UNION. INSURANCE MEETING.
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coed Mr. Ede and ho will assume charge of the Society's business
were on occasion missing, for. as wo all know, he has for some ton years suffored from ill-health of such a nature and to such an extent as to try him; almost boyand endurance, and after month and year after year, yot he has day aftor day, month so borde himself as to entitle him
as from the 1st July next to the admiration of frload and (Applauso).
Ilo
ask.
MR, SCOTT HARSTON'S
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH:
MR. EDE'S RETIREMENT.
"
FORTY YEARS IN EAST.
FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1924
A LOCAL CAUSERIE.
STAR THEATRE.
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BY IMPRESSIONIST.") Fast and furious has Damo
APPEAR. Rumour boon at work this wook Tho inolomont weather was no regarding Dr. Bun Active Business and
Yat-doubt responsible for the small son. Some of the nowspapore attendance at the Star Theatre, Public Career. fore alike. Many a younger man
have expanded much skill and ink Kowloon, last evening, when M. There now only remains for than he would have given up the Hongkong. and in other Far interesting reading for the Doctor quality of the entertainmont Genural regret will be felt in in the drawing up of posthumous Robert Bores and Company to propose the adoption struggle long ago, but Mr. Ede is Eastern contros as well, at the
tributos which should make oponed thoir short season. The of the report and accounts, Imbued with the same spirit as anil whon this has boen- that which has made the British annoucement made to-day at the in the privacy of his don at provided certainly doserved much seconded I shall be glad to an Empire what it is to-day, and he Insurancobociety of Canton, Ltd., hot-bed for rumours, Canton doubtless bo largo houses this annual mooting of the Union Military Hoadquarters. Always better support, and there will swer to the bost of my ability has by his courago and deter that the Hon. Mr. C. Montague had excelled itself this time or evening and to-morrow. any questions you may wish to mination set an example who Edu, general manager of the com- that party propaganda has made enjoyable mixture of conjuring
will serve as a guiding light pay, has decided to retire. The
in it nearer to the truth to say The programme is a to theso connectod with the Company in the years to Chairman at to-day's mooting and exploited the situation in its the talent in of 6. really high warm tributo paid him by the capital out of Sun'e indisposition and illusions, music and fun, and como.(Hoar, hour). With re gard to Mr. Edo's ability, I need,
will find an ocho in the hearts of own interest? My recollections order. Perhaps the most outstand- only mention the fact that under all who have hoon brought into go back to a similar rumour that ing items of the evening are those 1 have very great pleasure in his management the business of contact with Mr. Edo, whether was spread abroad in 1922 when presented by M. Georgos Bores. adoption, the resort for the the Company has been quadrupl-in business or private life. Dur- the general belief was that Dr. who is a violinist of rare ability adoption of the report and at ed. You, Mr. Chairman; have in- East, Mr. Ede has shown himself whilst taking refuge on board wide variety of musical instru- ing his longthy residence in theun had succumbed to favor and who has command over a counts as prosented to this moet dicated in
your speech the ing, and, in doing so, I woke osteom in which your colleagues of oxceptional business ability, that time the roports did not gain fons" are well worth going to hear. mark that the financial position and yourself hold Mr. Ede, and I
to be a prodigious work er, a man the cruiser Wingfung. But at ments. His very clever "imitat- EPONGE FRANCAISE appouring therefrom is ominently will only add that I know that and, above all, of sterling char auch wide currency as during the M. Robert Boros and Madamo satisfactory and reflects groat such ustcom is thoroughly well actor. Ho can truly be described past few days. The impres- Bores sustain credit not only
an interesting upon tho desor ved Company's Board of Directors to note from your
as an outstanding representative ion left on me is that this wook's magical show, whilst there is pleased .am
of the best type of British bust-reports represent a vory subtle plenty of varying entertainment | and General Manager,
romarks, Chairman,
Mr.ness man.
bit of propaganda.
all through the programme. Kow- The Hon. Mr. Edo has spont rosida
loon folk ought to make a point trust his life in the service of the Union
SPEECH.
Mr. J. Scott Harston old :-
Mr. Chairman, and Gentlemon,
pains,"
1
*that
cume
骨
of attending the Star during the
QUEEN'S THEATRE.
Season
but Mr. Also upon all tha other, Ede will continue to members of the Company's staff,! among 110, and 1 for the world-wide nature of the that he may long be spared to Insurance Society and much of turn to Canton eightoon months
Dr. San's houlth, since his 'ro-Company's visil., Company's business makes its do so. He has more than earnedita prospority aspecially dependent the rest which his relinquish-making it to-day
remarkablo development, ago, has not been too good, yet it upon the efforts of its staff i, ment of the post of Genorul loading, insurance companies in when there are urgent business one of the is characteristic of the man that overy quarter where that business
Manager will undoubtedly give the world, is to be attributed to matters is carried on. Speaking for my him.
to attend to ho is self, I consider that, the policy of
his personal onergies and sound inclined to 'disregard medical I would like to add a word of management. His uncle, Mr. N. J. advice and to saorifico hla poraon-2 refraining from increasing the dividend is a sound one, and that welcome to Mr. Lauder, who Ede, was for very many years al welfare
the rigid pursuanco
CHEFALO AND PALERMO. the adoption of such a course will you, Mr. Chairman, have told Suerotary, and then Manager, of of an aim which would be dis- redound to the benefit of the General Manager on
us in to succood Mr. Ede as company, and on bis deathcouraging to many others placed Queen's Theatre for the 5.15 and The major attraction at the Company and consequently to July next. I have not known Hongkong
the 1st Mr. Montague Ide
to in his position. Speaking with 9.15 shows to-day will be a magi- that of a shareholders in futuro, Mr. Lauder so
in 1908 from one of his personal aide-de-camps cian ontortainment- by thoso old long yours. In view of the appalling intimately as I have known Mr.ent of the concern, which he almost continuous attendance on Chefalo and Palermo, who are
or Bo Shanghai, assuming the manage the other day-a man who is in favourites of nature and oxient of the unfor-Edo, but I have been brought has held over. Bineo. Prior to the Doctor at his headquarters returning here after a highly the Far Eust, tunate calamity which visited into sufficient contact with him taking over the managership, the in the Cement Works, and whose successful Japan last September, I consider to be made aware that he-is a Hon. Mr. Ede had buon for some views should be of great interest coast. Their entertaining ability that shareholders
along tho woll may viow
gontleman the fact that
the ten years branch manager of the -I. possessed of tho attribute which Carlyle described company in Shanghai, and there,picture of the Southern loader's it is to say, therefore, that they was given an intimato noods no embellishment. Suffico: Company's losses in connection LA therewith
"gonlus," namoly, approximately infinito ara
The as here, he played a prominent home life. Dr. Sun's official have a stock of surprises in store £100,000 instead of a much larger
capacity for taking part in business affairs. Ho first houts for audience with Bum, as not only a fortunate experience in the Company's back as 1884 and in addition to ofton up and at his dosk by another welcome.
He has had a lengthy joined the Eastern stuff as far officers is 9 a.m., yet he is vory will be delighted to give them hfs for Hongkong audiences, who circumstances but also a tribute service, and I am sure well morts Hongkong and Shanghai he has o'clock and sometimes very much to the mannor in which the the confidence reposed in him by sorved in North China and Japan. earlier than that. He generally magicians, is the Metro picture, Company's business is conducted. the Company's Board of Diroc- All his life he has been a keen finishes his work as late as,7 p.m."The Forgotten Law." which is In support of the comuny of I now come to a mattor with tors; and I fool certain that the student of Chinose polities, and He takes vory little exerciso, and, based on a story with a similar which I am very much more futuro will show that such con- whilst in Shanghai he qualified to deal than any offidence has not been misplaced. adviser to the Viceroy of Nan-advised, in his own room. During Mother love is depicted in one was for the most part, does so, whon mission to "Uncle Tom's Cabin." those which I have previously I am sure you will all join mo in king and later to the Tuchun of the eighteen months since his its finest aspects and no element montioned. Irefor, of course, to wishing Mr. Laudor a long and Szechuan. He was largely in-return from Shanghai ho has boon of coarseness euters into the the forthcoming rotiroment of the prosperous career as the Com-strumental, also, in the formation known to take only one holiday-film. There is a strong appeal to Company's General Manager, pany's General Manager-(Hoar. of the Consortium, having take an excursion with his wife to all classes and all ages in this Mr. Ede. I have known Mr. Edo hear and Applause.)
a leading part in drawing up the White Cloud Mountain, returning photoplay of human pathos. intimatoly during The whole
agreement which WEAR period of his tenure of offico a
sub-the samo ovoning. It is not a saquently ratified by the various generally known fact that Dr. Sun 13," William Fox sorial, will be The first chapters of "Bridé Gentoral Manager, and I havo BUSINESS MATTERS. Governments concerned. boon honoured by his friendship
is almost vegetarian. Mr. J. A. Plummor and Mr. D.
His on view at the 2.30 and 7.15 throughout that period. For the O. Russell wore re-elected Direc-the Hon. Mr. Ede has taken uttor simplicity, comprising for
In a quiet, unostentatious way, principal diet is characterised by performance. past cleven years I have also tors on the proposition of the a acted as his legal adviser in connection with
affairs innumerable seconded by Mr. Goo Grimble.
during his occasional change to fill. points whorewith ho, as Gonorni
residence in the Colony. He Mossrs. Lowe, Bingham and served as an Unofficial Momber Manager, has from time to time Matthews and Mr... Bernard of the Legislativo Council in had to deal,- and I don't mind Brown were re-elected auditors 1913, and was again recently Province so that all may be able Doubts About Curative Oil.
To educato evory citizen in tho confessing that his knowledge of at a remuneration of $2,000 ouch, appointed to fill the vacancy to road_and_write_is the law relating to insurance on the proposition of Mr. L. Duncated by the absence of the ambitious project matters is vastly superior to my hat, seconded by Mr. L. E. N. Hon. Mr. A. O. Lang. He was sent Canton rogime, which has May 10th-
of the pre- Says the Manila Bulletin of own-which fact aptly serves to Ryan. demonstrate that Mr. Ede must)
one of the first group of members just This was all the business, and nominated by 11. E the Governor quarters of a million dollars from exports of India dispute the belief|
oar-marked noarly thras have at all times studied the the Chairman announcod
Physicians and tropical disouse 'subject of insurance deoply and dividend warrants
thut on the Court of the University off the forthcoming year's revenue of London physicians and other kept in constant touch with all ready.
now Hongkong in 1911, and has been for this purpose. The idea is to mon that the chaalmoogra oil n Justice of the Ponce sineo establish free schools where ill-treatment of lopers is absolute matters likely to affect the con-
February, 1908. He is also iteralqadults may be encouraged to and that leprosy will be cleared Gonora! receive tuition, not necessarily in off the face of the earth within Committee of
Hong-the classics but to such extunt as the next 50 years, as it were, to keep his finger Women's Emigration Committee and it will be recalled that he sufficient vocabulary to onable
kong Chamber of Commerco to place them in possession of a For that reason upon the pulse of the Company's Sir Edward Grigg, M. P. com was Chairman of the Reception them to read or write a decent physician, is to make a detailed Dr. A. R. J. numerous interests and opera-plained of the use of the words Committee for the Prince of letter.
Douglas, Rangoon, Burma, tions, can have been no light one. omigration, immigration and Wales visit to Hongkong, in tors would be sufficient for this the Philippines and methods of About a thousand charac study of conditions of lopors In Two great qualitias in Mr. migration. He particularly dis-which post ho did a tremendous purpose, and Municipality is treatment, underway now at Ede's character have always ap-likes the last. It should be ap amount of work. pealed to me, namely, his invari-plied only to birds, he says. The
sparing no offort to mako tho able courtesy and his unfailing term he would have everybody In 1912, Mr. Ede, realising the province an ideal one from the San Lázaro and on the island of
Culion. pstionco. Those are qualities employ is" overseas sottioment." pear housing conditions under educational point of view. which command rospect at all But in that really an alternative ? which so many of the Portuguese timos, but in Mr. Edo's case, we Is not emigration, immigration or community were living, evolved a have to remember that he would migration a wandering, and set-schomo whereby a syndicate be entitled to bo aroused if they tlement a standing-still?
The report and accounts were unanimously adopted,
Hon. Mr. H. E. Pollock, K.C. public
very koen interest in the most part vegetables, with an
wero
duct of the Company's business
and affairs, a task which, when
WORDS.
- coupled with that" of his having.
In a speech at a mooting of the
TO BLOSSOMS
Fair pledges of fruitful tree,
Why do ye fall so fast?
Your date is not so pas!
But you may stay yet here a while,
To blush and gently smile,"
And go at last.
What! were ye bom to be
An hour or half's delight, And so to bid goodnight? 'Tis pity Nature brought ye forth Merely to show your worth And lose you quite.
But you are lovely leaves, where we May read how soon things have Their end, though ne'er so bravej And after they have shown their pride Like you a while, they glide
Into the grave.
-Robert Herrick.
ย
member of the
tho
would take over from the Govern- mont a large area of land at the back of Wongoichong village for a purpose of establishing thera
the
GAMEKEEPER WHO TRAINED PHEASANTS.
An old Sherwood Forester,
a Portuguese colony to be known well-known to thousands of trip-
LEPROSY RESEARCH.
Dr. Douglas arrived yesterday on the President Madison. Ho will confer with various officials in Manila and study methods at Ban Lazaro. He will make the trip to Culion by first availablo transportation.
Ethyl ester solution, made from chanimoogra oil, is being used to great extent in the Philippines. Dr. Douglas will study results as completed so far.
an "Cidades Camoens." After pers to the "Dukories," in the considerable opposition, Mr. Edo person of Mr. Thomas Moore, was eventually able to secure the las passed away in his eighty. For over half a approval of the Imperial au- third your.
"We have 100,000 lepers regist-; thorities for this scheme, to which contury Mr. Moore Hvod and ho. had devoted much time and worked on Earl Manvers Notored in India and fool that thoro labour, but in the end those for tinghamshire estate, and for are as many more unregistered," whom the project was initiated sono years had been caretaker of "There are 10,000 known lepers Dr. Douglas said. last night.] turned it down, and on the site the Major Oak, the great show (Jarding's Look-Out) the Hong-tree of the forest. As a gamo. in Burma, alono, with 10,000 more kong Land Development and kooper ho know all there was to unrogletorod...
Isolation of the loper is one of Savings Society are now planning know about game and thoir the serious problems of India, to erect a big block of residences. habits, and he would whistle up Douglas said. The country is in Mr. Edo was also the sponsor of a cock pheasant from the forest the throos of soveral upheavals the Kowloon Tong scheme, where and the bird would eat out of his avor 200 houses are now being hand. This was only when there at prosont and too much pressure erected...
were no intruders, but poople by the British might bring con- During the war. Mr. Edo did a trunk of the Major Oak and seen Comploto isolation, as in the have often hidden in the hollow demnation from the nativos. great deal of propaganda work in him whistle up the pheasants. possible ia, India, Douglas bo Philippines, would be nearly due the intorosts of the Allied causo
in
The Far East rosidont doos net have the fear of leprosy as does
and it was through his efforts and assistance that tho Publicity Bureau of South China came into being. In private life, Mr. Edo up business and public the American" "or... European, loa most charming man, and his life where a loss conscientious Douglas said Leprosy is taken numerous friends will be delight-andhard-workingman would have morn as a matter of course. od to hour that he la to remain in long since laid down the reins. Leprosy is not the great des- tho Colony in which he has We join with his many friends in troyer of residents throughout |laboured so long and well. Of hoping that his retirement from the far east countries, Douglas recent years, he has been in the tross of business life will said. Plaques are pre" feared anything but good health, but he result in his speedy and complete than leprosy with hair, denti has, nonetheless, borno restoration to health;
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