1925-10-24 — Page 7

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1925.

MR. TANNER LEAVES. his pupils. The scholars who had

AFTER TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS.

FAREWELL SCENES.

"To the accompaniment of the firing of mary crackers and the sireling of the ship by launches, containing his former pupils, the "Fushimi Maru" left the harbour at 11 am today with Mr. Bertram Tanner. 1.S.O.. aboard bound for home after a well earned retirement. Mt. Tanner has been engaged in educational work under the Government of Hongkong for twenty-seven-year's and his name will ever be as cinted with Queen's College whose interests as headmaster he has

had so much at heart.

remained loyal to the College hoped sincerely that Mr. Tanner. would not carry away with him a sense of disappointment in them. or the feeling that his life's work" had been repaid by ingratitude.

FAREWELL. ADDRESS.

THE CHINA MAIL.

CURING LEPROSY.

GROWING A VITAL

PLANT

́SCHEME FOR COLONIES.

(Reuter's Service.)

LOCAL SHARE MARKET.

Names.

Banka Hongkong Bank

do.. Chartered Bank

OFFICIAL QUOTATIONS.

London

After the presentaron made by Mr. Kay, Mr. Tanner replying, foxpressed his thanks to the pupils

London, October 28.

T.T. on London and masters for the gifts. It was not necessary for him to take a

Important discussions regard.TT. on Shanghai reminder of Queen's College within the results of leprosy research him as he would assure everyone occurred at the conference of the that he would always and every Medical Committee of the British where remember Queen's College,

Empire Rellet Association with but he thanked them for their Dominion and colonial medical Mercantile Bank, A. & B. kindness. He thought that those

[officers,***

Sir Leonard Rogers suggested P, & O. Bank' present, would appreciate how difficult it was for him to speak

Bank of East Asia about, anything that afternoon. It was always a difficulty to talk of matters which touched things so deeply and he would therefore confine himself to superncial

matter only.

do.

HONGKONG, October 24. 1925, 10:30 AM.

Hongkong Stock Hongkong Sharebrokers'

Exchange.

3/5.4 76

1140 £131. £20

+

C.

95

Marine Insurances. Canton Insurance North China Insurance.. China Underwriters Union Insurance Yangtze Insurance

scheme to distribute to all tropical colonias in 1926 the seed of the Hydnocarpus Wightiana and Hydnocarpus Anthelmintica. pure ripe seed of the former, Dr. Muir discovered that the which grows very abundantly in Southern India,, yields such a pure Speaking of the incidents of June last, Mr. Tanner said there all that it can be injected without

Fire Insurances. were of course numerous and dif-conversion to Ethyl Esters almost felt thoughts concerning the cast as good as Esters at one-HK. Fire Insurance

painlessly and with results at China Fire Insurance, affair but the whole thing re-tenth of the cost. Vice Chancellor of the University boys, who made the mistake, ex- will bear fruit in tropical lands in Hongkong Steamboats..

solved itself into a fact that those

1, The tree furnishing this oil

Shipping.

Shou-son. Mr. G. N. Orme.. Diree-ing their choice of loyalty. There five or six years and for eight H.K. Tugs & Lighters..

perienced great difficulty in mak-

In addition to the whole of the scholars. for whom special lunches ware engaged there were present et Blake pler to bid!! Mr. Tunner farewell, the follow. Hon Mr. A. G. M. Fletcher, C.M.G.. €.B.E.. Mr. W. W. Hornell, C.I.E..

ing:-

The

of Hongkong, the Hon. Mr. Chow

tor of Education. Mr. E. Ralphs, was their loyalty to their country, (Inspector of English Schools), China, against their loyalty to Mr. and Mrs, de Rome (Ellis Queen's College. Personally he Kadoorie School for Chinese), Mr. did not think that the necessity of J. Raiston (Ellis Kadoorie School that choice existed and he thought for Indiana), Mr. L. G. F. Night- ¦ that before long these boys them- Ingale and Rev. Noel Evans selves would realise that the

Kowloon British School), Mr. G. | truest loyalty to China would have. Grimble (President. Q.C.O.B.A.), been to remain loyal to Queen's) Mr. S. M. Churn. Mr. Lo Man-ho, College. He was sure that the Mr. J. F. Grose. Mr. Bee Hy-san, boys own behaviour had brought Rev. G. E. S. Upsdell, Brother punishment to themselves and no Aimar of St. Joseph's College, further punishment was neces- Mr. W. Kay, Mr. J. C. Fletcher, and Mrs. Stubbings.

months of the year.

FRANC SLUMPS.

Douglases

Association.

EXACTLY THE SAME AS AT HOME

WE

HAVE RECENTLY RECEIVED PER REFRIGERATOR "SS. CARMARTHENSHIRE” THE FOLLOWING VARIETY OF CHEESE

Per be

FINEST ENGLISH LOAF CHEDDAR $1.00

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SWISS GRUYERE

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1.40

SELECTED ENGLISH STILTON 1.50

620

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265 40

SELECTED SCOTCH BLOATERS

465

KIPPERS FINDON HADDOCK.

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200 600,

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224

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Indo-Chinas (Pref.)

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44

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CONTINENTAL AMERICAN Shell Transports

تمر

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WORST FOR JO MONTHS,

Star Ferries Water-boats

$8. b. sa.

b:

16

Refineries.

(Reuters Service.)

Chica Supars

Job. 351⁄2 sa. 35/36/4.0

London, Oct. 299

Malabon Sugars.

48.

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$28

B.

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The French franate to lay slumperi y "And please do not think $44.95, the lowest sine March that what happened in June, for but, as a result of very hogy although it was very disappoint- filing by Continental 2nd Ameri-, ing at the time. has left any lena holder. bitterness in my nini" continued 31r. Tanner.

The bays

who remained· had

YESTERDAY'S PRESENTATIONS. Yesterday, in the Great Hall of Queen's College, Mr. Tanner was the recipient of parting gifts From the students of the College and | benditund by their loyalty and three presents from Mr. Tanner's Scored tremendously over edtention vulleagues: These Ferrers? the did was, howeve

the being a Venus de Milik, a margi¦ want them or feel too proud about

bry ball and a Chinear reading it. Lamps The students git consist. of a gide ring, subs for

by them..

BABILFER CALLES.

.

Pare, Pek, 28. fruit it is generally admitted that In connection with the fall of the the Government is bound to ok!

mentage authority, to praut several milliards of repknots. B

Mining. Benguets Kailan Mining Ad. Langkuts (Combined):

(Single)

do.. Shanghai Exploration Shanghi Loan.

Ural Caspians Rauba Tronoh Mines

Docks Wharves Godowns, &c. H.K. & K. harves

gent fry Content.HR. & W. Docks question arises whether the Hongkews overnment can obtain arity New Engineerings parliament to vote for a fresh Shanghai Docks nation. Apart front this expositions | Lands. Hotels & Bides. M. Caitaux arust submit a general plan for the reorganistid at the FLK. & S. Hotels (old).. country's

do. which

(new). Hongkong Landa H.K. Realty... H.K. Territorials Humphreys Estates

.

HAS SPESSOR. Referring to his successor, Mr. everything that a heart of Queen's Tanner said that Mr. Crock was bullies are needed College ought to be and pendingisagreement in the Cabinet in There have been reports of a

the duties of headmastership of Rumours that M. Callaux may Rural Lands .. his arrival Mr. Kay would assame regard to M. Cajkiux's projectPrinces Building the college. His successor would resign before partizanent reassert- not be coming to the boys as abies on the 29th were promptly stranger as he was well known as denied.

Cotton Mills. Mr. Tanner himself was.

The Socialists and the Ewo Cottons would agree with him when he insist on a capital levy as the only

All bulk of the Radical-Socialists| Orientals would say that the interests of hope of financial salvation. Queen's College could be left in the hands of Mr. Crook.

They were only doing their duy and was a policy of Queen's College to award prizes Nor good condue: and rear Mr. Kay in opening a prepattendance, which was naturally serdings said: This is me expected of them, as being their able and al- a sad day is no dury. history of the, school for we are here to say good-bye to one of the best friends Queen's College ever Ind. Mr. Tanner came to Hong koag 27 years ago and after 25 SERPS of strenuous and en thusiastic services our respected "Head" retires, It is over seven years since Mr. Tanner took over the reins of tiovernment here and I am sure no one will gainsay me when I declure that these have been seven of the happiest and most prosperous years ever ex- perienced by the Old School, (Applause). For such a satis-j factory state of affairs we have as he hoped they would see him of He would not bit them fareivell chiefly to thank one man, our re-this morning, and he would see tiring Head. He has devoted them for the last time before his himself heart and soul to the task | departure from the Colony. of making Queen's College, the hoped he would not be leaving best school possible. -(Applause.) for good and he hoped, if he did Having to wife he became, as it return three or four years hence, were, wedded to this school and to find the boys making good pro- gave his thought, time, and even grüss, his money to enhance its worth and reputation. would he lie for hours considering Many a right and worrying about what would he best for Queen's,"

The Government is not in the habit of indulging, in panegyrics when a valued servant retires, but if they did they might say in all sincerity to Mr. Tanner: "Well

POSTAGE RATES.

He

TANTAH DEATHS.

(Reuter's Service.)

that 52 people were killed and 50

Tantah, October24.

seriously injured.

The revised casualty list shows

injured.

Others were

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On the call of Mr. Kay three sion of a seditions leaflet when Dairy Farms retiring headmaster, was called "Sui-an," from Macao, a Chinese, cheers were heartily given for the arriving in the Colony by the Der A Wing (full pd.).. for three cheers for Queen's Cul-youth

do.

purt pd) quality what lege, asking them to make up.in-Me Elderry this morning that he. Constructions

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do... (old) business at Tai O. His Worship accepted the explanation and im- posed a nominal fine of $10... Order made by the Governor in correspondent of has endeared himself to masters, Council under Section 9 of the chester Guardian commercial sec-

London. October

the pupils, and Old Boys by his sym-Post Office Ordinance, 1900, Ordin-tion. in arging the need of British Sinceres pathetic interest in their doingsance No. 6 of 1900, on the 22nd trade propaganda in China em- Singapore. Trams. and welfare. The result of this day of October, 1925. that for the past seven years The following rates of postage and Japanese activity in this United Asbestos.

phasises the American, German Taxis Queen's College has been a great shall be imposed on parcels posted

done, thou good and faithful ser vant; may you live long to enjoy

a richly earned pension."

Besides being an exceedingly

efficient Headmaster, Mr. Tanner

FIGURES TO BE

NOTED...

Hongkong Tramways

do." (new)

Jane, Crawfords Macan Electrics Mackintosh

22. The Nanyang Tobaccos Man-Peak Trame (old) do.

(new)

He says that trade respect,

big happy family. Consequently in Hongkong, addressed to Great statistics prove that Britain is

it gave joy to many when they read that His Majesty King George had seen fit to bestow on Mr. Tanner the Imperial Service Order. (Applause). Is it too mugh to hope that the University of Hongkong will follow in the footsteps of Royaly and, show its appreciation of the services ren- dered to education in this Colony by Mr. Tunner?

Britain and Northern Ireland.

(Foundera)

For a parcel not exceeding

3 lb.

30.90

7 lb. 11 lb

1.60

2.25

do. *(Ordinary) losing ground in China, while Watsons fold) other countries are gaining it. do. (new)

We are in danger of losing the Wm. Powells China trade forever. The British Government. supported by the

22-lb.

4.20

big trade federations of the coun-

No restriction will be imposed try must take immediate steps to

934 sa,

20

b.

10

Th...

Da... 70sа.

57

80 cis, &

40

26

Any

as to the places in Great Britain organist a very complete pro SHANGHAI ENQUIRY.

and Northern Ireland to which paganda in China in order to

heavy parcels fit to 220manter avert such a disaster-Reuter

addressed but the Postmaster

(Reuter's Service))

GALE AT HOME

Mr. Tanner, we wish you a General of Great Britain reserves Berlin. October 23. The con-

(Router a Service.) pleasant journey home; & long and the right to call upon the clusion of the deliberation of the happy life in the land of your addressee to collect heavy parcel Foreign Committee of the Reich fathers, and expect to see you not from the normal office of delivery stag on the Locarno Pact revealed the happenings of May 30,

Shanghal, October 23.

London, October 23. At the Judicial Enquiry into only in England when we our

A ninety mile gale and torren selves go there on leave, but in payable for the loss or damage of man Nationals are still in no wise sioner-General of the Shanghai land and France damaging The maximum compensation Cabinet unanimity, but the Ger- Major Milton Johnson, Commis tial rain suddenly burst over Hongkong when you pay a visit uninsured, parcels will be as placated and consequently And Municipal Council, in a lengthy graphs and telephones. Nume to this place. (Applause.) follows .After Mr. Kay had made the pre- For a parcel not exceeding own ministers A step towards psychology

themselves in opposition to their statement testified to Chinese mob sentation on behalf of Mr. 11 lb £108. Od. conciliation was taken by Hem He said that Chinese crowds to port. The Colo

ships are limping in the channe #1 128. Od. Stresemann in addressing the were easily roused to frenzy and Paris-London air

Committee. He said that the then were capable of shocking caught aloft and £120 Western Pact was merely a rebarbarities. He related his ex-

aggressive ware DELTERS With Chinese moba dur- ata-terrifle-spec rate and did not interfere wit Cheng and after the Boxer tiring.

Limit of Insured

valua Limit of

Tanner's colleagues, Frank Grose, over 11 lb. on behalf of the school and pre- fects made their presentation and referred to the readiness with which Mr Tanner had alware Ktg.them

that his

the that.

Lanthreadth handiaten

com any other

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