HAINAN THE ISLE OF PALMS.
TROPIC BEAUTIES OF LITTLE-KNOWN LAND-
GEORGEOUS PALMS, FERNS AND FLOWERING VINES.
In weather like this it is easy"
▲ Land of Flowern,
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS SATURDAY JULY 4, 1931,
COPYING A TRADE FOR HONG KONG'S
MARK.
LAWYER'S TRIBUTE TO JAPANESE SKILL.
CURIOUS LEGAL POINT
RAISED
see why Kachek and the surove and yellow-skin trece are not rounding region is a
paradiso for bearing heavily this year either. those interested in botany. There Mangoes are found in some parte
A very interesting logal point was is a high divide or watershed run of the island, principally in Long ning between the sub-tropical and tui district to the southeast and raised at Central Magistracy yes tropical parts of the island of in the Lok-ki region near Nodes, terday by Mr. Horace Lo when he appeared to defend the Kwong Yat Hainan a plateau which can be toward the west.
On firm who wer
summoned for definitely seen as one follows the motor ronds, or the cld foot trails. There are many varieties of low-possession of two cases of toilet into the interior. North of thisors in this southern section of the Hosp which, bore the Stag" mark Plateau the coecnut palm and the island. Early in the spring the which has been registered as the fan palm do not flourish though huge red flowers of the cotton tree trade-mark of Mossrs. Jebeet & Co. with care they can be made to stand out against the background The goods were seized at the grow, and from the northern coast of the bare branches, and the big Chinese Maritime Customs depot of the name "Isle of Palms sooms clusters of the bright red Philip the Kowloon Canton Railway. a gross misnomer. But come to pine dap-dap, tree are conspicuous. wards the south of the island, and fer. their own beauty and also for below the market of Yellow Bamboo the swarms of insects they attract. evory market and village has its The pride-of-India tree has great fringe of coconuts, great ficurish feathery sprays of lilac blossoms ing trees, but rarely standing abfragrant as the fruit orchards of solutely erect, na typhops have laid them low more than once and the straightening up. process has heon a dieult matter..
summer
Mr. H. J Armstrong prosecuted on behalf of Messra. Jebson & Co.
At the outage. Mr. Lo said he
POOR.
WORK OF ALICE MEMORIAL HOSPITALS...7.
URGENT APPEAL FOR FUNDS.
HONG KONG VOLUNTEER
DEFENCE CORPS.
(ORDERS BY LIEUT, COLONEL L, G. Bind,
D.8.0., 0.5..?
Corps Bignals
Parades
Parado at Corps Headquarters at 5.30 p.m. on Thursday, July 0,1 to proceed to Kennedy Road Range..
Prosiding over, the annual meet lug of the Alice Memorial and
Parade at Corps Headquarters at Aliated Hospitals, which took
Signalling instruction. place in the Board Room of the 8:30 pm on Friday, July 10, for Chamber of Commerqo yesterday,
Armoured Car Company the Hon. Dr. 5. W. Tio mado, altyd ontleen strong plea for generous support of Car Section: 1. Parade at Head- the institutions, pointing out that quarters on Monday, July, 6. Those the expenditure has greatly in last Monday to proceed, to Kennedy creased of late. The success of the Road to fire Part I Instructional hospital, he stated, depended ren-Revolver. Remainder Revolver Drill. tirely on the loyal cooperation of 10, at Headquarters at 5.30 p.m.
Instructors Class: Friday, July
all sections of the community.
There was a representative gather ing present, amongst whom wers: the Hon. Mr. WH. Bell, Hon. Dr. R. H. Kotowali, "Hon. Mr. W.
L. Shenton Mr. Ashield, Mr. F. C. Hall, and Mr. Kwok Siu Mr. U. Rumjahn, Mr. A. L. Lau.
who did not fire at Kennedy Road
Machine Gun Company :----
Parade on Tuesday, July 7, at 5.30 p.io. in multi.
N.CO. under C.S.M, Slattery. Recruits under Sergt. C. E. M. Terry
Signallers as detailed below: penh Ptes, 8. A. Gray, M.C., W. D. CHAIRMAN'S SPEECH. Johnson, R. S. Meadows, G. C.
Moss, J. E. Richardson The Chairman's speech was as follows
Company Rifle Club fire on the Peak Range on Sunday, July 19, at 9 am for individual Spoon Shoot and Company Commander's Cup.
Range Officer: 2/Lt. V. O. Bran- aon, M.C.INTERNA
would like a profiminary point to home, and tho hai ho tros with be decided in the case. The sun clusters of white blossoms with mons against his client, he,said, was great groups of yellow, stamens, Bossoms that in fragrance and be misconceived. As soon as the de The coconut tree is one of the auty can wall take the place of fendants in the cass had noticed greatest blessings of this island.
orange blossoms for the The nuts are used in various ways bride, while the glossy green leaves that some of the goods were in their young ones cracked to yield the have led more than one missionary possesion (in a special sense of the
During the period under review coconut water and the soft pulp, family to choose this tree for their word) they instructed Messrs. Lo & I am sure you will all agree with half-ripe ones eaten fresh, fully Christmas tree, in a land where ripe cacs cooked with other foods only very rarely indeed is a pine o to write to Messrs. Docoss, who mo, that a most useful year's work to provide oil, cooked with sugar treo ever surn. The flame tree and represented the complainants and to from the annual report that the has been done. You will notice to provide sweets, the oil expressed the golden shower, introduced place the facts of the matter fully number of in-patients admitted dur and used for ecoking and various from India and Hawaii, tako very at the disposal of the complainants.ing the year was 1,811-the largest other purposes, the residue remain-kindly to this environment and ing after the oil has been pressed add their share to the beautics of Thereafter certain correspondence number in the history of the hoemands
pitale This is an indication that out made into large cakes and the mission compound. The flame passed between the two firms, in the the in-patient department is steadily used by the women as a shampoo, trees seed plentifully and many course of which the defendants ex-gaining the confidence of the poor rivalling the "Mulsified Cocoanut Chineso are planting them, na they plained that the goods.. were being and is the best evidence that at Oil" shampoos of foreign nations make a fine shade..
the present time our hospitals are in its officacy to dissolve the hair. The flowering vinea of Hainan sent by a firm in Japan to a firm meeting a need and that we have oil so much used. yet far cheaper. are deserving of a discussion in Canton and that the defendant a duty to perform in doing the best Motor Cycle Section
their own, some are beautiful but
possible to provide hospital build-
Coconut-Bhali Work
The logs are used as bridges over very unpleasant in. odor,soms are had been asked to ship to the con- ings of the best type. A
almcat inconspicuous as to show signeca in Canton, but
hauntingly fragrant. "It
is an experience long
to bo
Mr. Lo pointed out to the Magis-
little streams, sometimes one log, sometimes two, and woo betide the adventuror who tries to haul his
remembered-to have slow trate (Mr. W. Schofield) that his pony over such a bridge! Take the horseback ride on a white moon- clients had nothing to do with the
A
Great effort is now being made to obtain funds to rebuild the Nether sole Hospital and I hope that there will be an early and generous re- recently been sent out May Ire quest that members of the general known as widely as possible f committee will make the need
The Officers, commanding the un- dermentioned Units will issue their Orders separately to their com
1.Corps. Band, 2-The Battery.
3-Engineer Company. 4.-Machine Gun Troop. 5-Armoured Car Company,
6-Scottish Company. 7.-Portuguese Company.
Strusk: Off the Strength" Having Completed three years' servico No. 883 B.Q.M. Bergt. J. P.A. Davis, Battery, as from May
muddy watery path of your own light night along a trail where theroods as the latter bad beca'order.sponse to the appeal which has 20, 1931.
Bolicitor's Bubmission, Continuing, Mr. Lo cited the section under which the summone
In October last His Excellency the Governor Sir William and Lady Feel visited the hospitals. We are grateful for the keen in terest shown by them in the details of our work and their kind words of appreciation of the services dont for the poor of the Colony.
Communist Balds, This is rice-planting season. The seedbeds, have done their duty and bundles. of ricoplants, cut off even about eight inches from the, root, are ready to be taken and set cut
Funds Show Defelt, in the Bolds Rain has been suffi ciently plentiful in this region 20 was brought and said: Before the will see that the number of dollars Turning to our general funds you allow the rice fields to be full of complainant can bring defendants received in 1080 from donations was water, and the farmors are opti-within mistic. Price of cld rice is rather
the provisions of this $21.838.63 compared with $22,000.74 higher just now than it has been Ordinance, they have to prove that 100, but owing to the low ster!
ing value of the, dollars, there, is ➡a surprise to me as the last har- the person charged bad in his perá daßcit of 84,277.09 on the year's vest was a fair one. But in several session for sale or for the pur-working. This year the deficit is sections near hora farmers have. not dared to cut the rice of the Boss of trade or manufacture" the estimated at about $10,000 if the
anme conditions continue. It is
Permitted to resign-No. 1383 Pts. B. P. Massey No. 1 Platoon, as from June 27, 193121
Strength
The following have bech taken on Corps Strength w
No. 1704 Sigm. T.-E. Filmer, Lane, Crawford, Ltd., Corps Signals, as from June 23, 1931,
No. 1708 Sigm. H. J. Fountain, Anderson Music Co., Corps Signals, As from June 2, 1931,
1700 Tpr. B. C. Field, Thos. Coole 30, 1931, & Son, M.C. Troop, as from June
No. 1707 Tpr. D. K. Hislop, Thos. Cook & Son, M.G. Troops, as from June 30, 1931. 1
(8gd.) W. H. G. GOATER Captain, Adjutant, H.K.V.D.C.
NOTICE.
Aquatic Sports,
from the tips of the the heads did not fill wall. The hare to prove that the possession which will increase the value of the held at the V.R.C. on Saturday,
ferent species of ferns gathered along the trail, without making collecting a serious business at all. Tropical Fruits.
The fruits on the island are fairly numerous. Lychees flourish but this year there is no crop, Last year the
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lost svason, because of communist soap which were alleged to be ad unfortunate that the financial dif- bandit raids; some rice already infringement. First the complain-ficulties should have arisen from a harvested has been taken in raids
cause which is due to the currency that have been staged, and in the ante would have to prove possession of Hong Kong and the committee district to the south. Vang-nong, and, having done that, they would cannot hope for any improvement The Corpa Aquatic Sports will be TTZATEA the rice grew so luxuriantly that
annual subscriptions which are re- ceived in dollars. Under these cir- July 25, at 9 pm. and all ranks planting now is for the most im
eumstances I can only lay before will be sent the usual circulars for you the need and ask that those entries, All ranks are particularly The can will increase their dona. requested to keep this date free. tions, so. that we shall not become burdened by a heavy debt at the end of the year.
progress of these institutions dur to help the financial position by a minent part taken in providing Already efforts have been made ing the last 50 years and the pro- small increase in the hospital medical treatment for the poor, in charges, and in April this year the opening the way for the founding matron, with the assistance of her of the Hong Kong College of Medi- staff, instituted a Pound Day" cine, in training nurses and mid- when gifts of food for invalids, wives and in developing a special household supplies and donations department for the treatment of were received to the value of about women and children. $1,000 and I am sure we have to congratulate the matron on the success of this new method of re lieving the general fund, ****
volition before you and your ponywondrous odors of the tropical slide off into it! The leaves are flowers are conxed into betraying ed direct by Canton from Japan. carefull saved and used for fuel, the themselves by the coolness, the dew, When the goods were seized they dried husks are commonly used for and the need of the night-flying were already on their way to Can fuel also, the sheathing husks of insects for fertilization, and to the new branches are used for a absorb the scents that rival those ton. If your Worship finds that variety of purposes, and the go of the greatest perfumers. these facts were true, then the de- conut shells make dippers, muzzles for rooting pigs, all sorts of
fendants cannot possibly be asked thingi for common use.. In Hoihow
to defend on this summons". and Kiungchow perfect shaped coconut sholle
BFC beautifully relished and made into bowls, tea pota, teacups, salt dishes, finger bowls and various objects, some merely highly polished with melted beeswax others exquisitely carved and then polished. This carved ecconut work is done nowhere els in China, nor in the world to such perfection, so far as we know, And for the epicuro there are coconut cream and salad of coconut heart though few of us, can bear' to cut down a coconut tree just to cat its heart!
The fearns in this part of the island arg
remarkable for their variety and beauty. All cominon forms are found-among them rock derns, the walking for that spreads
was related to a question of pale trees, and the tree ferns themselves, with their lacy fronds making de Portant sexzon and fields that are of for the purpose of trade or licate patterns of shade on the only used once a year are cultivat manufacture." The words "trade waters of the mountain brooks d at this time..
Conditions are fairly quiet justor manufacture" contended Mr. beneath. One trip in the. Miao
cuntry resulted in eighteen dif.ow, though there are signe of Lo, were included in the section for Communist activity here, and there, Literature sontinues to be scatter:& apecific reason otherwise they ad widely. Ton days ngo soldiers would not have been included at were called to Ziang-liang, a small inarket up the river a little way.
The defendants, said Mr. Lo were They captured one Communist con- just a viaduct or channel for a sidered to be an important leader, Japanese firm who wanted their and he was executed a few days goods shipped to Canton. Acting sago. In Common, with other com- in this way, it could not possibly very heavy, and the Chinese munists captured, he expressed no be said that they had in their cropone fear and declared his loyalty to possession goods for the purpose say that a heavy your means no crop the next year. the principles for which he stood of trade or manufacture This is quite probably due to the with his last breath. Schools are "It would be a most calamitous
While I refer you to the past fact that when a crop is gathered, closing and pupils from the seath thing if your Worship should find
history of our medical work and the small bearing branches are of the island are finding it diff against me on this point because broken off, and next year the trous cult to return to their homes as the the causequence of the fading would Miss Ward, the matron, will be long record of services rendered by aust repair that damage by put roads are unsafe for any hat for be far reaching and very incon going on leave soon. In the name these institutions I wish to point ting out new branchlets so that mer-ccolis travel and curs are not venient, to say the very least, bo of the committee I wish to express out that, the possibility of auch de caitse in this case the offence was our great appreciation of her servelopment and of all the good work fruit can be borga The dragon's running.
equally committed by the shipping vices and trust that she will be done depended entirely on the loyal company who brought the goods to refreshed during her holiday in Eng-support and co-operation of all sec
land.· Hong Kong, the godown company where the goods had been stored be- fore they were takon delivery of by technically guilty or not. It seems the defendants and by, the Mari to be that although the infringetime Customs. ment may reflect some credit on the -Mr. Lo asked that his Worship. Japanese imitators, the whole thing should make a ruling on the point is gromaly dishonest. If the defen: raised before the bearing, for at the dants escape on what in my opinion is a technical point, we shall be Magistrate should be in agreement A startling discovery was made in glad to obtain some modicum of with Mr. Lo, then there would be
publicity, podho case to answer to the information of those who are port of our hospitals by giving the boiler-house of the Grand
Mr Armstrong then went into the Grossast Fitne of Fraud, not familiar with the earlier his liberally to pur general and the
tory of these institution... Hotel, Frinton-on-Sea, when, in details of Mr. Lo's submission re Addressing the Court, Mr. It was 50 years ago when a few with these few remarks I move that Nethermole, Hospital building funds.
turning over some rubbish, Mr.garding the meaning of the words. Armstrong said - Thin case-con- gentlemen met, under the chairman- the annual report and statement of Beaumont, one of the joint proprie. ¡ for the purpose of trade or zonnu corns some soap which was found ship of the late Mr. II.W Davia nocounts be adopted, di tore, found a live German serial facture." He said that the mean in the possession or was to the order of Messrs. Instead & Davis, and Mr. M. F..Key reconded and the ing of the words was very clear and of these defendants and wore just decided that a dispensary should be report and statement of accounta torpedo
that Mr. Lo was trying to get some about to be shipped to Canton, on opened for the treatment of the were adopted The hotel was taken over by the chacare construction worked into the railwaydate an
poor. Soon after the diepensary military during the war. From the them. He argues that the shipping The infringement is one of the was started it was discovered, that end of the war until this year the and godown companies were in a grossest piece of commercial fraud hospital buildings were absolutely. The election of officials for the gra premises have been used as an totally different position ma that I ever had the misfortune to necessary. From this small. be present year resulted as follows: hotel. The present proprietors His Worship decided to adjourn sep. You will, see how the Japanese ginning the Alice Memorial and
Chairman-Hon. Dr. B. W. Teo. have only recently, acquired that the caso to, consider, the point have gone to the trouble and Affiliated Hospitals grew and thou Deputy Chairman. - Mr. Paul Building
*** pense of making this soan,, Even sands of patients have received the Lauderdale App Mrs. Clements;, the other proprie. On Mr. Armstrong & application, wrapper, the gold lettering and benelition
General Omnitter Mest tor said: "We wrapped the torpedo MrSchofield made an order that he little pamphlet inside the box patients are treated free and the Hal A. L. Shielde
in-patients at small charges or if Kwan, and W. N. The ua very carefully. At first we the faisonbeis be destroyed and 18, copied.
My clients fool that too much || vary:poor, without payment. I in thought we would throw at into the the song handed to the com
Exernlive:Committer sea, but on second, thoughts, decided..plainante. M
publicity, cannot be given to this vite you to a perusal of this short. Chau, J. M. Wong, Hon
anta are history and you will 240 the steady Kotewall, Hon. it was better to hand it over to the The case was adjourned until case whether these defer police.
Monday, July 13 way -PI (Continued on previous Column.) [Continued on next Column:)!
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LIVE TORPEDO IN. BOILER ROOM,
HOTEL DISCOVERY.
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Appeal to the
tions of the community.I submit therefore, that when the work done History of the Institution.”
has been a benefit to the com Before I ask you to adopt the munity, then every encouragement annual report and statement of ab- should be given to it, so that as counts I should like to say a fow the years go, on these institutions words with regard to the little may increase in usefulness. I take pamphlet "A short history of the the opportunity of this mosting Alice, Memorial and Affiliated Hor- therefore to appeal to all sections pitals" which Ims been printed for of the community for a strong sup-
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Ond
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