THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1984.
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The new Home is the last word in comfort and common- Hense for dogs," said Lady Southorn in her speech at the opening of the Dogs' Home in Tam Kubg Rond yesterday afternoon.
The new building, erected for the Hongkong S.P.C.A., was necessitated by Government's resumption of the old site in Waterloo Road for road-widening purposes,
The spacious and beautiful new Home has been erected largely by the munificence of Lady Ho Tung, who made a large donation to the Society's funds for this purpose.
The Home was designed and 1923 Lady Ho Tung announced carried out by Mr. Leslie Ross, her intentions of providing the F.R.L.B.A., of St. George's Building, funds to meet these needs, and who is lonorary Architect to the immediately donated the sum of ригрове. In the Society. The contractors for the $10,000 for the
the old home Was work are Messrs. Sang Hop & Co. meantime Major Frank Hogg is Honorary established and has done yeoman Veterinary Surgeon,
service and many thoudens of The 6th Kowloon Girl Guide dogs have found refuge, food and
the sufferinga Troop, composed largely of girls relief from who have won their Animal that Home, and a large propor Lover's badges, formed a Guardition have found new homes and of Honour for Lady Southorn on become the devoted companions her arrival at the Home yesterday of their new masters.
"You can see afternoon,
In
and appreciate
Mr. John Ruseli, President of already the beauty of the build- have been erected the S.P.C.A., and Mr. D. Davica, ings, which
to the design ut our Vice-President, met Lady Southern here
at the gaten/of the lome and architect Mr. Leslie Ross, and 1
have examined i accompanied her to the platform.think when you Among the official guests present the internal arrangements you will were Lady Ho Tung, Mr. Kayok find that we have a home which, Sin-la, M. and Mrs. Leslie toontecturally and in very other and Mesdames G. F. Hole, J. J.way, is one which need fear com Haydn and I. S. Rouse.
Mr. Russell's Speech In thanking Lady Southern for being present to open the Home, Mr. Busmell anld:
"Before asking Lady Southern to déclare the Home open we feet sure that you would like to hear a little of the history of our Society leading up to this event,
narison with no other similar in- stitution in any part of the world. "A more beautiful and, I hope, a Lasting record of the more generosity, public spiritedness and kind heartedness of Lady Ho Tung and Sir Robert Hlo Tung cannot, think, he found among the many buildings in the Colony which owe their existence to the Ho Tung family.
"In the year 1903 a Mr. Hewett wrote to the press drawing atten- "I feel at this stage that I must' is almost a tion to the cruelty to animals in be guilty of what the Colony, which, he pointed out, breach of confidence and inform was due largely to ignorance and you that Sir Robert Ho Tung in old custom. His letter was given paying any excess of the cost of and above the considerable publicity and arous-the building over ed a great deal of discussion; as fund provided by Lady Ho Tung." a result a public meeting called for the purpose of starting
society for preventing cruelty to Following his speech, Mr. Rus- animals. A Committee was form-hell accompanied Lady Southern ed of influential members of the and Mr. Leslie Rosa to the gates community with H.E. Sir Henry of the Home. With a large silver Blake as President.
key. Lady Southern unlocked the
wan
Gates Unlocked
" cannot find that the Society gates, declaring the Dome open achieved very much, but at the and wishing it every НИСЕРАЯ. second meetling the question of a Inspector Fowler then brought the Dog's Home was fully discussed dogs into their new home. and it was decided that proper In expressing her pleasure at kennels ought to be built. This being present to open the Home, acems to have suffered the fate Lady Southern said:
of so many other good resolutions. "I wonder if it is because I n
"The effective history of the such a fervent admirer of ents Society started in June 1921, 11.E. that I have been chosen to open Sir R. E. Stubbs allowed his name the Dogs Home. However, pur- to be used as President, and since haps the Committee who did me: thai date the successive Governors, the honour knew that I have great have always given recognition to sympathy with all furred and the Society by heading the list of feathered things expecially in this our putrons,
(Continued on Page 10.)
First Home in 1923 "At the first meeting of the Society as it is organised to-day. we find. Sir Henry Pollock ad- vocating the-establishment of a Dogs Home as one of the vital necessities of our work. In June
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