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COMPANY REPORT.

CHINA MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE

CO., LTD.

WEIHAIWEI SCHOOL.

PRIZE DISTRIBITION.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 14rm, 1914.

The annual Prize Distribution at this The Directors report in respect of the school took place on 25th July, and was financial year ending 31st March, 1914, attended by a number of friends and Rev. presented at the sixteenth annual meeting relatives of pupils in the school. held at the head office of the Company C. I, Barnett, M. A., took the chair and distributed the prizes, and the Head at Shanghai, on 20th July, was

master, Mr. H. L. Beer, I.C.P., read the follows:

following report

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The Directors have picasare in present ing their report for the year ending 31st March, 1914,

New Business New applications received during the year amounted to $10,975,931.50.

I take this opportunity of thanking Dr. Maat, our medical attendant, for his kind and considerate professional ser- vices. (Cheers.)

EXAMINATION RESULTS.

DEPRESSION IN JAPANESE SHIPPING

ounces

only so can education be really successful. And surely the day cannot be far distant when the educator can with truth say to his pupil, never mind whether you. The Hochi publishes an articlo entitled happen to be of a poor or of a wealthy ***Pessimistic condition of the marine family, nevor mind whether you can trace transportation, business," which res Since last prize day we have learned the your ancestry back to a Saxon pirate. | presents the three leading shipping com rosulfe of the public examination of that or to the Norman robber baron who panies at a very low ebb, especially the year, and they are highly satisfactory succeeded him. It is in some ways bester Toyo Kisen Kaisha. In connection with The College of Preceptors is the oldest of as a speaker at a onference on the last-Damed the Hachi biso nnnounces tions, and insists on candidates passing burglar rather than

pitore immediate ancestor. 4 the recognised school examining corpora eugenics put it that you have as your that the president, Mr. S. Also

robust to resign his position on the directorato in English. We had one failure over this | bur

a consumptive of about ten companies in Tokyo (inclu}- compulsory subject, a candidate who bonoven good intellect, a sound as the Tokyo Gas) and devote himsel! howover, obtained 160 marks more than constitution and, above all, a strong entirely to the work of the T.K.K. the required total to pass in honours" character, there is no position to which, Following is a translation of the Hecht's Nine boys passed the "Lower Forms"

with the aid of education, you may not article aspire. Therefore, with all your getting, get character. List to the advice of him who first preached Christianity in Europe Thou, therefore, my son, be strong (Cheers.)

and

wero "honours" **distinctions ** are not awarded. Of the remaining eight successful candidates six passed in * honours” and obtained between them thirteen distinctions of which ten were in the mathematical Papers

* Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, this is the second occasion on which Mr.examination Burnett has presided at a Prize Distri- bution here, and I should like to begin by Policies were issued for $9,462,305.60 thanking him and Mrs. Burnett for the and applications for 81,513,835.62 were kind interest they have always taken in postponed or declined.

The total insurance in force an 31sts and in our doings as a school. March, 114, amounted to $16,227,070.60 (Cheers.) I have pleasure, too, in wel of which policies to the amount of coming here to day Mr. Graham Barrow, $338.486.30 were re-insured.

The income for the year Headmaster of the Cathedral School, Shanghai-a fellow-labourer in the amounted to 23,766,212.02.

field of education, (Cheers.)

-The total assets now ammunt to *159,740.38, an increase during the year of $451,309,12.

Payments ON Policies--The total amount paid to policy-holders and bene- ficiaries during the year amounted to 82.471,537.47,

total making a

of

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endure hardness.

CHAIRMAN'S REMARKO, After presenting prizes the Chairman made a brief speech in which he pointed out that, though in some schools athletics were overdone, yet the real value of school games lay in developing character

Cricket teaches us to play straight and never to give in in football we play for our team and not for self." All games should teach one how to play a losing game without losing one's temper...

He boned that boys before him would eventually find their way to schools at Home to finish their education, but they should not forget their old school, nor

$11,770,428.12 paid since the Company's that is, that we are now reduced to the who can afford it, send their sons to the lessons leartied there,

inception.

The accounts have been audited by your auditors, Messrs, G. H. and N. Thomson, who have given their certificate. They retire, but are eligible for re-election.

ÓWE

our

You will, I think, agree with me that these results are good results which, we may fairly claim, go to prove that the English boarding-school system, where the whole life and time of a pupil, term by term, are at the disposal of the teacher, is, speaking generally, superior to other This school was established rather more systeras. But it is in character-building than thirteen years ago, and to-day we that education on hoarding school lines hold our twelfth Prize Distribution should excel, and it is, in the opinion of There is one gradual change in the chang- many, due to our system of education ing years, which is worthy of notice and since the majority of parents in England, status, practically, of a preparatory boarding schools-that We school. The proportion of Seniors" has present position in the family of nations. diminished and the majority of ourThe young barbarian" often leaves such pupils are now small boys Further, it schools with a defective education as should be clearly understood that boys regards book knowledge a serious defcet, be remedied till secondary education and the teaching profession are thoroughly Form 111. organised but he has learned to stand on his own feet to fight his own battles, Form it. and is better prepared, if necessary, to turn his back on the fierce competition Form 1. of the over-browded old country," to go abroard to seek his fortune, and to help build up, it may be, those self- governing young nations and colonies that are so important a factor in England'a greatness.

In accordance with the Deed of Set:ls over the preparatory school age are we all admit, and one that cannot Farm IV: Dux Prize

retained only on condition that their general influence and example are not prejudicial on their younger comrades. From the sports point of view this is unfortunate, since it is now impossible for us to organize the cricket and foot ball matches, which we could at one time undertake, but in the best interests of the pupils themselves the change is to be welcomed.

, Mr. C. Stepharius retires, but being eligible, offers himself for re-election.

Mr. A. M. Marshall resigns his sent on the Board on leaving Shanghai

"Mr. i. P. Wadman and Mr. G. M. Wheelock have been invited to join the Horn and their election requires your confirmation.

C. R. BURKILL, Chairman. C. STEPHARIUS, Director.

A. M. MARSHALI, Director:

S. B. NEILL,

Manager and Actuary.

J. K. TWEED,

Manager and Secretary,

TYPHOON WARNING...

Want of competition in games with other schools is, of course, a drawback, and 1 must confess to some sympathy with a parent who complained some time ago that a boy here did not know the proper name for a particular position on the cricket field, though of course, the boy had often played the game.

STAFF.

Last April, Mr. Steptor, who had been a master here for the greater part of two years, left us to join the Editorial staff of the Peking and Teatein Times. As wo * have thus been short-handed, I have been glad of the help Mrs. Beer has given in teaching in addition to her duties as housekeeper of a large establishment, We expect a new master to take Mr. Steptor's place in September. bim and the other menders of our staff

It is a consolation to think that the boy in question would when he reached The telegram quoted below was received England have ample opportunities of by the American Consulate General, improving his knowledge of cricketing Hongkong, from the Manils Observatory terms: that, however, backward he may be in our national game, he, with the at 12:40 p.m. yesterday:-

excellent facilities we possess at Weihai- Cyclone or Typhoon near or over Bashi wel, is almost certain to be a good Channel, moving W.N.W."

swimmer, and that whatever temporary deficiencies there may be in his sporting education, he certainly knows how to solve an ordinary quadratic equation, and long ago turned his back on the pons #asinorum of geometry. It may oven be permissible to suggest that many serious minded people are given to think over the extrems to which the worship of athletics is carried in any schools at the expense of sound education in other directions. "

THE GERMAN MILLIARD WAR.

of

LEVY.

the

SPORTS, ETC.

I wish to thank.

Mrs. Hamblin, Miss Whitewright and. Mr. Frances-for their help in the hard, and at times thankless, task of keeping school. (Cheers.)

the

The staff it will be recognized is quite

SECONDARY EDUCATION,

educational

„E. Judah,"

Midford Beer. J. Clark.

TShastin.

D Judah.. F. Lammert. F. Carneiro. G. Grayrigge H. Orrell

·W H. Hovor,

But wherever each of them went, ho hoped he would always be spokon of as

on who plays the game.

(Cheers.) PRICK LIST. Senior Prize Improvement Prize Dux Prize Improvement Prize Dux Prize Improvement Prize Dux Prize Improvement Prize Conchics Medal

AQUATIC SPORTS.

1st Prize 2nd Prize Diving Swimming,

1001st Prize. yards, Seniors, 2nd Prizo Swimming, 50 1st Prize

yards, Juniors. 2nd Prize

Race, flat. Prize Punt

2nd Prize Race, lat Prize

2nd Prize C. Large. (1st Prize L. Bertes 12nd Prize E. Junch.

Séniors

Juniors

Punt Obstacle Race

T. Lee. L. Bortès. 1. Dertès. E. Judah. C. KNIT. N. Tnch.

F. Judah.. L. Bertès,

Midford Beer

HAREM FUGITIVE,

A now record of prosperity was made during last year for shipping in Japan, but since the spring there has been a serious sethact, the situation has gone from bad to worse until at, present the three lending companies show a very bad record: The T.K.K. is the worst sufferer, having incurred loss of

Home Yen 600,000 as a result of the working of the first half of the present year. It is said that the company will introduce great changes in the management before long. But this great deficit could not be made good by mere curtailmont of ex- penses, which do not amount to more than three hundred thousand yon. The com pany of course will not be in a position to declare any dividend and will have a less to carry forward. (Elsewhere the Hochi states that the longkong Mari will be sold to cover the half-year's deficit)

INTIMATIONS

Odol

The World's Dentifrice

Ordinary Dentifrices, It cannot be ascertained how long the presant depressing condition will last,

and particularly powders Moreover, the Government subsidy to the

and pastes, make no T.K.K. has to be decreased to a certain lasting impression on the teeth or mouth. extent. The company stands in a pre- When the brushing is over the effect is at carious condition. President. Asano and

au end. But Odol, being liquid, can his directors knew what fate would over penetrate the minutest crevices, and, as come them sooner or later. Some time,

ago they tried to save the situation by it has a real antiseptic effect, lasting for endeavouring to secure the Government hours, arrests all bacterial and fermenta concession to run the Panama Canal line,fion processes which destroy the teeth. But their efforts in this direction failed, | W the Nippon Yusen Kaisha being the favoured company, The T.K.K. tried to obstruct the passage of the Ship Subsidy bill, and was successful in securing year's postponement. It is now rumour ed that the company will make evory effort to bring about the amalgamation of the three large companies, their object being union with the N.Y.K. in par- ticular Certain authorities are inclined to favour a move in this direction, at the

CHS.

J. GAUPP

& CO.,

same time introducing some radical WATCHMAKERS

changes in the shipping policy of Japan. But the N.Y.K. has turned a deaf ear to the overtures so far made, and the ex- posure of the T.K.K.'s precarious condi tion will create consternation among those intercated.

The profits of the T.K.K. for the second half of last year amounted to Yen 360,000, while the profits for the half-year pre- The accounts ceding were Yen 400,000.

AND

JEWELLERS.

for the first half of this year show a heavy SURVEYING AND NAUTICAL loss, there being a falling-off in receipts

FO

it

INSTRUMENTS.

Representatives

An extremely interesting and romantic case is at present before the Vienna courts. adequate for the needs of a school of this A few weeks ago there arrived a charm of no less than ten 590,000. It is copept size. We built these premises to accoming young Turkish lady, Mme. Lemma ed the directors will avoid all attempts modate 40 boarders; and, it wo include Abed, who engaged an apartment at one at patchworking the accounts (such as for England, our numbers this time are her husband's harem in Constantinople. make a simple statement, relying upon ZEISS PRISM BINOCULARS. A message from Berlin dated July 10th,

the thres boys who have recently left us of the principal hotels, a fugitive from they have been addicted this 50 boarders and four day scholars, a Mme. Abed, who is only seventeen years the public sympathy,

But these pessimistic conditions are not published in London papers, stated

rather higher total than the average of old, has had a European education, and confined to the T.K.K. alone; they extend According to a statement emanating from

speaks fluently English, German, and

siso to the N.Y.K. The Cahu (European) SUN GLASSES. the Prussian Ministry of Finance, the

recent years tha

French. She is the daughter of Izzet

line of this company has done fairly yield of the milliard war levy of 1913.

American, Australian,. and far as Prussia is concerned will amount

referring at our Prize Distributions to of Abdul Hamid, whose influence ten Oriental lines have suffered heavily The

For some years I have made a point of Pasha, the one-time all-powerful secretary but the tự 608,000,000 marks. Taking as the basis

We play football regularly in the winter, questions that have long been agitating years ago was so great that he was known company, howover. has reserves of SILVER AND PRINCE'S PLATE. of calculation the usual estimate that the

Izzet Pasha, who

capital of world

Home, as the vice-Sultan. at

Yen 36,000,000, against a Prussian contribution amounts to thier-cricket in the spring and autuun, but in fifths of the whole, this will give the hot weather recreations in and on the Primary, or elementary, education in amassed untold riches, now lives with his Yen 22,000,000. If they can clear a profit 1,005,000,000 marks for the whole Empire. water replace the usual school games. England is properly organized, but three favourite wives the life of a of 4 per cent. on the half-year on this capital, they are in a position to maintain This ANM, while it excoeds

the Last August there were aquatic sports at secondary education, which in France and multi-millionaire et Nice. estimate

the Imperial Tren the Island and the managing committee in Germany is organised under Govern

Mine. Abed some time ago became very the dividend of 10 per cent. In addition is considerably under The kindly arranged one event for the school, ment control and whore teachers are.

that from d sary, 1,200,000,000 marks at which any

The 1st, 2nd and 3rd prises were carried public servants with aanred incomes and dissatisfied with harem life, and collecting they have a dividend equalisation fund of oficial estimates put the yield of the of by C. de Berigny, L. Pertis, and C. peasions, is in England left almost all her valuable jewels and money she some Yon 3,400,000, tax. It is reckoned that the total yield, Kerr respectively; (Choors.) Boys from entirely, to private and semi-private escaped in romantic fashion from her dividend point of view alone there is little however, will be larger than

the whence she came to Vienna, 1.005,001,the marks given above, as, owing the school were also permitted to enter enterprise. The result is that the teach-hushand's house, and took ship to Trieste, situation is far from his company the MAPPIN & WEBB.

ITD.. for the open" 400 yards race, and, some lug, profession, the largest of

Many efforts have been made by her appears the directors are strongly in favour of an extreme conservative policy. to the nature of the tax, the share of certain Federal States, notably of the what to the surprise of the spectators, professions, is the worst paid. The wealthy Hansa cities, should be larger de Berigny came in an easy first, the 3rd majority of men who teach are not relatives in the meantime to induce her Next to the T.K.K. public interest is (Cheers.) toschors, and regard their calling merely to return to her husband, but without centred in the Osaka Shosen Kaisha. The

LONDON. than usual The reasons assigned for prize going to W. H. Bower. the failure of the fax to come up to This afternoon we propose holding the as a convenient stop gap, for they intend avail. A few days ago her husband himself policy of this company is the embodiment to drop it at the first opportunity. The arrived here accompanied by her father, of the personality of its president, Mr. Once a year we unofficial, expectations are: First, that usual aquatic sports.

proposed to double the present capital of December 31st, the day on which the valt have target practice at the Government history of this school is the history of Izzet Fasha. Again their joint persua Nakahashi. Some time ago Mr. Nakahashi of property had to be calculated, was a Range, the best shots being entitled to most English schools. In thirteen years sions proved fruitless. The young woman bad day on the stock market and the have their names inscribed on the Nielsen nine masters from England have come declares that she hates harem life, and Yen- 16,500,000, but a general mesting of in no circumstances will return to its shareholdere did not, entirely support the four who is still teaching. It was fifty trammels.

président in his expansion schemes, voting prices of securities were low; secondly, the shield, and the winners in this courpeti fand gone, and of these I only know of

were E. Judah,

only a 50 per cent. increase, namely, to years ago that Matthew Arnold cried fact that the property of children was tion last November

FIGHT FOR THE JEWELS.

Yen 24,750,000. Even at this many of the Esed separately from that of their Midiord Beer and L. Bertes. (Cheers.) organize your secondary education,"

Finding that ordinary supplication shareholders found it impossible to take The Boy Scouts of the 1st North China and it is only now that we begin to enter parents; and, thirdly, the large number

The new Teachers and persuasion were useless, her husband up their new norip, the result being that of cases in which taxable properly had Troop usually go into camp for a few the promised land

by and father have now adopted another one Fall had to be subscribed by the to go free because the income derived days in the Easter vacation, but this Registration Council, constituted therefrom Was below the

year, and probably in future years, they Order in Council, February 29th, 1912, plan. They have brought a case before directors themselves.

The times are changing, and evon the prescribed by law.

will, unless the unforeseen occur, have and representation of the four great the Vienna courts in which they allege

of education elementary, that Mme. Abed before her flight took N.Y K. regrets having built large ships. their annual outing in the antion. This branches evening they propose giving, under the specialist, secondary, and university has from her husband's safe jewels to the It is exprated that the 0.8.K.'s aggressive direction of their Scout-Blaster, Mr. been in deliberation for months and in value of £5,000, part of which have since policy will involve the management in

been pawned, the remainder being trouble ultimately. Francia, a concert to which all who care November last issued its regulations for organizing the teaching and to attend will be welcoined.

me. Abed declares that these jewels are future of the Ŏ.S.K.--The Far East, The Easter holidays are the proper time preparing an official register of teachers deposited with a banking firm at Trieste, seem to be very much concerned us to the for us to indulge in pienies, cycling and But to thoroughly organise, secondary her own, while the plaintiff alleges that A strike of the Indian crew of the str

It is not an un-education will be costly and six million they are the property of her father, Izzet Moldavia occurred at 1 p.m. yesterday, walking, excursions. When the vessel was quite ready to sait common feat for a boy to walk to the sterling per sunum is the usual estimate. Pasha, and formed part of her dowry. 200 lascars and remen struck, and the farther lighthouse, but the great object Considerations of time prevent our Au Mme. Abed is still under age her P. & O. authorities were inced with the of the ambitious young pedestrian here giving details of the various schemes put fatlier, according to Turkish law, has still the right to dispose of her and anything difficult task of getting a fresh crew is an excursion to Mt. Macdonald and forward to solve our educational troubles

The men, how- together on a Sunday. ever, were found and the ship sailed at back-a total distance of about 40 miles, and to bring order out of chaos.

I believe. This feat has been accom scheme that seems to meet with most which she may possess, 10 p.m. The lascar crew of the Moldavia

proved competence shall become partially were originally signed on at Bombay to plished by de Berigny, W. H. Bower and favour is that the qualified teacher of a civil servant, that is, as regards pay' and work between Australia and London: Juda. (Cheers.)

pension, but not in other respects. The men hold that under the Merchant

. The main consideration we had in follows that a large number of inefficient Shipping Act they were entitled to leave the ship, if for any reason whatever they establishing this school at. Weibaiwei is schools will be suppressed and a host of were brought back to Bombay. The word that of health. We say that education incompetent teachers must go.

The

raison d'être of many a school in ing of the Act is rather ambiguous on using the term in its broadest sense- this point, consequently the Shipping should be carried on under the best England is an appeal to the innate Companies are placed in an awkward position. The Superintendent of the Pclimatic and sanitary conditions obtain snobbishness of the nation of anobs

TUT

LASCARS ON STRIKE.

AND O IMPASSE AT BUMBAY.

BOMBAY, July 20th.

HEALTH.

The

It

As a matter of fact, the Turkish Ambassador has on this account obtained an injunction forbidding the bank to hand over the jewels to anyone except Izzet Pasha, while an action has been initiated for the return of the jewels to Izzet Pasha. At the last bearing before the court Mme. Abed declared repeatedly, amid. tears, that she would die than return" She either to her husband or father.

THE HORNPIPE.

ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.

CHATER BOAD.

CALDBECK,

MACGREGOR&C.

(ESTABLISHED 1864).

SOLE AGENTS FOR

How did the hornpipe becoate the traditional dance of the sailor-though one doubts whether the average A. B. knows any more of it than the Scots Guardsman does of the strathspey The accepted theory is that it became the sailor's dance because, on the one band, no partner was necessary, and, on the

But, B L other, it required little space. originally, the horn-pipe seems to have been & Lancashire folk-dance, and to have no marine association at all.

Admiral Prince Louis of Battenberg, like that other illustrious mariner, Sir

* 0.. Mr. Burney, anticipated this able, and we consider that in these respects/an Thackeray described us, and in any further states that she would rather earn Joseph Porter, K.C.B., thinks "there is. trouble, and went on board the Moldavia the situation of this school is the best on provincial town of ordinary size half her own living as a teacher of languages nothing like the hornpipe.". Yet the

a-dozen small schools will be found repre-

sentative of the different rungs of the in Vienna, or by any other means, sooner An important feature of school life is social Indder-select, more select, most than return to the harem, imunediately on arrival. He explained the China Coast. to the native crew of lascars, firemen and Goanese stewards that they were brought the dietary, and it is generally agreed select, and lower down the scale, cheap. that the best results follow where the food cheaper, cheapest resulting in an Jack to Bombay owing to an accident to

FRANCO-GERMAN RELATIONS.- the Salsette and not with any idea of put before a growing lad is practically enormous waste of educational energy making a profit by the company, and as unlimited in quantity but plain and through overlapping. This sort of thing the mails were already late he urged the simple in quality. It is, I think, well must cease in any truly national scheme.

Senator Aimand, speaking at Rainey men to continue the work and not to leave known that here pupils and teachers meet A beginning has been made with teachers

common themselves, and it is most encouraging to on July 11th, stated what he declared to at this critical juncture. The men agreed at the principal meals in a

notice a growing sense of unity in our be the reason why France avoided war to carry on the voyage, and not to leave dining hall and share the same food.. the ship. At the last moment, when the At the beginning of our autumn term profession: In our Registration Council with Germany in 1905. After the Kaiser's order was about to be given to sail they a boy had to leave us, shortly after we have representatives of schools of the surprise visit to Tangier, M. Delcasse changed their minds and went on strike. returning from the summer vacation, to highest social standing sitting beside and Minister for Foreign Affairs) proposed There was no help for it,

schools. In a truly national scheme the vexatious, and the only thing left was to undergo an operation. Apart from this working with men from the elementary that Cabinet should send the Frough fleet there has been no serious illness in the of the futurs who has complied to Tangier, but M. Berteaux (Minister for men to go and procure another school, but we indulger this year in our teacher of turmente of the Registration War) replied that he had only 600 rounds crew. The serangs did all in their power first epidemic of mumps. In the past Council will not lose caste by teaching the of ammunition por gun and that in s to persuade the men to continue working thirteen years we have also had two out-children of the poor, any more than the fight this would be exhausted in 10 days.

The Goanese but it was of no avail.

But trouble breaks of chicken pox, but the infections

later M. Berteaux demanded a vote of stewards gave no trouble..

n city slum.

Above all, in a national system we must 1,400,000,000 franes (about £58,000,000) is feared with the crew of the area, illnesses that so often disorganize school doctor, or the clergyman, who works in M. Delcasse resigned office, and a few days another Australia-London boat, arriving work at Home measles, scarlet fever, here on July 31st. The crew was signed scarletina, and whooping cough have make teaching sufficiently attractive to to increase the artillery and to strengthen

draw men and women of character, for the frontier defences. been conspicuous by their absence. on only a month back in Bombay.

allow

the

however

dance is not remarkable for consistency. It has managed in the course of its history to transform. itself, from triple to common time-about as radical a change as any dance can undergo. Nor. are its associations invariably nautical, The air "Rejoice or even secular, Greatly," in "The Messiah," is in the form of a hornpipe; and in Handel's **Bemele" the chorus Love, that ever- lasting buy," is headed alla Hornpipe.

THE HONGKONG TRAMWAY COMFANY, LIMITED. The following are the Company's figures for the week ending August 8th:-

Receipts

# 15,106 Increase compared with cor- responding week last year... Aggregate to date:

No. of weeks Total

Increase to date

$103

32

.8377,338

$ 64,408

GOLD

LABEL

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WHITE

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FLAVOUR AND CHEAPNESS.