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No. 27,395 HONG KONG, FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1930.

HONG KONG SCHOOLS ECHO OF DELI MARU

ACTIVITIES

"PRIZE DAY" HELD IN VARIOUS EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

"A BRIBE TO STUDENTS'

MR. G. P. DE MARTIN GIVES

TO. PUPILS

The students of to-day are the men of affairs to-morrow, and their progress in school are well worth watching. At this time of the year, the schools in the Colony are holding their annual "Prize Day" and the reports of the head masters .give a full review of the activities of their respective institutions.

PIRACY

CHARGE OF "CONSULTING AND CORRESPONDING"

3 MEN BEFORE MAGISTRATE

Three Chinese/Lo Ming, Chen Chung-

LADY LAMPSON

Passes Away in the French Hospital

SIR MILES AT BEDSIDE

It is with the sincerest regret that we have to chronicle the death of

The

TO-DAY'S DOLLAR. closing rate of the dollar on demand, to-day was 1/6 13/16.

Business had.

PRICE $3.00 Per Month.

LONDON NAVAL CONFERENCE

EQUALITY BETWEEN BRITAIN

--AND AMERICA

FRENCH NEEDS

There are Spectacles and Spectacles

...but What A Difference in Quality...

and there are opticians and opticians, but in Hong Kong, only one European optician who measures up to the highest qualifications. Optical men in every corner of the world re- cognise his certificates and the modern equipment need.

LAZARUS

The Optician.

Phone Mr. Cooper C. 2268 for appoint-

mont. Ralph A. Cooper, F.1.0. (Engl.), Registered Optometrist (Canada).

SOVIET POLICY

Plea for Aggressive Blows

MILITANT COMMUNISM

OPENING OF YING WA COLLEGE

HISTORY OLDER THAN THAT OF HONG KONG

SOME MISSIONARY PIONEERS

Modern buildings in Bute Street,

Hain, and Land Hon-chau, alias Lam Lady Lampson, which occurred yos./FACTORS OF NAVAL NEED AND (umption of the rigorous militant (Mongkok district, within close reach

NAVAL STRENGTH

Riga, Yesterday. Stalin stated that the present Soviet communist policy is a re- King yiu, were produced before Mterday afternoon in the French Hos-

communism against the capitalist of Nathan Road, constituting the E. W. Hamilton, at the Central Magis-

elements in Soviet villages and the present Ying Wa College, were for- tracy, to-day, charged as follows:

That they on divers dates between Lady Lampson was on a visit to The London Naval Conference prevalent until last year,

rajection of the tolerant policy October, 1929, and January 13, 1930, Hong Kong for the purpose of say- held its plenary meeting this morn-mediate object of which is the the did consult and correspond with pirates ing goodbye to her son, Graham, ing in St. James's Palace. Mr. extermination of the entire Kulak K.C.M.G.) who took the opportunity for the ranson of H. Y. Hsu who was who is being sent Home to school. Ramsay MacDonald presided.

s.s. Deli Maru on September 21, 1029.

pital.

Rugby, Yesterday.

COWA

the in-mally opened to-day by H.E. Governor (Str Clementi,

ADVICE captured in the piracy of the Japanese She arrived here on the 8.8. It was decided to set up & Com-peasant households owning three to speak on the general aspect of

Mr. T. Murphy prosecuted, whilst Antenor, and she became seriously mittee composed of all members of livestock) class by depriving them Colony.

or the equivalent of other "upper school education in the the first and third accased were repre- a day before the ship was due the conference.

of the right to cultivate the soll. mented by Mr. Covey, of Mosara. G. K. at Hong Kong. On arrival she was

The Conference will, therefore, The statement says that the "com-His Excelleney on arrival, the lat The Rev. H. R. Wells, O.B.E. met Hall Brutton and Co. The second ac- rushed to the French Hospital meet in two forms-a plenary meet-rades" eased was not legally represented. where Dr. Black and Surgeon-ing to give

must direct their blows ter being accompanied by Mr. J. plead, and Mr. Murphy applied for a She was found to be suffering from working Committee.

The accused were not required to Commander Gerrard attended her.mendations of the Committees and a Party's changed attitude-Reuter. Excellency then inspected the 13th effect to the recom-aggressively in accordance with the Barrow (Private Secretary). His week's formal remand in the case of the meningitis.

Sub-Committees will be set up.on

Troop (Ying Wah College) Boy first and second accused.

Replying to

Newa of Lady Lampson was sent the decision of the whole conference, at the foundation of the British Scouts, who furnished the guard of the Magistrate, Mr.

The world Murphy said that from subsequent into her husband, Sir Miles Lampson, Each delegation was then invited to naval problem.

must honour. This morning the Ellis Kudoorie School was thronged with tion was

quiries made by the Police the prosecu. British Minister to China, who was make a statement of its general be open to Britain for food and life. Mr. Wells presented a golden key of the opinion that they then in Shanghai. Sir Miles Lamp-views upon the position of its coun- Emphasising the pecullar status of with which His Excellency opened pupils, friends, and well-wishers on the occasion of their annual, would not be in a position to offer son and his staff came down to try in relation to naval armament.

the British commonwealth he added the main door, with these words: man. material evidence against the third Hong Kong at once by H.M.S. Sera-

that British naval strength was re-"To the Glory of God and the ad- heru phis, arriving Lam Hon-chau and granted a week's day's China Mail. Sir Miles at once to make any statement to-day re-

yesterday

quired. His Worship accordingly discharged afternoon,

vancement of true learning I de- (United as reported in yester States) said that he had decided not

"to enable our own kith and clare this bullding open." kin and members of our 'own formal remand in the ease of the other went to see his wife in the Hospl-garding American naval require-

Among those seated on the dias family to keep inter-relation with were Dr. Au Sze-cham (Chairman tal, where death occurred at 3.80 menta. These were well understood.

the Motherland" Bail Refused

of the Board of Management), Mr. p.m.

Police and Peace Work In applying for bail for his other

They had been cheerfully recognised

E. Ralphs (Director of Education)' client, Lo Ming, Mr. Covey pointed out

The funeral will take place this by the nation which was the host

Secondly, Mr. MacDonald laid the Rev. C. L. Cheung, (Secretary),

ship finding the man not guilty; and, that it will be entirely of a private through its Premier agreed that sarily be dispersed in every sea. (head master). Mr. Muccio (of the naval forces are and must neces-Frank Short, Mr. Richard Shim secondly, the Chinese New Year was nature.

equality In naval power between the They must be divided into three U. S. Consulate General) and Mr. coming and naturally his client did not want to spend it in custody. The man

United States and Great Britain was was resident in the Colony and had a hasiness here; and it was not likely that he would run away. It was en- tirely in the Magistrate's discretion to grant bail.

Prize Day, when it was revealed that there are schools in the Colony who do not hesitate to bribe the students by offering to place them in a higher class if they leave their alma matera.

Mr. G. F. de Martin, Assistant Director of Education, advised the students of the Ellis Kadoorie School not to be tempted by this

two accused.

U.S. Requirements Mr. H. L. Stimson

offer. Schools that did this sort of thing could not be good institu-that there was a possibility of his Wor- afternoon. We have been informed to the conference and which had stress on the fact that the British the Rev. Yung Ting-shang, the Rav,

tions.

The Yaumati Government School also held its annual Prize Day this morning, when the prizes to the successful candidates at the yearly examination were distributed by Mrs. A. R. Sutherland.

THE ELLIS

KADOORIE SCHOOL

After the reports had been read by the head master, Mr. F. J. de Rome, the prizes were handed out by Mrs. G. P. de Martin, at the conclusion of which she was pre- sented with a beautiful bouquet of rosea in a silver vase,

regret this for more reasons than one. laid in the District Schools by gra- Unless good foundations are

dual progression from class to class, results are bound to be un- satisfactory later on.

We

Mr. Hamilton replied that he must definitely refuse bail at the man's first appearance in Court. At a subsequent

"Until we know where we are, I cannot stage when the facts had been given he might possibly change his mind.)

fix bait."

matches. Each class has a drill lesson once a week.

The boys on the

whole were

Changes in Staff usual changes in the Staff owing to There have been more than the the demands of Home lezva. were glad to welcome Mrs. Church healthy although the Medical Officer back again but sorry to lase the aer-for Schools reported many cases of vices of Miss Newsholme.

trachoma: these boys were dealt

Mr. de Martin then addressed the pupils, saying that he was very pleased indeed to welcome Mr. de Rome back,

When his wife was asked to give away the prizes, they both felt it was an honour to do so. The task was made the more pleas- ant because they resided in Taipo, and it was the students of Ellis Kadoorie School who wrote a book about the New Territories. In this book, the students described the in- habitants of the New Territories as fishermen, farmers and quarrymen. He did not know whether Mrs. de Martin fished a great deal, but they certainly loved gardening. As for quarrying, well, they also practised a bit in that direction-if there was anything to be got out of it. essentially for revision (laughter).

The Library The discipline has been very

duced into Class 8 have been very

The new method readers intro-with at the G. C. H. successful and I say with confidence that the series are far superior for xod. Chinese boys to any readers I have yet seen.

Our libraries, of which we have prefer them to

The Class masters much three, have been well looked after which are not planned on scientific well patronised both by staff and the old Reader, by Mr. Lo Wal-kwan. They are

lines.

boys. Each class

has on allent lessón per week from the English library boka..

Practice in Reading The supplementary readers, based on these renders used in class and

purposes

I desire to thank Sir Henry, Pol- lock for presenting us with there and home reading, provide valuable valuable old Admiralty Engravings Mr. de Martin then went on to and pleasurable practice in con-of Hong Kong (1846). They make say that he had heard some stud- tinuous reading without sacrificing

A splendid addition to our collec- cata say that the teaching of his sense to sound as is so frequent in tion of local photographs. tory was not important. He dis- Reading Primers. They are real I beg to express our grateful agreed with that.

History was an stories, and yet introduce no new thanks to the donors of the valuable. important subject, and those who words. The author claims from ex- scholarships and prizes and to Mrs. were ignorant of it could not con-perience with Indian boys that an G. P. de Martin for so kindly com- sider themselves educated.

average class learns to read Englishing all the way from Taipo to pre- To the bigger boys, the speaker at least twice as quickly as using sent these prizes to-day. It is her added, he would give a few words the old Readers: if this is our ex-first visit to the school and we wel- of advice.

Mr. de Rome has men-perience, then I hope the number of come her most heartily. In con- tioned in his report that there were our best boys will not be further cluaton I desire to thank the staff some of the students who had left depleted as noted above. I am now for their co-operation with Mr. the school because other schools examining the New Method English Ralston during the year. had promised to place them in a Composition Books based on these higher class. "Boys who do that Readers; these Composition books are not wise. If they are offered teach children to use in speech and

a higher class in other schools, writing those words already en- then those schools are not good countered in their reading.

schools. All the good schools in the Colony are full of scholars, and

Generals Geometrical Drawing was Intro- if a school bribes students of other duced into Class 4 at the beginning schools with the offer of a higher of the year and should serve as h

PRIZE LISTS

Scholarship, 1928.

FRESH - CLOUDY

To-day's weather report states:

The anticyclone remains stationary to the North of the Yangtaze Valley..

A depression is situated to the East of Hokkaido.

A typhoon is indless than 200 Tues south-east of Yap, probably moving west- ward.

Fresh monsoon will con- tinue along the south-east coast of China and over the North China Sea.

Forecast: N.E. fresh; cloudy;

winde,

Rainfall Rainfall since January 1, 0.61 inch, against an average- of 0.87 inch.

Temperature and Humidity

The temperature and hamidi- ty at certain specified centres this morning at 6 o'clock were:

Manila

Temp, Humid.

Hong Kong Macao

57

80

52

85

68

02

Amoy

52

93

Swatow

53

94

Cheefoo

24

100

Pratas Island

67

Shanghal

82

84

96

RED PROPAGANDA

Mexico Withdraws Legation Staff

HOSTILE DEMONSTRATIONS

the basis upon which they could best groups at the very least, with J. L. McPherson were among the various sub-groups not for fighting large number of parents, friends promote the beneficent purposes of

this conference. He believed that purposes but for police and peace and visitors in the main hall. the requirements of national defence purposes. The Navy could not be It must be on

the Pacific and on the

Some Pioneers

of various nations were necessarily kept concentrated.

The school hymn was sung lustily largely relative to the general con-

Atlantic, by. the Chinese boys. Then Mr. ditions of the world and, therefore, not, he repeated, for war purposes Wells said:

but for peace and ordinary common- If this conference could find a way wealth purposes. whereby general reduction could be secured, could be likewise reduced.

Remote Australia

Mr. Fenton (Australia) referred

Canada Still Silent Mr. Ralston (Canada) felt that no statement was necessary at this time regarding the Canadian Naval Service.

French Statement M. Tardieu (France) set forth the geographical, economic and mili- tary facts upon

upon,

cither

we

Your Excellency, Ladies and

The first headmaster

was Mr. Arnold Hughes, M.A., who was a worthy successor to the early mis-

Thirdly, he emphasised the im- Gentlemen,-We are very grateful. the United States Navy portance of the problem from the to you for the honour you confer viewpoint of 'British psychology, on us by coming to-day to declare The sea was everything to this coun- this College open.

The present to the peculiarly remote situation of try. If we were blocked on the

Ying Wa College Australia, Its 12,000 miles of coast sea wn were blocked everywhere. has been in existence for about line, and its distance from the prin- We had no hinterlands to fall back 16 years, and for nearly all of icipal world markets to which it sent

no railway communication, that time it has had a hard strug- large quantities of primary produce. which we could draw our supplies, founders of the present Collego perfect or imperfect, bygle for existence. Amongst the

That was why all thoughts had been were the Rev. Dr. T. W. Pearce. concentrated on the sea.

O.B.E., a well known gentleman "We have felt that on the sea in this Colony; Mr. Au Fung-chi, had to defend ourselves at one time in the office of the against everybody and against Protector of Chinese, and who every form of aggresaton, was the father of our present against every aspect of our chairman; Dr. Wan Man-kai, who weakness," which France's

was a member of the Education naval needs were based. The most

He would like that to be changed. Board for several years; the pre- important geographical factors were Therefore he said:

sent minister of the Church, and that the French coast lines and

"What we want is confidence myself. harbours were dispersed on three

given

to by you

UB, con- fidence seas. The French

given overseas terri-

by the rest tories, constituting the second big-

of the world, confidence given not by gest colonial empire, were dispersed

superiors, but Con- throughout the world with a total of 83,850 nautical miles of lines of communication, and the home and colonial coast line of France aggre. gated 18,109. kilometres. The chief economic factor was 'France's ex- tensive trade with her oversens territories and foreign countries. From a military viewpoint, unless larger forces than were necessary were maintained in scattered over- seas territories, France must dis- pose of a naval strength Indispen-i sable for the transport of large: convoys of troops that might be Professor Smiddy (Irish required for relief or reinforcement. Stato) did not wish to make |France's needs sa indicated were statement.

not necessarily absolute, but might

Italian Views be converted into. relative ones to a Sig. Grandi (Italy) said that who provided the salary and ex- considerable extent by International Italy was practically an taland In penses of the frat Headmaster for agreements for security.

an inland sea and depended on her a period of years. Must Face Difficulties maritime communications for secur-

fidence that can be given as the alonaries who founded the College whom I think it may result of

successful talks and and than successful agreements such as are fairly be said there has never been possible for us now, confidence in this Colony anyone with high- that we are living in a world the er ideals in education.

L.M.S. Co-operation sens of which will not be blocked, and will not be occupied by hostile During the war Mr. Hughes was fleets which we are unable to called away to service in India meet. We want a ·Berse of and while he was away Dr. Pearce security which will at once change acted as head maater and I per- the psychology which has in-sonally was assistant head master fluenced British policy so much. and Warden of the Hostel.

India and Ireland

Sir Atul Chatterjee (India) and

class, that school cannot be a good valuable introduction to the Theo-P Free Scholarships to Queenmonstrations outside the Mexicanalive to the difficulties of relating dense population.

Free any

The College began, Ita new life through the officers of the To Tsai Church now incorporated in the Hop Yat Church in Bonham Road, with the hearty co-operation of the London Missionary Society

Lan Chu-pak Bcholarship (2nd In

Mexico City, Yesterday. stalment)-Chan Yuk-chaong.

Tai Yau Scholarship (2nd Instal-

The Government has ordered the ment) Chung-fat.

withdrawal of the Legation staff Scholarship, 1929.

in Moscow as a protest against Mr. Ramsay MacDonald said thating over three-quarters of the im-

It had practically no capital, Lugard Scholarship Chu. Kwoon- the present hostile Communist de- the British Government was fully ports essential to the life of her except perhaps the promises of school," Mr. de Martin added. retical geometry in Class 3.

Also for Italy $8,000 from some Chinese friends: Concluding, he said that those who,

I wish to thank Mr. Evans for College-Li Kon-pak, Mak Cheak Embassies in Washington, Buenos cational need to rational strength, the sea was her life, and Italy was, and has had to rent promises intended to leave the school, must undertaking the supervision of the bon, Yee King-choen, Choi Yat-hang, Aires and Rio de Janeiro, for but the conference must face those moreover, a country with world- mainly on the Hong Kong side not forget Ellis Kadoorie School. Geography in all classes.

Wang Teok-tung, "You may go to a higher school,

which the Soviet Government is difficulties and resolve them. While wide interests and commitments, and on the Caine and Bonham La Chi-pak Scholarship (1st In- held responsible. Reuter. Each class from Class 7. upwards stalment) Chan Yu-fal

the statement of need was an im- Italy's land communications lay Roads level, changing Its location you may be a great man some day, has a supplementary history reader. Tai Yau, Scholarship (1st Instal

portant element, the claim for naval through strafts some thousand miles three or four times and at last but you must remember that you Our history room, replete with pic-ment)-Ng Kam-ahau, comp

trength must always be related to from her ports. This unfavour-occupying the Rhenish Mission began your education in this tures, charts and mapa, has been, Chan Ka-chak, Wang, Tin-cheong: Woo" Bay-tong Scholarships--Class

risk. A naval force and a military able position would justify Italy's premises near the present King's well used..

were required not because relative superiority of naval College, Head Master's Report

Class Bhang Shiu cheong, Chung All classes except Class 8ii have Chi-hal; Class 0. Cheung Man-plu, Ng

a country had certain economic strength. In any case she could It had great dificulty in carry- Reading the annual report, the general knowledge lessons from the Kam-bings Claes 7 Tang Hing-wong Health Department, who has been in-line, but were based upon an ments at least on a level with those were high. It did not at first Dr. Daniel Hatileld, of the Public needs and certain lengths of coast not be asked to forge naval arma-ing on, and Its alma in education head master said I was absent on admirable pictorial education pie-Tang Kim-sang: Class 8, Chan Yan vestigating psittacosis, is 111 and it is estimate as how far there was a of any other continental European apply for Government assistance, leave from February to November tures: Class, & in addition has a Yu Chan.shau and Mr. J Ralston acted as Head general knowledge leszon from the Tang Wan-tat; Intermediate, L American Bervice.

Ho Kam-tong ScholarshipsSenior believed that he has got it-Router's threat of deprivation of these needs Fower. He hoped that the prin though the Government word con- mester. Both personally and on newspaper. Questions are set on Xwan-tong Junior, 14 Kon-wa

or a threat to the security of those ciple of one Power standard might stantly cognisant of its work and behalf of the whole school. I desire there topics at the examinations; Senloz, Chad King-hong: Junker Bo

cosat lines Needs and security be applied at the lowest possible efforts. to express appreciation of the great the lessons are valuable very

must always be related. interest he took in the general wel popular.

Bchool"

fare of the school

Our numbers dropped during the

year from 440 to 240; the average daily attend

91. per

to econ

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The usua

the

Chu-pak

Scholarskipa Senior Chung Wing-wengi Junior Abdullah Mustafa,

Gováráment Behol

Cikan

MEDICAL MARTYR 7

Ballimare, Yesterday.

BS

LIVED ON LOTTERIES

force

Government Help

level by Italy in her relation to Britain's Inanlar Position Continental European countries. A Chinone, who described him Mr. MacDonald confined his haly, was ready to reduce her arms. During the first few years a self as a doctor, was at the Kow further observations to three heads.ments to any level, no matter how rather heavy debt was incurred loon Magistracy, to-day charged First; he empliasised the Insular low, providing it would not be ex- and eventually application Was with keeping a common

porition of the United Kingdom, ceeded by any other European Con- made to the Government – and house lotterlent 400% Re which could not mefatain its own tinental power.

grants were made which enabled clamation Street, and with the pod-population and, therefore required Japan's Spokesman

the School to put on new strength access to

whole world without Mr. Wakatsuki (Japan) said that and gradually its debts were paid

the ordinary the fact that the Washington agree off. Hipitation imposed by ments, through faithful adherence For this assistance the

rify outside, such at by the all signatory, Powers, had in deply grateful, to the Gove

British greatly contributed to the main-

live, which lay

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