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Iny in them in the sacred rame of discipline.

Revelations of a very different nature were revealed by the act- ion of the British Government sowards the policy that has dur- ing the past few years been the guiding principle underlying the export of rubber from British plantations in Malay and Ceylon.

SATURDAY, APRIL 7. 1928,

ABOUT EASTER.

Its Origin In Fagan Times.

SAXONS' CROSS-BUNS,

Egg With A Blessing of "Pax Vobiscum."

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Not so long ago it would have Yesterday was Good Friday, and although Hong Kong's obser- been regarded in most quarters as vances of the anniversary were much the same as in former years, extremely ridiculous even to ques- it is interesting to note some of the customs that are being honoured tion the policy formed upon the in other parts of the world, chiefly of course in the Homeland,

principles laid down by the late Lord Stevenson and known widely

as the "Stevenson Plan." From

its inception it had been proclaim-

EARLY CHRISTIAN FATHERS.

ed by a vast majority of those engaged in the rubber industry tom is notoriously difficult, and trates.

To suppress an established cus- to be forbidden by the mugis... In Brand's "Popular

as the metho par excellence by this fact was recognised by the Antiquitie," a description of the Thus, practice by a Mr. Thomas Log- which the violent fluctuations of early Christian fathers.

Basinghall-street, is

Free Trade the restrictions which

times.

The Egg.

the rubber market could be most instead of trying to abolish the gan, of effectively controlled. Doubtless heathen festival of Eostre, a quoted:

Saxon goddess, they wisely pre to many lovers of the economic ferred to imbue the feast with a "I was sitting alone last Easter Tuesday, at breakfast at the truths believed to be inherent in new and Christian spirit. And so Talbot, in Shrewsbury, when I comes about that the tradition was surprised by the entrance of formed the basis of the Stevenson of Easter reaches back to pagar all the French servants of the Plan were little

short of Further examples of this early lined with white and decorated house handing in an armchair, anathema, but the adoption of the Christian policy in connection with ribbons and favours of dif- plan, and the results it achieved with Easter are not wanting ferent colours. I asked them for a long time were of such a Our hot cross buns at Easter are what they wanted; their answer character that they seemed fully only cakes which the Saxons had was that they came to heave me. to justify the faith that was so in honour of their goddess Eostre. It was the custom of the place on widely held in the Stevenson and from which the Christian that morning, and they hoped Plan. And now the Government clergy, who were unable to pre- that I would take a seat in their (and, strange anomaly, a Convent the people from eating chair. It was impossible not to [servative Government) are sought to expel the paganism by comply with the request very throwing the Plan over-board into marking them with the Cross. the wide sea of the unsuitable.

modestly made by a set of nymphs There can be little doubt that the

in their best apparel, and several adoption of restrictive measures" Again, the Easter egg carries of them under twenty. I wished fully justified their adoption for a on a festival tradition which has to see all the ceremony, and seat long time. That time appears to had its counterpart in all parts of ed myself accordingly. The have passed with the advent of the pagan world. w

group then lifted me from the The accommodation new conditions; and, therefore. In mediaeval times the "peace ground, turned the chair about, at Victoria Gaol is known to be the step now taken will be well egg was presented by each monk and I had the felicity of a salute taxed to the uttermost and has worth watching.

to friends, neighbour, or strang. from each. I told them I suppos er early in the morning of Eastered that there was a fee for each been so for many years. Hospital and other accommodation is en-

The departure from the Colony tirely inadequate and in view of of Mr. D. G. M. Bernard, "Ewo's the fact that, a considerable sum residence in London reminds us taipan," to take up permanent was spent on the initial work at of the many men of outstanding Ngau Shi Wan, subsequently ability who have for years past abandoned, it seems a pity that fulfilled conspicuous duties in our midst and then passed away, leav- the scheme should fall entirely ing behind them memories of into abeyance,

work extremely well done. Mr. Bernard's residence here was The Court Martials at Gibraltar short compared with that of many have concluded and are therefore of his notable predecessors, but no longer sub judice. One may that the quality of his achieve

ment was on as high a plane às therefore comment upon them that of the best is generally re- freely. Not only have they been cognised. Not only was he the unprecedented in the annals of busy and able taipan of the the British Navy but they have "Princely Hong" of Messrs. Jar- dine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., but been of a character that causes he found time to be closely asso- us at once to say that we trust ciated with many others of the that never again will such "re-most important commercial con- velations" be identified with the cerns in our midst, far too numer- jous to specify. Also he was an name and fame of the first of our unofficial and an Executive mem- defensive forces" Hong Kong, Saturday, April 7, 1928. silent and highly efficient Navy was held by His Excellency the our great, ber of the Legislative Council, and the high honour in which he Looking back at the nature of the Governor and his Council sol- incidents as they have been grad-leagues was admirably expressed ually revealed since they were at Thursday's Council meeting. There is already evidence of first sprung upon a surprised The departure of such men from our Colony is a matter for pro- growing confidence in the world one is impressed chiefly by found regret, lessened consider- Colony's future and indications of the almost absurd triviality of ably, happily, as in the case of a loosening of capital, in the the whole affair, so very much so that in his new sphere of influence Mr. Bernard, by the knowledge building progress which has been that an apt summing up of the on "Ewo's directorate in Lon noticeable in recent months. incident might well be "Much ado don he will still be very helpful to Even more striking evidence of about nothing." The genesis of Hong Kong. He is, we under Day, with the blessing of "Pax due upon the occasion and was this is. forthcoming in H.E. the the trouble quite evidently lay in stand, succeeding Mr. David vobiscum." In one of the house- answered in the affirmative, and Governor's resume at the Council the personal unpopularity of a figure. that once was so well there was found the entry of the this respect they withdrew to Landale, a name that conjures up hold pay-sheets of Edward I. having, satisfied the damsels in meeting on Thursday from which Rear-Admiral who seems to have known and highly valued in Hong expenditure of eighteenpence for heave others. At this time I had it is evident that there is an in-a very lively faculty for creating Kong. It is men such as those the purchase of four hundred never heard of the custom, but on inquiry I found that on Easter crease in the Colony's revenue of disturbance by an over-indulgence mentioned, who have been so out eggs for Easter gifts. seven lakhs of dollars over the of verhal extravagances much the Colony owes a deep debt of decreed that the monarch should the men heave the women in the On Maundy Thursday. tradition: Monday, between nine and ten, standing in our midst, to whom amount estimated in the Budget for the first quarter of 1928. more vitriolic than accurate, and everlasting gratitude and we do distribute gifts of gold, frankin same manner, as on Tuesday, be- This is an encouraging sign and, an apparently amazing predilec- well to hold them in esteem and cense, and myrrh amongst the tween the same hours, the women

poor at the Chapel Royal, St: the men." A man although it would be foolish on tion for forgetting what le due to

James's. But as the years passed the strength of this indication to the dignity of others in authority embark on expensive schemes for while not being mindful enough which the anticipated surplus of his own. Doubtless in the may not prove sufficient, there Navy as elsewhere it takes all are one or two vitally necessary sorts to make up the whole, but schemes which have been in abey-one would imagine that in a ser- ance and which should now be vice whose standard of excellence pushed on with. Certain of the in every respect-personal as well

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Caster.

A 300 lb. Taper these offerings gradually degen- Brilliant lighting was a fea- erated in value, until in 1860, at; the suggestion of the Prince Con- ture of the early Christian ritual Fat Easter.According to Home, sort, twenty-five sovereigns were substituted On Maundy Thurs the Paschal Taper at Westminster day, too, the Sovereign used to Abbey weighed three hundred wash the feet of the poor, At. pounds. In the days of Constan Greenwich, in 1572, Queen Eliza Line there were general illumina It is reported that the contract beth washed the feet of thirty. tions, of which Canon Evan

Daniel writes for the construction of 1,000 miles nine poor people. The number Colony's schemes have already as technical-is so high as that railway from Gulgen to the Caspian was governed by the reign of a "Lofty pillars of wax were set been provided for by the Public of the British Navy-its officers, Sea will be awarded to a consor: monarch. This washing cere to burn as torches all over the city, and lamps were lit in all Works loan, the repayment of especially those who reached the tium composed of two American mony was last performed by places, so that the night seemed

“A Vulgar a Pastime,

to outshine the sun at noon-day.", which will be spread over a period dazzling heights of the highest companies, one British, three Ger- James II.T of years thus enabling posterity ranks, would be ever mindful of man and one French. The amount

The tradition behind the old But perhaps the most curious to bear their share of benefits the great dignity that is associat 000 Renter's American Service.

Involved fs approximately 216,000. Daster custom of "heaving is Easter Festive belief was that obscure..Heaving was prac Soon after dawn on Easter Day,

connected with the dancing auri in which they will be the principal ed with their position. What

tised more particularly in Lan- participants. But others, such has been revealed at the recent

cashire, Straffordshire and War. It was asserted, the sun could be as the new gaol et Ngan Shi Wan, revelations clearly indicates the

swick it is sald originally to have honour of the Resurrection. The seen dancing in the heavens in the new building for Queen's importance that should be attach

typified the Resurrection, and the traditions from which this belief custom prevailed until the begin rose must surely have been of College and the new Government ed by highly-placed officers as to

ning of the eighteenth century.great antiquity stretching back, Civil Hospital have recently re-their conduct language and man-

By then, however, it had become ceded into the background. Of ner of expression generally while these, perhaps that of the new in the presence of their subordin- tanks bave caught fire gnol is the more urgent although atea. The "Royal Oak incidents It is apparent from new work and the Court Martials that which has been put in hand on the as their sequel will

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time to come. If the Ngau Shi scheme vas, abandoned

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OIL FIRE DANGER STANDARD TANKS ALIGHT

··IN HAVANALINNAR

The

Havana, Yesterday, Standard On Com

thousand

Ican Service;

LADY KNOCKED DOWN;

80 rough and valgar a pastime as perhaps, to the days of sunwor

ship At any rate, the idea of the dancing sun was widely accepted, and has been preserved for us by Sir John Stickling in his lines

And, oh, she dances such a way No sun upon an Easter Day

Wero half as fine a sight, Finally, in these days af capri- cious weather changes, it is inter- ing to find the Easter tradition garding weather in an old farm- ing couplet: SURINA

FORD

Mra,&White, chai Gap-road,

STAYING

noon involved

In which

It rains on Good Friday and

Daster Days

s'll be plenty af-crán