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Hong Kong, Monday, Jan. 31, 1927;
وحما
BRITAIN'S PROPOSALS.
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The extent of Britain's desire to meet the Chinese in every pos- sible way may be gauged from
SCHOOL WORK.
MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 1927.
KOWLOON'S LOSS.
BUSINESS FIRST.
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RETIREMENT OF REV, G. R. LINDSAY.
PRESIDENT ON AMERICA'S PROSPERITY.
ELLIS KADOORIE‹PRIZES PRESENTED.
THE YEAR REVIEWED.
SEVEN YEARS' SERVICE.
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Washington, Jan. 30.. Addressing the half yearly
Awards gained during the
The many friends in Kowloon meeting of business men arrang year by students of Ellis and Hong Kong made by the Rev. ed by the Government. President Kadoorie School were distributed G. R. Lindsay during his seven Coolidge declared he was ade- yoara service ns Vicar of St. quately drawing attention to the on Saturday morning by Mr. Andrew's Church, Kowloon, will re-matter of military preparedness, A E. Wood, Director of Educa- gret to learn that owing to efraum- but at the same time warned ition.
stances which have arisen at the against military gestures or acts Home in England he will be unable likely to lead to competition. In "St Andrew's Church Monthly He declared the United States
Mr. Lindsay an-advocates peace. Messenger," nounces that he will be leaving atį,
"We not only should refrain the end of April and speaks with from acts which might be con- appreciation of the assistance, he
A programme consisting of dia. logues and an exhibition of phy sical drill, were ably, carried out by the pupils.
The Headmaster, Mr. F. J. de Rome read the annual report, of the school, mentioning the good progress made in all departments, and that the health of the sta. dents during the year had been excellent Sports were keenly supported by all the classes, and discipline hud been exceptionally good..
to return here after his furlough.
armaments.
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has received during his work here. strued as demanding armaments Shortly after Mr. Lindsay's competition, but should rather rival here he was instrumental in bend every effort to eliminate the formation of the St. Andrew's such competition evermore. We Young Men's Association which cannot, and should not, divorce has given place to the St. Andrew's our interests in this from the Young Men's Club, an organisation interests of other nations. Sure- in which he has taken a keen inly the best interests will be found terest and which has contributed ain spending for the public welfare great deal to the popularity of the
moneys which are otherwise Church among young people.
spent on unproductive results. Mr. Lindsay has also taken a keen |
He pointed out that the Gov- and active interest in the Kowloon!
Billion Y.M.C.A. and in public affairs: Heernment had reduced the public has served for several years on the debt to below nineteen Kowloon Residents Association and, dollars, and now was "over two during Mr. B. Wylie's absence from illions ahead of the debt redemp the, Colony, he also served on the tion schedule. He declared the Board of Education. On Mr. United States was probably in Scholarships, 1926,
Wylie's rotirement from the Board: the most fortunate financial con- The following are the awards: Mr. Lindsay was appointed for action of all the masions of the world, and financial considera- Lau Chu Pak Scholarship:orm of three years.
Mr. Lindsay is the brother-in-law tions ought to induce Americans Li Chung-hon (2nd Instalment).
of Dr. Gordon Thompson who was Ip captured by bandits In February which might be construed as .Tai Yau Scholarship:
to refrain from any gesture Chiu-soen (2nd Instalment). 1924, while on his way to Peking.
militarist.
The Director of Education, be fore distributing the awarda, con gratulated the staff and the boys on the results shown, and said that he was always pleased to visit the school as it always ap pealed to hiru es a large and happy family.
Lugard Scholar: Chau Kok.. "sik.
Full Free Scholarships to King's. College:-Lau Tak-check. Full Free Scholarships to Queen's College: Torg Hok: wing and Kee Chun-ting.
STOP TIPPING!
SIR O. STOLLS" ADVICE TO VARIETY ARTISTS.
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Half Free Scholarship 'to Variety artists are being officially twelve thousand troops are on Queen's College: --
Lau Ping-advised not to give tips to the staff's the high seas bound for Shanghai (kwong.
at music-halls and theatres where
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He did not promise any imme. diate reduction of taxation ---- Reuter's American Service.
MEXICAN OIL LAW POINT.
Mexico City, Jan. 29. The oil interests in Villa Cuauhtemoc, in Vera Cruz, have gained an important decision, ac-
A notice to this effect signed by cording to special despatches.
The Department of Justice is
to protect the International Set- Tai Yau Scholarship: Lui they are appearing,
Str Oswald Stoll, the managing. The District Court granted the lement should the need arise. Hok-hoi (1st Instalment).
Lau Chu-pak Scholarship director. and Mr. Henry Crocker Trans-Continental Oil Company a This may be no mere accident. Poon Ming-cho (1st Instalment). the stage manager, has been post "definite writ of amparo," re- Possibly "the home authorities Ho Kom-tong Scholarshiped in the dressing-rooms at the have become tired of making ad- (Senior)Chau Chíu. vances only to be hounded the more on account of seeming weak. ness. This time they may have decided to anticipate that weari- some result of their patience and conciliation by taking firm action to defend Shanghai. Anyhow there can be no doubt about their sincerity, now as always, in seek-| ing to meet the Chinese. The' present proposals go a very long way much further, as the Secre- tary of War hinted the other day, than opinion in some quarters will consider wise, looking to ¡existing conditions
London. Coliseum. "If any artist straining all operations of the Chan Kai-ming Scholarship expressly desires to recognise ser-new Petroleum Lawas relating to
vices rendered outside the ordinary that Company. (Senior) -Fok Po-keung.
work. of the staff," it is added. "a It is noteworthy that the Dis- Mrs. Lau Chu-pak Scholarship box has been provided for this pur-trict Courts have hitherto refused (Senior):-Wu Ki-lim.
poue into which tips may be placed." such restraining orders. Ho Kom-tong Scholarship An official of the Variety Artistes" (Junior) :-Wong King-wai. Federation told a reporter that tip-
Ho Kom-tong Scholarship (for ping in music-halls and theatres ppealing to the Supreme Court) has for many years been great against the decision-Reuter's Class 6)-Pang Yuk-chuen.
American Service. Chan Kai-ming Scholarship curse to the profession.". (Junior)-Lau Tin-chack.
Mrs. Lau Chu-pak Scholarship (Junior) :—Chiu "Fat.
Government Scholarships. Class 6 to Class 4:--Chau Nai- chung.
ip.
Class 6 to Class 5:-Chu Koon-
Class 7. to Class 6: Mak Chauk-hon.
Class 8 to Class 7-Yee King- in China, chuen.
Prefects Medals,
It is expected that the lead given by Sir Oswald Stoll wil result in an anti-tipping campaign in muste- halls and theatres all country.
over
RECKLESS MOTORISTS.
PEDESTRIANS "MERE OBSTACLES."
the
GERMAN CABINET.
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Berlin, Jan. 29, President Hindenburg has taken the 'unusual step i vetoing the appointment of the Minister for Justice, the German National Herr Graef, in view of strong representations from the Cen- trists, especially ex-Chancellor Wirth.
"A certain type of motorist Herr Graef, when Vice-Presi- where the military and political
seems to look upon foot-passendent of the Reichstag, refused to positions are by no means assur- Funk Shiu-lok, Chan Nai-
A reshuffle of the Cabinet is. and dangerous progress," rémark- ed. Britain can hardly do mere chung, Fok Fo-keung, Chau Pakers as mere obstacles to his rapid be introduced to President Ebert. than she is doing now, and the hol, Fung Chun-wing and Wonged Mr. Justice McCardie at Leeds, therefore necessary. Reputable
King-wei.
Secretary for Dominions was right when he said last week that it was impossible to conceive of the proposals being rejected by any section in China that was in-
fluenced by a regard for the wel
MORE REFUGEES.
MISSIONARIES FROM FUKIEN PROVINCE,
More missionaries from Foochow
in sentencing Jack Hamer, aged Democratic-" circles dissatisfied 24, a textile merchant, of Brad-greatly ford, to twelve months' hard la-Cabinet.--Reuter. bour.
Hamer had been found guilty of the manslaughter of Eleanor Ann Smith, a widow, 70 years of
are very
with the
REPARATIONS RULING.
The Hague, Jan. 30, age, by driving a motor reckless- Several hundred millions sterl ly while he was under the in-ling in Reparations are stated to fluence of drink, and knocking be involved in a test case in the
to decide whether compensation.
from a tramcar.
Sir Austen Chamberlain's speech published in the Hong Kong are, or even the national senti- papers to-day. The Foreign ment of China. Mr. Amery added "IMPOSSIBLE" CONDITIONS. her down as she was alighting Industrial Court of Arbitration, Secretary makes no attempt to that any such rejection could only disguise the ugly facts of the
be due to extraneous influences, anti-British agitation. "China
namely the dominance of Belshe- for the Chinese,” he says, is a
vik agents and Bolshevik policy. Having heard' the proposals now, we agree with Mr. Amery entire ly. The proposals in this respect are a test-a test by which the Nationalists will infallibly be judged.
reasonable cry. We have nothing to say against it. But "Kill the British," and "Drive Out the Bri- Lish," are the ravings of mad hatred. Mr. Ramsay MacDonald hus administered the same, re- buke, pointing out that the post, ers which appeared in Hankow after the recent incident there were not Nationalist posters, but anti-British posters. Although Conservative and Labour views are at one on this point, Sir
Austen Chamberlain yet offers in Britain's name to sweep away, almost with a stroke of the pen,
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£72. TWO-SEATER.
10 HORSE POWER FRENCH" MOTOR-CAR.
The judge observed that loss paid by Germany since Septem- und inland stations were brought to of life and personal injuries to her 1924 to her nationale owing Hong Kong by the a.s. "Halehing" pedestrians had been steadily to property being confiscated by conditions generally in the Fuklen the reckless conduct of a certain fed as payment of Reparations. yesterday, their reports being that growing in recent years through Allied countries should be includ- province are becoming intolerable type of motorists. “ for the foreigner.
ENGLISH SPEAKING UNION.
Chinese soldiers have entered into possession of many of the Churches and it is stated that one Roman Catholic missionary' was kept a prisoner in his own room for 48 days. Districts are placarded The Hearst newspapers with notices announcing that the throughout
length and people must not touch the property breadth of the country continue
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New York, Jan. 29.
the
BUZTX
The Court decided that such cannot be included in the Dawes achame of annuities.— Reuter,
GALE DEATH ROLL.
London, Jan. 29."
It is announced to-day that the"
of Chinese but they are welcome to strongly to prosecute the recently death roll in the rale mishaps. in Scotland is nineteen, including help themselves to anything pos announced policy of forming an nine in Glasgow, where three sossed by the foreigner.
English-Speaking Union.
At Foochow and Amoy on the All the papers to-day give pro- "Halching's" voyage it was found
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the hospitals. hundred injured were treated in
The state of the warehouses in Wilson Street is so dangerous that it is still impossible to search the debris for a missing man-,
necessary for the gangways of the minence to an interview with the Premier, Mr. vessel to be guarded owing to the New Zealand The question: Is the £50 attempt of a number of agitators Crates, enthusiastically endorsing motor-car on its way? is raised to board the vessel. Information the plan. by the marketing of a 472 two- tended to call out the crew of the Roosevelt also extol the plan as
had been received that it was in Judge Gary and Mr. Theodore Reuter.
the privileges or safeguards, seater motor-car, by the Auto-Douglas boate owing to the fact that ideal, rather-which have hitherto been mobiles Majola, of St. Denis, they are helping in the evacuation The latter does not believe an NEW YORK TRAFFIC RULE.
of foreigners against whom the Anglo-American alliance is neces-} considered vital for the safety of France.
tide of anti-Christian feeling is
sary to carry out the plan be foreign lives and interests in
mainly directed.
cause he says as long as the Eng- In an effort to reduce motor- China. That is why we say the
lieh-speaking peoples continue car accidents in New York, new extent of Britain's desire to meet
to develop the same general at- and strict traffic regulations have the Chinese in every possible way;
they will normally draw closer to- clude one which establishes an gether. Reuter's American Ser- undisputed right of way for pedestrians, over, vehicular traffic at all unguarded street-crossings. The rule offers no protection whatever to the "day walker" who crosses the street elsewhere than at the intersections.
Named the Majola, it is as yet sold only in France, but plans are being made for selling it in Eng-
land
PERSIA'S CABINET.
The 10.8-h.p. engine is a de- £760,000 TOWARDS THE WAR titude towards major policies been issued. The regulations in- may be gauged from Sir Austen velopment of the Henry Vaslin Chamberlain's speech. How the aviation engine, its four air-cool- The Lords of Treasury, in a vice. speech will be received by the red cylinders being arranged in minute, place on record the action pairs on each side of the crank taken by the Isle of Man Govern- Chinese remains be seen case. Overhead valves, operated ment in offering an additional Every overture that has yet been by twin gear driven camshafts, 2500,000 to its war contributions, made has either been treated detachable cylinder heads, and This the Lords of the Treasury,
Teheran, Jan. 80. with scorn or deliberately twisted Pressure-fed oil system, and a on behalf of the Government, are
The Cabinet has resigned in direct-driven dynamo, are items glad to accept. p
consequence of the Independents by our enemies so as to serve as of the specification the The result was passed by the an Interpeliation In connection resolution with reference joining the Opposition in tabling anti-British propaganda. There The drive has a friction clutch to Is one way, however, in which our and a gear box giving three for Tynwald Court on Now total conte latest offer cannot be treated it ward speeds and a reverse,
CENA Extenson the propeller shaft bar i el
000 in cannot be treated as a sign af ed, and the rear axle in of the weakness, when this mon | level-drive type.
GERMAN CABINET,
“.... Paris, Jan. 29. ant correspondence] The newspapers, unánimously of betwee Governmen the hail the new German Cabinet as
Azipio Persian Oil Company, also
of the most reactionary political complexion of any sincé the war,
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