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Civil Service, but it seems to us that ho would have been wiser as A political leader if he made his reply through the usual medium of Party literature.

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EVERY FAILURE 19. A STEP TO SUC CEBS; EVERY DETECTION OF WHAT 19 FALSE DIRECTS US TOWARDS WHAT 13 TRUE; EVERY TRIAL EXHAUSTS SOME TEMPTING FORM OF ERROR-

Whewell,

Paymr. Cadet M. P. Martin has been appointed to H.M.S. Kent,

The name of Mr. S. D. Iolesden been added to the Llet of Authorised Architects.

AN ISLAND FOR ONE. Need of Isolation From Turmoil.

Civil Servants are supposed to have no Party political vious, or,

Daniel Defoe was one of those aged, to maintain seclusion. Tho at least, to keep them to themselves.

unconscious men of genius who islander should own the only They are the servants of the

write poetry without knowing it available boat in the neighbour State, whichever Party happens to

and, without intending, any such hood, and this he should pull up thing, How could he have guessed, high and dry when he la not be in power, and it is well that

indeed, that his plain pedestrian using it so that all those who wish they should be kept strictly outside':

imaginings, which ho strove first to visit him will have to swim. these political wrangles. If there bas

and last to make plausible and He does well to arrango with the convincing rather than romantic, local, postmaster to have all his had been misrepresentations in the

were warmed by Promothoan firal letters forwarded to some other Liberal Press In regard to the

A hosier, a brickmaker, a business address, and obviously will. views of Government experts, these

no telephone. He should The Peak Tramways Co., Ltd., an man, a reporter, a political apy have could have been disposed of by avertise that no late care will run-all those he was in his crowded forgot the axistence of radio soto, categorical statement in Parlia after one o'clock on the night of and mysterious career, but a poet newspapers and magazines, and never-or 50 ho would have two or three books should be Sunday, May 19. ment. As to the merits of Mr.,

thought and said. Even in his enougi Lloyd George'a scheme, that is

masterpiece, that suporb book quite another issue, and we cannot. It is notified that Mr. W. G. Car rie resumed duty as Head of the ece, why the Government should have Sanitary Department and Registrar gone out of its way to debate them in an official document. Such a matter is best left to the Party Headquarters.

which still holds the elders from course, one is well aware that the chimney corner and children this exercise or pastime or adven- from their play, he seems quitetura of thinking is now regarded of Births and Deaths on 13th last.unaware of any poetic intention; As quite out of date Most of so far as he knows he is merely those who have tried it at all havo trying to show how a resourceful got into difficulties almost at once. Englishman would act if thrown and have reported that there is entirely upon his own resources nothing in it, or at any rate not

enough to compensate for the un-- en, a remote desert island.

His Excellency the Governor has appointed Mr. Benjamin Wylle to be a Member of the Board of Education for a further period of two years.

Bir A. G. M. Fletcher, Sir Arthur Murchison Fletcher. the Colonial Secretary of Ceylon

Crossing in front of a motor- since 1926, and, for many years im- lorry, a young Chinese was knocked mediately before, Assistant Colonial down in Murray Road yesterday, Secretary of Hongkong, has been and received injuries from which appointed Governor of Fiji. Thiele died shortly after admission into unusually rapid promotion, which the Government Civil Hospital. may be attributed to a resourceful

personality and sheer hard work, It is notified that, at the expira- will be received with cordial pre- tion of three months, the Hongkong possessions by the large body of the Motor Transportation Co., Ltd., and

But poetry is woven into the accustomed effort. But this un.. very fabric of "Robinson Crusoe." favourable, report is perhaps duc There is solitude complete and to the fact that they have not per protracted, the soliloquy ofsisted long enough, or that they thought thrown back upon itself, have tried to think with all the self-questioning and self-conquest, old obstacles to thinking-tole the dignity and the solemn beauty phones and automobiles and bookd of loneliness. Here is a man con-and radio sets still about them... fronted by the wild, and facing What we need in it manfully. Hore is a single, popularize thought spark of human fire struggling to islands, or, rather, we need to maintain itself against the powers use those we have, • of the air, of the sea, of the

By a conservative calculation, out. Most important of all, here there are still enough islands in all the thinkers, Incipient as woll

desert; and that spark does not go

order to iB moro

Hongkong Telegraph.public of Hongkong for very loss cause in down to the contrary, is an island inhabited by one man. North America to accommodate

SATURDAY MAY 18, 1920

reasons. There has always be atruck off the register and the been a strong impression abroad, companies will be dissolved. known to be entertained in official circles, that Sir Arthur is destined to return to this Colony as its Governor, and significance is lent

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The effect of Dofoo's prose-poemas advanced, that the continent would be different and leas if its now maintains, and perhaps there action were set among inaccessible would be a few left over for thosp mountains of the mainland or, let who feel that they might like to us say, on some oasis of the think if they were given a chance. the Sahara, Crusoe would Kave been To begin with, there are

A POLITICAL WRANGLE. to the present appointment by the of those portions of collapsed wall quite ne lonely in those places, as Thousand Islands of the St.

the Civil Service into the matter, as

fact that Fij proved to be the stepping-off place for Sir Henry May's advance to the executive position here. Wiseacres have had

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Tenders are being invited for re- pairs to the Kowloon City Wall. The work comprises the rebuliding constructing necessary channels, repointing of wall, together with any other contingent work...

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ho ringed round by the Lawrence and all the little rocity Pacific, but the picture of his perches in Lake Superior and Lake solitude would have been far less Michigan. Each of these should impressive to the imagination. have its hermit properly housed Partly the reason is that bis and Insulated, and when they are island is symbolic and typifies his used up there will still be all the altuation-nay, the situation of all islands of the Mississippi and of us, far we are all island dwelthose of the lesser lakes. If our lers and partly the reason may natural resources be that there is something In-sufficient, we might well construct trinsically though vaguely roman-artificial Islands at the national: tle about islands. If you put a expense. They would be an ex- man like Robinson Crusoe alone in cellent investment. Central Africa, he simply walks

we shall show later. But the publien- 1928. He proved himself an ex-officers and men who carried out posses the bounds of logic and be. | płace."

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It is evident that quite a futter is being caused in political circies at Home In connexion with the Sir Arthur Fletcher's name on their The Chartered Bank has received inauing of n: Government White lips for some time past in disens- the following telegram from its London:Shell Paper answering the Liberal plans sions of our, future Governor, and Head Office In for dealing with the unemploy it would seem probable, if predle-Transport & Trading Co. Ltd. de clared a dividend at the rate of ment problem. In that document, tions have any foundation in fact 38/- per share free of income tax several of the Cabinet Ministers and the Fiji "test" is passed, that payable 6th July, Bearer coupon criticised the proposals, and, were the close of Sir Cecil Clementi's to be presented No. 54.

back home, as Defoe's own Captain This suggestion will acom that the whole story, the attacks term of office may see these pro-

Singleton did, and this is morely grotesque to some and ridiculous: phocles fulfilled. In this event, it

Wingdeldan exhibition of common, sense; to others, as all proposals for radi since made on the Government by may be enid that none of his pre-Robinson died recently at Shrews-but if you set him down in a desert cal departures are likely to seem. the Liberal and Labour leaders decessors, with the possible excep-bury at the age of 83. While in island of the Pacific without a To most people, no doubt, islands are quite understandable. How-tion of Sir Coell and Sir Henry Hongkong in 1894 he organised a boat, then, in spite of consum--especially when they are very ever, it now Beemk that the May, will have entered upon that force of volunteers to disinfect mate common sense, poetry is small and rocky-are only so much

wanted space, of no account whate - Liberals rather asked for trouble, responsibility with deeper prepara-native houses during the great sure to result.

For one thing, that man will ever in estimating the national as, according to Home papers to tion. The greater part of his bubonic plague epidemie of that hand, they were the first to drag Colonial service has been spent in year. The regiment was publicly have to think, perhaps for the first wealth. But there is a crop, and thanked for this service by the time in all his days, and his that a valuable one,, which can be and thought will describe wider and grown on little rocky Islanda moro Governor of Hongkong, Hongkong, which he served various capacities from 1901 to medals were awarded to the wider concentric circles until it advantageously than in any other This is the crop of poetical. For another thought.. Properly used, our in- Lion of the White Paper is not so tremely energetic and able official the work. Colonel Robinson sub-me serious a matter, to our way of and a man of ideas; ideas which aequently commanded the Welsh thing, that man will have to enter-lands might be made to contribute the vast rich thinking, as the allegation by Mr.. brought him much popularity in Border Volunteer Infantry Britain himself, and no one can do as much to the total welfare of

this with facts and logic and com- the country, as mon sense alone; he must make prairies now do, or the wealth of Ramsay MacDonald that members some circles, but which ran coun-gade, retiring in 1903.

large demands upon Imagination, all our mines. It is true that they of the Civil Service have been enter in many respects to those of

An inland that one cannot get off would require an Intensive cuf listed to supplement the Tory the die-hard probagonists of Hong-

of and that cannot be got on totivation, and that no such hasty kong's rigid conservatism. There

from the outer world will make a scratching of the surface as wo leadquarters staff. So far, we

is reason to believe that Sir Arthur

poel sooner. or Inter of any are accustomed to in our agricul have seen no answer to that in- Fletcher, as the Governor of Hong-

one. Robinson Crusoe, It seemature will serve the turn; but one dictment, which, if true, places the kong might set a lively step in the

to us, was a fortunato man soon learns on a little rocky Island to be thorough, courageous, Conservative Government in a local Civil Service, and give the ad.

Of course, he did not dully patient and to think things very awkward and undesirable posi-ministration a waking up which

realize his good fortuna. How through to a conclusion.... we are sometimes inclined to think tion.

could ho? There was no telo. An island took Robinson Crusoe, phono in his father's house to put who never amounted to much be would do it good,

him at the back and call of his fore and probably never would- whole city; the mail system of hie have done so without such tuition, day was charmingly inefficient and and made him self-reliant, Defensive Bidis→→→2,

irregular; the clutter and haste vigorous, resourceful, even wise.. London, May 17.

When you and your partner do and meaningless uproar of the Islands can do this still for thos0- .34.03% not possess sufficient strength for world were not brought to his who trust them entirely. The .12.06% game, you cannot perform miracles, breakfast table every morning by Bort of wisdom that can be pro- .20.40 You cannot do the impossible and the daily newspaper. Perhaps, duced only on great continents .18.20% change the spots on the cards, Iftherefore, he had never felt, as where multitudes of people, work 34.65 chance has given the high cards to every thoughtful person in our and think as units ls, of course. ..192% your opponents, your skill in play-time must feel, the Imperative indispensable, but of this kind we'

.103% Ing or deception in bidding cannot need of quiet, of peace, of simpli- already have a great deal

.818 capture those high cards for you.

What we need now-and what 47.6/16 If you hold 1 quick tricks It may well be that during those America needs perhaps as much 2/6.29/02

properly distributed you are just long peaceful years of his listen-as any country on earth is the 1/10.0/32

fied in bidding to the limit of ing to the rhythmed plunge and wisdom that comes only in the .4.65 1/16

yours and your partner's combin-recoil of waves along the shore he stillness of thought, in isolation .25.38%

ed hands. Having bid to the limit, never once thought with gratitude from the turmoji of the day, A .92.05

whether or not you should over of all the noise this clamour shut few persons in every period must. bid will depend upon the state of away; but we must think of it, and escape from the times into the. .16.20 .163% the score,

it is partly this thought that makes eternities, sending back word to us

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It would appear that the matter first came into notice last month by

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a statement in the Daily News, Mr. Lloyd George's organ, that the Liberal scheme for conquering un-Pari

Brussels employment had been examined by Amsterdam departmental officials, who reported Berlin

Copenhagen

it to be "flawless." So far from Vienna that being the case, à Conservative Helsingfors paper immediately declared that Lion

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the whole scheme was "torn to Buenos Aires bits" by the experts who were con- Shanghai sulted. Later, the matter was New York brought up in Parliament, when Genova

Milan the Minister of Laboux asserted Stockholm that expert advice had more than Oslo

Prague confirmed the Government's pro- Madrid

If you require more than par-the narrative of his adventure of what they learn there. An found disbelief in the scheme. If Athens

376 mal assistance from your partner poetic to us. We put ourselves in Island provides one of the best. 6.67/64 to make game and you have a set-the place of Robinson Crusoe, points of departure for such a the matter had rested there, all lo

Bombay

1/6.20/82 ting hand, do not overbid. Collect finding our companions among the journey. It does not remained one would have been well, but the Gov- Hongkong

1/11 penalties instead of paying them.. sea gulls and the Journeying of contemporary, affairs. Et in ernment, in its anxiety, no doubt, Silver (spot and forward)....25% A defensive sult bid of two may clouds and the congregations of ancient and young at the same

be made on a hand, strong enough the waves, ·||

time.. Sunrise and sunset are the to remove any false impressions on

for an original bid. A defensivo

chief, eventa of every day., Stocks the subject, decided to shatter the

· One does not need a large island and blue sky and the surrounding bid of one shows four. probable Among passengers laiving

tricks. A defensive bid of two such as Crusoc'e; nor need it be waves are one's company, stern Liberal pretensions through the London on the s.s. Rajputana for showa five probable tricks.

surrounded by the sea. Twenty but strong and greatly comforting, medium of an oficial document. Hongkong on April 19 were Lt.

You may bid one of a suit on square feet of bare rock will suffice All, this is implied in the uncon- Despite the provocation, we still J. D. Ainger, Mr. and Mrs. G. the same strength required for an for the foundation of a harmitage scious poetry of Robinson Crusoe. Archbutt, Mr. R. C. Beaumont original four-card suit bid. To and a hundred yards of open -0.3. In the Christian Science think this was an error in tactics, Mrs. K. H. L. Corvan, Surg. bid two in a four-card suit re-water are enough, properly man-Monitor; Mr. Baldwin says there will be no G. C. Cruickshank, Mr. and Mrs. quirós great strength, such as A question of public money being W. G. Drcher, Miss-Dreher, Mra. KQX In the suit, or any four C. A. de Linde, Miss K. P. Foy, honours, with one outside quick squandered on this document, since Miss E. F. Greenhill, W/O. L. and trick

-British Wireless.

The health bulletin of Eastern Penh 5 (4), Saigon 17 (15); Small-

the anies have already exceeded the Mrs. Gilmartin, Mr. and Mrs. W. To bid a no trump after a sult.perts for the week ended Saturday nox, Aden 8(8), Basrah 2-(1), cost of production. That, however, C. Gomersall, Mr. and Mrs. T. E. bid by opponent, you should hold at, sued by the Director of Bombay, 54 (30), Calcutta 11 (10), is not the point the criticism Hickey, Dr. R. J. Jenkins, Mr. and two stops in opponent's suit, and Medical and Sanitary Services, Karachi 28 (15), Madras 00. (14), Mrs. R. B. Jackson, Mr. E total hand should be as good as contains the following cases, the Moulmeln 2 (2), Nagapatam 1 which he has failed to answer is Matthews, Miss DV, Mann, Mr., an original no trump with three figures in parouthesis Indicating Rangoon A, Vizagavatam 1 (1)

deaths: Pluguo, Alexandria · 1' Fondicherry. (1), Balikpapan 6 that a Government White Paper A. Mallinison, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. suits stopped,

To blda no trump after-a sult Fort Said 1 (1), Baghdad. 5 (2), (1), Macassar 16 (8) Belawan Doll should be utilised for electioneering Oswald, Capt. L. F. Potter. Mr, C. purposes, which is really what this Peacock, Mr. J. W. Riddoch, bid by opponent, when you hold Bassein (2), Bombay (1), Rangoon 1(1), Haiphong 2, Pnom Penh 6 Mr. F. Selllitoe,, Mr. H. C. only ono stop in opponent's suit,(1), Colombo 2 (2), Bangkok 1 (4), Macao (2) Shanghai (8), amounts to. Mr. Baldwin sccuses Whittall, Mra, K. A V. Wilkins, your total hand should be worth (1), Pnom Penh 1(1): Cholers, Swatow (10) Thirty-four deaths the Liberals of acting unconstitu- Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Wilson, Miss more than three quick tricks with Bassein (28) Calcutta (174), from cerebro-splual deningitis Bombay (1), Moulmein (2), Ran- were reported from Shanghai and three sults stopped. tfonally and of misrepresenting the Wilson.

geon, (2), Bangkok 66 (84), Pnom ten from Tientsin.