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How could the “black squad”| possibly promise the full support and co-operation of the deck orna meats? Ther couldn't and didn't promise it, nor did they subsequently aver. one the less, that it had been forthcoming. They said (in effect).

We as engineers, did our bit. We d'da't notice at the time, as we should bave done, the wording of your pro mise, but we think we deserve the

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SHOOTING OUTRAGE.· ́

NEW WORLD CASE.

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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A large quantity of household furniture will be put up for auction by Messrs. Lammert Bros, to-morrow afternoon.

HONGKONG SCHOOLS.

DIRECTOR'S REPORT FOR 1920.

TUES AY, JULY 19, 1921,

meanings, first as isolated characters Staff will be greater than ever." A- and Efterwards in their context, third reason is that the growing cost Unfortunately they nearly all leave of British trained teachers calls for school before getting as far as this, the dilution of their services by a that is to say, unable to read.

locally trained product.

This need has been recognised

Geography Is taught (very,badly:

the following paragraphs.

The present position is outlined in

The coo-

SHANCHAL, July 19. money and we will fight you at law, case was again before the Mixed The New World shooting outrage hoping that the Court will ignore Court. Eight prisoners are involved. the wording of the promise as There is an array of legal talent en did." In fature, where, engineers gaged. The case promises to be one propose to do extra work for a bonus, of considerable interest. The Italian they should insist upon a separate assessor and Chinese magistrate have promise to their own department, the matter in hand. Bail of 3,000 Ratingent upon the performance of taels was granted and the case ad their own duties, and not dependent journed until Wednesday. upon factors so obviously outside their control. Asume that a newspaper] proprietor were to write to his editor that, providing he got full support and co-operation from all the staff. there would be a bonus. Would the editor, recognising his powerlessness over the printing stail, attach any importance to such an offer? Would the reporters, who may be said to represent the engineers, do so? We doub: it, but in any case we cannot imagine any reporters attempting to sue on such a promise, unless prepared

For stealing a raincoat, the to show that editor and printer's- devil and all satisfied the terms of Property of the Sub-Manager of a of the year it was 5 men and 16 assists them in four ways—(1) by whereas only new pupils pay fees, it

Japanese Bank, a snatcher was sen the promise.

It is particularly tenced at the Magistracy yesterday Biotic that the journal in which we to three months' hard labour. Ltd. noticed these comments should have

men teachers, of whom Levera used the war phrase. "scrap of: Sir Laurence Gulleniard, hare fairly good paper." as a headline. The Germans Governor of the Straits Settlements. Others have made a promise, and. figuratively, and Lady Guillemard are visiting teachers tore it up. The charterers in this Java for a few weeks. They will months of same value, but they favoured-way from $3 to $5 for method in force is that the pupils

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LUNT. On July 8, 1921, at Shars.

hai, to Mr. and Mrs. Cerroil

Lunt, a son.

ZOTHSCHILD. On July 9, 1921, at

Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs. N. M. Rothschild (nee Bessic Rakusen) a daughter,

case made a promise, and they took their promise to Court (when forced to do so by the Engineers) and said in effect: Here it is, and we abide by it." The engineers for some of their ruistaten friends) say in effect: Yes. We do not dispate that. But we didn't read the promise before we never thought of it-bu: we add that the Court which does read it,

Court."

The Sergeants of the 2 Wiltshire Reat will hold the usual whist drive on Friday next commenting at 830 p.m. sharp. Adults only.

stay at the Hotel Ngampang, Garoet.

After thirteen years with the local fire brigade, Mr. A. Lane, the station officer, who received his train ing in the City of London Brigade, sailed to-day by the Blue Fassel Mentor" for Home on

steamer retirement.

A lot of Crown land in Stam and does not disregard it, is not a fair suipe, having an area of 3,828 square The Ching Mail's record feet, was sold for a term o! 75 years on such labour issues as have been at the offices of the Public Works dealt with by it is upen and well- Department yesterday afternoon, known. So in this case we need fear The property, which realised $3,850 no misunderstanding when we say (3979 above the upset price), was that it serves the engineers quite purchased by Mr. Ip Sui-sang. right, for being such impractical ebileren, and we say that no compet- ent and impartial Court could have decided otterwise, without indeed tearing up that scrap of paper' on which the engineers rellal,

HOUSE SHORTAGE.

We con-

A sensational outburst of grief was shown by a woman in the Shang. bai Mixed Court when a man was sentenced to a term of imprisonment for baring abducted ter. She begged to be taken to prison with him, and was finally forcibly removed from the

This shortage han

In the report of the Director of Edu. in the Fourth Standard, where many for many years, and a number of cation for the year 1920 just published of the Scholars were at the last efforts some very ambitions in the Hon. Mr. E. Irving says.-**

examination ignorant that Hongkong appearance but considerable in the After deducting the school fees re was a British Colony: a number aggregate-have been made to meet ceived, the total pett expenditure on hazarded the opinion that it belonged it.. in 1919). The increase is mainly due from whom alone such knowledge education was $444,150.05 ($524,302 to Russia.

But this is not all: the children MEDICAL INSPECTION OP SCHOOLS. to higher rates of salary. An addition

The principal Grant Schools are al sum of $20,000 was voted for minority, as the following figures Schools are inspected by Government was "expected are a very small periodically inspected. The British Capitation Grants owing to more schools being included in the Grant show. Out of 795 boys who obtained doctors. The reports shew that the Scheme. And during the year the passes in the last examination, only general health is good. Grants to English schools, which had 54 of 7 per cent were in the higher dition of the children's teeth during not been revised since the war, were Standards (Fourth er above)." recent years appears as a result of As late as 1914 only 24 per cent. these inspections and the consequent increased, absorbing $21,036 addition- al. $23,500 above the Estimates of the pupils were in Standards III information to parents to have great-- of 1919

and above. In 1920 the proportion ly improved. The medical inspection was voted for and spent upon vernacular education with a much higher standard set.

was 45 or almost double, and that of eyesight in Queen's College. Belios Public School and the District School and Technical Institute fees amounting to $103,032 were

Schools has at last been put on a collected (£103,505 in 1919).

satisfactory basis. The system is as addition $4,731 fees were remitted children on the books of the Verna one month's school fee is now charged

Pr

Urban District. There are 13,719 follows:-An entrance fee equalling to free scholars ($4.185 in 1919.)

I much regret to report the death 405 more in the Night Schools. The to a fund, against which the fee for cular Day Schools of the Colony and to new pupils, which is credited on 3rd December of Mrs. Fletcher. acting Head Mistress of the Peak average attendance at the day schools Medical Inspection by Dr. Harston is 88 per cent, of the total enrolment. (—at first 37 bet now $10-anal School. She was ap admirable teacher and a very great loss to sidered, and shews that there is con- charged. In return, every

This is a high figure all things con. the cost of spectacles ($7) is the Department and her pupils.

pupil is entitled to free examination and The estimated British staff was 24 siderable competition for seats. men and 26 worden. At the 'close any purely Vernacular Schools, but privilege

The Government does not operate spectacles it peeded. As this extended to al pupils women short. been remedied to some extent by Grants; (2) by Subsidies; (3) by lo was anticipated that for the first year the employment of temporary wo-pections; (4) by operating Normal or two the fund would shew a deficit. Schools for teachers as described but owing to the percentage of de- below.

fective eyesight being less than that Grants. These-except for a very anticipated, there was Done at all: such

A credit few schools which are specially balance at the end of the year. The

The schools in receipt of these Grants general health) is examined by a each unit of average attendance, eyesight, (and incidentally teeth and are all managed by missionary or Government doctor in the case of latterly) non-Christian charitable the Belilios Public School Dr. Alice bodies. In the first category there are Hickling, M.BE. kindly officiated." Table V gives the nuraber of pupils 26 Mission Schools as compared with All suspect cases are sent with a receiving an English Education as 78,1wenty years ago. They are now form to Dr. Earston.

*It spect- nearly 10,000 or more than 3 times

acles are not required, the form This falling off in numbers is er is returned to the Headmaster for what it was 20 years ago. The desire for a knowledge of English is by no plained by the superior attractions of the information of the inspecting means adequately shewn in this the subsidy system; also, it may be Doctor on his next visit. Otherwise Table, as the English Schools are full presumed, by the competition of the the pupil is passed with his prescrip and turning away candidates for ad- Schools which with few exceptions sends the form to this office with his Confucian and Tung Wa Grant tion and form to the optician, who, mission. The increase in vernacular give a free education. All the Grant bill, and it then goes to the Head education in the year under review is striking, but is partially explained by Schools are bound by the conditions Master to note. Under this system a record will easily be kept of each the fact that more schools in the New of the Grant Code. Territories have come under the hands Subsidies. The system of subsidies papil's eyesight as he passes from of the Department. The combined

Class to Class or School to School. average attendance at the 3 British schools, 163, was the same as in 1919. There was a falling off in attend ance at the Peak School, for reasons probably connected with the very great difficulty which was experienced in maintaining the staff,

Victoria School also shewed a falling

became

qualifications.

after a

few

need much supervision, and they cannot take big classes unaided. The shortage was increased by the necessity of coming to the assis- tance of the University.

consequence of

R

mostly, for girls.

THE UNIVERSITY.

was first started in the New Ter ritories, and lately adepted in Hoog

My time was mainly occupied a lump sum of $5 to $20 to schools during two months in the spring kang. It consists in giving quarterly

which appear to the Director of Education

with the University Commission, upon the vice of the Inspectors to be deserving. In 1920, of which I was a member. In the antumn term Mr. Forster, a master $20,000 was thus absorbed by schools The

in the Department, was seconded in the Colony, including $10,000 given

decision to

of 2,921 over 1919, the increase in

EDUCATION IN ENGLISH.

roughly proportioned to their size,

mount

in the Department, $

The great increase the passes

the Straits.

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next

[Court, and sent to the Door of Hope. off, partly the cause and partly the to the Confucian Society, and $7.200 to the University 29 Professor of by schools in the New Territories Education. While in the existing News of the death from heart corfine it to giris and small boys. The Inspectors in forming their shortage of Staff he could ill be So that's that. The Tenant's Pro- failure of Mr. H. A. Keity was received the Kowloon School on the other opinion are guided by the absolute spared, the necessity of filling the considered para- in the interests of our. a technical stand-point; by their schools and students in training, tection Bill is now an Ordinance, and with deep regret by his many old band began at the end of the year to value of the schools judged from appointment was

friends in Shanghal Mr. Kelly came grow exceedingly, and beyond its size; by their financial position: the game of squeeze that has been out to Shanghai about 20 years ago to seating accommodation.

no less than those of the ́ Univer- so merrily played here, is restricted. start the British-American Tobacco

and by their usefulness. Thus a We have learned, too, during the argu- Factory at Pootung, and left the East the Colony excluding the Police School might receive a subsidy in preference Morris, Headmaster of Saiylagpun! The number of pupils at schools in bare-foot school in a poor districtity. At the end of the year Mr. ments for and against, the capacity for good about ten years ago to take and the uncontrolled schools is the to one corresponding to a private Method at the University, in ad School, was appointed Master of of interested human nature to wangle charge of the Company's factory in facts in support of its prejudices or Liverpool, of which he was chief at the ew Territories shows an increase preparatory school at home. desires. The Governor hit it off time of his death. Deep sympathy will pupils in English schools being 647 without notice, wherein lies a distinc gain it is very advantageous to The subsidy can be withdrawn dition to his own duties. Here neatly in one phrase, when he dee. be felt for Mrs. Kelly and ber and in the vernacular schools, 2,274. tion between the grant and subsidy the Deparment that the teaching [cribed certain local arguments as based daughters.

systems. Another is that the subconducted on the lines which they of Government students should be on the model of If my aunt had been

The writer has now completed his sidized schools get a lump sum;) will be expected to follow, when a marr she would have been my uncle.” Une set of prophets werns us that the Straits Echo is reproduced to make very brief comparison of the general number of pupils. As the paximum

The following par from the 20th year in the Department and and not a grant calculated on the exact they take up their work as teachers inevitable result of such legislation Hongkong tenants' mouths water: development in that period may per subsidy is $20 a month it is not at must be the aggravation of the boose "Our old and trusty friend, the haps be allowed. Twenty years ago, present possible to apply this system for the Junior this year should Shortage. Restriction of profits is to law of supply and demand, is starting our effort in English eduration was to big schools; but this is a remedi produce a corresponding increase in promise. Engineers should not be discourage building-if their aucts in to take a hand in the solution of largely meaningless, because these weakness.

the Matriculation successer children: should not art like children. should happen to be men.

this vexed problem. Owing to the teaching of spoken English was It is deplorable that the idea should Edently expect the appearance of so keen a demand for house accom standard reached by a few pupils, as of considerable qualifications and exdard of education is an increasing It is obvious that the system successes for the external Schools year. The larger number of general depression, there is no longer almost entirely neglected. The be promulgated, as it has been, that counter prophecies, that this very modation here in Penang, with the shewn by the Oxford Local resulte perience. At present the Department fence in the schools of China and quires inspectors and sub-inspectors shews that the Hongkong stan the U. S. Court for China gave pre-popular bill will encourage building, inevitable result that landlords are was, if at all, little below what it is ference to the American defendants for the reason that contractors and becoming somewhat less extortionate now. But the general improvement very well served in these respects. as against the British plaintifs "ou architects and brickmakers and build-in their demands and are beginning is demonstrable by the fact that all

Inspections.-Ia'theory the. Curres- a technical and legal clause," which ing-material merchants. recognising to abate somewhat of their preten pupils in the two Senior classes of pondents of Grant Schools and the → BOARD OF EDUCATION. phrase, ambiguous in any case, bere that the en of unlimited squeeze sions. We heard this morning of all schools are now compelled to trol the teaching and general conducted early in the year for the purpose Managers of Subsidized Schools con- A Board of Education was establish conveys a distinctly false impression, is over, and that only a fair retura one landlord who has actually retake the University Matriculation of their schools. In practice this is of assisting the Director of Education and was intended to. It is not our on house property is allowed, will duced the renta for one block of (or Senior) and Junior Examinations. only rarely the case. The teachers in matters pertaining to the develop business particularly to defend encourage building by lowering their dwelling houses by twenty

Der Considering this, the percentage of look more and more to the foment and improvement of Education foreign courts against charges of demands. That will be jolly. If the

passes is fairly high and compares pectoris! unfairness: but it is most certainly Government will also do its share, by

guidance, in the Colony." The Director of favourably with that of the selected ander the Grant Code, new teach Education in Ex-Officio Chairman and our job to protest against fellow selling suburban sites more expedit lowered into an hotel boat from one it varies fitile from year to year. the Department, and

An innocent-looking safe belog candidates from outside schools. Also

ers bave Britishers bringing unfair charges. iously, ead on less niggling conditions, of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co.'s When a camparison is made between that the inspections which take place lar Schools are Ex Officio Members to be approved by the Inspector of English Schools it follows and Senior Inspector of Vernaco- The statement made by a British and allow greater latitude as to the river steamers a few days ago, arous soch schools as Queen's College at Irregular intervals throughout the la addition, the Board is compos The China Mail. paper in Shanghai that no such character

homes ed the suspicions of a river policeman (Government) St. Joseph' (Grant) year do not merely result in reports ed of 9 Members nominated by the record (it is said) can be found in the to be put up, we shall not be long in and #customs searcher. British Court" there was evidently seeing a building boom.

They and St. Stephen's (Uncontrolled) little on existing conditions, but are oces Government. The full Board met demanded the key, after unwrapping difference can be detected. The made in prejudice, and in ignorance

the gory bags in which the safe was syllabuses adrped have again and signs for advice and instruction. In thrice in the course of the year. Sub of its boomerang nature. For if

packed, and the owner assisted them again been amended in detail by really those of peripatetic Normal visited the principal schools, and their fact the duties of the Inspectors are Committees were formed which the British Court have in the past

in opening it and proving that it various strong committees. As a Masters. Under these conditions the advice has been of the greatest use to- considered claims on all fours with

coursined nothing but air. The air, whole I am satisfied that there is not standard of efficiency in the Vernacu-the Department. this, and have decided them other-

however, told its own story to the room for ary startling change in 1 Schools has risen very rapidly la wise, then the incompetence of the

delicate scent of the searchers, so the method or curriculum.

EXCLUDED SCHOOLS. safe and its owner were taken to the

the past few years, and is now about us British Court is ridiculously implied

River Police Hulk. A false back and candidates who markolate from the level of capacity displayed by the ment, has been replaced by a Police It is a well-known fact that the high as can be expected of be general by masters from the Education Depart The Police School, formerly staffed We gather that many members of We would like to point out that Marine Engineers' Guild are dia bonuses are undesirable anyway.

sides to the safe disclosed dearly & Straits have a higher knowledge hundred calties of opium, worth about English as a whole than the average a low one on the whole. And the der the control of the Police and teaching staff. That is unfortunately Training School; which is entirely un tified with the decision by the The engineers should insist on fall

$12,000. The City magistrate re of Hongkong pupils: the reason in American Court at Shanghai, in a pay for their work, on getting all

inwarded the inventor with a year in fairness to local schorls should be best hope of a rapid improvement staffed by them. - case where the Hwak Jak's engineers they earn, as wages, and take no

ibe City prison and a fine of $300. known also. Here by common com this end, Evening Classes have for the Grant List as from July 1, 1919.

lies in teaching the teachers. To St. Paul's College was placed upody caned the chatterers, the Robert Dollar man's charitable deles. The word

51 sem Chinese boye are expected to Company, for payment of a bonus itself should be an insult to their self-

Before the Pulsie Judge. Mr. Mudy, Chinese. And this involves many years been established Of the non-Government schools which- mised. We gather further that respect, whether it mean a roundabout stolen from a hawker living in NewJ. R. Wood, yesterday, Lau Ring was three years preliminary study in a explained below. But it is much to at the coming in force of the Educa e of them consider the claim was way of bringing their own lawful Street by a cook residing at the same indicted for taking part in an armed Vernacular School, and abrat eight Classes at a distance from his bome in oper non there now remain two expect of a teacher to attend such don Ordinance were excluded from Alexissed on technical grounds, or and proper wage up to what it should address.

robbery at No. 32. Shekshän village, pernds weekly ine the eight years of a legal point, and that a test case be, or a bribe to serve the interests

Hurgham, at midnight on June 22, their school career. In the Straits Many teachers besides are of an age Bayt and Girls They had an aver at the conclusion of a day's work-only: St. Stephen's Colleges for the merits was desimble. We of some party other than their proper

Mr A Dyer Ball conducted the pro the contrary it is not held essential and mental babit which render them age attendance of 189 and 85 respec- accused participated with five others their language.

MARBLAGE.

DANIELS DE JONGH-On July 12, 1921, at Shanghai, Willem Daniels to Dorothy de Jongh.

CTH, JUSTICE, PUBLIC SERVICE."

Benczona, Tuziday, July 19, 1991.

SHIPS ENGINEERS CLAIM.

DÍ individual

LOCAL AND GENERAL,

Entrusted with $222 by the accountant, * foki promptly disappeared with the money.

Taking with her clothing and jewellery, the wife of a man living Third Street has absconded.

Over $50 In silver, money was

cent."

Staff

for

e sorry not to be able to agree. In paymaster. But if we are to let open the safe at a Chinese seamen's) secation. Evidence was given that that Chinese should be able to write tre ponarys to new ideas.. For this dively (32 and 60 in 1919).

DON'T NEGLECT YOUR FAMILY.

A duplicate key was used to

opinion (based on the wording daylight into this Huah Jah case, was stolen,

club in First Street from which $560

in the robbery. He was arrested.

among other reasons, the training of the promise) they never had a leg and abolish the mischievous ideas

several days later on the information

VERNACULAR EDUCATION.

| the next generation of teachers is the stand on from the start, and wasted our engineers at present seem to Three men were arrested in of complainant, who had known bit

Twenty years ago Vernacular tost Decessary step precedent to any od money on hopeless proceedings, entertain, we shall have no space Kam U Street house when R for some time. On him were found Education was known to the De further great advance in education a e refer to the pare now only in for such an argument. This bonus venue Insperior Watt surprised them thirteen pawn-tickets, one of which pariment solely, by the works of 78 whole,

WHEN Jos fall to provide your Peter to direct their attention to the was promised with a very visible and in possession of prepared opium and related to a new pair of trousers, Missionary grant schools. With a TRAINING OF TRACHERS,

A family with a bottle of haming advisability of studying more atten-transparent il," as fatal as the opium drose.

"which"was identized by one of the few exceptions it was almost "value;| Similar difficulty in obtaining Staff this season of the year, you are neglect.

lain's 'Colie and Barzhma Remedy at.... nly the terms of all future proanises sixpence-on-a-floating grindstone par

complainants.. Prisoner alleged that less. The Committee on Education prevails all over the world; and that ing them, as kowel complaint is sure to which they propose to rely. When The promise said providing we get have been found in the streets, the against hind out of spite, because he

The bodies of three children the preceedings were taken aut reported in 1902

| is one reason why normal training, be prevalent, and, it is too dangerous w Lamourist promises a child the full support and co-operation from

"Beginning with, the; Trimetrical in so very important in Hongkong. malady, to by, trifed with: "This la-

if there are children: sixpence that he finds floating all of you” Now the phrase all menthe old boy in Gutzlaff and the male complainant bad-beer and Thousand Character and certain Another reason is that though our healy, & dome vert wood his recad the river on a gritore, he of you in that case (and this is girl in Hollywood Road, and the third the jury onanimously declared: pri by beart, the scholars are taught first limits the Staff required, a big fór content and perhaps were » life, or

Street, the second a one-month old at Inggerheads Wahght retiring, other Classics, which are learned by school bulldings are now full, which | medywwii, place, the trockle within his on the child overlooking the not disputed) included the decka 3-year old Kil at Smithbeld. The oner Rully. Sentence of five years to read and then to write the charso - ward stride is sure to be taken sopper best doctors be For sale by

tory nature of the terms of the officers as well as the engineer. are co sumpicions circumstances. rigorcus imprisonmOENÍ WIE DERICS. ters, Subsequently thay learn their oy late, when the demanda on the Chemist semi Storskendara.