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The

Hongkong Telegraph.

THURSDAY JUNE 13, 1929.

BRITISH SOCIAL CONDITIONS.

THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1929.

suranco Funds and the like: This Icaves entirely out of account emall investments in bank shares, railway stocks, house property, and other stock which cannot be es- timated apart from the holdings or rlcher "investors. It also ignores the suma invested by work- ers who are encouraged and helped by some employers to buy shures! in the undertakings in which they aro employed. This gives a solid sense of security. to millions of working people, and it is entirely due to their own personal fore. thought and care, But added to this is the still greater sense of security due to the development of what are called the social services, in which the State makes provision for each individual, The amount of public money expended on education in England and Wales has increased during the past fif- teen years from about £25 millions to £60 millions a year. During the same period the expenditure on Poor Relief has increased from about $15 millions to £50 millions

DAY BY DAY. "

NOT A FEW FATHERS HURT THEIR SONS AND DAMAGE THE CAREERS OF THOSE BONS BY FICKING OUT CAREERS FOR THEM, TRAIN UP THE BOY IN THE WAY HE SHOULD GO, AND THEN LET HIM CHOOSE HIS OWN WORK,-- Professor Thwing.

Yesterday's. return of notifiablo disenses shows one case each of diphtherin and typhoid. Both wore Chinese.

Fong Choi, a shopkeeper of 963, Canton Road, has reported to the police the alleged disappearance of a foki with a portion of the shop's funds amounting to $196.

We are informed by the Colonial Secretariat that quarantine res trictions have been imposed against arrivals from Saigon, on account of cholera and plague.

For drawing water from a fire hydrant, a Chinese was fined $5, with the alternative of eight days' hard labour, by Mr. T, S, Whyto Smith at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning..

CORRESPONDENCE.

Hongkong's Needs

[To The Editor of Hongkong. Telegraph.]

"Uno

Sir, Your editorial, fichal Help," in your issue of Tues- day is well worth the careful per- sual of everyone having Hong- kong's interests at heart. On practically every point ralsed, you appear to have hit the wall on the head" in a fair and renson- able manner. Would that all our local papers hdd the variety of courage that you display.

With a Municipal Council of the type to which you refer, I be- lieve it unlikely that the Govern- ment would have proceeded under present conditions with the con- struction of the system of bridle patla which even to-day, I under stand, are absorbing public funds, Had we such a Council, and had such a matter bean brought bo- fore it, I feel that tho reply would have been

The Very Idea!

A world-wide search is being) made for a statuette of Robert E. Lee; the great American soldier....

a

statuette which, strangely enough, few Americans have seen, although it was carved by one of America's greatest sculptors.

Was:

The missing statuetto modelled in Berlin sixty-five years ago by the American sculptor, Edward V. Valotine, of Richmond, Virginia, It was sold by public auction in Liverpool for the bene- fit of the Southern Confederacy. It is believed it passed into the Possession of Scot, but nothing has since been heard of it.

Mr. John Archer Carlor, of the Richmond, Virginia, Chamber of Commerce, declares that it should be brought back to Virginia, the birthplace of American's Napo- leon."

What has become of this figure? In whose bonds is it now? There is a vigue belief that the statuetbo is somewhere in Scotland, "' and that its present owner does not realise the anxiety of General Lee's compatriots to recover it

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"Well, Tommy, and how did you like bur visit to the zoo?" asked the mother of a litle son.

"No, gentlemen, much as we sympathise with the limited few In the Colony who have the time, Inclination and money to koop A mason's hand employed on ponies, we consider such a scheme The two reforms of most benelt demolition work on the site ad- most inadvisable. Besides, what to the masses of the people during jacent to the Hongkong Hotel, was of the really urgent matters re- injured seriously

yesterday quiring the outlay of public

"Grand, mother," was the little the present century are perhaps through a fall from the scaffold-funda? What of harbour pipe boy's reply, "but I didn't see all the Civil Pensions scheme and the ing. He was removed to the Gov-lines, waterworks dams and catch the animals. When we came to water? What of Д vehicular that place where it said "White National Insurance schome, and ernment Civil Hospital.

ferry, without which our Colony Horso' and 'Red Seal' dad went both of these continue to increase

la effectually divided in two, rein by himtolf."

in importance and to affect a grea- valved at $165, was snatched from sulting in costly duplication of

ter number of people. In 1914 the number of pensioners in England and Wales was 684,635, and to these was paid £8,582,000. At that time pensions were paid only to old people. Since then various additions to those eligible have been made, and there

are.

Government and commercial equipment? What cf harbour improvements to enable us to han dle the largest ships even now

A gold and jade neckchain, Chinese woman in Hollywood Road yesterday. The thief, who is described as having the appear- ance of a coolic, dashed down ander construction? And, gentle which she lived, completely nude, side street and escaped.

Ha Kor-i, inanuger of the Kowloon Furniture Store, 5, Wing Lok Building. Nathan Road, has reported to the police the theft of $310 from a safe. He states that recently he lost the key of the safe, and on opening the safe with duplicate key, he discovered that the money had vanished.

men, after dealing with these matters, which vitally affect every one of us, what of a decent City Hall worthy of the Colony, or even

sonable

llow Mme. Duminy, the Amerl- can wife of a Parisian, used to promenade in the block of flats in

playing a flute, has been disclosed in the proceedings by her hus

and for the appointment of a feral guardian over herself and her property.

Josephine Baker,

the well-

small auditorium where good music and other entertainment may be heard and seen in rea-known artist, one of the occup ants of the Ants, was one of those Jockey comfort? The Club is wealthy: if the Jockey "scandalised" by Mme. Duminy's

eccentricities. Club feels that bridle paths are necessary, why not allow it to build them, providing free of charge auch waste Crown land as is necessary?” .......

form

Her husband, according to the, Central News, told the court that once his wife stopped her car in front of a statue of Joan of Arc offor the purpose of hurling insults

at the French saint

Starting. on Saturday next special Hongkong Hotel buses will run to the Repulse Bay bathing now beach during the bathing season. three or four classes of pensioners, The times are given in an adver- Including widows and orphans.tisement appearing in this issue. The growth of the National Health Extra buses will run if required. The public questions which, bave Insurance scheme" has been re- been most kecily discussed for a markable. During the past five long time in England are unem-years the accumulated funds have ployment, depressed industries, increased from about £104 milijona

To me, the present and the generally unsatisfactory to 113 millions, and the number

Government is one of the greatest econòmic conditions of the coun- of insured persons has increased

unachronismus existing in the Em- try. The coal, cotton, iron, and by 1,104,000 to 15,698,000. Thus

pire. As at present constituted, it undoubtedly would have proved steel, and shipbuilding industries, the masses of the British people

most sound in, say 1848-to-day although there is now a consideṛ- | are richer in actual cash values,

A bottle of mineral waters burst it closely resembles comie opera. able improvement, suffered for and they are now.practically en- while being taken out of an ice At Home, we now have a Gov- sometime from lack of orders. sured against destitution in cases chest, yesterday, and injured an ernment which, if untried, at least The natural deduction drawn by were fate has robbed them of the at the Central Police Station mange.

amah employed by Sergeant Hunt, thinks in terms of this day and Is this not a suitable time many observers of these conditions means or ability to earn a live-ried quarters. The woman was to petition the Home Government

A teacher in a school in the is that the British people have

struck in the right, temple by for a reasonable measure of con- splintered glass, a rather serious stitutional reform? Why not-do north was giving her class a les been and are in a bad state. The

wound being caused, which reit before another local crisis de-son on animals, and explained that figures of the large army of un-

manimals were animals which quired the insertion of a number|velops.-Yours, etc.,

auckle their young, employed have been quoted all

of stitches. over the world as an indication of

lihood.

Wells and Thetr Dangers.

The Sanitary Board, somewhat to our surprise, was sharply divided

Detective Sergeant Moran, in a

a general decline in national wall-in its attitude towards the pro-raid at No. 6, Mallory Street yes- being. In spite of all this a carnponnls for the sinking and re- terday, seized two pounds of gun- ful survey of social conditions opening of wells in the Celony powder and a quantity of fuses, shows that, except for a few black the water shortage, even in the who lived on the ground floor. We strongly question whether belonging to a contractor's coolie spots, the general level of pro-face of a contimance of the long The man was fined $10, or 14 days, perity is high. The masses of the drought, is ever likely to become by Mr. E. W. Hamilton this morn- people are better.fed, better cloth. 80 neute as to justify the very ing, and warned against the dan- grave risks involved, and we must ed, and they spend more money on confess to some relief that, with of keeping explosives in a

dwelling-house, recreation and amusement than the aid of the casting vote of the ever before. This is mainly due President, the motion was reject ed. Figures and facts were cited to two causes. In the Brut place, by the opposition, which includ- the working classes are better fed the Offeints, to show that the educated than were their fore-water supplies available from this source would be quite out of pro- fathers.

BATH LOVER. Hongkong, June 12th, 1929.

BRIDGE MADE EASY boy W.W.Wentworth

Opening Partner's Suit-1. Assume, for the following illus,

Another time she was scized with the idea of supplying the Prussian Guards with nonocles, and bought as many as she thought enough for this purpose.

According to M. Diminy, whe has now declared her intention of dissipating her entire fortune of about £7,000 a year.

• • •

"Now, Johnny, she asked, "you're a mammal, aren't you?"

Jollnny replied:No, mem, I was brocht up on the bottle,"

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They travel, more, see portion to the allendnut dangers, Wyndham Street for the use of rations, that cast had hid ono perience at. that time.

more, understand more, and more fully appreciate the opportunities existing for acquiring education

dho care of

which we are unable to persuade ourselves are merely dark fore- bodings. We take a strong dis like to anything in the nature of

the

boiled before use.

!

no

To-day's Ghost Story,-"In 1888, a Swedish lady became governess to my chlidren, and, un- ti she died in 1919, our house was her home. She was highly educated, had a specially sound judgment, and was not in the morn- least superstitions. One Work is approaching completion

ing in, or about, 1908 she came to me before breakfast and asked of tapping the waters brought down

me to write down the date and a by the nullahi which run through

certain hour, somewhere about " Glencaly, and to-day, four standing

dawn, as she had had a curious ox- taps have been erected at the corner of Wellington Street and

"A few days inter she told mo tenants in this locality. A notice spade, but south has won the

she had received a letter from board prominently displays the contract with a bid of one

trump. Thus, if west holda a Sweden corroborating an impres warning that the water must be solid suit, or only a singleton in sion she had received. She had and knowledge, and they are there- rush venture to assunge

the suit named by his partner, it been asleep, and had been arous- often is advisable to lead fromed by the opening of her door. fore in a position to make more grievances of a few-and only a

One of twelve tins marked "Gold his own strongest suit, for it pro-She sat up in bed, wide awake, of life. Further, they have cul- fot of the Chieferte Medal Condensed Milk," taken bably can be more easily establish and, though the room was quite

which undoubtedly suffering

dark, she had the impression that tivated more careful habits with greatest hardships in the present from a Chinese passenger as he ed. regard to money. They save what crisis, would be affected-with-stepped off the Macao bout last

her father's old friend [who had ́ they can, and when they spend

been her "patron" from the time she was orphaned at nine years they spend more wisely. In the epideintes, cholera, typhoid, and eign propared opium. The man West should lead the 5 of of age) was standing beside her. socond place, the State has assum. the like. It is renuonably certain was fined $900, or four months spades. Since the declarer must She hastily lighted the candle ed a much greater responsibility that the activities of the Water hard labour in default, by Mr. hold a stop in spades, you may in and then discovered that her door

Emergency Committee will guate

E. W. Hamilton at the Central this manner capture all of his was really wide open! She wrote to Sweden, and the reply stated. ntee regular supplies sufficient Police Court this morning. possible apado tricks, to tide the Colony over the pre-]

2-West holds spades 4 8; that her old friend had died thers 'sent period of stress without re- Mr. H. R. Butters, of the hearts A K Q 2; diamonds Q4 about dawn on that morning.”

Chinese affairs, 3 2; clubs. 6 5 4. course to the torribly doubtfal Secretariat for We may therefore consider this expedient of re-opening walls. intimated before Mr. T, S, Whyte West should lead the King of A rather pompous would-be question of social well-being from Aa Dr. Fawcett pointed out, the Smith, at the Kowloon Magistracy hearts. When you hold a solid these two points of view, as re-proposal involved a serious re- this morning, that the prosecution

trograde step, a return to a system were making an application for result it is advisable to open it be presented by money values. If we which would have shocked red hearing in the case in which three fore leading partner's suit.

Chinese women were recently 8-West holds-spades 7 6 5; first the distribution of cal men even thirty years ago acquitted of charges of being hearts A KJ; diamonds 43; wealth among the masses, in so It has to be borne in mind also involved in the able of a girl who clubs 5 4 3 2

that a period of drought is pre-was kidnapped from Kongmoon. West should lend the King of far as evidence is available, we cinely the time when the authori- the hearing of the application was hearts and then switch to part find the position distinctly cheer-tles are required to be most dili adjourned til next Thursday. ner's suit. ful. Mr. Walter Runciman, agent in their efforts to provent

4-West holde-spades 2; hearts the outbreak of epidemic'diseneca. prominent member of Parliament, Virulent infections Auch as

Mrs, A. Well, proprietress of 48 2; diamonds KQ 305 4. has collected statistics relating to typhoid and cholera are difficult Messrs. Sennett Frores, for many clubs A 42.

West should lead, the King of savings banks and other Instituto combat in the most favourable years, has decided to retire from

business. She is disposing of diamonds and continue the Bult circumstances, and the task to al- tions in which tho small investor most Insuperable, in such weaaamo to Messrs. Sennet Freres of ue he has a strong reentry in is Interested, and he finds that ther conditions as have existed, the business to them, she is established more readily than the of warships now in port."

Shanghal. Before handing over clubs. The diamond suit may be about fifteen million relatively almost unrelieved, for the past liquidating, the entire stock of spade sult.. poor individuals have investments two months. It might almost be diamonds, jewellery, fancy goods, 5-West holds-spades 2; hearts Birdat, Somme, Clenia, Bruce, of a total value of about £2,282, eroase with the gravity of the etc., at bargain prices, irrespec-6&4 8; diamonds 8 7 4 2; clubs Moorhen and submarines L16 and

tive of cost. The public should 7 6 5 3... 400,000. This is invested in such water shortage. To take the take this opportunity of visiting West should lend the 2 of public and private enterprises an alightest risk, therefore, is a re- the establishment and make their spades. Although it is a single-wich, Bridgewater and Sepoy.

sponsibility which we venture to selection. The sale will continue ton, he has no other desirable

Foreign.-U.S.S. Gold Ster, the Post Office Savings Bank, suggest dare not be taken by the for a couple of weeks.

Franch gunboats Alorto and lead. Building Societies, various In-authorities.

Vigilanto, and Chinese Ping Nam

1-West holde spades K 10 6; out regard for (or at least mini- night, was found by Revenue Of hearts Q 3; diamonds & 7 6 4 miaing) the chances of serious Beers to contain 7.5 taels of forclubs 10 & 63.

for

the people, especially the aged, the sick, and the helpless,

take

suld that the dangers would in-

to

member of Parliament rose make an extended speech at an electioneering meeting. He bo gan in scntentious fashion:

""Mr. Chairman, I have lived long-long enough—”.

"Hear, hear!" yelled a member

of the audience, and, amid s storm of laughter, the aspiring MP. sat down.

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