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Not so long ago an Anglo-Ameri Can Committee sat to deliberate on changes in the English language and how, to prevent them, writes the Evening Standard. Its efforts, sc far as we can remember, were re ecived with respect and interest, and that is, perhaps, all that persons can remember" of Now it appears that a "fury" of 222 American authors, editors, business men, and teachers has taken the matter in hand, and has returned a verdict to Professor S. A. Leonard, of the University of Wisconsin, who acts for the National Council of Teachers of English.

This verdict appears to be of a drastic

nature. No fewer than |forty-five words and phrases in com- mor use come under its ban, and will not, one presumes, he heard, at any rate in America, cver There are some of those quoted which we can spare readily. That clock must be fixed is a collection of words that the language can do. without. So, too, is "There is a bed, dresser, and two chairs in the

room."

FACSIMILE WIRE- LESS MESSAGES.

PREDICTED FOR NEAR FUTURE

"

DIARY OF EVENTS.

p.in.

To-day.

Legislative Council Meeting, 2.30-

SO MUCH PER SQUARE INCH Hotel Savoy 4.30p.m.; Lane, Tea Dances: H.K. Hotel and

Crawford's Restaurant, 4.30-835 pim.; Cafe Regent, 4.30-8.30 p.m. Garrison Football League: R.E. and R. Sigs. H.Q. 1 K.0.S.B.; R.A.0.C. C. Coy, K.0.S.B Soekunpoo, 4.15 p.m.

NEW BEAM MÅRVEL,

Wireless telegraph messages sent in facsimile form instead of by Morse code to the most distant parts of the Empire, and charged at so much per square inch instead of per word, are foreshadowed for the near future.

Interport Football Trials: First 4.30 p.m. practice game, H.K.F.C. ground,

Victoria

Diocesan Association "At Home," Helena May Institute. Ten, 4.30 p.m.;.meeting, 5 p.m

Craigengowar Cricket Club "an- nual meeting, Club House, 3.30 p.m.

I believe we are getting very near to it now," said Mr. F. G.League: R.E. and R. Siga. R.A.; Steel and Coulson's Billiards Kellaway, managing director of K.O.S.B. v. D.R.C.; Revenue Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Co. Police; Garrison Sgts. Mess # and the Marconi International

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Cate Regent dinner dance, S p.m. European Y.M.C.A. debate, D

"We have already demonstrated that it is practicable," Mr. Kella way went on," and the equipment | P.m... to carry on the service on comcian nercial basis is being made by the Murconi Company.

I am

Queen's Theatre: The Magi KING EDWARD

World Theatre: "The Midnight Sua,"

"How long it will be before this, the Kellys," 5.30 p.m.; The New Star Theatre: "The Cohens sad comes about it is impossible to say.

Our Cabaret" a little out of touch with

present "Honi again.matters, but the Marconi Company

Soit," 9.15 p.m. was near to it when I left London.

Principal Mails-Inward: Australia, etc. (Tango Maru). I do not think many months will pass before the service will come

Friday, into operation.

But the jury has gone further than this, and has attempted to and an old controversy by forbidding "It is me." This, by the

is way, something that probably never was said by anybody. It's me," res; but "It is me," no. However, the anathema is really launched at " It's me," and this form can he defend. ed, if at all, as well as the other

There are two ways of defending it. One is to point out that " mo here is not the accusative me," hut the equivalent, and probably a survival, of the French "moi Just as the French do not say "C'est je" or, in answer to a question, simply "Je!" so we unless we are ultra-particular-do not any "It's me," or "Mel" and we do it for the same reasons and the justification.

The other way of defending it is to remark that language preceded grammarians, and still takes preced. ence of them. The business of the grammarian is to observe, perhaps to explain, accomplished facts. But the facts themselves are outside his power. It is no more his business to say that any form commonly used is “wrong," than it is the business of the biologist to assail with moral

| anger an unexpected mutation in a

species of living things.

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· King- Haakon VII. of Norway accepted the Crown, 1903,

Shanghai and: Malaya Interport Cricket Teams arrive.

"There is no difficulty about the wireless part of the circuit. The difficulty that has to be overcome is in sending facsimile messages from Tea. Dances: H.K.. Hotel and the wireless atation over the land Hotel Savoy, 4.30 p.m.; King lines, and that is what the experts Edward Hotel 5 p.m.; Lane,

This service his boen made por pm Cafe Regent, 4:30-30

Crawford's Restaurant, 430—8,30 are engaged upon, now sible by the crymbination of the Children's afternoon, Heleag beam wireless system with short Alay Institute, 5 p. waves. When Senator Mared first. Hockey; Clubs “A” e. 5/2nd Pua- introduced the system all the ex: jahis, King's Park, 5 pm perts derided it, but now it is being followed by every country

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Reliable Empire Broadcast. - M. Kellaway added he thought facsimile wireless messages would. probably be charged so much-per- square inch.

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FRIDAYS Cafe Regent dinner dance, 8 p.m. Queen's Theatre: The MagThirty: Aulia Tickets forth can be

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cian,"

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Speaking of cost, Mr. Kellaway

World Theatre: The Midnight did not think there was much room for a reduction of wireler rates

Sun."

Star Theatre: ? The Coheni and between England and Canada. The the Kellys, 5.30 p.m.; The New great hops was in connection with Our Cabaret" present the wireless telephone. By the universal combination of the beam

Soit," 9.15 p.m. system and short waves he thought would be possible to have an Empire wireless, telephone service at substantially lower rates.

The Empire wireless telegraph beam system is unquestionably the finest wireless telegraph system 'n the world. No other country has anything comparable to our system. between the United Kingdom, Aus- Canada." tralia, South Africa, India and

Mr. Kellaway added that his carrying out tests to eliminate cer состраду and the B.B.C. were tain faulte, and it was possible that in the next 18 months an Empire reliable system, and listeners in the broadcast would become a definitely far corners of the Empire would be able to tune in to Davenirs as easily as the wireless enthusiasts in England.

Europe vie Negapatam, letters, Principal Maila Laward:

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BOMBAY, Oct. 2015. Startling statistics have becwpid- Football League:-Division. I.: duced by Mr. B. V. Jadhav in up- Kowloon v. B. China; Chinese Ath. We might, therefore, but for one port of three bills which is in Queen's Scots Guards . R.A.; thing, disregard the attempts of the troducing in the Bombay Legiale R.A.F.. Club; Police v. Recreio. pedants to regiment what will not tive Council dealing with social Division IL "A" R.A.. South submit to regimentation. The one thing is that their attempts lead problems of the Hindu community. China "B"; KO.S.B.. Chinese them, and all of us to neglect what One of these measures is intended Ath; St. Joseph's v. South China

Loungs Bar and Biliard Rooms to prevent carly marriages; another "A" University v. Kowloon; Re- Unrivalled Cuisine ander the perumal should not be neglected." If a change in the use of words leads provides for the compulsory registreior. Club. Division II. B supervision of the Proprietreks. to no confusion of meaning, we may tration of marriages; and the third Boy Scouts. St. Joseph's: Chinese well leave it to take care of itself. restricts the unlimited right of Ath.. South China "A" Bouth China "B. Kung Woo; Moslems If it is of God, it will grow; if it is adoption by Findu widowa, qu ir accordance with the genius of

Mr. Jadhav says that there are r. Kowloon." the language, it will gain fall estab now in the Bombay Presidency lishment If not, it will wither, 74,000 married children under the But there are real slovenlinesses age of 6 years, and that 3,500 of which do harm and which ought to them are widows. Of these 2,000 be checked, slovenlinessca. of which, were married before they were perhaps, the most common instance year old. He gives the total num- is the misplacement of an adverb ber of marricu.children between the He only wore flannels," where the ages of 8 and 10, as nearly 350.000.

Charity Concert for Dr.: writer, or speaker, must be presumed and adds that between the ages of Barnardo's Home, by St. Andrew's to men," He wore only flannels," 6 and 10 fourteen girls out of every Troop of Boy Scouts, St. Andrew's not" He wore fanneis, but did no hundred, are married. His bills aim Church Hall, Kowloan, 3 p.m. thing else with them." The habit at stopping all marriages of girls

Hong Kong Amateur Dramatic of writing thus carelessly is a real under 12 and of boys under 18. Club "present Bulldog Drum-

These figures have created a sen mond," Theatre Royal, 9.15 pm. danger to language, and if the gram- mariaas would spend more time onaation in view of the controversy

Queen's Theatre: "The Magi- this, and less on changes they can- which has been aroused by the pulcian." not contrôl, they, would render a lication of Miss Mayo's book on the greater service.

subject.

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