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CORPSE STOLEN.
SCHOOL'S REPORT.
ST. PAUL'S GIRLS" COLLEGE: GRADUATION.
FIFTH CHUNG HOK CLASS.
Lady Clement gave away the certificates at the Afth graduation of the Chung Hok claas. St. Paul's Girly College bell to-day at the Queen's Theatre.
The list of graduates wurde Middle School: -Chún Lin-tai Toul Chunk-sing, Chan Sakiking Wong Yeuk-bure, E Fhon-ping, Luk Chue-yue, Kan Cherk-kwong, Wong Suet-din, Fok Heng-fong. Upper
Sehcol:--Ng Luf-sheung, Yue Sau- wa, Yue Kum-sheung. Tam Yeuk-
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(Reuter's Service.)
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CANTON PRESSURE?':
Mr. Au Ting, manager of the Chinese Telegraph Administration, Hongkong, who was recently de London. Feb 5.
|tained by the Canton Puble Peace The appeal of Sir Basil Thomson (police) Bureau, has been released against his conviction and senunder a bond and has returned to of Criminal Appehli tente was dismissed by the Court Hongkong...
MR. J. R. WOOD,
SUBSTANTIVE APPOINTMENT AS PUISNE JUDGE,
PLEASING ANNOUNCEMENT:
Finding the corpse of a man.
Mr. J. R. Wood, who has been floating uff Cheung Chau acting us Pulsne Judge for some (Dumb-bell) Ishind, a Hakka woman time, has now received the un dragged it ashore, but four men.nouncement of his substantive ap- stole it the moment her back was pointment to that position
between which he will be most rely congratulated by his numerous On January 15, two sampans friends in the Colony..
During his stay in Cantón, so it is wont out near Green Island to meet
[On January 5 a huge crowdstated, he was asked to instruct the Mr. John Rostruge Wood, M.Abesieged Mariborough Street Police Hongkong office to hand over con the incoming 8.8. "Chinhua. Those Cantab. batrinter at law (Lin Court London, on the appearance in the boats thought pigs were feor's Inn) was appointed a Cudet of Sir Ensil Thomson, Assistant Government.
trol to a nominee. of the Cunton or board and there was compétition as long ago as October 12, 1899 Commissioner at the Metropolitan to take earliest delivery, the mer and on arrival here on December Police froni 1918-1919, in answer to Kim Tean-lim (pronounced Kam 19 of the same year he was posted two summonses, one accusing him Tan-lum in Cantonese) as the Peking has now appointed Mr.
per head for the frat lot landed.
to the Colonial Secretary's Office. of indecency with a woman innaw manager. One of the sumpans collided with Eleven months later he became Hyde Park. and the other requirely
Mr. Kim was form- the steamer and those in the boat Registrar of Land Court, Newing him to show
associate manager fam were thrown into the water: An Territories, where he was acting recognisances of 25 should not be Peking's reason for the change cause why his Hongkong. it is reported that assurance was given that every Folice Magistrate from May 1 to forfeited for his non-appearance in is that "Mr. Au's attitude is body had been picked up but aAugust 1, 1902; a member of the Court on the day named the known. Mr. Kim has now taken foki was subsequently posted as Land Court, in 1904; and Assist original summons. missing.
The ant Land Officer in 1905, in which summons was dismissed Sir Basil
second charge. year he also was Acting Assistant Thomson was found guilty on the Registrar Generat in addition to first charge and fined £6 and £5 This ather duties.
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Giving her annual report the headmistress Mine Wu) said
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to
A society that he belonged offered $50 reward for discovery of his body..
"Lady Clementi my Lord Bishop, gentlemen. Before making my report wish to express our gratitude and appreciation to Lady Clementi for the Honour she has done us by coming to distri- bate the certificates to the fifth i gradfunding qluss of the Chinese
About a week later the Hakka After a spell of leave in 1907-08 "Chur Cohi
We are fortunate woman, found the corpae but was he was appointed Acting Secondl; in having enlisted her sympathy unaware of the circumstances. Magistrate. Hongkong; in the fol and interest in our school, for weShe went round to the Kalfongs,lowing year he assumed duty as Ese sure that she will be an raised about $20 by subscription Deputy Registrar and Appraiser, spiration and a guide to us in com-and went to purchase a coffin.In Supreme Court, being appointed! ing years, as Lady Stubbs had been her absence four men atole the three months later as Second in, the past.
dead body, brought it to Hongkong Police Magistrate. and received the reward!
Reviewing the work of 1925, We Imve every reason to say "Thoa crownext our year, with Thy good ness. God". The year opened! with 422 popik on our roll, undl often the daily attendance was use high as 46. This good result had. dever before been attained in the
( history" "my" che, school. The strike |
take.
means of
attended up vacation.
the school days in the year.
the
Inquiries were made by woman and she re-sold the coffin to the maker for half the pricel
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$7,000 - RECEIPT.
CANTON NAVAL OFFICER IN TROUBLE.
.. CHARGE OF RECEIVING.
PEAK SERVANTS.
TRESPASSING CHARGE..
SUCCEEDS..
11-
LAST NIGHT'S RAID..
More serious charges would have been preferred againat eleven domestics, if Sub-Inspector. We Shannon had been armed with d Following service as a member'
warrant of the Board of Examiners and
instead of making a Acting Director of Education
casual investigation when he Said to be an officer in the Can-visited the servants quarters of which was succeeded by nine ton Navy, Jp Taze-yling was charg-Mr. M. Noll's house at No. 185, months" leave, he resumed dutyed at the Magistracy this morn The Peak (Mount Kellett) as Second: Magistrate. September
oning with receiving a deposit re-night at 10:16. 22% 1918 and ceipt for $7,000, believed to have April
The inspector found the servants, 16.914, to been stolen.
all men, either gambling or smok- the end of 1919 he was Acting
Mr. M. K. Lo applied for bail. ing opium.. First Magistrate, delung the
Detective Inspector: T. Murphy police custody.
from
"A.P.C. LOTTER.
SMALL PRINTERY FOUND IN ROOM.
which, caused a big drop in the our generoane donors not to allow number of students in mest other this piece of work to be impaired.. schools, made little difference to if not destroyed, for want of substantive Appoint asked for a remand of 48 hours, in us..for our average attendance for funds.? I must express my deepest jury There duties per 1925 was only seven pupils less gratitude to Mr. Lee, Hy-san, who, formed, to the entire satisfaction. than that of 1924, though in beth in spite of these difficult times, hus of the Government and the com- Sinere Co., Hongkong (in the The money was placed with the rears we had as many as we could been paying up wonderfully hismunity, with short breaks during cam of Chan Lap-ko), and had lurge subscriptions to the building which he acted ns Puisne Judge been aid out against a duplicate The summer vacation comfunit. We have yet subscriptions and Chairman of the "Sul An
Jón th original having been potí menced on June 25, a fortnight outstanding amounting to $100,000. Piracy Commission.
On his transfer a few months to have presented the document fied lost. Defendant is alleged parlier than scheduled time, be- which we hope we shall; have no ruse the girls had to walk all the difficulty in collecting when the,
ngo as Acting Puisne Judge it was when he was handed over to the way from Causeway Bay, Wanchai present trouble is ended.
generally felt that his long ser "We regret to report the passing vices in
police. and West Point to the school after
a judicial and magis- Ball
conveyance had away of one of our secretaries. terial capacity would soon be de-am on Monday wheir His Worship The case was remanded till 10 stopped. The school was very well Miss Daisy Wei, She had been finitely recognised. Hence it is
to time of the student from the opening of the that the present announcement of date and go into the question of Mr. R. E. Lindsell) will” isə ka on school, and joined the staf im his substantive appointment as bail. W.G re-opened September 1 In order not to fail mediately after her graduation. Puisne Judge will not come as a to fulfil the required number
Her work is of
now taken up by surprise. This fact, however, Misses Leung Suu-king and Chey will not dim in any way the heat. The outstanding event of 1926 Wing-kow who are also graduates.of congratulations that will be was the celebration of the faying There are thirty on the staff, in-showered upon him, coupled with ef the foundation atone of our new glading the three visiting teachers,
the wish that he may long be school premises on June 6.. Our Mrs. Griggs as singing mistress, late Governor, Sir Edward Stubbs, Mise Fong Han as drawing mis.epared to be an drnament, to the
Bench in this Colony. very graciously performed the tross and Mise, Shea Kwok-ying as- The high In the course of his gymnastic mistress. speech His Excellency said that he attendance daily reflecta credit. on was convinced that much had been both staff and pupilar
"The girls have contributed Test in the East by too much time. being devoted to agquiring a Know- $1,000 to the M.C.L. and $200 to ledge of Western language to the the CHMS, and several smiller detriment of ancient language and sums were donated at different literature; and that he welcomed limes besides those to the Bible the idea of having. A high grade Society, the Leper Mission in Schooh where Chinose iterature Pakhol, Chinese Clergy Fund, and de Chine bonds, provided for Some of the Banque Industrielle would form an important part of the Church Women Missionary according to the scheme which was He further said, that Service League. The girls opened made public home time ago, have what he hoped to see was a China free school at Causeway Bay in arrived at the local offices of the ese faculty of Arts at the Uni-1920 as a result of the work done Banque Franco-Chinoise pour le versity, but the project had been in the New Year Evangelistic Commerce et Industrie...... handicapped by lack of funds. Wer week. It le managed andı main-
These, however, are mostly for wish to appeal to our present tained by the "giris ever since with Canton and Swatow and have Governor, who is so keen on educa-the generous help of Mr. Wong been forwarded to those places. tion and so renowned in Chinese Kam-tuk who donates $120 per Those for Hongkong will be issued scholarship to carry out not only annum towards the expenses. The as soon as possible but owing to the idea of his distinguished pre-giris entertained a big audience of the limited staff available it is decessor, but also the wishes of their parents and friends at Christ-not anticipated that the arrange- the majority of the Chinese in themas with a concert, and also con-ments for distribution locally will Colony The Hon. Dr. R. H.tributed a few items to the St. be complete before the Chinese Kotowall chairman of the build-Paul's Church concert.
On the New Year,
ceremony.
the work.
were
FRENCH
BANK.
SOME BONDS ARRIVE IN HONGKONG.
· DELAY IN DISTRIBUTION
"BOY" CONVICTED:
A small Chinese printery was brought into Major C. Willson's court at the Magistracy this morning when three Chinese were Prosecuted, on different charges, for keeping a gaming house, pos
and printing the tickets, etc. session of Po Plu lottery tickets,
The seizure was made yesterday. in the room of the "boy" to Mr. Saunders (caretaker), on the seventh floor of the A.P.C. build-
ing:
Concurrent sentences of hard labour,were imposed, all with the option of fines, as follow:--
First defendunt, three months actually second (the "boy") three months; third, one month.
KOWLOON ARMS ARREST.
last
This morning two faced Mr. R..
E. Lindsell at the Magistracy on
The
a charge of being in, servant quar-
ion and were fined $3 each. tera without the owner's permia- other nine had their bail of $5 each estreated.
REJECTED.
LABOUR AMENDMENT TO
ADDRESS..
(Reuter's Service.),
London, Feb. 5.
The Labour amendment to the. Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne was rejected, the division resulting
Against
For.
Majority
112
187
Prior to the division Mr. D. Lloyd George (Libell, Carnar von) criticised the amendment in a mild speech calling at ntion to the illogicality of the Socialist programme advocating the Anation- alising of mining but not of
grculture."
SNOWDEN'S GESTURE.
(British Wireless Service.)
Rugby, Feb. 5.
A feature of the debate was the speech made by Mr Philip Snow- den, in which the former Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer lald down the principles of land policy much akin to those which have been recently expounded by Mr. D. Lloyd-George, the Liberal leader. It was noticed that Mr, Snowden kept turning to Mr. Lloyd-George as if for endorse- ment, and that Mr. Lloyd-George Fossession of a revolver, a dag-signified his agreement with em- ver knives and three packets of phatic nods. Later Mr. Lloyd- pepper is alleged against our George left his seat, and had a men arrested at Kowloon City conversation with Mr. Snowden, yesterday. They will be charged There was much talk in the lobbies. about this "gesture" by Mr. Snow- den toward the Liberals and the ensuing conversation. Mr. Lloyd- George, however, in the course of the further debate, declared that fall that had happened was that i Injuries to the head caused the two Intelligent and well-inform- extravagantly joyous mood from almost instant death of a Chinese ed minds had approached the "The general work of the school beginning to end. Dick Norton's Bear the Sheungshuf railway same problem with an earnest and It is very much was found to be very satisfactory present visit to the Colony will be station yesterday after he had honest desire to solve it on right to be hoped that, we may be able The. Inspector of Vernacular long remembered for this un "stolen" a ride on a motor lorry linea to carry out the entire programme Schools complimented us on the broken series of successes, a fea-He had been refused by the driver of the building as originally handwriting and the general neat ture being that those who have and fell off his perch after going planned, though at present we are ness of the written work. Essay gone to the Star Theatre once sixty yards or 80 The driver short of funds owing to the strike writing was good, and in some have patronised. it at succeeding pulled up, walked back along the Unless we are able to oktajm ausiste dagger the work was more ad--performATIONS.
road and found higt dead. ance from the Government there isvanced than the required standard.
ing committee, in presenting his Sunday before Christmas we were report of the committee in June happy to see eight girls being last, laid stress on the importance baptised. On the same Sunday in A JOYOUS NIGHT.' of Chinese education for Chinese the previous year ten giria and I respectfully commead baptised. The School Y.W.CA. THE GLOBE TROTTERS. SCORE his remarks to the notice of 11 organised eleven Bible classes out-,
ANOTHER SUCCESS. Excellency. Many of our girls geelde school hours, the average to Nanking and Canton for their attendance being a little over a It says much for the versatile before a Magistrate in due course, academic pursuits.
hundred. The Sunday School is entertaining powers of Dick There are nine girls graduating ranaged by. Li Man-chee, assisted Norton's New Globe Trotters that this year. Three will take up by Taul Chung-sing and Chan Ling for the fourth night in succes teaching, one will go to Kwang-tal Over forty children attend sion they drew a crowded house tung University, and the other five every Sunday. The girls also sup last night, and, inoreover, were will continue the study of English.port an orphan from Nanling in the able to keep that house in an By the grace of God, we hope to Victoria Home, enter into our new premises in September next.
a danger of the construction work The girls are diligent-and-shor
keen desire to learn.
having to be stopped. The build ing committee' believe that' with "Before closing I wish to thank such a keen supporter of education Mrs. Griggs, Miss Capell and Miss at His Excellency the Governor, Shes for getting up the programme there should be no ground for for to-day and the HK Amuse pessimism. May I respectfully ap manta, Led, particularly Mr. Kay peal to both the Government and for the kind loan of this theatre."
There will be another entertain-
night, and to r ny) the Globe their season toin
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