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prices will sag again, it history repeats delf. It appears that the tendency of prices, through

THE GREATER PART the conturios, is to travol in

ARE, ANGRY MANKIND cyclos of about fifty years, rising THE SINNER AND NOT for, roughly, twenty years and THE BIN.-Seneca. thon falling for thirty. The fall is not steady. but źlg-zag-up and down, up and down, gradual- ly sinking to normal. That is George V. what happened aftor the Napoleonic Wars. Chianged con-

"Iron" Bux left Hongkong for ditions may, or may not, prevent Shanghai by the French Mail

return to normal. No-one steamer Porthos. knows the futuro. But those are the broad tondoneies shown by

Senhor Gracias, Portugueso past history. So far ne routs go: Consal at Hanoi, loft to-day by it would appear that in America, the French Mail steamer Chan- Las here, the housing shortago is tilly."

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TWO-MINUTE TALKS A Dally Tonle

By ROBERT POWER

THE NEW DAY.

The new day means that the minutos may soom to have Yesterday was the anniversary night has ended. Once again the boon fraught with honvindus; for, sable curtain is lifted and the in the darkness, troubles assumo of the coronation of 11. M. King light iloode back into the world of a more menacing aspect. But at mon and affaire, Dawnlight last the darkness turns to groy, brings fresh oares, hopes, happi- thon to silvor, the old familiar abjects in the bedroom are reveal- ness, and responsibilities.

What a witobory there is ed. Another day hus dawned. about the now day in Springtime. Just as day surely follows tho It is worth the trouble of gett night, so rojoicing follows mourne' ing up extra early to see the Ing. Perhaps it is the darkness groyness of early morning turn of mysterious night which so into goldon glory as the red throws into relief the beauty of sun risos and beats back the the now day. Why is it that the shadows from the sky. To walk dawning of a new day is Ro in the fields, or through the copse, welcome? Why too is there a or out upon the moorland, to see peculiar sweetness in the air of Nature holding revel for the joy early dawn? Nature sooms as though it experiances & new of the new day,

There is a frosliness in the air birth, a fresh zest, and not only which invigorates, The dow Humanity but all God's creatures yot sparkles on the grass. The rejoice when the night departs, birds carol as though they are and the day in full come." intoxicated, singing their songs Thero is a parallerin the natur as soon. as the first streaks of al and the spiritual world. We dawn are visible. The fish rise are not afraid of the darkness in the pool, snapping at the Bios because we know that the sun and taking toll of the gnats. For will rise again and the world away may be heard the lowing with light. Clouds may onwrap of the cows driven in for the soul: troubles may hide the milking, and the sharp bark of path, and in that darkness we But the dog as he gambols round the may foar to go astray,

faith can piorco the future and farm workers.

A new day! Not only sweet boliave that the Now. Day will smelling in its fragrance of oarly dawn.

Thore in foar and porplexity morning, but a new day of Oppor

Whon tho tunity and Hopo. Tho night may in the darkness.

sco things AN. have been long. To the sufferor dawn comos, we

Another day means every hour may seem to have they are. halted by on london foot. To fresh opportunities, the time for those who carry a load of care, labour, and renewed hope,

During the past two days there as in the other, the best means of have been notifled ono English- bringing ront mandards down is case of diphtheria and one to build as many homes as are Chinese of ontoris fover. nooded for the populace.

The Everest Tragedy.

Wo understand that the mar riago is shortly, to tako place of Mr. R. E. O. Bird, Haadmaster of Elis Kadoorie School, and Miss E. Clarke, Hoad Mistress of the Bolilios Public School.

Again has disaster attended the attempt to conquer Mount Everest. highest of mountains. One reads of the doaths of two, members of this year's expedition Whilst excavating earth on the with tho prostest regret, hillside noar the No. 7 Railway especially as they were so near Bridge yesterday, a coolie fall success. Last time the attempt down a height of thirty foot on to had to be abandoned when the some rocks at the foot of the hill sunimit had almost boon attained and was killed instantaneously. and there was every reason to The remains were taken to the expect that at last the goal of Mortuary. years of heroic endeavour was to

PASSENGER JUNKS TERRORISED.

*

Communists Demonstrate,

ROSS-On June 14, at the be reached. The elements have Jealation Hospital, Shanghai, again cheated the expedition of The sugar morchants in Canton Charles Ross, Chinese Maritime the fruits of their striving, and intend to strike as a protest Custorns, aged 51 years.

have demonstrated once more against the Government's pro- THE PIRATE GUNBOAT,ITALIAN CAUSE CELEBREĮ MACEDO-On June 15, at what a puny object is man whon posal to levy a tax on all com- the General Hospital. Shanghai, he enters upon the unequal modities composed wholly or contest with the forcos of partially of sugar. Advicos have Anna Michaola, in her 68th year.

nature. It Comer AS no boon sont to Hongkong, with a

Rome, June 22. surprise to read that Sir Francis roquest that cargo be held for the

Cesaro Rossi has surrondered Younghusband speaks of the time being.

It is now estimated that twenty- abandoning of the expedition

three persons have been kidnap-1 to the police in connection with with the qualification at least

pod, altogethor, in the course of the Italian political murder caso. for the present year". There is

There has been no further Chinese gunboat Kwong Tal's-Reuter

London, Jugo 22. deprodations. Tho no question but that the attempt development arising from the piratica!

Tho Matteotti crime is arous~ will be made again and again demand of the moulders of the greator part of the loot, valued at

These ing the ire of socialists all over until success he achieved, as with Colony for a 60 per cent. generai $100,000, was in cash.

A Gonova mossngo

The Telegraph.

HONGKONG, 43rd June, 1924.

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Finally

the polar expeditions which have increase on thoir wages. The activities by a ronagado warship Europe. had such tragle and yet glorious mon aro still awaiting the reply have terrorised passenger junks says a stormy public protest- beyoung while

inspired with an of the linen extablishments, that ply in the neighbourhood, mosting numbered two thousand, which may como at any munus The Jinks were victime in including the Labour Conferonco traditional characteristic of grit it was stated at the Chinese one raid, the Loo Shing and delegates representing Britain, Hongkong tenants, who know and pertinacity which makos Engineers Institute this morning. Wing Ching, on the Hongkong-France, Holland, Germany and Belgium. Allusion to the avou: Mother Nature relent in

Shekki run, and the Kwan something about high rents, will the end and turn a smiling faco

Fascist regime in the spooches On of tha Hongkong-

*Assassina ! possibly be interested in somo on their efforts. The great At the Kowloon Magistracy Kau Kong servico. They lett provoked "crlos of

The tumult WAE figures relating to the returns on height of

pook

has this morning, a Chinese woman Shokki in convoy

on Friday Bandits!" house property in the United necessitated the use of special and her anal, both of 153E, morning, on their way here, and accompanied by expressions like:

"To the guillotino!" ឯក apparatus, Nucl

Oxygen Doa Voeux Road West, appeared when off Tat Nam, Ho Mi, were Statos which have just beeu containors for breathing in thoas defendants in case of stopped by the Kwong Tal, which tho meoting unanimously passed a resolution demanding freedoni | unde public by the National very rarified air. The expedition receiving and harbouring an displayed a large bannor ah- Association of Koal Estate this year was led by Captain umarried girl, 15 years old. Mr. aonncing in Chinese characters for the Italian workers.

A Paris massage says dis- exhaustive in-Geoffroy Bruce, & hardy pioneer R. E. A. Webster appeared for that it was authorised to search Boards aftur

of Himilayan climbing Mount the complainants. It appears the vessels for arms. The piracy orderly scenes followed a Cont vestigations into the subject. Everest was first charted by that, acting on information which followed was entirely un-munist mosting, including many Itallans-Whon-the-meeting- The statistics, together with the white men in 1903, and soveral received, police officers vinilod a expected.

Representatives of the com-concluded, the participants on statements regarding general unsuccessful attempts to scalo house in Woo Sung Street where

its summit have been made under the defendatits were found with panies owning the pirated vessels countored a procession of local tendencies in this commoction the auspices of the Royal the girl. They were then taken have loft for Canton to bring the societies with bands playing, are worth noting, because we Geographical Society and the into custody and charged mattor to the notice of Dr. Sun whom they mistook for a coun- imagine that standards of rent Alpine Club, Eight men had. up Defendants were remanded till Yat-son.

to this year, given their-lives in Wednesday. the attempts to climb to the cul-

in America mare nearly approx imate those provailing boroculated height of 29,000 foot; and

of. tho

traffic has book

on both politicul partios before

Reuter.

ter demonstration. A froe fight Since this piracy, the serv.onsued, and the polios inter- ices to Shokki and to Kau yened. Fighting became force, auroe-party developing into. Kong hayo boon suspended than do those obtaining in the two members of the lust ox- A very interesting football and other junks bavo beon meleo, Casualties were inflicted United Kingdom. The returns pedition, in 1922, roached a point match was played at Bookuupon hold back on the mainland, so

within 1,700 feet of their goal on Saturday between the East that the whole business and the police cleared the streets. show that in cities of from 25,000 when they were forced to des Surreys and the Rest of the passenger to 100,000 population rents in the cond, through exhaustion of their Garrison, the gate proceeds thrown out of gear.

to a fund for the United States now averago 515 supplies while awaiting favour-going

It is reported that the loader RUSSIA'S NEW COINAGE. late of these pirates is one Lam Choy, K. (gold) pór rooni per month in the able weather for the final dash. dependents

Armr. Q.M.S. Griggs, of the of the Pak Fa Tau district, and PLAID LINED. $ 72.00 best localities, down to 4 per

R.A.O.C. The ground was in houd of the Hon Ming Tong, a British Mint Assists Output. room in the bottom gradu. In

bad condition after the wook's gang numbering several hundred cities of 250,000 population and It is surprising to find the rain, but clever play was witness- desperate characters. He ap a hard-fought tussle pears to have got the Kwong Tai ovor, the monthly rent rangos American newspapere commented, and

Britain's at onded in a victory for the Baat crew to make ing adversely on $ 60.00 from $25 to $5 por room.

titude towards Moxico in the Surroys by four goals to two. with him. is of more interest than those Cummins case, unless thero is There was a good attendance, With the junks at the time of requirements for trade-uses, the figures, however, is the fact that more in the matter than moots and many tickets were also sold the piracy on Friday were the ronts have stabilised

the eye. However, we are pre- to people who were unable to be towing launches Hang Tung anded with the Royal Mint for the pared to accept the British prebent. rising) in three-fourths of the Government's assurance that it

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SHIP. every hundred they are still for. British rights, sooms to have takan certain persons aback, but going up.

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winds of the investigators is the sake of a gesture in a PROPELLER IN HARBOUR, turning a pirate ship.

London, June" 22"

In consequence of the inability

of the Leningrad mint to most sufficiently quickly the coinage Soviot Government has contract-

Hung Fat, and all the junks and coining of forty million half- launches are now reported to rouble pieces, called "poltinaiks," have been released by the free-to conaist of nine parts silver and one of copper, the value to ba about one shilling" WARSHIP'S MEN MUTINIED. The Boviot Trade Delegation in Doctors.

Our Canton correspondon London is supplying the nocos- sands us nows to-day which sary -silvor, all of which has throws light on the peculiar already beon quietly/ecourod. position of this Chinoso warship The coinago will begin at the ond of June, and delivery bo Ascording to reports from offcctable within four months. whathor this is a moraly tempor.

Yesterday evening the Hugo soml-official sources, he says, the The Leningrad mint is also ary situation. It is quite probable, proted. The lesson has yet to be danes steamer Emil Kirdorff Kwong Tai left Canton on manufacturing silver roubles and they say, that queer things unayooned by some persons that it was leaving her pler at- Kowloon Friday morning under orders to silver poltinnike; boulder allver happen to prices, rents included, is not a British characteristic to wharf when the parting of two patrol the West River. Shortly twenty Bftoon and ten kopek take things lying down. Weare wire hawsers near her stern after weighing anchor, about pieces, also smaller denomina- before long. Here it is pointed very tolerant at times, too much resulted in one of the hawsers half the lower-dock ratings llons in copper-Router. out that four years ago, after a so often enough, but the pastimo fouling her propeller, and a serious mutinied, owing to having boon long period of inflation, prices of twisting the lion's tail can accident seemed imminent. unpaid for govoral months, and

There was a strong tido and high confined the othorn and their As soon as these man hind loft, extremely crashed and brought hard times suddenly became -or, to pat it another way, hard dangerous when that animal wind at the time, and the German officers bolow hatches. They then the others on the warship got out down proceeded to pirato a number of of their confidement, the officers decides to boar no more. Boversol degan to drift

harbour.

passenger and trading junks and resumed command, and the timos came and minds prices causo Mr. MacDonald; and; bis

Twong 2 l was steered for tho low. Then prosperity slowly re-Cabinet are seekers after peace, Fortunately she was not carried sunchos.

newly-turned Whampao, where the affair has turned and pricos started

is no sign that they are purblind out towards other thipping, and Later,

when opposito Holt's wharf was pirates steamed for Shachung, boon reported to the authorities. pacifists, or that they do not know rising, economists saying that a how to uphold the dignity of the brought up by her anchors. She where a big gang of robbers were Another report states that one "sacondary period of inflation' country and the nation: and I signalled for assistance, and two awaiting them, and the mutinous of the Bilțial gunbosts on the tugs from the Kowloon Dock took crew landed, taking ashore all the HongkongKongmoon patrol, had started, true to historical Mexion has to learn this it might her in tow and she was moved Kidnapped passengers, the booty, leariling of these piracies from a

also prove an object lesson in precedent. It is now thought other quarters where misinter out to a neighbouring buoy, and cil the guns, arms and am passing launch, Imediately set

romoving the obstruction. pirate carried by the gunboat,

with what rosult is not known.) Inflation has run its course, ment's attitude prevails.