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OHRISTMAS IN HONGKONG.

HOW IT WAS CELEBRATED.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBRE ~ 18TKA

AT THE NAVAL HOSPITAL.

Oliver Goldsmith has a line somewhere in "The Traveller" about "the learning luxury of doing good" Those who care" Christmas in this cutpost of the British to do so can always learn the lesson on a Empire, where the majority of the people Christmas day and the lesson is never are still untouched by Christian in-better illustrated than in the hospitala fluences, is boy celebrated by everyone, There the joy of doing service becomes as it is at home, and in many parts of a dafightful" luxury. Hongkong there was nothing to indicate in any way the season of the year. But in those districts where the European community is centred the festival was. kept up in traditional style; the children had the happy time that everyone feels is their right at this season and there were the usual gastronomical celebrations *fenturing." as they say in the picture shows, turkey, beef, plum pudding and mince pies,

Christmas Day fell on a Sunday, but no one felt that the Calendar had done them an injustice because the holiday, for most people, was extended until this (Wednesday morning, and began. in some cases, on Friday night. And the dose is to be repeated next week end, when the Scots will take a leading part in the celebrations.

Christine day in the Royal Naval Hospital at Wanchai was a very happy one and the fifty-eight indoor patients under the supervision of the Surgeon Captain of the squadron were given a right royal time. The six wards occupied looked exceedingly pretty. Directly one entered the precincts of the institution one felt, the good old English Christmas atmosphere. The red-berried holly wan missing but there was the sprig of mistletos hanging in each ward, and festoons, with the kissing bush as its centre depended from the four walls. Messages of peace and goodwill were pro- claimed to all in cotton wool and silver tinsel lettering on a dark back- ground, and even mirrors and glass ward doors fulfilled a Christmas duty and spoke a message of good cheer to Tall within The festal board was not lacking in good cheer either. A substan tind Christmas dinner was provided with a kindly beaming Ward Sister acting in a matronly capacity at the head of the There were large congregations in the table." Turkeys geese, seasoning, apple Churches on Christmas Day, especially sauce and the steaming hot plum pud in the morning, and the Christmas hymns dings were there. Surgeons and Sisters and carols sung helped to revive old alike stretched a point and all patients memories and to establish a community of who could possibly get up were allowed interest with friends and relatives into sit at table. A fow in each ward had other bands, and especially in the home to remain in bed but they were not for gotten and a patient, well on the road to recovery, was detailed in each case to

land.

AT THE CHURCHES.

was sung on

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The busiest man at the feast was un

There was a midnight service on Christ mas Eve at the Roman Catholic Cathetead to the wants of his less fortunate dral on Christmas morning. Similar services were held at the other Roman "Catholic Churches. At the Italian

Convent, midnight, mass Christmas Eve; the orphans who spend Christmas at the Convent had a Christ mas tree in the morning, thanks to gifts

At-12 o'clock sharp it was 43nounced from many local firms. In the afternoon

that the Commander-in-Chief of the China Bishop Pozzoni and Father Riganti con- Station (Vice-Admiral Sir Alexander L. ducted a service at the Convent.

A BOUT OF SPORT

was

doubtedly the wardmaster (Mr. J. G. Beal), who bustled from telephone to ward and from the ward to the hospital kitchen in his efforts to make things go with a swing.

Duff, K.C.B.), accompanied by a party of Naval Officers and their wives and lady friends, had arrived to express their Christmas wishes to, the sick lads of the Fleet. The Admiral made a tour

SINGAPORE PRISONER

ESCAPES.

POLICE STATION DETENTION *

“ROOM-BROKEN OPEN-

Was

CARGO BOAT'S SECRET

·

- COMPARTMENT, COAL FOR THE SSPHRAÑANG.” TAKING A LIBERAL VIEW OF **SWEEPINGS.”

A prisoner being held for extradition escaped from a detention room at the

The hearing was concluded, before Mr, Central Police Station on Christmas night. Probably through an accomplice Wood at the Magistracy on Saturday, the man got possession of a chisel and of a case of considerable importance to with this the lock of the door had been the shipping community. A cargo boat wrenched away. The room not mistress had been fined $50 under a local specially constructed for detention pur regulation which declares that there must poses and the window, though protected not be a secret compartment in a cargo by an iron lattice, could be opened from boat. She and three men on the boat banded the man a chisel through the a-half tons of coal found in the secret withic, and it is supposed that some one wore then charged with stealing six-and- window. The prisoner's wife has been compartment and said by a witness to detained by the police on suspicion. consist, as to 90 per cent, of coal loaded the Magistrate on a charge of stealing

The escaped man was recently before on to the s.s. Phranang, $10,000 from a European firm in Singa- obtained an adjournment, to go into pore and was awaiting the requisition points of law and on Saturday the warrant from the authorities.. The police Magistrate announced that he had decid hope soon to recapture him; every avenused to amend the charge from stealing of escape is being watched and as the man to has a striking disfigurement of the nose be will be easily identified if found.

Mr. W. B. Hind, who defended, had

SHIP'S OFFICER DIES OF missed. In one curious case quoted by

SMALL POX,

YOUNG ENGINEER ON THE

3.8. CHENAN.”

receiving." Mr. Hiad, however, addressed the Court relative to the original charge. He quoted a number of cases to show that a thing was not proved to have been stolen if it had not been

Mr. Hind it was held that a man who went into a London dock sober and came" out drunk might be assumed to have Broached wine stores. although out of millions of receptacles the ones that had been broached could not be traced. In this case there was no proof of theft..

The Magistrate held that the defence and a case to answer on the charge, of receiving

Mr. F. Berry, second engineer of the 8.5. Chenan died in Hongkong on Christ- mas Day from small-pox. The deceased officer was only 24 years of age and had

The cargo bont mistress then gave evi, been here for three years. He was land ed from his ship of account of traces and dence that the six and a half sore found was sent to hospital on December 15th, on the junk were the sweepings from five. Two days afterwards he was transferred or six loadings. Some of it was sweep- to the Isolation Hospital as a suspected 198s of the coal loaded on to the Phran confirmed later and the patient died on secret compartment was mainly composed case of small-pox. The suspicion was any. She denied that the quantity in the Christmas Day.

of the Phranang'z coal. · It was her cus- The funeral took place yesterday morn-tom, to make a distribution of these and officers followed the coffin to the make these presents of coal to your ing. A large number of ships captains sweepings amongst her friends,

The Magistrate: How often do you graveside and Messrs. Butterfield &

friends? Swire, the owners of the vessel, were also represented.

Some beautiful wreathe were sent on behalf of the frm, the Marine Superintendent. the Engineers Guild, the Engineers Institute and many

others.

month ago.

The defendant: The last, was about a

denies that the for representing the In reply to Inspector Spear the women Phranang knew of the existence of the

secret compartment. ·

Mr. Hind contended that as the load- SMALL-POX CASE ON THE E on to the Phranang was done at night-time the sweepings would be larger thar if the work were done by day.

PEAK.

RESIDENT INFECTED IN SHANGHAI.

A resident on the Peak who recently returned to the Colony from Shanghai was removed to Hospital a few days after arrival here as a suspected case of small-

Brmed. There is no doubt that infection Box The diagnosis has since been con- took place before the patient reached Hongkong.

The Magistrate remarked that he had not been satisfied with the evidence of the foki representing the Phranang and re- garded him as having been in collusion with the boat people. The circumstances of the case were very suspicious.

Mr. Hind: But there is not sufficient evidence to show that the cost had beetr stolen.

The Magistrate: There is a whole chain of facts.

Mr. Hind: But it is a chain made up of very weak links.

The Magistrate: What do you think

of all the wards, giving cheering mee FOREIGNER'S TRAGIC DEATH happened if the coal was not stolen ?

For the majority," Christmas welcomed as giving an opportunity for a thorough bout of sport. The slaves of sages to all the patients and especially to

the little white ball paid their devotions at Fanling for one, two or three day's according to the degree of infatuation Devotees of tennis occupied every court dedicated to that amusement. The cricket ball also had its crowd of worshippers on the Hongkong Club ground and in Happy Valley. But while cricket interested its hundreds, football attracted its thou Bands Members of the Navy and Army were practically keen on this game and it was evident that the Celestial is apply ing his skill in battledore and shut- tlecock to the exigencies of the Western

those still confined to their beds. There

was no formality about the visit.

One

patient, on being asked by the C-in-C what was wrong with bis eye, which was well wrapped up in cotton wool, attempted to stand to attention, but was gently told

IN SHANGHAI.

Mz. Hind: It is perfectly clear. The coal was sweepings: what is one ton in 105 tons?

possible for the sweepings of any cargo The Magistrate: I do not think it is

to exceed one ton.

is done in the day-time, but not if it is Mr. Hind I quite agree, if the work

A distressing tragedy occurred at Van- couver Lodge, Sinza Road, in the early Adams, assistant clerk at H.M. Supreme hours of December 18th, Mr. H. R. Court, being found lying in a pool of blood on the floor of his bedroom, the done at night. to sit down and make himself at ease. revolver.

circumstances pointing to sticide with a The Magistrate: The view I take is At the conclusion of the visit the party immediately in answer to a telephone call coal found to the extent of at least three Dr. WE O'Hara attended that it has been clearly shown that the, adjourned to the Sick Berth Staff Mess, about 3.30 a.m., and although Mr. Adams tons-was part of the quantity loaded on where the Admiral's health war toasted and beyond assistance. The bullet had statement that the coal was the sweep was, still alive, his condition was critical to the Phranang. Accepting the womur'a by the Sick Berth Staff. Sir A. Duff entered the right side of the bead, passings of five consignments and allowing complimented the staff on their excellenting out through the left temple. He four tons to be bona fide sweepings of work at the hospital. ́ ́.

was removed in the police motor ambul- other consignments, that still leaves 21 aase to the General Hospital, where he to 3 tous which must have been stolen: Every one knows that the naval ration | died about 6.30.

Tam of opinion that the fobi of the allowances are not sufficient to permit of many extras for the Christmas table and it is pleasing to learn that most of the ship's canteens voted sums of money towards the Naval Hospital Christmas was a fancy dress dinner dansant at the tributions that the Christmas dinner was dinner. It was largely due to these con- new grill room in the Hongkong Hotelach a great success. Thus, the luxury

Mr. Adams arrived in China, the .-C. which made a brilliant scene. To-night of doing good was not confined to the Daily News says, to take up the post as the venue changes back to Repulse Bay. hospital staff itself but to the wider circle her at the Supreme Court in January 1918, and during his stay in Shanghai Other hotels, public and private, also of the whole of the squadron

he had suffered from the effects of his Among those present with the Com- bad their celebrations, and there was not mander-in-Chief in his Christmas toure wounds and poison gas and bad often The Straits Settlements seven per cent. a boarding house in Kowloon too poor to of the hospital were Surgeon.Captain been absent from the Court as a result. loan for twenty million dollars, issued E. JA. Dalton. C.M.G.. Surgeon-Com-and was in hospital for some weeks and scribed according to information from Last summer, he contracted dysentery locally has been considerably, over-sub- mander A. A. Sanders, O.B.E., M.B., Surgeon-Lieut. Commander, G. H. Hayes, although cured of the disease, was anxious the Treasury published in recent Straits

game

Christmas was ushered in at Repulse Bay Hotel with a dinner dansant on Saturday nigh; on Boxing night there

do Christmas reverence.

CHILDREN ENTERTAINED.

Over 100 of the children of members of the Civil Services Club had their annual Christmas entertainment in the Club grounds on Boxing Day, Games were played and the youngsters were also amased by six of the grown-ups" who made up" as clowns. After a good tea, each little guest was handed a pre

sent from the Christmas tree.

remarkable feature of the case was Phranang worked in collusion with the that five revolvers were found in the boat people. The woman is fined $250, room. The weapon with which the wound with the alternative of 3 months impri- was apparently inflicted, a 15 Webley Bonment and her jokin are tined 5 or revolver, was found lying on the floor in default will serve one month's im near the deceased's left hand. From the prisonment with hard labour.. position in which the body was lying it

forward on to the floor. was conjectured that deceased shot him- self whilst sitting on the bed and fell

lest it should return. During the three Weeks preceding bis death he suffered much from insomnia and illness through the

The Ministry of Communications at it has selected a hody of trained railway. Peking has informed the Waichizopu that guards suitable for taking over the duty of guarding the Kiaochao-Tsinanfu Rail

way.

papers.

M.B., and the Rev. C. Clouston-Forri.

Amongst those of the Sick Berth Staff who so kindly sacrificed their own Christ-

Mr. L. Bridou, formerly a manager of gas attack and shell shock. tending to the needs of the patients were mas day pleasures for the greater joy of

Mr. Adams was about 32 years of age East and now director of the company the Messageries Maritimes in the Far Superintending Sister Margaret E and was educated at Dulwich College in Paris, has been made a Chevalier of England. Being an old Territorial and Goodall Copestake, B.R. C. and Nursing holding two ribbons, one the Coronation the Legion of Hopour by the French Sister M. B. Bennett, R.RO., and Jmedal. he was one of the first men to McBean.

Government,"

noon

Clerk.

llowed to attend that dance. More than 8,000 people are expected. All donos will be held in the anditorium to be built near the Noraleda ball-park.

be sent out to France at the beginning Ten balls are being arranged for the THE MILITARY “HOSPITAL.

of the war in 1914. He served continu- ally in active service" with the Trench Carnival Week at Manila, The week for The General Officer Commanding (Lt. during which time he was wounded five February 17th. Another dance will be Mortar Battery at the front until 1917, this purpose extends from February 4th General Sir G. M. Kirkpatrick, K.C.R.) times. For conspicuous gallantry he was given on the night of January 28th. to be and Lady Kirkpatrick, accompanied by awarded the Military Medal and in late Manila will be given, the opportunity to caller the Queen Candidates Ball All the D.D.M.S: (Col. L. Humphrey), visited 1017 had to be invalided out of the Army During the afternoon Mra. Severn pro the Military Hospital in Bowen Road at after three months in hospital owing to see the winners of the contests now being. on Christmas Day and had an his wounds and a severe attack of very ball will be open to the public with conducted by the newspapers of Manila. sented the cups, won by members of the encouraging word for each of the 24 paisening and shell shock." After his Civil Services Clabe during the year patients under treatment that day. Those arrival as usher to the Supreme Court in the ascention of the Stockholders Ball- For first eleven cricket, the batting prize of the men who were well enough were 1018 he was soon appointed Assistant February 9th. Only stockholders will be

given a Christmas dinner. went to G. B. Sayer and the bowling-

He was a man whom to know was to prize to Reed. The batting and bowling

GOVERNMENT CIVIL HOSPITAL. like and many who have had dealings with him at the Supreme Court have had prizes for second eleven cricket went to Presenta were given on Christmas occasion to appreciate his never failing "Taylor and Colin Sare respectively. The morning to all the Chinese women and courtesy and geniality.

The Chinese General Chamber of Com- Defcd at Shanghai recentie bariereda tennis championship cup was won by E. children-numbering over 100-in the Government Civil Hospital and ten in2

petition to the Peking Government-for Fincher, and Dr. Valentine was awarded fants in the Maternity Ward received Subject to the approval of the Secre- another year's exemption of native clothe the runner-up prize. Lane and Duncan woollen caps or shots. The twenty Eurotary of State for the Colonics. His from tization: The tax on native cloth, Honour the Officer. Administering the which has been suspended for for years carried off the prizes for the tennis pean patients and such of the Chinese se Government of Weihaiwes has been pleas in order to foster growth of the

wore on European diet had a Christed to appoint Captain WE Godwin, will, it is estimated, yield over a million doubles handicap. The bowls champion dinner, and, on Boxing night, the Chinese 2/55th Coke's Rifles FF Indian Army dollars annually and the Government ship cup went to C. E. Patheyjohng. ~ nursing staff were entertained. Miss

Sloan, the matron, and her assistants had trate in the Territory. His Honour has revenue in inture. has decided to reaume to be Junior District Officer and, Magis feeling that it cannot afford to lose, this Mrs. Severn was presented with a a busy time throughout the Christmas further appointed Captain W. E. Godwin this levy from Tet January, wave in' the bouquet by Miss Gwennie fara, and was season and the celebration by the Euro to be: Deputy Registrar of Marriages, provinces of Chibli, Honan, Hunch and accorded a hearty, vote of thanks for her pee staff did not take place until last a Registrar of Births and Deaths, Caflec Tehol, where the original axemption was night. However, it was none the less tor of Shipping Dues, and Registrar of fifty per cent, of the tax for a period of successful on that, account

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