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COUNCIL, MEETING.
TRIBUTES TO MRS. HICKLING
AND MR JACKMAN. His Excellency the Officer Ad: ministering the Government (the Hon. Mr. W. T. Southorn, C.BLG.) presided over a meeting of the Legislative Council held in the Sanitary Board Room, Post Ofes Building, yesterday afternoon, as which the Budget was considered and approved.
The Hon. Mr. C. G. Alabaster and the Hon. Mr. C. G. S. Mackie took the oath and their seals as members of the Council,
Sad Occurrences.
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University Scholarships
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1928.
The Hon. Mr. J. Owen Hughes, in accordance with notice, asked the following questions:
CONSIGNEES, NOTICES.
THE ELLERMAN, FÅR EAST LINE. From EUROPE.
Will the Government state: (a) The year when the scheme for the Training of Teachers, at The Steamship," the Hongkong University, was In augurated?
(b) The total number who have entered the University with Gov ernment asalsted Scholarships in each year since the inception of the scheme?
(e) Total cost to the Government for each of these years? and grand total cpat. to into?
י.
(d) Number of graduates who have left the Government service before the expiration of the two years teaching in Government Schools?
(e) Number of Scholarship hold ors who did not complete the de- gree course?
who
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No claims will be admitted after His Excellency the Officer Ad- ministering the Government said:
the Goods have left the ship's tackle Hon. Members of the Legislative
and/or Godowns and all goods re- maining undelivered after Monday Counell, Since our last meeting tte éventa have occurred which | (f); Number of Scholarship hold-8th October, 1928, will be subject have spread a feeling of great sor- era who did not complete the to rent.
degree course," .. but row throughout the Colony.
The death of Mrs. Hickling still teaching in Government M.B.E., on 22nd September last Schools? took from the ranks of the medical. profession in Hongkong one of its inost distinguished members and from the Government Medical Department one of its most devot- ed servants, lionoured by all classes of the community and re- vered by the poor, to whom shoThe Colonial Secretary replied: had devoted her life, Mra Hick (a) The scheme for the training ing carried out her duties with of Teachers at the Hongkong unflagging zeal, undaunted by her University was inaugurated Insigned by own severe illness, till within a 1917. few days of her death. To-day the Colony mourns the less of one whom to know was to admire, and only those who knew her well know how great that loss it.
On Saturday last the news of the dastardly piracy on the 8.9. "Anking sent thrill of horror
throughout
Colony. the whole Taken by surprise the Chief Of-: feet, the Chief Engineer. and the Quartermaster of the Ill-fated ship were foully murdered and the Captain and Third Officer sovere- ly wounded-gallant men all, who suffered and fell In the execution of their duty. No words af nine- can adequately express the in- dignation of the Colony at this gross outrage on a British ship on the high sens The murderers have for the moment escaped with
(h) Total amount of such re- funds to date!
(b). The total number of those who have entered the University with Government assisted Scholar- ships in each year since the in- ception of the scheme is as fol- JoWB:
Year
No.
1017
3
1918
3
1919
3.
1920
5
1021
11
1922
4
1923
12
1924
1925
1926
1027
1928
Total
5
8
77
their captives and their booly, but (c) The total cost to Government the Government to which they are for each of these years is as fol- subject has undertaken to seek lows:
them out, and it is our earnest
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Two girls and the driver of a motor-cycle on the pillion seat of in which they were riding aro 498 3,484 Bridgnorth Infirmary following an
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Year
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hope that the Government of Can- ton will give proof of its ability
1917
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(f) The number of scholarship holders who did not complete the degree course but who are still teaching in Government schools is 4,
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of you who were nasociated with Government service before the (h) The total amount of such re- hit during his many years of use-expiration of their two teach- funds ful service in Hongkong; I knewing in Government schools is $1,342.05. him for but a short space of time, four. Of these one' was permitt yet learned to realize and to mped to resign to take up appoint- preciate his loyalty and.is de- ment in Dutch Indin; one was dia- votion to duty. We all deeply re-missed and forfeited his security: gret that he should not hava lived one resigned and paid bond 'and' to enjoy the rest he had so well forfeited security; one has recent- earned.
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