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"FLYING START."

THE

CHINA

OPEN AIR CONCERT CHINESE IN MALAYA “GLESCA

MAIL.

" DIALECT.

Governor Launches Club Kowloon Residents Enjoy Sir Cecil Clementi & the English Not a Foreign

on Its Career.

STUNT FLYING.

The Hong Kong Flying Club made a "fying start on Saturday Governor, Sir when H.E. the William Peel, attended the open Ing ceremony in his official capa- eity.

"As has already been stated in the locul Press, two Avro-Aviar machines, powered by Cirrus Hermes-air-cooled engines, have been purchased by the Club. One is alrely being flown, and the other, fitted with scaplane floats. is expected to be in service short-

Another Treat.

"KAI TAK FOLLIES."

From the time the Dance Band opened the programme with "a little music" of the peppy variety, thero was not a dull moment.

Kuomintang.

FREEDOM FROM “SQUEEZE.”

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Language.

MASEFIELD'S TRIBUTE.

"NEOLITHIC DOG" Skeleton Found in Belgravia.

A WHIPPET TYPE.

The earliest-known dog was of the whippet rather than the wolf typo,

Sir Cecil Clementi, the

Again and again in visiting in- An excellent programme brimful of good things in the form of songs. Governor of the Straits Settlements fant divisions in Glasgow one is sketches and musical novelties, was und High Commissioner for the fold: English is a foreign language

His skeleton. together with re- presented by the Kal Tak Follles Malay States, signalised his arrival to children in this locality.

an important This striking quotation from the Hes of prehistoric man, is con (Royal Air Force Concert Party) in Singapore by in conjunction with the "Acros" change in polley towards political report of a school inspector, just tained in a quiet house within a of Berkeley Square, Dance Band at the K.C.C., on Sa-activities among the Chinese. For published, has aroused keen dia-few yards

the Kuomintang, the cussion among educationalists on London.

the fruit of These represent turday night to a large and appre-many years

Chinese Nationallet Party originally the purity of the speech of Glas- ciative audience.

founded by Dr. Sun Yat-sen, hasgow children. Inquiries by The five years' work by Mr. Alexander 15,

ex. Keller and his helpers on Wind- been active in Malaya, where the Bulletin revealed that school

the first neolithic site In Grent Chinese out-number all other races, perts hold divergent views on the mill Hill, near Avebury, Wiltshire, Soon after landing in Singapore Sir subject.

"It is quite true that in some Britain to be scientifically ex-: The opening chorus by the party Cecil Clementi summoned its leaders was well rendered and then follow-to Government House and told them districts the children never hear cavated.

For five years more if all goes "His Excellency was welcomed at ed in quick succession various items plainly that its activities-meetings; good English spoken except in

said one recognised well, the labour of digging and the flying base by Wing-Com- which were well chosen as affording propaganda, the collection of sub school," madore the Hon. Mr. W. E. Lthe maximum of entertainment and scriptions, and the enrolment of authority. "They are accustomed survey will be continued, but Mr the whole encampment, Rather Shenton, and before opening the ant the same time catering for various members would no longer be to a hybrid patois that is neither Keller does not intend to explore

Vocal contributions both tolerated, writes a correspondent in English nor foreign.

more than half will be left exact Club House and hangar, slated, tastes. in part, that he congratulated the serious and in lighter vein were in The Times.

ly as it stands for another hun- Club on the progress they had the majority and all were well re-

All neolithic forts consist of a made. The membership, he stat-ceived.

of concentric ditches, ed, now exceeded 50.

13.

At the Piano L. A. Watling.

A. E. Cox, G. Stretton, V. Talbert The objects of the Club, added L. Muirhead, J. Summers, C. Tower,

were to train A. Milward, W. Hart, His Excellency, pilots and engineers. He added. amidst applause, that all national- ities could be admitted to mem- bership. The object of the Club was to place members at the dis

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Influence of Phonetics. "It is most difficult matter, and In the Crown Colony of the Straits Settlements the Kuomintang more or less the effect of environ-dred years. The Club, The "Doubtful Quartette" was has been officially proscribed for ment. A great deal of care, how-

The several years,

When the anti-ever, la being taken in the schools series already possessed two 'planes, tuneful in spite of its name."

to beautify the speech of the broken up by a large number of

Intersecting causeways.

Leather Sole Canvas Shoes ... 4.50 and there were promises for fur-party did some good work together British campaign in China was at

"Teachers in such mirth provoking items as its height after the Shanghai and pupile through phonetics." ther support.

being taught Their purpose is at present 'in-Crops Itubber Sole Canvas Shoes $5.00 Crepe Rubber Buckakin Shoes $10,00 "Harmonious House Hunting," and Canton riots, the Straits authorities

and explicable, since from the point Black or Brown Shoes from $6.00 The Widow's Cruse. Financial support from the that already famed "Our Parochial tried hard to suppress the party, and phonetics at special courses Government was considered justi- Gathering", which made another do-numerous Chinese belonging to it there is no doubt that the activi- of view of defence they would ap-Black or Brown Boote frun.. 8.00 Wireless up-to-date were sentenced to long terms of ties of the city branch of the Scot-pear completely disastrous. This Children's Boots or Shoes from $2.00

Best styles, most complete stock Ü large fied but, added His Excellency. cided "hit."

tish Association for the Speaking peculiarity has enabled Latterly, although

of all sizes. Repairing a specialty. amidst good-humoured laughter and the Cameo sketch were also imprisonment.

of Verse, the majority of whose number of neolithic settlements

WONG SIU WOON Many applications are made to much enjoyed, whilst the Trans- there were occasional prosecutions, 1,000 members are teachers, is hav-to be traced, and a degree of cul-

Phone 21474. only light penalties were inflicted, the public purse, which does not migration of Souls was a shriek.

The artistes were:-

and the organisation has carried on ing a great effect on the speech of ture has been revealed which to 21, Pottinger St. possess the characteristics of the

early archaeologists would have the children. its activities so openly that, when Widow's Cruse."

"But the speech of the majority appeared totally impossible. Sir Cecil Clementi decided to an- of children in Glasgow is not The Prehistoric Home. nounce the Government's new policy slovenly," he added. "Did not "There is a very strong pre- there was no difficulty in rounding.

Mr. John Masefield, the poet sumption." Mr. Keiller said to an ap 17 members of the executive laureate, refer recently to them interviewer,

"that the inhabit- committee of the Malayan branch and securing their attendance at and their speech as "a nest of sing-ants of Windmill Hill built the

ing birds."

great circle at Avebury, another Stonehenge Grose Exaggeration.

on a larger scale. posal of the Government in times

Government House. In the Feder ated and Protected Malay States the

Dr. D. MacGillivray, a former They had the same pottery that proscription has been much more headmaster of Hillhead of stress. That would be a sign

High is found at Avebury, and there is of the loyalty and unity of the

School, and a member of Glasgow a curious bone implement. used Unwilling Subscribers. public of Hong Kong. (Applause).

Education Authority, said "I for burnishing pottery, which is "Aviation." said His Excellency. tion gives the following unclaim- The Kuomintang had branches in

The stone axcs, cther than those progressed very rapidly, ed correspondence, etc., waiting all the principal towns of Malaya. think it is a gross exaggeration to only found on these two sites."

say that English is a foreign lan- particularly of recent years and at the Post Office, and also un-Its directors, exploiting the Govern- guage among the children of even of flint, which the inhabitants used. one can imagine the earliest of claimed radio telegrams at the ment's desire to avoid the appear- the slummiest districts of the city. ndicate, however, that thay muss aviators' Icarus, were he allowed Radio Telegraph Office, Govern- ance of taking sides in Chinese

"Of course, some of their speech also, although probably somewhat to glance across the waters of ment Building:--

politica, almost openly recruited new is not classic English, but I was inter, have been in close touch with the Styx, feeling very envious of Post Restante Correspondence. membors and distributed the anti-head master of a school in one of North Wales.

(Laughter). R. S. Antindale; B. M. British leaflets they received from the poorest districts of Govan for modern aviators'

An intimate picture of life on Armstrong: J. C. "Duchesses to Flappers."

Broughan: Nanking. Had they been permitted two years and I can say that the Windmill Hill is presented by a Continuing,

Excellenc C. H. Bond: C. L. Bowers; H. Lto work unchecked they would soon ability of the pupils in English, as brief tour of Mr. Keller's museum. stated that aviation included all Carnegie; L. T. Creeper; J. have created an imperium in imperio in everything else, was just as good Its inhabitants lived largely on ranks, from Duchesses to flappers Drewry: Miss Day: A. Evans, s. in British territory. The Governor's as the ability of pupils in Hill bread, ground on rounded quartzite VARIETY OF if he might be allowed to Golden Sea; J. S. Henderson (Int digress, he took great pride in the Export Co.): Q. C. Hoy; Dr. P. J.

(Colonial Medical Ser.) fact, that Miss Amy Johnson, Kelly whose feat of flying to Australia Mrs. A. Lovegrove, 8.8. had evoked the admiration of the Raeging: Leong Seng Hin & Co. whole world, had what might be 11. R. Meier; Miss A. MacDonald; termed associations with York F. M. Macaraeg: Mrs. R. G.

Perry; H. L. P. shire. ((Laughter).

Stubba; G. Aviation, continued Sir William. Silvestri;

Elsie Thens;

"has

His

A General Post Office notifica-

Mrs.

recent.

declaration comes none too soon.

Straits-born Chinese, who aro British subjects, will welcome the Governor's action. Large sums have been forwarded from Malaya to China for political purposes by Kuomintang agents, and Straits- been born Chinese have always

head High School."

stones, aga en meat from their own herds and flocks, and from the wild red and roe deer that must have abounded in the district.

Cooking was performed on heat- being eaten in preference to beef or mut. receiv-ton. The bones were almost al

1869 1929.

Record and History ofed stones, veal and lamb

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Mr. Shenton's Thanks

Dr. the Hon Jeffrey; Wing-Commodore, Mr. W. E. L. Shenton, in thank c/o American Consulata; Antonio Ing His Excellency and Lady Peel Timenez; Wang Ching-wel.

• Unclaimed Radio Telegrams. for their presence, said that the Club were highly appreciative of Dora M. Obrien Kremlin, the grant made by the Govern-

Chicago, Ill. ment. It was hoped that the Yik Chong, 118, Connaught Club might return it in time. Road C. (Applause). "We have only two Swee Cheong 'planes at the moment," said the Ma Ho Han Sam. speaker," but it must be remem- 64, Queen's Rd. C....Hanoi. bered that this is just a begin- 2028

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Hong Kong As An Air Port. 8563 Mr. Shenton briefly discussed 4885

.Soerabaya. .Swatow.

..Cholon. Nanning.

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wooden sickles, set with serrated flints. Heaps of these have been found, all with a characteristic sheen, which can only mean that they were used for cutting veget- able matter.

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all probability have these of the ing the history and records of the Table-knives were flints, finked off ed from Peshawar some little

wealthy China-born merchants, who Diocesan Boys' School and Oraz need arose, and carelessly time ago. The Hong Kong Flying

nowadays furnish the busk of cat phanage from the year 1860 to thrown away when their first use Club had been formed, on the

funda transmitted from the Straite. 1929. same basis to give help to those Gulam

It was not always so. The Straits- The book is illustrated and is The pottery at this site is of in times of stress-as all flying

Sborn Chinese manage to maintain a full of entertaining reminiscences finer texture than any found until men the world over would do.

curious sort of dual allegianco besides showing the manifold the Roman occupation, and thege (Loud applause)..

Mohamed, Army Contractor; E, wgenuine loyalty to the British Em- difficulties which beset the school neolithic people probably had

Rydell, pire, as they demonstrated time and in its early days.

again during the War, and a real

This splendid book is on sale at affection for the country of their 35 per copy, and any profits made origin.

will go toward the Endowment Many Straits and China-born Fund of the School.. Chinese who had grown rich in the country of their adoption gave large religious bigot, for, while he wor

A Speedy Hunter. donations to the funds raised by Dr. ships his own.ancestors, he has no There were herds of goat, sheep, Sun for the Kuomintang when that dislike for his neighbours' creeds and pig, but a small variety of ox party stood for constitutional re- and is even willing to propitiate predominated. There is already a forms, which its supporters in their deities.

nearly complete ax-skeleton in the Above all, he is usually a good museum, but Mr. Keiller said that San Francisco. Malaya fondly imagined would fol-

low British lines. Others, combin-British, subject. When he finds he hopes to discover a better one. ing patriotism and speculation in- that in China the Bolshevist com The pride of the collection is vested heavily in bonds which were plexion which Sun Yat-sen gave to "Neolithle Dog," which is much Nanning. be redeemed at a handsome the Kuomintang in his later years smaller than was expected by bio- ..Macno.

premium when the Manchu oppres has grown so strong that Russian logists, and of a whippet or grey- dethroned and the Communiam and Chinese National hound type. He stands upright on Hankow, tors had been

Reform Party inherited place and ism are walking hand in hand, and his toes, and was evidently used for .Kaying,

Cholen. power. No attempt has been made that the movement is now definitely his speed in hunting. His toes by the Chinese Republic since the anti-foreign and more particularly also show that he ran almost en- Lourenco Marques, revolution of 1911 to redeem the anti-British, with a strong anti-tirely on a grass surface.

On his death he had been thrown Macao. bonde. However, what has dis- Christian bias, he instinctively affes

Illusioned the Straits Chinese has off. So does the China-bóra Chin-carelessly into the corner of a .Chung Shan.

Hankow been the inability of those parties ese of any standing and long resid-ditch, where for more than 4,000 and persons who have attained ence In Malaya. The majority de-years he had lain complete, save .Haiphong.

power in China to-day to put an sire only to be left alone, to pursue for one toe joint, until his recent end to the eternal struggle between their lawful vocations, and make excavation. 1736 2415 6670 0362.0360

In another of the ditches was the rival war lords and give the money in peace. They appreciate 0005 5714,0003 2809 1813

Shanghai.provinces peace and order.

the security, the freedom from found the first complete human 2000

Good British Subjects, "squeeze, and the opportunities to skeleton of the neolithic period. It ....Bangkok Sub.

The Straits-born Chinese who accumulate wealth which they enjoy is that of a small girl from six to 1129.7090 0794.5307. 0361

eight years, old, and she has been .Canton. visits China le not likely to entrust under British rule. His Excellency then officially 0674 4675 opened the Club House and 4382

Naturally the conditions which transported bodily, with the chalk Canton. his savings to the politicians he

meets there or to their emissaries render the Stralis-born Chinese on which she lay to Mr. Keillor's hangar, Lady Peel, previous to

in Malaya-provided always, that liable to blackmall and intimidation museum. One thigh and part of he thinks it safe to re-and incline him along the line of the skull have been broken by the the Chinese is least resistance when confronted by pressure of the earth abore her, but Ing have been recaived at the peculiarly susceptible to black- Kuomintang and other political otherwise she is in perfect preser

the possibilities of Hong Kong, as 5959

an air port, and prophesied the 2429 3258 2639 5894 1684 day when air liners would enter 5665 0735 and leave the port.

| 0300.

So far as the Club was con- Sao Cho Tong cerned, said Mr. Shenton, if all Kong On, 5, Eastern Street, went well, as they expected it

6230 6623 3111 5594 0966

would do, they might in due 9844 course look for help from the Air 2226 Ministry.

5896 Miss Amy Johnson, he con- 8181 tinued, had flown on what was termed a second-hand machine fiom England to Australia. "We can do something like that" Mr. Shenton said, "if we only try." (Loud applause).

Watchery

the ceremony, being presented ADDRESSES WANTED. with a bouquet by Miss Bunty Forbes.

"Flipping About."

Letters addressed to the follow-use, for

After the opening ceremony. | American Consulate General. mail and will often foin a society agents (self-etyled or real) apply vation.

to the Until the full ten years pro-

passengers, including

many The Consulate will be glad to with which he has no sympathy and with much greater force members of the fair sex, were learn the forwarding addresses of subscribe to its upkeep merely in China born, many of whom left gramme has been completed, and taken up for trial flights in one any persons listed:

order to avoid making enemies of its their familles behind when they all the objects have been cata- leaders. Moreover, the Chinese called south. Nine out of ten are logued, and studied in their mutual of the Club's planes, piloted by Geo. A Allan, Mrs. A. R. Flight-Lieut. Bennett. RAF Bartlett, T. B. Belefoe, G. G. resident in Singapore must always coolles or labourers, with little or relationships, the collection will The flights varied from the spec- Bradford, R. Caldwell, Chock think of bis ancestors graves in no interest in politics of any kind remain intact in its present post- tacular to the solemn "once- Koon-fong, J. A. Conley, R. G. China, liable to be defiled or violated There are a few professional politi- tion. After that it is possible that round," but thanks must be re- Cooper, C. D. Curry, V. Dennelly, if he incurs the hostility of certain cians and paid and trained agita- it may be diapersed among the corded to the indefatigable pilot. fas. Donolds H. Eddo, elements, tors. It is these latter who have various museums interested. * The Sponsor TF. Haskell, Mrs. Hay, Mrs. The average Straite-born Chinese kept the Kuomintang with its night Whatever its final fate, Mr. Mr. R. Vaughan-Fowler spon- G. H. Koston, E. K Loverud, S. is Instinctively Conservative. He schools, its inflammatory leafels, Keillor's collection already forms a cor and founder of the Club, the Madrinan Lt GF. Mentz or may proclaim himself a democrat, and its vocasioned public manifesta- unique record of the life and habits of neolithic man. No China Mall is informed, is now Mertz, Moller, E. J. Otto, Geo. but the suggestion that his coolle tions, going in the Straite, at Home studying air conditions Fruit, Mrs., RC, Richardson, was his equal would strike him as It is unlikely that Sir Cecil limits of date can be accurately as Upon his return, it will no doubt Miss A Biggle Capt. GB ridiculous and unseemly. The only Clementi's action in definitely ban signed, but 1850 B.C, may be rough- afford him great gratification to Rogers, Man M. Rest, IL brand of democracy that he favours ning the Kuomintang will lead to ly taken as the close of the neo- witness the development of the Simpson, A. B. Taylor. Throughout his community laters are well-known and are hardly

Is the clan system, which obtains any serious local trouble. Its lead-lithic period. estate once known as Field Cottage now the headquarters gouthern, the Hon. Mr. WL Malaya Ho le certainly not anti-kely to risks a direct conflict with of the new Flying Club, Shenton, the

MWT forsign, for he gets on well with the the authoritie Amongst those present were Gréasy, Comma

Hole

Europeans whom he meets in qual vire for the

fignorant and

MacAndrew What canna

rter the take por luggage?!! Ye try, "no- quite sad

or Kuala Lumpur. Nor. fs to a discover some other div

HE Major-General W the Hon. Mr. S. W. Teo, and Mness in Penang, Singapore, Malacca uneducat Sandilands, the Hon. Mr. WT.

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