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the National Broadcasting Com The Hon. Mr. W. T, Southorn, The first forged note of $100. pany speaking here (Atlantic C.M.G, distributed the prizes at purporting to have been issued by City), to-day. If the experts And Ballpe Fublic School VistaTM the Bont Kength Shanghai Bank knew how to do they could picky in the Hall of Queen Cole in gorporation, payable in Hong these words out of the air to loge, In the presence of a large Kong, has come to light." day, he said. And if they did gathering of those interested in It is a very close imitation af get them, he added. 41,000,000 local education, these including the genuine product, best known people could listen in on the Mrs. Southorn, Sir Robert and to the public now as the "old" Broadcast in this country alone if Lady Ho Tung,, the Hon Dauered in front, green on the all the nations' radio sets were R. H. Kotewall, C.M.G., LL.D., bbverse, which is being with used. Now York Times." the Rt. Rev, C. R. Duppuy, drawn by Wayfoong following the Bishop of Victoria, Mr. A. E arrival in the market of the new Wood, Director of Education, Mr. $100 notes which conform to the Mr. Lewis A. Parker ME. Ralphs, Inspector of English watermark type comprfaing $1, Mech, E. M.I. Mar. E., of the Schools, Mr. Law Yun-pak, Inspec- $5, $10, $50 and also $500. Vacuum Oil Co., read a paper on tor of Vernacular Schools, FA When carefully compared with the lubrication of motor-car Before reading the school re-a good note, the forgery can be de FELT HATS engines before a large attendance port, Miss Skinner, the Head-tected. But one is apt to err last evening at the Institution of mistress, welcomed the Hon. Mr. without means of comparison. Engineers & Shipbuilders, Hong and Mrs. Southorn, remarking The "Chind Mail's" advice to its Kong. The paper will appear in that it was a pleasure to have readers, therefore, is to ask an the China Mail" motoring section them with them on their Frize expert, when in doubt, rather to-morrow in extenso.
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It is unfortunate that the dis Chinese girl three months old school, but Mr. Southorn was was abandoned at the Italian making his first visit. They ap covory should have been made branch Convent (Sacred Heart preciated it. and, thanked him for yesterday when most of the vernacular papers had begun their his interested, n Foundling Home), at the junction The Hon. Mr. Southern's Speech New Year holiday of ten days. of High-street and Pokfulam After the school report had The widest publicity among the road, below the University, yes been presented, showing a suc- Chinese would have immediate terday, and has been removed to cessful year's work, the Hon. Mr. Effect. But the "China Mail" the Kennedy Town Hospital for Southern addressed the gathering anderstands that Wayfoong is to acquaint all the vernacular dailies
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I have listened with much in-at the first opportunity,
When challenged by a Bank Serlous injuries to the head terest to the report of the school were sustained yesterday by Ng during the past year and I offer afficial yesterday to any which of Wing (36), a ward coolie at the my congratulations to you all Wo was forged and which was Government Civil Hospital, and particularly to Miss, Skinner genuine, a Mall" representative through falling 12 feet from a and her staff on the fine record relied on his experience of print step-ladder. He was cleaning which the report discloses, (Aping and did not fail. The large windows and lost his balance, plause). I noted with particular black lettering on the "dud” was satisfaction the success which has not so sharp" as is usually seen attended the introduction of Phy-on real Hong Kong banknotes, im- material of age,, "But here"are & cases had received assistance dur..
The annual meeting of the sical Training a feature of ing 1928, and that of these 14 had Hong Kong Telephone Co., Ltd. school life whether for boys or few points emphasised by Way- received the special attention of will be held in Exchange-building girls on which modern education foong for the guidance of the
pubile the local Benevolent Society," as on Friday, February 22 at noon. ists rightly lay much-stress. De forgery in the Bank's pos
the General Charities' Organisa-:
able bodies,
ALL CONVICTED.
PRISONERS IN 350 BANKNOTE
FORGERY CASE
other feature of your school life
Points to Watch 4
which gives special pleasure to session is dated "1st January, my wife and myself is your very 1921." successful entry into the Girl Guide movement (Applause) and I congratulate our Brd. Hong Kong. Company moat heartily on winning the Prince of Wales' Banner after only one year's work. (Applause). One Director of Education whom we knew told us After an absence of an hour, that you could always tell a Girls' the jury in the second last case school which went in for Guiding (which lasted several days) in the by the general alactness of the
Sessions January Criminal
JURY RETIRE FOR AN HOUR
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mosphere which always pervaded found all four prisoners guilty in pupils and by the wholesome at- the "Hong Kong Bank $50 notes such schools.. Now that Director forgery case."
was not Mr. Wood but I feel quite sure the two Directors would-fiore. agreed. for it is quite obvious that in Belilios School we have all the signs of a school that has imbibed the real Guide spirit.
Below the coat of arms on the top left hand corner is a sailing ship; on the genuine.note a hill in the background, to the left of the ship, appears plainly; in the forgery there is only a blur. In the middle of the left hand side is a Chinese market scene in an oval frame. There is a pillar (of a house) about inch high; in the genuine note tils pillar is less than 14 inch from the left border of the oval; in the forgery the pillar is near- ly inch from the border.
In the middle of the right hand side is a Chinese, street scane also in an oval frame. There is a brick wall; in the genuine note this wall (extend- ing as it does to the right bor der of the frame) is less than 14 inch wide; in the forgery the wall is % inch wide
Contrast
tion had not sufficient funds to. handle these: cages: Four other cases that had come to the know- ledge of the Organisation had been passed on to the Police and settled by them. These also were deserving cases, and the Police, in attending to them, were able to prevent the recipients from being Bent to the House of Detention.!!
Such co-operation is, as stated, essential in such work, avolding, as it does, overlapping and waste.
All four were charged with con- The Organisation, we note, respiracy and there were separate ceives contributions from those counts of possession of notes and
a printing press and material Societies coming within its orbit First prisoner, Wu Wang-ngai,
"A Lively Picture". and $500 from the Hong Kong was sentenced by his Honour the Chief Justice (Sir Henry Gollan, Government. The Ministering
I was very pleased to find that C.B.E.) to five years hard labour. Miss Skinner's report broke away Children's League donated $500. Li Lai-chah (a woman) said to be from the traditional school report These sums enable the Organisa- the wife of one Chan Wing (the
with its dreary list of academic Cus
and, relegating Hong Kong, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 1929.tion to do good work and to do it alleged ringlender, not in
tody); Lai Hon and Chau "Hot achievements in such a way as would be out- (who was defended by Mr Leo these important but very dull de
Now about comparison or, with the province of other charità'Almada à Castro, Jr., instructed tails to a few paragraphs, gave us
by Mr. Leo d'Almada e Castro, a lively picture of the school's rather, contrast but still dealing Sr.) were each sentenced to three activities. Not the least of with the face of the note:
these is your social ser- years' hard labour.
The centre panel. with the Those who have at heart the
Mr. Somerset Fitzroy Assist vice work on the success of
words" "one hundred dollars" true welfare of the deserving poor The Telran Settlement
Prose which I offer you all the heartiest
printed therein, In black, and; There will be general satisfac-ant Attorney-General
In fact, all the black lettering will read with mach sympathetic
thing to be brought up in a tradi- charge of the case.
printed horizontally, is conspi tion of unselfish service for interest the report which we tion at the reported settlement of cuted Dt. Segt. Whant had congratulations. It is no small published in yesterday's "China what has come to be known as
others, and I am more than de cuously shorter on the forgery lighted to learn from the report than on the genuine note. Mail" of the accond annual the Tainan dispute between Japan meeting of the local body known and the National Government of
that the fine tradition of Bellios In the middle of the obverse is School, is worthily maintained by the design of the Wayfoong build- Official confirmation of as the General Charities' Organ-China.
its present pupils. It shows that ing On its extreme left is a TOW a body that is the good news is, however, lack-
you are being taught to appreciate of trees. On each side of the isation. Thi
the fact that to get the best cut free on the extreme left a man evidently doing good work and ing, though we have the assur
of your School life you must do appears on the genuine note. Not which is organised on sound and ance of a spokesman of the
Mr. R. D. Blumenfeld, editor of something more than merely so in the forgery; the man on the thoroughly practical lines. Pri- Japanese foreign office that Mr. the Daily Express," was enter learn ledsole and pass examina-left of that tree is missing.
representa-tained at a luncheon at the Lon- tiong, R marily, their purpose is to assist Yoshizawa, their those needing help and in this tive who has been in consulta don Press Club on his return from
Now don't imagine that I want tion with Dr C T. Wang, a journalistic tour in the United respect they continue to do ex-
to belittle the value of learning or alarms the more conservative, but possessed wide latitude in, the cellent work. They are doing even matter and that a likely result sided, paid a tribute to Mr. which should rightly be given to aright, and we must so guide it, Mr. George Allison, who pre
preto abate one lot of the praise if we can guide the movement better work in the example they would be the early withdrawal of Blumenfeld's forty years associa- those who win prizes. In spite of then I see in a school like this one have set up in attending to their troops from Shantung What is tion With Fleet-street, for twenty all people say to the contrary the of the best instruments for the labour of love in such a way that definitely known ta that the pour-aix years of which he had been prizes do generally go to those restoration of the greatness of there will be no overlapping, parlers have terminated and that editor of the Daily Express who work hardest and deserve China. The old China, socially Mr. Blumenfeld said that the them most; but I want you all, as well as politically has crumbled They recognise in this respect Dr. Wang" His returned to Nan Ugrims of the Press" who went prize winners and non-prize, win before our very eyes and in its what seems almost impossible of king, so we may safely assume to America in connection with the ners alike, to take something more regeneration Chinese womanhood achievement for most charitable that once the approval of the Carnegie Endowment for Inter out of your school life than mere has a great part to play. For societies in Hong Kong and many National Government has been national peace, found there a gen book knowledge and there is no that part we must have educated obtained to the proposals an ex-ume desire to cultivate good rela nobler thing you can take away Chinese women, educated not only other places; and it is unquestion change of Notes will take place tous Vitween Great Britain and then the desire to help those who in books but also in character, ably a fact that until it is recog and the terms of the settlement the United States. There was are less fortunately situated than women who can not only see the nised quite a lot of waste in more will be revealed to the world. evidence of real affection for yourselves, a spirit of unselfish spcial evils of their times but take *** The terms will be very terest Britain service for others which your part in devising and applying the than one direction is inevitable. ing to observers of other foreign He outlined a scheme which, he practica social service in your remedies such women we look to As the Hon. Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe, Powers in that they will indicate said, had been engaging the attend school cannot fail to encourage our great schools to produce and tlon et newspapermen for Here in Belifjos, as Miss Skinner among the greatest we are proud just how far Japan
eaking to number Belilios. (Applause). rta lishing a national newspaper club has pointed out, we are.
whole outlook for you girls ise has been revolutionised since your
LADY NA
who presided, pointed out, it is most desirable that local charit to go to assist China in ber
towards rehabilitati able institutions should work to connection there is gether and bring cases to the at which cannot escape tention of the Organisation, so as that is the most logi
Fed the mortlement--- to pre
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