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How to Spend Wisely
By JOHN PRIOLEAU.
"No man knows anything about practical economy-unless
ho is a miser," said my hostess last week-end, and then it were botter He died."
save their meagre notes, we shall be widely disliked.
I have tried, always from the bachelor point of view, to—heaven help me, and overlook the shattered finitive-spend wisely. Rather,
doing it. I find this so difficult that up to the present I have spent noth.
|much so that anyone paying a visit to certain outising parts after an absence of only a few months finds whole areas undergoing tremen- dous development. There are, in Į effect, big new towns being creat- ed. Some idea of Kowloon's pro- gress may be gathered from the fact that whereas the population in | 1011 was only 68,000, it had grown to 120.000 in 1921, whilst now It In about 200,000. As the census re- port states, Kowloon is now equal in size to such Home towns as Portsmouth and Nottingham.
Speaking generally, the whole report reflects the steady growth of the Colony with obvious signs of improvement and expansion on all
in the Chancellor of the Exchequer years instead of leaving the handa. It encourages and justifies
It is notified that at the expiration—at least in intention. If not in money to dilute my overdraft? those who have consistently held of three months the Tung Lok Theatre those exact words. I have heard Absurd. This is no time for a "54" REGULAR that the Colony has a great future. Company, Limited, will, unless cause this said so often since the God week by the sea or anywhere else.
is shown to the contrary, bo struck standard affair that it has come to If I could draw out a handful of So far from its having reached Its off the register and the company will nean less than "spond wisely"
salá
from the Bank of England 1 heyday, there is evidence that its be dissolved.
and I have given up taying to find could, of course, put it back again, real development has only just;
The King's Theatre is having a logician or/and a grammarian via the Exchequer. That would be commenced. The tendency to-complete change of programme trday. who will translate those two words atrastie. Would it be wase7 dow
an I tell? wards the growth of family life, both pictures and revue. The Theatr for, me into practical sense.
can and do cut down practically has been crowded all the wook, and I am, unfortunately, a tax-paying indicated in the great alteration there is every prospect of big houses bachelor, and as such I am quite all the small spendinge that gild. to-day. Ordinary prices are being certain that I have everything to the duller hours of life. I do not. VEHICLES MAY BE INSPECTED in the sex constitution of the charged for this doubly attractive pro learn from an English housewife find that I am appreciably better und a Socialist Premier, and I have off, that I feel more cheerful or that Colony in a healthy sign also gramme.
honestly tried to understand their anybody on earth is a penny the More and more pople are making
point of view and to apply their butter excopt banker and high principles to my wasting ent-really have no time to think of his ablishment.
troubles just now.
She then asked me, acldly, when His Excellency the Goveronr bant proposed to lay up my car for 1 have laid numbers of plans for appointed Mr. Chiu King-yung to be quarter or two, give up smoking and Publle Vaccinator, vica Mr. Wong pay my taflor. Hong deceased.
"Bachelors are a peril to the ing
How can I think for a moment Chu Wan, a cool coolie, was injured State," she added. "They are the
that it will help the nation if i riot yesterday through a fall from a stage symbol of waste."
"Spend wisely," said, the Prime my poor substance on that week's ing at the N.Y.K. coalyard. He won! not deta.ned in hospital, the injuries Practisă rigid economy." chimed I have tried to have for seven lean
Minister,
about a week before, holiday between forest and sea that being of a minor nature.
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1931.
OUR CENSUS.
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His Excellency the Governor has Hongkong their home. Thus by nominated the following us Member degrees a better civic spirit is being of the Court of the University Hongkong for a further period created. Stendy progress in clear-three years, with effect from the 26th
1931:-Mr. Danio John: ly revealed in the pages which tell October,
Lewis. Mr. Sum Pak-ming And the story of the enumeration of the Mr. Wong Tek-kwong. Colony's population.
The New Cubinet.
My Car.
An
How please, Mra. Hostoes and
| Mr. MacDonald, can I spend wisely7
I am to anxious to please.
I do want several new things for
I find it very difficult. 1 can, of course, lay up my car for an indefinite period. I don't my car, dull things like new tyres The police are offering a reward of! suppose I can sell it, however, bear-and a new battery and a new hood- $100 for information loading to the ing in mind the need for wise covering. I hear that I must make capture and conviction of the thief or economy. It isn't new, by any the old ones do until times are az thieves responsible for the cutting
good
they were
away of a large quantity of couper means, and I have yet to learn that good as they were. But when times. conductor wire, the property of the week before the Motor Show is were China Light and Power Company, bei the best time of year for selling the people who said types and cars, no matter batteries and hood-coverings wer! tween posts Nos. 5, 6, and 7, situated second-nand
the world's much better off than they are to- Passes in the Tsun Wan district. near the Pineapple and Lead Mine whather they
absolute best or not-as mine la, day. uf course.
CORRESPONDENCE.
Economic Policy.
To the Editor, Hongkong Telegraph.]
аге
My Tobacco and Golf.
was it, presumably, wlae
I want other things for my car,
Mr. MacDonald. Sinco
If Mr. Ramsay MrcDonald's new Cabinet team is as willing sa it in able, the lessons of the last few years will not have been in vain.
If I sell it I not only voluntarily Daily Less and Less Bare, A combination on a much broader A letter purporting to be a request
le it rigid economy, from A basis than the emergency Cabinet from a client for a loan of $1,497 was murder my best friend, but I ar- of Ten and of a decidedly less tem; honoured at the Wo Tai firm, general range for another freshet of ex-National senne, to go without now?
merchants, at 11 Wing Wo Street on porary character, it bears all the October 23. Subsequently it was astravaganca If and when the time hy signs of a genuine communion of certained that the letter was a fori comes when I must, for my work's spending then and the reverse now? interests for the thorough restora-who received the money, is now being
gery, and the man who brought it, and sake, buy another.
If I lay it up, a certain number things that would give me, I hope. Packed full of facts and figures,tion of Britain's economic power searched for by the police, consequent of dealers in oll, petrol and tyres Innocuous pleasure, but that are not.necessary. It appears that buy- with illuminating comments on all and for the better organisation of on a complaint laid with them yester will lose money and a few railway day by Ng Shan-yee, manager of the companies and 'bus-companies will aspects of the Colony's life, the the Empire. For the nonec, at any arm.
ncrease their credit by a few shilling these would be wasting money-
and therefore unwise spending. Census Report Is a monumental rate, the Prime Minister may con-
inga. Wise economy? It may be,
agree
that I could spend the How can I tell? work which reflects the highest sider himself the neclaimed leader
money on things that would be of more practical use to me and that credit on Mr. Carric, who has ob-of a new National Party, irrespec-
In that sense the money would be st tive of its ingredients, backed by s viously been at great pains to alva decisive majority of the whole
I can give up smoking, especially any rate partially wasted. But I shan't like it, would the people who sold them to a true picture of the actual posi-nation.
Imported tobacco. Ancient party traditions
but I can do it. By so many of me think it wasted? Porhape they tion. From uninspiring tabular are cast aside in forced recognition
my modest packets ofty will would think it wisely spent. There détails, he has compiled a book of of the fact that the country is in
a vast concern with heaven knows must always be two opinions noout intense human interest, Louching dire need, in the throes of its worst
of British most things-or so I thought, at how many millime The Prime
capital invested by British share: least, until I listened to Mr. Snow- almost every sphere of activity. crials in history.
Sir. Your cent article by Lord holders, be down on the deal. I den and Thoroughly as he has gone into Minister finds himself with a free
mandate to act as circumstances Rothermere on German opinion of can etop playing golf, I have long that exciting moment I grow dally the matter, however, the statistics dictate without hesitation and sup- our present economic position ir, stopped having holidays and going less sure that I know what 1, think given could casily provide material ported by a Cabinet composed of to my mind, the sanest analysis we to theatres, I haven't asked my about anything.
have had since news.came through frie
friends
Confused thinking, confused con- to dine with me at pleasant for anyone having the time and eleven Conservatives, five outstand. that we were off gold.
restaurants for so long that I have clusions. And why bachelors? Or Inclination to deduce further facts. ing Liberals, and three companion Some time ago 1 suggested that forgotten the sensation. I haven't misers? It would be too easy to There is, indeed, a wide field of National Socialista. A powerful Ergland's only hope of economic re had a new suit for two years. In quote "Riceyman Steps" to my array of talent, the Cabinet contains cover lay in the reduction of the that rigid economy? It is very austere hostess. Mr. Kartforward was a miser, both as a bachelor and exploration and deduction bpened
that disagreeable, eo I expect it is. some conspleuously youthful, blond, internal war debt, and now
In an infinitesimal degree it must married man. abandon
He economilsed up by the almost endless at of including Sir Archibald Sinclair we have been forced to tables which the volume contains. (11), Sir Phillp Cunliffe-1.ister industry to attain by post-war de- have invested their money in golf nuisance to everybody.
position for which we crippled also be disagreeable for those who rigidly and died of it, a hideous Sociologically and in other (47), Mr. W. G. A. Ormsby-Gore ftation, I ace no reason why
we courses, club and ball shops, hotels Washing, Books & Choque Books. Do bachelora habitually live lives ways, there is a wealth of hidden (46). It is a combination which should not proceed to lift the bur in places where exhausted news-
Infla- paper men go to try to forget that of reckless extravagance" I know Information in the report.
should do much to restore Britain's den by carefully-controlled
Caxton ever lived, theatres, taverne one who never checks his washing faith and confidence, faith In our tion. Those who had expected the re-genius for governing wisely, faith
This could be effected by the and clothes. Caddies and waiters book, chiefly because if he dis- covered the evidence of robbery he Issue of Treasury notes which cannot love me as they did. turne to disclose a population of a in our administrative ability and would be put into circulation by I do not know how many would never have the courage to million will be disappointed in the confidence in our future. Tariffe Government purchase of war loan, bachelors there are in this suffer-mention it. Do bachelors never fil total of less than 850,000. This scent inevitable, but Mr. MacDonald Yours, etc.,
ing country, but if they all do what in the cheque-stube, never look at myth of a million population has is not likely to be rushed into long prevailed. As is disclosed in the reckless experiments. Mr. Waiter Runciman's presence at the Board report, it was widely-held several of Trade aufficiently guarantees the years ago, but the basis of calcula- closest scrutiny of every propogal tion in former years is shown for fiscal change. have left much to be desired. The error is explained by wide genera- lisation from particular and pecu- liar districts. Undoubtedly one of the most striking aspects of the census figurea is the evidence sup- plied of a very deßnite transfer of population from Hongkong to the mainland. This is welcomed, as
PROTECTING THE REVENUE.
NEW POWERS UNDER ORDINANCE.
The Gazette contains the draft
it should be, for only by this means of an Ordinance to amend the will the chronic overcro'vding in Public Revenue Protection
the island city eventually be re-dinance, 1927.
Or-
new section based on section 15
Heved. The density of population is Section 2 of this Ordinanco in- most marked in certain of the city sorts in the principal Ordinance areas, a circumstance which ob-
(1) of the Finance Act, (No 2) viously militates, against public 1915, as amended by the Finance health. It lu encouraging, how-Act, 1919; but the duration of the ever, to notice that even now there order la put at four months instead of three to conform with the pro-
are now localities being opened up visiors of section 4 (2) (d) of the,
on the island. In this connexion, principal Ordinance.
the value of the Prayn East re-
The new section is as follows:- clamation is attested by the fact The Governor may at any time that already there are over eight by order authorise the Superinten thousand people housed on this dent of Imports and Exports, dur- Ing any porlod named in the order aren which was formerly covered not exceeding four months, to re- by the waters of the barbour. fuso to allow the delivery of duri Kowloon's growth in amazing. able goods. or commodities for foent use from ship alde or ware-.
An Increase of over 113 per cent. house on paymers of duty in any in a docado is some indication of cases where deliverica are de the development across the har-manded of amounts atceeding the bour. There are huge new dl deliveries which appear to the Superintendant to be reasonable trista, being opened up there, so deliveries in the ciraumstances.”
the
ONLOOKER.
until it is too late?
imy severe hostess tells me to do and their pass-Des never in any wort
"You'da laughed, Segt-There I was shouting at him and be
just sat dumb and couldn't think of anything to call me.
Are their of order?
Cartainly they would be batter dead than misers. Perhaps the lady meant that miscrs' ideas of economy are even worse than bachelors. And she was so ter- ribly in earnest. So must the Prime minister have been.
Let me try just once more to pierce the darkness, If, when the necessaries of life, present and future, are paid for, you have left over a sum of idle money, what are you to do with it? Hoard it? Not with
the Prime Minister's consent. Spend It? Yes? On what 7
My dear hostoas, my respected Prime Minister and my feared Chancellor, when I have such a sum of money I shall do as I pleaso witan that way at least one person will be satisfled.
PHIPPS Finds
LAUGHS FULL OF VITAMINS.
"Ha! Ha!
Ha!
Shake well three times a day." That is the prescription a Darby- shire vicar has made up for his parishionera
Welfare
The vicar quotes medical au thority for saving that minimum of three laughs in twenty-four hours le casential to the correct function- Ing of the lungs and to the well- being of the whole body. All tha........ vitamins in the alphadet, Bays the vicar, won't do you as much good asa concentrated parglo with clean fun.
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