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BONG RONG
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, MARCH 5th, 1929."
HARMSTON'S CIRCUS
AND
ROYAL MENAGERIE
LAST FEW NIGHTS LAST FEW NIGHTS
GRAND OPENING
Mongkok, Kowloon
THE UNION CHURCH.
REPORT AND ANNUAL MEETING.
A LARGER INCOME NEEDED.
KOWLOON CHURCH BUILDING
SCHEME.
MR. RODNEY GILBERT LEAVING CHINA.
AN OUTSPOKEN CRITIC..
ITALIAN CONVENT THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER.
SCHOOL.
PRIZES DISTRIBUTED BY MRS. W. T. SOUTHORN.
PLANS FOR ENTERTAINMENT
IN HONG KONG.
Plans have been drafted of vari- ous functions and social engage
It is with a regret we know will be shared by thousands, says North
'The Italian Convent School stments during the visit to Hong China Daily News of February Caine Road haid their annual prize Kong of HRH the Duke of Glou 28th, that we have to announce that distribution at the School Halcester, en route to Japan as head- Mr. Rodney Gilbert is saying good yesterday evening. There was a of the Garter Mission. bye to China to-day, China will very large number of parents and His Royal Highness is due to know him no more. For some friends including Mrs. W. T. arrive on April 25th by the F. & O. time he has felt himself growing Southern, Mr. E. Ralphs, Acting Mores, and will land at Statue more and more cut of tuno with Director of Education, Mr. A. Pier, after which addresses of wel the tendencies of the day. Too R. Sutherland, Inspector of come will be presented in the City
Braga, the Rev. Fathers Byrne, communities. Spada, and Novai, Colonel R. B.
"DARWIN THEORY
DISPROVED.
A MAN WITH NINE LIVES.
TWO SERIOUS ACCIDENTS LEFT HIM UNSCATHED.
Local Chinese consider Darwin's theory that men are descended from the monkeys quite discredited. There is at least one man in the Colony, they claim, who has come. from the cat species. This mam
The report of the Committee of Management, presented to the Annual Meeting of seat bolders of Union Church, Hong Kong, con
The rear 1993 saw the conclusion where he could see no peace, or to of the long and distinguished believe in any possible good result ministry of the Rev. J. Kirk
ing for China from shame and ar- Skianer, B.E., O.B.E., and Rev. Government. House and, weathertheless true that, according to un- Maconschie, who' came to Union tifices in which politicians appear Church in March, 1813; and the to find comfort both here and installation in October of the Rev-abroad, he sa
no further pos
tains the following paragraphs: honest with himself toers peace | Schools the Hon. Mr. J. P. Hall by the European and Chinese / Possessed nine lives and he has.
F. C Young, formerly of Belling-sibility of usefulness in what he ham Congregational Church, Lon- could write.
don.
"Kanovation,
Joseph's College. Brother Marcian, Director of St. The function commenced with a school children from the lowest to delightful concert in which the the top classes took pärt.
The programme was as follows:
THE REPORT.
The Royal Duke will funch at
already had two of them.
Be that as it may, it is never-
permitting, in the afternoon will
impeachable authorities, this m drive round the island. After tea,
has met with two serious accidents,
Causeway Bay, After the game he cd. Eleven years ago, he attend- be will have a game of pelo at which have left him quite unharm will proceed to Mountain Lodge, ed the Races. where H.E. the Governor will give broke out in a matshed while he A "disastrous fire a small dinner party.
Next morning (April 9th) HR. and a friend were watching the will go to Fanling for golf, where horses. Before he realised the dan- he will be the guest of the Royal ger, the fire had surrounded him Hong Kong Golf Club at lunch.
The Royal visitor will return by and almost immediately the mat- way of Castle Peak, and in the | shed collapsed. He and his friend afternoon there will be a garden were buried under a heap of buru- party on the ground of the Houz.
Kong Cricket Club, to which those ing debris, and when he was finally on the Government House list will extricated, he found his friend be invited,
In the evening H.R.H. will be lying beside him stone dead. But entertained by the Hong Kong our friend was none the worse for General Chamber of Commerce to it-not a hair was singed. dinner at the Peninsula Hotel, returning to Mountain Lodge for the night, and next day he will be entertained at lunch by the leaders of the Chinese community. In the
afternoon of April 27th the Duks of Gloucester will sail for Japan on H.M.S. Suffolk, escorted by four Japanese cruisers.
JAPAN'S ELABORATE WEL- COME PLANS.
last November.
He was recently asked to inatar an aerial for a friend living in Great George Street, The day happened to be the 11th
aiversary of the Race Course dis- aster. The house was a two-storey one, and the man went to the roof to put up the wires. While he was at work, he fell from the roof, head first, and landed on a cement: paving.
Friend of the Ordinary Men, There are those who call Mr.Violin Solo Miss H. Heath It was the unanimous opinion of
Accompanied by Miss the Ladies Committee and of the Gilbert anti-Chinese. Now that is
LA" Gosano. Committee of Management that the precisely what he is not. The 2-Recitation
"Dear Jesus want thou so shy?" beginning of the new ministry label is as stupid as it is dishonest.
Miss E. Lace. should be marked by a thorough re-
Speaking the language perfectly,z-Pianoforte Polonaise novation of the Church premises delighting to mix with all sorts
(by Chopin) The Misses A.Silice and This was financed by an overdraft and conditions of men and with
M. Robbe. from the Bankers of 84,000, the an easy faculty for winning their
4.—Melodie- total outlay (including urgent confidence, he has shown by many
Violin by the Misses E. Xavier and A. GosaNO) work at the Manse) amounting to exquisite thumb-nail sketches "of
Hard-saw by Miss B. Xavier 84,03233, which was reduced by farmers, shopkeepers, carters, boat-
Mandolin by Miss L. Thomas. 6429.36 through special efforts in men, porters, pricata, soldiers, 5.-Fancy Drill The Infanta" the last two months of the year.ricshamen and other types who G.-Pianoforte To avoid reduction of capital, it make up the million of "the
"Marche Hongroisa"
(by H. Kowalski) will be necessary to make further stupid people," that he is pro The Misses O. Azdo, F. Lau, provision in 1929 and 1930 to meet Chinese to the core.
M. Hobba, A. Silice the cost of the renovation scheme, bypocrisies of their rulers and
But he is very much "anti” the 7-Recitation" Palm of Kie"
(by Longfellow) and thereafter to set aside a por- their brutal indifference to the wel
Miss M, Chaillet tion of the annual income for other fare of the helpless country com--Action Song...Chorus of 18 girls. repairs which will require to be mitted to their charge. He is un- sparing in his denunciation of the done sooner or later. Your Com- men who strut; in the public eye mittee has been advised, for exam with mouths full of promises and "We give the following extracts ple, that the Lecture Hall will re pockets full of promises and from the school report, rend by
Tokyo (U.P.). The most elaborate He was picked up unconscious, pockets full of the people's wealth; Father Byrne. quire a new roof in the course of and his deep sense of humanity
when he came to.it: It is with the deepest regret that Preparations are being made for and
the visit of the Duke of Gloucester, Wa found that be had lost the next few years. The Church cannot keep silent contrasting the Headmistress records the loss now possesses a property of con- China's miseries with the unabaab sustained by the untimely demise third son of the British Bovereign, his memory. He did not know who is expected to arrive in Japan, who he was, and he began ed self-seeking of her unctuous of Sr. Emily Bori, the late Head- siderable value, and economic despoilers. He has made a con- mistress of the Convent School for
on H.M.S. Suffolk early in May, talking rubbish. He was taken at maintenance will necessitate respicuous place for himself in the ten years May Sr. Emily's me
to present the Order of the Garter once to the French Hospital where
gular expenditure,
to Emperor Hirohito in recogni- he was attended by Dr. Bunje, who affairs of China: "may he do so in mory remain forever green in the Study of the annual accounts those of the wider world for which hearts of her pupils and colleagues. tion of his enthronement. in Kyoto made a thorough examination, but found that the man was practical- will renew the feelings of gratitude he sets put to-day..
The school was inspected in Octo
The man in the street can have ly unhurt. No bones had been to the benefactors.of past years→→
ber by Mr. G. P. de Martin, and
no ides of the tremendous amount broken, and beyond shock which to the late Sir Paul Chater, to the
the staff was reported adequate of detail which must be attended caused him to lose his memory tem- subscribers of the Three Quarter
the discipline as usual was ex visit. For example personal pre- for his fall. according to Code requirements, to by officials in advance of a royal porarily, he was none the worse Century Fund, and to the Rev. J.
cellent, the average attendance was seats will be brought by Prince quite well at the French Hospital He is now doing 413, the highest enrolment was Henry for a attained in the month of October Japanese officials and personages about in a few days.
number of minor and it is expected that he will be 430 against 403 in 1927.
who will be connected with bis This "India-rubber man is an In the infant classes singing and visit. The names of these Japanese operator at the Great Eastern recitation were a pleasure to hear: must be ascertained far in advance Telegraph Company, and the won throughout the school, writing and and the nature of the presents to derful story of his escapes were colloquial were good and reading be given them decided upon. and recitation reached a tiga addition decorations according to by a European member of the staff. In told to a Daily Press representative standard, Drawing and painting the usual custom will be bestowed in the upper classes were very good, upon various higher offcials, in the whole thing for yourself!
You can, therefore ga, and verify Mra de Martin kindly spent
who have been morning in examining the needle-nominated to serve on the recep work and spoke most favourably of tion committee. These persons pro- the work done at the Italian Con-bably will include Baron, Gonsuke vent."
Hayashi, former ambassador in The year 1928 is distinguished by London, and other consalar and the school's marked successes in the diplomatic officials who have served. Hong Kong University Examina in the various parts of the British tions, both the Senior and Junior Empire. Candidates obtaining 100 per cent. Even railway station masters of passes.
who will come in contact with the The results were: ten Candidates Prince's party have been remember- passed the Senior Local, Miss Maryed, and it is understood their names Vas with Honours and Miss May de have been sent to London so that la Sala with Distinction in French.gifts may be provided for them.
New York:-June, the musica) Thirteen students passed the The German Ambassador, to comedy actress, has announced that Junior Examinations, three of them Japan, Dr.E. A Voretzsch, and she has accepted a proposal of obtaining Distinction in Arithme Mrs. Voretisch, made an extensive marriage from Lord Inverclyde, tic, two in English, two in Drawing visit to west central Japan lats in and that she will marry him in and six in Biblical Knowledge. February and were entertained by London, in March on a date not
Scholarships-Miss Mary Cheung Japanese and German organiza-yet decided. is the winner of the Lugard Scholar- tions in Kobe and Osaka. ship for the year 1928-29; Miss Hercia Silvs and Miss Agnes Tsui are the winners of Lady Ho Tung Scholarships for good conduct and application.
Kirk Maconachie.
sent.
Appeal for Support." Your Committee urges
this generation of supporters of the Church to see to it that the bene factions of the past are not made an excuse for slackness in the pre- Nowadays, current receipts from supporters, at 85,254, Ar very little larger than receipts from interest on capital, 84,490, and yet the Church needs a some what larger annual income if all ita financial responsibilities are to be met.
in order to meet all needs and liquidate debts incurred during the year in connection with the renova tion scheme. He acknowledged with gratitude special efforts of the Ladies Committee which
had
brought in over 8300 towards the cost of this. As regards the Kow loon Church, though the Building Fund appeared large, much would require to be done before the daughter Church could be consider ed fully grown.
cluding those
Building Costs Lower. The Rev. H. R. Wells, of the London Mission, said that his wide experience led him to believe that There are a number of vacant a substantial saving would be sittings in the Church, which the effected on the estimates for erect Committee appeals to adherents to ing the Kowloon Church. Build- take. As to the Sunday collections, ing costs in the Colony were now even dollar a Sunday-whether | much less than they were a few present or not-from every ad years ago. herent would make the Church The Hon. Treasurer suggested financially secure.
the possibility of giving the new Renovation Scheme.The Church Church help in regard to furloughs and Lecture Hall have been re- out of the Hong Kong Churah's decorated and painted inside and pastoral furlough fund (a special out, "both roofs, all windows, fund raised at the 75th anniversary doors and typhoon shutters re- of the Church to me these recur- paired or renewed, and the Lecturerent expenses). Hall Boor replaced with concrete, The Hon. Secretary (Mr. M. F. the whole costing 83,813.33. In Key) urged the necessity for tak addition, 8219 was spent on repairs ing into full consideration the at the Manse.
relations between the older Union The Colony generally and this Church and the new and the help Church in particular suffered a which each could render to the grievous loss during 1928 in the other. The Hong Kong Church death of Mrs. Alice Hickling, M.D. had often declared that Kowloon
was entitled to look to them for "Miss Marie Ves and Miss May aid: the question was how it could de la Sala have the distinction of THE WAY TO "PEACE ON best be rendered. Applying a inscription of their names on the domestic parallel, it was more Lugard Shield for integrity and satisfactory that a daughter should unselfishness have a regular allowance than bet obliged to go and ask her parents every time she wanted a shilling (Laughter.) To be in a position to render any beln, however, the Hong Kong Church would need to increase substantially its current
Kowloon Union Church.
The report also gives details of the Kowloon Union Church build ing scheme, mentioning that it is hoped to retain as an endowment $40,000 of the sum of $100,000 for buildings given by the late Bir Paul Chater. The gift Amounts, with accumulated in terest, to 8120,000, and the estimat ed cost of buildings is 380,000. Efforts are proposed to increase the
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$40,000 to 250,000 as soon as pos sible; also to endeavour to secure an increase in the ordinary income of the Kowloon Church as a pre- liminary to embarkation on the building scheme.
Trustees. Tributo is paid in the report to the work for the Church rendered by the retiring trustees, Mr. E. B. Cubey, Mr. G. M. Bhaw and. Mr.
Thursday, 7th March, 1929 at 9.15 p.m. De Templeton,
FAREWELL MATINEE HONG KONG
Wednesday, 6th March at 4.15 p.m.
BOOKING AND PLAN AT MOUTRIE'S.
1785
income.
The Committee's report and as counts were then adopted.
Election of Officers,
The following officers were elect
ed:-
Committee of Management.-The Rev. F. C. Young, Dr. E. W. Kirk, Messrs. R. D. Bell, A. Calvert, N.
AMERICAN GENERAL ON GENEVA.
EARTH."
17
JUNE TO MARRY LORD INVERCLYDE.
ENGAGEMENT AFTER MANY
RUMOURS.
TO RETIRE FROM STAGE.
She said: "Lord Inverclyde on Saturday afternoon asked me to marry him, and I accepted. He had been in New York for some. time.
"We had seen quite a little of each other. He came to visit me in my apartment and asked whe- ther I would become his wife. I said,
Yes. That was all there was to it....
Sports have been held from time Marrila (U.P.):-Man's spirit It was very simple, and I am to time in the Conycat grounds and must change before peace can very, very happy. My advice to girls of this school have taken part descend upon, the world, Major girls, when they have a proposal, at the annual sports held under General Douglas MacArthur, com is just to say, Yes, if they like the auspices of St. Joseph's College manding the Philippine department the man. Old Boys' Association.
of the U.S. army, declared in a speech here."
"We fixed the month of March for the ceremony, but have not yet. arranged details. We do not know yet who will be our attendants. We are sailing together for Eng- "the land in the Aquitania.
the
League of Nations, inita brief ten
"I shall go to Paris soon after, years, has evaded more difficulties we arrive in England to select my than it has settled, has become a trousseau. We have not yet chosen source of international jealousy and a place for a honeymoon, but we intrigue, has solved no serious in- expect to live in London, ternational problems and has pre- I shall retire from the stage vented, no serious wara.”
after I marry, and make being To abolish war," continued the wife my future career.". General, we must remove its June alsó stated that cause, which lies in the imperfec. had no engagement ring yet, but. tions of human nature. The way to was waiting until her return to
Pence on earth is by the pro-England to choose it.
Lord Inverclyde, the wealthy. gresive and general growth of
good will towards men,' by a young Scottish peer, and his future transformation of the spirit of man bride spent the greater part of the instead of a futile effort to bind last month denying the rumour. his fate cords from which he can that they were engaged or going to
be married, easily, break free, if so disposed."
Toward the end of his speech General MacArthur sounded this theme again.
The Punils have been taken by their teachers to see the beautiful Commenting upon the futility of educative picture "King of Kings" external mechanisms for the achieve at the Queen's Theatre, and in this ment of world peace, General very Hall, Mr. Clarke Irvine made MacArthur declared that a display of bis highly instructive slow-motion picture The Birth of Flowers" delivering at the same time a lecture on the subject.
·DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES.. Currie, AT, Hamilton, C. C. Hickling, J. L McPherson, J. Mitchell, A. Ritchie, J. Wattic,
Following the distribution of prizes to the successful candidates, and P. D. Wilson. The Annual Meeting,
Ladies Committee. Mesdames Father Byrne congratulated the The proceedings of the annual Brown,.. Calvert, Drummond, prize winners and the teachers. meeting commenced with a social Hamilton, McNeillie, Mitchell, Special thanks were extended to gathering in the course of which Muir, Phillips. Pryce, Ritchie, P. Mre Bentherm for distributing the Bongs were rendered by Mr. Mo D. Wilson and Young.
prizes. Leod and Mr. Keown und n duet. Representatives on the New Ter Mra. Southorn was then presented by Mr. and Mrs McLeod. Miss ritories Evangelisation Society with a beautiful bouquet of roses, McNeillie acted sa, accompanist. M. J. L. McPherson, the Rev. J. by Miss Consuelo Gardner, who in Refreshments were provided under H. Johnston, the Rev. F. C. Young, a very neat little speech thanked the superintendence of the Ladies Mr. D. F. Warren, Mrs. C. Pryce Mrs. Southorn and the many bene- Committee. A
and Miss McNeillie. *
factors of the Institute Hon Treasurer.Mt. H J Hon. Secretary. Mr. M. F. Key, The Hon. Treasurer (Mr. H. J. A vote of thanks was accorded to Lamb), in presenting the accourt, the Hon. Auditor (Mr. C. Bernard mentioned the need for increasing Brown) and to the outgoing the regular income of the Church officers, on the proposition of Mr
(Continued on next Column). J. W. C. Bonnar.
Mr. J. Mitchell, Chairman of the. Committee of Management, presid-Lamb. ed over a large attendance.
Lord Inverclyde succeeded to the peerage and a fortune of £2,000,000 in 1919. He is a great-grandson of In accepting the gift, Mru Southern thanked the Mother The answer to the bitter, qurs Sir George Burns, one of the Superior and all those connected tion, Why war is the still more founders of the Cunard Line. Ho. with the school for asking her to bitter reply, Man. Until man married Miss Olive Sainsbury in give away the primes ltrs Southorn has mastered himself, the world is November 1920. In November of remarked that she had enjoyed no closer to its desire to escape from last year he was granted a divorce every moment of the delightful its destiny of suffering and hatred, decres at the Edinburgh Court of
bloodshed and violence.”:"
afternoon.
Bession.