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BETWEEN OURSELVES. they'd drop a line, sten if its only enhance the value of the land to tell me how foolish is such a on either side of the road, where brand of conjecture. But they'raj we may shortly expect to asa got to show me just how foolish.rows of Chinese houses erected Continued from Page ta

Perhaps, there are on the book-and tenanted, as is the case with One thing we are certain of,jshelves of the world treatises most of the houses in Yaomati, and that is uncertainty. We are already writton on the subject by small manufacturers, Consider. not sure that we know where to setting forth in scientific languing that the new road traverses draw the line between the living age the causes which go to make one of the busiest portions of the and the dead. We have been told such sad cases it for restraint Kowloon peninsula, wa'can only mental. treatment Or express surprise that the work about the things which are "asjand

dead as a door nail" but in the perhaps, after all, it is only the was not undertaken and com- light of present-day science the instincts of thousands of dark- pleted years ago. door nail is far from being dead.[fearing and superstitious gener-; The atom which only yesterday ations which cause these mental was supposed to be inert and an-pictures and upset our intellect- divisable has been found to bave val poise. Who knows?

distinct forms of energy. Age, it would seem that we know not the boundaries or the limits of life. Maybe nothing is dead; maybe lite in immortal in everything: iodestructible: perpetual.

NO

If that is so, the mystery of living before is maybe no' mysterious after all. It would! seem that the only thing we are uncertain about in this connection ja the

of the mechanism revelation. Is it no possible that each and everyone of us have a

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO.

A Glance at our Files.

June 19.24, 1997.

THE JUBILEE

The Chinese residents began

abadowy counterpart of other their Diamond Jubilee jubilation

THE SOLDIER IN POLITICS.

General Townshend and Bis Electors.

General Townshend has in timated that be will not contes the Wrekin Division of Shrop- shire at the next general election. In a letter to the electors he writes: "I have now decided to quit political life, for which I find the soldier who has spent 38 years' service working for the

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days agsing ps 00 to in earnest to-day. In the western Empire is not adapted. I have do good, frightening us or in part of the city the air was fairly resolved to return to purely Mephistophelian rolelled with Chinese music, and at suitable field in which I can work driving us at times to do things of the puppet show stands in Bon-for my country." which our batter judgment viobam Strand immense crowds tantly disapproves. more things-Horatio~"

The Conservative and Unionist

There are gathered to witness the perform Association of the Division has Ances, which all had the usual selected Mr. Howard S. Button, noisy orchestral accompani-of Hillingdon, a member of the I Leave it to You Partner. ments. Some of the Chinese Middlesex County Council and Ay, laugh. Call me a fool if searches are remarkable for their chairman of Alfred Button and like. Hard words break no bones. wealth of oriental splendour. In Sons, of Uxbridge, as the prospec Some folk have really run up some instances they tower over tive Unionist candidate. against evidence of something three storey buildings, and the that I've been trying desperately lamps and glass pendants are fice bard to express in mere words, specimens of Eastern decorations. and bave Dever even given The musicians, who are to play the thing after-thought. Iat the bases of the arches, were onca kaew a man that (these were busily rehearsing to-day and in in the days before the war) went places vehicular traffic was great- on a fortnight's tour on the Con-ly impeded by the crowd. tinent Well, to be exact, Belgium. JUBILEE HONOURS.

HOUSE SEALED UP FOR SIXTEEN YEARS.

Aged Fisherfolk Dispel a Ghostly Brighton Legend,

A Brighton house, which, ac.

being vacant for 16 years.

Was

I mind one night o' him telling Sir William Robinson, the me of his experiences. Oce parti-Governor of Hongkong. Mr. R. F. cular incident, I was very much Saunders. Colonial Treasurer of cording to local belief, struck wit It was his description Ceylon, and Mr. F. A. Swetten-"aunted," is now tenanted after o's certain village and how when ham. C.M.G., Residen: in the be entered it first, it came to him Federated Malay States, have like a flash that he had been in received the Grand Cross of St.

It truck him Michael and St. George. the place before. so much that he began to tell his companion tie kiad o houses they would see when they turned the next corner. And his descrip- tions are fitted to a hair's breadth. I asked him what he made of the thing. He couldn't tell couldn't even hazard a guess.

CHINESE SHOPS IN KOWLOON.

It is situated in Kant's Court. in the centre of the town, and was formerly occupied by a well- known boatowner. He develop- ed meatal trouble, and was sent to an institution, where he still

romains.

His wife at once abandoned the place, without clearing away the remains of a meal. In this state. fully furnished, the house has re- mained since

1906. Nobody entered it, and gradually there grew up around it & number of ghostly legends.

We notice that yet another advance is to be made by the Chinese population of Kowloon towards the European quarter of me, that suburb Part of the garden One thing I'm perfectly certain of the Kowloon Hotel, facing about: be had never beea in Bobiason Rose (cow Haiphons

And Road) is now being cleared as Belgium in his life before. thess were in the days before the building site on which Chinese picture houses began to show us shops are to be erected. Is ap

A short time ago Councillor how people of other nations put pears that one of the greatest in their time when they hadna a advantages of Kowloon, its free-Michael Martin, soxious ;o find a house for an aged fisherman war on their bands. Nox, bow don from the usual surroundings do you sccount for that? Another of a large Chinese population will and his wife, induced the owner's shortly cease to exist if the build-wife, who is in Hampshire, to bados imagination enough to of rows of Chinese shops con- allow the old couple to occupy make up a story like that. What's tinues at the present rate. Surely the house as caretakers.

The place was then opened. more forbre, he was a bricklayer to European houses pay better and trade. If he'd been a plumber now,

and found in an amazing coadi- it would have been different. Did

tion. Sixteen years of dust cover. ed every article in the rooms. he dream the thing or had he been there before, at a time previous THE CELEBRATION 3. The kettle was on the hob, and to his learning the building trade? The public of Hongkong are chairs were round the table, as I leave is to you partner.

certainly to be congratulated on they were left after the last meal Then again we meet a chap for the manner in which they carried in 1906. the first time. We feel that we out the

thing, the chap I'm speaking of

more which

there is plenty of room for the erection of many would raadily let.

celebration of Ker Now the dirt, and dust have have met him before but where Majesty's Jubilee.

All classes been removed, sad the old fisher-

we do not know. It's co' as if and all nationalities vied with man and his wife are comfortable

he is like someone we know each other in doing honour to the in their new home.

already. It's sometimes very most beneficent and most noble

awkward, especially if it's a lady. Monarch the world has known,

We've seen the face before but we and had it not been for somewhat

canna' place it. Is it that in unfavourable weather conditions)U. S. NAVAL SEC. TO VISIT CHINA some past life we have been in the display in Hongkong, would close contact wi the same

The American Secretary of the have been the finest seen here. Navy, Mr. Edwia Denty, has ac- physiognomy? Is it that down All the functions were largely cepted the Chinese Government's we attended and many thousands of invitation to visit China and is the main street of memory

a keep up merely

nodding visitors, principally Chinese from expected to reach Peking early Amoy, Shanghai, in August. acquaintanceship? Or is it that Canton. our eyes play bide and seek wi' Macao and other parte, came to our brain and in order to absolve Hongkong and helped give to the ourselves we prefer to maintain place an unusually aciciated 'ap- our self-respect by making & pearance. Now that the Jubilee mystery out of sheer foolishness? is a thing of the past, it is only The stage illusionist's best fair that a word of praise should advertisements are those of bis be given to the General Com- audience who prefer to see themittee. Their work has, indeed, miraculous rather than admit been ardous but the self-sacrifice that they,were being deceived.

Who Knows?

and singleness of purpose shown by all the members had a resolt that was in every way satisfac Carry the question of thistory, and the enthusiastic co- matter of recognition of those of a operation of the public must have! previous life a little further. You been made their work more a know how, every now and again, pleasure than a duly. At noon we lake an intense dislike and on Tuesday all the warships in- antipathy to folk wa meet for the cluding the Spanish cruiser and first time. It's no' altogether & a Chinesa gaaboat fired a royal matter of character-reading at salute of 60 guns, and they with first-glance. We don't like the the merchant vessels in port, were fellow, don't want to like him, dressed in bunting on both days. never want to like bla. And all The Victor Emanuel flew the the time, from all accounts, he Royal Standard at her main and may be quite a nice chap: Do the Empress of India flew blue we not have such instinctive ensigns at her three trucks. dislikes because the

we ANOTHER HONOUR. detest bas something in looks The Hon. C. P. Chater, of commen wi

who Hongkong, has been appointed

somebody

in the loag-since paat has Companion of the Order of St. done us an injury or of whom we Michael and St. George.

have had reason to be afraid?

But I're nearly got to the end

of my space and speculations.

DEVELOPMENT OF KOWLOON.

The road from Yaumati to the

Like most of the latter, I'm afraid Cosmopolitan Docks is being pro- they will be without profit.ceeded with rapidly, in addition to Still, some of my readers may bringing the Docks and Oil Tanka have bad meatsl experience within reach of the Kowloon similar to my own. I'll be glad if wharves by ricksba, will doubtless

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