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OBITUARY FANCY DRESS BALL
Belgian Statesman
79.-Reuter,
Known In Hongkong
Brussels, Dec. 27.
League of Pals Hold Boxing Day 'Party
A most enjoyable fancy dress ball was held by members of the League of Pals in the Kowloon Tong Gurden Cily Club oy Boxing Night
December 28, 1938.
LINGNAN STUDIES
Post-Graduate Work Opportunities
Over two hundred members, and Emile Vandervelde, Belgian alates friends were present. Dancing be- Lingnan University, whose enrol- man, dled here to-day at the age of gan at 8.30 p.m. and continued timent has renched the 300 murk after the early hours of the morning. A six weeks of eluasen held in the band from the 1st, B., The Middlesex Hongkong Univeralty premises, has in project two important measureb Regiment played excellent music.
The Chief Pel for longkong, Mr. for post-graduate work. E. Heldier, sold:
Through the generosity of a friend, Lingoan is offering two fellowstsipa of U.S. $800 each, for post-graduate lady in agriculture at the University is of California. Competitive examina-
One of the most famour Secialists of the day, M. Vandervelde visited Hongkong on October 20, 1930, In the course of a tour of the Far East when he carried out an extensive lecture
I wish to thank you sincerely on campaign. He remained only a few behalf of the League of Pais for your hours in the Colony, before sailing to lind support. As you know, we are Canton whero he addressed the still a young association, and i Kwantung Provincial Educational very gratifying to us to see that you tions for these fellowships will be have so willingly attended our rat held from January 10 to 12 in Hong- Born in Brussels in June, 1800, big function. I trust that at our next kong and Shanghat by the Lingnan Vandervelde came of a well-to-do function we shall have the pleasure ofeen in these places. The exaralna. fem Workers' League at the age more members shall by then have three years from Lingnon, the Uni- but joined the local branch of seeing all of you again and that tions will be open to all malo graduates in agriculture for the last
Conference.
C1-
of the of 10. In 1885, he was one of the joined the League. I must say founders of the Belgian Labour party, word of thanks to the Committee of Yersity of Nauking, the National Cen- ral University, the National Che- After 1804 he was successively the Kowloon Tong Club who have so Socialist deputy for Charlero! and kindly allowed us to hold this function Klan University or the National-
Chungshan University.
The Brussels, and for decades held un-in their beautiful Chub, and also 10 trants, in addition, must have had in challenged the position of leader of Mr. I. Cadro who Is been very
experience the Socialist party.
helpful and has given us valuable at least one year's breal: of the war, he became in 1016, be given to some of my voluntary It Minister
Given Cabinet ranks after the out-advice. A word of thanks must also practical work,
One. fellowship provides for
President of
the
without portfolio and in helpers, who by their kind co-specialized study in clius frult pro- 1010, Minister of Justice. After he operation itave contributed greatly to tesana, while the other plans for had resigned from the Carlon de the success of this function, I am general work in fruit marketing and Wiart Government in conseqcunce of sture that all of you will agree that transportation. The grants are sub- has also been "in-jeet to renewal for another year, and having supported a pacifist de- the orchestra monstration be succeeded Ramsay
naytrumental in making is affair y upon return to China the holders are ublined to serve for two years in a MacDonald
and lively, Socialist International and this post- The following: received prizes from peition recommended by Linman.
In addition, the British Boxer In- tion he still retained in 1925 in spite Mrs. H. Castro:
Most Original Fancy Dress-Miradeninity Fund's Administration has of the fact that on June 17, 1923, he M. Ozorio and Mr. R. Castro. Mas announced two projects for genduntes af universities in China, both of had accepted the portfolls of Foreign
DWKU Elaborale Fancy Dress-Miss V.
first The the Poullet Coalition! Affairs i
Alves, lost which concern Lingnon.
proposes to establish 125 research Cablet, The Government had to deal Gardner and Mr.
Dress.-Miss Comical Fancy"
various Chinese with an acute financial crisis due to Carvalho and Mr. N. Lee, Prize- stantships in inflation which led to its fall in May, wi
One-third of the candi- for Spot
Dances-Muniversitles. 1926. Vandervelde retained his post Jeffrey, Miss V. White, Mrs. E. Cointed
these positions will be nominated by private universities and in the Juspar Ministry which follow- Fincher and Mr. A. T. Lee.
the remaining number by national or largely
provinciat universities. Lingnan will the settlement of the Schel
he
recommend eight candidates, grndu- with Holland. In November FLEMING
Weather Socialist Ministers demanded
aten with outstanding scholastic re-
the reduction of
period DI
army with service to six months
result the had to resign. His
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of a
iment
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Italian Socialist, had led brated at the residence of Mes. Clift This Administration plans also to organise a Szechwan-Sling survey to withdraw the Italian on Boxing Night.
After dinner, which was served to expedition, staffed by a director, ambassador, who was not restored about 80 persons, various ganes were from five to seven specialists. two
1 Vandervelde ceased to be Foreign played and later prizes were pre-executive recretaries and 40 college Ainister.
His Arst
wife was an English-sented to the winners. woman who during the war reefted Verhueren's poem Carillon on many platforms in England. Their marriage | was dissolved in 1925 and in Octa- ber 1927. Vandervelde married Mme. Jeanne
a doc- tor
aged 38, whose pre- vious union had also been dissolved.
LATE NEWS
of mediert-Berckman,
AN leader of the Opposition
Vandervelde continued his campai fr the reduction of military expen- diture and armaments, He wrote several books on Belgian Socialism and a work on the Russian revolu- tion.
PANDAS FROM CHINA
London Zoo Secures Three From Hongkong
London, Dec. 27. The zoo has bought the three plant pandas which arrived here several days ago from Hongkong under the care of "Animal" Smith. The price" was $2,400.
The two largest animals
will re-
main in spelusion till Easter, but the! nine-months-old baby is permitted to receive visitors three hours daily this week.
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graduates recommended by various universities, from nmong the graduates in 1937 and 1038 on the basis of scholastic achievements. Lingnan will nominate four members. The expedition, inanced with a budget of
(national currency) $50,000 will be divided into five smaller sertions:-geology and mineralogy, Frelence and engineering, economics, the social sciences, and agriculture and forestry. It will work for one yeur, spending three months for pre- TO paration, six months for actual survey, and the last three months for the writing of reports.
TRIED TO OPEN SAFE
Coolie Who Remained Behind in Godown
Charged with the theft of a pen-
· knife and $3.35, and with altempted larceny, at the Wing Yuen Godown. 182 Connaught Road West, West Point, before Mr. R. A. D. Forrest at the Central Magistracy on Monday, an odd-job-coolic, Lau Shing, 32, wis sentenced to five weeks' hard labour..
Lau was said to have remained be- hind inside the godown after work, a few days ago, and then stole the knife and money. He was discovered. however, and it was found that a safe had been ripped open. This formed the subject of the second charge,
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Miss Young has been several times
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