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HONGKONG, FRIDAY, JUNE 18TH, 1926. m

No. 21,200

號百弍千堂萬弍第

日九初月伍年寅丙

Scottish Letter.

KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.

TIME-TABLE.

WEEK DAYS

A.K.

Noom

Kowloon...

Dep, 0,40

9,15 10.30 11.40 12.00

129 7.10

9.94.10.30

12.09

9.88 10.51

12.01

739 7.81

2.14

0.40 11,04

12.34

721 2.53 11.06

10.38

1.52 10.03 11.18

12.48

Dap: 1.88 10,07

11.2

12.52

Yramenti... Bhatin

Tripo

Taipo Market

Fanling ..... Sheangahai Ahumchan

Arr, 7,43 10.18 11.28 12.20 12.38

6.08 7.48 7.58 8.23 8.02 3.91 53+ 16,2919.08

AM, &

Shumahan

Der 7:21

8.05 10.83 11.40 1.0 3.00

Shaungani

Fanling...

..Dop

J.Depol #g

7.28

8.12 10.65 1147

8,07

8.18 10.49 11,51

9.11

P.M. 1. P.M. 4.17

6,18 6.08 1.20 6.15 424 4.08 5.24 6.19

8.26 10,59 19.02

201

Taipa

7,43

8.80 11.04 10.07

3.25

hatin Yaumati... Kawboa

...Dap. 7.59

8,491 11.17 12.21

...Dep. 8,12

...ATT 8.20

8,55 11.29 12.8 9.03 11.37 19.41

2.37

6.29 6.33 442 1,88

6.48 4,561 551 3.38

6.58 8.50 5,08 6,09

5.11 7.06. 3581 6,18

Taipo Market...Dep. 742

Dep

UTATIONS,

SHA TAU KOK BRANCH.

WEEK DAYS, Fanling...Dep. 7.48 11.80 2.90 6.25 Bhatankok...Art, 8.40 12,25 3,18 720

SUNDAYS AND FUBLIC HOLIDAYS,

F.M. P.K. STATICES

A.X.

STATIONE

AM

AM. IM P.M.

WEEK DAYS. Shatankok...Dep. 8.30 10.15 1.05 8.00 Tanting ...A 7.25 11.10 2.00 5.55 SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS,

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AX. LX. 2.M. FX. Shatankok...Dep. 6.30 10.15 2.05 5.15 Fanling...Art. 7.95. 11.10 3.00 6.10 Further information may be obtained at the Railway Officri, Kowloon, or from Messrs. Thos. Cook & Bon, Len., Hoxaxore, or from Tim Axxridan Üzraisa CƠM« TANY, HONGKONG,

T.M

Fanling ...Dep. 745 11.30 8.20 6.25 Bbataakek... Art, 840 12,25.4.15 720

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What Suzanna means to the Riviera, and the Riviera to Suzanne, is pictares quely set forth by Ferdinand Tuoby, writing in The New Torker.

Suzanne Lenglen belongs to the Kiviera, to Nico, where she was born and bred (she shows it in her dark and sallow Provincial type intermingled with a Jewish strain), and she learned her tennis on some old courts ou the Place Mozart in the center of her native city, belong painstakingly taught by her father, when other little girls were learn. ing their letters, to place a ball, at bis given word of command, in any one of eighty marked-off squares.

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號八拾月陸年五十國民曄中

HOUSE OF COMMONS MANNERS. OF THE PAST: SOME "SCENES "

FORCE OF TRADITION,'

INTERESTING REMINISCENCES,

The Labour Vote of Censure, on the Chairman of the House of Commons is the Ministerial back-benches, contending to be countered by an amendment from that the attitude of the Labour Party, or a section of it, towards the Speaker and chairman tonds to lower the authority, influence, and dignity' traditionally $380- ciated with the Chair.

EDINBURGH, May 11th It must be admitted that the Trade Union Council scored a temporary tact cal success by calling out the printers on the opening day of the strike. The general public could not at first under stand why the compositors and machine men were put into what the agitators called "the first line of attack." But it was soon evident that the leaders of the great strike wanted to "get" the new papers. The T.U.C. knew that the press of the country was solidly against the strike, and they determined to silence all the channels of public opinion. The whole press of Scotland was stopped It was hard going for the always high-alls, opiniona differ on this, as

two exceptions, the Scotsman strung little girls, and there are those and its evening edition the Dispatch, who hold to-day that much of her nor which are printed and published by non-vous trouble, as a grown-up woman, unionista Glasgow has six newspapers, may, no less than her matchless skill, all of them were muzzled, but they united bo traceable to this early intensive train their forces and brought out a little foring. At eleven, Suzanne won her first championship at Nico, yet no one awoke page Emergency Gazelle.

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is, the thore he is disposed to think that 15, Quan's Boad CKYRAL. TEL. 75 OKNIKAL the general decorum and orderliness of the House is as high as ever. Mr. Glad- on the front, declared towards the end stone, a witness of unrivalled authority PICTURESQUE HONGKONG/ of his long career, that the classes of members introduced as a result of the successive widenings of the popular basis the war-ince when, the history of our comparison, in respect of submission to subject has been insovarably interwomen the Chair and observance of the order and courtosios of debata; with the class zin:oat wholly, of road motor services with that of lawn tennis. A pearl with who, up to the Reform Act of 1932, had out price to France, in the propaganda almost a monopoly of the representation. Before 1839 fine (she only recently returned from a This view is fully borne out by a study

of Parliamentary annals.

"scenes of a kind it is im- tour in Germany and Central Europe), there wore n revolutionary influence of the girl possibĵo to imagine to-day. hood of her country, snatched out into CALLING ON THE SPEAKER FOR A COMIC BONG. One night, a young country member, of the open air, at long last, after centuries of stuffy salon life, Suzanne is without wealth and social standing, Sir George young bucks after dinner, at their club doubt the most discussed champion, in Rose, coming into the House with other a line of sport, who bag come to the called upon the Speaker for a comic song fate ja the present century,

As soon as the scandalised Spoiler coulit What she says, what she thinks, what collect his scattered senses, he ordered she wears, where she goes, her friends, the Sergeant-at-Arms to take the honour- her plans, her tantrums, her spinsterable gentleman into custody. Even at hood, her likes and dislikes, her scratch the Bar, where he stood with the Ser- ings, her financos, her figure all and geant-at-Arms carrying the Mace, Rose everything about "notro fracieuse cham-was still in a hilarious mood. Wher is debated both in the news-asked to apologize, he burst out in loud "Beg pionne papers and in private conversation, the and scornful laughter, exclaiming, plain, undeniablo fact being that in pardon, is it! I vow I'll beg no man's addition to hor dash and fire on the pardon; not even King George's, and cer- courts, to her steadiness and placing and tainly not that little chap's up there with mitted to the lock-up of the House of marvellous returns, Lenglen has Person the big wig." Rose was thereupon com- If this be photographed, and "writ Commons," but at the Bar next day, ality with quite a big capital P.

young lady sober and penitent, he begged the Speak ten up" and "boosted could just be a great tennis player for er's pardon, and, having bees solemnly a change-leaving all bof antics behind reprimanded, was discharged on pay. her in the cloakroom-instead of a mix-ment of the Sergeant-at-Arms' fees.

Palmerston, writing to his sister, ture of ballerina and vírtuisé and tom.

We had last night a most extraordinary. peramental prima donna, it might suit Fanny, on February 27th, 1816, saya: har book better in the long run, and caso to be Lenglen.

THE PRINCES AND MR. KIRKWOOD,

On Thursday for a couple of hours the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York listened to the Commons debate from the Peers' Gallery of the House of The Princes appeared to Commons. consider themselves, fortunate in the opportunity which arose to hear a speech from Mr. Kirkwood, who more than once

other people's no less but then she would display of folly, crassacss, and vulgarity from Fallen; who, because Sir John An Even as the champion would cease to struther, chairman of Committees, would attract the gallery as she now does week not take notice of him when he rose to in and week out here on the Riviera, if speak several times; flew into such a he suddenly changed her lovely tennis passion, and swore and abused the Chair- costumes, her shades and bandeaux and man to such a degree that it became scarfs for something plain and shoddy necessary for the Speakor (who was sent women go to see hor just as much to study for) to commit him to custody. As be her clothes pa to watch her playno she went out he shook his fist at the Speaker, would discontinue to hold the overwhelm- and said he was ad insolent little fel- ing place she does, on the courts, if she low, snapped his fingers at him, and abandoned her gymnastics and caperings, roared he did not care. "that" for him ing bime if with tho Sargeant-at-Arms. the majority of them quite unnecessary, or for the House either. He is now amus. And I think he was very lucky in not being sent to Nowgate or the Tower. but, or, Bo"attractive!

A SCENE OF '79,

has discussed them in the House. As soon as the member for Dumbarton-rosel the Prince of Wales pushed his brother along the bench and moved away from his scat over the clock, so as to get a better view, and then for some twenty minutes the royal pair gave undivided attention to the torrent of words that fell from Mr. Kirkwood's lips. Once or twice the broader Doric phrases of the speaker seemed to bafite the Prince, and the Duke had to act as interpreter. As Mr. Kirkwood wandered on in charac— teristic fashion, now opposing additional

Lady sitting in tram with a Pekineso powers to deal with incitement to mutiny in her lap, to Volunteer Conductor and sedition, now abusing this "Rotten "A twapenny and a dog."

Volunteer Conductor Barely you are Government," now denouncing class leg-

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Yes, they always charge me islation, now.quoting Shakespeare, now Burns, at one moment wholly irrelevant, for the dog."

Volunteer Conductor-"Well, they have and at the next showing a flash of natural given me no dog tickets." power, the Princes, in common with the rest of his hearers were alternately rock ing with laughter or impressed by his native eloquenes and sincerity.

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Such things do not happen in the House of Commons now-things due to indivi dual members, intemperato, passionate, impatient of control, or eles desirous of the notoriety so easily obtained on the TEL: Kowloon No. 3. Tel. Ad: "PALACE! stage of the House of Commons, flooded

Three Minutes from Kowloon Wharf, Ferry as it is with limelight, poured from the

Wharf and Railway Station. Press Gallery. The individual has be come submerged in the Party. Scenes in

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doubt whether he had not strayed instead into a menagerie or Zoo, er even into a A situation arose at one of the Edin lunatic asylum.

Here is a description of the noises the Civil List in circumstances less, serious than those Republic speech ou day. On a recent occasion he had no burgh railway stations which under evoked by Aubaron Herbert's celebrated fewer than six passengers on the back attending the present state of affaire March, 1879,

been highly diverting. From the less prominent parts of the seat and one in front. He tells of one would have

Thursday, is the usual pay day for a House to which the Conservative mem. particularly pleasing incident, He stop-large number of men in the LM.8. bers had retired an incessant clamour crose. Cock-crowing in overy variety, ped his car, already well filled, at service and strikers duly presented them- Piershill, in order to accommodate a selves at the station with the object of from the hoarse cry of the cochin to the young woman who was trudging towards lifting the wages in respect of the days shrill note of the bantam and other farm they had worked prior to the commence yard sounds, together with the repeated the city. She asked him if ingtend he ment of the strike. They were doomed imitations of the rise and fall of Mr. would take an ex-soldier, crippled in the to disappointment, however, dite not to Herbert's voice, prevented a single sen- war, who was hobbling along behind. the fact that the railway company re-tance of the speech from reaching the ears puciated liability to make payment of of those who were assumed to be tha The motorist, wishing his car had been the wages in question, but simply because auditors." a charabane, complied and drove off, phrase re-impressing itself on his mind-the tally of days worked and amounts payable were themselves taking part in Little unremembered acts.

the general stoppage.

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