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HISTORY.

News and Views

Dark Ages, relieved only by the virtue of ALFRED THE GREAT-The Middle Ages were a jolly "time of chivalry and abbers, of picturesque kings like COSUR DE LION, of troubadours, of gentle knights like BATARD, and CHANDOS. Then,

we Fishy! were told, the Renaissance came in

An angler inquired from his gillie 1653, when Constantinople fell, if there were many fish in a certain History was divided into these river. If you were to boil the curious patches, and finally stopped water you'd take out of it," said in 1816, with the battle of Water the gillie, you'd be getting the too. China, India and the Arabic taste of salmon 'in your tea.”” civilisations did not count; they were, examination subjects. In ad- dition, every country has its national history with a mention of

economic

progress and artistic achievement, but mainly devoted to record of victories. There might have been a few minor reverses, but these were merely due to weak kings and incapable favourites When strong hands again govern- ed, the triumphal progress was re- sumed. Round the panelled dining ball of the Royal. Naval College at Dartmouth, the names and dates of Britain's navn! victories are ing scribed in gold. On the walls of the Salle des Battailles nt Ver sailles, the triumphs of France are portrayed: in painting and inscrip tion, Cressy and Agincourt, Blon- heim and Salamanca mean AB

little to France as do the victories of St. Joan, Buckingham's defeat off La Rochelle, Brachy Head and

Mixed Bag,

Jockey" Olub's" Acres,

In is not perhaps generally known, that England's Jockey Club, most powerful and exclusive governing body of racing, owns something: over 3,000 acres of land around Newmarket Honce the origin of its right to warn persons of New- Airman Devoured by Cannibals,

market Health in the sporting It is now feared that Pilot L. J.world there are few honours more Trist, employed by the New Guinen coveted than a stewardship of the Airways, who crashed in a jungle olub. The threu Stewards-At pre- sent they are Lord Zetland,Lord Inst May when flying to the Bulole Harewood and Lord Rostbery-con- goldfields, has been devoured by stitute a final court of appeal on." cannibals. According to a report all racing matters, and in these days. brought into Lai al by a Kanaka their task is by no means a light. (Polynesian) a white man after his

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aeroplana, had crashed staggered | Mr. Rax Hoare,"

The following incident is related into a native village and attempted Mr. Rex Honre, who has been ap by Arnold Haultain, the Authors to make himself understood in pid-pointed British Minister to Per Club, Whitehall-court. I have just gin English. The natives, however, sin, is a member of the famous banking family. Behind anole- posted some letters at the central did not understand him, whereupon gant exterior-ho vents, the long fee of SW 1. There are two they clubbed and speared him and moustache of a Victorian cavalry apertures for letters: one headed then hold a feast

floor and somewhat indolent manner ha conceals a penetrative. London". Only the other,

www and philosophte mind. When he is Country and Abroad." Before I Blazing. New Air Tradis

not absorbed in abstract thought. left a postman arrived to clear these Sir Alan Cobham, one of Greats in a fair golfer and a useful tonnis player. Both in games and two letter-boxes: but he collected all Britain's most famous aviatora,in diplomacy he is a hard unan, te took off on July 29 from Rochestorbent. His courage' is fire-proof. A. the letters in the same bag

in an Air Ministry. aonplane on a diplomatist He has had more than hia fair share of difficult posta A 12,000 miles fight to the Belgian sojourn in Peiping carned him at Congo. After reaching the Belginn one time the gobriquet of A set of furniture formerly in Congo. Sir Alan will prepare to Chinaman." sold at Christie's for 150 guineas plore and chart new air, router. Siz Noisen's cabin in the Victory Was make the return trip. He will exp

A Touch of Colour] The furniture consisted of the Alan Cobham is one of the world's An example of dressing up the news comes from: a report by a mahogany dining table, sideboard

greatest neronautical pioneers. Hoews agency not exactly favourable and, cellarettes removed from Nel-

bus charted many an air lane, hoto capitalism. According to Press son's cabin when it was rigged as has won races for the King's Cup, reports, we are told, the Dake a temporary mortuary chapel afterans has blazed trails to South Littlehampton on the Sussex.ccnet of Norfolk has sold the town of Trafalgar. These were sold, as one

Naison's Table

the Duke of York's misadventures lot to the representatives of Mr. J.Africa and to Australia änd, to which is part of his estate in

H. Jacobs, of Portland-place, who intends to present

them to the Victory.

Death From Wedding Ring.

How a widow's wedding ring led to her death was described at ap

other remote pointsga

Southern England. The reason given for this step is croussive-taxa- tion." How nice it sounds to the

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in Flanders to our own victorious annals. Sometimes there is

A Mayoral Contretemps, notgut uninitiated! The great Doke aells battle, like "The Glorious First of June," which both sides won!

During his your of office ng Lord town as if it were his dog or his shooting box and presumably, Mayor of London the lata Sir all the inhabitants with it. The It may make men a little less

William Waterlow entertained a Duke of Norfolk has property in aggressive; not quite so sure of

number of Old Marlburians and Littlehampton, but no morena themselves, and rather more friend-

Suit than ho owns the City, or Shef- ly to other peoples when they learn

their wives at the Mansion House field, or Norwich in which places that no nation has a monopoly of inquest at St. Pancras. It was After dinner, when the guests were he is also one of many landlarde.

that the woman, Mrs. being shown round the Lord' victory. The histories of H. G. stated WELLS are a lesson in nationale Prudence Kirby, aged 71, had ap- Mayor's official residense, there Passions High in Italy." humility. When we learn that the parently injured her finger in re-occurred. an amusing, at the same A wave of national feeling is tropical age of reptiles endured moving the ring because it was time, awkward incident. There are sweeping through as a result of described as violent, while his for millions of years, almost un tight. A sore developed, and she colls beneath the Mansion: House, the Pope's Encyclical, which is changed, but in the end gave place was admitted to Islington Iufrat Police Court the court which often method of publishing it is also to the glacial periode, we inovitary, where she died of blood poison of eveninge is used as a room for criticised, writes Reuter's Rome cor- ably put 2 new value upon our own ing. A verdict of "Accidental hats and coats. Sir Denison Ross, respondent. If the Pope's desire politics. These vast appces of time death was returned. A London the well-known Orientalist, was wit to rouse public feeling, he bus dim the vision of an eternal empire jeweller stated that the best way to showing one of the calls, to the wifeful whether be expected it to take built upon batiles and treaties, remove a tight ring from a finger of a celebrated general. The door the form it has. The view is gaining out with greater regularity than the- upon inventions that others will is to put the hand in cold water, of the cell swung to one of the grounds that Italy, acted through- copy and resources that in the end rub it with soapy lather, and then Lord Mayor's sons was with the Holy Sec. Leaving aside the ethics must fail. And once men lose their only over the party-and then the fun began. of the point at issue. 16 certainly

had not procured him many sym pathetic faith in tro power of knuckle. If that fails it is best to The key that would open the heavy sms as if the Ponuff's attitude wealth and armaments to stabilise have the ring cut off. Nearly all door would not be found. Also, the pathisers, outside, his own immedi the world to their own advantage jewellers keep a tiny circular saw offcial who kept the key was not ate circle. The Press points out right of the State to educate, the a big advance will have been made for the purpose," one manager on duty. It was half an hour or that the matter really hinges on the history. His hearers were asked to towards a greater degree than said. "It is like a pair of pliers., so before Bir Denison, and the lady young, which was vindicated some One end passes through the ring to were released. That is not the end time ago when the Cathofo Scout Pops himself in response to the protect the finger from injury, of the horrid affair"-the cell organisation was dissolved by the While the saw cats through the door was opened without the pro- request of the Fascist Government. ring On an average three or per key, Some experimenting in- At the same time, the Fascist four women call here every week to dividunt got to work with a nail, regine wants) a spiritual,aspect, bave rings out off and remade in or a hairpin, or something-and and that spiritual aspect can only. bn. given by Catholicism the tradi̟- picked the lock.

tional religion of Italines. the new narrow shapo."

In these days when most speakers and writers take as their meded the inadorned style of a Director's annual report, it was great delight to read, and still more to hear, the fancy and the rhetoric of Sir WILLIAM HORNELL'S address to the local Rotary Club upon The Com- merce of Thought." Sir WILLIAM stirred the imagination by his word pictures of the mysterica of

we now enjoy of happiness and security.

UNREST IN BURMA.

Hous papers to hand give some prominence to the oficial report on. the rebellion in Burma up to May.

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apply the faculty of creature fancy to the reality that lies behind facts and phrases, which we all know and take for granted. To the Govern ment officials, the business and pro- fessional men, who form the local Rotary Club, and that wider audi: cnee, the readers of the local Press it was suggested, would they likea, 1931, which was made available to see one of the bills of lading: some four weeks ago. The report for the gold and silver, ivory, gives a full account of the rebellion apes and peacocks" brought every

and of, the measures that were three years to Belomon by thorships taken by the Government for deal |8|of Tarshish? They were asked to ing with it. The nature of the One Chinese case of typhoid fever

consider the commissariat of the country makes military operations was reported on Tuesday. Crusades; the Roman roads and the particularly difficult. After the travellers passing along them; the annexation of Upper Burma four, years of pacification were necessary shina of Tyre and of Venice; the before order was finally restored knowledge hunger of the Middle The recent ontbreak began in a Ages and the thoughts and the district notorious for its restless ideas of men, scattered like wind borne pollen far afield from age-old trade and travel routes of the ¡world."

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that The human impulses caued these things are still at work, study them and you will understand the world of to-day and soo them in terms of something higger than your own trade balance and personal interests, waz, we Bir think, the implication of WILLIAM's eloquence.

Not the least of the mental volutions of our age is this new outlook upon history, which Bir WILLIAN HORNELL Explained by his recitation of the things that engage the mind of the-modern scholar. History, as taught in schools, until a generation ago, had the fixed quality of wax flowers in a caso. It was governed by conventions Textbooks told of the greatness and wickedness of Babylon, of the ocenit knowledge and animal deities of Egypt, of the unclouded splendour Pur clarsica) Graves and the civilis ing influence of Rome. The Roman Empire ended abruptly in 476 AD, 100s and the world was immersed in the

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The forthcoming marriage is an 'nounced of Mr. Hugh Peter Lim, residing at 210, Prince Edward Road, Kowloon, to Miss Lillian Chinn, of 29, Nathan Road.

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A Chinese was sentenced to three training to students generally, and weeks hard labour by Mr. Fraser of enabling those who have left at the Kowloon Magistracy, yes school to continue their studies. The three sections, and the subjects terday, for stealing 81 from an old classes will be conducted under

taught will as follows sig A farmer of Lipok Village, Lo(a). Commerce section-Pitman's shorthand," book-keeping, applied machau, New Territories, when he mechanics and mechanical drawing returned home from work yester (6) Engineering sertion-Practi day, was informed that his wife cal mathematics, applied mechanics was seen to throw herself in 'the'!

and mechanical drawing. Shumchun River. A search was (c) Selence section:-Chemistry

contain a large criminal element. An amah, employed at 18, Caro- It was organised on a considerable line Hill Road, was removed to sento under the leadership of a certain SAYA SAN, who proclaimed the Tung Wah Hospital yesterday made without suceers. Tho hus electricity, heat and steam, and himself King of Burma; a copy suffering from burns and sends e-hand gave us a possible reason for hygiene-Hong Kong Daily Press, has been obtained of his offcial deceived while working in the kit the suicide the death of their July 29, 1606,

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4-year-old son who died about appa claration of war upon the British. In the thick jungle of Burma rebels |

month ago... hide casily, and when the scene of disorder. is constantly shifting the nearing the wharf yesterday, an most competent police and military unknown Chinese committed suicide are at a disadvantage. The rebels by throwing himself from the boat, fought recklessly, convinced that In spite of a search, he was not tattoo-markings and charms made seen again. them invulnerable" Their losses have been benvy," Some rebel An employee of the Kowloon gangs are still at large and way. Canton Bailway was admitted to still give trouble, but, generally, the hospital yesterday, suffering speaking, the rising has degenerat from injurice which, he alleges, he et into an orgy of ampli dacoitjes,”1⁄2roceived in a light with another The revolt would seem to havo railway employee, arisen from general political dis content exaggerated by economic A Chinese was removed to the dieulties the disastrous fallin

Government Civil Hospital yester- the price of rice and a consequent day after a bamboo pole had drop- difficulty in paying taxes. SAYA SA, a typical adventurer, once a red from the second floor of a quack doctor and fortune-teller and house, hitting him on the foot with promoter of lotteries, used, the such fores that it split a wooden general political discontent to fur clog which he was wearing. ther his private ambitions. In this

Looking Back 50 Years. A Chinese was detained at the The ordinary half-yearly meeting Shaukiwan Police Station on of the shareholders of the Hong charge of loitering but was later Kong. Canton, and Macao Steam- found trying to swallow two pawn boat Company was held at the tickets. He was searched and nine Company's office yesterday after- local tickets and five Macno tickets noon. There were present Messrs. were found on him. He was re ED. Belilios (Chairman), A, Mc- manded by Mr. Schofield at the Iver, W. Reinera, Hon. FB. Central Police Court yesterday Johnson (directors). H. Smith, A. until further enquiries could be E-Vaucher D. McCulloch, H.-N. made in regard to the pawn tickets, Madv, W. M. Morgau, G. Sharp, T. D. Bonning. J. MAFleming, M..P. Polishwalla, P. B. Cama, T.

· Arnold, and P, A da Costa (secre-. įtary.) epub : The Chairman said: -Gentlemen, our report and accounts for the six months ending Juno 30 Inst having been in your hands for Home time past I presume you have perused diom and will permit me to take them sa rend at this meet

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he was helped by the recent growth; married woman, residing in of national feeling in Burma Canton Road attempted to commit. The prospectus of the evening ing You will observe that thes there, as in so many other places, suicide, by jumping from the Yau- continuation clesson shortly to Kinshan is to be broken up, Her a consequence of the war Though mati Ferry yesterday morning. The open at Queen's College is pub machinery will be taken cut and at the moment the situation is well ferry was stopped and a seaman lished in the Government Gazellesthred and her hull will be sold for in hand, there are still dangerous fumped overboard and mucceeded in The first sessions start on Wednes the price it will realise in the opp facial and political creeping the women flot until day Octaker 3 Finasce in techumaknilma tell you this sterm disturbances are liable to occur in they were both again taken aboard... ent, subjects will be established for or was built in the year 1863. Burma as long as the present trade The woman was removed to the the purpose of affording facilities Tong Kong Daily Press, July 29,

for a commercial and scintillo 1881, Government. Civil Hospital depression porsists

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