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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1933.

BEFORE YOU DECIDE

on your NEW CAR you should try out the NEW VAUXHALL LIGHT SIX

NOTES OF THE DAY

BUS ROYALTIES

Bus service complainte nro bn. coming more frequent. A clear poluter" to one of the principal. reasons is to be found in the Budget Estimates. Royalties to Govern- ment from the bus services ́aro

ON THE MILLIONAIRES' The Very Idea!

HIGHWAY

By TOM CLARKE

It becomes Route Nationale 7; that

OUR OPERATION By Ed. "Kibitzer Kelly WE are all at sen to-day Dalmatian and have spent most of

the time indignantly re-.. fusing to have our breath. smelt.

What we mean to say is

we were

the golden days of reai mill-day-France, Italy, Ilonaires it was called their Coast, Austria. Don't you think highway,

I've earned it? Now can I help estimated to provide revenue to the stones of Calais Quay and makes a

It starts almost on the cobbled you with your car trouble?" ́extent of $240,000 in 1934. There nearly straight-through drive to are low commercial enterprises in the Riviera, 800 miles away to the further down south. This time a I had another forced stoppage this Colony of the same financial south. At first it but after ris German, also in trouble near-by, that we are all askew. We standing which could possibly bear Route Nationale 1,,but after Paris atrolled over and asked me, to supplementary overhead to this ex (which you dodge via Versailles) share his bottle of wine. Ho con- are not the man tent and (a) pay its way or (b) is to any, as John Prioleau puts it, Loaned, too, that he was not a since Saturday when we were provide an efficient service. It is the finest road in all France."

millionaire. perfectly true that the Government proud rond, a great rond, an In the hotels, too, they bemonn-

maltreated by a specialist. Is taking no more than was offered, historic road. Not one of thosed the absence of millionaires. He operated on our but It is probably equally true to elusive feminine roads which need Yet there were lots of other ad-which we have rightly consitler- assert that the Government was watching all the time. A man's venturers on the road. Here aled the outstanding feature of road. More than 1,000 sentinele couple of young women from Eng- bent upon taking all it could get. keep him from wandering. They land, school-teachers, I surmised, our face and played such a tune It seems bad business all round, are those little "kilometre stones trundling along in their baby 2-on that organ that we are always. with the rogular passenger the uf white, with their red caps. All seater, and waving a hand at us being taken for an American now HOTEL primary sufferer,

the way to the Riviera theso know as we passed and repassed. ing fellows nod a friendly "N-7": at you. The millionaires guard of honour,

HAVE

ARRIVED!

HONGKONG

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the

Hongkong Telegraph.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1995,

JAPANESE TRADE COMPETITION

'

CURFEW HOUR

A

noge,

Hero a noisy sports car, back-not being taken to quod."

—except of course when we are. firing into Its "G.B." plate and con- taining no doubt the two Oxford You seo we can't go straight undergraduates who heard now because our nose doesn't later) ran out of cash and slopt indicate the way we ought to go The midnight earfaw for local

No map is needed for "N 7"-under, haystacks till they could fund our difficulties are increased cabarets is embodied in the regula that is no ordinary map. The one raise a remittance from home. tions just issued, a fact which the millionaires use has little to Still further south I ran into a been at cross purposce.

because our eyes have always suggests, we are afraid, that it do with the road Itself or with director of a Band-street store on must be regarded' as permanent, topography. Nothing so dull. It the way with his wife to Nice. He front of a medical friend (efe and It all began with a yawn' In Provision is made for an extension mets." It shows you not so much A little further on, taking a stopped in the middle of trying to

la called the "Map of the Gour. denied he was a millionaire.

so on) who was talking to us. He of hours on special occasions, but, where to go motoring but where to piente lunch on a river bank, a pass one of our jokes on to us and thankful as proprietors may be for go enting and drinking.

father and daughter with a little darted a finger into our mouth. small mercies, the concession le Old historie "N 7" may figure green car. From somewhere like small. It probably means on extra incidentally in the map-not for Surbiton, J guessed. hour twice in a month at the most, himself but for the keys he holds after a good deal of trouble, scarce ly worth the while. Hongkong's sainted reputation for dullness is thus to be preserved so far an authority enn guarantee. Bright Young Things belag unknown to Legislative Council, no word of pro- test is likely to be raised. At the same time, when it is felt that every other possible source of disqulet is sewn up so tightly, the removal of all liberty in hours of harmless amusement le not easy to appreciate.

The severity of Japanese com- petition with Empiro industrios even within the borders of the Empire hardly requires emphasis. We do not require to go farther afield than Hong- kong to discover illustrations of how dianstrous its effects can and are likely to be unless TRADE AGREEMENT emergency measures are taken

and all the special table delicacies nevar sech baggage labelled be to blue trout and mellow wines its baggage labelled as I have Once a car stopped near us with

which are held in reverence this valley or on that hill.

in fore. At the hotel labels in

Europe were plastered on The millionaire of yore would "Must be millionaires," said say to the chauffeur of his multi-someone. powered car, not "Where do we stop to-night?" but "What do we eat to-night?"..

would supply the answer.

And the "Map of The Gourmets"

millionaire."

When the choking fit had passed we saw that he was already making out a prescription. "Waffor?" we gurgled. "Operation;" he said briefly, "Your nose is all to pieces."

We took a look at the dear old face in a mirror. The nose was

"No," replied our wise man,stding erect in its usual place, "that's tan ostentatious for any quivering a little at the end where a plece points upward to the way One car passed us with a "C.D."we ought to go. At least whore identification plate. We got out wo would be going if we were a our A.A. book to solve the mystery. Įmissionary or a steeplejack. "Corps Diplomatique."

The doctor without warning. But where are the mililenaires grand to be an ambassador, we dealt us a sharp blow on the nose to-day? Is France too expensive thought, with such an exclusive with a handy paper weight. . for them?

plate. There were a large num

•

Very

hurt."

It did.

•

At Dover, as I shipped my car ber of "I's" (Italy)-the nearest "You see," said the doctor, "It I saw a notice, "Fill up here with approach to anything millionaire- patrol. It is cheaper than on the Ish: There is no doubt these other Bide." Tho charge in Italians have their thumbs up. France averaged about half-a-There was something confident and We were standing outside the

to enable the storm to be with. Finland contains Ilttio to distit-don't care to spend money at that about, their cars, their speedy expelled for using bad langunge

increase as the result of the

of course, it is nonsense ultimately famous novelist, whom pvery-wo- Bilateral balances have no meaning man reads.

at all in a world economy; lack of balance at one point enables n balance to be struck elsewhere. Artificial interference, in the long run, can only provide further bar tiers to a resumption of the normal movement of goods.

"What are you doing hero

we both said at once.

omelettes,

Britain's trade agreement with crown

n gallon. Millionaires ascendent-even ostentatious-hotel from which we had just been stood. Protests will undoubted-guish it from similar agreements rate.

driving and their forceful rond and we still holding the proboscis ly be raised in Tokyo. At the with other countries In Northern Woll down on the millionaires' manners..

In both hands. same time, it is more than likely Europe. Mr. Runcimant's chief

We felt that matters were get- objective scens to have been to highway my engine suffered at that Japan will respect Britain's stimulate British coal exports and little breakdown. Now and then

ting out of our control. The nose diflculties provided blind pre- it is computed that the aggregato head further. into the bonnet and a wayside cafe. It cost us Gd. for soon be too heavy for us and a car whizzed past. I put my We stopped for refreshment at was swelling so much it would judice is not the controlling negotiations of the last few months wondered at the lack of chivalry a glass of red, wine of the State meanwhile the doc. was running factor. The Simla negotiations, will be in the region of 5,000,000 on this lonely foreign road of the for five of us. The buxom house an affectionate finger along his for instance, ari a hopeful sign, tons. It seems to have been worth millionaires, Then a big car pull-wife revelled in a chat. British penknife.

We gave in. showing that both sides are

while, though Is a little uned up. At last a millionaire, 1 soldiers had been encamped near- fortunate that the streas of the thought. There was good cheer by during the war. She was only prepared to deal with realities. times should compel Britain to hold in the sight of his "G.B." plate. 16 then. She remembered our Stretched out on the surgical Consideration will bo given there out any sort of ultimatum, commer. I looked up into the face of a soldiers showing her how to fry slab like a tender doc we felt our to the long-term effects of policy cinl or otherwise. Balance of trade man I had, met at lunch at the bacon and egge because they got courage oozing steadily from us.

seoma to have become a sort of Savoy, London, a week or two so tired of her mother's eternal and possibly lead Britain to fetish for economic faddiets. And, previously-Gilbert Frankau, the

"We are too young to die, Doc.," avoki action which will prejudice-

Sometimes, right in the heart of are so many things we wanted to we murmured dreamily. "There the future. What chiefly must

France, remote from Paris and the do."" bo realised is that Japanese com-

politicians, we talked with pea- sants and workmen about Germany

The butcher squeezed our nose petition, though severe, cannot

"As for me," I said, "I'm in and America and things like that, armly. The nurse squeezed our search of millionaires-this is with typical French realism, "Yes, Of Germany they would any, justly be described as unfair,

their higirway, isn't it?-and now Hitler is very good, for Germany, "It will not bo long."

hand tenderly.

"Courage, my boy," he boomed. except in perhaps one or two

suppost I've found one." isolated fustances. The recent report by the British Commer- cial Attache in Tokyo gave the HOPEFUL SIGNS assurance that Japanese pro ducts were being sold abroad at a fair trade profit. It is pointed out that Japanese wages have always been lower than British, but hours of labour have im-recovery. Wo have reason to be proved. In 1916 the average forces are at last beginning to exert thankful that ordinary economic working day was 16 hours. By themselves and that League of 1926 it had fallen to just over Nations' experts are able to point 9 hours. By 1930 it was down to almost 9 hours. The cheapness of Japanese goods terms of other currencies can only be temporary. The sug gestion that Japan will continue GERMAN EDISONS to pour cheap goods upon the world's markets cannot be eustained. The depreciation of the yen cannot legitimately be used as an argument in. favour of shutting out Japanese goods, The yen went off gold only after the pound. depreciated. The fact that the Japanese currency

no doubt, but very bad for Franca. Wo dozed off with a vialon In "No, you are wrong," he laugh-So we are rondy we do not want our mind of the doctor approach- ed, "just a hard-working story-more fighting, but wa teller off for a prow! round the frendy."

must be ing us with a pair of pliers and a-

corkscrew. Of Amorten! They showed us It seemed hours later when we

in

| Continent after ten months hard

work."

"Writing a book?"

The only justification is that it serves its immediate purpose, al- though that appears to be nothing for twe months. This is my holl- "I shall not put pen to paper more or less than economic nation- alism, itself a deterrent to world

to

encouraging signs of better times ahead. If recovery was en- tirely dependent upon the wit of men and statesmen, the outlook would be and..

German state railways lose no employees not only to take greater opportunity of encouraging their interest in their work, but also to make any suggestions they may. work. A special fund has been set have for improvemonts in general aside for the "Edisons of the Reichsbahn" to reward all useful ideas of their employees which may later lead to the patenting is at a discount proves that of profitable inventions or to Japan has not been exportingbeiter working conditions. In abnormally. If she is exporting 1982, 125,000 marks. (nearly $30,- 000) was allocated for Inventions abnormally, the yen will rise to which had been applied in the touh a level which will so raise thenical branches, and for now ideas price of her exports that further in matters. concerning transport, expansion will be impossible. organisation and general control. Patented machines for cleaning Nor should it be forgotten that express trains which operate quic to shut out Japanese goods from ker and faster than those formerly our home or Colonial markots in use, and a device for prevonting because of Japan's depreciated coins in automatic machines were fraud by placing worthloss nickel

curreny just now would justify among the many inventions re- France in taking action against warded. Of the 445 inventors, British goods, entering her forty-five came from the Berlin aron, so that the capital waż pro- Colonial Empire...........

portionately well represented..

a Paris paper with a picture of woke to find the nurse and the the magnificent now American doctor engaged in a keen game of Embassy in the Place de la Con-draughts.

(Continued on Page 4.)

“Wasting my Hfe on arithmatic when I was meant to bo

a cowboy.

"How are we, Doc.?" we shouted. Operating made easy, we thought, atretching out a careful feeler for the nose.

The Doe removed a king from the bourd and took his pliers out of his pocket.

"Wo haven't started yet," he announced. "You fainted.”

DEAN INGE CRITICISES

| MODERN NOVELS

No Nobility About Their Characters

Dean Ingo, apeaking at St. Mary's, Wootton, Oxford, whore he spent his holiday, criticised the tono of the modern novel

"National character," he said, "is reflected pretty accurately in ́ ́ its' imaginative literature. It seems to me that most of our popular writers. give us a very gray world, painting sordid vico and mean con- duct ne nothing out of the ordinary, There is no nobility about any of their characters. The wholo effect gives us a much poorer picture of life than most of us have seen.

"The effect of much of the pre- sent day literaturo is to make young readers hold themselves und` others cheap-one of the worst.. disservices imaginable, Human nature la capable of rising to great halahta and sinking to profound depths, but it is not truly presented In drab colour,"