CAPT. YOSHI OKUNO
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY," JULY 3, 1933.
DEATH OF YORKSHIRE FOOCHOW CALMS
PAINTER
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LINK WITH RICHARD MR. J. WALTER WEST STUDENT AGITATION
TREVITHICK
GREAT-GRANDSON
Richard
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(Our Own Correspondent).
CEASES
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(Our Own Correspondent).
Foochow. Fortunately there has been na Educated at Boothum School, apparent sequel to the protest by York, and later passing through the students and others against the Royal Academy School, London Mr. Armistice in the north. It would West won the first allver medal of seem that wiser
London, July 1. Mr, J. Walter West, the well Captain Yoshi Okuno, who will known Yorkshire painter, has died. be well known to many Hongkong residents who have travelled to England on the N.Y.K. liner Hakusan Maru as its popular
counsels had commander, is a great-grandson of
the Royal Academy for drawing the prevailed; and the students have Trevithick, the noted head from life. The picture was gone on quietly with their lawful | Cornish inventor, whose centenary
purchased by the Chantrey Trustees avocations, and have been busy is celebrated this year. Christen for the Tate Gallory in 1913, during the last couple of weeks in ed. Richard Trevithick after his
preparing to persuade their ten- great-grandfather and grand-
Later becoming a member of the chera that they know a great deal father, Captain Okuno, many Society of Mural Decorators and more than they really-in ather years ago, assumed Japanese na- Painters in Tempera, the deceased words swotting up for examina- tionality, and took the name of had works accepted for the perma- tions.. his mother, a Japaneso, lady. nient collections of Birmingham,
Liverpool, Hull, Preston, Reading, Even the opposition to the Gov This relationship was discovered Birkenhead and Wanganui, Now Jernment's "Uniform Examination" by Mr. Alfred Hicks, editor of the Zealand. He was a painter in all for boys and girls finishing their Hongkong Telegraph, who recently water colour and, tempera, as well school courses has Come to 悲 left Hongkong on Home leave as designer of book-plates and sudden and satisfactory conclu-
8.a. Hakusan Maru, posters, a lithographer aboard the
and ilusion, thanks mainly to the firm accompanied by his wife.
Mr.minator.
the Government, Hicks, whilst having a chat with Captain Okuno, in the latter's
thorities, who made it clear that any private school whose pupils refused to take the Exam would be forthwith deprived of its re- gistration and all privileges con- nected therewith.
Mr. West was also responsible for cabin, noticed a photograph of a Underground Railway posters. statue of Richard Trevithick, the inventor, occupying a prominent place, and when he inquired into Captain Okuno's interest in the subject of the photograph, latter replied: "I am Richard Trevithick's great-grandson."
the
N.Y. PRESBYTERIAN
MINISTER
neв of
All-
of This enabled the bends schools, some of whom had ul- syrapathised with most openly their pupils in opposing the Gov-
In the course of further conver: Death of Rev.. Henry ernment, to threaten strong ac
Ratlon, Captain Okuno stated that Tre- his father, Francis Henry vithick, a grandson of the inventor went out to Japan in 1876 as chief superintendent of the locomotive department of the Japanese Gov- ernment railways, and as adviser in connexion with the construction of Japan's first railway line, from Tokyo to Yokohama. "AR his grandfather could claim to have been the pioneer of the locomotive, so could my father claim to have been the pioneer of railways in Japan," remarked Caplain Okuno.
Took to the Sea,
Howard, D.D.
(Our Own Correspondent).
London, July 1.
tion against any who jeopardised. schools. the existence of their
and the result has been that all the pupils have taken the Exam. This refers to Foochow and North Fuklen.
In South Fukien and Amoy, The Rev. Henry Howard, D.D., according to all acounts, things Litt. D.. prominent Presbyterian have been much more serious, and minister, passed away to-day at violence has been shown by the students, The Educational Com- the age of 74.
The Rev. Howard was pastor missioner has despatched a re- of Fifth Avenue Presbyterian presentative to see what can be 'Church from 1926 to the time of done about it. But meantime the his death. Born in Melbourne ho Foochow students are hoping that, was first associated with the Ade- as they were so good as to go in the end, the Inide Central Methodist Mission of for the Exam in which he was superintendent from! examiners will be specially lenient, 1905 to 1921. He was also tem- and allow them all to pass.
The weather of Inte has been porarily in charge of the Wesleyan Church, Prince Arthur Road, what we usually have in June.. Hampstead, London, before taking and the less said about it
better. We look forward to the up his last living in New York.
He was the author of a number autumn with its dry, bracing alr, of books of religious themes, his warm days and cool nights; but last publication being "The Defeat the time is not yet, of Fear" in 1931.
Capt. Okuno's father remained in Japan until 1897, and during his lengthy stay there he married a Japanese lady. There were four children by the marriage, Capt. Okuno being the eldest. The children remained in Japan for many years, with their mother, after their father returned to England. After
the mother's death, one of the four children, a girl, died; Captain Okuno remained in Japan for a time, and a brother and sister came to England, where they are still living, in Birming- CAPTAIN FRUSTRATES
POSSIBLE PIRACY
note
It is interesting to ham. that both these children recently attended the Trevithick centenary service in Westminster Abbey. In 1901, Captain Okuno came England from
having adopted-a-sengoing career. From 1901 to 1904, he served his time
Japan,
to
ON TIENTSIN MARU
Dairen, July 2. What might have developed in sailing ships, and then succes into another piracy was frustrated Bively joined the Bucknall Line and by the determined action taken by as the skipper of the 8.8. Tientsin the Atlantic Transport Line officor. Later, he took Japanese Maru when fivo suspicious look nationality and his mother's name ing foreigners boarded the vessel; and became an officer in the lead-at Tangku yesterday morning, and ing Japanese steamship company, refused to disembark when order- the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, and ob-ed. tained command in 1916. He has remained in this company since. Captain Okuno's father died in 1931, and it was a fortunate circumstance that the son was in -England at the time and was able to be present at the funeral.
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Proud of the Link
Although it meant delaying the of the vessel, the ever departure
Captain summoned the Chinese police, who arrested the foreigners and conveyed them to Tientsin.
The story was recounted when the Tlontain Maru arrived .hore this afternoon.-Reuter.
DAVIS AND WIGHTMAN CUP TEAMS.
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THE LAST EIGHTS AT WIMBLEDON
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Fr. I. Krahwinkel (Germany) bent Miss King (Britain) 6-2, 7-5.
Miss Peggy Scriven (Britain) beat Miss Betty Nuthall (Britain) 3-6, 6-0, 0-4.
Miss Helen Jacobs (Britain) beat
0-0, 6-4. Mrs. Dorothy Andrus Burke (U.S.A.)
MEN'S DOUBLES. Second Round,'
R. Nunoi and Jiro Satoh (Japan) beat J. Condon and C. J. J. Robins G. P. Hughes and F. J. Perry (South Africa) G-1, 5-7, 0-1, 1-2. (Britain) beat N. H. Latchford and W. H. Powell (Britain) 6-3, 6-1, 8-6.
Third Round.
G, von Cramm and E. 'Nourney (Germany) beat, A. del Bono and E. Sertorio (Italy) 1-0, 0-3, 6-4, 6-4.
N. G. Farquharson and V. G. Kirby (South Africa) beat I. Aoki and G. L. Tackett (Britain) 6-3, 6-2, 6-4.
WOMEN'S DOUBLES.
First Round,
bent.
Mrs. Fearnley Whittingstall and Mias Betty Nuthall (Britain) Mr. Phyille Covell and Mrs. Dorothy Shepherd-Barrow (Britain) 0-0, 8-6.
MIXED DOUBLES.
Second Round,
Capt. Okuno, who is an extreme- ly popular commander on the N.Y.K. Line, and who speaks English, French, and Japanese fluently, still maintains regular contact with his brother and sister, and always stays with them at Birmingham when his ship touches at, London. out of the picture scoring his first Twice married, on each occasion to blob" of the season. Divecha failed a Japanese lady, he has two sons, to remain long and F. Kermant also by each wife. He is very fell for a "duck," so that after Tom proud of his link with the inventor Madar's dismissal things looked of the locomotive, and amonget,the gloomy for the Rock, but at this point most treasured of his possessions of the match, C. J. Smith came in to a model of a hammer, made in gold make a great stand knocking up 27 and silver, with a suitable inscrip- runs in a good insings with "Coco"
Oilerdessen. Inspired thus, tlon, which was presented to his father by the Japanese Govern-maining batsmen hit out successfully
Cochran claimed 28 runs ment anniversary the introduction of nitrary of Torry Wilson added 19, the last tho Instrumental in saving batsmen being Japan.
the day for the Ras.
To Police opened weakly with Gash and Barton, early and it was not until the advent of Bailey and Quayle that runs com menced to mount up. The latter has G. P. Hughes (Britain) and Mrs. lost none of his prowess despite the Helen Willa-Moody (U.S.A.) beat I.
out strongly G. Collins and Miss 0. L. increasing years and
Webb to score 31 runs, following which (Britain) (-1, 6-4. there was a bad ret, Aston being the I.: Aoki (Japan) and Miss B: only one to get inte double figures and Feltham (Britain) beat Vivian the whole side was out for 194 thereby McGrath (Australia) and Mrs. Scovell giving the game to the Recs.
(Britain) 0-1, 3-0, 8-0--Reuter.
LOAN APPROVED
COMPLETION OF CANTON. HANKOW RAILWAY
Nanking, July 1. After conaldoring the matter for nine months, the board of the Chincao-British Boxer Indemnity Fund has approved the loan of £4,800,000 for the completion of the Canton-Hankow Rallway, Of this sum, $1,200,000 will be secured by the flotation of bonds..
Bocurity,
the
and
R. Miki (Japan) and Miss Dorothy (New Zealand) and Miss Katherine Round (Britain) beat E. D. Andrown Stammers (Britain) 2-0, 6-2, 6-2.
E. Itoh (Japan) and Miss R. M. Hardwicke (Britain) beat D.
H. Williams and Miss N. Trentham Latter falling (Britain) 6-4, 6-4.
Third Round.
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