HONG KONG DAILY PRESS
PLAYGROUNDS SERVING HUMOUR OF LAW
A USEFUL PURPOSE
Improving The Health Of Children In Colony
COURTS
(Continued from Page 3),
out thus: "He killed his best friend and just after he had drunk a bottle of rum with him. Good God, my Lords, if he can do such a thing when he is drunk what will he no do when he's sober."
Lord Polkemet. another Scot-
ASSOCIATION'S ANNUAL MEETINGsh worthy, was once asked how
"The playgrounds are serving an extremely useful purpose, as ene may judge by a visit to any of the grounds in the afternoon. Attempts have been made in the past to give an estimate of the numbers going there to play; but that is hardly feasible now, as the increase has reached such a stage where exact figures are impes- sible. Suffice it to say that our grounds are enjoying continued popularity," remarked the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl MacGregor, when the Children's Playgrounds he presided at the annual meeting of Association held at the Registry, Supreme Court, yesterday.
Those present were Hon. Mr. M. Lo, Hon, Dr. R. R. Kotewall Messrs. A. el Arculi. Tang Shlu- kin. W. N. Thomas Tam. Fung
Ping-fan. Li Chor-chi. Tam Hok- lin. Ko Sek-wing and Chan Chi- wal,
that an invitation be sent to nim to inspect the playgrounds and see the children at play.
F
he prepared his judgments. "Te see," he replied, "I first read a' the pleadings and then after letting them wamble in my wame w' the toddy, two or three days I gie my ain interlocutor."
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NOT AN ABSTAINER Lord Coleridge tells of a more modern Judge who was an total Abstainer. One evening he had dined well and
walking through the Temple on his way home when his unsteady gait at- tracted the attention of a police- His Excellency the Governor.
who asked him his name Sir Geoffry Northcote, was unant-What a your name, officer?" mously elected to be Patron of the asked the judge in dignified tones. Association, and the officers for "Paul" was the reply. The Judge the coming year were elected en grasped his hands" warmly and bloc, as follows:-
said, "I'm very pleased to meet you at last. Tell me, did you ever get an answer to your letter to the Golosbes."
While paying tribute to the many officers of the Association
OFFICERS for their great work. Sir Atholl said that special thanks were due to
President-ils Honour Sir Atholl Mr. F. L Colllsson, their former honorary auditor, who had left the MacGregor: Vice-Presidents-Hon. Colony on retirement, and Mr. P. Dr. RH. Kotewall, Hon. Mr. M. K. P. J. Hamilton, of the Government Lo, Dr. S. W. Tvo, R. A. D. Forrest. Audit Department, who had kindly J. L. McPherson. fulfilled the office.
Executive Committee.-W. N. Thomas Tam. (Chairman), G. R. Sayer. Tang Shiu-kin, Li Chor-chi.
man
In conclusion, here are one or
new to some, at least, of you. two stories which I hope will be Firstly, here is one of the famous
well known as it deserves to be. Sergeant Arabin which is not so He was sitting at the Old Bailey
A. el Arcull. The Omcers, P. P. when an urchin found guilty of Hamilton (Hon. Auditor); Repre- petty larceny came up for sentence. sentatives of Kowloon-Residents Association,
Hongkong Football
JUDGE AND URCHIN
Special mention was also made of the Hon. Dr. P. S. Selwyn- Clarke Director of Medical Ser- vlees-for-the keen interest which he is taking in the Association
It was said that Dr. Selwyn-
"This is not the first time," said Clarke had once remarked that Association, Royal Hongkong 'Colf the work of the Association was Club, Hongkong Civil Service C.C..he, Judge," that I have seen your greatest movement in the HK. Lawn Bowls Association, Chi-face or you have seen mine." "No," Colony for improving the health nese YMCA.. Hongkong Jockey said the boy, beginning to whimper, children Club, Hongkong Football Club. Want is the first time I was ever Yan College (Kowloon), Kowloon here, Your Worship. I hope you
the
and "condition of the here.
Bir Atholl added that the A350-
forward clation
looking WIS eagerly to the help of Dr. Selwyn- Clarke and it had been decided
WORLD BRIDGE OLYMPIC
Entries For Contest Tonight
"
Golf Club.
Honorary Treasurer: 3. W. Ko: Honorary Secretary: Fung Ping- fan.
COLONY HEALTH
will have mercy.
"Don't tell me that," said Arabin, "I can't be deceived. Your face is very familiar to me. Oaoler, do you know anything of this young- ster?" "Yes, My Lord." said the Gaoler, "he is a bad boy, the as- Boclate of thieves. He's beer badly brought up; my Lord, His mother
Health returns for the five days. keeps disreputable house in ended midnight. April 18, show the whitechapel" following:--
"Ah," said Árubin, "I knew I was Small-pox: 40 cases: diphtheria.right. I was quite sure his face cases; scarlet fever, 1 case: en-was well known to me." teric fever, 1 case: measles, 21 cases; chicken-pox, 4 cases; core-.
cases bro spinal meningitis, 9 Contestants in the Bridge Olyma-jdysentery. 4 cases, ple Tournament to be held at the Chinese Club, No. 6 Des Voeux Road Central, tonight, are requested to arrive there at 7.45 pm so that the procedure may be explained and play may start.promptly at the scheduled time.
REBUKE TO HOUSEMAID Scrutton, while at the Bar, was once going into Court when a lady admirer of his stopped him and said rather breathlessly: "Oh. Mr. Scrutton, will it be all right if I come into court and listen to you?" Scrutton looked at her gravely death;
and said, "Yes, 1 think so. There Cholera: Bassein, I case: Cal-is nothing positively indecent 17. argument. It concerns the Entries closed with the following eutta. 134; Delhi, 1 (suspected:
construction of a charter party." Haiphong, 1; Hanol, 17. pairs:--
I like to remember the old judge
1. Mr. F. A. GUI and Mr. Le d
Ozorio.
H. Tyson
EASTERN HEALTH The Health Bulletin of Eastern Ports for the week ending April 9 gives the following particulars:-
Plague: Allahabad,; Rangoon, 1 case.
1
! Hong Kong. 124; Shanghai, 8.,
my
Small-pox: Bombay, 128; Cal- rutta, 228; Karachi, 2; Madras, 57;who-in-rebuking the housemaid for Vizagapatem, 1; Caenpore, 7;-Delhi, using his bath during his absence 2-Mrs, Walter Kent and Mrs. F. 3: Haiphong. 15: Hanoi, 18; Macao, said, more in sorrow than in anger. "Mary. I am grieved to think you should do behind my back what you would not do before my face." And of Lord Coleridge's classical speech on the charms and beauties of Oxford. "And when I speak of Oxford, I speak not of this college or of that college, but of Oxford a'a whole; and gentlemen, what 1 whole Oxford 'iz”
3. Hon Mr. Justice R. E. Lind- sell and Mr. G. M. D. D. Wolf. Capt. S. M. Kharegat and Mr. K. C. Lee.
5-Lady Macgregor and Mrs. A.
V. Greaves."
6.Mr. D. A O'Kieffe and Mr.
John Stenersen.
T-Ms. Howard Donovan and
Mr. W. J. D. Roberts.
CHINESE ART EXHIBITION
Collection On View Ar
St. Francis Hotel &
The artistic productions of a famous Chinese artist, Mr. Wong
3. Mr. M. W. Lo and Mr. J. C. [OI-hung, are to be exhibited from
Fool
✔
today, until next Wednesday at the
3.-Mrs. Albert Raymond and St. Francis Hotel.
Mrs. Harry Odell, ---10.—Mrs, W. T. Stanton and Count
de Courseulles.
11. Mr. and Mrs. John Brownley. 12-Mr. A. Vaswani and Mr. Wick
"
Baker.
13-Mr. M. H. Lo and Mr. Horace
14-Mr. D. Eung 'and Mr. M. N.
Rakusen, ***
15.-M. Ip Lan and Mr. A. 1, 0.
Basto.
16. Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Pearce. 17.-L.-C6L E. 8. Doughty and
Mr. G. Ú. Black sta
J. J. McLachlan. -
...
10. Mr. M. C. Tang and Mr. S.
Lee. 20-Mr. W. E. Denison and Mr.
R. F. Muller,
KING'S SPEECH
For this story I am indebted to Sir Thomas Inskip when he was. Attorney General There is a dis- tressingly common practice of re- Mr. Wong's pictures were well ferring all sorts of matters to the received by Chinese and foreigners Attorney General for his opinion, during exhibitions in Shanghai, sometimes for good cause but often Nanking, and other places. On his merely for what is vulgarly known return from Nanking. Mr. Wong as passing the buck.* has brought with him a good 'num- įber of pictures of various forms for
exhibition.
CHINESE COUPLE
MARRIED
Mr. Wong Peng-ho, probationary sanitary inspector, and Miss Kung Chuk-sau, daughter of Mr. Kung
ried
AL
GENERAL
ACCIDENT AT KAI TAK
Bomber Crashes
On Lauding
The second mishap within a week occurred at Kal Tak sero-. drome yesterday abortly before noon when a Falroy Swordfish tor- peda bomber, carrying a pilot and
one passenger, met with an acc dont when landing into the wind.
On touching the ground, the ma- chine swerved violently to the right, leaving a skid mark of about 30 yards.
....
Both the pilot, Flying Officer R. H. M. Heriot-Hill, and hisTM com- panion escaped without serious in- jury.
Mr. Baldwin a few years ago re-i reived from the Secretary to the Cabibet a copy of the King's Speech, at the end of which was the pencil note refer to A.G." The Prime Minister saw no reason
It's understood that the cause of the mishap was a technical de- fect in the right leg of the under- carriage.
It will be recalled that a plane.
(Swordfish) from HMS. Eagle sustained damages to the under carriage while landing at Kai Tak Airport on Thursday morning. The plane was one of the two squadrons from the aircraft carrier that were dying to Kal Tak to be stationed there.
BI-ANNUAL GOLF MATCH
Kowloon And Happy Valley
The following are the results of the Bi-annual match between the Kowloon Golf Club and the Happy
inks on Good Friday:--- Valley Club, played at Kowloon
SINGLES
Happy Valley 124: Kowloon it.-. R. Young and T. D. Paton, 1-0. J. Rodger and W. A Stewart, 1-0. E. T. McMullen and G. Mine, 1-0. R."G"Parker and A. L Eastman.
1-
A. D. Humphreys and F. C. Barry,
1-0.
H. H. Mundy and J. D. Thomson,
1-0
W. S. Hiller and A.. A. Lopes, 1-0. T. B. Low and R L Moncrieff,
10.
J. A. R. Belby and W. V. Ahern,
01..
G. E. Willerton and E. O. Murphy.
1-0.
F. E. Booker and C. G. Anderson,«
0-1.
D. Humphreys and W. Bastin, 1-1, G. T. May and W. M. Groves, 1-0. N. J. Booker and E. M. Hanlon.
0-1.
W. J. Buller and T. Henderson,
1-0.
A. Brooksbank and W. Stoker,; 0-1.
~FOURSOMES
Happy Valley 101; Kowloon 6. R. Young, J. Rodger and T. D.
Paton, W. A Stewart, 2–0.,
E; T. McMullen, R. G.Parker and G. Milne, A. L. Eastman, 0-21.
A. D. Humphreys, H. H. Mundy."|| and F. C. Barry, J. D. Thomson, 0-2.
W. 3. Hilller, T ̧B, Low and A. A. Lopes, R. L Mcnerieff, 0-2.
J. A. R. Selby, G. E. Willerton and W. V. Ahern, E. O. Murphy. 21-0. "F. E. Booker, D. Humphreys and,
3. G. Anderson, W. Bastin, 2-0: G. T. May, N. J. Booker and W. M.
Groves and E. M. Hanlon, 2-0. W. J. Buller, A. Brooksbank and T. Henderson, W. 6toker, 2-0. Final Results; 229 to 11 in favour of the Valley.
ELEVEN GOALS TO ONE!
H. M. B. Falmouth was heavily
to consult the Attomey General so defeated when they played a he struck out the note and next friendly hockey match at the day asked the Secretary to the Navy ground in King's Park, Cabinet what there was in the against H. M. S. Pandora. They speech on which he thought the lost by eleven goals to one. 18. Mr. F. C. MacDonald and Mr. Hon, retired merchant, were mar Attorney General's opinion should
The score at half-time was fre the Registry. Supreme be taken. Court. yesterday.
"Oh was the reply, "you mis the goals while Lieut. Anderson one. AB. Penny scored four of Mr. W. Aneurin Jones. Deputy understood my note. I jotted it Registrar of Marriages, officiated, down to remind me to add a was the only scorer for the Fal- and the witnesses were the bride's paragraph invoking the blessing of mouth. The teams were:
Almighty God on the labours of IL M. S. FALMOUTH:-S.T. Pet- Parliament."
tifer: Lieut. Anderson (1) Eleut. Many years ago a banquet was Buckeridge; Lieut. Blake, Chief given in honour of a Scottish minor Shipwright Munday, Leading poet, and the Chairman in the Stoker Hart: D.D. Rich, 8.B.A. festive enthusiasm of the hour ex- Shaw, AB, Rivett, A.B Reddicliffe. pressed. his profound conviction, and Tel. Biebald:--
21.-Mr. T. F to and Mr. H.
22.-Mr. A. D. Sequeira and Mr. H.
A. Barros.
GOVERNOR
VISIT
ई.
CHINESE Y M.CA.
father and Mr. Lun Yew-poh.
ANNOUNCEMENT
The forthcoming marriage is an- nounced between Mr. Lui On-wah, teacher, St. Louis Industrial School, [end "Miss Chuf Chi-kit. teacher-
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
amid general applause, that two HMS PANDORA:-Lieut. songs by the guest, of the evening Donald (2); Lieut. StrJohn, dent. would live as long as language Cave (1); OP.9. Fallöm, L. Tel. lasted. The poet writhed in his McCombe L Tel. Storr: Tel.
A tea and reception, in honour of At the meeting of the Legislative seat and exclaimed in a-hollow Groves (2) A.B. Ham, AB Penny His Excellency the Governor (Bir Council today the Colonial Secre-whisper to his neighbour: "Good (4), AB, Variow:(2) and 8.TO. Geoffry Northcote) will be given by fary will move that the report of Heavens! Here have 1 written five Leachm the Chinese Young Men's Christian the Finance Committee (No. 3). hundred, poems, and he says that ar Association this afternoon at 430 dated April 13, 1938, be adopted. only two of them will be im
at the Association Building in and the Attorney General will move mortali wake w
Bridges Street. The function is to the second and third reading of I claim no immortality for any of you, hay mark His Excellency's first visit to a Bill to amend the Vaccination of these fragmentory recollections, amused, the
but I do trust that some at least any of the Association.
Ordinance, 1933."
that
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RA.M.C. DANCE
The next dance of the RAMC. Association will take place in the Hotel Cecil on Saturday, commen"""
log at 8.30 p
The dance: orchestra of Ton! Desmond will be in attendance.
SMALL UNITS HOCKEY
The replay of the final of the Small Units Hockey Competition between Brd, Med. Ety, HLKERA and EQ Wing 1/Midd'x R WI take place at Bookdumpoo tomp-TOW, | bully off at 1:30 pas 57
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