1918-11-29 — Page 7

THE HONGKONG, DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER - 29II. 1918,

ST. ANDREW'S FAIR.

November 29th.

THE

SHE FAIR will be formally opened by HIS EXCELLENCY

THE OFFICER ADMINISTERING THE GOVERN MENT at PM.

The various side-shows will not open until the Scottish Standard above the Helter Skelter is broken out. Until then all assistants at the booths are particularly requested to maintain

silence.

Shipbuilders,

Salvors, Repairers, - -

Bollermakers, Electrical

ant, Mechanicsi Engineers.

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EDUCATION ACT ON THE STATUTE-BOOK",

NEW PROVISIONS SUMMARISED.

The Education Art received the Royal Assent a few weeks ago. The following a summary of the main changes in the provision of public education in Englarid and Wales:-

1. No exemptions from attendance" at school shall be granted to any child be tween the ages of five" and 14.

2. Local authorities may increase the age of compulsion by by-law to 15.

3. Compulsory day continuation schools shall be established for all young persons, unless they are being otherwise educated, up to the age of 18, and after seven year from the appointed day, up to the aga of 18

The minimani number of hours of attendance at continuation schools shall be 260, and, after seven yea78, 320

5. No child under 19 shall be em- ployed.

No child between 12 and 14 shall be employed for more than two hours on any Sunday, or on any school day before the close of school hours, or on any day between.m. and 8 p.m. Exceptions may be made by by-law, provided thas no child be employed for more than one hour before school, and if so employ ed, for more than one hour in the after-

"WOOD'

Graving Dock

707ft by 88ft. by'uft, dio:

vessels up to $800. Toca.

Patent Blipwaya' taking

it.

Risetrie Crane sifflag nỹ to 10 Toas

SHIPS

ENGINES

TAIKOO DOCK

BOILERS

MOTORS.

Agents for John 1. Tuorayarolt & Co., Ltd., Marion

› Blanáúre draft dì

and Road Motors, Light Draft Carriers, #peady, Launebes, Barbour

every descrip

Craft, Houseboats and

tion

7. Local authorities may make provi sion for the supply or maintenance of holiday or school camps, centres for physical training, school baths, swim- ming baths, and other facilities for social physical training.

9. Provision is made for the medical inspection and treatment of papila in secondary and continuation schools.

F. Local authorities may establish nursery schools for children between the ages of two and Eve.

10. Special schools are to be establish; ed for physically defective children.

11. Fees in public elementary schoold are abolished.

The Ast also includes a number of ad ministrative provisions relating to the duties of local authorities and the dis- tribution of Government grants.

THE CHURCH AND "DEMOCRACY.

kha Taikoo Dockyard and Enginæring Co., of Hong-

kong, Lid.--Butterfeld &

Swire, Hongkong,

Addrem, “TAIKOODQQK."

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Speaking at West Ham, recently, the Bishop of London said that when they looked underneath the surface · «&nd behind the demand for higher wages and more leisure, they found that the workers were really asking for life. In the past the relation of the Church towards demo- cracy was wrong, but he believed to-day that that attitude had been changed vast- ly. The Church, however, would do well to remember that the working man would bever tolerate truckling in its attitude towards them.

LAST CHANCE!

YOUR LAST

HEATHER DAY

NOD FOR

AN AYEU

DUNT!

HONGKONG:

HEATHER: DAY FUND.

1818

1917

$17.000

1918

$8.800

1916 $3.900

ИП THE FUND

UP

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DO IT WELL!

Do

ST. ANDREW'S FAIR

8 a.m.

10.30 a.m.

11 a.m.

FRIDAY, 29TH NOV.

Sale of Rosettes

Motor Car Procession. Office to Office Collection

10 a.m to Noon. Music on Cricket Ground Noon.

3 p.m.

Auction of Gifts

Opening of St. Andrew's Fair

Every Cent Raised to be sent to Scottish Hospitals, where

Wounded Soldiers are Treated

Irrespective of Nationality,

Every cent is needed for

the great work of healing.

MURRAY PARADE GROUND; 29TH & 30TH NOVEMBER

Helter-skelter, Joy Wheel, Swing Boats, Aunt Sally, Submarines and Aeroplanes, Chute, Picture Palace, Pill-box, Shooting Gallery, Merry-go-round, Zoo, Scottish Women's Stall, Thistle Tea Rooms, Supper Room, Dance Hall and Cabaret, Duck Pond, Fortane-Tellers, Gypsies, Try-your-strength, Miniature Golf Course, etc., etc.

See the Escalator

(First appearance in Hongkong.)

Raffles and Competitions

FOR

VALUABLE PRIZES.

A REGULAR ROUND OF MERRIMENT

Every cent is needed for the great work of healing.

WE ARE PROUD OF THE BOYS WHO WON THE WAR! DO YOUR BIT, AND THEY WILL BE PROUD OF YOU!