preventive Officer, dis Mr. Clarke, March 1--St. David's Society from the Praya wall between carding his sendools and mackin Queen Victoria Street and Kennedy

black ball by day and by night man and women until help whis Town. One or two junks will be, jumped in and swam towards the man, who clutched bin. display a red flag underneath a washed souwords, held up both the two red lights in a vertical line afforded by Mr. Edley, the wharfin- will be shown. All vessels are to ger, who reached there with a long

also needed on account of the rail-it n visit reasonable teetotallers,

way but it appears this is likely this "absorbing" concern. seeing to add to the freight earnings of it is to provide a siding to serve will be centred on the item con- a Brickworks. Greater interest As and Finance Committees are cerning the continuance for at

There is something so trans- parently honest in our local form meetings of its Legislative Coun-

of Government so far as the

March

E. Danen-

would hardly have credited the

A well equipped Zoo and, an early and left at regulation time. fact that "the sea hath its rumoured that he was a nine to pearls" in such weird varieties, five man-that is he started work Dinner. Aquarium would add to the The rumour "gingered up some March at public recital to employed on the work and will Mr. Clarke, while being mpidly tional factor a little out of the on the clock. This may be but a Andrew's Hall (Theatre Royal), Colony's interest, and be an educa- of our 10a.m.'s who kepta strict eye snakes-actual snakes we mean, reading about the hours of Govern ordinary. Instead of sending our legend, but it occurred to us when 5.30 p.m. Ordinance. In this H.E. the we would keep them here. The

ment servants at Whitehall and in

March 1-H.V.D.C. Tyro and sight of them would prove a great

SPORTS."

concerned as to appeal and please least another year of the Rents not the fancied ones, to London, Ireland. Thequestion propounded Corps Championship Competitions, pass well clear and at a slow hamboo with a hook on it. The se

the most exacting. Critics may

was

2 p.m.

ry that we have no voice in what governor and the Unofficials are object lesson. Some of us might State officials work? The question and Corps Revolver Competitions,

trust

2 p.m.

March

PUBLIC AUCTION.

4-Lammert

speed.

done for our bénéfit-let us united in the common purpose or say we said might there but figured on the last agenda of the

was so rough that Mr. Clarke coulit surmise, or in the manner of our desire to have it renewed. It is for the grace of God goes Bill National Whitley Council, but was

March 1 and 8-H.V.D.C. Opan. How many hours a day should

not have reached the praya wail Government; but they cannot

Two old men caught by the or the piar except for the very dony that although perhaps they would have persisted in his inten-popular opinion of

idle speculation to wonder if H.E. Adams" for we presume the not dealt with. Meanwhile, in the No. 4 Broadwood Road, house revolver. bullets, were remanded all were landed.

police at Chun Wan with arms in prompt action of Mr. Edley. Mr. cannot see why certain things are tion to move a resolution renew-wot." We have several zoplogists order issued by the Minister of

their possession, one carrying three Clarke was buffeted against the iron stake is that Irish Free State a longer working

Bros, revolvers and the other 301 Riders of the pier, but eventually done they are told what is done ing the Ordinance if the Unofficial in our midst, and feel sure the Finance.

it is a loathesome thing, God day has been enforced by an hold furniture, 2.30 p.m.

Unfortunately, or about to be done. In this way members intended moving con- idea of the Institutions we have

for sentence earlier in the week she woman died aftorwards. Too COMPANY MEETINGS. March Thirty-fifth meeting Honour's Intention being

by Mr. Justice Gompertz, His having been represented to rose at least of the community rariwise. The thing is that the mentioned would meet with their measure of economy, which will George's Bldg., Chator Rd., II a.m. the police with information as Mr. Clarke on their behalf their to the Royal Humane Society, they of the HK. Electric Co, at St. give them a chance to assistive authorised me to present to whose civic pride has not Ordinance is to be renewed to the hearty approval and enthusiastic, be reviewed after March 31, 1925, annual meeting of shareholders of This morning it was reposted that

This order states that as a withered in a dry and parched great content of numerous sorely- University authorities, will, he shall be from 9:30 am, till 5 p.m. at St. George's Bldg., Chater Rd., any useful information to two

March 4-Thirty-fifth ordinary to where the arms came from, bronze medal (Applause.) esert of non-recognition, and

the the daily attendance of the staff the Green Island Cement Co. Ltd., the man had not been able to give become dead, can evince some pressed householders. The critic the near future, give the matter on fly days a week and from 9.30 11 a.m. interest in what the Council does may well say that so far as the their expert consideration. a.m. till 1.30 pm on Saturdays. March 6-Nineteenth Aunnal years Imprisonment. The penalty and the money it spends. Yester- Unofficial members of the Council

Honour sentenced each to This makes a totel, allowing an in Mesting of shareholders of the would have been heavier, His AT THE STAR ON SUNDAY,

THE QUAINTS. day's Committee nanetioned are concerned, the community

terval of one hour at lunch-time, of Union Waterboat Co., Ltd. in the Honour said, but for the fact that expenditure votes, of over should not be left in the dark to

414 hours a week, as against 38 offices of Messrs. Dodwell & Co, they were old and feeble. It is true that the Irish Staff Ltd., II a.m. $200,000, not the least interesting the very last moment as to their

has been established Association are protesting, and mo of which was a matter of $1,901 views on such an important

pose in meeting the order, but the change marks, a new 6 pm, ATENT at Yokohama and is that counsel's opinion is being March 2--Confirmation service

Star patrons should not forget HOTEL serving a useful purtaken as to the legality of the in St. Andrew's Church, Kowloon,

SERVICE for the purchase of bullet proof matter. We uphold that view and requirements of some of those who era in the hours of Civil Servants.

the special booking of The Quaints for Sunday night only, waistcoats, for use by our police, suggest further that should there were dispossessed as a result of In Whitehall the higher division,

at the popular theatre. They are announced to give a clever skit No sane person will grudge that be the slightest doubt in the the earthquake. The tents are said officials often work long hours,

"Underground to Anywhere," expenditure, but hope that such minds of our Unofficial members They are square and each is erected officials who arrive before 10 am, cough can be challs, and plezand key will be succeeded as The full company appears, and

to be warm and comfortable, there are many distinguished

A political correspondent learns which has been called one of the eminently protective garments as to the retention of any mea over a low wall which runs round and never leave till after 7 pm. stopped by taking Chamberlain's

troublesome, sleep disturbing night British Envoy-Designate to Tur long timeESICKS that the Hon. Ronald Lindsay, the best farcical efforts seen here for a will serve their purpose. $6,000 to sure which so vitally effects the the room and serves to shut out There are, however, several grades, wasting it pate od an Inched State at the Foreign Office, by book early. Seats are to be book- rsonst the accounts of the How welfare of those resident in the wardrobes and washstands are whose hours are from 10 aingo Ull which the troublesome congly in stor

draughts. Easy chairs, bedsteads, including, over 50,000 offer, throws and the promptaes with Mr Wellesley who for a coned at Moutrie's and the Star, and Remedy You will like the thi Assistant Under Secretary of it is well for Intending visitors to Railway. British Colony such as this Rents Ordn provided. A coni stove in the 5 p.. Many of these men and. For ele everywhere;

siderable time has been head of popular prices are the order of the the Far Easterio Department. iday Hok

Troublesome Conghs

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