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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
TOTAL
DRY FIRE EXTINGUISHER
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1928.
the
-DAY BY DAY,
Yesterday's health return shows one Chinese case of puerperal
fover.
as it possesses. That was burdon of his address, and in his romarks to the members of the
NEATNESS, AND IT'S BEVERSE Congregation and his student- AMONG THE POOR, ARE ALMOST A listeners he improved the moment CERTAIN TEST OF THEIR MORAL
CHARACTER.-Dr. Whitaker. by the earnestness of his appeal. His Anal words to the young Chinese imbibing learning and knowledge at the University, are well worth repeating :---"May your country's dire distress be to you both a clarion-call and an Inspiration; and may your train- Ing in this University At you, one and all, to come to the rescue of the admiration a civilisation, once of the world, but now falling rulu before your eyes." In those earnest words, His Excellency summed up one of the ideals of our local University. If Hong-
The Tal Hing, after overhaul and re-survey, will resume ser- vice on the West River run to night.
H.MLS. Cornflower, which is com ing out to relieve H.M.S, Holly hock, arrived at Gibraltar en Monday.
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A business man calling on a Scottish broker in the city, noticed that the slow hesitating conversa- With the departure of De: J. B.tion for which Mac had been noted Addison, M.B.E., from the Colony had disappeared. yesterday Hongkong loses one of
"Why, Mac, you've lost your of stutter," he exclaimed in amate
the most lovable men. Simple and unassuming mont. and always ready to do the good turn to anyone, he was not widely known to the Colony at large, apart from his official work,
"Ayo," was the dour reply, "I've been doin' a lot of telephonin to America lately."
A scene occurred at Westminster Police Court when a separation order was granted against William Bolt, a motor driver, of Ebury Bridgerond, Pimlico, who was sum- moned by his wife for desertion.
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Amongst the passengers who left
He came to the Colony no longer a young man to take over the rose ponsible position of Principal Civil Medical Officer, and served for a time as a Member of the Legislative Council. His prema- ture departure from the Colony on the grounds of ill health la re gretted by a large circle of friends who miss a kindly and warm-heart- od man, and hope he will benefit in his retiroment in the Seychelles.
Particularly will his unfailing tact and sympathy be missed by the members of his own Depart
"You don't know what you're friends to the Blake Pier yester day afternoon to wish him god- missing, uncle," said his nephew.. speed. The Hou. Mr. E. R. Halli-It is a wonderful invention. Got fax, Colonial Secretary and Mr. the earphones right? Well, then, D. W. Tratman, Asst. Colonial I'll just switch on the " Secretary, were amongst the group
Bolt was solzed by a 'warder and
sontenced him to twenty-one day's. hard labour for the assault.
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An old farmer who had never
listened to a wireless-set was per
In the past, this Colony has aer-by the President Jefferson to-day ment, who congregated with some suaded to don the head 'phones.
ved as an inspiration for some of China's lenders who are now dead and gone. Among these may be counted the late Dr. Sun Yat-sen, who himself once admitted hore that his desire to do something for his country sprang from what, he saw to be possible in the example set to the Chinese by British rule MARTIN-At the French Hosin Hongkong. Finally, let it aise pital, Causeway Bay, on 10th he remembered that apart from January, 1928, to Enid, the
the benefits which our University wife of A. J. J. Martin, a son. (Shanghai papers please may confer on the individual, it copy).
can and does serve the further purpose of illustrating that tish presence in the Far East, far from being what its detractors would have the world believe, is helping to hold aloft the torch by whose raya China may find the road to eventual salvation.
The
Hongkong Telegraph.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1928
HONGKONG'S PART.
Monday's Congregation of the University of Hongkong was made noteworthy by the delivery of two remarkably fne and scholarly ara tions by the Chancellor and Vicc- Chancellor of that institution.
Canton Future's.
were Dr. H. G. Earle, Dr. B. II. Mellon, Mr. D. Timmins, Mr. H. W. Ray and Mr. M. W. Stevens.
Captain McN.Morren of the s.s. Kwong Fook Cheong resigned the captaincy of that vessel this morn- ing owing to sickness. He has been succeeded in the command by Mr. D. Scully.
Suddenly there was a splitting,
of friends who went on board thecraciding streak of lightning, fol a.. "Kalyan" to say good-bye.
1.
lowed by a loud paal of thunder. The old farmer spring up out of Previously at Seychelles,
his chair and fell on the floor. He Before coming to Hongkong, Dr. came to half an hour later.
"Good heavens" were his first In connexion with the Hongkong Addison, who holds the degrees of
words. "Maggio-and she's been Red Club, a course of lessons in M.R.C.S., Eng., and L.R.C.P., LOR-dead thirty years!" Highland dancing has been ardon, spent many years of his life ranged. these will be held at the at Seychelles. He was appointed
The price of electricity is still Helena May Institute and w Assistant Medical Officer of the too high Sir Andrew Duncan, islands in 1907, and in 1008 was chairman, Central Electricity commence on February 1st.
mado Chief Medical Officer. He Board. remained in the Seychelles until 1924 when he came to Hongkong to take over the duties of P.G.M.O. Dr. Addison is 53 years of age, and it is to be hoped he will be spared to enjoy peaceful retire ment for many years to come.
The sum of $50, which has been given by A Lady Sympathiser" Bri-towards the cost of a new Dogs' Home and which has been forward- ed to the Hongkong Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to was donated by Miss Animals, Sybil E. Joseph.
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NEW SOLICITOR FOR HONGKONG.
Canada is experiencing a healthier growth than any other country in the world. Mr. R. M'Kenia,
We need less amusement, less time off for sport, and more real work-Mr. H. P. Curtis..
The spirit in which work is done, and not its character, determines whether it is honourable maan. Sir John Marriott, M.P.
•
or
The Canton merchants who or good many of his old colleagues, is MR. C. E. L. GRIST ADMITTED Blades, displaying his emblem of
to
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TEC.
Mr. P. T. Lamble, who has just retired from the Government Civil Service after twenty-six years ser- cise, was a passenger on the Taiyo
"Can any boy guess for how Maru, which left yesterday. Mr.
much this jewel is insured?" asked Lamble, who was seen off by a
the Lord Mayor, Sir Rowland.
settling down in Japan.
TO PRACTICE.
office to 450 boys of Sir George Monoux ganised and attended, Monday's
School, Walthamstow, According to this morning's In the Supreme Court this morn- whom he and the Lady Mayoress meeting connected with the stabili
police reports, two Chinese maiding before the Chief Justice, Sir entertained at the Mansion House. sation of Canton's paper currency servants employed at No. 21 Henry Gallan, Mr. C. E. L. Grist, "There is no prize," the Lord were thereby, paying a dis Jubilee Street are being detained son of Mr. E. J. Grist, a former Mayor went on. I cannot offer tinct compliment General on suspicion by the police. Their well known local solicitor now living you any of our pieces of plate. be-
discus alleged crime is said to be an at- at Home, was admitted to practice cause they don't belong to Li 'Chai-eum. The
tempt to poison their mistress, a in the court as a solicitor and proc But imagine this is an auction, and sion revealed", two things. in woman named Tsang Kam-eze butter. There were present Mr. D. H.I am an auctioneer." "$16,000," ono of the boys. Mr. Hornell had much that was particular. First, that the emer no further details are available Blake, Mr. J. T. Prior, and Mr. suggested
G. S. Hugh Jones (all of Messrs. "£20,000," cried another. A-third pointed and pertinent to say in re-gency measures adopted by the from the reports.
Wilkinson and Grist, with which boy gave the correct answer,
The Lord Mayor-töld, gard to the universal and irKwangai leader on his return have
already had the effect of restoring Capt. S. Mooney, master of the firm Mr. Grist jnr. will be associat "£12,000," resistible demand for education, in confidence to an appreciable extents.e. Namsang, which is lying along ed) and Mr. C. D. Melbourne, Mr. the boys that the jewel was made which regard he took the super- and have confirmed earlier impres aide No. 2 Wharf, Kowloon Go E. C. Jenkin, Mr. Eldon Potter, in the first year of Edward VI.'s slony. that ho ia imbued downs, made a report to the K.C., Mr. A. E. Hall and Mr. E. S. reign, while the chain from which Acially-minded gently to
task; with
of political authorities last night to the effect C. Brooks, the latter four, being it hung, embodying the Tudor whilst H. E. the Chancellor responsibility stronger than that at 9.15 pm. a Chinese male before the court in connexion with rose, was older still. #
of eloquently drew lessons from the that of the majority hla passenger, thirty-five years of age, The second is the 2 native of Amoy; fell overboard predecessors. past when he took as his subject general acceptance of the fact that and was drowned. The unfortun- the metaphorical making of bricks Li Chai-sum can do little, to cope ate man was a passenger from without straws,
and utilised the with the abnormal situation now Singapore to Amey. His body has
prevailing, without co-operation. not yet been recovered. occasion to point á timely moral On his part, Li Chal-sum may be alike to the members of the Con- permitted satisfaction in that the This morning's Harbour Office merchants were able to give serious reports gave 17 arrivals and 29 regation, the graduates and the consideration to the flotation of a departures, leaving 65 vessels in inder-graduates present.
$10,000,000 Treasury Loan without harbour, British 19. Tonnage was laying too much stress upon the comparatively low, with British heavy burdens repeatedly forced vessels carrying the second best upon them by succeeding regimes, freights under both inward and The rehabilitation of Canton will through headings. Of the 17 ves- take a long time, and the first stepsels entered, five were in ballast, the currency problem. The city
It is true as Mr. Hornell was at pains to point put, that the very people who argue most volubly that there is "too much education" are
21 sense
a case,
Raveller, nt Marlborough-street: In making the application for the admittance of Mr. Crist the At- I was slightly illuminated. Mr. torney General, Sir Joseph Kemp, Hay Halkett (magistrate) That said Mr. Grist was the son is a new expression. of an old and valued friend of
Tenant, at Willesdon: I gave my many of them, Mr. E. J. Grist, who landlord notice yesterday instead of was admitted to that court in 1891. the rent, and he says it will not do. and practised among them for many years. Mr. Grist jur. passed his final examination recently, and a certificate had been obtained showing that he was a fit person to be so admitted.
His Lordship said "I have great pleasure in admitting you to be a
Willesden man, contemptuously:
De I look like a man who would be drunk on three half pints?
Midland witness: walked down the road, temporarily unconscious.
Solicitor, to a landlord at Bow County Court: You complain of noise in the house; what noise?, Landlord: Just ordinary-a
usually those who are most anxions towards recovery is bound up with while there were only three in- solicitor and proctor of this court woman's voice.
יי,
CORRESPONDENCE.
PASSING A MOVING MOTOR VEHICLE.
[To the Editor, Hongkong Telegraph.1.
You bear a name which is very well known in the community and I am sure the traditions associated with your name will be maintained by you."
Mr. Grist then received the good wishes of those present.
FIRE BRIGADES BUSY,
KOWLOON MOTOR BUS AFIRE,
# + *.
Bill arrived at work with a curi. ous, elongated sort of pie, whose peculiar appearance attracted the attention of his mates...............
"Wot yer got, Bill?" one of them asked.
The missus is away," said Bil so I made meself a pie."
"Rummy sort of pie," comment- ed his interrogator, looking at it. • "Bit long, ain't it?"
"Course it's long, yer fool," said Bill Irritably. ́ ́ "Ow'd yer expect me to get the rhubarb in if it weren't?"
to see to it that their sons and has been hard hit economically by ward registeries above the 1,000 daughters are given the best posthe disastrous drop in the value of tous mark, and only seven vessels
the Central Bank notes, and con-carried through cargo. sible equipment, mentally and siderable, financial support must be otherwise, with which to face life's forthcoming as, a bolster if a seri problems. We have all met the Monday's special meeting passed Quafinancial crisis is to be averted.
type of individual to whom the certain resolutions, which, carried Vice-Chancellor was referring into effect, may be regarded as an achievement. One cannot express the man who declares that educa- surprise at a certain chariness on tion is the source of most of the the part of some representatives to present-day unrest, but who, none into their pockets once again, but indicate too keen an anxiety to dip
the less, wants the very best he can Li. Chai-sum's assurance that part get for his own offspring. The of the normal revenue will be de- mental make-up of such critics satisfy most double.
voted to loan repayments should Sir, We shall be pleased If you
The Central Fire Station receiv- Certain it is will publish this letter in the in-ed two alarms last night from the would make an interesting study that the new administration cannat terest of Hongkong motorists.
The problem of the correct; Western District. The first call wear when a Cabinet Minister is though we suggest that their fulfil its promises of peace and
before nine invited to dinner has been exercle- The following paragraph ap-occurred shortly order in Cantu without a quid pro wholesale condemation of edu-que in the form of public confidence, pears in your paper dated 10th 'clock, when u niessure was re-ing members of the Middlesex inst: Hla Worship said that the ceived to the effect that a fire had Federation of Ratepayers' Associa- cation as applied to others is
practice of waiting until the car broken out in Sai Yuen Lane, Westions. rather in the nature of loose and
in front signalled was universal Point. The fire engine rushed to
The federation propose to in-- EXCHANGE RATES. in Hongkong."
the spot, only to find that the vite Mr. Neville Chamberlain, the unthinking chatter than a true re- flection of what they believe. It
Of course, it is well known that alarm was a false one.
Minister of Health, to their annual, this is absolutely untrue, for most After the Brigade had returned dinner, and the question arose | may be, of course, that when these
motorists never signal, but usually to the Fire Station, another call whether evening or morning dress people talk of "too much educat- Paris
124 draw further over to their own came through from No. 68, Second should be worn. Brussels
the lon," they mean "too little," in Amsterdam
34.14 side of the road at the sound of a Street, "first floor. When .12.09% horn. We presume that if the engine arrived, it was discovered which connexion Mr. Hornell Berlin
driver in front does not signal that the fire was a small one, some made an apt observation when he Copenhagen
34.52% with his arm, either on account blankets and bed board's having Vienna spoke of the art suffering from Helsingfors
-193% of ignorance or laziness, the fact been set alight, and that the im- the" limitations of Its media and Lisbon...
Bucharest referred to the danger to the com-Buenos Aires munity of the half-aducated man New York
Geneva or woman whose head is stuffed Milan with half-baked and, wholly Stockholm undigested conceits."
Oslo Prague His Excellency the Chancellor Madrid Athena did well when he urged that the
Rio best possible use should be made Bombay by the University of such facilitica
London, Jan. 10:
.20.47
.02.15
Supporters of the evening dress party argued that the presence of a Cabinet Minister made formal clothes imperative
This view was countered by the
2.27/04 of him drawing further over to mates of the house had already "antia," who said that evening · .....702 his own side of the road would be extinguished the re before the dress would make them look more. .47.18/10 considered sufficient. It is not arrival of the firemen.
ke plutocrats than people who 4.87 18/32
In Kowloon, motor bus 87, be-needed relief from the growing reasonable to suppose that such a 25.20 driver must be followed all the longing to the Kowloon Motor Bus burden of taxation.
Way to Repulse Bay or Castle Company, caught fire at 9.15 p.m. Perk.
yesterday near the railway bridge 104 We wish to state that we have at Hunghom. The fire was due to .28.324 by no means found signalling a the bursting of a gasoline pipe. In
8674 universal practice In Hongkong
the car's engine. The Kowloon 5.29/02 Years, etc.,
Fire Brigade soon. appeared. The 1/8.1/10
bus was badly damaged, but for -British Wireless.
tunately no one was Injured.
.18.11 .18.33
FOUE MOTORISTS. Hongkong, January 10, 1928.
It was eventually decided that: evening dress will be optional.
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