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ST. GEORGE'S DAY. WREATH LAID ON CENOTAPH. CONCERT AT THEATRE ROYAL. Hongkong was not favoured with very pleasant weather yesterday for the ob servance of St. George's Day.. The log which enveloped the higher levels pene. trated to the City. As a consequence the atmosphere was close and humid and rain constantly threatened. Some red and white roses were seen in the streets but they were not generally worn,
AT THE CENOTAPH.
There was a simple ceremony at the Cenotaph at 9:30 when Mr. W. A. Dowley, the President of St. George's Society, accompanied' by Mr: 0. G. Alabaster, K.C., the Vice-President, headed a pro- cession of members who went to place a wreath there in honour and memory of the Englishmen who fell in the Great War. The wreath comprised red and white roses in the form of the Cross of St. . George,
Among others present were 'Sir Henry Pollock, K.C... the Hon. Mr. E. R. Halli- fax, the Hon. Mr. H. W. Bil, Mr. F. A. Perry, Mr. H. R. B. Hancock, Mr. T.. M. Hazelrigg, Mr. L. C. F. Bèllamy, Mr. W.
Shiner, Mr. R. E. Greensmith (secre tary) Col. Robertson and Mr. S. 3. Alages.
At 10.30 there was a special ceremonial parade of the 1st. Batt. The East Surrey Regiment, on the Murray Parade Ground to commemorate the second battle of Ypres,
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ST. GEORGE'S SOCIETY CONCERT.
In the evening there was a large at tendance at the Theatre Royal for the concert arranged by the St. George's Society. Amongst those present were. H.E. the Governor (Sir Cecil Clementi, K.C.M.G.) and Lady Clementi, The St. (corge's Cross outside the City Hall was illuminated. The City Hall stairway was red-carpeted and decked with
greenery.
The theatre was beautifully decorated with red and white streamers, and on the walls surrounding the dress circle were the
coats of arms of the various cities of England, monated with small vari-colour- ed flaga. "At the back of the stage was a large picture of St. George.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, APRIL 24TH,
LEADERS.
Mr. R. A. Green sang as an encore, WHITE GLOVES FOR LABOUR "Home, Sweet Home," which was better! rendered than his first solo. So too, with Mrs. Davis, her rendering of "Drink only to me with thine eyes," one of those lyrics which might be said chiselled for immortality" tinetly more effective than her render. ing of "Langley Fair."
FRATERNAL QHEETINGS,
Was
to be
dis
THE SANITARY BOARD.
THE PUBLIC INTEREST IN HEALTH-PROBLEMS.
[BT AN OLD RESIDENT]
CALM IN CANTON,
[FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT. }
The contest for a seat on the Sanitary It is customary in British Courts, I believe, to present the presiding, magis- Board is creating some local excitement. trate with a pair of white gloves when The Friends of the two candidates are there are no prisoners to be tried.. suggesting to those who have a vote that It is now being suggested that the the election is likely to be "A hear Before the interval, Mr. W. A. Dowley, Kuomintang Labour Commissioner in thing." As one who intends to record the President of the Society, addressing Canton will soon qualify for such a gift. his vote on Monday afternoon it would the audience said:"Your Excellency Labour disputes, involving crimes of be unfair to discuss the relative merits ladies and gentlemen, I should like to violence are becoming less and less fre- of the two Hongkong doctors. They are thank you for coming here, and I would also thank the ladies and gentlemen whoquent and there are now only half a dozen have so kindly assisted as on and off the stage." (Applause.)
Mr. Dowley then read the following messages:
Received from London Observance of England's Day more extended than ever. The King and Queen at tended a special service at Windsor, dining with the Duke of Marl borough in the Chair. The Duke of Wellington and Lord Allenby also attended. Fraternal wishes. Ruff, Royal Society St. George-Lox
DON.
From London:-" Hearty Greetings Hope rejoin you November.
HARSTON.
cases on the talendar so to speak..
both fully qualified medical men.
They have both seat circulars through The Medicine Pill Workers' Union, the the post. Neither has promised to agitate Dyers' Union, the Lightermen, the Dress for a system of dast destructors which makers, the Piece Goods employees and, would mean no more spoilt bathing the Railway workers have still some parties. Neither of them discuss the grievances against their employers or possibility of a universal Bush system other Unions, but they have ceased fight with sea water, special salt water mains ing the Police. That is one point to the and a more or less noiseless electrically good. The Canton Police have held that driven pumping plant. The Sanitary workers may strike and prevent, by the Board might consider the smoke problem establishment of pickets, fellow union and insist on the use of electric power. members from working. They severely discountenance, however, the occupation of shops the owners of which are unwill-
From Shanghai Heartiest greetings ing to submit to the workers' demands and from Shanghai.CLEAR, President will not allow attacks upon persons un From Tientsin Hearty greetings."-sympathetic towards
the union pro-
TURNER, President.
From Kobe: Heartiest greetings gramme.
from Kobe."COSSER, President From Singapore For St. George's
Society. Fraternal Greetings Eng land's day from all "Malayan
branches.
From Penang:-" Best wishes And fraternal greetings from Penang.
Incidentally that salt water mains if installed would be available for the fire Eghting service. They might even be used for fushing down some of the nullahs during the dry season.
THE TYPHOID SCARE. Then again, there is the problem of PUBLIC DISGRACE.
typhoid. Sir Claud Severn made a jest There seems to be evidence that 'the about that, but he soon realised that Labour Unions are becoming quieter and there were many people in this Colony more amenable to discipline, but there is who did not think a typhoid epidemic little suggestion so far that the Strike at all funny. There were various ques- Committee enforcing, the boycott is re-tions addressed to the Government dur From Canton: Canton St. George's laxing its efforts. Just recently this Com during the 1924 scare but in the end none Society sends greetings."-FEARD, mittee: has ordered the Chairman of one of us was really any wiser about the President. From Hankow St. George's Society, of the Unions to be publicly disgraced for
cause of the outbreak of the epidemic. Hongkong. Hearly Greetings."-lasting "counterfeit paises ""to persons Garre, President. (Applause.
The marvel is, not that we had that who wished to leave Canton. This ua-
epidemie, two years ago, but that we do not have such an epidemic each year.
PEEL. President
The concert was concluded with hilarious sketch entitled, Between the fortunate individual was made to carry a Soup and the Savoury The players chain of 50 catties and to stand on ex- Mrs. L... Scott, the parlourmaid (Ada). were: 31rs. Chater, as the cook (Marie), hibition in front of the East Garden. and Mrs. H. F. Bloxham, as the kitchen maid (Emily). These ladies scored a dis: tinct success.
accompanists.
FRIENDS AGAIN.
As a further sign of the reconciliation between the militarists supporting and The audience dispersed following the singing of the National Anthem.
opposing Bolshevism, General Ho Ying Mr. George Grimble and Mr. Frederick Yum, Swatow Garrison Commissioner, is Mason, AROC, LT.C.L., acted
A said to be going to Canton to pay
Shek a visit. The Steinway Grand Piano was kindly General Chiang Kai tent for the concert by Messrs. Moutrie General Ho was for a time one of the & Co., Ltd.
principal supporters of the Society for the Study of Sun Wenism. As I stated Mr. W. A Dowley (President), Hon. yesterday the voluntary dissolution of Mr. C. G. Alabaster, O.B, E. (Vice- both the Communist Youths' Party and President), and Messrs. S. Baker, L. C. Bellamy, P. S. Cassidy, E. B. C. Bor- the Society for the Study of Sun Wenis nell, W. W. Hornell, R. E, Linds, P-two opposing organisations within the A. Perry, J. H. Ramsay W. E. Kuomintang-is regarded as paving the Shenton, W. C. Shiner, H. P. Winslow,
The Committee responsible for, the ar- rangements were:-
Buildings are erected and many coolies are herded near to the buildings that are being erected. There may be some supervision by the inspectors of the Sanitary Board. Anyone who remembers the state of affairs while the Replac Bay Hotel was being built must marvel that the earth and the sunlight are such wonderful disinfections. It is, however, quite wrong to allow hundreds of coolies. to live in matsheds and to give no attention to sanitation.
Even when there is no typhoid there is dysentry, sprue and similar diseases. These are undoubtedly spread because of the neglect of supervision of the workers on new buildings. Of course, we must be careful about our food, but these diseases
The concert was a tremendous success, all the pieces given being the work of the master musicians of England. Each of the artistes succeeded beyond a measure of doubt, and each in turn was encored. Amongst the items were several patriotic Hon. Mr. E.. D. C. Wolfe. Mr. D. B way for a unified programme.. Some all are usually caused by bad.. sanitary.
songs, and they were perhaps the most enjoyed and appreciated.
No praise could adequately describe the brilliance at the Band of the 1st Battalion
Peat (Hon Treasurer) and Mr. R. E Greensmith (Hon. Secretary)..
THE ANTI-RABIES CAMPAIGN. CONTRAVENTION "OF OFFICIAL
ORDERS WITH IMPUNITY.
the South China vernacular journals, however, appear to doubt the sincerity
of the movement.
arrangements.
There is now being erected a sort of Chinese Garden City near Deep Water. Bay. There are numerous maisbeds. Possibly there is some sort of supervision by the inspectors of the Banitary Board but Dr. Koch and the winner on Monday next might look into the problem.
There is rather, a full in the matter of nullah improvement. New granite nullahs, are badly needed along the Pokfulam Road between the Dairy Farm premises and town. That untrained
NORTHERN EXPEDITION. of the East Surrey Regiment which played
There does not appear tu be the slightest pieces from Elgar, Sullivan and Alford.
chance of the Kuomintang ever being able There is an exquisite thrill in the xym-
to send any real assistance to the Kun phony of a band, but only when its mem-
minchun Army in the North, but certain *bers harmonise perfectly. The Surrey
Warning has been given that any per-militarists in Canton, who have a num- san contravening the antrabies order by Band, indeed, left nothing to be desired, having a deg unmuzzled dx fiable "tu a ber of mer under their command, are con- nullahe provide a splendid breeding and on playing Sullivan's "The Yeoman Gne of $100. of the Guard," so enthusiastic was the When a Chinese was charged at the stantly harping upon a Northern expedi-ground for the carriers of malaria is
an axiom in these days. audience in its appreciation, and so, detering to provide a muzzle for tis dog, it
Kowloon Magistracy yesterday with fail-tion. F
IN THE BAD OLD TIMES. According to special dispatches received mined was the eagerness to hear it was stated that the owner was warned on by the Wah Tze Yat Po, the troops which
There is, as has been suggested, ample we must second time, that the handsmaster com-The dog was again seen on the road on
room for improvement, but three different occasions on the 19th inst are now endeavouring to prevent Kuomin-acknowledge that things are much better Thursday without a muzzle. He was fined tang reinforcements going to Hunan by than they were. Mr. H. E. Gardner is a well-known 85.
A number of persons were fined for way of the North River districts, have having more than one dog were fined $4. whilst others were fined $3. MORE PERSONS BITTEN BY DOGS.
plied.
Egure on the concert platforms of the failing to procure dog licences Owners received help from General Hsu Chung bealth that this Colony has had was Dr.
Probably the greatest fighter for public Francis Clark, who was, for about twenty Chi who was, previous to General Chiang years, the Medien! Officer of Health. Kai Shek, the commander-in-chief of the It must be now some eleven years since Canton Army. The idea in preventing Dr. Clark left the Colony, Many of us still remember his energetic manner, his Kuomintang
entering. eager search for the mosquito or fly or any other disease carrier. He did all
sanitation in this Colony.
Colony, and musical audience
B always glad to hear him. Gifted as he is with a rich-toned tenor voice, perfeet in the interpretation of the most difficult solos, he achieved distinct success, last night, His, singing of The English Mr. H. K. Holmes, 18, Bowen Road, was any advance from Hunan forces against of the pioneer. work in the cause of
Rose" was undoubtedly brilliant, and the audience did not cease to applaud until he returned to give another song.
.Mrs. H. Hanger, the mezzo-soprano, was at her best in Bayty's beautiful piece "Long, long LED." Her voice is dis- tinctly delightful in its purity. She, too, was encored, <
re-inforcements
Not a day passes but that reports are made of persons being bitten by dogs. Hunan, is to delay as much as possible On Thursday there were three, all Chinese.
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stated to be the owner of one of the dogs, Wu Pei Fu. and Mr. M. O. Masumoto, 63, Prays East. the owner of another of the dogs concern- ed. The victims were sent to hospital.
THE BOMB CASE.
TWO OF THE, ACCUSED DISCHARGED.
He retired but was far too active a temperament to leave off work. During the war he was in charge of a sanitorium in England. Then he went into medical practice at Mukden. Now he is medical officer at Weihaiwei.
Hi auccemor, Dr. Pearse, is soon to retire, Perhaps the demand to change to the title of "Sanitary Board'
Health Department will be consider when there is a change of personnel.
THOSE WHO GIVE
STOUT HOSPITAL, WUCHOW. The Kuomintang Executive Committee at Wuchow intended to convene a meet ing of representatives of the leading or ganisations in the district on April 17th for the purpose of taking over the Stout Hospital, a Baptist. Mission Institution I recently closed to avoid farther labour tyranny. They, however, failed in their Two of the three Chinese, of No. 24, purpose as responsible organisations such Yee Wo Street, Causeway Bay, who were as the General Chamber of Commerce and charged with possession of a bomb were other local bodies of influence, it is said, Mr. Hopkins has a voice which never discharged at the Central Magistracy did not wish to be parties to such action. faila to thrill-It has ₫ ràngo and yesterday. The police offered no evidence:
VARIOUS ITEMS. I power which enables him to achieve against them. The third defendant, who
Owing to his indifferent health, Mr. brilliant interpretations. "The Fisher- was represented by. Mr. A. E. Hall, was tagg Ching Wei, the Chairman of the eleption will do a lot of good. The inckyi men of England," is a good old song, remanded. which one never tires of bearing, and as
Kuomintang, who is now on sick leave, sung by Mr. Hopkins it was effective and moving?
Encores were in fact the rule, and the other artistes, Mr. E. A. Green (bass), Mr. L F., Davics (soprano), Mr. L. E. Hopkins (baritone), and Mrs. G. Watt, were not allowed to retire without, ren- dering a second solo.
"LAND OF HOPE AND GLORY." Land of Hope and Glory,
"Mother of the Free,
How shall we extol thee, who are
born of thee?
·PLUCKY: RESCUE AT SINGAPORE.
OFFICER JUMPS OVERBOARD AFTER COOLIE.
In this democratic ers, we expect a great deal from those whom we elect as our representatives. No honour that comes easily is valued. That is why we are sure that this keenly contested candidate will feel under an "obligation is being advised by his friends to leave to his supporters. He "will be bound to Canton for a holiday. It is suggested that Pay attention to their demands. a short trip may do him a great deal of the Sanitary Board is a prelude to a It is generally supposed that a sent ou good.
A number of rice junke-in Canton har-seat on the Legislative Council. "Anyhow. bour are being detained owing to the, un-Mr. Alabaster resigned, perhaps because
Iba was nominated for the Council. The Straits Times of the 15th in Willingness of the Pok Taoi Lightermen In any case the members of the
Union to permit. lighters" to serve the junks until a recent dispute has been Sanitary Board are in the limelight. A plucky act was witnessed at Tanjong settled. Now the rice merchants, have They can show their zeal for the interests God, who made thee mighty, make Pagar, yesterday, when a Chinese coolfe stated that they, will employ non-union of the cammunity. They can find plenty
jumped overboard from the steamer men to handle the cargo,
to occupy of their time if they will give thee mightier yet."
Ideang, lying alongside the wharf in the The workers in aerated water factories it freely for the public welfare. No English concert on Merrie Old Lagoon Dock," and the European second in Canton are now on strike, their de We older members of the community England's pational day should lack officer of the Hosang dived in to rescue mands for higher wages not having been always remember the efforts of Mr. Elgar's masterpiece" Land of Hope and him.
complied with. "In addition to the pay Shelton Hooper when he was a member Glory." The Society of St. Georgs in Fortunately a Harbour Board police ment of a monopoly or trade tax for the of the Sanitary Board. He made us take Hongkong any that it was included, and boat was in the vicinity, and the officer privilege of manufacturing or importing an interest in matters of public health. in having Mrs. Watt to take the solo, supported the coolie until the boat came acrated waters in Canton, the dealen He is to be found in the Thatched House they could not have chosen a better up and landed both men, none the, worse have now to pay an extra stamp fee of Club, London, and no doubt be explains soloist." She possesse #1 excellent for their experience. -
one-half to two cents a bottle as a luxury how the Banitary Board har cleaned up The Horang put out to sea immediate tax. The Stamp Duty Bureau are to open Hongkong. There is, however, still ly after the occurrence.
a special office for selling auch stamps. plenty of cleaning to be done.
Wider till and wider shall thy
bounds be set;
voice. The audience joined. enthusias. tically in the chorus.
says:--
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