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THE ROYAL TOURISTS.

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A NOVEL BY LADY ASQUITH.

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LONDON, January 10th. The King and Queen came up to London

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MISERY RATHER

THAN WORK.

A FRENCH VIEW OF THE CHINESE,

SOME UNORTHODOX OPINIONS.

NO FAITH IN A YOUNG CHINA" MOVEMENT.

THE

THE WEEK'S DIARY. HONGKONG

(round

Today. Empress of Scotland world tourist liner), due.

H.K. Hotel tea dance, 4.30 p.m. Hotel Savoy tea dansant, 4.30 p.C.

Distribution of prizes by Lady Clementi at Canossian Institute, Italian Convent School,

Caine Road, 5.30 p.

Extraordinary general meeting Kowloon Football Club, 6 p.m. bearsal (H.M.8. Pinafore), Cathe H.K. Philharmonic Society re- dral Hail, 9.45 p.m.

Titania dance, Helens May In-

Some unorthodox opinions on and Duchess of York before the China and the Chinees are advanced latter started on their 34,000 miles in a new book recently published journey to the Antipodes There in Paris, entitled "Modern Chinese was a family party at Buckingham Civilisation." In face of the institute Palace; and their proses with numerable books on Chins, written the Prince of Wales, Henry, only too aftan on the slender by Mr. J. E. Hunt, European and Prince George drove to Vic ground of but the most cursory taria to see the Royal Couple de acquaintance with that country, part Afterwards the King, and the prudent trader, before opening

Popular Talk on every day art, Y.M.C.A., Kowloon, 9.15 p.m.

Queen's Theatre: "La Boheme" World Theatre: "Early Bird." Centaur.""

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Friday. H.K. Hotel tes dance, 4.30 p.m. Hotel Savoy tea dansant, 4.30 p.m.

ham, where they will remain until tials of the author. the end of the first week in Febru- they appear satisfactius. ary. They will then come up to author, Dr. Legendre, lived for London for the opening of Parliamore than a few years in China; he has been director of a hospital, which brought him into contact with the Chinese student class who were his pupils and with the Chinese people, who were his patients; and he has been in charge of eight successive scientific missions in different parts of the country.

Duke And Duchess of York. The departure of the Duke and Duchess of York was the occasion of a popular demonstration in the streets of London. A great crowd aasembled at the London home of the Royal pair in Bruton Street, and when they appeared the polies were unable to keep them back, so that the motor car was surrounded Legendre considere various aspects In the first part of his work Dr, by people cheering and waving of Chinese civilisation, eg the handkerchiefa For the most part organization of the family, the crowd was composed of women house the street, the clothes and and girls. As the motor drove of food of the Chinese, their arts and on the way to Victoria Station, & industries, their agriculture, the nurse appeared at one of the win-organization of society, and finally down of the house, holding the their religious ideas. In the second little Princess Elizabeth in her art he enters into the ethnic arms for the parents to catch a characteristics, and the historical

Dense crowds, saw the departure from Victoris. On the platform to

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Dance, U.S.R.C., 9 p.m.

Fancy Dress Ball, Peak Club, 9.30 p.m.

Queen's Theatre: La Boheme." World Theatre: "Leng Live The King."

Star Theatre: "Wife of the Centaur."

Principal Mails:-Inward: Europe vid Negapatam, letters only. (Hakozaki Maru),

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Saturday, Commemoration of the Proclama- President Lincoln's birthday. Annual.

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last Beeting glimpse of their baby whom they will not see again for udies the aix months. The Duchess naturally

main carrenta of feels the parting from her tiny country, and casts a look-on-proli-pionship Race (racing yachts).

opinion which now dominate the Hong Kong Hotel, 11 am. daughter very keenly.

Yachting: 9th and last Cham-T able future developments

Football and Cricket: details in His book advances a number of Saturday's issue

Bant Steeplechase Meet and Queen, the Princes, and other For example, the authoring Royalties, the Prime Minister, the the Chinese people an ethnic unity China Hong Kong Interport attacks the theory which makes of Football: Eastern and Southern Lord Mayor and Lady. Mayoresa, Sir Joseph Cook, High Commis ad which carries back, its civili Team, E.E.F.C. ground, 3.80 p.m. sioner for Australia, and Lady sation to the most distant anti- "At Home". St. Peter's Church Cook, the Agents General for all quity. According to him China is Young Men's Club, 4.30 p.m. the Dominions," Mr. Bridgeman, composed of two completely dif. Hotel tea dance, 4.30 p.m. First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. ferent ethnic stocks, one of which Hotel Savoy tea dansant, 4.30 Ormsby-Gore, Under Secretary for is of white origin and comes, like p.m. the Dominions, the Lord Chan the races of Europe, from the HMS. Hermes dance cellor Earl Beatty, the Earl and plateaus of Central Asia, while Savoy. Countess of Strathmore, the parents the other is negroid origin. of the Duchess of York, and many is the first of these races that other notable people too numerous brought to Chian her Civilisation, whose origin is therefore the same as that of Europe, and which has, moreover, been constantly, even at A good many complimentary a remete period, subject to in things have been said about the fluences coming from the West. new wireless telephony' between London and New York. It is cer-has invented nothing; in fact, one According to Dr. Legendre China tainly very wonderful to be able of her characteristics is her in- to speak across the Atlantic and capacity to invent anything at all: hear a voice replying to you on the The Chinese, cares only for purely other side at a price. The charge of £5 a minute, with a minimum philosophy Be in completely de 1.RC, 2nd XI., on L.R.C. ground. speculative studies, particularly call of three minutes, representing void of talent in matters concrete, £15 for

every call, seema a pretty

Football: Eastern China . Club stiff charge, and people will not be notably in the realm of science. tempted to ring ap an acquaintance applice himself to the task of ex

In a general way Dr. Legendre de Recreio, H.K.F.C. ground. to inquire about the weather.

Principal Mails:-Inward: Earopa On the other hand the service ploding most of the illusions held id Negapatom, papers only (Lai

Sang). cannot be regarded as a complete Europeans about the Chinese

Monday. success from a business standpoint People. He shows the latter to te

chiefy pre-occupied in economising off of tie of Championship in seeing that there is no privacy.

Yachting: Ladies' Section -sail sages, it is true, are cort, apathetic, and preferring Handicap Class; Menagerie race sent, and the Midland Bank misery to work. He points to the DODWELL & CO., LTD., involving £1,000,000 in currency on of China. The Chinese have system-

in London put through transactions Chinese superstition against trees for all classes.

H.K. Hotel tea dance, 4.30 p.m as one of the causes of the poverty

Botal Savoy tea dansat,.. the first day the service was opened atically cleared their country of

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Tuesday. Extraordinary meetings of Union the first messages were exchanged one finds disordered weather con- Insurance Society of Canton, Ltd.; 5.000 Was heard in Vienna and in Southditions: drought is followed by British Traders Insurance Co., 10,000 Africa, as

as well as in New York and food and food by famine. As Ltd; and The China Fire Insur in London.

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at noon, 12.16 p.m., and 1230 p.m. phone service was safe from eaves-ed estimated of 400 millions as Annual sale of work of Mothers' dropping, but great skill and the grossly exaggerated. According to Union, Helena May Institute,-3 use of special apparatua is neces-him, the population is not over 300 sary for this to be possible. I un millions, which would give a very

DRACERS IN PHILATELIO GOODE, HK. Hotel ten dance, 4.20 p.m. derstand that secrecy might be moderate density of population,

PICTORIAL Postdaxda," "" obtained by using a combination of lower than that of many parts of pine

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GARDEN SKIDA, Tors, & different wave lengths, but this Europe. would require

No, 10, WYNDHAM STRIŁA. Principal Haila: Outwarde Vory expensive Finally, Dr. Legendre has not the equipment, and higher charges than least faith in the Young Chins

Europe vid Marseilles

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Wednesday. ducting enormous deals would not dencies of the Chinese intellectuals Hotel Saroy ten dansant, 1.30

HK. Hotel tea dance, 4.30. p.m. be prepared to pay more than is he sees only disorder and anarchy.p.m. charged already.

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