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HONGKONG" ESTATES.

ADMINISTRATION - GRANTED IN SUPREME COURT.

Administration of five local estates amounting to a total of $226.800 and £14,292 178 60. las recantly been granted in the Supreme Court.

Mr. Edgeworth Ussher Reid, Into of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and formerly of No. 41 Kitano Cho 8 Chome, Kobe, Japan, who died at Victoria, Canada, on June 16, 1929, left Hongkong catate which is yalued at $100,100. widow, Delphine Sylvester Raid, Everything is bequeathed to the the sole executrix, for whom Mr. T. G. Bennett, of Messrs. Johnson, Stokes and Master, is attorney, Re-sealing of probate and a codiell of the will has granted to Mr. Bennett.

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Qualifying Adjectives. When the necessary noun is selected, the writer must next de cide whether a qualifying adjectivo la required, and the dificulty with adjectives is that so many (heavy!! A meeting of the Hongkong "long," for example) aro.compara Branch of the English Association 'tive. Sometimes the army defines was held yesterday in the Cathe its adjectives, as for instance. by dral Hall at 5.30 p.m. His Lordship giving the exact weight a "heavy Bishop Duppuy, who was in the bridge is intended to carry. In chair, after declaring the meeting dealing with directions as right, open called upon the Hon, Seero-left, front, rear, it again makes its tary and

Treasurer to read the meaning clear by further defini minutes of the last meeting, which tion by some phrase, an "dog

stream," etc. were duly read and confirmed.

The army, unlike the civilians, In his introductory remarks, the Bishop referred to Lord Rawlin-likes conventions, and its orders son's saying after the Armistice are issued in conventional form in that there was no university like three main paragraphs. The frat the second the army, and he described the gives information, army as a true university where makes clear the intention of the the lessons learnt were those of commanding officer, and the third cheerfulness, perseverance, and un- the method by which the troops falling good-fellowship. In Hongare to act to gain ble ends. The kong the benefit of the presence of importance of keeping, these divi- the Services was felt in their dis-alons separate has not always been realised, with disastrous results, The Bishop then announced the as when in an order to his aubor subject of the lecture, "English in dinate General Hill, Robert E. Lee used the word "will" instead of the Army," to be given by Major ghould," and acting on the wrong Doyle, R.D.; it would be indiscreet, he considered, to give illustrations interpretation General Hill met of "army" English from his own with serious difficulties and losses. war experiences, but on one oc-A similar incident occurred in casion at least he would rather Napoleon's Jena campaign, owing have faced fire than the language to confusion in the use of present of an angry Colonel. His Lordship and future. tenses; while a vague phrase in another of Lee's orders then called upon Major Doyle to de-led to Gettysburg and the loss of

Re-sealing of exemplification of probate has been granted to Mr. liver his address.

a campaign. Major Doyle said that he was Now the army"

tries to avoid G. G. N. Tinson, of Messrs. John- afraid the title of his lecture was confusion by making its orders son, Stokes and Master, who is somewhat misleading, as it would proof not only against the fool but attorney for the widow, "Kate not be confined to the English lan also against the clever man who is Eliza Chaplin, guage or to the English army.to ready to think for himself. Avenue, Bedford, who is appoint- Education is too literary, not Small words are printed in blocked sole executrix in the will and literal, and so language has come capitals so that they will not be to whom everything is bequeath- w to menn bad language and bad lan- missed by the careless reader ored. guage means wearing. Words writer. Even in oral ordera lose their original foree, and there guage, like fashion, continually clever man thinking out his own Rescaling of duplicato probate changes so that the exact meaning actiona rather than listening and of the will of the late Lieut. of a word is destroyed. This is ebeying exactly, so in drill, the Col. Charles Harwood Manger, so true of English, that scientista book orders are given to the men who died at Woolston, North in search of exact expression dae at attention and then delivered Cadbury, Templecombe, Somerset, Latin, and diplomatists use French. in two paris, a warning order, and England, on March 19, last year, English, however, should be most an executive order ("Fix" leaving Hongkong estate to the definite because it is most diverse."bayonets")...

A Definition.

the danger of

Army Style.

The late Mr. Reid also left estate in Shanghai and elsewhere. Hongkong estate amounting to $48,700 was left by Ernest Alexander Chaplin, late of No. 6, Pemberley Avenue, Bedford, England, who died at Beaumont Street, Portland Place, Middlesex, England, on April 28, 1929. The late Mr. Chaplin was Chief Officer of the a.s. Afrida,

of Pemberley

Lieut. Col. Manger.

value of $18,900, has been grant- ed to Mr. D. J. Lewis, of Messrs. Johnson, Stokes and Master.

Mr. Lewis is attorney of the Public Trustco of the Public one of Trustee Office, London, the executors and trustees named in the will (power being reserved in favour of Eileen Manger, widow, the other executor and trustee, who has not taken any subsequent steps to obtain probate) «

It has been said that language The attention must be caught, is given for the concealment of the intention explained, before the

The

Army really method is given. thoughts; but what men

are need is the clearest means of con- Drill Books. and Manuais vering ideas. The purpose of the similar in form and title, Infantry army is to train, men for war, and Training, Vols. I and II; the in war-time life is lived most in- former gives instructions for drill, tensely and so has the greatest the latter tactical precepts, and need of clear and definite language. the army uses a proverbial style We should expect the army to de- to describe the application of the

The gross value of the estate in velop its own language, and it cer- principles of war to its conduct;

ninly has a style of its own which the writing is aryptic, brief, Great Britain, exclusive of what is used by Antony Armstrong in pregnant, striving to find the deceased might have been possoES. between two narrowed of or entitled to as a tristes Punch; he gains humorous affects mean

and not beneficially, amounts to by making styles and using inap- definitions and diffuseness. propriate phrasca.

£14,292 176 6d.

The army style teaches a man to appreciate the principles of war and the, factors in any given situation, and so to make quick decisions.

In any profession the clearest style is needed when dealing with information, when facts are to be given without any personal bias of the giver. The army tries to The power of amendment is avoid all metaphorical or "animis- used by the army more frequently tic" writing, and in its reports in its legni text-book. In the keeps to nouns, simple adjectives, Manual of Military Law, pre and definite verbs. To describo cedents are added by being gummed anything clearly, we must have de-in; they are not allowed to re- finite names for its parts, so as to main only "in the records of the dfilinguish between different struc- courts,

army

Family bequests are contained in the will.

Oscar Crispim Baptista, alao known as Oscar Baptista, former- ly a clerk in the employ of Messrs. Gibb, Livingston and Company Limited, in whose service he had been for upwards of 40 years, who died at Macso on or about October 10, 1920, left local estate which has been sworn at $42,100. Mr. Baptista lived at No. 6. Hart Avenue, Kowloon, and appointed his widow, Maria Ana Baptista, executrix of the will.

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Probate of the will has been granted to Mrs. Baptista, who, together with five children, are to benefit,

"Widow's Estate.

tures and add interest to the de- In concluding. Major Doyle scription. The

has exact said that in language the army names of parts of objects, especial has two great advantages; the ly of weapons, and in its tachni- power of definition, and the cal manuals prints the technical power of amendment; It can fix names with their definitions. meanings and keep up to date. Again we have different nouna for Bishop Duppuy, after thanking similar objects in order to dis- the lecturer, declared the subject Linguish between them, as, for open for a goneral discussion, in example, sheep, lamb, ewe; so the which His Excellency the Officer army speaks of a "company" of Administering the Government, Hongkong estate to the value infantry, a "battery" of artillery. Mr. Southorn, Sir Henry Gollan, of $17,000 was left by Mary and a "squadron" of cavalry and Professor Simpson took part. Russell McCulloch or Kirkpatrick, Inte of The Mount, There are many army abbrevia- The Hon. Secretary and Trea-widow, tions, too, which have developed aurer then moved an addition to Ballantrae, Ayrshire, who died on Inio nouns: "pip toc" for Swedish the rules of the local branch, April 27, 1929, at Inveravon, No. exercises, and the familiar that Life Membership may be 2, Ellfestea Road, Broughty Ferry, "Anzac"; while letters also have acquired on payment of $50. Dundee.

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extra names, "beer," "toc," etc. In This Life Membership shall in- Re-sealing of testament-testa- fact army English has the twofold clude Life Membership of the Cen-mentar of the trust disposition aim, to express the meaning clear-tral Association for which the and settlement of the will has ly, and to avoid mis-hearing. Local Branch shall contribute been granted to Mr. G. G. N. Like Joseph Conrad, the army from the $60 a sum of not leas Tinson, of Mosera. Johnson, makes no use of metaphor or than £3.3.0. to the Central Fund." Stokes and Master, who is at simile, but depends on nouns and The motion was carried.

torney for the executors. Be. adjectives. All army reports start It was announced that during quests are of a family nature. with a map reference and scale to Professor Simpson's absence on ensure that the reader begins from leave, Mr. B. G. Birch, of the Uni- the sume point of view as the wri-versity, would act as Hon. Secre-

tary and Treasurer. Civilian books of travel often

The next meeting of the AssocÍA- confuse because they lack such re-tion will be held at Government ferences and assume too great a House on Tuesday, March 4, at knowledge of the country on the 5.80 p.m., when Mrs. Southorn will

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