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Excellency the Governor and Lady Caldecott in the drawing room of Government House.
Later, Dr. Philip K. C. Tyau, Special Delegate for Foreign Affairs, Colonel Li Fong, Secretary to the Mayor,
and Mr. Chang Yuen- man, Counsellor to the Chairman, proceeded from the Hongkong Hotel, conducted by Mr. B. C. K. kins, to Government House and were greeted by His Excellency the Governor and Lady Caldecott.
Luncheon Party
!
A luncheon party was held at Government House in honour of the visitors, but the invitations
were confined to those assisting in the
organisation of the arrangements for the visit of the officials and to those who were unable to attend the banquet held at night.
• Those present at the luncheon
were:
His Excellency the Governor and Lady Caldecott, H.E. General Huang Mu-sung, H.H. Mr. Tseng Yang-fu, Madame Tseng Yang-fu, H.H. Sir Atholl and Lady MacGregor, Dr. Philip Tyau, Col. Li Fong, General Gaston Wong, Hon. Mr. R. A. C. and Mrs. North, Mr. Chang Yuen-nan, Mr. H. R. Phillips, C.M.G., O.B.E., Hon. Mr. W. J. and Mrs. Carrie, Hon. Dr. R. H. and Mrs. Kotewall, Hon. Mr. T. H. and Mrs. King, Hon. Mr. S. H. and Mrs. Dodwell, Mr. M. F. Key, Mr. and Mrs. B. C. K. Hawkins, Miss Phillips, Miss Kotewall, the Governor's Aide-de-Camp Private Secretary.
BOND OF FRIENDSHIP
and
Mayor of Canton Praises Help Of Overseas Chinese
In
an interview, the Mayor of Canton, Mr. Tseng Yang-fu, said that he thoroughly appreciated the friendly gesture shown by the recent visit to Canton of H.E. the Governor of Hongkong, Sir Andrew Caldecott.
"To reciprocate and in order to further cement the ties of friendship between the two cities the Chinese Government is sending this delega- tion," said the Mayor.
"To-day we shall be entertained by the Government and to-morrow we hope to meet the Chinese leaders of your community and attend their entertainments."
Answering a query, the Mayor said that the great enthusiasm shown by the Hongkong Chinese in donat- ing over half a million dollars to the Chiang Kai-shek birthday fund had been greatly appreciated by the Government.
"But this is not the first occasion on which the Chinese in Hongkong have shown their interest in the welfare of their home country," he continued. "Since the establish- ment of the Republic 25 years ago the overseas Chinese have from time to time rendered
what help
they could for the Chinese Govern- ment. The effort of the Chinese in giving so large a donation is the more appreciated considering the current trade depression in this part of the world."
Referring to improvements to the municipal administration of Kwang- tung, the Mayor said that the chief evils of opium smoking and gambling are being suppressed by the efforts of the new government. Other problems which will
come to the immediate attention of the Govern- ment are education, public health and road construction. Meanwhile the authorities will endeavour to preserve order and peace in all parts of the province. Economic develop- ments in various fields will be push- ed ahead to the utmost in relation to the ability and financial position of the officials.
All developments which have bearing on the prosperity of Canton and Hongkong will be particularly attended to.
"I hope that in this connection the Chinese in Kwangtung will have the full co-operation of the Chinese in Hongkong. The Canton Govern- ment is very willing to receive con- structive advice from the Hongkong and overseas Chinese and from the Press."
VISIT TO RESERVOIR
Governor and Canton Guests
At Shing Mun
In the afternoon, His Excellency the Governor and Lady Caldecott accompanied the distinguished guests on a motor-car journey to Shing Mun, where the party was received and entertained by Mr. G. B. Gifford Hull and shown round the Jubilee Reservoir.
Special traffic arrangements had been made to suit the party's con- venience, and Inspectors Chester Wood and F. E. E. Booker were in charge of a squad of police and de- tectives.
At 4.45 p.m. eleven cars brought the party to where tea tables had been laid out on a lawn overlooking the big dam. Mr. Gifford Hull greeted the party, who comprised, besides Sir Andrew and Lady Calde- cott, His Excellency General Huang Mu-sung, His Excellency Mr. Tseng Yang-fu, and Mrs. Tseng_Yang-fu, Dr. Philip Tyau, the Hon. Mr. R. H. Kotewall, Mr. H. R. Phillips and Miss Phillips, General Gaston Wong, Col. Li Fong, and others.
Following tea, Mr. Gifford Hull conducted the party to the dam wall, where the visitors were most in- terested in the colossal reservoir scheme and the plant which is still completing the job.
Cars then conveyed the party to the foot of the steps leading to Mr. Gifford Hull's bungalow, where cocktails were taken. As the party was leaving after a most enjoyable visit, flood lights which had been placed to light up the dam face were switched on, creating an excellent i effect which has not hitherto been: attempted. The party returned by:
car.
BANQUET AT NIGHT
Hongkong-Canton Amity Stressed in Speeches
AN INTIMATE NOTE
A brilliant description of the visit that he and Lady Caldecott had paid to Canton, and reference to the great hospitality received there, was given by His Excellency the Governor, Sir Andrew Caldecott, at a banquet in honour of the distinguished visitors at Government House last night.
toast In proposing the
to the visitors, Sir Andrew spoke of the friendly relations between Hongkong and Canton. Other toasts honoured were "The Republic of China," pro- posed by the Governor, "The King" proposed by General Huang Mu- sung, "Canton," proposed by the Governor, and "Hongkong," proposed by Mr. Tseng Yang-fu.
In proposing the toast to visitors, Sir Andrew said:
the
on
the
were
I must ask your permission to introduce the toast of "Our Distin- guished Visitors"
an intimate rather than an official note, because I want to say how personally de- lighted my wife and I are to be able to reciprocate, albeit inade- quately and imperfectly, wonderful welcome and princely
which we hospitality with received on our recent visit to Can- ton. We can never forget the inci- dents of those two days: that even- ing meeting with the Generalissimo and his charming and gracious con- sort at Whampoa, when the magic sluices of the sunset let loose on land and river such a flood of gold that the very earth and sky seemed to reflect the rich warmth of their kindly reception of us.
And then come that moonlit journey up the river by launch until the great city of Canton rose up on either side of us in tiers of coloured light and shade; high junks towered against the stars in patches of dark silence, while all around the water teamed with the sleepless traffic of smaller craft.
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The next morning saw us at the splendid University of Chungshan where Learning dwells, not cramped by the confines of city tenements, but crowned by the hills and sky in a spacious country seat of broad
Nor and lordly halls. anybody who has once seen them ever forget the triumph of modern Chinese architecture in the stately Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall or the elegance of the Municipal Building in which our guests of this evening entertained me at lunch in true gar- gantuan style.
And finally, as though this trea- sure store for the memory were not a sufficient gift to their visitors, our hosts presented us at parting with ornaments of exquisitely chased rare Chinese craftsmanship in ivory and metal, which I invite you all to see for yourselves in the drawing- · room after dinner.
"Abiding Friendship"
But what my wife and I treasur- ed most of all was the conviction that we carried away with us not only these beautiful memories and souvenirs but the abiding friendship of our hosts; and so it was that we were emboldened to greet them this morning as already old friends, and we are especially delighted that His Honour the Mayor, who was unfor- tunately indisposed at the time of our visit, is thoroughly restored to health and able, together with his charming lady, to grace our board this evening.
The greatest of philosophers has placed the good things of life in three categories: those that are good in themselves, those that are good by reason of their results, and those that are good both in themselves and in their results. Friendship, Ladies and Gentlemen, is in the third cate- gory. The need for co-operation between Canton and Hongkong is, thank God, so universally recognized by all of us in this Colony that there is no need for me to repeat here last to-night what I said at the session of our Legislative Council.
Mutual Understanding But you cannot have co-operation without mutual understanding, and one's first duty to one's neighbour is to get to know him and his needs and to let him get to know you and yours. This process requires, just as all physical processes require, suitable conditions of temperature and atmosphere; the essential psy- condition chological
for the establishment of mutual under- standing, and thereby of co-opera- of spirit tion, is, believe me, a friendship. And therefore I pray and hope and trust that, whatever faults or imperfections there may have been in the organisation or