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TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1932.

CURRENT PROBLEMS

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chaos developing in international travel as between air and the mer- cantile marine, as has occurred between road and rail on land, and. the Government will be called upon to establish a National Maritimo and Civil Aviation Board- to develop and co-ordinate these services with a view to utilising both to the fullest advantage in the interests of the nation, in- cluding the provision of greater and cheaper facilities for the transit of both goods and persons. All in all, the Congress will have many problema to discuss, and it!

Singing in the Bath. Singing in the bath has long been a subject for song and story. Now it has become a subject for investigation by physicists. This is not to be wondered at. For nxenuine who is there without

DAY BY DAY

VISIT TO A SOVIET

·YOUTH CAMP

"How many Communists are there in Scotland?"

THE school-system of Sovietį T

Russia probably represents These questions are enough to one of the most amazing ex-show how thoroughly they had

TO EXPECT NOTHING BECAME A HABIT WITH Mozart. ON COMPLET» ING A GREAT WORK HE WOULD SAY, I BILALL GAIN BUT JUD. MY EX AND periments in the history of educa- been permeated with "Red" pro-

tion.

paganda. Now it was my turn to BUT I HAVE PLEASED MYSELF, AND THAT MUST BE MY RECOMPENSE.

cross-examine.

Realising that the future of the

"What do you wish to be when

Mr. A. J. Brags, of the legal firm U.S.S.R. is in the hands of the of Claudo H. da Silva, Singapore, young, la rulers instruct every you are a man?" I asked one little arrived by the Gange on a short visit child in the Communistic faith as follow of fourteen.

read and to Hongkong. Mr. Hiraga is a member soon as it is able to of the well-known Hongkong family.: He studied law here with the late Bir. write. G. . Haywood,

A

"An electrical engineer," came the prompt reply.

Last year, I visited Young

"Why?" I continued. Ploncer Camp. near Kiev, whero

"Because I want to build up in- A new class for beginners in the 130 boys and girls were spending dustry," was the retort of tlus

Commerce.

is something to the good that Im-study of colloquial Cantonese will a holiday under canvas. The prodigy. portant problems are to be dispen at the offices of the Chamber of Young Pioneer Movement was

Commores on Tuesday. Oth Septeni originated by Lenin's wife, Madam Caught Young

The class will be cussed from a broad-minded angle, ber, at 5.15 p.m.

under the direction of the Rev. H. R. Krupskaya, who had made a pro-

"Would you like to be a Ned Wells, O.B.E., who is well-known in longed study of the British Boy Hongkong as an authority on the Scout Movement.

Army man?" I enquired of an Chinese language and the author of Both organisations aim at teach-other. several English Cantonese text books. Mr. Wella has recently returned from ing the children useful crafts-Wo will all be Red Army men" arise," England to take charge of the Cham-first-aid, swimming, the apprecia-if the necessity should ber of Commerce Chinese Languago, tion of nature, and physical in-said he proudly. The look of de- School. Full particulars of the now struction. But, whereas the Boy termination that shone in the eyes class may ho obtained on application Scout movement aims primarily of his comrades clearly showed to the Secretary of the Chamber of at inculcating the ideals of good that opinion was unanimous on

citizenship, the object of the this point.. personal concern in the matter?

Young Pioneers is vastly different.

No visitor to Russia to-day can One may never have tried to mix

These Russian children, from 10 fail to be impressed by the the oil of tuneful gladness with

to 16 years of age, are told at enormous advance made by bodies the gratefully warm water of the

every turn that their sole duty in like the Commissarlat of Educa-

the Young morning

Communist lifo la to further the cause of Com- tion, tub. But he is in it small minority indeed who has

muniam not only in Rusala but the League, and the Young Pioneers, not muttored at least the senti-YOUTH CHARGED WITH world over. They are imbued within harnessing the youth of the the zeal to accentuate clans war-nation to the State machine. Their ment of Shelley's "Bird thou

TENDERING

fare by every means in their object, openly acknowledged by never wert." outside a bathroom

power. To this end they are those who control them, la to door. Either from the outside or A young Chinese appeared before trained to fight for their beliefs inspire in the young a complete the inside, most people have a Mr. Schofield at the Central Police whenever opportunity may happen acceptance of Communism, and increasing the necessity for an very active interest in the bath-Court this morning on charges of to arise.

tendering apurious dollar coins and room ballad. So whenever some of being in possession of eleven

Only four adults were in the class war against Capitalism In

as all its forms. one attempts to penetrate the counterfeit coins in Main Street, camp, and their duties were

follows. The first of these train- subtle relationship between soap Shaukiwan.

ed the children to absorb the doc- and symphonies, a large and not

The defendant admitted posses- trines of the Soviet Republic, the inexperienced audience awaits hission but denied knowledge that second gave physical, and what

BATCH OF BAD DOLLARS

the coins were counterfeit.

J. E. D.

pronouncements. Now there comes Inspector G. A. Stimson inform- was considered more important. Girls, You Must See

This Drama!

By Edward Kelly, Darling of

the Gods.

Someone told us the other day that the A.D.C. were going to give another show this season.

Realising as we do the tre- mendous organisation necessary in preparing these sort of things, we are going to offer our ser- vices.

We were discussing the matter.

last night with another

We have prepared our. OWN programme.

milltary instruction; the third was! Dr. Knudsen, a professor of physics, ed his Worship that yesterday with the opinion that the acous-morning the defendant, who had a teacher of natural science, and

the last of the four was an inapec-} tical properties of bathrooms are come from Yaumati, went to This year's Trade Union Con-responsible for much community stall in Main Street and tendered tor of schools whose province it is a dollar to purchase a packet of was to see that the children were gress, which is to be held at New-entertainment. The question

cigarettes. A boy fifteen years of not taught anything contrary to

the

dogma of Communism. enstle, will be noteworthy for the not to be lightly dismissed. It is age, who was in charge of the stall,

one not only of sthetic, but of handed the man the cigarettes and "We Come" wide range of subjects which are

ethical and economical applica-90 cents change. Shortly after- to come up for consideration-

The camp was divided up into tion as well. From the point of wards, the boy's father returned to Fiscal issues, together with such

view of ethics it might be asked the stall and discovered that the groups each containing about matters as unemployment, the so-

should not the gentleman, or the dollar which had been accopted was thirty children, and when I arrived

counterfeit,

there one evening in July last, one cial services, the political outlook, lady, bather consider it a duty not

At the moment the defendant was of these groups was holding a final international labour, working-only to lift the bathroom ceiling, seen at a shop struggling with an conference prior to leaving the class education and many other but also to let his listeners know old man. He had gone there and camp next day. Having completed tendered a dollar coin for two ita regulation one month's holiday, questions involving the interests that on certain nights he will ren-packets of sweets which cost four it was then revelling in a final only of organised labour will be debat-der all-request programmes-re- centa a packet. The old man in orgy of Communistic oratory cal-famous theatricalist, and we think ed. Armaments and war-making quests for songs, be it understood, stantly noticed that the coin was culated to send each child home that more local colour should be will be debated, even civil avia. to receive preference over these bad and informed the defendant, burning with enthusiasm for the infused into the proceedings.

for-silence. From the standpoint who tendered a second one which cause. tion will be considered, while of economics it would seem adviswas also bad. The old man then All at onec, from the trees be

Not a turn will be left unston- proposals will come forward for

able for someone experienced in acized the defendant and a struggle hind me came a shout from

ensued. From the defendant's other group of children. Between

ed-stone

Icft

unturned-to the public control and regulation research to determine whether or pocket the old man extracted five the tall pines they came marching|

make this show a huge success. which of trade, and for the acquisition not a certain alderman was cpr more dollars, all of

were with Prussian regularity, chanting

No effort will be spared to place by the Government, on fair terms, rect in asserting that singing pro-counterfeit. The defendant him-in unison the slogan "We come, of the country's railways and lengs the bath and wastes water. self was seen to throw away an-We, the men of Voroshilof." before the public of Hongkong an (Voroshiloff is the Commander of outstanding performance by the other six. Meanwhile it may be expected other transport undertakings.

The defendant was then taken the Red Army).

Colony's leading artistes. every to the Police Station,

Shortly afterwards, I was able! There is promine of lively discus- that every morning and

Superlatives are inadequate in Inspector Stimson evening will be heard throughout

remarked to speak to some of these children. speaking of this powerful, sions on many of these subjects, the land the mighty chorus

of that the defendant made a sad mis- They almost quarrelled with one fascinating and dramatic opic of as the members of the Congress sonking songsters. For if phy-take when he attempted to swindle another for precedence in speaking the stage. There are no

adjec- the old man, whom he apparently to the "Englishman.” represent all schools of thought|sicists can find no reason why a

tives capable of describing this thought was too short-sighted to

"Are you a Rabotchi (worker)?" Immortal, super, bathtub baritone should stop, it is notice the coins. in the Trade Union movement.

super, special Naturally, unemployment fig- almost certain that the vocal hair- The ease was adjourned until was the first question fired at attraction. (Cravings of pardon to

Hollywood). ures very prominently the raisers will not be discouraged by Tuesday morning.

on

This was followed in quick suc Well, we've warned you. Here it agenda, in which connexion the the doubtfulness of reasons Government is to be urged to pro-is of the heart rather than of the they responded to a certain signal,

continuing. Song, they will say, Corley Rectory and at meal times cession by a host of other queries. is.

"Are the workers bodily op vide work for the workless by re-head. No doubt many

of them each taking his or her particular pressed in your country?"

Meat "Do working-class children go moving the hampering restrictions secretly feel that if Mendelssohn place in the dining-room.

and milk were served out to them to the same schools as the children with a lavish hand.

of the rich 7"*

on the progressive development of public worka, housing schemes, slum clearance, etc., and to join with local authorities in promot- ing long term-programmes of re- construction. A "ive point" plan for dealing with unemployment is to be put forward. This involves

for

was accorded fame for his Songs Without Words they should at least be forgiven for their songs without reason.

CATS' CEMETERY

RECTORY GARDEN

(a) the cancellation of Repara- | TWENTY-FOUR GRAVES tions and War Debts; (b) inter- national examination and control

· Mrs.

Fortescue, widow of of debts and loans between

Canon V. K. Fortescue (senior. nations; (c) the removal of tariff Priest Canon of Coventry Cathe

dral) has left Corley Rectory, barriers; (d) the national con-

Warwickshire, where she had re- trol of banking and monopoliatic sided for twenty-six years, and industrios; (e) the taxation of the fact has come to light that established a Iand values. There are various while there sho

private cometery for cats, in a schemes for the reorganisation of portion of the grounds lying im- the National Health Insurance, of mediately between the rectory which the chief involves the cen-house and the parish churchyard. Thoro are fifteen cats' graves tralisation of finance, the aboli- on one side of the footpath and tion of the panel system and nine on the other, and only a fow establishment of a State medical yards distant two monumental alabs in cvory particular tho

those

in service, to include specialist sor equivalent of vice and dental extension of churchyards and cemotories above medical service to depondents of the graves of children and young

people.

Insured workers.

scon

One records the death of "My In connexion with civil avia-darling Hebe-her loss is donola- tion, attention is to be directed to tion," followed by a Latin quota- the chaos that has developed in most faithful companion for tion; and the other that of "Punch

the maritime industries, to the nearly soventoch, years,”** paralysis of shipbuilding, to the inscriptions are believed to refer growth of tarifs and the cons to favourite dogs, who died at AATSTE FOAMU wasumbent at the Buddenlinii Rectory, where Canon

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EDWARD KELLY AMUSEMENTS, (Inc.)

TATE the Dhiinguished Hottunk to Frundask The Super Six Bob

THE HONGKONG REVUE,

Story by Noel Edward Kelly, Coward. Music by Ned Kelly

·Corlumen by Maison Kelly et Olo. Edward Kelly Managing Director

Ned Kelly, Hense Manager.

PROGRAMME

Overture....Refrain from "Spit- ting"....Star Ferry Philharmonic Orchestra.

Chorus...."One Hour With You"....Police Football Club

Recit...."Please don't go Down tho Tram-line, Daddy....Peak Young Women's Association

Celection. "The.Watch on the Rhane....Royal Observatory Band Choir...."Say a Little Praya for Me."....P. W. D. Reclamation Choir.

A

Song.... "If I had a talking pic- turo of Yout....Council Chorus.

Lament...."Has Anybody Horo Seen Kelly?"...Concort Treasur

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