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INTIMATIONS.

DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY,

· LIMITED.

Issued for Round Trips during the months of July to September, from Hongkong to Foochow (Pagoda Anchorage) and return, calling at Swatow and Amoy on both the upward and downward Voyage, by the Company's new, fast, well appointed steamer "Hai Ning" at the reduced rate of $80 for the round Voyage, Including Meals while the steamer is in port.

TICKETS will be

These Special Tickets will be available for return only by this steamer, either by the Voyage for which it is issued or by her following sailing from Foochow

Duration of stay at Foochow 48 bours.

The Trip occupies 8 to 9 days will leave and the steamer

Hongkeng from the Company's Wharf at 5 p.m. arriving at daylight on her return (Weather

permitting).

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The Company's Steam Launch

will convey

passengers

from

Pagoda Anchorage to Foochow

City, if required.

For further particulars and

dates of Salling-

Apply to

DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & CO. General Managers. DOUGLAS 'STEAMSHIP CO. LD Hongkong. June 17, 1924.-

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MR. SHAW ON THE DECLINE OF GOOD SPEECH,

TRIBUTE OF THE PREMIER

Mir, W. A darson Mr and Mr

Leurlaton W. Ander

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ate II, D. Anderson Mra W. Law

R. O. Barrette My A. Gordon,

Loock Mr. J. Birlock

T 3. Blackburn 8. P. Leigh

Mira M. Liddell Mr W. H. Bontra Baron A. Braun Mix H. Lilie Mr.ahd Ma O., B.Mr O. O. Lia

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Mrs K. Lucht. Mr R., Burdic Maj Barrion

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Mr.P. Mason

Mr R. McDermid Ming Darthy Ma

Dermid

Mrs E. Mil-hirst Mr OH. Montagna Mr R. S. 1oore MrsD E.Drummond irs J.W.F. Mulder

Mr, Husitano fr J L Dumad Miss Eccles Mr C. J. Warguson My 8. B Murd Me vd Mrs W. H

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Mr and Mrs R. J.

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Mr W. Po ener Mr & Mrs Pen, man Me A. O. Pedersen Mr M. J. Quit

Mr. George Bernard Shaw took part recently in the campaign against slip-shod English, speak-r ing at the annual asserably of the English Association at. Bedford Mr. College, Regent's Park. Shaw was preceded by Mr. Dover Wilson, who was critical of the address in which Sir Henry Hadow at the last anrual conference of Mr Engene Chen Educational Associations, initiated Mr D. R. Davies We P. M. Davina a campaign against the disease Mr O A. Dudle threatening to devastate the whole. P. Deamond of the English language--the ever- increasing lack of scholarship Criticism such as that, said Wilson, in which Sir Henry complained of the word "uften being pro- Ied them 1:00 nounced "often where. It did not represent the realities of the situation. He need only' quote Queen Elizabeth, who often " "often," pronunced ". which they knew, because she spelt it "often.".

Mr. Shaw began by asking his audience if they had ever known a family with a celebrated talking parrot." The family, he said, asked. E. Joseph Mr B. A. Wadeson their friends to come and hear & Mrs 8. H.Mr and Mrs J.

Langaton

Pattar Polly say such pretty thing as of sugar," and "Fetch a cab." Bat

Preity Polly. Give me a lump Capt. de Larja-Me Wodlake

Mr E. G. Woodger when they got there they heard

Mr J. F. Wright

11 Polly produce nothing but what! were to them inarticulate noise but which to the family were intelligi. ble phrases. The parrot, as a matter of fact, had originally spoken these words quite distinctly; Chancellor, the late Herr Von

ther gradually there had set in a Bethmann Hollweg, and Sir

decay of language; the phrases Edward, On the evening of August 4, a few hours before the had become modified little by little, until finally the parrot had expiration of the British ultimation arrived at sounds which were not Mr and Mrs: I. Mr 1 H. Stank" Sir Edward described in his final despatch:

LATE SIR EDWARD" GOSCHEN.

Sir William Edward Goschen, whose death is reported, was the British Ambassador at Berlin at the outbreak of the Great War. He will be remembered in History as the man who presented to the German Government on August 4, the ¦ British ultimatum which led to Britain entering the war. The final meeting between the German

in the least like the original thing. The family had not noticed the change.

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M. V Coulbero YRE OB Mr L Gille plo Mr A. J. M. Gener A, B, two..

1. Onald Mr Jack Ryan Mr. Guthree Mr H, Hebmlt Att urstoar & Mrs Padlay Mr Human Smith MP3 Van Heute Mr F., "oRUB

W. H Sparko Mr J.D. Humphraya dre Mr. L Runter fr . A. Tuo

que

RMPULSE 6 HOTEL

Mr & Mrs. Bayer Mr. H. Lynott Me & dira. Bigger T., A. Mage0

rá. Bromeredt & Masterd Mr TA. Flair · Mr and Mrs. P,

Irier d'

MJ, N, Parker Mrs B. D. Bosner Mr & Mrs B. Mr & Mrs E. Rodgers, nurse

Chubb

children. A Deare & daughter Mr And Mrs D. d. Cl, and Ms B. A. Stewart

Hill

Mr. M, Walle Me P, M. Hoignon. Mr N. L Weaser Mr & Mra F. Land

PEAK HOTEL.

July 4

I found the Chancellor very agitated. His Excellency at once

That was an illustration of the began a harangue, which lasted for decay of language which occurred about 20 minutes. He said that the very extensively among human be- step taken by his Majesty's Govings If they went into Covent ernment was terrible to a decree Garden they would hear a great Just for word neutrality, a word deal of that parrot-talk. There which in war finte had so often was more of that parrot-talk than Mr W. Armstrong Mr H. Howell been disregarded-just for a scrap they imagined, because in regard Ms and Mire K. A. Mina O. 0. Japkins of paper, Great Britain was going to to a great deal of it they were in arthur

Mr W. Jorrino make war on a kindred nation who the relative position of the family is . R. Balley Miss E. Kanuody desired nothing better than to-be to the parrot Supposing, however M. N. Bercovitz Brand Aus X, R.

MR K. Para itt Mr M. F. Key friends with her.

that a foreigner who had learondy me. V. Benjamin English well were put into Covent ap: R. 1. Hennett Mr & Mrs A. Lane Garden, he would not understand MR. E. O. Bird the language there because it had Mr W. BenarMr G. D. leys gone through a process of decay Mr. J. Rowker Mr J. P and the people there were not Mr M. J. Hee

Mr D. Lloyd

Kil

Mr K. Larsen

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As amended by another Commit

tes, the Administration of Justice Bill fully restores the pre-war right of trial by jury.

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The population of Paris was 2.910,146 last year, as against 3/10,295 in 1905, ccording to official figures given in the Con- | tinental Daily Mail!

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A Drury Lane prompt copy of Othello," used for Kemble, Macready and Mrs. Siddons,` fetched £39 at Sotheby's New Bond-street, W., on Jung 2.

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Imperial Airways and the

Dr. Albert Charles Seward, German aero line last month Master of Downing College, has opened 1 new. service from been elected Vice-Chancellor of London to Berlia via Amsterdam Cambridge University for the

Dext, academic year.

and Hanover, l

Four bridesmaids wearing Nor man period costumes carried small spinning wheels Instead of flowers at a Southampton wedding last

month...

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Provided M. Theunis's proposed Bill. for new taxes is passed, the Belgian Budget will be definitely balanced in 1925 without taking into account any payments from

Human speech has been trans-Germany. mitted from England to Australia by the new beam" wireless

Times Sydney. system. The Correspondent states that Australia will adopt the system,

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Farmers with capital who settle Manitoba have, Mr. W. C. Mc- Kinnel Honorary Commissioner for the Province says, better pro- spects than have been enjoyed for thirty years past.

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A proposal to give women the vote at the age of 21 was carried by a large majority of a Standing Committee of the House of Commu..s last month.. By an iamendment, which was defeated, the age for both men and women would have been 25.

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Mr. Harry Pidgeon, an Ams- rican, left Capetown on June 2 in nts4-ton yawl, "The Islander," for California, via Punama, to com- plete a voyage round the world which his lasted three years.

Mayors of the Saone-et-Loire Department, France, have passed' a resolution demanding that no motor-car shall be allowed to leave the factory for sale unless official tests prove that its speed is compatible with public safety."

It was stated at the annual-meet- ing of the British Cotton-growing Association in Manchester "last month that throughout the Empire," excluding India, 178,000 bales of cotton were crown last year-an increase of 65,000.

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Sentencing Samuel Mason, an Edinburgh-bord man, to two years' hard labour at Bedford for fraud, Mr. Justice Greer said Providence was kind to Mason in giving him 'On his 84th birthday on June 2, the original advantage of having Mr. Thomas Hardy, the novelist been born a Scotsman, but he hadaad poet, had a visit at his Doi- chosen to follow a life of prime,.

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"John Gilson Shelld. a solicitor and formerly clerk to" the Worcester Board of Guardians, was sentenced to 18 months' hard labour at Worcestershire Assizés

on June 2, for embezzling money helonging to public, bodies and charities. He absconded to South Africa, but was brought back.

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chester home, Max Gate, from a local choir, which sang hymns to him, 'Including his favourite one, "Through all the changing scenes of life.

The

Blythwood Shipbuilding

Company, Scotstown, has secured a Norwegian contract for two steamers, each 500ft. long and able

When the Chancellor asked whether the British Government had calculated the cost at which the compact made by the British Government to defend Belgian neutrality would be kept, Sir Ed speaking English. "What you Col C. R-sell Mrd Mrs W. were fined £so ehch, for publishing booked on the Clyde for sometime. ·

ward hinted as plainly as he could: That fear of consequences could hardly be regarded as an excuse for breaking solemn engagements, but his Excellency was so excited, sp evidently overcome by the news of our action, and so little disposed to hear reason that I refrained from" adding fuel to the flame by further

argument.

ought to aim at," said Mr. Shaw,

Mr T. Brameld

My F. Lo, ol

Login

Ley,

Mr Molin-h

is to speak English that will be Miss P. W. Brown Mr Mr. A. N. intelligible to a foreigner. It is Mr. S. Hestard not sufficient for us to be intelligitis C. Clark ble to one another."

on,

Mr B H. lelandi Mr C M. McDonald Mr J R. Colle ME. E. wimmck Mes I, Hormanck Mr D. D. Monton

fine G. M. Cotton Min M. Newsholme Mr and Mrs O W. Hrs M. D. PATE 1 Durch

_Mr'A._M__Paul_ HA, R. Pazza Me F. D De Vih

UL.A. Dòb-Mir F. A. Perry

MJ M. Philips fr and Me J.Major and Mrs P.

Phillipe Mr W. Dye Miss & H. Üyer Mr and Mrs W.

bin

Drincan

MrA Forbo

Burtube

In a case in which four officials to carry 13,000 tous of oil in bulk.

of the Otley Conservative ClubThis is the largest ship contract

a lottery scheme and selling tickets warning was given, on behalf of the Director of the, Public Prosecutions, that where evidence was obtained that lotteries which were absolutely illegal, were being carried on proceedings I would follow..

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welcome

Acknowledging a given to Overseas journalists by H.the Empire Press Union, Mr.

Mr. W. Roberta Mr CC, Ro erts A.Lt-Col. & Mrs O.

Sanders Mr G. Booth

MUMBLE-MUMBLE-MUMBLE.” "Occasionally, Mr. Show went someone asks me out, and very exceptionally I accept the in vitation. Then I always find that. During the night of August 4 an as I am the celebrated Bernard excited mob of Berliners over Shaw, people want to be intro powered the police force at the duced to me. Many of them cut British Embassy, which they it short by coming up boldly and attacked with cobblestones.

eclaiming that they have known me one, however, was injured.

for years. Eventually my hostess Two days later the Ambassador comes up and says Oh, Mr. and his staff left Berlin and, apart Bernard Shaw, may. I have the Freda ick Mr R. P. ha from insults and jeers, got safely pleasure of introducing to you Mr and Mrs W. D.Dr J 1 Shollshear out of Germany.

mumble, f Goodfullow Dr.A. W. shoveltan mamble, mumble, Sir Edward's diplomatic career sometimes feel like saying to my fraud Mrz J. M. Unpt & dr Skipper

Gordon

Mr W. F. Simmons began as an attaché in 1889. After hostess If you had only been Miss. GrovosonMire and Misa Stad- service at Madrid, Buenos Aires, articulate when you came to Miss Mr and Mrs B. A. hings

Haly Paking, Copenhagen,

so, you would have been of some Lisbon, Washington, St. Peters use to me.". burg (as it was then called), and

Another difficulty fatal to good and Mrs J.Mrs J. S. Thomson Belgrade, he became Ambassador

conversation was the indis- at Vienna 1905-8, following which criminate use of a word, or the Mr and Mrs W. J. Mr W. E. Wakolam Capt. F. Walker act of jumping at its meaning. Mr J. B. Hawker Miss C. Willmote

When I am invited out to lunch," Mr. M. Hemsworth Mr B. L Batoo said Mr. Shaw," my hostess, who Mrs H. D. Bliard Winton has heard I am a vegetarian, un-Mr T. W. Homby Mr G. Q. Woral! fortunately buys an extremely unpleasant vegetable called asparagus, which I cannot eat. I am presented with an enormous

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TONGUE-TIED

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Mr and Mrs P. h.

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Mr A. W. Tekla

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dish of it, and there is nothing for W. A. Bennett Mr B. J. de H. me to do but 10 zetuse it. She says Ospt. T. L. Brows ***Won't you take asparagus? 1 MB 5, Corke say "No, I don't like asparagus, Mr J. 8. Cox and she replies "O you are die W. St. Coff

Mr. and Mrs a pessimist.""

Goldenteng Tracing the deterioration in proces nunciation as shown in the use of

Mr J. MoDonald the word "podera," which has now Mr. McPortland become "mode'n," and would soon become mod'n," he said that a The natives in the Malay Pavi- great deal of that was due to pure lion at the Empire Exhibition at slovenliness, which should not be Wembley are homesick, says a encouraged, as it destroyed some of for something else. People knew London paper. The men are tired the variety and music of the lan- very well that certain sorts of of waiting for the summer, and the guage. People should be taught speech cut off a person for ever women are dying for a proper to cultivate and be proud of from getting more than three or gossip.

certain athleticism in their four pounds a week all, their life "I like England, but it is cold speech. There was athleticism longsorts of speech which made and without sun," said Mahomet in articulation as in other things, them entirely impossible in certain. Aripon, through the medium of an and he did not know way it was professions. People were saying interpreter. Jo his native land that so many young people who "I don't want to be taught correct Mahomet is headman of his village were quite properly proud of English or anything of the kind, and is the local dispenser of justice. athleticism in lawn tennis and but will you teach me an English At Wembley he dispenses picture other sports should yet be in which will pass, which will be postcards.

tolerably slovenly when they good enough if I am made' King, There are 24 Malay men and came to speech. "I think they or Lord Chief Justice, or Prime women at Wembley, and all are ought to be made a little ashamed Minister?". overwhelmed at the wonderful of it," he said, 'and be taught to "Correct English does not mat- orderliness of London. In the understand that the most intel ter so much now, added Mr. Malay association of ideas crowdsligent, and cultured people are Shaw, amidst laughter, "although, are fuevitably linked with trouble, generally rather particular about fortunately, we have a Prime "I have been in London two their articulation. I am

for Minister who speaks extremely But your next mouths," declared Mahomet en-example-em "(laughter) "'em- good English. thusiastically, and I have never but generally, speaking in public, Labour Prime Minister may not seen fight. The Malay ladies are one has to

be so good as Mr. Ramsay Mac

ail longing to get back to their own FOUR-POUNDS A WEEK SPEECH. Donald So you will have to get villages," he added; "they cannot You must not make the mistake a standard actor, say Sir Johnston live without a gossip, but they know of trying to get a correct language, Tobes Robertson, whose English no Gaglish, and it Foxes them to said Mr. Shaw. There is no such is absolutely unchallengeable, to see so many people and not be thing. You will not get any two set before people a standard and able to have a gossip with them. people who agree as to what correct say "That is good enough. If you They have said all they can say to aguasch in Thero was, how come within a certain distance of

ever, ak gumbine dublic demand that you will be all right.”

oach other."

G. E. Fairfax (proprietor of the Sydney Morning Herald) urged the necessity for an Imperial wireless chain, and mentioned that the Special Service Squadron of the | Fleet during. its voyage to Australia had been dependent on

French and German sources for

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