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schemes are proposed the latest is pro- duced by a Cantonces, Mr. T F LAM, in a booklet entitled The New Chiness Writing Mr. LA has no dificulty in disposing of some of the various proposals that have been made from time to time that a European language should be
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on the lines of Esperanto, should be invented for China. Noitier of these ideas is worthy a second thought; equally, he finds that it would be impracticable to adapt to China's needs the Korean WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS. alphabet invented by King Ser JONG, or to use a romanization. The insuperable obstacle to these two last proposals is the wide difference between the dialects of the different parts of China. It would be impossible to devise a romanization that would be applicable equally to Pekingese $2.65 and Cantonese, and if once different fornis of writing were used for the two dialects, they would tend to harden into distinct languages and a further com plication would have been introduced 300 into the linguistic dificulţice of China. Mr. Lam accordingly has resort to the
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The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will 'bo:CLOSED÷from the 4th to the 18th, March, 1815, both days inclusive.
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svetem of initials and finale that has.
formed the basis of several other reformed
The annual ratepayers meeting at Hankow voted a sam of Tls. 5,000 for the Prince of Wales Fund. The British Municipal Council at Tientsin last wook voted Tis. 5,000 to the Prince of Wales' Fund and Tls. 5,000 to the Patriotic Fund (League of Britons Oversons).
RANDOM REFLECTIONS.
My
The appearance of a letter in the D.P. the other day, and the receipt of a com munication by myself, seems to indicate that a spy mania is developing. lebter states, among other things:-
They had two lovely square heals, just The German managers of the Hamburg like boxes, and they were well-set up, fair, Amerika Lino, Messrs. Schwartzkopf & and had blue eyes. They aroused my Co., Messrs. Diederichsen & Co., Messrs were heightened when they set off along the suspicious at once; and these suspicions Sietas, Plambeck & Co., Messrs. Wingklor-road. My scouting instincts were afire, & Co., and another German firm, all at and I commented to follow. They left the Tsingtao, are to be sent to Japan as road, which runs direct to
-road, and, by a short cut renched tho
Spies prisoners of war, soys a Northern con-
absolutely! They went forward et amort temporary."
the doubts, and made straight for I hid. in the foliage, watched them conten sucession of guttural conmorts. Boldly I plating and gesticulating, and heard went forward, torched each on the shoulder and accused them of being what I was convinced they were. Both wont blue, their eyes rolled, and then, simultaneously, both exploded with, Mau, yo're dottit I promptly collapsed, and upon recovering apologised vahibly to the two Maes;; wh further convinced me of their true descont by quoting Burns.
Previous to the commencement of the fed-firing by the Reserves and Volunteers at Old Kowloon yesterday, Major Mac donald was presented with his long service medal by H.E. the Governor. Major. Macdonald has served twenty years with the local Corps, and this fact was emphasised by His Excellency.
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According to tho Nagmaki Press, a Military Court held at Kumamoto for
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My correspondent mast be commended for doing what he thought was his duty, but if he had been at all original, he would have insisted, before releasing his
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their rendering Auchter- "without a flaw.
the trial of four German prisoners of war who escaped from the detention quarters men, methods of writing Chinese, from the
there, sentenced three of them, who were muchty " word-mother 2. system of WU CHIN-FU
non-commissioned officers, to twelve to Sir WATER HILLIER'S suggested
The local horticultural show is one of the months' imprisonment, and the other, a 3.45 adaptation for the use of the typewriter
private, to ten
vory few functions of the year which has ten months' imprisonment. Mr. LAM is and the linotype machine.
a distinel Homo touch. Thore are surely however, dissatisfied with a simple system The military authorities announce that few of us who have not attended a village of reproducing the sounds: it has alway gin practice will be carried out as flower show and enjoyed to the full its been recognized that, owing to the number under:-On Saturday, the 6th March. old-world atmosphere created by tho of homophonons characters, there are From Stonecutters West in a north-rustio Hodge, who, in this particular limitations to.. usefulness of this westerly direction, between the hours of instance, is the man of knowledge. Be macthod, though it is easy to exaggerate 2.30 p.m. and 8 p.m. On Wednesday, the can trace the descent of a certain "spud," them. It would be impossible to tell 17th March: From Belchers, in a wester a huge winning specimen whose prodecos. 4.55 the exact meaning of a single wordly direction, between the hours of 10 mm.
sors have won at that show for many divorced from its context, but the fact and 1 pm. All junks, steps and other successive years, back to the time when that, for instance, "bow" or "fine"
vessels are to keep clear of the ranges
he himself was a main bit younger than 2.65 standing by themselves would be Bus
I be now, zir," in an original and ceptible of two or more diferent mean- Mr. A. E. Wearne, Reuter's correspon interesting magner. Thea, always 6.65
ings does not make written English dent at Peking, is leaving Shanghai for within hearing distance, even at a few 9.95 unintelligible. That it is possible to home by the P. & O. str. Nabía, which sails miles' range, is the local prize band-they devise a form of Chinese writing which from Shanghai on March 22nd, to join are always, prize bands at flower shows will reproduce dothing but the sound of the British Army. Some delay was ex-usually engaged through the generosity 13.15 the characters represented is shown by the perienced in securing permission to do so, of the macster in academic English.
fact that illiterate Chinese are able to as Mr. Wearne is over the age limit, and the
village équire
When visiting These Brandies bottled by read the New Testament in a romanized ourselves are guaranteed Grape version without any marks to distinguish Spirit and of Pot Still Distillation. between homophonous words. Its
though, only in a comparatively simple form of Chinese composition that this
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THE
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ISHOP'S LODGE NORTH, No. 12, THE
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be held at the Offloss of the General Agente,. Podder's Stret, on WEDNESDAY, the 24th Maroh, at Neon, for the purpose of receiving the Report and Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31st December,
· 1914.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will, bè. CLOSED from the 11th to 24th- Marob, both days inclusivo,
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ANNUAL MEETING of the SHARE
For further particular, apply to
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a special application was necessary. His the local flower show, it needs no great previous service was with the Australian stretch of the imagination to conjure up troops, and he was one of twenty Austra a charming rustic picture of that parti- lian officers placed on the unattached list cular village show which was the top of the British Army as the conclusion of notch of enjoyment to us in the days the Boer War.
when the presence of a prize brass band was on forent of real importance..
way would be unintelligible, and it is this consideration that has led Mr. Lam to It is now reported from Nagasaki that introduce into his system of writing a the Norwegian stramer Christian Dora,
There is quite a number of Germans species of radicals indicative of, so to which was seized in Kobe and is now atin Bangkok, and in view of his fact, speak the genus to which the word Sascho awaiting the decision of the Prize the following true accojint of what bup- belongs Briefy, a word written in his Court there, will be liberated on or about pened in a Bangkok hotel recently s system is built up of four clements the the 28th inst., as it has been discovered
The Chief Officer of La interesting. British merchantman walked breezily phonetic initial, the phonetic final, a tone that the cargo is in order. The suspected mark, and one of the thirty-five radicals German on board the steamer proves to and wished them the time of day. They into the bar, saw two men at a table, which are considered sufficient to give a be a medical practitioner from Shanghai did not reply; did not even raise their general indication of the meaning of a and a retired surgeon of the German word, so that, with some 90 signs, he is Army, but as his actions constitute no generous Chief Officer (this one was not a drink?" added tho TO LET, the South-West portion of the LONDON OPTION: 191, FLET STAT, E.C.able not only to reproduce all the 420 crime whatever, he will be handed over born in Dundee). Again no recognition, TFIRST FLOOR, including Treasury
sounds of Pekingese or the 730 of to the United States Consul at Nagasaki. The CO. was nettled and then said, with The Shanghai Stock Exchange has some emphasis, “Will you fight me?”
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195.
TO LET.
HOLDERS of the above Company will be bold FLATS in Nathan Hoad, Kowloon
at the Offices of the tieners1 Agents, · Polder's
· Street, on WEDNESDAY, the 24th March, at 12.15. EM, for the parpoes of receiving the Report and Statement of Accounts for the yone ending 31st Drumber, 1914,
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 11th to 24th March, both days inclusive.
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., LTD.,
General Agents.
Hongkong, 4th March, 1015.
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THE CHINA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.
THACHER On February 28th, at Shang hai, WARREN JOSHUA THACHER (pilot), aged 57 yours. Hongkong Orica:101, DE VODE ROAD C.
The Daily Press.
Номококо, Макси Вги, 1916,
"PENYRHEW" Minden Row, Kowloon, SINCE China 8-Roomed House with Tennis Court,
Cantonese, but each sound can be written
eyes.
"Have
But
arrested the silent ·ZwiLs for
1 and 2, MINDEN VILLAS, Kowloon the Western World, and especially future. Everyone, Chinese and accounts only. No quotations for forward but I must confess to a certain admira
com-
HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE has been a growing feeling among her proportionate amount of time, and con
Co., LTD., Alexandra Baildings. Hongkong, 4th March, 1915.
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or
in 140 different ways so as to have as issued the following notice: It having "Yes," came the reply. Within two many different meanings. This would certainly seem to be the last word in them to the knowledge of the Committe minutes the big C.O. had his revenge, that share contracts for forward delivery for his two opponents were in the gully simplification of the written Chinese are being made, the public are warned gazing blankly at the blue dome. elaracers-Mr. Lan claims that his sys that no cognizance will be taken of any the rich humour of the whole affair camo THE CHINESE WRITTEN tem can be mastered in three days, and transactions until further notice. The well versed in Siamess law, camo along claims against members arising from suce later. A Siamese policeman, no doubt LANGUAGE.
that it is equally applicable to longhand, advertisement of 23rd November, 1914, and shorthand, typewriting, and the Morse with regard to the opening of the Stock obstructing the gutter," and they were camę into touch with
code and we shall be interested to watch Exchango, specially stated that it was for taken away and charged What eventual- cash business and outstanding settlement ly happened to them is not yet known; 5-Roomed House with Tennis Court.
since the spread of education and Avenue, Gordon Terrace and Salisbury Avente,
FOUE-ROOMED HOUSES to Humphreys the activity of the newspaper press foreigner alike, is agreed that the acquisi- business are permitted in the official list, tion for that C.O. Kowloon.
have ovoked the phenomenon
tion of the arte of reading and writing and members are not allowed to offer in
The Special buy or sell shares for forward delivery on
Reserves,
The Apply to-
the present ideographs consumes a ria the Stock Exchange." monly styled "Young China," there
Veterans,' as they love to style them- solves, may say what they like, but “a.. people that their complex system of sequently hinders the education of the Father Algue, Director of the Weather policeman's life is a happy one compared hieroglyphs is unsuited to modern needs rising generation and so retards the Bureau at Manila, who recently met with with the Sts., for the present, at any a painful accident on the road from advantage: they have no strangely hard The Special Police claim this and that, unless somas simplification is progress of the country if a simplified Tanauan to Ambulong while en route to beds to become accustomed to, and there adopted, it will be a constant stumbling form of writing is to be adopted for the Taal station, has gone to Baguio to is no risk of their being kept awake at block to the progress of the nation. This general uso, it will almost certainly be recuperate. While travelling in a carro night by the return to dormitory frolics feeling was voiced at the first meeting of on the lines of that invented by Mr. Lau, the National Assembly at Peking, when which, while easily learnt, retains the the scheme of reforms announced by the characteristic Chinese form and the Ministry of Education included the principle of the ideograph. [36
devising of a simplified form of writing. This desire for reform carried some so far even as to advocate the official adop- tion of the English language, and in the early days of the Republic one at least of the Ministries actually put out offcial arinouncements in English. The longing for some improvement in this respect is quate intelligible, and, indeed, the post- tion of the Chinese written language is but typical of the nation as a whole-it
A new station on the Peak tramway is has been in a state of arrested develop about to be made, just below the points ment
The station will give an China's sudden transition from man's hut. mediaevaliam to the twentieth century led approach to May Road and the Queen's to grave extravagances in the sphere of Gardens neighbourhood.
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THE FORTY-SIXTH MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in the Company will be held at the Company's Ofles, No. 5, Qaneu's Road Central, Victoria, on THURS | Suite.
·DAY, 28th March, 1915, at 12 o'olek Nocy for
the purpose of receiving a Statement of Accounta and the Report of the Directors for the year. online at December, 1914.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company. will be CLOSED from the 12th to the 25th
cl. both daya incinsica. By Order of the Board of Directors,
C. PEMBERTON, Secretary.
Hongkong, dih March, 1915-
NOTICE.
AN OPERETTA
ENTITLED THE
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MATINEE WEDNESDAY, 17TH MAROH, AT 4 FM, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, 197H AND 20TH,
· AT 6 P.M.
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SHEWAN, TOMES & Hongkong, 3rd December, 1914
N°
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TO.1, NATHAN ROAD, Kowloon (No. 1,
Fairview), from 1st February.
No. 1, GOUGH HILL BOAD, THE FEAT Furnished or Unfurnished, From 1st April, 1915
SHORNCLIFFE," Garden Road, to lot
furnished (6 Booms).
government, and on a par with these are some of the proposals for a drastic change
mata, ort of the wheels slipped into a deep of previously staid business men, who cut and the vehicle lost its centre of find themselves suddenly carried back gravity, completely overturning and to the soni shining" days of youth throwing Father Algue heavily to the The German Club will doubtless see many ground. He was buried under the over-amusing sights within the next few weeks. turned vehicle and on recovering his and the irony of the thing appeals to seuses had to walk four miles with an all; free and easy and voluntary British injured shoulder unti! he could find assist Tonimies endeavouring to sleep The Japanese have named Tsingtao ance. Surgical examination showed that soundly within a building which previ Soitou.
This is
"Hoch der Kaiser. If the cecand serious accident spirits of the past return for a briof Father Algue has suffered in the past nocturnal vigil, it is to be hoped that year, the last one being a fall from a step thuse Reserves who, up till then, have way leading to the big telescope in the been unable to find sleep-producing Obervatory grounds. Ou that occasion groove in their mattress, will keep a he broke an arin.
good grip on themselves.
Subscriptions to the Patriotic League of Britons Overseas at Hankow up to 24th February, amounted to $3,030 and two sporting guns.
and
he had sustained a broken collar-bone.ously resounded with any of the
"THE QUAINTS.”
The excellent reputation which "The Quaints" have built up for themselves in Hongkong during the past week resulted a crowded house at the Theatre Royal
fis
The Valunteers and Reserves had a field on Saturday, and encores were the order passing this region in company with a
" KOGATE,” Austin Road, Kowloon, from lat February, 1915.
EILANDONAN," No. 64, Mount Kellett Road. 5 Box-ms, unfurnished, from 1st March in the language, but just as Chins has day and shooting practice yesterday on No. 2, DES VOEUX VILLAS, 61, PRAE managed in the one case to find a via the hills at the back of old Kewloon City (Unfurnished).
ROOME, suitable for OfBoce, on the First, it is to be anticipated that, in H.E. the Governor was an interested
process of time, she will adopt some spectator of the operations.
Floor of No, 3, Daddell Street,
VILLAS.) Furnished.
"KIRKENDOA".
Adults: $1.00. Children: 30 Cents. The Proceeds will be Devoted to the Relief of Plantation Road, Peaks, Nu, 127,
War Victims,...
Lady MAY has kindly consented to distribute the Oxford Certificates on the 19th.
Hongkong, 5th March, 19£5.
BEACONSFIELD," Britory Fall
No. 12, THE PEIX. (No. 2 CAMERON medication of the written language On the 31st December there were €30)
which, while preserving all the essentials of the time-honoured ideographs, Will Chinese chauffeurs registered in the police abolish na far as possible their complicarocorde at Shanghai, an increase of 183 tions Many Chinese scholars are devoi- during the year. This number does not ing their energies to the solution of this include 270 registered in the French problem, and from time to time new Settlement.
No.60, THE PEAK (6 CAMERON VILLAB). Apply to LINSTEAD & DAVIS,
3rd Floor, Alexandre Buildings, Hongkong, 19th February, 1915;
of the evening.
Cannot something be done mitigate the ovilemelis which “ greet” one en route to Causeway Bay and beyond! summer this becomes really too forceful, With the approach of and strong men shudder and turn palo when traversing the affected portions of tho Praya A few ovenings ago I was
well-known Government official who Tonight (Monday) the Company will frequently has a word to say in defence present their third programine, which will of Government departments when rue
of golf and be as complete a change from the second some strenuous rounds oh so been playing as the second was from the first,
with good health, but the evil smells H.D. the Governor, Sir Henry May, has which arose from the water between announced his intention of attending the Causeway Bay and the Naral Yard performance again on Tuesday night. negatived all the good effects of golf on In response to a widely expressed wish, bis appetite for dinner and he wore a matineo will be given on Baturday in quite opently, calling down the wrath order to enable the little ones to spend of Heaven upon the heads of those who
happy afternoon in witnessing this should be able to prevent, or at any rat entertainment, which is sure to delight lessen, these most offensive odours. them as much as their elders.
RODERICK RANDOM.
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