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If we are to retain the old zest in Ilfe, the old feeling of antis- faction and happiness, we must eventually cut down the time that; each man has to give to his job.

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·DAY BY DAY -

A POLITICIAN WHO SCREAMS 18 NEVER LIKELY TO OCCUPY A COM- MONDING PLACE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.-Augustine Birrell,

There was a clean bill of health in the Colony over the week-end.

The dollar opened at In. Od. this morning, but later dropped to 1x. 01⁄2ck, The P. and O... Khyber, from Singapore, is due here at noon

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If I Did Not Have to

By BEVERLEY NICHOLS. Work.

There is a man walking the! Or take out my German gram- streets of London to-day who has mar and master those awful verbs, which from ubfahren to zwingen,, never bought a sweepstake ticket.

The reason he has never bought stand like ugly custodians between one is not because he thinks, like me and the door of a great litera- the Prime Minister, that sweep ture. Or if I were rich and very stakes are dreadful, evil things, nor bored, go to Vienna and be psycho- because he is a pessimist, nor aanalysed. vegetarian.

Actually I think that whatever I The F&0. s.s. Comiori from He has never bought one for the dld would take the form of self- Hongkong arrived at London on the very simple reason that he is afraid education. The trouble with most

he might win.

writers is that they are always so 26th June at 7 a.m.

He is quite sang In fact, busy pouring things out of their anner than most of us. He said: heads that they have precious little "If I won £30,000 I should not time left to put things in.

They have to feel so much that have to work any more. The idea

I doubt if a terrifies me. It is not that I am they know very little. completely devoid of intellectual dozen writers, apart from Shaw, resources. 1 have plenty to do in Wells, and Aldous Huxley, could

I like gardening, tell you how many ribs they possess play golf, and I have always ed, or draw you a map of Jugo- wanted time to be able to learn to Slavin, or tell you the names of play the Bach fukues properly, In- more than three membera stead of always putting on the loud American Cabinet. The Hon. Mr. W. T. Southern is to open the new Science Building at St. pedal and growing hot in the Stephen's College, Stanley, on Satur-fingers when I come to the difficult day at 3 p.m., when he will also unveil parts. the memorial to the late Mr. Chani Slu-ki,

It is advertised that the Exchange Banks will be closed to the transac tion of public business on Wednesday. July 1st.

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MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1981.

THE DANGERS OF BOREDOM.

Logical Outcome. There is little to remark in the

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Arriving from Canton, a Chinese who was searched as he was leaving the fat, was found with if taels of opium in his possession. On being brought before Mr. Schofield at the Central Pallee Court this morning, the accused sold that he was employed as a stable hand by Mr. Ho Kon-tong and had been to Canton He had been to attend a celebration.

[ms

luisure.

of the

Yet these are childishly elemental the average novelist, who yet has no hesitation fucts, unknown to

in dissecting the infinitely complex,

"Then what are you afraid of machinery of a woman's heart! "Chaos!" he said, and there was n glint of real fear in his eyes,

"The lack of any pattern In life. Mornings that were the same evenings! It takes real genius to be rich, unless your life is going to lose all form. Look at the people who don't have to work why,

"even they, in sheer self-defence, have to impose certain arbitrary

they would be lost."

What ever I did, it would not be "nothing." The world is full of People who think that it would be wonderful do "nothing," and it is time that they disiflusioned them- selves. For there is a terrible inte those with that hangs ever all nothing to do. They never have

spare timer

The busy man is the only man

derision af Sir John Simon and asked to bring the opiums to ilongkong rules of conduct on themselves or who ever has any spare time.

und was given $6. A fine of $400 was imposed.

others of his way of thinking to sever their connexion with the official Liberal Party. The only wonder is that the eminent Liberal Jawyer took en long to make up his mind to this course of action.

POLICE RESERVE.

1

WEEK.

Police Reserve Orders by the llon Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe, C.M.G. Inspector General of Police, 'stato:

Revolver

Training Course--Part II.

"How do you mean?**

If you want half an hour with a

"They have to lie in London laay mau, you can usually be fair- ly certain of getting it, but if you be in the season. They have to

want half an hour with an Idler, Scotland in the season, or luan, or

You you can't.

Then

Why should this be? It seems

logical

the Lido, or wherever it is. may say they needn't be. why are they? Why are they there paradoxical. Yet it is really only Time, for a busy man is real and are bored by being there? And if precious. Euch sparking hour has you think that this is only a pose ita menning, its colour, its place. and that they are not being bored, it is like a jewel, and one does not took in their eyes!"

throw jewels away. But for the idle mun, no hour has either mean- the or colour. Each hour is So if you ask the idle man for half an hour of his "time" he does

to work?"

samic,

Sir Robert Hutchison's resigna- ORDERS FOR THE CURRENT when they will all tell you that they tion of the office of Chief Whip, indicating his

of disapproval Liberal assistance to the Govern- |ment, took place nearly a year ago.

He was silent for a moment. General. since when neither Sir Robert nor

"Every man is a slave to some- Sir John Simon have followed Mr.

Practice. The regular thing. He is frightened if he is revolver practice will take free. You may call me a slave to: Lloyd George into the division weeky

place at the Bowen Rand -Revolver my office. I would rather be that jobbies. What has been termed a Range un Welursday, July 1st, at sort of slave."

not know what you mean. He real- spBt. is therefore, really the 17.00 hours, It will be open to all Then he said abruptly, " What The greatest danger that colegical outcome of an impossible members of the Sharpshooters' Com- would you do, if you did not have ly does not. He has no "Lime."

pany, Bengkong Police Reserve. fronts civilized man nowadays is situation continued overlong. the danger of being bored. So Parliament, the strength of the

noted psychologist Says, a

ms that the merianized life of The modera world has made more

Tuesday, June 30th at 5.30 p.m. All universal Liberals who continue to lend members of the Chinese Company and more truly by an honest answer to what is this thing called time? I nervousness almost it

their support ta Mr. Lloyd of the Flying Squad who have not that question than by any other know it not! It is a foolish reaction complaint. Because of the

George's policy of co-operation passed Part II of Training Course method. He will ually begin by of fussy persons!"

answering you frivolously.

So he reasons, and having reason-" chines that man has built to do with the Government

will be should attend.

For instance, one thing thated, arrives half an hour late for his work for him, says

Flying Squad. this welded more strongly together.

would certainly came into my own luncheon. And if you arrive halt The weekly instructional patrol of authority, he finds hintself ton With the powerful argumentative

lust I could get really brown often with no adequate outlet for skill and cold logic of Sir John the Hongkong Section will take place head would be the thought that at an hour late for luncheon you are on Friday, July 3rd. Fall in at removed and his energies, Simon

Liberal Central Police Station at 6.15 p..like the rich bench zurds who hasut of step with life. He is too sate, his wants are to Party counsels, "L.G." and his sharp. Dresa-Khaki - Uniformi and August. So far I have never been "Chnost. It all comes back to

bis, optiona

He can only blink and look about him... seg the strange, formless monotony of his life, and whisper The weekly classes for Police who Government will not be materially Reservists at the Chinese Company's ought to ask themselves, in all sin-

It is a question that all men himself: "Time: What does

1 he mean? do not know what affected. On the contrary, it is Headquarters, 17, Queen's Road cerity.

timo is! I have moods."ex- likely that those Central will be held as usual

You can read a man's character periences

hungers... but

Mil-

easily satisfied. "To have a rich vitality and have nothing to apply

than

from

on

on the Riviera from May t

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opportunity to years, is the worsticial policy'. With the voice of gay has been taken on the strength of I may just have achieved a passable I have ever been able to visualise.

form af emotional anaemia starvation. There is 110

to life, na uncertainty, no venture around the corner."

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is a very real hell to me.

you

as the man who would Herbert Cap with Khaki Cover.

able to spend more than three that chief henchman. Sir

Sharpshooters' Company. Samuel. will, almost certainly

weeks in the sun. The first ten not buy a sweepstake ticke! had ob. experience less difficulty than in alrendly turned in to

Inspection of Rifles.All rifles todays pass by in an agonising, oily served. For how many of us have it to: to have no dire need, never the past months in persuading Armourer for inspection should be no es fort to make the most of our lives without

should be redness, the last ten days In a the power or the energy to shape the economic miss or never to have the

their followers to conform to turned in at once.

Strength-Constable R427 L Mac-every day. On the last day of all. urge? And chaos is the only hell Even as a child I could not work. and

But what is the use of that?! the doubters voluntarily with the Sharpshooters' Company as from Lan,

Clothes must be put on again. The up any great pante about perpetual lustre drawn, the present Chief Whip June 19th.

ad-will find his flock, a trifle smaller ties will be carried out an tite Bowen made.

Ievolver Practice-Revolver prac- return to civilisation must be frizzlings, because I had discovered, bolled In month one's body is in the kitchen, that more easily enn-Road Revolver Range on Wednesday;laguin as white us a slug.

treacle for long enough it did not Perhaps, but

become

al- It disappeared toffe Meanwhile, the inten-July 1st at 5.16 p.m. Members will

The sutne together.

Aut Made to secure by the per-trolled.

Or I might get on a tramp sten- one concluded, would occur with with their belts, holsters and re- fection of mechanical contrivances, tions of Sir John Simon will cause assemble on the Range at that time

lis

learn mer in order to

I could not volvers. Uniform optional.

If the human substances. we try to find, in poor substitutes, good deal of speculation.

(Sgd.) D, L. KING, South Sea Islands efforts to turn out the Labour

are as grossly imagine pain divorced from living | the excitement that our ancestors Government have been as in-

D.S.P. (R). over-rated an I suspect.

tissue. And when you cannot im- agine a thing-whether it is heaven found in direct action. We turn defatigable almost as those of Mr.

For hell-it cannot exist for you. to novels for the thrill that the Winston Churchill, and it would

But chaos oh yes, that was and savage gels out of the hunt, we occasion no surprise if he con- go to the talkies for the excite-sented to receive the Conservative ment that our early ancestors Whip found

make in war, and We

the sport, the prize fight automobile ride take the place of the healthy fears and desires of primitive man; and, all in all, it is not in the lenst good for us. Thus, says the authority quoted, we live under n nervous strain. The samencas of the dally routine, the monotony of the mechanized

London, June 8. London's woman bandit, who.. job, are driving us almost to dis-) traction. We are rapidly losing dressed in black, has figured in a number of umash-and-grab raids our mental health because-in the recently, played the role of res- strictly material senise-we have cuer of one of her male on Saturday night. pilers become too civilized.

'No man A young man called at the house who has lived in the modern of Mr. Louis, Gardner in Meynell- world will question the general crescent, Victoria Park, Hackney, and after ringing the doorbell a accuracy of these conclusions.number of times. tried to force Thinkers have bean crying the the door open with his shoulder. dangers of the mechanica!

era

are, The probabilities however, that both Sir John and those who follow his lend will déclare themselves to be indepen-i dents.

THE WOMAN BANDIT.

-DARING RESCUE.

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CARG

accom-

Mr. Gardner opened the door and seized the visitor, who tried to make off. A violent struggle fol- lowed, in which Mr. Gardner re coived a severe cut on the cheek and bruises.

for a deende. The great question today is. What are we going to do about it? It has been suggested that one necessity is to reduce

Mr. Gardner at last overpowered the amount of work that each the man, and was about to call for man has to do. The shorter work-assistance when the woman in black, whose age appeared to be Ing day, seen from this angle, is about 80, dashed up and draggged not merely a pleasant dream of her accomplice free. labourites; it is a pressing necessity, both for the manual I worker and for the office employee, in

Both man and woman dleap- peared, and, it la belloved, drove away in a car which was waiting

sido strdet.

'I take some more of that potato salad,

always compliments me on it.

My husband

As a child I pictured a grey tormented region with winding paths that led pertually to nowhere. A region where It was

neither night nor day, but where the scarred landscape was blurred by twilight; where the men and wo- men who drifted by were neither enemies nor friends, but children of Nothing. No roads to build, because they would always lead to nowhere (like Ruskin's). No streams to dam, because all the streams trickled wearlly into the No grey earth and were gone. Ares to build, because it was a land neither of cold nor of warmth, but aland of groy drifting smoke.

The land, in fact, of people who do not have to work. Well, I do not want to visit it.

I have seen Its shadow across the faces of the unemployed. That is enough for me.

For distributing pamphlets adver- tising the goods of the Sahang Electric Belt Co., of Queen's Road Central, without the permission of the S.CA. two Chinese were each fined $20 by Mr. Schofield at the Contra Polico Court this morning. His Worship described the papers ma distinctly objectionable,

Two months imprisonment was Imposed by Mr. Hamilton, at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning, on Fong Heung, who admitted a charge of having stolen a window curtal and quantity of clothing, from his master, Chlu Too, of the Kwong Han laundry, Shanghai Street,

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