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HONGKONG, 6th May, 1924.
FAIR RENTS.
The question of the advisability. of creating a Fair Rents Board
issue.
TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1924.
but also to give to the landlord a Just return on outlay. To be of value, it would need to be a Fuir Ronts Board in the literal mean- ing of the torm. Wo commond those thoughts to those In authority, and invite the views of othors' fritordated.
Olympic Contestants.
DAY BY DAY.
THERE IS PRECIOUS INSTRUC- TION TO DE GOT BY FINDING WE ARE WRONG.-Carlyle.
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Thoro are no material changes in to day's local sharo quotations.
TWO-MINUTE TALKS A Dally Tonio
By ROBERT POWER
REFINEMENT,
Refinement is a sadly over the wrong knife and fork bo usad," rated quality: To some it is as a and an unusual interpolation be A letter on the origin of the god to be worshipped to others Introduced into the ritual of the Thore will be special local in-South China Athletic Associa-it is something to be dorided. We table.
Boay Nash and Beau Brummel torost in the Olympic games by tion's football club is unavoidably must try to find a medium stand-
ard, if we would avoid extremes, the lattor the arbitor of drans reason of the visit to Hongkong held over. !.
Refinemoat is a comparative and table manners, and the friend. of the Japanese representativos for these intornational athletic Mon-of-war in harbour to-day quality which varios in different of George Iy when Prince of contests. We do not expect that have drossed ship in honour of places. The savage has a dignity Wales-both presumed to lay our men can boat all, or any, of the 14th anniversary of King of his own, but his manners may down the law as to what was the shook our conception of refine last word in refiromont. Yot those Japanono, but they can give Goorge's accession.
mont. His heart may be as sound both died in poverty and neglect, the visitors a close fight in oach.
an that of society people who although the City of Bath placed ovent, und incidentally. the
Messrs. Ellis and Co, are in re-think their deportment perfoc- the statue of Nash between that voyagora will obtain very useful ceipt of a telegram to-day, stating tion.
of Nowton and Pope. Their god. practice after boardship life of that the output of coal for April
was "refinement thrice refined." over a wook, The team from of the Shanghai Exporation and
There is a story told of King To be "a la modo" was thoir Japan will provide the other con Development
Company, was Edward who once invited to his
and passion
that of their. testants at the Olymplad with
table a man whose manners were followers, and those who did rather rough. The visitor drank not conform to their concep some of the most formidablo
the water in his finger-bow! and tion of refinement were banned opposition the East can offer, and
We acknowledge recipt of the with exquisito courtesy Hie we wish these athletes from the
48 "Impossible." University
Unrefined" land of the rising won à successful Hongkong
Majesty followed suit. He was was a sentence of condamnation. period, The Olympic games find Magazine for the current month. accommodating his manners to Bo as refined as you like, but the cream of the world's athlotos It is a very toadable publication, those of his guest-the first rule don't set up a cast-iron standard A smaller which hurts other people. Bo gathered in rivalry, and whon a distinguished chiefly by its plain- In true hospitality.
man would have pointed the mis- elastic, ready to adapt yourself to man wine on, event he can be spoken oditorial comments,
tako by rigidly adhering to con- others whose standard is not proud indeed whilst should be loso
The silk shipped per e.s. Prosi vontionality. hy is not disgraced. It is a mattor
This would have porhaps so high as yours. It is of controversy whether those dont Jackson, which sailed from been refinement with a sting in it. no sign of weakness, but on the trials of the prowess of the nations this port on April 10th at 10 a.m.,
Remember, refinement may be contrary, a mark of trúo nobility in athletics really foster a better arrived in New York on May 3rd confounded with affected man of charactor, to be ready to International feeling. There is at 5 a.m., having been 22 calendar ners. Etiquette is an unwritton "condescend
17,392 tons.
Union
to mon of low
no doubt, however, that they days and 19 hours in transit.
law often perilously naar snob oatate." improve the physical standaril -
bory. What may be done and may Refinement is a torm which for which pacli country strivos. At the Police Court this morn-not be done is regarded with indicates a standard of conduct and in that alono areing, an Indian chauffour employ-veneration by those who too ofton and a porception of good form." worthy the effort. It is gratify-ed by Dr. Black suud another en mistake the small things of life for Let it neither be too high ing to find so many nationalities ployed by Mr... Arnold for as the great. Your roal gentleman or too low, but of that ex- trying their akili in increasing sault. The case was adjourned instinctively doos the right thing.. quisite consistency that you can numbers each time, and even if until Monday, bail being fixed at Yet he may perhaps ruffle the for- adapt it to avoid hurting the they be outclassed in forms of $50.
ings of the suppor-sensitive by feelings of other people. Always sport quito, now to them-au in the case of Rumania. in the
An appeal to the public is making a breach in rules and re- remember that the highest law gulations regarded by them as of “good form" is to put those- "rugger" matches-there is dis- being made by the Hongkong stored. However, after all, life will who are ignorant of "good form" closed a fine spirit of ondeavour Benevolent Society, which urgent-flow on just the same oven though at eas0,. that cannot be loo greatlyly neods funds to meet casos on encouraged. Britain's Effort.
encouragemont whatever, gave
4
·COURT ' MARTIAL.
AGED AMERICAN.
JAILED FOR ROBBING FRIEND.
LOSS OF MEMORY PLEADED.
Surrey's Man in Trouble."
Frank Eagon, an American, Private Thomas Edward Allum, was sent to geol for six weeks on
tho books. Those interested are referred to an advertisement elso- is again raised in a letter which
The former cry of whether where in this issue.. wo. publish elsewhere in this Britain takes the Olympic
.gun which Waa being Those who think this the contests with sufficient serious-A best and the fairest way of doal-ness to make a proper offort-as charged with gunpowder c do the United Statos, for example cidently exploded and blew off ing with the Colony's housing is being raised again at Home. the fingers of a fisherman who problem have a good deal of It is recalled that prior to the was handling the charge aboard reuson on their side. The main war the British athletes were out fishing junk lying at Aberdeen M.M., of the East Surrays, plead-admission to Mr. R. E. Lindsoll, classed on track and field by villago last evening. Loungod loss of memory when charged at the Magistracy the morning, object of the Ronte Ordinance is America's highly trained.experts. Kwat-hoi, the unfortunate victin, betore à District Court Martial, of the thott of a pocket book coh- to prevent the undue fleecing of At Antwerp in 1920 a small band was taken to the Government at Murray Barracks this morntaining £24.and two opa-dollar
Civil Hospital.
belonging to' ing, with breaking out of barracks Singapore bills tenants by landlords of the type of enthusiasts, with no official
when a defaulter, with absenting George Oatway, an unemployed who wish to got an oxcessivo promise of a turn in the tide of With rofurence to the un-imself from tattoo on the 17th seamen at the Sailors' Home. return on their money, But, defeat But the year there are nouncement in the last issue of April.until 11 am on the 19th., Eagon, who is a ship's cook," giving bis-ngoTMas6i, applied-for- 18 our correspondent to-day fresh misunderstandings, lack of the Gazelle that the firm of Dor and with drunkenness.
Major P. Kashleigh, D.S.O., clemency on the ground of points out, that object is not the most offioiont coaching, and A.. Wing & Co., Ltd., would be
once more a grievous shortage struck off the Register, wo are Royar Garrison Artillery, presid- his old ago, stating also that attained in the case of a very of funda. Thero appears to have informed the business could not od and the other members of the they had boon drinking that night. large section of occupiors. That been a big muddle somewhere, be the proceeded with under that Court were Captain D. S. Hoy, and he was not in full passos- ronadiors, and sion of his senses. Ho had never is so bocause the Ordinance doos with absence of co-ordinated name, so the same Company was 24 Bombay not apply to "now" houses. It training, scrappy facilities for re-registered under the style of Lutt. Finch White, 1st East dono such a thing before, and did
out-of-date participants, and
not know what possessed him to Der A. Wing & Co. (1023) Ltd." Surrey Regiment. therefore follows that the benefits implements for practice. Here and is now in operation and At the outset, tlio accused asked take the pocket book.
that the hearing might bơ ad- of this protective law are only and thoro training grounds and carrying on business,
Dotective Sub-Inspector Shaf journed while he obtained modioutain said that the two men had onjoyed by those who are fortu-track coaches have been avail-
ablo; otherwise the athletes have! Built at a cost of about £54,000, ovidence from England as to his been drinking and they had an- nate-enougli to romain in occupa-had to fand for themselves. In tho_new] Zoo aquarium, planned past medical history.
other bottle or whisky on adjourn- tion of houses built before 1921. other than track events their before war and begun In 1922, The President:The Medical ment to their respostive bedrooms. To the rest of the community, training has been largely a matter will be open to the public to- Officer has sont me a ebit in. At four o'clock in the morning, of chance. Yet, despite all these morrow, April 7. The formal which ho says you are quite fit to Eagon left his room to go into landlords can charge just what handicaps. some progress has opening by the Duke of Bad-be tried by court-martial.
the complainant's room, where standard of rent they choose. been made; and at least we can ford, president of the Zoological Accused: He tested my hoort he went through the latter's In the early days of the Rents be certain titat Britain's athletes Society of London, was to take und felt my pulso: that was not coat pockets and extracted the
book. Eagen was not Ordinance this did not greatly will enter the contests with no place last Saturday, when only what I wanted.
less onthusiasm than any of the Fallows wore to be admitted. The Court ruled that the case again until Sunday, when he matter, because the number of other competitors-and that is This wonderful aquatic exhibition should go on.
was found in a Japanese restaur- people affected was rolatively half the battle.
is the finest of its kind in the
Langu Corporal Champion osid aut of Wenphat. There was world. small. As time goes on, how.
he dalled the defaultor's roll at nothing found on him, except tive $50,000 A YEAR.
Wellington Barracks at 9 p.m. on one-dollar blite which were taken. ever, with old houses being.
Our Kongmoon correspondent April 17th. Accused was abant from his mouth, pulled down und new ones urgo PIRATES DEMAND FROM
reports that a grand parade, in and witness failed to und bim which several hundred people re- although he searched Victoria ad (plus the fact that the demand
FERRY CO. is still far in excess of the up- Having received no fewer than prosonting the various labour Barracks.
Bombardior Wood ́R.G.A. said ply), more and more people are four threatening lotters, during unions participated, was held on
the past few months, from a pirate May 1st, in Kongmoon and Sun-be was slooping in No. 2, room. boing called upon to pay high gang established in the Shek-ki wui in celebration of Labour Day. B. blook Whitfold Barracke, when rentals. Thus the passing of district, the Kwok Hing Shok-ki Banners, bearing inscriptions of he was aroused at 2. m. by un opigrammatic nature which accused coming into the room, time is, to a very considerable Ferry Company, of Connaught served to remind the public of the He was very drunk and caused Road Central, is now obtaining moaning and importance of the extont, nullifying the main
an additional armed escort. object of the restrictive law.
The pirates are led by a man day, were borne along all the
Accused went on to say that he The plain fact would seem to named Lam Choy, and their stroots by students from various
letters, the last of which is dated schools.
was dischargòd from the R.A.F be that the abnormal situation April 17th, domand that a repro-
Acousod, giving evidence on in Decomber, 1918, as being modi How other couples got, along his own bonaif, said that he wont cally unfit for further norvico. (domand in excess of supply) has sentative of the forry company lasted much longer than was moet, the gang and settle a re- their joys, sorrows and difficul to the wet canteon at Victoria During the war he was wounded. always an absorbing Barracks at 8 pm, on the 17th three times, once in the head, and originally expected. And there gular monotary grant, falling tics-is
which dire throats will be carried theme. In the novel by Edgar April. He ordered a pint of beer in April, 1917, he was brought would appear to bo grounds for out. The company's response altus, said to have been the late and sat in the billiard room. From down in aerial combat and had believing that we are still a far has been the purchase of two President Harding's favourits that time until about 2 a.msover crash. For, his wounds ory from normality in this relaunches, the Hing Wen and author, known as "Daughters of on the 19th he had do recollection and crash he was granted a dis- King Shing, which are the Rich" money buys a Duke of where he want, or what he ablement pension of 60 por cont. gard. With the yearly renewals manned by armed crews. These but grood: broaks a heart. Still, did.. He did not remember Ho re-onlisted in August, 1919, ' of the Ronts Ordluauco, the form a strong escort, but the thie Gasner picture showing at leaving the cantoon. He woko, but was again discharged in the anomaly of housos built just pirates have merely decided to the Queen's Theatre from to-night from nie sloop" in one of the following February. Owing to
use further throats.
till Thursday, is by no means a lower rooms at Whitekt Bar domestic troubles, he was practi- before the passing of the law
Their last demand has been for tragedy. In the end love does racks and when he found where cally forced to again enlist, and in being limited in rental, whilat no less a sum than $50,000 a year make a happy marriago,ho was he went upstairs to rooms September, 1942, he was sent t those 'orected just afterwards are in order that the, forry boats
which were occupied to see if do with a draft from England to not, becomes more pronounced. In should be free from molestation. No higher tribute could be re-could find out how he came to Cairo. He was later sent to Now the company is engaging quired for a ploture than the be there. In walking across the Khartoum and then to Hongkong. view of these and other consider the additional protection of an steady support now buing given room he tripped over some bath Since his discharge from the ations, the question does suggest armed junk, one of the kind that to "The Hunchback of Notre utensils which had been laid RAF, he had been subject to fita now showing at the out for inspection, and woke up! of depression and he occasionally itsolf whether the problem would do much useful work in pirate-Dame,”.
Moro than once the bombardier. He explained suffered from temporary loss of not be better solved by scrapping ufestod waters, at just over Coronet,
$1,000 a month
the Management have boon com- that he did not know how he got momory, During the past olehti tho oxisting Ordinance and ro- The chief point about this polled to turn away people sank into Whitfield Barracks but be months the lapses had been me placing it by a Fair Ronts Board story in the heavy expense to ing, admission, as the house has was placed in the detention cell frequent, His trouble was due to which would take within its which the company is being put, boon completuly full. Accord as he thought for the night. Ho his wounds and the effect of his
is order to combat the designs of ingly special early booking did not know he was accused of crash metalage M ALL purview all property, old or now. desperadoes who should not be faollition have been instituted drunkenness they would have The Court's decision will be Such a body could take all the suffered to continue their un- and those intending to see this have taken his boots and puttous
bromulghted in due course, faotors into consideration, aiming disturbed residence on the superb ploture should make their on but they did not do so, ther
reservations beforehand, not merely to protect the lonant mainland,
disturbanco by falling over the utensils. He placed accused, who was minus has coat cap and web
bolt under.close arrest.
ples of the defendant, remarked His Worship, after hearing the that Eagon had robbed a ma who was a friend to him. in
thirty-six hours ho had made away with something like $200, labour would be imposed. A nontonce of six wooks' 'hard
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