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OBITUARIES.

THURSDAY

DR. KOTEWALL GUEST OF HONOUR

·WORK FOR TUNG WAH..

To mark the bestowal on the

CONCERT SUCCESS

HONG KONG MALE VOICE CHOIR

NTERTAINING PROGRAMME

ferred to the permanent staff. By CHINESE TRIBUTE. the terms of the new agreement a new class of ex-Service civík Jervants will be created with security of tenure without pen sion rights, and in addition a special examination le to be in stituted, successful candidates being given permanent appoint ments, which will carry full pen-

If those responsible for organi slon rights. The conclusion of Hon. Dr. R. H. Kotewall of the ing the concert in aid of the St. Peter's Church Renovation Fund, the agreement will undoubtedly honour of CMG. a dinner was which was held at St. John's give satisfaction not only to the ex-Service Association at Home, given in his honour at West Point Cathedral Hall yesterday bvening, but to ex-Service men in all yesterday evening by, the Chair were disappointed at the slender audience, they were certainly re- countries, for the presence of a man and Directors of the Tung warded by the enthusiastic recep- large a number of ex-Service men

Wah Hospital

tion which was accorded to each in the ranks of the un-employed!

anot-too-long anda. There were about sixty guests, item on has been one of the saddest of the after-effects of the Great War, including the Hon. Mr. E. Rhighly entertaining programme.

The Hong Kong Male Voice. and it is satisfactory to learn Hallitax (Secretary for Chinese Choir.

whose shoulders' ispon that the Government has given Affairs), the Hon. Mr. Mch the

major: portion of "the such a lead in finding employ..

rested,.. gave ment and providing with that Messer (Colonial Treasurer), the entertainment

Candish's employment future prospects for Hon. Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe (Capt. Items ranging from

rousing chorus "The Song of the capable men who, during the War, Superintendent of Police), Mr. Jolly Roger," which opened the on- were willing to sacrifice every- thing for the honour of their A. E Wood (Director of Mauce-tertainment, to Maldwyn Price's tion, Mr. P. P.-J. Wodehouse descriptive chorus in four move- country.

ments. "Crossing the Plain Per- (Deputy Superintendent ΟΙ

haps Sir Arthur Sullivan's tone Police), Mr. W. W. Horneu (Vice-noem. "The Long Day Closes" re- Chancenor of the University)ceived the warmest reception, but Mr. K. F. Johnson, Mr. X. A. the tenors were undoubtedly heard North, Mr. Anderson, the chair to better advantage, in Becker's man Mr. Tam Woon-tung), anu"The Little Church" directors and members of the Adr Mrs. G. Watt was unfortunately "The funeral took place on Tues-visory Board of the Tung Wan indisposed and consequently unable day afternoon of Edith "Lucille Hospital, Sir Shou-sor Chow, Mr. to appear. A disappointment, In- Moore Mead, the 18 year old Li Yau Tsun (Chair an, Chinese deed, for one has memories of her daughter of the late, Mr. J. H. Mead Chamber of Comme e), mir. Ho admirable work in the recent pro and Mrs. Paterson, of Kowloon. Kom Tong, Mr. Lalo Kwai, ar, duction, of the "Pirates of Pen- However, Mr. Frank The deceased, who was of a bright M. K. Lo, Mr. Ho Kwong and tance."

White, the conductor of the choir, and cheerful disposition and very many others.

Mr. Tam Woon Tung, the and Mrs. White most ably filled the ¡popular among her schoolmaten, passed away as the French Hospital Chairman, speaking in Chinese, gap, rendering "Watchman, what of said that it had been feit that the night!" and "Excelsior" with on Monday after a short illness..

The Rev. G. R. Lindsay officiated such an auspicious event as they much sympathy and expression. at the funeral which took place in were gathered to celebrate could Mrs. Bowes-Smith was at her the Protestant Comstery, Happy not be allowed to paas unmarked best in two morceaux by Landon in large affairs; operate in-Valley.

by an institution in which D. Ronald, "The Croon Song" and " dependently of men's will and Among the numerous wreathe Kotewall had been so interestedWater Meadows. "In the second Smith rendered Montague Phillips' foresight." This is a typical were tributes from the deceased's and which he had assisted in so part of the programme Mrs. Bowes-

mother and other relatives both many ways; “

"Waves" with much feeling. specimen of "playing to

here and at Home, the "Sunflower" Readiness to Help.

Mrs. L Balean and Mr. Rupert gallery." It is a woefully weak Patrol of the Tat. C.3.S. Company One of Dr. Kotewall's outstand- Baldwin were responsible for the effort to make out that the ex-of Girl Guides, the teachers and

ing characteristics, said the instrumental items, Mrs. Balean cesses by the howling mobs in scholars of St. Andrew's Sunday Chairman, was that despite the Kreisler's "Caprice Vienaols" and ų Mr. School, Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Labrum. Hankow and elsewhere on the Mr. and Mrs. V. C. Labrum, Capt. fact that he was a very busy man, Spoor's "Barcarole" and Yangtsze could not be foreseen and Mrs. H. 3. Hurley, Mr. I. Be was always ready to help those Baldwin's

who needed help. Dr. Kotewall Schumann.. For prevented by the Nationalist Trevor, Mr. and Mrs. Tollan and had been a good friend to the scarcely need: any comment.

and Mrs. Stapleton, Family, Mr:

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BIRTH.

WAY—On; January 18, at the Peak Hospital, to Marjorie Nisa, wife of H. C. B. Way, a daugh-

ter.

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Hong Kong, Thursday, Jan. 18, 1927.

the

KOWLOON PARENTS SAD .LOSS.

MISS E. L. M. MEAD.

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two

excerpts from Kreisler's number

authorities, who are only too Mr. and Mrs. Sanderson Smith, Hospital and had rendered signal Suffice it to say that in the capable ready now to regard it as "the Misa Volet Capeil, Mr. and Mrs service to the Colony particularly hands of Mrs. Balean, who had per- corner stone of political realism E. H. Summers, Mr. and Mrs. G. during its time of trouble. Both feet control of her instrument, it whereon British character may Forbes, Mr. and Mrs. J. R.

FNightingale, Mr. and Mrs R to Dr. Kotowall and Sir Shou-son was heard to the best possible ad- Mr. Baldwin, always a Chow the Colony owed a deep vantage.

favourite on the concert platform, begin to build a new structure of Capell and family, staff of the debt of gratitude.

After the Chairman's toast to was at perfect ease in two of purely economic instead of polito- Dispensary, Mr. W. Paterson, Mr. Dr. Kotevall had been honoured, Schumann's by-no-means. easy economic relations between Bri- and Mrs. J. Laing and Mise, Laing the guest of the evening returned (from the point of view of correct tain, whose livelihood is foreign Rev. and Mrs. G. R.. Lindsay, Mr thanks to the Directors of the interpretation) numbers of the

Bishop, Mr. and Mrs, J. Gibson,

Vienne. Perhaps trade, End Nationalist China Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Robinson Mr Hospital and to the chairman for "Carnival de whose markets are open to the and Mrs. E. W. White and family, the kind words he had spoken. If the "Intermezzo" gave the pianist nationals of all Powers that cesse Mr. JW. Blackleg, Mr. and Mrs. Was very gratifying to him to more scope for expression, but that

FC. Todd Mrs. L Dand, Mrs. know that the honour conferred may be left to individual opinion.

This was, undoubtedly, a real to treat this country as a semi- Moses and Ernie, Bella, Betty and upon him had given so much plea

musical treat, and if these talented colonial dependency." Again, Andre Pestonji, Helen and Caro-sure to so many of his friends. mere words that tend not one line Paterson, Edith Moses, Ada and: Mickey Williams, Gladys iota,, to reach a helpful settle Saunders and many other girl ment of the Hankow problem. friends.

and Something more concrete tangible is required. And well Mr. Eugene Chen knows it!

the

the

He felt he had done nothing, artists band themselves together in continued Dr. Kotewall, to de-thd' noble cause of charity on some Sir Shou-son Chow and he had hopes they will the professedly serve the eulogy of the chairman, future occasion-as, indeed, one been able to render some service music-loving community In to Hong Kong it had been because Colony should not fail to make a CAPT. C. WEBB, LATE OF

they had the co-operation of their peipt.of keeping free the occasion.. JARDINE'S,

The Choir. fellow Chinese and non-Chinese.

The following composed "Death took place yesterday The honours which had been con- afternoon at the Matilda Hospital ferred upon them were compli-choir:---- Countering Excesses.

of Captain C. Webb, for many ments to the whole Chinese com- Some pertinent comments on years master in the service of munity they had the honour of the situation in China are made Jardine, Matheson and Company. representing. by the

An Optimistic, Outlook... Faris newspaper. Captain Webb, who was 68

which "L'Oeuvre,"

gives

"With such men in the Colony a years of age, had been in illam confident of the future; con Now that the mischief has alist Government.

straight warning to the Nation health for a considerable period fident that one day "Hong Kong Brown,

It declarea and was under treatment at Kow- been done in Hankow

Mr. that if the privileges of extra-loon Hospital before going to the will come into its own again and strong,

that the Colony will be as import- Eugene Chen, the Nationalist territoriality are obsolete, Chinese Matilda. Foreign Minister, is endeavouring justice is also obsolete. With a Captain Webb, who had a dlant and successful as she was

flood of anti-foreign feeling that tinguished war career, had been before, and even more successful Baldwin, Worth, Grimths, Reid, might perhaps go as far as a with Jardine, Matheson and Com and Important," he continued. Collom, Latham, Magill, W. White, mussacre", the signatories of the pany for many years, his ships that the chairman had mentioned McCarthy, Nowland.

Continuing, Dr. Kotewal said Dickerson,

their solidarity and are going to run.

NATIONALISTS” “DUTY."

The Hospital.

The Tung Wah. Hospital was the most important charitable in- stitution in Hong Kong and was

1st Tenors: Messrs. Best, West, R. Baldwin, Brenton, Grimster, Stobart, Gale. Berriik, Hooper, Mahoney.

1st Bang Messrs. Paul, Foster, T. Wilson, Moore, Robinson, Arm- Windeld, Willcock, Turner,

2nd Tenors. Messrs Brightman, J. W.

Miller, Anderson,

22nd Baba. Messrs. Matthews, P. Wilson,

Lewis,

Roach, Wynn, Phillips, Spencelayh, Stevenson.

NATIONAL CITY-BANK.

Dividend, Reserves And New Capital

The "China Mail" is informed by

to rehabilitate himself and his Government with the British. Without even awaiting the open- Washington Treaty again realise being chiefly on the Calcatta the little service he had been ing of the discussion between put their beds together." It is A. widow, two married able to render to the Tung Wah himself and Mr. O'Malley, Acting not," as "L'Oeuvre" points out; daughters (Mrs. A. Spary and Hospital. What he had been able Counsellor of the Legation in so much a question of the Bri- Mrs. J. W. Brown) and an infant to do was his duty and was al- tish Memorandom as countering daughter survice the deceased. ways rendered with considerable Peking, Mr. Eugene Chen

the excesses which the populace: The funeral passes the Monu. pleasure. "rushes" a cablegram to the Lon- might

commit against thement at 4.80 p.m. today. don "Daily Mail" giving his own whites.". That strikes at the views of the position.

FRAUD CHARGE, He devery root of the whole difficulty that has arisen. When it suite clares again that it is the "duty it the Nationallet Government The case in which a Chinese well known and highly respected the local manager of the National of the Nationalist Government merely looks the other way when stande charged with aiding and wherever Chinese were to be City Bank of New York that he has effectively to protect the lives the howling mobs are on the war abetting others in committing found throughout the world. It and property of Britons in Hap Path For the moment the "effec-frauds on local pawn-brokers by was the good fortune of Chinese received a telegram from his head tive protection of foreigners is supplying confederates with gold- that for nearly half a century office in New York stating that at kow and other parts of China sub-excluded from practical politics. coated instal jewellery, was again, there had always been men, busy the annual meeting on Jan. 11, Mr. ject or to be subject to Nation After the mobs have done their before Mr. W. Schofield at the Cen-men, to come forward volunta Bank, reported to the shareholders C. E Mitchell President of the alist control. That "duty" has worst well, in steps the Nation-tral Magistracy yesterday after-ly and carry out this relief work

aljst Government and talks glibly noon.

for the good of the community that deposita now amounted to a been incessantly dinned into the of its duty and of its earnest

total of US $1,088,599,000. Mr. Duncan McCallum prosecuted and in the name of humanity.

The net prost for the year ears of the Cantonese authori-desire for a resumption of trade on kohalf of the complainant, and (Applause), tles since June, 1925. The per- by the British. Consistency is Mr. F. H. Loseby defended the ac- A brief speech was made in amounted to US $15,000,000, of formance of that duty in certainly not a strong quality cused in the absence of Mr. W. B. English by the Hon Mr. Hallifax which US $8,000,000 was absorbed with the Nationalist Government. Hind, who had appeared at the pre- who congratulated Dr. Kotemall by dividend and the balabra sdded Kwangtung province and elseIf it cannot or will not prevent vious hearing.

on his honour and said that he to Contingencies Reserve, and Un where has been all that has been mob excesses, then it is obviously No less than five pawa-brokers had worked every day, every divided Frofits. required by the British. It is all not capable of carrying on the were called by Mr. McCallum dur week and every year for the good very fine for Mr. Eugene Chen to Government or any portion of the ing the course of the afternoon's of the Colony and the Govern- The batsholders approved the hearing, each witness producing one mant and he thought all would increase of U.S. $25,000,000 capital. proclaim the obvious ones the

or more articles of imitation jewel- agree that it was a peculiar plea-making a total of US $75,000,000 howling mobs have got out of all

lery upon which money had been assure to all that the first to recog- and Surplus of 1.8 360,000,000, In control. There is not a single Ex-Service Men and the Civil vanced on the understanding that nise the bonour conferred upon addition to Undivided Fronts. word of regret on the part of Mr. | Service,

the article was made of "sovereign Dr. Kotewall was the Tung Wah Mr. Mitchell in his report ex- pressed: the opinion that general The efforts made by the Ex-Fold

Hospital, Eugene Chen for the excesses in Service Men's Association of

The case was adjourned unt! He thought that Mr. Tam Woon business conditions justified the Hankow, Kiukiang, and Chung- Great Britain to secure better at Monday afternoon, when Mr Tung was suxious that he should view that prosperity will be maine king with the exception of an omela recognition for ex-Service McCallum will call further wit say something about the new tained.

enterprises of the hospital, but apology for the damage done to men have, after six years, been newes

One of the men who pledged two he would leave, that alone with the War Memorial in Hankow ment having been reached with hair pressms alleged to have been the He talks now in nebulous tones of the Treasury Department, where supplied by the accused in this enter

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