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days, the thermometer, stood in the neighbourhood of 45 degrees. generally a little over. A friend who came in from Kongioon on Thursday told me that it was 38 to the river (1) so we are not so cold after all,
SAFETY FIRST
I was told the other day that a group of about ten families of German agriculturists – farmers, former colonists in Russia, who are now in Peking, are contem- plating coming down to Hong Kong with view to taking up farming in the New Territories. One of their number, I hear, is It is not until we have a cam- already in the Colony making paign that we begin to realise inquiries as to the possibility of how many accidents we have each being able to earn a living by day! The average for last year. means of either agriculture or was almost five accidents a day, Cattle raising. It is the hope of so that the average motorist is these people, they do eventual-really lucky to go through the ly settle here, to grow... some European feld products, such as pears. peaches, plums, cherries, walnuts, almonds, olives, raisins, strawberries. etc. I have means of ascertaining what the chances Are of these farmers coming down to settle here, but there seems to be little doubt that if they do come, they will bring the standard of agriculture and borticulture to a higher level.
KEEN AMBULANCE
WORKER
Over a cup of tea, a prominent Chinese gentleman in Hong Kong. who is a keen worker for St. John, Ambulance Brizade, showed me a gift he had received from the Earl of Scarborough, 'recently. It was in fact a Christmas gift and took the form of a book record- ing the work during recent years of the order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem. The Earl of Scarborough, it may not be generally known, is the sub-Prior to the Grand Priory the Eritish Arny of the Venerable order of St. John of Jerusalem, It is hot often that individual
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year without figuring in any ac- cidents at all. It may not be out or place to repeat here a few words from the address of MY. Wolfe at the Rotary Club. He said: "A bad practice: In.. which motor drivers and foot passengers share the bláme almost equally is the failure to give way to each other. Many drivers will not give foot passengers a chance of crossing the road unless there 15 some authority present to "en" force this right foot passengers on their part often deliberately walk slowly across the road or keep in the roadway. Buch a practice shows a very poor spirit."
YELLOW RIVER OVERFLOWS
Many Lives Lost: Villages Inundated
Peking, January 26. The sudden rise of the Yellow River has jeopardised huge areas and many lives have been lost, 'some of them by drowning and others by exposure.
The dykes have given way in the Changyuan, district in South- Hopel. where thirty-eight villages have been "inundated al- ready and more are threatened.
Some of the villages are under ten feet of water.
Hundreds of villagers rendered homeless by- the devouring waters have perished from cold and hunger.
The present flood is declared to "be" worse than that of last year. in which Changyuan also suffered very severely. Reuter.
MOTOR LIFE BOATS
Four New Ones To Be- Ready Soon
Löndon, January 36. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution has laid down four new motor lifeboats which will be ready for service in the late summer. The boats will each carry a crew of seven with ac- commodation for thirty passen- gers and will be stationed at Cromer, Norfolk, Maryport, Cum- berland, Coverack, Cornwall and, Flamborough, Yorkshire.
At present there are 120 motor It is this poor sprit, so amatieboats and 54 pulling and sail- ter of fact, that rabear the toll átlog feboats round the British accidents and I am glad of this and Irish coasts.--British Wire- opportunity to echo the IGP less Service, appest to show a better spirit whether you are driving a can or crossing the road on foot.
THE RIGHT SPIRIT
Just as in motoring, accidents are sometimes traceable to wrong thinking. so in the field of sports z false sense of right and wrong leads to much misunderstanding I have in mind the suspension of
favourite plece with local amateurs and in the last fifty years has been presented many times, so that some of those who see the operette this time will be. able to compare it with past per- 1ormances. The pantomime the " this week was an entire 17 amateur affair, being written, played and produced by local
Football Council last week is cess of it too. Well, donel
is not the place to discuss the
nierits of the suspension, but BURNS NICHT what interests me is the fact that
st
mübers of St. John Ambulance"three football players by the talerit. They have made a suc- Brigade in Hong Kong receive re- Cognition for their work, but my frieliu, who was," one of the earuest .Chinese gentlemen to support the Brigade in Hong Kong is regularly receiving little tokens of gratitude and, esteem from headquarters. He would never forgive me for disclosing his name.
THE COLD SNAP
The cold map during the week kept most of us guessing as to the temperature; and although it felt quite cold, the temperature was by no means near the low level record. Residents in Hong Kong of many years standing, can temember WHLITY Occasions on which it was very much "colden Incidentally it is surprising how little the average, man knows of the temperature of the day, During the past three or four
during the current season the There were, so I observed, al- ́ Timergency Committee of: the most as many Sassenachs at the Football Council has had to meet sixteen times, to decide what course of action should be taken following Incidents arising out of football matches. To use the words of the IGP., "This is very poor spirit" on the part of foot ball players.
AMATEUR THEATRICALS
Burns Nicht celebration as Scots- men, and it is something of an experience to feel how the tuemory of Robert Burns is kept 'evergreen - from year to year, even in this far off place! The Ecottish community here' are about the most active, for in ad- dition to St. Andrew's Ball, there 15 the
• Burns' dinner, the Halowe'en celebration and of There appears to be no want course, the "Scottish - Company's of talent in our midst as far as Church parade. No other "com- amateur theatricals are concern-munity has so many occasions ed and we are promised a treat during the year for gathering to- in the very near future, when gether. The hospitality displayed, both the A.D.C. and the Phil- on these occasións, generally give harmonic Society will be giving us the lễ to most of the jokes about samples of their work "The the Aberdonian. He is as much Pirates of Penzance" has been a misunderstood as his bagpipes!
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