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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1924.

| TELEGRAMS

&

أحمد

TO CANTON.

DIRECT SERVICE BEING RESTORED.

HOPES FOR THROUGH TRAINS SOON.

In two or three weeks direct telegraphic communication with Canton will be resumed, via the land lines that were in use prior to "interruption" by the state of war in the territory over which they passed. Hopes are also entertained for the resumption of the through train service shortly.

way track will be extremely

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A body of workmen have start- ed from Hongkong with the necessary apparatus to effect the necessary repair.

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$450 CLAIM.

INDIAN BARBERS AT LAW.

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defendant.

THE CHINA MAIL.

CORRESPONDENCEY

ST. DUNSTAN'S.

petual darkness, men who have been taught to bear their burden cheerfully, and use tally by St. Dunstan's. Surely the ever- generous "public of Hongkong, wilk [not neglect this opportunity of identifying itself with such noble work 2.

ENTHUSIAST.

Yours truly,

Hongkong, April 23.

VERANDAHS.

(To the Editor of the China Mail.) Sir,It has been the custom since

allow owners of property adjoin- ing: the principal streets to build verandahs over the sidewalks of those streets. This is an obvious advantage to the property owner, he gets protection for his windows without sacrificing space, it is an advantage to the occupier, who gets a convenient sitting out space practically in the open air but

At the Supreme Court this [To the Editor of the Chiss Mail] morning, before Acting Chief Jus- tice Mr. Gompertz, Fazil Kärin, barber, sued Alara Kia, master to spare me a little space on the Sir,--Will you be kind enough barber, East Surreys for $450 alleged to have been paid him by subject of St. Dunstan's Home for plaintiff on a consideration, that the Bhind, in aid of which a Ball had failed. The submission of being organised (vide advertise- plaintiff was that in February of ment on page 3 of your paper) under the patronage of Lady this year he paid defendant the

Stubbs? money as part share in a proposed

Most of us have a vague idea It has been definitely established seems that both sides will be glad partnership, that a draft partner that St. Dunstan's has done and that Chan Kwing-ming's troops to have the service resumed and ship agreement had been prepared is doing noble work, but of the arthose of his allies, have been that it would be beneficial to and that defendant had accepted importance and magnitude of that the early days of the Colony to]

mutual interests to keep the the money but later refused to work few of us are aware di: tged from their positions service going.

sign the agreement or to take:

As a alm the Kowloon-Canton Rail-

matter of fact, of all the many plaintiff into partnership.· ay (Chinese section) and they

Mr. C. A. S. Russ was for plain-charities that come before the have now fallen back to such a

tiff and Mr. Leo d'Almada for public none deserves more whole distance that further sallies on

hearted support than this famous either the telegraph lines or rail-

institution. St. Dunstan's is the only place in England where the blinded ex-service man is taught to reconstruct his life on useful and happy lines. It was founded by the late Sir Arthur Pearson protected from the weather. It is himself blind-and until his death also an advantage to the public was controlled and directed by as it gives protection from the weather to those using the side- The training at St. Dunstan's walk, a protection which is of equips blinded men for every considerable value in a climate like possible occupation that the sight-this. The custom is of the nature less can follow. Nearly 2,000 men of a privilege, the property owner wore sent back from the battle pays no rent nor premium for the fields without their most precious accommodation, he signs an agree gift, eye-sight. They were help-ment undertaking to remove the less and hopeless; but from St. verandah when called upon to do! Dunstan's class rooms, workshops so, and he is charged with the cost and training establishments they of paving under the verandah. have gone into the world again fit But the custom is so far establish and able to hold their own in many ed as to be the subject of certain professions, crafts and occupa-sections in the Public Health and tions. They have been established Building Ordinance. These Rec-

difficult.

Correspondence has already Cross-examined by Mr. Russ, taken place with the British Cham- defendant wid that after the Representatives of the Chinese with firms in Hongkong as to

ber of Commerce, Canion, and difference about the agreement he Telegraphs Administration have methods of overcoming the interwent to the Major and complained been investigating and they ference with commerce caused by that plaintif was lending money estimate that in three weeks or so, the continua! interruption of to the soldiers. Plaintiff was then the lines will have been repaired telegraphic communication with dismissed. and communization re-established. Canton. The Chamber invited!

The case was adjourned until This, of course, will dispense with the assistance of the Government to-morrow morning. sending cables to Macao and in endeavouring

to secure an

boats of other nations render their nationals invaluable service, by placing wireless facilities of their disposal.

then vie Chinshan to Canton, alternative means of communica which meant a longer route and a ton through the agency of Nava! considerably higher rate. The wireless, potating out that the gun- Hongkong office of the Chinese "Telegraphs" denies the report: made yesterday that the station at Nam Tau (just beyond the Ter- ritories border) has been damaged by Chan's man before they left.

It is also interesting to note that previously there has been mis- understanding between Dr. Sun at Canton and the Hongkong office of the Chinese Telegraphs, which is under the control of the Ministry of Communications, Peking The Hongkong office refused to discuts politics when approached by a China Mail reporter but dipping below the surface of what the representative said, it

ST. GEORGE'S DAY.

HONGKONG'S CELEBRATION.

spent

TUFIN IN THE HOTEL.

An enjoyable time wa by over sixty members and friends on the occasion of the St. Goerge's tiffin held

at the Hongkong Hotel to-day, Dr. G. Montague Harston presided, supported by four past Presidents, the Hon. Mr. H. E. Pollock, His Honour Mr. H. H. J. Gompertz, Mr. R. Hancock and Mr. D. G. M. Bernard also by members of the committee and others who have served the Society in the past.

The Society of St. George in Hongkong has hitherto confined its celebration to the Annual Ball on Twelfth Night

but it was decided this year the committes should meet at tifin and later announced that it would be thrown open to members of the Society as

well.

A Resolution on the subject was moved by Hongkong at the Chambers of Commerce Con- ference in Shanghai, in February,

1924.

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The Government's reply was Among the forthcoming attrac- that the Commodore was prepared tions for Hongkong music lovers to sanction the transmission to is the impending visit of the great Canton of private messages by singer Mr. William Heughan, one Naval wireless when the ordinary of the finest bass singers who has methods of communication had broken

ever visited the East. down provided the

He is at present on a world tour as trained masseurs, accountants, tions do not in any case specify messages were forwarded through the Chamber.

under the immediate auspices of insurance brokers, business definitely that verandahs will be The Burns Federation and has organisers, telephone operators, allowed, but by specifying the just completed a most successful shorthand-typists, carpenters and conditions under which they will tour of South Africa and India.. joiners, mat makers, basket

Late of the Royal Opera makers, boot repairers, poultry is less than 50 feet in width-they not be allowed-e.g. if the street Covent Garden and the leading farmers and in other branches of leave it to be inferred that in Italian Opera Houses, etc., and industry. But the work of the cases where they are not speci- acknowledged to be the greatest institution is not finished. And it fically excluded there will be no ment constituted a binding force Scottish singer since Andrew must not finish while the need for question about their being allow- for the good of the Empire..

Black. Mr. Heughan promises us it remains. It is sometimes diffied. It seems to the writer that Now it does not do on occasions & musical treat which should not cult to make clear to the public what the Colony wants is some like this to give away too many of be missed. He will appear at the why that need still exists. So long continuity, some fixed rules, to our secrets, but I am going to Theatre Royal for a short season efter the guns of a world at war know where we are, and not to reveal one secret concerning the commencing Saturday, May 3, sensed fire, many people cannot be subject to changes to suit the success which the Englishman has Monday, May 5 to Wednesday, understand how it is that at the ideas of any particular official undoubtedly achieved.

present moment there are 120 men This however is not the view To my mind the greatest asset May 7 inclusive. of the Englishman is his innate

under training at St. Dunstan's. taken by the Building Authority faculty for the immediate recogni

They are men who, but for their who at the present time is dis- tion of ability in others, and his

heroism in the war, would never allowing verandahs in places natural aptitude for adapting that

have lost their sight. They are where they would have been allow. ability to his own and the Nation's

proportion of the 33,000 men who ed welfare the genial temperament

without question twelve DE were discharged from the Army months ago, and this action has which is inherent in every English-

and Navy with defective eyesight given rise to the suspicion that man completely disarming_the

directly attributable. to the owner of that ability, This.

the time will shortly arrive when wounds received and hardships no new verandahs will be allowed Gentlemen, is the real reason why

endured during active service over the public footpaths and even we have a Scottish Prime Minister

Are not these men, and those who that a date may come when exist- to-day.

will inevitably follow them into ing verandahs must be taken We acknowledge the economic dressed, young Chinese woman the dark world of blindness, as down. The case against verandahs ability of the Scotchman,

the ramp off the ship when passing deserving of all the care and has not recently been stated in Celtic fervour of the Welshman, Bocca Tigris. She was seen to go education St. Dunstan's affords as public. Twenty years ago Pro- the internecine intimacies of the to the stem and before she could be the soldiers and tailors who were fessor Simpson in a report on the Irishman, and the candid criticism frustrated, she had gone over

بصف

WOMAN'S SUICIDE

JUMPS OFF RIVER STEAMER.

On Monday night, a Chinese detective who was returning to Hongkong from Canton by the s.s. 'Lung Shan" noticed a well

rooms,

Dr. G. M. Harston, Vice Pre-that, we are delighted that this to be the wife of a detective in the is the wide-spread After-Care Against this it may be said that

be So,

by ensuring that great Datural talents

of the Colonial Bord, be, he of board. On making Inquiries from blinded on the battlefield or battle-sanitation of the Colony pointed English, Scottish, Welsh or Irish the people or board, the detective ship? descent. We do not begrudge was informed by a hawker on the

There is another all-important of sunlight into the

out that they obstructed the accesv them being head of this or first in ship that the woman was believed part of St. Dunstan's work. That

they allow much better ventilation Contenting Canton force.

Organization, whose responsibili- of the rooms during the rainy ties commence with the completion season, and beyond this the con men and end only with their desire to get even with the land- of the training of the war-blinded trolling idea seems to be a general

of the trained men in their own of the general rise in value of death. Apart from the settlernent lords who have done so well out homes, there is the provision of raw material for their work, the property in recent years.

favour of verandahs it may be help they must have in marketing the goods they make, the care of said that the landlord gets more modation, the Government more

sident for the current year, is should' acting as President pending the ourselves return of Mr. H. W. Bird and their after the loyal toast he said: should be directed into the proper ACTING PUISNE JUDGE. This day is being celebrated by channel suficiently conducive Englishmen throughout the length to our mutual welfare. The one MR. DYER BALL OFFICIATES and breadth of the Brit- thing we always have our eye ish Empire in memory of

upon is their ability, as Englishmen

our Parron Saint, St. George. having an intimate acquaintance All nations of the World have for with this attribute ourselves, we are

at Wembley.

TO-DAY.

Mr. A. Dyer Ball acted as Puisse

We are ever mindful of the fact The adoption of children, a

instructors to maintain the crafts-

Dunstan's.

Int

It

countless ages post set apart one the more ready to welcome it in Judge this morning when Kwong the health of themselves and their profit, the tenant more accom- day on which to take stock of others whether it be manifested as On Tseung sued Kuag Wo Cheung families, and the visits of trained rates, and the public better pro- their welfare and measure their Wizardry from Wales, Scathless for 294.51, balance on account of standing as a race.. ·On" St. George's day it is our custom ness from Scotland, Ingenuity in goods sold and delivered.

argument from Ireland or Col. to review the activities

Defendant did not appear and men's skill at their work. In sick-tection from the weather, laboration from our Colonies. We Mr. E. C. S. Brookes was allowed nese, in health, in his business and seems a case in which an expres will not say the most important from Lossiemouth as we are to have given for plaintiff and Mr. Brookes' Organization plays the part of/Press or in the Legislative Council | of the English Race, as being, are as pleased to have a Leader to prove the case. Judgment was in his, pleasures, the After-Care Sion of public opinion either in the part of our Empire, though it may an Empire Counsellor from Cape application for immediate execu patron saint to every son of St. be given. The case in favour of or in both, might with advantage be conceded to be such by the town. We appreciate the judgmenttion was granted." other constituent parts, but as con- of others whether it be commenda- stituting the most numerous section tory or the reverse.

The work of St. Dunstan's, by paths seems to the writer much having verandahs over the foot-

and the main foundation of our

the completeness, efficiency and stronger than that against it, and Empire. We consider it particu- that the English Race is not con process at present unrecognised effectiveness of its results, is if this view represents that of a Jarly fitting that on this day His fined to the limits of the British in English law, is to be legalised unique in the history of private large body of public opinion and Majesty the King should be open- Empire. It is the hope of this by a Bill which is being presented charitable enterprise. But not-is expressed in the right quarters ing the great Empire Exhibition Sociers that use may be made of to Parliament by Sir Malcolm Mac withstanding the most rigid it is not likely that the Govern

this fact for the ultimate naghten, and supported by, among economy it is being trammelled by ment will proceed with the pro- We as Englishmen are as proud maintenance of the peace of other members, the Duchess of lack of funds. There are many posal for the abolition. brith of our right as the Ancient the World. We realise that Atholl, Miss Lawrence, and Mrs. of us here who, with less luck. Roman was proud of hisCitizenship. some members of the English Wintringham.

may, have been numbered with the The name and memory of St. George race are to the extent of one stand as symbols, not of our hundred per cent

unfortunate men living in per-1 of another Citizenship for that would be to nationality. We know however that take too small a view, but of our we shall always have their kindly Let me appeal to every English-FÆRØM OLEJE patriotism as members of the thoughts with us in our efforts in man in this Colony to join this great British Empire. The Prime this direction.

Society which stands for all that Minister, Mr. Ramsay Mscdonald, We concede the utmost respect is outlined in those admirable linės when speaking at the Welsh for the League of Nations, but its penned by Gladys Jackson in the National banquet recently held in limitations were recently some "South China Morning Fost" this London made use of the follow what unduly exposed to view. In morning: Let them picture to ing words:-

this connection let me call the themselves the rural beauty of "We belong to far flung attention of all visionaries and England, the Avon as it meanders Commonwealth, not English, not Welsh, not Scottish. Its strength altruists to, the fact that Man la past the birthplace of our im- is its variety and its individuality a member of the Animal Kingdom, mortal Bard, surely such a picture Variety the offspring of that the Animal Kingdom obeys will make irresistible music in his individuality is the parent of the laws of nature or suffers in the wind and lighten his exile. genlus, and the rock foundation of alternative. The fundamental law. In conclusion, 'Gentlemen, let me Nationality, Nationality is the of nature is expressed in the prin- reiterate:

idea of the Inspiration which Isciple of the survival of the fittest. "The survival of the fittest is the going to keep our nation strong, It is, within the bounds of immutable Law of Nature. May the not only in power but in those possibility in the not very remote English Race, both within and fine spiritual forces which alone future that the English Race may without this Empire, ever be fit to can create a nation and keep it become a preponderating factor in survive!

alive. Simply be the maintenance of the Peace of At the conclusion of Dr. Hars He also made a most important the World. Let us not live there- ton's speech, Mr. W. A. Dowley semask during this speech which ore in a Fool's Paradise of dis-proposed, the toast of the Society was to the effect that "Tho man who tries to smooth out the dif- armament but rather so direct our of. St. George Ge ference in our variety of race has, armaments in collaboration with Telegrams of greeting from his band uplifted against our our Cousins of the English Race other St. George Societies from existence as a nation," Meaning I that we may be able to maintain Home and other ports in the Far fake it that out variety of tempera- this World Peace.

East, were read

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Yours, etc.,

* Hongkong, April 22.

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