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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, PHUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1917.
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In elementary schools we ra quired, above all, smaller classes and teachers with real culture behind them."
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While in many departments: for July were lost in the .. Educational Associations was
the war has revealed the fact that Arabis, early in November, continued at the University of
The bursary system was not youth possesses great advantages and, therefore, it will be im London last month. The speakers the best method of selection. In over age, even over middle age, Banks possible to submit the report and and topica discussed at the ratious the upper clases there was need the question of the merits of the socounts at the ordinary general meeting and sections included of more work and less play, and young surgeon as against those of meeting, which, to comply with Professor Gilbert Murray on "An in secondary schools come large the older surgeon does not cerm the law, must be held this year Educated Nation"; Mrs. Allan differentiation in teaching was to have been sotiled. (1916). It had been decided to Bright, Professor Gregory, and needed, more or less such as they formally assemble on Decem- Dr. Lyttelton on cinema shore; had in Germany, so that both the been carried on recently in the
An interesting discussion has Unions
Yangtszes bex 28, and to adjourn until and Professor Sibley on "The scientific and, hemsgist needs of French Medica! Press on the January 26. Duplicates of the Way to an Educated Democracy" the country could be applied. subject, and on December 21 the China Fires lost accounts have now been Professor Murray's address was We needed further development Press Medicale
H.K. Fires published a received, and are immediately delivered to the annual meeting of medical inspection and cars letter in which the osen for ex- being dealt with. The directors of the Tossbers' Guild of Great for health, and more anpervision perience and prolonged training Douglases hope to issue their report and Britain and Ireland, of which be and help for boys and girls, after is stated with great oleernete. Steamboats accounts early in January, and in has just been re-elected president leaving school, partly by con- The letter answers a corres-Indos (Del.), the meantime state that, according Professor Marrey, who took for tinuation classes and partly by pondent who
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surgeons lought all criticism which had its birth It was very difficult to form shave the advanced positions while Ferries in war time, a time of haste and fair judgment about the moral older surgeons should be kept at
"Our enemies," saya| Sugars passion and concealment of facts, condition, of one's own country, the baser. because they must be concealed but he gave for what it was worth the writer, "bare their best Malabons from the enemy-a time of frett- his personal experience. He had doctors and their cleverest Br
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first hours which decide the fate of the wounded man. And that is why is would be dangerous to place a doctor far behind on no count of his age when his experi- H. K. Electrics ence, his skill, and his knowledge H. K. Ice Co., alone ought to enter into the cal-Ropes culation,
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ed nerves when almost any folly been during the war in several geons at 10 to 20 kilometres (6) Kailans would pass matter if it serred to foreign countries and naturally to 12 miles) from the front. Langkats Daring December, the large satisfy a hungry emotion. He had Some, 20 years ago the British tions they do not take age Tronchs
CATO across neutral criticism. In relecting men for these forms- Raubs quantity of 15,289 tons of melt read a good deal of criticism was imported into Barms as com- on the work of Latisnal educa- Press was without a rival in the into consideration at all; all they Urals pared with 12,657 tone in Decemtion during the war and the most world for its good tons and consider is the object they mean ber, 1915, and 8.000 tons in incompetent had been in certain truthio'ness as well as for or to serve. They know that. December, 1914. This bringe the English newspapers. The most ganisation. That was no longer the future of war wounds is H. K. Wharves s total imports for the nine months helpful perhaps, making allow, and a conversation be bad bad determined by the first surgical Kowloon Docks April-December to 41.750 tone sance for its extreme, bitterness,
with Swedes on this subject gave (treatment they receive. compared with 33,258 tone in ass in the book called "England," material for thought,
success of this first treatment 1915 and 48,845 in 1914. by the German historian Eduard Part of the evil, no doubt, a period of time which has elapsed Centrals
depends on the shortness of the With the large imports in the Meyer, the general effect of which due to our excessive party spirit, first three months of 1016, then his mind was indignation on and part to the concentration of s
since the wound was received.” H. K. Hotels position should now be secure behalf of his maligned mother great many newepapers in a very
This later view is generally Land Invest. against any shortage for some time; but as will be seen, the country. We might be bad, but few-and those not very scrapul- accepted, and in our own Army H'phreys Est. we were certainly not so bad as out-hands; a similar phenomen- Medical Service oue of the great- Kloon Lands importa se still below the 1214
was made out, and be would un-og was seen in the Heszat Freenest problems in the rapid jassing S'hai Lands figures. Prices are, of course, far dertake to make out a esse pot in America, Bat at the root of back of the wounded by the com
COTTON MILLS. higher; the average value per ton much weaker against any other the eril lay something deeper and manication trenches, so that they of December importe is Rs. 530, nation he knew anything about. harder to deal with. The news may come to treatment at the Ewos
sarliest possible moment, The Kung Yiks We were now improving, or pepera helped gossip, but gossip porte over Rs. 500, while in 1915 \ were befcre war broke out. Even also helped Lewspapere. They writer of the letter referred to .S'hai Cottons b it was under Rs. 400 and in 1914
Yangiszepoos proceeds: public schoole and could not exist without the sup- it only exceeded Rs. 200 by a
against the difficulty of re- part of a rather low-minded smail figure. Despite the large ligious differences we had made rather vulger, and tribly ill imports, the retail price is still mach progress since the Bill of educated public. The stories high, the intermediats profits 1902. Neither Government nor spread and believed made ons being very satisfactory for whole nation hed alood still, and the wonder whether the old Britieb sale, broker and retailer, but the best work had been in older, spirit of common sense and boo reverse for the consumer.
deeply rooted schools.
our and mutual confidence had It had been charged against not been infected with the sort cur national system that waepent of nerve hysterics which
one H. M. Coneal at Tainan (Mr. J. 1oo much time on classics and asociated with a South American an operation does not only Trams, Low Level 82.. T. Pratt) reports that imports of literature and that we were beaten Republic in revolution. It was depend upon surgery; there in al-Trams, Peak, old n. piece grode into that port from by German concentration on as a nation we were ultimately at so the consideration of diagnostic Trams, Peak, new n
The charge was the fault. the United Kingdom are probably cienos.
ability, there is decision, and Laundries. decreasing. Daring the last few reverse of the truth, Secondary Yet when he looked inside those qualities necessitats a long U. Waterboats
Watsons years cotton prints of Iussian education in Germany was for England and need his personal experience which young surgeons
Wm. Powella manufacture have appeared in in- more classical than ours; they experience he saw hopeful sigue Isok." creasing quantities in the Teinen had far more of compalecry on every side. The demand for Undoubtedly the
Morning Posts B. market. The trade in Chinese Greek and Latin. Just before education was a real, living de-now is to bring the surgeon cotton prints is also increasing, the war, out of 400,000 boys mand. It was being met by an of repute me pear as possible to while, owing to the ressat inflax receiving secondary education in incresss in secondary schools and the fighting line. In this way of Japanese into Shantacy, the Germany, 240,000 were at schools by a wonderful growth of modern lives are certainly being saved competition of Japanese piece where Latin was compulsory and aciversites, which were producing goods is even more severe in 170,000 were at schools where young men and women of a resily Tainan than in other parts of paision covered both Greek high and disinterested standard of Chias. Prior to the war the only and Latio. It was not true that life. No one who had lived among the exhibition of objectionable and
modern Germen the more serious young people vulgar films. local firms handling generel im the purely porta were Gorman; these have now schools gave more time to science in provincial centres could have
Professor R. A. Gregory practically ceased doing business, than did our secondary schools, failed to note the vivid, if some-
that educational suggested with the rounlt that, for the
Our main fault was that we times shallow, growth of interest authorities might arrange with present, Tsina has ceased to be taught not by standard of intel-in intellectual things which had managers to show filmeat certain a centre for sach trade. No lectual capacity, but by distino aprang up in late years. He bed times to children from schools. 30 d/s. Britian firms are established in tion of clase, upper class boys in seen a good deal of that move Thare appeared to him no reason Taipan except those handling our public schools and anirarment became it so happened that why in the future there should special commodities, such as cosities being over-dosed with some of the writers who had in not be free cinema galleries as T/T Shanghai.. oil, and cigaretten. Other goode classics and literature and often dasceed the younger generation there were now freelibraries. T/T Singapore for which there is a local demand, compelled to learn Greck whether were old friends of bis, such na
Dr. Lyttelton said that he was ¦ T/T Japan each as piece goods, medicines, intellectually fitted for it or not; Mr. Shaw and Mr. Welle. The sure these shows were the greatest F/T India. &, are purchased in Shanghai while boys in the middle and movement WBS
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T/T Java..... OFSLU an important part in the acquisi-T/T Marks. The two evils could be eared by fair criticism to say that the whole tion of knowledge ? With regard T/T Francs........................ The Acting British Conaal- the same remedy-allowing the awakening of thought associated to bistorical plays, what could Demand, Paris General at Koba (Mr. II. Borne) yoath of all classes the education with the men he had named and they know of Oliver Cromwell writes that imports from the for which they were intellectually others had suffered from a marked when they saw the shape of his
BUYING. United Kingdom into that port saited.
one-sidedness. It was liberating nose? (Laughter.) The picture 4 m/s. LO are steadily increasing; the value The charge against us of hat it did not build up or edify; shows could not be made profitable 6m LIO 2/5 1/16
4 m/s. D/P............ 2/4 15/16 of such imports in January, 1916, neglect of modern language He waedisposed to put much faith unless they produced silly 30 d. Sydney &Į was £257,000, and in July last was rather disgracefully trae, in the Workers Eaostional pictures, and it was the silly Meurne £144,000, while during the Many Englishmen were soically Association as
2/5 1/16 seven months January-Joly, 1916, ashamed of speaking foreign aristocracy setting itself to achieve having the bad effect on the pre-
working class things in the shows that were 30 d/s. Dan Franc- the value of imports from language. No doubt many could education, and no one could sent generation. The shows and 4 m/s. Marke
Isco New York the United Kingdom was £2,171,- read French and perhaps many mistake the spirit in which they the andienos were indications of a 000, as compared with £1,392,000 would read German, but few were
4 mia, Francs working. and £2,825,000 in the correspond would speak either. The igno knowledge in the spirit of the which we might or might not be They sought spíritasl disease in this country ing period of 1915 and 1914.ancs was partly due to knowledge great scholars of the Renaissance. powerful enough to combat. H. Vio Consul at Osaka (Mr.of our own langusge being (Cheers.) Q. White) writes that the greatest widely spread, and to the fact Mrs. H. Bright (Liverpool) teaching of earythmics in schools Dr. Lyttelton, speaking on the obstacle to British trade has, of that our vast literature satified opened a discussion on the see of, at a meeting of the Daleroze Demand, Calcutta... Nom. course, been the difficolty under literary curiosity. German and cinema pictures and their in-Socisty, said the subject mast Demand, Manila which British manufacturers have French girls and boys worked a fuenos on young people. The commend itself to anyone who had Demand, Singapore: 993 laboured of being unable to so good deal harder than oare and best way to raise the tons of the smallest grasp of the close On Haiphong 24 prom. cept orders for delivery at definite "manded less pleasure and cinema and other public exhibi- relation between mind and body. On Baigon ............ dates. Bud British Erma been able amusement. Our standards of tions was, she said, to train the In England there was a xatire On Bangkok
2147 prem. to accept the opportunities that comfort, pleasure, and expendi-young generation so that they taste for and appreciation of Bovereign 8.50 No. have been offered, large amount treat any rate among The would fara from what was neus-music not exceeded by any nation. Gold Leaf, pero 18.50 of business could have been tran-richer classes—were probably the coun ascled. These opportunities, highest known in the history of the use of the cinema anyone to speak of the "anmoaiea!
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