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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 1928.

EXCELSIOR

or. The Climber.

A SIMPLE STORY - BY ELINOR SLIM.

CHAPTER VI.

DAY BY DAY.

'ALL." SYMPATHY NOT CONSISTENT | WITH ACKNOWLEDGED. VIRTUE 18 NUT · DISQUISHED SELFİSH(NESS. — Coleridge,

The Empress of Rusala left Van couver on the 2nd August, and is 'due here on the 20th.

The Very Idea!

Some of the statements in Mr. A.. M. Samuel's poem, "From Bideford). Bridge to Appledora Bar," were challenged during .AR amusing discussion nt tho meeting of Barnstaplo Town Council, re- cently..

which might save it from the need of reorganisation; and, secondly, that the present moment is not a suitable. Uime lo comply with, the suggestions, in view of the trend of world opinion revealed at Geneva and of the efforts which are being made to put it into effect. We could quote facts in regard to other European countries to show

News of the death in St. Louis, Alderman H. Ashton, a formar. Mo., of Mr. Charles D. Comfort, one Mayor, said a great deal of honour that the harmful effects of trade

Not only the Indigent Women's time collector of customs at Manila, and glory had attached to Bideford barriers are being widely recognia-!

money, but several suma belong-has been received by friends of the for its contribution to the defeat of ed, but we will content ourselves ing to other societies had been decensed in Manila. Mr. Comfort the Spanish Armada, but he was there to state that Bideford never with a reference from Australia, faken, together with all Eunice's was 71 years of age.

The police came up

contributed anything at all where the Tarif Board recently jewellery.

Mr. Instone Brewer, President and took notes and set plain-

Canon Kingsley wrote "Westward. declared that the abuses of the clothes men to watch the place in of the Instone Banking Corpora- Ho" years ago, and in it he at- Protectionist aystem. In the Com-case the thieves came again, but tion, Ltd., owing to the recent poll-tributed to Bideford a contribution monwealth are "an Increase in they caught no-one, though they ical dificulties which have arison of six or seven ships; but a few hinted that they had a pretty good in connexion with the Canton Pro-years after, when questioned, he re- cost prices, the cost of living, iden as to who was the culprit. vincial Government, is not leaving plied that he feared he had dong

Barnstaplo an injustice. wages, etc., and a tendency on the

Altogether It was tt moat part of industry to shelter itself imysterious affair and made excel-UESTINGHOUSE:CANTSPREMIA slothfully behind Customs bar. lent copy for the local newspapers. The Telegraph got it first and BRITISH BOARD OF TRADE-riers." In addition, the Board featured it, and later -FINE OFFICES COMMITTEE

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MON AY AUGUST 6. 1928

TARIFF TENDENCIES,

In view of the outspoken opinions expressed by the World Economic Conference on the im- peding of the natural growth of commercial intercourse between nations by means of tariffs, pro-

hibitions and other obstacles to

atates that Protection granted in many cases has resulted in "lower output and the survival of obsolete methods of exploitation":

riors.

otlier

It was the talk of the Colony for several days and lots of people wrote to the papers about it. One paper which did not get its fair share of letters even suggested

that the whole thing was a put-up job on the part of the Telegraph 10 increase its circulation.

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Some of the members of the 1. W. S. II. Society who did not Coles-Kuttle were like Mra. fuelled to say it was all very fishy, but could prove nothing, But the talk did not dle down, and Eunice began to feel uncomfort- able.

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About Hong Kong.

Do you know that--

Pottinger Street is named after the first Governor of Hongkong?.

Sir Henry Pottinger was in 1843 appointed the first Gov- ernor of the Colony and Ita dependencies. He had for some eighteen months previously governed Hongkong by virtue of his Commission as Superin- tendent of Trade of British subjects in Chinn,

In 1846, he was appointed Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and in 1847 to the Governorship of Madras until 1864, when he returned to I- land. He died at Malta on March 18th, 1856, at the nge of G5 years.

The ships that were attributed to Bideford really belonged to Barn staple, declared Mr. Aston. Bide- ford woke up one morning and faund herself famous through Kingsley's book, but she has never done the honourable thing that he did the moment the error was point- ed out.

Bideford had been living in a false state of glory. If visitors wanted to see the spot from whence the ships sailed to join Sir Francis Drake's fleet it was at Queen Anne's walk in Rarnstaple,

Mr. II. S. Reavell'safi ho consi- dered Mr. Ashton had given Bide- ford about the best advertisement he could have given.

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Two business men were enjoying .. a spring holiday with a farmer: friend. They expressed a, desire to go shooting, and the farmer, al- though he was unable to accompany them, was kind enough to lend them guns and two dogs.

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The two sportsmen, who had EMTA E never fired a shot, got off, and were

heard · blazing away,

Within a short time one of them returnell.

"Haito!" cried the farmer, "Rum out of ammunition, eh?"

"No." was the and reply. "We want some more dogs."*

no such

As to Britain's polley on this all-important matter, we have seen it argued by Conservatives that the quickest way towards the ideal of freer trade is for the country to wlopt a tarif for the purpose of beating down other nations' tariffs, That of itself is a recognition of the injurious effects of tariffs on | world trade, and the method sug- gested is at its best a wild' gamble,

It was suggested that it might involving, all kinds of dangers.

be better if she took a less activé We prefer to believe that it is be-part in social work for a time. in generally recognised that poal-So she went to bed and called in He tested her heart a doctor. war experience has shown the folly and lunga and limbe and things, for the United States on August of high tariffs, and that, most cour-and found them all right and ass, as was his original Intention, trics are now coming to their her appetite was good and she had but is remaining in the Colony. senses on this issue. It would no temperature, he diagnosed it

as a bad case of Nervous Break- Revenue officers on duty at the certainly be regrettable if Britain down.

Singapore wharves are the most

und unbelieving of At the Kingston l'alice-court re- by precept or example 'should in

Eunice resigned her position as auspicious any way check the movement to Secretary of the Indigent Women, mortals. Not even the emblems of cently Mr. E. F. Barker, appearing and Organising Secretary of the mortality escape their scrutiny and for the police, asked the nermission wards the abolition of trade bar-Peak Ladies. League, and Vice- last week they were rewarded by a of the bench to withdraw a charge President of the Misguided Girls' and of $12,000 worth of sinuggled of being drunk in charge of a Association, and withdrew from chandu in hollowed-put Chinese motor-car which was preferred the Society for the Prevention of gravestones on board the S.S. Keng against William George Fuller,

Yuan.

aged 29, a motor engineer of Surbi ton. Cruelty to Civil Servants. Naval Armaments.

Passengers leaving Hongkong Mr. Barker said his reason was Talk of a universal pence pact It was a hard time for Eunice, on the P. and O. a. Kashmir on that the law relating to the alloga- has been so constantly in the public and many of the remarks aho Saturday included Lieut. J. A. tion of being drank in charge of a mind of recent months, it is not heard from people who had been her Agnew, Dr. and Mrs. J. Kirk and ear was in such an appalling, slate.

friends, made it harder.

family, Lieut. W. R. Pope, Mr. and Doctorn said there was surprising that the 'obvious con-

Even Mrs. Koff-Lozenge said, Mrs. R. Roskruge, Miss K. Buck-word as "drunk" in the medical nexion, between peace and the "I never did like the woman, and ey, Mins C. Checkett, Mr. C. P. dictionary. It was a most unsatis international trade, it is interest-imitation of armaments has been wondered how far she'd get Harding, Mr. II. C. Hole, Miss C.M. factory state of affairs, and people. ing to take note of the fiscal ten temporarily forgotten, at least before she came a crash. It's Hopkinson, Mr. W. Marshall and were cavilling against it all over the country. In this case, Fuller had dencies of the past year in Europe. thrust into the background. Ap-quite time she gave someone else Miss C. Williams.

been seen by two doctore who chance. Brielly expressed, 'an analysis of parently this has not been the case

Meanwhile the time was fast Advance booking is now open at stated that he was under the in- the situation shows that white some where Whitehall and the Qual

approuching when her father the Queen's Theatre for Gloria luence of driik but did not say he tariffs have fallen, others have, D'Orsay are concerned, and Sir would set sail. She had to pre- Swanson's big new film, "Sadie was drunk.

The bench. permitted the charge Thompson," a remarkable produc risen: Those that have gone up. Austen Chamberlain has been able vent him coming out at all costs. Lion based on Somerset Maugham's to be with-drawn, but Fuller was Mr. Kuttle was in rather a famous play "Rain." "Sadie fined £5 for driving dangerously, however, and notably the French to spring something of a surprise

in announcing that Britain and muddle with things at the office, Thompson' comes to the Queen's and £2 for being without a license, tariff, are substantially less than

France have reached a compromise and it was touch and go whether Theatre on Wednesday as the fea. He was also ordered to pay three the new tariffs proposed a year reganiing naval Issues, The scope the branch would be closed down ture attraction until Saturday, guincas costs:

or not. A Director of the Com- Cinema-goers should previously, and in the case af of the new Agreement has not pany came out from Mancheater owing to the length of the picture, France, the Increases that have been revealed, but it seems from to look into things, but as he had performances start at the special he was the father of twenty children. and that he had been a soldier, a been made have since been modi-information available that a great never been out, East before, he was times of 2.30, 5.00, 7.18 and 9.30.

sailor, and a policeman. fied by a series of commercial obstacle. to progress has been re-fairly easy to manage.

Six women stated at Tottenham Kuttle explained how all the Owing to the inclement weather, treaties. Other developments to moved, particularly as special at- be noted are that a considerable tention appears to have been desses were due to bad trade, and the Band Concert by the Band of that their children had not attend- took care to fill him up every the Queen's Royal Regiment at ed school because they had no boots.

North Landon landlady: number of increases that were, be voted to the limitation of sub-evening with soothing fluids, the. Kowloon Cricket Club on Magistrate: You are all fibbers. fore various Parliaments a year marine construction, one of the The compradore came up to the Saturday night had to be postpon- Age have been abandoned or reegreatest snags of previous con-scratch with a gift. of some lovely ed. All arrangements had been five years I have given him notice

And 11 silver made for catering for a big crowd, to quit by word of mouth.

Mr. Registrar Friend, at Clerken jected, whilst a number of prohl-ferences. France has always been Calton shawls

cigarette box with "Good Luck but the heavy storm in the after-well County Court: It is easy for bitions, previously in force have in the position of dependence up and Long Life" Inscribed on it noon practically flooded the ground those who have a good, soft, per submarines for defence of her in Chinese characters, and took and it was decided, as there was manent job to say what they would been removed and dulics substitul maritime enterprise, and, if it has him to the well-known Stickey no chance of it recovering in time, do if they were out of work. ed therefor. Taking all these been possible to overcome her Muk restaurant down at West to put off the event for a week. difficulty, the prospects of success Point, and gave him a wonderful The Concort will now take place in the event of a new Conference dinner with sharks fins and birds on Saturday night next. would appear to be highly favour nest soup and sing-song girla. has been definitely checked.

able. The Agreement has been And so Kuttle managed to per- Shipping circles In Singapore During the past week, much well received in the United States, suade him to carry on for anyther have heard with surprise and regret

and it is New York which reveals

of the sudden death of Capt. E. D. has been heard of the suggestion that it aims at coalescing into a But altogether it was a nerve-Golf in his rooms at the Adelphi that "safeguarding" should be single text the British and French racking time for both Eunice and Hotel, Singapore. Capt.

been ill for several applied to the British Iron and Draft Conventions presented to her husband, and when Eunice had

with dengue fever, steel industries. With that fact the badly muddled Geneva Naval suggested that the best way out of weeks in mind, it is interesting to turn aging to and America willing to all their troubles was fer her to and his illness took a fatal turn Goff was well-known to shipping to the case of Sweden, where a re-open discussion, and, to learn take a trip home, Kuttle agreed when pneumonia developed. Capt. Но жав She wired to father, "Don't sail,men in Eastern watera. commission has had under con- that the immediate effects of the

employed by the Asiatic Petroleum breakdown in 1926, American um-

tell

Company for over 20 years in their sideration the consideration of a brage and embarkation on a huge coming home with sprue,

mother."

tankers, and during the last twelve tariff for iron and steal. This programme of naval construction, Father was a bit annoyed but years of his service, when he sailed commission recently reported that happily have not seriously develop did not suspect anything, and as regularly out of Singapore, he was German and Belgian costa made it Bill to pass the Senate muy annoy he managed to get his deposit master of the Limax and other Impossible for Swedish steel to the Big Navy group, but it will at back from the shipping company. ships. Last year he resigned from the Company's service, and. joined Ho guessed "Sprue" was a baby, the Singapore Pilot Association, of compete, and that the dumping least enable America to participate he did not make trouble, methods of other countries were Conference with a clear con- but was not certain whether it which he was the most recent mem- making it impossible for any but science, so to speak. The manner was a boy or a girl. He thought her. He was only 46 years of age. the strongest firms to hold the of the Bill's collapse is somewhat it a funny name, but a friend. of He is survived by hle widow, who Swedish market. It was there- remarkable. President Coolidge his who knew all about China is now returning to Singapore after

was taken at a time when is "axo" because he had a friend who had a visit to Java. foro considered by the commis was not in good working order and been a policeman down Limehousa sion that the Swedish industry there appeared to be every pros-way, told him "Sprue" was very badly needed reorganisation, and pect of expenditure of nearly a common in China, and was the what could you expect? She's tain, who played a part in the re- only been in, Hongkong a short volution of 1918, and emiorated to time but what a difference! She Africa afterwards, recently appear- a recommendation was, made that billion dollars on new construction name of a boy.

in five years. An avalanche of

facts into considration, it would appear that the Protectionist tide

Conference of 1920. It is encour-.

ed. The fallure of the US. Navy

In the Preparatory Disarmament:

year.

at once,

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note that,

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A man stated at Tottenham that

For

Writing in the “Daily Mirror" & West Countryman says that rural noiscs are much more distracting than those of cities..

For long I sighed for the wood-

lands free

And meadows of new-mown.

hay,

Of drowsy noon 'neath the

greenwood tree And gambolling lambs at

play.

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Such southing scenes would be

balm and rest

For nerves that were fagged

and, frayed,

But I pitched mi tent near a....

hornets' nost

And the camp of a beyş”

brigade.

Instead of the murmur of bécs

a-hum

And the stillness of vale and

down

An Arcadian, pandemonium

Has sent me back to town.

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A peculiar story of a modern Aladdin's CAVO ís current in Budanest. A certain artillery cap-

an increase in the tariff be granted protests from the public, however, So father looked forward to acts the real lady to the manner ed in Budapest. To his friends ho

his little grand- born, and T'ip sure she could mix doclared that he had. become the In order to give the industry time compelled drastic cuts, until only seeing to put its house In order. Afteen cruisers and an aeroplane child, and was quite disappointed with the grandest people. In the chief of a black tribe in the Congo, carrier were included in a now when Eunice turned up alone, land, and none of them would and described his discovery of a Some nieces of rock which he However, the Swedish Govern-scheme which ultimately was lost But

mother was frightfully know as she only, come from a cave of precious stones.

and proud of her middle class family like us.” ment has rojected the proposals. In the last few hours of the pleased

Eunice found it rather dull, and showed to an expert were, in actual She was a dear old of its own commission. The rea-Sesalon in a mass of unfinished daughter.

business. No nor construction soul and when she found that felt it was much nicer to be a big fact, pronounced to contain stones. this the captain immediately left sons are, first, that the Government has been authorised. The Big Eutrice did not take kindly to frég in a small pond; so she made worth a fortune, and on hearing sous no sign of the industry, rear- Navy mon will now be forced to housework again, made excuses up her mind to get back to long for Africa again, declaring to his kong. How she managed it, and friends that he intends to bring 'ganising itself and is not disposed hold fire until it is possible to see for her.

lift the entire burden of the' çoun-' them servants to wait on you,

try's debt.

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to give it five years of protection what will come from the new de- "After all," she said, "with all what she did when she got back back enough rock from the cave, to

velopment.

well, that's another story..

THE END.