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IN MYTHOLOGY.

ORIGIN OF DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL.

A PATRIOT'S SUICIDE,

GOING HOME,

CLUB DINNER AND SMOKER

"to ask the rank and file whether they accept the new cutlook (of their moderate lenders) or whei they wish to remain true to the spirit and idents of the early pioneers." We doubt not that

AT CRAIGENGOWER. John Bull will soon let these fatuous extremists know that he To-day, the 5th day of the 5th

Last evening a farewell dinner"" has gone far beyond the "pioneer-moon in the Chinese calendar, is was given to two members of known as the Dragon Boat Day, Craigengower who are going home ing" crudities of the "Reda" of and is the second of the four major shortly. Messrs.. R. II. Whiteford: the Cook and Maxton type. festivals during the year. The and R. W. Leo of the East Point.

origin, as far as is known, dates Sugar Refinery wara. royally enter back to the Chou Dynasty (B.C. tained by about 50 of the C.C.C.. 1122-255),

members. Both are well known in: Late in the Dynasty of Choi, the bowling circles and though they Through the good offices of a state of Ch'u, embracing the larger play for East Point in the Longue reader a most curious document part of the present province of they are often seen at the Valley, signed by the Crown Solicitor Hanan, was under the rule of King The Chairman of the Club Mr. has come into our hands. Print Wel, an indulgent dospot. The R. Bas presided at the dinner and. ed in English and Chinese it is, state was in imminent danger of in a racy speech Bald that they: ostensibly, a demand for the baing absorbed by her powerful were sorry to lose the two gentle, payment of rates. It goes on: "In neighbours. The people were men mentioned as they had been default of payment of the above oppressed, Indignant, yet power-Identified for a considerable time sum within seven days of the less. Wat Yuan, a faithful sub- with all the Club'a activities. date of this letter legal proceed- | jest of the king and a great scholar, In presenting Mr. Whiteford with ings for the recovery thereof will offered remonstrations to which the a sliver efgarette box and Mr. Lee be instituted without further king lent a deaf ear. Wat Yuan's with a set of pipes, a pouch and a notice and steps will be taken for persistence in the matter angered | silver, 'match box, he wished them the Crown to re-enter upon the the king who deprived him of his the best of luck in their new abovementioned premises." The office. italics are ours. Did, we ask, any- Depriving the Fishes,

Suitable replies were made and a one ever read such arrant: non- In his great disappointment, concert followed. A splendid pro- sense emanating from a Govern- Wat, Yuan committed suicide on the gramme was carried through and ment Department and the 5th day of the 5th moon the gathering broke up a late hour Crown Solicitor, foresooth? Mr.by jumping into the river, with the usual musical honours. Crown Solicitor has no legal right | deciding that he would Dot and no moral right to issue to the live to see his own

land con- public a document such as above.quered. All the natives of Ch'u if it serves its presumed purpose mourned for him, and wore soon, and frightens some people into searching up and down the river paying their rates immediately for his body. Hence the Idea of on its receipt, it will have caused dragon boats was originated. The a moral wrong, tantamount to day has been observed in his honour intimidation. Mr. Crown Solici- | ever since. Sacrifice in the form tor and his harpies have, as we of rice cakes is offered to him. all know, to obtain judgment in These rice cakes are wrapped up himself in public and with assault- Court of Law before they can in coloured leaves, usually lying a police constabio, a Chinese proceed to take steps to re-enter leaves, in order that they may not appeared before. Mr. Schofield at What of course must be recog- upon any premises. The reader be devoured by the fah before they the Kowloon Magistracy this morn-- nised and what indeed

the from whom we received the docu- reach Wat Yuan. The idea of com

ing. extreme members of the Labour ment intends, we understand, to petition came very much later when

The defendant is alleged to have Party have never taken much let his rates remain unpaid over people launched beautifully decorat-thrown a stone at an Indian con- trouble to hide is that the that portentious period of sevened boats to show their great ap stable, striking him rather heavily, days, and has promised to report preciation of Wat Yuan's works. These we await with The dragon boat race has always been the greatest sensation of the season at Aberdeen and among the fishing flects of Hong Kong.

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tributed two dragon boats for the

harbour may have seen come of the crews in training.

venture.

STONE-THROWING.

FINE OF $100 IMPOSED ON CHINESE.

On a charge of mlaconducting

after being searched by the con-- as the result of becoming indignant

atable in public. !!

The Indian constable, gave evid-

I. L. P. stands for unadulterated results. Socialism, not by gradual and interest. sensible legislative enactment but by revolutionary methods, Butch

Mr. J. H. Hunt, hon. general In Hong Kong, the practice is ence to the effect that there was the as capital levies, general strikes,

This year the re-usual crowd of sight-seere outside a secretary of the proposed Grand still kept up. arbitrary trade unionism and

Tattoo, will be in attendance at sidents of Yaumati, Wanchal, Aber- Chinese theatre at the end of Lat Chi-kok-road. He and another. In- other similar, selfish political "Cheer '0" Y.M.CA. every mora- deen and A. King & Co, each con- dian constable were on duty there crudities that emanated from the ing from 11 to 12, excepting competition. People crossing the the defendant and on turning their searching" people, They searched unbalanced brains. of Marx, Sundays,

backs on the latter he was struck Engels and their bewildered fol

The Rev. Knight Anstey - an-

by a stone. The other constable lowers. Well, Mr. Maxton, who nounces that the officers and crew

saw the accused pick up a couple' has the well-merited reputation of H.M.S. "Curlew" have contribut-

of stones. They arrested the man.. Both constables stated that the of being one of the I. L. P.'s ed $200 towards the cost of the new.

defendant was abusive in his man-- firiest orators, and "Emperor" Woaleyan Sailors' and Soldiers'

ཉྙིཎྞཾན! ;

ner, Cook, who does not hesitate to say that he is a "humble follow-

The master, of a junk was er of "Lenin," are going to put charged this morning for having matters aright where they are In his junk 24 jars of undutiable Chinese wine of 6 gallons each convinced that they are wrong His Worship adjourned the case, within their Party's ranks. It is fixing bail at $500.

Hong Kong, Friday, June 22, 1928. interesting, though not astonish-

ing, to find that these firebrands,

Home,

A general meeting of the B. K.

CORRESPONDENCE.

TO THE P.W.D.

(To the Editor of the "China Maik.")

Defendant flatly denied having* thrown the stone, adding that the Sir-Through the medium of constable when searching him, your columns, I should like to draw held him by the throat by onc the attention of the filthy streets hand, and with the other struck in some parts of the Colony, such him on the face several times. as St. Francis'-street. Why should I wan't to hit the con- Early in the morning when one stable with a stone. There was has to pass along this thoroughfare such a big crowd, that any one there is far too much filthy stuff could have thrown the stone and

There are times that the street of the inhabitants. is covered, with such most disgust- ing objects that a passer-by is on able to make his way through in anything like decent: comfort. g

Would the P.W.D. be good

·LABOUR PARTY'S "EARLY whose chief characteristic is Philharmonic Society will be held thrown from the windows by some he blames me for the deed," said

PIONEERS."

Reuter informs us that the 1tter which Mr. James Maxton and Mr. A. J. Cook have sent to

their egotism, regard the "basic principles" of the Labour move ment as unceasing war against Capitalism." That of course is crude Socialism and, when it is

in Messrs. Jardine's board room on Wednesday next at 5.30. p.m. to decide matters in connection with the forthcoming Grand Tattoo,

defendant

Sergeant Brittain, in charge of the case, stated that of late it had been quite a common occurrence for police officers to be hit with stones thrown by someone.

A fine of $100, with the alterna-

the organ of the Independent carried out in the revolutionary road, was yesterday removed to enough to sea that this does not tive of 2 months* Imprisonment was

Labour Party-the "New Lead- er"-marks "an important de- velopment in the internal dis- sensions of the British Labour. Party." To most of us, so far. away from the actual scenes. of the agitated Labourites, this de- velopment is probably neither important nor interesting and would be hardly worth comment ing upon were it not for the fact that soon, in view of the General Election next year, the three great political Parties at Home must be seriously setting about the task that lies before them Ever since the recognised lead-

Mr. Ramsay MacDonald and Mr.

happen again, and have the cul- prits punished for this objection- able habit or for their carelessness. It is harmful to health and very unpleasant in other respects,

Yours, etc.,

VERY DISGUSTED, Hong Kong, June 21, 1928:

INQUIRIES.

imposed.

CASE SETTLED.

SHROFF'S CLAIM FOR $500

A brown "chow" dog, belonging to Mr. Wong of No. 98, Kennedy-

for observation manner of the supporters of Kennedy-town Lenin, it is Communism--the dis- after biting the 3-year-old son of gusting doctrine of those who Mr H. F. Harcourt, in the cheek. are well-named "Reds." They At about 7 last night, while evidently "see red," which ex- walking near the Second-street, Chinese named plains the distorted nature of Salyingpun, their minds. To such individuals Cheung Che, 19 years of age, was atabbed on the chast. He was im- the reasoning of the moderate mediately removed to the Govern members of their Party only ment Civil Hospital.

To the Editor of the “China Mail”) MrXC. A S. Russ obtained leave makes for a pusilanimity that is

Sir Your leading article in toto mention in the destroying "the fighting spirit of fore Mr. R. E. Lindselt this of thought. You ask for an inquiry Chan Wah-hee suod the Southe

At the Central Magistracy, be day's paper has set me on a train this morning, the case in which the Party." In nothing more morning, a Chinese who Was into the working of the Censor China Trade Protection Associations convincingly do the extremists banished in 1925 for five years, Department-s just demand. But for $500. condemn their political views Colony. He was sentenced to 6 Treasury Case (when they lost all 27 and the reason he asked for an was charged with returning to this what about an inquiry into the The case had been fixed for June.

than by the adoption of such a months hard labour. fallacious idea which is totally

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SECURITY.

emmary Court

that: money), also an inquiry into early date last Friday (when the the Education :: Department Case, case first came up) was because

Colonial Secretary's Office? These Singapore, as soon as possible, Mr."

tarest, surely, and should not be let settled. Cases are matters of public in Ruas said, "the case has now been silde into the limbo of things forgotten.

*Yours, etc., -

"OUT WITH IT!!!

Hong Kong, June 21.

His Lordship gave leave for the writ of summons to be withdrawn.

Plaintiff, it will be recalled,. claimed that he had been engaged by defendants na a shroff and sued. for the return of $500 alleged to have been put un in-cash as security:

ers of the Labour Party, notably opposed not merely, to ordinary-To-day being, the Afth day of the and into at least one Case in the his client was anxious to go to fifth moon, according to the Chin decency in the nation, regarded ese calendar, Chinese are celebrat Philip Snowden, announced that individually or collectively, but is ing the Dragon Boat Festival. A obviously subversive of any kind number of dragon boat races are to in the opinion of the Labour

of civilised progress. Extreme take place opposite Ming Yuen Garden, North Point; this after Party the Independent Labour

Labourites have no more right. noon. Party had served its day and gen- than extreme members of any eration and was practically other political Party to set their Mr. Feng Pak-lau, a well-known Hong Kong merchant, assumed "logging superfluous on the

own, so-called working-class upon office for the second time on June For causing unnecessary Buffer stage (though they did not.

La pedestal and in attempting to 15 as Mayor of Kongmoon city.ing to four fowls that were being express it quite in those torras) it put up for themselves what He held office for a short period carried under his arm with their last December. According to local wings and legs bound together, a has been evident that the extrem they evidently believe is

opinion General Chan Choi-tong, Chinese was this morning, at the ists, of which the Labour Party necessary to pull down the military, commissioner for the Kowloon Magistracy, fined 57 by has always been more or less others. plentifully provided, would soon It is amazing that Maxton, favourably disposed towards Mr. arrested in Mongkok yesterday make their views known To Cook and those that are foolish Fung's appointment. Our own the Water Police by the master of them the "I I. P. 8 seemed very enough to tolerate them seem to much alive, had by no means fail to see the crude selfishness of served Its purpose and could not their politica. Luckily, others do Marine Co possibly be regarded as having see it, and that is why England done so until the country sup can afford, even in the face of so plied them with something akin serious an upheaval as a General The follo toa: erpetualParliamentary Strike, to regard their antics

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