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THE CHINA MAIL,
MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1929.
PRIZE DAY
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Hong Kong, Monday, Jan. 28, 1939,
GENEVA AND THE
OPIUM TRAFFIC
of
ly, re-exports them to various business, parts of the world. The matter
The opening ceremony of the was referred to by the Swiss re-
new Cheung Chau School and the presentative on the Commission annual prize distribution will take as a "sad affair." It is much more place to-morrow at 11.30 am. so for it seems to us to render The Director of Education, Mr. nugatory the work of the Commony and distribute the prizes.
Juccessful students by...···Mr. mission,, for if such a state of affairs can exist what possible use
Estate in Hong Kong valued at tariat for China Affairs.
R. A. D. Forrest, of the Secre-
A SPECIAL PRIZE
George's School, Hollywood-road. Yesterday was Prize Day of St. The ceremony took place at the World Theatre in the morning, A. E. Wood, will perform the cere the prizes being distributed to the
Shiu-ming, formerly compradore
is there in attempting to check $22,100 was left by Mr. Pang The Brass Band of the Con- the evil for which the Commis- to Messrs. Gilman and Co., who fucian Association was in attend- sion is especially devoting their died intestate at No. 22, Kowloon ings with selections of music, ance and enlivened the proceed- energies? It is possible that Tong, at the age of 45 on July 14, The function terminated with a
1928. Letters of administration without the corrective influence
have been granted to the widow, and the moral effect exer-Mrs. Pang. Letters of adminis- cised by the Commission that tration to the estate of Chong the state of affairs might be Shee, widow, who died intestate at Kukuihaele, Hawall, on Dec. much worse than it is. So we 22, 1927, have been granted to will hope that the work of the Mr. J. D. Lewis, who is the Commission at Geneva will con-attorney of a son, Mr. E. Akinka of Hawaii. The estate in Hong tinue, that it may prosper and be Kong has been valued at $13,500, more effectual, than it has been for a long time and appears to be CORRESPONDENCE. at the present moment.
The Truth About China
think,
A WARNING
cinema show.
The Annual Report The Headmaster, Mr. Petrus Lel read the annual report as fol- lows:-
I beg to submit a brief export for the past year. It cannot be said to be a very brilliant one.
Being founded in 1914, this is the sixteenth year of the existence of St. George' Boys' School. The size of the school with regard to the number of boys on the roll as far as non-grant-in-ald schools are concerned is perhaps second to none in the colony. During the To the Editor of the "China Mini.")
year 1928, the total number on the Sir, It has come to our notice roll was 351, which is almost the that certain persons have been maximum number Very properly, we
the school soliciting subscriptions for the building could hold. The average exception has been taken by Italian Convent and its various daily attendance was 323 and the responsible and representative branches without authority. number of schooldays, 275. members of the Shanghai. British Will you kindly permit us to gcod number of boys had to be re- community to Mr. Locker Lamp- state that no one is so authorised fused admission owing to lack of son's replies in the House of Com-half, and we will take it as a this requirement, the building has to collect subscriptions on our, be-class accommodation. To meet mons regarding what is consider favour if any resident, on being lately been extended and made ed to be the adequate strength of approached, will get into touch more commodious. any armed force in the Inter- with the Mother Superior, at There are altogether ten national Settlement of the South- once-by telephone, if necessary. classes, viz.e-from Class 8C to
Yours, ete., SUPERIOR R. PEDROTTI, Italian Convent, Caino Roudl.
CAIRO TO CAPE
ance.
A
Class 2 and the discipline in all of them is highly satisfactory. Class 2 now is quite a big class-more than 40 strong-and it is expect- ed to send in quite a good number of candidates to the Junior Local examination of the University of Hong Kong this year. These classes are conducted by a strong staff of 12 teachers-10 English
and 2 vernacular,
ern port, It seems that both the British Chamber of Commerce and the Municipal Council of the Settlement warned our authorities of the danger of further reducing the defence force, and it is appar ent that the advice was not the kind Whitehall wished to receive.
FIRST AIR STAGE With what Mr. Locker Lampson
IN 1931 had to say anent the taking over For example, a
by the Chinese of the ex-German few days ago and ex-Russian concessions at Blackburn Air Lines Ltd., having shall have a Physics Laboratory Imperial Airways and Cobham- After the Chinese New Year we Reuter informed, us that Mr. Hankow our friends in Shanghai, arrived at an agreement on all fully-equipped and classes for Lyall, (well-known some years reasonably enough, are forced to points for co-operation in develop those boys studying Practical ago as an official of the Chinese disagree. A good point is made ing a north to south trans-African Physics may hereafter be con- Maritime Customs, and who is Chinese over-ran these conces- companies will now proceed to
when it is emphasised that the air line, the experts of the two ducted in a proper, manner.
Owing to lack of a hall for now President of the new Persions, when the Yangtsze was at settle details relating to organise meeting purposes, the social side manent Opium Control Board) low-water mark and when, natur- tion, selection of aircraft types, of the school has heretofore been informed the Commission that could get near Hankow.
ally, no fighting ship of any size time-tables, charges, and mainten- very little attended to, but the
Al- since the Nationalist Govern- though we speaking so far as this enterprise, the two concerns ing provides bigger rooms which, Although co-operating in new extension of the school build- ment had been formed in the Colony is concerned-are not will remain separate entities, and we hope, will enable us to do China there had been no reports size of the Shanghai garrison, we tion of one of them by the other.
immediately interested in the there is no question of the absorp-something in this respect in 1929. sent on opium trafficking in China. certainly incline to the belief,
Although we have been much Sir Sefton Brancker and Sir handicapped in having no recrea- Mr. Wang King-ky, China's re-judging from the replies to ques-Alan Cobham have paid a visit tion ground of our own, yet we presentative, immediately
tions in the House of Commons, to Brussels, and have conferred did pretty well in our games and that the authorities at Home are with the Belgian Government on sports during the year. Teams of plained that he was in no way to not so well-informed regarding the subject of a junction of the lootball and volleyball were or- blame, as he had begged the new general conditions and develop Belgian Congo air line with the ganised and many successful Government to conform to the ments as we would like them to Cairo-Cape line. The latter will friendly matches played. Appli- be. And, as it is the merchant be opened, section by section, as it cation has been sent in to the pledge that had been made in and commercial foreigners who is developed, and now that Sir Authority for permission to make China's name.
Obviously, sym- would suffer from any lack of Alan Cobham is back in England use of a public play-ground and pathy was with Mr. Wang and knowledge or lack of action on the preliminary work of organisa-if such permission is granted, we
the part of officialdom at Home, tion will be begun. doubtless he received it.
thall be able to do a lot in this The here is, we suggest-provided same representative, however, on things are not just as we would the first link will be established by
It is expected that early in 1931 connection in the near future.
Now we have to tender our the following day, calmly "de-like them to be a splendid oppor- a regular service between Alex heartiest thanks, first and fore- manded," almost simultaneously to act as a liaison body between toum. By that time, it is hoped, great kindness in coming here to tunity for the China Association andria or Port Said and Khar most, to Mr. Forrest for his with his sauve assurance of the British in China and the a flying boat service from Khar- preside at this ceremony and Birs." "sincere and devoted co-operation Colonial Office.
ex-
LEADERSHIP
To-day God cometh unto men With power and truth in His
own cause.
He sends His servant now as
then,
To give to me the 'eternal laws. Through seas of doubt we must
be led
Unto the Father's Promised
*Land, By Truth and Life we must be
fed,
And how, but by His servant's
hands.
Is Leader of the Church
011
toum to Kisumu will be nearly Forrest in consenting to take the. ready, this section taking four trouble to give away the prizes. days, and thus, by linking up with Mr. and Mrs. Forrest are not only a five-day service from Khartoum honouring us with their presence to England, bringing England to-day but also giving a special within nine or ten days of East prize to the best boy in the school Africa
for history and geography. For Extension (probably by land the interest he takes in the educn- aeroplanes) southwards from tional work of our school and the Lake Victoria will take possibly encouragement ho gives to the three years to prepare.
prize-winner, words fail to depict our feeling of gratitude. We beg also to offer many thanks to the A SISTER TO ASSIST 'ER."
bandmaster and the members of The author of "A Sister to Association for coming here to the brass band of the Confucian Assist 'Er," which has caused discourse music in order to en- probably a hundred
million liven our proceedings and make laughs, has fallen on evil days, this school function of ours & Mr. le Breton, otherwise Captain musical one. T. Murray Ford, is in his 75th means the least, we have also to Last, but by no
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E.
of United China," that there should be "prohibition of opium- smoking by the interested Powers in the Far East and that the task of suppressing the fllicit traffic within concessions, leased terri- tories, etc., should be handed over to the Chinese authorities." When this step is, realised (if) ever it is) the Chinese authorities We must not, we suppose,
will perhaps resume sending re doubt the importance of what is ports to Geneva, and perhaps its non-realisation will then appear to being done at Geneva by the
them to be an excellent excuse for Opium Commission, but it must be admitted that it is difficult at the continued absence of the re- times to believe that all is being ports. Such a demand is bad done that might be done.. Even enough notwithstanding its more difficult is it to believe that naivete, but it is made 'very much the work of the Commission is worse by China's spokesman- being conducted in aa businesslike the injured Mr. Wang King-ky— a manner as it might be.
who had the audacity to go out course, we recognise, as every-of his way when mentioning the body recognises, that the task matter to refer to bygone inci- undertaken is gigantic, and is dents of no importance now and one that calls for an enormous only of political significance when amount of laborious investigation they occurred. We are glad to
ers have sold editions of the book and occupying a different locality, a vast area, Still, from note that Mr. Wang was prompt-
and a fourth is now selling it by still remained in his memory; but acasion to session the Commis-ly rebuked by the President and
the tens of thousands; it has been in the long interval that had cn- broadcast several times and re-sued since his leaving the Depart- sion would seem to be making informed that political subjects
corded for the gramophone.ment, certain detalls connected very little, if any, progress and were taboo on such occasions. (Chinese), and one case of diphare invited to send a contribution ten, and he must needs look up Thirteen cases of small-pox Those who have enjoyed the work with the School had been forgot the same futility appears to char- Oblivious of the ridiculous figure theria (American) were reported to Mr. Barnard at 16, King the records in the Education acterise their efforts now as from he was presenting, Mr. Wang is over the week-end.
street, St. James's, London, S.W. Office to be informed of that the first time it met. Reports reported to have retorted that "If
which was worth knowing. He from various countries appear to China were not free to make her The annual inspection of the
discovered that the very first re- have been submitted, and we may voice heard she would not remain Reserve, will take place on Thurs. He congratulated Mr. Petrus Lelmer Director of Education, com Sharpshooters Company, Police same works used by Mr. Irving. port made by Mr. Irving, a for- take it that they have been re- in the League." It's a terrible day at 5 p.m. at Police Headquar- on the good form shown by his mented on the School as being garded as satisfactory, though threat."
ters.
institution and wished him com "very satisfactory and that no details appear to be divulged
"condition was continued year tinued succesar There will be a lantern alide Mr. Petrus Lel, in responding, after year, until, when it came to to the public. The Commission's sider what was very properly lecture at the Helena May In- thanked Mr. Forrest for his kind his farn to draw up his own re- activities seem to come into pro- described as a most, serious case stitute on Monday, February 4 remarks, saying that he was only port of the school, he did not have minence only when some more or of contraband drug operations, at 5.80 p.m. when Father Finn doing his duty, as everyone must occasion to use other than the less serious grievance is
will speak on Raphael and his documen to be It related to the Naerden Factory works The Hon. Sir Joseph The prizes were then given
Continued at foot of preceeding ventilated.
of Rotterdam - which, apparently Kemp will take the chairs away, by Mrs. Forrest.
The servant of the Living God year and his eyesight is falling. thank the students' parents and A committee, consisting of Mr. friends of the school for their earth:
Edgar Wallace, Mr. Harry Day, kind attendance to-day. He cometh in his Father's name M.P. Mr. Harry Preston, Mr. To prove his title by his Noman O'Neill, Mr. A
300 Schools To Look After worth-
Abrahams, and Mr. V. Parnell (of Mr. Forrest roferred to his pre- His only guide Truth's quench-the Gaumont Co., Ltd.), with Mr. your connection, with the Educa-
less flame.
Alfred Barnard as honorary tion Department, when, with Onward! The Leader takes us secretary, has been formed to help something like 300 schools to
still
him.
look after, it was difficult to re- Whilst, following, the Chosen
"A Sister to Assist 'Er" has run member each and everyone of as a sketch for 14 years; it has them. The St. George's School, Their Covenant, the Father's been twice filmed; three publish- then known under another name
over
The Commission had to con-
come
will.
....
Francis J. Mott.
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