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SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1929.

DAY BY DAY.

A bankruptcy notification states that a first and final dividend of $10 per cent. has been declared in the matter of Lai Shiu-ya, accountant, of 9, Tang Lung Street.

to co-ordinate the work of Govern- mont departments, particularly in regard to unemployment. It is

THE OLD ADAGE, "TOO MANY, IRONS evident from these pointers that IN

THE FIRE!! CONVEYS AN the new Labour Government is ABOMINABLE. FALSEHOOD. YOU CAN- bent on going into the problem NOT HAVE TOO MANY POKERS, TONGS, AND ALL KEEP THEM ALL GOING.--- from every angle. If it succeeds | Dr Adam Clarke, in bringing unemployment down to normal figures, "not only wil ́a. tremendous sum be saved from the dola contributions, but the creation of the now Ministry will be in every way justified. It is certain that Mr. Thomas and his staff will have plenty to occupy their time for a considerable period, and we may expect a great deal of light to be thrown on the problem as the result of their in- vestigations.

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THE FAIRS OF FRANCE.

Some Reflections on Their Variety.

Intense excitement. It is even-gathers in the place of that name- ing in the town of Beaucaire, and and has, perhaps, the most refined There is a small charge for ad- the main street is lined on either air of any. side with 100,000 persone. Swar- the Levantines, bronzed Arabs, taission to the square, shut in by Spaniards, Italians, Germans, and the backs of the portable stalle, English merchants vie for points and on a stago in the open air of vantage with the French trad-playlets are performed. All those" His Excellency the Governor husers and hospitable familles of owning booths are required to appointed Major C. Willson, O.B.E., Beaucaire. The procession await-dress in medieval costume, so that V.D., to act as Superintendent of ed comes in sight and the children there exists a pleasant unreality of Prisons In addition to his other shout. The cavalcade is headed Middle Age custome. Here anti- duties during the absence on leave by four contula, who are follow-ques are sold for the most part, of Captain H. Bloxham, or until

ed by the principal personages and quite respectable ones at that, further notico,

of the place, all brilliantly ac-The copper is polished and the old

garments have been, mended. › coutored. His Excellency the Governor has

At convenient points the borses been pleased to recognise, provi- are reined in and the "commande The most exuberant falra Tho aglving of the unemploy-sionally and pending instructions ments" of the authorities are double one to-day-spreads riot- of-State lustily. read. It is set forth how ously each spring along the Boule ment problem would be a tromen- from the Secretary. dous gain to the country in the for the Colonias, Senor Don on the morrow, when the great vard Richard-Lener. It is the Antonio Alexandrino Roselló Botel-fair opens, tribunal of twelve Ham and Iron Fair. Theoretical- savings on the dole, in the stimulus ho as Honorary Consul of thewill judge impartially all disputes, ly, and historically, they are quite given to trade, and in the preserva- Republic of El Salavdor in. Hong- how the butcher and the baker separate. In actual fact, the one tion of character. This latter point, the gain to character by substituting work for idleness, is seldom appreciated as it should be. We have come also to think mainly of the miners when we talk of unemployment, but in the build- ing trade there has been a steady

kong.

Tenders are invited for the sup; plv of a single screw teakwood launch for the Harbour Departe ment Length 52.0 B. P. by 11.0, Breadth Mid. by 6-9", Depth Mid. (Variation to these dimensions may be made for speed or stability pur by the tenderers should they

60 desire).

Slum growth of idleness lately.

The marriage took place by clearance would naturally, help in

special licence at the Registrar's that direction, and there are many office at the Supreme Court yester other aspects of the problem day of Mr. Charles Michael Harloe, which a moment's reflection will son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Harlon, of Shanghai, and Miss Evelino

must give ample measure for each opens a day or two before the lat "aol," or currency unit of that ter, but where one ends on the time, how the flah served must be boulevard the other begins, and fresh, and how the tavern keepers masses of josting, joking passers- must be generous. . The town, in by tie them together. Only at the other words, is counselled to obram Fair could a brace of sat- serve. In all things utmost prosages look picturesque, or the hams priety so that the innumerable have in their suspension a decided visitors may have the boat im- rhythm, or the cheeses be found pression of the character of Beau to have assumed a modern-art.

caire. Following which announce- arrangement. Why a fair should ment, the cortege proceeds on its be devoted mainly to ments is n way, accompanied by the flicker-mystery to many foreigners, but ing light of torchos held aloft and there it is, and offers a sight worth the Impudent barking of a few seeing at least once.

The strap fron fair is the strang- untethered doga.

est fair in all the world. Every- Such is the scene in Beaucaire thing imaginable that you or 1, or

Hongkong Telegraph. indicate. The point to be stressed Barham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. on the eve of its annual fair. It one of Caesar's generals, or one

SATURDAY JUNE 8, 1929

A GOOD START.

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with success.

Sutton-at-

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There is little In many instances. to distinguish & "Feto" from

is that it is no longer appropriate Barham of "Elmlea,"

was founded in 1217 by Raymond of Napoleon's relatives, discarded Vi,, a half century or so before as too threadbare for any. conceiv to treat these varying aspects in Home, Kent,

Languedoc became a province of able use has in some extraordinary. water-tight compartments. They

It is notified that, at the ex-France. The fair of Beaucaire way been excavated from dustbins all bear a relation to each other. piration of three months, the exists to-day, and la thus the or dusty cupboards for this fair. The Labour Government evidently Shung On "Land Investment Loan oldest in that country. When of course, there are exceptions. and Agency Company, Ltd., railways invaded France, many of You may discover an excellent realises this; hence its bold plan McNeary & Co., Ltd., and the the time-honored trado routes-print, or chair worth re-covering, for grappling with the whole issue. Chung Kwok Restaurant, Ltd., will, such as those which crossed at or silver spoon worth salvaging, Britishers everywhere will hope unless cause is shown to the con Beaucaire became practically But the glass pitcher with handle - If it can be said that one ques-that its efforts may be crowned trary, be struck off the register and obsolete. Lyons, close by Beaurepaired and coronet engraved on

the companies will be dissolved.

caire, has risen in glory even as the front, the typowriter without tion more than another dominated

Beaucaire has, dimmed, and the any keys, the Louis XIV brooch become the with the diamonds absent; the only the recent General Election, then

His Excellency the Governor has Lyons fair has hssuredly it was, the unemployment

appointed Mr. M. G. Breen to act second largest in France, while veritable magle lanterns for how as Colonial Treasurer, Collector of that of Beaucaire has dwindled could they work?the baby car problem. By common consent, It:

The China Situation.

Stamp Revenue, and Assessor of to an average provincial import riages with two wheels, the extin- events can guished fire extinguishers, the was the most serious of the pro

So conflicting, from day to day, Rates, and to be the Commissioner ance. Nevertheless, blems facing the country; and 'it,

gramophone records, the rusty Estate Duty Ordinance, 1915, durtions and associations." of course, remaina so to-day. The are the reports bearing, or pur to carry out the provisions of the never rob it of its historical tradi- leaky washbasin, one of the Arst

porting to bear, on the Feng-ing the absence on leave of Mr. C.

Onco a week, in nearly every nails and such like: of these, as the French say, "mettez-vous," or Conservative approach to it during Chiang rupture, that "wait and Mel. Messer, O.B.E, or until fur town of France, there is a market look out! However, out of the the election campaign was not ace" would appear to be the only ther orders,

fair, when the circulation for rubbish you may well extricate a automobiles is "dicile." The very satisfactory; it savoured too wise policy. China's politics are

out with their pair of andirons worth all the much of leaving the issue to notoriously difficult to follow, and St. Stephen's College is now oc- stalls, spread

dense crowds. This hyphenated straighten itself out when better the present dispute with its out-cupying the new Premises at Stan- pigeons and cabbages, and the effort of an hour's elbowing among industrial times were experienced. come of paramount importance in ley, having vacated the old premiaca cows obstruct the road in the com-fair is probably the most popular

at Prospect Place and Pokfulam. ing and going. But the honey is in Paris. The Liberale, on the other hand, the future of the country, is more Mr. Li Hoi Tung, C/o Banker & sweet and the apples worth buying. made this question the feature of than usually complicated by the Co., Bank of China Building and In Pau, Basque souvenirs are to bo their programme, even to the ex-pulpable propaganda disseminated Messrs. Thomson & Co., the Trea found, and in Marseilles fabrics tent of producing a ready-made by both sides. In a confusion of Burers and Business Agents, repre- from the African coast brought in Foire"a festival from a fair rumoured defections, realgnations Seat the School in town and from by sailors. In Brittany you pick Some of the fairs are festivals,

them enquiries may be made.

up the quaintly painted dishes, and some festivals are fairs. For scheme for the conquering of un- and military conferences, there is

and in Normandy the glazed china example, the Fete de Noully, employment. The public reaction one fact which emerges clearly

roofs-or Shortly after seven o'clock last cats for decorating

which owns the endless blocks to the Liberal plans, however, and is of material importance,night a Chinese jumped from Blake mantelpieces. France without its from the Porte de Neuilly in a seems to suggest that the average namely, movement against Pier apparently in an attempt to fair is as impossible to imagine straight line to the River Seine, sufficient commit suicide. The timely action as a gentleman without his neck is really in the class of fairs. Fun voter regarded them as they would Chiang Kai-shek of

of a European and a Chinese, who tie.

is sold. At Wembley there was" a' Beare Nanking. A

jumped after him, succeeded in re- Let us approach Paris together, particularly thrilling switchback. the promise of a quack, to curo impetus to them of illness within a specified week ago, the matter of chief con- scuing the would-be suicide. The for after all, Parls is the centre of and a famous one exists at Coney cern was the probable effect on the man, said to be an unemployed ach-France and the Metropolis of Fair Island, but at this Fete de Neuilly, number of days. The Lloyd

country of the new huge scale man, was later taken to the Central

for fairs. In 1891 there were provides the thrill of thrills. It is a George scheme, at any rate, was civil war into which it was to be Police Station and after a brief in-dom. Never was there such a city there is a machine which auroly terrogation was admitted to the

fourteen annual fairs held harmless enough looking swing, not taken at the valuation set on plunged; to-day, observers are Government Civil Hospital.

this capital, but

now there but caged in. The row where you it by its sponsor.

searching for an explanation of

are thirty-eight! There would are sitting, and a few others, face seem to be a company of people other rows at the opposite end.. The Labour Party throughout Chiang Kai-shek's procrastination,

who make a business of fairs, and The movement back and forth com- the campaign kept the problem The reaction against the dicta torship of the Nanking C.I.C.

who rotate their stalls and side monces like any properly trained well to the fore, and, whilst not supplies the only obvious satis-

shows about Paris as a good far garden hammock, but It grows making any definite promises

mer does his crops. Of course, more and more accentuated until factory explanation. One thing

the llon of them all is the Paris you find yourself at the top of each except on broad lines, its leaders taken with another, it is clear that

proper the only one entitled to swing over the vertical and look did give an undertaking that; this the National Government has in

this name. This is the big indusing straight down on your opposite would bo one of the first problems récent months been brought more

trial fair of the year, which dates number. to be tackled. It was natural, of completely under the domination course, that this should be so, and control of Chiang Kai-shek. He because so many of the party's fol-bas all the Committees and Coun lowers have learned from experi- ella in Nanking so organised that

(Abbreviations: Aace; ence what unemployment means. they respond to his alightest wish,

and it easy to seo that the lending king; Q-queen; J-jack; X-any Now comes the nows that a

officials are only permitted to re- card lower than 10). separate Ministry is to be created

tafn high rank in return for sub- The Singleton Lead-9, to deal with this subject, to be ordination of their personal views · placed in the charge of Mr. J. H to those of the President of the diamonds and the declarer hos

Assume that cast has

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back exactly a quarter of a cen- There are side shows at Neuilly. tury and which occupies the acrea where animals porform and acro- of specially laid out fair grounds bats tumble, where clay birds may at the Porte de Versailles. Its pro-be shot and balls be thrown at portions put in the shade the other wooden heads. "On s'amuse bien," thirty-seven annual fairs in Paris, the French suggest with a smalle.

Then there are fairs that crop The wheels sing in the turning and the knife blades are sharp up on your boulevard or mine over the canned fruit looks delicious, night, churn their merry tunes for and the bright silks unravel by the week, or more, and as silently bid kilometer.

pack their tents and their unsold bonbons and move away. In the

Thomas, who, it is generally con- Government. The growing evid-finally won the contract with a bid The eldest fair in Parle-whe morning they are gone. They

.

ceded, te one of the most level-ence of his dictatorial role has of three hearts.

Examine the will dispute this?must be that spring up all over the city; they of the Foire aux Paine d'Epice, pass out into the country; they headed men in the Labour move- had an adverse effect on the State following illustration:

A K; which has been going on since entice Nancy and stop at Dijon; West holde spades, ment.

leaders This is a step of first Military

disposed to importance, ́and. undor the knuckle under to a well-establish hearts, A X X X diamonds, X; 1222. What an appetizing name they harbour in Bordeaux; they

clubs, J X X X X X

Ginger-bread Fair! There's ginger-return to Paris with more antiqui. guidance of Mr. Thomas we have ed Government, will render no

East holds: spades, X X X; brend there, luscious ginger-bread ties and fresh candy and a few no doubt that every aspect of the more than lin-service to a military hearts, X; diamonds, A K Q X. X fashioned in a hundred ways, but new tricks. Year in and year out there is more than that There the little wheels of the little fairs problem will be thoroughly dictator, and there is ample con- X; clubs, XXX.

firmation of the reports of or West, of course, has the opening are bazaars where pink candy can and the big wheels of the big faira, explored. Some of the lines of ganised opposition.

bo bought, and peepshows, and of the light industries and of the Feng Yu- load. possible action, have already been hetang appears to be the motive-

Although cast has bid diamonds, merry-go-rounde. An argument heavy Industries, turn ceaselessly... indicated, of which the railway head, though as far as we can see, west should not open the stories of all the pleasures the fair offers it is not diflcult to like them all, Treira de have favoured them over many, Improvements and the suggested he has no definito sanction for ton diamond. He should lead the would occupy a full page of prince and pauper, before you claims many years. A. C. in the revival of the Trade Facilities Act the post. Whatever the trio facts, spade Ace first and then the spade annuscript. The

will also to be about 700 years old. It Christian Solonce Monitor. Declarer declarer, are of special interest. The in-so dificult to ascertain, there is which will be won by the Saint-Germain-des-Pres creasing of old-age pensions so a reason to believe, that the situa, doubtedly, lead a trump and west tion has been rendered no complex will win the trick with his heart to remove aged workers from 13-as to be beyond the scope of Chiang Acc. Then west should lead the BANK RETURNS. dustry and thus open up opportuni Kal-shek, except in this event of singleton diamond which cast will

́FIGURES' FOR THE MONTII tics for younger men who are un-success upon the battlefeld. Here

OF MAY. employed is another suggestion he seems reluctant to put his power, trick at diamonds and then lead Bast will probably win the next

The returns of the average which bears the stamp of sincerity, to the test, even while realising a spide which west will trump amount of bank notes in circula- What is of particular importance that the two political schools can-Game is prevented by this proce-tion and of specfe in reserve in

overtake.

also is the proposed establishment not flourish side by side. The dure. Ltd.

of an Economic Committed under outbreak of hostilities shortly is

regarded as inevitable. the chairmanship of Mr. Thomas

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'In addition Securities deposlied with the

Crown Agmta valued at 180,000.