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HONGKONG, 10th Doc., 1924.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10,
paratively recent years, but they ara doing a great deal already towards equipping students with
DAY BY DAY.
SIR PAUL CHATER.
LOCAL CRICKET.
TRUST MEN, AND THEY WILL INTERESTING FAMILY HISTORY. the necessary knowledge for) BE TRUE TO YOU; TREAT THEM! thoir gront work in the interests GENTLY, AND THEY WILL SHOW of humanity. The required funde THEMSELVES GREAT-Emerson, are not lasking, and sucli bodies as tho Rockofeller trustees have
interest of the League of Nations comos in. The President of the League has just announced the commencement of work in don-
posa
Mr. J. 8. Gubbay.
Big Gifts to Calcutta, Wo take the following from tho' New Empire (Calcutta) of November 13th-
Writing in the Sunday Times;
H.K.C.C. TEAMS,
The following are solsoted to play on Saturday, 13th Decembor, at 2pm.
Burn.
Married v. Binglo, on Club Mra, F. E. Cameron returned
ground
Marrlod.-R. Hanoook (Capt.), given lavaluable aid towards the by the s.a. President Pleros. whole subject of fighting Tho
annual dinner of the (London) that prolific writer, Mr.T. E. Pearos, R. E. Q. Bird, E. B. T. P. O'Connor, who mot subject Reed, Col. E. D. Matthews, Union those Contral tropical ailments. But
of Chinese of this Momoir at Vioby last E. J. R. Mitchell, Lt Com. C.-S. individual efforts, however, suo-Students in Great Britain and
Iroland will be held in the Hotel September, says: Sir Paul Cha-Lockhart, L. D. MoNicoll, H. E.
Hamilton. coseful, can be oven improved Ceoil, Strand, W.C, on December ter is perhaps the least known Hollands, H. Griffin and E, W.
and at the same time one of tho
Webster Bingle-R. E. A. When a definitely international19.
most powerful and, what is moro association is at their back, and
important, ono of the most Capt.), H. Owen Hughes, A. C. I. Fit le horo where the active Amongst the passengers who beneficent figures in the Empire." Bowker, Rov T. L. Powell, Rov arrivad by the Empress of Asia. He then refers in a fow words to E. R. Quiok, E. F. Stewart, G. R. to-day were Mr. and Mrs. H. E. the phenomenal success of the Moro, H. J. Armstrong. F. 'N Goldsmith, Mr. and Mrs. G. young Armenian from Calcutta Young, J. D. Humphreys and
L. P. Ralph. Yates, Madame Lily Nogro, and in the commercial world of Second Elovan v. Chinaso, "at Hongkong where "he and ovory- thing in Hongkong have been Causeway Bay:-R. Macaipino nection with the organisation of The dancce which His indissolubly associated. Ho le (Capt.), M. M. Watson, W. a body of health police at Excolionay will give at Govern-at the head of everything there Brackenridge, H. J. Stevenson. Singapore, for the special purment House next month, will no enterprise gets on without R. Vallack, H. M. Howell, G. G. of combating opidemics, take place on Friday 9th. an asking his assistance. Shipping, W. Bewell. N. C. Barber, H. Incidentally, this appears to ho riday 30th January, instead of banking, international companies Sploor, T. L. Janking and H.
an previously announced.
with their heads in London or in Paris--he is in them all. And ho a recognition that Singapore is a contre of importance other! There will be a Musicale at the has accumulated one of the activities of that great port-the that as a naval base. Maltors Helena May Institute to-morrow largest fortunos in the Empire. Gibraltar of the East and one of Thursday, December 11th., at Ho is the father of everything in the brightest jowols in the highly ato progressing rapidly, and 3.30. p.m. Toa sorved from 4.30. Hongkong by long residence and resplendent Crown of the Over- thoro is to be a Far Eastorn Tickets, for members and their long sorvice. Ho in the oldest seas dominions of the British Em- health conference in Japan in frionde, 50 cents fonch, to be British settler, ho in the oldest piro on which the sun novor sets. February next, with a later intor-phtained from the Booretary,member of the Executive Council. Being a great-grandson of that From his immense wealth he has eminent philanthropist Agah Advt. change of health officers
given most gonerously to ovary Catohick Arakiel of Calcutta- different lands. Hongkong next Eleven cargo boat. mastore and good cause; he is thus the chief after whom he was christened philanthropist as well as tho Catchick Arakiel," Sir Cathohick month is to see its own madical mistresses were each fined $5 or oldest settler in that very pro- Paul Chator, has through bis
five days' imprisonmont by the! assembly, at which opportunity Marine Magistrato this morning sporous and go-ahead Colony, princely donations to temples of will occur for an exchange of for lying their boats in-shore, one of our proudest and bost learning and places of divino worship in Caloutta, Hongkong views and experiences of doctors between Wing Lok Street and the oreations in the Empire."
As one who has but recently and China, secured a prominant aud surgeons from all parts of Macao Wharf during prohibited drawn up the goncolgical tree niche in the Temple of Fame as A Chins. Those meotings cannot
and compiled the family history Patron of Learning of Bir Paul Chator, it gives mo RECENT DONATIONS. great pleasure to supplement Mr. It may not be known that quite Connor's eulogistio tribute by recently, in reponse to an appeal Memoir of that remarkable from His Excellency Lord Lytton, magnate, who apart from being a the Governor of Bongal, Sir Paul groat financier and the ploneer Chater sont the bandsome dona- of the vast commercial activities tion of гиреевопе hundred of Hongkong, has, at the same thousand (Rs. 100,000) to the La time, a noble lineage behind him. Martiniera College of this city, in him wo soo bxemplified the whore he had received his early truth of the saying that a good aducation in the sixties of the last tree bringeth forth good fruit," contury. And in this connection, NOTED FOREBEARS. I may also mention that Sir Paul Sir Catchick Paul Chater, who Chater, sont, two years ago, the
of
hours.
but have valuable results. Tho From the Colonial Dispensary;
woll-known ohemists advance of sanitary Holence dur-the
and of Queen's
Road ing the past two decades bas druggists
Contral, we have received two rendered life in the tropics con- very pretty caloudars for 1925. paratively healthy for those who They depict a view of four young take reasonable care of thon-ladion on a spacious terrace, HEALTH OF THE FAR solves, and, with the activities of partaking of afternoon tea in a colourful Batting of sunset and EAST.
influential international organis- lampglow. ations which we are now witness-
The wedding is shortly to take ing, the old bogey of “a whits
"should eventually place of Mr. William Woodward, engineor of the P. W. D., younger
demics which, if unchacked, might An Empire Gateway. prove a monaco to a great part
1887.
One of the really practical, and valuable, activitios of the man's grave League of Nations has been the becomo a matter of past historyAon of Mr. and Mrs. F. Wood-colebrated bie 78th, birthday in princely donation of rupees three latorost takon in international for most tropical regions, and ward, of Bulkington, Nuneaton, London last September, was born hundred thousand (Rs. 300,000) to Warwickshire, and Miss Marat Caloutta on the 8th day of the Armenian Church of Calcutta health matters, with special at-cortainly for Hongkong,
garat, eldest daughter of Mr. September, 1846, of Armenian whore he was christened on the and Mrs. John Wyatt,
of parents, his mother, Mariam, be- 3rd Oct., 1846, for the solo benefit tention to the question of opi-
Mickleton, Glos., who is coming ing a grand-daughter of the of the local Armenian poor in famous Armonian merchant, memory of his docossed sisters, out by the B.B. Mores.
Agah Catchick Araklol of Cal Sarah and Eliza, both of Calcutta, Thore is now RO doubt
outta, who, in 1790 was honoured with promise of further donations. of the world. By means of co- of the intontin of the Imperial The following appointments in
For his munificent gifts to the ordinated methods of provention Government to proceed with the the 2/4th Bombay Grenadiers by his King, George III of Eng and control of discano by various scheme for constructing a naval are notified in Command Orders: land, with a handsome miniature churchos, schools and universities portrait and a valuable sword, of Hongkong, Canton, and Shang- base at Singapore, which was-Captain K. M. Newton-King, for his loyally and philanthropy hat he was created in 1897 & com countries, the League health abandoned on the score of in-to bo Officiating Company Com soction has sought to improve expediency and cast by the Mac-mander, vice Captain E. R. 8. in releasing "all" the prisoners panion of the Order of St. Michael in the "Court of Requests jail and George (C.M.G.) and he re- Donald Administration. Des-Dods, M. C., proceeded to United the general wellbeing of its mem.
cribing Singapore as one of the Kingdom to join Staff College, on the occasion of the happy coivod bis Knighthood in 1902, bers, so far as medical preonu Empire's three vital gateways, | Camberley; Captain W. D. Bacon recovery of that monarch from He has been a member of the Ex- his unfortunate malady (madness) ecutive Council, as also of the tions have boon able to contribute Colonel Amery, spanking at to bo Officiating Company:
in 1788, as recorded in the Cal- Legislative Assembly of the Australian-Now Zealand Commander, vice Major C. P. F. catta Gazette of 1789. And as Colony and Justice of the Peace to this ond. It is a recognised the fact that disease is international, luncheon in London, said it Warton, O.B.E., relieved.
Agah Catchiok Arakiol's wife, since
Caloutta, justly Bogdom, WaR A great-grand-styled the London of the East and with the more rapid and might be valueless unlose means
wore provided to re-equip our A wireless message has been daughter of the renowned Khojah and the second City in the froquent means of communica- ships, adding that this is purely received at the Harbour Office Phanoos Kalandar, the Arine. British Empire, should be proud tion nowadays the chances of an an internal mattor for Britain from the mastor of the s8.0. York nian merchant prince of India of such an illustrious son, who, infection baing spread have hean and one which we were bound to City, who reporta that when who in 1688 entered into an im-after an absence of sixty years - make sure of. That declaration near the Lamooks Lighthouse, portant commercial Treaty with from its shores, as he loft Calcutta increased. Quarantina measures will be hailed with the utmost his vessel passed a derelict juak, the Hon'bic English East India for Hongkong at the age of
Company on behalf of sorve their purpose admirably, satisfaction by all who wish to with one mast standing and with
the seventoon romembered with pro- Britain prepared for all the number 450 painted on the Armenian Nation, as chronicled found affection the church where but they cannot provent a few 800
emergencies in this part of the bow. The bearing was: Lamooks by William Bolts
his he had worshipped in his younger cases occasionally slipping past world. There has been a deal of Island Lighthouse, bearing N. 29 highly intorasting and instructive days, as also the school where he the barrier and setting up a new unwarranted поплерво talked W., distance four miles. The "Considerations on India Affairs" had studied in his youth by send. field of sickness. One throat that about our intentions in this mat-wreck is a dangor to navigation.published in London in 1782, Siring them the princely gifts of three
tar, and in this connection
Catchick Paul Chater, can justly and one lakhs of rupees re continually hangs over the Far
nothing has boon further from Another Warnor Brothers claim doscent from that illustrious spectively. East, for instance, is the possibil-the truth than the suggestion classic of the soreen is scheduled representative of the Armonian TABLETS ERECTED. ity of the dread yellow fever that Britain has been sooking to to appear at the World Theatre nation, whom the Governor and The grateful Armenian com. from Central deceive the Powers represented for four days' run commencing to the Directors of the Company of munity of Caloutts, have, in the coming to ue
at the Washington Conference. day. This is "The Gold-Diggers", "London Merchants trading to Stoess of things, erected two America. Speedy transit bas sot It has long since been made featuring Hope Hampton, on the East Indies" justly style, in mural marble tablets in their up the likelihood of an infected positivo, however, that Singapore adaptation of the David Belasco their several Charters, as Church of Nazareth in old China person arriving bora before the was expressly excluded from con- stage play of the same name. merchant of eminenoy. In this Bazaar Siroat, (created in (1724) sideration at that Conforance. Contrary to its literal meaning, connection it may be mentioned commemorating the gift, and full incubation period-Bay by leaving Britain absolute freedom gold-diggers are not people eng-that it was mainly through the it ia to bo boped ho airship-and as we have thou to do as she saw fit. The scheme aged in searching the depths of good offices and the vast influence Governora of the local La sands of necessary mosquito is now likely to go through, and the earth for the precious metal, of Khojah Phanooe Kalandar and Martiniere will do likewise se on. those who want to son British but, as shown in this pleturo.the hearty co-operation of the incentive to the present and the carriors (at prosent comparatively
influence on the Pacifio rigidly they are beautiful young women, wealthy Armenian morohants of future successful.
alumni" of rmless) the possibilities aro uphold are glad to think that this whose profession is dancing and India that the "English East the great and venerable educa. terrible to contemplate in a place is the case.....
acting, but who spend their time India Company" word able to tional institution, which bas "digging" for gold in the form of secure a footing in the country during its uninterrupted existonco where the infection would strike
Loans.
entertainment, jewols, clothing and gradually capture the Indian of close upon a contury produced virgin sail. The offoris by load-
We notice that the Shanghai and money; and these incidentale trade in the seventeenth century, soveral truly great men who ing maen of science to institute Mupioipality is issuing a now they got from business, mon who to the detriment of the flourish have left their mark on the an effective international control loan, in the form of debentures seek diversion from the worrying Armenian trade, of which history of this great alty, among business. The there exist abundant proofs in whom I am proud to mention of dieguse are therefore to be carrying interest at the rate of and stream of
six per cont. per annum. The large and expensive cast is com- the early annals of the East India another eminent countryman of commended, and are doserving amount to bo raised is a million posed of Hope Hampton, Louise Company. of support from all the govern- and a quartor tools, and the issue Fazenda, Windham Standing, price is 972, the sorip to vary in Gertrude Short, Alco Francis, ments of the world,.
donominations from Tls. 100 to Jod Proudy, Arita Gilman, Peggy Tis, 5,000, to suit the convenience Brown and others, Harry Beau- of applications. No doubt this ment directed this David Bolaico Loan will meet with a roady production.. response on the part of the public. Hore in Hongkong, loans aỷ
1
Aftor provention comes the matter of ours, and again we find the bealth committee of the League interesting itself in the possibilities of eliminating a moans of financing big public
· ARCHITECT OF OWN
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mino, the late Bir Gregory: Charles Paul, the illustrious hend of the Calcutta Bar and one of FORTUNE. Having inherited the com- the most brilliant ornaments of
and illustrious ancestors as in the second-half of the last mercial genius of such eminent the forensio art for many years Khofah Phanoos Kalandor and century and who died on the lat Agah Catobtok
Arakiol, Sir day of January 1900, deeply. Catohick Paul Chater of Hong- mourned not only by his country. great deal of the sickness which schemes have recently been admoney which, on teaching con- kong, has, by dint of persover-man, the Armeniane, but by the That exceptionally high order, bebome. It is to be hoped the small but affliots mankind. It is pleasing vocated by His Excelloauy the venient totale, is automatically auce and sheer merit of an entire legal profession in Bengal..
Governor, and we hope the day invested in the loans. to find bow much is being done will not be far distant when some system works extremely well in the prohltept of his own for prosperous Armenian plony of espacially! with regard to the such polloy will be, adopted. Shanghai, and there is no reason tuno, having practically risen Caloutte will continue to produce Far East, where some of the When that time comes, we might why it should not do likewise from the lowest rung of the ladder such great men who have proved
do far worse than follow Shang- here. It induces people to adopt to the very highost in the com themselves worthy long sof most deadly ills are prevalent, haf's lead in the respect that a thrifty hablis, whilst at the same mercial world of Hongkong, being noble Fatherland (Armenia) and: Schools of tropical medi
medicine savings department be created time it provides a steady source of closely connected with all the notable citizens of not rasan haye boen formed within com into which the public may pay money from the investing public, important olein and commerols city,