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GREATER PROBLEM
It is a melancholy fact that the small typhoon is a greater problem to the forecaster than the large one; it is still possible that it may slip paat our outposts but these outposts have been greatly strengthened since 1906 by the ald of radiotelegraphy on ships and the institution of the efficient ser- vice by the observers on Pratas Shoal
Forecasting is an endeavour to combine the deductions from ob- served facts with physical theories, and it must be admitted that these" attempts are not always success- fui
CHILDREN'S ORPHANAGE AND HOSPITAL
Forthcoming Bazaar
ANNUAL REPORT
The 13th annual bazaar of the
Chinese Sisters of the Precious Blood Convent will be held on, October 3, at 3.30 pm in the con- vent, Yun Chow Street, Baum- shulpo under the patronage of the Rt. Rev. gr. H. Valtorta and the chairmanship of Mr. Tse Yung-kwong. The function is to raise funds in aid of the "Chi- dren's Hospital and Clal: and the Orphanage.
• CYCLONES For many years Meteorological For the bazaar the Sisters with knowledge was confined to the the valuable assistance of many air at the surface of the earth.
local school girs have been taking! but exploration of the upper air 13onths to prepare in the hope and its movements is increasing.
That the show may be worthy n The meteorologist endeavours to patronage. There will be various apply the results "to forecasting. knitted and embroidered articles and a certain amount of success for Jale at reasonable prices, bes attended efforts to forecast while a large quantity of Toys, changes in the direction of mo- tion of cyclones. It is still neces- asry to proceed with great caution, however. There are times when the upper winds indicate that a The bazaar committee is con- typhoon will recurve and that indent of making the,function. danger to the Colony will pass. I is nevertheless a fact that even In such a case the Colony could be likened to a matshed on the windward side of a fire, in great danger until the conflagration had retreated to a safe distance.
TRACK OF TYPHOON
sweets and useful household arti- cles will be disposed as prizes for the winners of
numerous rames of skill
the
success. Because. In spite of these hard times. a fairly good response up to date from the pubile by way af purchasing bazaar souvenir tickets has been received. There is ample evidence of public in- terest in the hospital work. TO mention one concern to which the sisters are deeply grateful, a con- tinuous free supply of milk, started in the early month of the year. by the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company has been instrumental in making good the general health of the babies.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1936.
CLASSICAL MUSIC
Treat Promised This Evening
AT ST. THERESA'S CHURCH
THE MOON CAKE
FESTIVAL CELEBRATIONS
RESTAURANTS KEPT
BUSY
The Mid-Autumn Festival, or the Moon Cake Festival, which is one of the most interesting festival A concert which will delight all will be enthusiastically celebrated Hong Kong lovers of good music. by the local Chinese community especially those who have an ap-to-day as in former years. preciation for religious music is to be given at St. Theresa's Church; Kowloon Tong. to-day at 6 p.m. arranged and is intended to be The programme has been carefully rather of an Informative charac- ter, for it provides pieces of ancient classical music along with modern compositions. This concert is one of the first of its type ever given In the Colony,
Many well-known singers are to give solos Including Miss N. C. Hyndman, Soprano. Mr. Gus D'Aquino, Tenor and Mr. Alec Gre- aves, Baritone. Rev. Fr. A Riganti will be at the Organ-and besides assisting the Little Flower Choir he is to play two of his own compositions "Canzona" and "Pas
role in E flat major."
A further interesting local fea- ture of the concert will be the "Regina Coeli" written by Maestro E. Guald! for the Little Flower Choir, It Ls a three-part choir plece, and whilst the music.ls. of strictly leturgycal character it is yet of a popular character.
According to the lunar calendar. this festival falls on the 15th day of the 8th moon, when the moon brilliance and grandeur. Lanterns is supposed to enjoy her fullest.
of all designs and colours, red pre- dominating will be displayed by al- most every household, and this is |
the "Feast of Lanterns" by some why this festival has been styled
people
During this festival, the Chinese. usually celebrate by feasting and eating fruits, taros and moon- cakes, and accordingly, the fruit stalls and restaurants were kept busy for weeks in getting ready seasonable fruits and moon-cakes. for their customers. There is also much interchange of presents .of moon-cakes and fruits between relatives and friends, which leads to much activity in society.
IT ALL DEPENDS— In former years. when the people were prosperous and happy, there was a great demand for moon- cakes, but owing to the world de- pression, and further to the pro- hibition of the import of moon-. cakes into foreign countries, the business in moon-cakes has now became rather dull, and the re-
The Programme includes classic- al compositions: Palestrinas "Missa Brevis" (16th century) Croce's Tenebrae Factae Sunt" (17th century). Modern classical selec-staurants in the Colony do not pre- rions by: Van Den, Ghein, Zippoll. Perosi, Pagella and others.
Programmes with the text of the songs and autographical notes on
In referring to the track of a typhoon the expression "moving is used, or it will probably move" it is seldom possible to say "it will move." This crystallised the situation, and leaves meteorology as a science still unworthy of the adjective "exact." Se gentlemen, Subscriptions or donations of the composers will be available at of your mercy refrain from bom-articles that any generous public, the Church
barding my office at all hours of may give howsoever shall will be
the day for the "latest position or the typhoon." I think that it was the "China Mail" which once sug- gested that we should display a notice similar to that over a plano Wild West saloon, "Don't shoot the planist, he's doing his best." (Laughter),
I promised some years ago that when a typhoon definitely thres- tened this Colony that series of reports every two hours would be broadcast, That promise still holds good, but fortunately no op- portunity arose for 5 years to keep 4 until August 17 last, when, like a good many other people I was concerned as to the safety
more
one
gratefully received by the Hon. Secretary. Mr. Bazaar
Chan Wai-chuen.
Headquarters the DEATH
Fotel Cecil,
ANNUAL REPORT
The following is a summary of the annual report prepared by Dr.
OF FORMER
CHINA HAND
| Y. Y. Tang, one of the honorary
doctora, on behalf of the hospital:/
This hospital, althoug. so uttle MR. ANGUS SINCLAIR known by the well-to-do people of the Colony is remarkably well known amongst the poorer classes of Chinese not only in Kowloon, but also in the New Territories and Hong Kong as well, as wit- ressed by the attendance at the
of the building in which I was in-out-patient Department. It is al- carcerated than in disseminating most unbelievable how far a mo- my opinion, as to the typhoon's ther will travel in order to set position. (Laughter). At
relief for her sick child. 9he time I should have been inclined often walked a long distance as to place it somewhere near these could, not afford bus fare. front verandah of the Observatory.
During the year ending June 30, such was the pandemonium oc-
there was an increase both in the curring. In his Law of Storms in number of out-patients and in the Eastern Seos, Doberck says patients The attendance at the is believed that pressure out - patient department had falls so quickly outside that the reached 8.304; 5.014 of which be- air confined in a house burstsing old patients while 3,299 were
Mr. Angus Sinclair. a former well-known employee of the Indo- China Steam Navigation Company Ltd, passed away in Melbourne on Monday at the age of 85 years. He had been ill for a. considerable time. He was extremely popular among all who knew him.
Joining the Company in 1874 as a third engineer, deceased remain- ed here until 1917, when he retired on pension.
He sailed as chief engineer on many of the Company's vessels and in 1895 "became the Acting Marine Superintendent at Shanghai
In 1897 he became the Marine
through the roof like an explo-new ones. The in-patents treated, Superintendent at Hong Kong.
sion, but there is no foundation for this belief.” On August 17. one of the window fanlights in my quarters blew outwards, and it is difficult to assign any other rea- son than that disputed by Doberck, There is also a local saying that given thunderstorms in the vicin- Ity no typhoon is possible. This la wrong; although many typhoon,
were 1,504" during the year. Un- fortunately most of the babies asking for admission
had come too late, so that the staff were rarely given a "fair chance.
The majority of children at- tinding the out-patient depart- ment on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays were suffering from malnutrition as
result -a
of
do not furnish electrical displays. poverty and gnorance, Tuber-
<tatement fatis. local lore about typhoons, most of which is incorrect. Sad to state also, the long range prescience of our Chinese friends should not be -depended upon.
the following doctors:-Dr., 'D. Hope-Oil, M. Nicholson, S. Ajoe Ho and A. P. Guterres.
With the services of this strong group of kind-hearted doctors the hospital has been able to treat a number of critical cases with sue" cess. That the good work could not have been expanded to meet
some undoubtedly do and the culosis of various types. Bron with the ever-increasing demand, There is much-chitis. Broncho-pneumonia, Gas- for want of accommodation, la a tro-entritis. Dysentery, Malaria. great pity in the eye of those res- Nepherites. Meningitis. Tatanus ponsible for combatting with dis- Neonatorum. Furunculosis and eases, and an urgent problem felt Various skin diseases. This year by the extension building commit- we are particularly unfortunate in tee of the hospital.' having a good number of Measles among the in-patients Although
Gentlemen, I hope I have in- terested you. (Applause).
SPEAKER THANKED Proposing a vote of thanks to the speaker. Rotarian R. P. Dunlop said that Mr. Jeffries had touched on a tople that was of great in- zerest to them all. So far they were able to tell the weather in alde the house but they would not do much with the weather outside.
later
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HELPERS THANKED most of them recovered, one Thanks are also due to the Bo- of them unfortunately developed ciety for the Protection of Chil- Bronco-pneumonía and succumbed, dren and whose energetic secre
tary Mr. F. Loseby for having given such wonderful hep. The Society has been helping the hos pital in many ways since its in- ception, and is still helping by way of supplying medicine In large quantities,
"DR. MATTHEWS Under the period of review we specially regret the departure of DE. D. Matthews who had given this hospital so much help during his stay In the colony. Besides We are also very fortunate in attending the out-patients re- acquiring the service of Bister gularly once a week, he also gave Comes whose interest and care of many valuable suggestions for the the children are much appreciat improvement of the in-patient de, ed. Her services together with Ropartment. For all he had done that of Miss Yuk Hing Chan add the hospital owes a deep debt of much strength to the nursing gratitude. To make up for the staf
The speaker sant that people would like to know just when, they "could wear silk hats or topees: also why did typhoons always come on week-ends or public holl- days! On behalf of the Club, tarian Dunlop thanked Mr. Jeffries for a most interesting talk.
DINNER DANCE
!.
A Dinner Dance will be held on The Open Roof of Repulse Bay --Weather permitting and at Re- pulse Bay Hotel in event of Bad weather, on Wednesday. September 30, at 9 p.in.
pare big quantities of moon-cakes for sale, which undoubtedly means that profits will be greatly reduced this year.
According to Chinese history. many great and important political
and social movements commenced on this date.. One of the most significant being the great re- bellion of Chu Yuan Chang. the founder of the "Ming" dynasty against the usurping "Yuan." tartars in the Fourteenth Century. UNIFICATION OF CHINA
What will interest our readers is the decision of the Nanking Gen- tral Government to celebrate the Unlication of China on this date.
In Canton as well as other cities of the Republic of China, the cele brations will be held on, a grand scale, there being big processions. public meetings and much cracker Aring.
On the whole, the Mid-Autumn Festival is most popular with all classes of Chinese society, and is enjoyed more than other festivals, for there are so many good things to eat, but of course, my friends, too many moon-cakes induce in- digestion!-Tse
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URBAN COUNCIL MEETING
Many Applications Refused
The fortnightly meeting of the Urban Council has held yesterday siternoon. Mr R R Todd pre- alded..
Present at the meeting were:- Vice-Chairman (Hon. Dr. A. R Wellington). Hon. Mr. A G. W. | Tek'e -(Director of Public Works). Hon. Mr. T. H. King, (Inspector Genera of Police), Mr. F. C. Hall, Dr. R. A. de Castro Basto, Dr. L Shu Fan Mr. A el Arculi, Dr. S. N. Chau, Mr. W. N. T. Tan, Mr. B. Wong Tape. Mr. C. Champkin, Secretary (Mr. C. J."Roe), Amt Secretary (Mr. Im Png-taeung).
A letter from Government signi- fying the approval of the Legisla tiye Council to the amendment of the markets by-laws set forth in the schedule to the Public Health (Food) Ordinance, 1935, was fald on the table,
Correspondence relative to the appointment of the amicers to act under Ordinance 8 of 1935 (sec- tion 2) was read and the follow- ing officers were appointed: the Colantal Veterinary Surgeon, the Assistant Colonial Veterinary Sur geon, and Drs. G. E. Pope, J. M. Gray and K. C. Yeo.
FIRE-PROOF NECESSARY Regarding the correspondence relative of the renewal of Food Factory leences the Chairman adjourned the discussion to a Later date. In the interval he would consuit the Inspector General of Police.
It seemed that the bulidings were not constructed with rein- forced concrete, and they had to have the proper fire-proof drying chambers before licences would be granted.
to Hing Fong. ground floor, the Regarding the latrine' 1 010.
Chairman said that a legal notice had been sent to who had since appealed to the Council,
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Applications for an Offensive. Trade cence for 19. Tai Wong Street, East ground floor; a food preserving Vicence on Lot No.-753, S.D. 1, Sheung Sha Po. Kowloon City: Bakehouse Licence for 183, Pel Ho Street, ground floor; and food factory licences for. 41, Hai We Street, ground floor; 150, Main Street, ground floor, Shauki- wan West; 501. Canton Road,
grpund floor; s'de door; and 14, Tai Ping Shan Street, floor, were refused.
ground
were
LICENCES GRANTED The*
licences following granted by the Urban between Sept. 15 and Sept. 28:-
Council
Food Factories 6: Laundries 1; Food Preserving Establishments 2; Milk Shops 3; 8wine 1: Eating Howes 1: Restaurants 7.
GLENRIDDELL MANUSCRIPTS
Death Of Mr. John Gribbel
AMERICAN WHO SAVED MSS. FOR SCOTLAND
INDIGNATION OVER SALE Dr Currie did not return the MSS, and they remained unheard of until 1833, when the biogra- pher's daughter-in-law presented them to the Liverpool Athenseum. They lay untouched in a wooden the Athenaeum for 20 years, after which &LAverpool merchant discovered them and had them "placed in a glass case in the Athenaeum library.
box in
The gift to Scotland of the fa- mous Burns MBS: known as the Glenriddell MSS. is recalled by the death of the American donor, Mr. The next step in the hitory of John Gribbel, in Philadelphis.
the MSS. occasioned strong indig- Though not a Scot, Mr. Gribbèl nation among the poet's admirers had a great affection for this and others. The Athenaeum In country, and was one of the most
1913 wished to sell the M88. The generous of American philanthro-projected sale came to public light when London auctioneers decided
plata.
At a time when there was con- | to exercise a six months' option siderable anxiety about the fu- on them at 5000. ture of the MSS. Mr Gribbel bought them in America at a cost of 70,000 dollars so that they might be in Scotland's own. -possession for all time,
The MSS. had an adventurous voyaging from the time when Burns complied with the request book into which the poet was to of a Dumfriesshire friend for a deed of trust executed by Mr... copy a selection of nix unpublish Scottish National
Gribbel stipulated that until a
tain Robert Riddell of Glenriddell, the custody of the manuscripts cd poems. The friend was Cap similar institution was founded Library or
and in the preface to the book Burns wrote:
and Edinburgh Corporations. was to be entrusted for periods of five years alternately to Glasgow
A notable: committee of Boots- men was formed to contest the right of the Athenaeum to sell, but before the committee could take action, the M88, were sold, and they came into the possession of i an American dealer, who in turn sold them to Mr. Gribbel
"Let there be regarded as the loss we are, however, very for In conclusion, a word about the seldom dattered any, and never genuine sentiments of a man who tunate in having an appreciable new hospital building may not be those he loved." addition to the list of honorary out of pace. I am glad to say doctors in the person of D. (Mrs.) that the foundation of the new requested the return of the book When the Captain' died Burns Lydia Febly's year. Before Hospital has just heen completed along with some letters, and with she joined the Hong Kong Go with the help of Mr. Fred Kew tide the Riddell family complied erament, service she was sways who is giving his unstinted ser- Subsequently the complete Glen- at the service of the hospital vices to the Extension Building Hiddell M88, were forwarded to the What can be regarded to be the Committee. I expect the new biographer Curtle, and they were most unselfish service rendered to building will be completed in the never in Scotland again until Mr. this cause, bas been the work of near future.
Gribbel rescued them.
Edinburgh Corporation had the
manuscripts formally handed over
1025 they went to the National to them in August 1914, and in
Zabrary. They are now on view
in the Laigh Parlament Hall
Mr Mr. Gribbel was in this country
National: Lábzary, expressed his three years ago and visiting the
gratification at seeing the MBS on
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