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1934.

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NOTES OF THE DAY PATRIOTISM OF

THE PUBLIC LIBRARY

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to

ficent.

SPORT?

By ROBERT LYND

The Very Idea!

CORNS AND THINGS By George

EAR Agatha,

DE

Publication in the Singapore nowspapers of a list of sixty books just added to the Raffles Library. furnishes a reminder that Hong-

We received your kind kong a public library badly needs

letter this morning and are the infection of some fresh litera-

SI sat at Lord's and such inhuman sentiments. A ture. Govorament has done its first work since taking over the the state's bat watched lang tatan, may the diettentry, in glad to tell you that we are

A library exceedingly well. Many of livering themselves one after ann man who follows, engages in better than you expected. the books have been re-bound and other into Verity's hands to the or practiaca sport; esp. one who We really have no spare. the new catalogue and lay-out are accompaniment of sounds indica- hunts or shoots wild animale ori

razor blades at the moment A real boon to the library-user.tive of unholy Joy on the part of game for pleasure." But book-shelves that

could not help remain the spectators,

I have never hunted or shot wild but would suggest that you statle in content must soon be wondering how many of those pranimals or game for pleasure; but try starving your corn or come worm-enten for lack of use. sent could sincerely repeat the if I did go out for a day's shoot tying a horse hair round it.

each in-traditional sportsman's prayer, ing, I doubt whether I should be An end soon comes

In anticipation of your further "May the better side win"

able to do so in a mood of austere dividual's flat of volumes that ap peal to his taste. No very great

old I do not know enough to be morality which told me that it did enquiry we have to say that we effort is needed. Even the City Hall Committee managed to sure whether the Australians or the not matter whether the partridges have no spare horses either but provide a small but steady supply English are the better side this or I got the better of it. I should would suggest that you take DE LUXE SALOON of new books. A thousand dollare your; but I cannot help thinking always want to beat the partridges. lessons in riding or crib a hair It has always been the same from the boy friend. (We have world of dif- that, when the heart bas once bo- -£230

a year would make

Later, when the new gun to beat with excitement, the with any game in which I was in no spare boy friends either).

Wo are sorry that neither the THE CAR EVERYONE 18 TALKING ABOUT ference. The youthful sporting motorist, be careful City Hall is built, the public may normal man longs above all for terested. I should have liked the family, man, the modern min. the exetak ask a little more-a free circula- victory for his own side, if it can Rugby fifteen at my school to win shingle nor the bingle, the cringle

Le achieved fairly, against any the Schools' Cup every year I was ind man

the hard-bitten profquional'

to suit you but we are not ex- matorit of long experience-bezzeting brary that people will want

to use, instead of a library for side in the world, however magni- there, whether it was the best or the crumpet style of hair auems team or not. I might admit at the hausted yet. Have you tried part- talking about the Vauxhall Light Bic. The question needs an anwar-how at that ope

many people? le peuple who want to use it.

-If it were not so, we should not end of the game that the winning ing your hair in the middle and car should faterest a

And even the most magnanimous try was "fluky," and, rosy with a extending the parting to both cars? cause, though it may be remarkable, the Vauxhall Light Blx hea features to ault" their

human beings chertling with gleeleense of victory, might exude synt-Your next crop may be a curly one. many demands. You, too. will and your

We are inclined to agree with Sight eae, needs falilled in the Vauxhall TINKERING WITH LAW

because the weather, after making pathy for the defeated side; but, Even more than the proposed things easy for their own batsmen, while the game was on, I was as

cutting his flannels down but I Amendments to the Coroners Or- changes in such a way as to make ready to shout myself hourse over you about the pants. It's too bad

superior genius.

expect you would feel the same dinance, the reforms contemplated things extremely difficult for the gifts of luck as over the feats of your brother was annoyed at you There is a kind of "my-country- he started cutting your flannels in the fury ordinance suffer from opposing batsmen.

We agree pants are

much the serious defect that they leave On the contrary, we shouki have numerous important problems un-found these magnanimous human right-or-wrong" spirit among the up. touched. It seems a futile thing beings looking up dolefully at the young partisans of the football- better this hot weather... "As merely to tinker with legislation sky during the week-end of the stand that may be very reprehen- pants the hart for cooling streams

real Test match and bemoaning the Bible but without which the foot. would bo. half- of this kind; if there is no

remedying intention of

basic fact that owing to the rain the ball-grounds faults. The Coroners Ordinance Australiane would not have the emptied of their spectators,

on the same fine batting wicket to play Who is there who, however much is leas to be criticised

ho admires the masterly play of score than that concerning jury- on as the English had had.

The truth is, however, few of the other side, does not rejoice men for it does, at least, furnish

The Ostrich is a bird with a long the machinery for supervision- us are so magnanimous as all that, when one of the other side makes and a strong Attorney General can We do not pray for the weather mistake that lets his own side prevent a repetition of incidents to be impartial. We like to take in? If I had been a Cambridge neck and a kick like a mule.

The ostrich is, a pretty dumb that have occasioned publie cena hand in the game on our side man at the Oxford and Cambridge

in

twelfth match at Twickenham. Inst Decem-bird as it thinks when it hides its to become, as it were, Bure in the past. The changes the jury crdinance, on the other player of genius in the team and ber i should certainly have been head in the sand that nobody can sure- see it or if they can, they will hand, consist principally of legalis- we welcome any accident of sun, ecstatically happy, if the ing minor illegalities which have cloud or rain that may turn out footed, sure-handed Owen Smith think it, is a banyan treė.

The ostrich spends most of ita grown into practice, and, desirable to the advantage of our own men had fumbled the ball just onee and and necessary as this in itself may and to the disadvantage of the so left the way open for a Cam-time dropping eggs in the sand

bridge victory. I should have and looking for them again. be, they supply no rent advance.

been generous afterwards and, Although it comes from Aus This seems to me to be right. I perhaps, even expressed my regret tralla, the ostrich is not a great suspect most of the people who say that so great a player had marred ericketer. It has good delivery "May the better side wis!" of not a glorious day's play by an error: and can put its head under the quite meaning what they say but not till the game was over. The only man who can honestly say "May the better side win!" an

Ask for a triol run.

Hong Kong Hotel

Garage

Stubbs Road;

DEATH. WARREN. In London, on 20th July, 1934, John Percival Warren, aged 68.

whe

Hongkong Telegraph.

TUESDAY, JULY 31, 1934.

THE CHURCH AND

ITS MINISTERS The Colony will be all the poorer by Dr. E. L. Allen's re- signation from the pastorate of the Kowloon Union Church, which is to take effect from the end of the present year. During his stay here, Dr. Allen has re- vealed himself to be not only a deep thinker and a keen student

of world affairs, but, above all

.

WOMEN JURORS. WHY NOT?

OUR LAW.MAKERS

+3

the

others.

We know that it does not really pect it was the Invention of a Victorian school-master anxious matter who wins a game, but wo to restrain the too ardent passions are not absolutely sure of this till of his pupils on the eve of the the game is over.

Till then, most of us can say game of the year.

." and so on. '

Yours cornfully,

GEORGE.

THE OSTRICH. EXTRACTS FROM ADA'S EXERCISE BOOK

nat but it can't stand a big belt

very

CHIELD AND US. Chield: Uncle, please what is R

Us: A nasty what?

Cheild: A Nasty Austrian. Us: Hush, my child, you mustn't say things like that.

Chaild: Well, What is it? Us: A Nazi ia a man with a

the legislation governing

In the same way, every English with the ball in the belly.

The ostrich has a very musical local jury service was worthy of

never volee and has been called the oficial attention in order to bring the eve of a great match is either spectator at the Lord's Teat match it up to date, a little extra time a man who believes that his own was delighted when the spent in extending the principle side is so good that it is certain failing Oldfield dropped a cateh Nightingale of the Bush. When of modernisation would not have of victory or a man who knows and so allowed Ames to score his startled it will imitato a mudguard a fire extin- been wasted. There is a heavy that his own side is so bad that century. Everybody was sorry for pushing a coolie against a wall

had happened. At the present makes a noise like weight of argument that could be he is resigned in advance to de- Oldfield and glad that the thing and when calling to its mate it brought to support a suggestion fent.

stage in the evolution of human guisher with a sore throat. for the empanelling of women

A good ostrich egg is a Thus, if the Australiana were nature, that, I think, is as far as

impressive sight, being about the jurors. And a still stronger case could be submitted for ending the playing an English schoolboy ele-sportsmanship can go.

"May the better side win!! is a size of twenty ordinary eggs. The system of acceptance of majority ven, everybody on both sides could verdicts in criminal cases. The say "May the better side win!" else, a man of deep religions con-old system was perhaps necessary with a clear conscience. But not ne sentiment. It gives us an only egg more impressive than a victions, the guiding principles to save undue waste of time in when Australia is playing Eng-deal to live up to. But, mean good ostrich egg is a bad ostrich

the wet grass and go bad as the ordinary egg. misses an easy catch, we shall ne LTD. or which he endeavours to apply days when the oumber of persons land. Here the issue is still unwhile, if a player on the other side. CEE which smells twenty times, as

available for service was strictly certain, and, till it is settled, every slips on to everyday life. It is precisely limited. But to perpetuate the Englishman will be an eager cept this as one of Fortune's gifts with not ungrateful hearts. Any because he possesses the courage system nearly fifty years after the partisan, longing for victory.

I do not know who was the little help that comes from win-Nasty? of these convictions that he has, passing of the original ordinance

when the number on live originator of the pious phrase exning the toss or from the weather after much pondering of the register is more than ten times pressing the hope that the better or from any other, piece of luck step, reached the conclusion that grouter-is definitely bad in prin- side would win. It has been at-will be duly welcomed. he should drop out of the pro-ciple, and a sfur on the ways of tributed to Mr. Dooley; but I sus

justice in Hongkong. fessional ministry: So much is apparent from the terms in which he announced his decision on Sunday morning. It is no over-statement of the facts to say that Dr. Allen's case is that of many other ministers of the Gospel who feel that they cannot make their maximum contribu- tion to life under the conditions required of them by institutional or organised religion. Some of them, whilst feeling thus, none the len refrain from making the break; the more courageous and the more honest-minded take the plunge and are prepared to put Ordinance submitted to the Legle- their principles to the test, come lative Council been challenged what may. Like many others, in any single particular by an un- oelal member. Perhaps, how. Dr. Allen feels the constant over-ever, it is wrong to raise the voice emphasis on finance which is en- of criticism; perhaps the correct countered in the professional thing to do is to compliment the ministry, and here also he is at Colony upon a succession of in- one with many other pastors who fallible incumbents of the office of

Attorney General, fear that the spiritual life of the church is being in large measure

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It is possible that good reason To many people, I know, it seems from our hearts, "May the best could be advanced by the Govern- to formulate the creed of a true side win!" only if under our breath ment's legal advisers for limiting sportsman. I looked up the de- we add the whisper: "And, if reform to the point set down in finition of "sportsman" in the there is any luck going, may it the ordinance as amended, if the Oxford Dictionary, however, and come to our side!"

I could find nothing in it to aug-1 Anyhow the country needed issues were ever debated. But is there any reason to expect dis-gest that the aportsman harbours rain. cussion? Such a development in Council would set a precedent for the last ten years at least. It would almost rock the Constitu tion. A commentary upon laval government that needs no adorn- ment is contained in the almple statement of fact that never once in open Council in recent years, 65 far 38 memory serves, has en

subordinated to financial con-humanity if they continued in siderations. Feeling as he does, a given sphere against the die- Dr. Allen naturally finds his con- tates of their own convictions. victions closer to those of the Dr. Allen's case is, as we say, Society of Friends, or Quakers, not an isolated one; we recall than to those of any other another such here in Hongkong, Christian sect. For the whole in which an ordained minister basis of the Quakers' religion is of the Anglican Church felt im- purely individualistic, depending|pelled to follow a like course for upon one's own personal experisimilar reasons. In the last re- ence, and is in this respect wide-sort, the matter is one for the ly separated from the spirit of individual himself. But it is not Institutionalism nasociated with without its significance, at a time To some when organised religion in some organised religion. people, it may be difficult to apof its forms seems to have lost preciate to the full the considera- much of its hold on mankind in tions which induce men like Dr. general, that there should be of Allen to break away from, the these recurring instances ministry, but they are none the ministers of the church coming less real on that account. Nor to realise the relative fatility of can the sincerity of those who their work under the conditions take the step be questioned; they in which they are required to would be poor specimens of labour."

"I think your father ought to pay these finos. He's the one -that-bought you the car.!!!

brown shirt who does Swedish exercises in the street for his country's sake.

Chelld: Are their Swedish

Us: How should we know? Cheild: Why do they do Swedish exercises?

Nazie?

Us: For the same reason that an English-speaking German Jew settles In China, buys American dollars, curses in Hindustani and. plays Russian Pool.

Cheild: Why does he do that? Un: Why does who do what? Chelid: Why does a Hindustani Jew settle in Africa, swear in China, buy African dollars and play the fool?

Us:

Go away.

Chelld: Why?

Un: Because you give us a pain

in the neck.

Chelld: Why'?

Us: Never mind, why. Just do na you're told or you'll got ne candy. Run along, now, you little brat. Shoo!

LOCAL PHYMES.

(1H1)

An amiable beak and bon vivant Some nauscous`flims must sea

and con

They sickon his soul, and to

make himself whole

llo quaffs at the barro does.

H*******

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A than of nong, whose top note.

עני

In purer far than others 'C Whose mngle runos and tonder

tunes Enchant us. Here's L C***

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He sits on Boards, but he's no A braggart.

The Bears and Bulls his special

caro

He boards them in their inmost.

man of wilosone jesEH

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