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BIRTHS.

S. Barker, a son.

at!

TUESDAY

SEPTEMBER 4, 1923.

and

DAY BY DAY.

especially his thought potential powers of originality. And the habit of automatonism- unthinking, involuntary action

SHEKLUNG NEWS.

REJECTING THE RULE OF LAW Dr. Sun in Railway Coach. IS ACCEPTING THE SWORD OF can be as injurious to our careers | FORCE.—Calvin Coolidge, as the vicious habits such as:

ati vo.

Have a Heart!

* Buddhism."

Regarding the situation on the East River front, & report from Sheklung states that over 20,000

ments have

CONDUIT DAMAGED.

"Broken by Landslides.

EFFECT ON WATER SUPPLY.

have now,

landslide below.

Landslides on Bowen Road drugs, and liquor. "Gotting in a

The usual weakly meeting of troops from various forces have rut" is usually due to becoming the Hongkong Lodge of the been sent to the front near Pol the victim of habit. This is Theosophical Society will be held Lo, and these are assisted by two have caused considerable damage where system often short-circuits at their Lodge, 16, Queen's Rd. gunboats which have come up to the conduit leading to the itself. For habit destroys' init-Central, on Wednesday the 15th. during high tide. These develop altor beds, with the result that caused General the supply is again to be limited. inst.. at 5.45 p.m. Subject~ Chan King-ming's

For some days past, the P.W.D. advance to be temporarily stopped, but as has been concerned regarding the the latter's forces are numerous condition of the conduit, conse and are not many miles, fromquent on the recent heavy floods. A Chinese, named Chan Hung, Sheklung, Dr. Sun's military staff Fears that the conduit would

No. 7, aged 30. resident at

has removed to railway cars, from become severed The poorer-class Chinese suffer Queen Street, yesterday com- which they are discharging their unhappily, bocu realised. There

L has been various hardships, and oke out a living, most of the time, by/mitted suicide by jumping over duties. It is stated that Dr. Sun the conduit' and now a move- the second floor verandah. He has returned from the front lines means of a knack of turning was dead when picked up and his and is now making his quarters in ment has made itself appar everything they to body was removed to the Public

a railway coach. Defensive lines ont above, the result being that count. Thus, when the typhoon

Mortuary.

are being established by Sun's part of the conduit has been demolished many of their homes,

During last night forces near Shek Pai and Shek Swopt away. it componsated them somewhat

huge volumes of water camo Tan by providing free fuel in the form

A Chinese plumber was charged

As to the position on the Tam-pouring down the hillside, and we of-faggots collected from the roadways. In this way they with the theft of a half length of sui front, the Yannanese troops learn that all the available staff

wire netting from the Taikoo are said to have refused to move of the P.W.D. have been put. - helped to clear much of the debris Docks, before Mr. J. R. Wood to forward until three lakhs of on to arrest the damage as far as which our public services would

day. He is alleged to have dollars are paid them, and they possible, and they have succeeded otherwise... have found Diore difficult of removal. The activi-secreted it in a side car of Mr. Jare also stated to have demanded in improving matters somewhat It will be necessary, most ties of these gatherers of free fire-Russell's motor cycle. A remand that the troops coramanded by

"to-morrow Generals Lau Tsun-wan and Lan likely, to construct a flume, or

Call

wood, however, have spread was given further üfield, even unto the wooded parts of the

morning..

P.

until

to

but

Yuk-shan must be sent back to artificial channel, in order to Kwangsi. It is believed that Dr. carry the water, but the task is Sun has agreed to comply with rendered extremely difficult from island, and our forestry service, · Special invitations have boon these demands and has ordered the fact that the retaining walls has naturally been on the alert to prevent what happens to issued by the Administration of all the departments in Canton to above are in a dangerous condi- be "agin the law." We under the Federated Malay States send daily to headquarters what- tion. Meantime ovory possible

effort Is being inade stand that many of these Chinese Railways, for the ceremonial ever funds they have in hand.

Business, at Sheklung is at a deal with the situation, are how being arrested for clear-opening of the Causeway across ing away (for their own use) the Straits of Johore by H. E standstill and all the big mer in the circumstances a full sup- trees and branches which were the Governor and High Commis chants have removed their goods ply cannot be provided. felled by the big blow last month. sioner, at Johore Bahru, on Monto safe places, whilst the women We have nothing to say against day, Oct. 1st. This causeway and children have fled to near-by

links Singapore Island to the villages. the zeal of the department con-i cerned, but all we ask is that the mainland." authorities take into considera- tion two things-the ignoratice of the class of Chinese involved, and

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THE RICKSHA BOY.

It is

believed that there is sufficient water in the filter beds to last the city for some time, and it is hoped soon to be able to repair the damage in order to make a normal supply" possible.

As a result of this damage, the water supply is for the time being to be controlled by... bringing the rider main districts into oporation in all districts,

a two hours' supply daily,

CHALMERS-On August 28, impunity. It may be that those experienced during the present you hot, perspiring human horse, as from to-day, There will be

(BY TOM FENWICK)

marvel at your bliss.

Amongst the more supersti BARKER. On August 25, Victoria, BC, to Mr. and Mrs. the fact that for more than a week tious section of the Chinese com- they had been permitted to cut munity all sorts of rumours are this fallen wood with apparent current of diro calamities to be at first. uro month. One story is that Hong- L Dr. Fearn's Sanatorium, who hesitated Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs. A. A. now offending unwittingly after kong will totally disappear in a Chalmers, a daughter.

seeing that nothing was done to few days! As a consequence, Are you sad or glad to force check the earlier law-breakers, there is much joss-pidgin going Your bread from men like this? These later offenders are probably on amongst the womenfolk in To grunt and run and pant and now to suffer whilst the others particular. have gono scot free. We think that the law can be administered with

The Telegraph,

----HONGKONG, 4th Sept., 1923.

HABIT.

mean

sweat Beneath a burning sun

AQUATIC SPORTS,

Recently, the kidnapping of a Your plantain plate of rice to get for the Kiddies To-morrow. a degree of humanity, and that! due cotice of the intention to Catholic priest in Yunnan was When all the sunning's done. enforce the rules and regula-briefly reported by Renter. We tions should be given before now learn that the priest-eon- culprits arc fined, probably cernod was Father Degeneve, For it's "Chop-chop" up in China,

been stationed, in And it's "lekas" in Malay, an amount which, even could who has

Yunnan since 1907. He was While it's “Juldi Jao" in India, would they pay it, the loss of many monthe savings; carried off by bandits on August The burning livelong day. It would be interesting if we often enough earned through toil-13th., according to a cable front You grunt and run and pant and

pull from thirteen days journey could take stock of all our actionsing veritably like beasts of Talifu, in Yunnan, which is

Yunnanfu. He is still in To reap your rich rewards;. captivity.

Your blessings are as bountiful As strings on monochords.

with the object of testing how many of these are "thought out in advance, and how far they are mechanical, without thought---| the result of habit. We suppose most people always sit at the same place during meals, never thinking of moving to a chair at another side of the table. Why Is it not just a question of habit

more

same.

In the office it is just the Each of us has his own particular way of opening chits or letters. One person tears

burden.

The Arms Casë.

When I canie East I could not

ride;

The "big arms "case as the Engineer Captain Hugh S. man-in-the-street termed it. has Garwood, O.B.E., who has been ended in or police courts with serving on the staff of the Com-

fine of $500 being imposed on mander-in-Chief, China Fleet, It seemed all wrong to me the accused. This very lenient since May, 1921, is leaving for I walked, and let them all deride sentence, in view of the seeming Home in the P. and O. Macedonia seriousness of the charge brought this week, having been relieved The cause with "Jea d'esprit.” by the police authorities, must be by Engineer Captain F. B. O'But custom is a cunning pest; a surprise to everyone who has Dogberty, C.M.G. Engr, Capt. O' E'en princes she will beat,

of the law against the smuggling moted from the lagship, H.M.S. rest

ton.

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war in Mesopotamia.

WATER POLO.

Two Exciting Games: Thereweretwooxcitingmatches

And it's "Chop-chop

China,

up

While it's lekas" in Malay, And it's" Juldi Jao" in India, The burning livelong day.

I often wonder when you die, And leave that sweated shell.

HONGKONG GIRLS.

Musical Successes in

·London.`

We are asked to remind ticket

sports At Stonecutters that holders for the children's aquatic launches leave Blake Pier at 3 to-morrow, Wednesday, p.m. The sport will take place at the EA.S.M.A. beach, kindly font for the occasian by the Club. E.A.S.M.A.

The fote has been organised by Lady Rees-Davies in conjunction with tho following ladies : Mrs Fletcher, Mrs. Butterworth and Mrs. Wolfe, and is in aid of the Ministering Children's League." It comprises a number of aquatic. evonts

between for children

the agos of 5 and 15, also

three races for non swim- mers under 7 years old. The

programme has been arranged by Lieut. Col. Butterworth, R.E.,

Lieuts. Frederick, Taylor and Carne and Mosers. Grundy, May and

Owen-Hughes. His Ex- cellency the Governor has kindly in consented to be present.

SHANGHAI “SENSE."

Our “Autocratic Muddlere.”

One can forgive the following

in the supposition that it is duo to Shanghai's heat wave; To the Editor of the

Then, on the ferry or the car, followed the gradual tightening Dogherty, has recently been pro-And now you pull me with the assisted by Captain Walker, most folk unconsciously attempt of arms and ammunition. Pre-Hawkins. He received his! Along the dusty street, to get the same seat day after sumably the chief factor in C.M.G. for services during the

accused man day. They do not always get it, favour of the

WOR was the proof that he but, on the average, there are not concerned in importing certain seats where they are arms into tho Colony, most likely to be found. Even where local desperadoes could in such a small matter as putting have the use of them, but was the intermediary for plotters in Can-| on one's boots or shoes, most

It would thus be con- men regularly put on the right ceivable that his offence could be (or maybe left) ono first; they viewed more in the light of a could not tell you why they do political one, even though in the Water Polo League played If you will ride, beyond the sky,

breach of our laws. Neverthe-at the V. R. C. last night, The Or drag one still in hell! not reverse the process. It would less, it is not pleasant to think game between the K. B. S. F. P. A. seem that the older we get, the that arms should have passed and the R, G. A. was a gruelling we become creatures of through Hongkong to the posses-struggle and probably the fiercest sion of probably unscrupulous fight the R. G. A. have had so far.

North Chian Daily News. habit, almost like mechanical

men on the mainland. We sup-McDade scored the first goal for

Sir,--That "Isle of the Blest

dolls in fact.

pose it is now "up to" our police the Gunners and a few minutes

that "Isle of Fragrant Streams," force to see that none of these later Wood turned in a shot by

ruled by an aggregation of auto- weapons and ammunition come the same player, giving the

cratic, yet, nevertheles, bonevo- back via travellers from Canton to R. G. A. a lead at half time of

fent muddlers, is getting talked All the same, one two goals to nil. Early in the The friends of Mr. and Mrs. about." Its handling of the ship. Hongkong, cannot help feeling that there is second half Rasmussen put one Young will doubtless be pleased ping control business has enabled a sense of incongruity in the fine through for the Kowloon Old Boye to hear that their daughters, the a very good case to be moke out, off a corner of the envelope points of the law, especially so and when a few seconds later Misses" Vyvienne and Rosebud against it on a charge of injustice. scored another point, Young, have done done well in It has now shut its gates to the and inserts a finger. Another soon after the new penalties in-Jack tears off the whole end. Still traduced last week in an Ordin- bringing the honours equal, the their studies in the Royal Ac Russian refugees some of whom our side in the war. ance that was felt to be fight began to get exciting ademy of Music, London. Accord fought on another_site_the" flap with a sufficiently urgent to be passed Duncan soon afterwards puting toa Report of the prize distribu-See what can be done by mud- paper-knife, or hunts for the through all its stages.

through the third goal for the tion held in Queen's Hall, London,dling. I have a suggestion. Mr. K.B.S.F.P.A. and it looked as if recently they were awarded the Moller tells us that two million odd scissors and cuts an end off the

the so far invincible gunners had Bronze Medal for. Pianoforte and dollars is profiteering money- is done envelope. All this

at last, met their Waterloo. How-Violin respectively, whilst they blood-money-Mr. Molier aught mechanically, and very few per-

ever, MeDade came to the rescue were both successful in passing to know. So, if the Hongkong and the match ended in a draw, the Commendation Examination Government disgorges, of course, sons vary their methods from

3 all."

in Pianoforte and Miss Rosebud Mr. Moller with his high sense of one year's end to another. Thoro

The U.A.C proved, too good Young also in sight-singing. It British fairness, would not touch is no way of calculating these

for the R.AM.C., beating them will be remembered that the a cent of it. Why not solve the things out with exactitude, but it

4 to nil. Mason was responsible Misses Young, "accompanied by Russian refugee problem by de.. seems as if at least half of our Werder Craigie, who was for two goals, Pereira one, and their mother, went to England voting that money to a fund to

The United were last year to study in the Royal provide for these poor people? actions must be mechanically injured in a fall from the second Laing one.

Sa niany able mon are trying to performed, without thinking, the floor of the Warders Quarters at obviously the better team. The Academy and after nine months

Wyndham Street, died at the R.A.M.C. always found it study, they have managed to dis- answer the riddle, without money. result of habit. Life is largely Government. Civil Hospital difficult to transfer the ball to tinguish themselves as above It can't be done. With money it routine, and routine develops shortly after one o'clock yester-their opponents half. Their at-mentioned. We understand that is easy. What are the objections.

day afternoon. His remains were tempts at scoring from long range they intend remaining in Eng to this course? habit.

I am, etc., taken to the Mortuary.

had no effect, for Garrod was land and they have completed: But to be a slave of habit is

The funeral takes place this safe at goal. The game was un- their course of study. Their many. the worst form of slavery, for by afternoon, the cortege passing interesting and the shooting and friends will wish thojn continued

SUCCOSE. combination"poor," it man enslaves himself, the Monument at 4.30 p.m.

WARDER'S DEATH.

Following Fall from Verandah.

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BRAIN WAVE

| Shanghai, Aug. 29, 1923,