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THUE DAY HAY 8 1924.

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KONGKONG'S ORIGIN.

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no tiled bungalows or residential population is in a better position Abbey, and who also filled almost flats; no prosperous hotels or than that of Canton's. We are countless other positions of boarding houses. Visitors have not aware that the Government musical honour, once told a friend. had no illusions and have accepted their welfare, beyond seeing that fessional success, without perhaps takes "any serious thought" in a secret of his long life and pro- the position with great good the members of it conform to realizing that he was doing so.

SPORTS. resignation. They have built Harbour rules and regulations. He was being congratulated on the May 8-9.-East Surrey Regiment themselves wooden houses and There is we believe a Sampin cheerful character of his book of International Coy, Boxing Competi- ANOTHER UNIVERSITY LECTURE. have truthfully called

"Oh, well, tics at Murray Barmcks, 3.15 p.m. them Mission run on Christian lines, memoirs, and replied:

May 10-In the City Hall, semi The second lecture delivered shacks. So successful have these but what it seeks to do and how of course I've had some unpleasant

it does it, report telleth not. If times; I could have put in a lot of finals and finals of the Rust Somey yesterday by Professor Schofield summer camps been that at one the number of their appearances them. But what's the use of regt. Inter-Company boxing comat the Hongkong University dealt. time overtures were made to the before the Harbour Authority ismembering those things?" Of him; petitions.

in part with his findings in connec- throughout his life it might have May 24-Third extra Race Meet- tion with the geological survey of Canton Government to, buy the anything to go by, then it must been said he was

A man ofing of the Hongkong Jockey Club.

the Island and the New Territories mountain, or the top of it, in order be conceded that they are cheerful yesterdays and confident

relatively honest population, sery- to-morrows."

which he has been asked to under- to improve residential conditions ing a useful purpose, sharing in

May 18.-At W.D. Offices, one take by the local Government lot of Crown land at. Magazine Gap. The lecture was entitled "The and to perpetuate the use of the the prosperity of the port, and

it is an excellent 3pm.

Origin of Mountain Chains." As place to the idea of a summer certainly adding, to its pictures. CRUELTY, aim which the

PUBLIC AUCTIONS,

Professor Schofield explained, the British camp. Nothing has ever come of gueness. They are not likely to

Humane May 14-Lammert Bros., at Sales survey has only just begun but he- that proposal, and now we hear have their boats seized and taken Association has set before itself, Rooms, leasehold property, was able to give interesting in- to some put-of-the-way place, the prevention of cruelty and Victoria Road, near Villa Miramere, formation and composition of the that residence on that mountain is without compensation being offer. suffering in all forms, by 3 p.m.

rocks district. not safe-another eloquent testi-ed them, and whilst they leave educational methods," and there June 11-Lammert Broa, at One of the most interesting mony to the miserable state of umuggling alone, give up dynamit- is no reason why the exhibition the premises of the H.K, Tramway statements, in view of the belief affairs in and around Canton. For ing for fish, are likely to be left organized by it in London recently Co. Ltd., Bowrington Canal Rd. commonly held that Hongkong is should not help to make concrete Raat, steam driven electric generat volcanic in origin, is that the in peace.

Its ideal. This exhibition was of ing plant, 9 p.m..

mountains around here al- quite an unusual nature, the

though they may consist various rooms being hung with an: interesting collection of panels Simplex Plaster Co., Ltd., at Com-volcanic in origin. By this Pro- May 9-Strutory meeting of the volcanic rocks arc not and friezes of child life and pany's Office, 2nd floor China Bldg., fessor Schofield said he meant published by the National Child May 16. Fifty-first annual meet pressure, in its turn due to con- educational pictures, many of them 3 m.

that its origin was due to lateral Welfare Association of Americaing of Union Insurance Society of pression of the earth. The earth There were also various exhibits Canton Ltd., at Head Office, Union had then risen in folds, the softer by the R. S. P. C. A., encouraging Bulliks noon.

materials had been carried back children to love animals, while the

May 16.-Fifty-eighth ordinary into the sea and granite exposed. Royal Society for the Protection Broe, Company, at Head Office, one's walks around Hongkong. coloured pictures issued by the meeting of British Traders' Insur. That was why one saw so much in of Birds added much to the general Union Building, 12.15 pm the display. The promulgation of ing the China Fire Insurance Co., appearance and effectiveness of May 16. Fifty-fifth annual meet such better beliefs are all helping Lint Head Office, Union Build to bring the world, step by step, ing 12.20 p.m.

oriental circles Is

a season or two there has been a summer camp on our own Tal Mo Shan, but the elements in the

The inroad that westen shape of last year's typhoon 'have MUSIC. music is making into laid that low and for the time demonstrated by the programme of being killed the matter. Now we music played the other afternoon hear there is a proposal to use the in Tokyo by the Imperial Navy

Symphony Orchestra. This includ ed the following items:- summer camp: the site has been surveyed and the Government 1. Beethoven, Fifth Symphony in offers support by promise

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to make suitable footpaths. This 2. Glazunov, A. Slavic Festival, we venture to say is good news. Op. 36. The time must surely came when the natural beautics of Lan Tau will be exploited in the interests of Hongkong and Kowloon residents and the idea of a summer camp is a step in the right direction. It should be possible for mothers and children to get away for reason- ably long periods and also for others who desire a brief change perasionally. The pioneers in this movement are to be commended.

A New Departure.

The Hongkong Philharmonic Society has rightly decided to give "The Yeoman of the Guard" in December next, perhaps the best of all the operas that issued from the fertile minds of Gilbert

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Our Japanese friends are to be congratulated on rising to heights of efficiency enabling them to play such "highbrow" stuff, and to those who are fortunate enough to be able to listen to music that is. beyond reproach.

It is etiquette" to DINNER TIME regard the ETIQUETTE. Sovereign as the master of any house in which he is staying. At dinner, therefore he takes the head of the table, and when the meal is announced his hostess, curtseying deeply, says: "Will you take me in, sir?"

It is interesting to note that an invitation to a house-party which is to include the King is regarded as a Royal command, and, of course, the list of people invited is always submitted to his Majesty in advance, this rule applying to any function, be it private or public. at which presentations to a mem ber of the Royal Family are intended,

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There was a young man of Prickwillow Who patronized Wer- ing and Gillow. When he finally died He was painted by Pryde As he lay with his head on the

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To-day's Poem.

(Thanksgiving.) We are not sure of sorrow,

And joy was never sure; To-day will die to-morrow;

Time stoops to no man's lure: And love, grown faint, and fretful, With lips but half regretful. Sighs, and with eyes forgetful Weeps that no loves endure..

From too much love of living.

From hope and fear set free, We thank with brief thanksgiving

Whatever gods may be That no life lives forever: Thut dead men rise up never; That even the weariest river Winds somewhere safe to sea.

---Swinburne

WEATHER CALENDAR.

MAY 8.

COMPANY MEETINGS.

May 28-Forty-third moeting of the Cantion Insurance Office, Ltd. at Jardine Matheson's offices, at

noon.

May 26-Second meeting of shareholders of Lane, Crawford Ltd., at the Hongkong Hotel, noon,

LOCAL AND GENERAL..

of

The sedimentary rocks around thick, sandstone and shales being the Tolo Channel were 7,000 feet

above the rock; the rock of Hong- kong itself was 10,000 feet thick and was volcanic; that of the area from Junk Bay to Fung Bay was 600 feet thick and of similar com- position to that of the Tolo Chan- nel and that of Ninepins. Port Shelter and Sharp Island was volcanic and 15,000 feet thick..

"y," SHAPED VALLEYS. The reason why the valleys in this district were "V." shaped whereas in the Alps and the Rockies of Canada they were very London, May 7.-Major Brack-wide wis that the Alps and Rockies ley, formerly member of the Air had been glaciered. By "glaciered" Mission to Japan, has been appoint- Professor Schofield said he meant ed Air Superintendent to the new that glaciers moving year by year Imperial Airways Company in the valleys had been making Reuter.

cascades and falls. That was why one had such magnificent beauty. there. The valleys in Hongkong were formed of the streams. Tennyson had it

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Chen Yee, a Chinese male was knocked down and injured near the Po Hing Theatre, Kowloon, yesterday by motor cycle No. 37 driven by Mr. Spradbury, of Peace Avenue. The Chinese was taken to the Kwong Wah Hospital.

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The Benevolent Society is in urgent need of funds as so many repatriations have come before the Committee. $1000 are needed to meet the cases at present on the books, Donations received by the Hon. Treasurer, Mrs. Murray, 287 Peak.-Advt.

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the Society describe the proposed venture as a new departure. It is certainly a new departure and one which is bound to earn the Society a great measure of support. The primary object of the Society is to give recitals of good music. Unfortunately good music has come to be known as "high-brow stuff" and the term at once. SOME THINKING. 'sident of the antagonises the very-class it is

United States, sought to interest, and who should with all his quietness, is not a re- the appreciative of any effort måde cluse, is the opinion of French in its behalf in this direction. The Strother, who gives an intimate Society is not abandoning its account of a week at the White efforts to give what is really good. House in the World's Work, 1776. by producing a comic opera. It "Companionship," writes Mr. may be pandering to a wish-or

Strother, is a necessity of his rather meeting it, by giving what nature. He must have his family is good, or "high brow stuff" in and his friends about him. The another connection. Sullivan has

fellowship he seeks may be a survived the test of all classical have ft. Frequently he invites an silent communion," but he must music the test of repetition. intimate for a week's visit to the People come to it again and again White House, and in the week i to be refreshed in mind and spirit says only four words to him- and to realise that there is a Good morning on two days of champagne in music as there is the seven-but he wants him there. also a drug. It is true that Gilbert An add illustration: One day he LITTLE WITS WHO RIDICULE. being towed by a motor boat.

ia not behindhand. His contribu sent for a friend to come to his tion of sparkling dialogue, witty office in the White House. Think repartee, and humorous situation, ing he was wanted for his counsel, add their own share to the joint he hastened to answer the sum success achieved. It is never anfe mons. He was ushered in from to prophesy unless you know, but the waiting room

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No rock so hard, but that a little wave

May beat admission in thousand years.".

THE COAST LINE.

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In answer to a question by Prof. J. Middleton Smith, Prof. Schofield said that the coast around Hong- kong, was what was known to

depressed' geologists as a

or "drowned" coast. By that he meant that it. was above the sea. level but that at some périod a depression of the land caused the sea to enter valleys like Tolo Channel and Port Shelter. It was really a fjord coast like that. of Norway and British Columbia and that was why one did not get many fossils here. The only ones he had heard about had been Tolo Channel and he had not yet collected by Dr. Hingley in the

seen them. In British Columbia, where they had raised beaches, fossils were found 20 miles away from the sea and at a good height.

An aged Portuguese gentle. |man, Mr. C. Osmund, sustained in- juries to his face and arms yester. day as a result of being knocked down by atram in front of the new Have you had your summer, premises of the Canton Bank in as we have? The fine ladies Des Voeux Road Central. He was did not dare to ride on the Forsyth who was passing in his car medically attended to by Dr. Causeway from Wednesday and later conveyed home. Was se'nnight till last Friday, for fear of being

For carrying 11 passengers in tanned. We are now excess of the number allowed by relapsed into fires-Wal-licence Leung Fuk, master of a pole.

passenger boat, was fined $10 at

In answer to an inquiry by the the Marine Court this moming. Building Authority, Mr. Wright, Evidence was given by LS Prof. Schofield said that the Bradeell who said the sampan was boulders one met with on the peaks round Hongkong were the rem pants of the original rock, the rain having washed away the soil in which they had been embedded.

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When he called on it to stop three men jumped from the sam- 23 adults on board. pan to the motor boat. There were

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

ridicule, and exposing to laughter The talent of turning men into those one converses with, is the qualification of little ungenerous we think we can prophesy that "How d'ye do,' said the" Presi- tempers. A young man of this | cast of mind cuts himself from all Hongkong will meet the Philhar dent." "Sit down."

"The friend sat The President manner of improvement. monic Society generously and sat-and looked out of the window. often find that persons the most accord it that support which will After fifteen minutes of silence, accomplished in ridicule are those states that Mr. Eric Teichman has A Router cable from Peking, encourage it to attempt an opera the friend rose to go.

who are very shrewd at hitting a been appointed Chinese Secretary. at least once a year, In this way "Don't go. Sit down,' said the blot without exerting anything to the British Legation. will it carn the thanks of the com- President,

down,' munity and free itself from the unwelcome because untrue aug- gestion that its mind is in the heavens and not in the earth,

Boat Population.

A writer in a Canton contem- porary paints a very convincing

masterly in themselves. As there

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"Another twenty minutes of are many eminent critics who According to a Daily Bulletin silence. The friend arose: 'I guess never write a good line, there are cable from Peking Mr. you didn't want me for anything many admirable buffoons who Teichman, who has been appoint- so I'll be going.

to think."

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The China Mail. living has, and the bachelor-as Canton and refers to the hardships German Government to forbid

Hengkona, Tomadav, May 9, TADKA

SUMMER. CAMPS

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ENTERTAINMENTS. -

SPEAK BOULDERS.

Questioned as to the possible future conduct of the sea as regard- ed the coast of Hongkong, the lecturer said that the evidence was that Hongkong had never been sub- merged deeper than Wis-now and all he could say on the matter was that at present it was stationary..

Y.M C.A. SPORTS.

256 entries in the track and field events and three teams South: A Daily Bulletin cable from China A.A,, Queen's College and Peking states that the Cabinet St. Paul's College-have entered approved the Navy Minister's pro- for the Volley Ball Championship posal to appoint Yang Shou-chuang of the Colony. Other entries in- In accordance with Admiral To clude four Boy Scout Troops, 30 Hsi-kuei's recommendation. The members of the St. John's Ambul question of control at Amoy beance Bridge and 12 Y.M.C.A. came recently, acute,

QUEEN'S THEATRE.

Secretaries. In the team races, St. Joseph's College, Sacred Heart School, Y.M.C.A. Day School, Y.M.C.A. Junior team "and the East Surreys will be represented.

have entered in the various events. There are 243 individual competi- tors: A number of local stars

The 16th annual athletic meet- "The President's reply was: defect in another without ever dis- Legation. has recently been iY.M.C.A. will be held at Happy animadvert upon every single ed Chinese Secretary to the British |ing of the Hongkong Chinese Thank you for coming. I wanted covering the least, beauty of their from scarlet fever. He resumes Valley, on Saturday. There are

own. By this means those little duty in a few days. Somewhat analogous to wite often gain reputation in the RADIO. an effort to prevent by esteem of vulgar minds.

legislation the rising

-Addison. ratio that rents and the cost of picture of the boat population at of a tide is the endeavour of the well as the married couple have to they are undergoing as a result of the building by amateurs of do the best they can until a con- the factional disturbances in the radio sets for their own use, in tract is ended and a respite to the Kwangtung Province. The Canton the belief that thereby it can Homeland followar Summer camps population and licence fees alone should not listan. The result of

municipality taxes its

prevent them from hearing news to, which, in its opinion. they are not exactly a new idea. Where bring in $25,000 yearly. The these restrictions has proved to be there are hills and mountains, the military in accused of com- that large numbers of receiving In view of the extreme difficulty foreign people of the plains have mandeering boats and crews for sets are built secretly and dis- which most people find in getting taken advantage of nature's offer expressed for the safety of the obtain the necessary parts, those 5.15 p.m. only, "A Message from the production "Daughters of the its various expeditions, and fear is honestly, because, in order to May 8. Coronet Theatre; For the last time to-night that away, if only for a brief period, ing, and during the summer have women, and the return of the buying them are obliged to sign a Mars"-7 p.m. and 9.20 p.m. "The Rich" will be shown at the Queen's from the humid heat of the wended. their way to cooling boats when their use is no longer statement that they intend to Hunchback of Notre Dame." Theatre, a fascinating melodrama Colony, to a cooler and less exact heights to gain strength and to required. The writer, atatea that export their finished products. So May 8-Sir Theatre; 5.80 p.m. of aristocratic poverty, 'social- ing clime, the idea of summer settle weary nerves,Kuling near the boat inhabitants as a whole are long, however, as a government The Clean Up 0.16 p.m. Wil climbing and youthful ... love. camps is to be commended. It is Foochow has been a favourite spot tolerant-user-the-wicke Bus Bixitais mangpicture if only for the part which extended in the final of the Hong-

very superstitious, exceedingly attempts to regulate. In an unliam Hougaan, renowned Scottish Ladies who have not done so not given to everyone to be able for years, and has attracted Hong-standard lower than those on the fundamentals of natural

should-nake's point of seeing the unregulatable, because on pertoire of songs. to reside on the higher levels, or kong residents, but not in increas-land. The children do not go to science, It will find itself faced Daytime Wives.

Theatre shows the making of a complate. to take a furnished house there ing numbers. Loh Fau near school and the Government in with just such difficulties.

gown fora dollar. The programme Kong Club Championship yester for a spell of months, or to do Canton has been a favourite with Canton has so far failed to give.

May

8. Queen's Theatre; also includes a light comedy day Ho defeated L. Forster in what at one time it was fairly missionaries for quite a number of

Miriam Cooper In. "Daughters of entitled "The Sailor which three straight sets 6-1, 6-0 and John Frederick the Rich."

burlesques the noble profession. ^.61 cany to do, take a trip to Japan. years. There life has been some

FORGETTING.Bridge, who was. May 8.At Helena May Institute, To morrow, Irene Castle,, that Worthington has now to meet Salaries have not risen in the same what primitive; there have been would seem that Hongkong's boat years organist of Westminster for Empire Exhibition, 6.30 p.m.

for forty-three moving pictures of Hongkong takon popular film star, will be seen in S. B. Green, last year's champion

'Silm Shoulders,"

in the challenge round.

serious thought as far as their "this section of its population any social welfare is concerned." It

May 8.-World.

*LAWN TENNIS.

R. E. Worthington was hardly