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NOTES & COMMENTS.

PRACTICAL PUBLIITY.

SATURDAY, JULY 10,

DAY BY DAY.

NEVER IS IT ENOUGH TO TAKE How often is that we hare seen STEPS WHICH MAY SOME DAT visitors to the Colony wondering LEAD TO A GOAL, RACH STEP how much to pay chair bearers MUST BE ITSELF A GOAL AND A and ricksba pullers, and how often STEP AL30-Goethe, have we also seen ridiculously

high fares paid and the coolies Thare was one fatal case of still clamour for more! One plague tiñed yesterday, the cannot blame the coalies for try victim being a Chinese. ing to makealittle harvest out of these tourists and others, but we have often thoughs it would be Lamraft Bros' auction of 1,000 far better if the facilities for boxes of tin plates, at Holt's strangers to learn of the legal Wharf, has been postponed from fares ware increased. It is with the 12th to the 19th instant, pleasure therefore that we call attention to, a little publicity

HONGKONG AERO CLUB.

INTERESTING MEETING.

A meeting of the Hongkong (Aèro Club was held last evening')

at Meiars Jardine Matheson and). Co., Ltd. at which there was a good attendance

Hon. Mr. P.

H. Holyoak presided,

1895.

HONGKONG TWENTY- FIVE YEAR'S AGO.

(Compiled fruzila. Hoagkung Telegraph " fles „jör prek- ênding July 13A, 15951)

THE DOLLAR.

PRESENTATION,

TO-DAY'S MISCELLANY.

The new twopenny postage atamps which will be wanted soon are now being printed In huge quantities as Mesars. De La Rue and Co's London works, from which all who are not en- jgaged in the work of the establishment kre rigorously excluded. Years ago they used

Opening the meeting, the Chair- man said he did not propose to July 10.-The rate of the dollar to be half made-printed and gummud, thai ja—by outside con- tractors, and taken to Somerset make anything in the nature of a on demand is 2 1 7/8A, formal speech because their pre-

House to be perforated. Now the ceedings up to the present time

whole business is done by the. had been merely informal and

July 13-There was a capital one firm, and the Control- they had met to put the Club on master of members of the Fire ler of Stamps has only to receive campaign that has just been The total output of the Kailan correct and formal basis. They Brigade and Police Force at the them and stow them away in the inaugurated by the Trac DeMining Administration's mines held a meeting on April 20th last, General Station this afternoon on strongrooms at the and of Somer- partment of the Police Force. for the week ending 20th June. when a prosisional committee the occasion of the presentation sat House near Waterloo Bridge, Fo all'Hotels, public utility com- amounted to 70,657 tons and the with a provisional chairman was of a magnificent sliver cup to the where the law permits an ac- panies and owners of any public sales during the period, to 83,113 elected, Captain Arthur, to con- Hon. H.E. Wodehouse, C.G., as cumulation of pastage stamps to place, together with the frequent-tons

sider the best form in which to s taken of the esteem of this mem- the value of £10,000,000. ed commercial and shipping

start the Club, and what objects | bers of the Brigade and a mark of offices of the City, there havə

The paper OD which The following additional firms it should have chiefly in view. their appreciation of the able been issued fair sized printed have been granted licences to The report read as follows:

manner in which he has com-overnment stamps are printed cards setting forth in easil com-trade under the Non-FerroDa

manded the Hongkong Fire Bri-is made at the Rougheavy Mills, prehended manner the fu, scale Metal Industry Ordinance, 1919:

The objects of the Club are.—

Fade since 1883 Mr. VY, CH. Dear Tonbridge, which are always of fates for chairs and for jirie-Carroll & Co, Davis Company-the sporting side of aviation in the tendent of Police, in handing the officers of the Inland Revenue./ 1. To encourage and develop Hastings, acting Captain Superin ander the closest inspection of shas not only in the City, but for Ltd., Chenng Yuen Shing, every district in which these

handsome souvenir to Mr. Wode In these mills public vehicles are to be found,

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2. To take control when neces-house, euloigised the recipient's quantities of paper specially As was announced quite recently The case of a Chinese mastersary of the sporting side of aria- splendid and untiring services manufactured with the water- this scale of fares has been assaulting a small Chinese girl is tion in the Colony.

and meationed that Mr. mark crown for each individual revised and it is important that reported by the Police this mor

Wodehouse's patent **Box " To affiliate with the Royal

stamp. When transferred to the residents ALA

visitors ing

The little girl, aged fire

and other innovations had London works, every single sheet should become acquainted with years, is now an inmate of the Aero Club and to act as the oth

inestimable value.is as carefully accounted for as in We suggest that valu- Government Civil Hospital. cial representative of that body proved of

though it were worth a pound, public service could where her injuries are being

in the Colony.

THE CHINESE PRESS.

which indeed is its value when be performed by hotel attended to. $36|proprietors etc.. if they had this

July 1--We hope that an eye 120 twopenoy King's heads have allow an area of water to be der is being kept, and a sharp ere, been printed, each exactly over card framed and displayed in

finitely chosen for the landing of Observatory returns show that aircraft in the vicinity of the town published in this Colony, and so these precious sheets of paper The rate per quarter and per mensem, proportional. Subscrip- their booking offres-a proceed tons for any period less than one month will be charged as for aing that might be followed by all during June the average mean when necessary, and to have the largely circulated in Canton and were not carefully guarded, some full month.

conceme catering for a temperature was 91, the highest public service. The ferries and point registered bemg SSS, on the site left clear and available for the neighbourcond The Chinese might find their way into hands tramwaya

journals published in Shanghai, of unscrupulous experts, who of 1st, and the lowest 21. on the the machines when necessary. te

a. To appoint a committee to and especially the Sin Wen could then turn out stamps that especial help in a matter such as 4th. There were 15.53 inches of

bis. The chair beaters and rain and 148 hours of sunshine, deal with the following matters.- Po, published within the foreign would pass muster with all but

few highly-trained industriously a

eyes. Sicksha pullers can hardly be whilst the average humidity was Technical, ie, such as assistsettlement expected to greet this innovation S3.

ance to arriving and departing circulating lying reports of the The watermarked paper is the with delight, but the Government!

zircraft and dissemination of in disturbances in the central pro-greatest safeguard against for vinces of China and of the causes gery, and the supervision of this that fixes charges has a duty to "Some Indian Guards on board formation on the conditions tha: led to them and villifying is most rigid. So also is the care perform a' letting the public' the s.s. Chenng On had a dispute erning Aying around the Color: the missionaries and their flocks of the dies, of which the con- know what the minimumi Tares yesterday which developed into also to reply to the letters sent to mess shamefully. They are also actors have upon their premises Most residents will still something like a free fight. The the Government by the Aero Club doing all in their power to incite large numbers, which are very Follow their old habit of paying result of it all was that one of ef America which have been pass the people to further distur valuable both intrinsically and slightly ver the scale, and the Goards had to be sent to the fed on to the Aerial Club, to reply bances. Tep of the Chinese as the means of stamp prodoe- any departure Government Civil Hospital, and gise any assistance and newspapers published in this tion. Inland Revenue officers

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HONGKONG, SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1930

ENFORCING THE TREATY.

the Allits really sie.

are.

would

we don't urge tberefrom.

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For stranger the suffering from rather severe in-dvice to members of the Club Colony are more or less cleri- are never away from the pre- cards will be a boon for they will igrice to the head, three of the who at any time desired to pur- cally connected with our con-mises, night or day. rellere vishes of a sometimes her men being arrested.

chase and use 'aircraft' either for temporaries, but some Govern- embarrassing ignorance.

The writer once witnessed the follow-

commercial or sport uses.

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ment officer (i there is a A woman whose husband had ing: An American visitor hadi There has been added to the To this should be added the for- suitable besides Dr. Eitell with died went to a medium, who put chaired to the Police Station Colany's list of medical practimation of a Volunteer Air Force. sudicient knowledge of Chinese her into communication with her to comply with the wartime re-tiuners the name of Dr. Maneck There were a certain number of to read and understand a Chinese late spouse..

John," said the woman, Are gulations of registration and heljee Sorabjee Mehta of 24 Ice Royal Air Force pilots in the newspaper, should be told of " paid the front bearer flity cedta. House Street, Doctar of Medicine | Colong, and he thought it was the newspapers but all the pam

to examine daily not merely all you happy now ?**

"I am very happy." replied the Fifteen cents would have been of the University of Brussels; quite fitting that they should appblets and broad sheets publish spirit of Jobu. ample. With periect sang froid Licentiate of the College of preach the Government with a ed in Hongkong.

"Are you happier than yos thebearer pointed to his partner. Physicians and Surgeons, Edin-view to forming a Volunteer Air

were on earth with me?" asked as much as to say Aren't youburgh; Licentiate of the Society Force, and ask them whether in

the woman. going to pay him anything" of Apothecaries. London. The visitor promptly recognised

his omission by paying the

bark an fifty cents as well. It An interesting

view of the necessity for such a

Force it was not willing to provide

... Harriman....——

Hon. Secretary,--Mr.

Home Government the Blair.

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"Yes," replied the spirit. I

am far happier than I was of

"Heaven exclined John.

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The anxiety of the Scottish pec- ple for Scotland, as contrasted with the indifference (to spesk

respect to the dignity of the Irish Secretaryship, is due to the fact of

D. wildly) of the Irish people with

the necessary aeroplanes and aero | RAF, Dr. G. M. Harston, Messrs-earth with 500." water polodromes in order that the greatest L. S. Leefe, 0. T. Breakspear. D. "Tell me. Jobo, what is it like' was too rich a piece of bluff to match was played on Thursday doangthingte: smile and pass on.

last between the V.R.C. and use might be made of the practi-K. Blair, N. L. Watson. A. O, Langjin Heaven asked the woman But for all our syropathies with R.G.A. The result of an evenly cal air pilots with war experience. C. Montague Ede, J. A. Plummer. coulies, who sweat through the contested game was a draw of life did not think there could be a E. W. Carpenter, J. Bell Irving. F. "I'm not in Heaven!" It is cause for general satisfaction that Allied and lie the summer and shiver through goals each. It was the first hadow of doubt in the minds of Smyth, G. M. Young, Hon. Mr. E.

Mr. Bonar Law, in repiv to a representatives are meeting face to face in order to discuss and the winter. we congratulate the match played by the Service anyone who had followed the V. D. Pair, Mesars. F. C. Hall. G. come to some definite arrangement regarding the fulfilment of the Traffic Department for having team, which should prove a course of the that this Colony, M. Dodwell, G. 3. Archbatt, P. question addressed to him the Peace Treaty terms by our former - enemies. Too long a period of time has elapsed since the signing of the Versailles pach, with performed a really needed service promising side, with practice. as far as its own protection went, Hodgson, J. L. Crockatt, Lt. Col. other day, stated that the desire The referee was Mr. R. C. Wit was more or less unprotected and H. S. S. Smallwood. Messrs.E. F. of the Scottish members for a change in the status of the Germany making practically no efforts to discharge her obligations.THE U.S. VICE-PRESIDENCY.

chell and the time-keeper Mas that the future of its protection Carroll, G. Miskin, C. Blaker.

Secretary for Scotland, with a and it has long since begome apparent that to attenipt a straighten- Reuter has been giving us a

ter Gunner May.

Taysore or less in the air. At Executive Committee.-Captain ing out by means of Nudes and connter-Notes was to hope for the very full service of news regard-

present it sa-dependent on it D. Arthur. Messrs. A. G. Lakewo the enhancement of the impossible. It is a cumbersome method of procedure, anghing the Democratic Convention.

water and land forces. That was plugh, A. I. Barbie H. H. Turner, dignity of his office and An enjoyable whist drive wak

increase in its salary, expressed whilst it gives tiermany far too many opportunities for quibiding and eration. There is only one satisfactory means of a dehnite the only pity being that is held last evening in the R.G. more or less admitted. Therefore R. M. Smith, E. H. O. Farrell, G. the general feeling in Scotland.

generally three settlement, and that is the means which has now bees chosen the stale. We were very interested rack. This function was well practical thing in the way of Em pe four days Sergeants Mess, Victoria Bar- the Club would be doing a very calling of responsible German statesmen to a conference and, after to learn from the Geno me patronised. 112 players taking pire development if it impressed Breakspear. due consideration, informing then, what the final requirements of yesterday that Mr. Franklin part. The winners were-Ladies not only on this Government bat Hon. Treasurer.-M.

Sofar as the evotionis att fnzoral term- of the Peace Treat D. Roosevelt bad been nominal-Ist. Mrs. Mar (175); 2nd. Mr. the

ed by the Democrats for Gillett (179), Mrs. Cousins absolute necessity of air protec- The Chairman said the Commit ar concerned. there is non for divergence of opinion and fut the prost Vice-President (170): 46. Ms. J. Smith (167): tion. not only to mee* airtee would frame a constitution the administration, of Scottish the operation ofte spirit of toleration and consideration of Prior to that we bad Do Booby. Geray's difficulties. In press on Germany at the moment seemed to have heard of him (ients: lat.

Mrs. White (134 xression but to keep it awaland submit it to a meeting as soon affairs in Scotland by Scotchman.. the full demands of extremiats would be to cripple the

Sgt. Woolman, which was very important. With fas' possible. They might suggest This is in poignant contrast with at all in connection with the R.A.M.C. (17) 2nd. Mr. Gar. a strong force of submarines and to the Committee that the author the committal of the administr country for generations. Moreover, such a course would not be even to the Allies' own interests in the long run. But there can be nominating proceedings. That is Smith. P.G.A. (173); 3rd. Mr. with air protection be

very unlike the case of

thought ties be approached to secure a retive government of Ireland to the Read 1171: 4th, Q. M. S. Sheriff, there was little doubt

conversant by Do 10 ways of regarding the German evasion of the militar Republican choice for the Vice-RAS.C. (171): Booby. Mr. Davies Colony could be protected against height limit for Bying

that this vision of the regulation 150 ft. statesmen not clauses of the Treats. Germany has to understand that the Allies Presidency.because Mr. Coolidge. (13).

The Go birth or descent or education are in dead earnest in their determination to reduce her militars the politician selected. was very prizes, the M.C. (Master Ganner coming.

Before presenting the aggression whilst assistance was vernment might be asked to fix a with that country. Every Secrat- strength to limits sufficient for her to preserve inte i order, and much in the running at one time Max) announced that at the next ty of danger was to emulate the any rate would allow an aeropace ship has been Scotchman, and To ignore the possibili- more reasonable limit, one that at ary for Scotland since the establi hment of the Scottish Secretary- to allow no more arced men than necessary for that purpose for nomination as President. The drive the players gaining scores catrich targ their heads in the to clear any vessel anchored in the Even at this time of day, there are over a million soldiers in arms under various pretexts, several million rides remain in the hands choice of Mr. Roosevelt is concorresponding to numbers drawn sand and say they saw no danger, harbour.

sidered by surde local Americans from a series will be awarded with these objects in view they not only of troops bat of the population as well. whilst Germany to be exceedingly good. He is the prizes. I will be interacting were forming the Atro Change still possesses thousands of machine-guns, french mortais au guna These are not the figures of some imaginative Press correspondent: Young lawyer of great amlity to note how this posel experi

and has recently come to be meat works out. they are details given by Mr. Lloyd George himself in the presence regarded as a very strong, able of German Ministers. No wonder that the British Premier declared that it was beyond comprehension tha: such a dangerous and and progressive politician. Unless abdormal situation should be tolerated by any Government. The we ate mistaken he is the nephew to the wages bill of £30,000,000. help, with the valuable advice and ng the Club to recommend qua Secretaries, of whom six only Chief of the German General Staff wanted a further fifteen months Roosevelt, and that should count logical to us. doesn't seem assistance of men who had reader-fed pilots to them for the Hand-were Irish.

If the miners be-led practical aid in the hour of ley Page machines brought out or fo which to carry out a proportional reduction of material and

lieve these demands are reason-need to the Empire. They wanted now on their way. In Peking The appointment in 1798 of effectives, but Mr. Lloyd George rightly declared that that idea great deal in his favour. was out of the question, and that the matter must be settled by UNREASONABLE MİNERS.

able then there must have been to impress the great use that could there had been extraordinarily Lord Castlereagh is the subject vigorous effort in the shortest practicable time.

Just as efforts are being made in spite of Government control in an outpost of the Empire like Lamplagh would tell, and per Lord Lieutenant of the Union. fabulous profits made by owners be made of a Volunteer Air Force rapid development in flying, as Mr. of a curious note in one of the letters of Lord "Cornwallis, the Since peace was signed, we have had all manner of excuses put to pass through the House of We don't believe such profits this. forward by the Germans to account for their delay in fulfilling the Commons & Bill giving better have been made, but can see in

sonally he saw no reason why it, military terms of the Treaty. When an effort was made to evade conditions for miners the annual these new demands an attempt to The election of officers was then should not spread to the South to the Duke of Portland, & form. er Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, the provisions by creating special armed Civic Guards, the plea was

The commercial possibilities of who was then Home Secretary that these were necesary in order to preserve internal peace and Conference of the Miners' Federa-force the Government's hands in proceeded with resulting:

tion takes places. and the cothe direction of nationalisation- order. The story now is that it is possible to disband the troop incidence is not very heartening. a direction in which it is not pre-Governor, the General Officer Com might attract them, though the cation between the Irish Govern Patrons-His Excellency the fight between Canton and here and the medium of communi more rapidly, because the men would swell the ranks of the We see that the miners are as pared to travel just yet. ployed. Germany always has some excase ready at hand. The insatiable asever. The Executive prepared to control and improve Commodore.

It is manding, the Admiral and the prospects of mall and passenger ment and the British Cabinet air service between here and: Lord Castlereagh's appoint German Chancellor has been at great pains, at the Spa Conference, of the Federation has recommend the trade from the roiners' point guarantee the peaceful sentiments of the mass of the German people ed the Conference to

President-Hon. Mr. P. H. Shanghai seemed a matter for the ment," worts Cornwallia," gave make of view, but this the miners seam Holyoak. and their freedom from any idea of revenge. Then why the million demands which appear to us are determined to refuse. If it comes

future. He thought a vote of me great satisfaction, and sle

the country? Germany to-day appears rather more like an armed cam then a country of peace-loving people. And it is the Allies First they want the price of Home people as a majority will John Johnstone. Hon. Mr. A. R. for having demonstrated to the the general rule (not to appoint business to break up that camp. It is no use trusting to Germany's they demand increases in wages the strike is being turned into a

domestic coal reduced, and then support the Government, because Lowe, Hon. Mr. N. J. Stabb, Mr. C. public the possibilities and safety

H. P. Hay..

of Aying within the limits of these good intentions. In matters like those it is well to err, if at all, that will spell, according to dangerous political weapon ia

General

Committee. Group waters. (Applause). ↑ the safe side. German militarism must be broken up once and for estimates, an souusi addition stead of a just industrial one. Captain F. V. Holl C.M.G, D.S.0. This concluded the meeting.

That is what the Allies intend to see done at the Spa Conference.

of the late Colonel Theodore The

thing

every Lord Advocate for Scotland since the Scottish Union has Commit abbonics there have been The suggestion was approved. been a Scotchman. Since the

in any spirit of aggression against tee would reply to the long letter | Lords Lieutensok, of whom five this or the Home Government, but from the Aero Club of America) only, including Lord French, with the desire to give practical and to a letter from Peking ask-were Irish, and 54 - Irish

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troops under arms and the huge accumulation of war material in unable to be borne by the industry. to a strike, we sincerely hope the Vice Presidents-Hon! Mr. thanks was due to Captain Recou though I admit the propriety of

Irishmen to the Irish Secretary. ship), yet as be is so very unlike an Irishman'I think be has s ́ great claim to an exception in This favour.