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THE STATE AS TRADER.

Sir L. Weaver On Limits Of Success.

Sir Lawrence Weaver, Second Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, delivered an address on "The State as Trader. Practical Difficulties "at a meeting of the Society of Civil Servants in the hall of the London School of

ONE MAN BUYS.

THOUSAND WORKS OF · ART.

Millionpound Gallery

for Japan.-

*

An art rald on Europe on a Rigantic scale has been made by Mr. K. Matsukata, the great ship-] ping magnate of the Far East, at present in London.

During the past five or six Economies. Sir Arthur Griffith-years Mr. Matsukats has bought

THE HONGKONG) IZLEGRAPH. TUESDAY. JANUARY 21

| Hia - okorobou are said to bu

affected by the new movement.

The correiondent dosa" -not explain whether the Govern) INFORMA È- General wili oonher on the indep- ondent aburchak the apostolli end- cosalon. If the Korean churchna are anything like the JapanODO independence is largely a COSE- tion of minatom subsidy. If the mission agrees to pay the piper without calling the tans it is very welcome to do so. Otherwise there is a great deal of chafing.-- Japan Chronicle.

Boscawen, M.P., -Minister of about a thousand works of art PRINCE'S SHOOT IN NEPAL. Agriculture, presided.

and be proposes to build a suitable Sir Lawrence Weaver said that gallery on the famous Peateau of in a Utopian State, even in the Tokyo, in which to house them State as now constituted with for the bane of the Japaness some drastic reorganization, cer-

tain trading operations might be people. carried on with some hope, but

were

not too large a hope, of success worth about £1,000,000. Some, in fact, succeeded notably during the war, when fuancial restrictions weak or non-existent, the person- ne of the service became notably reinforced and fluid, and criticism was practically stilted.

*A Tiger Invades a Tent.

“

DAIRY FARM NEWS.

BUTTER

OWING TO FALL IN PRICES

IN AUSTRALIA

we have reduced oar

A correspondent of the English DAISY" BUTTER to $1.10 per

man writes:

The following is an interesting}(6)

story in connection with His "DIARYMAID"

WIS

When complete the gallery will Royal Highness the Prince, all

Wales' recant shooting trip in The Prince and his Nepal: Third son of the Marquis staff being unerring shots

A consternation necessarily Matsukata, one of Japan's former quite

Prime Ministers, Mr. K. Matsu- kata abandoned politics early in life and turned his attention to to commerce with such suceessful commercial affairs it generally happened that decisions results that he now racks as one with regard to expenditure bad of Japan's weathiest citizens. to be made rapidly if the money was to be really fruitful. Capital required for a commercial eater-

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"A HOBBY OF MISE" Interviewed by a Press

caused amongst the lordly beasta in the jangles around Bbikas. Thoree, and the tigers scattered themselves in all directions in quest of some sanctuary against the fatal bullets. One tiger in his fight inadvertently fell upon the Bengalee quarters of the Mahara- ja's encampment-en encamp-| ment of men engaged in servica rewith His Highness the Maharaja

prise in which the State was in-presentative in London, Mr. [of Nepal. terested bad to be provided on Matsukata very modestly referred the annual vote of the Depart-

If the State to his purchases as a hobby of Fully ment concerned. was going into commercial enter- mine."

It was on the 17th of December last, at about 10 o'clock at night

grown

Master Stripea thrust himself within the canvas

doctor and rudely interrupted an

prise it must provide a source of "I commenced making a collec-walls of a tent occupied by a capital which would be indepen. dent of the exigencies of annual tion of art treasures during the Budgets, and that money would war," he said. "The idas of need to be made available not creating an art gallery "io Tokyo through the ordinary Depart-becaine so fascinating that every mectal routine of the Treasury, bok on the advice of some board time I am in this country or on

experience

manned by members of great the Continent I look out for who opportunities of adding to my commercial would represent the interests not collection. only of the Government, but also of the investing public.

after dinner conversation by fre Bangalis. The writer of this was one of these fire. The tiger was not in search of prey. On the refuge contrary, he sought a

from being made a prey. Mis- taking the tent for a suitable cover. Stripes rushed in but lo and behold; to his extreme surprise

teat he found the

"I have now over 900 pictures, fally tenanted sod with a besides many pieces of tapestry glowing fire "within.

It was Discussing the question

before the and of sculpture. The works, not

upsetting management of State trading include German, Danish, Italian, of a time-carrier caused by the enterprises, Sir Lawrence Weaver

contact of the foot of the animal said he viewed with much ap French and quite a number of with the canvass wall against prehension any attempt to rao English pictures of the various which it was placed that the in- Government trading by means of schools of art, carefully selected mates of the tent became aware men who entered the Civil Service to show the Japanese people the of the tiger's presence. There the as young men and gained their historical development of art animal stood, its body half thrust

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Gorerament trading office. There

the

present time.

TWO REMBRANDTS,

about a yard from the onlookers.

There was of course

CORN-

alarm

was greater flexibility in staff of an ordinary business

ternation, not to Bay house that it was conceivable: "I have two Rembrandts ofļinstantly. The whole party was they could secare in a Govern-certified authenticity, and some flabbergasted. All left the tent ment office. But if it were to of the best works of J. Shannon, in a wild excitemast, except one become at all a wide practice to Augustus John. Reynolds, Gains-who seemed to have become recruit men for very responsible borough, Constable, Brangwyn, temporarily paralysed, through positions in trading departments and Wilson Steer."

fear. from the outside, the existing

Mr. Matsukata's purchases also staff of the Civil service, who had borne the burden and best of the include some famous pieces of Among them being day from the age of 20 to be age tapestry,

17th century Brus- of of 49, would feel a not unnatural nu bitterness at plums of the Service sels ranufacture after the rich it the

The tiger, for its part, was also, ager to get away and speedily disappeared. And now when one comes to reflect upon incident has left

+ legacy of joy in going to men who for 20 years figured design of David Teniers that we have been face to face had bad the freedom of private The Wallace collection possesses with the Lord of the Forest in all

companion business and the opportunity of the

piece. Mr. Matsukata bas also purchased his wildness and natural glory at making money.

the second of the only two exist no greater distance than one yard, in a sort of friendly surprise meeting.

There were many aspects of ing sculptures of Rodin's The State trading which would barly Gate of Hell."

be kept out of the political Your artists in this country field that trading were on a large scale. It might be said that the have been exceedingly good to trading would be run by a com me." continued Mr. Matsukats,

indirectly mission only

and I shall also have a very

sponsible to Parliament. He did fine specimen of English architec.

not, however, visualize the House are, for the gallery which I a

Church Revolt..

CHURCH'S MISSIONARY MILLION As its last act (its functions are passing to the Missionary Council of the National Assembly of the Church of England) the Central Board of Missions prepared &

seas in 1922.

of Commons abdicating its coa-building on the Plateau will be $1,130,000 budget for work over trol of the public purse, and designed by Mr. Brangwyn." however wisely manned such ai commission might be the

There is a memorandum in Dr. pablic parse would

be ANOTHER INDEPENDENCE Beason's diary, made when he involved to ал immenge

was Archbishop of Canterbury, extent. He added, however that MOVEMENT IN KOREA.

which has a topical interest on he did not regard the conduct of

the occasion of King Haakon's commercial affairs by a Govern

visit. "Married the Princess ment Department as being possi.

Maud to Prince Charles of Dea. ble if the people administering the business were to be shot at daily

A Seoul dispatch says that Mr.mark, the brightest of the prin through the medium of ParliaRi Kel-t (according to the Ja-cesses and almost as bright as mentary questions and debates on panese way of pronouncing his when I confirmed her. He is a the Estimates, and in the dailyasmel, a Korean pastor balong tall, gallant sailor. Hope he will Press, but such criticisms were ing to the Episcopal Church, who make her happy." The prelata's almost inevitable, Some Civil has been highly dissatisfied with hope has been and is being ful-

mis filled, servants were already as little the doings of foreign weary at the vituperation about sionaries in Korea has suddenly brought up in England, and re-

declared the independence of the turned as a missionary king incompetent and overpaid and

Kores churches, making public beace Norway is in some sense a insolent bureaucrats in Whitehall, and many people who were not his scheme of establishing & Far godchild of Mother England. Civil servants were seriously dis- Eastern Church. At this chal- turbed that they should be made lenge, which was sprung upon | the pawns in a political con troversy.

them by Mr. Ri without warning, the foreign missionaries in the

The first Haskoo was

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GENERAL NEWS.

CRICKETER CANDIDATE FOR SHRIEVALTV.

Mr. J. E. K. Studd, of cricket fame, is a candidate for the office

of Sheriff of the City of London next year.

-AMBER GLASSES. peninsula are described as being Amber lenses have proved to Bir Lawrence Wearer summed greatly alarmed. Mr. Ri has be most efficient for out-door up his conclusions by saying that already obtained the permission wear in the tropical sun. the proper function of the of the Government-General of irritating light rays are absorbed

RARE FALCON. CAPTURED, Government was to confine its Korea for the collection of sub-and the result is a restful feeling relationship with trading (s) to scriptions to the amount of Y150,- the eye and a relief from the

Swooping at a decoy bird used mast complete 000, and has already raised the white glaze. Amber lenses are by local bird catcher, near Becuring the protection of the bayer, so that sum of Y6,000 in North and especially recommended to those Bythorns, Huntingdonshires, a he knew exactly what he South Challa province. He has whose work takes them in the fine male specimen of the rare buying, by wide more than 2,000 adherents at sun. Army officers find them booby falcomm of watangled in extension of compulsory war present. It is reported, socording indispensable on the range, poz.thenets, and was captured alive. ranty; (b) to stimulating trade as to the message, that the Rev. sons contemplating a sea voyage far as possible by putting at the W. D. Appenzeller, who is, like will flad there glasses almost a disposal of traders such facilities other missionaries, considerably necessity. Amber lenses of any

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for research on so large scale as embarrassed by the new move-prescription in either regular or "What does your husband might not be possible for the in- ment, has paid a round of visits Toric forms are manufactured by fearn 7 was a question put to a dividual trader; (c) to providing the various churches under bis the Hongkong Optical Co., suc-woman at Marylebone Country complete information as to care, and has warned those be-cessors to Clark & Co, scientific court Woman: markets and Consular services longing to those churches against opticians, located in Queen's He earns nothing. He minds generally

all hasty and reckless behaviour. Road Central,

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