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COLD DAMP AND CHANGEABLE WEATHER

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Councillor

The Popular CheHaram) have issued a charmi ing 1930 calendar.

The Very Darl

Viscount Goschen, Governor of Madras since 1924. Bio is the the ground second holder of the title, which being was created in 1900. He was formerly private secretary to the Governor of New South Wales and Squance and W. B. Keith have which, one is la

Lieut-Commanders HS year

1 by measures which it either

roduced or shortly to his father at the Admiralty, ugen appointed to HMS Kent. Intends doing. Moreover, it is felt He sat as a Conservative for Eust

An amended notice states that Grinstead from 1895 to 1905; and that it would be extremely difficult, a Joint Parliamentary Secretary the F. and O. &s. Mantua, with the to the Board of Agriculture in English malls, is dua hore at 8

a.m. to-morrow."

If not impossible, to sweep into one legislative net the whole of the com1918. plicated conditions attaching to in- numerable branches of employment. One of the Bills which the Govern ment has in band deals with the employment of children in factories and workshop, cut it is not tend

to stop here, for it is in tended later to introduce a measure to cover the remaining group of. Juvenile workers. It will thus be seen that the whole question is to be thoroughly taken up, a circum- stance which should give cause for much satisfaction amongst all who have the welfare of boys and girls

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FOR EARL HAIG'S FUND.

OVER £200 RAISED IN SHAMEEN.

Baronetcles.

Mr. Louis Baron, son of the late Mr. Bernhard Baron, chairman of Carreras, Ltd,

Str Gregory Foster Provost of

the University Oallege, London, and

Lady Clementi has kindly con sented to present the cups and certificates at the annual speech day of St. Stophen's Girls' College on Thursday, January 16,

really caughter wouldy however, charm of novelty,

have

Do you remember that eccent artist Jan van Beers, whose tho In Bond arrest made quite tion In the Eighties? There one picture Vollal" presented adamsel with violet hair an emerald groen face, and yellow eyes. It was certain's arresting though some old- fashioned critics said that it war the artist who should have been The local office of the N. Y. Karrasted-but on the whole the Lecturer in English Language and Literature. He was formerly an has received telegraphic advice from temptation to other Indies to fol assistant master, and became Tokyo stating that the mv. Tatsuts low suit was comparatively sligh Vice-Chancellor of the London Maru, sister ship of Asama Maru, University, in 1928. He was nmnde 21.930 knots on her official Fiery General (to soldier who, member of the Meseley Education trial run on the 27th December off has volunteered for duty his Committee which visit, the United Mill Harbour, which is very orderly): So you want to be he

satisfactory, States in 1903.

orderly. You are not afraid of Imete

Soldier:Nosir.""

Fiery General: That's right, my son, and what fe your profes- sion in private ?”:

Soldier: "Lion-tamer," "air"

“I am unsophisticated enough to be surprised at the price of £8 for bottle of scent," Mr. Mead at Marlborough Street, Police Court, London,

Sir. William Middlebrook, solici- The Government Broadcasting tor, and prominent

Liberal Station has requested us to an organiser. He was. Hon. Seerenounce that their programmo from tary of the Spen Valley Liberal 5 pm to 7 pm. to-night has been Association from 1885 to 1886, and cancelled. In place of this pro But as Liberal M.P. for Southgramme dance music from the Leeds from 1908 to 1922. Was Y. M. C. A., Tea Dance will be re Lord Mayor of Leeds from 1901 to layed to listeners. 1911, and was Treasurer Waaleyan' Methodist General Chapel Com- His Excellency the Governor mitteo and of the Local Legisla and Lady Clementi will hold a tion Committee of the House of farewell reception at Government Commons from 1913 to 1922.. House on Tuesday, 28th January, "It's all right. It's not the Sir Eustace Tennyson-d'Eyn- at 9.30 p.m. No individual Invita Schneider Trophy race. Old 'court, Director of Naval Con- tions will be issued, but His Ex-Bailey Recorder to breathless bar struction and Chief Technical, cellency, and Lady Clementi will rister arriving late, Shamean, Dec. 31,

Adviser to the Admiralty from be glad to see their friends of all Beggar, whon sentenced to:

He served his communities. Those Intending to rest in His Majesty's Hotel.

soven days at Greenwich-Another The sum of £205 10s. 9d. has 1912 to 1923. been remitted from Shameen to the apprenticeship at Elswick, went to be present are requested to send THURSDAY JANUARY, 1930. Earl Haig's British Legion Appeal Fairfield as naval architect, then in their names to the Alde-de-

as a result of the Shameen Poppy returned to Elswick in the same Camp beforehand, Day Appeal on 11th November Inst. capacity, where he remained until appointed to the Admiralty. This eum was made up as Subsequently he was appointed in Hongkong

Among the passengers arriving follows:-Sale of poppier and Managing Director to Messra.dent Pierce were Mr. E. Kern, on the Presi- booklets "A Shameen Saga" Armstrong, Whitworth and Com- of Mosers Keller, Kern and Co., H.K.3813.72; collection in Christ pany's shipyards at Newcastle. returning from a holiday: Er In view of the fact that Hong-Church, Shameen, $151; anony-He was head of the Admiralty Cheng Wen-yao, manager of the mous cheques, £10 ($25); auction Committee which produced the Bineers Insurance Company, return in the Canton Club of popples, first tank. Ho received the Dis- booklets and a picture £7. 78. tinguished Service Medal of 10g from a business trip to Shang ($1,230); less expenses $119. U.S.A. for services rendered to the Mr WL. Marshall, Philippines This total is not quite so good U.S. Navy during the Great War, manager of the Standard Oil Com as last year, when the sum of and has several times received they; M. HV.Whelan, Far Eastern manager of the Hudson from Shameen, but this difference for success in design and con- to Bongkong; Mr. John Chadwick,

struction of ships and tanks,

representative of Kesslor & Co., textile manufacturers of Manches ter.

է CHILD LABOUR.

kong has latterly been giving some attention to the question of the employment of children and young persons, it le interesting to noto that the same subject recently came

"I am an advertisement can- vaser," Have you any small wants I can advertise ??" should not have admitted you,

"Certainly not. My serva: have told him repeatedly that do not see canvassers.”

Then dismiss him and adver tise in our paper for mora obedient one.".

"A" prosecutor at Marylebone described himself as a Civil Ser vant.ANTER Prime Minister or a postmas

before the House of Commons, when £239 5. 9d. was sent. to London thanks of the British Government Motor Car Co., on a business trip Mr. Mead: That may mean

drop in exchange na the remit tance last year a made at 2/0 as against 1/91%, this year,

.:

Shameen's contributions for the last four years are: 1920, £108; 1927, £157 2s. 10d.: 1928, £289 58. 9d.: 1920, £205 108. 9d. Our Own Correspondent,

KING'S CONFERENCE SPEECH.

one of the Labour membera iatrois practically entirely due to the duced a private Bill designed to consolidate the law dealing with this matter and to effect much- needed Improvements in the con- ditions of service. Here in Hong- kong, of course, we are still far behind the Old Country in our laws for the control of the employment of young personis, but' that is only] natural. In view of the dissimilarity in economic conditions. Gradually, however, the situation in boing. taken in hand, and is time goes on, we may expect to see radical changes made. There is, indeed, much that

London, Jan. 1. could be done under the laws al-. The King's speech at the opening. of the International Conference on ready passed in the Colony, and we Naval Disarmament, in the Royal hold the hope that the future ten-Gallery of the House of Lords on dency will be to enforce existing January 21st, which will be broad- legislation in such a manner as to cast by wireless from all stations to British listeners, will also be heard put a stop to a good deal of "sweat-in many other parts of the world. ing" that at present goes on.

An experimental short-wave transmitter, 68, will be used primarily for reception throughout the Empire.

To revert to the Bill recently in troduced at Home, it contained well, over a hundred clauses and sought

TO BE BROADCAST TO ALL

PARTS."

Through the International Broad- the repeal of sixteen Acts of Parlia-coating. Union at Geneva the Bri- tish Broadcasting Corporation has ment, either in whole or in part. offered facilities for relaying the Besides consolidating all the exist proceedings by telephone line from ing legislation in regard to child Savoy Hill or by wireless link from Daventry, 5XX, to broadcasting labour, it proposed a number of new organisations throughout Europe, ¡rovisions limiting hours of la- In spite of the inconvenient hour bour according to age, forbidding for American longitudes, the National Broadcasting Company of street trading, compelling employ the United States is arranging to ers to keep a regintor of all employ. relay the speech through its chain ees under the age of eighteen years,

of stations. British Wireless, etc. The member introducing the Bill asserted that hundreds of thou- sands of young people were working hours which could only be described

as abominable. In particular, he

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Knighthands.

Twenty-six now Knights have been created. They include the following:

TERRIBLE DOUBLE":

TRAGEDY.

(Continued from Page 1.)

Mr. Granville Bantock, the well-known musical composer, and Professor of Music at the Birming, ham University. He was the winner of the Macfarren Scholar- ship at the Royal Academy of Music, and his works include a years age to become a Corps setting to "Omar Khayam," na Officer of the St. John Ambulance well as "Fifine at the Fair," and Brigade. "Gethsemane," His Hebridean Of a very sociable and likeable Symphony was produced in 1917; nature, Mr. Burnett was often in Mr. Fred Joseph Wall, the well-demand an entertainer and known Secretary of the English Football Association."

Companion of Honour.

The Right Hon. V. S. Srinivasa Sastri, President of the Servants

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Prosecutor: I am an executive officer on the administrative side. in the engineering department.

Mr. Mend: An engineer? din sed Prosecutor: No, I am mon, the t clerical side, besik

Mr. Mend: Then you are a clerk and why not say so? It is an honourable position, .

English Traveller (who has missed his connexion): "Which is the best hotel in this town?

Irish Porter: There are some and there are some that prefera that prefers the Railway Hotel the Imperial, but whichever of the two you go to, you'll lie awake all for many years past he readily night wishing you'd gone to the Hent his assistance at concerts and other entertainments: 213 ди impersonator,

The Late Mrs. Burnett.

other."

WHO WAS.

Cesare Borgin, was one of the world's most baffing per--- Bopalities. Genuinely devot od to the exuso of art, he be friended" many, a painter; in- cluding the immortal Leonar- do da Vinci, while as an ad- ministrator he was capable and far-seeing

of India Society, and Agent of the The late Mrs. Burnett, whose Government of India to South maiden name was Caroline Eliza- Africa from 1927 to 1929, 110 beth Sinnott, vam Callenger CESARE BORGIA ? was formerly a schoolmaster, but at the early age of 15, her father has latterly been prominently being employed in the Maritime. associated with Indian politica. Customs at Shanghai-Later she He was a member of the Madras was employed by Méssrá, Stock- Legislative Council in 1913 and ofhausen and Company, Hongkong, the Viceroy's Legislative Council and when this company was ab- from 1916 to 1920, and was elected sorbed by Messrs; William Powell, to the Council of State under the Limited, she continued in the ser- New Reform Regime in 1920. He vice of the firm. When 22 years has visited England on numerous of age she married Mr. Burnett, occasions, being Indian repre-the wedding taking place at St. sentative to the Imperial Con- Peter's Church ferencn in 1921, to the League of The late Mrs. Burnett, who was Nations Assembly and to the Con- 50 years of age, was associated forence of Limitation of Arma-with many benevolent and charity ments at Washington. In 1924 he organisations and was a prominent visited England on behalf of the lady helper in entertaining theor to deter him from the In- National Convention of the "Shaforec" two years ago. She is National Liberal Federation in survived by a brother, Mr. Percy India to greas for constitutional Sinnott, who is employed by the Chiha Engineering and Mining Company at Shanghai

The greatest sympathy will be Mr. Harry Halton For, C.M.G., felt for Mr. Gordon Burnett, the becomes a Knight Commander of only son, who having recently the Order of the British Empire. finished schooling at Home, in

reforms.

KBE

dealt with the lot of vin-boys, many BRITAIN TO ENTER CONTEST Educated at Dulwich College, he tended coming to the Colony short-

THIS YEAR.

was always nick

in building un di He has spent

to its print at his relinquishm ship of the Ser ted of

ten yours:

*

*-Yet this same man was Bˆ multiple murderer, utterly ruthless, allowing no law or senso of decency to prevent, him from forcing his own ferocious will upon the world;

dulgence of his own faming passions:

Appointed a cardinal In 1493, by Pope Alexander VI Cesare renounced the Church. immediately after the murder of his brother, Giovanni, a crime bollevod to be due to his instigation. He, therefo threw himself openly into the war of extermination, which the Borgias at that time were.

waging grest, Ro

matry King

Frooch

Forco terror

and were

death igazets

of whom worked from twelve to

was appointed a student Interly to join his fuper in the business. preter to China in 1890, and laterThe funeral of both victims fourteen hours a day, and declared"

became Consul at Ichang, 1906; takes place to passing the that only fifteen per cent, of these

London, Dec. 81.

Consul-General at Changtu, 1913:

Monument at 5 became drivers, the reat eventually that Great Britain shall enter the how, 1914-10, He was appointed The Royal Aero Club has decided officiating Consul-General at Han- being driver into blind-alley occupa- great round-Europe light aeroplane Commercial Attache to Ching in tions or becoming wastrels, These the French Acto Club and won last to the. Logation in Peking in 1918 touring competition Initiated by 1917, and Commercial Counsellor "tail-end" boys, he said, in the long year by Germany an run became "all-end" citizens, and

He is the holder of the Coronation Last year, Great Britain did not Modal of 1911 from that category many unemployairmen who took part in the contest enter officially and the few British ables were recrulted. The Govern-were obliged to enter, through the ment attitude to the Bill was one French Aero Club (and they flew of goodwill and sympathy, but Mr. under the French flag. In the re- sult, as though the German, Mor Clynes was compelled to Indicatezik, won the first prize of one hun that he could not accept the dred thousand franca, the British measure, as it dealt with matters pilot, Captain Brad was awarded second place and a prize of 60,000 which the Government itself intend francs Another British prize ar éd taking up. "In the course of the winner was" Spooner. Both: debate, Mr. Clynes spoke of the imused Moth machines

The cont

estricted to afre provements which had taken place craft af In industrial employme Recall British Wardlezanis

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