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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPIL THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1933.

THE

BURNING

QUESTION

OIL

OR

PETROL

?

CROSSLEY

will supply

either.

The

Tote Clubs Doomed.

WEST POINT GOING

The Very Idea!

FATHER OF SEVEN

By Edward (Cumshaw) Kelly. Our fame has spread. Yoster- day we received the following letter: to

Where Danger Lurks

"Kind Sir-I have heard that you have a kind heart, and as I am aut of work with a wife and family.to keep. I beg your kind assistance. Kind Sir, it la terribly hard on a poor man being out of work in Hongkong, and I am sure that the kladness of your heart will not las 12 starve. Please make

your Cheque payable to eash---Father of Soven' "

Really, we are quite annoyed with the chap who sent us this letter,

We went to all the trouble of

We can see it all now. Dangling the seven kids on his knee, "Father of Seven" turns to Mrs. Father of Seven.

"Well, Ma", bo Bays, "what about moving on to Shanghat? We've just about cleaned this

of public morals, the Secretary of licensed, but offer this subtle die-there journalists a flutter 7" Chinese Affairs. The fiat has tinction, that the "inmates" live

Thoy've

"Well, what about Edwardi. Kelly ?"

now gone forth that dancing girls apart in private residences, while must be dancing girls and the within halling distance. The got no money." others must remain in their sta. mondaines make it their business to tion, at any rate for their allotted | keep en rapport with each and every span of time.

one of these houses. The rest is "H'm Might be something in Just another nocturnal parade but that. Fe's not a journalist. between pre-arranged and organiz So they postpone their departure ed points, and there is not that for a week and wait hopefully for brazen display which gave point in reply from us, forgetting that we to the Wanchai affair and so palp-can't reply because they forget to ably invited attention.

add a three cent stamp to their lettor for return postage,

Speaking of stamps, do you know that an implement bus, been in-

activities at Genova, and, if so, THE SOCIAL EVIL: II to what extent. The fact that new Japanese proposals, of EL conciliatory character, have now been advanced' would seem to show that Japan la not al.

(This is the second articls by the, Again to the credit of the City together disposed to, try the "Telegraph's" special investigator on Fathers, when it was realised that patience of the League unduly. | Hongkong's social evil. Yesterday he, this public parade was becoming If the decision of the Committee dealt with the Government's action in a real danger, and with official of Ninoteen has the effect of closing down cortain establishments, statistica showing a 100 per cent. showing Japan that it would be and giving others a period of grace.) increase in sicknesses. spur them on, they acted with quick folly to attempt to defy world

Circumstances have rendered it vigour. But although п grent 'opinion, it will have served

unnecessary to wait for the two many raids have been carried out most useful purpose, possibly years of unexpired grace

before In

a district now known to be engendering a frame of mind the maisons tolerces in West Point honeycombed with these hidden in Tokyo which will pave the must be closed down, Trada do danger spots, and a great many way to a fair and.. honourable prossion le extinguishing them as arrests made with the view to u

aurely and effectively as any drastic timate deportation, the plague, settlement.

Government action. Hard times offietats admit, is by, no moons are also being reported by the eradicated from that particular restaurateurs. The dozen or more district. gil palaces in existence before the Great Strike are closing down The Government is taking one by one; as also are their de

Take a definite steps to suppress the pendencies, the brothels, this of

map of Houghtong. making twenty or thirty copies lo mest Draw a line through Hollywood Bond to our pale (with our signa "Tote Clubs" in England, while their own accord. Gone is postponing action regarding

of the glitter of numerous 11ghts Road; a second through Cochrane ture attached, of course), and then greyhound racing.

and tinselled garments. The In-Street; a third through Queen's We found out that they'd received from the original The de cality is almost lifeless after the Road Weat, and a fourth through their lasue cision will be welcomed on all hour of midnight..

Ladder Street; and the result wih source a month ago. hands. The spread of the

be a rectangular arca enclosing. Д C ́splaying a commendable know-- totalisator and the growth of its of those cabareta carefully styled alums in which are to be found ty of journalists, "Father of The recent introduction of one mile square of native tonement ledge of the perpetual impecuniasi- parasites, the tote clubs, make "dancing academics," which ap- the most vicious haunts in the Seven" has purposely left us until an extraordinary story. The pear to have come to stay in the Colony. It is n sector. through lost, Jockey Club and the National Colony, check by jowl with one which the Police Vice Squad moves Hunt Committee obtained leave, of the few remaining establish- nightly, and is still moving. SEE PAGE 4 after a good deal of trouble, to ments in this once famous (or

set up totalisators as a means revived hopes of reacusitating it compass, (the Squad would con- infamous) quarter of West Point, Within this comparatively small of making the sport of betting from & condition of listlessness to cedo much to be informed of their more scientific-and more sim-something of its former Bacchana- exact whereabouts) are dozens of ple. The Racecourse Betting Han glory, but the hopes have pro-houses coming within the official Act, 1928, aimed at a careful ved to be short-lived. Greatly definition of "disorderly". In Ljoint out." control of the invention: to that | daring, some of the ladies attemp- other words, they function like Then Ma wipes her hands on end it set up a statutory Con- ted a change of roles, until, dia-the formerly licensed establish- her apron and says: trol Board, which issued au- couraged by that stern custodian ments, are in point of fact un- "What about giving some of thority to operate totalisators on approved racecourses, a per-

"Tham (scornfully) centage of the money to be de- ducted for operating charges, and after that for the improve- ment of horse-breeding and horac-racing. Obviously the law Intended a statutory limitation

Vice Stalks Abroad of the totalisator. But like

Curious, the investigator would the musk-rat it was found to be ask what becomes of the several impossible to keep it within its | hundred sing-song girls who are original enclosure. The limit-now gradually disappearing from ing law, apparently, had certain the district? What will they do? gaps through which the totali- They are being dispersed to the

four winds. As part of the gener- Where have these girls come sator escaped into the open

al policy, no new licences are being from, and what are the conditione vented in America that cracks A VITAL DECISION.

country. In 1929 the House of issued and the former tenants of of their employment which at the eggs when the handles are pulled Lords decided that those who the establishments which

have best cannot be a happy one? The Apart, the contents of the shells The prestige of the League ronde use of the totalisator in a closed down, at Wanchai, as much few cases from time to time heard falling between jaws, that open? of Nations is likely to be en.club were not betting with the as at West Point, have been given in the local Courts, and the un-

NEW FRIENDS. hanced as a consequence of the operators of the machine: from by the authorities a choice of two doubtedly many more which do not

inquiry by unanimous decision of the Com- that decision sprang a multitudo alternatives: either to settle down progress beyond the stage of

We don't think tho

we actually of clubs and chains of clubs to ordinary, orderly labour in the Departmental

We wanted mittee of Nineteen against the which exist to give their mem- Colony, or to proceed to Macao or Secretariat of Chinese Affairs, wanted to know them.

Canton. While there have been have revealed the trafficker in his recognition of Manchukuo, bers the opportunity of com-known cases where the women, or her full iniquity. The local least one family in that road who development marks a tinuous betting-if it can be have been able to adopt the hun-position with regard to peculiar wore as good as they were, sud strong and definite line, such as called betting and their propior alternative, it is well known paradoxes and falosyncracles has better. But we couldn't quite get..

from been recognized and amelioration an opportunity of doing so. the world has awaited for many tinuous profits. Then in the inclination or force

prietors the opportunity of con- that the greater number.

of circum-Bought as far as attainably by the Then one night we came out of months. It by no manner of autumn of 1929 the greyhound stances, have gone away, returned only possible recourse to a redress the pictures to find that somebody, means represents the last word racing track at Carntyne, Glas- and reverted to their former call-of the laws. Thus, & recent enact-in getting out of the park, had

Ing.

ment, doubling the prlaon sentence pushed our car along until its on the situation, but it is suffi- gow, set up a totalisator, and a

on these offenders, is in line with humpors were fondly entangled cient to indicate the strength of great many other greyhound

And so it has come to pass that the general policy adopted, and, with those of another, which feeling in Geneva. The fact tracks followed suit. This hap that which has been anticipated for the rest, the matter is left to proved to be that belonging to our that the British Belegate not py combination gave a powerful by the antagonists of the Govern- competent Police and Department- impetus to the development of ment measure, the old evil assum-al officers whose knowledge, and only supported the decision, but the greyhound racing industry becoming apparent, namely.

ing a more dangerous form, 18 experience of local conditions en- con-able them to deal with cases ac- declared that Manchukuo does by opening "a new and lucrative cealed and unlicensed vice. cording to their individual char- not possess attributes entitling source, of profit." The number

acteristics. it to recognition, serves the fur- of tracks on which totalisatora ther useful purpose of demon. were worked at the end of last strating the absurdity of recent year numbered no fewer than serving of his rice if at this point reports which have gained cur clubs in existence by that time For his satisfaction and for the 180, and the number of tote in the Investigations he does not assume an inquiring turn of mind. rency in China to the effect that was 284. These clubs cater for good of his soul, perhaps, Wo 0 THE ANGUISHI OF THAT We discovered many things in Britain was likely to stand out all classes, and the biggest chain would, one recent night, have taken THOUGHT THAT WE CAN NEVER common. The women arranged an

to THE afternoon declaration. (of 32 clubs) has a total mein him into the Wanchal district, ATONE

tear round against any such One report had it that Britain bership of 32,000. The tote between the hours of 11 p.m. and LIGHT ANSWERS WE RETURNED TO shops and have tea. We invited. had been exerting

an immoral 2 a.m. and there have showed him THEIR PLAINTS OR THEIR PLEADINGS, each other to golf, and suggested is regarded as

LITTLE REVERENCE WE a bridge party. baggage which ought to be Sin, tinselled and powdered, parad. FOR THE

So BHOWED TO THAT SACRED HUMAN for the deletion of any re-auppressed at least in so faring on foot and in rickshas. ference to non-recognition of as it has trespassed beyond its this, he would mutter, is the solu-SOUL TIJAT LIVED 80 CLOSE TO US become so matey they do not scom Manchukuo from the resolu- original statutory limits. tion, and another that she was willing to give Japan a free hand, in Manchuria in re- turn for like freedom on her part in respect of Tibet. Both these canards have

been now

Hongkong Telegraphi

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1933.

This

pressure

Women and Hurdles

ng

Women have scaled so many hurdles in the last half-century that they have become accus- disposed of. The most gratify-The prospect of another victory tomed to the accomplishment. ing feature of the decision, how-on the horizon hardly stirs them ever, is that it has secured un- to more than moderate clation, 'animous approval. This should Occasionally, however, it awal- serve to convince Japan of the ens memories of characteristic futility of further opposition on

incidents in the long trok this point. As recently as three from the twilight country where

women had limited rights weeks ago the Japanese de- property owners and were con-. legate at Geneva was instructed sidered as being generally with- to demand the withdrawal from out much capacity for educu- the resolution of any reference tion and with none at all for to the non-recognition of the government, to the promised new State. The League. Com-land in which opportunities in mittee, however, has shown a all fields of activity are open to determination to follow the lead them. Such an occasion arises given by the Lytton Commis- with persistent reports that the sion, which definitely combated doors of the next American the Japanese contention that Cabinet will swing open to ad- Manchukuo was a spontaneous mit a woman-for the first time creation, worthy of recognition in the history of the

United

as an Independent State. The States. It is fitting to recall Committee's decision means, In that one of the chief reasons effect, that Japan's laboured ex- for the steady forging ahead of planation of how Manchukuo women in education, business, came into being is not accepted. finance and government is that In other words, Manchukuo is the structure of their advanco- viewed as precisely what it is, mont was not erected on the a puppet State. It now remains iridescont bubbles of mere seek- to be seen what Japan's rencing for prominence and publicity, tion to this latest development but upon the solid foundation of will be-whether there has been compotence and the desire to any element of bluffing in her sorve.

Into the Bye Ways The social reformer is not de-

tion of the great question.

The Sources

A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY

ΤΟ OUR DEAD FOR

George Eliot.

"He's the kind of follow whose father is a very serious

worker."

Д

+

to show them that there was at.:

ultra-fashionable neighbours.

The women got into conversa- tion while we he-men parted the combatants, and to our surprise they seemed to be as glad to make our acquaintance as we were theirs. They said they had often watched us from across the road, and wondered how they could get to knew such a "nice" family. only we were undoubtedly of superior social position,

the

The trouble is that now wo have

so socially desirable after all. They are just ordinary. The wo- maan chatters too much. The man's tastes are in many ways lowbrow. And ono night they gave us for supper some sliced ham which seemed to have been sent out for in a hurry, just as we have had to do ourselves 011 occasion.

FROM OUR POSTDAG.

We also received another letter. We don't quite know what to make of it. It goca:

"Dear Sir (letters commencing like that always make us fool

you norvous) If

would be interested in supplying a series of light the means in our usual airy style, we suppose) articles on Hongkong idiosyncrasies to a new Far Eastern journal outside Hong- kong perhaps you would call and see me.....etc...otc."

It ought to have gone on: The Demand for Writers Far Exceeds the Supply. You Can Become the Editor's Best Friend in Six Enay Lestona.

Besides, Hongkong idiosyncras- les sound like a nasty dig to us.

In any chae, we write too much. Our doctor informs us that we have the diapuse known as Deadly Wanglo (incorrect anglo) which fa likely to sap our legibility.

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RAMBLING RHYMES.

The sparrow tweaks and squeaks As if the weather was Oke

He loves to squat

On a chimney-pot

And warm his Toll in the Smoke

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