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Cosi Fan Tutte, Overture (Mozart) (London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Lawrance Collingwood). DB-2147-Woodland Interlude (from "Caractacus"). (Kigar)

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(Played by Budapest String Quartet).) DB-2168/69-Trio from "The Musical Offering" (Bach, arr Casella)

(Played by the Italian Trio), .Played by Rubinstein. Mazurka in B Major, Op G3, No. 1 (Pianoforte) Mazurka in D Major, Op 33, No. 2

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Hongkong Telegraph.

SATURDAY, AUG. 25, 1934.

TELEGRAPH.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1934.

NOTES OF THE DAY MR. PEPYS IN HONGKONG BULLS AND INNERS

LEAGUE ASSEMBLY

10th. (Lord's Day). Stopt till nigh

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From the Office Butts

Ilkers are people who have spare time on their hands which they spend on their feet.

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Streamlined hair for women motorists is the latest craze. We presume that it should be wor in conjunction with hair-pin bondą,

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August 17th Up betimes and wife, pour wretch, and 1, boing newly The fifteenth session of the Am- | while I drink my morning dish of wed and come out, stop a day or two sembly of the League of Nations ten I do glance through the New with Mr. Benn upon the Observatory which opens at Geneva on Septem-sheetes. It seems that my feats for 11. ber 10 is likely to be one of the the dogges were not well grounded. most critical in the League's his or that they have now recovered their tory. The importance attached is appetites, ns there are bites a plenty eight of the clock and then, as I do in reported also in the know how I myself do loathe to Go-di- shown by the composition of the reported, British team. The delegates up- newon that Noel Coward plans to come turbed of a Sunday morning, I do on pointed to represent Great Britain to the Far East in the future, but, as my garments hastily and creep out to include Sir John Simon und Mr. he did point out in one of his most able the ferry-where just landing. I meet Anthony Eden, while the third of plays how dull the pour fools were who Mr. K. Bradleys and two ather friends, the principal trib is to be Mr. did bear the white man's burden in who do greet me civilly. But I am Skelton, the Under-Secretary of the East, and did hako such excellent sorry for the thought that I did read State for Scotland. There are also laughing stocks of us, I am at a stondo in their faces. During most of this to planos these days. A run in a to be four substitute-delegates, Mr.

to imagine the reason for his eccond day I uld sleep, or write in my Cham-car can be more exciting than a Shakespeare, Under-Secretary the Ministry of Health, Sir Ernest Bennett, Assistant P.M.G., Miss Horsbrugh, and Mr. W. E. Beckett, C.M.G. Mr. Beckett is the only one of the seven who member of the House of Commoris. and he obviously owes his nominus tion to the fact that he is legal udviser to the Foreign Office.

THE AGENDA

ber,

visit to such stupid folk. But it many

20th. Up very betimes and to the be that ho seeks further subjects for his merry wit, and I am minded that ofce, where. I find much business News this day of, the if he doth stop in the Colony he should awaiting me. not he Inbelled that all folk should know ordination of Mr. C. Sargent, as

who he was. "Foenum habeat in Deacon of the Church of England, corna" For all that, as I have set And I am glad of it for I hold him down before, I can forgive him much to be a Ane English gentleman, able

It is and the people prefer cars

run on a plano, ́

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For ourselves, we can't find any-. thing wrong with "Eva", excepting the price.

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The young couple who rode back from Repulse Bay on the hood of

a car the other night, obviously balleved in higher purchase.

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in that he did compose 'A room with at sporta, as witnesses his cricket, and

Every modern garden should in musick of far more culturo than I have a swimming pool, says a view. Very busy at my office and Inter to the Clubbe where I meet. Mr.m; for he is an accomplished student writer in a magazine. Some Itong

to get into Tristram who tells me of an M.C.L. of operatie musick, and is over rendy kong people manage Gala to be held upon Repulse Bay to share his knowledge with the un- deep water without. It is difficult to foresee exactly beach upon the fourth day of Septem-instructed. Wherefore I do wish him from the Preliminary Agenda, pubber which is a Tuesday. There are, God-speed in all his undertakings. lished na long ago as May 10, what he says, children's, swimming races 21st. Busy at the office and after qucation or questions are going to and gatres, and I would that my to a preview of a picture with Mis form the chief subjects of discus-

Ann's parents. And I am sion.

It is everywhere felt, how family were here that I might take teas ever, that it is going to be ji very them. of the sideshows he doth grieved that Mistress Ann too was not critical Session and it is more than speak, in one ense, smewhat sadly present,but I do fear she loves me probably that the Apenda will be and I find he would have the Pyjama less than heretofore. After we subjected to much revision owing Parade to be from fourteen to twenty-drink a spendy glass of wine in the to the political issues of high mo- six years rather than from six to lower part of the Gloucester House, ment that will not be evaded. Fourteen. For which he being a ond after, I do charter a pirate motor The Bureau of the Disarmament married man, I do rebuke himi And it Conch for passage to Shek O, where Conference in also meeting grieves me much that I have an I am minded to hear news of the Test in the early days of September, engagement and cannot go. But, did Match. But Lord! I am well nigh and its proceedings, though they

Once According to certain quartors, a may not altogether overshadow they but use for target in the Aunt drowned upon the journey out. those of the Assembly, are certain Sully the man, who caused all the hats there with my good Cousin Erle, I do boom la predleted in Hongkong. to affect them vitally for good or

to be pulled down at the further end find a mighty pleasant room and next year. Shops will doubtless ill.

the

secure the two-thirds vote invita-

do A motorist in South Afrien-wan ostrich. attacked recently by an Perhaps he struck it at an unfair in the advantage with its head sand.

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of the beach. I doubt not I and many moreover a fire. And I do put it upon prepare to stock and share it. others would drop all to attend. record that at Shek O, In this year of Yet even so, I doubt not I minit niy grace 1934, upon the 21st Day of

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LIB little bird tolls August a fire was most grateful and ine a ticket.

18th, Woke late this morning it comforting. Listened in very plea-amongst the collection taken at a certain church last Sunday morn- having rained so in the night that I santly but some statics, and there-ing, was a small Egyptian coin.

after to dinner in the lunch interval The Piastre Resistance! could not sleep for it, and ru Wad

at the Oval. But afterwards every somewhat late at the office where, it thing fades out until after twelve of being too wet to, do anything. I find the clock. But as it was sad nejve to little business awaiting me and so did hear, it may be that it was as well

and so home to Mr. Share's house

the complexion. Even so, most Onions are said to be good for start upon one or two heavy matters Anderson's where I buy me a Gala where I de siccp, but it is then two that I have in mind to do. Thence to Later all comes through until the end, people will stick to soap.

O ticket to aid the M.C... on the 4th of the clock. Yet I do perceive that

She was only n prox... and so to the Snakepit where my-Lout of Sandwich has not yet re- daughter. But oh! what a body- Mr. Muleygrubs and his Lady take“ their nuncheon with me. But I par-

DO crive she did get out of bed upon the

turned.

22nd. Seeing that it was a strange

line!

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cricketer's

There is no truth in the report that the following will appear in a local church, magazine: "Will members of the congregation, in- offertery, kindly use their own, and tending to place buttons in the

not pick them off the hassecks,'

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We understand that the coolie who poked his carrying-pole into one of Eva's eyes, was only trying to bamboozle her!

LEADING QUESTIONS

There is a variety of questions which may

become prominent. Will, for instance, anything be done to bring the Covenant of the Leagte into harmony with the Pact of Paris? Will anything come out of the Report of the Spanish Gov. ernment's Madrid Conference on Press co-operation in the Organisa- tion of Peace, with a speelst few to preventing the spread of "false LOCAL GRAFT information, which may threaten

SCANDALS

peace of the world and the good understanding, between nations?" Will the proposal of the Polish incorrect alde that morning, for after bed, I do sleep pretty well, though 1 We have you to discover why To our favourite list of "can Government for the protection of the waxed very opinionastre, and did am in doubt if the better dors de "Eva" wears a bell, unless it is did confessions" has to be added minorities by Convention to be tell me many home truths, as she did cosy to lick one's nose through the to provent her being kidnapped. the announcement by Mr. L. H. drafted by an international Confer-

call them, until I could nigh have muskeeter curtain in the early morn C. Calthrop that the increasing, once go through? And of even beaten her. But I doubt not 1 shall ing. After breaking my fast, to growth of bribery in the lower more general interest will Russia be even with her yet, as I did tell her office with Mr. Share and so to bunl

A wet day, off and on, and all ranks of the police force has tion to assume,membership? The and so we parted very good friends. come to his knowledge. This is Answers

may have considerable But it may be it was but an indigos are mighty tired of the rain, as oven isolating ♫ sentence of the bearing upon the future of the tion after the curry, tho' her Lord and re Tela's officers who did put back worthy A.S.P...recasting it is confidence-in-the-institution is 1e for a while and then to Kowtoon to loaded-junk, wherein the latter wina, League, at least insofar as public I found it pretty good. Later, slept here after a small difference with a avoid quotation marks and,tained.

dine with Mr. Print, and there I do but not past the collision bulkhend. possibly, therefore. being N

meet a pleasant person called Buch- But I doubt not it did irke them sore little unfair-an admission of

anan. But unless he can curb his to return once more to Hongkong, our own which should auffice to force are too, well known to be I doubt be will never make old bones.ru seldom

and trusted officers in the police taste for uncooked fowle to his meals even though they have seen the port Thank goodnces there's no body-

line bowling in bowls! show that such is far from our able to act successfully. Among Later played at Centrackt, but Lord!

23rd. Very buay in my office and

口 D intention. For sympathy is the rest of the European con- when I de telephone for a taxi it takes later to the Clubbe. New comes of warranted to a large extent. It tingent, there are scores, of the some half of an houre to come and the loss of the Test match, which all Week-end Weather forecast. is not difficult to believe that nicest fellows, honesty unim- then, when I go out, I find it upon the did expect, but not of such a feeble many quarters the weather will be both Mr. Calthrop and the peachable and there are others. crown of the road, and between us a display by our batsmen, and I do sup-wet, both individually and collec

tively. The whole system is however great gulphe of rushing water so that I pose that this series of Test Matches Divisional Inspector have been so riddled with graft that, may not get to him nor will he ven- has been the most humiliating that engaged for three months en-granted obvious exceptions, the ture into it. And so ho goes home and ever were, and the M.C.C. are much to deavouring to get to the bottom problem is to discover which I do not, but sleep upon my hoste's blame, but the aged Selectors even of the bribery collection pro-way to turn to put hands on the sofa, which I find mighty con.fortable, more. For to crown their imbecility cedure, with years of perfection men who can be regarded as and the night pleasant and cool with they did select. Woolley-and- with behind it, without meeting with completely above suspicion. no muskeeters. And this I do believe what result. Indeed, an has been any success. The attempt in it-The bad ones give an unpleasant to be the first occasion that I have written, many are dead, but will not self under-estimated the or-odour to the others. And there slept in Kowloon since 1923, when my lie down. And so to bed! ganisation. Two such well- itatands. What is more, there known officers might just as well are several other departments have walked down the street|c; government which are just clanging bella as an invitation to as bad, or worse. Only Mr. the bribe ring and the victims of Calthrop's statement in the the ring to make voluntary small-beer bribery case has atatements. For that is where caused the singling out of the effort to stamp out graft in the Police Department for special

breaks public service

down. study. The and story could be The victims acquiesce-"pro- | pursued ad, infinttum were space tection" being preferable to per- available. The never locally- secution-and even when they published League of Nations re- feel resentful, are prepared to port on the S.C.A. am the licen- make complaints privately, and sing of girls to local brothels grumble vociferously, they still furnished one eye-opener. This jib most violently, presumably remarkable document gave the Trom fear, when invited to carry clue to much. Payment for

It their grievance to its logical privileges!

tells the conclusion. As a newspaper, whole story, except where we have the fullest experience payment is for immunity. of this particular difficulty. And this shocking state of af- The muleted, or their friends, fairs goes in Colony where write Letters to the Editor, or civil servants are considered. cali personally, and demand our pampered, which only means intervention in their cause, and that temptations being what fade out quietly when the re-they are, the Executive finds queat goes forth for the furnish it desirable to

cagage ita ing of the proof. In such a officials upon terms which should sorry situation, where is the be sufficient to place them be- curative outlet? The secret yond the reach of the corrup drafting in of detective officers ter. Yet the evil persists and from outside on special duty grows, frequently because the might achieve results in a fow good-intentioned after a while months of quiet investigation begin to reflect detrimentally without the publicity and ex-upon what advantage they got arrests. from resistance. Two questions posure of "cheap" Who can tell? Only one thing in conclusion. Where exactly is quite certain, and it is a de-do the police, interpreters come plorable fact, that inside the in? Arid who are the so-called Colony there can bo no real Four. Celestial Emperors? The assurance of an honest attack correct answers would be ex- on the problem. The higher tremely interesting......

"Yeah, my wife is thint way; she would be out dancing every

night if I could take her,-

An optimist Informa us thut there is overy possibility of local shares taking a jump up to Zero,

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Over 50,000 tickets have been sold in the Plenic Bay Sweepstake,, We hope we don't plek nix!.

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That was a bright youngster, who, when asked to give example of an unknown quantity, replied "A Hongkong dollar."

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There is no truth in the rumour. that the snake killed near “Eva't. was only a slow-worm.

I'm Eva, I'm It:

I'm the Quoon of the Road;- And although I am, dumb, I'm

force.

In your cars you may sit,

And study my modo,

I'm the latest from London,

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course,

A wink of my eye,

And you pass or you stop

To check you I'm not a bit slov

My only complaint is,"

I've nothing to cop.

If only the traffic would grow!

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