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In IT IS A MADNESS TO MAKE abeer felicity of phrase, we doubt FORTUNE THE MISTRESS
EVENTS, BECAUSE IN HERSELF whether any people on earth can SHE 18 NOTHING, BUT IS RULED touch them. Take, for example, BY PRUDENCE-Dryden. the address to Bir Kai Ho-kai on Saturday: "Age has not dulled your ardour nor poverty sapped The Telegraph" in Canton:
"They who The Hongkong Telegraph is have received your bounty are as now on sale at, and will be the peasants who rise to labour delivered to subsoribers by, the and go to rest with the sun Dairy Farm Company, Limited, unconscious of the royal influence Shameen, Canton, who have been that secures their well-being." appointed our agents there. Nothing could be more happy and melodious than the choice and arrangement of words here; and no doubt they lost something Lower level 8 a.m. Temp 82; in translation. Phrases always do. dull.
At the Peak 8 a.m. Temp 75; In sheer happiness of phrase the
fog. only people who can touch this are the Scots peasants, and theirs is a different kind of gift. Theire
The Weather.
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TIMBER YARD ABLAZE.
The Damage Estimated at $23,000.
Lastevening a serious fire broke
CHAUFFEUR CHARGED.
Care du Lu Have Raced on the Praya.
Before Mr. Melbourne, at the
THE INTERPO
YES.
Some Comments on the anghai
Tournament.
Shanghai has every reason to
out in the Timber Yard of the Police Court this morning, Loung Kwon On Company, situated on Tim, a chauffeur employed by the Praya East, on the reclaimed Far Eastern Motor Car Company, be pleased with the performance land between the Naval Yard and was summoned for furiously drive of its cricket eleven in the recent the No 2 Police Station, involving motor car No. 46, on the Interport match, As admitted in ing the destruction of a large Praya near the Seamen's Institute, Hongkong, that port was sending away a thoroughly representative team and this fact makes the quantity of timber belonging to at 10.40 p.m. on June 3.
Mr. W. B. Hind, (Mr. G. K. the Kwan On, and also that of a neighbouring yard. The alarm Hall Bruttons office) defended. success of the local eleven all the
more satisfactory. was raised at about 7.15 8.3. P. U. Swan said that at the and Inspector MeHardy immedi- time and date stated he was on visitors were probably slightly In batting and fielding our ately informed the Central Police duty on the Prays Esat when he superior, but the Shanghai Station and the Fire Station. The saw two motor cars approaobing, bowling won the match at the brigade turned out promptly and both travelling west. Both cars finish. With the exception of were on the scene in a credits-were travelling at a high speed. Barrett, the Shanghai batemen bly short time, with two engines Directly No. 46 car passed a tram were out of practice, especially A," from which several hoses were car No. 2 car passed No. 46 car on E. Lanning, who failed to show & The Mails.
soon playing on the burning the right of the latter. This glimpse of his form of previous meant that the two motors and in the vivid phrase that drives a German Mail-Dae per s.s. timber.
GOBBONS. Barrett, in the first Dorflinger at daylight 10- An Imposing Sight. the tramcar were almost in a line, innings, played what was prob...... picture home-short, stacatto,
The Brigade, who turned out He called on the motors to stop ably the best innings he has over piercing. The Chinese unfolds his thought more slowly, but
under the Deputy Superintendent but No. 2 went on. He blew played in Shanghai. In the second of Police, Mr. T. H. King, and his whistle twice. He told the innings, he was very lucky, being there is often a singing cadence
the Assistant Superintendent of driver of car 48 that he would badly missed caught and bowled in the very words employed.
the Brigade, Chief Inspector be summoned for farious driving from the first ball he received. Gourlay, found, on arrival, that The car was travelling anything Thie mistake may have had con- the flames had a complete hold
|siderable influence on the result on the timber, and, in spite of up to thirty miles an hour.
By Mr. Hind: The car was of the game. Potter and V. H. their best endeavours, the con- flagration spread through the travelling between twenty and Lanning deserve the highest yard with such rapidity that soon thirty miles an hour, He had no credit for a fine stand after tiffin it was practically all involved, experience of speed; be simply on the second day. Potter's stre that immediately adjoining "pplied common sense. He did not success afforded great pleasure to the street, the Eames shooting time the cars. He was now refer the many friends of this fine all skyward in large masses, form- ring to car No. 46; if anything, sound cricketer...
car No. 2.travelled faster than No. ing a beacon that could be seen 48, after the whistle was blown. from practically every point on the harbour. Dense clouds of steam and smoke reflected the glare and made the sight most imposing.
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HONGKONG, TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1914.
THE BOY SCOUTS.
We published the other day an article on the Cadet Company of our Volunteer Corps. We were glad to see these lade at their first public appearance on the King's Birthday Parade. They marched
morrow.
Siberian Mail.-Due per 8.a. Siberian Mail.Closes per s.8. Empresa of Asia to-morrow at 10.30 n.m.
Kanchow to-morrow.
p.m...
German Mail-Olosas per s.. The Yellow Dragon for June Derflinger to-morrow at 5 tells interesting stories of how two pupils have recently been
Langkat Output. held up for ransom. One of them was with brigands for forty days Messrs. Wright and Hornby and, says the magazine, on his re-inform us that the Langkat output turn he "looked slook and un- for yesterday was 297 tons. concerned and seemed to think lightly of his adventures." That is characteristic of Chinese, whether they are boys or grown men. They take the events of the day very philosophically. We heard story, the other day which illus trates this point and which
The Servant Problem.
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The
Smooth Trip.
During the last 48 hours of her trip, the Tenyo Mara experienced
Tenyo's Passengers.
78 steerage passengers.
P. and O. Express in Collision.
Naval Men Help.
&
Mr. Hind: Yes. Acting Lance Sergeant Mc
The hearing was adjourned.
The fielding of the home side was uneven, at times good, but on the whole fair only. Fielding like everything else requires practice and some Shanghai ericketers are bad fields simply because they will not practice. Haynes, behind the wicket, was distinctly good, his taking of Quayle in Hongkong's second
The Hongkong Captain seemed. to be ill-advised to bowl Anderson There was a sergeant there who after lunch on the second day, and would also give evidence. There certainly should have taken him a fine weather and smooth sea.
were three Europeans walking off earlier. Anderson had clean alongside the road and several bowled Quayle just before tilfin 3 Tenyo's Cargo.
more Chinese. They were walk and had thus served his purpose. past splendidly bright, cleau-looking set of boys-and we hope amused us more than a little, The Tenyo Hara, which arrived The situation of the yard was ing in different directions. The He should not have been pat on that those parents who saw them and who have boys of their own One of the boys in a certain school in port to-day, brought 893.28 much as to make the fire particu. Pedestrians were not walking again except to break up long The Shanghai bowling was, on were as favourably impressed as we were and will bring along rein the Colony was sent to the tons of cargo from America and lily dangerous, it being in the under the verandah. The motore partnership. oruits. We hope also that those in authority will lose no time in headmaster to be caned. The head ports of call.
midet of other shipbuilding and did not pass the tramcar while carrying out the suggestions made in our article to give this valu-master was basy at the moment
timber yarde, and while there it was stopped. There were two the whole, good. Quayle bowled we an absence of wind, which rickshas on the road going east. beautifully at the beginning of with able company a proper chance of development. "
and contented himself
work of the He suggested they were racing. Hongkong's second innings and The Cadet Company is part of the Hongkong Volunteer Corps warning the youth and advising
helped the sad belongs to the Military Forces of the Crown. As such, only him that, if time had permitted, San Francisco this morning with ining the
The Tenyo Mara arrived from fire-fighters, the task of co-No. 2 car was a 40 holes power made the match a sure thing for outbreak #proved car and No. 40 was an 18.20 horse Shanghai. Murphy thoroughly boys of British parentage are eligible for ite ranke and by its something more than & warning 58 first-class, 22 second-class and itself
matter calling for power car. No. 46 was trying to justified his selection, and Potter terms of organization it can accept only those British boys between would have been awarded him. the ages of ten and eighteen. A very small proportion of the The youth heard him cut-and
very considerable effort. For keep in front of No. 2 car. No. 2 and Lanning both bowled well, boys in the Colony fall within this category. For the remainde: then volunteered to return when
tunately, the services of a large fifty yards behind No. 46 and more especially the former, who Coming to Hongkong. it is essential, if Hongkong is not to fall completely behind other the headmaster was less busy.
contingent of naval men were in a distance of two hundred yards was as reliable se ever. Brand was erratic bat served his side well portions of the Empire in its duty to Youth, that the "Boy Scouts
Mrs. Hugh D. M'Intosh, wife available and they gave the No 2 had passed No. 48.
By His Worship: When he in bowling Claxton at a critical should be encouraged and placed on a proper footing. The idea
of the well-known entrepreneur, brigado, all of which was turned appears to exist in certain quarters that the Boy Scouts movement can
is on an extensive tour of the out, considerable aid in handling called on car 46 to stop, the brakes period of the game. only be organized at the expense of the Cadet Company. If this
Singapore is providing Hong-East. She tours Ceylon: then the hose, of which a great length were pat on immediately.
Mr. Bind: I saw the speedomet were su, nothing further could be said. The training in civic duties kong with a much-needed lesson. proceeds to Singapore. Batavia, as requisitioned. The bold bid of boye receiving their education in Hongkong, many of whom are For we observe that on July 1 Hongkong, Kobe and Yokohama, that was made for saving the aur-er on the car myself yesterday:
His Worship: Are you getting destined to careers outside our Empire, could not for a moment be there is to come into force there being absent for six months. rounding property met with the
in the box? best of results. The fire was allowed to stand in the way of the essential development of the an Ordinance providing for the
Order of the Excellent Crop. King's Forces. But we are convinced that the idea is false. registration of servants.
confined to the Kwan On and one Every British boy of ten, whose parents will allow bim, would master is to be under Government The President of the Chinese neighbouring yard, which also prefer to be a soldier in the Cadet Corps ather than a simple control, and it isunderstood thatone Republic has conferred the Order met with some damage. About Tullock gave corroborative evi- Scout. If he has been previously trained as a Scout, he will make of the Assistant Superintendents of the Excellent Crop (Chia Ho) thirty jets of water were played dence. The cars, he said, were all the better material fra Cadet. There is, there must bo, not of Police will be in charge of the of the Third Class upon Mr. B. on the burning material, from the travelling about twenty-five or
innings being quite a feature. hing military in the traning of the Boy Scout. The aim of instructors department. Hongkong house. W. Maze, Commissioner
of engines and the floats, and by ten thirty miles an hour.
Turning to the losers, Pearce, ia not to make him a soldier, but to make him a decent citizen.
wives have long and patiently Customs at Canton and Mr. E. 'look the brigade had matters
showed much of his old form. He This fallacy of the Scout being a soldier is at the root of put up with the worries attendant Gordon Lowder, Commissioner well under control and the fierce-
in a fine player, strong in defence another objection to the movement in this Colony. It is imagined on the servant problem, but they of Customs for Kowloon andness of the blaze subdued. A
with many shots. Sayer is that the Scout has, like a soldier, to take an oath of allegiance to see no hope of a kindly Govern- Distriot.
great factor in the saving of the
evidently a good bat and will be yard to the west of the Kwan On the King. It is suggested as farcical that Scoutmasters should make ment coming to their aid. It may
Company's premises was the fact peculiar irony of fate, of the two He has a weak spot through the heard of again in these matches. Portuguese, Filipinos, Chinese, and children of other nationalities be argued that an attempt made
that there was a pathway leading yards that wero receiving their education here, take a solemn oath of allegiance to by a private concern, in the way
eventually slips but otherwise watches the So it would be. The Boy Scout, of registration, failed; but it is
A London wire of May 23 saya: down to the water's edge between involved, the one that wes not bail and is difficult to move, His Majesty King George V.
insured has sustained the greater Claxton made some nice strokes however, is not called on to take an oath of allegiance. He pro- overlooked that where private-The P. and O. passengers the two properties.
Worked all Night. damage, the brigade succeeding but is too flashy. The best bat- mises on his honour, firet, to do his duty to God and the King enterprise fails Government action arrived at Victoria four hours
The large crowds that gathered in quenching the outbreak which ting on the side was that of second, to help other people at all times; and third, to may succeed. We are b'essed late as the result of the P. and obey the Scout Law. That is all he has to promise. No
with Botnal, O. express from Marseilles collid-in the vicinity and the necessity occurred, as a result of the fire, Hancock, who played quite one Bongkong in will deny
children receiving
benefits Assistant, and Deputy Supering with a shunting engine at for laying hose on the track, die in an adjacent yard.
of his best innings on a cone too, of the education offered in a British Colony owe a "duty" to intendente of Polico, and Macon. The express engine was located the tram traffic for the
Fireman injured
easy wicket. King George. No one familiar with the movement will deny that perchance one of these badly damaged and the guard's reaing.
The Hongkong bowling was, The official report of the occur- "Scouting." is the beat way to make them realize that duty. could do with a little more work. van completely smashed, but the During the night the brigade
Nor is it incongruous that these Scouts should salute the British Our Government might therefore guard was only badly bruised. stood by the fire, pumping a con-rence states that the outbreak on the whole, fair. Bird was an flag on the authorized occasions. If it is proper-aa it undoubtedly
tho charred stacks of ticaher, but folding shed which was totally neas. Sayer keeps a good length in-for British residents in Berlin to take off their hats to the Col-copy Singapore's example, and The passengere received a severe eiderable quantity of water on to originated in the Man Hop scat object lesson of length and steadi when daylight broke this morning consumed, damage to the extent and has an awkward swerve, also ours of German Regiments, it cannot be out of place for boya to sign to one of them the task of shock, but none were hari.
solving the servant problem.
there was still a large amount of of $5,000. being done. This is Read, but the remainder did not salute the flag under the shelter of which they are receiving their early training. We complained only the other day about the laxity of
The Victoria Theatre manage mouldering going on, with sor-covered by insurance. The fire ahow to advantage.
The fielding compared more the Chinese in the matter of doing honour to the Union Jack on the
responding volumes of smoke then prl to the Kwan On ment has once more provided a King's Birthday. The way to teach. them their duties in this
As will have been observed by bit of cinematography in the rising, Consequently threa jots Yard nd enveloped a stack of than favourably with that of the report of the Harbour Master respect is certainly, not by wet-blankeiting the Boy Scouts,
It is not perhaps fully realized that the Scout training has for last year, the total of shipping great detective film "Fantomas were kept hard at work playing wood, doing damage to the amount Shanghai. Sayer, at cover, was exceptional advantages for the boys we are considering. They entering and clearing at ports in of 5,000 feet in length, the on the property to prevent any of $8,000 which is covered by probably the best man we bave
standing by.
spread to the premises, of a firm Bagnall did some fine work, also. have not been brought up caturally to those ball games and ex- the Colony during the twelve tragedy at the masked ball mak- farther outbreak, one engine insurances in two offices. It also seen in the field for some years. eroises which develop the physique of British boys and keep months showed a very substantial ing the fourth of this exciting Viewed this morning by the in the rear of the Kwan On which Matthews. Claxton, at the wicket, also partly burnt, the was brilliant at times but not so them out of mischief during their hours of recreation. These boys increase when compared with and entertaining series. Here have taken to scouting, which makes indeed an irresistible 1912. To be precise, there were again the star performers Fanto-Telegraph, the scene of the out-were
fielding on both sides was marred appeal to all boys. This healthy open-air cccupation is therefore 1,600 vessels of 1,007,933 tona mas, and Jure, pit their wit break presented a picture of estimated damage in this respect sound as Haynes. Much of the P. S. Fowler who was on duty by dropped catches and no team, against each other. To explain desolation, Neatly packed stacks being put as high as $10,000. more. This is most encouraging, in their case a double boon.
Other European nations have adopted General Baden Powell's but it should be explained that the detail of the picture would of what once was timber are now
Iron sheeting which been admitted to the Government 10 win a match, if it drops five great idea. We venture to prophesy that if they incorporate the included in the increase are 10,026 be unfair in many respects, and charred black and sodden with with the Brigade last evening has however strong, should be allowed
for the dramatic force of the water. Scout movement with their schoots and Universities in the Orient conservancy and dust boats, re-
formed the sides to a godown on Hospital. It appears that while catches in one incinge, as was the Why subject to be thoroughly appre the extreme west of the premises working he sustained injuries to case with Shanghai in Hongkong's whilst we neglect it; then the products of their schools and Univer-presenting 407,278 tone.
have been bent down in all the head from a brass branch first venture. sities will exce! those of ours in value as citizens. We would ask these should be included we fail ciot-ed it must be seen.
On the showing of both teams They do not, in the real
Home Again.
manner of shapes, while the lane pipe, of such a nature se those who are discouraging the Boy Scouts to take counsel straitly to see..
Shanghai certainly were the with themselves. For our part, we are convinced that by thwarting sense, represent actual shipping,
running down to the water is necessitate treatment. Flying an extremely long pen-
better mide, but had the run of this high ideal of chivalry they are doing an incalculable injury to and to count them every time
the luck. The match was a most the Empire.
they leave and enter the harbour nant, the cruiser Doris, command-fall of charred wood and portions
enjoyable one, full of interest and The Scout movement has come to stay and must be regarded as seems ridiculous. In one of the ed by Capt. C. P. Beauty-Pow-of dismantled matsheds.
incident. To those who cavilled by no means the least valuable part of the education Great Britain tables contined in the report it all, arrived at Plymouth on May No cause has at present been
at the short cessation of play has to offer. The earliest Scoute-and they were but few in those is intimated that the movements 5, from the China station, bring found for the outbreak; but it is
The Isle of Wight Chamber of owing to bad light, it must be days are only now reaching manhood and we must wait a few of fishing jusks are not included ing home reliefs from that station, certain that a larger amount of years longer before the full effect of the movement can be gauged in the figures. While this may Although the trip to the Far East damage has been done than No one familiar with it can have the least doubt that its results be very proper these craft cor- and back was very uneventful, it occurred in the fire which took Commerce has passed a resolution remarked that the umpires are will be surprising and wholly for good. The Empire will be tainly represent whipping more was, of a pleasant, character, place about three years ago on expressing the view that a train the sole judges of the fitness or leavened for the first time in its history by thousands of young than dust-boate do, and if the favourable weather having on the the same premises, when property ferry either from Stokes Bay to unfitness of the light and that men who have been trained during their most impressionable latter are taken into account why whole been experienced. During the extent of $10,000 was Ryde or across the Solent would every captain must sink calf and wears to be gonil citizens. Are we to deny this training to British not the former? Nothing is the last couple of days of the destroyed. In this instance, be a more practicable scheme play for his side in all circum-
ng becaurs in a durlishaj pit we do not wish a terred by rockening the move. return voyage rough seas were while no suthoritative figures are than the projected Solent Tunnel stances. It boys in Hongkong because in a
the need amon 2-Lezi' margt bei patered, Lut, athuga am yet to hand, it has been between the Isle of Wight and train a fw, go nitizanu to spread neighbours? Heaven knows yay heed them even more thin we do which given an artificial af paljolimen waven strept near the bows mtimated that the damage
ount to ab nt 823 000.
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