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THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1930.

Elections in miniature. We say this because, whilst the Referen- dum might be on a specific question, such question would not in fact be so isolated, for the tendency would be to make the Roferendum a vote of confidence or no-confidence in the Government and Its general. policy.

As we consider this question, we cannot escape the conclusion that Mr. Baldwin has been jockeyed into his present position by prominent members of his Party who have not been satisfied with his past altitude | on the fiscal problem. He knows that urban opinion is largely against any scheme of Protection which involves taxation of food, and that, on the other hand, the rural districts will have nothing to do with fiscal reform unless food taxa-

DAY BY DAY.

YOUNG WOMAN HE DOES HIS BEST TO WHENEVER A MAN TALKS TO A APPEAR A LITTLE BIGGER ALL KOUND THAN HE KNOWS HIMSELF TO BE. —— Hubert Bland. .

Yesterday's health return shows one case of typhoid, one of smallpox and one of diptheria. All the

cases were Chinese.

CORRESPONDENCE.

The Cock-Eyed World.

[To The Editor of Hongkong Telegraph.]

The Very Idea!

I have my own theory as to why the cinema is so popular, says" a writer in a Home paper. It is; because folk can have a nice quiet Mr. McGuire and "Sezme" (who- This applies, writes a correspon

SirIt is my duty to thank both cry there without being seen! over he may be possibly some con-dent, quite as much to men as to nexion with the Arablan Nights women: more, some authorities Entertainment) for their agrec say, Mr. Cyril Mauds has declar

Mr. Jefferson Mosley, who was previotely reported as being miss-ment that much of the diction of the ed in his memoirs that men aro ing from the Empress of Russia, "Cock-Eyed World" is crude. the first in an audience to shed has returned to his ship.

A Chinese yesterday attempted suicide by jumping off the Star Ferry Wharf. He was rescued by Leung Po, a seaman on one of the launches, and was taken to hospital.

The mistresses of three cargo boats were fined $5 each at the Marine Court this morning before

mooring their boats inshore during prohibited hours.

I would remind Mr. McGuire that tears. He bases this statement my sole complaint, with regard to upon personal observations made this film is concerned with the through a small hole in the scent language used. Mr. McGuire's ery. other remarks are therefore supple- mentary.

So this accounts, I say, for the success of the weeples," mammy" With regard to Queen's College, films, sonny films, and the latest I am quite willing to believe that all-talking and nearly-all-crying cidentally pure diction is popular there. In- pictures. Tears in the picture; other institutions which are also audience, and a 95 per cent. humi

there are one or two tears in the voices, tears in the interested in it, but probably dity in the atmosphère.

tion is included. He has therefore the Hon. Commdr. G. F. Hole, for "Sezme" has never heard of them. I

been induced by his supporters to adopt a device which will provide some means of escape from the em- barrassments of the moment. There arc, however, so many contingencies involved that we cannot see how the idea is likely to make a popular

Yours, etc...

A LOVER OF ENGLISH.

Mr. J. D. Minhinette, of 2, Ashley Road, Kowloon, reported to the police this morning that some- THE HARBOUR OPIUM from his bedroom some time be- one had stolen a woollen blanket

tween 8.30 and 9 a.m. to-day.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1930.

THE REFERENDUM.

noon

Mr. B. G. Birch will deliver a lecture on "Voltaire," on Tuesday, 15th April, at 8.30 p.m. in the Uni- versity Union Assembly Room, when the next meeting of the Education Society is held. The lecture is open to the public.

thor postulates the likelihood of the Parrott, Edsall, Simpson and Conservatives being returned to MacLeish sailed shortly after power (a very debatable point), leaving the Mindanao

yesterday for Shanghai, and the and next he envisages the Domin- Borie in Hongkong. ions agreeing to general Protection (another very doubtful, matter) Then he conceives the Conservatives having sufficient Parliamentary strength to pass Protection into law -yet another element of doubt. A far better way, if the Conservatives really believe wholeheartedly in Protection, would be for them to make this a plank at the next Gen eral Election and stand or fall by it. This complication of the problem by a cumbersome method if certain things happen represents a poor contribution to the question.

have nothing better to put forward when the next election comes.round, they are likely to meet with small success at the polls.

As was to be expected, Mr. Bald- win's idea of a Referendum for the purpose of discovering whether the electorate would favour a Protec-] tionist policy is one which has What is more, if the Conservatives aroused considerable comment at Home. The reaction so far has not been particularly encouraging, de- spite the fact that most of the Con- servative leaders have fallen in with the suggestion. Included amongst these is Sir Austen Cham- berlain, who, however, has been re- minded that some twenty years ago he argued strongly against such a device, particularly as applied to tariff reform. At that inc, he

pointed out that any revision of our tariff system would inevitably in- volve Budget considerations, and if Budgets were to be submitted to popular vote, there would always be a temptation for Finance Mini- sters to bribe the many at the ex- pense of the few.

Local Broadcasting.

find' con-

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booked from London to Hongkong Sir Stanley and Lady Fisher are by the P. and O. ss. Ranpura, which sails on the 25th instant. Sir Stanley is Chief Justice of Ceylon, a post which he has held since 1926, whilst Lady Fisher is William Maxwell/R.A. a daughter of the late General

The following forthcoming wed- son Gall, enginces, s.s. Kalgan, to dings are announced:-Mr. David-

Miss Hilda Marje Martins, who is on her way to the Colony on board Santos Fernando, Lugard Hall, Uni- the 8.5. Taiping; Mr. Florentino versity, to Miss Carmen Florencia Lisola Garcia, No. 37, Jordan Road, Kowloon.

"FIND."

DRUG ORDERED TO BE CONFISCATED.

"

An order for the confiscation of the 65 tins of opium containing 325 taels of prepared drug which were retrieved from the bottom of the harbour opposite the railway pier on Tuesday evening, was made by Mr. Whyte Smith at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning. tective Sergeant Humphreys men- In making the application, De- tioned

that he had received Information of the presence of the drug on the harbour's bed and divers, who had previoussly seen later had it brought up by P.W.D. the sack lying on the seabed.

It was thought that the opium had been dumped off a ship prior to being retrieved by the owners at a more propitious time.

ARMED ROBBERY IN TERRITORIES.

LAD WOUNDED BY A DESPERADO.

port mention that the victim is Tang Cheung, a 16-year-old boy, and that there was but a solitary robber involved in the affair.

The few details given in the re-

TATSUTA MARU.

DUE ON MAIDEN TRIP TO-MORROW.

►

But note this interesting point, Men get the best of it, as usual.. They can have a few glad drops without detection; but their wo

over the building. It means that menfolk cannot. You may hear a ellek, click click coming from all handbags are being opered and shut. Handkerchiefs!

The tenant of a suburban bun- galow found his garden suffering from the inroads of rabbits_from the wrote to his landlord complaining neighbouring fields. He that the creatures were making burrows in his ground;

The owner of the property pro- mptly replied: "This appears to be a case for the Borough En- gineer."

utterly inadequate instrument for (The English language is, an those concerned in the film indus- try, says Mr. Justice MacKinnon). Time was when our good mother tongue sufficed for all our modest needs: Within its sphere the poets sung, and left us their im- mortal screeds.

From pulpit, platform, bench and bar with subtle skill or or sturdy zest.

In heavy tome or pungent "par" it braved the years and stood the test.

Then came the dawn of "ple- tures'" day; an ever-grow- ing flame was fanned, And adjectives pursued the way

of short supply and big de mand.

At last the awful truth

known-superlatives sadly lacked,

WAS we

And here its dire, effect is shown-words fail me.to express the fact!

Billy:

What does your broth- er work at, Tommy?"

Tommy: "He's in the talkies." Billy: "What part does he take?"

what Tommy: "He's the approach-

ing footsteps in the big scene.",

Tatsuta Maru, sister ship to the The new N.Y.K. motor vessel

Asama Maru, will arrive at this port to-morrow from Manila.

The Tatsuta

Maru is commis-

A preliminary report has been received at Police Headquarters Amongst the

concerning an passengers who which is said to have occurred at armed robbery left by the Empress of Russia ves 5 a.m. to-day, at Pa Mo village, terday were Sir Henry and Lady Tung Chung, in the New Territory The figures quoted yesterday re- Pollock, Sir Herry Gollan. garding the number of wireless Hon. Mr. B. D. F. Beith, Mrs.

the district of Tai-0. broadcasting licences issued in Eldon Potter, Mrs. D. M. Biggar, the Colony are encouraging and Mrs. L. S. Greenhill, Mr. and Mrs. there is definite proof that interest Mr. E. D. Bush, Mr. Bulmer John

R. Duncan, Dr. J. H. Montgomery, far this year has been more rapid Kadoorie, and Mr. A. Piercy. is increasing. The Increase 50 son, Mr. H. Kadoorie, Mr. L than at any other time and the

A serious complexion is given officials will no doubt

to the case by the indication that A third person arrested in con-

in the course of the outrage, the siderable cause for satisfaction in

nexion with a recent kidnapping victim was wounded with the visible evidence that

case was remanded for a week by kind of weapon the preliminary ac- their Mr. Whyte Smith at the Kowloon count does not reveal. efforts are meeting with success. Magistracy this morning, the Without wishing to detract from Magistrate saying that there was the undoubted significance of the tion. The defendant was stated by insufficient evidence for a convic- Mr. Baldwin's scheme, which re- presents his reaction to the Em-latest licence figures, it is neces-

a motor car driver to be like a man sary to point out, perhaps, that seen with a party of kidnappers pire Free Trade campaign, is that

one thousand licensed listeners is who had gone to Shenng Shui. It if the Conservatives are returned a pitifully small number

will be recalled that a man and at the next election, they should Colony of this size, particularly in imprisonment on Monday for kid-

for a

woman were each given one year's seek to come to an agreement with view of the fact that the Govern-napping a small boy from 47, Par- the Dominions and India on a policy ment took broadcasting under its kes Street. of general Protection, and then wing in June 1928. The thousand pass a Bill embodying the points mark has taken a long long time agreed upon. That being done, to reach, but now that it has been the whole matter should be refer attained the officials concerned are red to the country by means of a broadcasting some solid founda- to be congratulated on giving Referendum. Apart from the cum-tion in Hongkong at last. bersome nature of the scheme, there number of licences would not con- would appear to be many objections tinue to grow unless people found to the principles underlying it. As the programmes worth listening to Sir Herbert Samuel has said, the and we expect the figures to in- adoption of the Referendum would crease as the programmes revolutionise the British Constitu- tinue to develop. There is no tion, for our political system resta, doubt that a great improvement fendant was only cautioned. and has always rested, on the prin- ZBW will not falter in its enden- has been made and we trust that ciple of representation. It would spoil our democratic system by

vours to provide radio entertain- ment. throwing upon thirty millions of field possesses well defined limits, We well recognise that the electors the duty of answering com- but we are not convinced that plex questions, which can only be every phase of broadcasting en-yourself," said Mr. Lindsell at the Paris properly answered by a Legislature, tertainment has yet been tapped. Central Magistracy this morning New York after opportunity for detailed de-On its past record, however, ZBW to an old man, who endeavoured Brussels bate and for Amendment. It may, we think, continue to expand to lay the whole responsibility on Geneva would, moreover, create two with a corresponding increase, in his son for the possession of a Amsterdam separate centres of authority in the the number of listeners and con- The old man had previously con-

tael of contraband opium, Constitution the Parliament and equent financial benefit to the Teased to the police that he had Stockh

Government. While welcoming given the drug to his little son to Copenhagen the plebiscite, and where they hap the licence figures published yes-carry. This was before the boy Vienna pened to vive opposite mandates, terday the true scope of the radio West and taken Queen's Road Prague the divergence would be disastroup.interest in Hongkong would be Police Station.

to the district There is the further point that if better demonstrated if the figures sociated himself entirely from the Lisbon He how dis- Madrid a Referendum were adopted on this indicated the number of licences case, seeking to deny the relation-Ath fiscal question, it cannot fail to be held by Chinese na distinct from ship between him and the boy who Bucharest. advocated as the means of deciding other nationalities. Obviously if actually was hia son. many other controversial issues. the interest is largely on the part was acting under the influence of

Buenos Aires The result would be a constant te. of Chinese or vice versa it becomes his father, he was discharged, but

Hongkong quence of these references to the immediately apparent which pro- the old man was fined $100, or Yokohama

call for improvement six weeks' hard labour, after the Silver (spot) public-in effect, frequent General first.

Magistrate had given expression Silver (forward), to the remark quoted above.

mdr. G. F. Hole, at the Marine sioned

Charged before the Hon. Com- Court this morning, with carrying Service,-in company with the new on the Orient-California cargo instead of passengers

guilty and was fined $10 with the stipulated in her licence, the mis- Chichibu Maru. After completion motor ships Asama Maru and tress of a passenger boat pleaded of her equipment, she sailed on The alternative of 10 day's hard labour.

The master of another passenger blanila on her maiden

the 7th instant from Nagasaki-for. boat, who was charged with the and at the latter port an elaborate same offence, was fined $15 or two reception was held on board on record, his Worship found that he yesterday. weeks. Looking up the defendant's the 8th instant. She left Manila con- had been charged before on the The ship will be thrown open same offence. At that time, de- for inspection on Saturday after-

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WHO WAS—

THE DUKE OF PLAZA-TORO?

To make the acquaintance of His Grace the Duke of Plaza-Toro it is necessary to go and see a performance of the delightful fantasy which Gilbert and Sullivan presented to the world under the title of "The Gondoliers."

That celebrated, cultivat- ed, underrated" gentleman, the Duke of Plaza-Toro, was a Castilian nobleman, with armorial bearings as crowded. as his coffers were empty.

This lack of pocket-money 80 incommoded His Grace that he hit upon the device of turning himself into a limited - company, and had the exquisite satisfaction!· of aceing himself applied for over and over again.

His Duchess was also one of the assets of this excellent.com. mercial concern, undertaking for a suitable fce to be launched-forth as a guest, a.. hostess, a chaperone, a teacher of deportment, or a guarantor: of toilet specialities, as the opportunity. for business might suggest.

Gilbert and Sullivan are not explicit on the point, but we have no doubt, no possible doubt whatever, that this happy combination earned substantial dividends for their shareholders.

Although Spanish in title, this most estimable Duke was unquestionably intended to represent the whimsical ideas of nobility which are charac teristic of the English race, and if what the society gossips tell us be true, he, was not the first, and certainly not the last aristocrat, who felt the regrettable necessity of commercialising his social

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