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Certificates for First Aid and Home Nursing to:-

Hung Lai Kwan

Ngo Sui Hing

Kwok Kit Ming

Fung Miu Kwan Hui Luk Yip

A CHINESE PLAY.

In the afternoon of the Prize Distribution a Chinese play was acted by the girls. There were present His Excellency the Governor, Mr. A. E. Wood (Director of Education), Dr. R. H. Kotewall, Captain Steele (Aide-de-Camp to His Excel- lency), Lady Ho Tung, Mr. Yu and Mr. Lau (Inspectors of Vernacular Schools) and many other friends, together with the parents and relations of the girls. The play was written and produced by the girls; the scenery was hired from the Entertainment Committee of the Church of Christ in China. Before the play Wong Yin Heung performed a Flower Dance, and between the scenes Yu Kwan Hau played the flute. The play itself was thoroughly enjoyed even by those of us who had no knowledge of Chinese. The story centred round a rich and a poor family, and showed the efforts of the rich lady's son to marry the poor countryman's daughter. The scene between the rich lady's servants, and that showing the visit of the uneducated countryman and his son to the house of the rich lady were amusing and most realistic. The dis- comfiture of the rich lady's son at the hands of his creditors and the betrothal of the countryman's daughter to a rich man whom she had befriended as a starving student, were entirely satisfactory.

The caste of the play was as follows:-

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Ho Tse Si, mother, played by Líu Oi Chok.

Tse Chau Chan, her niece, played by Tse Tong Tai.

Ho Chi Wah, son, played by Ho Siu Hing.

Cheung Fuk Yau, son's friend, played by Cheung Yuk

Chan.

Fuk and Luk, servants, played by Hui Wai Han and

Fung Miu Tsing.

Wong Yin, countryman's son, played by Kwok Kit Ming. Wong Ying, countryman's daughter, played by Kwok Siu

Ying.

Li Sheung Yi, young man, played by Li Sau Fong. Wong Chung, countryman, played by Wong Lai Wan. Sung Tak, creditor, played by Sung Ngan Liu.

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The Cirl Cuides.

Within the last nine months there has come into existence the third Hongkong Company of Girl Guides, and anyone who comes across a number of girls dressed in the summer uniform of white with three bands of orange trimming the coat may know the wearers for girls of B.P.S. and the members of that Company.

The first step towards its formation was taken in October of last year, when Mrs. Southorn, the Commissioner for the Guides in Hongkong, came to speak to the Senior girls on the aims and ideals of the Guide movement. Her words were invigorating and could not fail to stir enthusiasm amongst the girls, all the more so as the Guide movement was well fitted to promote peace among all nations and to offer to the individual members themselves greater opportunities for development, exercise, and recreation they hitherto lacked, together with a widening of interests. Mrs. Southorn followed up her address by inviting the staff to tea at her house in November to meet the other Guide Company leaders of Hongkong and welcome to the Colony Miss Trotter and Miss Wanklyn, who had come from England to assist the Girl Guide movement in Hongkong.

From that time events moved with great rapidity. Those of the staff who wished to become officers attended the regular classes held at Government House on Mondays, while Miss Wanklyn came every week to the School to demonstrate the ideals and methods of the Guides in their work and play. Then on January 31st three members of the Staff, Miss Lopes, Miss Tso and Miss Wei, were enrolled at Government House by Mrs. Southorn. On February 24th two former pupils, Fok Kum Ho, and Ng Heang Yau, and ten present pupils were enrolled at the School, also by Mrs. Southorn. There were present on that occasion, besides Mrs. Southorn, Miss Trotter, Miss Wanklyn and a member of the Norwegian Girl Guides, The Belilios Guides wore their winter uniform, navy blue Chinese dress with the three narrow bands of orange, the School colour, on the coat.

Two days after the enrolment came the Guide Rally at Headquarter House. The Belilios Guides marched past with the other Hongkong Companies, and took part in the display of cards showing the growth of the Girl Guide movement. As they were still newly enrolled the demonstration of camp- making, first aid and dancing was made by the more experi- enced companies, but we hope that in the next Rally the third Hongkong Company will take its full share in the Guide