TELEGRAMS
(Reuter's.)
Colombia and the New Republic.
LATER.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY,
NOVEMBER 20, 1903.
make sure that they are the most useful that can be devised.
.. Impressed by these views the examiners have paid the attention to places and marks,' work of the school is laid upon the soundest but have set themselves to inquire whether the
being done, is being done in the best possible possible lines, and whether what is in fact
way.
with which; I'my' say, I fully concur. Your the Pass, and shots were pat on them at the Excellency is presided over us for a period of rate of zo shots a minute. I do not think any five years, and during that time the delibera- destroyers could enter the Pass, at that rate: tions and discussions in this Cooncil have been It has been my good fortune to serve under Excellency said, and with mutual good feeling, it may yet be my better fortune to serve under conducted without personal rur cour is your your Excellency now, in two islands, and I hope LONDON, 18th November This I venture to ascribe in a great measure Representatives of the Panama Govern. to your consummate tact and courtesy and your under my command I wish you and Lady you again. On behalf of the officers and, men ment have met the Colombia Peace Comfness and sound jud ment, as president f mission on board of an American warship ncise review of the saint features of your this Council, you have just given us, Sir, a
Blake God-speed, and that you may enjoy in and declined to re-tinite with Colombin, administrati, and will you permit me to say, (Applause.)
that interesting and beautiful island to which From this altered view of their task, it fol You src now going many happy days.lowed that the examination could no longer be stating that the latter's assurances regarding Sir, that your pist administrative acts have the concession of a further consideration of given entire satisfaction to the community
the Lower School will rise to the Upper; but limited to the Upper School. Not all boys in the Canal Treaty, were too late. The Peace which I have the honour to rar resent, and have,
the Upper has with few exceptions passed Commission has returned to Savanilla.
through the Lower School, And it is found moreover, won the confidence and respect, the admiration and affection of the whole of the
that the effects of bad teaching in the lower Chinese community. I am confident, Sir, that
classes are not easily got rid of.. bloreover, the they will be fruitful of the best results to the
Lower School is, speaking broadly, staffed by been newly acquired. Personally I cannot bid Colony and the New Territory also, which has
Chinese masters, and the Upper Schoot by you a farewell to day without thanking you for
masters in the lowest Classes. It seemed, to English masters; and, further, there seems a your invariable kindness and consideration to
tendency to place the least experienced Chinese myself and my colleague in this-Council, Mr.
the Examiners that if it came to a choice be Wei Yuk, in our capicity as representatives of
the latter could less safely be neglected. In ween inspecting the Upper and Lower Schools, the Chinese. No one knows hetter than your Excellency that it is oftentimes an arduous task
upon them, their number has been increased order to cope with the extra work thus imposed to represent the multifarious and many interests
from two to three. kind consideration and assistance we have of this community in the Council, but by your found that task made, very easy for us, and sometimes very pleasant, so that I myself can- not allow this occasion to pass without thanking ur Excellency most sincerely for your past kidness to us and myself, and in bidding you frewell officially to-day I wish to assure your Excellency of my profound respect and esteem and 1 desire also that your Excellency will accept our best wishes for your future happiness and prosperity. (Applause)
The Panama Canal. Mr. John Hay, (Secretary of State, U. S. America) states that the Panama delegates are already prepared to draft a Panama Canal Convention.
The King of Italy's Visit
to England.
At a state banquet in St. George's Hall, Windsor Castle, King Victor Emanuel, in toasting his hosts, said that the ever increas ing sympathy and friendship uniting Eng land with Italy constitute for my people traditions for my Government and import ant factors in its policy, which, like that of England is one of peace and civilization.
(Manila Cublen vis.)
Isthmian Canal.
Washington, 16th November. President Roosevelt has appointed Senator Mark A. Hanna, of Ohio, as President of the United States Panama Canal Commission which is to deal with Senor Bunanvarila, diplomatic agent of the Republic of Panama, who recently arrived in this City.
The Commission will also look after all
Hon. Wei Yuk--Your Excellency, My hon. friend and colleague has so well and truly expressed my views and my own expressions with regard to your Excellency that he has left me no words to do anything more than to express my entire concurrence with his remarks. I join him in wishing your Excellency good health, prosperity and happiness. (Applause.)
American interests in the Isthmus.
Hon. C. W. Dickson-Your Excellency, Germany has formally recognized the Re resume of what has transpired during the My hon. colleague at this Council has given a public of Panama by opening officially rela-period I have had the honour to serve on this ions with the new State.
Bogota, U. S. of Colombia, 16th Nov.
Council, and has spoken of the marked esteem The president has named a Commission to Excellency, and touched also on the fairness with which we, one and all, look upon your treat with the peace enyoys from the de facto which has characterised, the attitude of the government of Panama, newly constituted as a anofficial members in this Council. In these republic since its secussion from Colombia. President Marroquin, has ordered this Com-
sentences which he has expressed I am very mission to do its utmost to effect a reconcilia and wishing your Excellency good-bye I join pleased indeed to be able to cordially concur, tion with the turbulent Isthmians.
with him in expressing the wish that your Excellency may enjoy health and prosperity for all time. (Applause)
The Near East.
Sofia, 16th Nov.
One hundred and forty Bulgarian army officers have been summarily cashiered for complicity in connection with a plot against Turkey. The greatest excitement prevails in the capital and the army is on the verge of disruption because of the edicts of dismi sal
Shipping Disaster in S. Africa.
Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony, 16th Nov, Five vessels have been driven ashore and completely wrecked in Algoa Bay, on the southeast Coast of Cape Colony, South Africa. The ships were the famous old South American and Cuban filibuster Two Brothers, the Arjan sort, County of Pembroke, Wayfarer and San Antonio.
Wireless Telegraphy.
London, 16th November. Wireless telegrams have at last been success- fully sent and a service established between the United States and the Argentine Republic in South America.
Alleged Biblical Discovery..
Cairo, Egypt, 16th November. Hitherto unknown teachings and sayings of Jesus Christ, addressed to one of the Twelve, the apostle Saint Thomas, lave been discover- ed by recent investigators. A profound sensa- tion has been created in the biblical world by the discovery of these priceless documents, whose, authenticity has been fully and satis- factorily established
SIR HENRY'S FAREWELL.
THE COUNCIL'S EULOGY. Following is a verbatim report of the various speeches made at the Legislative Council meet- ing after 1.E's farewell address, and which was summarised in our issue iast evening-
The Attorney General:-Your Excellency, l'he official members of this Council and the public servants of the Colony generally feel come when you are about to. relinquish the the utmost regret and sorrow that the time has administration of the affairs of this Colony. It is tempered by the knowledge that you leave of an able and capable officer who has had the the administration of the Colony in the hands advantage of a long training. (Applause.) Still, sir, we have felt it to be a certainty for would be required by His Majesty the King some time that your Excellency's services elsewhere than in Hongkong and we have felt the time had arrived in your Excellency's long and illustrious career in the public service of highest distinction-namely, the blue ribbon of the Empire when you would achieve the the service in the Governorship of Ceylon, Ceylon and the Colony generally on the We here congratulate the Civil servants of acquisition of yourself as its Governor, and we in this Colony, knowing you so well, predict for you in the administration of the affairs of Ceylon the same conspicuous success that has marked your administration of the affairs of Hongkong. On behalf of the official members of this Comucil 1 bid you a respectful farewell (Applause).
gentlemen, for the kindness with which you His Excellency-I thank you very much, have spoken. I feel it very deeply, and assure you that I entirely concur in one remark that the hon. Attorney General has made, and that is in the fact that the Colony is to be congratulated that when I leave its shores on Saturday I shall leave its administration in the whole community, who is well known to you sands of a man who has the confidence of the
honesty and integrity are well known to you all, who knows this place thoroughly and whose all. (Applause)."
QUEEN'S COLLEGE.
IMPORTANT RECOMMENDATIONS,
presented to the Legislative Council yester- The following report ou Queen's College was day:-
Education Department, Hongkong, 25th September, 1903. Sir, I have the honour to forward a report ing Body by the Examiners on Queen's College submitted to the Governor-
teaching at Queen's College should be so 2. It appears to the Governing Body that the organized that a boy who has succeeded in able diligence and ability) to have acquired a reaching the upper Classes, ought (with reason.
knowledge of English, as it is spoken and fair knowledge of Chinese, a reasonably good
considerable facility to translate from one written and printed, and ought to be able with language to the other. These attaininents will be to him, in after life, of much greater value than a superficial knowledge of Algebra and Euclid, for instance, or long lists of tributary rivers, &c., stored away in his memory, tilt time effaces them.
3. Knowing Chinese and English, the liter he pushes his studiet, as opportunity offer, atures of both countries lie open before him if after he leaves the College
special subjects but speak only of relative 4. The Governing Body do not undervalue importance.
the difficulty some masters, who do not know 5. The Governing Body can well appreciate
imparting their knowledge of that language to very much English themselves, must have in the boys in the lower part of the school. But speaking generally, they agree with the recom- niendations of the Examiners.
difficult one, and the Governing Body is of 6. The question of suitable Readers is a opinion that it might be referred to the Com mittee now sitting to consider the teaching of English among other subjects taken lo: con nection with the Oxford Local examinations. Examiners' fees—I have, etc,
7. Will you kindly authorise payment of the
EDWARD A. IRVING, Hongkong Secretary to the Governing
Body, Queen's College. llon. F. H. MAY, CMG,
Colonial Secretary.
spection at Midsummer instead of at Christmas It was considered advisable to hold the In
for promotions and prizes. as in former years, in order to interfere as little possible with the Christmas examination.
THE ARRANGEMENT OF CLASSES. ed from I to VII, of which the first three con- The school is divided into Classes, number- stitute the Upper, and the rest the Lower School. Each Class is divided into two, three, or four Divisions, distinguished by letters A, B, C, D. The Divisions of a Class do the same work; but they are otherwise quite in dependent, each under its own master.
in the Lower School, and once a-year in the Promotions take place twice a year as a rule Upper School. The top boys go from Division The number of scholars in a Division varies A of one Class into Division 1 of the next. between zo and 60, reckoning by the average attendance."
The Headmaster has, since the last inspection, The great majority of the boys are Chinese, hat there are also a number of Portuguese, Indians and Eurasians, with a very few English. given up the two special Classes in the Upper School for non-Chinese, The Headmaster dose not identify himself with any Class or Division, but exercises supervision over all.
RESULTS ATTAINED IN THE VARIOUS SUBJECTS.
night) included the examination of individual The inspection (which lasted, about a fort boys, the inspection of note books, and a study of the methods employed by the masters, Helow are given the conclusions we have drawn, arranged under the different subjects,
In
Colloquial English-In order to be able to make a more thorough investigation of the results obtained in this subject, we confined ourselves for the most part to an examination of a selection of 5 boys in each Division, so chosen as fairly to represent it. Class VIII, representing 6 months to a year's been made; and the bays understood a num work, a fair beginning seemed to have ber' of sentences relating to their work, such as * Put away books," "Clean your slates." The inaster gave such orders in English, though he made the mistake of translating them into Chinese immediately afterwards. We did not find any attempt made to teach the boys to do the talking till much higher Classes were reach- ed. We regret that the colloquial acquired in Classes VII, VI, V and IV by boys who have prestekably been studying from 2 to 5 years by in means shewed a sufficiently rapid improve- ment. In fact only in IV A under a European master did the boys begin to talk a little. All we could get was a Chinese version of English sentences spoken to them by us. To give ex- the master was still giving the orders "Put amples of very general faults, in Class VI A I., away your slates" and "Stand up"in Chinese, in none of 4 boys asked knew the names of the four seasons.
In the Upper School we took the boys out on the verandah and asked them to describe what Exept in Class I and II there was little at- they saw in the streets and shops before them, tempt at conversing. We noticed that boys in a Class taught by an English master vere much more willing to make an attempt than those in n Class under the direction of a Chin-
'ese master.
its derivatives. It will hardly be believed that of 63 papers corrected in Class I, no less than never be ashame" (this form alone recurred in zo contained these and kindred mistakes "will
ashame on the sufferer" &c., &c. Another 14 papers) "cause him much ashamed", "make
tenses of verbs in a sentence correctly, especial very general mistake is failure to balance the ly in conditional sentences, where 'bas' or 'bad' is needed in the apadosis. "I will not dare to do what he had done", "If the Governinent do not punish the offenders, the people could not be safe."
To-day's Advertisements.
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITED.
FOR SWATOW.
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"HAILOONG," Captain Evans, will be despatched for th above Fort, TO-MORROW, îbe 21st instan
at II A.M.
letter, the recipient of which was to be inform- In Class II the subject for composition was a erl that there was some talk of increasing the time devoted to Chinese studies in the schools of the Colony," the writer giving his own views. (This was a very popular subject: some origin. al views were developed. Incidentally it may he mentioned that a very large majority were non-Chinese with few exceptions.) On correct- in favour of the increase, the dissentients being ing the papers we found the greatest inequality THE Company's Steamship,
tady who has had many years' experience as in them and in order to come to some definite conclusion on this point we shewed them to a mistress of a school under the London School Roard. She kindly classified them for us as follows:-
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12 correspondled with Standard VII.
21
25
19 14
VI.
V
IV. HI,
closely with our own estimate. Here again there is a long but very feeble tail. It is This classification corresponded sufficiently.
obvious that in a Class representing a year out of the school life there should not be a difference represented by four years in the attainments of the first and last dozen scholars.
and would do so, were it not for the deficiencies As it stands the Class reaches the Fifth Standard. It should reach the Sixth Standard, of a score or more of boys who should never have been admitted into it.
Jo Class 11 a short story was rend to fifteen boys' selected by the examiners as representing
times over very slowly and distinctly. Only renrectly; the rest failed through inability to he 3 Divisions. Eight gave the sense of it follow it, though it was delivered several one out of the eight was in Division C: thus Divisions A and passed 7 out of to which is creditable, and Division failed utterly."
Writing, spelling, and dictation in the lower school were on the whole good, especially the handwriting, which was generally speaking takes in dictation were made in some Divisions very gond throughout the school. Many mis- of the lower school, but others did very well, VI C, and VIB, for instance.
(To be continued.)
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LANGKATS.
The Directors of the Maatschappij to: Mijn. Bosch en Landbouw exploitatie in Langkat Ld. have declared a fifth interim dividend of S'hai Tls. 7.50 (making to date a total payment working for the year ended 31st October, 1903, S'hai Tis. 35.00) per share, in respect of the payable on the 15th proximo.
Lo-Dill s Advertisements.
HONGKONG RIFLE ASSOCIATION.
THE
HE COMPETITION TO-MORROW, the 2151 instant, will be for Long Range, Cups and Spoons, commencing at 7.30 P.M.
RANGES. 700 and 800 yards. Ten Shots and a Sighter at each Range.
MOWBRAY S, NORTHCOTE, Hon. Secretary. Hongkong, 20th November, 1903.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
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Hon. Gershom Stewart:-Your Excellency,- Although new member of this Council, l'am an old resident in this Colony, and I have fol- lowed always with great Interest deeds of those, who have been sent to rule over us. Com- parisons are a vays to be avoided, and I shall content myself with saying that with the wise and liberal line on which you have carried on the administration of this Colony I have always felt myself most-en irely in accord. I think this Colony owes to you a debt of gratitude which, (Applause) For the last ten years we have been as time goes on, will grow larger and larger. struggling with that scourge of pingue. We have been learning in sorrow and bitterness the truth of the old saying, thai "cleanlines' is next a godliness." thas been an immense support and it has been of incalculable value to those who were placed over us have the courage and devotion to labour and combat that dreadful evil. (Applause). I am delighted to be able to say that in the Governor we are losing and the Governor we are going to get we have two examples of devotion which have inspired other men. (Applause, i believe that, besides those things we know, this Colony is indebted to you for much work which perhaps has not been made public. The opening, for instance, of that port of Weichow would never have been effected without you, I think it is pos- sible that that place may in future be of grent importance to us. We have been associated- some of us-in an epoch-making thing in regard to the railway commencement in Southern China. I believe the question which will agitate our minds here in the immediate future more than any other is whether or no this Colony shall be the open door for the arterial railway from Hankow to Canton. We will have the pleasure of listening to you once maré, Sir, and I trust you will give us your views on that most important point. The keen
In the Lower School there was a general sympathy and good-heartedaess with which
unwillingness to attempt to say anything. No you have listened to and assisted in every pos
doubt this was partly due to nervousness. sible way those in distress have been an en- Hon. Sir Paul Chater:-Your Excellency,→
Colloquial is a difficult subject to teach; but couragement to that charity by which you say..
when every lesson can be made a lesson in Speaking on behalf of the unofficial members,
this Colony has distinguished itself. We can I can confidently say that we have all listened
colloquial, we cannot help thinking that not forget the manner in which you took under
much of the inability to speak or understand to your farewell speech with equal interest and
Sir,-As requested in C. S. O. 4452/03, we English is due to the fact that the Chinese, your care that plague-stricken district in the inspected Queen's College during the last fort regret, with great interest because of the im- west of the city nor of the assistance your afford-night of the suminer term, and have now the portant questions with which it deals, with per-
tnasters employ Chinese and not English, ed to the sufferers by the typhoon of 1920. honour to submit the following report.
when giving directions connected with the sonal regret because we recognise that it is the last occasion on which you will address this
Even within the last month it was owing large. METHOD OF CONDUCTING THE EXAMINATION,question the zeal of the Chinese masters; they n dinary routine work. We have no wish to Council. I can assure you, Sir, that we most
ly to your efforts that several hundreds of un- fortunate Chinese were rescued from a watery the Government, in a different way fom usu..
The examination was held, by the desire of appeared to be carrying out to the best of cordially reciprocale the expressions of good grave in the confines of this Colony. 1 cordial has hitherto been an examination of the will that have fallen from you. (Applause) ly endorse everything that has been said by Upper School only (lasses I, 1, and I,) muniction between master and boy was, as their ability-a very difficult task, but in the The relations between the head of the my colleagues, and as Governor and one of the and has been held at the end of the winter term
Lower School, Chinese as a medium of com- THE Undersigned have received instructions Executive and this Council, during your Ex-best-hearted members of the human family
we have said, far too common. cellency's tenure of office, have been marked that it has ever been my good fortune to meet, prizes and promotions depending upon it. It in connection with the Christmas examinations; with the best of feeling, and I am sure that all wish you farewell and all happiness. ('p this involved the examination of every in- my colleagues will agree with me that every plause.) opportunity has been given by you, for the
dividual scholar in every one of the subjects by ventilation and discussion of debatable ques-
Colonel L. F. Brown:-Your Excellency, him, and an exact comparison of the papers in In the farewell address to which we have just tions. For my own part, I can truly say that listened, you scarcely touched on the assistance in each Class might be ascertained. The ecli subject, in order that the order of merit I have always received the greatest considera- which you have given to the military forces of fabour of such an undertaking, dealing as tion at your hands; that for any subject. I de sired publicity you have afforded me every persounet which are now under this command.
this Colony in increasing the armament and it must with more than a thousand papers, facility; and any proposals that I have had the
is considerable. good fortune t be able to put forward for
Without your assistance I think it would have time to the examiners for such considerations It does not leave much the benefi: of the Colony have received your
been scarcely possible to increase the garrison to the extent it now is. But to, worthily up.
as the efficiency of the staff, the discipline, prompt attention and your earnest support. hold the British flag in British waters requires
or the nature of the method of instruction, Your Excellency will leave this Colony in many
Indeed, the nature fthe examination tended to respects much better than you found it. Public armament and personnel now under this com
a naval base, which requires protection. Thep event the examiners from easily considering works have made samne pragress, but perhaps inand have been gradually increased during declare which boy had best assimilated the these vital paints. Their first duty was to more his been done to initiate them that your Governorship, and now the arms and the educational diet provided for him. That diet actually to bring them to completion. You number of inca in this Lolóny are scarcely might be unwholesome; and the healthier have sown where your surcessor will reap. inferior to those of Gibraltar. You have also instinct the one that turned from ir. But, how. Works commenced in your time will be com- kindly given to us the permission to make use pleted during his term of office. The boundaries of the uninhabited parts of the New Territory to award praise and blame on the results before ever unwillingly, the examiners were compelled of the Colony have been extended, the popula for training our men, I have been lately then, after which any criticism in a contiary tion considerably increased, ils importance inspecting them on the slopes of Taimoshana sense that they might make, would be apt to enhanced, and its revenue very largely aug perfect training ground; there is no training fall unheeded. mented, so largely, indeed, that the sanitary ground I know in England or in any country improvements, which are now so very necessary, that I know of, that is equal to it (Applause) may be gradually carried into effect without in--and the men have learned very valuable creasing the taxation. That p ogress will, I am lessons there. This constant working on the sanguine, continue. Neither temporary com hillside just as they would be in actual warfare mercial depression nor the recurrent outbreaks of plague will be able to permanently arrest valuable defenders of the Colony, (Applause.) was of the greatest use in making them it and I trust that Your Excellency will be able to note from your new post in Ceylon the
was watching them shooting the other day, onward march of that improvement here that you have laboured to promate. (Applause.) ! must not monopolise the time of the Council. I am sure my unofficial colleagues are anxious to address you, too, and ne doubt they will fill in the gaps which am only, too conscious occur in my own. In conclusion, nothing new remains but to bid you, officially, farewell, and to assure you that the unvarying tact, patience, and good temper with which you have presided over the deliberations of this body, and the conscientious care, you have taken in the ad. ministration of affairs during the last five years will abide with us in the future. (Applause.)
Hon. Dr. Ho Kai-Your Excellency,-As senior representative of the Chinese at this Council I may be permitted to add a few words to the remarks of the senior unofficial member,
that, while the examiners were not put in the Further the system was objectionable, in best position for doing that which they were hest qualified to do, they were not the persons
side'examiner may be, the best judge to decide best qualified for the task actually given them. However pain taking and skilful an nut- who deserves prizes and promotions will still
for 25 seconds at ten small objects placed eye day after day throughout the year. And it A small squad of men were allowed to shoot be the master who has had the Class under his on the hillside, and before the 25 seconds were will often happen that the decision of the
are not accustomed to hill-climbing or who had
up seven of these were knocked over, Regi-examiners will stultify the predictions of the the landing of almost any number of men who in the eyes of his scholars. ments that can shoot in that way need not fear master, and so inevitably.disable his judgment
have no doubt that if a party from a foreign ed order of merit. The duty is analogous not shot or worked in a country of this sort. tempted to draw up the school in a graduate The examiners have in fact hi herto at- country arrived in this Cofony they would walk to that of arranging troops in review order, into a death trap. I have also been watching first the the firing of the new guns lately added to this Such a duty in the latter case is best teller and then the shoner.
to anything to be seen anywhere, and the with the men, and not by the Inspecting armament. In range and power they are equal performed by those who are closest in touch
complete. The firing from them was also portant duties to fulfil. He has to see that batteries of small quick-firing guns are now Officer. He has other and more widely im- rather remarkable. At the small battery at Lycemun vessels representing destroyers towed performed; but he al e considers the intrinsic such exercises as are performed, are smartly about 15 miles an hour went through value of the exercises, and it is his business to
the Gouin, and other related systems, are now What is sometimes called the New Method, almost universally employed in France and Germany and very generally in England, but are apparently unknown or not approved of at Engi sh. the College, as means of teaching colloquial
Composition: including Handwriting, Spel- ling and Dictation-Original composition in School. The teaching of Colloquial, Hand English is offered for examination the Upper writing and Spelling in the Lower School forms course of preparation for it.
for Highway Robbery was set as an Essay. Is Class The Stocks as a Tenishment
It was expected that about one page of foolscap these papers our attention was principally con- fine 1 to the language used, no marks being r 200 words would be written. In marking
deducted for weakness of arrangement nor for lack of ideas so long as the matter was ger- what represents an eight years' course of study mane to the subject. A1 the conclusion of of English we expected, not absolute correct- ness of idiom, but an absence of gross gram- fact as is attained in the composition of Latin matical mistakes-much the same standard in in Public Schools. There, too, the course has occupied about eight years; though as Public
favourable to Queen's College. Under this chool boys have not the inestimable advantage of hearing Latin spoken daily, the test is very test no Out of 63 papers corrected, 19 passed with paper containing more than 6 gross mistakes in 200 words could be passed. credit, 19 passed, 25 failed. Of the fast, 11 or 18 Considering the Class as per cent of the total number. were very bad. a whole some excellent work done at the top is counterbalanc
School at all, much less the top Class.in apparently have hardly reached the Upper ed by the performances of boys, who should
support of this view we attach papers (see Appendix) selected quite at random from the
and 8, but the last si are all in Division B. are divided almost equally between Division A first 19, and the last 11. The first 19 papers
Certain blunders are so common throughout
and then stop them. A notable example is impossible to trace them to a common source the Upper School, that we feel it should be not
the use and abuse of the word "shame and
to Sell by PUBLIC AUCTION, FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED,
oh
FRIDAY,
the 27th November, 1903, at 11.30 A.M., "at their SALES ROOMS, No. 8, Des Voeux Road," Corner of Ice House Strcel,
A VERY FINE COLLECTION OF CLOISONNE WARE, Comprising:- Assortment of VASES, SOAP BOXES, INCENSE BURNERS CAKE BOXES, WALL PLATES, TEA POTS, TEA CASES, POTS, CIGARETTE CASES, TRAYS, ASH NAPKIN RINGS, BUCKLES, FLOWER TRAYS, TOBACCO SETS, &c., &c, &c.
and resumed at 2.30 p.m.
N.8.-After Lot 100 the sale will be stopped
the 23rd instant.
The above will be on view from Monday,
4
Catalogues will be issued. TERMS:-As usual,
HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctioneers. Hongkong, 20th November, 1903. [13.7e
FOR SWATOW, AMOY AND FOOCHOW
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This Steamer is installed throughout with the Electric-light.
A Stewardess and a duly qualified Surgeon are carried.
N.B. To assure the, additional comfort of passengers the steamers of the Company have electric fans fitted in staterooms.
For Passage, apply to
GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO.,
Agents. Hongkong, 20th November, 1903. (13950
CHRISTMAS GREETINGS IN ADVANCE.
A
N early opportunity to those WISHING TO SEND GREETINGS to their RELATIVES and FRIENDS at Home.
I have just unpacked a parcel of Raphael Tack's XMAS AND NEW YEAR'S CARDS of various pretty designs and description, specially selected to suit the taste of young and old.
Very moderate prices and as usual 10% dis- count for cash.
H. RUTTONJEE, No. 5, D'Aguilar Street,
and
36 and 38, Elgin Road, Kowloon. (13930
Hongkong, aoth November, 1903.
Intimations.
THE POPULAR
SCOTCH
IS
BLACK&WHITE
སཾ, 'ཊྛསཾ ཨཱརཱ ཝཱ ཙིཏི JAMES BUCHANAN & CO. SCOTCH WHISKY DISTILLERS. - By Appointment to {“ BAM THE KING
and
HRH the PRINCE of WALES
Supplied at all the LEADING CLUBS and HOTELS, and to be obtained from LANE, CRAWFORD & CO, Queeu's Road Central.
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EYE SIGHT,
MR. N. LAZARUS May be personally consulted for SPECTACLES. No charge for testing the eyes. Glasses and frames of all kinds, and qualities. Prices from $2 upwards.
16, QUEEN'S ROAD, CENTRAL; :
Hongkong, 6th November, 1993,