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ginal plan to make it norve pur- poses for which it was never in tended. In particular, the amend- ments made to the system last year suggest that the obligation of {

HE WHO SEEKS REPENTANCE FOR jan unemployed person to seek THE PAST SHOULD WOO THE ANGEL VIRTUE FOR THE FUTURE.-Bulwer Laston.

BEVERLEY NICHOLS on

THE PARTY SPIRIT.

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THAT makes

party?

the perfect room where the party is being held. there to radlute depression until

work has been relaxed to a degree that is definitely unwise: It was suggested at the true that there

II. E. the Governor has appoint- was a real danger in this relaxa- ed Monday, February 2 next, as the tion leading to a substantial in-date for the annual Inspection of

the St. John Ambulanco Brigade. Not alcohol. I have been to par-everybody wants to follow her ex- crease, mainly through greater

ties in sternly "dry" houses In ample.

If royalty was expected and does delay in the filling of vacancies, The 8. Luchow, which arrived America. where water flowed like in the number of the unemployed. from the North yesterday after-champagne, and everybody enjoyed not come, they do not rush round the room breathing heavily, ex- Facts have since shown that to be noon, brought in nine ponies, which hineoff.

were under the charge of a Russian Not presents. I have beca to plaining that there has been a re- the Balkans, or that parties given by the case. It must be admitted, of "mufoo."

rich people who volution in

happened. As thrust gold powder boxes into wo "something" has course, that the whole of the inter-

elaborate # matter of fact, it would need a Seized with an epileptle fit. Chan men's tops and stuffed voulng feronse is not due to this Shing (25), a cook employed by the felgarette cases into men's pockets, rather odd woman to behave like enure, but there are good grounds Indian police at the Wanchat Sta-and everybody was filled with gloom, that, but there are a good many odd Nal homogeneity. I have been women about who do these things, And they are always expecting for thinking that there has beention, was yesterday removed to the

to parties where deans hotmobbled Government Civil Bospital, greater abuse of the system slave

with demimondaines, and both theyalty and never getting it, which the relaxation than before.

The many friends of Mr. Asehirdean and the demimondaine were is why one should never take any Henderson, hate of the Hoogkung improved. Nor lack of homogeneity. notice of that suggestive little any event, the whole scheme aj

Tramways, will be intereativl For I have been to parifes where word "decorations" on the bottom

left-hand corner of one's card. pears to have become distorted lean that he was elected a deans hobnobbed with demimond-

aines, and both considered into a general system of unemploy- cider on the Gourock Town Com

process to be socially lowering. eif in the November elections, ment relie, without discriminat- Jag between those who were pro perly covered by insurare and those who were not.

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If the band in late--the special

Not liona. I have been to parties band, you know, that only plays at Suspected as being the work of which looked like those old-fashion. private houses after one o'clock, and harbour thieves, is daappearance ed panoramas of celebrities, where even then out of tung-they do not of a cable shackle, valued at 520, quantities of figures jostled enchman and tear their hair, and push from the forecastle of the 8.8, Rams other, and each figure had a blank wretched bullers to the telephone. Whilst it is true that unemploy-the night before last, has been re-for a head, and inside the bend was No. They sit down at the plane and every- ruent is now a world phenomenon led to the police by the master, a number. That was just what the and play abominably,

were body loves it and sings and stamps kerty was like-the bends Captain Williams.

blank, and if you had not known his feet. experienced in greater or less de-

the world's If deadly enemies moet in the Four months' imprisonment, with that Number 3 was gree by all industrial countries,

12 strokes of the cans, was imposed greatest dramatist, and Number 27 sail, and glare at each othor, and nothing is to be gained by con- on Ching Yuk-po when charged, be-he world's greatest violinist, you proceed from room to room spread- On that fact.fore Mr. Butters, at the Kowloon might have thought you were in the ng poison, they do not bustle about, centrating solely

trying to create a feeling of good We have seen it stated that reports Magistracy this morning, with hav-drearlext suburb.

ing snatched a handbag from t Nor friendliness. By which will. No they enter into the spirit of inrge-scale unemployment to | Kit-chen, a womann, in Nathan Rond mean "the old familiar faces con-of the game. They say, "It's all ception of hospitality. For 1, and quite true, what Flora is saying the United States, Germany and last night.

you, and everybody in the world about Annabelle, and what An- received with We have received a Italy have been

copy of have been to parties where old nabelle is saying about Flora is something akin to the grim satis-special English Supplement of the friends are gathered together, and truer still."

But even these amiable activities faction of a man with goat who Asphi, one of Japan's biggest news- the result has been indistinguish-

entitled "Present-Day able from an Irish wake.

do not absorb them completely, for, papers, learns that his next-door neigh-Japan." It contains over 170 pages,

you see, they really do not greatly Nor good food, nor music, Ror care what Flora saya about An- bour is suffering from the same gives much information on the in complaint. This fatalistic attitude dustry and social life of Japan, and lighting, nor noise, nor silence, nor, nabelle, which means that they do

is noteworthy for some beautiful as far as one can judge anything not dwell on a subject too long. is mischievous. Unemployment coloured plates.

at all. And please do not make not linger particularly over any one a melody to be the product of human mistakes

hearse asides at me about "a party guest, nor cause A dress rehearsal of the Phi- depending on the mood in which one played ad nauseam, nor arrange for the lights to be always at certain and miscalculations, and it can

harmonie Society'a production, "The goes to it." because one does not go aggravated or alleviated by Yeomen of the Guard" was given at to parties with fixed moods. In measure of gloom or gaiety, for they

the Theatre Royal last evening. fuct, the only reason for going to

to realise the value of contrast--the human netion. However, the autu

glitter that alarms, and sudden Judging from thr exellence a party at all is to have one's mood tion of the unemployment problem of the performance, a rend treat is changed to a colour a little less shocks and excltos-the sudden is one issue, and the tackling of in store on Friday and the aucces-drab or garish than that which tints dimness that thrills and whispers

and clates. the moment. the insuraner Scandals another. Ive nights on which this popular It

opera is to be given.

bellove that the only really And it occurs to me, as I read Let us hope that the Commission

good parties are Nukes. And in these words again, with the cold Capt. W. T. Paul, master of the order that the fluke may occur, these light that sparkles in the proof- Not before its time is a Royal now appointed will at lean in- Commission to enquire into the dicate the ways and manns where. Luchow, reports passing a dere-parties must be given by people corrector's eye-that in describing

fet junk awash Capparently at an who do not care tuppence whether the mentality of the party given

failure. have also described the mentality bechor) hu Lat. 26° 06′ 30′′ N., and the party is a success or unemployment insurance system, by a very fine

Caring is fatal. J write with of the truly exquisite connoisseur the operation of which is proving operated in accord with the ort.Loug. 120 28 E. at noon on De

cember 6. Capt. Paul considers this particalar feeling on this subject of life. to be a danger to navigation and because I am convinced that it is such a drain on Britain's finances, ginal intentions of thons

has accordingly reported to "all the reason why I am temperamen- To say nothing of its abuse by caused it to be put into force.

stations" by wireless, those who would rather be litte than do a day's real hard work. We do not believe that those who take advantage of a very wise and

Hongkong Telegraph.

THURSDAY, DEC. 1, 1930.

THE PROBLEM OF THE "DOLE."

system may

The Sanitary Bored.

wh

In one of his numerous writings

tally unfitted to give a party PHIPPS finds myself. I worry too much. Charged with the theft of reven

If I see three women standing up lengths of iron rod from a building in a corner I want to drag them out under construction in

TOO MUCH ADO Shangha and make them sit down and talk ABOUT MOTORING.

Street, a Chinese boy informed Mr to three men. There must be some. Butters, at the Kowloon Magistracy awful seeds of Victorian gentility

necessary relief system are in any a century or so ago. Robert Boyleis morning, that he had beur arking in my brain. If anybody's

sense typical of the British work-remarked. that superciliousness given the red by a man, who had glass is emply I feel that it must be TF the policeman'a lot is not a nan, but the fact cannot be escap- and laziness were too often found asked him to carry it. He did not filled at all costs: if there is a pause happy one. the motorist'a' is ne that there are flaws in the in- together in schools. We were re-know it was stolen property. Then the conversation I feel that life not exactly all beer and by-pass.

The trouble is that motoring has guratice scheme which lend them-minded of the noted philosopher's defendant was ordered to receive has stopped.

Really good party-givers never become too deadly serious for words. close association of these distine- en stroke, i selves to exploitation by the work-

tive characteristics when perusing Charges of possession of about have such qualms. If, for example, Time was when starting the en- shy and that the system has come

the report of the Sanitary Board 500 heroin pills and four mace of they are informed that Miss Jen-gine was an adventure out of which meeting yesterday, though it is non-Government prepared opium, kins is lying on the stairs weeping, it was possible to get a considerable

they let her weep, because they kick. possible, of course, that the re-were brought against four Chinese realise that this is probably what Nowadays, unfortunately, it is Bo

in for very considerable abuse. In principle, the unemployment insur

ance acheme is one to which no

possible.objection can be taken,

employer and the Government con- tribute thereto for the specific purpose of assuring that the gen- ninely idle shall not go without the necessities of life, there can be na questioning the right of the workiens contributor to the grunta which the system provides.

Least of all do they drag har back, all damp and draggled, to the

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The driver, too, is bursting with insurance policies, driving licence, reference cards, club handbooks (complete with method of salute, password, and sententious diatribes on the Brotherhood of the road"), lubrication charts, and an instal- ment card indicating how much of the car he has paid for,

Mr. Parsnipp and the P.C. Imagine the case of Д motorist

James called

Parsnipp. James Parsnipp is driving his car, which contains a gun and some cartridges, Into the country with intent to do- grievous bodily harm to a few pheasants. Enter P. C. Entwhistle, of Lower Bumblethorpe. P.C. Ent... whistle holds up James Parsnipp.

You came round that there corner at fifty moile an hour--My speedo meter Bald fiftoon.

vival was but an example of the before Mr. Lindsell at the Central

Magistracy this morning. Three of the desires, at the moment, to do.

kina queer tricks played in the memory the defendants, who were arrested They do not rush out to Miss Jen-revoltingly easy to start a car and

tell her not to

drive it away that everybody does and

They weep. and inasmuch as the worker, the by an association of idea., Howat 291, Queen's Road, were re-do not whisper in her ear that life/it. And motoring has become one

ever. the fact remains unaltered manded till to-morrow while is, after all, a gay affair if we moke mass of white lines and red tape. that there is still a great deal fourth was discharged, it being the best of it. lacking at Sanitary Board meet-stated he was a cook in the ings in the manner and nature of premises. official replies to perfectly reason- able questions. We cannot com- plain on this occasion of side- tracking, hut we do regret the seeming necessity for curtness, as though the Government, or its The It has well been said that the officials, disdain enquiry.

Head of the Sanitary Board could strongest bulwork against per-

not have been more sparing in raanent damage to Britain's in-

hi ure of words if each one had dustry and social institutions has

cost him a pain. Some of his been the existence of the national

replies (in all cases shorter than unemployment insurance scheme.the questions) displayed disregard Without it, the country would of what is due to Unofficial members have been faced by appalling dis-of the Board, some of them amount- tress, by the breakdown of the ing almost to a snub. It is net good enough. The publie has to pay Poor Law, and perhaps.by bread

for the services of matariologists. riots and revolution. If there had and it has a right to know what been no insurance scheme, some they are doing to justify their ap- comprehensive form of State relief | pointment. The vague habit of would have had to be improvised. Government of regarding public In pasaing, It may be mentioned oplulon as unimportant is with- that the United States, which until out ground or occasion. We doubt. recently has had no unemployment if a single adequate reason for refusal to publish the reports of problem, is now being faced with the malarlologists and the recom- procisely this issue and contemmendations of the Director of plates spending a truly colosen! Medical and Sanitary Services sum in relief measures. Unfor- could be advanced, and we suġ- tunately, so far as Britain le con- gost that if the Government has corned, the scheme which has done not considered the question of publication, that it might do no so much to mitigate the evils of without unnecessary delay.

The the past few years appears to be Sanitary Board apparently works breaking down under the strain on the hypothesis that the leas put upon it. Successive Govern- Unofficials are told, the loss they will want to know. More light, ments, faced by electoral pressure

loss dissatisfaction, is a sofor and administrativo difficulties,

dictum. have twisted and distorted the ori-

THE HOSTESS: Don't go home yet, there may be some hard centres in the second layer that I won't like.

Ar, 1 desany. May I see your driving licence 7-Certainly.

Thank you. Now oi'll jest 'ave a peep at your car licence.Delight.

ed.

Um, that seems in order. Ullo. carrying a gun, are you? "Ave you'

a gun licence? Here it is.

Ar: Don't mind if I see your game licence. do you?-Only too Plenged.

Ar- may say that I have at home a dog licence, a wireless licence, and a butler licence, nonu of which, I regret to ady, I have.... with me. But I should be delight- ed to show them to you any time you feel like dropping in.

Hrmph. Pretty 'andy with your tongue, ain't you? What's your perfession?-I am a poet. But I utterly and absolutely refuse to pro- duca my poetic licence...

All of which sounds irrelevant un.. tli you remember that it all arose. || out of a driving licines. There is

too much, ado about motoring..