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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1933.

H.K. TELEPHONE CO.'S

FINANCES

Reserve Appropriations Increased.

$170.482 ANNUALLY

A draft bill of an Oroinasse 10 amend further the Telephone Or- dinance. 19.5, is published in the Courrnment Gazrite The Ordin ance will come inte fares an Jowaar 1. 1934.

Sub-se dion thres of section 35 of the 1925 Ordinance is repealed an der the amendment and the follow ing sub-action substituted --

The Company shall be ent tled in make annual appropriations to re- serve. Commencing with the year 1934 no auch annual appropriation shall exceed the sum of $370,482. The Company shall save that cannot capitalise the gume without the previous consent of the Legisla tive Council) have the power to deal | with the reserve in such maister AR it shall think fit

The objects and the reasons for the amendment are as follows:

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of the pemena Ordinance the impany was

to appropriate annually f *** B 18 not exceeding $50,0

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which is considered reasonable.

Section 3 of this rooming Oritin

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Wedding of Capital Notables

Assistant Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring, ex-governor of Kansas, with his bride, the former Helen Coolidge, daughter of U. S. Benator Marcus Coolidge, of Maxauchowita. They were married at the Coolidge hame in Fachleurg. Mass., culminating a romance that started when my first met in Washington

FINANCIAL SUCCESS OF NAVY WEEK.

$12,725.93 Collected.

LOCAL CHARITIES BENEFIT

BY $9,000.

Hong Kong's Navy week proved a great success from the financial

inee is the usual sacing section requir-oint of view, the proceeds of the

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THE CHINA MAIL.

To-day's Short Story.

THE KING

OF THE SCHNORRERS

By Israel Zangwill.

TN the days when Lord George with a row of big yello buttons. 1 Gordon became a Jew, and The frilled shirt front. high collar, copious white neckerchief was suspected of insanity when, and out of respect for the pro-showed off the massive fleshiness of phecies. England denied her Jews the red throat. His hat was of the every civic right except that of Quaker pattern, and his head did raying taxes; when the Gentle not fall of the perlwig and the pig- |man's Magazine had ill words for tail, the latter being heretical in the infidel alien; when Jewish name only.

What Joseph Grobstock drew marriages were invalid and be- quests for Hebrew colleges void; from the bag was when the composer of "The paper packet, Death of Nelson" was a choir-humour led him to place it in the boy in the Great Synagogue, hand furthest from his nose; for it Joseph Grobstock. pillar of the was a broad humour, not a subtle.

Such was the man who now be same, emerged one afternoon in-

a small white-

and his sense of

to the spring sunshine at the came the complacent cynosure of all fag-end of the departing stream eyes, even of those that had no ap- of worshippers. In his hand peal in them, as soon as the princi. was a large canvas bag, and in ple of his eleemosynary operations his eye a twinkle.

had broken on the crowd. The first

There had been a special service Schnorrer, feverishly tearing open of prayer and thanksgiving for the his package, had found a florin, and. happy restoration of his Majesty's as by electricity, all except the blind had inter-beggar were aware that Joseph bealth, and the cantor

ceded tunefully with Providence on Grobstock was distributing florins. "our The distributor partook of the gen- behalf of Royal George and

Queen, Charlotte." eral consciousness, and his lips most amiable

vas large and twitched. Silently he dipped again The congregation fashionable, and so the courtyard into the bag, and, selecting the hand was thronged with

of nearest, put a second white package a string Schnorrers (beggars), awaiting the into it. A wave of joy brightened much as the the grimy face, to change instantly take portico of the opera house is lined to one of horror, Institution by footmen.

News In Brief.

A dau vis aunsonçed

pe at the Engineers ar o'clock this evening

The Royal Engineers Warrant! Ollicers and Sergeants' Mess Dance is being held at the Garrison Lee tore Ball at 8.30 this evening.

exit of the audience.

They were a mothy crew, with tangled beards and long hair that fell in curls.

When the pack of Schnorrers. caught sight of Joseph Grobstock. they fell upon him full-cry, blessing him. He nothing surprised, brush- ed pompously through the benedie-!

MONDAY'S STORY

Monday's story will he "A Deal In Ostriches." by H. G. Wells.

"You have made a mistake—you

by Amicie XXVH of the Raval In-ste of tags on Trafalgar Day.! A Sum of Work by the Kowloon tions, though the twinkle in his oye have given me a penny!" cried tho

which amounted to $3.844. alone (Union Church Women's Guild wil became a roguish gleam. Outside) beggur.

the throng "Keep it for your honcaty," re- covering the total expenditure on be held this afternoon, opening at the iron gates, where

thickest, and where some plied Joseph Grobstock impertur | Trafalgar and Navy Days, amount 3 o'clock at the Church Hall. Jordan was

elegant chariots that had brought bably, and affected not to enjoy the

VILLAGERS BEG TO

BE IMPRISONED.

Free But Faced With Starvation.

Seville

ing to $3,491.94.

**

Road

In

man

i worshippers from distant Hackney laughter of the reat. The third The total proceeds of Navy week'

The first practice dance for the were preparing to start, he came to mendicant ceased laughing when he olded $12.726.93 mado

stund-still. surrounded by discovered that fold on fold of paper fallows---Voluntary contributions St. Andrew's Ball will be held at

Tuesday clamouring Schnorrers, and dipped sheltered a tiny sixpence. It was $1.390, sale of flags on Trafalgar the Peninsula Hotel

November 21, from 5.30 to 7 pm. his hand slowly and ceremoniously now obvious that the great Day $3,840, gute money on Navy

was distributing prize-packets. There was a {Day $5.440.05, profits on the Tra- Tea will be served in the Roof Gar-jinto the bag.

moment of breath- One of the few pieces of gold in There is a Village Bear Derfalgar Day Ball at the Peninsula den from 5 p.m.

less expectation among the beggars, the lucky-bag fell to the solitary where all the men are begging 1 Hotel $334, sule of programmes vn

Madame Lottie Gordon, Austra-jand Joseph Grobstock had a mo-lame man, who danced in his joy be put in priaon

Navy Day $1.288.46, miscellaneous,lian pianist and composer,

whose ment of exquisite consciousness of an his sound leg. while the poor recitals, on her last visit the importance, as he stood there swel-blind man pocketed his halfpenny, TWO Colony

eight years ago,

willing in the sunshine. Joseph Grob- unennscious of ill-fortune, and mere- be remembered

by Block

was a jovial, heavy-jowledly. wondering why the coin came

chin swathed in paper. Hong creature, whose clean-shaven Lo

By this time Grobstock could con-

It is named Olivares. Practical- is the entire male population, con-

| $439.49

IF

has returned

Lo

sisting of about 200 unemployed' Navy week more than justifies probably turm workers, hungry and ragged,aself financially and as a result the many, paraded in front f the Seville following charities and institutions Kong by the P. and O. A.. Ranchi, wna doubling, and he was habited town hall and elled for the mayor will benefit-Sailora and Soldiers after completing a tour of Java and like a person of the first respecta-trol his face no longer, and the last "Put us in gao!" they shouted. flume 82.700, Sewren's Institute the Malay States, during which shejbility in a beautiful blue body-cost episodes of the lottery were played Then we can get a square meal.” and Sea Scouts $2,300, Cheer-V broadcast special goodwill speeches The Mayor refined But Club Fund $2,000. Navy League from Australia and sang and played helped about 40 at them out of his $1,000. Trafalgor Orphan Fund several of her Australian own pocket. Then, as the crowd $500 and Chinese General Charities songs, would not leave. the civil

ersed them. Reuter.

KING'S SPEECH AT PROROGATION

guard Fund $500.

A baler in hand of $233.93 will he

retained against possible further ex-i

pengas not yet laited. Any residue voluntary

contributions

Bush

Personal Pars.

Among the police officers who are:

to the accompaniment of a brond grin,

exhausted The Schnorrera were before the packets, but the philan- sailing on Home leave by the P. and thropist was in no anxiety to be rid 0. "Comorin" to-day are Sergeant of the remnant. Closing the mouth lof the considerably lightened bag and Mrs. R L. Clarke, of Shatin enumer Police Station. Sergeant Smith, of and clutching tightly by the will form the nucleus for another ated above and desire

to express the Water Police Sergeant A. E. throat, and recomposing his face to Navy Day fund or be otherwise de- their thanks to all helpers and the Mallett, of Sai Kung Police Station, gravity, he moved slowly down the voted to charity.

general public who enabled the Sergeant Dixey, of the Central

street like a stately treasure ship The Navy Day' Committee make charitable distribution shewn

to Police Station and Sergeant Macna-necked by the sunlight. His way led towarda Goodman's Fields, mars, of West Point Police Station. at the proposed Disarmament Congrateful acknowledgement of the be made.

where his mansion was aftuate. He had not gone many paces before he met a figure he did not remem- ber having seen before.

Continued from Pape 11.

vention. The earnest hope was as pressed that the dificulties whi h had arisen since June would be aur- mounted.

by

The speech added that the work for international disarmament agreement between the nations must be vigorously pursued.

Special efforts to advance this work will be made during the next few days at Geneva, where Impor- tant conversations begin to-day.

The Foreign Secretary, Sir John Simon, necompanied by the Under- Secretary, Captain Anthony Eden, and offcials left London yesterday afternoon to participate with the representatives of other Powers in these conversations.-British Wire- less Service.

LIFE AND

DEATH OF

THE ELEPHANT

(Continued from Page 8).

Whatever the facts, it is signif- cant that most elephant remains are found either near rivers or in swanipy ground. Blunt says that the cows choose moist and shady apota in which to bear, their young, and that when death approaches the old elephant returns to dle in the] place of his childhood memories.

However that may be, it is yet certain that you seldom find a dead elephant la open bush --although three years ago, after a violent thunderstorm, Blunt found five lying dead, head to tail behind each other, at the foot of a light- ning-riven tree.

or never

One blinding fish had killed the five--the most pathetic sight' that, hunter, has ever seen in all his years in the African, bush.

In U. S.-Soviet Recognition Negotiations

JOSEPH STALIN

CLOSED

PRÉS, ROOSEVELT

· PRESKALINEN F

· PLAKIM. L'ITUIHOPP

The selection by President Mikhail Kalinin of Maxim Litvinoff, Commissar of Foreign Affairs, to represent the Soviet Government in the forthcoming negotiations with President Roosevelt at Washington, in weld by aspital observers ŝo maką rwcognition of the Soviet by the United States virtually certain. :: derimot is said to be a town after Ronsarált's own heart, one who dacalna high-down phraseology in favor of blast som – monsense speaking. A big figure in Soviet affairs wines 1917, Litvinoff is known to be clover to Josef Stalin, "Russia's "strong man" than any othar. It is felt that his efforts will open the door of the Russian Rubaagy in Washington, which has been officially closed for 16 yourn.

Leaning against a post at the head of the narrow passage which led to Bevis Marks was a fail, black-bearded, turbaned personags, a first glance at whom showed him of the truo tribe. Mechanically Joseph Grobstock's hand went to the lucky-bag, and he drew out a neatly folded packet and tendered it to the stranger.

The stranger received the gift graciously, and opened it gravely, the philanthropist laltering · awk» wardly to mark the issue. Sudden- ly the dark face became a thunder- cloud, the eyes flashed lightning.

"And evil spirit in your ances- *orx' bones!" hissed the stranger "rom between his flashing teeth. "Did you come here to insult me?" "Pardon, a thousand pardons !" tammered the magnate, wholly taken aback. "I fancied you wor

poor man.” "And. therefore, you came to in- uit mai"

"No, no. I thought to help you," murmured Grobstack, turning from d to scarlet. Was it possible he had foisted his charity upon an

millionaira? **ndeserving

No! Through all the clouds of his own

| confusion and the recipient's anger The figure of a Behnorer loomed ton

in for mistake, None but, a Schönorrer would wear a home-made [ turban,' (save of a black can, crossed with a white karchief: none, but a bnorrer would unbutton the first ning buttons of his waistcoat, or, if this relaxation were due to the warmth of the weather, counteract ft by wearing an -over-garment, especially one as heavy as a blanket, (Continued on Pape 10).

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