Hong Kong Benevolent Society
SIR JOSEPH KEMP'S APPEAL AT ANNUAL MEETING
A SUMMARY OF THE YEAR'S WORK
"I love Hong Kong, I am proud ́of Hong Kong, but I am not proud of the record of Hong Kong as regards this Society."
"When I was first asked to take the chair at this mooting," said Sir Joseph Kemp (Chairman) at the Brd annual meeting of the Hong Kong Benevolent Society, "the first thing that came into my mind wise the opening sentence of a book on Shakespeare by Sir Walter Raleigh. 'Is it possible to say anything new about -Shakäpeäre ?--I-found myself-in-the-same difficulty with regard to the Benevolent Society. Shakespeare and this Society are alike in another respect it is hard to find anything to say about them except praise."
SMALL LIST OF MEMBERS
Sir Joseph Kemp went on to speak of the excellent unchtru- sive work done by the Society, and to deplore the very small list of members. ***There are," he said, "only about ons 'hundred names on the list of membership, representing the western Euro penn population of the Colony. No one can pretend that that is anything to be proud of,"
The business of the meeting was quickly over but the report of the 'year's work which was taken as road is interesting and instructive. Mrs. McCormack, the retiring Hon. Secretary, read the minutes of the last meeting which were duly approved Sir Joseph, Kemp proposed and Mr. A. S. MacKichan seconded the adoption of the report and accounts.
On the platform were: Mrs. D. W. Titinan President), Mis. McCormack (retiring Hon. Sec.), Mrs S. A. Sleap. (Hon. Sec.) Aud Sir Joseph Kemp (Chairman),
THE REPORT
The Hong Kong Benevolent 50- ciety was founded in September 1859. for the purpose of render ing asistance in cases of sickness, want, poverty or distress arising from time to time amongst persolts vither than membors of the Portu guest.or Chinese community in the Colony." It is an attempt to in troduce method and organization into our charitable efforts and to secure, by careful investigation of all cases, that help shall be given
During the year 674 visits (repre- senting 100 families) have been paid to the Society, this being a decrease of 23 which is to a certain extent noninted for by the fact that many of the profusional beggar type have been turned away and no record kept.
The amount paid out in relief shows an increase of $1,199.75, a proof that the cases dealt with, though less in number, were more costly, Le, European.
Seventy-one new cases have been
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1933.
SESSIONS CASE POSTPONED
POSSESSION OF IMPLE- MENTS OF FORGERY
at
ITALIAN CONVENT PRIZE GIVING
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The baff of the School has been
to the ideals which sustain the Teachers in thair strenuous efforts Mr. H. K. Helmas, Orown to educate the new generations for Solicitor, prosecuting
the God and for society, Criminal Sessions yesterday in a cuse in which Stu Yau Cheong was charged with possession of an im- plomant of forgery, asked for an adjournment of the case. He said: Investigations are proceeding in a matter which appears to have a case and in particular on the state direct bearing on the facts of this
ment made by the accused at the Magistracy. In the circumstances I apply for the case to be postpon- ed until the next Sessions.it
His Lordship, the Puisno Judge, granted the application:-
(Hon.
LATE IN COURT
JUNIOR FINED $25
F. H. Carvalho was fined $25 by the Puishe Judge Mr. Justice Wood at the Criminal Sessions yesterday when he failed to answer his name when called to serve as Juror in s robbery case.
When Mr. Carvalho appeared id strengthened by the timely arrival Court, after the case had beet of new capable Sisters whe had opened, the Puisne Judge called their training in England, still we him forward and asked: "You did have to cope with the problem how not answer you name when it was to meet the increasing demands of called this morning!" admission by Now pupils a fact accommodations and fresh energies which urges extension in the School on the part of the Teaching Depart ment
WELCOME TO LADY PEEL
Father Finn addressing the assembly said.
strong
Mr. Carvalho:
I am sorry, sir, Ie that all you have to say? I was late,
I did not realise what the time. was, When I did, I came rushing along.
I must fine you $25. Because of your absence another gentleman is serving now in your place. You will have to attend punctually-at- 10 o'clock to-morrow morning.
SIR WILLIAM HAILEY
INDIAN GOVERNOR'S TERM EXTENDED
William Malcolm Hailey, G.0.1.E, The King has approved that Six K.C.S.I., Indian Civil Service, who will have completed five years as Governor of the United, Provinces in August, 1933, shall continue to hold the office of Governor until August, 1934.
It is my pleasant-duty to thank Lady Peel on behalf of the Staff of the School for doing it the honour of coming to distribute the the seafaring community. While
prizes Lady Peel is very interest- money is essential and vital, gifts ined in flowers and is to open a bril- kind are equally welcome and re liant Show very soon: to-day, she quired; clothing, bedding, house- is proving her appreciation of the hold linen, etc. Most of our appli produce of gardening in the plors cants ask for help to get work of the spirit. Missionary people some of them have become almost seem to have special talents in this unemployable, but not all, and for line probably thanks to a these we solicit consideration when faith and a strong hope. I have applying on their behalf.
read recently of their enticing forth The following ladies have served glorisus flowers and homely veget- on the Committee: Mrs. G. Rables within Canada's Arctic Circle. Sayer (President),
Here we have faith and hope in Mias Drury (Vice-President), Mra. D. W. Trat- Hong Kong eliciting the same vir man (President), Mrs E. 1. tues in pupils and parents alike Wynne-Jones.
and arriving at brilliant results of Treasurer),
Sir William Hailey, who is 00 gardening in the mind and spirit years of age, has been in the In- Mrs. J. McCormack (Hon. Secre- A good test of a school is the dis dian Civil Service since 1898. He. tary), Mrs. P. F. S. Court, Mrs. tribution of its highest achieve served four years as Governor of P. S. Cassidy, Mrs W. H. Edments: how this school answers will the Punjab, and in 1928 became monds, Mrs. D. L. King, Mrs. J. be evident to anyone studying the Governor of the United Provinces. P. Sherry, Mrs. S. A. Slaap, Mrs. Report of the Headmistress and He was obliged to resign the latter A. S MacKichan, Mrs. C. G. that of the official Inspectors. Eng-position in 1930 to enable him to Perdue, Mrs. L H. C. Calthrop, lish, French, History, Geography: attend the Indian Round Table and Mis. W. O. MacKenzie,
Music, Needlework, Drawing, the Conference in a consultative subjects single themselves out as capacity, and on the conclusion of special menta And the Inspector the Conference he was formally, re- notes cheerfulness of work and appointed to office. tendiness: those can only be the result of an excellent spirit of the mutual helpfulness with which teachers and papils set out together ours and Distinction in English and on that sucial work that is called Geography; Daisy Yu Sheung "class." Of my own experience Woon, Matriculation Certificata I can bear testimony to the success
Senior Certificates. of the school in the pupils it sends
2nd Prize.Miss, Maria Botelho to the University.
(dist. in English and History) and Mary Smith.
The following gentianen have acted in an advisory capacity:- Hon. Sir W. E. L. Shenton, Mr. P. S. Cassidy, Mr. T. H. R. Shaw, Rev. Fr. Spada, and Mr. H. Watt. SIR JOSEPH KEMP'S SPEECH
Following his opening remarks, Sir Joseph Kemp said:"
a wonderful The Society does work which is due to the ladies who give time, trouble, sympathy, tact and judgment; to the dispensing of that in recent times the amount of distress to be relieved has increased faster than the population, and the Colony owes a great debt of grati tude to these ladies.
I trust that in conveying my own congratulations to teachers and
3rd Prize-Amy Chi and Jean-
lish).
Beatrice Ozario (dist. in Eng-
to the most needy" and deserving. dealt with, of which 34 were Bri- the funds at their disposal. If Pupils, I am voicing the feelings nette (dist. in English).
The relief given varies with in- dividual cases, Some are granted paesages; some are helped to pay their rent; certain children, left orphans and destitute, are being maintained at school; employment is found for not a few who have boen stranded in the Colony; tem porary assistance is given to many, helping them through a crisis and sometimes toward a fresh start in
life.
Help to Business Mon.
makes to
Save
Of particular interest to business men is the attempt the Society their time (and money) during office hours. Many of the undeserving poor of the Colony make, or have made in the paat, a substantial livelihood by raiding offices at the busiest time of the day, unfolding a long, ram- bling tale of woe and receiving in return something to get rid of them, often quito a large sum. Owing to the existence of the So ciety, however, there is no occasion
for victimisation of this kind.
In reviewing a year's work of the Society, one becomes conscious of one outstanding feature, a char acteristic applicable to that parti- cular year as to no other. "A hand to mouth existence
tish, other European or American, and 7 a British responsibility.
Edication.
There have been frequent re- quests for assistance with eduon- tion, on which $3,494.20, has been spent, a decrease of $332.20. This is attributable to the fact that some children have passed out of the Society's care, and as money was so tight the Committee did not feel justified in undertaking fresh re- sponsibilities of this kind. The Society is greatly indebted to the Directors of the following schools for concessions in the matter of fees:-Diocesan Boys' School, Dio- cesan Girls School, St. Francis School, Canossian Institute, and St. Joseph's College.
Passage and landing money has absorbed 8081.73, decrease of $781.95.
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Comparative Statement.
Relief
Passages Milk Rent Education
1931. 1902. 84,021,00° 95,890.75 1,763.68 081.73 $73.08 291.57. 1,077.45 883.50 3,820.40 || 3,494.90
A special fund was collected for " is *
Xmas boxes to the children being phrase frequently heard, but only red for by the Society, each child experience can bring full realiza- being given 81, some sweets and vion of its significance. The Dom crackers. It was a source of regret mittee of the Society during 1939 that we could not this year vote a has had that experience and real-little extra as usual to specially ised the bitterness of its anxiety.
Dinculty of Meeting Gälls. We started the year with a credit Ixalance of some $1,000 yet by March hardly knew how to meet our de finito commitments, much less the emergency calls upon s Unex- pected donations cased the situation more than obee and if we were nover froe from worry throughout the year we found out the truth of the belief of many that good work is never allowed to fail.
deserving cases at this season, but at the last moment some monies were handed in to provide Xmas dinners to Europeans; so we ware enabled to give some extra chear.
Thanks to Helpers.
There are three remarkable things about the Benevolent Society.
The first that it spends so little On administration. charities spend a large proportion Many fine of their money on administration of one sort or another. drew's, St. George's, St. Patrick's,"
St. An for example spend money on dance and suppers, the Masons must spend a large amount on cere monial and dinners. I am not criticising these Societies who do a fine work; they have other objects besides charity.
Nearly everything that goes into the Benevolent Society comes out in the form of charity,
Unobstrusiveness.,
Second: Its unobtrusiveness in its work. It may be a good thing to do good by stealth and blush to find it known, that is an excellent rule for an individual but it makes no appeal to the public. The pub- lic appreciate and admire good the trouble is that with regard to work when they know of it, but the Benevolent Society they do not
know.
Poor Support.
Bishop has also been so kind as to of all visitors. His Lordship the
show his appreciation of the school's work by his presence here: and the school is indeed sensitive of this compliment and thanks him sincerely for his constant kindness.
Eva West (dist. in English). Lilian Eu (diet, in English, and Lucy Chui.
Senior Certificates.-Mary Asako, Erminia Castilho, Molly Chon, Mabel Gardner, Agnès Ho, Amparo Address of. Thanks.
Karadag, Lily Law, Laureen Li, Miss H. O'Sullivan in a pretty Norma May. Amelia Ozorio, address of welcome to Lady Peel, Mathilde Pank, Aida da Rocha, ing the school with her presence thanked her Ladyship for honour-Jane Seck, Alma To. and little Podolsky presented her Ladyship with a bouquet of flowers. not going to make a speech this evening except to congratulate the
Junior Cortificates'. Prizce.—1st ask prize, Winnie Yu (dist. in Arithme- prize-winners and I will Mother Superior to give you all atic) and Cissy Tam (dist. in Arith whole day holiday." (Applause.)
Lady Peel in reply said, “I am
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The Programme.
1. Pianoforte.. "Tema Variato
(by O. M. von Weber). The Misses F. Kwan and R. Rego.
Junior Certificates and Prizea,,
The Rev. Mother's Prize for
Catechism.-Patricia Rosario.
metic and Drawing); 2nd, Marie Albers and Lily Lo (dist. in Eng- light); 3rd, Diasy Leong and Marian Abbaa (dist, in English) and Patri- cia Rosario (diat in Needlework), Agnes Chi (dist. in Needlework); 2. The Intruder... Miss A. Wong. Rosie Yeung (dist. in Needlework).
Junior Certificates-Eva Agabeg, Daffodil Misa M. Vincent. Olga Alvez, May Chan, Violet Char- Tulip Miss M. Kew.rington, Nora Disbury, Emilia Miss V. Beaumont. Gomes, Helen Grimmitt, Margaret Forget me not.. Miss A. Yeung. Ng, Barbara O'Sullivan, Nellie Pansy
Miss J. Ross.Ermakova, Daisy Yee.
Anemone...
..
3 Pianoforte Knight Rupert "
by (Schumann),
Little Annette Chen,
4. Recitation The Children's
Hour" (by-Longfellow),
Mis R. Rego. 5. A Scene from William Tell" W. Tall Miss M. Chen. His Son... Miss P. Jorge Gessler Mise R. Martin. (Attendante & Mountaineers). 8. Io Son Bebe" Action Song
Little T. Podolsky. 7- Ode to Canossa!
Third The strangely poor sup port that the Benevolent Society receives, I love Hong Kong, I am proud of Hong Kong, but I am not proud of the record of Hong Kong as regards this Socisty. I find in the report only about one hundred names representing the western European population now 8. can pretend that that is anything 9 Grateful resident in the Colony. No one
The Society is grateful to the Government for grant. thanks are tendered also to the following: Police Department; to be proud of Hon. Secretary, General Charities Organization; Society for Protec- tion of Children; St. George's During the year there has been Society Society of St. Vincent de an increasing number of applica-Paul; Y.M.C.A.; Doctors and Society if the matter were brought tions from Europeans. Such cases Matrons of various hospitals; in are costly and are becoming more dividual Doctors for free advice and more difficult in view of the and treatment, Mr. S. Hampden present tendency to employ a cheap Ross for auditing the accounts; the er class of labour.. In some in- Preas
'stances we are able to co-operate The Committee is most grateful with other Societies, but in the to all those who have helped in any injority this is the only organiza way whatsoever, especially with tion from which there is hope of gifts, of clothing, etc. The benefit receiving help because its scope is of gifts of clothing to such cannot not particularised. There is a very he over-estimated. great need in the Colony of, a
hostel where men and women who In conclusion, the Society in pre-
I know many people gave hand- somely, and I am sure many others would be glad to belong to the
before them. The only explanation of the poor support that the Bene volent Society receives is its unob trusiveness
Send Your $12.
out a cheque for 813 qnd send it
Class 3-1st class prize, Dolly Leong; 2nd, Ellen Tso; 3rd, Annie Leo and Lily Tso; 4th, Nora Kew.
Claas 4.-1st, Frances Chen; 2nd, Gloria Lau; ard, Mabel Chen; 4th, Dolores Cheong,
Class B-1st Doris Fung and Anna Chan; 2nd, Florence Kwan; 3rd, Genevieve Wong and Olga Auscejio; 4th, Florence La.
Class 6.-1st, Marion Vicent and Muriel Kow; and, Anita Wong and Lily Lee; 3rd, Amy Young and Aida Agabeg.
Class 7-1st, Nellie Cooper; 2nd, Jonna Rego; 3rd, Alice Quark; 4th, Beatrice Rodrigues.
(Chorus by 38. Girls); Composet and kindly present by Alfred Mistowski (Mus. Doc, Otón, jun School Report Distribution of Prizes
Rey, Fahter Finn, S.J. Gwen Tang
to Address of Thanks
Miss H. O'Sullivan. PRIZE LIST
SPECIAL PRIZES AND
SCHOLARSHIPS.:
Class 8.-1st, Irene Chert; 2nd, Sophie Tych; 3rd, Alice Kung; 4th; |
Infant Classes.-Class 9; Socorro Bantista, 2nd Rosie Ros, 3rd Eliza Leth Lai, 4th Pauline Tick, Jet Bagum Abbas, 2nd Beatrice Bap tista, 3rd Pear) Lai. 1st Hazel Gardner, Annet Chan, Lily Hà and Tamara Podolsky,..
Special Classes.-Class 7: 1st Lily The Honour of having her name Alice Liu. Class 8: Ist Kimball O'Yeung, 2nd Helena Cheung, 3rd. inscribed on the Lugard Shield for Wong, and Mary Wong, 3rd Cool integrity, and self-reliance; has been. Jen Lo. awarded by the School Staff to. Miss Josephine Wong.
Seniors-ist
have not reached the point of actua); senting ite report and appealing Peak, I am sure they will never Mortagis French (Honours) End, F. Kuan (Hons
Jeannette
read to-morrow in the Press the Knowledge-Miss Amy Chil(Honours)
I therefore beg anyone who may Hi Lordships Prize for Religious account of this meeting, to deter
Mim Marie A
Amy mine to-morrow, not later; to write ism. Mis Lucy Chit, entre Parle
Rev. Mother's Prize for Cuteční- (Honours); тари Government Scholarship, Miss Juniors Misses R. Rego to Mrs. Wynne-Jones at 14 The Josephine Wong
Four): 3rd, C. Yu Singo (Hon- ours) 4th, T. Chen (Honours): destitution can get decent board for continued, and augmented sup regret having done s
6th, A. and lodging at cheap rates. Whe port, would draw particular atten-
Chan (Honours). The meeting closed after Wote (ood Conduct and Application ther or no such a place could be tion to the increased demands upon of thanks to Six: Joseph Kemp, tak Mins Agnee: Ho (Senior), Mise Cindy Preparatory1st, Little Annette self-supporting or could be run by its resources owing to the difficult to Mrs McCormack, ho is going. Tum (Junior):
Che (Honour): "ind, Elie Lane any one Society is problematical, times through which the Colony is on leave for an indefinite period. Lugard Scholarship's for the year (Honours); 3rd, Eileen Chen (Hon- but the need most certainly exists passing, and the wide scope of our
ours) 4th, Joyce Shaw (Honours); 5th, V. Beaumont (Honours); ath, Z. Kojinoff (Pasi), «
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Lady Page Arscholarship for sth. H. Lane Hono
1033 34-Mise Dolly Leong (Claris
work. We emphasise that the nume bute to the
ind glowing tri- The Society's room has been occu- ber of applications for Europeans
ilent work done by 3). pied almost continuously during is increasing, especially, among
for the Society, to Mrd, McCor the year, and several times calls
which the latter lady suitably. for it have over lapped.
replied.
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Matriculation Certificates, 1st Prize.-Josephine Wong, Hon.
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First Stepsist, Joyce Norman (Pass); 2nd, Joan Ferguson (Pass).
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