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HONGKONG UNIVERSITY. NEW VICE-CHANCELLOR
APPOINTED.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS WIDNESDAY: DECEMBER 8TH, 1923.
PORTUGUESE BANK CLERKS THE ALL STAR" FOOTBALL
BODY FOUND.
RECOVERED FROM THE HARBOUR.
The Court of the Hongkong University, at a meeting on Monday, appointed Mr.
A body was recovered from the bar W. W. Hornell, CIE, Director of Public hour yesterday and identified as that of Instruction in Bengal, as Vice-Chancellor Mr. J. F. dos Gosano, a Portuguese bank of Hongkong University, in succession to | clerk, employed at the Hongkong and Sir William Banyate, K. C.M.G. The new Shanghai Banking Corporation.
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Mr. Vice-Chancellor is expected to arrive in the Coloug in February,
MATCH.
EARLY.
OBINESE MEDICINE METHODS CENTURIES PAST. A WORTHY OBJECT ATTAINED.
Before the Royal Society of Medicine, There certainly was a large crowd at Wiepole Street, W., on October 20th, Dr. the epimencement of the charity football Recce preshling. Dr."W. Percival Yetts; match on the Club Ground yesterday of the Ministry of Health, gave a most afternoon between Taikoo's all star interesting paper on Festilence and football team and a togu selected from Leechuraft in Ancient China". The lee- this crew of the Empress of Australia, atture was illustrated by a mimber of omno has been missing from his houe present it dock, but there was a notice Lautern slides at No. 182, Praya East, since last Friday, able shrinkage in the gathering ere the The new Vice-Chancellor is a son of On that day he was working late at the finish. Many went there anticipating a the late Mr. Robert Hornell, Barrister-at-bank, but was known to have left there really first-class game and not a match Law of the Inner Temple, and a brother at 8.30, for home. As he did not put in which was intended as a “bit of fun" of Mr. E. B. C. Harnell, Secretary of the an appearance, his wife and children be-right from the moment the "great idea" Chinn siger Refinery Company (Messrs came anxious for him and the police were
was mooted at Taikoo. But to those in Jardline, Matheson” and Co.), Hongkong informed.
the swim the muten created many Born in September, 1678, the new Vice- Death was due to drowning, there being hearty laughs as it was quite obvious to Chancellor was educated at Radley and no marks of violence or other suspicious one and all that some of them were Trinity College, Oxford, In 1901 he recircumstances.
* footballers when Waterloo was fought " “sceived his årst appointment, in the Indian
as a comedian aptly put it at the concert Educational Servicc, his career in that
held at the Taikod Club last night. How
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Service being: Professor of English. Pre ALLEGED CLEVER-SWINDLE ever, even the notch did not provide
sidency Collage, Enkutry, 10074 Inspector of European Schooks, Bengal, 1003; and Assistant Director of Public Instruction, Bengal. 1900. In 1 r. Hordell r signed from the Service and joined the Board of Education; Whitehall, serving under Mr. Augustine Birrell as Assistant Director of Special Entries and Reports antil 19th, and in 1811 being appointed as Secretary of the Imperial Education Cons ference. In 1, Mr. Hornell rejoined the Indian. Educational Service as Direg tor of Public Instruction. which post he resigns to come to Hongkong.
He was decorated with a Commander- ship of the most Eminent order of the Indian Empire in 1918.
POPPY DAY.
RESULTS OF THE APPEAL IN HONGKONG.
We have received a copy of the audited balance sheet of the collection on Noven ber 10th in aid of Earl Haig's Fund, which show that as result of the Appeal the sum of £100.9.4 was tele- graphed to Earl Haig's Fund on 29th ult.. The gross receipts amounted to 80,025.22, and. After deduction of
expenses ($318,84), the halance of 88,706.38 was remitted at exchange 2s. 34d.
The Sub-Committee wish to express their indebtedness to the large number of people who assisted in various ways to make the Appeal à success, especially to the ladies who helped in collecting, organising districts, at the depot and in the preliminary work, and to a number of well-wishers who donated sums of $500 (1), 8900 (2), 8100 (1) and several smaller amounts whose support nade the above result possible.
AN UNCONFIRMED RUMOUR BRITISH RIVER GUNBOAT SAID TO
HAVE BEEN PIRATED.
A strange ruinour was current in Hong- kong yesterday morning to the effect that the British river gunhout Rabia bad been pirated up the West River. A call on the Naval Authorities yesterday afternoon produced the following information:- H.M.S. Robin is not fitted with wireless and as no news has been received about her for some days from her station up the river, the Naval Authorities can only presume that she is all right.
H.31.S. Robin is under the command of Lieut. Commander John M. Heath.
DANES COMMITTED FOR TRIAL
ALLEGED POSSESSION OF ARMS AND. AMMUNITION. Three young Danish scaiden named Ole Polson, Sigord Peter Thorsen and George Holte of the motor-ship Malaya, were yesterday afternoon committed for trial at the Supreme Court by Mr. E. W. Hamilton, for unlawfully having in their possession a number of automatic pistols and some hundreds of rounds of ammuni- tion.
The contraband was found by Sergeant Carey of the Water Police in the cabins Occupied by the three men.
HONGKONG EUROPEAN SOUGHT
BY THE
POLICE.
a thrilling exhibition of brilliant and scintillating "soccer it-ar ichst served a useful purpose in that the funds of Quarry Bay Section of the Ministering Children's League were swelled by some 9113 odd, as the result of collections of the inatch, and for that reason alone, if for no other, the names of the Taikoo team are worthy of mention,
The police are ab present investigating the circumstances surrounding the strange disappearance from Hongkong of a Euro pean named Charles Gardner, who, is wanted by them to explain away certain banking ranactions in connection with "be Taiki tane S. Hoper Wallace his firm, the International Trading Com and Whyte Grey Moore and Ger. pangsituated above the Bank of Canton, raril; Bell, Ferguson, Duncan, Ashcroft Mr. Gardner, has not been at his office and Augus. The referee for this anus since the week-end. The anxiety of cer- game was Mr. J. C. Fletcher of Queen's tain ereditors on the firm is enhanced by College, whilst Mr. P. W. Ramsay, of the fact that two cheques signed by Taikoo and Mr. D. Smith, Chief Engineer Gardner in favour of a consignment of of the Empiress of Australia were the rice and pengnut oil have been dishonour-lincamen Ia, all reports of football ed. The cheques are for large amounts,
matches it is usual to quote the scores, and perhaps it would be better to do so in this case. There seems to be some THE SMALL POX EPIDEMIC. doubt about the actual figures but there
The Medical Officer of Health's return for last week shows 115 cases of small pox and 110 deaths from the disease. All were Chinese hut two (one Japanese and one Indian).
Dy. Yetts said the beginnings of Chi- nese medicine weat back beyond authen the history The literature of the sub- jeet is being permeated with myth and legend. His survey began some 3,000 Fears ago and ended at the third century of our era The earliest mythical rulers of China Suured in popular esteem as the of these pioneers of civilisation, the culture-heroes of the race. As the first Emperor Fu Hai took his place as one of the patron saints of medicine. His suc cessor, Shèn Nung, was more closely associated with the beginnings of the att of healing, and investigated the medicinal properties of plants. The third was the achievements of civilised man, which are Yellow Emperar, most of the fundamental unt attributed to the other two, being assigned to him. Probably the oldest medical treatise extant was one connect- ed with him, as its title, Tuang Ti nei ching, donoted. From the fabulous reigns of Fusi, Shên Xung and the Yellow before historical times were reached. At Emperot there were some 15 centuries the end of the twelfth century B.C., the ducal house of Chuu- rose to imperial dignity. It marked the beginning of a of overnment, which still existed under wonderful code regulating the machinery the title of The Chou Ritual.”
A MINISTRY OF HEALTH.
State Medical Servies, comprising five It contained in detailed account of the' departments, under the contro of the Prinic Minister, ar "Officer of Heaven." The first of these might be termed the Ministry of Health, firesided over by a Chief Medical Officer, whose staff num bered thirty. His functions were to throughout the State, and himself to treat supervise medical practice and pharmacy. the Eipperor and high officials. Then there was a department, with person nel of eight, charged with treating the maladies of the common people, and is no doubt that Taikoo won. The Tai- another was that concerned with al koomen claim that they scored four scesses, ulcers and other septic condi- goals and at the same time they relucttions. The fourth department was a smal antly admit "that two goals were scored į medical officers charged with supervision bat important one, composed of two
against them.
of the imperial. dietary Last was the In the evening, as already stated, a est teenuse its members are recorded to Veterinary Department chiefly of inter-
30 additional cases.
The daily return for Monday recorded concert to celebrate the match was held have practised surgery to the extent of at the Taikoo Club which was largely opening abscesses. The organisation be-
longed only to one of the many
States attended. Mr. F. E. Greig presided and ceimposing China in those days. Hence the artistes ware: Mrs. G. McLeod, Mrs. many of them probably hail medical ser- Duncan, Miss L Scott, Messrs. J. Whyte, vices. imitating that of the Chou, and a guess might be made that the personnel Skiner. Mortinier. All the items were Ching in proportion to the population fax Williams, Labrum, Baybord, Gilbison, of the official medical services of ancient
outnumbered the medical staffs of our greatly appreciated and at the conclusion Local Government Board or Ministry of of the concert neogramme dancing was Health. There was little doubt that the Mr. Donnithorne's orchestra from Kowscriptions-methods of obtaining pro indulged in, the music being supplied by healing art was learnt by apprenticeship and by the nequisition of approved" pre- ficiency generally recognised in China up to the present day.
COMPANY REPORT:
www.
CHINESE ENGINEERING & MINING
COMPANY, LÍMITED.
shareholders of the Chinese Engineering The annual general meeting of the & Mining Co., Ltd., will be held in Lon-foon don on the 10th December, 1923, when the Directors' Report and Statement of Ac-COTTON INDUSTRY DAMAGE counts for the year ended 30th June, 1923, will be submitted.
"EXTRACT FROM DIRECTORS" REFORT. The net result of the year's transactions shows a balance to the credit of. Profit and Loss Account of £134,190 made up as follows:- Proportion of Kailan Mining Administration's Profits plus China Interest Agency Fees Interest in Europe Sundry Receipts .... Balance brought forward
DEDUCT
Expenses in Europe
£15,768... Cost of New Coupons and Directors Fees ..........
Shares Warrants
3,412 4,200 Exchange
12,444 Income Tax
1-10,114 Corporation Profits Tax 24,100 Interim Dividend paid
30/5/1923
105,000
4492,102
IN JAPAN.....
ANESTHETICS AND OPERATIONS Speaking of individual physicians, the speaker said Pien Chino was said to have used an anesthetic. This was sev eral centuries B.C. Some seven-and-a-
The Acting Commercial Secretary, Bri tish Embassy, Tokyo. has seat home.esti-half centuries passed before another phy- mates of damage done by earthquake and fire to the Japanese cotton industry. It appears that some 970,000 spindles out of 4,338,000 were put out of netion. Of these about 230,000 were entirely destroyed, 300,000 crumbled and the remainder partly 8.000 damaged. More than half the spindles destroyed, crumbled and partly damaged 3,9.15
were for counts between 30's and 42's 139,237 Approximately twenty per cent. of the spindles in the country were affected by the disaster. The damage to weaving machines is not great, apart from 300 looms belonging to one company.
3,011
305,038 Leaving a net balance of £134,100 which the Directors recommend "should be appropriated as
follows: A Final Dividend 8 per
1
'cent. (free of Income Tax
Directors Percentage Balance carried forward
E119,000 4,662 10,537
£134,100
The larger proportion of the spinning mills destroyed were engaged upon the finer counts, and consumed a compara tively large amount of American cotton Some 50,000 bales of raw cotton are stated to have beer destroyed, of which 20,000 hales were at Yokohama and 15,000 at Fukagawn.
sician, equal in eminence, arose in China, in Hua Ta. There was a circumstantial account in the dynastic aunals of his time describing his use of an anesthetic in surgical operations, and there seemed no reason to doubt its trustworthiness. Probably hemp was the drug. The Chi- nese sciences of anatomy and physiology were not based on actual and recufate observations, but owed their existance. chicfy to the ingenuity, and imagination of theorists. Of diagnosis it might he said that physical examination beyond that of the pulse had seldom been carried out. The forms of medical treatment en- ployed in ancient times were drugs, diet, acupuncture and physical exercises. For the
great bulk of the medical profession surgical treatment ended with neupune. ture, to which an extensive literature was devoted. The origin of physical exercises had heen traced to the legendary Em. The traditions of leechuraft had been handed down without interrup peror Yu tion from the earliest times..
VALUE OF ACUPUNCTURE,
Mr Chao-Hsin Cho, Chinese Chargé d'Affaires in London, in opening the dis- cussion which followed, said he had been most interested in what he had heard. The methods used by Chinese doctors bad been used for thousands of years, aud there must be some good in them which made them. worthy of study. Chinese
CHINESE FINANCE
"FRAMING A CONCRETE PLAN,"
The Chinese Legation has received in formation from Peking with regard to the Financial Commission as follows-Dr. W. W. Yen, the Chairman of the Commedicine "was mainly made up of herbs, missiqu, has called several preliminary and the discoveries which had been made meetings to survey the financial situation in this connection through the centuries of the whole country. The result so for should be made known to the Western can be seen that the country is still sol world. With regard to acupuncture, vent, and the Budget is expected to be which Dr. Yetta had mentioned, it was balanced when the reconsideration of the used extensively in China, and he him financial system is put in practice. They self had been cured of illness by that Are now finding the formula and framing means. The method of diagnosis by the a concrete plan for the reconsideration of pulse was also still practised. From per- finance, and this will be completed in a sonal experience, he had very grent con- period of six months. Dr. Wellingtonfidence in Chinese doctors, and he whole- Roo, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. cartedly approved of what the lecturer' Charig. Hu, Minister of Finance, Mr. Wu had said, and would recommend Western Yok-Lin, Minister of Communications, doctors to take an interest is the medical The Captain's Cup Competitica," played, seversociation, are the most im Sir E. Denison Ross, C.I.E., also took
several representatives of the Chinese development of China.
SPORT
'GOLF,
"CAPTAIN'S CUP.
ALLEGED HIGHWAY ROBBER ab. Fanling on December 1st, 2nd and 3rd
CAUGHT
was won by Mr. E C. Wrey, 01-20-74.
JASPAR CLARK CUPA
A P.W.D. coolie was held up near No.. 3 railway bridge at 4.40 p.m. on Monday by two men armed with revolvers and robbed of es in cash. An indish and
Chinese constable together with the vic tim gave chase to two men who were later seon in the vicinity. One of the two men was caught near the Chatham Road bridge and he is alleged to be one of the robbers
portant figures among the members of the part in the discussion, and expressed, the Commission; Mr. Bowra, Auting Jasper-hope that the paper would induce medi- tor-General of the Chinese Maritime Cus. caf inen to take up the study of the Chi- toms. Sir Ernest Wilton, Associate In-nese Inogunge and make researches into spector-General of the Salt Gabelle, and the medical methods of China together. The result of the Jasper Clark Cup four foreign bankers in Peking are honor. He had no doubt that Jehind much that Competition, played at Fanling on Deary members of the Commission. There seemed primitive the Chinese had medi- cember 2nd was as follows-
is a certain air of optimism about this cal knowledge of real value which was communiqué, and we are bid to await the worthy of study. One of the doctors who Major G. Gandy 40, 36, 41, 41-164 result of the investigation, which will be spoke said that whilst in China, he had Colonel B. A. Hill, 41, 40, 41-166 in six months' time. The effect here has practised acupuncture upon a patient G. Murray
42, 44, 37, 44-107 probably been to hearten the holders of with an enlarged liver with satisfactory R. M. Smith
R. A. Camidge
W. Galloway
H. K. Buckland
40, 13, 41, 39-160 Chincse securities other than those whose results. This was at the patient's re- 47, 30, 41, 44-171 obligations are provided for by the Jari queat
Dr. Yetts was thanked by the Chairman
29, 41, 41, 40-173 time Customs and Salt Administration for his care in preparing his paper. 45, 48, 40, 41-174 collections China Express (London.)
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