1930-05-31 — Page 13

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SATURDAY MAY 31, 1930.

AMBULANCE CORPS

Farewell to Mr. E.

Ralphs.

LARGE GATHERING.

THE

will be ralesed panies and so arrange that the sick Mr. Ralphs, you greatly and impossible to replace.

Substitutes there may be, but there can be but one "You."

CHINA MAIL.

·Profound Regret.

In asking your acceptance of this

Now going back to what I have taken, I am confident that I am

I leave the Corps and the Colony, an extension of your conveying the sincere and hearty said about good wishes of all present, in wish activities in the matter of public with profound regret; I had hoped ing you a long, happy and peaceful health. This can very usefully be to stay on until early next year, as retirement, and that when you look done by a close co-operation with the requested-and very kindly so-by of the Government, but on medical advice apon this souvenir you will remem- public health authorities ber your friends and well wishers Colony; carry on the work you have and with the consciousness that age, across the water who are endeavour-done, but further assist the authorialas, may not be defled, for though thelg it is true that one should measure ucating on retire-ing to carry on the work inaugur- ties

in matters of hy one's age rather by the Increasing ated by yourself and maintaining norant

and the foundations of giene

health, help the structure

to strength of the spirit than by the which you have so well and truly remove any prejudices that may still decreasing strength of the body, exist and convince your hearers that there comes a time when the latter laid.

the

efforts

of the health may no longer be ignored, therefore and your

work I how to the inevitable, and make are entirely disinterest my bow!

lead them to real-

In his capacity as Assistant Commissioner in Hong Kong of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, which post he has held for the Fast 15 years. Mr. E. Ralphs, who is leaving the Colony ment on June 6, was the guest of honour at a tea party given on the roof garden of the Hong Kong Hotel yesterday afternoon by the local Brigade.

large attendance

There was 2 of members of the Finance Com- mittee, and Officres and Members of the Brigade, as well as several ladies, and members of the Nursing Division of the Brigade.

Seated with Mr. Ralphs were Sir Shou-son Chow, the Hon. Dr. RH. Kolewall, Dr. W. V. M. and Koch, Dr. T. W. Ware, Messrs. A. Morris. Ho Kom-tong, Li Yau-tsun, T. N. Chau, Wong Kwong-tin, Wong Kam-fuk, Woo Hay-tong. A. el Arculli, A. Savage, and J. Ralston.

Mr. Ralphs was prosented with a beautiful silver tray bearing the Maltese cross emblem of the Drl- gade and the following Inscrip- tion:-

An Heirloom

in

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accord to Mr. Morris the the rough with the smooth, which or injured may be transported loyal support you have always given is a great essential quality in the across the harbour and transferred to me and I look forward confidently ambulance work." Thus with all Mr. of him, I am in to a motor ambulance with the to a great development of the Corpa, Ralpha has sald

under his able command. ·

thorough agreement: minimum of discomfort.

Much to be Done. With your permission, I would wish to take this occasion to inform all the members that on account of old age, I have recently resigned from the Corps' as 'District Officer, but still keep up my keen interest as Chairman of the Financial Com mittee. I would paint out, in pass- ing, that although the Brigade has made gratifying progress, there is still much to be done. From this time onward, under the able leader- ship of Mr. Morris, you must not

.....$ (500 relax; rather, you should increase,

China Underwriters ... your efforts to promote the ambul-

Chion Fire In... 400 I cannot express the gratitude Iance cause. feel toward you all for your cou- Some of you doubtless recollect H. K. Fire .....$1060 stant kindness and support, and, that since the St. John Ambulance lastly, for this generous gift; but started in 1915 in Hong Kong, to even without it I could never forget appeal has ever been made to the the St. John Ambulance Brigade in Government for financial aid. In Hong Kong and all who worked with 1926, when Sir Cecil Clementi first me so loyally and happily in the came to Hong Kong, he was so well pleased with the Ambulance work Corps.

that he did all he possibly could to encourage and Inspire in the pro- gress of the Brigade and subse- quantly the membership roll has in- creased from 150 to more than 900. I am thankful to say that since Sir Cecil's regime, our appeals to the public have met with remarkably generous response. Now and again liberal contributions have been re ceived, which is a clear indication, of the appreciative attitude of the gen- eral public.

You are bequeathing to this Bri- gude an heirloom which it should be the privilege and boundea duty of each member, Officer, Vice Patronise that in helping you they are and Surgeon to pass on to successors unimpaired.

I am betraying no secret when I tell you that Mr. Ralphs is not severing his connection with us en- tirely, for he has consented to re- main on our Roll as our representa- tive in England.

helping themselves.

Cadet Companies.

To do all this effectively you will require to increase your numbers; you have now over 300 active and effective members, but to carry out health work adequately more will be needed. I would here mention that We shall both know and feel that Cadet Companies may now be form- we have a friend and adviser who | ed In connection with the Corps; will be able to make personal re- boys of the age of 14 may be re- presentations to Headquarters in cruited and given a modified course Londari when scension and necessity of training, and at the age of 18 arise, "

may pass automatically into the Ambulance Brigade. One such.com- pany, fifty strong, has just been formed and I hope many others will join, for the members, while learn ing to become useful citizens, gain much valuable knowledge and above all learn the value of discipline and obedience, qualities which, I fear, are not always conspicuous among the youth of to-day.

Mr. Ralphs's Reply. Replying, Mr. Ralphs sald:- "Presented by the Finance I have to thank you for your very Committee. Officers and Mem-kind words and to thank you all bera of the St. John Ambulance Brigade. Hong Kong, to Mr. Edwin Ralphs, who has served for 15 years as Assistant Com missioner of the Brigade."

very warmly for the reception you have given me to-day and for the very beautiful piece of silver you present to me on my departure. It is not easy for me to say farewell, but It is yet more difficult when I In making the presentation, Mr. meet you all face to face and re Morrison, District Superintendent.ceive such a demonstration of your said:--

The Presentation.

I have been invited to make the formal presentation on behalf of the Brigade Members, Vice Patrons and Members of the Finance Committee, My one regret is that this honour has not been delegated to abler, suave and more honeyed tongues, or to one more practised than myself in the wiles and art of speaking.

goodwill as 1 now experience.

Well, ladies and gentlemen, I rose for the purpose of thanking you briefly and I and myself doing that easiest of all things-offering you a lot of advice! You know Mark Twain said somewhere,-"To be good is noble; to show others how to be good is nobler,--and no trouble!!"

Not very long age I addressed you on the work the St. John Am- bulance Brigade has done in Hong Kong, and it is unnecessary to refer to it again at any length. I should like to say a few words; however,

I feel very keenly indeed my about the future work of this Corps.

Our normal work is essentially severance from this Corps, but the training of men to become ex-shall, as Mr. Morris says, keep in pert in First Aid and of women to constant touch with your work and become expert in both First Aid and represent you, when necessary, at Home Nursing. Then we have the our Headquarters in London.

the discipline which it entails, discipline, which is valuable The Corps could not possibly not only in itself but in that it en have grown in strongth and in iables us to work singly or in Com-efficiency-as it has done, had I not

panies, and creates a spirit of esprit de corps and at the same time of Individual responsibility. But of all this you are well aware. Then we have taken up vaccination work and during the last

I have no doubt that some of the gentleman scated at this table, representing the learning, wit, wisdom and fin-drill and ance of the Colony will wish to supplement my imperfect" re- marka.

are

Ladies and Gentlemen, we assembled to pay tribute to our friend and Assistant Commissioner, on whom it has pleased H.M. the King to confer the highest rank of our order-Knight of Grace of the Venerable Order of St. John of Jerusalem, an honour coveted by many, but possessed by few; and to present him with this alliver tray ny a memento of the work he has St. John Ambulance done for the Brigade, and the St. John Ambul ance Association, In the District of Hong Kong and South China.

None but one who, has actually handled the work and intricacies of the Brigade, knows of the multi- farious duties entalled as Assistant Commissioner, duties for many single-handed, years performed without hope or expectation of re ward by our Assistant Commission-

er.

A Labour of Love. However, it has been a labour of

two seasons we

Three Stalwarta.

had the help and co-operation of all of you present to-day. We have the active ambulance and nursing work- ers, who appear from time to time on publie parades, and who are often. seen at work in public, but we have many who work behind the scenes; of these I mention particularly the Finance Committee; then we have our surgeons, among them four Extension of Activities. ladies, who all give their services addition, considerable free and work very hard indeed.

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recite dozens I could amount of lecturing has been done, the ignorant classes, being addressed names ¡-in their own tongue, of course help

have vaccinated over four hundred thousand people in Hong Kong, in the New Territory and the adjacent islands.

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Ladies and Gentlemen, again I thank you."

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A Pleasing Duty. "I have taken upon myself a pleasing duty to perform before I sit down." Mr. Ralphs concluded. an efficiency shield "We have which is competed for annually the men's divisions but among there has never been any similar shield in the nursing divisions. With Mr. Ho Kom-tong's permis- slon I am presenting the corps

Let me add my quota to what has with a shield to be known as the Ho Kom-tong Shield for compet! always been said in praise of the tion between the nursing divi- St. John Ambulance. I associate decided to myself with Mr. Ralphs and Mr. present the 1929 award to the Morris in thanking most sincerely Victoria Division, the elder of the the members of the Financial Com- two.

mittee for organising the Chinese theatrical performance once a year, from which the Brigade has been able to derive a substantial income. Our hearty thanks are also due to. all members and officers for their devotion and unselfish labours for the good of the Ambulance cause in Hong Kong.

sions. It has been

Miss Heang accepted the shield en behalf of that division.

•

Mr. Ho Kum-long. Mr. Ho Kom-tong, Chairman of the Finance Committee, said:—

The hardest word to express in any language, no doubt, is to say "goodbye." It is scarcely possible, therefore, to avoid.sharing the mix. ed feelings of joy and regret that L18 together this have brought afternoon. We are here to do honour and to bid farewell to an old and highly esteemed friend and a most valuable member of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, towards whom we cannot but feel an especial welcome, an especial pride and an especial gratitude for all that he has contributed to the education and ambulance work in the Colony.

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Thirty-three years of service to the Colony is a splendid and extra- ordinary record that any man can be proud of and should deserve high praise from any Government. In the ambulance work, Mr. Ralphs de-On serves well our gratitude for the of new road that he has pioneered and

80. supporters who for having put the local Brigade on manifold ways, to firm and efficient basis as it is at on matters of vaccination, dysen-but I propose mention present. In both the educational These only three. One is my old friend, and ambulance history of Hong tery, cholera, malaria, ec. lectures, delivered as I can testify, Dr. Koch, who has worked with me Kong, Mr. Ralphs's name is written with fluency and emphasis, and as our Chief Surgeon from the be-large and chiselled deeply, like the illustrated with charts and diagrams ginning and still labours for the poor negro who said of Abraham

the second

Mr. Lincoln on an Impressive occasion, is some of the latter fearsome and cause; blood-curdling enough have car- Kom-tong, who also has. "Massa Linkum am eberywhere.",

of tower

1915 to 1930. strength in what he terms I am afraid that time' will not long in my mind, and that is an his old age (though I hope that if permit me to say all that is in my extension and development of your live to reach his present age I may mind. I would like to add, however, love in the fullest sense--a work for activities in the matter of public be half as vigorous as he is now) that it is my privilege to have as. the benefit of the community and health, now that you have shown Mr. Ho, I say in his old age, array-soclated with Mr. Ralphs, in the St. humanity, the alleviation of auf- that you can carry out 'such worked himself in uniform-which. 1 John Ambulance work ever since fering, a work not to be assessed in addition to your normal activi- know he has found eminently un- 1915 and during this period, I have in terms of cash, nor yet by visible ties.

comfortable and appears regularly found most harmonious relationa First, there is the motor ambul- and valiantly on parades; as an existing between him and the entire and immediate results, but one the

corps and his work is so great a transmitted ance service. We have, as you example to the younger members. effects of which are through the ages and benefits chil- know, a very fine motor ambulance You will all join in my profound merit, I am sure all workers of the dron's children.

presented to us by Miss Chan Yuk regrets on hearing that Mr. Ho St. John Ambulance Brigade will hing a few months ago. The am- Kom-tong resigns to-day his join me in saying "Well done, good

District Officer; bulance la. working, but we are rank as

like and faithful.” feel greatly handicapped by the lack of myself, he begins to

Mr. Ralpha's departure constitutes

· hø a garage. We hope to erect a gar that

is too old for a distinct loss to us, but we are glad age, with quarters for two atten- the active duties the office demands that he has the opportunity of enjoy dants, so that the ambulance shall to my great relief, however, he is ing at last a well-merited rest and Ladies and Gentlemen, we are be at the service of the public at any retaining his position as Chairman we wish him a long and happy re- losing a valued, tried and trusted hour of the day or night. Given a of the Finance Committee and will tirement at home with his family. friend: one who has llatened with a suitable site, the scheme can quick continue his interest in the work. Now his task is smoothly done, he Lastly, I refer to Mr. Morris, I can fly or ho can run quickly to the sympathetic ear and who has been ly be carried out ready ever to assist to the utmost Motor Ambulance.

need not say anything about the green earth's and. W

We may also congratulate our of his powers.

At the same time, and in connec: wonderfully good service he has tion with the motor ambulance ser rendered: I have gradually handed selves that Mr. Ralphs's mantle has vico, I wish you to take up the over the working of the Corps to fallen on Mr. Morris, who is in question of the transport of sick him and now he takes over full con- every senso a worthy successor. In people across the harbour, or to or trol as Officer in Charge of the fact, Mr. Morris has proved his from ships. This question should District, and I have requested our sterling worth during Mr. Ralpha's not be difficult to solve; we need Chlef Commissioner, Major-General absence on leave on several occasions not-and cannot, in fact--go to the Sir Havelock: Charles, to promote and carried on the work most sue expense of a special launch but it him as early as may be cessfully. Not only is Mr. Morris should not be difficult to co-operate to the rank of Assistant willing to tell arduously and cheer with Government or shipping com Commissioner.

you fully, but is always ready to take

I am

confident that his self imposed tasks have been a source of much happiness."

Mr. Ralphs, you have laboured for the good of others and your labours have not been in vain.

His work for this Brigade dates back to 1914, from which year the organisation has grown in strength from a mere handful to above 800.

His connection with the St. John Ambulance Association is almost life long, for before coming Bast more than 85 years ago Mr. Ralphs was connected with Ambulance work In England.

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