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NOTICES TO CONSIGNEES

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. OCEAN STEAMSHIP CO, LTD..

AND

CO., LTD.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL 19ċa,

THE CHILD AND THE

BOOK.

PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION MONDAY, the 2nd day in John London's Werkly, is by the

April,

193

at pm, at the Office of the Public Works Department, by Order of His THE GOYKAKOR of one Lot of LAND at Hok Un.

in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 75 years, with the option of renewal at a Crows Rent to be fixed by the Surreyor of His Majesty run KINO, for one further term of 25 years.

ONSIGNEES per Company's Steamer “

*EURYLOCHUS"

are hereby notified that the Cargo will be die charged into Hott's What, Kowloon, where it will lie at Consignee's risk and subject to terms and conditions of storage at Holt's wharf. The Carge will be ready for delivery from Godown on and after 16th April, will Optional cargy

be landed, unless notion

has been given prior to steamer's arrival

to

All broken, chafed, and damaged goods aro

be left

in the Godown, where they will be Tacsdays and Friisys between xamined of any the hours of 10.45 4.. and Nocs within the free- storage periol.

No Claims will be admitted. after the Goods have left the steamer's Godown, and all Goods

bai

biadelivered after the 21st April, will

to rent

All Claims against the Steamer mast be presented to the undersigned on or before the Bik May, or they will not be recognised.

No Fire Insurance will be affected.

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,

Agcata.

Hongkong, 13th April, 1923,

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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. AMERICAN & ORIENTAL LINE.

FROM NEW YORK.

SAILED 16TH FEBRUARY, 1923.

THE Steamship

"LUCERIC"

having arrived, Consignem of Cargo by her are hereby informed that all Goods are being landed at their risk into the hazardous and/or extra-hazardous Godowns of Hongkong Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co., Ltd. whence delivery may be obtained.

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods bave left the Godowns, all Goods remaining modelivered after the 21st iant, 1913, will be

abject to rent.

All Chim against the tearser must be.

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THE SCHOOL LIBRINY,

But Hamlet must be at hand, and the children must know how to find him. · It boys and girls are to be taught to enjoy literature they must have an easy access - IMPORTANCE OF ENGLISH.

to books. I have been in schools where The following article, which appeared tion of tattered school books hidden away! the library consists of a beggarly collee-; in sovno obscure cupboard behind 2 screen Rt. Hon. H. AL Fisher formerly of glass and only unlocked at stated in Minister of Education in England: tervals by the austere hand of authority In the education of an Englishmau This is not the way to encourage famili nothing is so important as the full posscs arity with the great minds of the past, sion of the English language, To speak Books must be handled before they en and write English clearly and correctly, be loved. to read English in such a manner, as to bring out the full value of its meaning and its music, to enjoy without affection lu every school thon, there should be a the principal glories of English literature library and in overy library a generous these are the chief prizes which every store of booka upon which children If the English parent should desire his children should be allowed to broww.

school library is deficient, then lat the fet by how many are these prizes at-circulating library come to the rescue. tained What proportion of our popula. Let it also be observed that though fees tion can express itself exactly, can | Bre:abolished in ‘alementary schools there

with distinctness, can read is no rule which forbids

parent from aloud so as to give pleasure to others, or Presenting a book to the school library. little voluntary support "nod can by a natural instinct or acquired With, a taste reject that which is insincere or organisation the libraries in our element- 12,00 290 3,00 slavenly in the printed page! Great aary schools might be made far more

has been the progresa achieved in national effective than they now generally are.

The selection of books fur sich a library education, there is still a big task to be accomplished by those whose office it is to' is clearly a matter of great importanco. teach the English language to English | Children who are nourished on trash grow children.

up into adults who, having kept nothing" It is not easy to exhaust the ovils which but menu company in youth, think mend flow from the wide acceptance of slatternly thoughts and lake life at a generally fow English either in speech or in writing by level. so large a number of British citizens, What is principally wanted in the first Looer speaking and loose writing always instance is not a library composed of inaply loose thinking, and loose thinking books which children rght to like, but is at the root of most of the mistakes a store of volames which they are sure to like. In order to enltivate a taste for which are made in the conduct of life..

Fortunately, we are here in presence of good literature we must begin by teaching: an evil which admits of a large degree of children to take pleasure from a book. currection. In every community thers And so one of the cardinal rules which will always be a certain number of very should govern the choice of at least halt All that Piece or Parcel of Ground situate at foolish or very stupid people. Education the books in a school library should be Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong, and may do anuch for them; it may make them not What should the little things like," registered in the Land Office sa Inland Lot modeat; but they will never really win but What will they like!" No. 989. together with the messages or the prize of possessing their native Their tastes, of course, will be very tenements and other erections and buildings Langange, for they are incapable of clear various, and in every good library for thereon, and at the date hereof known as Nos and exact thought upon any subject; and the young, whither in nursery or school, 19, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53 and 65, Wyndham Street, being obscure in their ideas will remain there should be a little of everything- Victoria aforesaid, held for the term of 999 through lifa obscure in expression. Many poetry, fairy stories, tales of travels and years, from the 26th

science, of June, 1843, created | however, are more fortunate, and with adventure, histories, popular therein by

dated the 9th day

day out being highly gifted may be brought novels, biographiva. No children's library of September. 1929, and made between His through education into the enjoyment of will be complete without "Alce in Majesty King George V. of the ane part, and the great inheritance of English speech. Wonderland," "Alice Through the Look- the owners of the other part, subject to the We are the more encouraged in thising-Class," and Andrew Lang's Stories, children in our elementary schools of pad," and "The Child's Garden of those imaginative gifts which lie at the Verse, and David Copperfield and that children often exhibit a surprising good books, justly loved by all children, root of artistic appreciation. We know Pickwick-but, in truth, so many agree of skill in writing short stories, in have been written in the English language painting illustrations for pocus (as was that it is invidious to particularise. clearly shown a few years ago by on What is interesting is that some of the exhibition of children's paintings arrang- older writers like George. Macdonald and ed by Mr. Roger Fry), and in constructing Mrs. Molesworth (who, by the way, write metrical exercises. Flere for instance is a rounder English than many modern, stanza, written after a rhythm pieture practitioners of the art)" retain their placed on the blackheard by boy of popularity. eleven, in un East Oxford school, and quoted in Mr. Greening Lamborn's "Ex VALUABLE LEASEHOLD' PROPERTYpression in Speech and Writing:-

PUBLIC AUCTION, THE Undersigned have received instructions to sell by PUBLIC AUCTION. SATURDAY, the 28th day of APRIL, 1923, st 11 O'CLOCK, AM, at their Sales Room, ICE HOUSE STREET, VICTORIA, HONGKONG, the Very Valuable Leasehold Property situate at Victoria

aforesaid and registered in the Land Office as INLAND LOT NO, 969, together with the buildings theron, consisting of Seren Dedrable Dwelling House now known as Nos 43, 45, 47, 40, 51, 63 and 56, WYNDHAM STREET, Victoria, atoresaid, in One Lot. THE PROPERTY CONSISTS OF:-

Presented to the Undersigned on or before part of the sansai Crown Rent of $122, view by the evidence among so many and "Treasure · Island" and "Kidnap-

28th April, 1923, or they will not be recognized

All broken, chafed and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 21st inst., 1923, at 8.30

A.X.

No Fire Insurance has been effected. Bills of Lading will be countersigned by

THE BANK LINE, LTD., General Agents.

Hongkong, 16th April, 1963.

by half-yearly payments on the 25th day of December and the 25th day of June, in each and every year, during the said term and to the observance and performance of the Leser's caveants and conditions therein reserved and contained

For further particulars apply to

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- SS. ANDRE LEHON." SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.

.. NOTICE.

NONSIGNEES of Cargo from MARSEIL

LES, &c., also cargo ex 6.5, YALOU” from COGNAC, &c., in connection with above Steamer are hereby informed that their goods with the exception of

Treasure and

Valuables are being stored at their risks into the Godown of the Hongkong. Kowloon Wharf sal Golewa Co., Ltd., at

whence delivery may be obtained

Joey after landing.

Optional Cargo will be forwarded on unless intimation is received from the Consignees tefora To-day, requesting it to be landed here.

Bill of Lading will be countersigned by the Undersigned Goods remaining unclaimed after the gist instant at Noon, will be subject to rent and landing charges.

All claims must be sent in to me on or before the 25th instant, or they will not Ba recognized.

All damaged packages will he examined on Saturday, the 21st fast, at 10 am, by Messrs. Goddard & Douglas.

No Fire Insurance has been effected.

R. RODENFUSER,

Acting Agent.

Hongkong, 18th April, 1923.

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Mr. LEO. D'ALMADA Z CASTRO,

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or to

MEARS. HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctioneers,

PARTICULARS

Bituats

No. 13, WING HING STREET, VICTORIA, HONGKONG,

Taj be Sold by Order of the Mortgages By PUBLIO AUCTION, IN ONE LOT On MONDAY, The 14TH DAY OF MAY, 1923, at 3 o'clock, P.M. Br Mexra, LAMMERT BROTHERS AS THEIR OFFIOR, DUDDELL STERNT.

THE_Property #consists of First" ALL

The spring hath come and with it

flowers and trees.

The birds are dying to their homes

again.

And now the crocus Butters in the

breeze,

So happy that the gentle spring doth

reig

Birds twitter in the lane,

Just by the shallow rippling river: The lambs do roll and romp about at

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Near where the slender rushes dance

and quiver. under.

This example is sufficient to show that

fine teacher children in ementary schools may receive a sound literary training and may be taught to use their native tongue with suppleness ereogi and grace.

THAT piece or parcel of ground situato at Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong and registered in the Land Office as SECTION A of INLAND LOT No. 2185 together with the mezuages erections or

ons or buildings thereon now known as No. 13, Wing Hing Street and Secondly ALL THAT

AT strip of land at the rear

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"WEATHER REPORT,

AN ARTISTIC PEOPLE

A word must now he said about úr

desirable literature, There is so much reading watter produced every year, and so much of this is indifferent, if not trash has become one of the major arts harmful that the avoidance of printed in life. Za

Herr the tucstor may afford precious aid. It should at least be easy to pro

vide children with such an abundance of good, attractive, wholesome litorature as to create is them the foundations of "x Round taste. What would really endanger the prospect would be a too penduntie insistence upon, the exclusive claim of the, great classics. Give children good iterature to their age and taste, and they will read it and enjoy it and rise to its level, Give them the police news, and to the police news they will sink.

BRITISH TAXPAYER'S BURDEN..

COMPARISON WITH FRANCE AND 0.8.A.

Pownall, who asked the amount of la a written reply to Lieutenant-Colonial, taxation paid per bend in the United Kingdom, France, and the United States, Mr. Baldwin ezy0:-

amounts are 242f, and 1931. respectively. For the United States (Federal taxes) the amounts are 813.60 and 812.70.

of the maid Section A of Inland Lot No. 2166 There is, then, ample reason for being a scavenging lane. All of which presupposing that a great educational effort mises are held for the residue of the term of for the improvement of our methods of 15 years from the 16th day of May, 1916, teaching our native language and litera created by the Crown Lease thereof together ture will meet with its reward. We are in with the valuable machinery now situate in truth an artistic people though so are or upon the said premises as 1 at No. 1 Gordon Street.

shy of acknowledging it. We might, if Particulars and Conditions of sale may be we cared, become a great musical people. obtained from

And that great educator, Miss Charlotte For the United Kingdom the amount Mesra, HASTINGS & BASTINGS Mason, whose death we are now deplor per head is £10 109 ef direct taxation

Solicitors,

ing, has shows us how readily English and a 28. indirect. For France tha ♬ Des Torx Road Contral, children respond to the appeal of the

fand

masterpieces of English literature. LAMMERT BROTHERS Before enjoyment can be received from

Auctioneers!

printed books a preliminary process must

**At the current rates of exchange the be endured. The child must be taught taxation in the U.S.A, and Franco re- to read. Now, it is by no means a matter presents in English currency approximato. education is conducted. Just as children indirect; France, 23.2%. 6d. direct, £2 of judifference how this stage of a literary ly:-U.S.A., £2. 179, 10d, direct, £2 148. should be taught to form their letters in 10. 1d. indirect, writing under the dominion of the iden that writing is an art and that letters should be as beautiful as they can be: made, so through the spoken voice of the HONGKONG SHARE MARKET- teacher they should learn what Tennyson used to call the glory of words." At a very early stage, too, they may be inż. troduced to sume of the sublimities of literature. The Lord's Prayer, as even Napoleon pointed out, is an example of the sublime in literature. So too, are the Psalms and the Book of Isaiah, and many passages in the Gospels, simple enough to be read by quite young children. Indeed. far too little use is made of the Bible in the literary education of our people, as the admirable Report of the Committee. on the Teaching of English in England' justly points out.

April 18th at 11.28--Pressure has increased considerably over the Yang ze Valley and decreased considerably over N.E. Japan. It hu increased moderately to slightly in other districts.

The Chinese depression has filled up. There remains a soparate depression over Indo-Chins, however,

An anticyclone has formed over N. Chins. Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 10 am, 18th April, 1.18 incl ea. Total since January 1st, 8.42 inchos, against an average of 8.98 inahes

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fair.

The forecarb for the 24 hours ending at noon, 19th April, le as follows:—

DISTRICT

FORECAST Hongkong to Gap Rock E. winds, moderate;

Variable winds, fre Formosa Channel shening from NE,

later.

South coast of China between (The Hongkong and Lamocka j

No 1

Bouth coast of Chins between Tho ́same sa

Hongkong and Hairy No. 1. HONGKONG METEOROLOGICAL

REGISTER.

Hongkong Observatory, April 18th.

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It is through the spoken voice that most children are led on to their first enjoy ment of literature. A single poem read with intelligence and feeling is sometimes the fairy ball which awakens the soul to the splendours of imagination. How important, then, is it that the art of clocution should be carefully studied by those whose office it is to teach the young!

There is another essential. It is im Possible to communicate a pleasure which you do not experience yourself. If the teacher is to impart an enjoyment of literature, he must himself take pleasure from written words. Children have a They keen eye for insincere, teaching, know well enough 'whether their teacher is feeling or merely shamming enthusiast. And so, since sincerity is the cardinal virtue, it is well that the teacher who 0.00 0.15 really prefers Eheridan to Shakespeare should resort to "She Stoops to Conquer"! rather than to Hamlet for bis literary dissertations,

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