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NOTES AND COMMENTS.

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We referred on Tuesday to the spirit of progress animating the Hongkong and Whampoa Dook Company. It is also very that the

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THURSDAY, · APRIL ́3. 1919.

DAY BY DAY.

INTUITION 12 WHAT SOME PEOPLE CLAIM TO HAVE WHEN THEY SUCCEED IN WAXING A GOOD QUENÝ,

The rainfall registered at the Company in its prosperity. Botanic Gardens during March has not forgotten the mem totalled 1 77-inch. bers of the staff, whose loyal and efficient work has made pos sible the very satisfactory state of Affairs. The bonas of 20 per cent.

MUSICAL JOTTINGS.

[BY “ENHARMONIO."]

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HON. MR. LANDALE'S RETIREMENT.

AFTER THIRTY YEARS IN THE EAST.

TO-DAY'S CHINESE

TELEGRAMS.

(Wah Ter Fat Po Service)

Peking. April? Evidence of foreign intrigues We understand that at the end has been discovered in regard to It is

of this month the Hon. Mr. David the Mongolian situation.

Mr. Harold Bauer, who is described as being one of the best- pianists now before the public, has been giving highly apprecist ed recitals in New York, In his Landale, will be retiring from

of Messrs. Jardins reported that a decision has been programmes, the pianist has been the firm setting a good example by choos Matheson and Company, Ltd. He arrived at to immediately des severa all connection with Hong-patch three brigades to the There were notified yesterdaying the worka of American authors, tong and the Far East after an frontier, on salaries is fully deserved. An-one fatal case each of plague. He recently opened a Mac Dowell association of thirty years. The Mr. C. T. Wong, one of the other innovation is the institution small-por and cerebro-apinal audiences with

Sessan and delighted his Hon. Mr. Landale has been a delegation, cables the utmost of a Provident Fund and other|meningitis. All the victims

renderings of prominent business man in the necessity of the cancellation of the that composer's sonatas. Another Colony and a well-known figure twenty-one demands, otherwise firms might wall take their time were Chinese. from this lead. The knowledge

neglected American composer, in local finance. He is a Director the direct return of Kisochow that old age is provided for

Percy Gminger, has also received of all the best joint-stock com- must create a feeling of greater Intending exhibitors at the attention From Bauer. Thers ia panies here. His retirement will will amount to nothing..

Owing to the quarrel at the contentment, for there is nothing forthcoming Dog, Car and a uniqueness in Grainger's play.cause vacancies on the Boards of

Directors of several local com-Cabinet meeting between the more conducive to good work and Poultry Show are reminded that ing of his own pieces just as in

panies.

Finance and War Ministers, Kon- greater energy than that feeling.

In all probability. Mr. John Wan-pang, War Ministar, has It also relieves employees from entries close on Saturday, the 5th Kreisler's renderings at his own

works. But all the other Johnstone, who is coming from also tendered his resignation. an extra strain on their finances,

violinists play Kreisler pieces Shanghai to step into the shoes which is a great'consideration in

Shanghai, April 2, these days of high cost of living.

because the public dotes on them. of Mr. David Landale, will take Kung Sam-cham, Minister of Better provision is also being

Government Wireless +For the same reason pianists his place on the Directorate of Finance, returned to Peking yes-- made for the Dock Company's School on the Band at Canton should play Grainger. employees, and a new housing is now enrolling 90students. The scheme is well under way. -t-ere instruction is given inside the again the employees interests Naval Training Station. are being carefully studied, and everything is being done for their

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The Hon. Mr. David Lan-terday with Chu Sho-tsang but dale

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Finance Ministry as yet. In an article "Music After the garth on August 6, 1868, and was

Cheung Sui-ki, the special War" written in a boute paper, educated at Fetles College, Edin- Mr. Kalisch referred indirectly burgh. After a few years spent official on Shensi affairs, wired comfort and health. All this will The Mobammedan members of to the theory that it is the beaten in the service of the Royal Bank that he will begin the delimita mat. for greater prosperity,

of Scotland and the Charteredtion of boundaries on the lat [from which all concerned will no the Hongkong Police Force will nation that produces the best Bank of India, Australia and instant and that he has already. doubt greatly benefit. The entertain the British Officers, N. music. have heard of that China, he joined Messrs. Jardine, sant a private code telegram to significance of the policy followed Officers, Mohammedan Officers, theory being put forward as an Matheson and Co., Ltd. in March, Tang Shas-yi to this effec by the Hongkong and Whampoa Non-Commissioned Officers and explanation of the beautiful 1890.

The Southern delegates held a At different periods, he had Dock Company should not be too Gunners of the H. K.S.B. R. G.A quality of some of the Welsh All communications intended for publication-should-be-address-lightly passed over. Iris a sign to tiff at the Central Poles folk uge. Bat this is mere con- been stationed at Swatow. Hong-meeting yesterday and decided of the times that firms who Station at 1 pm. on Saturday, jecture as no one knows who kong and Sanghai. It was at the reply to contradicting the Business correspondence should be sent to the Manager. employ a large number of hands the 5th instant.

wrote the songs and it is going beginning of 1907, when Mr. presidential mandate hurrying too far to asume that he was a

Keswick raalise that they must concern

was transferred to the reopening of the peace themselves with the welfare of

They are Hongkong, that Mr. Landale was negotiations. member of any particular race. their employees far more than in

In general, it may be taken that placed in charge of the firm's drafting a telegram for reply.. the old days, for such a policy

interests at Shanghai. For a The Southern delegation pro- Is composition is not written by number of years Mr. Landale posed to-day that the North and has been proved to be an indis

rar, we have the beaten nation

as an evidence of their bona fides.

ed to the Editor.

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ACKNOWLEDEMENT.

According to the report from the contractors in the Canton

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pensable factor to progress and Municipality, the outside cita nation bat by a man. How-took a prominent part in the South each send one respresent-

be highly congratulated.

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resolva, "after a severe mental struggle," to leave the Army be-

about 6,000 feet in length. The residents are reluctant in yield ing their homes to the public, although they will be well com- pensated.;

and it remains to be seen whether Excepting during two

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A PRETTY PAIR.

theory has any foundation in he had been a member of the armistice there, and that the Ffact,

Shanghai Municipal Council North send Admiral Sah, and continuously since 1900. He was the South send Lir Poh-yih, The ex-Kaiser is seen in the real light of a coward in the

chairman of the Finance Com-but Cha Kai-ken says that Before the W, we were inmittee in 1903-04 and was elected it is unadvisable .to send letter to Little Willie from which we printed an extract in our

the habit of accepting anything Chairman of the Shanghai such prontingat officers. He telegram cloumns yesterday. This

that was composed by a German Municipal Council in May 1907. ning added that the re-opening letter was written a couple of. We have received frm the and adverse criticians were ex. His recreation is chiefly polo and of the Peace Conference will days or so before the Armistice, local office of the Pacific Mail ceeding rare when the Teuton shooting. His steward of the settle everything

Club In Jockey And in it the

February, who S.S. Company a copy of Pacific provided the score, I do not think

The Commercial Union bodies 1902, - he married Mildred. ence...considered himself the fail, a magazine published by the reason for that attitude the second daughter of Mr. John

of Shanghai held a meeting All Highest speaks of his the Company's Head Office in San was 2 desire anduly to Fortune, of Bengair, Kircud yesterday and decided again to

Francisco. It is splendidly promote German musical brightshire.

interview both delegations before

the Although business has become taking

finel because it could no longer guar produced, admirably illustrated interests in England; rather

peace. Henriette P. Noronha and family desire to thank their anttes his safety, but advises his and contains many items of Farwas it due to the fact that we had so highly organised and the stress towards

been in the habit of regarding of competition so great that it is appointed four representatives friends for the kind expressions of sympathy in their sad bereave-son to stick to his post until the Eastern interest...

conclusion of the Armistice. In

the German as top-dog in matters impossible for any firm to hold a to Tang Shai-yi who ment, and for the many beautiful floral tributes which were sent.

other words, the ex-Kaiser

musical and beyond criticism.monopoly such as that promised to re-open the pesce was taking no chances himself The Colonial Secretary notifies That is true of the old German enjoyed by the East India negotiations on receipt of Cheang

the shout as that the following telegram master, but the war has brought century there are usually one or

eighteenth Sai-ki's telegram proving that the safety of his own son's has been received from the Chief us to realise that modern German two business houses still in every fighting and to see Chu Kai-ken,

Sheasi has already stoppe skin. Apparently, the ex-Crown Cable Censor, London:- composers had, to a certain de- Prince imagined that he was still a great military man, for he asked "Telegrams both personal and gree, been living on their coun- eclipse all rival. Thus, in the who made the same promise. the Socialist head of the Govern-commercial now allowed with try's reputation. meat for permission to remain in Esthonis and with Poland from

2100 FOR SINKING U-BOAT. his post and undertook to bring April 1st. Also with Austria į

Bounty was awarded in the I was present at Queen's Hall along the entire coast. Messrs. Prize Court recently for the the Army home in a well-from April 2nd, but not Hungary. disciplined and orderly manner. Service uncertain and telegransformance of the Domastia Sym-have

on the occasion of the first per- Jardine, Matheson and Co., Ltd. sinking of the U16 in the North But Perr Ebert cannot have liable to delay."

been engaged in Sea on Hay 10 last. An affidavit phony of Straume and I think the the import and export trade from by Lient. Thomas Alfred- Tew, thought much of Little Willie's

general idea ang the enthu- the days when Chins was first NR., stated that he was serving prowess, for he refused the re-

lasts of the audience was that opened to the foreigner, and from in E34 under the command of quest, whereupon the rejected one decided, "with deep emotion and after hard struggles,"

and indeed, the composition extending the scope of their

operations. The founder D.SO, D.S.G., which mak the

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The whole world will be glad to know that, with many of the preliminary difficulties adjusted, the Allied statesmen now in Paris are making more marked progress towards the attainment of pesce, When one stops and considers the many matters on which even the Entente nations might have seriously differed, we think it will be

to slip agents and operators is called to the work was a collosal failure then until now have been steadily Lieat. R. I. Palleyne, RN, since the assembling of the delegates in the French capital. It was Big Wilhelm and Little Wilhelm Leen received from the Depart home musical programmes since. mercantile house in the Far and taken prisoner. Most of the generally agreed that a tremendous amount of work has been done away to a neutral country. Both the fact that in this bare has rarely been incloded in the premier British U18. Dne survivor was rescued only some four months ago that the first Armistice was signer, but appear to have done a good deal ment of State revoking it Yet the critics praised the East, was Dr. William Jardine, officers and men on E24 had since been straightened out, until now we are on the eve of the presenta and also to have been torn by all vessels proceeding to the it was ferman and therefore the service of the Honourable East been lost at ses.. Lion Tew was in that time hundreds of issues, some of the utmost delicacy. have of struggling" in the matter circular requiring crew lists of work, I believe simply because at ons

time an officer in been killed, the submarine having tion of the Fasce Treaty to the German plenipotentiaries. By emotion. But it is likely that United States to be vissed by the most be a masterpiece. We can India Company. Associated with the senior surviving officer. At degrees we have come to learn of some of the conditions which will they will yet be called upon to go US Consulate General in Hong-do without the modern German him from its earliest days were the rate of £5 per head of the be imposed on the Hons, and from what has been disclosed it is clear through many more struggles kong and such lists are no longer composer quite easily, for the Messrs. James Matheson (after crew of the destroyed craft, Lord that, whilst observing strict justice, the Allies are not going to deal and plenty of emotion also before required. in any soft-hearted manner with Germany, the conquered. Their the final curtain is rung down on

reason that composers of other wards Sir James Matheson, Bart-Sterndale made an award of task is to punish the Germans for their crimes against humanity,

nationalities can beat them in the of the Lews) and Kr. Holling-

worth Magniac, to secure reparation as far as that is possible, and at the same time THE ERA OF WOMAN.

long run. For instance, Germany days of this business connec

In the early £100 prize bounty. to impose such safeguards as will make another world conflagration

The Hongkong thief finds a The plea that women should use for everything, even

has not produced a modern com- tion, Dr. Jardine made trading policy of Messrs, Jardine, Mathe- out of the question.

between. India and son and Co. were, fortunately, From a Council of Ten, the Allied body has now been reduced have a place on the permanent flower pots. One thief who hader who could hold a candle to voyages

Debussy.

China, Boards and Commissions to be

Mr. James Mathe-shrewd enough to fall into line to a Council of Four, so that the final steps towards peace may be

8 misia for these articles wAS established in connection with

remaining son

in India with the altered state of affairs hastened. Japan, & French message says, is not to be included the League of Nations is another seat to the Victoria Gaul last

to attend to the disposal of before it was too late and thus amongst the Big Four," as she has few matters of concern in sign of the democratic times year. But this did not deter him Reading the musical notes in produce brought by his friend, escaped the disaster which over- the purely European settlement. That appears to be a just in which

from pursuing his hobby. the home papers, I notice there Dr. are living.

Jardine,

Far took so many of the grand old standpoint, for, after all, the war has been mainly fought, and cer- Their canse is being espons- He was yesterday. caught after is a regular glut of concerts, East, whilst in Macao and Canton China houses. tainly decided, on European soil, and it is to a European nationed, that the Treaty of Peace is to be applied. Japan has had a leading

informed, by stealing two plant pots from Na operas, chamber mulic and the Mr. Magninc acted as agent for free voice in the deliberations up to the present, and there is no being especially felt that their Mr. Carlos E. Tavaus, and was doubt that her claims outside of Europe will be fully considered services will be of utility when to-day given six weeks by Mr. in the terms of the settlement when finally drawn up.consideration is being given to RE. Lindsell. But it is not only peace with Germany that the Allies are seeking international hygiene and labour) to reach; they want world peace. At the moment, the Russian and problems. There is no argument Hungarian situations are preventing such a development, and it is that we know of that can access- therefore only right that the new Council of Four should take into fully refute that contention. If| No. 44, Lyndhurst Terrace, But I find that it is not necessary it necessary, to take up residence & ondet of either family successful- early account the peril which is thus involved. Both the countries we come down to purely local occupied by Estute Hamilto go so far as England. for permanently in Macao, moving 15 -to guide the destinies of the named are in the grip of Bolshevism, and both are groping about in affairs we find that even in ong: ton, was at 1.30a.m. this morning patiation, for last Sunday the up to Canton in the season, as mas matarprise so well indicated by the dark, like blind men without leaders. The Bolsheviks are along there is talk of the broken into by a thief who got following programme was given the costom in those early days. - {these shrewd and able Scots. destructive force, but what these nations need is not tearing down advisability of women inspectors into one of the upper rooms and in the Town Hall at Shanghaião, pring to the short welfare of the Colony of Hong- In 1842, having been driven out. With all that concerns the so much as building-up. It will be for the Allles, therefore, to seek being appointed in the event of stoly $250), in, bankno es from a 1. Overtire "Cleopatra”) to extricate them from the terrible tangle into which they have got factory legislation being passed drawer. He was discovered by

......Enma. Fighted policy of the Portuguese kong those comected with themselves.

here. But has not the time come

Jardine, M. Pichon says that it is the French Government's desire that when we should have women and the thief

suthorities, the firm transferred Messrs,

Matheson a houseboy, who gave the alaam 2. Trio for Piano, Violin and

its headquarters to the then bærren { and Russia should organise herself and become a great Republic, and in members of the

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Island of ongkong, where the boen. - closely identified. that statement be also speaks for the Entente as a whole. If the Council and the Sanitary Board over to a constable. The thief

(B) Allegro.

isolated promontory of East Streets bear the name of long Bussians and the Hungarians could only see it, the Allies would be in the

(b) Adagio Contabile. of the latter made & desperate effort to clear

Point was purchased, substan- departed partners, the City Hall their greatest helpers at this time of crisis. It is to their interest, there is already.one serv himself when he was brought (c) Scherzo-Allegro Assai.“

tial offices, godowns and dwelling was built mainly owing to the ad to the interest of humanity in general, that pease, concord and ing in an offical capacity as before Mr. R. E. Lindsell. "I

(d Finale-Presto.

houses erected and a slipway laid public sprited generosity of Sir good government should come to these distressed lands. There is Medical Officer of Health, but lost much mousy in gambling.

down for the hauling up and re- Robert Jarling, while on the Rodasise on the part of the Entente that either Russia or Hungary what about having women popa I took daly 5. I did not bread.

ring of the fleet of schooners Legislative sul Mascasive Coun- their hely to the really sincere Russian evolutionists, the Crachs, women MP.'s aft ome, why not open. I d not steal; ha soya sa4mphonic

betid Bigh beak into the old ways of reaction and oppression. By larly elected? And if there are open the door; it was already

and brigs employed by the firm cils it has been satin - skade od the Crotians suid others, the Allies have show that they sympathise women Legislative Councillors in I was perceived I put the money

telegraphs, the method of con- Mr. Brooke-Smith, we under- in the coasting, trade of that day that the firm in zeminosentative has with the rightful aspirations of hitherto oppressed peoples. So they Hongkong? We fear that the back and did not touch it again."

With the advent of steain and not held a sest want to see Russia, and Hungary too, firmly set upon a new path gentler sex are not getting their This string of excuses was cut 5.

ducting business in the Far East stand, becomes manager of whose goal shall be true freedom and liberty. Nothing less than a desserts here. Why, we have

underwent a radical change and to Messrs. Jardkie lasting world peace is the aim in view. The prayer of all civilised not even one on

beson and the Peace short by the magistrate exclaim- peoples will be that the Big Four" may fully accomplish. the great Celebrations Committee Why ingThree

verygreatéxtent the "merchant" | Co., Ltd. af Shangh months hard

was displaced by the commission Mr. Johnstons. He his recently task which has been laid upon them to fulfil

labour."

agent." Those controlling the retorted from Home.

desire to get away from a place Doctor statesmen, it 6, Caine Road, the residence of like, and it rather increases the the sale of goods imported by the mental principle of Ewo" has Like Hongkong where the musical Straits. As time went on the should ba filled and the

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business carried on by these controlling influence exercised by at sach rare intervals that one is reduced to

increased con- the immediate relations and siderably that in 1827 Dr. descendants of its founders. Bo the borders of tonal starvation. Jardine and Mr. Matheson found far there has never been wanting

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The Moscow Trio.

"Dance of the Hous" on the Opera La Gioconda Pocells (Cello Solo: Bobimni

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"Norweigan Carnival" Mr. C. Bakaleinikoff)

.........Svendson. A programme to make one's mouth water!

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