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SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1929.

DAVIS CUP FINAL

FRANCE WINS TWO SINGLES

FROM US.A.!

PL

TILDEN BEATEN AGAIN

Paris Yesterday,

The challenge.round of the Davis

WAR DEBTS

GOVERNMENT AND THE YOUNG REPORT

LOCAL EDUCATION

(Continued from Yesterday)

British Schools There are 5 British Schools, 4 being Junior Schools and the fifth a first class Secondary School. All

NO FURTHER SACRIFICE

· London, Yesterday. Mr. D. Lloyd George, Liberal leader, Cop lawn tennis has begun, France called attention, in the House of Com-these schools are co-educational. (the holders) meeting the U.S.A. (win-mons to the Young report on repara- nors of the American zone final and tions, and said he had announced that inter-zone final, challengers.)

In the first singles match, Jean Borotra (France) beat G. M. Lott 6-1, 3-6, 6-4, 7-5.

Then Henri Cochet. (France) bent W. T. Tilden rather easily, the score being 6-3, 6-1, 6-2. At Wimbledon, in the man's singles, Cochet had beaten Tilden in the semi-final and Borotra in the final.

It should never have been presented to the British Treasury Es à fair settlement of the claims Britain,

of Great

Mr. Philip Snowden, Chancellor of the Exchequer, in reply said that the Government was not in any way com- mitted to the acceptance of the Young report.

A doubles and two more singles haveing the conference, to be played, France needing one more say victory to retain the trophy.

Others chosen for the teams were J. Brugnen and C. Boussus (France) and W. Allison and J. Van Ryn (U.S.A.) Reuter.

that he would ostain satisfaction

F.

Central British School Head Master, Mr. Nightingale.

G.

The Maximum Enrolment was 173 (180 in 1927)..

The Average Attendance 131 (130 in 1927).

W#S

The Staff consisted of 3 masters

THE

CHINA MAIL,

The drop in Attendance was duement in this regard, there are still to an outbreak of whooping cough | signs here and there which suggest, | from January to June.

premature promotion. Good work continues to be done in this School.

The children play Basket-ball and Tennis.

Quarry Bay School Head Mistress for most of the year, Miss A E. Hendry.

The Maximum Enrolment was 48 (44 in 1927).

The health of the children was good though some suffered from. whooping cough in the early part of the year.

Very satisfactory work was done. All entered for Central British & mistresses and instructors for School Entrance Examination

Inspectors understand the dim- culties of heads of schools in this matter, but, with the present-day insistent demand for instruction ́in English, the English Grant Schools with their comparatively high standard are in a strong position and will not suffer by strictness in. the matter of promotion to higher classes.

History and Geography should not be taught in water-tight com- partments and a free use of maps, atlases and map-drawing is connec tion with history lessons has been recommended and will be required.

been admirably conducted. Afin some cases the accommodation the Royal Drawing Society's has been improved during the year Examination 12 passed. 7 with or is in course of improvement, honours.

He realiard the difficult gymnasium, cookery, singing, car- passed. The Kindergarten has The schools are well housed and task that they would have in approach-pentry and boxing.

and could only The School has very liberally do his best to equipped laboratories. In Novem- and whatever the result of the conprising an Art Room, three class- for this country, ber a new wing was added, com- ference would be, he was assured that there would be no further sacrifice of

rooms and a cloak room. British interezia. There was no in- crease in the amount of the aunuities

WINGFIELD SCULLS which Germany would be called upon

COLLETT'S THIRD WIN IN RECORD TIME

PUTNEY TO MORTLAKE

London, Yesterday.

On the Putney to Mortlake course, in the race for the Wingfield Sculls, T. Collett (Leander Club) was first, D. Guye (London Club) was second, and A. Harvey (Londen Club) was third. Collett won by 1% lengths; Harvey was a bad third.

This is

Collett's third

seconds is a record.-Reuter.

successive

to puy. That was one point in the re- port on which he thought there would he very general agreement, There was, however, already a difference of about £200,000,000 between what we had paid to America and what we had received from our continental debtors. Under the scheme we should have to

was

The health of the school good though there were a few cascs of malaria.

The children in the Lower and the Remove Classes did satisfac- tory work, 75% gaining promotion. For the first time in the history of) the School two candidates sat for and passed the Matriculation Examination of the London Univer- abandon all hope of ever getting any Examinations two candidates out thing towards that £200,000,000 ar-

sity. In the University Local The proposals constituted of 13 pupils were awarded Matricu- demand for further sacrifices lation Honours, two others qualifi- of our national finances, our position the Senior Local, while in the from this country, and, from the pointed for Matriculation, and 5 passed was sufficiently serious, Therefore, Junior Local eight out of ten pass- we should maintain such rights as we

rears.

now

The

In every school the discipline and behaviour as observed at the annual inspection were excellent.

This year the maximum grant was recommended for each 'school. On December 22 Sister Emily. Eng-head mistress of the Italian Convent School, died after 17 years of de- voted service in the cause of educa- tion in Hong Kong..

was

-Most of the children have learn ed to swim. Football matches were played with Victoria British School

Grant Schools

lish Grant Schools was 4257.

The maximum enrolment in

average 3738.

attendance

Each school was visited at least twice during the year. There was annual inspection took place, as an inspection in the spring and the

During the annual inspection the usual in October and November. work of the different classes was discussed with the head of each mediately attended to. school and any weakness was im-

The Kindergarten Departments win. Hix time of 21 minutes 47 had. Our sacrifices have been magnani-second year in succession a Kingly conducted, and in these schools ed gaining 6 distinctions. For the in the girls' schools were excellent

by Central British School. They Edward VII Scholarship was won Drawing, Painting and Needlework

the senior and junior Montargis

Both were very satisfactory. French prizes were won by pupils of this school.

TENNIS PROS.

BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIP AT ROEHAMPTON

YOUTH AS CHALLENGER

London, Yesterday.

mous, generous and quixotic. have imposed a burden of £40,000,000 a year upon our own people, which will remain unless we were to get our payments from Germany and our Continental debtors-British Wireless Service.

"To Foot the Bill"

Private English Schools Day Schools:-There were 60

of December as against 54 in the schools on the register at the end

ber of students enrolled was 4,059 previous year; the maximum num- as against the approximate number of 3,000 in 1927; and the average attendance was 3,484. During the year 17 new schools came existence, and 11 closed. and 1 is a kindergarten. The rest existing schools 5 are girls' schools are boys' schools of which 6 pre- pare students for the University Local Examinations.

into Of the

Night Schools:-47 new schools were registered, 23 closed, and 84 were on the register at the end of December as against 60 in 1927. The number of students enrolled was 2030 (1721 in 1927) with an average attendance of 1577 (1308 in 1927).

The standard of writing was good in nearly every school but with an abundance of excellent At the annual examination of the copy books on the market flourish Royal Drawing Society 104 candi- ing styles should be avoided. catea, 75 with Honours. dates entered, 94 gaining certifi

Reading was fair throughout and often very good but there is still Football, hockey, cricket and ten-roum for improvement. At the an- nis were popular. At the annual nual inspection, which is held when sports meeting Blue House won the the children have been using their Inter-House Cup. The School was text books for nine or ten months, permitted to use the Kowloon Dock they should be able to read so that Swimming beach. A successful the inspector can understand them Boxing tournament was held.

with ease and without requiring to use a book. This should not be Victoria British School

difficult provided that children are The Esthonian Cabinet has Head Mistress, Mrs. E. M. Clark.not placed in classes for which they signed, and M. Einbund. has been The Maximum Enrolment was are not fit. But, though there has entrusted with the formation of a

undoubtedly been some improve new ministry.

London, Yesterday. "In essence we are called on to foot At Roehampton, in the final of the the bill declared Mr. Lloyd George British

in initiating in the House. of Com- professional Jawn tennis championship, D Maskell (of the Along a debate on the Owen Young re- England Club), who is the holder,

parations scheme.

"Quite so," agreed Mr. Snowden, defeated J. Pearce (the 19-years-old professional at Queen's Club) in emphasising that the Government was straight sets, 6-2, 3-4, 6-2.Reuter..

in no way committed to the acceptance of Mr. Young's plan whereby, he said, Britain would just get enough to pay the annual payments of the interest to America, whereas France, after meeting her debt payments, would have an annual surplus of £21,000,000.58 (62 in 1927).

BOXING

JOE DUNDEE BEATEN ON A FOUL

{

Detroit, Yesterday. Jackie Fields obtained imdisputed possession of the world's welterweight championship to-night by defeating Joe Dundee in a 15-round bout.

Dundee was disqualified on a foul, in the second round. Reuter's Ameri-

can Service.

ANTI-WAR PACT

VIEWS OF JAPANESE PRESS

NOT EFFECTIVE ENOUGH

Tokyo, Yesterday. While the Chinese and Soviet lasne continues to attract keen attention, the morning papers devote their editorials to Britain and America suspending war ship construction.

All the other creditors likewise would The Average Attendance was have a surplus, declared that Bri-45 (48 in 1927).

February.

annuities bat would have a lot to say though there was an epidemic of tain agreed to the scale of the German Health Was generally good regarding their distribution, because Britain had reached the limits of con-whooping cough in January and nanimous, generous, and quixotic and cession. Her sacrifices had been mag-

The work was satisfactory in all there would be no more which he was classes. 16 passed the Royal determined man could prevent. Reu-Drawing Society's Examination, 9

with Honours.

ter.

SINCERE CO. ROBBED

$5,000 WORTH OF JEWELLERY STOLEN

SHOW CASE SMASHED

Jewellery to the value of $5,419 was stolen from a show-case in the Sincere Company on Thursday night.

Organised games and Physical. Exercises form part of the daily routine. Remedial exercises are taken with certain children.

A Wolf Cub and a Brownie Pack have recently been started.

There were several informal parties during the year-on "Em- pire "Halloween".

Day", "May Day" and

Kowloon Junior School

Mistress, Miss Mary

Head

Cooper, B.A.

The Maximum Enrolment was 99 (100 in 1927).

When the shop was open to business yesterday morning, shop assistants dis- covered that several panes of glass in the show case containing jewellery had been broken. A check was at once. The Average Attendance was made and several articles of jewellery,34 (B8 in 1927). including seven pairs of braceleta, bad been stolen,

The jewellery department is on the third floor, and it is presumed that

Health WAS generally good, though whooping cough was rather prevalent in the early part of the

year.

There was

The "Asahi,” in congratulating the two countries, takes occasion to com- ment on the Anti-War Pact, pointing out that while probably it has assisted to keep the Chinese and Soviet from resorting to arms, it is doubtful if it would have ben effective if both nations had been intent on war from the out- entrance was gained by the robbers by set, and therefore it is essential to cutting out the lower portion of the

a general improve- make it more effective. Arguing thus, verandah door on the Des Voeux-road ment in the work done especially the paper concludes that one way of side. A side door opening out to then Writing and Geography. making effective the Pact is the en- roof of the adjoining houses was found forcement of further limitation oft have been forced open. It was clear armaments in which connection it is that exit was made in that direction. especially gratifying that Britain and

The Police are investigating. America are taking steps in this direc- tion voluntarily.

The other leading vernacular papers express similar sentiments while the "Nichi Nicht" in bold headlines an- nounces the "abandonment of Anglo- American competition."

NEW ORDINANCES

ASSENT GIVEN BY THE GOVERNOR

His Excellency the Governor has Japanese Programme

given his assent, in the name and, on While welcoming the latest de-behalf of His Majesty the King, to the velopment of naval limitation, official following Ordinances passed by the circles do not commit themselves to an Legislative Council:-

oatright statement that Japan will voluntarily follow the British-Ameri- can gesture, but rather indicate that the question is under consideration..

As the last of sight ten thousand ton warships was laid down Inst Dee- ember, close observers are doubtful whether the cruiser programme will be. altered, but there is a possibility of the postponement of smaller craft. Reuter.

Ordinance No. 11 of 1929-An Ordinance to extend for a further period the powers granted by the Mercantile Bank Note Issue Ordin- ance, 1911, to the Mercantile Bank of India, Limited, to make issue, ro- issue and circulate notes in the Colony.

Ordinance No12 of 1929 -An Ordinance to amend the Waterworks Ordinance, 1908,

At the Royal Drawing Society's Examination 19 pupils entered and all passed, 17 with honours.

At the end of the year arange- ments were made to move to "Park-

side" which it is anticipated will prove an excellent location for the School.

Peak School

Head Mistress, Mrs. P. Y. Stark. The Maximum Enrolment was 82: (65 in 1927),

The Average Attendance was 46 (51 in 1927)

OLD TAYLOR

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