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Major General Luard was quite frank in his remarks at Thursday's parade. He had a number of com-

DAY BY DAY."

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It is notified that on and after the 16th inst., the price of the pre- pared oplum known as Kamshan opium shall be $50 for three taels.

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WORDS OF YESTER-YEAR.

Somo Favourites of the Past.

FORTY 18 THE OLD AGE OF YOUTH plaints to mako--not against those. | AND THE YOUTH OF OLD AGE-Victor who are members of the Corps, but Hugo. against those who have not given the Volunteer movement the sup port which they should. The bur-

There was a time when a sigh blazoned and bedizoned; it is not to. don of his plea was that there

for the words of yesteryear, or be wondered that he meekly gives any other sigh for that matter, way to the chauffeur, and takes a among the derelicts.. should be a much stronger Corps

The R.M.S. Empress of Astalght have found a fitting begin-place than there is, and we trust that his which is advertised to sail for ning in that favourite of tho Whether there be any comfort in remarks will have the effect of in- Manila to-day, has been delayed,balladists of old, Well-a-way. Yet the fact that both steed and charger and will not sail until to-morrow what editor of the present day are passo I can but fancy and am ducing more young mon-to come

would welcome the sighing tatter-interrupted by the beauty of at 5 p.m.

demallon who has been little better forward. Deserved tributes were

"Shoo the stced with sliver paid to various sections of the Mr. M. Manuk will conduct a than an outcast this long time

That bore him to the fray. Corps. We need not individualiso Members Meeting of the Theoso-inco? If poets must, for sorrow

As for froy and efray, thos a word in current speech, an exact, exceedingly courteous representa- them, for General Luard's wordsphical Society to be held at the sing just now, then must, they find show that he, has a just apprecia-day, March 18, to celebrate the tion of the situation in this regard. 5th anniversary of the foundation What it is I do not know. That highly favoured of the poets, they they have all but banished care find no welcome in polite society to- of the Lodge.

from the realm of literature I am day, no longer being received no It was extremely gratifying to read

no the superiors or oven as the equals the G. C. Os prafee of the Portu- Observatory returns for the certain; for when cure may

accompanied by its of fight and battle. Indeed, the old guese Company and of their mark- month of February show that the longer bo

ancient companion, carking, who Frenchman, melee, has acquired average mean temperature was ed soldierly bearing in camp. 53.7, the highest being 71.1 and the will wish to have it? Carking, that better standing than either in many With His Excellency, we feel, how-lowest 45. There were 73.3 hours word of words, I needs must con- cireles. Attire, i notice, now givas.

sider a lanicntable loss, fe our place to less elegant rivals and per Average humidity was 82.

law in its faded livery of the east aside, like shoon. I mourn As Chancellor of the University King's English to an editor to-duy them all but none more sincerely and what happens? I shudder to than golfyaskins, which may sur of Hongkong, H. Sir Cerrulate the way of editors with this vive in the wardrobes and the litera-

Lodge. 7, Duddell Street, on Sun- undecorative, unpoetical word.tives of the old school oneo,

ever, that this Company ought to f of sunshine and 3.57 inches of rain:language. But present the out-haps a score of its constituents are

be much stronger numerically; if it were, its value to the Corps would be immensely increased, for those who have joined up have shown that they are excellent material." Taking the Corps as a whole, it is only right and proper that a word

of appreciation should be expressed to the officers and men alike for their continued loyalty and enthusiasm, which, as they all know, is appropriately assessed responsible quarters.

raco.

Naval Comparisons.

in

Clementi is to give a course of three lectures at the University on

in an "Elements

Analysis of Thought and its Activities." The dates fixed are April 18th, April 25th and May 2nd.

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once brave word.

Lure of the fairy folk if not cleo- where. Hyacinthine, that Homerle It is evident, however, that the favourite beloved of Poe, is 'Intely same fate is shared by a number frowned upon and also argentine, of its ancient companions. Peak a favourite of Hearn's. And so the and pine, thoso sigling twins, are story goes, the same fate boing treated like veritable tramps today shared by many others no less dig- and turned from door after door. tinguished in their time. Bárd may no longer cross the

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A Canton report states that re- cently General Chan Ming-shiu, the new Chairman of the Kwang- threshold of an editorial sanctum Every gentleman, once safely, tung Provincial Government, made without arousing a storm of pro above the reproach of all classes,

considered a suggestion that all flieft gam-test, "Out with him! IIe is thread-a

of questionabló bling should, be, prohibited in bare!" is the cry. Yet bard was character nowadays; lady is seldom Canton City. It is not yet indicat once an honourable fellow and received in the present regime; lad

nasoeinted with ed whether the proposal will be proudly

the is an outcast and all but forgotten, put into effect.

greatest of all the English poets, however braw; lossie and bonnie until a few brief years ago. For are equally in disfavour; the mald Forthcoming weddings announc-some it must seem little short of of Athens or any other city receives ed Include that of Mr. H. J. de sacrilege even now to say the Part no homage now. Youth is admitted Garcia, assistant Chinese Maritime of Avon; yet what recourse have to the inner circle only on condi

under the new regime?tion; there must be no personality, Customs, residing at Macao, to thoy Miss L. B. da Rocha, "Fairylow," 3 Naught likewise is relegated to the involved. "The last youth lives in Robinson Road, Hongkong; also of status of a vagabond. Yet how the Rollo books, you know," it is Mr. F. L. Evans, 275 Laichikok proud his past in text and title whispered, "or, at any rate, in Ex- Road, Kowloon, to Miss Chan Mel-Thee and thou, so gentle and so celsior." Alas, what would the gracious of demeanour, are long scholarly Longfellow think to find since numbered among the forbid-his hero so discredited. This is, yeung, of the same address,

den and the whole tribe of soft, however, but a sample of the ir voiced "ethe" along with art, doth, reverence that flourishes at present.

pake and yelept, regardless of their noble lineage.

One brave Shakespearean word erat, receives no homage now, much of late is fairing. I should Sylvan, that pure Latin aristo-whose disgrace I have regretted though I must maintain that I have liked exceedingly to say, "I beauty is in every way' comparable thank you for the fairing," in re with liver, a present favourite turn for trinkete, bends, and

On Thursday there was a general meeting of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Canton to elect officials for the coming year. The result of the meeting was that Mr. Chau Din- hong and Mr. Wes Chung tong were chosen as Chairman and Vice- Chairman respectively. The form

20 votes.

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THE MACAO-SHEKKI ROAD.

POEMS THAT LIVE.

REMEMBER ME.

Remember me when I am gone

away;

Gone far away into the silent land; When you enn no more hold me by:

the hand, Nor I half turn to go yet turning

stay,

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CORRESPONDENCE.

TELEPHONE RESTRICTION.

To The Editor of Hongkong

Telegraph.]

Sir, I was very interested in reading the Hongkong Telephone

The dogma that figures can be made to prove anything is as true as most, but rows. of cyphers Judiciously mixed with a few per- centages should appeal to our American friends, and we feel certain they will be irresistibly Those who saw the smart turn-attracted to the analytical survey of the international nuval post- out of the Volunteer Defence Corps tion outlined by the First Lord of at the annual inspection on Thurs- the Admiralty, in introducing the day evening must have been im-Navy Estimates to Parliament

Mr. Bridgeman was faced with pressed by the excellent hearing double task. In the first place, he of the officers and men on parade. felt it necessary to justify British No-one, of course, would for a naval policy in the eyes of the moment seek to compare them with world, with particular reference er secured 23 votes, and the latter What reception would be given such i aviator's medal, by which I am per-

to the United States, and, second- the Regulars; it would not be ally, the Conservative promise of

a line as "In shards the sylvan mitted to remember the Sesquicen- all fair to do so. But there was economy carried out to the extent

vases He" I dare pot think. The tennial Exposition. Surely, it is wonder is that poetry survives at superior to any of the terms of our certainly something very gratify-of £2,000,000 had to be justified to the country. This much can be

all. Nearly half of that once gay common speech. And I shall like- ing in the sight of these several said at present: Great Britain le

troupe--becalm, becharm, bccloud, wise ever sigh for girt, spelled so bedeck, bedight-without whom thelby Blackmore in his Lorna Doone, hundred uniformed civilians who spending much less proportionate-

past had been drab indeed, are re-but, sometimes appearing as pert in have sufficient enthusiasm and ly on naval matters than she did

ceived with coolness; some of them the books of those who affect the. loyalty to fit themselves for before the War, she has scrapped

are already being denied the ancient style. What have we to four times as much tonnage as any essential work in the defence other nation, and the expenditure

friendly sheller of the dictionary, [compare with in our present-day I regret to say; behear, that vocabulary? As for methinks, I scheme of the Colony. We have is only seven per cent. of the total

favourite of the balladists, Is give it up with the greatest re-. heard argued that there is really budget of the country compared

It is notified in the Gazette that crowded out of certain abridged luciance, knowing no other compro with 8.5 per cent. in America and no reason for the existence of a 14.9 per cent. in Japan. Britain's the Sun Wah Co., Ltd. (in volun-editions along with itke, the ancient mise between the two personal "I Volunteer Corps in Hongkong, sce-case has been well put, the Geneva ary liquidation) in paying a first companion of listen. Alas, when think" and the too impersonal "It

coachman may

G.C.. no longer be seems." dividend of 25 per cent. The fol- ing that there are always strong atmosphere has been rendered a naval and military contingents little less dense, and only unrea-lowing dividends have also been avallable should a real emergency quiescence in the fact that Britain

soning prejudice can prevent ac-declared in bankruptcies:

G. P. and II. A. Lammert-First arise. But that is poor reasoning. has made every possible gesture dividend of $1 per cent.

6. P. Lammert-First and final It reflects, moreover, a distinctly with a view to preventing a naval ungrateful frame of mind.

On the second point, the of $39.70. British taxpayer may complain 11. A. Lammert.--First and final The value of our Volunteers was that even these figures do not abof $10.72. well proved during the War, and on solve the Government from the many occasions since then it has task of casing his burden. The Opposition will emphasise that been demonstrated during occasions £2,000,000 is but a drop in the of local umrest, Then, there is the bucket. The Navy, however, is at additional fact that a definite place branch of the country's' Services has been assigned to the Corps live, and we suggest that there which must be kept vigorously whose utility is being constantly fare dead ends to which the axe incrensed by the formation of now can be applied, long before drastic sections-in the Colony's defences in the Naval Estimates are freedom of contemplated. The scheme, in which connexion many the seas is the one guarantee of tributes have been paid by G.O.C.'s our industries, and "safety first" the services for which the must be the gulding principle for

a long time hence. Volunteers have filled themselves as the result of their training. The fact that Hongkong is a naval and military station provides all the greater cause.for commending the men who voluntarily take on the duties which membership of the Geneva Corps involves. It may be that Berlin

Orlo from one standpoint there fa less

Helsingfors necessity here for Volunteers than, Athens say, in some towns at Home, but Buenos Aires

Hongkong.. that very fact reflects all the New York greater credit on the young men Amsterdam

Stockholm who are prepared to assume the Vienna obligations of service in the ranks Madrid of the Corps, the existence of Bombay

Bucharest

which is an cloquent answer to Yokohama those who like to represent the Man

Brussel

young manhood of the Colony as | Copenhagen being concorned in little else than Prague

Lisbon sport and dance parties. All Rio praise, therefore, to those who have Shanghai

Silver (spot) their sense of loyalty sufficiently Silver (forward) developed as to be willing to do their bit, in their spare hours, for the good of the Colony. All too

It is advertised that the forty scidom is it realised that by becom- third annual ordinary general ing Volunteers, these men make meeting of shareholders of Messrs, very considerable sacrifices with- A. S. Watson and Co., Ltd., will be held at the Hongkong Hotel, on out, thought or hope of reward in Wednesday, March 28, at 11.30 Fany shape or form.

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TO-MORROW.

The Kee-Kwan Motor Road Com-

Remember me when no more day Company's bulletin on the restric-

by day

tions to be applied to the tole- You tell me of our future that you phone service between Hongkong

planned;

and Kowloon in the future, in Only remember me; you'understand jyour yesterday's issue. It was DA It will he late to counsel, then or interesting document. It told why it would be necessary to limit the Yet, if you should forget me for a number of calls during the busy

while

pray,

And afterwards remember, do not hours, and explained that if the public did not co-operate, there grieve:

would be inevitable delays.

leave

For if the darkness and corruption A vestige of the thoughts that once

I hnd,

Better by far you should forget and

amila..

Than that you should remember and

bo sad.

Christian Rossetti

pany, Limited, the bu'ders of the Macao-Shekki Road, and, incident- ally, the operators of the motor bus' drvice, will commence opera-1 tions to-morrow, the inaugural curemony taking place at the

That is entirely satisfactory, but I do think the Telephone Com- Barrier Gale at Macao, the Portu- guese terminus of the road, at 2 p.m. His Excellency Senhor Tam-

pany might carry this idea a little further. The public, I am sure, agnini Barbosa, Governor of

would read with avidity a daily London, Mar, 10. Macao, has graciously consented to

bulletin on the same. Hnes." To: 124 perform the ceremony.

ask for Central 6284 in the hope .25.34 Hongkong visitors will be con-

of getting Kowloon 2765, and to voyed from the s.s. Sul An to the

find oneself talking to Peak 1987: 1934 Barrior Gate, immediately after

would cease to be annoying if it 368the arrival of the steamer from

became public that Miss Operator 47.29/32 Hongkong. Later, after proceed-

was debating "Why gentlemen pre- 2/04 ing along that portion of the road

fer blondes" with her neighbour, 4.87 16/10 which has already been completed,

Equally, no-one would mind. nurs- 12.125 the Company will return to Chin

ing a receiver for a more twenty 18.18 Shan city, where tea will be

minutes if the announcement was: .84.048 served. After tea, the visitors

made that the much-maligned lady .28,945

The Gazetté contains notifica-was interviewing the Manager. 91 may return to Macao at their 7894 .1/8.31/32 leisure, the Hongkong guests being tions of the following appolut-

1/11.3/32 conveyed to the wharf in amplements:

.85.01 time to catch the boat returning ..92.40 to Hongkong.

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I am not complaining that the telephone service is bad, but

Mr. S. B. B. McElderry to act some of the reasons attaching to Among important visitors from as Secretary for Chinese Affairs. imagined causes for grievance

Canton it is expected that there Mr. S. B. B. McElderry to be a might prove attractively, subtle, 1.60/84 will be present Mr. Wu To-chan, Member of the Executive and The Company should not always 2/0% Director of the Bureau of Recon- Legislative Councils, during his take things for granted, for this 26.7/10 struction; Mr. Cheok Hong-sing, tenure of office as acting Secretary is liable to lay the ground for mis-

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Mr. Thomas Mergarry to net.as native village, not far from Macao, and who is keenly interested in Assistant Head of Sanitary Depart Ithe development of the new road. ment

Kowloon, March 17th, 1928,

Forthcoming weddings announc- ed include that of Mr. W. J. Kentes, of the Hongkong Telegraph, and Miss Dorothy Ray, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Ray,

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