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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27; · 1928

CLAY, NOTE 'BOOKS.

FACTS ABOUT SCHOOL LIFE $,000 YEARS AGO.

HONGKONG DELIGHTS.

SOME EASTERN TRAVEL· MEMORIES.

THE CHINA MAIL.

solid

'ARRIYAIS.

Kuelyang.(B. & S.) from Bang- Hydrangea, (Chlo On) from kok-10, C Swatow. Co.'s Wharf

Delta, (P. & O.) from Yokohama, Shanghal-Ar

Moll Maru, (NY.K.) from Cal cutta, Singapore. Kowloon Wharf. Tachro, (St Oil) from San Pedro. Lalchikok

Sulyang, (B. & S) from Shang- hal, Amey-Biz

Taiyo Mary, (Y. K. R.) from Chiawantao. B53.

DEPARTURES.

New Mathilde (Tul) for Haiphong-June

Yusang, U.M., & Co.) for Shang hal, Swatow-June OLI

Reims, (Tai Woo) for Holhow. June 21,

Táiszem, (Yan Fat) for Kwong Chow Wan-June 27

PASSENGERS.

(Continued from Page 72

VICTORIA.

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Pres. Jackson. Bhidsuoka Mare.

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BRATTER.

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Tyndarens

LOS ANGELES. June 30.—3.-4 B. Carlaretta.

Went Ivan. July 18.-U.9.8.B.

BAN FRANCISCO.

life to the care of neglected LATEST SHIPPING NEWS. NOTICE TO SHIPPERS AND children and charity. She is now the Mother Superior of the Saint Teresa Convent. The Chinese do not want girl bables, and they very often abandon them, or send them Banka, U. Manners) from Bang- directly to the missions. One afterkok.-C39,ARNEDE It was in the land of Sumer, by With Singapore as a base there noon as I was having tea with the the banks of the river Euphrates, are endless possibilities of seeing reverend Mother, a sister brought in a Chinese doll-like baby which fifty centuries ago that education ursul places, provided you can they had found in an exhausted was first regarded as a public con-accept sea travelling of a non-condition near the convent.

At Swatow thousands of pounds cern and a stato responsibility. The luxurious character. It is the un-

worth of finery, both personal and people of ancient Sumer were very familiar spot that invariably temple for the table, are made and sold at industrious; they not only reclaim-me, and the overy-day life of peo-incredibly low prices, the work of ed the marshy land and built many plos little known has a constant orplans brought up and taught by splendid cities, but were the pione-fascination for me, writes Obarlotte the Catholic and Protestant sisters. Cameron, o.B.E., in the Daily Tele-At Hongkong I was invited to the ers, in the building up of schools graph. And thus, on the journey Convent of the Sacred Heart. for the instruction and develop from which I have just returned cue Thero was a very beautiful display

·· Fhiloctetes, (B. & 5;) from Mantia, ment of the youth of the land. of my visits was mid to Branai, off of the softest silken garments s0

Chipshing, 3.000 years BC, ur 2,500 years which very few people know anuch, fine and delicate you could have Cebu, M. &, Co.) froin though it is one of the oldest settle. drawn them through a ring, fairy- before Confucius taught, boys were ments of Bornoo, covering 4,000 like dresses for children, hand Tientsin, Weihaiwel, C33.

Argun Mary, (O.S.K) from attending school in the land of square miles of territory. Bome embroidered table cloths, and mats

|Singapore,—A25, of the new drawn-thread pattern, Sumer,, their pockets filled with 8,000 natives live in thatched houses with baskets of flowers and butter small clay tablets their ngte-orected upon polos in the water flies covering the entire, centre and book--and a small pen or stilus When they go shopping they em trimmed with yards of Italian with which to write. Many such play, canoe, and the women wear filet.

huge hats which look like mammoth After showing me a wonderful tablets have been preserved mushrooms. The entrance to the bedspread of practically through the long ages since thode various houses is affected by climb-embroidery, which had gained the far off days. I wonder how many ing rickety ladders or knotted poles. first prizo at the Singapore Exhibi- Q.C. note-books will be in existence Brunci is ruled by a sultan whose tion, the good nun opened a door 5,000 years hence. Wouldn't you ancestors can be traced back for leading to their large work room, be careful with your scribbling centuries. Wherever the sultan A hundred or more girls of ages pads and wouldn't you do lovely goes an attendant must hold a yel fronr 6 to 15 sat at desks, each with diagrams in your physics note-low-fringed umbrella of state over her work before her. Their day is books if you thought that they him. In the audience chamber a divided up by so many hours of would be examined by wise men yellow cloth must be put on the study, a midday recreation, and 5,000 years after this; f. 7,000 back of the sultan's chair as a sign the allotted time for embroidery, A.D. From these tablets wo can of the ruler. (Mr. Lucien Allom, Thus the unwanted Chinese babyTourano,-June 27. discover what lessons the Sumerian the British-Resident, it may be in- girls develop into usefulness. At school boys worried over in the cidentally mentioned, has the Shanghai I called at a certain- dawn of civilization, and we can Union Jack on the back of his chair) shop which received the best reconstruct, to a certain extent, the Further distinctive signs of Royal work from the convents and mis life of those boys away in the dim ty are the candles. There are sion of the interior of China. The beginnings of history,

some 100 nobles of Brunei models for items of underwear and-June 27. entitled to honour, as dem- patterns of the various laces they onstrated in candles by day receive from Parts. The Chinese light. The sultan enjoys the girls copy these garments and are largest candle: it weighs about prodigal with their handwork, the 12lb and is 3ft. high, the bottom back and sides of the petticoats. part is claborately decorated with and lingerie being covered with gilt paper. Another curious custom embroidery as beautiful as the

Garments in connection with Royalty is the front.

of exquisite presentation of cigars on all great brocade and crepe'de Chine, deck- occasions. A ceremonial example led with lace and handwork, you would be at least a foot long and can buy for $15 and $20-a Chinese when the Prince of Wales visited dollar equals about 2s or Is gd, ac- Brunei the sultan, who is exceed-cording to the exchange, and £2 10s ingly loyal and fully appreciates would.buy the quivalent of £10 in British protection, paid exceptional London shop. honour to his Royal Highness by offering one made of the finest leaves procurable and measuring 18in in lengt

Rising early, the young Sumerian clothed himself in a cloak-made of rough wool or skin. In alt pro hability his first task was to procure his "note-books" for the day's lesson. This was casily done he did not go to the office, or to Ying Wah, or to the Commercial Press, or even to Sincere's. The land was alluvial and a handful of river mud was sufficient to furnish him with a dozen clay tablets each a little staller than an ordinary envelope. That and his stilus was his station. ery-no paper, no ink, no scrib- bling pad-not even a fountain pen. Prominent in the school house was the stand with small openings large enough.to hold the baked tablets, ie, the texts and studies that were written in clay and then baked to preserve them. These formed a kind of reference library reference libraries" no less than 60,000 tablets were recently discovered by an English explorer.

Every youthful Sumerian had to learn his own language thoroughly One of their proverbs was He who would excel in the school of the scribes must rise with the

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Delta, (P. & 0.), for London Singapore June 27.

President Jefferson, (Ad, Line) for Seattle, Shanghai-June 27.

Kwai Wah, (Shuq Hing) for

Moji Maru, (N.YK.) for Yoko- hama, Moji-June 27.

Namsang, U. M. & Co.) for Kobe, Amoy-June 27.

Jacox, (St. & Barry )for Honolulu,

Van Vollenhoven, (Kai Yu.) for Canton June 27.

Hero, (Thoreson & Co.) for Besar, Juno 27.

Hong Hwa, Seng Soon Hong.) for Amoy, Swatow. June 27.

Phranang, (Cheong Yu) for Hoi- how June 27.

Junio 30.-T.EE/

80-8. & B. July 4-P. K

7.—-0-8. K.

10.-D; L 1-T.L.L 187.8.8.8. Aug -TEE 18.-T.EE

Biberia Mara, : Cadaretta Pros. Wilson - -- Hamburg Marn.

Pres. Grant.

Stuart Dollar.

.Taiyo Maru.

West Iran. Tengo Mara. Koron Mart.

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714 34aan Homolvin," SAN FRANCISCO SAM PIDRO, SALLEO' Crus, BalBAD Bastão, Anica & Iquiqun).

Stuart Dollar. July 10.-D. 1

Bakuyo Maru. Volunteer.

Ginyo Maru Anyo Harn Saiya Maru.

1.-T.SK. 2.-T..1.0. Sept. TE K. det: 20.-T.K.K. Doc. T.E.K.

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Schleelen Wray Distlo, Start Dollar. Telera-obús.. Robert Dollar. Gothio Prince Langton Hall. Virginia Dollar, Kaloma Talthyblus.

BOSTON.

The European population of Sandakan, the largest town in BRITISH INFLUENCES. Steadily British influences are North Borneo numbers to men, Aug. 3-T.K.K.· asserting themselves over the women, and children: Major-Get- Jone 28.-P. L. younger generations of vast numeral Sir William Rycroft, K.C.B., July 5.-B. F. bers of the Chinese in the Malay KC.M.G., and Lady Rycroft dis EXQUISITE NEEDLECRAFT. If the British ladies knew of the States, Borneo, and the numerous pense charming hospitality, at Gov- At Sandakan, North ernment House. For over forty wonderful bargains obtainable in islands. lace, embroidery, and household Borneo, I was much impressed years General Rycroft has been linen in China I am certain they when I attended Divine service at associated in our battles the world would charter an aeroplane and the Church of St. Michael and All over, and especially do we realise descend at Shanghai. For labour Angels. One side of the church his great genius and work in Egypt is extremely cheap in China, and was reserved for the Chinese wor Lady Rycroft comes from one Aug. they manufacture wonderful shippers; the padre told me they of the oldest Highland families of qualities of crepe-de-Chine-silk had 100 members. The young of Scotland, the Mentes. She is and fine grass cloth. In the Catholic Chinese congregation, looked ex- taking a deal of care and trouble and Protestant Missions scattered tremely nice; the girls wore in trying to induce her tropical over the East the orphan children fresh, clean, white cotton trousers garden to raise the flowers of her Jane $8.-P. L

Jaly 3.-N.Y.K. are taught to do fine embroidery, and coat, made by themselves; beloved Scotland. The Governor Every pupit had to learn one and to make the real Italian let their long black silky hair was has his own private native band, foreign language, the one specially lace,

Venetian, brushed until it glistened like satin; which played during dinner. Ia stressed being that of the North guipure and other laces. During every pigtail ended in a ribbon this far-away outpost of Empire, (Nippur). Various branches of my last travel of some 100,000 miles bow, and rows of them were most 1,000 miles from Singapore, every- science were taught, the most in the East I visited many of the effective. Both young and old ap thing is carried out in the most popular being astronomy, Mathe missions. At Kuching, Sarawak, peared very devout. Carefully royal manner possible. Borneo's -matics was taught with the As- I used frequently to call on Mother joining in the service hymns, and great want is more roads and rail- sistance of tables, but instead of Helen, a saintly nun, who for the prayers, to me it was astonishing ways. There are only 103 miles of our modern mathematical tables of past thirty-nine years has given her to see these Chinese worshipping rail in North Boraco. sincs, tangents, and logs, the Sumerlan scholar used tables con- sisting of the squares and the cubes of the numbers from 1 to 100. · In the mechanics class they studied the lever, the sun-dial, and the pulley, Music and Theology also came into the time-table.

dawn."

School over, the senior boys rem paired, not to Causeway Bay to indulge in tennis or football, but to the irrigation plots where they put their mechanics into practice by raising water by various devices from the river to the canals. Games were played by the smaller boys, but we do not know what they were. Perhaps some future discovery will enlighten us and provide the boys of Q.C. with a new game at which they can strive to beat some of the old records made 5,000 years ago.

K. W. L.

LOCAL

in the Yellon Dragon.

RADIO TALK.

LECTURE SERIES

BEGUN.

Mr. A. Chesterton, of the Marcons Company, delivered at Volunteer Headquarters last evening the first of a series of four weekly lectures he is to give on elementary wire- less under an arrangement with the Hongkong Radio Society..

Using a blackboard and sofe wireless gear to illustrate his points, Mr. Chesterton-discussed some of the qualities of the immense botly of ether in which the solar systems of the universe move The force of the electron was, he declared, the only force that had been known to affect it in any way and It was therefore upon the electron that radio depended. He likened our earth to a speck of dirt floating in a huge ash of ather and went on to demonstrate the Inefficiency of present transmitting methods.

At the close of the lecture Mr. Chesterton was accorded a Hearty" vote of thanks. • It was announced that detectors of various kinds would be discussed in next week's address:

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HONGKONG HEIGHTS

For the information of visitors #15. following list of some of the highest points on the Idand and Mamland i

VILAND.

Bigral Station

Mogi

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