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PEACE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS.
CHANGE OF EXAMINATION,
Bohem in Article + of the Tront Y virtue of the Power conferred Deed, the Trustees of the Peace Memorial Scholarships have made ar rangements whereby the examination for these scholarshipa shall hencefor- ward he the School Certificate Examina- tion of the University of Cambridge, The Examination Syndicate of Cam- bridge University has undertaken to make the recommendations for the award of the scholarships on the result of the school certificate Examination to be held in December, 1930.
The list of examination subjects to be taken by candidates eligible for the scholarship of which TEREE will be competed for, in Decembar 1930, la s follows Compulsory."
GROUP I.
Sabject -English.
4--Geography.
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other language,
Group III
12-Elementary Mathematics
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15-Physica
16-Botany.
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WEATHER REPORT.
Yesterday's weather report, fore- cast and remarks, issued by the Royal Observatory at 6.20 p.m., stated:-
Pressure continues highest ever Japan and low over China geser ally. An area of relatively low to the east of pressure remains Luzon.
A Distressing Printer's Error.
The King has given a diamond
More than two thousand can- tie pin, bearing the royal cipher, to Mr. RH. Cook, who assisted didates for the Baccalaureat exami- Dr. Hodson in taking the X-ray photographs of the King during his illness.
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POISON AFTER A LOVERS'
TIFF.
MAN'S SUICIDE DURING A SEASIDE VISIT
A tragic quarrel between two London lovers were described at an inquest at Rochford, Southend, om William Carle, aged twenty-nine, a signwriter, of Marriott-road,
son. A verdict of "Suicide dur-
"But," the telegram continues, "the people of the provinces of Shensi and Kansu have been scour ged by repeated calamities and are
nation in Paris were nearly driven now of the verge of starvation. The
mad through a printer's error. In au intricate square root problem the sufferings of the troops, who are
letter B was printed instead of the stationed. there, are also beyond
General Tang Yin Wah, who was figure 6. It complicated the pro- description. We who are eye-wit
distressing degree. nesses of such conditions cannot recently released after having been blem to
it refrain from calling your attention a prisoner of war with the Kwang-Several of the candidates gave it to this state of affairs. We humbly troops for some time, has come up, while others perspired over, Local Forecast: S. winds, petition that definite measures be, to Hong Kong with his family and for an hour and a half. Later in moderate, cloudy, occasional rain. adopted for amelioration of the has decided to live here in retire the day the mistake was discoverad, Finsbury Park, who died from poi. It is with such con-ment. He was recently offered the and a correction made, and the can- ing temporary insanity" was re- Manila, Aug. 3, 11 a.m.-Typhoon | situation."
25 Reconstruction Com- didates were allowed a further half in about 16deg. Long. E. and ditions that the National Govern post 1sdeg. Lat. N., direction unknown. ment must deal in its various enter- nussioner of Kwangtung, but it is an hour to finish the problem. prises of disbanding troops, feeding unlikely that he will accept it. the people, and wrangling with Russia. When it is recalled that the dozens of military Commanders
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CHINA'S National Army is to be reduced to a total of 800,000 men if plans now under consideration are found practicable and can be carried out. To the foreign obeer- ver this seems a fairly sizeable total. and one quite large enough for a poverty-stricken Oriental nation Buffering tre under-production and over-consumption. To Chinese,
Swans with a Bank Account.
Swan with a bank account are "Rabel" Liberal M.P.
Mr. Hopkin Morris, Liberal probably to be found only in all have their own individual irons M.P...for Cardiganshire, speaking Sweden: Last January the cold was very intense, and as a consequence the sea birds suffered severely. Some kindly folk then started a
in the fire, and tend in very human
fashion indeed to look out for "Not Lampeter,, stated that he voted against the leadership of Mr. 1 Brst of all, some perception may Lloyd Gearge at a meeting of the be gained of the dissimilarity of the Chinese military problem to that of any other major nation of
modern times.
News and Views.
fund to support the swans and other Liberal Party in London." It was open for me to do as I liked," he birds, and in the middle of the thick said. "I have not broken, faith by-lice in the Sound near Landskron voting against Mr. Lloyd George, and I will perforee now accept his leadership. I do not want to go into my reasons now, but I am certainly not satisfied with the con-
water surface was cleared and kept open and food provided for the birds. The amount son rose to about £500, and when the severe cold vanished and the fee broke up there
The total output of the Kailantrol of the Liberal Party nor with was still 900 left. This sum is zow credited to "the Landskrona Mining administration's mines, for the relationship of the party to the the week ending July, amounted fund." Mr. Morris added that at Swens, and will be kept in band
to 97,224 toss, and the sales during the period to 84,891 tons,
At Hollywood on July 24 Anita Stewart, film star, and George Converse, of New York; were mar- ried with a simple ceremony. They will honeymoon in Hawaii. -
Miss Herment, of 9, Magazine and to foreigners long resident in Gap Road, has reported to the the country, the matter has quite police the loss of a gold bracelet loat The article was worth. 830. is cut down to 800,000 men it will from the Dutch Club matshed at he virtually a 50 per cent. redue-Repulse Bar tion, according to various estimates"
REFRESHING another complexion. If the army
His Excellency the Governor has, of the present military, strength, ander instructions from the Secre and the achievement of such a retary of State for the Colonies, been
present he intended supporting the Government and if he thought that he had broken any pledge he would apply for the Chiltern Hundreds
Stealing a Bridge.
for future emergencias.
The Race of Languages,
In the Neue Zürcher Zeitung there is an interesting study about the growth and decline of languages Two Chinese policemen watched during the last hundred years. with interest as a group of work- English now occupies the first place. men roped off passers-by from a A century ago it was spoken by not bridge over a creek near the border quite 20 million people, to-day, it of the International Settlement in is the language of 180 millions, and Shanghai. They saw signs erected, & more millions understand and warning that bridge, repair work use it, even if they do not call it was in progress, and throughout their mother tongue. This rate of the fight they assisted in prevent increase leaves all other languages ing unwary wayfarers from falling far behind. There is no part of the into the increasingly widening gapworld where English is not spoken. left as timbers were removed and A hundred years ago German was 80 and 90 the bridge-workers spoken by between. duwn broke finished the removal, tossed their millions, while 20 more millions understand it. The other Teutonic tools on top of the last timbers, and
languages show an increase of well over 100 per cent., the respective
corded.
Dr. Frank Mewey, medical officer of Rochford Institution, where Carle died, said that Carle told a sister that he drank two egg-cup- fuls of spirits of salts.
Mr. Albert: Charles Carle, of Finsbury Park, Marriott-road,
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stated that the dead. man, his brother, told him just before he died that his girl Florrie had thrown him over and left him.
Camden Miss Florence Ethel Gardiner, of Mornington - crescent, Town, said that she met Carle at the shop where she was a counter assistant. She had known him for about nine months.
Carle suggested that they should go away for 'n boliday together be- cause he had been ill with influenza. They took a bedroom at York-road, Southend, as Mr. and Mrs. Carle, and lived as man and wife.
"I Want to Go Back." "We had a quarrel," added Miss Gardiner, Carle said, You don't love me any more." I said, 'Of course I do, but I am getting not encouraging. He fed up with Southend. The wea said. Do you want to go back to London to your friends? I said, Not to my friends, but I want to go back. You can stay down here,.. and then your mother won't know anything."
ther was
"He said, if you finish with me will end it all. I am not wanted
"I said, 'Don't he silly; go to at home. You are the only one I sleep. He sat up in bed and seem-
love.'
A.N. WAISON & CO., duction is far from the simple pleased to recognise Herr Bruno taken downstream in barges. As spoken by 32, millions; now it is ed strange to me, and said that
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matter it seems.
Hahn as Acting Consul in Hong China and her present "array" Kong for Germany, are much like the man who had the
A Chinese man age 70 was dis. bear by the tail. Once having ac TEL. K. 19. quired soldiers, China cannot easily charged with a caution by Mr. E.
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departed. After a day or two the police inquired as to when the new that the authorities knew nothing. of the whole matter i
he would commit suicide. I cried and said, 'Don't be silly. If you love me you would not think of anything like that."""
Carle kissed her good-bye, at, the station. They were to have Liter married in two months.
let go of them. Ordinary disband-W. Hamilton on Saturday. The bridge would be built, and learned figures being: Dutch, from. 6,300,000 Carle told him: "It is a love
ment efforts mean simply that armed man was charged with dumping the men scatter out to prey us bandits dead body of a child on the hill upon the countryside. When one side near Sand Street says that the Chinese army at pre-
At the Central Magistracy en was an, amah who sent consists of perhaps a million and a half men, one states only a Saturday,
The apparent army is charged with receiving the property half-truth. really a considerable number of stolen recently from the Sincere armies, at present linked up in Company, was allowed hail in the common allegiance to the National sum of 8300. The case was remand Government, but nevertheless primed for a week.. arily conscious of allegiance to Generals with the virtual status of feudal overlords. Few General
want to cut off their strength by giving up their armies, and none is in position to pay off his men take away their arms, and restore them to normal capacities in civil life. The uniting influence of the National Government has in in part disposed of the first difficulty. or so it is declared, but the second diculty remains.
The Decay of Peping.
Because the former has suffered
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from
to 15,000,000; Swedish, 3.200,000 to 7,500,000; Danish, from 2,100,000 to 5,000,000. The growth of the languages of Roman origin it not quite so rapid. Italian leads capital, with an increase from 21,400,000 to Peping,
grently
43,000,000, and Spanish comes next through removal of the seat of (23,200,000 to 50,000,000). "French, Government to Nanking, it should as a mother tongue, has advanced concurrent from 32,400,000 to 45,000,000, but it be restored capital" of China. So says Chang is also understood by 75 million Chih, one-time Chairman of the foreigners. It is the language former Peping Division of the chiefy acquired by learning, and The agenda for to-morrow's meet Central Political Council, who in this respect surpasses English by ing of the Sanitary Board includesviews with alarm the rapid decline 15 millions. The only language a minute by the President on the of Peping's commercial, material mentioned as declizing is Turkish, nuisance caused by smithies and and cultural ascendency. Chang which has diminished from 50 to 24 foundries. A plan for the pro-admits that the capital cannot be millions.
used market at howloon Tong moved back to Peping but believes will also be discussed.
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there is precedent for his compro The Doyen of Lifeboats." "mise idea. In the Sung Dynasty, During discussions in connection an East with the proceedings of the London ...A Chinese youth was admitted to he declares, there was the Government Civil Hospital Capital and a West Capital; in the Conference concerning the Safety scalds, Ming Dynasty there was a North of Life at Sea, mention was made yesterday suffering from caused by a joki at 8, Queen's Capital and
South Capital of the steam lifeboats which were Road Central, second floor, throw The word "Nanking" means generally employed some 40 years ing boiling water on him during a South Capital. Peking, means ago, when it transpired that the quarrel. The man is in custody. North Capital, which is the reason lifeboat, Queen, built by John L. the Nationalists changed the name Thornycroit & Co., Ltd., in 1992, of the city to Peping, or North was still giving useful service on Peace.
ashore
near
An interesting side-light on both military and civil affairs in one section of the country is given in a telegram to Commander-in-Chief
Babe Ruth, who suffered, injury CHIANG KAI SHEK, in Nanking, to a groin muscle while playing from leading Commanders of the ball, returned to play with his Kunminchus, or People's Army," fellow-Yankees on July 24, a headed by General Liv Yea FESS, though it had been believed that Chairman of the Provincial Govern ne would not be able to get back ment of Kansu. The Kuominchun into the game for weeks to come. is the famous army of FENG YU HSTANG, the ace-time famous The Golden Forest went "Christian General," and it is a
Tigalda, Aleutian close-knit and well-disciplined force Islands, according to advices to the which has always been noted for Merchants' Exchange at Portland, its friendship toward the common Oregon, last week. Reports state people, whom it has helped by dyke that the coastguard vessel Haida and road-building and similar ac- has been dispatched to the scene, tivity. The telegram. recites how but there are no details. the leaders of the Kuominchun" have avoided plunging the country into civil war and have exerted efforts towards abolition of the unequal treaties." Now, as a result of the Chinese Eastern Railway contro
"the Communist flame has again burst forth and there is danger in the border districts," so that the 300,000 troops of the Second Disbandment District are placed at the disposal of the Government with per annum for delivery in Housa declaration that they are willing Kong $13; including Postage to to shed their last drop of blood in
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Looking Back 25 Years.
Yesterday about mid-day Mrs. Noble, residing at No. 17 Belilios Terrace, had an accidental fall on coming out of one of the drapers' shops in Wellington Street, and sustained a bad fracture of the right leg. An Indian policeman and two gentlemen who happened to be passing came to her assistance, and abe was conveyed by the Indian constable to her home, where after. the swelling had subsided the bone was set by Dr, Justi. It will pro- hably be two months before she is. able to walk again-Hong Kong Daily Press, Aug. 5, 1904, Looking Back 50 Years.
China to
unsound. The
the Gold Coast. This boat was famqus in her early days as being one of the very earliest vessels, and "Don't accept an invitation to probably the firet lifeboat, to be attend a shipwreck, there's no fun equipped for oil firing, this method
Latterly there has been evinced in it," says Edwin S. Cunningham, of steam raising being then in its
a growing disposition to magnify American Consul-General in Shang- infancy. For many years the Quee the military and naval power of hai, and he ought to know, for he gave excellent service with her Chins, fostered by writers like Cap recently conducted the wreck of the original machinery, and some fewtain Bridge, R.N., who has recent- ly contributed a rather sensational North German Lloyd Derflinger in years ago this was replaced by article on the revival of the warlike Fraser's person. Mr. Cunningham was sailing motor machinery which is, of course, power of south, returning to Shanghai from far more suitable and occupies so fagazine. The information given a visit to Peping, when the Der- much less space, in a lifeboat. The is not so incorrect as the conclu-
Queen furnishes another interesting sions drawn are flinger struck a rack not far from proof of the excellent material and growth of Chinese military power Tsingtao. There was little jar, and workmanship 80 characteristic of cannot be estimated by the mere Thornycroft vessels for she has now nequisition of Krupp guns, heavily- for a time the passengers did not completed just on 40 years of satis armoured gunboats, Enfield rifles, or the establishment of arsenals. China now contains more than know exactly how near they were factory service, and has apparently a million lepers, according to the to going to the bottom, but as time still many years of usefulness before There is unquestionably a great,
her. What a contrast she makes
we may say a morbid, desire on the estimate of Dr. C. T. Wu, general passed they became distinctly us with the latest RN.L.I. lifeboat part of the Chinese Government to secretary of the Chinese Mission to comfortable. "The captain told us which Thornycrofts are now build place itself on terms of equality in arms with European nations," "and Lepers. Dr. Wa has just complet to sit on deck," said Mr. Cunning-ing for dealing with casualties to
in order to attain this object; but ed a series of surveys throughout ham. Well, we sat there, and we 220s-Channel aircraft. This re- immense sums have been squandered sat there some more. We sat there markable boat will accommodate 30 the country in an effort to further for seven hours, and then the cap passengers, "be propelled by two the work of his organization. "The tain told us to put on lifebelts. We Thornycroft 12-cylinder engines of leper colony at Culion in the did so and then we sat still some 275 b.h.p. each giving a speed of Philippines," said he, has pro- more. The more we sat the more un- 17 knots and yet answer to all the bably done most to destroy old ideas happy we got." Finally all the requirements of a seaworthy life regarding the disease in the Wes- passengers were removed to the boat, able to proceed in any weather much to be done in the way of gunboat, where ritting could be en- may be so unfortunate as to meet tern world, although there is still U.S.8. Paul Jones, an American to the assistance of aircraft, which
more with with considerably
Channel. educating the people of the Far Joyed East."
equanimity.
'disaster in
the
English
the progress made is altogether out of proportion to the money spent. waste in store, or else they are al Many of the arms are suffered to lowed to spoil through the careless ness of the troops. The gunboats into a state of disrepair and become will similarly in a few years fall useless-Hong Kong Daily Press, Aug. 5, 1879.