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HERAPIÓN NO 1 HERAPION NË 2 HERAPION NOS

PLAIN MAIN NË Zupanam VY.. MIN TORE DENT

MR. SAMUEL INSULL

„ROMANCE OF A WESTMINSTER

BOY.

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loca!

I rather tremble when I try to describe VISITORS AT HOTELS.

HONGLONG HOTEL

Boots

sad infant

Mr C. M.

Cottrell Mr & Mrs Cowan Mr J. W. Crosby Mrs G. 1. Davis Mr Deckie

Mr C. W. O. Van

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Mr J. E. Joseph Mr A. J. Le Lachar. Mr HLC. Lamond Mr & Mrs C. Lauritsen

E, Lillie

Capt. & Mry A. W

Mckinley and chill Mr G. N.de Maa Mr C. W. Maschal Miss Dorothy Metend

H-Montague

Major Nathan

Mrs A. W. Noten

Mr E. H. O'Farrell

Parines

A: Olliver" M-Walter Ott Bar & Bis Mr Pomeroy Mr R. II. Pore Mr B. A, Punner

Mr M. L. Read

Mr A. Rinbind

Mr Ales, Boun

Dorser, MA, H. Rowa

Mr Joseph A.Satosky Mr & Mrs A. L

Savage Mr & Mrs W.

Foog

Schofield

Misa O. Eccles fiss L. Edysr Mr F. J. W. Focken Mr & Mr.A. E, A Mr T. R. L. Fraser Dr. Douglas R. Gawler Mr Goldsmith Mr A. H. Gonion

Goukl Mr&Mrs F

is A. Miss A. & F. Hamilton Mrs Emers Capt. T. P. Hall

Mr.J. Schultz Mr W. Schurebser Mr & Mrs A. D..

Silas & fant

ia itx magnitude and its protean, opara- tions what the organisation is that Mr. Insul has bailt up steadily now for close on forty years. His business is [DY THE RIGHT HON. T. 4. B'CONNOR, Mr.] mainly in electricity, but he has also a Mr M. Krolrood

very large connection with the supply of Mr F. W. Barnes

Here is Mr J. Beck Sam Tasull was born, not in a slum, gas, and with railroads. bat in a small and poor-street-Union short list of his leading companies: Mrs. R. Belilies Street-in the corner house that touches Commonwealth Edison. Co., Chicago; Mr & Mrs A. J. Bell Westminster Bridge Road. His home People's Gas Light and Coke Co., Me & Mrs. G. Bell was modest; but it had some wonderful Chicago: Middle West Utilities (this is

AET V V. Benjamin

B. J..

J. Birbeck things about it. His father was one of the controlling company of twenty com. Mr the earliest of the little band of men panies in fourteen States of the Union): Mr & Mrs A. Bles who started the teetotal movement: he Midland Utilities (which controls about Mr & Mrs R was also an official of the Unitel King-ten subsidiary companies): Chicago M: F. Buchenhaly. dom Alliance just one of those quiet Railways elevated and surface: Public MJ, E. Cammell Englishmen who live the puritan life. Service Co. of Northern Illinois. Some Mr D. Capplaman anu are content with the little things iden of the gigantic size of his enter-K. A. Carstensen

Mi Chendwith which satisfy their few wants, flis prises will be gathered from the fact mother was a fine woman, robust, cheer that the capital reaches, if it does not Br J. H. Cook. ful, resolute: very proud of her five exceed. $1,000,000,000 (2900,000,000), and. children, & litle sererg, but very loving. $100,000.000 (£20,000,000) worth of shaves And she gave to her son a passionate are put on the market every year and love of his native city, which never de-fengerly caught up. serted him amid changes of fortune that

THE LOVE OF WORK. sound more like the Arabian Nights tha

What are the qualities that have a real story, and, above all. patriotism which belongs to those born enabled this once tremulous little Cock with sight of the Palace of Westney lerk to accomplish a work almost minster that glorious pile that rises bewildering and incredible in its scope fairy-like from the banks of the Thames will put first energy-inexhaustible He can tire out even at vae its broadest points. Of the many love of work, instances I could give of Mr. Ensull's young men, in his employ" He was at unalterable attachment to his native city his offer at half-past seven in the morn- I give two. He has been known to come ing, even when he was becoming hourly to London on one saturday. to return on a richer man: Be would stay there all the next, and to spend the week in walk day long till the dinner hour; he would ing the streets of London. Recently bring hans his work: nad remain with it beloved sister died in America; he threw till the samall hours. Secondly. his up all his engagements, came to London. extraordinary memory and his uncanny with her remains, and buried them, at mastery of detail. He, forgets nothing.

the smallest detail remains in his Mr G. A. Harrinho her prayer, in Putney Vale.

But though Mr. Insull was not both in mary na accurately as the biggest. Third MR. J. Harrison a slum and entered the world in the ly, I would put his marvellous compet Madame F. Hendrik. radiance of

Henry #rious and temperance ener derived by work and experience in MAF. home, he had to start earning his living dealing with that extraordinary n Mr M, Henry at an early age. He went out as a young force that has came into being with the Mr C. E. Holmes City clerk when he was a boy: he taught development of electricity. He did not Mr. Ireson himself shorthand to better his chaners; invent-he, least of all, would make that Mr J. H. Jessed, Jr. he was it all kinds of offices; from one claim-the now uses to which electricity Mr J, B. Jones

can be put: he never ceases to acknow. where he had a ponad a week, he was

chucked another boy, the Son of a ledge what all the world and he owe rald-be partner, was ready to do the to the genius of Edison: hut if, Edison

BEIULSE BAT HOTEL job for nothing.

can be properly described as the uncanny *

spirit that realised all the possibilities Mr & Mrs A. W.

Van Andel At an early age Sam Insall revealed of electricity, Mr. Insull-can claim to that quality which, perhaps above all be equally great as a pioneer and an Dr. W. F. Atunbury

Carleton others stands out in his character-his executive, in forecasting and develop. Mr & Mrs A. E. A Tremendons and inexhaustible power of ing the possibilities of the new great

Cosely forer in the development of industry, hard work Not satisfied with what be

Mr & Mrs Fred Ella earned as a clerk during the day, hand in the subjection of electricity to the sought night-work as well, and he thus service of mankind.

Fourthly. I would put among been associated with Tominy Bowles, Tommy was then the proprietor and qualities that have maile the greatness of Mr. Insull his extmordinary power editor of Vanity Fair. He was flordly kind of fellow, and always dele of influencing men.. Don't rush to sa man with bullying gated to others though he worked hard inner picture of

EDISON 5 RIGHT-HAND-MAN, ---

the

Mr

L Gria

Hannibal

Mrs & Miss Is Blis

Mr & Mrs A. D.

Galloway and Miss Mr & Mrs Hicks

& Mrs G. B.

Lablanı

PEAK

Dr. J. W. Anderson

all the inferior things of his life. He manner and bullying speech. Mr. In- was an infatuated politician who result is what I would call the most typical of Englishmen. in control of temper, garded journalism. which made him rich and free, as a contemptible waste of reserve of speech-except among his time thus he always dictated most of intimates-in tinequality of air and Mrs. A. Arthur his articles in his paper, and most of the expression and speech, that would sugM & Mrs F. Austin articles were his own. Young Insall got gest that he had been brought up 25 Miss E. R. Bailey in touch with him, and one or twice as Quaker-I believe his family were Dr. H. Balcan werk at midnight, and up to three o'clock Methodists. His indurace is the result Mr J.A. Barton in the morning, the hoy elvek trok down of sheer intellect. of lucidity of thought, Mr & Mrs T. G. Bowles's articles in shorthand, wrote and of speech so clear-headed, so cour them out-sometimes before he went to agious, that he wins men to his views, bed-and next morning was at his desk

in his clerk's office in the City."

Thus he was going on. saving perhaps

a litle money, when he came in contact

A GREAT SCHOLAR.

with the man who was to put him on the OXFORD PROFESSOR WHO BUILT

Mr. Inault was

Bennett

'Blackwell Mr J. W. C Boonar

Mr & Mrs PW.

Mr W. H.Bourne Mr M. J. Breen

Mr & Mrs R. L.

Bridger

Col. & Mrs C. Russell

Brown

Miss PW. Brown.... Bir S. Q. Carothers Capt. & Mrs J..

Carpeater

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Dr. F. Siliveri Capt. 1.8

Signiland Dr. H. F.

W.Tenny Mr & Mrs B. Mr & Mrs L. A. Tobics - Mr T, C. Tod

Mr & Mrs F. W.

Wagner, Jr.

Mr H. Watkine

Mr Geo. WORTEL, Mr H. W. Wilson Mr O: M. Wilson Mr & Mrs G. Woessner

and child

Mr & Mrs B. J. Lacon Mr & Mrs Langhanks Mr & Mrs E. Land Ara

Murray & W. W. Meek Mr & Mrs J, N. Parker Mr & Mrs T. Schryver Mr & Mrs W. C.

Vander Steen Lt. Col. & Mrs

Stephen's

Mr. & Mr Townend

HOTEL.

Misa O. C. Jenkins Mr T. Li. Jenkins

Mr. G. 8. Hugh-Jones" Miss G. Kennedy. Mr & Mrs. A.

Kennedy

.

"Mr M. F. Key

Mr & Mr B. F. KI Mr & Mr 8. H

Langston

Mr K. Larsen Mr & Mrs G. D. Leys Miss Leya

Major A. S. Littlejohor Mr. D. Incyd Mr L. MS. Lloyd MrW. E. Lock Mr & Mr Mrs J. McAinsh

Mr R. Mellar Mr. A. Mills

. Logun

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Mr E E. Mimmack Mrs G. 1. More Mr & Mrs W. N. H.

Mardeck

.Miss Newsholme Comell Mr W. Uglen

Mr A. H. Pear

Er Prism

Erst step Io that immense position

HIS OWN HOUSE. which he was afterwards to attain. I think it was the eficiency. the skill, the

Sir Michael Sadler, master of Univer: dexterity with which Insull was able to sity College, stirred the imagination of reproduce the experiments of Edison with the then young telephone-whatever the undergraduates attending the con. the reason. Edison took to the bay, gave Kress, of the National Union of Students Mr S. H. Clark him the job of his secretary, and took at Oxford last month with the wonderful Mr H. R. Cleland

or Dr. Joseph Wright's rise from Miss M. Cooper him out to Amerion.

buy

to professur of comparative Mrs 1. H. Cormack then 21 years of age..

Oxford University, Dr.Mr & Mrs W. A. philology Genina will assert itself, and before Wright, who is 70, retired recently long the quiet little Londen secretary Sir Michael Sadler, who claimed that Mr & Mrs. D. Danby had risen to such high esteem with his employer of genius that he advanced him ch a career would not have been pos Mr N. U. Desaid

sible under the highly organised system Lt.Col. R. A. Dobbis step by step from, the comparatively

of secondary education izi Central Major& Mrs H. R. humble and modestly paid job of short Europe. told how Dr. Wright, left father. Mr & Mrs W. A. hand geretary to his right-hand man in less, went to work for eighteepence many of his enormous and numerous week in a Bradford mill while his won-

fr R. E. Farndi undertakings Mr. Insul had during derful mother went out charing, and for.

Mr 15. Fitzgerald thow years of apprenticeship not valis time she and her family went into LA. Force, ed his own possibilities; he was content workhouse: how be taught himself Misal. Forbes to work at a salary a good salury, bu Greek, Latin, French, and

German, Miss G. Fothergill only a salary and he went on creating

saved munry to go to Heidelberg, and Mr. 1. W. Foster sonic of Edison's undertakings. He was mastered a dozen languages from San. Mr & Mrs F. P. P. making good but not big mun-more skrit to Old Faste his financial re- Lt. G. G. Frederick

Franklin interested in the realisation of his

A

Finally he

Mr & Mrs H. R.

Edwards Mr A. Rington

Eustace

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Feed Baby yourself-

if you possibly can- taking Glaxo yourself、 before and after aith will help you to đã so, But if for any region, your milk does not tast Baby, or if he requires something in addition to the breast, Glaxo is the only possible food

to use.

Prepared from the finest. purest milk in the worldw under the watchful care of highly, Avalified Chemists and Geotermijas Luaran. reed pure, cisuo, frve from all risk; rich in vitamins Glaxo is the most perfect Infant Food the world bas

The heat is not too good for 'your Baby, Buy a tin of Glaxo to-day and watch the happy results.

Ask your Doctor!

Glaxos

"Euilds Bonzie Babies

Write for Fras Sample and Deven-day Basket, ta

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WEATHER REPORT.

[2167.

May 6th at 19.05.-Presstire has decreased slightly over N. Japan and at Shanghai It has increased slightly at the majority of other

Mr C. P. Stebbings reporting stations.

Mr & Mrs E. F. L.

Sturd Mr J. A. 'T'arrant Mrs J. S. Thomson Mr & Mrs . Thwaites Miss Thwaites

biles then. as he is to-day--and he did sources on his Dialect Dictionary, for Lt. Col. E. G. FW Mr A. W. Tickle

Goodfellow

not pay much attention to his financial which he received a Government grant possibilities. Then suddenly he found of £600 and a pension of £200 a year. Sir Mr & Mrs W. D. himself one fine oraing separated from Michael, who was with Dr. Wright at Mr & Mrs G. W. Grey Edison, and with the world all before Heidelberg forty years ago, added: him and life to be recommenced.

And then erhaps for the first time he began to realise himself: for the modest estimate he had of his possibilities was confronted with an offer of the big- grat financial support from the wise men of Chiengu. Chicago is an inordinately ambitious city-as well it may be with its extraordinary and almost miraculous development in just a short tale of years and it is always on the look-out for the men that will help to make its greatness greater. Chicago realised that fasull was a man who would rise to the in- mense possibilities in electric develop- ment which their city offered. And thus Mr. Insall became Chicago citizen, as he has now been for forty years.

He is a constant moker, he publishes Mr & Mrs B. A. Hale his own books, and keeps his own books Misa M. B. fall.. of iwcounts. With an architect's plan be Mr J. B. Hawker W. J. Hawker Mr built his own large house without any Mr G. B. Henworth contractor intermediary. He is a good Yorksuarcinan, hearty, simple unaffected, Lt. Comdr. G. F. Hole

Mr H. Howell affectionate, vigorous, very learned, un- dismayed," and "one" of the greatest scholars of the age.

A POTENT FIGURE.

Though he is typically quiet and even shy Englishman, Mr. Insall has a cluiracter of such forcefulness, such during courage, and such an aimast un- canay power of weighing up possibilities that he was not long in Chicago before he became the master spirit of all the financial groups that had invited him

Lt. Col. & Mrs E

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Lt. A. J. L. Whyte Miss. O. Wilmatt Mr & Mrs F. D. Wood Mr L. H. F. Young'

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Mr & Mrs F. Akaman Caft. W. Androws Mr R. Brooks Mr J, S. Cer Mr. S Caff Mr W. L. Dickinson Mr & Mrs E

Goldenberg

Mr O. H. Hazlewood MeJ W. Homa My J. Jack

Mr W. G. JarrĪN Mr EL Johnson' Mr McCaw Mr B. J. de Moorn.

A week anticyclonic area" extends from Maachuris to the Bonin Islands.

Depressions are shown byer N. Japan and Indo-China,

Hongkong rainfall for the 24 he ending at 18 hours, May 6th 0.12 inch, Total vinde January 1st, 21.05 inches, against an average of 13.10 inches,

The forcast for the 24 hour sading at 13 hours. May 7th is as follows

Fermos

DISTRICT

Channel

Hongkong to Gap Back

FORICAST

(N. or variable winds, light to moderate. (Eor S.E, winds.

moderates fair to

showery.

da

do,

South coast of Chios between

Hongkong and Lamocks): Bouth const of China bätween

Hongkong and Hainan

HONGKONG“ TIDE TABLE,

Capt. I. W. Smith MFW. A. Stopaní: M&A Watley Thur

HONGKONG METEOROLOGICAL"

COUNSEL F. WITNESS.

The Lord Chief Justice, in a criminal appeal ease, had this in his judgment:

In cross-examination, both in civil and in criminal cases, questions were often asked which were really of the nature of

an argument. Those Mr S. 8. Batris an invitation to questions began with such words as "Ta Mr C, Hatt your evidence to be taken as suggesting

that

The prudent witness would answer that he was there not to make suggestions, but to answer relevant questions, and that the conclusions to he drawn from his evidence were for others. But an answer of that kind required and offered him their money for invest

good deal of sense, self-restraint, and ment It was perhaps at first a slow experience, and it might prejudice the and difficult business. But Mr. Insul! witness in the eyes of the jury. It must was patient, persistent, persunaive; and be remembered that the witness was an as the yeara went by he grew and grew amateur and the cross-examiner was, a until he became the most powerful professional arguer and questioner, and figure in his adopted eity, and is now the wits of the one must not he pitted Barometer." perhaps the most potent figure in the against the wits of the other in the field

Humidity great electrical industry of all the of argument and controversy. It was & Wind Direction... world. Every year has been historie; mischievous line of cross-examination, and for every year has brought a great addi-it was never moro mischievous than when Wather. tion it might even be and a gigantiet induced the witness inadvertently, or Fin addition to the growth of the enter.in a moment of provocation, to make that

REGISTER.

Hongkong Observatory May th

[Previous On DatejOn Date

Day

pt

Temperature

Force

From May 7th to 18th, 1925,

ELION WAZIL

F'konz

Standard

Tizar

Days of

Height

hm fi in.

8:47:5

7814. 6

Fri 8 8

Batur. 9. m

Sun, 10 Im

LOW WAZER

H'Long.

Standard

Time

jm. 2

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4 49m

#

at 2 pa 6am.

Mor

Tue. 12

Wed.

11 m

11 13. m 1,88

7. 2

29.79

49.76

29.77

73

72

78

90.98

86

FSE

ESE

ESE

3

OM

0,00 0,09 0.01

prises in which by common consent he kind of attack on the prosecution which Fightet opmir Temperature on 5th [has been given the decisive voice.

Lowest-open-air Temperature on 6th might let in certain cross-examination.

Height

7238 6

Im 12'45 70

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