1924-09-24 — Page 8

TWO-MINUTE TALKS A

By ROBERT POWEB

AFTER MANY YEARS |

FOR CHINA STATION.

VINDICTIVE COMING TO HONGKONG.

of the

A

DAIRY FARM NEWS.

It has been dooided to send out to the China Station the light) orufsor Vindfotive, which was launched as the Cavendish by The oxile in a foreign land So at last be understands that Mosers. Harland and Wolff, and YOU ofton pictures

bimself the joy after many years, he is old and renamed in honour of returning to the scenes of his boyhood chums are also old, Vindictive, then in Gorman hands childhood. Distanco Indaod lenda and many of them are gone. It enobantment to the viow. In is the lesson of life, and a bitter stond. She les particularly Buccessful ship, and is a great fond thought the old home, tho one.

tribute to Bolfast shipbuilding | village, or the woll-remembered "I have stayed away too

But the long!" sighed a traveller, who smaller units of the "D" type, Sho is to relieve one of tho town are ro-orosted. years slip noiselessly away and came back to his home village and this change will mako still the exile lingers.

after an absence of fifty years. Thon, maybe, he returns, and Half a century! What a doni great difference to the strougth of comes again to the place where bad happened in his busy life, our fores in the Far East, for, our squadron will thus have as a child be spent his careless mostly spont in a foreign land. two ships of 10,000 tone, armed hours. But he stande bewildered But there was but one old wo with sovon 7.5-in guns aploco. to realise how the passing of the man who know him well. Every Up to the present they aru years has altered everything, where he saw strangers, who superior to any other cruising The old shops are there but stared blankly at him when he ships in the world, but will, of strango faces gaze at him and stillo inquiried aftor names which his faltering inquiries. "Dead," meant nothing to them. Time, cruisers which all the Powers are course, bo solipsod by the now or "Gone away these many like a swift river, carries away building, under the Washington yours," they tell him, when he all traces of those who love the

agrooment. The Diomodo, that socks information of those ho village or the town, They are gone she relieves, is only of 4,700 tons

and soon forgotten. There is no returnod travellor, There is a sadness in this in displacement, with six but has felt the disillusionment oxorable-law of change. But the

The Vindictivo was originally wrought by Timo. A new old cannot remain young, except designed to run down Gorman generation, perhaps two, stands in spirit.. Only the foolish

raidors in the Pacific, but was in the place of the old. The try to act as though the

altored while Btill under streets are shrunken, the housos frost of their yeare was not construction to act as an aitoraft: soom smallor, the shops more upon them. I know of no

knew so wall.

guns.

Gin.

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was, and you will keep young. **

against any of the Gorman light| and when tho chimon ring After many years there should cruisers, and hor 31 knots would out they bring back again with bo found wisdom. Experience is make it possible for her, to got rash the hours when they drawn from age, not from youth, away from the heavior ships. warned him home to dinner or to Though Time thing the ranks of Progress with the aircraft carriors The river still runs on those we have known, there yet has rendored her unnecessary now beneath the grey bridge: the remains the eternal consolation and moro uso can be made of hor great vime soon not a whit dif- founded upon the enduring pro-as a cruiser. She has been in forent, and in the distaueo the misо: "As thy days, so shall Portsmouth Dockyard for some

just

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bed.

it as

ovor

hills lift their heads to the sky, thy strongth bo."

HOME FOOTBALL.

GLASGOW CUP TIE

London, Sept. 23.

In the Glasgow Cup replay, the Rangers boat Partick Thistle by

goals to mi.-Heutor,

RUBBER CO. FAILS.

New York, Sept. 23. The Federal Court has appoint ed receivers for the lodgeman Rubber Company, one of the oldest manufacturing concerns in America. Reuter's American Service.

U.S. BUSINESS MEN.

time, having her aircraft fittings) removed. It is expected that tho vessel she relieves will join hori sister, the Dunedin, on the Now Zoaland Station.

CHINA COAST OFFICERS.

TO VISIT ORIENT.

The President Madison, of the THE LATEST CHANGES, Admiral Oriental Lino, sailing

Captain H. Gifford, of tho from Beattle on October 11th, will!

Kiuklang, has goue master, bring a delegation of business Kueichow. Captain C. P. Miller, RION and manufacturers from of the Seattle and the Northwest to visiti

Kusichow, has gone the Orient.

master, Klukiang.

Chihli, has gone second officer, Mr. D. Wilson, sucond oflicer.

Kueichow, Mr. F. J. Griffiths, second officer, Kasichow, is on

reservo.

The Trade Commission is being aponsored by the Seattle Chamber of Commozco and includes many prominent mon from that locality, The purpose of the trip is to study trade conditions in all officer, Fengtien, has gone sup'y

Mr. W. A. McDonald, socondi tho largo cities in the Orient, second officer, Shantung. Mr. R. the itinerary to include Yoko- ham, Kobe, Shanghai, Hongkong second officer, Fangtion.

Whorry, from roserve, has gone and Manila, Aftor arrival in

Manila. according to prosent engineer, Woosung, has resigned. Mr H. Campbell, second plans, the commissionors will

Mr W. C.. Ruxton. second disband, returning directly to Seattle aboard the President engineer, Chinking, has gone

PRINCE IN CANADA. Madison or making more second engineer. Wo sung.

ENTILUSIASTICALLY WELCOMED.

ex-

tended visits in the Oriont.

Much interest is being takon in the forthcoming visit of this delegation and thio various com mercial bodies in each port are making extensive plans for enter- The Prince of Wales arrivedtainment. This is the second trip

and

was

Ottawa, Sept 23.

Mr C. F. Vincent, from re- Yingchow, Mr R. D. Thompson, sorvo, has gone chief engineer, chief engineer. Yingehow, has gone chief engineer, Ningpo.

Mr. R. Russol, third engineer,} Liangehow, has resigned.

Mr A. Jackson, third onginoor, that has been made to the Orient Shantung, has gone third on- wolcomed by the Promior, Mr. Mackenzie King, under the auspices of the Seattle gineer. Fongtien. Mr L. Macfar and other representativos of the Chamber of Commerce, the first lane, third engineer, Pangtion, Govorumcut, 214 woli as one occuring in 1921.

has gone third onginoor, Shan- an enthusiastic.crowd.-Renter's

tuan. American Service.

MACAO JOTTINGS.

DESCRIPTIVE BOOK ON

THE OLD COLONY.

(Our Own Correspondent).

Maeno, Sept. 22.

It is gratifying to local rosi

FRAUD CHARGES.

Mr C. Tilburn, socond engineor, Suiyang, has gone 20cond engineer, Whangpoo.

Mr R. T 3. Hopkins, chief BAIL GREATLY REDUCED. officer Waishing, has gone chifef officer. Fausang. Mr E. Firth.

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Application for a further re-chief officer, Fausang, has gone pride in your business,

duction of the bails in the case chief officer, Waishing.

of Charlos Rent and Lo Shu-fan, Captain D. Skinner, of the. solicitors' clerks, charged with Kwaisang, has been appointed to conspiracy and forgery involving shore duty,

a sum of $300,000, was to-day

Mr M. Costello, chief officer, acting Kono

made by Mr. M. L. Donnys, of Kwaisang, hay

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Messrs Hastings. Donnys and mastor, samo ship. Mr C. M. printing

dents to find how grant is the Bowley, the firm in which da- Boss, from roservo, has gone chief interest takon in this old Portu-fendante word employed. The officer, Kwaisang, guoso colony by those who have reduced ball now applied for was Mr J. J. Robertson, fram re- beon charmed by their

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given by tho defendanta om Yusang, Mr E. MoNab, third pleyors, in each case,

engineor, Yusang, has gone third onginoor, Chunsang.

Of minchi valuo to the colony,

and very informative too, is Director of Criminal Intelligenco, Mr. C. G. Parduo, Assistant book recently written, in English, did not oppose the application.

Monteiro, by Mr. Francisco

Mr. R. C. Lendsall-It 18 which describes vory beautifully some aspects of Chinoso life hero. rather a come down from $30,000, His Worship reduced the ball The Harbour Works department *has recognised the value of the Bapplied for.

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HOME BLOW.

Mr J. Gordon, third enginoor, Chunsang, is on reserve,-Ship-| ping and Engineering.

DEADLY EPIDEMIC IN JAPAN. Sevaral of the most eminent medical men of Tokyo have loft burriedly for wostern

Japan whore a now and specially deadly

A violent whirlwind is reported opidemio, resembling spinal mon

Mr. Monteiro deals first with the history of Macao, and gives oné a fine glimpse of the part played by the settlement in the in-the-fields was carried high up old days. Chaptore the into the air and is missing. On the victims, after going through colony's industries, now and old, the affected aros no trace is loft usual carly symptoms of spinal with statistics, show that there of any crops. They were all car-meningitis, fall into a comatose

at Asahi-mura, Ishikawa Profeo: ingitis, le raging. More than 900 turo on the coast of the Japan persona are reported dead of the on recently. A woman weeding disease, which has been called "narcoleptioneningitis,sinco

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