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RULE OF THE SEA-ROAD.

A Very Complicated Business. The rule of the road on land is fairly simple one, and nearly everyone is familiar with it.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1923,

ON REING UNTEDY,

A Happy State of Affairs,

A popular "navelist once wrote a paper on the text, "Punctuality

WEATHER REPORT.

May 13d. 10h. 45m-Pressure bae inpressed moderately slightly in all diafflcts.". Tha} existence of a typhoon indicated

vations.

The Eastern Sea depression has moved eastward.

in the thinf of time." He com- by the Formors & am. obser At sea, however, where there plained bitterly of the hours which | vations yesterday was not con- are nd "roads," and vessels he had lost in waiting for other firmed br 'subsequent" - obser- differing greatly in manoeuvring people. From his writings we powere~~are *creasing one suspect Mfr. Arnold Bennett to be another's course from every con- very methodical; but we conceive ceivable direction, the rule of the it possible that his revolt against road in a much more complicated punctuality has been followed by business-

la revolt against tidiness. The tidy man burns the candle of There is an explicit est of rules time at boib ends. He consumes dealing with this subject that time in putting things "away, have to be observed all over the

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A shallow depression is still shown over Indo-China.

Hongkong Rainfall for the 24 hours ending at. 10 am. to-day. 0.00 inch. Total since January. ist 1041 inches, against an *verage of 16.36 inches. FORECAST. I OR THE 24 HOURS ENDING AT NOON TO-MORROW.

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South coast of] China between E. winds, H.K. & Lamocka. moderate; 3 Hongkong

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Chins between HK. & Hainan.

T. F. CLAXTON, Director. 1.K. Observatory, May 16, 1923.

ROYAL ROMANCE.

the recent visit of the King and

Great interest was attached to; Queen of Belgium with the Crown Prince to Italy, owing to the rumours of AD between Prince Leopold

engagement Princess Mafilda of Italy.

world, and by ships of all nationa.tting them in their places ('a Thess rules are very strictly everything in its place"). He place for everything, dear," and enforced, and the captain who is unwise enough to commit themes far more time, as well slightest infringement of them is finding them when he wants as nervous energy and temper, in- iable to be fad £100.

them. This is no parador. It is The vessels that as a class the common and bitter experience are easiest to manoeuvre have to of the conscientious and tidy Ret out of the way of the person that the thing wanted-

elumaier" o003.

| book, paper necktie, or whatnot— Steamers, for instance, and is the sole one of all his belong any other vessels propelled by ing which is not in its plače

way of sailing ships.

are where they should be, on the Both steamers and sailing ships the top left-hand drawer, The [right shelf, in the proper file, is have to keep clear of fishing ves thing that he wants is missing. sels. as these are greatly handi-And if bis housemate happens to capped by their nets or trawls, and be one of the happily, the cannot be expected to do much shamelessly untidy, be must en- maneuvring.

dure mocking for sharp sauce to But even a tishing boat would bis private trouble. have to get out of the way of a The untidy person wastes no vessel that was.net under com-time. His morning correspond mand, through some accident to ence, envelopes, and all, is thrown her machinery or steering gear, into the rubbish-heap that already or vessel that was laying or strews his table-that sacred mess picking up a telegraph cable. which no housemaid is allowed to touch with the confusing finger of tidiness. His books are "all anyhow," with Volume I. on one shelf, Volume II. on another, upside down. Volume III. anjoy the delight of throwing all the sofa or under a chair. (the unanswered letters. the un- Into his dressing-room we dare wanted memoranda, the unheeded not follow him. Yet, whenever notices into the waste-paper he wants a thing, the luck that basket: the relief of basping old Watches over children, drunken clothes upon A charity: the mea, the untidy, and all others splendour of book-shelves all who "live dangerously," guides clean and shining and orderly:| his hand to it at once. He has best of all, the virtuous glow When they are crossing, the

faith, and is rewarded. And his of one that has the other on her y contempt for niggling starboard side must give way.

virtue brings him now and then The other steamer keeps on the*s, when he gets married, or | moses house, Or comes back from a holiday-the fine. grubby The rule for two sailing ships joy of a thorough tidy-up." approaching each other is much The meticulous, who never dare more complicated, but the prin- to be untidy, know nothing of that ciple governing it is that the one with the wind in such a position that she has the greater manœu vring power of the two bas to keep out of the way of the other.

KELVING TO THE RIGHT. Some of the rules lay down what must be done" when two vessels of the same class are ap- proaching each other and there is risk of collison.

For instance, when two steam- ship are meeting "end on" or nearly so, they must both alter their course to starboard-in other words, "turn to the right" -and so pass clear.

course.

When a ship is overtaking another, she always has to keep clear, as might be expected. There TT is no exception to this rule, and it Demand

is the only case in which a sailing 30 d. ship would have to keep clear of a 60 d.. areamer.-1. B., in Daily Chronicle | TT. Shanghai

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Over three vermouthe. Boyer declared that the pact of the League of Bohemian Nations. would receive the official sig nature of himself and his cabinet, including Willette, the illustrator, and Forain, the Academician Australia & Manila

Tango M. and famous caricaturist, Shanghai

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