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WHETHER AS
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NO HOUSE SHOULD BE WITHOUT IT..
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1929.
NOW IS THE TIME TO GET YOUR
FRIGIDAIRE
لسا
THERE ARE DOMESTIC MODELS OF FROM FOUR
wear advocated at Home differ very, little, if at all, from the vogues favoured for outdoor We activity here in Hongkong. refer more particularly to the soft collar shirt and “shorts." This style, quite common .out East, seems to be regarded in England as something very much out of the ordinary, which only serves to
show that in some matters oven
Hongkong can be ahead of the Old Country,
!. DAY BY DAY.
LEARNING 18 LIKE MERCURY, ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL AND EX-
CELLENT THINGS IN THE WORLD IN SKILFUL HANDS; IN UNSKILFUL, THE MOST MISCHIEVOUS.-Pope.
CORRESPONDENCE.
The Colony's Problems.
[To The Editor of Hongkong Talegraph.]
The Very Idea!
Speedy travelling enabled Mr.." Randall Jennings, son of the chair man of the Skipton Urban Dictrict.. Council, to act as bestman at the weddings of hits two brothers in. towns as far apart as Leeds and.
Dr. and Mrs. R. E. Tottenham returned to the Colony by the 8.8. have just learnt through the Lanark.
Sir-The people of this Colony Shinyo Maru yesterday.
medium of the Press at a certain Ho first officiated at the wedding. Commission appointed by the local of Mr. Owen Jennings, a member of Government has recommended the staf of the Leeds College of colossal Increase roughly $2 per Art, to Miss May Cullinworth, of head of the population of $1,800,- Leeds, at Leeds. The wedding took. 000 annually in the salaries of place at 8 am, and the bestman then Government servants. This has dashed from the church into a wall- been tabled; but surely before it ing taxicab. is even considered, it is quite time that a Commission of business mon He reached the station just in. be appointed to enquire closely into time to catch the 8.55 am, train the working of Government De to Scotland. partments, to, investigate whether At Lanark he went by taxicab to. public funds are being spent, an' the wedding of his elder brother, are to be spent, in the most economi- [Mr. Herman Jennings, again as cal manner, and whether such Do-bestman. Partments are run with the utmost cfficiency.
The Empress of Russia, which left Hongkong on the 21st August, It is when we come to every-arrived at Vancouver on the 7th
September. day office wear that the problem begins to take on complexities. The forthcoming wedding is an Many men, probably the majority,nounced of James Albert Bendall, would think twice before going to No. 15, Broadwood Road, Hongkong, to Miss Louisa Holon Sigeton, No, business in cricket shirts and 251, Long Aero, Birmingham, shorts, but, when we get down to England. the essentials of the question, why should there be any objection to
Sir Robert Ho Tung arrived at Taiyuen on Sunday. Sir Robert such a vogue in the hot days of was welcomed and entertained at
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a 'style of wear have all the argu-Yen Hal-shan. He is leaving forperative and have been appointed
Wutal Mountain to-day. ments on their alde, yet very few men would go to business só
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ment that have resulted in the
Rocford man-My wife is a jolly good woman but she has one fault: " sho lakes more notice of her mother than she does of me.
A Chinese, who was arrested in Departments generally, and I believe mine." 1,000,000 attired. Their reluctance is just Yes Kuk Street, Shemshulpo, with it is correct to say that in every Southend husband-I have found
as inexplicable as
2.5 taels of raw opium in his pos-instance they have found unneces a cricketer's
session was fined $75 or thressary waste, and have been able to out that it is not conducive to hap objection to going on to the field schemes of of play in shorts, or as the fairly the Kowloon Magistracy this moring of millions of pounds, not dol-wife for three weeks. DODWELL & Co., Ltd. widespread opposition to tennisning.
players wearing these abbreviated
A lecture entitled "A Challenge trousers-a stylu which obviously to Youth" is to bo delivered at is well suited to the game. Kowloon Union Church at 8.30 Opposition is, we suppose, explain-this evening by Mr. A. Whitmore. ed on the ground that it isn't The lecture has been arranged by members of the Young People's done." Which only serves to Society and all are cordially in- illustrate man's curious conserva-vited. No charge will be made for tism and logicality. In course admission. of time, the reform movement will,
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lars, annually. If it has been found necessary at Home, it will surely be admitted that it is only logical to assume that something similar is required locally.
Man at Penge-Thero is a certain. The Government's amazing Ideas amount of freemasonry among the of finance on the water question (If honest poor. If we borrow a shill the Press comments are correct)Hing from a pal we pay it back when would certainly appear to require we get rich. independent expert examination. A wife who had summoned her Again, is it not pertinent to ask husband at Tottenham for bent if all Government servants were toing her wrote to the Court-Please work as do commercial employees, dismiss the summons, as my hus from 9 a.. to 5 p.m. with an hour to do with appreciably less staff than at present?
Mollie, the wife of Henry we have no doubt, gather force, morning the master of a sampan for lunch, would it not be possible and has promised never to be cross.
time Customs Service.
The
Hongkong Telegraph.
TUESDAY SEPT. 10. 1929.
MEN'S DRESS.
By permitting the "summer wear" in his Court, Mr.
DAC
of
At the Kowloon Magistracy thin and two seamen were charged be- fore Mr. T. S. Whyte Smith with being in possession of 300 Lales of prepared opium and 672 taels of
again.
but these things move slowly The concession permitted by Mr.
Woman witness in the King's Bench Division-It is much harder, Hamilton at the Police Court is a
To mention only a few iteras,
to manage a public-house than a to- little sign of the times. That it raw opium. Mr. F. C. E. Rendall atraws which show the way the acconist's business. Mr. Justice
some of which appear trivial, bút as appeared for the first and second wind is blowing, they are certainly one has to please everybody in a Roche-Why? Woman-Becauso defendants and intimated that he illustrative -
public-house those who want to The case was adjourned till Satur-penditure of over $100,000 is being too little.
Government House.-An Ex-drink too much and those who drink. day.
budgetted to renovato parts of this building. Such a sum would cover the building of a very nice house indeed, even in these expensive times.
should lower the dignity of the Court we fail to sec, any more than the removal of wigs by judges and barristers, at times when the heat la overpowering, should do so. True dignity, after all, rests on other considerations than those of dress.
The Fire Brigade.
Except in what we regard as the least important direction, the fair
had only just received instructions.
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CINEMA NOTES.
"ROMANCE OF THE UNDERWORLD.”
In "Romance of the
To benefit what part of the com- munity was the bridle path_round Mount Cameron constructed at a cost of $25,000,7
The Treasury.The recent ex- Under-pensive result of negligence in this
Salesman-"And is there any. thing else I can show you about this new model?"!
Young Lady-Yes; please show me how to turn on the radiator if the car gela cold.”
.
Somebody from The Outfilter went to Lord's to study the drena of
lans. The critic writes:"
E. W. Hamilton has taken a very frequent criticisma levelled at the world" showing at the Queen's to-Department will be fresh in every-the Old Etonfuns and Old: Harrov
Fire Brigade in the past twelve day, the contral figure of the story one's mind.
to make the service more amenable
Judith Andrews, a girl who has been so buffeted about by fate that her only means of livelihood ta as an entertainer in a notorious New York night-club.
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has just taken place in this Depart ment also.
"Tie-pins are definitely not worn with club stripe neck Ues. Num- bera of Old Etonians and Old Har- rovians showed their ignorance of an elementary sartorini law.
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"Shall I make some wafles for
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long have you been working here?" Customer (to slow waiter); "How
Waiter: "Almost ten years, sir." "Who was your other customer."
CRISTINA KONZO
sensiblo 'step. The concession comes, it is interesting to note, at months appear to have made astonis Mary Astor in the role of The Post Office.-A serious fraud a time when the question of to- ishingly little impression on the powers-that-be. One of the most form in men's dress is engaging important spheres of public service,
The Harbour Department-Why a good deal of attention at Home. the Brigade has been charged with
the "Lila"? Why is the Harbour Before the advent of the short inefficiency on two counts, namely,
Master always a Naval Officer whose "Derby Dan," is the type of man training is not essentially conducive and we can only suggest that if they "They should have known better, skirt and the definite move in lack of certain equipment, and seri-
ous, under-manning, the latter due who preys on women, takes their to the proper handling of merchant are liable to trip up on such a point, favour of "comfort first" into a ligh percentage of desertions earnings from them, picks a pac-shipping nor to the economical ex- we shall not be surprised next year women's clothing, menfolk never und dismissals. Little considera-ket or two when the occasion arisen penditure of public money? The to see them wearing grey flannel tired of criticising the opposite present day, forms the most impor- that serves his purpose.
la required to decide which, at the and stops not at blackmail when Marine Magistracy is truly an an-
achronism, Prosecutions are con bow ties with their morning coat." trousera, open-neck shirts, and black sex for their stubbornness in tant factor. There seems no pur-" "Derby Dan" dominates the girl, ducted by Boarding Officers who are, placing the dictates of fashion pose in purchasing new and expen: The only kindness she experiences after all, the Harbour Master's re- above all other considerations. It trained staff to operate it is not in Burke, senses that the girl is cut down to the Harbour Master being breakfast, dear?" naked the wife sive equipment if the properly la when Detective Lieutenant Ed presentatives, so it apparently, boils Is truc, of course, that the present existence, though we observe in the of her element and helps her. both prosecutor and judge. Is this tenderly, day vogues have the approval of estimates provision for a new fre "Derby Dan," fearing some
consistent with British ideas of "No," said her husband, "they the fashion experts, but the latter dry items wheh admittedly should a raid is on, puts it in the pocket long ago, the conviction of a launch puzzles [''.
appliance, a new Are-float, and sun-booty will be found on him while justice? The Press reported not so look too much like fried crossword must have been influenced by the form part of the Brigade's normal of "Champagne Joe," the proprie regulation not then in force! ait owner for the infringement A growing spirit of rebellion against equipment. But of any tendency tor of the Club. There it is found right that the Harbour
One of the students of Craig-. Masterlockhart Training College reporting modes which represented the to the right type of man, those with and "Joe" is sent to prison for a should be a magistrate and sit on at the annual Speech Day gathering maximum of discomfort and special physical qualities and no long term.
the Legislative Council as well? on the year's studies, caused groat dearth of grey matter, there is no While he is away Judith finds a which, moreover, left much to be sign, and exactly the same response more respectable job, but "Derby illustrations throughout the vari. only students who did not come One could continue with similar amusement by remarking that the desired from the aesthetic stand-in to be noted regarding the argu-Dan" is ever in her way. In timeous Departments and Executive, and quite up to the standard in the in- point. The main fact is that ment that additional European off- Judith marries her employer." the recent water crisis has shown telligence tests were the graduates, women have long since become ciency. The reasons for the disson and learns of Judith's where investigation into the administra- cers are absolutely essential to em- "Derby Dun" comes out of pri- conclusively the urgent need for an converted to styles which give satisfaction that has been ex- abouts. He tries to blackmail her,tive ability of those holding offices them greater comfort and freedom pressed, both inside and outside the she appeals to the detective who affecting the welfare of many of movement, and, although the should be thoroughly well known. It the most novel, at the same time
brigade, need not be repeated. They had befriended her, and in one of thousands of people. vagaries of fashion represent to was natural, however, in view of the humorous, twists that ever has ed might examine the whole form Indeed, any Commission appoint- menfolk one of the mysterica of complaints that we should examine, come to a story of gangster life of Government in the light of mo with special interest, the recam- Judith is spared her husband's dern conditions, and as to whether sion with regard to the Fire Brigade. We must confess to some little astonishment. The most not- Dashing Cavalry Charge. able feature Is a proposed increase Women are often accused of in the nominal sterling salary of the
Love strong enough to overcome being far more conservative than Superintendent, by no less than 40 B difference in opinion which men, but in the matter of dress it per cent. on the ground, reasonable sends a man away to fight against to some extent, that he performs his former friends and to reunite must be conceded that very little most of the duties, normally at-two lovers after the man has can be found in support of the tached to the post of Chief Officer answered his sweetheart's signal contention. For generations, men to get between 20 and 25 per cent. is but one phase of the brilliant elsewhere. The Station Officers are of devotion with a cavalry charge, have adhered to fashions which, When we come to the rank and file, story of "Morgan's Last Raid, especially in hot weather, leave a however, where the dissatisfaction the picture at the Star Theatre. great deal to be desired in the and outward procession is alleged dramas of the plains and of the is greatest, and where the inward Tim McCoy, horo of many eple- matter of comfort. What is more, to be occurring, the Commission ap-Indian country, assumes the role Taiping, from Sydney to Hongkong, The Australian-Oriental steamer they set their faces sternly against parently was of opinion that they of a gallant Southern cavalry arrived at 4 p.m. yesterday, a day anything radical in the way of
recommended
aggre officer who becomes a lender in before her scheduled, time, not- gato increase nearly Buf- Morgan's historically famous change. But there is always a fielent for this branch
of raiding troop and adds another at Thursday Island, owing to ad- withstanding a delay of 12 hours minority—and it is from minori the service. Instead of applying the sterling performance to his list of
verse weather conditions. tles that all reforms come-seck-twenty per cent. increase to doliar-screen hite.
paid servants of the Government in Dorothy Bebastian, more beauti The vessel made a speed of over ing to break down the barriers of accordance with the general prin-ful and talented than ever, is seen 14 knots per hour. tradition. In England, the move-ciple of their findings, the Commis- the girl who is tricked into At lunch before arrival, a hearty ment towards a saner mode of Firemen to get an increase of $1 forth the attack on the unprotected W. S. Balloy, was accorded by the aloners authorise the 2nd Class giving the signal which brings vole of thanke, proposed by Mr. dressing secmp' to be gaining con- per month, that is to say, a 5 per village. The gallant young officer passengers to Captain France, his | siderable impetus, despite the fact cont. Increase, rising by annual in- who loves her and whom she has officers, engineers and stewards for
that considerations of climate do The 1st Class Firemen are better and wins back her love. -
crements of $12 for four years, repudiated, saves her and the town the excellent table proved and the not enter into the matter to the ex-treated, getting almost the full
safety and speed of the vessel, which Wheeler Oakman, Hank Mann, was remarkably steady throughout tent that they would in countries twenty per cent. In their first year. Allan Garcia and Montague Shaw the voyage. where tropical heat is experienced with the conditions of service while Nick Grinde has given the colour ship, the Chengte, were built by the Is it hoped that a man dissatisfled complete the cast and Director The . s. Taiping and her sister at certain seasons of the year. earning $21 a,morth, will "stick (t" ful story an exceptionally fine plc Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co., Some of the now types of men's tyrespect of getting $25 furization both photographically Ltd. who are to be congratulated
monthly at the end of five years? and dramatically.
on the succean of these fine vessels.
life, we cannot see the ladies mendations of the Salaries Commis-knowing of her past and "Derby the Cadet system produces men with WHO WAS?
going wholly back to modes of drean which had little, if anything, to commend them.
had
an
Dan" gets what he deserves.
the requisito knowledge and experi- ence to fill each specialised - office. Enclosing my card,-Yours etc. ZEITGIBT.
WELL HEAD OF SCHEDULE..
THE TAIPING ARRIVES HERE FROM AUSTRALIA.
Captain Boycott.
Captain Charles · Cunning- ham Boycott has given his name to a word in the English. language.
Acting as agent for the estates of the Earl of Erne in Ireland, he refused in 1880 to receive rents at figures fixed by the tenants, the result being that he was made the victim of organised terrorism. While his effigy was burned and hanged, Captain Boycott. himself Was jecrod and. mobbed in the streeta; his fences were pulled down, his servants forced to leave him, his letters intercepted, and his food supply cut off. It took a large milliary force to protect. the emergency men who were engaged in getting in. hla
cropa.
The term "boycott" soon came into current use to denote a method of forcible- persuasion which somewhat resembles the sending of a schoolboy to "Coventry" method, that is, which brought
tion with the outside world. pressure to bear upon a man by, denying him communica-
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