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THE CHINA MAIL

TUESDAY APRIL 1 1924.

and ivied walls wrapped in a sheet of dazzling white. M. S. Holland.

across the water. This is in keep- ing with the suggestion we made some time ago and it is good to know that the Star Theatre management is fully alive to what is required of it. Kowloon will have an opportunity afforded it on Thursday next of listening to a form of entertainment which, so far as we know, it has never hitherto enjoyed, and if for that reason only, Thursday should be historic. The Hongkong Phil- harmonic Society is to repeat the programme it gave in the Theatre Royal on Saturday-a programme which mightily pleased a large audience and earned the unanf mous praise of the newspaper take the oath,

It is due to the "Phil" did not know what a Bible was. that its enterprise would not go unrewarded. It cannot afford to be out of pocket in its endeavour and moderns in the pleasing way is a fine morning. Let's go out to give the music of the ancients English sporting gentleman: "It"Rags to Riches,"

"The landlords have shown themselves incapable of próßiting by my previous decree because they used it as a chance to in Crease rents exorbitantly, and anti-socially. They must realize that liberty has not only its

WHAT THEY ARE.`} rights, but also its duties. The Government must find ways to

After all, things are what they adjust matters for the benefit of are and not other things, and all the citizens. I reject your their consequences will be what protest, which in its manner at they will be; why, then, should we this time is absolutely inoppor-deceive ourselves?" tune." A

Dr. Butler.

critics.

WHERE THE CHURCH...

At Great Yar mouth recently, a. 12-year-old boy, when about to

confessed that he

Sunday's weather SPORTING. reminded us of the alleged words of an

SHADOWS BEFORE.

Coming Events Advertised In The Mall,

ENTERTAINMENTS.

April 1.-Coronet

April 1-Star

*

KOWLOON DOCK" TROUBLE.

DISPUTE OVER HOUSING PROBLEM.

POSITION THIS MORNING.

The dispute over certain houses which shelter, employees of the Kowloon Dock Company and which recently came up for dia- cussion before the Legislative Council came to a head yesterday when an attempt on the part of the landlords to start demolition, work met with resistance from tenants and resulted in the docks being deserted during most of the day.

The Cooke Street houses accom- Theatre; modate about 500 of the Dock workers and are owned by private Theatre; Chinese landlords. The contrac-

tor's men who tried to begin Theatre; the work of demolition yesterday

suggests the harbour which is our natural pride. This again brings us to the proposed harbour im- provements, and in ita turn to the question if the Government would not be well advised to bring into being a full Harbour Board, with powers of administration, and generally to act as a Governing Body in things maritime. We suggest that this is an imperative question. The Government in its wisdom has formed a Sanitary Board, and though this has Imited powers, no one questions that it has been a great help to the Governmont, and has assisted materially in helping to keep the Colony as clean, and as free from disease as, in the present state of some of our health laws, we it does. The Society is getting on and kill something. We always "Peter the Great." deserve to be. The Government its feet again, and what it has so think of that statement when we has also insented to a consulta far been able to do is but a taste see the curiously garbed people tive Board in connection with the of what it can do and what it who early travel to the border education of the Colony, which, has it in its power to offer just wh a

hopes to improve upon. Kowloon and come back at night, laden

April 2-St. Andrew's Fete in collection of little the Church Hall and grounds, in spite of the criticism it has that encouragement that the birds that in their bulk do not seem Kowloon, 2.30 p.m. brought upon itself, is to continue. Society needs and to make it a what is called a square meal. We William Rees Davies at Hongkong to amount to much in the way of April 12.-Public Dinner to Sir Yet in connection with perhaps settled part of their programmes its most important possession that the Peninsula shall be taken bend is some enjoyment Hotel. 8 p.m.

into account in connection with Belds and distributing shot over a to be had in scouring paddy something in which the hack-future concerts. There may not wide area. Some of us have neyed "Life-blood of the Colony" be much connection between a lot

The Chief Manager of the Dock & to be thankful for one ia, more than closely connected, it buses and music; on the other being that

the Company conferred with someone or other has, so far, not seen its way either hand there may. Each must have has decreed that we are not birds.

Secretary of Ohinese Affairs to form a Board on (say) the lines with them; they must be good.

yesterday, and this morning a one elementary fact connected

The difficulty of

representative of the "China Mail” of the Mersey Docks and Harbour We are not an authority on buses

April 2.-Lammert Bros., at was informed that an, arrange- keeping nows- Sales Rooms, Duddell St., commer- ment had been entered into Board, or to assist the Harbour even if we say that the present

paper correspon- cial radio receivers, etc., noon. Master with a committee of mode of conveyance could be dents to the true letter of the

April 4-Lammert Bros., at No. to hold their hands temporarily in whereby the landlords had agreed We may not be discussion on which the first, one 18 Godown of the H.K and Kow-order to enable the Dock Company improved upon. experts in carrying out the an authority on music, but we embarked-or the delight which loon Wharf & Godown Co., Ltd.,

letter writers find in going off at Kowloon, miscellaneous goods, to provide further accommodation correspondence in the China Mail. a tangent, is shown at the recent 10.30 am.

for their employees. It commenced with reasons why 6 Catobick St. Kennedy Town, April 5.-Lammert Bros., al the Church had failed, but quickly rice mills with huller and polishers, galloped into doubts on the machines, motors, etc., 11 .. Virgin birth and vigorous April 9-Lammert Bros,

Kowloon Matters.

have no hesitation in saying that the Philharmonic's, concerts are invariably good and are Ekely to

be better.

Tourists.

TANGENTS

a

April 1.-World The Man from Wyoming."

SOCIAL..

SPORT.

Arti 2-Annual Athletic Sporta of tl University of Hongkong.

April 19 and ar.-H.K. Jockey Club extra race meetings,

PUBLIC AUCTIONS.

COMPANY MEETING.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

morning met with storn opposi tion, the tenants quickly gathering into a big crowd and calling out their colleagues from the Dock to..

ing the day and last night it was men had joined in sympathy dur aid them. Most of the Dock work-

reported that only the launch crews were working.

ence with the Director of Publie Works this morning, but the out- come of the interview was not made public.

Mr. R. M. Dyer was in confer-

"I am afraid I can offer vary little helpful advice to those who want to bring the Church

The St. Andrew's Church Girl Companies, it should be the dut or Churches back into Intimate Guide troop is in a Bourishing of such wealthy concerns and helpful relationship to the condition and reflects great credit house their workers. community at large. Ton its officers says the Monthly think religion is a larger thing Messenge. Miss O'Dell has just than Christianity and will go come in to help, adds the parish on, a growing power in the magazine. hearts of men, though they

cease altogether to call them. For ill-treating a servant girl, selves Christians.. I would the mistress of a Yaumati brothel suggest that 'Christianity sell was yesterday sentenced to six all that it hath and follow weeks' imprisonment. Evidence after Jesus of Nazareth, that It was given that defendant scrap its theologies

struck the girl in such a

and

**

."

HEUNG

SHAN" SOLE

WRECKED STEAMER

BRINGS $5,800.

CRINESH PURCHASER.

The British river organisations and, taking manner that her head was cut open. Heung Shan which went ashore neither scrip nor purse, set

near Conton a month ago was sold Putting his head out of the for $5,800 this morning by auction out to find the lost Kingdom window of a tram near Causeway at Messrs. Lammert Bros. auction of God. "More and more people find it possible to Bay on Sunday. a Chinese was rooms, Daddell Street. follow the teachings of Jesus struck by the tram coming from of Nazareth without any of the opposite direction. He was the terms and

seriously injured and had to be trappings of Christianity at all-without, taken to hospital. indeed, even calling them, selves Christians."

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THE RESOLUTE'S

The auction boom was packedgi with Chinese who before the sale" naked many questions regarding the beached vassal, and for a time Mr. Laminert was bombarded from a ↑

In the Monthly Messenger, the sides. Vicar of St. Andrew's Church

One bilder. Wanted to know if ther expresses his thanks to Mr. and the event of the steamer being sil Mrs. Stapleton, and 'Mr. Mow Fung ved successfully, it could be used on have been more for kindly placing their respective the run again. Mr. Lammert said. of the spending motor cars at his disposal for visit

American

pas- sengers seem to

it could and also explained that the

onerous duties which pertain to his office, The Government is naturally tenacious of its rights, but it could retain its rights, and at the same time relieve itself of. much worry, and save valuable

Tourists come, they see, but defence. In this way is the Sales Rooms, the s.5. Kwa Wa

Most of the workers were at time in availing itself of the ser- do they conquer? Their visit is original subject killed and another now lying at Shunshuipo. 8 p.m.

and more difficult subject intro-

the Docks this morning. It is April 16.-Lammert Bros., at vice which it has to hand, if it transient, fleeting and can only be duced, a subject which has troubled 6 Catchick St.. Kennedy Town, Probable that pending the erec- would but ask for it. It is an easy cursory and they see the world theological pundits down the ages. two complete sets rattan and cane tion of new houses or their trans-

like the child a panorama with an The words of Mr. H. G. Wells splitting machinery, etc., 8 pm. statement to make, and doubtless impression here and there. What written two years ago, have their

ference to temporary woodan houses, the Dock employees will difficult to prove, but we believe most of them see of Hongkong is own particular interest on the April 10-Second yearly meet-remain in their present Cooke most level-headed men will agree in the guide book and that which original topic of discussion, that ing of shareholders of the Hong-Street dwellings. when we suggest that the present can be taken home on picture post- we venture to give them. They kong Engineering & Construction During the discussion on the cards. It is not our idea of travel- constitute the personal opinion of Co., Ltd., at St. George's Building, Renta Ordiñante, recently, H.E. piracy evil would not have reaching the world, yet with hundreds man who in a remarkable Chater Road, noon...

the Governor in referring to this ed the serious dimensions it has, of tired and wealthy people it manner has been able to gain the

particular Cooke Street case, said if there had been a harbour board seems to find much favour and ear of the whole world:-

that as the tenants were mainly in operation. The present situa- from time to time we have them

employed by the Dock and Cement tion should be regarded as the in our midst, be-cameraed and begoggled, seeking some new sight situation was during the war, and some fresh experience. So when the Colony's best were many good things they taste, cloy "roped in" and used to the best the appetite and as frankly possible advantage.

admitted by one of the bored tourists on the "Resolute" they are glad when they get home to their Main Street or Fifth Avenue and what is more likely their little homestead in some quiet Day by day, and in every way, reach of California. Is it a fad Kowloon looms largely in the this travelling round the world thoughts of those who have its or is it what we most suspect-a destinies in hand; of those who diversion. and ambition? The live there and are therefore, pre-globe trotter comes to Hongkong sumably, interested in its welfare, from Manila and goes. thenge to and of those whose business it is Shanghai. On his itinerary he to cater for the entertainment of gains a series of giances--for no ita rapidly growing community. more. than a glance, can be The Government's answers to the absorbed when the tourist is only questions put to it regarding the at one port for decidedly less than bus service must be considered a week. His general impression eminently satisfactory. Assum-of his trip round the world must ing that the Chinese companies be a medley of hazy recollections. who have scrambled to cater for Was it at Hongkong he saw the the travelling public are fully New York traffic signala or at aware of the conditions attached Shanghai? Man's memory is but to their permits that the per- limited. Moving on schedule with variety, than the other boat-loads ing in the New Territories, mission can be withdrawn at yery the precision of a clock from port of tourists that have visited Hong-

sule did not include cargo for which short notice, & measure of admira- to port is our great objection to kong, And it is to be noted that School sports were held during The auctioneer smiled when he the purchaser would not be held re- The Cheung Chau Government tion must be conceded them on encircling the globe. To wander shop-keepers rose to the occasion, the week-end. The prizes were heard some one of the bidders say

sponsible. their enterprise and their willing-in and out at leisure, to stay a Signs were exhibited that clothing ness to sink capital in what after week or even a year at one's could be made within 20 hours, presented by Mrs. McRae in the hat if they bought the vessel it all must be a fleeting source of inclination, is a far better way of One store displayed:

absence of Mrs. Alabaster. Mr. could not be dynamited to get the profit. Evidently profits allow for broadening the outlook of seeing visit solicited." Parting was pro thanked the visitors, the prize her the purchaser as much as he E. Ralphs and Mr. C. G. Alabaster cargo. Mr. Lammert mid he would dealt with, the bitterest opponent liberal depreciation as against the the world as it really is, not as it bably meant to indicate money, of Constitutional reform must time when matters are whittled is especially arrayed for tourists.

donors and Mrs. Mc Rae for pre-conti and if necessary would assist admit that many have not down to one company only being To encounter a hidden beauty

"It is interesting to senting the prizes.

in obtaining dynamite from the. received. adequate treatment, allowed to provide traffic facilities unexpectedly is one of the joys

BOOKS. note that if Auction

The St. Andrew's Church wepresentative of the Union Insur Government...I was stated by "n announcements for Kowloon's many thousands. of life and how can it be done if anything to go by, residents do Choir has been strengthened connee Company that among several whilst others are being tackled What the curious would like to you stand at the foot of the Peak not include books in their house siderably during the month by small pieces of cargo "shour! were more or less indifferently due know is, what the Government and have it pointed out by an hold goods. Rarely does one see

new voices. At the Good Friday 200 cases of milk and 30 cases of probably to the fact that the charges as a permit fee, and if, eloquent but mechanical guide, that books are to be sold. This Morning Service, Mr. Clements wine in the strong room. Government has either taken oh when arriving at the amount that Far be it that you wander in explains a lot. It seems irly obvious that a too much, or has not prepared taken of the fact that Kowloon's, in their midst and drink them in,

Readers must Green Hill Far Away" (Gounod), ng she now lies in her present condi

has promised to sing "There is a Mr. Lammert offered the steamer is charged, due consideration is among these things yourself, live guess what that "lot" ia. Government such as we possess itself for the onrush of problems thoroughfares are not likely to be But we are not so fortunate. Is

and on Easter Sunday evening antion in the Canton River, beached augmented choir will render the opposite Larkins Point (Kellet in Hongkong must soon have its occasioned by the rapid expanse improved by so many vehicles it the fear of sacrificing comfort, To-day's Poem.

anthem "What are These?" hands full to overflowing and by of the Colony, or those problems plying and flying along them-to luxury and ease that tourists

Reach) Blenheim Passage and the.. thevature of its compost which have arisen as a result, it say nothing of extra traffic super-embark with an army of weary

da it employs de maintained, ofthe, chaos pre-vision. We are getting down to companions to see the world or is Something, tapped at my window

Protection, or Preferential Treat-it that world progress nowadays work that vailing in the adjoining province, ment when it is indicated that in demands that adventure be no Someone called me without my be vastly in arrears And this must be so in the the near futuro British made more? many things which absence of a liberal supply of chassis, etc., will be stipulated for

ce of a libera Immediate and prompt kuper-men, or the Government's in the new service which seems

Someone laughed like the tinkle ntion. A glance at the ques- willingness to allow those willing a motor bus, service, and not A REBUKE, lorda probably do The robin echoed it o'er and b'er.

to indicate that Kowloon is in for

Hongkong Land-

tions which have been agitating | sndrable, to do so, to look after tram service. Free Traders and Ordinance, but they should rest I threw the door and the window. There is a curious Impression Chimese speculator finished the ans

not bless the Reats the minds of those who take an and effect a solution of several of Tariff Reformers alike will doubt content in the knowledge that interest in the Colony's welfare, the matters which ceaselessly cry less applaud this stipulation, and Signor Benito Mussolint does not Sun and the touch of the breeze to pay a salvage organisation an1798 ton's Rad had been on the

abroad that the Admiralty propose it will be good to see the Colony rule this place. Landlords and and the questions, which satili out for reform. The ong matter helping on British trade in a building contractors we are told, "Oh, were you expecting me, ship sunk at Scapa The truth of Hongkong Canton run for twenty

enormous sum to raise the German remain to be dealt with, fully which, continues to be the topic of section that seems hitherto to recently seat Benito a telegram proves this. We have had har- conversation--not at all' compli- have been honoured in the breach. complaining of a new decree, And here was April come back have agreed to let theft Inkong, Canfon and Maosa Steamboat: bour improvements, typhoon mentary to those concerned--is The Peninsula has nothing giving certain privileges to tenanta precautions, education direction, this matter of piracy prevention, to complain of in the way its In their complaint the landlorda military lands, trane regulations, We do not at this stage intend to entertainment line. It is at any would discourage, new construc noede are being catered for in the declared the newly issued decres piracy prevention, town

anning, add another word to the many rate on a par with that of Hong with some of the arguments used tion. This coincides very much orcrowding, and that we, and others, have ver- kong and more and more do visit when H. B. the Governor carried tha tured ta kst, in suggestion and ing professionals make it their his Reats Ordinance. Arguments business to visit the pleasantly over and over again confated.. supplies on. But mention of the appointed Star Theatre and offer However, Signor Mussolini gavo a. word-Ply suggests the sea, and their particular talents to the Roland for an Oliver as the follow 1890. shipping that in its turn discerning of those who dwelling reply proves

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China Mail.

Boraxena TUESDAY, APRIL 1,′ 1826.'

A. HARBOUR BOARD?

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building, rents,

others which

mom

force

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some have bee

réadi);

pane,

door,

o' vain,

wide;

(April)

and then

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again!

Parting

—-Theodosta Garrison,

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WEATHER CALENDAR

MEN APRIL 1, We are in deep snow here; all the old roofs and towers

Special services were helders were engb on the fall of the both in the moming and in theat purchaser's risk. zonave

hammer when the vessel would be afternoon at the Cathedral of the the day being observed as the, was evidently the work of a practi- The bidding started at $1,000, Immaculate Conception on Sunday, which commented Mr. Lammett, Catholic Press Day. In additional joker. Eventually, by series of telle musicute was alven by $200 bis the price went to $5.7000 excellent musicale was at which figure there was a decided Lusitano at 5 pim. the Academia litteraria at the Club

Ill in the bidding. The final bid of 85,800 from Mr. Woo Wing, a

tion

TheHoung Bhan" is a vessel "of

She belonged to the Fong-

the matter is that the "Admiralty years. question recover what they can of Comperry, my que te the wreckage for a consideration. They want Scapa Flow cleared of Mrs. Harriet. Osgood Taylour the obstructive mess in any case, wife of a former Hongkong and it is rather good business to Harbour Master has an interesting get somebody to pay for doing book review in a recent issue of this. Beyond the fact that the "The Patriot." "The Patriot” sets vessels are, vünk”, In," territoriál | out *** to expose the Socialist. waters, the Admiralty really have conspiracy against our country, its no claim to them, “When scuitlad, Institutions and its industries, and

Communist world.revalution.” «

they were only interned pending to enlighten the public on the

disposal, not surrendered.