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factions intriguing for power and, position in Canton. This prob ability of itself gives rise to the hope that the duration of the strike may be much shorter than even shrewd prophets anticipate.

Typhoon Wireless.

SATURDAY, JÚLY 11, 1925.

SHREDS AND PATCHES.

Here are some SOME QUANT. curious old EPITAPHS epitaphs from various parts of

(Folkestone. Rebecca Rogers,

1689).

"A House she hath, it's made of

such good fashion. The Tenant ne'er shall pay for

Teparation.

Nor will her Landlord ever

ralse her rent Or turn her out of doors for

non-payment. From chimney-money, too, this

cell is free,

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Mr. W. L. Courtney has Proofs. put it on record that, though he has written thousands of reviews, once and only once, has a proof reader let him down. He had written some- thing about "woman's rights," but unfortunately it came out In the proof as "woman's tights," and it was not corrected.

Humour is not often found in obituary notices, but a printer in an American paper did his best in that direction. The editor, com- meating on the death of a lament- ed lady, wrote: "It is feared that her husband will not be able to bear her demise," but the "comp" Improved the occasion by stating: (Cheriton. Joan.Broadnax,{"It is feared that her husband will not be able to wear her 1592).

chemise."

Of such a House, who would not

tenant be?"

“Lyve well and dye never, Dye, well and lyve ever." (Lewes. Sir Nicholas Pelham, '1559). "What time the French sought to have sack't Sea-Foord, This Pelham did repel-m back

aboord."

In Westminster Abbey there is this punning rhyme, dating from 1621:

"With diligence and trust most

exemplary,

Referred to by the Colonial Secretary during yesterday's Finance Committee meeting was the country: a matter which was overshadowed by the Governor's strike state- ment but which has a consider- able bearing on the future well- being of the community and the efficiency of a very vital service, namely the commencement of wireless communication between Hongkong and the Pratas Shoal. This statement may not. to the lay mind appear of sufficient im- portance to warrant its being bracketed with a matter of such moment as the strike but the initiated see in it something which will endure long when the atriko is But a memory, the commence- ment of a service which, if adequately maintained, will be a mckt important safeguard not only to Hongkong but to the ship- ping trade on the welfare of which Hongkong depends for its prosperity. It is, of course, but a commencement and the present typhoon season may be over before. regular notifications of typhoon movements, which alone would be of any material assistance, are made. available; but it serves to show that the undertaking given by the Chinese Admiralty was not an empty promise although the pro- ject has taken long enough to materialise. It was in 1909 that the Chinese Government first agreed to erect such a station POTTED PHILOSOPHY. ist is J although in justice to them it should be stated that definite in- structions had been given which were interfered with by the Re-i volution in China and that the Great War was also responsible for attention being distracted from the scheme., The Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce has all along interested itself in the matter and the Chinese Maritime Customs, under the Chinese Admiralty, has more or less made itself responsible for law. the work. It only remains now Success is very often failure for the Chinese. Government to see to it that an efficient staff is

a commercial traveller sent to operate the wireless and cannot always bring orders out of meteorological station and doubt- | chacs. less the Hongkong Government will do its part in the matter of despatching of provisions and re- liefs the special tug which was to be for this purpose is well on the way to completion.

question of how long it will take the strikers to come to their senses and decide, that a steady billet in Hongkong is, after all, much preferable to what the Governor neatly termed the "hospitality of Canton." Judging from reports filtering through from that hotbed of intrigue, whilst many may be willing to throw up the sponge the leaders of the movement directed against law and order are bent on pro- longing their absence from Hong kong as long as possible. If threats and intimidation have played. sume part in inducing employees to leave their work here, it is quite certain that these mental instruments of torture exist to a far greater extent in Canton, It is true that some have been permitted to return, but the credentials of these should, if at all possible, be care- fully examined.

A THOUGHT FOR SUNDAY.

"If the "brother shall trespass against thee"!

Did William Laurence serve. a

Prebendary, Shorthand he wrot.

His

flowre in prime did fade, And hasty Death Short Hand

of him hath made."

A pessim

man who

P

when faced with two evils looks round for a third.'

The secret of some men's success is their ability to keep it a secret.

Communism seems to be the nationalisation of poverty.

When Germany has a generous moment she forgives England some of the debt we owe America. A monologue is a conversation between a man and his mother-in-

with another coat of paint.

Even

Money may be the source of all trouble, but it is the only kind of trouble you cannot borrow with- out laying down securities.

A man reaps what he sows unless he is an amateur gardener. The busy man has no time to worry. During the day he is too busy and at night he is too tired.

Life and golf are much the same. In both you keep your The charge not infrequently attention on the game. hit brought against Christianity-straight, and follow through. that it is a religion which fails to There is always the consolation touch so many practical everyday that if it wasn't for the rain there human needs-generally comes would be no hay to make when from the man who never reads his the sun shines, Bible. The truth, as all who have made any first-hand study of the Seriptures know, is that one can hardly find a word in the Gospel- record of the sayings of Jesus that is not applicable, and often startlingly so, to some special difficulty or tendency of modern life.

There was once a time when a pound would go as far as a hus-" band expects his wife to make one go now.

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A country is not made great by the number of square miles but by the number of square men it contains.

!

A recent example' of ENGLISH. Mesopotamian English collected during the

war:-

To the Provost-Marshal, Bagdad.

Sir,--With due respects I beg

to report what has injured the element of humanity, that humanity upon which the BRITISH FLAG being proudly unfurled and richly perfuming the air with its rosy and perpetual blossoms.

In the

the vicinity of Telegraph's office where billet No. 143 is situated, there arose a violent tempest of wrath and fury, which tempest, whose Victim I am, had occurred on the 28th December at 2 p.m., excited by the, injustice and cruelty of about 8 soldiers from that billet. It was because I was stopping for 2 minutes in the public street to admire the beauty of the work of my SUPREME BEING.

I am lamenting not because of the pains which they caused ine, but because the shameful terms insulting the citizens of Bagdad would shiver terribly the huge pillars of HUMANITY unless supported by the large wings of the BRITISH FLAG. No, this country and the citizens of Bagdad should not be insulted; this country je salted by the holy bones of those who recently fighted victoriously for our liberty especially by the holy bones of "the deplorable General Maude.

When the severity of the pains has laid me half-dead on the ground to water that salt with the warm tears I was dropping like a current stream, a secret and gentle voice arose uprightly from the deepness of that stream, Joining

my philanthropy and consoling me sincerely in that tragical state by saying me gently:

"These tears which you shed fluently do never suffice to put out the strong fire of your grievances: Go and protestraté humbly at the BRITİSH FLAG that will surely make justice and punish those who dared to displease it."

When two women meet over a When you laugh at that gentle- As a case in point: when Christ cup of tea the Recording Angel man's English it is fair to remem- said, "I thy brother shall tres- is kept almost as busy as when ber that he will never have the two men are talking golf in the chance to laugh at your Hindus-

DRIVER'S NERVES.

ACCIDENT ATTRIBUTED TO INTIMIDATION..

tani.

THE PEERS' BLUNDER.

pass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him club amoke-room. alone," He might wel! have been speaking rather to 20th century society of all ranks than to the simple folk of His own time.

We have, or think we have, something against a man.

By a majority of two votes--and since their deaths quite a number But instead of going to him privately the one hopeful sign in the procent-lamber of reforms have been the narrowness of the margin was of things have happened, and quite and taxing him with it in frankings-the House of Lords refused added to the Statute Book. To and friendly guise, as Christ says a second reading to Lord Astor's argue in this wise is like arguing we should do, we just hold aloof Bill to enable peeresses in their that because King John did not from him "for peace sake," never-own right to sit in the Upper Chambadcast Magna Charta it is un- theless seldom failing to open our bor, remarks the "Sunday fasonable to permit broadcasting minds pretty freely on the matter Times. By their action they to-day. But we need not labour the to mutual friends. Such a one did

a grave injustice sided silence fa dross, not gold; peeressen. the force and

to the obvious. "Here I be and here I in- and the result is nearly always of whose use have lost nothing by quires elaborate refutation..

logie tents to stay" is not a caso that re the setting-up of that most un- temporary defeat; but they did 34 As for the legal objections raised, christian of human relationships, worse injustice to themselves. The they could easily be overcome, as camity overlaid by a veneer of debuts brought out the least engag. Lord Hewat made clear in an article politeness. Our forbearance has ing qualities of the Second Cham of which the Duke of Atholl remind- brought not peace, but a. sword, ber, and afforded instances of those ed their lordships. This is not a ques very attributes which its detractors tion of legality, but of justice and are quick to seize upon as examples expediency, and against these twin of the evils of an bereditary House, arguments the opposition were hard If the enemies of the House of put to it to make out a convincing Lord's wanted an argament against case. The most formidable, if not that assembly, here was one placed the newest, weapon in thoir Kowloon bus drivers report to gratuitously in their hands by just armoury was the argument of pro- He would be a bold man even less to think of the strike here the police that they have been in- those persons presumably most crastination: the House of Lords at this time of day who would coming to an end so quickly as one, who was concerned in an a doubt, by the rejection of this then, in the interests of compact- Without is soon to be reformed; why not, timidated by men, with revolvers.jealous of its good name, profess to foretell the date of the some would like. All that can be accident near the Orient Buildings Bill their lordships lost a great ness, delay the smaller measure till strike with accuracy. In this usefully done is to continue with on Thursday night, attributes this opportunity. They had a chance it can be incorporated in the respect the strike is remarkable. the good work in the absence of to the effect on his nerves which to refute their critics, and they pre- larger. We are bound to my that That is because of the fact, as His the strikers, always remembering, this had bad. He stated that referred (if only by a tiny majority) this argument strikes us as having volvers had been pointed at him the way of reaction.. The result ahout it more than a savour of Excellency the Governor explain- as His Excellency the Governor outside the Mongkok Police station, cannot fail to be damaging to their opportunism. But in any case we ed in his speech in the Legislative also did well to point out, that the No pasaongers were injured in prestige.

have yet to learn by what law of Council on Thursday, 'that there inconveniences are not all on one the accident in question although The arguments mustered againat right or renson it must be considered the measure were not impressive, improper to do to-day what it will, are no issues to be settled either side. In fact, the lot of the the 'bus completely overturned.

A telephone message was sent to Perhaps the least relevant was that admittedly, by proper to do to- by compromise or by agreement. strikers. In Canton may not be the offices of the bus Company with which Lord Banbury sought morrow. It is from such defences ne There is not a single point on altogether an enviable and even falso on Thursday evening) to the to prove the invalidity of an agite--these-that the peeresses and their which the contending parties when that something does effect that a bus driver had been tion for peoresses to sit in the sympathisers have for the moment intimidated of Shamshuipo by a Upper Chamber to-day by reference fullen back frustrated But only the strikere and the employers happen. Many may find that number of men who produced re- to the fact that during the reigns of for the moment. Tato all other can possibly hinge an excuse for working peacefully in Hongkong volvers. The driver was afraid to the four Queens who have ruled departments of public life, women a round table conference. In this under the protection of the drive back to the garage until the this nation in the course of the last have won their way and only by respect the strike is unique among British flag is a thousand tirads to rolice arrived. When the police 800 years there was no such agita- two voted did they fail of their last dia arrive on the scene the intimidation. But Queen Anna and her objective. The battle in na aurély strikes the world over.

be preferred to being utilised as fore had disappeared and efforts to royal compeers as Lord Banbury won as if the Bill had been read a Thinped down, it comes to be a gun fodder". for the rival wack then tailed, t

may have heard-pro dead; and second time.

AWAITING DEVELOPMENTS.

Meanwhile, until "something happens" in Canton, it seems use-