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KRA MEETING

The retiring President, Mr.

can we Chare his beli creased oportunities. ladies to enter the nursing profes sion, must be not only beneficial W S. Bafley, was in the chair at from a medical point of view, but the annual meeting of the Kow bust tend to the uplift and en-loon Residents Association yester lightenment of the people. With day supported by Mr DE A Chinese gentlemen giving service Goodwin (Honorary Secretary) as directors to such institutions as and Mr. J. M. Alves (Hon, Trea the Kwong Wah Hospital: Chinese surer) doctors in attendance, and Chinese Moving the adoption of the re nurses performing a great and port and accounts, the Chairman peculiarly feminine work, there is said: I think we may congrat much to be thankful for There late ourselves upon a successfull aro numberless grounds on which year, and upon our sound financial Chinese and foreigner may meet position. I may say that since in helpful co-operation and in closing the accounts our Hon the cause of medicine there is Treasurer reports his collection of possibly no greater. A little more a further sum of $83 being publicity on what our Chinese arrears, and subscriptions from friends, are doing will earn for new members. Before proposing them the unstinted admiration the adoption of the report and ac- and support of the foreigner who, counts I would say a few words at the moment, may not know upon the leading events of the much, if anything, of the admir- | year— able activities being carried out Kowloon Hospital, In such an unassuming, but de cidedly practical, way.

CORRESPONDENCE

TRADE

EXTENDINGH

ATION AND

BILL AUTHORISEDN

(Reuters Service)

Feb. 28% After a prolonged debate, which was closured at 2 o'clock in the

"the House of Commons.

adopted by 167 to 65 votes, a money resolution authorising the Introduction of a Bill extending the duration and Icans of the Trade Facilities and Overseas

Trade Acts

༣

The New Bill M Ronald F McNelli, Under- Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in introducing the Bill, said that to the end of 1926 over £69,000,000 had been guaranteed under the Trade Facilities Act, and it was estimated that by the end of the financial year on March 91 965,000,000 would be guar anteed out of a total of £75,000,000 authorised D From the copies of correspon The present Bill asked to dence issued to members it may be increase the total to $75,000,000. seen that the resolution carried at Credite For Russia. our last annual meeting was duly The debate centred mainly in forwarded to the Government the Government's refusal to grant whose response, despite our pro- credits to Russia, which provided testa, has been most disappointing the Labourites with material for. To the Editor of the Ching, Mail), in that medical practitioners can an aftacki

not attend their own patients at Mr. A. M. Samuel, Under-Secre productive in the

Sir,It is a matter of great re- this hospital, that although all the tary of State for Overseas Trade, good, which outweighs even in-gret to me, as the person who nursing sisters hold midwifery replying amid considerable inter aroused John Beal's wrath, that certificates the hospital will not-ruption, said that Russia's favour- evitable disappointments.

The outgoing President, Mr he should have taken my com- have at present a separate table balance in the trade of Great ments on his remarkable experi- maternity ward, and that only in Britain during 1924-25 totalled WS. Bailey, struck a good note Fence of what he terms Eastern circumstances of urgent necessity £15,000,000, which probably would when he expressed the opinion Magic, so much to heart. Perhaps can maternity cases be admitted have been spent in other countries. that it was unfair to those who was carried away by my great In view of Kowloon needs, our dis- Ruerla was how coming and ask interest in the little. I know of tance from Hongkong and possible Ing for further credit to free her work for the common good that his remarkable experience in delays by ferries, etc. this deck balance and enable her to buy residents of Kowloon benefiting, by connection with his friend Al sion appears highly unsatisfactory goods from our competitors. To loso money with a customer once such work should remain non-

and unjust to residents,

was disaster; to lose it again with members of the Association. This

the same customer was stupidity. point has struck many others be aldes Mr. Bailey and the officialsp of the Association. It may per tinently be suggested, however that those residents of Kowloon who are outwith the Association are neither antagonistic nor un sympathetic toward the valuable work carried on by the Association throughout the whole year. That such are not members is most probably due to the absence of any concrete plan of membership cam- paign, the inauguration of which Hongkong, Tucaday, Feb. 23, 1926. might well be considered by the

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new Committee appointed at last night's annual meeting. There must be scores of people who have resided in Kowloon for years and who only hear of the value of membership through the reports of the annual and Committee meetings. The personal touch may be the only thing required for resident to be enrolled every

An interesting feature of the annual meeting was the election of Chinese on the Committee. This

I do feel that a man who has gone through what John Beal has. should give those experiences to the Public-particularly as some

Children's Playground.

boycott, and when as before our only resource will be in ourselves.

and in the pressure wa as a united

ernment. www

It is, I think, unfair to those

A further extension of the pinyground along Chatham Road: these are known to many

has been granted us, and in re people in the Colony, in a more

sponse to further representations or less garbled version.

It is hardly fair to the Public to the Government this year, we to lift the veil so little as John are offered at our option one of Beal does; and then refuse to pro-two further areas to the east-body can bring to bear on the Gov- ward, well back from the road? ceed any further, thus leaving and to which the swings, etc., may the Public guessing

ePub us of rousing his be removed. This matter will be wrath again. I feel bound to re- referred to the incoming com

mittelk count the little I know of this episode, in the hope that John Beal himself will realise the In terest aroused by his experiences, and will consent to give them in full..

Ferry Services,

whe work for the common good that residents benefitting by such work should remain non-members. We have lately had many applica. tions for membership which will Increase of ferry services, over-be passed on to the incoming com- crowding of ferries and danger to mittee and I sincerely hope that passengers by cyclists riding on the report and statements now? and off the ferry wharf have also made will result in a large" and been successfully dealt with durinmediate increase of members

John Beal states that by meang unfathomable by ouring the year." material philosophy" he was taken back to the time as mentioned in

During The “Strike.” my previous communication and On June 20 we assured the actually caught the train which Dairy Farm Company, in reply ten years previously he had miss to their enquiry to the effect, that ed. As a result of catching his in the event of a strike we should train, it is stated that perfectly give them all the assistance pos- natural events. led him to some sible at their Kowloon Branch, and Eastern country where he assum- on October 5 the Company wrote ed, or arrogated to himself, the thanking our Association for this position of an Eastern Fotentata. very valuable assistance during

the strike period without which they added, they could not have served this important section of their business

It is at this point that the story trails off into speculations which only John Beal himself can deal with

anxious to work for the welfare of Kowloons I now beg to move the adoption of the report and ac- counts, and when this is seconded shall be glad to answer to the best of my ability any questions re- lating thereto. (Applause).

The Rev. G. R. Lindsay second- ed, and the report and accounts were unanimously adopted.

Officers, and Committee for the ensuing year were elected as under: President, the Rev. J. Horace Johnston Vice-President, Dr J. C. Macgowan, Hon. Trea- surer, Mr. J. M. Alves; Hon Secre tary, Mr. C. W. Skeet General

At the annual meeting of the Kowloon Residents Association last night, the newly-elected Pre- aident, the Rev. Horace Johnson, declared that the Government had shown in many ways that it was eager to have the views of the Association, and had accepted the judgment of the Association as a fair expression of those views

To the every-day man the aug- In addition to the very sincere consequently he felt that they had is a step in the right direction. In gestions of what happened in thanks and appreciation of the Committee: Cept. T. T. Laurenson, a great opportunity and a great fact, in the absence of a purely these circumstances are too Dairy Farm Co., Be expressed in Mr. J. Anderson, the Rev. Father responsibility. It is this fact that Chinese Residents Association fantastic to be credible, and he their letter and to me verbally G. M. Spada, the Rev. G. R invests the Kowloon Fesis the K.R.A. Committee could never needs authoritative guidance take this oportunity of thanking Lindsay (re-elected) Messrs. from the man who has actually all those who through that strenu-W J. Stokes, E. Cock, F. H. Crap- substantiate a claim to be Association with the fully representative Now that been through them before he can ous time so cheerfully and nell, B. Abraham, E. V. M, R. de [degree of importance that the RA has put itself and ever begin to conceive that such efficiently carried on the work of Sousa, J. M. Noronha, B. W. Tape, has increased year by year, the community right in this re happenings could ever have taken this branch, members of our Asso Wong Kwong-tin. L. Parren

TRANSG ciation also assisting the police by M. M. Watson, FW Stapleton. although, as Mr. Johnson stated, spect it can only be expected that place.

It seems therefore, that one is acting as special constables. No A. W. Eastman and Dr. SW. Tso. the future of the Association will they had been disappointed by the be brighter than ever and that the perfectly justified in making an thing could exceed the cheeriness Association's Future, Government on some points. This, prosperity of the whole Colony appeal to John Beal to come out and willingness of our members The Rev 3 H Johnston, the into the open to recount toa and others who so very efficiently new President, thanked the mem- of course, is not to be marvelled will materially gain therefrom in sceptical public Just exactly what carried on this work, and I cannot bers for the honour they had done at looking to the temperaments greater measure than ever.

his experiences were. Everybody find words to express my admirahim and expressed thanks to Mr. la an "earnest enquirer into tion and appreciation of their W. S. Bailey for the time he had, of various Government officials

these esoteric questions there services. Many ladies also offered expended on matters appertaining fore everyone is entitled to re- their assistance. It would be into the peninsular. The speaker quest John Beal to enlarge on vidious to mention names where also referred to the willingness of

all did such excellent work for the firms approached by the Associa my experiences top

Yours, etc.,

community

tion to fall in with suggestions. THE ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENT.

made and to the force which the Hongkong, February 28,

Association was becoming-

dents'

and to the persistence of a certain class of individuals outside Gov- ernment Service in endeavouring

CHINESE EFFORTS, Reading the report of the plea- to press home their own partisant function in connction with

Bug cular case on public problems the Kwong

the thought

more out of

than season-

in season; The Government.

w known of

rendered

has not always been

been in the

right, nor can it be expected thay Chitièse the Kowloon Residents Associa organ tion is always

its presentation

Still, it is all to the Government;:

autocracy with an

Ity ever at ita command to have the views.01/ fully representative Toon

be merely tion to where

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Kowloon Dispensary. --

Mr. Mow Fung, in associating himself with the Rev. J. Horace Johnston in thanks to Mr. Bailey, expressed the pleasure he felt in the committee of the Association

As may be seen from the corres inviting Chinese gentlemen to pondence the hours of business are take part in their

had given muc now posted in the window of the Dispe where urgent medi. Chinese

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of the inc

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