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THE DOUBLE TENTH

Year by year the "Double Tenth" in Hongkong is assuming deeper significance for the Chinese com- munity, and it has now become the biggest Chinese festival. on the Calendar with the exception of Chinese New Year. Many patrio tic speeches were made on October 10 and as I was invited to several of these ceremonies, I, was impress ed by the solemn note struck by the leading Chinese citizens in midst. One speaker said that China to-day was like France in the days following the Revolution, and, what struck me as particularly interesting, was that he emphasized the necessity for the individual to develop character. A Republic was governed by the people, who must, to be good citizens and learn to govern themselves!

INTERPORT WEEK

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The past week can truly be called interport week and Hong- kong has had an unusually full pro- gramme of interport events which will culminate to-day in the lawn bowis final on the Police Green.

SQUABBLE OVER CER

Hishikari Document

Revelations

Moscow, Oct. 12

BITTERNESS is increasing LD Russia over Japan's attitude regarding the Soviet, disclosures contained in the publication of the Hishikari documents.

"Izvestia” says that the sharp- Japanese reaction to the revea tions goes to show the complete embarrassment felt on interested

circles.

C.E.K. Cha05

Club stables, and now ready for "Pravda", asserts that the alum- work on the model apartment sy attempts of the Japanese - building designed for the Metropoperialists to avoid the responsibi litan Land Company of Shanghai. ity by subterfuges And lond The occasion that brought the threats, are ridiculous. gathering together was the testing of a pile driven into the ground Rady the Soviet manager of for foundations on the "Franki the Chinese Eastern Railway, ha system of piling operated by the notified "the Railway Board of Hong Kong Engineering & Con- certain actions by the Manchurian struction Co., of which the Hon. assistant manager, Mr. Chian Min- Mr. J. P. Brugs is the Managing chie, which he asserts are illegal. Director.

He refers specially to the revo So satisfactory was the result of cation of the order appointing a the test that the technical repre- Soviet citizen, M. Letvitsky, as sentatives of the owners were chief of the depot at Manchull on most agreeably surprised. Theythe Siberia-Manchurian frontier. also expressed satisfaction at the It is alleged that a nominee of rapidity with which the piles bad the Manchurian party was placed been driven.

in M. Ietvitsky's sténd after his arrest.

IMMENSE CARRYING.

CAPACITY

Readers may be interested to learn that the pile stood the test under the saverest conditions. It was driven into ground made up entirely of reclaimed land and on soil similar to the seabed of the Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter. During the heavy rains of "early

Miss Sylvia Remedios and Miss Carmen Botelho" at the Races last week.

Photo by Leica.

The Interport swimmers have come September operations were com and gone, and left a very good

both impression behind, sportsmanship and talent. There were several laudatory speeches at the Peninsula Hotel on Tuesday night when the V.R.C., entertained

M. Rudy's Demands M. Rudy declares that the s- sistant manager 13 deliberately railway and he has requested the citsorganising the working of the Board to take measures to pro- tect the railway from police inter. ference and to ensure its proper running-Reuter,

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Lawn Shanghai (Police R. 3. green). 270

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Bowls.-Hong Kong v

menced. The pile was loaded, as it for was abqwn on last Wednesday, to a carrying capacity of 180 toria although it was designed to take a working load of only 92 tons."

Veritable amazement was express- the visiting swimmers and the ed at the achievement. of this system manager of the Shanghai side of piling for which there has been struck a very happy note when he quite a great demand in the Co expressed the hope that Hongkong lony in connection with large build. -represented by their best menings on filled ground. This system, will visit Shanghai next year and it can be confidently predicted, try to wrest the laurels from them. will come into greater demand as It is at these interport dinners and builders realise the immense carry-Low at 12.10 and 2327. competitions that one gets to knowing capacity which the Franki piles and to understand how our neigh have demonstrated to be capable of bours live.

taking."

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courage shown by sone young Apart from the technical side of Japanese delegates who openly cri WELSH BREVITY''.

the function, the social gathering ticized the politics of their govern- Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyr- was such as to have made the occament. The Chinese delegation re- drobwlllandyseiliogogogoch. Thission a very pleasant one for all ceived about sixty - letters · from is the name of a Welsh village in concerned. Anglesea which, which Dr. Vaughan THE BANFF CONFERENCE

some

Chinese inhabitants in Canada, all aking the delegation to do some Thomas mentioned when he ad-

thing to secure modification of dressed the Rotary Club

I chanced to receive recently the Immigration law. The Chinese weeks ago. Several persons have from Shanghai a brief account of delegation get in touch with th asked what the name was and if the Banff Conference, to which, as Canutian delegation which Ister they are still interested they can may be recalled, Bir William appointed a sub-committee to work cut this paragraph out for their Shenton was also a delegate. The for the modification of the law scrap books." The word contains writer, among other things said: through the Orders-in-Council at 59 letters, and means "The church "In conformity with the princi- Ottawa." of St. Mary in a hollow of white bazel, near the rapid whirlpool, and, to St. Tisilio church, near. to a red cave" LAST WEDNESDAY'S

"TEST"

"A select little company of off- cials, leading business men, and architects – gathered together on Wednesday afternoon Inst int Cause way Bay on the grounds, once os cupied by the Hong Kong Jockey

DR. WONG QUINCEY

ples of the Institute, delegates from countries bordering on the Pacific Region did not represent their An interesting passenger to Eu- respective governments and the rope, travelling by the mv, Conte conference passed no resolutions. Rossows, Dr. Wong Quincey, The Chinese and Japanese delegates a professor of the Tsing Hua bad a series of private conversa College. Dr. Quincey has writ- tions but no attempt was made to ten several plays which bave reach an understanding, much less been produced in Shanghai and to secure a mutual promise that the United States. He is now they would make recommendations on his way to Europe for eight to their governments upon their months of research work. During return home.

his brief visit here he was the guest "It was significant to note the of Dr. Arthur Woo

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