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LABOUR TRIUMPHS.

4.

A Bricklaying. Comedy. One of the principal qualifica- tions for membership of the Bricklayers' Unton, we imagine, is a mathematical turn of mind suf- f herfielently developed to ensure the laying of not more than a certain number of bricks in a given time. | Mr. Winston Churchill long ago maatpred this art of juggling with figures until they appear to be reasonable and therefore seema eminently aulted to become a brickinyer "In any case, wo' feel Whilst it does not necessarily sure he will be accorded the full follow that the results of the support of the masses in resisting Municipal Elections at Home may his expulsion from the Union. The Chancellor's experiments In be taken as an Index of what is

the making of brickd without likely to happen at the coming atrat appear to have avoided the General Parliamentary Election, purview of those members wha the very substantial Labour galna object to its presence in the Union, recorded in the municipal con- while they have nlag missed an- tests yesterday cannot be brushed other angle of the joke, that he aside ma of no account. Indeed, may have to take up his new they are likely to be viewed with found trade seriously after the sanie measure of concern by the General Election next year. How- Conservatives and Liberals. The ever bitter a pill "Winnie" may bu to swallow, it is deplorable to fact that throughout the country and Trade Unfonists lacking In professed Labourites have suc sense of humour and in sympathy ceeded in wlaning 188- seals, with a man who they hopb`soon to' against losses totalling only twenty, leave with plenty of spare time on IB certainly proof posi-tive his hands.

that

the ratepayers' are not

at all acared by the raising of the

Socialist bogey. A'good deal has

The U. S. Election..

Three classes of Chinese speaking different dialects were amongst the early set tiers of the Colony,

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ON BEING SOMEONE ELSE

Some Thoughts s on an Interesting Subject.

fonds their writings to be quite different from what they really Are they can present themselves beat hide, or as in the case of sores modern writers, worst the fore

hearty, adventurer. Walter Scott.

The other evening after dinner my happy temperament and how restaurant and toward a high glass Authors have this advantage i was edging my way out of a ani always smiling, door which gave quietly on to ayer other people they can pre- warm ballroom where music sang in cascade and rippled, when walter appeared suddenly, like sardonic magpie alighting by pool and asked me if I were Sir Arthur Cook I was alone. I mbst

tempted, but just in timbRS, poses as the strong, declined the lighthood

I crossed the ballroom, a com- becomes the Laffd. Balzac writes. monar, and stood in the deep car-about the society be is never rich poted air of an empty corridor enough to live in: Pio Baroja, the wondered what it would be like qustle Basque, travels the reade to be Sir Arthur. I pondered, and of Spain, intriguos fi Its monas- In the end I cutita dome to only teries and taverna, Aghts in ita. two conclusions: pre, that I should ivil wars, plays the vagabond, the not even then be free from bills; smuggler and the adidler of for two that even if myself did not tune and is a baker by trade, knoty what it was to be Sir Arthur, lying a palo and modest life in the waiter had clearly thought Sir Madrid. Arthur was like mot

remember his tone of resigna

on one morning when he con- fessed to me;

I write about the 'life I wanted.

Indeed, I was consoling myself! with this flattering thought when a woman wearing a blue, apron under a "shabby, coat and; hat; shining in Dickensiant abundance to live, about the person I wanted and heartiness like a pickled to be it is certain that if I had cabbage, came out of a doorway been able to live auch àlifo or marked "Service" and shouted to to be such a person I should not. me across the corridor;

haya liked it, and would have "Bort, Fun and tell Lizzy, Mr. wanted to be someone olek Jennings says he ain't going to. In one sense, of course, a man is what he liked. The Engllahman wait any longer for them ices, must be a bit of a lord if he loves there's a duck."

a lord. The Amorican must be a bit of a millionaire if he admires

I will say this for her: she a millionaire. What difference is. quickly realised I was neither Her, there between a kng's man and the bert nor the duck. But the mis man called å king?” A difference- chler had been done: Fromàs imaginary as the equator line; Knighthood to Kitchen, it was a and no subtler than the difference headline in Itself. As far as the between a Kentish man and a man world is concerned, Sir Arthur, of Kont.

According to Eltol, the town of Kowloon was formed by get tlers apeaking the Cantonese dialéct, called Puutis "CHLU aboriginies). These Puntla also occupied the hamlets of Matauwai (near Kowloon City), Kwantailau (Enst Point), and Wongnolcheong on the Island of Hongkong, and to them were added later on the hamlets of Sookumpoo, Tanglungchau and Pokfulam

Sometime after tho. Puntis. had occupied the best portions of Kowloon and Hongkong, sot- tlers from the north-west of the Canton provinces, speaking a different dialect, called Hak kas (lit. strangers) began to puair their way between Pantis Bettlements. Thus the Hakka villages of Mongkok, Tsopait sal, Taimshatsui, and Matnu chung were formed on Kow- loon Peninsula, and on Hong- bong Island the hamleta oldind Hungheanglou, Tunglowan, Tytamtuk, Shalwan, Hoktauf, Wongmakok and Little Hong- kong. Hamleta wóre also formed by the Hakkan at Tai- koktaui, Hokan and Tokwawan. ' on Kowloon and at Tsaitsimul,*? Shuitsingwan, Wongkoktauf and Akungngam on the faland of Hongkong

"en"!

Later on, natives speaking another dialect (Swatow) set fled at Shaukiwan, Tokwawan," Hunghom and Youmatii Theho were sea-faring men called Hoklos.

clear.

Herbert, myself and the duck are I hear an actress has been say one and the same person; and if ing she spends so much of her time ever I complain of my lot and wish being other people that she has no to change places with Sir Arthur, time to be herself. Of all people,. or if Herbert ever wants to leave actors and actresses should be able the ducks and change places with to tell us if there really is any me, the futility of the wishes is advantage in being someone else.

I suspect the advantages are Nevertheless, the desire to be alight, for actors and actresses, Aomeone else persista among man-although exceedingly charming One recalls it. In people are often the most biase of Shakespeare, where Inloed one mortals. They Have been every- hears of very nearly everything: thing. Their "self-expression".............

Wishing me like to one more convenient and fashionable term-

rich in hope,

le found to be self-suppression. Featured like him, like him Artists in all the arts are con- with friends possest. stantly represented having We have our masques, our enviable opportunities for "self. carnivals, our processions and our expression""""

ceremonies. If an enthusiast Yet any artist of calibro,will tell organizes some amateur theatri- you that the masters of his art cals, he is surrounded by hộp are "Hoted for their ability to ful people who believe they are eliminate self. When they give us borhFactors. They long to be personal experience," they are someone else. Everyone secretly small; when they give us universul belloves he can act if he will just experience, they attain, greatness. perfunctorily, determinately, de-Have not the greatest men and cide to do go! And this is the women the shortest biographies? strange argument trotted out by

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liefs, but we hardly think that la poll on Tuesday next, and in farrived here by the P. and O. lindo, but not in the way they secret-on projecting himself to, the nth

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older people when their youngWe are still faced with the pro- Richard Dlx thrillng picture of people want to go on the stago: bom of the Johna Their number romance and the prize ring will be "My dear, I too thought I could has grown since the day of Oliver shown for the Inst time to-day at act when I was your age. In fact, Wendell Holmes. There are not the Queen's Theatre. "We're in my recitation of The Schooner only John as he thinks he is, John been made at Home of the point the conduct of the irresponsibles Honour Bound at-tho-Star, are. thought very promising."

Senator Glass's complaints of the Navy Now" at the World, and Hesperus' when I was nine was as they think he is, John as wo

see him, but countless other Johns, .....". that these Labour candidates have of both the Democratic and. Ru also having their final screenings

Endless Johns "appearing every in many instances deliberately publican parties..in the U.. s. to-day.

They still think they can act, minute: we are faced with the fact concealed their true political be-presidential campaign, are a trifle

these good people. And act they that a man's endeavours are bent beluted. The country goes to the Amongst the passengers who

degree. ly Imagine. Again wo find our- the case to any marked extent. countless instances party walls be Kashmir from Home were Mrs. G. selves in Shakespeare:

Ho calls upon' art and experi- Our experience of municipal elec- broken by the calculated mis- Acland, Mrs. R. H. Douglas, Capt.

One man in his time plays ence, imagination and invention to tions is that the Lahour nominee America is by no means free of Mr. L. G. Blackburn, Miss E B. |

enlarge his Individuality and to representation of political agents. A. F. Howard, Lieut. T. K. Walker, many parts.

When are we being "ourselves?"multiply it. Twenty years ago a usually makes it quite clear what that curious, typo. of montality Blackburn, Mr. L. f. Durrant and When are we playing a part? man could multiply a port of him- his colours are, far more so indeed which not only believes the first Mr. R. Taylor.

How many

times have you self-his speech--to an audience than his opponents. One of the bellishes the subject with great lying tale in circulation, but om-

Imagined some dramatic event in of five thousand people. Radio features of the Labour organisa-gusto In passing it on to his noigh- dings are announced:Mr. Paul: role?

The following forthcoming wed- which you are playing the leading discovers he actually multipliés

I, for one, will admit his. speech millions of times.

Television will multiply his face tions at Home is that they extend bour. How far the discreditable Heesch, marine officer of the ex. Imagining myself in all sorts of

side of the campaign has affected Norvikon, to Miss G. Nilsen, of heroic attitudes. I sometimes pie-terrifying thought! billions of

their operations into the sphere of the public mind cannot be judged. Horton, Norway: Doctor W. K.ture myself performing alarming times. It ante took three weeks

local as well

Three lots of Crown land are

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as Parliamentary even by the figures themselves, but Dunscombe, Hongkong, foats in the air-though I have and much longer to cross days. government, whereas Liberals and it la certain, that the influence Miss K. Corday, arriving here by never been near an aeroplade in Atlantic. It now takes three days, Conservatives lay far less stress issues, be considerable. Latterly,

will, in the extreme paucity of real the s.s. Tango Maru.. on their political loanings. Whe- the contest appears to have re- ther it is good or bad that poli- solved itself into a struggle be- tice should be brought into muni- cipal government is another ques tion. The point we wish to em- phasise is that the ratepayers usually have no misconceptions ro- garding the views and opinions of Labour candidates.

tween Governor Smith's persona- to be sold at the P.W.D. offices on fly, and the achievements of Mr. the 19th instant. They are Kew Hoover and the Republican Party. loon Inland Lot 2154 (about 3,525 The result may be America's square feet, upset price $7,931), answer to the charge of materi- Kowloon Inland Lot 2155 (8,840 aliem, though it is to be noted that square feet, upast price $18,260); Hoover, is still, a warm favourite, and New Kowloon Inland Lot 1187 (4,320 square feet, upset price $6,480.)

EXCHANGE RATES.

„Another matter which has been again and again 'raised at elec- tion-time is that where Labour gains control of local authorities,

Paris the rates almost invariably go up. Brussels Miamanagement and reckless ex-Amsterdam

nditure are cited as the usual Copenhagen

Berlin

consequences of Labour rule, Vienna.... whilst some critics do not hesitate Helsingfors

Lisbon ..... to add a further indictment of Bucharest jobbery, which the unblassed ob: Buenos Aires server will probably pass over as Yokohama

Shanghat

not being worthy of serious" con- New York

Geneva alderation. In view of the magni-Milan tude of the anti-Labour campaign, Stockholm Both in the Pross and on the Oslo ****

Pragua platform, it must, however, be Madrid, caldered all the moro algnificant Athena

Rio

that the Labourites should secure Bombay sych sweeping, successes in the Hongkong elections just concluded. The Silver (sport)

Silver (forward) sults attained certainly show that

London, Nov. 2.

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There seems nothing to prevent my life.

What man does not carry it being done in three minutes. another heroic, self, about with Shall we ever learn to be in Lon- him? Every Sancho has his don and New York at the same Quixote, every Hyde his Dr. Jekyll, moment?.. In youth we are intolerant of the After all, to the intelligence New faults of others and are unaware York is "hero" and London is of our own; older, we incline to "here" but not to the exists. tolerate the faults of others, often The Henses are always the lag. because we have discovered and gards, and invention is trying to reotyped our own: We say with do for them what intelligence and Burns contritely:・

Oh wad some power the giftle

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vision were able to do long ago.. The Intelligence has always be- lieved the prophets and the posts. Says Homer:

The annual bazaar of the Cano4- To see oursel's as others se ponor, how hast thou come alan Institute (the Italian Conycht![ ust

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and its branches), extending, over but we don't mean it. It is our beneath the darkness and the two daye, was formally-opened by naive way of saying, "If only other shadow? Thou hast come fleeter 124.10 Lady Ho Tung this morning people could see us as we see on foot than I in my black ship." The senses will not credit it. Lady Ho Tung, who was accom ourselves" 12.09% panied by Sir Robert, was received Only this afternoon I saw an And in the same way they tell us A that if we could only be kidge, we .18.19 on behalf of the sisters of the amusing example of this. .04.475 Convent by His Lordship Bishop friend of mine, a man of the most should be different. But we are

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