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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH; MÒNDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1931.

Some Paramount Reasons

WHY YOU SHOULD GIVE YOUR DOG THE —

"QUORN" DOG REMEDIES

CONDITION AND TONIC POWDERS

Famous kennels rely upon the "Quora". Breeders and owners use the "Quorn". Both the expert and the amateur are buyers of the "Quorn", while champions of all breeds have been kept fit for years with the "Quorn" Dog Remedies.

THEY COOL THE BLOOD, REMOVE ALL IMPURITIES AND ACT AS A TONIC TO THE WHOLE SYSTEM.

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THE HONGKONG HOTEL GARAGE.

The Kenstong & Shanghai Hotels, Ltd. Incorporated in Ilongkong, 25, Queen's Road C and Stable Read

foreign imports aro to bo Imposed or removed, raised or lowered. It Is unnecessary to discuss this pro- posal. It is only necessary to stato ft. The utter impossibility of ap-|

plying it in practice is obvious. There are also to be "Commodity Boards," representing producers in the great Industries and the con- sumern of their products. "Your Commodity Board," Sir Oswald says, "would have the power to ad- vise the Minister, under licence, to let In foreign products free in the

event of

DAY BY DAY

ALWAYS MISTRUST NEGATIONS

THEY COMMONLY SIGNIFY BLINDNESS AND PREJUDICESir Oliver Lodge.

On account of Chlucno New Year,

Dr. Wagner, who has been on leave for several months, has resumed duty as Consul General for Germany

in Canton.

h|s

On the Road to Mandalay

TN THOSE few brief moments stretch of hot sun to be traversed,

the

of grey light before the dawn, His Highness was protected by a there will be no issue of the Telegraph that in Burma does indeed "coma huge black cotton umbrella, hold up like thunder," began our four over him by a boy who dodged to-morrow,

hour motor trip to the little rall along behind him. way station. The trunks had The White Crow's "palace," na it been sent down the afternoon was called, consisted of a square before, by elephant.

garden Inclosed all around and Inside And now the jerky little train above with wire netting. During the absence on leave of Mr. was taking the four of us from was a small house for the bird's the industry not under-1.. S, Greenhill, Mr. 31. A. Rogers in to

blue-misted attendant. It is the belief of the emerald-tree,

Barmahab

Inhabitants of the province that taking proper reorganization to act as Secretary of the Lane Inveals mountains of northern

down to parched plains with their all will go well as long as the meet the competition at the foreignment and Agency Co., Ltd.

scarlet blossomed trees known as White Crow in all right. No enre prices.". Here again, picture the The International Mission for the the "Flame of the Forest," But is too great,

We did not go into the garden, Board In session. Imagine its dis-investigation of the Trafie in Women oven the prospective glory of

and Children hus returned from reaching Mandalay the next morn-but stood outside the netting while cussions with regard, not to half-a- | Manila and is now at

out of his Canton. ug seemed small recompense for the attendant came It will return to Hongkong on Friday having to leave the Shan States, house and Invited the Crow to dozen standardized articles, but to

and proceed to Swntow, Amoy nul แม the northern provinces of come down put of a tree and perch hundreds or thousands of separate Foochow.

Burma are called.

on his hand. With a great swish Far behind now was the com- the beautiful snow-white bird and a sudden alighting movement commodities, the prices probably

The Sincere Co., Ltd., announce fluctuating month by month. The that to-night, Chinese New Year fortable teakwood house of our

Evo, their stores will be open up to British

He poised for a moment en hosts, where in pine 'came. duty laid upon it of granting or re-

midnight, following which they will grave near the garden we had fed the out-stretched arm, and then fusing Iniport licences to foreign have holidays until Thursday, Feb bananas to the friendly elephants low up again to his roust, bring-

ruary 19, when they will producers according as "the Indus-business is usual.

resume when they were in from their treksing the brief audience to an end.

in the forest. There the mountains

But now we were on the road ry" did or did not undertake "pro- per reorganization," would be quite Sugar Refinery, a coolis Pyrenees. They are gentle wind-to Mandalay, and those pictures

Whilst working at the Kee Cheung alretch far away, graceful as the Impossible of performance.

Hennessy Rond, suffered injuries toling, verdant mountains; primitive, were behind."

Hellotrope, turquoise, petunia. For foodstuffa und raw materials falling on him. He was admitted to imprisoning.

chest through a bag of sugar without being jagged or sharply.

flamingo, the blue-pur magenta, coral, of clematis, sal- there are to be Import Boards, the Government Civil Hospital for Those northern Burmese pro-

trentment early yesterday morning. [vinces we had found to abound in non, ochre, which should undertake bulk pur-

Bequamarine, and Where can we be? Not in pink. the most astonishing contrasts. [P chases abroad and sales at home.

in Messrs. A. S. Watson & Co., Ltd., Here is a garden of carnations in a garden-but A Burmese rail- advertise that on Tuesday, February all Burma's Blaming clear colours, way station down on the Employing public money,

17, and Wednesday, February 18, all

plains; and these are just a few- Boards munt be under public departments will be closed. On these and in that copse

reatly to spring, juf the colours worn there by the authority. In the final resort it fe days, the Hongkong Dispensary. Dis. panther lurka,

pensing Department will be open for ere a splendid harti-surfaced shifting, weaving crowls.

From the train window we impossible to avoid political control, dispensing prescriptions from 10 am, road winds between plane trees; Miss Audrey The conception of wholly indepeno i p.m. and from 6 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. further on the breadfruit grows watch them, grouped under the Mr. A. Y. Barry,

While In the north we had seen rey-leafed trees near by. They

a gay people, affablo Maet.co.

The engagement is jelent, farsighted commercial men, Capt. White of 264, Prince Edward glittering in the sun at a distance

Arthur between

Vere Innerd

from outside Influence,

Rond, reported to the police on a body of water, the name of which happily serene and very neat in Harvey, Reserve of Air Furce Meers, immune

Saturday morning the loss of his we learned was "The Lake of the appearance. The her Mpe of Mr. A. W. Harvey and buying and selling on behalf of the private motor car No. 1688 from out Sacred White Crow." Thither wely coloured skirt of hand-wovan above native "lung" or vivid- Mrs. Harvey, Kessingland, Suffolk,

side the Royal Artillery Officers' Mess and Audrey, only daughter of Mr. nation, looks like mere delusion.

in Chatham Rand. The vehicle was went to pay a visit to the native And Mrs. Nurian P.

Will the farmers of Great Britain, subsequently, recovercil by the police auvereign of the province in which silk, freshly laundered white mull jackets. Their smooth black hair 'Ardedynn." Kelvinside, Glasgow, arotinni. (Copy from London papers and the farmers of Canada as well; Male Street, Shamshuipo, with the resided the bird that gave its name is neatly coiled and shines like

front axle broken. 28th January, 1931)

The sovereign dwelt in a rather polished ebony. In it they often wear white jasmin flowers and Municipal Government covering the lace."

Statistics compiled by the Canton rickety, unpainted wooden ornaments of carved green jade. We passed through several The men wear the lungi, too, and, yeur 1030, give the number of fires, passages and anterooms, which heavier white juckets. They great and small, that occurred in this led to the great "throne room," usually wear a thin piece of silk city as 207 of which 112 were put of bare wooden boards, and empty around their head, covering the under control shortly after the out except for a small dais on one top with an end dangling Altogether 351 houses were burned break thus causing alight damNICE.

side.

of this, in a small reception down. The total loss in property central issues of politics. The lives were lost through burning and distinctly Victorian, red-plush laugh gently.

was estimates at $600,000. Seventeen room, also of wood, furnished with people walk to and fro, ent all manner of fruit and nuts, talk and

cost of the transactions, in the the injured list was 30.

holstered chairs, we awnited His

The train slides away. We are varying and speculative world mar-

Highness. The walls were hung rolling over the plains again on with signed photographs of three our way to Mandalay. At sunset kets in foodstuffs and raw muiter-

generations of the British royal we shall change trains and settle is likely to be immense--

(amily.

down for the night, the last part of the journey series of cement whether ft take the form of cost

Trains in Burma From another door His High-are cut up into a to the consumers through excessive

ANNOUNCEMENT.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

such

will the producers of raw materials throughout the British Empire, have anthing to say as to the prices that are to be fixed, prices that will wish to determine the amount of every Mrs. A. Silva and Son thank their friends and relations for man's annual income? The doings Horn tributes und conialemen their recent bereavement.

of the Import Boards will become

The

nift

Hongkong Telegraph. is.

MONDAY, FEB. 16, 1931.

MOSLEY IDEAS CRITICISED.

In view of the fact that an im-

over.

COOLIE ROBBED OF WAGES.

..

near by

to both the lake and state.

aro

womon

hat

and

wenr

over one car. Under the trees the

little

prices, or to the taxpayers through FOOTPADS GET AWAY WITH entered he was a patriarch floored, leather-seated compart-

subsidies. Actual experience proves

that this Is NO. Under political

NEARLY $100.,

.

contractors.

Seemingly, word of his having

of great dignity and gentleness ments. Accouterment for travel of bearing, dressed in white silk includes your own bedding and a of a finess of texture unknown in servant or, as in our case, a ser- An earth-carrying coolic return the West. He enrried in his hand vant-guide-translator, to make up/ pressure several Governments, oring home late on Saturday night, IL tiny chain of honey-coloured the beds on the long leather seats was robbed of his wages, repre- amber beads and wore a brooch and to look after the baggage, organizations under Government

senting several months pay to made of one enormous cat's-eye, a Meals are served very nicely at auspices, have attempted of recent total of $98.50, which he had a magnificent gem.

the stations, which draw up on yeurs the bulk purchase and sale,short time before received from his The sovereign greeted us most the scene at exactly the right

an interpreter times. or a guarantee of the prices, of employers, the Sang Lee firm of kindly, and with

we sat down to talk. After re- portant section of the Independent staple commodities. There are the

served... Pan Wong-tsun, the coolle in freshments had been

The sun had gone behind grey- Labour Party has recently

examples of wheat in Canada and question, told the police he had fruit-juice syrups and breadfruit. clouds when we arrived in Thazi. of with many comfits-the conversa-A dust-laden wind rattled stiff- whelmingly rejected Sir Oswald the United States, coffee in Brazil, Intended to make a number Mosley's programme for dealing cotton in Egypt. The financial re-

purchases for the New Year, for tion began to get very deep. Ils loaves trees as we stopped onto with the present industrial crisis at salt in each case has been disas Street at about 10 p.m.

which purpose he was in HennessyHighness asked us our opinion as the station platform. This was to this question of the earth being where we were to change trains. round or flat. He himself heldIt was a desolate little place com- Home, it is interesting to note that trous. Sir Oswald Mosley suggests

of a few native the proposals have also come in for also that the "future production" of Inhond, for at the junction of Leerceived that he meant both in station. In

the big sum with him had gone that it was both. After much ex-posed mainly

hy the interpreter, we houses down the road from the scathing criticism on the part of

few minutes,, our Garden Street, in a poorly lighted the sense that a phonograph record all-round helper came back with prominent Liberale, amongst whom

locality, he was intercepted by two la both. This being a rather dif- the announcement that by some the train men. A blow struck on the head by Neult subject to pursue even with change of programme may be mentioned Sir Herbert Samuel.

one of the man with some weapon,out the added complication of an for Mandalay would not be in un- The chief complaint.

wealth," and that this should be stretched him unconscious on the interpreter. we let the matter til morning." against the schemes of the Socia-

dane by "An economie secretariat." ground. When he came to, hefdrop.

No train until morning and not list Peer is that whilst his

he had been Presently we were taken by the

in Thazi! We looked a hotel A body of officials are to sit in Lon.discovered that

vent he had on Prince himself to see the Sacred across the greyed wooden rail that generalizations may be sound, hedon, and are to allocate to India,ed of every

White Crow, him.

There being a fenced off the dirt platform from

the hopelessly misses the mark when

" "compaund," parched one may suppose, how much cotton to details. In cloth she is to produce and what

stretch of grassless ground. he comes down

Across the road beyond it a cluster of particular, he appears to have

bamboos rustled in the wind. adopted the current eliches of the proportion of her needs she is to leave to Lancashire; to divide wool Protectionists without having given

supplies between Australia and any close analysis to the facts.

South Afrien; to decide how much Moreover, the Mosley idea of "in Sugar le to be produced from sulation" is bad from in economic boot in Britain, and from cane in standpoint, inasmuch by in the West Indies. If ever such a Isulating imports, exports are con Istricted.

A manufacturer who is given the protection of a tariff, says Sir Oswald, should submit to a private costing process to ensure that he

the British Empire "should be al- located and planned as between the component parts of the Common-

Secretariat succeeded in arriving al

a single decision, by what process would that decision be enforced 7

Idens and ideals are excellent; they are indispensable; they are the very soul of politics. But, as Bir is not raising prices unduly to the Herbert Samuel points out, they consumer, and he might also be must be wedded to practicability," naked to give satisfaction that the It. is not enough to declare, "Wo maximum efficiency was being need à fresh start, a new orfènta- maintained in the industry. It is tion; Sir Oswald proclaims it; lot difcult, to see how this. Ides can us welcome his proposals." It

be embodied in an Act of Parlin- would be a strange logic to say, "it ment, and applied in practice. As is right that we should do some- Sir Herbert Samuel lus pointed thing; that is something; therefore out, there are in Great Britain that is right.". A positive policy quarter of a million separate fac-must be constructed out of care- tories and workshops, producing fully considered practical proposals. tens of thousands of articles of Sir Oswald does not begin in that overy variety of character and of way. He begins with a peroration, quality. There is tó be "a private and frames proposals to justify it. costing process" to determine the He starts with the roof and tries efficiency of the prices that are to hang his odifico from that. Not charged. According to the result so can the policies of nations be of such inquiries the tarife on built.

NINTER

SPORTS

"I wonder how I'd look in such a bulky costume."

02

Our guide smiled and nodded to a group of Burmese women who wore approaching. These, ho ex- plained, were the porters, come for the

But where were wo

luggage.

going? The station had a rest- taurant, but we didn't relish sit- ting up all night. Ah, but we wouldn't have to, our guido cx- plained, we would go to the Dak Bungalow, the bungalow provided by the British Government for travellers,

Each of the porters by now had picked up a bag or box and placed.

it

on hor head. One by one they climbed the rail, not losing balunce for a second, thep thoy filed across the compound, and we followed. On the other side of the rond, back a little way, high up on stilts, stood the bungalow. At the foot of the steep flight of staps cach porter paused, alipped her feet out? of her shoes and then mounted. Novor for a moment did the article”; on her head seem to impedò Her enso and grace of movement.

And now for the Dak Bungalow! We went up the stops, crossed the veranda and enterad. The front room extended the width of the house. Behind it were two bed- rooms. The walls were wooden slats. A wicker chair or two furnished the front room. What seemed like widened and elongated. camp stools were bede. There was nothing else. Our faithful helper hustled off and soon returns (Continued on Page 7)

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