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SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1926.

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AGRIC. JOURNAL. .

CHAOS IN CHINA.

PLEA FOR A MORE ENTER- PRISING PRODUCTION.

We have received the Malayan Agricultural Journal for May. Among its contents in an article on causes which lead to a secondary full on newly developed leaves of the Hovea Brasilienses by Mr. A... Sharples, Departmental Mycologist, who writes that in the search for contributory causes the question of the apparent scorching was not easily answered. says the "Straits Times" of Oth instant.

FOREIGNERS UNEASY IN

SIANFU.

THE CHINA MAIL.

A RUM RING.

NICE POCKET MONEY FOR "CHRISTMAS.

Shanghal July 18.

New York, July 18. Considerable and increasing Evidence at the trial of sixteen apprehension is felt in missionary

men indicted in connection with circles. ip Shanghal as regards the the activities of a forty

million position of foreigners in Sionfu, dollar "Rum Ring." revealed that A prominent missionary inter-officers and crew of Coast Guard viewed by Router, states that after cutter No. 208 converted the ship the defeat of the Koominchun to a rum runner in order to cara Second Army in Honan last March extra pocket money in Christmas it retreated to Shensi, where the week, 1925, Wu Pél-fultes followed. Incessant fighting has been going on for four months.

On May 19, 1876, Lord Sandon Introduced the Government's Edu- cation B which eventually came into operation on January 1, 1877. The Act constituted Д notable advance on that of 1870 and 1873 in two main respects(1) It. be- came the statutory duty of the parent to provide efficient education in reading, writing and arithmetic for his child; and (2) it set up school attendance committees with the same power as the School Boards had to enforce attendance at school. These powers, however, were permissive, and not all of them promulgated bye-laws for school' pranks, the position of the wounds stating that several mission build-

attendance. The keenest to do so had: been the Borough School Boarda. In 1875, outside London, 108" boroughs out of 129-and-598- "civil parishes" out of 2,144 in which School Boards had been elected had bye-laws for enforcing attendance. London had adopted such byo-laws in 1872. In 1877 the Department scheduled a medal, bye. law for the purpose: (a) A child between 10 and 13 shall not be re- quired to attend school if such child has received a certificate from His Majesty's Inspector that it has reached Standard IV. (or higher standard); (b) a child between 10 and 13 shown to the satisfaction of the local authority to be bene- Acially and necessarily employed shall not be required to attend school for more than 150 (or more) attendances in each year if such child has received a certificate from H.M.. that it has reached the

Third (or higher) Standard. The local bye-laws. could, and sometimes did, raise the minimum attendance and minimum standard mentioned in these bye-laws, but it not intre- quently happened that contiguous authorities maintained different bye-laws. The model bye-law well llustrates the standard of educa- tion. of those days.

Training of Children.

No Ares had been reported and although lightning plays many

and distribution precluded thie explanation,

"There have been no previous records of Sunscorch but this seemed to afford the likeliest ex-

planation and there seems little doubt when the distribution of the disease is studied from this standpoint that Sunacorch is the main contributory cause of this particular affection.",

Further notes on the Brazil nut tree in Malaya are contributed by Mr. W. H. Sands, Assistant Econo- mie Botanist, and a map is given

He received letters from British missionaries in Sianfu in April

Ings had been hit by shell fire, but no further news has been allowed leak out for three months while the city was closely besieged,

He feared it was likely that some

foreigners had been hit by stray bullets falling night and day on the city, while all were undoubtedly suffering severely owing to the lack of fresh vegetables and other foodstuffs.

He estimated that fifteen British. and 20 to 30 Scandinavians were at present in Sianfu.

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All the Chinese wounded are at the end of the magazine. ahow-being taken to the Baptist Hospital ing the distribution of the Agricul- but it was his opinion that the tural staff plantations and reserves. medical supplies must have given

out.

Scientifle Facts..."

A detailed list of the officials, who make up the organisation of the Department of Agriculture, S.S. and F.M.S. is given in addenda

pages,

The majority of these off- clals are justly prominent in the profession they follow, which makes it all the more difficult to under- stand why the Journal, emanating from their department, le net more fateresting and enterprising.

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The Kuominchun recently" den- troyed the so-called Gospel Village of Fu Yin-tsun, thirty miles-from Sianfu.

The missionaries there. Messrs. Mudd and Youny, narrowly escaped with their lives. The mis- fonary dwellings, schools and chapels were wrecked and several native Christians killed.

Schoolboys and girls were scat- tered and are wandering homeless and, destitute. Many other sur- rounding towns and villager were Icoted and wiped out. The country- side has been reduced to a wilder-

Perhaps if the compilers morę clearly realised that as the Journal is intended to reach and instruct the avorage citizen, the selentlfic facts and theories discussed thereinness.-Reuter, should be made more popularly in- The author of this book ÍA medical man who has studied edu-teresting, then the Journal would better fulfil its "functions and fur- cational conditions in many counther justify the expense entailed tries. His opinions are set forth in

In its publication.. a topical and practical manner. Like most reformers, the author is

a

Continuation School, for instance, has a scheme worked in connection with

SPANISH ACE.

CAPTAIN LORIGA "AT MANILA.

the North-East London

Manila, July 16. drapers. The young people at this Captain Loriga has arrived from school are trained for positions as Macao on his way to Spain. sales-zounter and showroom assis-Reuten. tants, and, as at Westminster, are offered posts in the service of the group of firms taking part in the scheme on satisfactorily compieting

FIGHT WITH FIRE.

"root and branch" man. Many teachers will smile when they hear that "many children are annually driven mad or epileptic by our com- pound rules and the complications that must arise from our four farthings in a penny, twelve pence in a shilling, twenty shillings in 41." "How many years of useless toil" asks the author; "are spent in this 7" He would teach the child the metric" system. Our their training. "Other schools thermometer must give way to the which may be mentioned in connec- Centigrade. The author agrecation with this effort to combine GRIM STRUGGLE IN with Huxley that competitive exa-

MEDITERRANEAN," education with vocational training. minations are the abomination of are:-The. Brixton Day-Continua- desolation." Most readers will fall tion School, which is co-operating HENDERSON LINER ABLAZE. to-go-the-lengths-of-the-writer of with the Institute of Certificated the book, but many will agree to Grocers in preparing the young some extent with his generalisa-people for the grocery business, and tions without adopting his manifest the Smithfield Institute, where exaggerations.-Train Up a Child, classes have been arranged for boys By Robert B. MeVittie, M.D. (John who wish to become butchers. Murray. 79, 6d, net).

Another school which devotes Fire broke out in the hold while

Examinations: Uses and Abuses,

The Union a few months ago gave

the Islington

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London, July 2-A three days fight with fire was described by the crew of the Henderson liner "Sagaing on arrival at Plymouth from Rangoon..

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An ex-member of the crew, who turned States' evidence, declared they not only undertook to guard several schooners belonging to the "Rura Ring," while

rum running

They delivered seven hundred cases of liquor on Christmas Eve and again on New Year's Eve, at

Shadows Before

COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED IN THE MAIL."

Entertainments.

July 17-Queen's "The Pony Express,"

"Theatre;

July 17-Star Theatre; "Come On Over:!!!

July 17-World Theatre; Charlie Chaplin In "The Gold Rush."

July 17-Carnival night, Cafe Restaurant Parisien.

July 19, 21.-Brick Morse's California Colleglane, the World's Greatest College Entertainers will. appear at the City Hall.

p.m.

July 19 and 25-Preliminary vocal rehearsals of "The Pirates of was proceeding, but actually trans-Penzance" at Cathedral Hall, 6.30 ported a quantity of liquor them-

elves.

Augurt 6-Band night at Valun- teer Headquarters B p.m.

Auction. July 19-Lammert Bros. will sell Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co., at Godown. No. 38, The Hongkong

Subsequently, witness entered Ltd., Kowloon, a quantity of mis- the employment of the "Rum Ring"cellaneous goods, 11 a.m. 23 "longshoreman"-Reuter's American Service.

New York, and were paid off by their "own Captain.

"RUM” CONFERENCE.

PROGRESS REPORTED FROM LONDON.

London, July 16. The Rum-Running Conference is continuing. The American delega- tion le discussing the question of fraudulent registry with the Board of Trade and the question of false clearance papers with the Customa

authorities.

A representative of the Bahama Government participating in the discussions-Reuter

HUDSON BAY.

OIL RIGHTS IN CANADA.

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New York, July 16. The Hudson Bay Company have entered into an arrangement with Mr E. W. Marland for the explora- tion and development of their of rights in Canada,

be

A Canadian company will formed, entitled the Hudson Bay- Merland Oil Company-Reuter...

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AU REVOIR.

KING AND QUEEN OF SPAIN-

LEAVE

Rugby, July 16. The King and Queen of Spain left London this morning on the "conclusion of their private visit tɔ

this country,

Sport.

July 17-St. John Ambulance Brigade will give a life-saving de- monstration at Stonecutter's bath- Ing beach, from 3.80 to 4.10 p.m.

Meetings.

July 20-Third annual meeting of the Hongkong Taxicab Co., 35- Des Yaux Road, Central, noon.

July 22-Twenty-ninth " annual meeting of the China Provident, Loan & Mortgage Co., Ltd., St. George's Building, 11.30 a.m.

August 4-Meeting of creditors of the Oriental Commercial Bank Ltd., at 25, Des Voeux Road, Central,

p.m.

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August 9-General meeting of Luen Mow 8.8.. Co., Ltd., 85, Con- naught Road, Central, 2 p.m.

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ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL,

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July 18th 1926.

Holy Communion (da m ), Children's Service (10 nm.) Matins (11a.m.)

Preacher: Rey, G. T. Walde

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Holy Communion (12 noon.) Evensong (6 p.m.)

Preacher: Rev. H Copley Moyle.

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Services for SUNDAY, July 15th.

10 15 am. Preacher: Rev. Ernest King George, Queen Mary, the A. Bastin. Prince of Wales, and many other 6 pm. Preacher: Rev. Ernest British Royaltien bade them fare-3. Bastin. well at Victoria Station.

8.15 pm Chaplain's Meeting

Sir Austen Chamberlain, the and Social Hour, at the Sailors'

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST.

Macdonnell Road,, below Bowen Road Tram Station.

special attention to vocation is con- the steamer was in the Mediter- Foreign Secretary. represented a d Soldiers' Home Arsenal Street ducted in the Islington district atranean owing to spontaneous com.the Government-British Wireless

Day Continuation bustion. All the ventilators were Service. School, Offord Road. The students stopped and steam and water was at this school are not specially pumped in. trained for a particular trade, but) an "opportunity class" has been catablished to afford "vocational guidance" to the young people." In this class the "mental, physical and temperamental qualities of boys are carefully tested," and guidance is given on the result of the tests,

some help to the Froebel Society in an inquiry into the value, the use. and the abuse of examinations of elementary school pupils for en- Into secondary schools. trance The Executive, with the help of the Union's Higher Education Commit- tee, is carefully considering the re- sults of the inquiry, and a memoran- dum on the subject will shortly be issued. It is not surprising to hear that the subject of examinations is greatly exercising the teachers in secondary schools also, especially in view of the undue importance attached in some quarters to the first school examination. It is -annoureed that the Association of Assistant Masters In Secondary Schools is giving careful attention to the subject, and is aiming at the formulation of a practical policy which shall free, the "secondary schools from some of the limita tions imposed upon them by clerks, and several of the day-con- examination conditions. One com-tinuation schools, lay themselves plaint made about the examination, out specially to supply employers for example, is that it leads to the with young people who have at least undue influencing of the curricula received some preliminary training in the secondary schools by the

universities, with the result that

the education given in the schools

General Preparation. There are now twelve voluntary day-continuation schools in Lon- don, the twelfth having been opened quite recently at Mornington Road, Bow, E. Although we have speciar- ly referred to schools which have schemes of training for particular trades, it must not be supposed the other schools concern themselves with general education only. "Lon" don has need of a vast army of

Hundreds of tons of coal and cargo were moved before the fire was extinguished.

GONE!

TRANSPORT UNION'S

FUNDS.

The Chief Officer and the Second Engineer had narrow escapes from two explosions, which fol lowed a blinding rush of flame up the hatchway owing to the gas port and General Workers' Union generated.

London, July 16. The annual report of the Trans-

states that assets and funds at the The calmness of the crew and end of 1926, £500,000, were all spent passengers was shown by the in the miners' struggle-Reuter. fact that the usual deck amuse- menta, including dancing at night, went on uninterrupted.

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GOA'S LOSS.

DEPARTING GOV. GEN. OF PORTUGUESE INDIA.

Bombay, July 2 Senhor Mariano Martins, who

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in the requirements of a business signed the Governor-Gen- office. We have heard too fra eralship of Portuguese India quently of the employer who writes owing to political differences is somewhat open to the charge that derogatively about the education between himself and Lisbon, and It la too academie. Another system because boys and girls on who is here en route for Portugal grievance is that too much impor-leaving the elementary schools at received a Goanese deputation tance is attached to the 'examina- fourteen are not perfect clerks. before his departure to-day. tion, not only by the public, but They are not, and it is to be hoped In an address, the deputation even by 'Education Authorities and they never will be. The ordinary regretted that the political condl- teachers, so that examination re- day schools do not concern them-tion of Portugal should have been sults are made a fetish, and theselves with vocational training, the cause of the premature end of work of the schools la judged by Such training is the natural work of his administration, especially at a the number of examination suc- continuation, schools, and, in Lon-juncture when the economic con- cesses secured: We agree with the don, is admirably carried on in the dition of Portuguese India had re- ideal that the possession of the first voluntary day continuation schools, markably improved. school certificate should mean trade schools, and evening in- His Excellency, replying, ex- something definite in the way of stitutes. Much of the training in pressed gratefulness at the sym testimonial to a pupil's attention to the day-continuation schoola apathy shown to him. He em- study, and assiduity in a sound commercial, and as its excellence phatically declared that if educational course; but that it becomes better known we may ex, he had stayed a few years longer should cover the whole scope of pect to hear less adveras criticism | he would have wiped off the dabte education is impossibis. To exag- of London's education · system. †and epint - more on the nation- gerate Its importance in this wax These schools are becoming in- building departments.

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