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will not soon be forgotten, as everyone will agree who reads the story of the flight retold elsewhere In this issue. There are exploits in that story which fully bear out the high traditions of our race, and for this alone MacLaren deserves his country's grateful
thanks.
War On Mosquitoes.
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war
the boats.
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With a salaried
"And I thought you had for- such a task. Clerk of the Course, the incumbent gotten all about me, Harold," she could have been on the spot to see cooed as she carefully unwrapped that no time was being wasted. the package. Then she looked and Whether the finances of the Club gasped. Why, these are pipe. warrant a salaried Secretary and cleaners.
"Yes, pet," he answered, "I a salaried Clerk of the Course is a matter for the members to decide. knew they'd please you.
hatpins." The closing of the race-course ever did like me
affects others than those interest. ed in racing.
In the course of his at
US
A few strokes JOSEPH CONRAD brought
AND THE alongside,. ENGLISH SPEECH. and it was theh that, for
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ENTERTAINMENTS.
August 5.- Coronet Theatre ;
Forever."
August 5-The Star Theatre; "Robin Hood."
August 5. World Theatre; "High Speed."
August 5.-Queen's Theatre; "Handcuffs or Kisses."
COMPANY MEETINGS,
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LOCAL. AND GENERAL.
Reuter telegraph's that there was no play yesterday at Cardiff in the cricket fixture between Glam- organ and the South Africans.
For mooring her craft in the southern fairway of the harbour on Sunday and thereby causing an obstruction, the mistress of a cargo boat was fined $5 (with the option of ten days' hard labour) by Lieut- Comniander G. S. Hole, R. N.,... sitting as Magistrate in the Marine Court t this morning.
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to one hundred guilders, and the people who are unable to pay will This applies to he repatriated. those who have been living in the
Colony previous to this new lexislation coming in forca, "It is expected that this inconie will yield half a million guilders from the white population aners from
coloured races.
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LOCAL AND GENERAL.
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16 Mah Jongg instructor. Even in his own Chinatown, with its strange smells, its dark, dingy buildings, its stuffy shops, full of interesting things, the New York' women seek him, hoping to secure him in full native, costume to come to their drawing rooms and teach chem and their friends the subtleties of the game."
and 1.
Yeung Wa, an office boy professional course there is no rea employed at the Hongkong and son why he should not do so, Shanghai Bank, charged at the [Mr. Lewis Burnes though it must be doubtful whether Central Magistracy before Mr. a city with a population of about a R. E. Lindsell, yesterday, with music has its own million can support much more obtaing 70 dozen pairs of silk particular colour.racing than we now have. Many socks, valued at $420, by means of Rachmaninoff's, Prelude, for in thousands of these are people who a trick, was remanded in custody stance, is "flaming red, merging never could go to race meetings until Thursday morning, into wine colour and finishing and there would not be much prost deep black."
out of anything less than a regular attendance of 5.000.
The Prelude of Rachmaninoff,
No colour has for me,' Whatever Mr. Barnes asserts,
And I can never see
The slightest trace of pink or
green
To-day's Poem.
notes
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Harold Dollar arrived here by the s.s. "President. Garfield" yesterday."
The forthcoming marriage is announced of Mr. Jacob Paulo Mase," of the China Maritime Customs to Miss Loiuse Kwok of Kowloon
The forthcoming wedding is announced of Mr. E. E. Ellis, stockbrooker, of No. 23, Ice House Street, Hongkong, to Miss Revacca Krendell, of Shanghai.
Mrs. G.,H. Goodearl, of Sydney, who, accompanied by her two daughters, has heen touring Malaya, was taken suddenly ill last week in Singapore and died in hospital, A London cable states that the "Westminster Gazette
Singapore papers record the the extraordinary activity of death of Mrs Van Cuylenburg, Kentish war material factories in | wife of Mr C. M. Van Cuylenburg, connection with orders for the managing director of Messrs. Japanese Government. Vickers Powell and Co., after a long are making 140,000 machine-guns illness. Mrs. Van Guylenburg had and Scrutions of Gravesend are been in a very poor state of health executing a large order foraspecial ever since the tragic death of her type of tractor lorry for theson, Mr. C. W F. Van, Cuylenburg, Japanese Government
a couple of years ago.
(A Glus of Racing.) Charges are being made con-
Hitherto we have been inclined to treat with some scepticism the cerning the breeding of mosquitoes
As from July 1 the fee for in the Colony which call for an!
many rumours in circulation as to
September 16-Extraordinary an admission certificate for a For years. the Sanitary
the the very first time in my life. In Changhai, bays the general meeting of The China foreigner coming into the Dutch by Department,
fainment of Shanghai, says the Sugar Refining Co., Ltd. at the Indies has been increased by 100 Destry Department, has waged heard myself addressed in Eng "N.C. Daily News, but it appears Registered Office of the Company. per cent, ie, from fifty guliders
against undergrowth and lish-the speech of my secret that there is something solid Pedder. Street, noon.
choice, of my future, of long
about them after all.. Reference stagnant water, places friendships, of the deepest affece already has been made to one
October 3.Second meeting of along accepted as the breeding tons, of hours of toil and hours of undertaking, whose plans it is said the China Sugar Refining Co, home of the mosquito which ease, and of solitary hours too, of actually are being patt. into opera Ltd., at Co.'s Office, Pedder Street, spreads malaria. Quite recently books read, of thoughts pursued, of tion, though a singular amount of noon. we have been informed by a man remembered emotions of my secrecy is maintained regarding October 18, Extraordinary whose work brings him into daily very dreams. And if (after being them. The publication of this story General Meeting of Douglas 5.5. contact with all river steamers thus fashioned by it in that part of that "clouds of mosquitoes" are me which cannot deçay) I dare not roused the curiosity of another rac Co., Ltd., at the Registered Office prezent in the bilges of some of claim it aloud as my own, thening promoter, somewhat perturbed of the Company, 20 Des Voix three million guilders from the
possibly at the prospect of a rival Road, Central, noon. any rale- the speech of
in the field, who did not hesitate
October 20.-Third meeting of i duties he has gone down beyond my children. Thus small events to reveal the whole of his scheme The China Sugar Refining Co.. One returns from America tờ the holds of these vessels and in grow memorable by an osake so far as it has gone at present. Ltd., at Co.'s Office, Pedder Street, England, says a woman contributor
As to the quality of the His ambition is to lay out a race
to a Lordon paper, obsessed by some of them he has found. the of time.
noun. course in Chinese territory and
November 6.-Further extra. Mah-Jongg only to find that here DUDUCU conditions to be appalling. Our address itself I cannot say it was
Too short for for the benefit of Chinese rather very striking.. knowledge of the pest is by no
eloquence, and devoldof all charm
more than anyone else, to import ordinary meeting of Douglas S.S, the progress of the game is slow. It will never bring England and means expert. But our informant of zone, it consisted precisely of
Interest as it has brought the quitous in the ships mentioned find growled out huskily above my the average China pony and to Central, noon.
engage professional jockeys. This
United States and China. In New their way into houses at the head.
gentleman has the necessary per- August 6-Lecture on "The York it has given the Chinese, a water-front and carry on their
niits and has every intention of | Body-The Temple of the Holy prestige he has never enjoyed work of breeding, thus offsetting
The great opching his race course as soon Spirit, at the Hongkong exige before. He is eagerly sought as a the efforts made elsewhere to com-
sections of as possible. He admits frankly the Theosophical Society, the bat mosquitoes. After all that has,
new that it is a commercial plan and for Queen's Road, 5,45 p.m.
his own benefit he will not do any been done and said close inspection of the vessels; particularly those for the biggest wireless station in thing that will clash with meetings which do not carry passengers, the world at Hillmorton, near on the regular programme of the will be voted a necessity-even Rugby, are now arriving by night Shanghai Race Club and the though the Sanitary Department and on Sundays at the adjoining International Recreation Club. It station of Kilsby and Crick is difficult to maké up one's mind is understaffed.
These steel sections are so big whether to speak with approval or The next E.A.S.MA, bathing that there is no room for a train to otherwise of such schemes as outing to Stonecutters will take pass on the adjacent rails, so that these. Very obviously there is place on Thursday Instead of this they have to be transported when not room for another amateur afternoon, thera having--been On Sunday evening, a repre- there is no other traffic. The new racing club in Shanghai, for the
On Sunday fsentative of this paper was for aerial will be a mile and a half seven or eight months in the year yesterday.
Lunate to have the opportunity of long and half a mile wide, and during which racing is practicable
will be supported by 12 steel are. fully occupied with the "The Body-The Tample of discussing with the Honorary
masts weighing 300 tons and 820 Clerk of the Course the repairs to feet high, of more than twice the ectings of the two establish the Holy Spirit will be the ed cluba-the biggest and subject of this week's Public the race-course, ол the spot. height of St. Paul's Cathedral (365 most important. of their kind Lecture of the Hongkong Lodge Thereby fresh light was thrown feet). Each mast is fitted with a in China-and a third would be The Theosophical Society. 16. on the subject of the vexatious lift inside capable of carrying bound to clash with either or both. Queen's Road Central, on Wednes delays that have caused so much four men. It will be the greatest Aman, however, is quite entitled day August 6th at 5.45 0.m. All are heart-burning
owners, aerial in the world, and this new to engage in any legitimate busi- welcome. A dit. trainers and jockeys. As most Imperial wireless station will beness and if a prompter thinks it is readers of the "China Mail" are capable of communicating with possible profitably to conduct a aware, a contract was let for the any part of the globe. laying down of rubble drains on the sand-track where necessary and the raising of the track one foot. The contract stipulated that this work was to be completed within six weeks of June 11. That the work is not yet finished is due chiefly to labour troubles. The Clerk of the Course states the con- tractor, who is one of the leading men in the Colony, went into the matter with his eyes open and practically named his own terms. The contractor's story is that hei has been unable to obtain clinkers (cinders) at less than 11 dollars per 10 cubic feet and that even al that price he cannot get them
How- delivered quickly enough. ever, he has promised to complete the work before the middle of the month. The work completed appears to have been done in a satisfactory manner. The bottom layer is chiefly broken granite with cinders and ven-sand is top dress- ings. The Clerk of the Course pointed out that the sand, by rights, should have been laid down wet so that the surface would have been level. The terms of the con- truct call for this, but, with labour in, its present dictatorial mood, it would scarcely be advisable to insist on the contract being carried out fo the letter. The contractor, it appears, has been compelled to allot the work to a number of sub- contractors, whose coolies are also in cantankerous mood. The work on the new culvert, which the Mr. Thomas Brigg, of High help pointing out that D'Oley's Public Works Department is doing. House, Addingham, Yorks $38,678. Mail.light, although it was one of the will probably not be completed for Mrs. Fanny Emma Congreve, of most brilliant feats in the history some time, but sufficient has West Felton, Salop, mother of HONGKONG, TERHDAY, AEGUNT 5, 1924 of aviation, covered a distance already been finished to allow of General Sir W. N. Congreve, V.C.,
the course being used provided the £28,352. which represented only a portion inside railings are temporarily Mr. James Ackroyd of 56, street. Haworth, Yorks, of the flight MacLaren was under moved at this point. Here again Main taking, and did not include that the touchiness of labour, has had £26,649.
to be panderad to. Unless the Mr. Thomas Fielding of Hugh. 1661. most difficult stretch of all, the sand track is open to training ton-on-the-Hill Leicestershire, far- Eastern passage linking Asia and before the end of this month, there mer 18,799.
Mrs. Emily Anne Wood of America.
is little likelihood of the fifth extra
End. Audler, Bignal!
Staffs, late. Mr. The Americans, too, won our meeting being held on October 11 fifth daughter of the
and 15 as arranged. We have William Davenport, the potter, so much because Britain thus loses warmest adraination, by their un-endeavoured to be impartial in all and wife of Mr. Reginald New- her last chance of winning the assuming courge and their dog our comment on the matter and come Woud, colliery, proprietor, honour of being the first to flyged purpose, but here again we after haring the views of the £17,082
Mr. William Peene Hammond, round the globe, but more because could not altogether suppress the three parties to the agreement-- the intrepid aviator had won all feeling that MacLaren's was the the Clerk of the Course, the of Gillingham, Kent, builder,
P.W.D. and the Chinese'contractor | £12,933. hearts by the courage with which mora daring venture, the Amerire satisfied that Inbour is at Mr. Joseph George Willis, C.B., he has battled against the bad luck cans having behind them, not the the back of the whole trouble. We of 123. Pall-inall, S W., Inspector that seems to have dogged him backing of two private firms only, think, however,, that the trouble General in Bankruptcy, 1908-1921 almost from the sery start of his but the full oficial support of the could have been avoided if the £11,533- great adventure.
Captain Pelletier D'Oisy aroused our warmest admiration by his superb dash from Faris to Tokyo, but even his friends had to admit that apart from his one accident in Shanghai, where another plane was speedfly forthcoming to re place the one wrecked in landing, the luck was with him all the way to Japan Moreover, we could not
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The news that Squadron Leader MacLaren has been "compelled to abandon his world fight will be received with general regret, not
Hongkong's Only European Opticias
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(
In Offenbach or Greig.
(Laughing Song.)
Though I can listen mind for When the green woods laugh with
hours
To both without fatigue. To me Beethoven isn't brow
Nor yet is Wagner blue," And Chopin hasn't got for me
His own peculiar hue. It's when the girl next door
begins
When I'm tucked up in bed To thump a Rhapsody by Liszt
That see music red! -W. H. B. In the Morning Post.
LATEST WILLS.
Mr. William Ewing Gilmour. of Rosehall and Glencassley: Sutherlandshire £238,421.
Mr. George Walter Hardman, of Danesmoor. Haslingdeh, Lancs, of Messrs. L. Whittaker. and Son, rotton spinners and manufacturers £124,142.
Mr. Alfred Wilson, of Edgbas- Joy, Birmingham, manufacturer, £39,964.
the voice of joy, And the dimpling stream runs
laughing by.
When the air does laugh with our
merry wit,
And the green hill laughs with the
noise of it;
When the meadows laugh with
lively green
And the grasshopper laughs in the
'merry scene,
When Mary and Susan and Emily With their sweet round mouths
sing Ha, ha, he!
When the painted birds laugh in
the shade, When our table with cherries and
nuts is spread, Come live and be happy and join
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To sing the sweet chorus of Ha..
ha, he:
-William Blake.
WEATHER CALENDAR,
AUGUST 5..
Early to Huntingdon, but was fain to stay a great while at Stunton because of the rain, and there borrow- ed a coat of a man for six- pence, and so he rode all the way, poor man, without any
-Pepys.
TWO THINGS.
There are two things that fill my soul with a holy reverence and an ever-growing wonder the specta- cle of the starry sky, that virtually problem had been approached from
It was his wife's annihilates us as physical beings; In different angle Had we been
THOUGHTFUL birthday, but he and the moral law which raises us Comparisons were ever invidious, the Stewards, we should have pur.
had rushed off to infinité dignity as intelligent though; and we shall content our chased the necessary material curto business in a great hurry
agents. that he had for
Kant, selvet with noting, therefore, that solves c.o.d, and either employed under
coolies on piece-work to spread it gotten all about it. · But when MacLaren's wretched fuck has or a contractor to do so, With he returned home at night before possibly earned him more respect the material on the spot, the Ste-his usual time, kissed her, and
The well-known astronomer. that perhaps the most brilliant wards would have had the whip out a small packet in her hand she success could have done. Certainly hand. In writing thus, we are knew thut, she had done him an Professor Todd of Philadelphia hitting at no one. We fully realize injustice, has predicted that New York will he has no cause to regret his the difficulties of the task without He was still the same generous be completely destroyed by an venture, for the story of his a European, available to give him yours is, who had, wooed and earthquake similar to the Japanese gallant effort to encircle the globe (entire time to the supervision of won her years before
catastrophe of last year.
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AMERICAN FLYING DISASTER.
Cables to land to-day report that Lieutenant Wade's machine has had to be abandoried, owing to being swamped by Above the heavy, seus while in tow of a British trawler. Lieutenant Wade is shown on the left, with Captain: Smith opposite.
The above picture gives one an excellent idea of the machines used by the Americans in their flight, one of which has now been pat
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