FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1934.
Hospital Facilities
In Kowloon
President's Concern Expressed At K.R.A. Meeting
YEAR OF PROGRESS REPORTED
Concern regarding the work in connection with the Central Bri. tish School and hospital facilities in Kowloon was voiced by Mr. C. E.. Terry, President, at the annual meeting of the Kowloon Residents' Association in the St. Andrew's Church Hall last night. Mr. Terry commended the advance in postal services and mentioned the hope that the Government would proceed no further with regard to the felling of the trees in Nathan Road..
Mr. Leo D'Almada e Castro, Jr.. former Vice-President, was clected President of the Association and Mr. H. F. Bunje, Vice-Pre- sident.
Mr. Terry addressed the meeting report at this meeting that the first
as follows:
child had been born in the With your permission, I will Maternity Block of the Kowloon. follow the usual procedure and Hospital: this block, however, take the Report and Accounts for still not available for the purpose 1933 a read, us they have been in for which it was built. your hands for the prescribed 'period.
The new block of Nurses' Quar tera, although completed. has not
To Be Envoy!
THE CHINA MAIL-
To-day's Short Story.
Mr. J. Borden Harriman, well-known society leader of ⚫ New York and Washington, whose slated appointment as U." S. Minister to one of the Eur pean counttlex was rumoured in the national capital.
CAR OWNER PAYS COMPENSATION.
Cancellation Of Licence Broached.
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Summoned for driving his motor while eyele without due care or caution on
By Helena
OBLIVION Lefroy Caperton.
CUTEPPING with quakerish The woodland, though it was only
daintiness, the dappled grey high noon, deepened into twilight. mare bore Its lovely burden be- Alow rumble spread, In- neath the creamy blossoms of creased, and died away. It was the flowering locusts. Honey-followed by a silence, as of all sen- suckle in full bloom mingled its tient wild life struck dumb. The own incense. Upon either side the soldier raised himself on an elbow, dark cedars stood, making a cloister- and listened. Again it came da ed aisle. Cardinals and mocking Culler érescendo, and "was birds sang a nuptial anthem from doubled, the woods.
grew darker: the hedgerow or wedding pomp The detonation rolled closer, de and cfrcumstance Nature contributed] 2- The girl turned her face to the her utmost, for the girl and the sky.
young Confederate Colonel had "How strange, a thunder storm,
C within the hour been made man and and the sun shining brightly, wife. Secretly and sweetly, between “Yes, a thunder storm, we musti
He knew it to be battles they had plighted their seek shelter." troth.
not the thunder of heaven but of The young Colonel walked besido guns... his horse, his hand on the bridle. The vivid intensity of desire His face was raised to the girl's, vanished from his eyes, and in its and hers bent down to his, the stead a clean austerity sharpened while her curls fell over her shin- every feature. He arose and drew ing eyes and the frankness of her her to her feet. kisses set him to trembling,
"I wish it were over, and that your family knew. I am afraid of. your mother."
"My mother will love you. You
I do not propose to enlarge upon yet been taken over; the other new the work of the past year; the block known as "C" block, unwritten motto of this Association completed some time ago, has only February 10. Chan Hay again up-will be a daughter to her, and a has always been "By our work shall recently been taken into use. The ye know
away fighting. Havę no fear, daar try" and 1 am content urgent need fone might almost call peared before. Mr. E. W. Hamilton comfort, while my father and I are to leave it at that. Some develop it a "crying" need for maternity this morning, and was severely cau- ments since the publication of the facilities in Kowloon is too evident tioned. Report however comment.
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Postal Service Improvement
A remarkable Improvement in an the Kowloon Postal Services has all been effected in the past two years,
worthy of to need further stress; it should be! Chan appeared on February 16, totally unnecessary for expectant and the case was held over sine die, Of paramount importance is the mothers to be faced with the jour pending settlement of damages be Central British School; I am gladney to Hong Kong, and the long tween defendant and S/Sgt. Heina, to be able to state that the addition- overdue provision of these facilities R.AS.C., whom he knocked over out- al ground asked for by this Assocl-ut the Kowloon Hospital should not side the Royal Naval Yard, in ation to be definitely set aside for be farther delayed.
Queen's Road East. Playing Grounds for the School hus now been ear-marked for this pur-
that pose. We are informed
in area comprising 1 acres has been allotted; a certain percen- tage of this acreage will be taken!
the up in grading, slopes, etc., resultant extra playing field ac. commodation will be slightly in excess of the minimum require-| ments as recommended in our sub- missions to Government.
Waiting For School! This. I think you will agree, mont satisfactory; the mere allocation of this ground however is not enough--we are still waiting: for the School! On the confirma- tion of the decision of Government to erect a Mental Hospital on the site originally prepared for the School, and on which by this time the school itself should have been well towards completion, we could
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NEW ELECTIONS
The following elections were made for the coming year
President-Mr. Leo Almada e Castro Jr.
H. Vice-President ---- Mr.
F. Bunje.
Hon. Secretary-Mr. C. M. Hall. Hon.
Treasurer-Mr. R. P. Phillips
General Committee-Messrs. F. 47. Now Fung. C, M., Manners, I Pestonji, W. Goldenberg, Li Char chí, B. Wylle, T. B. Wilson, H. F. Un. C. E. Terry, E. Kern, Lan Ming-fan, I. N. Murray, W. J Rattey, Capt. R. Henderson, Dr. R. A. Castro Barto, Rev. E, L. Allen and Lt. Col. E. D. Matthews.
Defendant had already paid $50.00 compensation to Sergeant Heins, and Mr. Hamilton decided to refer the case to the 1. G. P. for his decision with regard to the cancellation of Chan's driving licence.
LOTTERY TICKETS STRAPPED TO LEG.
Chinese Woman Fined.
heart."
TO-MORROW'S STORY
To morrow's story will be **The Man Who Knew Better," by JC. Squire...
"Your mother is such a great Something that whined fed away lady, and I, you know what, she over their heads, cutting the young "green leaves like hail. Another would call me.....poor white..." think of that. We have
"Hush, O' hush. Let us not swooped nearer, and with a more time, I must.
no little vicious keening. With a plunge hour.
return within the the horse dropped and rolled over. wife, give me added life to carry moved, crouched on hands and O, Annabelle, my love, my Through the underbrush figures
into battle."
knees. Innocent looking puffs of Reaching up he drew her down white burst here and there. Upon beside him, holding her in an terminable kiss. One arm
in-one side crept men in grey, some her waist, and the other through Thicker and faster exploded the about hundred yards distant men in blue.
the horse's bridle, they turned puffs of white, more frequent the aside from the road, and taking whining overhead.
They down a 'section of the old worn caught between two opposing] fence, they passed into the shade of forces in full battle, ! the old worn fence, they passed in- to the shade of pine and live oak.
OBITUARY.
Mrs. Yeung Laid To Rest To-day!
were
In honour bound he, should join these crouching figures in grey, but he must convey her to safety frat, then return to his man. Shel- tering her with his body, he drew her along.
"You must be brave, my dear lave," You must do what I ask of you. It is our only hope.”.
"I will be brave, as you
Charged with being in possession of 871 "po plu" lottery tickets, valued at $504.80, Au Fock, a Chin- ese woman, was fined $500, In de- fault three months' imprisonment, by Mr. S. Balfour at the Central Wanchai Road, took place this tower. I will hide you there, Cin Magistracy this morning.
The funeral of Mrs. Yeung, | brave." widow of the late Mr. Yeung, of 252
"We must reach the old shot
She bowed her head.
afternoon. The funeral procession you do this for me?” When arrested in Wyndham left the deceased's residence at 1.80 Street, defendant had the tickets p.m., and passed along Queen's Road only request that work on the pre largely due to the efforts of indivi-strapped to her leg. The tickets to the Chinese Permanent Cemetery, paration of the new site should be dual Post Masters General. Pro-Were confiscated.
West Point. expedited, in the hope that the vision has now been made for the School itself would come into being erection of a temporary Post Office within a reasonable time.
Building in place of the anachron-
cerns
needs.
Street Lighting Turning to the important subject of Street Lighting, you will have noted that two experimental
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They had reached the edge of the wood, there was a field to be crossed. On the far side rose: a) tower-like structure built of gran- ite. Picking her up, he ran with across the field. The fring
Sir Philip Sassoon On Air Estimates became constant, the rumbling
never cessed, At last he set her doned their belief in the advant down before a small iron door. The
اکیلا
So far, while the original prepariam which at present serves as our ed site stands idle and unoccupied,main Post Office; it is to be hoped, the new site is still in the throes of that the erection of this building (Continued from Page 1) "preparation". Preparation for will not unduly delay the provision Reviewing the considerations ages of general air Disarmament. hinges were rusty, the lock broken what it is difficult to tell from in- of a permanent building commen-which had guided the Government They had recently submitted to and unused. Weeds and brambler spection-work thereon is in pro-surate with Kowloon's growth and in framing the estimates, Sir Philip the principal European air Powers grew over the threshold. It took gress, but at the prosént rate of
Sassoon said, that, firstly, the press-a Disarmmament memorandum all his strength to pull the door progression I should I think be
ing need for economy still persisted, which would have the effect of open. Inside was" mouldy dusk, optimistic if I hoped that my
and that secondly, the world had stabilising the leading air forces save for a tracery of wan light al grandchildren might one day be
reached a critical point of extreme of the world on a parity basis at tering through slita of windows educated at the new Central British
deliency in the matter of Disarma- a figure which would involve sub- near the roof, Before them an "School! It must not be forgotten gaseous discharge lamps were erect- ment,
stantial reductions in all the prin- opening, in the floor, showed: s that this is not a matter that con-ed in Kowloon, one cutalde the · He added that he did not need to cipal air forces including that of stone-lined hole, damp with moss
Kowloon alone; the only Alhambra Theatre and one at the fortunes which would inevitably
enlarge upon the perils and mis- Great Britain.
and the fungi that thrives in dark- xecondary school in the Colony for intersection of Nathan and Jordan follow from uncontrolled competi
ness, The girl fooling down, British children is the Central Roads.
GOVERNMENT'S STAND
clung to him shuddering, tion development in the air. They
The Government stood by that Lifting her he lowered her into were present in the minds of every memorandum, and would use all the this pit, some fifteen feet below member, and were terrible to coarguments and, lnfluence they could the ground. Enesling, he at last template,
as the drop command to persuade other nations let go her, hands Throughout all the discussions on the subject, the British Govern-to adopt it or some scheme framed to her feet. In the darkusse har "White face shonë upward as a star ment had been foremost in ad- heterogeneous collection of wooden Shareholder &. Director vocating general Disarmament in ments of the past year, Sir Philip "I will come back for you when];
Reviewing the service develop is reflected in deep water. Causes Suspicion. the air to the lowest level on Sassoon mentioned that one.
the fighting is over.” which an international agreement dron had been operating upon petrol will wait for you were in sight of the goal for which Pleading not guilty to a charge could be secured. They had put produced from British coal by a low Softly and through great fear the we have been striving for years, of forgery, Leung Kwok-kul was re-forward definite proposals to that temperature carbonisation process, answered him, and the words lay but now appear to bemanded until March 20, on $1,000 end, and had, in fact, followed As the result had been so satisfac up his heart as he went down still far removed from the bail, when he appeared at the Cen-policy of studious moderation in tory, It had been decided to accept into battle,
British School, and in view of the. other commodious and modern schrol buildings which exist in the)
Colony, it is deplorable that the children of British residents should have to be still content with the
shacks and inadequate
balldings,
in Nathan Road.""
We had hoped last year that we
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FORGERY CASE REMANDED.
on similar Hines,***
fulfilment of our hopes, Un-tral Magistracy, before Mr, 8. Bal- sir armaments for over 15 years. com petrol as the normal supply. We children thought the world Decessary dilatoriness
Shop Lo appeared for defender and I FOREIGN POWERS ADVANCE. It was expected that surselent. Bri-members of the family regarded rooding with the provision of this for defendant, and Mr.
tish-produced fasl would be essential base for the training of F. E. Nash prosecuted,
Far from accepting these pro-able in the coming year for seven him more or less as a responal- our future citizens cannot but react Mr. Hin-shing Lo, In an outline posals,, and farther yet from fol-squadrons
billfy: rather less, for so ons topk. adversely on that end for which we of his case auld that defendant was, lowing thele example, other na
any definite charge of are all striving, that in the well up to the time of his arrest, occupy- tions had steadily Increased the CIVILAY ION PROGRESS not down in, Gloucester, he being of the Colony in general and in the position of a shareholder strength of their air arms_uatii
from one houseb Kowloon in particular.(*)
and director in the Company known they far outnumbered those
ways, kindly
Hospital Facilities, "p ns, the Domestic Engineers Ltd. Great Brit
Our Hospital Facilities continue The manager of the Company be In those circ
to give un cause for concern; pro came suspicious, and on examination
vision had been made, in the 1884 of his accounts, informed the
Estimates, for an extension the who subsequently:
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