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IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THIS YEAR'S

YOU

Studebaker

AN

THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1932.

always be kept in mind in case of real emergency. So far 118 we understand the matter, the danger is not so much from actual contact with sufferera as from contaminat-

DAY BY DAY

THE VIEWS OF A VANDAL

world used to be a

very method of shaking their Bats in

Tsimple place, in which a little people's faces,

The Empress of Canada arrived at geography Vancouver on Tuesday,

IRIT. the Prince of Wales celebr- ates his 38th birthday to-day.

· WAR IS THE LAST THING IN ALL ed water and food supplies. On THE WORLD TO GO ACCORDING TO PRO- the other hand, the presence of GRAMME-Thucydides, Bufferers in our midst cannot be lightly contemplated when it 16 borne in mind that exposure of the smallest quantity of the defecta of the patient may lead to a serious

The Empress of Japan is due here epidemic. The disease is both air-from Shanghai at 8 am on Saturday and water-borne, and in particular It may spread through enreless dis- from solled posal of sewage or

Water supplies clothes, rags, etc. also need to be carefully watched

Mr. B. M. Talati, B. A., will speak against possible contamination. on "Indis and Her People" at the You will want your car thorough. Here in Hongkong, where so much usually weekly public lecture of the

Hongkong Lodge, The Theosophical) ly insulated against noise, and of our sewage disposal is conduct-Sorlety, 17, Queen's Road Central, against heat in Summer and colded on rather primitive lines, the to-day at é

p.m.

HAVE MISSED EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO COMPARE VALUES. You will want your car roomy and we can't find any record of any car in the Studebaker Six price class having such wide front and rear seats.

in

Winter. automatic

want You will

THEN YOU CAN COMPARE VALUES.

THE HONGKONG HOTEL GARAGE

The Hongkong & Shanghel Hotels, Ltd. Incorporated in Hongkonu. Stubbs Road

Happy Vall-

DEATUL

bins would appear to be matters

not to be overlooked.

It

.

An innovation introduced

went .IL long way.

The salient feature of polities Generally it was enough if we knew what was happening in our own to-day is a penchant for appoint- strect; or even what the people nexting Committen at home and for at- door were up to next.

tending Conferencca abroad.

The result in either case ia' the

worse

ful. The addresses were interesting in and aluminium was most success wiped wholly and and to the paint, and the manner in map.) which they were received indicated; the appreciation of the members.

names, The Smashed Atom.

Man-

or

than

con

political

for.

the

Today everything is changed. We are expected to know all about sunie-nothing, or world politles, and to take an in-nothing. terest in the affairs of countries Some miniature medals wore found at Government House after the King's which, to judge by their

As a further complication of Birthday Reception. The owner may should not be permitted to exist,

Our dally papers are a miserable life, here is this aplitting of the have them by applying to the Allie-de-medley of dull thuds and piercing atom. Some scientists with nothing Camp, Goverment House.

heart-cries from the ends of the better to do have been bombarding it with electricity for years, until earth.

People we have never seen before its revolted nature could stand the calmly ask us, as they sit opposite thing no longer and it flew into to us in the train or bus, what we pieces; which were engerly seized think of the Czecho-Slovakian ex-ns aouvenirs by the assassins, just change question (as if we care as the bruised and battered ball is at the brass farthing for it) or the pro-seized after a Cup final. ride control which dangers are obvious, in which con-

Now, why cannot scientists let Studebaker pioneered. You will nexion the disinfecting of water- Singapore Kotary Club luncheon of spects of the new State of

five-minute speeches on such varied churia (which, like the Far East things alone? Why this mania Hee for bigger and bigger, or, alterna- want spring covers. Carburetor closets, dry closets and even dust-rubjects as fire insurance, match mak-in general, we should gladly

finally off the tively, for smaller and smaller? Silencer, Automatic Spark Coin-

the. As a fierce contender for trol. Full Power Muffler, and

happy medium in all things, I say many other things which an

So far as the individual is con-

Thank goodness there are still a that this fatuous extremiam shoukt inspection of a Studebaker will

few murders and holds-up which be stopped. We were quite suggest to you.

cerned, personal cleanliness in 1

this dreary tent with the atom as it was. If matter of extreme importance. "24 Hours," the current attraction we may set against

news, and in we want splits, we can always get at the King's Theatre, is a film well desert of foreign

by is well, too, that people should re-above the average. It is a slice from which we may indulge our higher them in the gymnasium. the

contemplating the state of Train from eating, uncooked fruitfe, set in New York, and is chock-natures.

ful of dramatic situations, In which None the less, our blood boils Cabinet. He is a poor or vegetables, the danger of whichthe principal characters are respon- rather easy in this climate) when correspondent who cannot produce is, we observe, being stressed by sible for some very fine meting. Clive we are the leading members of the at least one split In the Cabinet

Brook and Miriam Hopkins share the British Government instead of at-each week. ti sanitary authorities. Pro chief honours, and both give splendid

The splitting of the atom, how- affairs at home, for tective insenlation has been proved character studies. From the techat ending to

they were appointed. ever, was decidedly uncalled Cal standpoint, too, the production which task most effectual in other centres, is of high merit. A Alm which en dushing off to the Continent on the Even the experts who claim

slightest pretext or noue, to at- discredit for splitting it confess and we notice that in Shanghai it be thoroughly recommended.

tend this or that international con- that their nefarious exploit is un- is being carried out free of charge.

"This is a sort of offence which is ference which inevitably will come kely, so far as they can foresee, to have the slightest commercial by the Municipality. Mobile ino-becoming far too common in Kowloon", to nothing.

remarked Mr. Fraser, at the Kowloon) In the good old days our states-value. Out of their own mouths eulation vans are, in fact, operating Magistracy this morning, when pass-men attended to home affairs and they are condemned. daily through the Settlement. Ing sentence of three months impri-bathered about the outer world as

smurent on a Chinese charged with little as possible. Generally, they There is much talk of disarma- Whether the Hongkong Govern the theft of three pieres of clothing intervened in foreign politics only ment, ad future trentice m

Wonn along from

subject, should certainly contain a in Yaumati. The accused had a previous conviction of to shake their fists in some similar linea has not yet been dis-six weeks' imprisonment six months favoured foreign face, to the in-clase to spike the guns of those closed, but at any rate the authori-ago, and Mr. Fraser remarked that he mediate confusion and light of the scientists who, without the slightest provocation, flercely and continu- fies should see to it that there is was going to make an example of him, latter.

Another

Chinese charged with the Yes: British statesmanship was ously bombard inoffensive atoms.

Unprovoked aggression in na- ample vaccine available in case of theft of some clothing and a clock feared in those days, and did not

tions or individuals in a crime from a dwelling house was sentenced need to know mach geography. need. As we have remarked, the to six months' imprisonment.

against humanity (vide leading The British citizen was satisfied to situation at the moment is not such

sec plenty of red spinshes on the articles). And I would add that it is not less a crime against uto- an to occasion any alarm, but with

nup, with periodic additions to such a disease as cholera wisdom solvency or political and constitu- their number. To-day even achoul-manity.

Ever since somebody discovered tional revolution. The weird boys think they

must blush for that big fleas have little flens upon lies in preparedness for the worse thing is that, with the facts so shame when they see so much red their backs to bite 'em, this process

on the map. patent and formidable. and the

of finding something st amüller opportunity BO inviting, no ex-

Nowadays we must have a nod has gone from bad to worse.

Mankind would be much wiser perienced veteran of the West-ding acquantance with all sorts of

to let sleeping fleas He (and sleep- minster

has arena

#sized the absurd names in outlandish tanging atoms likewise) than to try to leadership of bark-bench economy ages-names that seem to belong emulate the baboons and chimpan- with anything but seriousness the are aware of a growing restless battalions. There is all the mak. rather to the domain of nightmare zces in the zoo, whose avidity for or of printer's pie than to Rober search and research, also! is sur- Supporters of the National ings of a wonderful Fourth Party reality; names that make even present epidemic in Canton. Alness,

in the present House of Commons. those of Chinese

passed only by that of our scientific generals seem though, happily, the number of Government give every credit to

but neither

experts. L.G. nor Winston, sublime simplicity. Why cannot

names be internation-The Art of Copying. cases loently is extremely small, it done, but on one vital topic they both unemployed Othellas at the all these

alised? been shown that they feel strongly that not nearly moment, has stirred originate from Canton. This is enough has been even attempted ally the National economists to: There is only one language

gether. L. G. perhaps wears. If the There is no dispute about the he shares the politician's distrust that is English. Why cannot

international one, main urge and impulse that re turned Anch an overwhelming

RUMJAHN.- Fatorna, wife of Usuf

Ramjahn, at her residence, Arbuthnot Rond, on 22nd June, 1982 in her 1st. year. Funeral leaves residence to lay at p... arriving at the Monument at 5.45

+

p.AT.

The

Hongkong Telegraph.

THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1932.

CHOLERA DANGERS

Cholera is such a dread disense and its mortality rate so high that Hongkong cannot afford to view

has

of

not surprising in view constant daily contact between the

ment intends

to proceed

National Economy.

Those who are in close touch with the Parliamentary lobbies

Ministers for what they

have

a band to

to be an

*

and

the

Someone has been saying a word. at school. It is, I suppose, in favour of the child who copies the first time that that unfortunate all creature has ever bron defended.

Yet, when you Consider what How much grown-up beings

of the commone sense ol_demo- | confounded foreigners and their

two centres, both by water and by majority of National M.P.s to tbcracy, to add an unpopular econo- incoherent offspring be compelled shameless, persistent copyists

It

rail. At Tuesday's meeting of

present House of Commons, the Sanitary Board. Dr. Basta was a demand for sound finance raised the question of preventive and drastic national retrench. measures, but as he had not given ment. Other matters have res notice of his questions, no in reived the attention they deserv- formation was vouchsafed of the, but the most active and zeal- Government's intentions. However, of the Ministry's back-bench to-day's Legislative Council Supporters feel that a strange re

Jurtance seems to exist, or else meeting, there should be some definite indication of the Govern- ment's policy as a result of the questions tabled by the Hon. Sir Henry Pollock.

ut

tacties in his blood.

are, you

we

niusi

my slogan of Liberalism's exist to learn English? ing

electoral handicaps. But longer will patriotism compel them admit that in blaming the school to cling to their barbarous tongues? copyist we show what can only be Winston might be thought to have;

The only language that is easy to described as a good' check. the tradition of Fourth party pronounce, spell, parse, analyse, Much the larger part of our His tragedy. understand, and show in illuminat- lives is spent in doing or saying or however, is that when he wased signs is English. Sooner or dodging what other people do, say Chancellor of the Exchequer he later the world will have to wake or dodge. Existence is ano long missed his chance. Had he given up to this portentous fact, especial orgy of imitation or follow-my the country a commanding econo- if it wants British statesmen, lender. The man who dares to be affairs of every country save their usual, is kicked about from pillar own, to do full justice to themselves to post, or else locked up in

Otherwise, our statesmen will lunatic asylum.

some vague insuperable difficulty, my call then, we should still le who are so gouil at controlling the original, to do anything out of the

in getting to grips with the econo- my issue. To that extent their Be- main raison d'etre hangs fire. ense they realise that, though we may have got the ship of State The problem, preventing

on an even keel again, she still possible infection through sufferers makes heavy weather of it, and from Canton coming into the

safe navigation demands drastic Colony, is one which hus periodical-lightening of her deckload. She ly to be faced when epidemties break is still too far down below the out in nearby ports. It is a par-financial Plimsoll mark. Most National M.P.# Are ticularly difficult one when we take of the

recruits at Westminster,

Into account the fact that there is new

a constant stream of people coming totally inexperienced in Parlia

and going between this Colony and

mentary procedure, and mystified by a good deal of its red tape. Canton, not only by the regular They are fully conscious that they train and steaner services but also have not yet accomplished by native boats. Quarantine remain part of their mission, but gulations naturally suggest them are quite unable to see how to set Ministers are themsel selves, but it does not require much about it.

the

ves aware of their predicament. reflection to realise the immensity

They know they must have their of the task. We had the Hame hands forced; that moral support difficulties to face at the time of nine will enable them to brave the meningitis outbreak in Macao, the Scylla and Charybdis of elec- but fortunately this did not astoral debacle and civil-service sume really alarming proportions. me possumus. They now realise It may be that unless the present that it is futile and even fatal to sit down and wait till the Canton epidemic becomes more

economie clouds roll by. They serious it will be found impractic-might as well wait upon the able to enforce quarantine restric- Greek Kalenda. It will be tions, but, on the other hand, if endes before the world recovers matters become worse, it would fully fr n the wreckage of the be infinitely better were the normal Great War, and, unless adequate transport services to be suspended precautions are taken to cut down than that the Colony should be ex-

expenditure and case the imposal- ble burden of taxation, the posed to untold danger. This, oftion will have foundered long bo- course would be An es.remefore that can happen. The grim aro national measure, but the possibility must alternativer, too,

de-

11a-

on the gold standard, and many of our existing troubles would. have been avoided.

have to

return to the old-time

"When I'm able to get around. I won't have to be careful about

will I, Doc?" my health,

1

And tenchers, themselves the most imitative of persons (so much so that the teacher can always be picked out in a crowd), must flog the child who copies his neighbour's essay or sums.

*

Now, the plums of life have al- ways gune to the man who has a genius for choosing the right man to do his work for him, the while he looks on. What is this but the school copyist writ large?

School copying is certainly one of the enterprises that should be encouraged. It suits the copter and it pleases the copied, so why should the teacher, er zociety in general, interferò?

Prophetic Frauds.

Those incurable

frauds, tite weather forecasters, are emerging

in force.

Why does the adille-bended public pay any attention to these mizer- able incompetents? Why does it pay any attention to the weather at all, when it obviously ought to be ignored?

If we must have woathor fore- casts, let them be purely retraspec- tive; it is when they dip into the future that they go all wrong.

• •

When we act out for work in the morning we have not the faintest notion of what the weather will be when we sally forth for tiffin.

Yet those mercurial Impostora, the weather prophets, brazenly pretend to know what

climatic

eccentricities wo shall be groaning under, How some people orcápo

jal is a mystery.