MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1932.
NEW BOARD FOR DISRUPTION
TUNG WAH HOSPITAL
Big Ceremony To Be Held Shortly.
PROMINENT NOMINEES.
A
new
Chinese. ceremonial will be obj served shortly in the Tung Wah; Hospital when the annual handing) -over of office will be accompanied by the usual rites.
Every year
Board of Directors is appointed-to manage the affairs of the most substantial native institution of charity in the - Colony. Of recent years the num-) ber of directors' seats has been in- creased and there will be 24 rosf- donts to carry on for another 12] months the good work sustained for more than 50 years.
OF CONTROL
IN FUKIEN
General Tsai Declines
To Take Post.
SHANGHAI RUMOURS,
[From Our Own Correspondent.]
Kong. Mr. Ng Wah has had ex-promised he cannot accept perience as one of the two direc- post.
tors who assist the chairman and constitute the Finance Committee. Rising from humble circumstances in the building business, Mr. Ng has been a leading. Government Contracter, for some time. He took a prominent part in the con-i .struction of the breakwater at Yaumat!, but Pedder Building, which he built and owns, ja ak equally well known landmark.
LOCAL BANKER RETIRES.
Mr. Ko Leong Hoe.
THE CHINA MAIL.
THE MURDER OF MONTAGUE. HARRIS
By C. G. Learoyd.
LADY POLLOCK OPENS To-Day'a Short Story.
BAZAAR.
Large Crowd Visits D.G.S. Display.
function.
attructed
M dead in his coffin upstairs, 18 months.
SONTAGUE HARRIS lies Harris solved that riddle in under
safely screwed down. I murder- ed him.
fro.
1
ور
cause in the affair the fellow had
I saw very little of him during that time; be lived in bis labora-
TO-MORROW'S STORY.
To-morrow's short story will be "The Jar," by Luigi. Pirandello.
MANY AMUSEMENTS. The mund bazaar of the Dica Girls School, the proceeds of which, are for locar charities nominated by the girls themselves, and for the Fuklen, Saturday. erection of a covered way from the In two hours my sister and I shall tory, and, I believe, sometimes slept school to the playground, was held follow the body to the grave, the there. He did nothing except work, General Tsai Ting-kai hesi-
on Saturday afternoon in the School only mourners, and in this solemn and had no amusements of any sort. tates to accept the appoint- hall and grounds.
Many fine time of waiting I am going to write Let me explain that "apple disease" ment of Pacification Com-
articles were displayed and there an account of the affair, partly be attacks fruit trees, and used to do missioner in the Province of was a large crowd present.
cause I want.there to be some re damage to the extent of several Lady Pollock, wife of the Hou. cord of my crime, but chiefly be-million pounds a year. It is caused Fukien, This announcement
Sir Henry Pollock, x.c.. Heelored cause I am afraid that, if I left my by a parasite, and Harris's way of was made by the noted 19th
the bazaar open. Lady Pollouk was confession to a later date, I might solving the problem was by discover- Route Army leader when he mat at the School gate by the Rav.not be able to recapture that spirit ing another parasite, which preyed 'was interviewed by members
W. Walton Rogers, Vicar of St. of compelling logic that drove me to on the "appie" parasite itself. Andrew's Church, and Miss H. D. it.
He became famous over that, bat of the press to-day. Next year the Board will be
Sawyer, Headmistresa of thu Only the strongest motives could he was quite unsoftened by success. -composed of 10 representatives of
His reasons are two-fold. D.G.S..
havo made me do this thing, for I am told that when old Dr. Saul the "bourgeoisie," 10 selected from Firstly, the troops under Gen-Aguard of honour from the gato Harris was nut only a brilliant and tried to congratulate him on his "guilds" and 4 from the Chinese eral Liu Chau-nien now stationed to the School hall was provided by honourable man, but also he was en-F. R. S. Harris ignored. his out- "kai fungs" in Kowloon, whose in Northern Fukien do not come girls of the 2nd Kowloon (D.9.8.) gaged to my sister, and I was prob- stretched hand, and ancered, "What, special care is the Kwong Wah under the control of the Pacifica- Company Girl Guides.. Hospital, in Yaumati.
That was five years ago, and Last week tion Commissioner, and for this Prior to declaring the Baznur ably his only man friend.. As in difficulty again?”
write 1 hear my sister's footsteps the first group of 10 was elected reason co-ordination of military open. Lady Pollock congratulated in the ceremonial hall of the Tung effort and command is utterly the school on the success of the on the floor above, pacing to and Harris had published nothing since. Everybody knows he was working. Wah by those who have previous impossible. Secondly, in view of
I first met Harris when we came hard, but nobody had the slightest Tady Pollock was presented with ly served, or are still serving, as the financial difficulty in Fukien, such members.
the 19th Route Army cannot be an artistically decorated basket, together as medical students of the idea at what he had been working. same year at St. Becket's Hospital. Harris never talked about his work The names of those who have without the support of the Can-mid applause.
The displays were
varied and Physically he was well-made and until it was successfully finished. consented to take office are fami-ton Government's grant of $300,- Har to many non-Chinese in Hong 000 a month, and until this is any were the customers, whia powerful; mentally he was tenacious, That night when he did at last come
the sido shows also
logical and intolerant. I remember round and tell me remains with me the numerous patrons. The Girl Guides once he bashed a fellow-student into a vivid and recent memory.
had charge of several guessing com-n state of unconsciousness, not be petitions.
During the afternoon, merabera called him a foul name, as he cer- of the St. Andrew's Church Young tainly did, but because, as Harris People's Service gave two perform was careful to explain to me after anges of "Alice in Wonderland, "wards, he would not stick to the both of which were woll received. point. That has been Harris's) Lady Pollock announced that the great characteristic he has always school's annual gymuostio display stuck to the point, as a bloodhoundį will be given on Friday and Satur will to a scent. That is the char- My sister Joyce and I were sit day, December 16 and 17, at 3.p.m., | acteristic. which earned him a long ting by the fire in this room where on both days.
series of scholarships and academic I am now writing. He had not met] distinctions and that dazzling list of her before, as she has only lately qualifications.
come to live with me, and he stared mittee of management of the Po of Mr. Ko Leong-hoe will learn
Both Harris and I chose bacterio- hard at her. We talked for a while, Leung Kuk, Finance Committee with great disappointment that,
logy as our department of medicine, and then Joyce, sensing he had for the building of Tung Wah for health reasons, he has been Addresses Which Cannot and after leaving hospital we both something to tell me, went up to bed. Eastern Hospital at Sookunpoo, obliged to resign his post of
had the great honour of being ap- He had another pipe, and we ex- Chairman of the Pok Oi Hospital Managing Director of the Hong
pointed to the celebrated Coley In- changed a few desultory remarks,' of the New Territories, member of Kong and Shanghai Branches of
stitate. During our first week there "Well, I suppose it is about time the Committee of the Society for the He Hong Bank, Ltd. It is with tion gives the following unclaim tempt for the venerable director of
A General Post Office notifica- Harris quite openly showed his con- I was getting home," he yawned. the Prevention of Cruelty to Chil-much regret that the severance is ed correspondence, etc., waiting the institute, Dr. Saul, and I think you go?" dren, member of the Committee of recorded of his long connection at the Post Office and also on-there is no doubt that Dr. Saul ask- the Alice Memorial and Affiliated with this Institution, which he had, claimed radio telegrams at the ed Harris to investigate the "apple very much, Jack."
"Well, perhaps I will. Thanks Hospitals, member of the commit-in no small measure, helped to Radio Telegraph Office, tee of St. John Ambulance Brigade, build up.
disease" because he thought, that As I was pouring out his whisky vice-Chairman of the Central
O. A. Barnert, A. P. Blunt, Mr..D. this problem, which had baffled so he said, "Oh, by the way, I've got Before coming to Hong Kong, he Beacon, Mr.. S. R. Cowley, China many, would baffle and humble him. something rather original which Public Dispensary.
served the institution in Malaya, Sales Corporation, R. T. Callen, There are other equally promin and was mainly responsible for Mrs. R. Chamberlain, Frank Cur-
might interest you." ent names among the other nine; the establishment of the branches ran, Mr. Burton Daniels, Garmon! including Mr. Pun Hiu-cho, one of in Ilong Kong and Shanghai, the Thomas Evan, N. France, the most enterprising native bank-activities of which he had so ably Gledhill, Miss Janet Gleason, Mr. ers of Hong Kong to-day and afdirected since their opening. R. G. Hinds, Mr. C. G. Haddon, Mr. OF VICTORIA LEAGUE former Director of the Tung Wah He was much liked, and was held G. Houx, Mra. Halden, Mrs. H. Hospital, who is at present on the in great esteem by the members of Hule, Mrs. C. T. Ingram, E. G. committee of the Po Leung Kuk; the staff, to whom he had always Jamieson, Mrs. D. J. King, L. 9. Mr. Lo Yuk-tong, of Bakilly Co., given his most sympathetic con- King, Kwong Yuen Than, Frederic Ltd., the famous druggists and sideration, and for whose welfare Keller, Lieut. W. H. Lambert, J. O. manufacturers; Mr. Chan Wing- he had always shown deepest con- Laine, A. Malied, Mr. B. Mills, c/o yung, the son of a deceased Hong cern. To what extent the members C. Cook, J. Michaud, Mra. Nazim, Kong millionaire; Mr. Wal Slu- of the staff have appreciated his Nuri, beg, E. Nassim & Son, Maria, pak, proprietor of Yee Ting Tong, kindnesses to them individually. Ines Santiaga Lista de CorredLeague in London has been form would be a city of the dead in three medicinal proprietors whose pro and what he had done for them Ochoa, A. R. ducts are sold over half of Asia; collectively, can be gauged from Popiellard, Mrs. V. Robertson, ed in Hong Kong, with the Hon. days time at the de Mr. Choy Po-tin, another leading the following Address the Shang- Mr. E. W. Robert, contractor; Mr. Kan Tat-choy, gold hai staff presented to him on Robinson, Rex, Sui Honk Kit, ef (Colonial Secretary), as the Chair-te noe of 12
W.GM. W. T. Southorn, C.M.G. leaf merchant; Mr. Li Heung-kuk, November 23, 1932. We-under- Swatow Exporting Co., J. R. Ste- More especially for the pur powerful than all the armaments well-known financier; Mr. Anstand that a similar Address will wart, Mr. Snow, Tan Kim Kwang, poses of education, the League will Yeung-sing of the Blue Taxi Co.; be presented to him by the Hong Miss M. Templeton, Mrs. Bruce Wi: render assistance to British sub and explosives in existence." Mr. Ng Wing-san, who is building Kong-star on his return to this the China Emporium, and whose port.
Bou, Miss Anne Yep.
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The Victoria League in London, that used it as much as the enemy." We, the undersigned, the Man-Ltd., Mr. M. Burto, Chan Slu. Hing, among its other activities,, renders "Oh, no. I took two years, work- state-of virulence, but it has taken
In public life, his record includes service is a member of the com-
board.
Kuk.
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MANAGING DIRECTOR OF HO HONG BANK.
The many friends and associates
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Won't you have a drink before
It was thoroughly characteristic of Harris to announce the result of five years work in a casual way like this.
Oh, really," I said with feigned
indifference.
Assistance For Students've got a culture over at Coley's. ten times as infective as in- Going To England. fluenza and invariably fatal."-
"Fatal, what to?" *Mammals in general and human beings in particular. If I smashed tube of it in the street London
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The Vice Chancellor, University me a pretty barbarous idea."
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Hon Secretary for Chinese again. Joyce was in, and he talked Afairs,
dogs to her more affably than I have ever The Director of Education, vis heard him talk to anyone. I got # Honourable Mr. S. W. Tao, glimpse that night of an almost human Harris. When she had gona O.B.E. LL.D.
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