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THURSDAY.
IMPRISONED SCHOLAR
Studies Archaeology
In Prison
Nanking: Shut behind bare. Mr. Chen Tu-bislu, noted - Com- munist leader and scholar, who is serving his penal term in the Kiangsu First Prisari, is devoting his time to the study of archaeo- logy.
term
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DECEMBER 17, 1936.
SCOUT AND
CUB NOTES
AND NEWS
Generous Gifts To Movement
LOCAL PROGRAMME FOR 1937
(BY EJ.M.) Scouts in the Far East often pride themselves on the fact that very cosmopolitan crowd, but recent news from Bri-
By the time when his penal expires he Wil probably emerge from prison as an ar chaeologist, while Anding himself they endrely out of touch of the poll- tical situation: as be is DOW absolutely kept in the dark in regard to current politics
Since he entered prison in July. 1934. he has studied hundreds of volumes on archaeology. It is said that what money he recieves from his friend of relatives, he use to buy sach books to augment his knowledge of the subject.
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CORRESPONDENCE |
THE RUBBER OUTLOOK
The Editor. "Hong Kong
Dally Press."]
DEFENCE OF HAIG
A White Man, Says General
Dear Sir, Since the announces ment of the last International Rubber Restriction Committee, the
A spirited defence of Earl Haig price of rubber has appreciated i
and an attack on ""somebody's" fully lid per lb, and this meteoric book for besmirching Haig's
rise must have aroused quite a
this
Fast
W
memory when he was no longer pleasant surprise to those direct-there to reply have been made in ly or indirectly connected. with a speech at an ex-Service men's
Industry. It Is not
association dinner in Singapore a trifle assuming that to some by Major-General W. 0.9. Dobble, who have in mind that rub-
G.O.C.,Malaya, states "The Bul- ber is being produced at an all-, letin.” in-cost of 4d per lb, 9d seems to
"My most vivid recollection of an over-remunerated be
gure armistice day was the sight of our tish Columbia revealed how a Against this argument it has to Commander-in-Chief in France. straggling group of nine very little be remembered that this con Lord Halg, after the fighting was people. described as "one of the modity at one time in 1925 fetched over," said Major-General Dobbie. 4s. 3d in London, and the cost to queerest picking crews ever seen"
"His face was a study. "I do not by Mr. A. K. Loyd, President of the produce then was in the neigh-think any one of us realised the British Columbian Fruit Growing bourhood of Bd per lo for most tremendos burden he had been Association, performed their good estates: consequently. one can carrying-a burden which was a turn to the suffering farmers of safely say that price depends on made no lighter by the lack of which the age-old law of supply and de-support he got from some quarters Saskatchewan, a job in Scouts and Rovers are taking a mand.
at home. large part. In this crew, headed
the It will be recalled that Mr. Chen was arrested in Shang-
"Those of us who had hal on Oct 15. 1932 on a charge by a Boy Scout, were two little Ja-
scheme was enforced in the second privilege of knowing him formed a " of instigating Communist activi-panese, a Chinese and a Hindu. half of 1934, and the countries in- tremendous admiration and affer les. After a protracted trtal, he two white boys and two white girls. der the signatory Governments tion for him-and it made us-see
This little group went to Mr. during the six months ending De- red Was sentenced to 8 years' im-
a year or two ago to read pisanment by the Supreme Court Loyd's orchard, near Kelowna, and cember 1934 exported 417.000 tons. statements in a book by somebody in July 20, 1934 and sent to the offered to gather apples to be sent
A very important factor to be re- who should
better have known Kangsu First Prison three days
the "distressed people. They membered relative to this period than besmirching his memory later to serve his penal, termX. —-
worked hard and secured 150 boxes was that fully 70,000 tons both when he was no longer there to Central News Agency.
to be included in the relief ship- wet and dry in the Restriction reply. ment. At the end of their labour Areas were shipped out. Mr. Loyd offered them a reward| NEI, Plantations have always for their efforts and they all chose been a sweet, a species of the "all-day sucker." Then they all went away without a further thought to the "good work they had done.
POSSESSION OF ARMS
Lum Wan, Tse Cheuk, Tsoi Yani and Pun Ki, appeared before Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday on a remand charge of unlawful possession of
arma.
Sub-Inspector R. Cunningham
said that on November 27 a Chin- ese detective, received information and they went to 15 Yunan Lane, where they found the first three defendants asleep. They were awakened and searched, but no- thing was found on their per- A further search was made.
to
This gesture, although small as it may seeth towards the drought stricken
Canadians of Saskat- chewan, is a tesson for the world of mightier events. If only it could
be affected by that same chlidliko spirit of "goodwill to men"!"
CAMPING GROUNDS
P
The
the
OUR AMATEUR STRATEGISTS'
"Whether or not our amateur strategists agreed with his strategy matters not.
dreaded 6.5 31 unknown quantity re capacity for production | This idea should be amended, and
"Everyone is entitled to his own if anything, there exista a posal opinion, but when it comes to bility that she will experience dif- stating-in referring to the Pass- Biculty in keeping to her quota chendaele fighting-that, although figures, as the following figures in- Sir Douglas Halg knew it was a dicate. In the second half of 1934 mistake to continue, yet he de with even a huge stock held up in liberately went on, thus saclacing the plantation she exported only the lives of thousands of men 149,000 tons. In the next six
serving under him, simply because months she was allotted 182,000 he did not care to own he made tons and remembering that she will at least have 13.000 tons carried
over from rights from the current year, she should be satisfied with an exportable of 195,000 tons for the period.
On the contrary, it will not be surprising if she does object to any further increase at the next meeting.
A mistake-that, I think. Was going beyond the limit.
"Those of us who knew Ea: Halg, knew him to be a white man and the best type of British gentle-
man."
R.A.M.C.A. DANCE
The Boy Scouts Association has accepted, 400 acres of beautifullv wooded Ashdown Forest, known as Broadstone Warren, situated north- cast of Wych Cross, and five miles south of East Grinstead, the gener and they found revolver and ous offer of the Manor Charitable two knives wrapped in two, se- Trust of Hackney, London, at a parate parcels hidden in an pid peppercorn rent nr one shilling a unlooked suitcase
year. It will be opened next spring The second and fourth defen- 13 a National Camping Ground. dants
were discharged but Lum. and will be the second largest Wan and Tsot Yan were each sen-
Scout camp in the British Isles. to tenced one year's imprison-Two streams run through this de- lightful estate, and one will provide a swimming pool This camp will
up to expectations and the most Music will be suppiled by the we can anticipate is Sght equal dance orchestra of the 1st Bn. be the Mecca of Scouts in the South of England, especially the totalling 1,010,000 tons with per permission of Lt. Col. R.M. Rod- to that of 1934: viz 440,000 tons, The Royal Ulster Rifles by kind London boys, for on week-ends and missable exports of 850,000 tons well & Oncers. summer holidays they will be able plus 5,300 carried over rights from to follow the road by train, cycle
ment.
DEFIES COMPARISON AND
PRICES.
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LOOK AT THE
LOCAL BIRDS-CHOICE -
AUSTRALIAN BIRDS-FANCY
FARM FED-EXTRA FANCY
ALSO
LOCAL-
AUSTRALIAN FARM FED
FROM
FROM FROM $1.10
75 Cta. Per lb. 95 Cts. Per lb. Per lb.
DUCKS, DUCKLINGS, CHICKENS, CAPONS AND SUCKING PICS ENGLISH, AUSTRALIAN AND DANISH HAMS
CHEESE IN VARIETY
BRICKS.
HIGHEST CLASS BOTTLED AND TINNED PROVISIONS
ICE CREAM IN
ICE CREAM CAKES TO ORDER ETC., ETC.
THE DAIRY FARM, ICE & COLD STORAGE CO., LTD.
PURE FOOD SPECJALISTS
and on foot, and at the end of their journey will pitch their tents, light their fires, and indulge in all the delights of Scouting for boys.
THE CONSUMING ASPECTS. The Royal Army Medical Corps The USA consumed 524.000 Assocaltion will be holding on a. tons for the eleven months of the grand scale a carnival dance `on current year and indications polit Priday 18th December. commen- to a year figure of 570,000 tons. eing at 8.30 p.m. at the Hotel The rest of the world did not come Cecil
1934. With 70 per cent, quota the Year, it is hoped that all members As this is the final dance of the
world figure for 1937 will be at will be able to attend the function $70,000 with a possible carry over with their friends. of 20.000 tons totalling
990,000 tons. With likelihood of the re- vival of world trade to proceed for many years ahead, one cannot be too optimistic to estimate con-
H. K. AQUARIUM SOCIETY
Other property of the Manor Charitable Trust, Isle of Thorn, is very near to Broadstone Warren. The largest Scout camp is at Brynbach, 800 acres, near Denbigh. Sumption for 1937, for the USA. North Wales, and one of the most
at 580,000 tons and the rest of the popular in the South of England world at 400.000-totalling 1,070 is Gilwell Park, Chingford, the 000 tons. Thus even with another nearest camping ground to London: Increase of 5 per cent, the world Kong University at 8,30 p.m. on Some 300 boys canip regularly production
The next meeting of the Hong Kong Aquarium Society will be held in the Laboratory of the Biology Department of the Hong.
can only hope for Monday December 21,
There will be a lantera lecture 990,000 tons plus 62,000 totalling 1,052,000 tons for 1937,
on "Coral Reefs and Islands of Then, as in the case of 'tin, it is Java and Malaya", by the Presl- most probable that if production | dent.
throughout the summer
at G- well and Scoutmasters from all parts of "the world have received training there. Great Towers, on the borders of Lake Windermere, shall not come do to anything All members are earnestly, re- Ls another beautifully wooded like the figure allotted we shallquested, to attend as this will be estate of 240 acres, which was pre-
see another heary inroad into the Presidential address. Guests sented to the Scouts by one or existing already depleted stocks are invited fr brought by members Scouting's pioneers, "Mr. W. B. with subsequent much higher of the Society. Wakefield, and recently opened, by
levels for the price of the com- According to the Constitution the Chief Scout.
modity. Summarising it-now the and Bye Laws of the Society this be the Annual opinion of most dealers in Mincing meeting should Lane that rubber purchases at sd Meeting. but owing to the special One of the minor problems of for any period will from all pre lecture given last month by Dr. local Boy Scouts is to let the Hong vailing reasons point to fruitful Herre, who was passing through Kong public know that they "do results.
the Colony, the preliminaries for the Annual Meeting were unavoid- ably postponed. After the lan- tern lecture the President will ap- point two members to audit the Treasurer's accounts, and names
**WE EXIST AND DO THINGS"
exist and are doing things" It 15 only now and then when they are. giving a publie show do people re- alise the usefulness to which these young boys have, idapted “them-"
Yours faithfully, H. B. JOSEPH & CO. Hong Kong, Dec. 15, 1938.
selves. Very often) Scouters rue H.M.S. BRUCE BOUND of members to be nominated for
FOR HOME
HMS. Bruce left fiarbour yes-
the lack of an opportunity to tell people just what their boys are, doing, especially when their good: turns, are deserving of "some little recognition from local residents. terday morning on her way Home
Greater still is the lack of in-or rent and re-commission. terest the average citizen of this,
Colony has for Scouting which
elsewhere, especially in the larger Troop anding itself engaged at cities of the world, receive the sorme job.
office during the year 1937 will be proposed, seconded and submitted to the Council as directed in "the" Constitution and Bye Laws.
TWO SAMPAN-MEN
HELD FOR MURDER
Amoy, Dec. 14.
been
fullest attention. The importance The Boy Scouts Association of Two sampau-men have and usefulness of Scouting for boys Hong Kong have already mapped arrested in connection with the has created the necessity of telling but their programme for 1937 murder of Eric Carl Hagen, a the public of its work so that which has been provisionally fixed seaman aboard the USB. Tulsa, parents might know of this second- as follows; January: Wolf Cub whose body was washed ashore ary, education which is avaliable Sports Day, Sixers and Seconds" two days ago on the beach st to boys of all ages, regardless of Tes, Rover Boelal; February: Cele- Kulanged, the British settlemen colour, race, and creed.
bration of the Chief Scout's Birth-here.
LOCAL PROGRAMME ́day; March: Totem Pole and Ban-. Hagen, who was 25 years of Throughout the year Boy Scouts ner Rallies, April: Half-yearly age and a native of Beverly Hills, keep themselves busy at doing Meeting of the Scout Council; California, Is alleged to have been things, whether they are staging May: Coronation Celebrations: killed during a dispute with the one of their own displays or they June: Rally at Government House; sampan-men,
funeral was held 128 at 4:30 to-day and his remains were cremated"
ver the service,
charity bazaar. Their programme | October: Autumn Show; Novem is a full one always and never a | ber: Annual Meeting, December:
id "goes by without some Camp Competition.
aboard the Tulas