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quickly and profitably; and the civil Gov-1 A ladies Interport tennis match (Yoko-

ernment finds its duties much less onerous now that the military invasion of the Islands has been superseded by the educational. The whole system of education in the Philippines is based on the principle that the children should receive training that will prepare them directly for the life they are to live. The boys receive manual train ing from the very beginning. In the lowest grades they make articles that they can use

and sell, both in their own localities and elsewhere. The most important industry taught the boys is hat-weaving. It is, to use the American expression, a prescribed "exercise" in the primary schools. The BRAND Bureau of Education at Manila considers it one of its legitimate functions to give such training in the making of good hats as will afford a large number of children a perman ent means of earning à livelihood," wrote Mr. FRANK R. Wurre, Director off Philippine Education, and the development STOUT of the work, we are told, has more than

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justified his claim. The schocle do not attempt to replace hand machinery with modern apparatus, for it is recognized that there is a real demand for the products of careful handworkmanship. Besides the prescribed courses in the primary schools, there are regular trade schools, where the boys spend the greater part of the school day in actual manual labour in the shops. A suite of dining-room furniture in red Darra, made at the Philippine School of. Arts and Trades in Manila, sold for 8200 at last year's carnival. In the girls' schools plain sewing and housekeeping have gen- LIGHT ALE rally formed the prescribed courses, but [recently les-making and embroidery have been introduced, because they arearts which, besides possessing educational value, furnish the girls with a remunerative occupation. The first thing a Filipino girl does in the Bowing class in school is to make for herself a complete outfit of clothing. This work slie. usually begins in the second grade, but sometimes in the first or third. Armed with au embroidery frame

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and other apparatus (in most cases tande by the boys in the same school), she advances in proficiency through the various grades: hemming and embroidering cotton squares fine linen handkerchiefs, waists, and so on, The more expert girls, the official statement says, turi out masterpieces-in-French uet and embroidery. Fu lace they make all varieties of "pillow lace," including ** torchon" (Spanish

lace), Maltese. Ceylon or Indian, Irish crochet, erc. Battenburg is also made for local use, but it is not encouraged for export, because the Japanese can make it more cheaply. It will thus be seen that the educational work which is being done by the Americans in the Philip pine Islands is a work of ineziculable value. It is interesting to learn on official authority that it is in the field of industrial training and useful arts that the Filipinos, under American teachers, are making the most

hamar. Koba) has been arranged to take place at Kobe.

Canton has now a factory for the making of straw hats. A Japanese is being employed to direct the factory.

The only case of communicable disease

reported in the Colony last week were two of enteric fever-one Chinese and one Indian.

Irving found a Chinese woman guilty At the Magistraey Fraterday Mr. of cruelty to her two children, and ordered her to pay a fine of $30.

the International Bank in Hongkong,

Mr. C. R. Scott, formerly manager of TELEGRAMS. was married on the 9th ult, et Maine, US.A.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENDY, THE BALKAN WAR.

Squeeze" was alleged as the motivo.. for an assault committed at Yaumati on Saturday. A man who had been dis charged from a certain factory returned the following day and assaulted the fore- man, whom he accused of having dismiss-graphs that dispatches from the Servian

SERVIAN SUCCESSES. Reuter's Belgrade correspondent. tele

THE NAVY LEAGUE. REVITALISING THE HONGKONG BRANCH.

With the ob of revitalising the foca! branch of the evy League, a public meeting was called on the initiative of the took place at the City Hall yesterday. Hon. Mr. H. E. Pollock, K.C. The Hon. Mr. Pollock presided over a 16

The CHAIRMAN said that upon opening

ed him because he would not pay a headquarters at Nish report, that all the meagre attendance.

at

worked by a fortune-teller on Saturday, complainant denied that he or any other around Venanya are in Serviau hands, journal of the League, he was much im The confidence trick was successfully squeeze" of forty cents per week. The Turkish tranches in Turkish territory the September issue of The Navy, tho his dupe being a woman whom he induced foreman took "squeeze, and his Worship the Turks having been driven across the pressed by the following words, written to part with over $300.

(Mr. Melbourne) ordered the defendant; to keep the pence for three months. to pay a fine of $5 and to be bound over

Morava Valloy.

The Servians are also, captured the sea as you value your national life, by an Admiral-"Keep command of the heights of Bujanovat, south-west of With it you can do everything; without it you will be speedily blotted out of the list of the nations." He thought that those words must appeal to all of them, especially on that day, the anniversary of the great Battle of Trafalgar. When they realised what the results of that battle were, he thought they must all ́ feel

individually were concerned, to enrleav that they had a very high tradition to live up to, and they ought, so far as they

reason that it occurred to him that that our, as citizens of the British Empire, to maintain that tradition. It was for that

cal branch of the Navy League. It day would be an appropriate one to res vive the energies and activities of the

years since they last held. their annual was, he thought, somewhere about five general meeting. They might have been more energetic during that period than they had been, and he hoped that the is very strong Committes, whose appoint-

The Chamberlain Shilling Fund Shanghai was supported by lol sob. Vranja.. Captain Brinkley, the well known scribers, and the sum of £7 11s. Od. has Editor of the Japan Mail, and for been remitted to the London Committee. of The Times, is telegraphically reported draft wrote:--"It is indeed very gratify- many years the correspondent in Tokyo The Secretary in acknowledging the to be seriously ill.

at

Convicted of ringing the changes Wanchai a Chinese was at the Magistracy yesterday sentenced by Mr. Melbourne to

used in the stocks for four hours, three weeks' imprisonment and to be ex-

The bodies of two children were picked up in the harbour on Sunday. One, a child of ten months, was found on the Freakwater at Causeway Bay, and the other was found ora the foreshore at Stonecutters.

police on Saturday. The body of a boy A peculiar matter was reported to the about cleven years of age, was found lying in Queen's Road East with his throat cut. A man has been arrested in connec tion with the affair.

that while on the Taipe Road near A cattle dealer bas informed the police Kowloon-tong on Saturday he was con- fronted by four men, who seized him, threw pepper in his face, and stole his purse containing 847,

Bureau of Health in the Philippines, Dr. Victor Heiser, Director of the

tions the quarantine against Hongkong stated last week that from present indica- for infectious diseases would probably be raised on November ist.

A marriage has been arranged to take place-pietly at Harrow in December second daughter of Mr. William Hatton between Marcon (Gaelic) Hutton Potts, Potts, of Hongkong, William Hilton Wright, eldest son of Mr. William Wrights of Clifton, Bristol, and Assistant Master College, Berks,

at Wellington

arid

the Rev.

export of razors from Solingen to China The-Külnische Zeitung learns that the has decreased enormously, though this loss in trade is compensated by a eor. responding increase in the number of pairs of scissors exported to the Far Bast. The reason is the Revolution, the disappearance of the queue, and the dis-

FURTHER MONTENEGRIN SUCCESSES. · Telegrams from Podgoritza state that ing to the committee to know that you the Montenegrins have and your friends appreciate the veteran Guisinje,

captured have for all time the knowledge that up a force of 2,000 Albanians under the statesman and his policy, and you will! Montenegrins also ambushed and cut you have contributed to the final adop- tion of the policy he so strenuously command of Hassim Bay as they were advocated." What has happened to the trying to recapture Berana. Hassin Bay Hongkong lund?

and 280 men were taken prisoner.

Strand West, write to explain that the announcement they have been advertising

The Yuen Fat Hong, of 10 Bunham

wires that it is officially reported that Reuter's correspondent at Cettinje

VARNA BOMBARDED.

in another column was inserted because the Montenegrins captured Plava after of a letter received by them purporting two days' fighting.

of the arm. The notice inserted merely Guild regarding the position of manager to have been sent by the Chinese Bankers'

gives publicity to the manager of the Ynen Fat Hong is Mr.

The bombardment.

of Varna fact that the announced both from Soña and Con-ment he would move presently, would... Chan Chun Tan, and the reference to stantinople. The former declares that activity, and that they would have the carry on the work with energy and

Mr. Ng Hon Tiz was not intended as only three warships fired ineffectively branch revived as a result of their la Ng Hon Ts has been in the firm's service any reflection on that gentleman. Mr. for the past 17 years and has always per-off,

at a range of three miles and then drew bours. With regard to some remarks he formed his duties to their entire satis-

(the speaker) made in a letter to the facation.

Router's correspondent at Sofia teletary heing required, ho desired especially Press, as to an enthusiastic Hon. Secre graphs that the Turkish squadron at to say that he intended no reflection on Varna is cruising in the offing, but the kept the flag flying in the Colony all the Mr. A. R. Lowe, who had, so to speak, bombardment has not been renewed,

ing regularly the journal of the Longnes time and as Secretary had been distribut

A SMART CAPTURE.

Hyndmann in Salisbury Avenue, Kow- covered on the premises occupied by Mr. On Saturday afterngou a thief was dis-

loon, and he at once ran off. However,

the alarm was raised, and Mr. J. H. Kemp, the Crown Solicitor, who was in the vicinity, gave chase and succeeded in caught attempted to gain his release by capturing the thief. The latter when,

Komp held on to his man and handed him biting Mr. Kemp on the wrist, but Mr.

before Mr. Melbourne at the Magistracy over to the police. The man was brought

Turkey has notified the Powers of the blockade of Varna and Burghas.

BULGARIAN 'SUCCESS.

Philippolis reports that the Mesta column The Daily Telegraph_correspondent at captured Nevrokop.

THE GREEK VICTORY,

Mr. Lowe told him that there were so many calls upon his time that he could not undertake the work and correspond- Navy League journal. ence in addition to the sending out of the Mr. Lowe bad done to the full all that he had wider taken, and their best thanks were due to him.

capture of Elasson was preceded by the

(Applause.) A message frum. Athens states that the last five years was a little over 83.000;" Approximately, the amount they had collected during the four hours' fighting. The Crown Prince office in London £249; working ex- amount remitted 10 the head commanded the troops and received his whilst they were still financially in

penses, 8660; cast in hand $350. baptism of fire.

The Greek losses were sound position, he thought they would slight

TURKISH LOSSES.

agree with him that it would be only Seven guns were captured at Elassona, shipping was the very life blood, that they reasonabin to expect in this Colony, where Philharmonic Society was held at the

The annual meeting of the Hongkong (and five at Mustapha Pasha. City Hall yesterday, H.E. the Governor

should have mure members of this locat (Sir Henry May), supported by Mesars.

branch. They had herein Hongkong some- thing under 150 members, which they would readily realise was not a satisfactory (Hon. Secretary), F. C.

yesterday, and remanded until Friday.

ENCOURAGING SPEECH BY S.E. THE GOVERNOR.

THE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.

ITALY IN TRIPOLI,

a

notable progress. There is no corresponding / continuance of shaving the head all but Denman Fuller, E. E. Marshall Wood BRITAIN RECOGNISES ITALY'S SOVEREIGNTY. proportion when the male subjects of the

the crown,

Macdonald

educational work of this kind being carried on any here in Asia, we believe, though in It is stated semi-officially that the (Hon. Treasurer), etc., presiding over à Kores the Japanese Government are now Canton loan of five million gold dollars good attendance. setting up a number of industrial schools. was negotiated by " a Chinese-named adoption of the accounts, which showed a According to the latest statistics available Johnson," who was formerly connected balance in hand of $317.22, said the credit H. E. THE GOVERNOR, proposing the there are at present only about a thousand with the Canton-Hankow Railway, Los balance was not a very heavy one, but

the funds on the bare guarantee of John son, who was educated at Los Angeles. Mr. Johnson is superintendent of public works in Canton.

Angeles fuanciers have agreed to provide

LONDON, October 21st. Great Britain has recognised - Italy's sovereignty in Tripolitana.

SUFFRAGETTE PUNISHED.

LONDON, October 21st. At Oxford Miss Helen Craggs, 23 years

British race in this Colony at the presnź time nunount to 1,000. The Navy Leaguo was a strictly non-partisan organisation, and it existed for the purpose of impress- ∙ing upon the authorities at Hony the immense importance of the. Navy to s He thought that, without being an alarmist, they must feel that the naval situation was not altogether satisfactory.

pupils.. In Hongkong there are sixty-ove

still it was on the right side. One of the Government and Grant schools, but indns-

things that had given him greater plea trial training or instruction in useful arts is

sure than other considerations in return of age, daughter of Sir John Craggs, has Some few years ago everybody was work- not, we believe, a feature in the curriculum of any one of thom. Some allusion was made

ing to Hongkong was the opportunity of to this subject in one of the letters on

Mr. F. D. Cheshire, who for some good music. He did not wish to say that labour for attempting to break into and to be reduced to a one-Power standard taking part in and hearing some really been sentenced to nine months' harding up what was called the two Power Hongkong Children, which Mr. F. B. L. past has been US Consul General they did not have good music in the-Fijis set fire to Mr. L. Harcourt's mansion at with a more or less uncertain margin standard. Just now that standard seemed at large, his work consisting of tours of but the opportunities of hearing it were Naneham in July last. the Far East and Australia, has resigned was there he had the pleasure of in- inspection of all American Consulates in not so great as at Hongkong. When he

Bowzer contributed

to our columns

HONGKONG, OCTOBER 228, 1912.

Few people outside the Philippine Islands have any adequate conception of the great educational work which the American Gay. the three R's," Mr. BowLEY wrote, "can be his appointment, and at his own request augurating a small Choral Society. Hel ernment has been carrying on in the Islands for some years past. One of the first acts aimed at: that is, the development and

a year ago. The worship of the fetish of avoided, and the true goal of all Education

was influenced thereto not only by a love of

work that the Hongkong Philharmonie

RAYMOND TEAL COMPANY.

At the Theatre Royal last night

over that amount, instead of the two- Power standard. Another point which must affect us ont here was the present position in the Mediterranean. Instead the in the Mediterranean they were now, of Great Britain being firmly established

of the Civil Commission after it was training of all the faculties of the human in his young days. He came down from music but by the recollection of the good Raymond Teal Musical Comedy Company it appeared, half out and half in

of instruation.

classes and

A compulsory school

providing school buildings, and American

He did not know.

to lay before the Home

been appointed Consul-General at Can- ton, at which port he spent many years appointed in 1900 was to draft a compre-unit, physical, mental and moral, with a Shanghai on the CN. steamer Chinhun. making the Buglish language the medium clerks, but a body of efficient citizens of all before Mr. Melbourne at the Magistracy good season's work heusive scheme for educating the people, view to producing, not an army of inefficient

An interesting prosecution was heard | Colony. He looked forward to a really duction, being a musical farce entitled.tured to hope that the British subjects).

Society had done while he was in the save their opening performance; the pro- that important sea. trades the best farmers yesterday, when an Indian was charged whether the members realised the amount of amusing situations and aroused but Chinese and Indian subjects also. However, he ver Tom and Jerry," which proved to be in the Colony-and not only British bora attendance clause was introduced into the and the best artisans, the best mothers with behaving in a disorderly manner of pleasure they gave and the amount of "oare, of laughter. The farce was. inter- would support the branch of the League bill, and money has been lavishly spent in

and the best teachers, as well as the and with assaulting a lukong in the good that they did by holding the con-bisited demands for encores, which were might see fit best business and professional men." We execution of his duty. The defendantcorts. After quoting instances in his ow7). '

spersed by musical numbers, and these in such representations as the Committee teachers to impart the instruction, while

do not know whether the valuable sugges affirmed that he was returning from a experience, His Excellency said that these composed of artistes possessing consider authorities of the position of affairs out tions presonted in the series of letters dinner party in the early hours of Sun-instances showed that in other Colonies able talent, and pach contributed towards here and the comparative strengths of

freely responded to The Company is for the training of native teachers. Educa have received that attention at the handswood Road. He found a hawker blocking real part of the education, and he hoped Lillis Sutherland are the stars, and Powers. (Applause.) He proposed that

contributed to our columns by Mr, BOWLEY day morning to his residence in Holly the value of music was recognised as alicense. tion in the Philippines is not confined to of the Government they certainly deserve at the same time making a charge to the would stimulate them in their efforts dur- the three Be," and it will probably be a if not, perhaps the success which is being akong regarding the hawker. The akong

the doorway and ordered him to get out, they would bear that in mind and that it they ract with a pleasing reception.

Mr. Raymond Teal and Miss

the naval forces of the different surprise to most of our readers to learn that nearly 400,000 school pupils are engaged in achieved by the American Government in paid no attention, and wher the deing the coming season.

the following should constitute the new some kind of industrial work. Wo learn the Philippine Islands along these new lines fondant said that he would report him, the efforts of the Society. (Applause.))

committco-President, The Hon. Mr. from a statement published by the United may serve to direct attention to this very the lukong struck him and knocked

E. A. Hewitt, CMG.; Vice-President, the Hon. Mr. C. H. Ross; hon treasurer," States Department of Public Instruction interesting subject.

Mr. E. A. M. Williams; joint hon. secretaries, Messrs. C. G. Alabaster und Hedley White; Hon. Mr. J Wo Bonnar, Mr. D. W. Craddock, Mr. T Slade, R.C. F. Hough, Mr. N. J. Stabb, Mr. M. W.

normal schools. have also been instituted

him down. Then the lukong seemed to realise that he had gone too far, so be The Admiralty have decided to sell the trample on it, blew his whistle, and throw his own helmet to the ground, Waterwitch as she lies at Tanjong Pagar.

gave the defendant in charge to the con-

To-night the Company produce" My He hoped the Friend from Australia." public would show their appreciation of

The resolution was earried.. Mr. DENMAN FULLER, referring to the piece the Society were about to produce, Merrie England" said that the Committee and himself had felt for some

THE TEN MILLIONS LOAN,

NOTIFICATION GIVEN AND REJECTED.

that for the past four years industrial] instruction has been prescribed in the primary course for both boys and girls, and the work is systematically carried on in an advanced stage in the intermediate schools. General at Shanghai, returned to hisness, who said he saw the occurrence from were to cut some new ground. Twenty-six well-equipped trade schools post by the Tenyo-maru. have been established in Manila and the

the verandah of his house, corroborated† The Committee was elected as follows: various provinces; there is a College of Chartered Bank is going to open-a and imposed a fire of 85, and discharged White, E. Ralphs, and H. F. Campbell.

the story of the defendant. His Worship Messrs: A. S. Tuxford, G. C. Archbutt, A Tientsin paper learns that the found defendant guilty on the first charge E. J. Chapman, JA, Young, G. W. Agriculture at Los Banos, and a College of branch in Peking, shortly. Engineering has been added to the Univer-

him on the second, but ordered him to sity of the Philippines. The statement Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, returned to the helmet, the Magistrate believing on the proposition of Mr. H. F. HRK Mr. N. J. Stabb, Chief Manager of the pay 60 cents compensation for the damage to Mr C. T. Beith, auditor, were given, Thanks to the outgoing Committee and adds that the Filipinos taka to the educe from Shanghai yesterday, accompanied that the helmet was damaged by the de- MAN, and H.E. the Governor was thanked tional programme, industrial and otherwise, by Mrs. Stabb.

fendant, and not by the lukong.

Dr. Wilder, the American Consul-stable who arrived. An independent wit./time that it would be a good thing if theycedure, the Waichiaopa has notified the E. Pollack, be added to the list. He also

for his attendance.

Daily News telegraphed on the 15th inst

The Peking correspondent of the V. G. In conformity with prescribed progested that the name of the Hon. Mr. P. Mr. A. G. COPPIN seconded, and sug-

Crisp loan contract: British Legation of the conclusion of the suggested that in order to create a little fused on the ground that the transaction their funds for shooting prizes for the The notification, however, has been re- local interest they should devote some of does not correspond with the declaration Volunteers and Kindred organisation

transactions have not been observed, a steam. of thy siz Ministers on July 9th, relative Money might also be devoted to pri prove loans to China. Consequently the and men would have to know how to sail to the conditions on which they will ap for yachting. They were a Navy League,

fact which may affect the question of the formalities which regularize Chinese loan a boat before they could drive one by quotation of the loan on the London of thanks to the Chairman concluded The motion was agreed to, and a rote Stock Exchange.

the proceedings..