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SATURDAY MAY 84 1924
KOWLOON'S GARDEN CITY.
SLOW PROGRESS OF MR. EDE'S PET SCHEME.
DUE TO BUILDING DELAYS.
Contractors Who Almost Corner The Market.
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Besides retiring with an enviable record from active servico with the Union Insurance Society of Hongkong after an eventful tenure of olive as General Manager, the name of Mr. Montague Ede will go down in the annals of Hongkong not only as one of its first business men, but usa citizen who has worked for the benefit of the community during many years of his association with it, and who despite his retirement.
EMPIRE DAY,
LOCAL CELEBRATIONS,
THE CHINA MAIL.
will continue to work and to see through to completion a scheme which the Immaculate Conception, both and its history; literary executor willing to debase himself and the f
the Kowloon Tong Scheme. He started it over a year ago and in reply will be a lasting memory to his enterprise. Mr. Ede brought into being
SOME PERSON. zines while still at college. He is
of a loving democracy; warm GENERALS AND ADMIRALS humour, play and good spirits; in frank boyish manner, full of AT THE HONGKONG CLUB.---his athletic days he went in for Apart from the usual. Church
nearly all the sports, winning The following which is a eulogy prizes for track and snow shoe services-about which nothing of a Dr. J. Stuart Thomson, a races, Children in his ward call previously had been heard people's candidate for the United him by his first name. He tires Emprie Day was allowed to pass piece of American newspaper Halloween, playing Santa and States Senate seems to be a typical himself out on Xmas and unnoticed. A correspondent to gush. Its local interest lies in its Pumpkin Man for Middies' parties. yesterday's China Mail drew atter oference to Hongkong, and the He calls the natural acclaim of tion to the lack of observance at Hongkong Club Queen Victoria's memorial, and
children the "purest thing in the urged that "something be done,"
Dr. John Stuart Thomson, of world." He scorns the Rich Male- $61 Bergen Av, Jersey City NJ factor, for he says that not only Services were held in St. John's the China Explorer; leading the foundational milics, but any Cathedral and at the Cathedral of authority on the U.S. Constitution man could get rich on their basis of graft and privilege, if he were of the famous Webster family that Cathedral was conducted with Constitution (official history in 3-day typhoon on the China Sea commencing at 9 a.m.
The service at St. Julin's wrote the Dictionary and the US. nation. He passed through a hymns selected were heartily sang. gress); author of "China Revolu- cruiser "Nippon" that captured fitting solemalty, and the excellent U.S. Senate doc 461 of 1908 Con- on board the famous Japanese
The Hon the Colonial Secretary, tionized," "The Chinese" "Fil of Admiral Rotjestvensky. (Sir Claud Severn) was present Philippines" and other books sian monks in brown and Araba in With and there were also present: Mr. (Laurie Co. 80 New Bridge St:
bure-footed rope-girdled Carthu G. N. Orme (Director of Education) London 128. Bd.), is well known in white, he has gazed on sacred and the representatives of the Jersey as a Zoning expert and Sinai and the patha where Our following, schools with pupils defender of all that raises the Government powerful and he impued, almost Central British(Mr. GNightingale), toné' and 'culture of our civic life. Pharoahs and Caesars and Joseph Lord, Abraham, Moses, the before any practical work could | autocratic.
St. Pauls (Mr. E. G. Stewart), St He is internationally known as a walked. He has sailed around the be done, but the
Stephens (Rev. W. H. Hewitt), St. famous critic. in cultural and Equatorial Belt of the Globe and On our representative's sugges Stephens Girls (Miss Taylor), scholarly matters. His streetviewed the remains of ancient obvious advantages of the scheme were soon that workers from outside Queen's College (Rev. N. Evans), attractive that almost before the could be brought in, Mr. Ede said Diocesan School (Rev. H. Du T Zoning law written two years ago civilizations far more splendid first god was turned applients for 1, they were they would have to Pyner and Mr. E. C. Thomas) also at the public request of Commis- than those of to-day The houses had by far exceeded foek em up in cages and come representatives of the following ioner Fagan of Jersey City, was The possible number that could be them from the rest of une popuna district schools:Wantsal, Saient for and adopted by such cities plagues and seen the dead burned stood among epidemics ind ommodated. To erect houses on in order to prevent inevichoringoun, Ellis Kadoorie and as Albany, Atlanta, etc. Dr. and hurled into the sea. and sell them at cost price was a
Yauizati. git-edged investment and the
He is Thomson was the most widely fearless: He saw a All of the Hongkong troops of reported speaker at the great Bergen Av. attack the Indy thief on public came forward eagerly.
to a China Mail representative's enquiry intends to finish it.
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The Kowloon Tong Scheme, ing market just now. About half . formed in Novemner, 1921, oc une puniaing contincts were neid
embraces
Its object an by two contractors, who sub-let ambitious project' to establish a uq, work to sub-equlractors. it garden city of 250 resulences in was not the actual workers who Kowloon. There were many pre-were gausing the very put the liminary arrangements to be com- contractors. 200 Bullas wure ploted with the
Much Spade-work.
trouble they would meet from inc local workers. had the work beun
He has
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| carried on steady from the time Boy Scouts were present under-Clark University Conferenco, of treasurer of it Sunday school und | 11 was started, anded Mr. Ede, the District Scoutmaster A. White and 1912 at Worcester, blass. which take her bag of collections. | OMSMENQNQUQN, Despite the fact that the con- fty-six houses would have been Cub Masters Fenton, Foulds and college Presidents, and experts armed negro thief, caught him on
the Wolf Cubs were' under Wolf gathered Willians.
together statesmen, Though unarmed. he chased the
pany would be almost independent indication of the delay that had ready. There was á striking of imported materials for the con- been experienced in the fact that barren. lanit and the erection of instead of fifty-six houses being the Rev. T. A. Powell and the of the new Chinese republic by the soldiers and is popular with the struction and development of the the houses, much spade work hade ready's
ready next month only 20 would to be done before even the sites Just before our representative could be laid out. There was the was shown in to air. Ede's office; inevitable obstacle which con- Mr. Ede said he had been trying fronts many builders and cof- tearlors in the Colony-the lower-to communicate with. the con ing and yelling of hills."
Iractors to speed them up.
"
The Servicea
on Far East and international Union St. and made him disgorge The service was conducted by Conference for official Recognition "Journal" June 1, 1923) He loves matters, and he dominated that the look (a/c. in: Jersey City reading was made by the Rev. Powers, overcoming Taft's opposi Police Dept. of his cit, because H. de T. Pyner. Other rabed clergy present were the Rev. H. C. tion and securing Wilson's written he praises them as: "law in uni- Copley Moyle, and the Rev. G. E. promise from Bermuda in 1918, form." He hates spiek and the Arrowsmith!
though Thomson is a Republican, private service and card list The Rev. Norman A Peel but of the Webster-Lincoln-Roose-system of the Big Bandit Inter preached from 1st Peter and chap. volt sort. Thomson has known ests, and he proposes their control V. 17" Honour all men, love the what it is to be drugged at dinners by Congress. He has warmed his In January when a China Muil Scheme Completed Next Year. brotherhood, fear God, honour the etc. by his opponents at inter-patriotism at the homes, haunts representative called on Mr. Ede,
people" and appealed to all loyat national conferences 1. was able to announce that 56 In spite of the delay, Mr. Ede subjects of the King to endeav favourite method of old-style ary and Civil War heroes. He has etc., a and battlefields of our Revolution heases-would-be-cumpleted by desired our representative that by our to remain true to the Great diplomacy; and he urges novices had all kinds of experience with Ju bext month, and Mr. Ede the end of this year, a third of the privileges which they had and to do what Cardinal Gisbons used Big Business, laws, politics and sessed his sath action at the total scheme would be completed make use of them for the further to do, take along your own hard-men, high and low, Iri China he progress of the scheme. The fifty/m the remainder, in eighteen ance of God's Kingdom throughout boiled egg! Thomson is a People's was chloroformed in his sleep by This assurance the world. They could take cour Constitutional man entirely; he is R Sikh-chowkidar robber, who the available dand at the moment, from the "father of the scheme," age from the lives of the great not a machine tool, madnikin and took all the gold in his room, but pioneers who, led by the lure of
six houses would be built on-all months time.
Dominions of the British Empire, at will. built. up the Colonies and ests made and unmade by them know the white man's habit of
from a man whose business adventure.. had discovered and exaggerated myth of the "Inter-left the watch, because he did not Anxious to know if his forecast shrewdness and foresight has had been fulfilled, a Chiau Mailproved invaluable to the company representative again called on MY from which he is retiring, will be Fly this week and asked if the received with gratification by the an address was given by the Rev. always backed by a machine and at the Hongkong Club, with Even Roosevelt came keeping it under his pillow. For At the Roman Catholic Cathedral from the Rich, was rich and was 3 years Dr. Thomson sat at table fifty-six houses would be ready.
tenants who are anxious to get S. Brookes.
D. D. un Building Contractors' Delay.
into their new quarters at the Day Father Brookes said they had to make that machine pro- in the world's greatest inter- "Empire its propaganda, and therefore he generals, admirals and statesmen Mr. Ede said he regretted to
carliest possible moment.
missed the presence of their late mises above the public interest. national port, Hongkong, where Air. Ede again told the China beloved Bishop-who-used-to-give And Woodrow Wilson was named all kinds of world-events are announce they would not. Twenty Mail representative that there the address on these occasions. houses would be ready, next would be no profit made-on-the-The practical. conclusion in re Davis machine of Jersey City and them. month. The company had met undertaking. It
and entirely made by the Bobplanned by those who control with serious delay from the build express desire of the Government said, is that we have to implore of Newark NJ, both branches of at the gard to this religious service, he the Jim Smith-Nugent machines ing contractors-the usual baik that he took over the project and God's blessing upon our Empire. Tammany Hall of NY. City. ing trouble in the Colony, as Mr. as he had started it, he would see upon its august Sovereign. and Thomson is an editors man, a fusing on the second floor Ele characterised it.
the Government of the various
In reply to the query as to what
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WAS
'Through some electric wires
An
it through.
When the scheme is consum-countries which are gathered People's free culturalist, working verandah of the Eastern Extension Elle said rather sarcastically that of the most delightful little cities those numberless peoples, their the Chinese, U.S. and Canadian incipient fire broke out. was the cause of the trombic, Mr. mater, Kowloon Tong will be one under its flag, that in promoting to enforce the nation's Constitu- Telegraph Co's promises on the the material advancement of tion on all. For over two years, Praya at eight last night an Justead of having a gang of men in the Colony with its parks and moral improvement, through the press has been recommending him the outbreak before the arrival of working regularly on each house open spaces, its 100 foot main wisdom of the Gospel, may hold to the administration for U.S. the Central Fire Brigade.
effective organisation extinguished- they hat "an amah and two boys"; road which as audi even they were always should certainly be named after,
suggestion the first place.
Minister to the Chinese republic; We quarrelling.".
its hardworking promoter, "Ede St. Paul's letter to Timothy (Tim. urging him to run for US Senator Report for last year shows that the
learn this prayer from while others of his friends are Mr. Ede pointed out that there' Road." or better still "Ede 2): "I desire therefore, first of from Jersey on a Constitutional red typhoon signals were hoisted The Hongkong Observatory was virtually a corner in the build- Avenue?"
all, that supplications, prayers, progressive platform. He is a 181 hours and the black signals intercessions, and thanksgiving be glim middle sized man of great 252 hours. These Agured include made for all men, for kings for all force, alertness, individual initia- the number of hours that night. that are in high station, that we'
RACE DECISION.
NOT AS WET AS "AT THE
ANNUAL MEETING."
PREPARATIONS FOR TO-DAY,
"
IN TYPHOON WEATHER, may lead a quiet and peaceable tive, wide scholarship and travel; signals, corresponding to the day life in all piety and chastity. For without any trace of the pedant; signals, were hoisted. A table for this is good and acceptable in the with red blood and not ice water five years enables it to be seen NAVAL HELP FOR CRAFT IN sight of God our Saviour, who will in his veins. He was Manager at that the nearest approach to these
HARBOUR.
ONLY IN AN EMBODGENCY.
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all men to be saved and to come Hongkong, China, of the largest figures over that period was inj to the knowledge of the truth." trans-Pacific steamship line (the 1922 when the red signals were Catholic Schools participating Pacific Mail and Toyo Kisen hoisted for 181 hours but the black were the Cathedral School Garri-Kaisha) before he was 30; and he signals for not more than 154 hours son School St. Joseph's English contributed to the leading maga. (as against 252 hours in 1943) College. St. Lewis Inductrial
Naval tugs ready to help merean-School Wah Yan Anglo Chinese School, Sacred Heart (Sacred Heart
The riotice roads :-
About eleven thirty this morn- ing, the Stewards of the long- kong Jockey Club devided to hold to-day's (third) extra race meet- ing as originally intended. An
was tile or private craft in typhoon we (Shui-Shiog) English School Kai inspection of the course mado, and the decision thenther will patrol the harbour this Lap Chinese School (Wanchal) arrived at. Unless there is a season, states. a Ilarbour Office noti-Shan-ki-wan Chinese, School, St marked change for the worse in fication in the Government Guzele. Paul's Anglo-French School, the weather there is every pros-
Italian Convent English & Chinese pect of racing commencing at
School, St. Francis English three o'clock this afternoon,
When there are immediate pro-School (Wancliai), Holy Infancy Training was carried out this spects of the weather conditions be-Chinese School, St Mary's School morning, gallops being restricted coming so bad as to place the Native (Kowloon) Hung-Hom Chinese to the half and quarter mile on the Craft in the Harbour in danger of School, Aberdeen Chinese School. inside (sand) track.
being unable to make sliclter on their A racing own account, a Red Ensign will be expert describes the course at pre-hoisted at Harbour Office indicating sent as not as wet us at the that two Naval tugs will be available annual meeting." There is still to assiet ba tave such creft to shelter. certain amount of water on the The Naval tugs will fly the Red |
ST. JOSEPH'S COLLEGE.
Literary Competitions.".
Class First prizo awarded
Class 20.Prize awarded to Peter Silva:
,grass track but this was being Ensign at the masthead and will to John Braga; Second prize remedied as far as possible by proceed down to the Central and awarded to Bertic Victor. sprinkling sand where needed, ie, Southern Fairways to the limit of the between the three-quarter-mile shipping, and all morcantile or pr and five-furlong posts. All the vate craft which desire to avail mud brought on to the course in themselves of tow to shelter the rains of Thursday has been should be ready with their ropes to cleared.
be takon in tow a the tuge volara.
All craft will be towed towards Yaumati Refuge.
•
D NO FIRE.
If the wind is blowing from the
LAST NIGHT'S EXCITEMENT. ecetward, assistance to the shipping at the western end of the Harbour The sudden glow seen in the sky will be rendered first, from Wyndham Street last night
Native craft are not to depend on suggested that probably half these tuge entirely but should ond Queen's Road was ablaze... Excited cavour to make shelter on their own cries and rushing too and fro Gooqmi, on early as possible: added to the alarm: But the glow The Naval tugs will be used only! died out almost as soon as it had in emergency, during the hours of Begum and later it was discovered daylight, and on no account will they
Alberto Remedios.
Class 2b.-Prize awarded to
Class 3a-Prize awarded to E Mathias.
Class Sb-Prize awarded to Chow Yee-cheung.
Class 4-Prize awarded to Augustine Medina.
Class 4b-Prize awarded to Fung Yuen-chung.
GOVERNOR'S
H.E.
THE
HEALTH
that our “Silent-Navy" had been be used for this, work after dark. On engniry, the China- Mail (1
disposing of a quantity of Namesparasibility for dinge don learns that the HE the Governor waste or condemned powder, on during towage will be taken by this now in comparitively good Stonecutter's Island. We suggest Government or by the Nova, health and hopes to be able to that future glows might be adver Authorities.. Alsed beforehand. It would calise A liat of towing charges en scale
attend to hir'dulles by Monday or lean excitement, to day the'lemat.??
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