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WEDNESDAY SEP

ICE-WATER.

THOMAS COOK AND AMERICA'S BEVERAGE.

A PIONEER TOUR.

• IF THE CHIN ATTMAIL.

BRITISH LABOUR.

(Reuter's Service.)

FRANCE'S DEBTS.

(Router's American Service)

vision of the travel future to the Ancestors of the Japan Tourist Bureau; possibly the party was too conscious of its Occidental dignity to parait of any high- jinks In Japan. Still, there was

London, Sept. 29.

Paris, Sept. 29, the Greek and the. Russian!

The annual conference of the According to "Le Matin's" It was too early, we are told, Tabur party just opened at Liver Washington correspondent the for the wonders of China, which pool is the largest in the history of American counter-proposals in re- had no railways in those days. The movement. Over 1,000 delegard to the French debt agree Only a part of one day was spent gates attended. The principal with the French demand that the in China proper, and that was in question was the proposal of the ex-commercial debt in connection Shanghal. Mr. Forbes con-ative bourd to exclude communists, with the stocks bought from Klotz from membership in the party. in 1919 should be incorporated Baklatvala, was present as a visitor, Into the total political debt. This Mr. C. J. Cramp was elected means that France will not have chairman on the motion of Mr Ramsey Macdonald. Mr. Cramp in

An appreciation of Mr. Thomas Cook, Founder of the well known travel agency, is contained in the American journal "Literary tinues:- Digest," the particular interest America has in the Baptist mis- kionary and temperance lecturer

who devoted so large a portion of his later life to the construction of travel itineraries being that he lul a pioneer Rock of fourists into that country in 1872 and placed. on record their impressions,

Now what do you suppose made the greatest hit with Mr. Cook during his two weeks of seeing Amerien? writes Mr. Forbes. New York? No; it is barely mention ed. Chicago? Ne: it was just a city recovering from a fire. The Rocky Mountains? No; they wore "n disappointment." The charm of American women? Guess again; apparently Thomas did not

Bee any.

What, then? Four outstanding fentures--the life of the prairies: the Sierra Nevadas; our system of checking baggage; and the jugs of ice-water on the hotel tables, Mr. Cook had a keen appreciation of ice-water and he passed over all the other glories of California to mention the plenitude of our national beverage. In fact, he Heemed to like every feature of our hotels, especially the variety of the menu and the absence of fire-water from the tables. He also liked our prices, which were from $3 to $4.50 per day, inclusive. But he did not wax enthusiastic over our railways, though he can sidered our open-work coaches a great improvement over the English compartment-cars, so far As long journeys were concerned. But our open-work sleeping-cars -horrors! "The admixture of strangers and sexes is very repul- sive to English travellers" which possibly explains why so few of them get farther west than Cen- Iral Park. The speed of our trains also was criticized; he pulled his trusty timeplece on our crack "Pacific Express" and found that it averaged only nineteer twenty miles an hour, including stops for eats. But he commended our "lie-over tickets,"

or

Only twice in the 3,300 miles did the globe-trotters get excited of comment about Niagara Falls,

over scenery. There is not a word

and they seem to have had no thrills elsewhere until they reach- ed the great open spaces where aten are cow-punchers. On the dusty prairies between Omáhe and Cheyenne they kept the windows open lest they miss an antelope or a wolf or a prairie-dog; and when chance brought a parade of 500

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In Hongkong,

At Hongkong, also, their stay was brief; they did not have time oven to visit Canton. Otherwise, they might have had less to say about the odours of Shanghai. Like most tourists, they altogether too sensitive about odours in the Orient.

werd

eommonwealth which

spech emphasised that labour famental task was not to wage war against any class but to con quer the circumstances giving rise to class warfare that actually existed and to transform society by Before leaving Leicester, it

patient constructive work, without acema that the tour manager in bloodshed or violence, into a

a generous brutive cluded in his outfit supply of literature to be handed would put an end to the waste out around the world. Not tour-cruelty, mixery and suffering under ist literature, but "Malt Liquor the capitalist system. It was for Lectures," "History of Teetotal the Conterence to give the lie to the ism" and "Reminiscences of charge that the British labour Teetotalism" - just 43 Ogle-movement was advancing along the thorpe's expedition to found a path of armed revolution. colony in Georgia brought along a Mr. Cramp believed the policy of supply of "Friendly Admonitions to Drinkers of Brandy" for the future edification of Atlanta. But Thomas seems to have forgotten about his cherished cargo of leaf- lets. There is no record of his handing any out in America, not even in Chicago.

applying the methods of force to affairs in a highly developed capital- ist state was a hundred years behind the times and should be scrapped. omamR CONFERENCES' RESOLUTION

Mr.

SUSTAINED.

to pay $407,000,000 in 1929 and the $20,000,000 she pays annually in interest will be reduced merged into the tutuced and

payments.

The Americans did not object to the protection clause providing against France being crushed by too heavy annual payments. Finally the Americans consented

to the reduction of the total of unpaid interest due.-Reuter.

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$30 A WEEK.

MEN WHO HIRE OUT CHAIRS.

"One of the most profitable occu- pations in London at the moment is that of the men who hire out chairs to people waiting in quenes outside theatres.

The chairs are hired out at 6d. each, and at one West End theatre which is playing to crowd- chair-merchant arrives at every performance with a lorry full,

His average clientèle is 200 each performance, thus making about 25 time.

The financial outlay in not great, and a theatre commission- aire said that this man makes on an average a clear profit of £80 a week.

Willthorne, member of At Singapore, however, he went farliament, presenting the report of out one night on a little sight-e standing orders committee, aned houses eight times a week the seeing excursion of his own, and ounced that Mr. A. J. Cook had chance brought him to a little withdmwn his nomination to the executive board. Dealing with shop on which he saw the magic sign: "TEMPERANCE STAR!" the Executive Board's resolution He hurried inside and found it to tearing that no Communist should be a member of any section of any be a place where soft drinks were affiliated local labour party, and no sold. To whom, he does not say; known Communist should be elect if you know Singapore, you willed a delegate to the Conference, wonder. And there was also a Mr. Thorne alluded to the many file of the "Band of Hope Communist resolutions on the sub- Review." This arid spot in the jet appearing in the agenda and

Many other men in the same great moist casis of the rient that in view of the emphatic business ure making from £15 to gave Thomas a brilliant idea. decision of previous conferences £25 a week, though, as another He hastened back to the steamer that no Communist should be eligi- commissionaire told reporter, and brought to the shop is entire ble for membership in the Labour the living is a precarious one or as a labour candidate because each man has his allotted cargo of "Malt Liquor Lectures," Party,

Parliament, the ete, and contributed them to the for

Executive theatre, and if that should be shut uplift of Singapore. fudging Board And decided to enforce the or should produce a failure he from what I have seen on occa- standing order and that when the cannot go round to another and sional visits to that sailors' snug general policy had been decided on interfere with another man's harbour, this lightening of his it should not reappear in the agenda trade.

conscience for three years, but the acceptance luggage and of his robbed Singapore of none of its of the Executive Board's resoln-2

sions could be discussed as a sea "points of interest."

Christmas overtook the P. & O. ate issue. If they adopted no- "Mirzapore" off the coast of revolution relating to Communist Ceylon, and it was celebrated on affiliation it would be in order. board near the harbour of Point motion to refer back to the standing de Galle, as Colombo was then orders committees the report in re-curiously affected the belligerents called. They had three days gard to Communist affiliation was defeated by 2,954,000 votes to ashore, but apparently they were 321,000. spent in mopping perspiration.

PASSENGERS ARRIVED.

Per D. La. Pres. Polk' from Niw York, nis ports on Sept. 28-Me and Mr J. M. Clinton, Mesars Man U E Joba H. Geldert, P. Moolchand im chl. Rev. C. C. Crisler, Mr O P Crve, Mr A. Bu

Bachatav. Dr HAP Darby, Miss E.

Sioux Indians near the train, the .8. Gawron, Nisa Me

joy of world-travel began to be appreciated. Thomas, in parti- cular, was quite wrought up over

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Mr

Golden, Prof. 7. Origan, Mias G Giles, Mrs V. Golden, Misa.B. Harwich, Mrs I. C. Bartiger, Ard Mr 8. C. Barland, Mr. S. Kyburz, Hir

it. He says that it brought to Kyburz, Mesra J. Byburz, Esbos,

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Madrid, September 29. The overpowering influence of music was demonstrated in the course of A a recent Spanish attack at Morro. Viejo on the Malmusi heights. It who were firing fiercely during the advance when a Spanish native. regular began to play the bag- pipes. As the sound increased in volume and the notes were wafted Jones: I see that Miss Peach afar the firing gradually died.000.00 has joined the great majority.

down in both camps until it even- Brown: What! She isn't dead,tually ceased. A report con- is she?

cludes "as the player fingered his "No-she married a man named last note vociferous cheers greet- Smith."

ed his performance not only from the Spanish lines but also from the rebel trenches."-Reuter.

MOVEMENT OF STEAMER.

The R.M.S. 8.a. "Emprese G Australia Capt. A. J. Hailey, R.N.R. Commander, will leave

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mind the days of thirty years : Loren, Maa G. D. Mahon, Mico F.K. here for Victoria and Vancouver, this class was dying. The person.

earlier, when he had conducted

The Ben Line 8.a. Benrinnes from Leith, Middlesbro, Antwerp port on September: 26; and is due and London left Singapore for this

The artisans of Sheffield used to be renowned for their passionate love of gambling and of pigeon fying. A veteru Mes Geo, Me Jannett, Mг ảnà

sportsman of W. Miller. Mrs E. Mulherca, Mia B.C.. via Shanghai, Kobe and thousands of the youth of M. E. Murphy, Mra L. F. Musza. Ma Yokohama, at daylight on October had been called to his bedside, and Leicester to a John C. Fremont A. Schick, Master H. Schick, Mr L. A. 2 (Friday).

bad endeavoured to give him the Sweet, Miss A.

A sweat,

Mra B Bcholte panorama of the Western Plains.

The and A. Company's consolations of religion. The dying Mr J. Bammerzett. Marters J. Suo "Little did I dream," said Mr. sett, R Box menett, Mias V. Sammer on September 28, at p.m. and is pentance of his sins, especially for J. Steamer Arafura" left Moji for this Portman had expressed his earnest re- Cook, "that it would ever be my sett, W. Eummersatt, Miss G. Some due here on October 2, at about those in connection with gambling privilege to cross those same gett, Mra Theo H-Winters, Hesare Á 7. Prairies." And he promised that E. S. Mor, Mr. and Mr W. D.

Ennis, T. L

L. Ceol tin, A. Bill, 7. F. Lee, p.m.

and pigeon dying, when the parsON he would have

The P. and 0.8.8. 'Sicilia" left spoke of the hope that when we another long Wirell, Mr D. J. Carmichael. Mr E. G string of facts to communicate Weisbecker, Misses H. G. Weisbecker, Jber 27, at 6 a.m., and is due here on the blessed host of Angels A Singapore for this Port on Septem- died we might be permitted to join when next I take the platform of Weisbecker, Mr and Mrs B. Bazats, is October 2, at about 4 p.m.

E. Barata, Mix B. Bell, Bor. and Mrs O

bright light suddenly shot through our Leicester Temperance Hall.”

M. Brok, Mim J. M. Bock, Miss 8. L.

his dimmed eyes, and be cried, What Mr. Cook said about our

Buck,

Mr O. Manhardt, Mr and Mia J.

"Passon Angels Haven't Angels Sierra Nevadas ought, to make. Mont, br J. B. Honnt, Con scd

muit, they are generally supposed Drewett, Mr H. A. Gasts, Krand Mrs

wings?" "Yes," said the clergy- the Southern Pacific tear out some Mr. P. Riddle, Mrs A. T. Klinger, Mir of the snow-sheda beyond

to arrive here on October 2. to be winged. "Then, sitting up, Truckee and raise the rate 8. Peb, Minnett, Mr and Ms a

6. Wernich

Mr B.S. Wright, The P. and O... Khivo" left he shouted, "Then, Passon! when especially when you remember Mrs & Ziegler, Mia G. West, Miss K. Singapore for this port on Septem- We meet in Heuven I'll flee thee for that the praise came from a re- Benado Mra Ó. A. Craft, Miss Transber 23, at noon with the outward sovereign:" ticent man and a traveller of more

Rebritt and Ma M. Crews.

English Mails and is due here on than thirty years' experience in

PASSENGERS DEPARTED. October 3.

Straphanger (to another who has Europe. The glimpses we got Fer DL. Fres. Folk for Now The C.P.8. R.M.8. Empress just given up his sent to a woman); (through the slots in the snow-York via ports on Sept. 19Melm of Asia" left Vancouver for Hong Good luck, air. I've been travel- sheds) were grand beyond des Crue, A. Buchanan, Dr. H. Darby, Mis on Sept. 17, and is due here on and I've never offered my sent to a Kim-chi, fer. C0. Cris, Mears GP kong via Japan porta and Shanghailing on this line for three years, cription, surpassing in some re-. De woon, Miss. Deoker, Mr V. 6. apects the greatest of the Alpine Giles, des V. Golden, Misses B. Golden Oct. 5, route." Southern Pacific Pub Grade Grice, Miss Buch. The C.P.S. R.M.S. Empress licity department will please copy.es L. 0. Hartigan. Mrard Miss. G. of Russia" left Yologhuma for

The Voyage of the

Harlard, Brs B Bybors, Hiss L Vancouver on Sept. 20 p.m., and "Colorado" across the Pacific then Miz G. T. Mahon, Misa W. E. Maan,

Kybart, Mr J Kyburs, Mr.C. Long, is due at the latter port on Oct. 5. required almost a month; there is Mrs Geo Me Jaunst, Brand Mrs B. W. LEKI no mention of calling at Honolulu,

Mrs. E. Melkwon, Hrs M. I. and Mr. Cook distinctly says that they saw neither steamer nor craft of any description on the great,ocean. But they crossed the 180th Meridian, with the

Muky, Lorall, Mrs A wet Miss A-Sweet. Mes H.-J. Schultes, Boblek, Master H. Behlsky, Mr L. A Mr and Mrs. Bummscesit, Masters J. Commonett, E R. Kemaitresit, Milen. Sommerselt, Master W., Hemimorjeti, MIG. Sumcommett, Mrs. Thoo

-usual result that a day was dropt Winters, Menza" A 2 BA

from the calendar, and events of two days were crowded into Mary, Mr and Ms Wm. 73. Witell, Mr diaries made for one.

Arand NỪ B.

Apparently it was the "inrikichael, Mr-sad-Min. H; 0; ' ||

sad Mrs

sha which made the biggest hito N. Buck, listen J. Buck, B with the party while in Japan. It Buck Mr And Mrs C had been invented only two years dr JE. Drewell Me H4 Goste before, and was such a novelty and Mr W.

that Mr. Cook bought one to show NG MY 8. Febr

the folks in Leicester and London.

Moust, Cota T P

Mount, Mr Riddl

Ziegler, Miss 0.

But there is no record of his par- Bad right) Men: 3 chasing any kimonos or cultured Want, mettra

pearls or cigarette-cases with

stork-and-bamboo deal

there is never a wo

about the geisha girl of the

mixture of strange

in the bathing-po

hilarating influence able sake.

manager was too busy-

And

Bends, MO. A. Orált,

Maradifjas

women

The Other Then you've nover had any manners, sir.

"No, it isn't that had a gent."

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