THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, DECEMBER
13, 1984.
SUNDAY AT KING'S NEW DOGS' HOME OPENED FOR TWO WEEKS ONI Y
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"The new Home is the last word in comfort and common... sense for dogs," oald Lady Southorn in her speech at the opening of the Dogs" Home in Tam Kung Road yesterday afternoon.
The new building, erected for the Hongkong S.P.C.A., wha necesaliated 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 annoanced carried out by Mr. Leslie Ross, her intentions of, providing the F.R.LD.A., of St. George's Building, funds to meet these needs, and who is ionorary Architect to the Immediately donated the sum of Society. The contractors for the $10,000 for the purpose. In the work are Mosrra. Sang Hop & Co. meantime the old home Major Frank long in Honorary catablished and has donc yeoman Veterinary Surgeon,
service and many thousands of
The 6th Kowloon Girl Guide dogs have found refuge, food and Troop, composed largely of girls relief from their sufferings in who have won their Animal that lome, and a large propor Lover's badges, formed a Guard thon have found new homes and of Honour for Lady Southorn on become the devoted companions her arrival at the Home yesterday | of their new mustera. afternoon.
"You can ree and appreciate
Mr. John Russell, President of already the beauty of the build- the S.P.C.A., and Mr. D. Davies, inga, which have been erected Vice-President, met Lady Southern hero to the design of our at the gates of the Home and architect Mr. Lealie Ross, and I accompanied her to the platform. I think when you have examined Among the official guests present the internal arrangements you will were Lndy Ho Tung. Mr. Kwok And that we have a home which, Siu-lau, Mr. and Mrs, Leslie Ross architecturally and in every other and. Meidames G. F. Hole, J. J.way, la one which need feur com- Haydn and H. S. Bouse.
Mr. Russell's Speech In thanking Lady Southern for being present to open the Home, Mr. Russell said:
"Before asking Lady Southern to declare the Ilome open we feel sure that you would like to hear a little of the history of our Society leading up to this event.
the
parison with no other similar in- titution in any part of the world. "A more beautiful and, I hope, a more lasting record of generosity, public spiritedness and kind heartedness of Lady Ho Tung and Sir Robert Ho Tang cannot, think, be 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 the press drawing atten
"I feel at this stage that I must tion to the cruelty to animals in be guilty of what is almost A the Colony, which, he pointed out, breach of confidence and inform was due largely to ignorance and you that Sir Robert Ho Tung is old custom. His letter was given paying any excess of the cost of considerable publicity and arous. the building over and above the ed a great deal of discussion; as fund provided by Lady Ho Tung."
result public meeting WAR called for the purpose of starling
Gates Unlocked
a society for preventing cruelty to Following his speech, Mr. Rus- animals. A Committee was form-sell accompanied Lady Southern ed of influential members of the and Mr. Leslie Ross to the gutes community with HE. Sir Henry of the Home. With a large sliver Blake as President.
key, Lady Southorn unlocked the
"I cannot find that the Society gates, déclaring the Home open achieved very much, but at the and wishing it every success. second meeting the question of a Inspector Fowler them brought the | Dog's Home was fully discussed dogs into their new home, and it was decided that proper in expressing her pleasure at kennela ought to be built. This being present to open the Home, seems to have suffered the fate Lady Southern said:
of so many other good resolutions. "I wonder if it is because I am "The effective history of the auch n fervent admirer of ents Society started in June 1921, H.E. that I have been chosen to open Sir R. E. Stubbs allowed his name the Dogs Home. However, per- to be used as President, and since haps the Committee who did me that date the successive Governors; the honour knew that I have great have always given recognition to sympathy with all furred and the Society by hending the lat of feathered things especially in this our patronu,
(Continued on Page 10.)
First Home in 1923 "At the first meeting of the Society as it is organised to-day. we flid Sir Henry Pollock ad vocuting the establishment of u -Dogs' Home as one of the vital necessities of our work. In Junel
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