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NOTES OF THE DAY

PREPARING FOR PROGRESS

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SEPTEMBER

14,

1935.

MAN'S QUEST FOR. HAPPINESS

BY PAMELA FRANKAU

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From the Office Butts There is no truth in the rumour that Hongkong Rotarians propose to send a number of their bright young Inds to Australia on a return goodwill visit

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One thing we now know about the Australian flannel flower; they don't. make dresses from it!

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I think you get that way by The great "Australian crawl" wns living according to your lights, demonstrated at the moonlight To do this you must first realise plenic. We understand that the the person you are; your strengthshest way to do this is to go down

Hongkong's budget 'entaina na provision for expenditure with res! pect to aviation, commerial or

E blue bird, you will re-ing it, "Oh yea?" this challenge otherwise, this year, but it

member.

found, after naks with a nusully derisive accent, Peace of Mind? Sounds pointed out that should any air long search, to be sitting at home "Inner

grand. When you've gel it you Farvice be commened next year in a cage.

Most allegorical reflections upon don't care if the house is on fire the Council "will be asked to vote

just happiness come to this kinal of for you're going bankrupt or your ver whatever som is considered

Tell us more. How do fled." The obvious interpretation onion. Their mural is pointed children have just been rum

less by the certainly that happiness by a lorry, is that the Government is prepared is to be found than by the certainty you get that way?". to encentage in so far as it is able, that it is not to be sought; a dictum ang commercial air venture which which should have little effect upon wastes to prace hoagione upon its the human 'race.

The Government is up-1 The human race does not conduct parentsy ready to east, possity You look for a normal front by subsidy, certainly by developing axle on this new Vauxhall mong the necessary lines the ex- And you ung facilities for aircraft landing -you don't see it! take the car on the road and lookami ingling and all the compiemen- for bumps and pot holes and youtary requites of that department don't feel them! For the New at the port's trade. It is A Vauxhall has independent front wheet springing which changes riding into gliding.

and withall RIDING changed to GLIDING by INDEPENDENT SPRINGING (popularly known as "Knee-action")

Prices and particulary ou application. Call 3 up to arrange for a démonstration. HONGKONG HOTEL GARAGE

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Thongkong Telegraph.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 14. 1935.

BOOSTING HONGKONG

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its life deliberately towards content. and your weaknesses; you must see

a A man may set his mind on money-yourself without prejudice as a making, on creative fulfilment, on character; similarly, you must a

During the week the Austration the mere business of keeping alive,semble the people, the work, the

does not cry events, the surroundings that are national call "Cobe" was heard an adventure. He

nearest "I want to be happy."

you must on the Pente. We understand that consciously:

to you. And For one very gond reason. That apply to yourself, as to this land- the Peak Residents Association kas the plain mood of happiness is only cape of your life, a severe and not yet recovered from the shock. de recognisable when deeply felt or personal sense of proportion.

☐ he deeply missed. partment

You will see that in an ordinary Excess water consumption rates ver-estimated in importance, antt! The word, applied personally,

to has therefore a transient quality, lifetime there is far too much life are being reduced. This will doubt. for Hongkong's Government

Its general implication, however, is and far too little time. You will less cause a drop in the revenue.

know that indicate its readiness to support anything but fransient,

the heavens are not Fairy stories end with the words going to open and drop gold upon commercial aviation here to its best ability, is gratifying to those of "They all lived happily ever after yon; that ships do not come in: -Brides and bridegrooms are that ek is a rare visitor, sucress a us who have long advocated such

wished, "everlasting happiness." raver: that fulfilled love between a policy. It is a matter for con- portal messages from what puts and wann is perhaps these hi

is called "The Other Side" speak rarest of the three. gratulation, too, that the Colony is to have an Aviation Meteoralogical with one vaire: am very, very i You will see. that the average person is Loid to waste a great Service. This comes about at the happy."

deal of time; thingh he will Eve tergent request of the Air Ministry,

From, our earliest youth we are, and breathe every second, he cannot and Mr. We are Takl.

Jellies arcustomed to hear of happiness as torn every breath to good account. Director of the Royal Observatory, an enduring state; in our own. You will see that the handicaps of at present on leave in England. has minds we have the tendency to res youth give place to the open baruit Bera instructed to disries the legate this state either to the past rapes of the adult, which in their turn became the last handicaps of matter with the Director of the for to the future.

It has been raid that sorrows | aure. of the Air Meterological Office

remain longer than joys in the j You cannot expect to travel the

Australians are said to be modest, is the Ministry and with the Astronomer memory. This is only true of the whole round world, to rlae to the we now think "modiste"

When we look top of your profession,

to exiword. Royal. Plans are already afoot for major mongents,

of the neary back upon our childhood, we forget perience absolute love, to leat a the procuring additional equipment for the Royal Cheervatory here whose service, for the benefit of shipping in the past, is moly to hextended into another sphere,

A DESPAIRING CRY

the

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tralian visitors

of the Colony from

We hear that it was hoped to persundo one of our recent Aus- to broadcast her impressions

Unfortunately, an inter- ..W. prefer could not be discovered in time.

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small disc forts and an-life of Christian charity and good- sielies; we see an existence which, ness, to adventure when adventure Golfers will soon be getting out being free from the worries that offers itself. to earn and spend their gardening tools again. beset our adult life, bat a ok ofereat riches, to raise children, to

know the benefits of a comfortable i greal seronity.

“Al" we may shy. "I was happy home, to feel at every hour the

Although the Colony has so far Then,"

And when we look forward, Eleg vestasy of religions convictionised a typlion this year, quite Leyend the troubles of this moment, in a life of seventy years.

a number of people have felt the visuging a world where all pre-doubt that you could do a much drunght!

afliations have ended, we in seven hundred. You are just No- Jayain sight serenity. "Never not going to have the line. Mr. George Lansbury makes mind" we may comfort ourselves, bendy has.

At a local auction the other day, morir appeal to all naflens, · See- | *then 1 stall be happy."

Further, you will find remark-six Peak ladies kept up spirited old card-table. in the world drifting, la war, in

This is sentimental reasoning,ably little profit in planning your bidding for

Lammert doubtless thought In the first place, we have not de-existence ahead. Frogsvill brings Mr. which religion, morals, and civilis fine hainess. The outmoded destiny in its track. The person them vulnerable. tion will crash to utter ruin, Herbert Spencer said that it existed you are determines the events be implores that the voice of Christ endom and all religions should be this appalling

to con- you to kok hard and clearly at with a special dance. The guests. Chat. 20 catantraphe may be averted. He tradict him. Adequate exercise for yourself and your life; to assemble included many Kow-lunars [ would have the Archbishops and the faculties would involve a all things in the order of their

life free from every eure. Able to impurtance. the Pope summon a sidemu convera-work according to one's capabilities,

in alequate exercise for the facul-falling that person. Now for your ties.

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sense of proportion. It will enable | The Lists celebrated the full-moon

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Those who had hoped to see Istrong public support for the movement to affret more tourists and other travellers to Hongkong must be disappointed at the response so far accorded to the appeal issned by the newly-formed Travel Associn- tion. The Government has al- ready made a grant of $25,000 | heard. to the fund, in the hope that its contribution would be met dollar

They ell him Typhoon"--be- for dollar. Actually, however, tion representative of every phase alde to love as freely and deeply: You will always find one thing of Jause in moments of depression he's

For that and other religious as mo's heart dietinted, able to supreme importance.

always liable to fill-up, the Travel Association appeal

Christian

sacrifice all the thought. In meet in the Holy Land help in every way people for whom thing you must has so far brought in less than

from Moual the physical

m fell atrection, able to live among other things, just so long as it necessities of one's retains the bisotest. Perhaps, at Jerusalem, and ten thousand dollars. It was Calvary call a Tener of God" and being, one would be doing exactly within a short time, it will have the original intention of the bid the war spirit rest. The ap-as one liked for twenty-four hours ceased to hold mach significance for ; you. Even then you will remember pral does #redit' to Mr. Lanbury's out of the twenty-fir Government to make an annual heart, bant it is 15 he feared it will Philosophers have no business with and that your fidelity to I brought And that would be Utopia. clearly that it was of great stature grant of $25,000 for a period of be met with only cynical shrug Utopín. Nur, at the moment, have its own fulfilment,

who call themselves | 1. I contend that happiness cạn This, I am certain, is the only DCDCCDDDDDDDD BOBODUCThree years, but in the coming Politicians

religious or other, and they place an ordinary income. These three that sees what the minor things are, C6500000083CDCOCOCCar's estimates this has been realists have no use for sentiment, he won in an ordinary world, in way to live. To raltivate the ere trust in their cleanerics prisions admit all the worries to and to whittle them away from

which the human is, heir. They every moment. To throw off the that the U.S. Supreme Court has the Secretary of Staty, to $15,- though These have brought, the reinde no disaster.

small encumbrances of the soul

to the supreme ruled early morning I would say that enduring hapjand give space world into a frightful mess-than in all the peaceful convocations that piness is an inner place of mind, factor. Only by this means can you a mental and spiritual stability. be free from the regret that goes were ever gathered together.

a missed opportunity in the light

An outbreak of influenza amongst in arrowful frath, who are the untouchable by the outside ils.

of present wisdom, Torgetting

chickens is reported from Oxford- nations that might respond to the Though I do not wish to discuss to weigh past cause an effect. cad? Would nations which are religion here, I must in honesty | You will never be able to say, "shire. Probably merely an Oxford drank with the spirit of military express a doubt whether any candid everything that was right."Froup Movement!

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glory or "godless" Russia? Thereplete atheist can have access to this You will be able to say, "I did the plate. There !!'' Fowever, few thing that was right for me at the

complete atheists,

100. The Government is. hawever, prepared to sanction a supplementary vote if the public response justifies such a course, Quite rightly, the Government holds that this is clearly a ease where. in the

of are absence

other doubtfits, enough to

Lind." And if you can say this

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Having the prove the amiable futility of Mr.

made my attempt at truly, you will have known for a adequate sundari

Lansbury's appeal. Nevertheless definition i can hear the challenge long while the inner peace of mind interests which will benefit, it he is right. The Great War was that demands my recipe for reach-i that Is enduring happiness would not be justifiable to extend scarely launched when men began large sums from the public to realise that the only hope for funds, and when the scheme is the world was a “change of heart.” That conviction Became stranger fither advanced it is the inten- the contie went on. It he tion of the authorities to make never been lost sight of since the its contribution on a dollar-for- | war. But still voice crying dollar basis. It must be ap that the world will have to go parent that the new Association | through another period of bitter will be unable to function as it xperience before it learns its

should do without adequate funds. The sum so far received

in the wilderness and it may be

Teason.

is altogether insufficient for the the claims of the Association, plans which the Association has whilst retail firms', of varying kinds will obviously stand to in view in launching its work; at least an, amount equivalent to gain from a movement which that already granted by the will bring raore money into the Government is needed for this Colony, It has long been in purpose. Whilst the Associa-matter for surprise amongst tion has met with very few re-visitors to Hongkong that the fusals to help, we under- Colony does nothing to boost its That re- stand that at least in one or two manifold attractions. cases well-established firms have prosch, quite justified, can be not subscribed, holding that the removed if the Associatiojn re- movement will be of no benefit to ceives adequate support. It is them. This, however, is a up to the public to see that such short-sighted policy, since the support is forthcoming. The work which the Association more the public gives, the undertakes will be of general greater will be the Government assurance of benefit to the whole Colony. For grant, with the

this reason, it is to be hoped that enlargement of the activities of SSSSSSSSSSSSSSESSED Chinese interests will not ignore the Travel Association.

"Well, that shows how we stand with thetan.

room in the house!"

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most exquisite

"Where the scenery's rare."

But she answered "Oh Yeah". Was he abbed 7 Well, I ask

you; was he?

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There is no truth in the rumour

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walks in-

Half an hour with the averagy Hongkong woman will tell you all she knows, says a local cynic. But not all she suspects.

We suppose when a gold-digger and an angler meet they tell each other about the big one that grot nway.

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An apple may have.caused the down fati of Adam, but nowadays peaches seem to be handling the (business,

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Then there was the young couple ut the dental college who became | engaged, on the principle that they

would most likely pull together.

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A sculptor mys only one girl in five thousand i`phyicially perfect, Must be the one we saw at Repulse Buy last week.

There is no truth in the rumoter that the Government is arranging to transfer some of the rich, old aroma from the present Wenchai Market to, the new buliding, in order that stallholders and Clis- tomers may feel thoroughly' at home.

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Fred Perry has often shouted: "Love Thirty," Now it'll bỷ a ense

of "Love, one."

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University professors have re-

ceally been figuring largely in talks ou money. Their ideas, however, are ruturally only theoretical.

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