SHANGHAI SIDNEY ST. BATTLE
Shanghai, To-day.
Two British officers were wounded and two gangsters killed in a fierce gun-battle in the International Settle- ment last night.
R. M.
Detective Sub-Inspector Moir was hit three times; his life was saved by his steel waistcoat which de- flected two bullets, the third entering the left arm.
Sergt. C. E. A. Cooke was ser- lously wounded In the upper chest.
The battle began late in the even-
EXECUTIONS
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Amsterdam, To-day.
were
Twenty-seven persons executed in Germany in Jan- uary, the Dutch newspapers re- port.
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Six were accused of treason, eight of embezzlement at the expense of soldiers at the front, three
the of Incendiarism and others of armed robbery or mur. ders.
Death sentences on 14 others were commuted.-Havas.
roofs and tear gas used.
Four suspects were arrested in ad- dition to the two gangsters killed, but this morning a house-to-house search
shop two gunmen.—Reuter.
THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 2, 1940
HEADMASTER GIVES AWAY PRIZES AT HIS OWN SCHOOL
THE UNIQUE SPECTACLE of a headmaster being invited to distribute the prizes at his own school was, as he pointed out in his speech, provided at Queen's College, this morning when Mr. F. J. de Rome distributed the prizes and scholarships to successful pupils.
This must surely be a very unique After the acting headmaster, Mr. G. | O'Connor, had given a brief report, occasion in the long life of Queen's College, namely, for the Headmaster to Mr. de Rome said:—
be invited to present the prizes of his own school during his tenure of of- ice, for, I suppose, in a way, I still Headmaster, although engaged on "On work at other
the moment. leave" or "not on leave," that was the
and
I am very busy Indeed these days I have had little time, in the words of Sir Reginald Stubbs at the Queen's College Prize-giving during the Strike of either 1922 or 1925, "to prepare my impromptu speech."
Mr. O'Connor, however, has given me a good lead by submitting a con- I hope cise, war-rationed report, so
am
question not long ago: now it seems to be "Headmaster” or "not Headmas- ter."
It is all very complicated and I
ing when six gangsters robbed a shop-was still being conducted for the other you will grant me the same privilege/must leave it to other people to thrash
The alarm was raised and the surrounded.
The gangsters look refuge on roof and fired on the police.
the
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It reminds me of the last time I ad- in my remarks,
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other distinguished citizens, and, al-retirement, and then, on your behalf Chak decided to ask Parliament for an ex-though I knew I should have to go I made presentations to Mr. tra £3,750,000 for defence purposes. through the ordeal of addressing you. Ping Ki and Mr. LA Tat Hang, who the-Reuter.
I gladly accepted the invitation.
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were also retiring. I remember say- ing then that I felt like Alice in the book "Through the Looking Glass.” Now I feel like the same Alice in s still more famous book, "Alice in Won- derland,"
and where lots of funny amusing things happen: it is surely a funny position for me to be in now, to be invited to present the prizes and to congratulate the school on a year for which I, myself, was responsible.
I do not propore therefore to make which any comments on the report you have just heard. During the last 15 years it has been my painful duty at times to make many comments on matters educational in Hong Kong, and it is a pleasure not to have to do
So now.
There is one thing however that I should like to touch on, something that is very near to my heart, and that is the question of the new Queen's College. You will remember how very pleased we all were at the prize giving last year at what HE, the Gov- ernor said on the subject. Since then the war in Europe has come along and with it, a revised outlook many things.
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This week, however, I have making enquiries about the prospects of the new school, and I am very glad to be able to inform you that it is be- ing actively pursued. The important question is that of site, and I am afraid this is difficult and will require much thought" and "foresight. But in a mo- dern building, surrounded, if possi- ble, by playing fields, with her tradi- tions and prestige extending over 70 of years, with her wonderful array valuable scholarships, and with the powerful backing of her influential Old Boys' Association, there is doubt to my mind that Queen's would rise to even greater heights than she ever did in the past. And that means much both for Hong Kong and for China..
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There is another matter which Mr. his O'Connor has not mentioned in report but which I should like to re- fer to, namely, the enormous difficul- ties he has had to cope with as re- What gards staff since September. with the demands of censorship and
the camps,
of sickness, ravages Queen's has been harder hit. I think than any other school in the Colony. I have been amazed at times that you could carry on at all. Unfortunately in crises like the present it is often the schools that suffer, for schoolmas- tera and schoolmistresses are usually called upon to do very responsible work, and I might say they do it cheerfully and efficiently. I congratu- late Mr. O'Connor and his staff, both old and new, on having kept the school going so well during the last few months.
Now a few words to you boys. Your country is at war, and so is mine--but these wars will come to an end, soon- er or later. I hope none of you will ́ever have to fight as soldiers—but, if you have any intelligence or any de- cency in your make up, you will have to fight other battles when you leave school You will have to fight, not the forces of dictators, but forces even more subtle and selish, the forces of greed, of bribery and corruption, of exploitation in all its forms: and, whe- ther you find yourselves eventually in Hong Kong or in China, I hope you will fight, and fight hard, to, remedy the extreme poverty, disease and bad
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