1918-01-29 — Page 3

GENERAL NEWS.

· Ebgineer's Death at Newchwang,

The death at Newchwang is reported of Mr. Hughes, an Eag Tish engineer, who has been keged upon the constraction of --Olefody, barb-ur, dredging the Eiso river, and the harbour works în Lion-shan Bay. The asd event occurred on the 12th instant, and the funeral took place on the following day.

Crowd Above The Liwi Stewart Michie, a private in the Army Service Corps, was summoned at the Guildball for driving a motor lorry in a manner dangerous to the public. Mr. Vandenberg, barrister, took an objection to the proceedings, and contended that the court had no jurisdiction. The defendant be esid, was on 'Crown service, and the Crown was not bɔand by any statute. It was decided to adjourn the summons in order that cases, bearing on the point might bastudied.

German Gas Mask" 1913." "We had been watching tremendous bombardment," asid Dr. Fort Newton, describing, at the City Temple his visit to the froct, "and on the way back one of our party picked up a German gas mask. Be at once began to swear-and know bow to, having lived in Chicago. We asked why ba emore, 'Look at that date,' be cried. On the mark were the worde, "Made in Germany-1913. We said, 'Go on with your swest- ing is that the best you can di ?”

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of income-tax assessed quarterly upon weekly wage earbere employed by way of manaal labag, the following estimates may be given for 1916- 17: Grosa eeeeermeate £202,000. 000, net produce £3000,000. The somber of weekly wage earnera with incomes above the exemption limit was 1,500,000, and the womber of weekly wage earnera lisble to pay tax after deducting the statutory abite- menie. and allowent a WAR 637.000

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No Inherited Mutilation. Medical men are noting the -belte, which is spreading, thar the fatore children of soldiera who have loet their limbe or berá otherwise matilsted - in the war will be bern with similar mutilations.

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creed exists for the elevation of flat, fror little girl play with the masses. Rabbish! Iu'nine Maggie Smith ?" ***My little girl | cases out of ten it is an ill-play with Maggie Smith! Why, tempered, ill considered protees you met be dreaming, Mr. against class differences, "engend Blatbwart. Why, 'er mother ered by class envy and clace alla batter at one end of the spite sad hatred.

counter and bootlaces at the We are assured that when other!" And then I realised the Democracy gets the apper hand truth of the saying with reference and reigns supreme, snobbery to big as and little fans. will die a naturel death. Ass Here is another actual fact, matter of fact it will only be The Vickr was robing with the reborn into more vigorous and shoir in the vestry. Suddenly | all-prevading life than ever. the car-te rashed excitedly in

Take Ameries fr inetsuce, where "The 'Bart," said he, “is just Damccracy is really supposed to coming up the church path." tale the roost. If you can wit."Sand for the churchwardens at Dess any form of anobbery morelance," feverishly replied the bopelessly rampant than you own, Vicar, "and we will meet bin Pa in the American Press, or is New he ought to be mer." And quite Yerk or at Newporter Narragan-solemnly and quite gravely, and sett Pier, then will be glad if without a smile on their faces, HUMPHREYS ESTATE AND you will take me to it as swiftly clergy, choir and charchwardena as possible. It nould be a sight in full regalis, sallied forth, sing- for gods and angels to wrep-syé, ing a triumphal byma, to meet

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on TUESDAY, the 19th Feb.

ruary, 1918, at 12 o'clock NOON,

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and to howl with laughter over, the sby and miserable baronet-NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the ORDINARY home of the saob, ia evidenced

"There is no snobbery in the a successfal acivereal provider ANNUAL GENERAL MEET TH

THE NINETY-EIGHTH OR- by the fact that everyone in the Colonies, 'the untravelled and the who had been recently honoured ING of SHAREHOLDERS in DINARY MEETING OF community from the duke to the anthinking will joyfully assure on the very threshold of God's this Company will be held at the SHAREHOLDERS in the Com- dus:man, from the duchess-to-the you Have you ever-beard-the House

Hongkong Hotel,-Hongkong, on--pany will be held at the Office of- dairy maid, peer, prelate, ressant "aristocracy,"

called the FO

I have heard people only Iste- SATURDAY, the 9th February, the Company, Hotel Mansions, +nd pedagogue, in a scob in one creme de Is creme" of Colonially deploring the advent of the 1918, at 11.30 A.M. for the purpose degree or soother. I saa once Society, discussing the wife of a marges into the commissioned of receiving the reports of the writing out labele to tie on braces Premier or a Cabinet Minister: ranks of the new army. Indeed, Directors together with a State- ment of Accounts for the year Raymond Blathways writes if partridges and pheasants in "Oh! my dear, of course, we don't I have been guilty of the cffeace ending 31st December, 1917. absolutely no foundation in fact," the National News as follows - the gun-room at Haverholm know her socially. She's quite myself, for it is su offence, and no The TRANSFER BOOKS of the eaid a doctor, "At a certain stage In common wan the rest of my Priory, and suddenly my host, impossible!" Well, jan't sbat one realises it more than I do. Company will be CLOSED from of pre-natal development the countrymen and country women. the late Lord Winchelets-1 bet snabbery of the worst possible Though there are many officers the 4th February to the 14th child might possibly be injured i am a anob. The only difference someone will osu me a snob now! kind? Like everything eles, of today, aye, even colonels and February (both days inclusive), in this way through a violent between us, eo far a- I can see, is asid to me: "I hate dukes"; course, there are degrees in majore, let alone hundreds of during which period no Transfer mental shock to the mother that I own up to is and they do and I said. "Why?" "Oh," he snobbery and there are many captains and subalterne who have of Shares can be registered. say the sadden, on xpected not. At least, the majority of repled, "they are such anohs! different kinds of snobbery, never even seen a meas-jacket and JOHN D. HUMPHREYS appearance of the father witbont them do not. I have knowL And how indeed can English There is sacbbery, that is natural, who would not know it if they

& SON, one of his limba but such cues thousands of them in my time. people, brought up as they are inexcusable, human, inevitable and saw it, yet paver has the British

General Managers. "are very rare indeed."

and I never knew one who in ont all classes of the community end almost unavoidable." It is difficult Army possessed more splendid shape or another was not a snob ander present conditions and to define it, but it exists. There and gallant cheers than it does Hongkong, 26th January, 1918. And why not? I snobbery sc circons anos, belp being snobs? is snobbery which is laughable in Flanders to-day. diegraceful as it is invariably They have practically no choice and rather oontemptible, and there! Those young fellows, who were Niigata regarding the snow elide made oat to be? To begin with, in the matter from the very day is snobbery which is ornel, de-drapers and grocers and iron tis. took pises at Mimata-murs the word, as generally aeed, is they are born. To begin with-testable and utterly indefensible. mongers' maissants, and anct- on the 9th. The report By Bevere. it to frequently more and I say it in all reverence, but For instance, I was living opesioneste and batchers' clerks and that the area of spOW that a pleasant than the cccssion with no fear of contradiction--the in a small botel, or, not to be accountants three yearṇ ago, ara

calle for. by

ry Bible itself, that magnificent snobbish, is a very comfortabletting 80 example which €00 87de. The ground below For, after all, to be snobbish is bulwark of our whole Constitu- boarding-house. The under Howarde and Cecile and Pisnt- was covered with twenty feat of only to be bomen. In fact, on tion, the vary Bible is a vast manegerees was charmingyoung agents, with all their splendid enow burying 173 persone and absolutely assnobbish-person, if monument of snobbery "in ex- woman, with the most delightial records and long traditions be twenty-eight buildings, ind ad such a person exist, is really on- celsis," when it is not absolutely presence and the most beautifal bind them, could not possibly ing a primary school, four 'ware. boman? At times snobbery je anarchio and revolutionary nature that I have ever encounter surpass, could indeed scarcely houses, a hydrcalentric plant, almost as necessary a failing which is but to say that it is a ed in all my wanderinge, Among attempt to rival. And the Howards and police station. Up to the it is universal. I know one supreme epitome of haman the boscers, or, to pat it very and the Cecile and the Plan evening of the eleventh, 102 bero indeed who boldly arsers nature.

snobbishly, among the "gueste," sgenets are the very first to percona, had been dug cas, bat that every self-respecting person Every rightly constituted per was a certain fiae, headsome old recognise it and to rejoice in it. only twenty four were she and must, in the very natute of things, son, ia s azob at one moment and colonel, a man bearing an ancien The shop-seeistans enbaltern, violent Scoialist the next. And, had been away for a month of the choicest and the noblest and a distinguished name. H. or even colonel is all that there is after all, what is’Socialism itself, founded an, and out of what does D, and cn his return I noticed and the best in oar, ancient, and Socialist will tell you that his whom he did not shake band life. I, for one, anob shough I wsa this under-managerese. Iam, gladly take off my bat to him, neked him why he badn't, never se, sisc does anyone worthy the in my foolish simplicity dreaming some of a man.

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it is believed that the others who have a touch of the snob in his are still under the now are all composition.

| de ud... Ai preesat, 1,800 men are The universality of snobbery, employed digging out the buried certainly here in England, the boases.

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of what his reply would be. To This great war has killed the my mingled Astonishment and old snobbery, for a time at all indignation he said, "Oh! events

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Now that man was a delightful is declared, man in all other respects, highly respected, a universal. favourite end a gallant and a distinguished soldier. But just for that moment his conduct was beneath -con; tempt.

"When Kaights Wera Bold," And, so I say, snobbery pre-a force which seems to enjoy vades all classes of the com eternal life, we recently revived munity. I remember ones, when at the Kingsway Tasatre with was on East-End curats Mid Mr. Bromley Chellenor în the to a woman who kepti park made famous by the lajä

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