HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
Taipo Rural Home And Orphanage Extensions Opened By Governor
Recently completed extensions to the Taipo Rural Home and Or- phanage, comprising a girls' home, a chapel and an assembly hall." were opened on Saturday, in the presence of a large number of visi tors, by His Excellency the Governor, Sir Geoffry Northcote.
His Excellency was accompanied by Lady Northcote and Capt. S. H. Batty-Smith, A.D.C. They were welcomed by the Rt. Rev. Ronald Hall, Bishop of Hongkong, Dr. F. I Tseung, chairman and vice- chairman of the Committee," and Miss F. K. Langford, superinten- dent.
ACTIVITIES OF HOME The distinguished visitors were shown all the activities of the Home, and witnessed exhibitions of the work of the orphans and demonstrations in the making of clothes, cooking, making soya-bean milk, needlework, drawing, writing and rattan work.
BISHOP HALL'S SPEECH Reviewing the activities of the Home during the past five years. Bishop Hall said, in part:-
"The Talpa Rural Orphan ge began in the Summer of 1935 when nine boys and one teacher Hving in a matshed began to cultivate a small plece of land and to" care for a few chickens.
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RURAL WORK
"It has been the aim of the Or- phanage from the beginning. to send out into the villages of China, young men and women equipped for rural life, who would in the future become leaders in rural re- construction work. Therefore, we have tried to make the three "R's" take a secondary place in our school curriculum.
"Hand learning has taken preced. ence of book learning and we have regarded the latter as good, only in so far as it has assisted in achieving good marketing, economi- cal methods of housekeeping, and methodical ways of caring for animals and farm produce, Kit- chens, nurseries and felds are our most important classrooms. "
"Vegetables are being sold nearly every day, and next year we hope to enter some of our produce in the New Territories Agricultural Show.
GENEROUS SUPPORT
"In conclusion we wish to ex- press our gratitude to all our "Shortly after they were estab-friends who have so generously. lished here in the spring of 1936, a supported the work of the Orphan- tree planting ceremony was held age both by their services and the on the new site which had been donations which have enabled us purchased to build permanent to carry on, and not least to the homes for boys and girls: The Government for increased .com guests of honour were Sir Thomas operation in this work and in the and Lady Southern.
support of the buildings and main- tenance of the children,
GIRLS' HOMES
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"In April, 1937, three girls' homes "A special word must be added were completed and thirty girls about Miss Picton Turberville's took up residence here; at the contribution. When she visited same time the boys, whose rum-Hongkong with the Mui-tsal Com- bers
were gradually increasing, mission, she was very favourably were housed in strong army huts. impressed by the work of Victoria
GENERAL
Miss Ferry Hopwood, younger daughter of Admiral Ronald A. Hopwood, CB, K.N, (Retd.) and Mrs. Hopwood, of No. 9, Sloane Gardens, S.W.I., who is engaged to Lleut. Charles P. C. Noble, R.N.V.B., son of Admiral Sir Percy L. H. Noble, KC.B., C.V.O., Commander-in-Chief of the China Station, and Lady Noble; Admiral Hopwood was General Secretary of the Navy League from 1919 to 19. He specialised in gunnery,
Wanton Destruction In Shumchun By Japanese
Revealed
"They were, however, not strong Home, then in Kowloon, and made BIRTH CONTROL
enough for the typhoon of 1933, herself at once personally respon-.. which again left them without roof sible for one child.
over their heads. The huts were "Other donors to the work have rebullt, but it was not until Jan. been Mrs. Li Kiam whose gift of 1939, that the boys could feel the $9,000 has built the boys' home security and comparative comfort and Mr. Chau Man-chi whose early of a stone and concrete building. gift of $3,000 secured the site for During last year, too, a new girls' us." section was built taking twenty Before leaving the Home, Hls more girls so that altogether we Excellency inspected the 100 boys. now have a hundred children. and girls who paraded before him.
SERMON
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HUGE LOSSES TO VILLAGERS
The first principle of Christ According to preliminary sur- that is revelant to the subject is veys, it is revealed that the losses
hat it is the individual that sustained matters and not the mass, The Shumchan area, which was mali- by villagers in the mass is only important as it crously affects the individual.
destroyed during the Japanese occupation, reached mil- lions of dollars.
POVERTY AND DISEASK God, I am sure, would rather people have small families and
Spent Stolen STOLE WATCH FROM bring them up well, than large
Money In Gambling
On
HOTEL ROOM BOY SENT TO PRISON Sentence of four months* hard labour was imposed Wong Keung, room boy of the Asia Hotel, when he pleaded guilty before Mr. R: Edwards at the Central Court, on Saturday, la the theft of $1,000. ONLY $114 LEFT
to
A customer booked a room in the hotel and handed the money to the defendant, "asking take it to the accountant for safe keeping. When the customer ask- ed for the receipt, the defendant said he would bring it later, but about 10 p.m. he absconded.
STUDENT
Appearing before Mr. T. J. Hous- tot at the Central Court on Satur- day, charged with the theft of a pocket watch from a student, Wen Hak-chai, unemployed, was sen- tenced labour, with 12 strokes
to three months' hard of the He was also recommended cane, for banishment.
Chan On, 23, who arrested the detendant in Western Street on Friday, was awarded $10.
WELFARE WORKERS Welfare workers, who are now striving to restore the agricultural ones brought up badly, That I know is no always the necessary threatens to overwhelm the entire position, state that pauperisation alternative, for many in large
region from the East River to the families have been brought up well. But in countries like China,
Hongkong border. and sometimes in Europe, and standing crops, farming imple- Seeds for future crops, loss of other places too, where economic circumstances in particular cases try! clothes domestic utensils, and ments, cattle, farm animals, poul-
majority of cases, mean poverty, part of the damage. are bad, large families in a large dwellings, constituted the major and poverty means disease.
I know it can be said hat given a
BUILDINGS DESTROYED
right distribution of wealth, given' The villagers of Wong Pu Ling, a fairer economic system, there which is situated about 1,060 yards
The student, on returning home need be no poverty and so we from the Hongkong border, fared mast Aght economie maladjust-¡ worse, two-thirds of their dwelling ment and not large families.
from school, was approached by the defendant and was asked for loan. When this was refused, defendant went through his pockets and took the watch. Chan On, who happened to witness the scene, arrested the defendant.
Administration Of
Estates By Consular Officials
On the following day he was seen in a tea house in Queen's Road Central and was arrested. Of the $1,000 he had only $1.14 left in his pocket, and he admit-
The Government Gazette con- ted that he had lost the money intains the draft Bill of gambling?
Ordinance to make provision for the administradon of estates br Consular Officers.
REFUGEE RELIEF IN KWANGSI
an
It is explained that Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Japan; Thailand, Turkey and Yugoslavia have entered tato Commercial KWEILIN, Mar. 3 (Central Treases with His Majesty contain- The Kwangsi Provincial authori-ing obligations in regard to the tles are providing emergency re-administration of the estates of lief for refugees who have re-deceased na ionals of either party turned to. Pinyang, battle-torn to the respective treaties dying in town 57 miles north-east of Nan-the territory of the other party. "ning, socording to Gen. Hwang
Hsu-Chu Governor of the vince, who just returned
pro- here
from an inspection tour to the
'south; Kwangsi" front,
He said that food, money is be.
COLONY HEALTH
RETURNS
Twenty-four cases of tuber- erdosis. seven of chicken-pox,
and
But I am talking to the realistic. We must take things as they are and not as we would wish them to be......It is the plain vivid truth that in the world as we know it today 15 per "dent, of those who have large fami'ies are unable to bring these families up to receive the gifts of culture, education, and the more mate- rial comforts of e, which should be their heritage.
BORN TO SUFFER
destroyed,
houses having been whilst of 1,000 cows belonging to this village, only 14 have been re- covered,
It is estimated that It will cost over $30,000 to restore the buildings destroyed to their original state.
According to an aged inhabitant, who "is now 85 years old, It will take a century to restore "the village.
DONATIONS RECEIVED The Shumchun Rural Welfare Centre acknowledges with thanks Think of the thousands of, chil- the following donations: $100 from dren born to suffer from the cradle the employees of the China Em- to the grave--outnumbering the porium; through Miss Atkins; 340 others by thousands to one be- from Miss Wise; 200 lbs. of biscuits cause of the selfishness of their from Mrs. William Loney and Mrs. parents and their refusal to be Pauline Yee, gulded. By the scientific wisdom of eugenics. We have a long way to go before we put into practice the wisdom of Christ in his case for the individual.
The second principle found In the New Testament which supports the bettering in eugenics is closely related to the first. It is the principle that quality matters rather than quantity. I challenge anyone to find a passare "in the New Testament that extols mere numbers or mere site at the expense of quality:
CLEAR ARGUMENT
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ALLEGED ATTACK
BY SAILOR
Lam Shing a 40-year-old rier- shaw coollé, wax admitted to the Queen Mary Hospital with stab wounds in the cheek on Saturday. Lam Shing alleges that a British soldier struck him with a penknife and refused to pay his fare.
they must be overcome by educu- tion.
Everyone who is convinced of the truth of what I am saying Applied to eugenics the argu- should join the Eugenics League ment is clear. We should aim here in Hongkong and so help at producing race of beings, at forward its splendid purpose. the uncontrolled production of their best, mentally, morally, physically and spiritually, but this will never be done with large families........
ing distribued to the refugees three or small-pox (one import and tree quarters are provided for as most of the houses have ed), two of cerebro-spinal fever, “been, reduced.. · to ruins. Cattle
one each of diphtheria, and seeds are also distributed to notitied to the local Health au- enteric: fever and dysentery were them.
thorities on Friday.
FAR EASTERN PORTS In order to enable the poorel The health bulletin. of Eastern students to buy: their textbooks, ports for the week ending February the Szechwan Provincial Göverd- 24 is as follows: Plague--Allepey ment has circularised all book 2 Cases Bassein. 1. Bangkok 2, stores throughout the Province to Pnom-Penh 1: Cholera-Akyab 3. reduce the price of textbooks for Allahabao 1, Calcutta 31, Rangoon one month, beginning from Max, 8, small-por-Veraval 29, Alaha 15. Daring the period textbooks bad 1 Cawnpore 18. Delhi 4, for primary schools will be sold Jodhpur, 16, Bassein 1, Bombay 47 am aware, here in China, of at:10% discount off the regular Calcutta 33, Karachi 2, Rangoon the antagonistic atitude of most putee and those for middle schools 69, Macao 17, Hongkong 44, Shang-nt the Chinese themselves to the at 20 per cent discount.
hal 2.
Larty there should be the pre-! vention of suffering as well as the curing of it. In purely religious matters we are seeing the need for this today more than ever before,
scientific wisdom of eugenics, but
In conclusion; I am only weir aware of what my opi portents say, I know uvěty Argument” against that position I am defending: Natdrally, I sin nöf- able to dlacus thuit in church though. 1" woulg. TÓRY willingly do so privatiły. Siffiog tolmy thef′′I Kare het my opponents on the ground they usually choose for battle--the religions ground, and I believe I have made my gase clear
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