THE GEM OF THE ORIENT
MR. BOYCE-COOMBE ADDRESSES ROTARIANS
ON .. JAVA
A TRIBUTE TO DUTCH COLONISATION
An instructive address of the habits and customs of the Javanese with a glimpse of the country in which they live was contained in an address delivered yesterday by Mr. R. A. Boyce Coorabe at the Rotary Club,,
Mr. Coombe paid a tribute to the Dutch for the manner in which they have colonised Java and referred to the excellęnk progress they have made in that country.
The Hon. Dr. S. W. Tso presided and at the outset announc ed that the Club has received a tag from the Rotary Club of Brockton, Massachusetts, U.S.A. The latter had asked for a fing of Hong Kong and Dr. Two suggested that it might be as well for the Rotary Club of Hong Kong to have its own flag. He hinted that artistically-minded members might submit designs.
VOLCANOES AND THEIR USES IN JAVA
Mr. Boyce-Coombe, in the course The religion of the people, un- of bis address, said:-In some re-like that of India, is not incon- specta. I am speaking to you under venient and the bulk of the popuin- falso pretences for I make no claim tion are Islamic, while there are to being an authority on Java. It, Hindous to be found in mid and is true I have lived there for.some east Java, › -time past and have made it my business to learn as much about the country as possible, but a complete Or even " authoritative partial knowledge of this island gem of the
The Hadjis, who are the religious chiefs of the villages are, if I may
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1932.
WUCHOW NOTES
NOTABLE VISITORS
CHOLERA AND COMMUNISTS
(From Our Own Correspondent.)
Wuchow, October 7.
SOLDIER'S
ESCAPADES
AFTER ESCAPE FROM MILITARY ESCORT
ECHO OF ARMED ROBBERY
SECOND ACCUSED IN COURT
Breaking away from military
Circumstatices relating to the escort in the early hours of Friday robbery in which four armed men morning. James Hamilton, 18, assaulted and robbed the inmates of
General Li Chung Jen has arrived private in the 2nd Battalion of the No. 174, Wanchai Road, on August,
bera by the s.s. Kong So accom- panied by Dr. Ma Kwan Mo, the Chancellor of the Kwangsi Univer sity, who has just returned from Europe. Gomeral Li is to join General Pei Teung Hai who has just mada an intensive inspection of the
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Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 13 last, were recalled when Sin Kau perpetrated a series of offences for Chouk, the second man arrested which he was sentenced yesterday.
Hamilton was charged with (1) robbery, appeared at the Central and charged in connection with the
stealing a mah jong set from Mr.Court yesterday before Mr. Scho Ichihara, Sub-Manager of the field. N.Y.K. during a surreptitious visit to his residence at No. 5, Robinson troops in the Pak Sik and Lung-Road; (2) unlawful possession of a
chow districts.
A very human story is told of travelling clock, a crucifix, and a fork and knife, the property of Rev. General Pei Tsung Hai's tour of
Fr. Bourke, S.J., of the Wah Yau inspection. As the General left his
College in Robinson Road; (3) un- headquarters one morning a sentry lawfully driving & motor car, No. went up to him, saluted smartly and called the Goneral's attention to the 2231, without the permission of the fact that one of the buttons of his owner, Mr. Rouillon; and (4) driv- tunic was undone. General Pei who ing the sums car without a driver's The second charge was later with
1 one of the ablest and smartent of Chinese soldiers, at porn reward.
$
licence.
ed the sentry with a gift of a wrist-drawn, and the accused pleaded
guilty to the other counts
watch.
Another incident was that of an
any so, rogues. They rob but they officer who left his post during a
In detailing the case, Inspector Murphy, said that Hamilton had
shuipo Camp and at about 4 a.m. on Friday he escaped from bar racks.
rob gently and diplomatically. In heavy rainstorm to get his mackin-been in military custody at Sam- consideration of gifts they offer tosh. He was rewarded with a
severe reprimand.' Dutch East Indies is a study of prayers for sick persons and so on many years, for of the many coun-' and in this way make a very good tries I have visited, Java is the living. most complex.
It is an extraordinary country, unlike any I have seen before. The Dutch have made remarkable pro- gress since 1814 and have created one of the finest colonies the world
The Movies.
Cholera.
There are still a number of taxes of cholera in Wuchow: and several The natives greatly appreciate the members of the Customs servico are moving pictures. They love films among the patients. At Nanning of the Wild West where there is
and Luchow no cases have been re plenty of action and they like ported but the authorities are still stories that are highly dramatised. taking precautions. The disease is, has to-day. It is unlike any other They take their theatres very seri. however, serious in Kweilin and in country, not only geographically ously. The native plays are a very the districts to the north of the (in that respect it is very lucky potant factor in the native life, city. The authorities are busily af because, although it is in the tropics. He has got to know the movements work and hope to suppress the out it is outside the unpleasant parts) of the play, the stories and his but it is not troubled by typhoons Lories. The better class of prople or in any degree by earthquakes. have got to know how to net in sa intelligent the plays. Their folk-lore tells of but lazy race and they are extraor the story of ancient gods much the dinarily well looked after and same as those of the ancient Greeks exploited by the Dutch. Before and Romans, the Dutch actually took over Java'
its natives are
break before long,
Eldes in House.
Sub-Inspector Róże wký, in out- lining the case for the prosecution, said that one man (Cheng You) had already been sentenced to im prisonment in connection with the robbery.
The present defendant was the eccond man arrested. His
other two associates were still at largo.
ất 1950 pm on August là a knock was heard at the staircase
door, and immediately afterwards four men ruished in. They bound and gagged the inmates and after ransacking the house, made tway with clothing, money and jewellery to the value of $860.
On arrival, the police found two daggers and an old revolver which had been left behind by the men in their hasty departure. Theeo were exhibited. in Court. None of. the stalen property had beer ré covered.
After fürther evidence had been submitted the case was adjourned,
THE EUROPEAN YM:C:A.
FIRST LADIES' NIGHT OF
THE SEASON
Ile was next heard of at the samo morning, when he went into No. 5 Robinson Road, the residence of Mr. Ichihara, Sub-Manager of the N.Y.K., after securing an entry through the back door. In endeav ouring to conceal himself in a dark corner under the stairway, he was seen by an amah, who immediately went upstairs and returned with Mrs. Ichihara. They went into the sitting room, whither the intru- Early one morning a fire broke der had preceded them, and on find-
The opening of the scanon of out in the premises of the South ing himself discovered, Hamilton Ladies Night," the well-known China Alliance Press Mission in slid down the verandah and dro- and appreciated function institutod Sam, Kok Tsui near the old British ppod into the grounds below.
by the Y.M.C.A, which for the past Consulate. The outbreak lasted for A complaint was subsequently four years has proved such a suc three hours and the house was burns made to the Inspector General ofcese, is to take place in the West. As I have said, Java ja geogra- down. The cause is stated to be the Police, and that pight at 7 o'clock. Lounge of the "Y" building at 0 for the second time in 1814, Stam, phically very advantageously situ- carelessness of workmen who threw Inspector Murphy went up to the p.m. on Thursday evening. ford Rafles, who was disgraced
ated. It has approximately 109 lighted cigarettes among a heap of house where he was furnished with Thursday's entertainment is the because of his worship of that
volcanoes, must of them netive or wastepaper.
a detailed description of the intru first of a series of seven similar country, helped to create the presemi-active and it is from this
der. Upon his return to the charge ones, the subsequent concerts to sent amazing success of the Colony,
source that the iftand gets ita There are low people who give marvellous fecundity. The agricul
room at the Central Police Station, be given on the second Thursday he found Hamilton already in cus of each month until the end of Raffies the credit that is due to tural development of Java is en- bim. We do not know where he tirely due to its volcanic nature.
wody and finding the description to April. Vocal and instrumental the prisoner, taxed him with the forthcoming programme, with 0 ment we have of that great and
earlier incident,
one-not play as part of the second earnest Empire builder is the
Hamilton admitted it, and, when bali. Zoological Gardens at Singapore.
Lazy But Honest.
A number of delegates from Can-Marched, was found to have in his possession the travelling clock, eru- ton, including Mr. Hu Shung Ching,
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Communists.
The Communists have been busy in Tunglan and Fungshan districts. strong body of Government
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is baried to-slay and the only non, The soil, is so rich that you have troops was sent against them and hit with the general appearance of items have been arranged for the
after some sharp fighting, a large only, literally speaking, to scratch number of the insurgents were killed it and plant your seed and it
and captured. grows. This factor is partly re-
sponsible for the laziness of the
Yan College.
The play on the opening night should prove one of the most en
in local amateur theatricals are taking part. The
The native of Java is a lazy but, natives. As far as rainfall is con have been making a tour of the pro. vifix and knife and fork belonging tertaining items, and several people generally, very honest fellow; a cerned, nature has been kind-thero vince, visiting Luchow, Kweilin and to Fr. Bourke, S.J., of the Wah well-known good servant with very few ideas is never a shortage of either rain Pinglok. They have left for Canton beyond serving. He has always or water-and the rainfall is say were given an ofheist send-off been a type of wif but he works regular that you can almost set
by the Kwangsi authorities. extraordinarily well. He is con- your time by it. The climate is tent with the plainest of food and certainly hot and sometimes sticky, visit was undertaken with the object of furthering good relations between thero is no question about wanting generally in the bad period when
the two provinces. the luxuries of life. He does not the seasons are ending-but it is care for potatoes but likes his rice never disagreeable..
i Merapi and on this occasion 30,000 people lost their lives. No one know it was going to happen in spite of the vigilance of the
as his forefathers did from time In 1930 there was the eruption immemorial and he finds his water buffalo ment extremely palatable.
He is not a greedy person in the ordinary sense of the word, and above all he is very clean in his authorities. Annually a number of habits. If he likes you he will do
Dutch as Golonizers.
A
SWATOW 'NOTES
A DISAVOWAL
The
It seems that on coming down to play specially written for the frat town, he wandered to the City Hall, Ladies' Night of the season, and seeing a private car parked and its author,, a keen member of there he got into it and promptly the Y.M.C.A., is also the producer ran it into a tree. After colliding and master of ceremonies for the with another car, he eventually evening.. abandoned it and on seeing a Northern Telegraph messenger on his rounds, forced him off his bicycle and appropriated his ma- chine.
EATING HOUSE LICENSES
FIVE APPLICATIONS REFUSED.
Five applications for eating house
tary Board at a meeting held in thi Sanitary Board yesterday.
The applications were in respect of the following addresses
304, Des Vœux Road West, base- ment (Tai Ping Theatre), 115, Lockhart Road, ground floor." 110, Johnstone Road, ground floor, 192, Hollywood Road, second
floor,
Unnumbered shed at Sai Kung
Hoad...
Hamilton rode along Queen's The article under the heading Road as far as Queen Victoria victims are claimed by these "Swatow. Notes", which appeared, Street, when the bee and cry gra anything for you. He is guided volcances. Since the 8th century it in war issue of October 6 was not dually growing in volume in his, licenses were refused by the Sani- by the philosophy of "Tid' apa '
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has been customary for a young written by our own correspondent rear forced him again to abandon which means "It really does not matter; whatever happens comes married, to offer himself as
man, who was unattached or un.. at Swatow. The statement to this the bicycle at the top of Queen effect was made inadvertently. Victoria Street. He ran up Pottin. from the higher aphere." He is a sacrifice to the mountain god and,
ger Street, being then followed up very excellent citizen which very only about nine months ago they Holland, a country about the size who had taken up the pursuit.
In staircase by an Indian constable, fow people realise and in that found the clothes of three young of Yorkshire, with the population Finding his escapo cut off, Hamil- respect the Dutch are to be con-
man who had gone up the side of of London, has to load the money. tou drew the table knife ho had in gratulated. He is taxed on every Merapi and had apparently thrown The Dutch have been very clever in his possession and menaced the thing he buys, either directly or themselves in to expiate the god of their method of colonisation and Indian with it, but abandoned fur- indirectly but he does not grumble the mountain. compared with the salary of the
have created a type of people who ther resistance when a binat sound- white people there his income is
are half Dutch and half Malay or ed by the Indian on his whatle very small.
The Colonial policy of the
Javancat and who are very loyal, brought reinforcements to the spot. The Dutch educated antives are Dutch in Java has been an active to the Crown and there is no stigma
Bad Military Record, // mostly clerks in the Government one and has led to amazing pro is a very excellent thing.
attached to their class. This alone
Second Lt. Stevenson, Argyll and -service while the native educated
gress. There are comfortable rail Remarkable changes are taking Sutherland Highlanders, who was become the upper type of servants, ways and excellent ronds in the place. Bungalows are growing up! chauffeure, houseboye" and home country and and excellent internal in the place of the bigger bouses in Court, in reply to a query from M.O.H., Mr. Wong Kwong Tin, ant-on-about-of-their-smallness the Bench sold Hamilton, possessed Mar, M. K. Lo, Mr. L C. F. Bellamy, times, policeman... A depressing and external air services and you are inclined to be uncomfortable, very bad military record, Hamil, and Mr. C. Champkin. -thought about the dress of the ns- can get letters to London from It is rather sad to see the big houses the Army November, 1829, but som
Iton was only 19, he said, and joined. tives is that the western influence Batavia in ten days. Java to-day moss; but I suppose it is done in in spite of the short time he had the offences.
falling into decay and defaced by is gradually creeping in and the in a very important factor in the the name of progress, been in the army, had managed to His Worship, sentenced Hamilton pretty native costumes slowly dis markets of the world an account Mr. Boyce Coombe concluded his put up a very bad record and bad to three months hard labour for -appearing They-have-a-very-keen ila enormous productions of to miss a visit to Jaya, i the
ad trees by advising Retaria not been in military detention several, the theift of the mah Jong set, business sense and when there is sugar,
med told the Magistrate the On the charge of diving. Mr- tea, coffee and opportunity occurs. a birth, wedding or funeral, they fortunately, rubber. Despite this Mr. Cassidy, vice-president of the being under almost continuous de- sion of the owner, Hamilton was give a feast and charge 1-80
Club, moved o vote of thanks to tention had driven him (Hamilton) Anad 125 or three weeks; and on much a head to come in. (Laugh- ita Budget deficit is appalling and the speaker, which was heartily to breaking barracks and commit the charge of lacking driver's
(Continued at foot of next column)nocorded.
-| {Conténund-at-foot of next-column licence he was further fined $10.
times
Other business before the Board, was of a routine nature.
Mr. G. R. Bayer presided and there were present: Hon. Mr. R. M. Henderson, Dr. G. W. Pope,
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