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THE CHINA MAIL TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1937

BISHOP HALL'S RETURN Informal Tea Party By V.D.MA.

GOVERNOR ATTENDS

THE FUTURE OF ·

HAINAN

CABLE TO MAINLAND

BEING REPAIRED

Having completed inspection of a broken telegraph cable between Hoihow and Hainan Island which

An informal tea party to wel-has been out of use for the last come back the Rt. Rev. Bishop R. 17 years, Mr. Edward S. K. Chow,

of Communications 0. Hall and Mrs. Hall, who re-Minister

at cently returned from Home leave. Nanking, passed through the Co- was given at the Cathedral Halllony yesterday on yesterday by members of the Vic-Amoy.

his way to

toria Dicesan and Missionary Interviewed by the "China Association from St. John's CatheMail." Mr. Chow stated that there dral. St. Andrew's Church and is every possibility of the cable the Kowloon Toax Anglican Ibeing repaired in the near future.

Church.

(for, according to Mr. T. V. Soong,

China of the

Xa- A large gathering attended the Chairman function, including His Excel-tional Economic Commission, who leney the Governor. Sir Andrew visited the Island during Novem- Caldecots, and Lady Caldecott.ber last, plans are prepared for de- who were accompanied by Capt. veloping the Island economically, W. J. R. Cragg, A.D.C., Mrs. A. meaning that a cable to link the W. Batholomew, Lady Ho Tung.island with Canton will be very Dr. K. H. Uttley, Mr. P. S. Cassidy, important and necessary.

Mr. W. Schofield L-Col. H B. L. Mr. Chow leaves by the s.s. Seis- Dowbiggin. Rev. Lee Kau-yan tan this afternoon for Amoy, Rev. Paul T'so. Rev. C. B. where his services are required Sargent. Rev and Mrs. J. R. Higgs. for supervising the repairing of a Rev. and Mrs. A. J. Bennitt. Mr-leable connecting Amoy with the R. M. Henderson. Mrs. T. H. Kink interior.

Rev. G. K. Carpenter. Rev. H. W.

Baines, Mr. P. E. Baskett. Mr. and

Mrs. E. G. Stewart, Miss B. Pope..

Mrs. Woolley. Miss R. Mow-Fung. NO NEW CURE FOR

Mrs. F. E. E. Booker. Mr. George

She. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Thomas.

CANCER

Miss K. T. Woo, Miss N. W. Bas- combe. Miss R. Alabaster, Dr. G.

A. C. Herklots and Mr. R. Ashton- Hill

SIR BASIL MAYHEW & RECENT CLAIMS

·

In the Bellanca monoplane with which he set the New York-London record. James Mollison, famous English aviator, and Dorothy Ward, the English actress, are here shown at Croydon aerodrome. London. Mollison had named his plane the Dorothy. Shortly after this picture was taken he flew Miss Ward to s.theatrical engagement in Edinburgh.

BIG PROPERTY DEAL

SITE IN QUEEN'S ROAD CHANGES HANDS

NEW EDITION OF PRAYER BOOK

Second In A Few Months

LIBEL APPEAL

AGAINST FINDING IN

RECENT SUIT

Leave to appeal against the deci

MISS CRYAN

TO LECTURE ON LEAGUE

TO-MORROW

GOOD OLD DAYS IN CHINA SEAS

Ex-Seaman's £1,000

Bank Balance

The Hong Kong League of Na- tions Society is fortunate in hav- ing been able to arrange for a lecture by Miss Cryan, which will: be delivered in the Cathedral Hall A retired merchant seamman who at 5.50 p.m.

to-morrow, and to was found dead in the single room which all interested are cordially he occupied in a Bermondsey tene- invited- Miss Cryan's subject, ment had bank books showing "The Growth of International about £1000 to his credit. Law," is one of vital importance The man. John Patrick Day, or in these days and in one on which O'Day, aged 70, of Barnham-street Miss Cryan is well qualified te Buildings, Bermondsey. died from speak. As Assistant Commis-influenza and heart disease. sioner to the Treasury in London,] At the inquest at Deptford the she has lectured for them on na-coroner. Dr. W. H. Whitehouse, tional and international borrow-asked George Stephen Cole. the In América she has also caretaker of the tenement, if he ing lectured on international affairs knew how Day made his money.

Cole: He had been a seaman, and law. Fator she took up the post of Director of the Students and he had been living very care- International Union at Geneva.fully since he retired. She now holds the post of Pro-

No Relatives fessor of English at the Lady The Coroner: I suppose an or- Hardinge Medical College. New dinary seaman gets about £10 3 A Delhi.

·Those who have already month. Perhaps it has something had the privilege of hearing Miss to do with the good old days in Cryan speak know how well able the China seas? Yes; he had she is to make living and fascinat-travelled all over the world. ing the subject of which she has The Coroner: That accounts for chosen to lecture; and it is hoped his having two or three very fat that there will be a large turn out bank books and a lot of money. I to take advantage of this oppor-suppose? tunity

H.K. UNIVERSITY

EXAM. NEXT YEAR

Wo

tioned the purpose of the func-called "new cares" for cancer has of the building on assuming the of new postage stamps and coin- dar-

The Chief Justice. Sir. Atholl 1937, and following days, 11

Cole said Day had told him that This last relative, ati unmarried jbroker, died in Liverpool about 30

years ago.

The coroner's officer said that in

the

He recorded

Speculation is rife as to what new

¡sion of Mr. Justice J. J. Hayden. Į SEPARATE MATRICULATIO addition to the bank books about plans are proposed for No. $, Queen's Road Central, an import-j

50 in cash was found in Day's One effect of the ex-King's ab-Acting Prisne Judge, in awarding ant site in the centre of the citydication is that for the second $200 damages to Leung Kam-hoo,

The School Leaving Certificate room which has recently changed hands. time in less than a year a new edi- sports writer, in his action for!

The coroner directed that the the basis of Bishop's Address

Mr. Kenneth Chan,

Managing tion of the Prayer Book will have libel against the vernacular news-Examination.

was which admissions to the Univer-money should be handed to

Treasury solicitor. After Dr. Uttley. Hon. Secre- While great progress has been Director of Messrs. Garde. Price to be printed. Arrangements will paper, Tai Chung Yat Po,

a verdict of Death from natural will be held on Monday. June 7. causes. tary of the Association. had mes-made in research, none of the sand Co.. who came into possession also have to be made for the issue rented by the Fall Court yester-sity of Hong Kong are regulated.

tion, Bishop Hall said:

been found to be successful.

estate left by his father, the late age

MacGregor, sat with Mr. Justice | Entry forms, together with fees.! This was the substance of re-

Mr. Chan Kai-ming, yesterday con- perhaps most appropriate

Following the death of King Hayden, and Mr. Lee D'Almads, are required to be in the hands of that the meeting to weleer the marks made at the annual meetia frmed that he had disposed of the George the Prayer Book was re- Jar, instructed by Mr. G. S. Hugh the Registrar by Monday, Febru-

A motor · driver · named Chan building. He was unable to reveal vised to substitute in the prayers Jones, of Messrs. Wilkinson and

Chi-ping and another man, So Fu, the of the Imperial Cancer Research by the Fund.

the identity of the new owner, how-for the King and the Royal family Grist, appeared for the defendant, jary 1, 1937.

From 1935 onwards, the Univer-were admitted to the Goverment Diocesan and Missionary Associa- Sir Basil Mayhew, a vice-pres-ever, nor would he say what was the words: "Our Sovereign Lord appellants.

sity proposes to conduct a separ- Civil Hospital on Sunday suffer- King Edward" and "Our Gracious. The action, it will be recalled, ate Matriculation Examination of ing from injuries received when tion, for if a Diocese is not miscent of the fund. who was in the planned for the property. sionary, it will not be very long chair.

Viscount announced that

It is known that Messrs. Leigh Queen Mary. Albert. Duke of arose from the publication of the its o This examination willja taxi in which they were riding in the paper: be held in June each year. Full collided with a wall in Garden Diocese, but will become a corpse. Halifax. Lerd Privy Seal, had ac

"Notice by this paper. Leung Kam-particulars will be published as Road near Macdonnell Road. The I had occasion in England in a cepted the presidency, on the re-and Orange acted for the purcha York, the Duchess of York, and following notice

hoo, alias Siu Ngang, sport news soon as practicable.

accident occurred when Chan good many places to say thank tirement of the Duke of Bedford ser, and an initial deposit of £30, all the Royal Family."

000 has already been made. Thes

Scores of thousands of these correspondent of this paper, is

swerved the taxi in an attempt to you to the English branches of the trom that office.

new title deeds will be completed books will now be rendered obsodismissed on account of cer-son may do hereafter shall have avoid knocking down a European

lete. The text will have to be tain matter. Anything that per-nothing to do with this paper." pedestrian. At present, the building is oc-changed again; but the new word-

B

Bishop on

his return fo Diocese should be held

Association for their help. They Sir Basil said that the Duke of in February. were entirely responsible for Mr. Halward, whose service both to

Bedford had been associated with the fund since its foundation in

the Diocese and to the Colony 11902, and had made many gener-cupied by the Hong Kong Furaj-ing will not be decided until the!

With his let-ture Company on the ground floor,Archbishop ous contributions.

of Canterbury, Dr.

ter of resignation, owing to "and of the Hong Kong Property Lang, and the Privy Council have!

an-Owners. Association on the second consulted together.

floor.

The name of Sir John Simon, as Home Secretary, will -appear again, revoking the existing Royal

Meanwhile the demand for Pray-

Warrant.

have been quite unique. They also share with you the respon sibility for Mr. Baker, who is avancing years," he had seat ready proving his value in Canton other munificent donation

+ both in the University and in the

£1,000,

The premises are valued at $37 Church. The Association also i makes possible the running of an D. WE Gye, director of re-a square foot and the total area office at the Bishop's House, for search for the fund, speaking on is approximately 8,000 square feet. which there is no other provision the future lines of development, It is very old property, and as the You here in Hong Kong have a said that in the past 15 years can-site alongside was recently builter Books will probably be filled by share in these things. But your cer research had widened its upon, with a structure of eight supplying existing ones. own especial work is still more scope tremendously. By the ap-storeys, the belief is that similar ganisation recently purchased 25,- signficant. You give $1,000 plication of carcinogenesis sub-demolition and building will take 000 King Edward VIIL Stamps Obsolete year now for Rural Reconstruc-stances, it was now possible to de-place at a not distant date or the

and newly-acquired area. whenever tion work in the Diocese, perhaps Yelop the most signficant of all our wherever they liked. The work of activities for its bearing on the the chemist had completely alter- future of the Church and the com-ed the situation.

a

tumours

Books.

One Gr.

Praver

Stamps bearing the portrait (of i King Edward · VILL were issued only on Sept. 1 last. The popular- ity of the new design was so great would require that 180,000,000 were sold in five

days.

To-

ment. For the proposed new mon life of men in South China. He went on to say that the Me-buildings they You also contribute at presentdical Research Council was to £20.000. including the cost of $750 a year for the.Endowment build a new chemotherapy depart-equipment and apparatus

Normally 20,000,000 stamps are Fund of the Chinese Church. But ment adjacent to the laboratories wards this they had £11,000. He here in this city you do much to be erected by the fund at Mill appealed with confidence for help sold in the British Isles every day. The design was originally is- more by your interest in the Hill, Chemotherapy was more to raise the remaining £19,000. -

sued to test the public taste, and, Chinese Churches, your co-opera-likely to provide a cure for eancër

Referring to the testing of 50-in view of the widespread approv- tion with them in their annual than any other method they could called "cures," Sir Basil stated: al, it was expected that it would bazaar, in their worship, in work use at present, and they hoped to "From time to time we read that be retained. for children, for lepers for the work in close collaboration with a 'cure' has been discovered, and deaf, and for the old people in the the Medical Research Council in our hopes rise. Immediately me Almshouses in Kowloon.

the direction.

The first thing, then, I warld |

Fands Needed

say to you is a very big thank you

Now an entirely new design portrait of the new of these discoveries' is reported bearing the our scientists proceeds to test the King will have to be prepared.

The manufacture of new pillar cizim .. and of the many reput boxes bearing the letters "E. R." for all that your work and prayer} Sir Basil Mayhew said no one ed discoveries, there is not one and a new monogram had already mean for the development of the visiting the present laboratories apart from surgery and radium work of God in this Diocese. But could fail to realise the need for therapy, that can yet claim to be begun, but only in small quanti- ties. This work of course, will I would say more. No Christian more sp:ce and modern equip-la cure for cancer."

also be suspended

can live in South China without

being either a missionary or an enemy of Christ, for it is by his life the religion of Christ will be judged. There are many Chinese Christians to-day who are Chris- tians because of the admiration they have had for Caristian men whom they have met in business,

KWANGSI SIX-YEAR PLAN FOR

PROMOTION OF MASS EDUCATION

ap-

With regard to new · coinage. King Edward VIIL recently proved of two designs, one with the efgy mcrowned and the other

Assuming that precedent was followed, the ubcrowned

effigy home

Kweilin: For the popularisa-which the people's fundamental would have been used for tion of eduation among people of education" movement is launched coinage and the crowned effigy for who would never dream of calling all walks of life in the province. In each district, A supervisory the coinages of India and the Do- themselves missionaries.

the Kwangsi provincial government committee has been formed to over-minions.

£600 CHEQUE UNCASHED

Victoria-road, Dundee.

has mapped out a mi-year educa-see and to guide the new educa- It had been decided not to issue tional plan

the King Edward VIII coins un-

tional programme.

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In accordance with the Dew The six-year educational plan so til late this year, but work on educational programme, all prim-far has achieved commendable re- them was well advanced.

to

THREE GENERATIONS OF CHRISTENINGS

A 57-year-old uncashed chequeary schools in the province havesults. It is estimated that up to for £600 has been found by Mr. been converted into institutions of July. 1936 more than 18,000 peo- Robert Thomson, shoe-repairer, of people's fundamental education." ple's fundamental education" These institutions are entrusted schools have been established in He found it among old docu-]with two important missions, 25,000 villages and towns in ments left by his father.

namely, to reform education itself Kwangri. It is in the name of the Oriental so as to make it the means

Expenditures for the new educa- "St. John's Review" referring Bank Corporation and authorises reach the goal of national re- payment to the order of Mr. Wil-covery, and to reform the present tional programme since its en-to the christening recently of liam Thomson, Mr. Robert Thom-social order. through education-forcement have been increased Michael Patrick Alexander Lam- son's grandfather, who was a to attain a now era in the politics, tremendously during the past five mert, mentions that the child's sailor, of £600 received in the Far economics, culture and society of years. In 1981, the total educa father and grandfather were both tional expenditures for the pro-christened in St. John's Cathedral. East on June 27, 1879.

Kwangsi by means of education.

Since January 1, 1936, compul- vince and different hafens amount I do not know," writes the con- Bory education has been enforced ed to $1.292.666. In 1986, they tributor, "if there are any similar

Banking agents whom Mr. Thomson has consulted say there

is a possibility that the cheque "will still be valid.

in the province. Kwangsi has been were increased to $4,013,430. divided lato eight districts in Central News Agency.

cases of three generations in our ichuria

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