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日登廿月七年寅丙

HONGKONG, SATURDAY, AUGUST 28TH, 1926 #1

SPEECH BY A MAN IN HANDCUFFS.

KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.

TIME TABLE.

WEEK DAYS

L.M. Noor-

15 10,30 11,40 1200

Kowloon...

Yaxınti... Ratio

Tripa

Taipo Harket

Fanling. Bheungahni Shumdhun

Dap 5,40

703

18

0.24 10.39

9.38 10,51

|

...Dap

9.48 11.04

Dep 121

$.5311.08

12.88

1.53

...Dep. 7.36 10.57 11.00

Dep. 32 10,03 11.18

12.48

12.52

4.95 5.29 710 4.44 5.89 719 2.43 4,56 5,51 2,91 2.55 8.09 (8,047,44 3.00 5.18 8.08 748 3.11 5.24 8.19 7.55 5.15 508 603 8,02

AFT. 7.42 10.13 11.28 12.20 13.385

9.13

3.11 5,34 6.999,06

AN

EM.

7M.

Bhamchan

Steang bai

8,03 10,38 11,43 -1.58) Dep 7,21

8.12 10,45 11,47 Depi 7.94

8,00

4.17

6,19

6,08

8,07

494 5.20

Fanling

7.92

8.16 20.49 11,51

3.11

5.24

Taipo Market. Dep.

Taipo

7,42 ...Dep. 7.46

8.26 10,59 12.02

$.21 4.58 5.34

6.15 6,19 6.09

8.30 11.041 19.07

Younati...

8.25 4.42 5,38 3,38 4,50 8,518,48 5.08 8,05 6,58 3.58 5.18 5.11 7.06

Kowlood.

Bhatin..." ...Dep. 7,59 6.43 11.17 1221

STATIONS,

8.55 11.29 12,33 Dep. 8.12

2.37 AT 8,20 1,08 11,37 12,41

SHA TAU KOK BRANCH.

WEEK DAYS,

ከዚ

Fanling ...Dep. 7.45 11.30 9.00 Shatankck...A 8.40 12.25 8,15

IM

7.20

SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS,

STATIONI,

AM.

WEEK DAYS. ·

Bhatankok...Dep. 6.30 10.15 1.05, 5.00 Paling

7.25 11.10 2.00 5.55 AST

SUNDAYS AD PUBLIO HOLIDAYS. AK AK 73 73 Shatankok...Dep, 6.30 10,15 205 5,00 Fanting dr. 7.55, 11.10 8.00 5,53 Further information may be obtained at the Railway, Özficxa, Kowloon, or from MOT. THOL, Goor & Box, Lav.. Honekome, or from The Awanidan Extras Cox- PANY, HONGLOMST

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P.M. 2.K. P.J

Fanling...Dep. 7.45 11.30 3.30 6.25 Khataukok...A 8.40 1225-415-720-

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REVIEW OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL DEBATE,

DR. KOCH'S RESOLUTION,

AN APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC.

[BY AN OLD RESIDENT.)

The meeting of the Legislative Council, held this week, was of considerable interest to the citizens of this Colony. We have to thank two new members the Hon. Dr. Koch and the Hon. Mr. D. G. M. Bernard-for bringing to the notice of the local Government, in an

official manner of which there is now ade- quate record, certain facts which have been freely discussed by the general public during the past four or five weeks.

PRISONER'S PROTEST TO A STATION CROWD.

, AN EX-OFFICER."

Holiday-makers waiting on the crowd- ed platform of the Shoreham station were startled by a sensational protest made by a prisoner in charge of two policemen.

moustache.

The prisoner, a tall man with a slight

wearing military

shorts, strode to the edge of the platform. his head, and cried in impassioned tones, He lifted his manacled wrists before

Listen to this, all you people. I, an ex-eficer, who spent four years 6ghting for this land, an to have a month's im prisonment for claiming a few yards of it to live on! Think of it, a month's im

prisonment! And this is a free coun try

Passengers, porters, and officials crowd ed round and listened. No one uttered & word.

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(lavorpsmird inder the Com; un'ez' Orduaners af Hongkong)

Although only two meetings have been held the members of the committee have had ample indication of the magnitude of their task, and they have come to decisions of importance. Professur The man continued My name is Daniel Jones told an Evening Standard 16. Quæ': ROAD CENTRAL, TAL ORNTRAL 75; Captain Harold Hubert Vincent B.A. representative something about the work B.Sc., of the Tank Corps. I pitched my that is going on and way it is neces teat seven wecks ago on the Downs at sary.

"The object of the committee," he

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Everyone realised the great incon venience caused by the recent damage to qullahs, ronds, "etc. This was, of course, directly dar to the heavy downfall of rain. If that had been the first occa- Taion for many years-that-such-incon-f-the-back-of-Shoreham,-putting-wire Guiding the Public...

verience had been caused probably every round it as I used to do in camp.

I came here for a sun cure, under said, "is to make recommendations con- one would have geen satisfied with the medical orders. I was told I was tres-

cercing words that have a pronunciation general statement that none of the passing on the land I had fought for, which is doubtful. In this connection damage could have been foreseen and and six men came to turn me off this there are certain words which suddenly guarded against." Those actual words morning. Six men to one 1. I let fy with come into general use without people !HONGXONS BOTEL ExFUTA BAX HOTEL

both hands--and that is why I have these being aware of how to pronounce them. were used by the Hon. Mr. Bird, a local on, and once again the handcuffs Rashed They see them only in print. One might architect possessing a long experience of in the sun.

take the word gyratory as an example. the difficulties of preparing sites and

but the recommendation of the com- "It can be pronounced in many ways, erecting buildings in this Colony.

mittee is that it should be pronounced i-ratory. The accent is on the first FATALISM.

Just then the Worthing train. arrived, syllable, and the a' does not have its and with a smart tap on the shoulder full valve With regard to congratula the prisoner was ushered by his escort tory, however, the pronunciation decided into a third-class compartment.

upon is congratulatory,' the reason for: Captain Vincent was accused of as this being the great number of can' saulting Lieut-General Sir George F.sonant sounds. Ginge, of Kingston Farm, Kingston- by Sen, who accompanied the police when they went to cicct him from the färmlandı on which he was encamped. The magis trates imposed a fine with the option of a month's hard labour. Vincent' re-

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pintform broke the tense silence that A woman on the opposite side of the

followed by asking Captain Vincent for some more particulars.

As, however, there have been so many examples, during recent years of exten sive-damage done by rainstorms, few people will agree with the statement. Fatalism is a creed acceptable to oriental -peoples, but-it-would have heen of little use to the pioneers who developed Hong kong. There is a danger lest it creeps into the civic life of this community.fused to pay and elected to go to gaol. Nothing is lost by a free and frank discussion of the causes and possible remedies that may be taken in the future when there has been some such local catastrophe as happened during the recent heavy rainstorms.

THE RIGHT VOTE.

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amount of confusion regarding names of "There has always been a certain places-and-persons For instance, many people pronounce Calais with the s on the assumption that any other way is incorrect. In a book entitled "Man- ners-and-Rules of Good Society," the pronunciation of the last letter is insist! ed on, but we decided not to recommend! the use of the '.'

am anxious to make is this. We know

In the case of places like Versailles, that it is impracticable to expect that Marseilles. Lyons, and Rheims, we recom the P.W.D. engineers should and time mended the English and not the French to inspect each boulder or each retaining pronunciation, but no decision had been wall that begins to bulge. People living reached concerning that great word of or working near to any possible danger the war, Ypres." have a definite duty to perform and it

is to draw the attention of the Govern- Yvonne and Lenglen. ment to the danger. The matter should It has been pointed out by some. be dealt with in a businesslike manner by means of an official communication. If nothing is done I would suggest a

CONSTRUCTION OF NEW ROADS:

members of the committee that the, soldiers' name of Wipers is exactly the same as the old English pronunciation. The Ypres gate at Rye has always been called the Wipers gate locally and pors ibly Wipers will be recommended."

In sharp contrast with the attitude adopted by the Hon. Mr. Bird was that of. H.E. Sir Cecil Clementi. He struck the right vote by appealing "to the citizens of Hongkong for, help. He saidtter to the Press. "What I do think will help us is action

I am surprised that attention was not How, then, would the French girl's by the Director of Public Works and his officers, and assistance from public drawn to the fact that a great deal of name "Yvonne' be pronounced?"

"That would be E-vonne, of course. spirited members of the community who the recent damage was due to the con would draw immediate attention to struction of new roads. I do not know who But the difficulties are numerous when danger apprehended from any boulder." is responsible for the polley-it may be you get to the names of tennis players, I would venture to say that it is the duty policy carried out on the plea of for instance. There are people who say any citizen to draw attention to any cconomy-but believe that the root Lenglen, just as it is spelt, and others danger apprehended not only from cause of the blocking-of-nullahs--was who think it correct to say Longlan," boulders but from anything else. The faulty road construction. I will give two whereas the second syllable should rhyme only satisfactory, way in which this canapecific instances to which my atention withglen. It seems as if in cases of be done is to write to the local Govern- has been drawn. One is obtained from this kind the best plan will be to make ment and to keep a copy of the letter, the new road that is finally to go up to an English attempt at the French pro- It is of no use to talk about a danger the Peak at the West end of the island, nunciation." in a general way; action is necessary. Masses of boulders, obtained by blasting. Dr. Koch, in his reply, mentioned the etc., were piled up on alopes at the road huge boulder that. fell on the engine that side. These slid down the hill-side into pumped water up to the Peak" He gave the nullahs, and, of course, blocked the the opinion that it was a mercy it did nullahs.

not destroy, part of the University. It On the roads that were not properly has been frequently stated that the surfaced the storm water had a fairly medical professors, who work in the casy task. The new road to Shek O was, University buildings that were, as it in places, ansurfaced and the water were, overshadowed by the now famous washed the banks away. The drainage boulder, had often mentioned their fear and surfacing of all roads must be done of disaster.

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DANGER FORESEEN.

ed

Here are a few of the words that have had their pronunciation decided by the committee after much discussion:-

Olten: Without the t Humour: With the aspirate sounded. Idyll: Iddill, and not, as most people prefer eyedeel?

Privacy Pry-vacy, not privvacy. Allies: With the accent on the second syllable.

Acoustics: A-koo-stics.

Respite Respitt and not-res-pite. Mr. Rudy Wiedtoft, the famous “saxo- thonist, will give some examples of his skill from London at the end of the

month.

LIONS IN ROAD SMASH. CAGE OVERTURNED AND BROKEN,

A heavy motor engine drawing a van

Just

soon as is possible so as to drain away all storm water, Boulders obtain- during road construction should not It is known that the particular boulder be piled up in loose heaps. They simply was regarded by those working in the break away and slide into nullahs. medical buildings a source of danger. VOLUNTARY PUBLIC-WORK- Did they write in to the Public Works Department? As I said before, verbal A system of Government, however statements are of no use for purposes perfectly it may be administered by of record-an official, letter is essential. officials is profoundly unsatisfactory It is because I am convinced that in unless there is co-operation by the people this particular case the danger was fore-governed." We can only progress along and a cage containing three large lions seen that I cannot accept the statements the right lines if the people of Hong, skidded when descending a steep hill at of the Hop, Mr. Bird as satisfactory, kong give voluntary assistance in all Chudleigh, Devon, on July 19th. He said: concerning this huge rock, I affairs that affect the welfare of the behind were other vans full of monkeys believe anyone examining it would have community. There is scope for volun- and other animals, part of a menagerie considered its weight alone would have tary work alongside official activities. I belonging to Mr. Pat. Collins. prevented any power except an earth freely admit the liberal attitude of mind

The engine brakes, failed to act and quake from moving it." Incidentally, displayed by H.E., Sir Cecil Clementi the vehicle mounted a hedge. The whole it may be mentioned that earthquakes in bis recent remarks at the Legislative train turned completely over. The living. are not unknown in Hongkong.]

Council. He has, in a way, challenged van was shattered and the back of the public spirited citizens to take an active liens van was broken in. interest in civil affairs. If Dr. Koch's One of the lions tried to force its way resolution. bad only resulted in that one out of the van. It was three-parts out, If the Government were not properly pronouncement it was justified. In and only two large nails prevented it warned about the boulder, the officials actual fact the debate and the questions from escaping. It was driven back by cannot be blamed. The culpable people will almost certainly cause the local those in charge of the menageric. The are those who genuinely believed in the Government to be less parsimonous con- lions were cowed by the smash. danger and failed to communicate their cerning the proper completion of new ideas on the subject. The point that I roads. It will possibly lead to other im

(Continued on next Column.)

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It was three hours before the road. could be cleared for traffic.

No one was injured.

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