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thelr contact!

with the East. What theso mon have imbibed, the succOSB they have achieved both in Isarn- ing to appreciate the Chinese and getting the Chinese to appreciato them, can be the possession of all their countrymen who take the trouble to seok it. It is time the majority of us placed hackneyed, misunderstood phrases in their proper place--the waste-baskot of the mind and sought for those finer results of inter-racial contact tor which pioneers of old, as woll as moderns liko the late Bir John Jordan, have already blazed the trail.

Friday and "13."

The superstious will be intorost- pd to hear that an Américan writer has recently been at some pains to prove that noither the number 13 ner Friday is unlucky, He supports his dontuition by

SPECIFICATIONS AND PRICES drawing freely on incidents in the

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history of his country, and here are some of the facts which hei

thore Bota forth:- Originally were 13 American colonies; the

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FRIDAY, DEC. 4, 1925.

EAST AND WEST.

it, and once upon a time thore were 13 stars; Francis Scott Key wrote the Star-Spangled Ban nor" on September 13th; 1813; there are 13 lotters in the U, S.- "E Pluribus national motto: Unum" the angle which appears! in the escutcheon of the national seal has 13 foathers in each wing;

WEDNESDAY'S WEDDING AT KOWLOON.

Bridal group taken on the occasion of the wedding of Mr. A. Spary and Miss Ida Mary Wobb, at the Kowloon Union Church on Wednesday. (Photo: Meo Choung),

DAY BY DAY.

WE ARE MORÉ APT TO TAKE-

the corner-stone of White House | ACQUAINTANCES AT THEIR AP- was laid on October 13th, 1792; PARENT VALUE THAN THEIR IN- the north-west territory was or- TRINSIC WORTH-Bret Harte, ganised on July 13th, 1787;

General Pershing was born on The opening rato of the dollar Friday, the 13th day of the on domand to-day is 2s. 4.7/16d. Mr. month; etc., atc. As to Friday, it

50

The lines of one of Rudyard Kipling's poems, ofton quoted, havo become stereotyped as the answer to all

was on that day of a week that

The E, and A. Line has issued Columbus sot sail for America an effective desk calendar. and on a Friday also he landed:

was introduced on n

THE A. D. C.

LAST NIGHT'S SHOW.

ARTILLERY MEMORIAL.

THE PROVOCATIVE HOWITZER.

The confidence imparted by unanimous approval of First | Night, gave added zest to the pro-

sentation of "A Little Bit of Fluff" A socond series of protests has by the A. D. C. last evening, thoariven out of the Royal Artillery rollicking farce being tarried Memurial at Hyde Parkcorner, through with delightful freedom. Mr. Selwyn Image, admitting Mrs. Bloxhama charactorian-that in the lower part of the tion of Mrs. Ayera was remark- monument emphasis is laid on the doclaration of independence! Passengers leaving by the Em-able considering the brief time the horror of war, asks whether Friday press of Asia included Mr. C. E. accorded her for study of the it is really "a fine culminating problems brought about through whilst it was on A Friday also Peacock and Mr. and Mrs. D. part, but she under-acts if any-symbol to have set high aloft over the clash of East and West. Yet that Cornwallis surrenderd to Templeton.

thing and Inekod emphasis at one all, as finally expressive of our thankfulness to God foc the meaning has always been so Washington. From those and other facts, the writer

Stan Hill's football cartoon to- jobvious, whilst the accepted

Major Macready and Lieut.deliverance, and to keep green deduces that the number 13 ap-morrow will relate to the Lal Commdr. G. F. Hole did all that the blessed memory of those who interpretation is so often wrong! poars in American history so Wah Cup match between the was required of them in repre- this bare facsimile in stone of the. sacrificed their lives for us, just There has, unfortunately, been often and in such fortunate cir- Navy and South China.

sentations of most difficult roles, latest mechanical invention of and Fluffie (Miss Birkett) showed man's wit for blowing, on lament- little attempt by western peoples cumstances that it ought to be regarded as the nation's lucky

For failing to carry regulation improvement on further acquain-able occasion, his fellow-creatures us a whole to find out the other sign rather than as an emblem of

and their habitations to pieces ?” man's point of view. when east of misfortune. In such calculations lights, the master of a trading tance.

A pleasing feature of He alludos, of course, to the Suoz, and there is an all too a thoso, however, the man who junk was fined $15 or fourteen

is the fact that the holders of the.ment's dominating featuro, Observatory returns show that minor roles make no effort to over- The question.'te answered by

or two crucial points,

numerous 3pe of Briton who sots out to "make a caso" seldom days at the Marine Court to-day, thoroughly entertaining" evening howitzer which is the monu-

glibly quotes "and never the

has any difficulty, for he general- ly proceeds on the basis of omit-

twain shall meet" as if it were" ting any datos or days or circum. the temperature at Shanghai this stress their parts at the expense Major-General Sir. H; Uniacke Iline from his roligious creed. stancos which do not fit in with morning at 6 o'clock was 32 de- of the action, indeed Mrs. Hegarty, with an unhesitating " Yes." Ho biare Incidentally, this gross, compared with 58 in Hong Miss Thwaites, Mrs. Hall, Mr. O says he knows that he voices the

grosser differences.

FRENCH FINANCES.

BILL FINALLY PASSED.

kong.

It has been decided to cease Diario de publication of the Macau and in consequence there is now the daily publication of Patrio in place of that paper.

We hear that the International Traders, Ltd., hope to make ar- rangements for the reopening of

Eager and Mr. W. K. Reynolds are views of the majority of those invaluable in that they impart a who, like himself, served through- naturalness which helps largely out the war in the field. Recalling to tone down some otherwise im that the howitzer of which this possible situations.

The play is again being pro-early days when our sorely tried

duced to-night.

is an exact modol was known as "Mother," he remarks that in the

infantry were being blown to pioces by the high-explosive shells of the Gorman "heavy howitzers, without hope of

the Boa Vista Hotel, Macao, by NEW SPANISH REGIME, receiving any really effective

Christmas or early Now Year.

For service as an around-the- world cruise ship, the steamship Empress of Japan of the Canadian Pacific Railway has been pur- chased by the Roberts World

A CIVILIAN DICTATORSHIP.

support from the pigmy guns of their own artillery, surely, if over anything spelt deliverance" it was the voice of "Mother" and the comforting hum of hor shells Madrid, Dec. 3.

over their heads-deliverance 10 The King of Spain has approved the battered men in the tranches, the new civil ministry, of which and deliverance to the artillery Gen. De Rivera will be Premier, from the torturing thought that message to they word powerless to netp their

Thus, in the course of only a few particular writer does not tell us yours, there has arisen a danger whether the Prohibition law was; of obscuring the finer ethics of passed on a Friday, or on the 13th day of a month-but, then, international contact in the

he is dealing with what he terms aspects of material fortunate incidents, and maybe How often do we ho considers that the denial of the right to drink hardly comes hear it emphasised: "Oh! within that category. am not here for the sake of my health!" That perhaps is 4 pardonable sentiment-there is little in the Far East to tempt a foreigner to settle down here for the rest of his life; and it is! nothing to admit that the means

Paris, Dec. 3. of a livelihood through cominorce

The French Chamber of Deputies brings most western peoples to

has passed the whole of the Finance China and other Asiatic Bill by 257 votes to 229-Reuter. The silk shipped per s.s. Presi-King Alfonso in

Despite the slenderness of the dont Jefferson, which sailed from De Rivers emphasises that the comrades of the infantry. countries. But let us not, in the greater bustle of competitive majorities, the Government intends this port ut 5p.m. on November Directory has formed a powerful replacing those effort, lose sight of the other to remain in office, M. Briand, in 5th, arrived at Now York at mid-political party

stirring appeal before the critical night on November 29th, having parties of the old regime whose.cor- side--the comparative ease with and final division, declared that he been 24 calendar days in transit. ruption and weakness blocked the work of national reconstruction. which East and West can meet would appeal to the country over

Owing to the 5/2 Punjabis be-The military dictatorship must not jon common ground when both the heads of the Deputies.

ing in camp, the hockey fixture continue until worn out, therefore ADOPTED BY THE COMMONS. When the figures were parties have the will to that end,

nounced, the Deputies of the Left between the Punjabis "A" team it should be replaced by a civilian This a time when such and Centre burst into thunderous and the Hongkong Hockey Club dictatorship, with more adequate

11 A Leam which was due to be but equally vigorous organisation. con- cheers for M. Briand and that matter requires special

played to-night has been post- The civilian elements must contri-adopted the cutlery tax resolution poned. sideration beyond the morely Republic-Reuter. limited thought that it has aroused in the minds of just ai few foreignore or Chiness.

BANK RATE.

20-

To get to the root of the oldĮ fallacy is easy to expound it in

ITS INCREASE EXPLAINED. full could well take a whole volume. The West and East

London, Dec. 3. have fundumental differences in The Stock Exchange has not outlook, based on couturies of been materially affected by the Bank Rate decision, as the advanced

on

over

Tours company. *

THE CUTLERY TAX

London, Dec. 3. The House of Commons has

bute to the work of reconstruction. by 149 votes to 54.-Router. It is indispensable to assure com- It was inadvertently stated onplete purification of political morals the programme that the orchestra at the Hongkong A.D.C. perform ance of "A Little Bit of Fluff" was andor Professor Gonsalves, The music is supplied by the Brunswick Dance Orchestra, un- der Mr. Al Castro.

that the constitutional guarantees should continue suspended, and that legislation should be conducted by decrces.-Reutor.

WAR DEBTS.

MORE NEGOTIATIONS IN WASHINGTON.

GAS, MANTLES.

BRITAIN'S PROTECTIVE

TARIFF

London, Dec. 8. The House of Commons by 175 to 87 has adopted a resolution impor- ing a duty of six shillings per gross on gas mantles, and fifty-four pence a pound on the material from which mantles are made-Reuter,

Local photographs appearing in to-morrow's pictorial page will environmental and national diver- rate was anticipated in view of the include a group of officers of the Scottish Company of the Defence gences. At the same time all recent large gold withdrawals now

the lawn bowls at home" at men have something to teach one amounting to $10,000,000 since the Corps, and a snapshot taken at another. The foreigner and the rate previously stood at five per Taikoo on Saturday. A number cent. on June 8th and since the of British picturos will also np.

Washington, Dec. 3. Chinese will be the same con-return to the gold standard shows

Mr. Mellon has received a com- pear, loss

balance of

munication from M, Loucheur stitutionally; and even mentally, a

Eight men who entered an un- hoping that the nogotiations for though they learn to appreciate £10,000,000. To-day's advance, ni» the opposite point of view. And, though disappointing, la consider-numbered house, at Kowloon Tong funding France's debt will shortly

ed inevitable as a precautionary early yesterday morning, arrived be resumed. bosides all the thousands of

with four revolvers, two daggers measure-Reuter.

Tho Treasury has also been

London, Dec. 8. and two wooden poles, aroused advised that Jugo-Slavia is sending The House of Commons by 218 to eastern people who return to

the immates by their forcod

a delogation to Washington in the 129 has carried the resolution pró- their homeland with a new

entry and after binding and knowledge acquired in western The 8 Talma, which loft gagging all the occupants stole next few weeks to discuss Debt viding for the imposition of a duty countries, there are hundreds Singapore on the 3rd instant, is money and jewellery amounting Funding-Reutor's American Ser of 33 1/3 per cent. on gloves, for

learn duo here on the 8th, instant, to a little prer 850.

C. 4507

of

foreignora

who

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vice.

IMPORTED GLOVES:

five years.—Router.