THE BRITISH EMPIRE
LEADING
IN THE GREAT RACE FOR RECOVERY
Singapore Trade Fair Opened
Singapore, May 5.
"The British Empire has acquired a good start over the rest of the world in the great race for recovery, and it rests with us not only to maintain our position "bai to progress still faster than the rest of the world," said His Excellency, Major General Ernest Lewin, G.O.C. when he opened "the British Trade Fair at the Great World, yesterday evening.
His Excellency appealed to the public of Singapore to take advantage of the eight days during, which the Fair would be In progress to spend their money wisely for the benefit of the Empire as a whole...
There was a huge crowd present and the show-ground presvated au Animated spectacle, flooded in light from the 150-odd stalls in which were displayed almost every variety of British and Empire produce.
WAS SPUD.
One of the striking features of the display was the fact that apart from special lighting effects to show up the ezhibits, very little decorative effect Rather had the exhibitors relied upon the attractiveness of the articles themselves to impress tho who viewed them, and it was at once a tribute to the eninistakable "British" finish in the products and to the show. manship of the exhibitors, that every stall presents an interesting app
"ance.
Interesting To,All, "
There is much at the show to inter- est not only technical men but the ordinary member of the community wd the housewife. The motor section tia feature in itself, and Empire tin-
teil foods play a great part.
Mr. R. Boulter, British Trade Com
missioner and Chairman of the organ- ising committee, welcomed the Gene- ral Officer Commanding and Mrs. Lewin when they arrived shortly before half-past six, and conducted them to the central band-stand where opening addresses were delivered...
In calling upon His Excellency to declare the Fair open, Mr. Boulter mail:
"His Excellency the General Officer Commanding the Troops and Mrs Lewin bave very kindly come here this evening to open the British Trade Fair. On behalf of the Exhibitors and the organising committee I wish to say how very glad we are to have the General and Sire. Lewin, with us this evening; and how much we appreciate the interest they have shown in our Fair.
To Promote Trade.
"By this time I think most people in Singapore know what the British Trade Fair stands for, and what it aims at doing. To put it as shortly as possible the Fair is a collective effort to promote British Tracle.
position but to progress still fuster than the rest of the world. We are up against a great deal of competition, particularly in this part of the world and the appeal 1 aake to you is to broadcast as widely as you can the fact that this trade fair is on here.
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1934.
STOCK
EXCHANGE'S
NEW HOME Declared Open By
• Mr. G. H. Potts
At twelve noon yesterday, Mr. G. H. Potts, Chairman of the Hongkong Stock Exchange per- | formed the opening ceremony of the Exchange's new home in Ice House Street. Although no invita- tions were issued, as it was the in- tention of the brokers to make the occasion as informal as possible, a large gathering, of friends, clients and well-wishers of the members attended.
"On behalf of members of the
TRADE SCHOOLS IN
HONGKONG
Report Follows Investiga-
tions In Malaya
A report on the question of establishing Trade Schools in the Colony, drawn up by Mr. George White, Principal of the Junior Technical School is given below,
Mr. White visited Malaya last year where he investigated the potential value of various types of Trade Schools.
Stock Exchange, of which I have HOW HONG KONG SHOULD PROCEED
the honour of being "Chairman. I declare this trade hall open and wish success to the institution and all the investing, public who may use the services of its members,"
sald Mr. Potts.
Champagned flowed freely inside the premises and visitors were treated with lavish hospitality. The toast of Stock Exchange" was pro- posed by Sir William Shenton, who wished the members every prosper- ty and success in their new build:
ing.
In the course of his report, "Mr. sidering the future of Technical White referring to the heavy engineer training in Hongkong, decision on
the following points is required: ing trades states-
"The similarity between the types of "Is the scheme for Building and apprentice required by the Hongkong Engineering Trade Schools to pro- Dockyard and the Federated Malay ceed? Stars Railway Central Workshops i If so (a) will the buildings contain remarkable. Both desire to train their all Technical Training Schools, viz., own Apprentices on practical work Junior Technical School, Building and require of the educational system School, Light Engineering School and that it should provide them with ap. Senior School on one sito 7 or (b) prentices with a sound general educ will a system of decentralisation be ation, with a pronounced engineering preferred 1 Mr. G. H. Potts, replying thank-bi if available. The size of the Will site or sites be earmarked machines operated in the Dockyards, at an early date to enable a com the enormous pieces of machinery to prehensive scheme to be submittedl be handled and machined, make quite clear that a boy trained in trade school would be unsuitable for direct employment as a journeyman in AN ATTEMPTED
workshop. The a heavy engineering experiment of the Federated Malay States Railway of taking in passed should be closely followed Trade School students as improven
Look around it and you will see what good show it is. Tell your friends all about it and encouraged Sir William for his kind words. them to take advantage of the eight After trying for many years, he thys that this fair is open here to said, they had now a magnificent spend their money wisely for the building and he felt members could benefit of the Empire as a whole."
set business in spite of the bad His Excellency then declared the Fair open and wished it every success. times, because now that they have Miss Lily Wong, the little daughter a fine building and clients could of Mr. S. Q. Wong, then presented a meet their brokers there. The houquet of flowers to Mrs. Lewin, Stock Exchange had had many after which His Excellency and Mrs. ups" and "Downs" and at the Lewin, accompanied by Mr. Boulter and members of the committer, made moment they were perhaps ex- periencing one of the "downs" du: a round of inspection.
he felt cure that things would
The band of the Wiltshire Regiment
was in attendance.
BATTLE HONOURS
Claims of the Gordons
(Special Air-Mail Service)
London, April 24.
Writing to the editor of the Times." Sir Ian Hamilton states: Sir, The War Office is about to
appoint a committee to reconsider battle honours and attempts to prejudice opinion in advance are
to
be deprecated. But, the old story of Arroyo dos Molinos is. al-
ready afoot, and, as it is quite too ad of anyone, Functus Officio" or not, to try to drag the ghost of Sir Spencer Ewart into the wit ness-box. I am bound in duty as Colonel of one of the regiments concerned to cross-examine It.
Sir Spencer Ewart's father, Sir John Ewart, was Colonel of the
change.
Mr. Potts stated that although the first floor was unoccupied, it had been booked, and by Monday, the whole building will be fully
occupied. He invited the guests to make a tour of Inspection of the building. A vote of thanks to Mr. C. C. Little. the architect for the building. concluded Mr. Potts speech..
Among the guests present were Sir William Shenton, Mr. H. B. L.
Dowbiggin, Mr. C. C. Little, Mr. Li Tse Fong. the Hon. Mr. J. P. Bra- ga, Mr. Leung Kam Fat, Mr. Har- old Seth, Mr. F. A, Joseph, Mr. S.
The ideal scheme of instruction is along such lines as have been operat ing successfully at Kuala Lumpur Technical School viz.-practical train ing in the works coribined with s carefully co-ordinated system of train ing in the Technical School;
the
whole to be based on a second pre-
apprenticeship training.
Motor Repair Work.
The automobile
is
repair trade the report continues, lends itself very specially to Trade School instrus tion. The standard of work done in Hongkong is on the whole bad, and characterised by a degree of careless eas impossible in a Trade School trained apprentice. There would acen to be every hope of such a school being
pronounced success, but certain points must be observed
(a) The standard of the Trade School student must be sufficiently above that of the outside apprentice to attract the attention of the best
M. Churn. Lt. Col. H. L. Murrow. Mr. C. A. da Roza, Mr. C. Champ-firms kin. Mr. E. Des Voeux. Mr. M. J Breen, the Hon. Mr. Edwin Taylor. Mr. W. J. Carroll, Mr. R. E. Rodgers and Mr. C. L. Sandes.
REBELLION
Threats To Kill Any European
Medan, Apr. 30.
One death has been caused, four men have been" seriously wounded and several policemen have been alightly injured in an attempted re- bellion at kepoch, Java.
The trouble started when a village headman demanded payment of a three and a half cents' school fee, due The villager is reported to have re- in respect of an individual's children. fused compliance, at the same time engaging in seditious throats, where upon the headman endeavoured forcibly to stop him. This resulted in the villager attacking the headman and inficting injuries upon him and upon his brother.
This was the sign for an open rebel- tion. A crowd of fanatics assembled in the mosque and threats were made that if any European approached he would be mardered. At that juncture a European police sergeant at the head of a posse of police pushed his way through the crowd to arrest the ring. leader. A fierce aculle ensued in (c) The rates of pay" in the which one man was killed and several Straits, relative to the ccst of people injured.
(b) It is not worth while giving a Trade School training to a boy without insisting on a knowledge of English, either on entry or to be attained during training...
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living, are at least 50% higher than in Each year Gordons, When he was dying al-ARTS EXHIBITION Hongkong. Care must be taken at tax was not the real reason for the
most the last words he uttered were, "Arroyo dos Molinos." Fis son had told me this, so when
because,
To Be Staged By Buddhist Society
to attract to a Trade School boys of a class which would regard $30-840a month as insufficient,
Sons of Foremen.
SOME FAIR FEATURES
It is stated that the demand for the trouble, but in the background was the belief in the sxistence of the Hatu Adil (Righteous Prince) which is wide spread among the primitive races in Netherlands India and is often used by (d) As in the Junior Technical agitators to foment discontent. The School it would be best to attract the legend is that the Ratu Adil will deli- from taxation and will In compliance with the teaching sons of foremen; etc, in the garages:ver the regarding "Charity and Foleration These could either puss through a found a Thousand Years Empire. of the Great Buddha, the Hongkong preliminary course at the Junior Tech Buddhist society has decided to hold nical School or be recruited direct an Arts and Crafts Exhibition in the from the English Schools. About 30 rooms of their Headquarters at Lee per cent. of the students without any | Gardens.
trade connection could be recruited The exhibits of the Exhibition direct from English Schools. will comprise(n) Buddhist Relics placing of such students should not be of historical interest. (0) Rare difficult if the bigger motor agencies Buddbiet "Sutras" (Canonical Books) can be interested, as it certainly and sacred scriptures. (c) Rare would pay them to be. Buddhist Works of Art with photogr (e) A connection should be establish-
The fact that a pretty picture alone aphs. (d) Buddhist sculptures and of from the beginning with all engravinga (e) Paintings by famous branches of the Public Works Depart does not make a good advertisement ment which run workshops. The is strikingly revealed at the Advertis. monks.
All who are interested are invited to width of the course in the Trade ing and Publicity Bareau Ltd. (Stand Exhibition by sending exhibits, suit- contribute towards the success of the School would edable it to undertake a No. 0) which is a very interesting
fair amount of Public Works Depart exhibit at the Trade Fair. able for the occasion, on loan or other ment work and a certain number of its students would make valuable additions to the workshop staffy.
far we have hail to increase the number of stalls to accommodate al the merchants who wish to take part. This year I am sure every one will find a better display than ever before. he was appointed chairman of the "I want also to say a few words of Battle Honours Committee In 1908 thanks to those who have done so I felt confident Justice would be much to help us The press have done. Nothing happened, and I taken a keen interest and over a never could trust myself to men- period of some weeks have done u vory great dent to keep the show tion the subject to Ewart again expresses his before the public. Then we have the "Functus Offells" management of the Great World to hope that the merits of this award thank. Nearly every week for the last have been finally settled. How two months have come here to see can the merits of an award be Mr. Lee Choon Eng and his deputy settled when it has no merits? Mr. Kueh Sah Eng. Everytime I have asked for something fresh to be The lapse of time is no plaster to one. They have been very generous the hurt feelings of a Highland and very helpful, and I should like Regiment! Every 100 years makes them to feel that their co-operation is the wound rankle the more. really appreciated.
Arroyo dos Molinos itself would "We are very grateful to the General and Mrs. Lewin for coming he considered an affair of outposts although here to-night. I now call upon His nowadays,
thereby General Gerard's Corps Excellency to declare, the Fair open."
had been almost totally destroyed
were taken | wisa Before formally declaring the Fair and 1,300 prisoners' open, His Excellency said: "I regard with artillery, baggage, and much is great privilege to be called treasure, our casualties (or which upon to open this Fair this year. the Gordons suffered one-half of ask you all to give your active support the total) were insignificant. My to His Royal Highness's programme. for buying British." At the risk of father, who.commanded the 29nd alightly repeating a few of the remarks Gordon Highlanders (now the 2nd that the Chairman has made, I would Battalion Gordons), has told me remind you that this Fair is no that to the letter from his Grace individual effort, that there is individual and no single firm that is the Commander-in-Chief answering trying to make a profit out of it. It is the appeal made by Colonel Mac- the collective effort of over 60 firns Donald, commanding the Gordons, who are showing their products with dated August 15, 1845, there had a view to encouraging prosperity and been fastened a slip written by his trade in the British Empire.
vsat
secretary advising the Colonel pri- The British Empire produces a number of articles which we are unable Vately to let the matter drop, as to show at this Fair to-day bet you the real fact was his Grace hardly will find that there are twice the nam-thought it becoming that a re- ber of stalls there were last year giment with so many great battles -some 180-showing a large number on its colours should, seek to aug-
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A Great Privilege.
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The Exhibition will continue for seven days from Wednesday 18th to Tuesday 22nd May 1934, inclusive, and will be open to the public from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. each day.
"Aixport Possiblities.
The
(f) The development of Hongkong as an airport should give openings All are welcome, and there will be which will otherwise he filled by in no charge for admittance.
ported labour.
"Creation Of "An Advertising Campaign
Using a colour scheme of black, red, silver and gold, the A.P.B, as this company is popularly termed, has created a display which shows in a clear and concise manner, that suc cessful sales depend upon complete,
embracing well planned campaign every phase of publicity. As twelve years experience of successful sales It is suggested that much confusion building lie behind every A.P.B. ad- of thought can be avoided if it is revertising campaign, this stand will tion to those who are interested in the only one out of five of their fint cognised that the aims of a Trade undoubtedly prove a centre of attrac
School in Hongkong would be
(a) To effect an improvement in the marketing of goods in blalaya and locks could be discharged owing to the wet is a feat surely worth skill of the artisan employed on light China.
Ovaltine (Stand 48) recording. General Hull's dispatch engineering work
"Ovaltine" is a very prodominating ón Arroyo dos Molinos is quite con- (b) To bring modern methods before.
feature of this year's Exhibition for in clusive. The General was of a the eyes of the garage proprietors.
(d) To provide a reliable, educated addition to s moet attractive stand humane disposition and WAS type of foreman.
there is an "Ovaltine" garden in which "It should be understood that the this popular beverage can be tried specially pleased that successex so solid should have been gained boy trained in a Trade School would either hot or cold The "Ovaltine" with so little loss to his troops not, on leaving, find the automobile stand (No. 48) represents a typical Colonel Cameron, commanding the trade his only source of employment. English country scene with Oval of articles which are in daily use in ment them by the record of a Gordons, writing from the field to He would be well equipped for any tine Girl" charmingly represented by one of Singapore's leading beauties. the domestic houses of the whole of skirmish. My father had never General Hope; made the following branch of the light,engineering trades
The manufacture of this world farned the community of Singapore.
Building Trade.
product, from the finest mait, eggs and Amongst other things I draw your himself seen the silp, but he be-
I am not aware what people in In regard to the building industry, milk from the "Ovaltine" dairy and attention to the motor car show, lieved it was Aled at the depot. Motor cur in these days have ceased He also admonished me never to Britain will think of this business, Mr. White states:It is hoped to be poultry farms, forms the theme of the to be a luxury and have become a real forget Arroyo dos Molinos →→→ not but this corps of the Army fancy able to lay a proposed system of partOvaltine" stand, which as usual, ja necessity and I hope the Fair, on the wil I.. True, it was only a skirmish, that having obtained such resuits time apprenticeship before be sure to attract large trowds. motor car side, will be activaly.sup but numbers and, bloodshed have with so small
Gibbs Dentifrice Government and the master builders a loss renders It
at an early date.
Visitors to Stand 47 which is occu ported by everybody,
very little to do with military unique of its kind, particularly on "One Big Appeal"
A start has however been made by pied by Gibbs Dentifrice have the value. Arroyo dos Molinos and comparison with the fatal and providing an evening course in prac opportunity of seeing an attractive I would like to make one big appeal | Majuba may be fairly said to be miserable battle of Albuera, E tical carpentry, drawing and work display of Gibba products, and abo to you. We in the British Empire,
To which sentiment I am sure shop arithmetic confined to boys winning handsome cash prizes in and indeed in the whole world, have so far as strategical or tactical re been through some very troublesome sults were concerned, more in-the people in Britain" to-day will connected with the trade. This course simple and amusing competitions should provide useful data for future Gibbs Dentifrice is an extremely times. We are all, I hope, agreed that teresting and more important than gladly cry, heart hear!!
action. The course has been strongly popular dental product in Malaya for Ppported by the Master Builders it not only cleans teeth but preserves Association.
them. It is packed in handsome cou Mr. White intimates that before tainers, and more important still it is further action can be taken in con- extremely reasonable in price.
leading, and leading handsomely, is elther Passchendaele, or the Bom the British Empire. We have sequired
a good start over the rest of the world me. The fact of three companies
pregnant remark:-
IAN HAMILTON, Colonel
wbien
I am, etc.
The Gordon Highlanders. 1, Hyde Park Gardens, W.2,
in this great face for recovery, and it of the Gordons charging a prenen rests with us not only to maintain our square of five battalions
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IT
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