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STRANGE TRAGEDY OFF JAVA COAST.

A WORTHY CAUSE.

There are few more worthy causes in this country, says the MC | Daily News, than the Plant Mem; UNION INSURANCe man's death,orial Fund, for if ever the memory of a man should be honoured out .. here it is that of Capt. S. C' Plant, On Saturday, March 31, the the man who, working largely British community of Java were wolnatarily, made the navigation. shocked to learn that one of their of the Upper Yangtze possible, number, Mr. L. G. J. Van Breda, of thereby conferring an enormous the Union Insurance Society of bom both foreigners and Canton's Sourabaya branch, had Chinese alike. The committee have inet with a tragic end whilst bath secured possibly the most appro- ing in the sea at Parang Tritis, priate site in Capt. Plent's own

evening.

party of English people who had taken advantage of the Erster holidays to visit the South Coast for the sake of the sea-bathing Three more friends from Batavia were expected later the sune even ing (Good Friday).

ORIENTAL STUDIES. REMARKABLE PARALLEL

ANECDOTES.

GRELE AND CHINESE.

The latest Bulletin issued by the [school of Oriental Studies (London

THE CHINA MAIL.

WAR MEMORIAL. MEETING OF SUBSCRIBERS.

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NURSING HOME PROJECTS.

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SIR PAUL CHATER'S SCHEME.

Ing Home scheme but was un- fortunately prevented, by liness detail. The next step was an ap from drawing up proposals in plication to the Court, based on affidavits sworn by Mr. Bernard on behalf of the Committee, and by the Hon: Mr. Stophen and myself on behalf of the Sharp Estate. On August 12, 1922, the Chief Justice The meeting of subscribers to save judgment approving fle University) contains many interest the Hongkong War Memorial was scheme, subject to further details. held in the Board Roon of Messrs.being submitted as to the working ing papere. Sir Georgo A, Grier Jardine, Matheson Co. at 430 last of the proposed Nursing Home. aon, K.C.L.E., contributes a trans evening. As already announced in March 7, 1923, a further judg lation of the Lay of Brahama's these columnas, in addition to the ment was given, based on an Marriage, an episode of the Alb-cenotaph now being gracted in Affidavit by Mr. D. G. M. Bernard Khand, that popular North Indian Statue Square, it has been decided and on Articles intended to govern ballad retailing the exploits of the to erect and furnish a Nursing the proposed Hongkong War Mem famous Albo and Udan. This long Home in memory of the local men oral Nursing Home in accordance opio poem has an added interest for who fell in the Great War..

with the suggestion contained in Hongkong in that Sir Charles (thon The Scheme for the Nursing of the later judgment is that from the previous judgment; the effect Mr.) Elliott, stationed car

the Home having now been completed, January 1, 1922 half the surplus in- ancient city of Kanauj, found the meeting of subscribers was come from Granville Sharp's Estate several of the wandering ininstrels, called last night to obtain sanction after providing for the mainten or singers of Alha, and employed for the Hongkong War Memorial ance of the Matilda Hospital is to one of them to coropile a complate Committee to commence work on be appropriated yearly towards the set of the twenty-three ballads from the new project. their joint memories.

In addition to Sir Paul Chater Hongkong War Memorial Nursing The poom

erection and or endowment of the was thus rescued and later printed. Kt.; C.M.G. (chairman of the Com- Home. In the judgment certain Portions have been translated into mittee), there were present the conditions are made, the chief ones English ballad metre hat the Hon. Mr. A: G. Stephen, Hon Mr. being that

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Mr. E. J. Chapman (Secretary).

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On

Home shall be:-

.The Trustees for the time being of the Will of the late Mr. Granville Sharp from whose Estate a large proportion of the fund is, with the sanction of the Court derived, The Managing Director in Hong- kong for the time being_of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson Co, Ltd.

The Senior representative in Hongkong for the time being of Messrs. John Swire and Sons Ltd. (Messrs. Butterfield and Swire Ltd.).

The Chief Manager for the time being of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. z.-Committee shall consist of--.

The Trustees of the Home, A Government Official to be nominated by the G vernor The Chairman for the time being'

of the Hongkong, General! Chamber of Commerce, The members to be co-opted annually by the Committee to serve for one year. 3-Two wards, to be named after

Trester part is still a scaled book to H. Holyoak, MA D. G. M-The Trustees of the Nursing. English roaders. Sir George Mr. A. O. Lang, Mr. G. T. Edkins, Bernard, Rev. J. Kirk Maconachic, Grierson's translation deals with Dr. G. M. Harston, Lieut-Colonel me of the cantos not touched L. G. Bird, Mr. N. L. Watson and before. This specimen of the ballad poetry of Northern India, as be ays, strongly reminds the reader of

The Chairman said.--At our own Border balls.

subscribera meeting held Equally interesting for the st that it would be best to merge the December 2, 1920, it was thought lent up the papers dealing with War Memorial Scheme in a he discovery of the original proposed scheme for the erection Davanagari text of the Christian of a combined club for Navy, Purana of Thomas Stevens (Custin Army and Civilians: this was Abbott), Dart-i-Asurik J. M. later found to be impracticable; Invala), the phonetics of the Zulu but it was decided to erect on the angga (Cleinent M. Poke), the finest site" a replica of the eliminary report on the Tirra da Cenotaph in Whitehall designed Seits dos Indios Orientais Jarl by Mr. Lutyens. Permission was Carpentier). Arabic literature since obtained from Mr. Lutyens to use he beginning of the Nineteenth his design, but there was consider- Century Shaykh M. H. Ahdable delay in obtaining the plans; -Bazid), and the reevery of the however, the work is now well reliminary matter of Aneila's under way and we hope to unveil "History of Ethiopa.

the Cenotaph on Empire Dry, May 24. It will cost about $60,000. 14ta Meeting of the Committee held that the Naval and Military on August 23, 1921, it was stated authorities were unable to come to any satisfactory agreement as to! as thefuture control and management of the proposed Club, and the scheme was therefore dropped. I then suggested that the Memorial take the form of an up-to-date Nursing Home on the higher levels; it was felt that such a Home would be a great boon to the

the Community in assisting to minimise the death rate, and in the restoring to health of those falling sick, It would be managed by a board of governors composed of lay members of the Community, with one or two. Government Officials serving on it; the staff to It is also intended that in addition consist of resident doctor and to the Committee as constituted resident trained nurses and private by the Court, the Senior practitioners to be allowed to representative in Hongkong of attend patients. I felt certain that any firm subscribing $20,000

Confucius Anecdote. Three papers is also included elating to China. Lionel Giles ives two very astmarkable parallel necdotes in Greek and Chinese ho first about Confucius „ollowa 1-

"Confucius was invelling once wer Mount Tai, when he caught "ight of Jung Ch'i-ch'i rouming in he wilds of Cheng. He was clad a deer-skin, girded with a ropa, nd was singing 26 he played ou a

south of Djocja, the previous bungalow and grounds at Hsintan.. My friend,' said Comincios, Colony; it would be of service to

Mr. Van Breda formed one of a

The party consisting of two ladies and six men, were bathing in the sea at a little after i af past five in the afternoon. They were quite close inshore and never in ascription in Eglish on the water of more than four feet or so side facing diagonally down river in depth. Suddenly Mr. Van Further thu this, suitable pravi Breda was heard to cry out for sion was made for Capt. Piunt's help, and his friends rushing to mother when she lost his support, a the spot, caught hold of him and tombstone has been erected over tried to draw him to the shore the grave of Capt. and Mrs. Plant This, however, was only done after at Hongkong at the expense of his great exertions, as the creature heirs and they have also generously which had seized him did not re- put dowa £500 equired for the linquish its hold for several further mai 1mnce of Cipt. seconds. During this struggle it Plant's two Chinese wards and the was obvious to

all that Mr. Mrs. Plant bursary. There now Van Breda had suffered terrible remains the question of completing injuries and within a few seconds the monument. The lowest esti Confucius,, to be able to find he expired. from shock and mate calls for $15,000 and at pre-source of consolation in oneself haemorrage. From the extent and sent there is an amount of under The Greek parallel is found in nature of the wounds in the left $4,000 in hand. Reduce the side and thigh it may be regarded amount to sterling, and it is under. as certain that he lost conscious-£2,000 which surely is a very smal ness almost from the instant of be- sum for such a good cause and ing attacked..

there must be 2,000 people in China GIANT RAY!

who have benefitted from Capt It can never be definitely known Plant's great work and can afford what creature it was that caused his to subscribe £1 each. M:. T. J death; it was never seen from first Eldridge, Coast Jaspector, Chinese to last, and one can state nothing Maritime Customs, Shanghai, is the with certainty beyond the fact that secretary and treasurer of the it possessed the pertinacity, weight|| fund. and strength to withstand the united

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Plutarch's "Life of Marius Follows:-

the late Mr, Granville Shup and/or his wife, Matiha Li- cone Sharp, shall be set apart for free patients.

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The Trustees for the time being of the Will of the late Mr. Granville Sharp shall at the .expiration of 7 years from January 1, 1922, report to the Registrar as to whether the provisions of the articles as above mentioned have been and are being duly observed and carried out.

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what is it thing makes you in the Gorges, and there on a coin-

appy? The old man replied: manding position will be erected:

Have a great deal to make the Changsha granite obelisk, standing

at massive, commanding and,

appy. God created all things, and (pressive, dominating the causatryaf His creations wan is the like the Wallace Monament. Tw

oblost. It has fallen to a lot to sides will face diugotally on the

a man that is my first go river and it is suggested that, a

happiness. Then there is a dis iction between male and femals, the Chinese come from withi China, while the foreigner co Be:

he former being rated sore highly from without Chia, a fuscriptio.. than the latter. Therefore it is

Chinese he placed on the

etter to be a mule; and since fan I could raise $250,000 and as the or, upwards be ipso facto a side faci galagonally upriver and

ne, I have a second ground for Goverament had undertaken to member of it. The decision of the appiness. Furthermore, one are give us a like sum (making Shareholders of the Peak Hospital or who never behold the sun er $500,000.) we could, with this, make to wind up the Company was the moon, and who never emerge a very fine Nursing Home and arrived at about July, 1922, and it is from their swaddling clothes. But have sufficient money left to carry only by the generosity of have already walked the earth for on. On September 23rd, 1921, 1 Mr. J. E. Joseph in buying the space of ninety years. That is received a letter from the Govern- the place and handing it over by third ground for happiness.ment stating that as the scheme for to the Government, that the Poverty is the normal lot of the the proposed club had fallen Peak Hospital is running to-day: cholar, death the appointed end for through they thought that the Goremment is, I believe, human beings. Alfiding in the the War Memorial should be responsible for the maintenance of ormal state, and reaching at last confined to the erection of the it. This is one of the reasons, that appointed end, what is there Cenotaph already decided on, the schere now submitted to you that should make e unhappy--- and asking for recommend-is a much more elaborate one than What an excellent thing it is crictions as to what should be done that contemplated at first, and as I with the balance of subscriptions have said, it is necessary to raise a remaining. At a Committee Mee- much larger sum. It is estimated to decision of the Government was such as we aim at will entail an ex- ting held on October 3, 1921, this build and furnish a Nursing House

considered but your Committee penditure of one million dollars were of the unanimous opinion that and I am very pleased to say that Plato, when his end was drawing the Nursing Home Scheme should most of this is already in ear, gave thanks to his fatailier be proceeded with. A sub-commit sight. The contributions promised. it and to Fortune for that, in tee consisting of the Hon. Mr. A. (and in soine cases paid) the first place, he had been born a G. Stephen, the Hon. Mr. H.E. Pol together with the estimated nan and not a brute devoid of lock, the Hon. Mr. Lau Chu Pak, contributions from Sharp's Estate, season, and in the second, s Greek) and myself, were appointed to in and interest amount to $900,000; and not a barbarian; and nervover, terview H. E. the Governor, to ask we can therefore confidently that his birth had happened to fall that the _Government renew their appeal for the additional $100,000 within the lifetime of Socrates. tonner offer in providing $250,000 required. The Government has Other parallels for the same being a like'amount to that which I very kindly assisted us by granting anecdote are found in a passage in had undertaken to raise. The the $200,000 already mentioned, Diogenes Laurtlus who probably result was that the Government and a very fine site about 12 acres, granted us a site and $200,000.00. situated about 700 feet above sea lived in the second century AD... and in a saying which Hermippus on condition that the Community level; the site is above the new Parang Tritis, and the Grand Hotel in his "Lives' attributes to Thales subscribed an equal amount. In motor road to the Peak and over- April 1922 the stage had been rea- looks the Harbour and the Race The remains were taken that in Djocja, and from the various but which in mmetimes told of ched when it was necessary that the Course: it will be shaded from the night to Djecja, and placed in the authorities with whom they were Socrates. According to Hermippus, Nursing Home should be provided evening sun and will enjoy the Thales used to say he gave thanks with a Constitution or Articles of south easterly breeze through Military Hospital at about 10.30 brought in contact..

lo Fortune for three things in part Association in curiance with the Middle Gap in the summer; it will The funer) took place at 5 pm. Mr. Van Breda was the only soncular: finetly because he had been law governing such institution be approached by a nearly level the following day. The service of the late Dr. Van Breda and Mrs born aran and not a beast: This was done and approved by motor road branch off the main was conducted in English, and A. Raphael, of Graaff Reinst, Cape secondly because he won a male.and your Committee. It was then found. road Plans of the Nursing Home according to Church of England Province, South Africa. Although not a female and thirdly, a Greek, that the $400,000.00 consisting of have been prepared and we con procedure, by Adjutant Horth of he had only been in Java for a year not a Barbarian. The author of $200,000.00 from the Government sulfed Drs. Johnson, Harston, DO NOT MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY the Salvation Army. Mr. Van and a half, he was one who touched the work containing the Chinese and $200,000.00 to be raised by the Forsyth-and Allen as to their Breda's friends desire to express life at any points is both British snecdoto is thought to have been a Community would not be enough suitability technically; the doctors the deepest gratitude to this Officer and Duch circles, writes a cor contemporary of Socrates, and it is to provide an Institution on a scale. made certain suggestions, for im- for the inanner in which he con- respondent. Although only 25 portainly remarkable that he should to meet the growing needs of the provements and these have already ducted the simple, touching years of age, he had already made have written yet another passage Colony. It was necessary to raise been adopted; the plans are on the ceremony. The coffin was carried a dame for himself by his great which finds a striking parallel in more money, and I then cutlined a table and may be inspected. Imay to the graveside by six friends success as a producerin Plutarch. This anecdote Mr. proposal made by myself and the say that accommodation is provid- Upon it lay a cross from his mother, theatricals. A short while ago Lionel Giles also quotes together Hon. Mr. Stephen, we being the ed for 35 single rooms. There and three wreaths from the Union be staged concert party. The with Philemon Holland'a transla Trustees of the Granville Sharp will be two free wards of 10 beds Insurance Society of Canton, from Tjitjaks. This was followed by his friends in Sourabaya, and from Oscar Wilde's Importance of being tion of Plutarch's jetter. Estate, for the utilization of half each which will be named after the The two other papers, dealing the surplus Income of that Estate late Mr. Granville Sharp and his his friends with him in Djocja. Earnest in Dutch; and at the be

efforts of half a dozen people for some moments. Some people have assumed it to have been a shark, appreciation of the kindness and hut those who were present think help they experienced from the a giant ray more probable for managements of the Strand Hotel, several reasons.

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On the next day another friend ginning of the week in which with Chins relate to Chinese records as from January 1, 1922. It was wife Matilda Sharp, in accordance by this Committee, and hope that, visited the grave from Sourabaya he died he scored his grantest of the Amba in Central Asis estimated that the money thus with the terms under which we get at this meeting you will authorise taking a number of wreaths from triumph by the production of A. R. Gibb); and the text and increase the building fund by 2nd floor will be situated the the Committee to proceed with it sympathisers there. The following Scenes from Shakespeare, in sunnelitontion of, gramophone $150,000.00 and to provide a operating theatres and subsiduary along the lines I have set out. Be wounds a ve hea ed al light is no ARG were present at the burial: Mr. Sourabaya. Those who worked cords in Mandirin and Cantonese subsequent annual endowment of rooms: Nurses quarters are on the fore, however, putting this proposal they plways willis Gat bottle of Bad Mr G B. Gloyne Mr. and with him in the latter will never An Abyssinion vocabulary of the $20.000.00 I may say that this, third floor and there will be twa to the meeting I shall be glad to Chamber sty's Pain Balm and tee the Mrs CFR. D. Bonner, Messrs, J. forger the energy patience and Sargateenth Century (M: 3-Gover); action was

i'lat -- the semi-detached houses for the Sur- answer any questions that sub- F. Crook, W. E. Mann, H. S. Ban-true artistry which he put into the site on this transliteration of Instance of the Into Mr. E geon and Physician reached by a scrib may desire to ask. ver, B. &. Mulles, D. F. Maher, and show, and he leaves many to mourn Arabic, Pertian Urdu-mid Hindi: Sharp, then my co-trustee of the covered corridor” from the main R. W. Ivy on MARIO M his loss both as an artist and as ons and the usual scholarly book review Sharp Estate, who expressed a building. NOTRE

The friends of Mr. Van Breda whose character had especially complete this Bulletin (Vol. 11 desire to extend a generous. I have now explained to you the meeting was brought to a cont Jurther wish to express their great endeared him to them.

Part TV, prios sin shillinga, 13- measure of assistance to the Nuri-, scheme which has been approved clusion.

Prevory injury, is oazed for no questions, and as You can got nothing ras no further business, the poison is too dangerous a diss

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