THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
Septuagenarian Who Fought The Dreaded Bubonic Plague
19, 1938.
FATHER OF THE SANITARY BOARD
SIR BOSHAN. WEI-YUK WAS PUBLIC-SPIRITED
CHINESE LEADER
By T. Paul Gregory
DISTINGUISHING FEATURE OF HONGKONG'S SOCIAL,
A POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC LIFE IS THE SPLENDID SPIRIT
OF CO-OPERATION AND MUTUAL INTERDEPENDENCE WHICH HAS BEEN DEVELOPED AMONGST ITS CITIZENS.
This laudable state of affairs, however, has been of slow and halting growth; for it has not been easy to foster such a truly democratic outlook amongst such a highly cosmopolitan populace.
The difficulty is more appar ent when we consider that 96.7 per cent, of the total population is Chinese; whilst the remaining 3.8 per cent, is a minority composed of many races and religious beliefs.
The Chinese, community, too, Indeed, he ranks as one of those whilst numerically the largest, public-spirited citizens of his race who instituted the Tung Wah Hos- has not always taken an interestpital and the Po Leung Kuk- in the development of the institutions which in their
present Colony for it was only due to form bave become of exceed- the efforts of certain far-sighteding value to the welfare of Hong- Governors that the lenders of ong's Chinese masses,
generation
Public Life
connection
SIR BOSIJAN WEI-YUK
British M.P.SE RADIO
Have Narrow Escape In Spain!
Madrid, Jan. 18.
A party of British Members of Parlament now touring Spalu nor: rowly escaped injury during an air rald oni Valencia, the Spanish Government's capital, according to a report from a Spanish official news ngency.
The raid occurred in the centre of
BROADCAST
Beethoven Symphony No. 3
In E Flat Major
LONDON RELAYS
Radio Programme broadcast by zaw on Frequeneles of 845 .k.c's. 9:52 m.,c's per second. › H.K.T.
12.0 noon Relay of service of the city white the party was driving intercession from St. John's Cathedral.
to
the
12.30
war training school, One of the cars was hit by a bomis, but occupants miraculously enenped in-Orchestra. Jury.-Reuter,
RUSSIAN ON UNIQUE FORGERY CHARGE
...
Prosecution's Story Of Alleged Trick
a
p.m. London
Palladium
(Savino);
Marche Symphonique Japanese Carnival (de Basque); Klas Me Aguin (Herbert); Live, Laugh and
Alm Love (from
Congress. Dances); Old Vienna (Zudowski); Maki of the Mountains- Waltz (Fraser-Simson); Katja Dancer Waltz (Gilbert).
Moon
The
12.31 Reginald Foort (Organ). "Transatlantle Rhythm-Medley; Paloco Theatre Medley.
10 Time and Weather.
1.03 Do Groot and Ils Orchestra,
this important group were en- couraged to co-operate with the
His public spirit was noteworthy, .Government in the promotion and he served on practically every
"Gipsy Love" Selection (Lehar); When the Great Red Down is of their mutual interests. Con- committee organised during a period
Shining (Sharpe); Kinetta (Gechi); sequently, amongst those Chin-of well over fifty years. He was the
Romance (Rubinstein); I Love You
Chanson (Grlest):
Bohemienne ese who were thus encouraged Coman of the Tung Wah Hospital
Committee, and again
A conjuring trick that duped with which he began his experi- to exert a voice in the local 1888-00, and, in addition, from the hundreds of people some years meats. He put the note in a
dish, (Boldl); On a Dreamy Summer Night
figures of a administration are those prominent | commencement of his public career ago led to the appearance in theil on which was some liquid, and after } (Krome); In The Night (Tale),'
since until iris retirement, he served on all Criminal Court this morning of it out and attached a piece of thin leaving it there for some time, took
1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press; the Hon. Mr. Wong Shing, Sir the commissions
Weather and Announcements. appointed by the Kal Ho-kai and Dr. Wu Ting-local administration to enquire into 31-year-old Russian, on a charge produced two pieces of rough paper. theNicolai Pavlovich Custareff, a paper to it. Having done so, he fang. These
1.40 Gracie Fields and London men, on account matters affecting his community. .123 of their praiseworthy efforts to achieve understanding amongst self to the cause of law and order
into which he put the note and thin Plano Accordeon Band. particular, Sir Boshan devoted film- of forgery.
paper wrapped them round
anct Custareff was charged before the small roll, rubbing it with a plece
Good Evening, Pretty Lady; Back the cosmopolitan elements of our and rendered much useful service to Chief Justice, Str Atholl MacGregor. of wood. After three or four minutes in Those old Kentucky Days.... Colony, have rendered their terms Writin of service on the Legislative Council negotiations between the
with the and a Jury consisting of Messrs. he unwrapped them and took out the
Govern-F. Buckley (foreman), J. M. Pinna, thin paper on which, when put to Says, Goes (Casting); Falling in ..Accordeon Band; What Archibald most glorious.
ment of Hongkong and that of Yuen Wai-yeung, W. Chain, the light, could be seen the facsimile Love Again (from film "The Blue An
J. Krogh-Moc and Joseph Tam of a bank-note. Chinese inhabitants of the Chinese of this period, of whom Territories at the time of its cession dollar nate by altering the last digit dish into which he poured some
New funge
gel")......Vocal: Rosalie; Our Days "Accused then produced another Together; My Lucky Dayrit can be justly said that his inherent to the Crown upon a 99 years lease in the number from 6 to 0, the pos- yellow liquid. After dabbing the Medley: There'll Never be Another
...Accordeon Band; Holiday His Rood qualities, his loyalty to the Government, his devotion to duty
session of a forged bank-note and
note with the liquid he repeated theYcu; One Night in Monte Carlo..... and his whole-hearted support of
The interest which he displayed in
uttering a forged bank-note.
....Accordeon Band. first experiment-wrapping the note, the promotion of law and order was presented, pleaded Not Guilty.
Accused, who was not legally re- together with pieces of paper, Into
2.15 p.m. Close Down. such that he advocated the founding
the roll, He rolled for 20 or 30 6.00 to 7.00 p.m. Chinese Pro- of the Hongkong District Watchmen's
Outlining the case for the Crown,
minutes and then went to the kit-gramme, Force. The importance of this law- allegedly selected by necused as his was out of the sight of the woman
Whyatt said that the person chen, That was the first time he 7.0 Dance Records. body was fully realised by victim was a woman
Slow Foxtrot-You passed me By: upholding This wo that well-known per-
named Hul
was not Tango-Once Only
George nonality-Sir Boshan Wel Yuk-Sir Francis Henry Muy who stated Sik-yuen, who lived at 90 Jattce Road and what he did there
Orch, Quick- man who was prominently identifleri/ that when he (Sir Francis) was the and who owned and managed a bat full of water and put the roll in it.step-A
known He came out with a basin Boulanger and His
Moon- sallboat in the of Captain-Superintendent with the business activitis of their Boshun rendered services which ber shop in Johnston Road.
TWO NOTES” APPEARED light; Waltz-Moonlight Valley... On October 20 last she was in the interesse I shall never forget and for which shop which accused came in and had
"At the end of about 15 minutes. Victor Silvester and his Ballroom shall always be grateful."
he unwrapped the roll, inside of Orchestra. Foxtrot-Smile a hair-cut. Two days later he re- Legislative Council, on which he did indebted to him on many occasions asked the woman to go out to tin of one. Each of the notes bore the and his Band,
The Chinese Government was alsoj turned and, after having a shave, he which were two bank-notes instead you Say Goodbye. Jay Wilbur
There is, however, another eminent | Kwangtung for the pacifying of the Omar, with the forgery of a five-)
everything that was conducive to the welfare of the Colony" won for him and sincere respect of
the esteem all.,
many
in 1808.
Police
Colony and took в great interest in public work, serving community for
years on the
much useful and valued service.
for his efforts in securing the ex- Sir Boshan Wel Yuk was born at tradition of Cantonese criminels who Hongkong in 1849 and died at his had attempted to find sanctuary in residence in Wongneichong, Happy the Colony. Valley, on. December 10, 1921.
securu
well-rounded
inent Central School In order to
education.
every
of matters of
the subsidence of
the
Mr.
and
the
the last Plano,
When
the
7.13 London Relay"Take Your same number, and naturally terms with her clients she agreed
Apparently wishing to be on good woman was impressed.
Choice." and took him to her flats in Jaffee again saw Mr. Mul and told him the feature presented by William Mac- "The following day, the woman A weekly variety entertainment Road. After a short talk on personal story, at the same time giving him Lurg malters, accused asked for drinks the notes. Public Health ́ Efforts
On November 6, accused 7.45 London Relay--A theme and The ancestral seat of his family.
on being told by the woman that called again and asked her for the a Song. was-the-district-of-Heungshan Dürbig the dreaded outbreak of she had-none, produced a five-dollar notes. She suld she had not got themThis week "Food" Songs.-The- (Chungshan) contiguous to Macao, bubonic plugue in Hongkong In note to buy some. Botties of beer with her, whereupon he told her not Boy, The Girl, and the Trio, with and the first of the line to settle in 1854, Sir Boshan exerted
were bought and accused was handed to spend them in one shop, as the Col
they Joe Marais and his Band. was Sir Boshan's father, effort to gain the co-operation of the back $3.40 us chunge
bore the same number. He also 7.55 Foxtrot Girls were made to Wel
This
gentleman was Chinese masses by recommending the
BEER AS BAIT during
the time of Sir Boshan's strictest observallon
acked her, since she had witnessed love and kiss: Waltz-Love Live for Jackc Accused returned to the fat the the experiments, for notes of, $100, Ever and Rule my Heart. boyhood an influential Agure in the
itis following day and again asked for $50 and $10, but did not receive any. Hylton and his Orchestra. business world of the Colony, being anflation. So successful was
work in the advocacy of more beer. The woman sent out for some
"Merinwhile, Mr. Mai took the 0.00 Local Time Signal and Wea- the compradore of the Chartered thorough sanitary measures in the but this time did not pay, asking ner notes to the proper authorities and ther Report. Mercantile Bank of India, London Colony that he has been regarded to get it on account.
Mr. V.
8.03 Studio-Doreen Mia, at Branson, Government C.. and China, which is now known as as the "Father of the present Sani-eged to have said: "Have you got digit on the number of one of them
Whilst drinking, prisoner was al-Analyst, discovered that the Mercantile Bank of India, Ltd. tory Board."
1. Angel; 2. "Supposin" More His father's wealth enabled Sir
the note I After Boshan to
I made it myself." education.
result of this discovery, the Police 3. Things are Looking Up: 4. It it He was privately tutored / Spidemic, the general public of the note I gave you? 1 is a bad had been altered from 0 to 0. As n Power to You (By special request); Colony, in token of his heroic and He then, stated Mr. Whyatt, asked arrested accused at the Queen's Isn't Love; 5, Night Over Shanghal. 8.18 Songs by Lucienne Doyer In the Chinese Classics for ten years.herculean efforts in cleaning up theer to get it for him, but she said Theatre, where he was employed. and later was sent to the Govern-sium sections in the Chinese quarter. On being told that he could recog-searched Custoreff's premises and
she had mixed it up with other notes. Following the arrest, the Police and Tino Rossi.
Les Prenams Effaces (Tranchant); obtain the fundamentals of a Western presented him with a gold medal ise 11, the woman went to her bed- found the various articles mentioned Estompe Marocaine (Jeanne Bos.)
and letter of thunks.
Sir Boshan
Lucienne Boyer. Loin des a man of great room to get the money, but not until in the experiments, as well as certain was
Guitarres 1800, after she had told her sister to go conjuring paraphernalia.
(Scolio); Bella Ragazzina Business Career
vision, and as far back in
with out to the verandah
a police contemplated the construction of a whistle in case it
The note in question was as good (Scotto). Tin Rossi.
and was a ruse. Shens any sent out by the Bank, said 3.30 London Relay "Ethel The headmaster at the time was railway from Kowloon to Canton and tools out a number of notes and inid Mr. Whyatt, but how accused man-Her Engine." Frederick Stewart, LL. D., an English
from thence to Telping a project
A romance for Organ. ang voices Kentleman and scholar who made a which has been partially materialised them on a table. Accused was allcgaged to substitute two in place of one vivid impression on the mind of the in that road of steel to the Cantoneseed to have picked up one and said he he could not explain. However, he by John Pudney, with mur com- con- posed by Juck Clarke, played by youth, so that he became imbued
suggested that in view of the provincial matropolis-the K.C.R.|
on the D. B. C. PROPOSED MARRIAGE
Juring articles found in accused's Reginald Foort with the Iden of going
But despite the fact that Sir Boshan abroad for
Continuing, Counsel said accused premises, he must have done it Theatre Organ, further study. In 1067, at the age and his supporters in the Coluny had
on through conjury.
9.5 p.. woman again
Barnabas von Geczy and of eighteen years, this wish was sunk enormous suns in the project, called on the
ADMITTED SWINDLE
His Orchestra. gratified when his father sent him the Manchu oligarchy were stil October 30. By this time their oc-
10 such i grown
Ragamuffin Pony (Rixner): "When formally charged, accused to England, where he was placed in unready to vouchsafe oficial ald and quaintance had
(Kots- the Stoneygate School at Leicester. bring the dream into reality, and dimensions that he proposed mar-made a complete denial, but at the Rixner); Monika-Tongo
riage, and was accepted.
Magistracy had admitted having cher); Carn Marl-Tango (Zaiden); Here he remained for a year, then consequently the plan ended In
In order to Impress his fiancee, he swindled the womon, but only be In Merry Mood (Haringer); Fresh proceeding to Scotland, where he miserable failure.
forge Breezes (Bonehert); Free and easy entered the Dollar Institution. After The valuable services which Sir is alleged to have suggested that if cause she had asked him to
the Colony lie wanted to make money the could money, Ife further stated he did not (Proschmann); Gipsy Wine (Ritter). bis graduation in 1872, Sir Boshan, Boshan rendered
Relay The buy from him one $100 näle for $50. forge the
p.m. London note, but had altered years were rc-
When he left, the woman began something on it to deceive her into News. embarked on a short tour of the cognised and
9.30 p.m. Songs by Gigil. Continent, and then returned to the the Crown,
In 1910 he was
Counsel concluded his opening by Panis Angelicus (Franck); Ro- Colony. It may be mentioned that knighted by King Edward VIL. He for her, got in touch with a Mr. Mui.
manza di Federico (from "L'Arle
O Charming Hour (The he was one of the first Chinese to go was also the recipient of the Com- who happened to be in the Special saying that the more altering of
Song the statement of the accused was not Dream
from "Manon" abroad for the purpose of advanced panionship of the most distinguished Branch at Police Headquarters," said genuine note was forgery, and that if siana);
Order of St. Michael and St. George. Mr. Wyatt.
"She showed him the note at a changed in his defence to-day, the Massenet). After 1118 return, Sir
10.03 Chopin Nocturnes played by Bashan The quiet, unobtrusive manner of
Rubinstein. Joined the Mercantile Bank as an the man endeared him to all, and cafe on November 2 and from then Jury had no alternative but to find
Builty nasistant to his father.
Nocturne in D Flat Major, Op.27 pon the his death at the age of 72 years was onward she acted on his instructions him
Mrs. Hui Sik-yuen gave evidence
No. 2: Nocturne in C Sherp Minor, death of his father in 1879, in ac-recorded with deep regret. The without, of course, the knowledge of
corroborating Counsel's opening and cordance with the laudable precepts then Governor, Sir Reginald Edward acced.
On November 4, accused paid added that accused had suggested to Op. 27 No. 1. of old-style Chinese tradition, Sir Stubba, at a meeting of the Legs- another visit to the fat, bringing her he could sell forged $100 notes
10.16 Beethoven-Symphony No. 2 Boshan retired from duty for three lative Council on Decomber 20,
Played by the Symphony Orchestra, years. At the completion of this: 1921 uttered the following tribute to with him an attache cane, which he for $50. After several visits he ask-in E Flat Major. prescribed period of mourning, he his
the declined as her suspicions hind 11 p.m. Close down. took up his father's noal of com- proceeding with the business, I with money-making box. pradore, and relained
"After carefully closing the door, then been aroused. It for many Le mention the great loss which the asked the woman for a $5 note, The case is proceeding. It is stated that he Colony and the Chinese years. Indeed, 12
community and his father spent some afty-thuco have suffered owing to the death years in the bank's employ--a unique since our last meeting of Sir Boshinn record DI devoted service.
Wel Yuk. I have
ave not had, myself,
to
had made it.
now a young man of twenty-three. / through so manly appreciated by to think matters over and, fortunately thinking he could make money.
study.
and
0,30
memory; "Gentlemen, before described in broken English as aed her for $50 to buy chemicals but conducted by Albert Contes,
He was appointed a Justice of the the pleasure of serving with Sir Pence, in 1003,
and, in December. Boshan, but his name has been 1090, became an Unofficial Member familar to me for years and on the of the Legislative Council, represent few occasions when I have found ing the interests of his community desirable to consult him I have found until his advanced age forced his his advice of great value. Hils Bcr| retirement on October 23, 1917, 3ir vices to the Colony are well known Boshan was, as Sir Francis Henry to you and the excellent servies May once said, "over a man of action, which he rendered on this Council." who liked always to get things done, The most Alting encomium of all rather than to talk about them."
was that voiced by his colleague,
Italian School-Children Have New Prayer With Their Midday Meal
Rome, Jan. 18.
"Il Duce, I thank you for what you are giving me, which
It was an an altruist that air the Hon. Mr. Lau Chu-pak who said: makes me healthy and strong. Preserve Il Duce, so that he Bostian was able to accomplish the "By the death of Sir Boshan the may be long preserved for Fascist Italy."
the advancement of Colony has lost a son who gave it most good for
This is the prayer Italian school-children will have to say the interests of the Chinese com- of his best for the unprecedented!
In future when they are provided with lunch at school. All but munity and at the Colony as a whole period of over halten-century.
the poorest will have to pay for their mid-day meal-Reuter-
United Ireland Is Shelved For Time Being
London, Jan. 18. rellably stated that the English and Irish delegates at the Anglo-Eird conference harmoniously agreed to sheive the question of" ་ United Ireland for the present, thus permitting further discussions, ro garding, defence įund - tradar which constitute the real motives of the. meeting.---United: Préat.
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