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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1990.

CHINESE STUDENTS IN

FRANCE. 3

Mr. Wang Tsing-wei gave a very interesting lecture at the World's Chinese Students Federation on the subject of "Chinese Students in France."

DEFAULTING POLICE

ACCOUNTANT.

TELEPHONE TALKS.

THE CHINA MAIL.

USEFUL SAILOR,

"AUNS DOWN THIEF.

Before Mr. J. R. Wood this morn-

mounted rattan

A SAVAGE POLE.

BITES TRAMWAY INSPECTOR.

The Telephone Company seems Chan Put the Police accountant įrather peeved at the notes the China wno absconded some time ago with Mall published Saturday regard-

At the Magistracy this morning. $35,000 belonging to the Police Deing the telephone service of the Co- partment and who was arrested in the lony, ao in order to gain some first ing. a Chinese was charged, at the before Mr. N. L. Smith, Joseff Wam- Colony during the race week, was hand information a representative of instance of Inspector Rent, with, butt, a Polish scartar on board' the Greek s.a."Triatos," was charged i again before Mr. J. R. Wood yester- this paper has spent a depressing sasaching a gold In part he said think that the

day.

time calling on various people and bangle and a jade bangle from the on four counts (1) being drunk and present moment is, very opportune The Hon the C.S.P. prosecuted, asking their opinions. He has had wrist of an infant which was tied to disorderly in Des Voeux Road, last for Chinese students to study in whilst Mr. W. E. L. Shenton appes-to listen to many tales of woe and the back of an eleven-year-old girl night. (2) resisting arrest, (3) assault- France so that they may learn from

sometimes subscribers almost got to at Praya East, on Saturday afternoon.ing an Indian constable, and (4) ed for the defence.

use of strong words. The the pleaded nor guilty."

assaulting Inspector Smirk of the Peak personal observation the strenuous

Mr. Shenton mentioned the applica-the

said to each

Tramway Co... who went to the con- methods being adopted in France intion made by Mr. M. K. La ar a pre- Interviewer simply

The tittle girl said she was walking

The defendant You have a telephone. reconstruction. the direction of

vious hearing with regard to buil. He person:

noon with her infant brother on her denied the curges.

Evidence was given to the effect The answers are given below,

The back, when she felt someone tugging that the defendant engaged a ricsha Aing to raise reasonable tull.

1-Very unsatisfactory. operaters never seem to pay any

One instance suffices to ilustrate said the defendant's friends wore will. What's your opinion of the service?ulong Praya East on Saturday after-stable's assistance.

French enthusiasm to keep her wheels of education in motion. school near Paris" was struck by a

The defendant offered to help the Police to go through the account books. Mr. Wotte said he had no objection, but the defendant would have to return to the tall in the even- ing.

at the child's wrist. She turned

She

outside the Hongkong Kinema Theatre

at 11.15 p.m. yesterday, and drove

along the tram Hines towards Wane chat. When pussing Wiseman's Cafe,

the coolie about.

An Indian.com.

The

Mr. Wolle opposed the application shell which partially destroyed the in view of the fact that the defalca- attention. You call up a number, tound and grabbed the defendant. but school building but the classes were tions amounted to over $33,000 net say 1812, and the operator doesn't the broke loose and bolted.

including $12,000 misappropriated carried on without interruption.

In the 1st year of the Min Kuo from the Police Canteen hand. Mr.Say Yes or No. She doesn't repeat called our " thief" and a British sailor the number. You telephone again gave chase and caught the defendant

the defendant banged on the mud. (1912) Mr. Li Yu Ying established Wolle said the defendant was author and ask for the number you pre in Nallah Lane.

A.B. Seaman William Henry Trace, guard of the ricsha, and thinking that the Western Education Thrift Society ised by his predecessor (the Hon. Mr.viously requested. You wait a few

Io H.M.S. Alacrity," said he was he wanted to get out, the coolie put whose cbject was to send Chinese C. Mcl. Messer) to collect money for seconds then a Chinese speaks. students to study in Europe under a drinks supplied to the members of the call my interpreter and he tells me returning from the Valley at about own the shafts. The defendant who thrift system whereby a saving of Force.

the number is 1816. That is repeat-4 p.m.. on Saturday, when he heard was intoxicated. got angry, and leav. His Worship said the defendant was ed three or four times. Then again the girl cry out. He saw the defening the riesim. he proceeded to kick 50% of the usual expenses is effected. Some critics of Western education nor entitled as bail. He would re-when I am speaking to Kowloondant run away, and thinking he had for Chinese advocate the merit system mand him in custody.

Taikoo it is very indistinct and I can stolen something from the girl, wit-Stable came on the scene and attempt. by which those university students.

hardly hear. The inattention of the mess gave chase, and after running ed to take charge of the defendant. with the best qualifications are to be

operators is simply scandalous. after the defendant in and out of sex-out the latter struggled and kicked: sent abroad. While this system has

2-Yes I have a telephone. Don't oral streets and lanes of the Praya, the constable qu both shins. its good points, I observe that it has

think much of the service. If some dalendant slipped and fell, and constable stuck to the defendant knocked his terban: Di. one rings up and you want to find witness caught him and handed him who also three defects:

(a) China has but a few universi

out the number you can never get it.to an Indian constable, whom witness tore his tunic, and bit his fin- Finding that it was impos- ties and the school for special subjects.

This morning the defendant again They need smartening up.

had met in the Pray and asked to jointers. 3-The service is rotten. If you

No bangles were found sible to tackle the defendant single cover only a small section of the wide range of courses taught in appeared before Mr. Weed and in re-

in the defendant's possession when handed, the Indian blew his whistle, wait some minutes before you can foreign universities. If the acquisi-Fly to his Worship said the books had are ringing up you often have to in the chase.

Wiseman's at the time. went to the tion of specialised knowledge is deem not yet been completely examined.

The defendant; ed a requisite condition, then many He thought he would finish the worket a reply. I sometimes think it witness arrested him. He might have and Inspector Smirk. who

The defendant denied that he had Indian's assistance. than to telephone. If you ring up deserving students lacking such by noun. His Worship remanded the would be quicker to send a messenger dropped them during the chase. knowledge will be deprived of case und 4 o'chek this ahernoon.

and are put on to a wrong numberstolen the bangles. He said the sailor assaulted Mr. Smirk alse, and hit wo opportunities out of which they could

as sometimes happens, you are not was chasing someone else, and upon fingers of his right hand so severely, ing that it was impossible to get the (defendant). losing sight of him, he grabbed him that they were almost severed. Find- In reply to the magistrate. the sailor defendant to come along quietly. Mr. said he was positive the defendant was Smirk and the Indian used force, and At no stage in the chase gave him the severe thumping which did he lose sight of the man he was he richly deserved. Another Indian When the defendant fell, came on the scene just then, and be- witness was only a few yards behind tween the three of them, they removed

defendant to the Central Station:

achieve excellent results.

WHY NOT?

(b) The number of mitte scho1 LADIES MARATHON NEXT? put off. You ring up again and find

you are speaking to the same num in China today is mequate for

ber. receiving students who have com- pleted their studies in the primary schools while the same condition prevails in universities with regard to the admission of students graduat

ed from the middle schools,

the man.

4-Do you want me to use bad language. the. We have to wait a long time

in before we are put on to the number.chasing.

The whole of the people at Taipo want telephones. If anything hap him. pened in one bungalowy, a robbery or anything like that, the people in the others would know nothing about it. Why can't we get telephones there? The Fanling golfers have a line right through.'

6-Cerebro-meningitis and the 'fiv are bad but the Hongkong 'phone is

The Marathon race so excited representatives of the unfair sex our colony writes, Bella Spree) that they also want to have a face. If Some people argue that univer- Japanese ladies can manage to rer in sities are not required until we have kimonos and get wooden clogs of done all we should do in the sphere patrons as we know they can, could

My not me

run in bloomers and tennis of primary school education.

Any lady having suggestions argument is this: Good universities shoes? will pave the way for good middle to make about the feminine Marathon schools and good middle schools will is invited to bring them to the Chine in turn foster the growth of primary Mall. schools. It should be remembered

It is now plain that when we can

that one of the greatest educational of living will, in all probability problems to-day is that the supply if qualified teachers is far below the de correspondingly decrease. mand. We need plenty of universities and middle schools as well as normal schools and teachers' college. To have the right men for teachers in our universities we must send many carmest students to enter the univer sity schools abroad.

Let me prove my argument by one Hlustration. Mr. Chen Chia-kenz is a very enthusiastic educational cham pion in Singapore. He began by establishing a kindergarten and primary schoel in his own district. Later on he met with difficulties in getting the teachers he wanted. 50 he established a" middle school and a normal school and now he has set aside $4 million for the foundation of a university and teachers college

in Amoy. A man like M. Chen has true insight of the educational needs of our country.

worse..

7-I was once a Christian, but I now have to use the telephone a lot. 8. I suppose there are worse

telephone systems in the world than ours, but don't know. We should

send a student to France at an an- qual cost of $600. the expense is about the same as that incurred in have the Automatic.

9. It isn't so bad as they say, but Japan. It is lighter than what is. charger at the Hongkong University. I want a new instrument and cannet General Chan Chiun-ming is sending Ret one. Mine must have come off to France students from a number of the Ark. districts in Fukien on the ratio of 10. What's the use of complaining? one to three students per district. It never does any good. The Canton Government is also adopting like measures. The results will mean an addition of from 100 to 200 students. If every province wil follow this example, the results will certainly be very gratifying.

Reference must here be made to the Industrial-Educational Society, This society is run on a basis differ

I

11- told them they could remove mine. The chit system is quicker.

12.-I've got one. but I use it as seldom as I possibly can-only when

am forced to do so.

FIRE ENQUIRY.

Inspector Kent said the defendant! was a time-expired danisher.

His Worship (to the defendant) You have been in all before?-No. You were in air last year?-Yes. You have been in jail twice?-No. You were in jail ten years ago refore you were banished? No. I do not remember.

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His Worship imposed a fine of $100, or, in default one month's hard The defendant was given labour. time to raise the money.

His Worship highly commended Mr. Smirk on the assistance he had rendered the Police, without which it would have been impossible to arrest the defendant. He said Mr. Smirk's Twelve months" hard labour, twelve pluck in standing up to a bigger man strokes with the cat," and four even after his fingers had been so severely hurt was worthy of great hours' stocks in lieu of the last day.

His Warship commended the sea-praise. man for having given chase to the defendant and affected his arrest, and Inspector Kent promised municate what his Worship had said to the men's Commanding Officer.

to сот-

STRAITS INCOME TAX.

The Income Tax Ordinance as assented to by the Officer Administer- ing the Government contains the following scale:

THE TSINGTAU AGITATION.

THE DEM1ND FOR EVERYTHING.

The Japanese Residents' Associa- tion at Tsingtau has addressed the. following communication to the Not less than $5,000 but less than newspaper offices and chambers of $6,000 2 per cent.

Not less than $6,000 but less than commerce in Japan $7,2000 3 per cent.

ent from that of the thrift society. In connection with the enquiry Its history is worth being recalled into the circumstances attending the Mr. Li Yu Ying opened a beancurd recent fire which broke out in factory in France and he employed several rice godowns in Kennedy, $8.400 4 per cent. Chinese labourers, and as they were Town, Mr. Crew appeared before well paid, they were able to afford Mr. J. R. Wood this morning $12,000 5 per cent the expenditure of their education on

behalf of Mr. Davidson, after working for a time

for in and applied

ส

week's

Not less than $7,200 but less than Not less than $8,400 but less than Not less than $12,000 6 per cent.

A PRETTY STORY.

can-

is

"According to rumour, the Japan- ese Government decided, at a Cabinet

(c) China, let us remember, has a

Council, that a common foreign set- tlement, instead of the exclusively dense population; she is of a vast area and has an exceptionally long

Japanese one, should be established

We are Tsingtau. history of an individualistic civilisa

at fident that this rumour tion. To bring about anything Mr. Li's concern. In France foreign remand. He explained that the worthy of the name of reconstruc labourers are allowed to work pro work of clearing the debris had not

without foundation, but never- tion, we must rely on the efforts of a vided they would agree to two con vet been completed, and it was im

theless the Japanese residents large section of our countrymen to

at large are very uneasy at this introduce the new civilisation of theditions; they must work for wages on possible for Mr. Lammert to make a a uniform basis and they must answer thorough inspection of the premises world to bring our own up-to-date. the call of trade unions to strike. until everything had been cleared.

While a young postman was report. If, at the present momentous A Chinese studying abroad has the This means to say that only skilled He thought the work would be choosing a watch in a local jeweller's juncture, any such weak views should best opportunities to learn the prin- ciples of reconstruction by reason of labourer is sure of employment. After completed in three days.

Mr. Turner who appeared for the shop a lady customer asked whether be entertained by the Japanese his conserial environments. If we working for one or two years, the

He replied that authorities, a have something like 100,000 students earnings for wages will be enough South China Commercial Co., in he had served in the war," says the

to pay for the educational expenses. whose godown the fre originated, said Evening Standard. abroad, we ought to say "Let us

Yen Hai-shan, the Civil Governor he had no special objection to the; he possessed the Mons Star, and had certainly be dealt to the fundamental

been badly wounded.

policy of the Japanese Government, have mere."

'Will you accept whichever and Tuchun of Shansi, evidently was application for a further remand, but not correctly informed regarding the he would like to have the firm's principles under which Industrial books back, as the absence of them, watch you select. as a present from "'With pleasure," came the reply Educational Society is operated and was hampering his clients' business, me? she asked. he sent to France a batch of labourers Mr. Crew said that according to

a

Having expressed my views in favour of studying abroad without university diploma, I will now speak

of the efforts made by the Western

...

had never previously seen the lady,

severe blow would

of the 30,000 residents at Tsingtau to say nothing of the vital interests being disastrously affected. It is our

Education Thrift Society to achieve some of whom are skilled workmen procedure, his friend could not have from the surprised P.O. man. He earnest desire that you will put forth | its aims. What I say is based on the while others belong to the category of the books back until after the en- results of my investigations.

common labourers. Thus the latter quiry.

to be incurred by each student

it

was

as he lived in a village some miles your redoubled efforts for the re- alisation of the object for which the away,

Japanese residents have been working all the time."

Before the war it was originally found themselves in difficulties of His Worship agreed.

A watch was selected--the price planned that the annual expenditure obtaiping work on the same wages Mr. Turner said he had inspected under the thrift plan is to be $600. basis. They have to learn their trades the premises yesterday, and he was £4 49-and the lady next said ridiculous she would have the recipient's mono "In some cases, students arriving in first; and the question naturally arose thought

"It was such men as you who France failed to gain admission into as to how the educational expenses to expect that the work would be gram inscribed thereon.

The completed in three days. He was of one of the French universities be for these men should be met.

added.” cause in same universities the scale same misderstanding has been opinion that it would take another saved the women of England," "she of charges exceeds the provision of responsible or similar blunders on week at least, to clear all the debris.

Insp. Macdonald said two days the part of other wrrkers who only

other

$600,00 a year; but these are excep discovered the true situation after would be enough. If it wasn't for tions to the rule. There were two landing in France. Now Mr. Li is the Chinese New Year. the work

causes of disappointment; some of the students did not take trying hard to solve the financial would have been completed by now. Mr. Crew suggested that if his with them the full amount of $600 problem and is devising means to some others did not follow the re help these disappointed men to tide worship remanded the case until

over their hardships.

Monday, the margin would he a safe gulations of the society,

The case was formally remanded

I have been asked to say someone. During the War.-Great difficulties "were experienced in the beginning thing about the new university in

of the war on account of the non- the South west. I am sorry that my until Saturday.

short stay in the South has prevented

arrival of remittances from China. me from gathering suficient infor

Mr. Hu Wel-teh, the Chinese Minister mation on the project. At first i SPORTING

in Paris, relieved the embarrassments

of the students by advancing a total was simply an idea that was dis

cussed by a few en

General Cher

kum of 80,000 francs. The loans Chium ming expressed the opinios

GUNS

CONFISCATED.

His Worship imposed a fine of

will of course be repaid upon the that the funds should come out of the Arrested on board a Lam Tao ferry arrival of remittances from China.

After the War. It is true that Customs surplus. Chief Administra nunch yesterday, a Chinese was this the cost of living has increased as ative Counciller. Tsen Chun-hsan,morning charged before Mr. Smith, was in favour of this suggestion and the instance of Sergt. Failon, with result of the war. But to counter-appointed Prof. S. C Chang and the unlawful possession of two fowl balance this condition comes the ex: myself to make interigations and ing pieces.. change of the franc, which makes it possible to obtain as much as 6,000 to submit a full rept regarding the francs in Terera for $600. The plans that should h-adopted to place 325. students under the thrift system will the new universtiy qut a basis of high Mr. A. E Hall who appeared for thus he put on the same Snancial efficiency. I am now seeking the the defence, applied for the return int basis as the students sent to France valued advice of datora, and the guns on the understanding that Fat government expense. Should the hen the profec hdvanced fars client would take out licencia for exchange rise within the next two eroath to warrant the penin" of arthem, but his Worship ordered them ganisation buria this will be to be couficated, subject to the Hon, years, which seems unlikely, the cost,

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