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the local malarial problem. All truth is safe and nothing The work developed, and after Which is, of course, good news else is safe; and he who keeps an appeal made by St. Stephen's for the mosquitoes which it is back the truth, or withholds it Girls' College in 1922, the Univer- hoped to exterrainate, but not from men, from motives of ex-sity opened its doors to women. assuredly for the victims of these pediency, is either a coward or granting-them-the-full-privilege- pests and menaces to the public. criminal, or, koth-Max Mulier. of working for their degree.
Truth remains true, the fault'a The need for a Hostel for these in the prover.---Browning,
women students almost imme diately arose and was temporarily met by the Church Missionary Society who have for the time. being rented a small house accom. modating 14 students.
It is no small. Dr. Wellington cause for won- The name of Mr. Valentine John der that the Atkins has been added to the Press of Malaya is deploring the local list of authorised architects. transfer of Dr. Arthur Robartes Wellington, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., An Order-in-Council of H.M. (London), D.T.M. and H., D.PH. the King, relating to extradition of the lease the present arrange Owing to the uncertain tenure (Cambridge), to Hong Kong. He with France, is published in the ment is precarious; the premises was Medical Officer in Sarawak "Gazette." from 1905 to 1908: Port Medical
moreover are too small and the Officer,. Singapore, 1908, Health
Students are cramped for room. Chellaram, silk There is no possibility of accom- Officer, Selangor, Negri Sem-dealers, forward a bright calen-modating more, with the result bilan, and Pahang, 1909, Health dar for the new year depicting an that the increasing number of Officer, F.M.S., 1911, Acting Indian maid. ·
women students make the pro- Chairman, Sanitary Board, Kuala Lumpur, 1916, and has been Mr.
vision of a larger permanent C. G. Perdue, assistant Hostel an urgent necessity. Senior Health Officer, F.M.S., Director of Criminal Intelligence, since 1919. Born in Canada on returned by the s.s. "President November 11, 1877, he will bring Jackson" yesterday.
with him his long and intimate
Messrs. D.,
the part of women students to There is increasing demand on
take part in all University acti- vities which demand should be
experience of the incidence of The new rating valuation of encouraged to the full, so that the malaria on the rubber estates and 19 per cent, for Aplichau (op-power to work with others, the tin mines of Malaya where a spe-posite Aberdeen village) is to take capacity for team work, may be cial Malaria Board was instituted effect from New Year's Day. some years ago to tackle this very vital matter affecting ⠀⠀ public health. Local Canadians will doubtless prepare to receive him with open arms, but the welcome to him will undoubtedly be much more embracing than that; if he sets out to reduce the appalling mortality from malaria. In this Colony.
well developed while they are still Herr H. Gipperich has been re-Inter the opportunity may not so at the University, seeing that cognised by the Hong Kong Gov- easily recur for them to learn to ernment as acting' Consul tem-be public spirited.. porarily in charge of the local German Consulate.
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STILL WATERS
With this in viow it is now pro- posed to erect a permanent Hostel which all will be welcomed... for women undergraduates to
A meeting was called at Go- vernment Heuse on October 29, through the generosity of Mrs. Mention of
Southern, when the position was laid before the public for the first Malays serves as Mr. H. B. L. Dowbiggin and time, and an Organising Com- a reminder that a Mr. M. P. Talati have been nomin-mittee formed. former Hon gated to serve further periods of Kong journalist in the person of three years each on the Court of the Committee have thought it Before launching their appeal Mr. W. Arthur Wilson is back the University as from Jan. 1. advisable to enquire into the ac- again as Editor of the "Malaya
commodation needed by such a.. Tribune," Singapore. After edit- H.M. the King has not dis-Hostel, and to estimate the cost members of St. John Ambulance ing that paper from 1919 to 1922 allowed Ordinance No. 14 of 1928 of such a building. serve, the Boy Scouts, sections of Mail," Kuala Lumpur, as Assist recently to apply the sum of for 30 students have been made Preliminary plans for a Hostel the Volunteers, not forgetting the lant Editor, returning to the $19,478,964 to the Public Service British and Indian regiments. "Tribune" in the Lion City barely of 1929. Truly a Herculean task!
three months ago. It may be re- called that he was on the staff of At the same our junior morning contemporary What Is time,
from 1911 to 1913, and in 1912 Being Done? from the publi- was mile champion of this Colony, cation of daily Besides athletics he takes a great and weekly returns of small-pox interest in tennis and golf, as cases and deaths it might be re- local followers of these, games will
remember, assuring to have at least an occa- Įsional official statement as to the
+
apart
to enable an approximate figure of cost to be arrived at. It is pro- Sents may now be booked in ad-posed to give each student a bed- vance for Signor Carpi's popular room-study, and provide a com company, "The Parisian Revue" mon room, library, dining room and warden's quarters. The Com- which commences a brief engage-mittee consider that the sum of ment at the Queen's Theatre to- $120,000 is sufficient to meet all morrow at 9.20 p.m.
requirements.
It is hoped that this opportun- A Chinese was this morning, at it will be taken by many to the Central Magistracy, fined $50 show their interest in the higher or 6 weeks' jail, for being in pos- education of women. exact measures. that have been
The usual week-session of opium amounting to a adopted, and may still be adopted,
A Christmas ly whist drive little over
By subscribing sums for units Defendant cope with an epidemic the
Thought will not be held pleaded that he had only just ar their names given to the units as below subscribers would have. seriousness of which to the whole
on Boxing Day rived here from Swatow and was community cannot be questioned.
to
a tael
"Fazil," starring
memory and their names inscrib-
ed on a 'suitable tablet in à con- spicuous plače.
The cost of room units is
One bedroom-study $ 1,000 Dining room Library
approximately as follows:-
The resources of the Sanitary at the Seamen's Institute, but on therefore ignorant of "The Hong concerned thus perpetuating their Department must of a surety be Christmas Day there will be a Kong law."
special Christmas service con- already overtaked, "thus justify- ing those who pointed out long ducted by the Rev. G. T. Walde-
Charles ago that the personnel of Euro-grave, to which all the "Jacks" Farrell and Greta Nissen, which pean Inspectors was much too in port and the boys of the Mer-has drawn excellent houses at the limited in ratio to the population. cantile Marine are cordially in- Queen's Theatre during the week Extra work has doubtless heen vited. This item of news invokes is being screened for the last time thrown on to the Police in dealing the natural thought as to how the to-day. "The Magic Flame," at with the bodies of victims dump- majority of the lads in khaki as the World Theatre (5.15 and 9.20 well as the. "Jacks" will spend only), and "The Flame of the ed on the streets The members Christmas Day here. This is the Yukon," at the Star, are of St. John Ambulance Brigade are working wonders. And that one day in the year when the having their final showings to- Mr. T. N. Chau or by the chair- is about all that the outside public greatest wave of Home' sickness day. know about the whole sad busi-infects the warships and the bar- ness of the outbreak. The latest racks, for comparatively few out-
also
Common room
10,000
10,000
15,000
Warden's Quarters. 20,000
Further information will gladly.
be given by the Hon. Secretary,
man, Colonel Skinner..
All subscriptions should be
A robbery, incurring a total paid to the joint Hon. Treasurers,
figures of cases show undoubted-side the officers will have the loss of about $400 worth of jewel-Chev. J. M. Alves, 1a, Chater- Whilst in the busly what a hold the epidemic is satisfaction of being guests at alery and money, took place yester-road, and Mr. T. N. Chau; 8,
Christmas dinner. It is hard today night, when four men enter-Queen's-road West. Something reassuring is required to counteract the say which will be the more ed and ransacked No., 139 Second- The Organising Committee of neglected in this respect the street, West Point. The premises the Women's University Hostel sailors or the soldiers. How fow are occupied by an oil merchant
Small-pox
the other day there gaining. was overheard a effect of those figures. Scourge
timely tribute to the Press in its extreme moderateness in dealing with the small-pox epidemic, compared with the increasing restiveness of
|bers:-
of our local residents will think of and, at the time of the out consists of the following mem- Following up their asking a sailor or a soldier to rage, only the merchant Chairman: Colonel R. B. A Great campaign of free sample their Christmas pudding, and his son occupied the flat. Skinner, O.B.E., Lady Ho Tung, - Record vaccinations
last and yet in time of trouble they Central Police Station received a Miss E. S. Atkins, Mrs. Bridge, the look to the sailors and soldiers to report of the affair soon after its Mrs. Creasy, Miss W. I. Griffin, some people whose habitations chances of an epidemic were very ward and protect them. And yet occurrence, and are investigating Mrs. E. M. Minett, M.D., Mrs. fringe the district in Kowloon remote, the members of St. John a little thoughtfulness-that is At present no arrests have been Skinner, The Very Rev. Dean
encour-
year, when
surer).
Ambulance, Brigade deserve the all that is required--would en-made..
Swann, The Hon. Mr. J. Owen from which the majority of the highest possible commendation sure that some of our gallant de-
Hughes. The Rev. C. B. Shann, cases have been reported. Else for their splendid service of re- fenders on sea and land would be A report of a robbery was re- Dr. S. W. Tso, O.B.E., Chev. J. M. where it has been experienced cent weeks. From December 8 to welcomed and honoured guests ceived at the police station yester-Aives (Joint Treasurer), Mr. S. that the health authorities deem it 21 the total number of free vac. even at family Christmas dinners day afternoon, to the effect that Boxer, Mr. Kwok Siu-lau, Mr. part of their business under like cinations performed by them was for tiffins. The idea at least seems two armed men had entered No. circumstances to warn the Press over 154,276. This works out at a happy one if it could only be put 28 Li Po Lung-terrace, Kennedy Tang Siu-kin, Mr. T. N. Chau against engendering or
an average of 7,847 per day of into effect--hence it is passed on Town, and made off with jewellery (Hon. Secretary and Joint Trea- aging a panic and to "go slow" in 24 hours, or 306 per hour-a "right now" for those of our local valued at about $100. The rob- the matter of display of epidemic truly wonderful record for hon- folk who pride themselves on bery was effected in broad day- news, particularly headlines, Itrary workers in the cause of their big hearts and their love of light, and the inmates of the flat
QUEER AFFAIR may be that the Press here needs humanitarianism! It is to be kith and kin. Perhaps in future state that the men gained access devoutly hoped that each indi-years it may be possible for some to the place under the pretext of not such official admonitions or vidual member will be immune organisation to be formed and desiring to rent rooms. A gold ing partner of the China Ladies' The case in, which the manag“. used by a learned counsel in the from the terrible scourge until specially charged with the plea- necklace, a pair of gold bangles Hairdressing Saloon, of Kaya- recent Treasury fraud case is the epidemic is a thing of the sant task of, "rationing" a Jack and some clothing are included in mally. Building, was summoned too busily engaged in coping with past, when their great and valued or a "Tommy" at every home the missing loot. the outbreak of small-pox to work will most undoubtedly re- where Christmas is celebrated.
that officialdom-a word much
ceive the well-earned "Well done,
the name and on behalf of the whole Colony.
spare a moment to think of the good and faithful servant" from publicity side of the matter. In His Excellency the Governor in any event it is facts that count and one fact is that the epidemic is getting worse, in spite of the numerous free vaccinations being undertaken by.the members of St. John Ambulance Brigade (regard-. ing which more anon). Judging only from the number of bodies
The robbers
made good their escape.
CORRESPONDENCE VARSITY WOMEN: HOSTEL FOR LOCAL STUDENTS
by two women for assault was dismissed by Major. C. Willson, O.B.E., yesterday.
Mr. F. X, d'Almada, Jnr., ap- peared for the, complainant, and Mr. C. A. S. Russ represented the defence.
Newspapers are Christmas often asked to help
Gifts.
to solve the vexed question of "What It is a simple and to give" for Christmas presents. almost natural Correspondents, however, could be saved the trouble of "writing step from small-
to the papers" if they would only pox to maturia. remember that what is worth sell- of Chinese victims of small-pox It has been stated that in some ing is worth advertising and we are making on behalf of a This summons was adjourned found dumped on the streets it parts of the Colony mosquitoes at what is worth advertising is hostel for the Hong Kong Univer- sine die. must appear to the laymen that the moment are more numerous
'A' Word on Malaria
To the Editor of the "China Mall")
A cross-summons for breach of the peace was taken out. One of the complainants was alleged to be an employee of the shop and
Sir, I enclose an appeal which she further claimed for wages.
it is time that a cordon were than at any previous time of this worth buying. The advertising sity Women Undergraduates. drawn round the arca most affect year. The unofficial members of columns of the newspapers will
Yours etc.,
R. B: SKINNER,
Colonel.
PEARL EXHIBITION
ed and a house-to-house search the Sanitary Board seem unable hence supply the needed answer to
Mr. Kodaka arrived recently for small-pox patients made by to extract much information of the majority of queries. In this
with a wonderful collection of the staff of the Sanitary Board, real and practical value through age when advertising, has been
exquisite pearls and pearl jewel- Elsewhere this plan has been the medium of questions, and the brought to a fine art it does not Command H.Q.,
Dec. 21, 1928.
lery mounted in platinum, gold found to have most, effective re- public is still to be content with pay to advertise anything but. a real-worth article, whether at
and silver. He opened his yearly sults in limiting the radius ghastly array of statistics in the Christmas or at any other time,
The cause of Women's Higher exhibition at Messrs, Komor and affected, but there are difficulties annual medical report the while whether at Home or in Hong Education is one which has Komor's art rooms, Chater-road here not present elsewhere, that the mosquitoes take their
Kong. Ir a word, our readers always received the strongest and will continue to exhibit them Where is the line of demarcation toll of human life. After being cannot do better, when making up support from the community of for a few days more. The name to be draws, for instance, between asked to infer that the services their list of Christmas presents, Hong Kong
of Kodaka ia a guarantee that an Yaumati, Mengkok, and Sham of a malarlaologist are unobtain than have before them a copy of In 1906 St. Stephen's Girls excellent display of pearls will be shuipo which topographically able we have now the hint that the China Mall" or the "Sunday College was founded with the on view. This is a unique op- forms one huge district? one is not likely to be engaged Herald." If this tip is followed idea of offering to giris an educa portunity to purchasa a Christ- The sanitary staff alone until the new Medical Director, could not establish a
Dr. Wellington, arrives and has we are on safe ground in wishing tion equal in all respects to that mas present in the shape of pearls received; by the sons of gentle at a price never before offered in don. They would have to be time to dig himself in" and all our readers. supplemented, voluntarily,
A MERRY CHRISTMAS.
Hong Kong. by make himself conversant with
men.