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HISTORY OF THE DIOCESAN BOYS' SCHOOL.
SERMON BY THE REV. W. T. FEATHERSTONE.
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'REPORT OF THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
FIGURES FOR 1925.
The report of the Medical Department
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1926
CRIMINAL SESSIONS.
JUNK STOLEN, AND MASTER IMPRISONED.
THREE ALLEGED PIRATES CHARGED,
THE PUMPING STATION DISASTER.
PROFESSOR EARLE GIVES EVIDENCE.
DID NOT REPORT ON ALLEGED INSECURITY OF BOULDER.
LETTERS BASED ON INSUFFICIENT
· KNOWLEDGE:
for 1995 states that the amount sanctioned. The story of how a Hongkong junk was in the estimates for the Department boarded of Cap Sui Man by armed men, PRACTICAL INTEREST IN THE
and taken away, was related before Mr. was 8713,208. LIVES OF THE CHINESE.
The expenditure was 8693,211.10. The Justice Wood at the Criminal Sessions Chinese were revenue received totalled $194,547.58 un- yesterday, when three
Professor Earle, of the Hongkong During the course of his sermon at St der the following headings: For Medical charged with having committed an armed John's Cathedral on Sunday evening, the Treatment, 3860,200.55; for Medical Certi- robbery on the sea. It was also stated University, when he was called as Rev. W. T. Featherstone. headmaster ficates, 833.00; for Bateriological Ex- that the master and steersman of the witness at the resumed enquiry at the of the Diocesan Boys School, gave amination, $3,333.40; for, Chemical An-junk were kidnapped, and that the former Central Magistracy yesterday afternoon, mteresting outline of the history of his alyses, 323,000.00; for Bills of Health, was chained to a tree for several days concerning the disaster at the No. 3, school.
He took as his text the words from 1700.00; for Medical Examination of
Pumping Station, Pokfulam, on July 10th, said he could find no record of ever Emigrants, 895,973.50. "Be strong all ye Haggai II 4 and 9.
having reported to the Public Works Department on the alleged insecurity of people of the land, and work. The glory.
a boulder at Pokfulam. of the latter boule shall be greater than of the former: and in this place will give peace, saith the Lord of Hosts"
This was the chapter and the message, he said, which the staff and scholars of! the Diocesan Boys School read together un Friday morning last when for the first time in the history of the New School at Kowloon, they used their new large hall for school prayers. Let me tonight, he continued, give you a brief cutline of the history, of this School which is one of the oldest institutions in the Colony. Its history dates back to tarch-15th-1850, when Lady Robinson and a Committee of eight Indies started a Diocesan Native Female Training School.
The first prospectus sounds rather quaint; it states: The object of the institution is not to provide for the friendless and the destitute, there are cther
excellent establishments which hare this in view. The present is rather an effort to introduce among some what superior class of Native Females the blessings of Christianity and Religious Training."
of
Vital Statistics. The population of the Colony stimated to «be:-
British and foreign civilians... 16,500 Chinese Civilians
*******$57,020 Total number of Chinese birtha
registered..... Total, number of non-Chinese
births
3,991
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until he managed to escape to his native village whence he journeyed to Hongkong. The junk which had a cargo of ash and is sugar was valued at $1,650.
Mr. Dyer Ball, Assistant Attorney.
It will be recalled that in consequence General, prosecased for the Crown. After outlining the case he dealt with the state of the storm, an immense boulder became ments made by the prisoners when they loosened in the hillside above and rolled were charged. To the police they each down, cashing into and completely gave a blank denial of being implicated wrecking the pumping station, "and also in the affair. At the Magistracy they killing four Chinese workmen employed each in turn alleged that the witnesses there and injuring others.
A previous sitting of the Court it had brought the case against them in
was stated that about two years ago revenge as they had quarrelled with them
Professor Earle had written. to che The total number of deaths was 14,991 regarding a collision some months before. and the general civilian death rate was "It is curious," said Counsel, "that Public Works Department reporting on 10,05 per 1,000. Of this total there were the three grudges are three separate the alleged insecurity of this boulder.
241 non-Chinese 14,733 Chinese and
• acs.'*. civilians and the death rate was respec- tively 19.12 and 14.8 per 1,000.
The general birth rate for the civil population is said to be 4.4 and that of the Chinese 4.25 per 1,000. From the nature of the case it is practically im- possible to arrive at a correct estimate of the Chinese birth räte.
Prisoners Identified.
A Chinese sailor who was on board the Along infants of one month or less, 10 non-Chinese and 847 Chinese, died. pirated boat said that the robbery occur. of those infants who were more than a red on the evening of July 2nd. When month old but less than
year, 30 non-
Chinese and 3.524 Chinese died. The the boat anchored near Yam O, just our total number of children who died at the side Cap Sui Man. All the members of age. a year or less was therefore 40 the crew were asleep when they were non-Chinese and 4,671 "Chinese. These awakened on hearing abouts on board.
General Remarks,
boat lying alongside their own.
They
were ordered to set sail, and this they did for about half an hour when the boat was again anchored and all the crew, excepting the master and the steersman, were put into another boat. They were divided into two parties and imprisoned in the holda
PWDdfficials stated-in ezidence, that ao record of such a report could be traced.
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The Coroner, Mr. R. E. Lindsell, there- fore adjourned the enquiry for the atten- dance of Professor Earle, who at time was in the North, and only return-
ed to Hongkong a week or so ago.
that
The enquiry has been adjourned twice since his return, once on account of the
on account of the typhoon. It was re- sumed yesterday afternoon before Mr. R. E. Lindsell, sitting as Coroner with
jury.
Professor Earle's Evidence. Professor H. G. Earle, Professor of Physiology at the Hongkong University, went into the witness box and was ques tioned by Mr. Lindsell.
In 1860-70 the Constitution of the Ingres are derived from reliable statis stitution was somewhat changed and ties because the registration of deaths is They saw seven men, two of whom were
Orphan children of both sexes, sound compulsory, but as births are not regis- armed with revolvers, on deck, and illness of a juryman and again this week both in body and mind, of European,tered in every case the Chinese birth rate Chinese and Eurasian parentage and such given above is not accurate. other children as may be deemed eligi ble were admitted. At this time it was decided to extend the benefits of the education given in the school to few cases of both sexes of Eurasians from all parts of China and Japan, so far did the Diocese of Victoria then extend.'
The Registers of the School are com- plete from 1874 and a few entries date to 1870 when a Chinese girl was rescued from a pirates' junk. Of the first twenty five entries in the school twenty, Chinese and Eurasians came from the following places-Amoy, Shanghai, Formosa, Hati- kow, Bangkok, Ningpo, and Swatow and five from Hongkong.
About the year 1890 a Diocesan Girls School was started and the old foundation has been a Boss School only since that date. Larly in the 20th century the pre- mises of the old school on Bonham Road were regarded as inadequate for the growing importance of the School and For the growth in numbers.
The New School,
In 1917-18 the first steps were taken to get a new site for the School. Eventually a very fine site of 23 acres at Kowloon was given by the Government. The site formation began in March, 1924, and the buildings in August, 1024. The total sand dollars: The money was obtained very largely by the sale of the old site which was sold for 465,000. In 1923 there were about 330 day boys and 100 boarders, of whom 75 per cent. were
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During 1925 the Colony was entirely free from epidemic disease. There were sporadic cases of small-pox during the first six months of the year the highest number, 16, being notified during the month of March. The Colony was again entirely free from plague both human and in rodents. Two cases of cholera were landed off a Messageries Maritimes steamer coming from Northern Ports. The cases were treated at Kennedy Town Hospital. Both were fatal.
Witness said that he was companioned in the hold by three sailors and a woman He was allowed to go out, and had two meals with the robbers. He recognised the prisoners as the three men on the
As in former years the members of the Police Force recruited from Wei-hai-wei were severe sufferers from malaria. These boat. After being held for a day and' a men come from a non malarial country night witness and his friends were put and when "stationed in malarial districts ashore on a little island called Tang Ku in the New Territories fall an easy prey. where they were picked up by a police They are all made to take prophylactic doses of quinine throughout the rainy launch, season but this does not protect them.
Government Civil Hospital. The number of patients of all nation alities admitted to the Civil hospital,
excluded the Maternity Block Lunatic Asylum) was 5,774.
1922 1023 1924
4,417
5,455 4,103
aad
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Replying to his Lordship, witness said that the robbers assaulted some members of the crew but had not assaulted him. He further stated that there were some other boats in the vicinity when his bost was boarded, but the robbers did not attack any other boat.
the
Mr. Lindsell: Do you know the spor from which this boulder slipped down the hillside and wrecked
pumping station?"
Erofessor Earle I remember the boulder.
Mr. Lindsell:. Did it ever strike you that the boulder was dangerous?
Professor Earle: I discussed with my colleagues the possibility of danger, änd was all right. As a matter of fact Pre- so far ce I remember. I was assured it fessor Shellshear, went up and looked at it.
Mr. Lindsell: So far as you remember you and your colleagues considered, it was not dangerous?"
Professor Earle:" Yes
DM Not Write.
Mr. Lindsell: Did you ever write a letter to the Public Works Department on the subject of the boulder
Professor Earle 1 can find no re- Another witness who was imprisoned in a different bold said that after being cord, and am under the impression that On many occasions every available bed there for a whole day he and his com- I did not write. Witness added that he (198 in all) was occupied and native panions asked that the hatch should be was not in Hongkong when the boulder patients had to be accommodated on long raised a little as the air was stifling. A fell. *An Act of God.". chairs and garden seats-It is more than piece of wood was put under the hatch probable that this over-growing will con- and it was slightly raised. Witness re tinue-more accommodation for native cognised the first prisoner,
Chinese. Then in the middle of the police and accident case is urgently identify the other two, but could not After our visit to the site I think we are
building came the political trouble. The plans had to be cut down at once and one complete storey has been omitted. Difficulties arose in connection with the sale and purchase money of the old site. We also lost about 30 boarders and 100 day boys who paid full fees and as a result the orphanage side of the school has been a heary strain on the schools' finances. There are now, in September, 1926, about 300, boys in the school, of which number 65 to 70 are boarders.
Nevertheless in March last, in contract time, we moved into the incomplete building. Now we are much happier our school hall was finished ten days ago. The School Committee visited the build-
;
ings last Monday and we used the hall on Friday for the first time for school prayers. Much still remains to be done and the message we took to ourselves was "Be strong and work, the glory of the latter house shall be greater than of }; the former."
Later in the year an opportunity will be given to people in general to see the buildings and grounds and I suppose, to assist in the work.
General Church Work.
needed.
The daily average of patients in hos- Pital, was, 190.
The patients were divided as follows:-
1st class
2nd class
75
221
3rd class ... 5,377 Nationalities of Patients :-
1925 1934 European
858 *""887 India ............ 1,003 1,147 Chinese 3,912 4,002. The Males numbered 4,949 and the
Female 825.
Deaths-368 patients died and of these 136 died within 24 hours of admission. The death rate was 6.10% is compared with 5.8% in 1924.
The death rates according to sex and nationality were? European Indian Chinese re Males.
Females
1.9%
3.2%
7.8%
5.3%
11.5%
The case was adjourned until to-day.
MOTOR MISHAPS. EUROPEAN BADLY INJURED.
spill," as the result of which Mr. B. J. Murray,
A nasty motor cycle" Sanitary Inspector, is now in the Kow loon Hospital suffering from a broken collar bone and other minor injuries, took place on the Laichikok Road, on Sunday
evening.
Mr. Lindsell addressing the jury said: satisfied that human foresight could hard- ly have judged that this rock could fall, and but for the letter I told you I received informing me that Professor Earle had reported to the Public Works. Department it would not have been accessary for us to go on and this en- quiry would have concluded some time go. I think, having heard Professor Earle, your views will be that this disaster was an act of God." 'If you are satisfied that human foresight could not reasonably have seen this rock was dangerous, then you will bring in a plain verdict of Accidental Death." If you are not satisfed, you can add any rider you like.
It appears that Mr. Murray was pass ing a motor bus when his machine Without retiring, the jury returned a skidded badly, toppling over the e-verdict of Accidental Death.
thrown Mr. Murray Wa bankment."
Mr. Lindsell, after thanking the jury violently, and sustained among other in- for the time they had spent in connection juries a broken collar bone and badly with enquiry, added: E regret that this bruised shoulder. He was later taken to enquiry has been prolonged so much, but.. the Kowloon Hospital, where he is pro-it merely shows the futility of having gressing favourably.
letters written to the Court Eased on insuficient knowledge..
"TOMMY" AND THE CAT. Lady de Sausmarez, wife of the former British Chief Judge for, China, writing to The Times from Sa amarez Manor, St. Marting, Guernsey, tells the follow in story of her dog's appeal for help-
During our residence in China a
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And cannot we also take the exhorta-1 wonder how many of us take a prac- tion of Haggai to
ourselves in our tical interest in the lives of the hundreds general church work, in making the bis- of thousands of people who live around tory of this Colony and in our own lives. us. How many of us, for example, have We look around the Cathedral and this ever visited the homes of our servants Colony; we see the legacies of past years and of the people we employ.. There is beautiful Siamese kitten was sent to me and of past lives; we see the very many no need to go to other cities. Within frora Bangkok. As the Chinese value ton yesterday with a record manifest and great works of charity and the many almost a few yards of our offices and these eats highly, I was afraid he might a record number of passengers... benefits which have been given to people indeed of some of our houses there are get, stolen, so he was kept in one or As is explained in our leading article around us. Sometimes we are apt to sed social conditions and problems, as other of the rooms with the windows shut, this morning, bowever, this is not import- take too much for granted and to forget there are in all large cities. We must One day he was supposed to be shut in ant evidence of any weakening of the. our own responsibilities, sometimes we not be revolutionaries but we should all my bedroom, which opened on to a boycott. The passengers, most of whom are apt to stop work before the comple-strive to be reformers and to complete verandah, at one end of which and on were soolles bound for Singapore, paid tion of an effort. Are we strong in our the work in hand, and we can only be a level with it, was the top of the green the regular "permit fee" and the cargo church work! Do we work? Are we reformers, #G can only make things house. We were in the greenhouse, and was comprised principally of ginger and determined enough to make the glory of better, if we as a body have knowledge, our fox terrier was busy with a bone vegetables, en die don the latter work greater then of the if we are strong and if we work
on the lawn. Presently he joined us For months past the Canton boats have former that is do we as a body seek And then with regard to ourselves in and gave signals of agitation, tossing his brought regular supplies of this kind to actively the extension of Christ's king-dividually let us see to it that in body, head towards the roof. My husband Hongkong. The produce is brought down dom around us. It was a great surprise mind and spirit we do not get slack. Let zaid: "What is the matter with Tommy the river in sampans and shipped on to me in looking up the old records of us take to ourselves individually the I wonder if there is anything wrong with board by the owners. They have to get the school to read of this Committee of message of the prophet Haggai Be the cat," with whom he was on friendly their produce to market or their liveli nine ladies in 1960 (I hardly realised strong and work and let us see to it terms. We went outside and then saw hood is gone, and even when the pickets. that there were so many white women that in ourselves we do our bit in making that puss had escaped from the bedroom were most active they alawys managed here at such an early date) taking such the glory of the latter bouse greater and was walking along the top of the to break through the cordon of snipers. an interest in spreading the blessings of than of the former. It is only then that greenhouse.Tammy, having notified the Everything in Canton City is reported Christianity and of Religious Training. we can expect the peace which cometh perilous position of the cat, at once requiet From a general trade point of
view there has been no material change. from the Lord of Hosts
turned to his bone. (Continued on next Column.)