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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1929.
men who had rendered possible the annual shows, the name that comes uppermost in my mind is that of Mr. Lawronco Gibb, who had acted in the capacity of president. Hos secretary and hon, treasurer, auc cessfully, for many years. You will agree with me that Mr. Gibb's departure from the Colony is a real lose to the Society..
TRIAD SOCIETY.
CHINESE FINED FOR BEING, A MEMBER.
A charge of being members of an unlawful (Triad) Society was brought against two Chinese before Mr. T. S. Whyte Smith at the Kow- loon Magistracy yesterday.
Mr. F. C..E. Rendall appeared for the defendants and pleaded not
The Police withdrew the charge against the second defendant, who was discharged.
In consequence of a drop of 40 in a membership roll of 200 of the Horticultural Society, Mr... Ho Leung, presiding at the annual meeting held last night, sald that By an old resident of the Colony, without a larger membership the I am informed that, as long ago Society was foredoomed to extincas in the early. 80's of the last tion. He deplored the necessity of century, exhibits for the annual sounding the warning and remark-flower show were received in Hong-guilty, ed that If the Society did cease kong from amateur gardeners at through lack of membership it Yaumati and Kowloon. I am told would be a serious reflection on the that the joint owners of "Delmer" community as being totally indif--who, alas, are no longer amongat ferent to the aesthetic amenities us at Yaumati and from the of nature.
private gardens at Tsimshatsul, on the mainland, as well as from those of West Point, where King's College now stands, and from Pokfulam on the Island, a large collection of ex- hibits for the flower show came from our Portuguese and Chinese fellow-citizens. These examples of to be the past ought surely. emulated.
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Mr. H. Green complained of the small attendance, and in doing so. said "They can very well get here much more enally than I can. It may do them gcod to see it in print."
Those present in addition to the chairman were Mrs. R. M. Dyer, Mrs. F. C. Hall. Mr. J. A. H Plummer, Chon, secretary and hon treasurer,), Mr. A. Tse, (joint hon. ecretary,) Col. T. A. Robertson and Mr. H. Green.
Chairman's Speech.
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Detective Inspector Fallon said that at 1.20 p.m. on November 5, three Chinese detectives went to a tea house at No. 187, Reclamation bad Street, looking characters in connexion with an armed robbery. The defendants, together with another man, were sitting at an adjoining table and when they left they were followed.
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The first defendant was seen to Appeal for Competitors. take a piece of paper cut of his pocket and throw it on to the floor. On behalf of the retiring com- Beth defendants were arrested, mittes I earnestly appeal to re- the second because he was accused aldents of Homuntin and the Garby the first defendant as being the den City of Kowloon Tong to vie man who had given him the docu- with one another in rivalry to cap ment. tur the best prizes for exhibits The Chairman said:
Evidence that the document re- Ladies and Gentlemen-A de-at the next annual show. I realize tailed review of the financial post- the difficulty und expense of translated to a Triad Society was given
for Chinese Affairs. tion of the Society and of its portation; but I have no doubt theby an interpreter of the Secretariat Activities during the past year an incoming committee will offer every
Mr. Rendall, addressing the pears to me to be unnecessary. facility by means of motor-lorries
for the
con Court, said that the defendant had You will huve perused the leaflet and steamlaunches
from our been employed on Dutch steamers issued by the committee which conveyance of exhibits taing their report and the state-suburban friends across the har- for a number of years but having bour. I hope an appeal will not be contracted a "wasting" disease he ment of accounts. The latter are presented in such detall by the made in vain, and visitors to the had left the sea. Since 1927 he next Spring will be had been sick. Last month a Society's hon. treasurer (Mr. J. A. exhibition II. Pluramer) that no effort is privileged to judge the beauty of Buddhist monk went to his place needed to trace the last cent that the exquisite flowers reared under and on discovering his illness gave has been expended by the Society the tender care of Homuntin and him a charm written on a plece of during the period June 1928 to Kowloon Tong amateur gardeners May 1929. There is one item, of all nationalities. I hear their
The defendant, said Mr. Rendall, however, in the working dccount's number is legion, and it needs hut that calls for comment, I refer to the the stimulus of an earnest appeal was not a scholar but a sailor and Society's indebtedness to the South for their modesty to be overcome by had no knowledge of the written asked the second China Morning Post Ltd, of $321.70 entering exhibits for competition. language. He
defendant to make a copy of this outstanding since 1926. Thanks to
Before I conclude, on behalf of charm and on the day of their ar- the generosity of certain members the committee, I wish to thank rest he had just received the copy of the committee, this debt has been Messrs, Jardine, Matheson and Co. from the man. He had put it in- paid off, and when it is seen that most heartily for the use of their side a cigarette packet in order that that item represents about one bard room for the Society's meet-it might last a little longer and the quarter of the aggregate of the
ings; Messrs. Lowe Bingham and effect of its charm might not wear year's payments, it will not be dif- Matthews for auditing the accounts, off. ficult to realize to what extent theand to the hon, secretaries for time Society has been relieved from its and labour devoted in the interest financial burden.
of the Society. To His Excellency the Governor, the committee are most grateful for the practical sympathy with the activities of the hongkong Horticultural Society."
Membership Loss..
The dwindling membership is cause for sincere regret. A drop of 40 in a roll of 200 is sufficiently
At the conclusion of the chair. serious to compel an urgent and, an earnest appeal from the outgoing man's speech Mr. Green asked. committee to residents of Hong-whether the remarks were for kong and Kowloon to come to the publication, and on being informed aid of the Society by joining as by the Chairman they were. Mr. there should he members. Without the enthusias Green suggested
and some reference to those members of tie support of.. ladies. gentlemen, despite every effort of the committee who were absent the Committee, it will be impossible who could not attend once a year. to keep the Society golag. I hate
The Chairman:I think we had
to be pessimistic, but my colleagues better leave that to the Press. agree with me that a warning note should now be sounded that, with
Mr. Green: "Well, perhaps they out a larger membership, the Hong-will never hear of it if you don't are not kong Horticultural Society is fore-talk about it. They doomed to extinction. It will be theuchtreaders you know." Mr. a serious reflection on this com- Green continued it was a matter munity as being totally indifferent af great regret that members were to the aesthetic amenities of nature absent. "They enn very well get if they permit the unselfish labours here much more easily than I can. and disinterested "efforts of en-It may do them good to see it in become sterile in the Inglorious passing of the Horticultural respon. Society which has been sible, for many years, for the an
best nual public display of the and loveliest products. from the private gardens of the Colony.
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The matter then closed.
Mrs. R. M. Dyer was unanimous ly elected to the office of President, the Chairman remarking that she was not only a keen member of the committee but she was also an active worker and exhibitor.
Tribute to Mr. Gibb, When I speak of the valuable as- In returning thanks, Mrs. Dyer sistance of those ladies and gentle said she felt she had been honoured
paper.
In view of the evidence, Mr. Rendall said that he did not propose to call the defendant. It was obvious that the paper was in his possession and there was no doubt that the paper referred to a Triad Society.
In asking for leniency, Mr. Rendall mentioned that the defen- the dant, he understood from Police, had no previous convictions.
His Worship Intimated that he could not accept the story fold by fendant and registered a conviction. Mr. Rendall on behalf of the de
Mr. Rendall asked his Worship to take into account the fact that the defendant had been in custody for 15 days.
A fine of $75 was imposed.
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