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THE LATE MR. BATESON WRIGHT

A Tribute Paid By An Old Friend

Many old half-forgotten me mories have been stirred by the news of Dr. Bateson Wright's death which reached the Colony last week.

I still vividly remember my Arst encounter with his astonishingly overwhelming personality. He informed me that I was's Channel Islander and it was charactistic of lits impatience of contradiction that he ignored my modest as claimer and continued to write me down Jersey man until the day he left tis

LADY ATTACKED IN KOWLOON

Daring Bag Snatcher

A brutal attack was made on Mrs E L Rocha, of No. 17, Sal Yeung Chol Street, on Friday night at about seven o'clock, when an unknown Chinese male attempted to rob her of her hand bag at the Junction of Sal Yeung Chol Street and Playing-ground Field Road about 100 yards away from the Police Training School.

Mrs. Rocha was returning home from the St. Theresa's Church, when suddenly a man came up from behind and gripped her arms. When she shouted for help the man used his fists and struck her several times on the chest and face.

On hearing the sound of foot- steps coming from around the corner, the man took to his heels and escaped in the direction of the polo ground.

During the whole of Dr. Wright's term of office,' Queen's College WIS Government Department quite separate from that of the Inspector of "Schools. I quote from Irving's “Educationùl System of Hong Kong” pubƐshed in 1915: “Dr. Eitel, appointed `Inspector of Schools in 1879, did not, like Dr. According to Mrs. Rocha it Stewart, combine the duties of suspected that the man must have Inspector of Schools and Head been armed with knuckle-dusters, Master of Queen's College. Dr. as her face was badly bruised. Wright was appointed Head Mas-She was later treated at the Kow- ter, He and Dr. Eitel were unable loon Hospital.

agree in their views, with the result that Queen's College was rade independent of the Inaper- tor of Schools The two depart ments were again combined on Dr. Wrights retirement in 1809, when Mr. A. Irving, the then Inspector of Schools, became first Director of Education.

He' was

scholar and to those who gut past versatile and a great his rugged exterior and somewhat overbearing manner It was matter for regret that he was not held in such esteem by the European scholarship merited. section of the community as his

Although the fabric of Queen's College to-day much as i was | ** in Dr. Wright's time, in all other respects there is no resemblance between his school and that to-day.

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THE OLD TIMES

consulted by an inquirer as to the I remember that, once he was' probable date of Abraham He supplied the information sought

for,

COLONY FOOD SUPPLIES

New Regulations Formulated

It is notified in the Gazetta” that the following addition has been made to the, regulations un- der the Registration of Importa and Exports Ordinances

13 (1). Every person having in his custody, charge or care in any warehouse, godown, storage depot, store or shop in the Colony any of the commodities set forth tu the Schedule to these regulations shall, if required to do so by the Superintendent. deliver to the Superintendent at the Statistical Office of the Imports and Exports Department a correct statement of all quantities of such commo- dities which were in his custody charge or care at the close of business on the last day of each month.

(2). The statement shall be de- livered to the Superintendent not later than the 'seventh day of the "month following the month to which it relates,"" or if Buch seventh day be a public holiday or a general holiday hot later than the next day afterwards,

"(3). A notice stating the re- quirement of the Superintendent may be delivered to any person by place of business or by sending the leaving the same at such person's

same to such person by post.

Superintendent shall be deemed to (4). "The requirement of the

continue and remain in force un- the shall give notice to the con-

trary.

SCHEDULE ADDITIONS".

The following schedule has been meat, dried and preserved meat, added to the regulatioris: Frozen adding charactistically-as meat extracts, tinried meat, Bacon, far as entirely imaginary person ham, tinned skips, tinned fish, In 1904 the average daily atten- can be said to have ex'sted, at any dance was over 1200 and few given time.”

dried fish, tinned and bottled vege- classes had less than sixty boys

table, dried vegetables, potatoes, tu them.

He was perhaps wasted here.lans, tinned and bottled fruits, Three classes at least for I hold he was no teacher. dried fruits, nie juice, jams and were taken at one time in the He could with equal success have marmalade, jelly powders, gelatine, Great Hall and when two of these commanded a regiment or man- tinned milk milk powder, tea, us 1. very well remember, were old aged a railway. style vernacular classes, the dinin which he believed for its own

Els discipline cocoa, sugar, salt, butter, mar- was tremendous

sake rigid and stern.

garine, lard, peanut all; coconut Government education

olf, four, rice, wheat, pearl barley, Mttle more than a gesture, and other people work and some of

Was vigorous, administrator. He made cornflour, sage, oatmeal custard auring the whole of his head them bear the marks of his powders, biscuits, atta, dall, ghee, mastership. Dr. Wright had to con-sparing activity to the present wheat bran, cattle cakes,

masataa, hay, straw, oats, barley, tend with sigorously restricted day. Als own capacity for work. expenditure, and he received little was amazing-too much so, per- encouragement from above.

haps. or unwilling to delegate authority, I think he tried to do too much himself.

But if the system of education then in vogue there seemed as tonishingly crude to the newcomer from Great Britain. It is quite im possible to deny that, under Dr. Wright, Queen's College enjoyed a great reputation in North and South China

tion

He was s

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DISORDERLY CONDUCT

.Indian Charged

A tracas outside a flat in Mor- rison Hill Road, that necessitated the presence of reservists from a

restored, had a sequel at the Cen- Police Station before order was

where he remonstrated with the latter using very foul language. The complainant suggested to the defendant that it would be better to go outside. In the street, de fendant was alleged to have caught the complainant by the arm, and struck him on the jaw. The forra of the blow knocked the com- plainant to the ground. A large. crowd" had gathered and the re- servists had to be called out.

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time, and when he arrived on the happened to be passing at the Inspector Logan said that he

acce he saw the accused seated on the ground, obstinately refusing to move in spite of all efforts to

constable. The accused WER WA ing obscene language but was finally induced to get into a rick-

tral Magistracy on Saturday when an Indian named Jatha Nand, 28. years of age, described as a DIY merchant made an appearance beake him do so, by a chiliese fore Mr. W. Schofield charged on two counts relating to an assault

****** on a fellow Indian,

Whence he was taken to the

Station, The accused, who was clad in

The defendant told the Magis- byjama coat on, pleaded guilty to complainant's house, when

fannel gray

trousers with

trate that he was passing the

a

the

assault on Mr. Merchrat, silk later detained him. An argu- merchant reading at No. 10 Murement then ensued followed by a rison Bill Road, and also to do Aght Defendant recalled that two months ago the complainant orderly conduct,

met him and reminded him of a Inspector 8. Logan said that the $2,40 debt owing him, to the com- assault was not serious but re- plainant. If a prompt settlement, garding the second offence. ae was not arranged, he would have cused had used obscene language, to pay him the complainant), and at the time of the incident 14 or 15 in repayment of the orl- was very much the worse for ginal Joan An assault; had als drink."

taken place then

A fine of $20 was imposed for disorderly conduct, while the accused was bound over in a per- sonal bond of $75 to come up for judgment in a year, on the first charge. ?

The Magistrate remarked that it seemed curious that the accused was emphatic that the complain- ant was responsible for the as- ault. Inspector Logan said that when the accused was taken to the Station he did not have a THE ATTACK

coat on. The next morning ac- Relating the Tacis of the case, cused asked the police what they Inspector Logan said that at about had done to his coat. It would 9.30 nm. on Friday, the defendant seem from this that the accused went to the complainant's house did not possess, his full fraculties: at No. 10 Morrison Hill Road, at the time of the assault.

The Hon. Treasurer of the So- diety of St. Vincent de Paul ac- | |- knowledges with grateful appre- clation and thanks the receipt of 27.80 from the Government Radio Star towards the Society's Funds in memory of the late Mr. AJ.

He did not suffer fools gladly. It was the fools who suffered.

He was merciless to incom- petence and came down heavily on the least show of slackness I well remember him apologising Boys came from all parts of the to the youngest member of his country to benefit by the instruc-European staff for words used to

provided and the leaving An certificate was not only a valuable much of their pungency

erring sentor, which owed Reed. possession for its legitimate owner, early theological training.

to his

Lut we found, as the result of an inquiry from the (then) Impérial Maritime Customs, that "thèse documents were occasionally marnpatient, even ketable commodities with an ap- learned that much of his in- preciable cash value.

patience could be attributed to an excruciatingly

painful malady from which he procured "reller

"CONDITIONS CRUDE

Conditions were

undoubtedly

AN IMPATIENT MAN

For we must admit that he was 1 later we

middle life who owe much to Alim. the many Chinese, now well on in and we who served under him and were proud of him. knew that his quick temper was allied to a warm

crude but there was a thorough-only after retirement. ness about Dr. Wright's' methods

Have I written too much of his worthy of a better end than the production of young men with for he had no weaknesses. But weaknesses? I should say faults, scanty knowledge of their own language and just enough English to enable them to obtain positions in the public and commercial life of China: An" untiring! worker himself, he worked his staff hard Free periods were unknown. The European masters day was tiresome round of English dril relieved by a few periods: niathematics.

of

and generous heart and that,

wrong. It was all over in a though hasty when things went

moment and he never knew malice.com

To-day, young men pass out of those who are now working in the He was a big man and I hope Queen's College with an incom

parably superior education, but I

same field in happier circum- stances wil forgive one whore

doubt if their command of cob-members "when Plancus was COD- versational English is much better than that of those who learned sul," and regards his as the big- gest name in the educational his- tory of Hong Kong.

under Bateson Wright.

Bateson-Wright."Batey as we

used irreverently to call him, came to Hong Kong long before

He was quite fearless and no respecter of persons.

my time and never understood He regarded the establishme

How he found himself here, for in and caused displeasure to

of the university aa prematurs

his previous career there

ttle indication of a leaning to

wards the teaching, profession

was rulers of the day by tre

setting forth the case against scheme in a public lettez

At Oxford he had devoted him-

He enjoyed the good things of self to Theology. Hebrew and Syrise, and I have always under the world and dispensed, la his stood that had he not beep up which the members of his staf

home a generous hospitality with the great Sayce, he would

frequently shared. An invitation

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have been the leading man in his to croquet, however wasan particular line in his university

dark

ordeal as he expected ever

He was ordained In 1877 and to play as well as did.

I don't remember that the name of his rst curacy was perpetuated ing Hồng Long

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