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FRIDAY, JUNE 14.

DAY BY DAY.

REAL STRUGGLING IS ITSELF REAL LIVING, AND NO ENNODLING THING oF THIS EARTH IN EVER.TO BE HAD BY MAN ON ANY OTHER TERMS James Lane Allen,

Two cases of typhoid were not!-

and the other, Indian...

fed yesterday, one being Chinese

A now comedy film, Prep And Pop," will be screened at Queen's Theatre on Sunday and Monday in place of "The Battles of Vordun" which will be shown at a later date.

CORRESPONDENCE.

Saluting, the Colours,

"[To The Editor of Hongkongs

„Telographilia xeyan

The Very Idea!

A scarlet.coated bridegrodo

booted and spurred, Mr. George: Eranny's Master of the Hempelire- Foxhounds, rodu at the head of s cavalcade of huntamen, proosded. Sir-May I through your co by the hounds, to the parish church lumns draw attention to a regret at Ropley, to await the bride, Miss table feature-of-the recent-King's Diana Stuart-Smith, who arrived. Birthday Parado-namaly, thafaj-|with her father, both on horseback, lure on the part of the majority she riding sidesaddle

of the civilian population ta salute. The couple, after the ceremony, rode off to the, moet followed by Coloure

uses as a law-making body, but by the very nature of its constitution it in ny sense reflecte what the public fools. Moreover, the method of selection does not guarantee that our. Unofficials are really representative of the vari qua sections of the community. Oldor residents will recall the days when the Council meetings were more often than not marked by trenchant and

and outspoken speeches by men of the type of Mr. Showan, Mr. Hewitt, Mr. Murray Stewart, and Mr. Osborne, who said what they thought and had a single tye for service,

to the public. Wo have, diapolly,

deteriorated sinko those

It may be, of course, that our Unofficials realise the Yutility of otting themselves against the Official viewpoint; all An oxhibition of Chinese-art tupees.

Colours are carried by all regi- arranged by local, students is. the same, we miss the fire and the being held at the Commercial ments of the. Lide in Hongkong, vigor which characterised the Press in Queen's Road today and also by the Voluntears. The utterances of those, “glants of the tomorrow, the display of draws Bove Brigado. Hoy Scouts

Ings and paintings having started past" - Wo do not plead yesterday. for an Unofficial Majority;

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Lest this omission should be members of the hunt and a crowd

of hunt, followers, due to ignorance, of the correct manner of performing the simple. There were no Invitations to the Two further cases of drawing rite, may. I explain that while wedding. Husting folk were sume water from fire hydrants were wearers of uniform do this in the moned as to an ordinary hunt cal mentioned before Mr. TS. Whyte usual military manner wearer: drunk and presentation of plats. Smith at the Kowloon. Magistracyclyillan garb raise their hats, clear made in a marquee, the couple. this morning, when a man and a of the head by the crown in the took to horse and the hunt again,

case of soft hats and by the brim woman woro each fined $5.

.1' in the case of hard hats and

or-Bleading guilty to a charge of falling to sxhibit regulation lights whilst under way, the mistress of a fishing boat was fined $5 this morning; at the Marine Court by the Hon Commdr. G. F. Hole, RN. Sgt. Wood, of the Water Police prosecuted K J metallory

... not. 14. expedient. Hut we would, one the Teas, o to see the Council moetings less of a farce, than they ara to-day. We recall in this, con- nexion that one of the clauses of a petition sent to the Secretary of Staté as far back as 1894 was that there should be perfect freedom in debate for the Omcial members to vote according to their conscient tous convictions,

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We understand that an applica tion for the re-hearing of the Summary Court case in which Mr. Harry Coopen unsuccessfully outd the Newspaper Enterprise,.Ltd., for damages, for alleged wrongful dis missal, is to be made in the Sum mary Court to-morrow by counsel for plaintiff.

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Whether the Legislative Council be reformed or not, there is no

The words that "Sir Paul valid reason why a Municipal Council should not be created with Chater's estate would bring them in $130,000 this year," appearing in complete control over local oxpen the report of the Union Church diture and general management of meeting at Kowloon, aro somewhat local affairs, subject to Imperial misleading and might create the Impression that this sum de the checks and safeguards. In prin-income from a certain capital

Hongkong Telegraph. ciple, the idea has just been adopt amount, whereas what was said

FRIDAY JUNE. 14, 1929.

PUBLIC OPINION.

ed by the calling in of representa- tive ratepayers to co-operate with the Government in dealing with Ker crisis. What can be the water

done in respect of a specific pro- blem can be done in regard to all matters which concern, the public. The letter from a well-known These are days in which, in all de local resident who hides his iden-mocratie countries, the publle' is tity under the nom de plume of being given increased privileges "Bath Lover" which we published and responsibilities. If Hongkong yesterday, encourages us to return wants to be an object-lesson' to its to the question of the necessity of neighbours, let it modernise its a greater measure of control over local government machinery bring. local affairs by the ratepayers of ing it more into line with the spirit the Colony. Our correspondent of the times. touches upon a variety of

matters which could usefully be taken in hand if Hongkong had 18 Munici-

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was that the money Sir Paul gave, now known as the Sir Paul Chater Fund, will at the end of 1920 have to approximately accumulated capital. $130,000 and represents the total

BRIDGE MADE EASY

vadby WW.Wentworth

The Finesse-

|«When the... hohltha had been

It was a Scotsman who, ón,bolng:: asked to buy some fine old Jamaica rum, that was going cheap, heal fated, because, though attracted by the Sargain, he had to cons and feste dagt hand "I canna say I'm verra fond of iament" || rùm; for ifid ta' minir thair aix

tumblers, it's vērta apt tað gl'o»- me a sair held."

THE “TELEUKAPIT, ART SUPPLEMENT.

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Trinity College of Music Виссовов,

Willesden woman like "all. policemen and I evan like some Magistrates.

Magisimte at Willesden-Was [any one with your husband when. the trouble begant Wife Yor another lady........

>A feature of 1 tó-móréow's Issue of the Telegraph - Art Supplement will be the inclu slom of the photographs of some of the successful entrants-shipe when I was in them in the recent local éxamina-TM tions: under the auspices of the Trinity College of Music: Several of thoseinewhongained honours and passed will be. shown in a special section of the Supplement devoted to these portraits, and others will appear in future issues.

Man, at Acton-He called mg a, shocking name worse than ever heard in the old sailing

Nottingham solicitor-Has your' husband provided you with food? Wife-Only al bedstoid and mat» tross, which are not paid for..

Besides these photographs, there will be illustrations..of the new water tanks erected. along the Praya, together with two pictures, showing the low level of water at the Kowloon Reservoir whilst other photos graphs... willlustrate the King's Birthday celebrations at Shameon, and the Dragon. Boat Festival at Canton..............:

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Man at Thomas Police Court. He told me to go to the devil.. Magistrate-What did you dat Man-Went home to the misays, “ Manat Shoreditch—I was promised constant hot water through the winter. Judge Cluer -Winter. I`, wonder, how long that, will be this year!

A bellef Insoreon perafats in the French country- side, and is the cause of many dramas. Not long ago a whole family was nearly burned to death because, when warned that their bard was, burning): the, farmer: and his wife were convinced that an effort was being made to be- witch them, and locked them-- selves in their home,

Girl Guldas do not carry Colours and should any of, the latter be seen to wear them it is unnecgs- Now a former named Bailly, sary to salute, as the official sum-living in a Breton village near mer uniform la white.-Youra, Saint Brieuc, has shot his neigh-

bour as revenge for an allegda”, ETIQUETTE.

spell cast by him.

etc.,

A Leg-Pull?

To The Editor of Hongkong

Telegraph.

Bir-What with Hongkong in a

Nover

ALICE.

In anticipation-Yours, etc., Hongkong, June 14th, 1929,

21 YEARS AGO.

"I have a grudge against, my neightrour," he explained, "for ho has bewitched my eldar. When. I drink it, I see electricity, in. At and it burns my stomach. He ought to have kept quiet; so much the worse for him."

The unconscious-soredrer is in 'w grave conditiop.

shriek.

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No one has ever yet succecuted in. controlling or disciplining the English people, and those who have tried have all come to an untime...". ly end. Mr. Baldwin.

Work is the only kind of decu- pation that men and women have hitherto been able to endure - In any but the smallest deses. -Mr.. C. E. M. Joad, 2

'In the manipulation of the cards, the finesse is one of the most turmoil over the water question, The two old cronies, one of them. useful "working toglu,? 4. it is a and other petty inconveniences, 1 very dent, were having their morn.. pal Council, and he suggests that To those with the interests of manoeuvre which assists in win-was so excited to read from, aning walk together, and were pass- now is the time for a petition on association football at heart, Inning a trick for with a card advertisement appearing in your ing alongside the railway line the subject to be forwarded to other than a purely passive way, lower than one which is still out paper yesterday that a European when a giant locomotive came rac

against you. It also helps to gentleman, is seeking a little re-ing up, and, just as it passed them, the Home Government. In the the annual meeting of the long-establish a auit, that is, to give you laxation in the companionship of let off steam with a piercing

a dady aetat not over 25. lays publié meetings kong Amateur Football League complete control of it so that you "good old days,"

Dear Mr. Editor, do please The deaf man turned to hla com- on local questions were quite a was rather discouraging. It was a may win artrick will every card common occurrence, as also were meeting at which the League was in that suit.

An illustration of the finesse in please put in a word for me, panion and anid:"Man, there's ver mind his photograph, just the first sign of spring: Did you. direct petitions to the House of formally wound up as a separate

entity, the officials having come to a situation frequently encountered tell him, I know I will like him, hear that cuckoo? part you n Commons. Indeed within "eight the conclusion, not unwisely, that may be described as follows:

West holds the King and four My brother says. I sat moulded on the Ace, distinctly creditable lines, and - I years of the taking over of the the management might in future of hearts; Dummy, Colony, residents not in' body be vested in the H.K.F.A, thus Queen; East holds none and the always wear a modesty ploce of and took up the general question eliminating the occasional over- Declarer holds the two and three muslin, tucked in the bodice of my drock My frocks are four inches of constitutional reform, eventual lapping in the work of the two of hearts."

bodies, An outilde observer, hav- The only way in which the de- below my knees... ly forwarding their views to the ing no knowledge of the facts and clarer can win two tricks in hearts Oh, Mr. Editor, I'm so excited. la to lead a small card from his do please hurry and put in a word Imperial Govórnment. Surely it not correctly gathering the pur band to the Age Queen. If wast for me I'm only 21, and am sure will not be cald that the civic port of the motion recommended holds the King, both the, Ace and I will do. spirit of residente, was stronger in by the governing body of the Queen will win tricks. If weat

Every average person considera League, might have been forgiven plays the 4, the declarer plays the

himself to be above the politician. those days than it is now?

for leaving the mbeling under the Queen; If west plays the King,

Mr. Ernest Evana MPT- When we suggest the desirability

I should say the Stock Exchadg Impression that the Leagues to the declarer covers with the Ace in the dummy and the Queờn · Is

sweep-stake is a private lottery was entirely Anished, that, it had then sure to win a trick. of a Municipal Counell för the Colony, we are

with certain-semi-public charac proposing nothing died a natural depth, of sleepy If cast holds the King, the

teristics. Sin W. Joynson-Hicks. either novel or revolutionary. siahness brought on by engul, that declarer will lose the Queen and

The kind of stereotyped educa→ We are merely emphasising an ob he had just attended the last ribes, the finesse will fart, bis, how

country la mafuly suitable for pro- vious need. In several of the and had had revealed the Lastever, does not lessen the value of SOME EXTRACTS FROM THE tion we are giving all over the

the manoeuvre. There is

TELEGRAPH" FILES.

viding efficient clerks in city Crown Colonies, including the Will and Testament. For the first chance of making a trick with the

time for many years the League Queen and he takes that chancelThe following items are from the offices, Sir Martin Conway. Straits Settlements and Ceylon concluded its season with a con- Should he play from the dummy, Hongkong Telegraph for the week there are municipal Bodies, whose siderable balance in hand, 34.072.61 he would be sure to lose a trick ended June 18th, 1008: work fa of the utmost value to the as against $109.87 at the end of the regardless of whether cast or west Governments of those places. We praxious season. This happy held the King. This finesse giver recall also that when Sir Cecil position was brought about by the the declarer his only chance of

necessity for two matches to do winning two tricks in the suit. Clement's predecessor came to, elde the championship of the Senior Itongkong, fie made a special point Division, the "rate money" revert organisation. This, however, is of inviting expressions of opinion ing to the Langue, being in excess by the way. At the meeting, which and practical advice from any of $5,000. Of the balance in band, was of no little importance, only The Hongkong, Canton and body in a position to offer pastal the meeting proceeded to distribute Ave of the many clubs whose in: Macao Steamboat Company's Copenhagen suggestions. It is on that bapis some $2:400 among the referees terests were under discussion were Powan sank near Capsulmun Fra

also took an active part, but. that a Municipal Council. would and two, officers, and the remainder, ended. A suspended club through striking a submerged rock Osle

no doubt, will be handed over to obviously it should have been ruled and became a total loss. Some Prague work. But not only could it be the Association. The clubs who out by the chairman. Such lack of twenty Chinese passengers lost Helsingfors advisory in ita functions; Its made such a munificent alloca- interest is a sad commentary on the utility would bo immenselyton feasible, the Somerset L. I. spirit of the clubs in membership Mr. J. J. Leiria was appointed Athens ...

of the League, and we sincerely strengthened if it were empowered and the Chinese Athletic, received trust that the meeting was not a Consul for Portugal in Hongkong in Buchares

Buenos Aires to make bye-laws and oven to bud- not a cent from the matches. The true guide. Perhaps the secretaries succession to Mr. A.G. Romano, lo

{Bombay, get for local needs, subject, of Somersets were required to make are keeping themselves in reserve

Shanghat two trips from Lo-wu, and did not for the meeting of the Association A. P. W. D. party headed by Mr.

I Hongkong- course, to the exercise of a ren-

get their expenses. The clra fortnight hence, preparing the H. E. Goldsmith paldis visit to Gap sonable vete on the part of the cumstances are in themselves a campaign for progress and recon Rock-in connexion with the super-Yokohama Government. We will concede striking illustration of the need for struction, for which we have convising of atting metal shutters to Silver (epot). that the Legislative Council has its reform in local football control and sistently preached for several years the windows of the lighthouse Blver (forward)

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