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"A PURE UNDILUTED

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The

Hongkong Telegraph.

THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1933,

LOCAL AIR MAIL SERVICE HITCH

NOTES OF THE DAY

The outbreak of malarla. st Shing Mun was, perhaps, to have boon expected. The very nature of the countryalde, beautiful as it is, a warning and an indication that

WORLD CRISIS

BLUNT -WORDS BY A. BLUNT MAN BY FREDERICK COPE, A.M.I.E.E.

The Very Idea!

INFLUENZA

By Eddja "Aspro” Kelly.

sick man. Yesterday, we got the flu. combat the trouble, may furnish jciał aspects of the economic system, factory's. Á stock from which in So anything we may say to-

malaria cannot be entirely eradi-the results of logical or mathematic: Bolshevists the loyal village stock ALL joking aside, we are a

affective mitigation. The

If we are to place muy value on i In addition he sees souring into eatod, although the virgorous al conclusions, we are compelled to that have centred round his grand- measures now being taken to accept the fact that there are finan- father's fe, his own life and the most as we know it to-day, which are to past days has been bred some of interesting fact disclosed, how-be definitely discarded from the the finest statesmen, sallors and day should be taken with a

realm of practicability. Try as we aoldiers the country, has known. over, concerns the high incidence may, they cannot be made to work All this pitiful and regrettable grain of salt or five grains of

picture is the outcome, he knows, aspirin. of the disease among the labourera in any permanency,

If we could retain the present of a rotten financial system.

Doctors tell us that we from Shanghai. Experience in

He is a type of man who is the Colony over a long period hay system, it might be worth an at-

tempt. Many of us, no doubt, have sturdy, honest, straightforward and should starve a fever and revealed that Northerners enjoyed phases of the system and human to a degree. He is simple feed a cold, if you know what highly susceptible to maladies of are reluctant to part with them. In manner, and devoid of finesse. we mean. In fact, they say

The system is basically wrong but In feeling he has a peculiar vacilla- the malaria type when their Cantonese cousing remain prac-human nature in practice indulgestion of pathos, humour and serious that we are exactly what

In a little wrong.

aro

tically immune. The moral would appear to be that when labour is for the work on the engaged Gorge Dam, close attention should be paid to the origin of the work

men.

RUSSIA AND JAPAN

and, a

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are

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were We

bad

What's the best cure for a cold, Duck?" we asked..

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Editor's note: Mr. Kelly doubt- less meant to write "Doc."

Eddie's note: Mr. Kelly doubl. less meant to type "Duck". Our doctor is a quack,

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us to

"I wish I had", he replied. "What, get married?" We ask-

Every indication supports the He is addressing the delegates in

In that case, iden that a large percentage of his direct and Incisive speech. people have decided that life is ex-

One moment he has the Conferegg this morning. cited and made interesting by the

run ence roaring with laughter.

We were speaking to the doctor streaks of gambling which

The next he paints such pathetic about it only last night. through it. This is near the truth,

delegates however much we may desire not to pictures that the acknowledge It. But if we are nearly in tears,

He then bluntly flashes out some switch good gamblers, we shall

com- stark, unvarnished home-truth, and gambling operations from it in fortunate for the pence of merco and industry and turn them at times irritates the delegates the Far East that the mood of on to something else. Industry is almost to the limit of their en-

going to be a bad thing for specula-durance.

We see delegates jumping up pro- Moscow differs vastly from that tion. The more we win to-day, the which seemingly has governed the worse we shall be "cleared out" in testing at this uncouthness. They are not accustomed to raw truths, nctions of the Tokyo Government the near future.

Perhaps there are those, who, at and Mr. Joe Thorpe does not know last twenty months. In-these plain atatements would,

about diplomatic in the

In the first thing cident after incident involving horror metaphorically, cover their decorum.

Anyway, the doctor put one of between disputes

Japan und face with both hands.

He is holding up their false ideals

phonograph With these people wo have no to ridicule. He is shaming them! those old-fashioned Russia have occurred recently and

concern, as one of the objects of Se exasperated do some of the tubes to our chest and made us any a militaristic spirit in Moscow these Articles is to unravel, in or- delegate become, that one eventually |"99". Then he prescribed a course must have provoked conflict long der to find the real truth of things, jumps up and persistently protests of treatment and confined ere this. We do not suggest that and Iny bare that which has its and objects to the continuance of bed. Which was just too bed.

any the speech. He fluently indicates Japan has been in any way wilful-foundation in hypocrisy or

Not that doctors aren't useful the digressions and especially the ly provocative in her relations other uncontrolled human vice.

One wonders what will be the irrelevancies, of the speech. Ho sometimes. We remember just be- with Russia. But it is very obvi-verdict of future generations when emphasizes the most important fact fore we were married visiting our ous that if Russia had sought a this period is under review. In-of all, the wasting of

valuable old family doctor and asking him

for some advice. casus belli In this year of grace, telligence they are bound to per-time.

The last remark touches Mr. Joo she would not have had long to ceive. But when it is recorded that

"Doctor," we said, "we are think. we suffered all the pangs and Thorpe's Ire.

ing of getting married." wait.

misories of scarcity in times of

"Waiting time"-ha shouts. abundance, they will also be com- "I can stand being accused of A RIGHT PERSPECTIVE

pelled to accredit us with a fair irrelevancies and digressions, but measure of imbecility.

wasting time--that puts the "tin After the stream of complaints The existing economic position hat" on it, because I've come to tell ed

thought in Britain, particularly among the can be viewed from almost an un-you, in about two minutes, what

"No," he said, "just Conservative backbonchers, about limited number of angles. If we you've been trying to see for your-

about it." the "abnormally low wages and look at the face of a clock from self for years, and you'll never sce

different angles, the appearance and it, in your way, In the next ten Germs is what does It. Oh, yes bad conditions in Japan" permitt-even the time will seem to change, years.

it is. It's those little wriggly ing her success in trade competi-but the face of a clock does not "I want no fancy words like "re-things that make a man blow and The suggestion that official tion with Britain, it has been left actually alter. It is only the angle monetisation"-and such like words snort and cough and sneeze,

When germs come in at the door, objections by the Hongkong Gov-to Major Attlee, the Labour M.P. from which it is viewed that is-I'll tell you the cause-listen

there is nothing technical about it different.

We will venture another illustra-elther-it is just a simple fault-in-flow-enza. Cravings of pardon, ernment may interfere with the to give the House of Commons-ar-

but we thought that one too sneczy A ̈re vid pony X otkli hava to losus out. fruer perspective of the boltfor the unthe left of that given at it is Greed. line between the Colony and Shanghai will provoke consider-cotton industry is an

As he points out, the Japanese but from an altered angle of vision. to correct myself a bit.

"We can hardly say the cause is

Which reminds us that it's time The principles upon which this will extremely able discussion. Here is a ser-efficient organisation. Lancashire from which previous

be built, are the same as those Greed because we are all Greedy, for our medicine. Pete just tele

conclusiona vice, equipped with four of the must not sit back in despair but have been drawn. They must be!

To be exact, it isn't Greediness, phoned us to let us know it was "It is over-greediness.

prepared. latest amphibian machines, must put her own house in order. They are basic and simple. Their "Your Government runa you, but "When," ho asked, "is mon ready to commence operations in the stress of the world's in- virtues have been known throughout who runs your Government?

homme coming avec les snifters ?" at a moment's notico-as early dustrial, economic

the ages, as also have the vices of "I'll tell you these chaps who and social

the present system, which we have are "Overgreedy."

Wo always pride ourself on our Saturday.It would bring problems of-to-day, there--is too pretended not to see.-

"How am I going to alter French, and nobody-was-going-to- Hongkong within nine or ten much readiness to attach the blame For this altered view, let us be-things?"

get away with that. hours' journey of Shanghai and to one's neighbour instead of come acquainted with a special "That's easy. My idea is this.—

delegate at "the last of all Economie "When there is no Spending, "Bon ami," we replied, "Eloni solt would provide facilities

a constructive effort to Conferences. An Industrialist-there is no Trade. All you've got qui mal y pense!" of in-making estimable value to the Colony. discover one's own shortcomings. a Factory Owner--the product of to do, is to get that idea fixed firm- In an interview with the Tele- The general attitude suggests that five or six generations of hardly in your head. graph yesterday, Mr. H. M. the world is afraid to face up to work, making a living by producing "Those people that are menn and Bixby, who is organising the realities, or to risk experiments things, by doing things, by giving won't spend, you've got to make 'em new service, apoke as though with a new

cure for a malady service, and not by mere juggling spend. there were no obstacles to be which has refused to yield to the

with money.

"I should make everybody spend, The view might be humorous, but and pay by cheque. Then if their overcome and outlined the high-treatment by the old medicines. none the lesa illustrative.

account at the Bank at the end of ly attractive features of the

He is a man who sadly secos the jovery month didn't show a certain project. Enquiries in official

WE ARE MISUNDERSTOOD. results of the accumulated hard turnover, I should take their money quarters, however, revealed that

work of his forefathers and their from them, because they don't know Life is very hard for a reputed no authority has been given for ABOUT WHISKEY

workpeople and his workpeople how to use it.

and/or alleged humourist BOMI- the landing of machines in

vanishing, and all that that means "If they spend; they can earn.times. Hera's dear old lady writ- regular service in Hongkong

British and German distillera, a heartbreaking goodbye to old [If nobody sponds; nobody can earning to us, appealing to our com- old "And you can work it out as you passion for our wives and kiddy and that permission would be not to mention members of the workpeople, sad farewell to subject to negotiations now pro-sovere heartburn over whiskey. life to him is slipping away.

legal profession, are experiencing servants. Everything that means like, you can't get past that, and as a result of our little remark (Continued on Page 5.) Jabout whether wo should pay the ceeding. It would be casy to The point in dispute is whether

rent or the wine-merchant. dismiss objections as another the German distillers have any indication of the lengths to legal, moral, national, hereditary which red tape can be made to or commercial right to use the stretch, but in actual fact, there word whiskey? And a delightful are cogent reasons for the Gov-academic argument is likely to be ernment's attitude. It is well- provided. In the meantime there known that China has been seems to be no injunction against peculiarly insistent upon terri- the continued use of the beverage, torial rights as far as they con- and readers who 'may have been cern air travel and that no such a controversy, can relax and alarmed by the possible results of foreign airman is permitted to regard the issue in a finely detach- land in any part of China with-Lad manner. Whiskey will prob out having first gone to con-ably taste and cost the same siderable trouble in obtaining whether you ask for it in German permission from Nanking. The for Scotch.

as

Hongkong Government, We

A new outlook is needed.

understand, is perfectly prepared A PROFITABLE PURGE to allow the use of Kni Tack as

a base for machines engaged in There is something sneaking- regular air-mail and passengerly attractivo about the pinn for a service in China provided the "national ill-will week" put for Chinese Government is prepared ward by a group of Intellectuals in to enter into a reciprocal agree Frenchmen would set aside one Paris. Under this schemo all ment, under which the Imperial week in each year "to purge them- Airways, for instance, would be selves of their latent evil and go permitted to land on Chinese in for a fine wook of pure malo- territory when they extend their volence, calumny, hate, envy and service to the Far East. Never sin." Towns, cities and provinces theless, it seems unfortunate could designate the most villainous from every angle that Hongkong citizens under their jurisdictions should roject the first really and hold them up to public excera. valuable service offered to it thunder-atorm, ought at least to tion. Such a scheme, like-a heavy a point of principle which may clear the air a little. The great be speedily met, delaying the amount of rancour and bad feeling facilities, it may turn out, un- that is automatically generated In necessarily. A reasonable way the breast of each citizon in the out which suggests itself is the course of the daily routine might granting of provisional permis Kot a chance to discharge itself. alon to land hero, extension After such a period it might be

clusion of the rociprocal agree ment now being sought.

which we are forever giving lip of neighbourliness and charity to

nervica..

الخرافي

does a farmer think lot of fun,"

hard-life 7~~~1-think-

"Not a drop left in the place," he said.

"Mars done!".

So it will have to be rum and lemon, after all.

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And we thought we word ro- forming. We hadn't let the land- lord enter into consideration 'bo- foro!

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MISSED OPPORTUNITIES.

These bus companies should come along to see us if they want to learn their business. There's a. mint of money to be made out of it, especially on the Hongkong side. Imagine the trade if a hire car Bervice was established at the Peak Tram station and another at the cornor of Kennedy Road. ̈ ̈"We'd simply take our buses up to those points, lot 'em break down in the normal way and hoy presto, our hire cars would be chock-a-block. We have plenty of ideas like this one. We're ready to give them just for the asking.

TUT, TUT, TOO BAD.

Did you see the other day, some- one broke into the Soviet Trade Commissioner's Offleo in Tokyo and wrecked the place, just to prepare the way for another gentlemen who had ambitions to assassinate tha official in charge.

This Very wrong. It seems to suggest, that the man concerned could not have been educated in n ̈ very good school..

How much better is the Hong- kong way when indignation is rampant, ire is roused and tempers; frayed. A roar gradually subsid-

that of the brook, in the corresponi dence, columns and honour IS