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THE HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1930.

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he can have little in common'efther TLE IN YOU.-R. "E. S. Spender. with Feng Yu-hsiang or Wang

Tenders are being invited for the Ching-wel. He has a record of construction of a latrine and urinal nearly twently years' peaceful rule at Davis Street, in Shang, and he is widely known

It is declared by order of His Excellency the Governor-in-Council that Hollo is a place at which an Infectious or contagious disease, namely, cholera, prevails.

and quite popular in the North. But to the Southerners he is mere- ly a name, and it is probably this fact which has caused him to link

The forthcoming wedding is an- up with Wang Ching-wei, in the

nounced of Dr. Edward Law, No, hope that there may be a widening 1B, Dragon Terrace, Hongkong, to of the base on which the pew move-Miss Phyllis Viola Ho, No. 42, ment stands, to say nothing of the Kennedy Road, Hongkong. financial and military support |

The King's Exequatur empower which may be forthcoming, for it ing Mr. George Bliss Lane to act as must not be forgotten that Wanga Vice-Consul for the United States of America in Hongkong has re- Ching-wei is still in close touch ceived His Majesty's signature. with the Ironsides and the Kwangsf Clique. But time will tell whether the distinctive factions which these two men represent will be able to work together. To the ob- server it would appear something like the attempt to mix oil and

water.

TO BE SOMEONE ELSE. The Strange Desire of Every Man.

has a for a Every man, it seems,

painting. What an int strange desire to be someone else. triguing hobby!" I thought. He We consume a tremendous amount knows all about woods, paints, of energy longing to be some tools, and blue prints. He knew other individual or wishing that boats, planes and furniture. After we were in some other person's he left my house I was almost shoes. The consciousness of this ready to follow his advice and peculiar tendency came to me as take up wood carving by corres I was reading an assay by Dr. pondence, in order that I might Crothers under E somewhat be a more developed being. similar title a few months ago. And this is the way, we

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It is apparent as one looks about tempted. Another friend is that most of us are tormented passionate golfer. At the con by this strange desire.

clusion of one afternoon with A boy of twelve becomes your him, I am not only convinced of sworn friend if you admiringly how much I have to learn, but say, "You look big enough to be also how necessary it is for mer fourteen. The high school girl in order to be a happy creature, of sixteen hungers to be address to give two afternoons a week ed 1.9 A person of precious for the whole summer to the maturity. The average adult of better mastery of this indispens- The hearing of the case against forty is pleased beyond expres-able joy of living. But on going 24 Chinese, charged by Chiefsion ta' be taken for thirty. homo, I get busy with my owni Inspector Raynolds with being While walking through a labora- work and my own hobbles and members of an unlawful society, tory did you ever meet a young time slips by. I scarcely dare to was to-day fixed for next Saturday. chemist strutting in his white meet my golfing friend, fearing coat, practicing in the corridors that he may ask how much I His Majesty the King has ap- the step of preoccupied research? have been practicing. proved the appointment of the Hon. You stop him and say, "Professor, At some later time I spend an Mr. B. D. F. Beith to be an Un can you direct me to Experimental evening with a socially minded" official Member of the Legislative Room Z?" You sco him beam friend. He regales me with his Whilst the developments in Council, vice Mr. A. C. Hynes re- with importance and gratitude. experiments in politics and in- Peking are of interest, they are signed.

He is transplanted to a realm of dustry, he outlines a course off beatitude by being taken for what reading that I simply must follow he is not.

In order to be intelligent. He In the court of Frederick the pleads with me to join, a new Great, "we are told, no courtier movement for labour reform and dared to praise the monarch as a club for the discussion of race. a soldier. He knew he was an I feel so ignorant before this excellent general, he wanted to enthusiast my work seems be more than that. The way to petty, a mere bubble when view- win his favour was to praise him ed in the light of all these com- as a literary man. If you had manding problems. So chastened requested his opinion on Voltaire and enlightened, I return home to he would have rejoiced a hundred- struggle with my desire to be an- fold more than if you had saluted other personality, one like my him as the Alexander of his day. reformer friend.

After a few strenuous ex-

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as to whether the Nanking Govern- ment will be able to win through in the civil war.

It should be able to, with no apparent shortage of men or finances, and latterly its fortunes in the field have been more promising. Should it be able to survive the present threat to its power and influence, and disperse the opposing elements, there

to

some

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Tenders are being invited for the windening of Gough Hill Road to 10 feet, surfacing an area adjacent to Lysholt and the provision of all necessary retaining walls, drainage and other contingent work!

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position becomes much clearer than have some sort of control over Far Eastern Traveller's Gazette it is at the moment. Although a certain road transport services. I is to hand. It contains on the front entrate on what we believe we wyes; we glance at our mirror

But the war is not over by any means, and now a motor trade

WATER LEVELS.

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An application for the discharge THE CHINA OUTLOOK. should be a considerable period of from bankruptcy of Mr. A. D. aim of getting to a destination, see that I must map out a sphere We go on a tram with the simple periences of this kind, I begin to much-needed peace in this troubled Humphreys and Mr. Ernest Hum- but we discover that the manager for myself and defend it and stick country. The present strife and phreys, partners in the firm of of the railway is not satisfied to it. I must believe that even Messrs. W: G. Humphreys and Co., with merely transporting people: though I cannot carve ship models, The arrival of Wang Ching-wel turmoil, with the country split inis to be heard in the Supreme Court he has covered the walls of the win golf cups or reform industry in Peking increases the interest two, is disastrous to everybody af- on August 14th at 10.30 a..

car with miniature lectures on and politics, I can do something.. courtesy and behaviour. The novel I can concentrate on a few humble which is being centred on the de-fected.

His Majesty the King has ap-which we pick up at the end of efforts and make a contribution velopments occurring in the former

proved the appointment of the the strenuous day refuses any to my world and be happy in it capital. Not the least intriguing

Hon. Mr. C. G. S. Mackie to be such simple function as being our all! The Transport War.. temporarily an Unofficial Member of guide in pleasant travel and re- suggestion is that the new Peking

Perhaps the wise Greek had seen, Government should conclude an al railways and the companies operat-C who is temporarily absent from exposition.

The transport war between the the Legislative Council in the place laxing adventure, it forces

of the Hon. Sir Henry Pollock, K. into the labyrinth of philosophic when he taught, "Know thyself! liance with the young ruler of ing large fleets of road vehicles the Colony.

that the way to contentment was The sages would remind us not by craning our necks after Manchuria, but it will be cause for promises to develop on highly in-

that one thing done well is every omebody else nor by struggling surprise if General Chang Hsueh-teresting lines for the road com- His Excellency the Governor has man's best contribution to his to be what we are not, but by realizing one's highest own self liang has anything to do with panies are now endeavour-appointed Sub-Inspector Edward world. No one can encompass

as the approach to happiness, and John Ellis to steal Peking affairs at this juncture. ing

be Examiner of the complexity of interests the freight business

Weights and Measures under the be jack-of-all trades. As children that one realm of activity from the Although nominally owing al-

railways. Weights and Measures Ordinance, we would rather fly kites than bring as much as any other. The wär has lost legiance to Nanking, he has so far its intensity by the recent agree the Gunpowder and

of 1885, and also an Inspector under get our arithmetic, or walk in the the French scholar, Dimet: "We Apparently this is the point of Fireworks woods instead of practicing piano managed to keep out of the fray.ments reached between the rail-Ordinance, 1901.

exercises. Out of the diversity are constantly tempted to exag and we imagine that he will be con- ways and their competitors, the net

of attraction we must choose angerate our inferiority. We look

busts area of activity; we cannot keep at the

of the

great tent to remain neutral until the result being that the railways now

musicians of of the snatching at a dozen appeals and

great Spread ourselves over the map of

philosophers; we notice the human efforts. We must con- powerful brows, the searching rather inexperienced young man,

page an excellent half tone of The Peak, and among the large amount

can do best, accept the necessity and the consciousness of belong- he no doubt feels that his safest journal has prepared a set of ten of reading matter articles on How of specialization, fix

ing to another race weighs us policy is to remain aloof as the posters for distribution among van

down. We read the lives or the to See Scotland and Ireland, mode of work and service and Lisbon's Monuments, and Alpine perfect that means of expression we are not surprised to see them

letters of the exceptional men head of the outer Provinces. Wang and Iarry owners throughout the Holidays in Switzerland, and a to the full. Ching-wei and the others who recountry each with the main head-complete list of all the steamabip I have always sympathized with saying about themselves things which we should be ridiculous, sent Nanking, rule would withouting "Send it By Road". This, and aerial services for which the the cow in the springtime pasture,

as she stands stretching her neck even to think about ourselves. question. like to have Ching Hsueh-advice is followed by a slogan, some firm caters.

over the barb wire looking past It is dangerous to place these liang on their side, if only for the of which are "Reduce the risk of

the birch thicket to the fresh grean men on a pedestal and to adore pilfering", "Less handling, fewer purpose of embarrassing the Cen-breakages", "Motor transport for

hillside. Her big soft eyes water a phantasm in their shape." with emotion, her jaws drip with tral Government and making their punctuality" and "From door to

saliva that flows over her tongue assertion was Abraham Lincoln's A little common sense and self- hold on Peking and Tientsin more door". We cannot imagine the

at the mere thought of eating in solution. He was driving a two- railways being unduly perturbed

that distant, field. There she horse team along a road heavy secure.

stands bour after hour wishing with Illinois mud, so Mr. Sand- The career of Wang Ching-wei by this new publicity move for the

day after day longing. Why does claims appear to be a little ex-

(Continued on Page 7.): has been a rather chequered one, travagant. We have no doubt that and not the least surprising, de- if the millions of consignments of velopment in it is that he should goods sent by train were compared now be associated with Marshal with the comparatively few con Yen Hsi-shan. A loyal disciple of signments sent by road, it could Sun Yat-sen, Wang Ching-wei was certainly be shown that pilferage

ін по greater for many years closely associated There is a feeling of security on on the railways. with Wa Han-man in the Nationa-the British railways, whether for list movement: indeed, these two the transportation of passengers were for many years regarded as or goods, which will not be shaken the two leading spirits thereof. by the present efforts of the ad- Latterly, however, they have drift-vocates of road transport whose ed apart, Wang joining the Left enthusiasm seems to have gone a little beyond the realms of strict wing of the Party, with Wu in the accuracy. It is difficult to see how opposite camp. Thus, whilst wè a claim for greater punctuality can have Wang issuing statements de be substantiated, for railway de- nouncing the Nanking Government lays in Great Britain are few and and its policies, we find Wa criticis-far between and the proportion of

'delays due to accidenta almost Brussels ing his former friend for associat-negligible. The claim that break. Berlin ing with the Petyang clique, con-ages are fewer when road transport Osle tending that the Kuomintang is adopted also seems a little ex-A

Helsingfors should be quite independent of the travagant for a motor lorry on a Buenos Aires schemings militarista. The rough road cannot be compared Hongkong

with a high speed locomotive on a criticism further and even ac-

goes

Amsterdam track. The rallways have, there- Stockholm cuses Wang of seeking to destroy fore, an easy reply but we venture Vienna the integrity of the Kuomintang. to think that they have no need to Madrid We must, of course, make due al-adopt a defensive attitude, yet or Bombay

Bucharest

lowances for the respective post-carry the war into the other's camp. Yokohama

Genova tions in which these two former They have behind them a reputa

Milan tion which in itself is sufficient to co-workers in the Nationalist

Copenhagen cause now and themselves. When more than off-set the present camp Prague aign of the road transport com- Lisbon: we come to look at the varied in-panies, who incidentally have fields Shanghai

Rio tezests represented in the new open to them which railways can- Silver, (spot) Peking movement, it is clear that not enter.

Silver (forward)

of

The following table, issued by she not eat her fill in her own

the Kwangtung River Conservancy big pasture and then sit down Commission, shows in English feet and read a book, put some sense the water levels on the West into her gallivanting calf, or get River, North River and River, on the dates named:

East busy and carve an immortal WHO WAS~? July 24 July 25

Shiuhing

Tsingyuen

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7.4

3.0 7.5

3.8

Samshui Sheklung are:-Shiuhing, 41

The highest levels on record

feet; Taing yuen, 29.2 feet; Samshui, 27.3 feet; Sheklung 15.5 feet.

The lowest level on record Samshui is-minus b feet and Sheklung minus 2.7 feet.

at

statue?

Distant pastures always look greenest. Only by mastering the immediate, by working with pre- sent tools, under existing con- ditions, are we apt to get any- where. Abraham Lincoln had a relative who would not hold a job for any length of time. He easier and more appealing, so he was always looking for something at was inclined to move about and never get ahead. When Lincoln heard that he planned to sacrifice his Illinois farm and move to Missouri where he thought chances would be better, he wrote, the restless fellow:"Such a notion is utterly foolish.."What. .123.69 can you do in Missouri better) .34.80 than here? Is the land any 375 richer Can you there, any more than here, ralee corn and wheat 376 and oats without work? Will 40.9/16 anybody there, any more than 1/34 here, do the work for you? If 1.86 21/32 you intend to go to work, there 12.08% is no better place than right .18.095 where you are; if you do not in- ..34.44

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Not long ago I talked with a 18.16 New York business man who did 1044 artistic wood carving. That was .108.26

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MR. POLLY.

In the puny, undersized .frame" of Alfred Polly, gentle

men's outfitter-hero of Mr. H. G. Wells's story, dwelt a soul entirely at variance with the body it inhabited, a sou! thirsting for romance and beauty and colour, and jolly companionship, Extensive read- ing had furnished Mr. Polly with a weird and wonderful Vocabulary which he knew not how to pronounce, and stima- Jated him to passionate revolt against a life divided between a dingy shop and a peevish wife.

But the little tradesman's muscles. Not until his thirty- will was almost as feeble as his

seventh year did he muster suf- : ficient courage to break away from shop and wife, and go in quest of more congenial sur- roundings. His wanderings led him to a little country inn, where he found employment as an odd-job man. Here at the Inn, with its changing clientele, and his hundred and one taaks ranging from feeding duck- lings to defending the land- lady from her nephew, the seeker after adventure set tled down contentedly.

His in story of a social misfit who finds happiness in the end.