MONDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1932.
Radio Lecture.
HONG KONG HORTICULTURAL
SOCIETY
WHAT IT HAS DONE TO BEAUTIFY THE ISLAND.
By Dr. G. A. C. Herklots.
In a broadcast lecture last Friday known night Dr. Herklots explained how the natural beauty of the Island, had been increased, thanks to the ardent work of a few pioneers and subsequently the Hong Kong Horti- cultural Society.
first reminded Dr. Herklots Ilsteners that the annual show of!
organised flowers and vegetables, by the Horticultural Society, would be held at Volunteer Headquarters on Thursday, March 3, from 3 pm. to 7 p.m. No show was held last year, owing to the unfortunate long spell of fog in February, which had auch a deleterious effect on both flowers and vegetables, the holding of the show being deemed imprac ticable.
Beginning of Great Work.. After stating that Hong Kong owed a debt of gratitude to the Horticultural Society for its labours in providing a beauty to the Island
that a healthy vegetation, such as shrubs and trees, decom- of the poses the carbonic acid atmosphere, and renders it fit for respiration; besides which there is a softness and coolness about trees., particularly in a hot climate, that is always agreeable,
have
Many of the inhabitants taken up the matter with great all the spirit, and have planted
their houses. Some ground near of them have really beautiful gar dens. I may instance those of His Excellency the Governor at "Spring, gardens," of Messrs. Jardine and Matheson at "East Point."*
Start of the Society.
In referring to the early days of the Horticultural Society, Dr. Herk- lota quoted the following from an article written by Mr. L Gibbs, the first secretary of the Society:-
"It was I believe the all pervad- ing energy of Sir Mathew Nathan
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your Committee to give an ac lighters, and small craft boing! count of their stewardship, but I trapped there by the wind with think I can safely claim that the consequences similar to those we traditions of the Association have saw last year on a lee shore in
Our re- Hong Kong. The official summary of the Stock been fully maintained.. Exchange to-day states:
presentations to the Government I am really standing to second Од Quite a few buying orders were officials and the managers of the the adoption of the report.
is laid a in evidence at the opening this public utility companies concerned every man and woman morning, thus imparting a steadier have always been made in a spirit divine burden to leave the world tone to the market...
of goodwill and co-operation, and better than we found it. If in our I am pleased to say that they have small corner the residents are Hikewise treated same with unfail-safer, healthier or happier through ing courtesy and consideration. our efforts, our work, outlined in Since the report was drafted, we the report has not been in vain; have heard that Mr. E. W. Carpen and I beg to second the President's ter, O.B.E, the Assistant. Director motion. of Public Works, who has done so much for Kowloon is soon leaving. the Colony on a well-earned retire ment; you will all, I am sure join me in wishing him every happiness and long life in his bome-land. (Applause.)
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Amusements, $19.25.
I would be failing in my duty if I omitted to acknowledge the loyal and wholehearted support which I
Honorary Life Members.
Mr. Mow Fung suid: Raferring| to the new rule passed earlier Inj the evening. two gentlemen have been previously elected Honorary Life Members of the Association Mr. B. L. Frost in 1926, and Mr. W. J. Stokes in 1930. There is no need for me to recall the valuable services rendered by these two
Govt. Loans, 3 per cent. Premium. have received from my colleagues gentlemen; I beg to propose that
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so characteristic of the hum life that started the present HorticulIO
we enjoyed, and also in no small tural Society. There was, however,
measure
for the
Fund" of between
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME.
:
5-7 p.m.-Chinese Programme. $1,000 and $2,000, from among the 7-10.30 pm- European Pro wealthy of the Colony. At a meet-gramme of Victor and H.M.V. ing held in the City Hall, a society cords.
these two appointments be confirm- ed under Rule 15.
I cannot miss this opportunity to illuminating address on that oc- tell you how fortunate the Associacasion are well worth quoting. He tion is in having had during the predicted that "the Association is past three years or more such an destined in the future to carry with efficient Hon. Secretary as Mr. C. it very great results in the im- E. Terry. No one more than the provement of this Colony and Re-President is in a position to fully especially of the Kowloon district."" jestimate the amount and value of Speaking on the housing question! of the painstaking patient labour he said: "One point which struck which he has put in, involving theme very forcibly was the fact that, sacrifice of much of his leisure the best site or one of the best time. During the year, a sugges-sites in Kowloon along Nathan) tion was placed before the Com Road is now occupied by stables, mittee that an honorarium should for males. It seems almost incon- be granted to the Hon. Secretary,ceivable that this condition of but Mr. Terry would not hear of it. affairs should prevail." It is this spirit of unselfish devo-
Facts And Support. In conclusion, he stated "as anj the public interests that has gained for the Association the unofficial member of the Counell, 1) good reputation which it now eniregard the formation of an Asso
I am happy to be able to ciation like the present of very joys. say that Mr. Terry's services are great assistance. There are two
on the Committee. Such are the migratory conditions of residents in Hong Kong, that no less than six There are two other gentlemen of thein are leaving us this year. whose names the General Commit- Captain C. B. Riggs, Mesars. W. J. tee. desire to place before you for Brown, B. Wylie, H., Pooley, F. W. election to Honorary Life Member- Stapleton, and Lieut. Col. E. D. ship; they are Sir Henry Pollock, Matthews are going away on a well and Mr. Benjamin Wylle. Sir deserved furlough, and I am sure Henry Pollock has rendered very the Kowloon health of the an earlier society,
they will take with them your ap-valuable service to or peahaps maintained by, Flower Shows were held (I havel
preciation of the services which; Residents Association; in fact he Colony which was
they have rendered and your good took a most prominent part at the the consumption of fresh vegetables, seen the old schedules) without the
wishes for an enjoyable and bene- inaugural meeting held on January and fruits so rich in health promot ald of a formal society. In 1904
The following programme willfiefal holiday. (Applause.)
20, 1920. A few excerpts from his ing vitamins, Dr. Herklots, quoted
or 1905 Mr. T. S. Dunn, Superin-
and be broadcast to-day from the Hong of the Botanical the following extracts from For- tendent
in-Kong Broadcasting Station Z.R.W. Forestry tune's book on Hong Kong:-
Department Was "When I went on shore the fol structed to make arrangements for on a wavelength of 355 metres
(845_K.C.'s) :- lowing morning I found a great a. Flower Show. He collected a change had taken place since 1845; "Guarantee many parts of the town, then bare, with were now densely covered houses. Our merchant-princes had
houses not in-. was
formed and £ committee 7.04-7.32 p.m.-A Selection built themselves
far-fámed elected. I belleve Sir Francis the Latest For Trota, ferior to those in the
the first bar Piggott was
President, Dance of the Little Dutch Dolls, "City of Palaces; and the
John Barton an en-|
Paul Whiteman and His racks for the troops were equally then came
Orchestra.
Leo Reisman & His Orchestra (20870). Among the Gardeners of those One Little Quarrel,` days and early supporters of the There's a Blue Note in my Love Seng. tion to :
The High Hatters. and Mrs. (now Society were Mr. Interest Quickens.
Paul Whiteman and Hla interest in gardening and Sir Robert and Lady) Ho Tung,
Orchestra (22878). planting had sprung up which pro- Ho Kom-tong, Sir Paul Chater, By the Sycamore Tree, mises to lead to most satisfactory, Mr. F. Howell bailiff of the All of Me Paul Whiteman and His
Orchestra (22970). results. When I was formerly in Supreme Court, and many others. Leven Pounds of Heaven,
Shows In Botanic Gardens.
Paul Whiteman and Hong Kong every one complained of
Orchestra. the barren appea unce of the island, and of the intense heat and glare Officers in the army, of the sun.
been many and others who bad years in the hotter parts of India, all agreed that there was a fierce
and oppressiveness in sun's rays here which they had never experienced in any other part of the world. From 1849 10 1845 the mortality was very great; whole regiments were nearly swept away, and many of the Government officers and merchants shared the same fate. Various opinions were returned to the Botanic Gardens.
handsome and expensive, although thusiastic gardener. The writer Try to Forget,
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unfortunately not equally healthy. was the first, and for many years And, last of all, a pretty English Hon. Secretary. church was rising slowly on the hill Bide.
An
ness
expressed regarding
the
which produced these asters; some said
Wayne King & His Orchestra (22888). Sentimental,
Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra (22876),
In the early days of the Society." said the speaker, the chief work Lazy River, was the holding of an annual flower. show, held in matsheds in the Gettin' neighbourhood of the fountain in the Botanic Gardens. Although an this the ideal site in many respects,
7.32-8.p.m.---Orchestral. was found to be inaccessible to the Carnival of the Animals
(Saint-Saens), general public, and the experi-
Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra ment was tried one year of holding!
(1200-2). the show on "the finest site" as the square on which the Cenotaph now Song Without Words (in A Minor)
(Tschaikowsky), stands, was then called. A wet day
Leopold Stokowski and the ruined the experiment and the show
(7202). 8 p.m.-Local Time. 8.03-8.30 pm-Musical Comedy and Light Opera. Mister Cinders Selection,
New Mayfair Orchestra, Merry Merry Vocal Gems,
Light Opera Co. (L1624).
cause
too
War the site was After the great dis- moved to the Volunteer Parade
site was one thing and Ground, but the some another: almost all seemed cramped in area and subsequently to think that imperfect drainage the City Hall was adopted. had something to do with it, and a
The Society did not confine its
pro-
Philadelphia Orchestra
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I now beg to propose that the re- port and accounts as printed and circulated bo adopted.
Smoke And Dust.
In seconding the report, Mr. E Cock, said:
points."
is available again this year, (Ap-things which an unofficial member of the Council wants and which hel planse,)
does not always get. One fa ac- curate Information as to facts and so far as Kowloon is concerned, I shall look to your Association to supply me with that information. Another point which, an unofficial In his review the President has member looks for and does not get adequate backing from the covered most of the ground but is there is one matter to which I public. So far an regards Kow-¦ should have liked to hear him refer loon, I shall look to your Associa- -smoke. Smoke and dust are tion in the future for those two Sir Henry has always markedly on the increase and it is to be hoped that means will be evinced a keen interest in Kowloon devised for checking them, for they affairs and has proved himself to are bound to be bad for everybody be a real friend of the Association. but particularly for those who live Mr. Wylie's services to the a In densely populated · areas and sociation are so well known to you amongst whom there are many all that there is no need for me! cases of tuberculosis and phthisis. to dilate on them. He is one of If, as appears to be the case, the the very few founder members still general health is better in the residing in the Colony; he is a Past Summer than in the Winter it may President of the Association, and well be attributed to the rain and has represented us on the Board of so I think the experiment of Education for many years. sprinkling the streets and washing keen insight into Kowloon's pro- the gutters with sea water might blems, bis extensive and practical well be tied during the dry, knowledge of public affairs, not for months,
getting his native wit and humour The President referred to Hung have been invaluable to the Com- Hom Bay. I am doubtful if this mittee in their deliberations. position will really be suitable for have much pleasure in proposing Lies Mildred Balley (Comedianna) wharves, as, being on the side that Sir Henry Pollock and Mr.
hue and cry was set up to have the activities to the holding of an Les Cloches de Corneville
Voen! Gems, laland properly drained. But the annual flower show. It was
Light Opera Co. (C2039) island is a chain of mountains; posed to publish weekly or monthly Five O'Clock Girl-Selection, there is very little flat ground any gardening notes in the Press, but Love Lies Selection.
New Mayfair Orchestra where upon it, and hence the water eventually Mr. Tutcher brought out
(C1868). which flows from the sides of the his own book, whilst Mr. A. Nichol-
8.30-9.25 pm-Variety. hills gushes rapidly down towards son, an enthusiastic rose grower,|
Imperfect drainage, who first cime the Colony Organ Solo
Look for the Silver Lining, therefore, could have very little to towards the close of the last cen-
Edward O'Henry (B3421). tury, gave a lecture to the Society Song do with its unhealthiness.
on Rose growing and another on Dahlias, both of which were printed for the benefit of the members,
The little booklet, on garden names in English and Chinese was
the
Bea.
Visitors' Suggestions.
I have always thought that. although various causes may oper- ate to render Hong Kong unhealthy, yet one of the principal reason is
to
* Concentratin',
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(29880). Organ Solo
Save the Last Dance for Me, Cuban Love Song,
Jesse Crawford (22875). Song-
Rockin' Chair, River, Stay Way from My Door,
Paul Robeson (Bass) (22881), Chorus-
Songs of Wales, Bongs of England,
Song
Light Opera Co. (CZ040).
the absence of trees and of the compiled by the present writer, shade which they afford. In a and it was now being rovised, when communication which I had the it was hoped to issue a new 'addi- honour to make to the Government tlon this Spring. here in 1844 I pointed out this cir- In conclusion, Dr. Herklots mado cumstance, and strongly, recota references to the magnificent gar mended them to preserve the wood dens to be found in Hong Kong at then, growing upon the island from the present time, and said that whore the Blue of the Night, the Chinese, who were in the habit there was a large number of parti-|- of cutting it down annually, and at cularly keen horticulturalists in the same time to plant extensively, Hong Kong and the New Terri- particularly on the sides of the tories, and the Society always Organ Solo roads and on the lower hills. welcomed new blood and new ideas If I Had a Talking Picture,
into its midst so that he hoped that Vocal Telo Reginald Foort (824)
am happy to say that these recom mendations have been carried out
to a certain extent, although not
· as fully as I had wished. It is well
FOREIGN LEGION HOAX.
usands of wor
Lika distr
Prisoner
of Love,
Russ, Colombo (Baritone) (22867).
any keen gardeners who had not In the Cumberland Mountains, already joined the Society would do
so.
Belgrade correspondent.
His!
which gets the blow first and Benjamin Wyl'e be elected Honor- atrongest when a typhoon is about, ary Life Members of this Associa there is a likelihood of ships, ction. (Applause.)
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