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TO-DAY'S MATCHES,

The following "matches ace down to be played to-day:-

Re

Interport team v. South China. Soo-

kunpoo "A" ground, pm.

Ford and Bailey.

H.K.V.A. CHALLENGE SHIELD-JUN101S,

PRIZE DISTRIBUTIONS. THE ELLIS KADOORIE SCHOOL

GOOD WORK OF THE BOY SCOUTS,

LETTER OF THANKS FROM HE THE GOVERNOR Yesterday Lady Severa presented the prizes at the Ellis Radoorie School for the year 103. Sir Cland and Laily

buildings. Whatever criticism was level led against education in the Colony he was glad to state that it was seldom directed against the district schools. The flourishing condition of these four schools was due to the deep interest taken in them by the headmasters and their staffs. (Applause.) He had no intention of making a long speech, but Good-bye.". He wished them a pleasant holiday and pro sperous school carcers and after careers. "Do try, if you gan manage it," con- cluded the Director," and go to the taiversity, and extend your education as far as possible. Good-bye and good luck."

fore, Mr. Smith; Linestuen. Mosers, Severn were met by the Headmaster he would just say "

(Mr. R. E. O. Bird) outside the building where a Guard of Honour, from the ranks of the school troop, was drawn up. St. Joseph's . Titania Reserves, at é

pm. Kowloon FC ground. Re The Guard of Honour had with them the Prince of Wales' banner which they hold feree: Mr. Toroy. Hongkong Club Reserve H.M.S.in conjunction with the Sea Scouts.

Marazion, At

p... Club . There were present on the platforma. ground. Referee: Mr. Collina

9.30

HONGEONG LEAGUE,

Division II.

Fick, 20 p.m.

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Club de Recreio r. R.G.A. Reservak South China ground. Referes: Mr. Spencer. Harkins Reserves "r." University, Navy

"B" ground. Referee: Mr. Greer Dronicle Deserves 2. Kowloon Reserves, Navy "A" ground. Referee Mr Fairburn.

CRICKET

CRAIGENGOWER C.C. . TAIKOO NOMADS.

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In this match the played today on the C.C.C. ground, the home XI. will be composed of A. W. Bradbury, F. E. Law rence, D. Fritz, H. J. Dennis, E. Mow- fung. W. B. Muskett, Y. Abbas, G. White, W. Hall, F., K. Modi and M. Pinna.

A SHANGHAI FIRE.

M.B.K.

BUILDING IN FLAMES.

YING WA GIRLS' COLLEGE. DIFFICULTIES OF SCHOOL WORK

IN HONGKONG,

Lady Stubbs distributed the prizes to the successful students of the Ying Wa Girls College, last evening, at the Chi- nese YM.C.A. The precedings took the forut of a concert, presided over by the Rev. Dr. T. W. Pearce, who during tha. evening delivered an address in Chinese to the students Lady Stubbs was the recipient of a beautiful basket of flowers from the school.

The Headmistress. (Mias Davies), in her opnual report, referred to the difficul ties of school work in Hongkong. "Wo are." Miss Davies said, "far from all the grent publishing houses, and have no The following are extracts from the means of seeing new. books or new annual report.com

methods. There is in this province no Training School that is such in any büt name, so that we have been obliged, for

ANNUAL REPORT.

in addition to those already mentioned, the Director of Education (Hon. Mr. E Irving), Mr. E. Ralphs (Inspector of English Schools) and Mr. U. Rumjabu

"I was absent on leave from the Colony (Member of the Board of Education). from April 7th to November 5th. My The Headmaster opened the proceed-place was taken by Mr. E. J. de Rome. luge by reading the annual report, ex- The school is indehted to him for the many years now, to carry on our own e

great interest he took in its welfare. He training classes and to train our own tracts from which are appended.

is at present on his way to England and teachers. Those who have passed through This was followed by a speech to the we all wish him a happy holiday. assembly by Sir CLAUD SEVERN, who, after thanking the Headmaster and scholars for asking Lady Severn to pre- sent the prizes, remarked that it was the ninth occasion on which he had attended the annual prize distribution at the Ellis Kadooric School; in fact he thought be had attended every prize distribution since the school became one of the Government schools.

Referring to the presence of the tire tor of Education, Mr. E Ralphs, Mr. Runjab, the Rev. Mr. Waldegrave and Mr. Dome, Sir CLAUD said he felt sure that the scholary welcomed them heartily. in It showed the great interest they took the welfare of the school. Mr. Bird, he said, bad only been back from leave a short time so that he had not been in touch with the school for a long period

**There was great competition, for the Ho Kom Tong Scholarships which are now offered in Classes 4, 5 and 6, and for the two airs, Lau Chu Enk Scholarshipa which were offered last year for the first time by Mr. Lau Tu Chung in honour of his rather.

...

"The maximum enrolment for the year was 750 and the total number, on the registers 33 820.

Singing is tapght in the lower classes by Miss Etheredge. It is a noteworthy fact that the boys who learn singing have a better pronunciation and get higher marks in colloquial English than these who do not learn it.

The Boy Scouts under Scoutmaster Lam Kwan Shan, supported by Assistant Scoutsonsters la Po Shani and Leung Kim Shu, have been very active during the year. They held a concert in Queen'

this thorough training are invaluable to us, but they are all too few. There is also, here, no agency of any kind through which valuable teachers may be discover, ed; and no Conference in Hongkong of heads or staffs of schools, nor any means whereby the knowledge and experiencé of some may he put at the service of a larger number. Each School for itself," seems to have been the motto hitherto, and alas for those who come last in the mee."

mised a

Referting to the long-promised now College, the Headmistress proceeded: The Education Department has come to our aid, atal strongly supported our plea for help, and we have now been pro- generous building grant of 50,000 by the Hongkong Governmeat, if we can add another $50,000 in all. As we shall need even more than this wo

Girls' education, that our faith may be come sight, and our School buildings a reality.

A serious fire broke out at the Miteai of last year, but Mr. de Rome had main. College Hall in February and gave plea must appeal, for help to all friends of

Bussan Kaisha building, at the corner of Spechten and Foochow Roads, at 4.20 in the afternoon of January 21st. Start- ing at the Foochow Road end of the structure the flames" spread with startling rapidity along the top floor. Within a few minutes, saya. the Daily Sex they were shooting out of every window and from the roof, the spectacle being watched by hundreds of business people who crowded on to the neighbouring The same structure, it will be remembered, was the scene of an out- break at four in the morning two years

roofs.

ago.

+

The papa

The numbers on the books of the Col-

for 193 were 350.

SUN'S ATTACK ON THE

CUSTOMS.

SIR E AGLEN WARNED.

Mr. Redney Gilbert telegraphing from teking on January 19th to the N.-G. Daily. Ser says

Government's orders,

take the new

Sir Francis Aglen is not replying, since the only possible reply for him as

is too obvious a servant of the recognized Government.

tained the high standard to which Mr. sure to a large audience. They played a Bird had brought the school. The report, big part in the local Scout Jamboree held he thought, was extremely satisfactory, in the City Hall in April. On this occa

sion a play was specially written for them, and he would only refer to one or two matters in it. The work of the Boy by Scoutmaster Lave to show Scout know Scouts in winning, in conjunction with ledge and activities. In May the EKS the Sea Scouts, the Prince of Wales' ban- Troop came out first in the Prince of Wales Competition with 1 points out ner was most satisfactory, and the Government was very pleased with the of a possible 65. (Applause.) For the good work done by the Scouts in Hong present year they hold the Prince of DR. kong during the vaccination campaign. Wales' Banner in conjunction with the Only recently he had written a letter, on Sea Scouts, both troops being called the Governor's Troop until September, 1994. the instructions of H.E. the Governor, to the Commissioner of Scouts, asking (Applause.) In the vaccination campaign him to convey the Governer's thanks to which has lately been carried on the the various divisions for their energetic FRS. Troop were in charge of two work in connection with the campaign.stations and vaccinated over 2.500 people.

Classes 6, 7 and 8 attended the "Sir Francis Aglen is in receipt of "a The figures of those vaccinated were

The total number Y.M.C.A. for drill during the year and telegram from Dr. Sun Yat Sen announc- really remarkable. vaccinated was 390,000, which was 83 per all the non-swimmers in the school has a ing the imminent proclamation of a full- cent of the population of Hongkeng and course of three lessons there during the Hedged Government in Canton and ad- Lines of hose were run from all sides Kowloon as recorded in the last census. summer. We gained eight prizes at thevising the Inspector-General of Customa and the fire escape projected high inta In swinning and sports generally, Hongkong Amateur Athletic Federation that the Carton Commissioner will hence- the air but it was fortunately not requir- continued Sir CLATD, you seem to have Swimming Sports and won the Junior forth be expected to ed. Engines were placed at hydrants in done very well and the fact that every Basket Ball Championship. Foochow Road, in Szechuen Road, im- boy in the school can swim is most satis-larity of awiaming is shown by the fact mediately before the building and in factory. The Y.M.C.A, has been a great that 620 boys attended a swinning excur Hankow Road running lines through the help to you and since Mr. Dume's advent sion on Empire Day. Our thanks are due buildings into the centre of the block into Hongkong there is really no cause to the YM.C.A. for their encouragement and through court. Engines from why everyone of you should not be thor- of all sports and for the way in which Hongkew also arrived.

oughly

would really rather get out of his our disposal.. ran up through a maze of wires so way when I see him coming. I am afraid quickly that water was coursing through he will want me to join one of his classes for the middle aged, but he has not been it before the current had been shut off. with the result that the line was pierced able to get me there so far." (Laughter.) zad a short circuit ensued. By the time Continuing, Sir CLAUD jocularly remark-

"We beg to thank Lady Severn for FATAL FIGHT ON A STEAMER another had been run up, the current ed that two of his friends had been seri- coming here to-day and distributing the had been turned and an effective ously injured in these eluses, but Mr. prizes. It is an honour to the school CHINESE UNION AGITATED OVER stream was working well.

DEATH OF SEAMAN. Dome had told him that it was all their which I trust she will long continue to The building, which is in the shape of own faults The present splendid health confer upon it. We beg to thank you, and activity of the scholars was greatly Sir, for your presence here today and

The death of one of the men wounded- a double L of which both ends werO the broadest, proved very narrow at the due to the great interest Br. Dome took for your generosity in giving two-Art in the fight which occurred on board the Prizes (Applause.) Your encourage- str. Paul Regardant at Shanghai was middle. Flames roared through it as if in their physical welfare. He hoped the it were a tunnel. After they had worked scholars would continue to attend the ment of painting has undoubtedly been a reported last week, while another injured man was said to be in a serious condi- into the insterstices ander the roof, they Y.1.C.A. and thus show their gratitude great stimulus to the boys to do their

utmost to succeed in a most difficult tion. Various accounts of the affair have proved a problem indeed for the fire

The visit, of Mr. E. S. Kadoorie to the branch of Art. This year 58 boys com appeared in the Chinese Presa, all of 6ghters, but the latter soon got on to

Mr.

them suggesting that the German mem- the roof, broke through at the middle school was an interesting event and poured water in both directions. Kadoorie had taken a very keen interest peted for your two prizes,

"I beg to thank Mr. Wong Kam Fuk,bers of the crew were to blame. One Within 5 minutes the Brigade got the in one of the schools founded by the late Mr. Li Ling, Mr. Kwok U Ping, Mesars, Version, says the ... Daily News, was Sir Ellis Kadoorie in Shangbai, and Choeng Sun, and the Commercial Press to the effect that the quarrel began when the captain summarily discharged two although his visit was only a short one

men who were organizing an agitation making the visit he was glad he took the opportunity of for donating prizes to the school.

for higher wages, and another story states that the Chinese were set upon for no reason whatever.

A

The hose from the motor nearest was and I His energy is really ferocious they have always put their facilities at

flames well under.

Wetting down was continued for an other hour by all concerned, the crew being gradually ordered to shut off.

to bin

"Baxing is carried on throughout most of the year and much energetic, work is put in by Sergeant Marriott who takes a great interest in-his pupils.

"It is hollered here that, lacking a reply, Canton will appoint its own com- missioner. whereupon the gunboats will. again be forced to proceed to Canton."

"The Seamen's Union has issued an

appeal asking that justice shall be done to the men who were arrested, ctherwise "the Chinese will become more despised and the spirit of the deceased will never he appeased." The appeal concludes: "If a fox can lament the killing of a rabbit, humanity, cannot allow the killing of a human being to pass without some ex pression of regret."

Although it does not concern the year Referring to the prizes won for art 1993, I think it is fitting to mention The outbreak apparently started in the work, Sir CLAUD said that he had visit here that Mr. E. 5. Kadoorie, the bro reception room on the third floor and ed the school on the previous day and ther of the Founder of the school, and had every appearance of having origi bad examined the paintings and draw his son, visited us on January 14th and ated from the fire place. No one had inga. He found that he had so besita presented the boys with $130 so that been in the room. When the door was tion in awarding the first prize to Leung they might have additional cause to re- opened a sheet of Same shot right out Kam Cheung; both bis landscapes and membed his visit. As a result of this along the passageway and up the stair- flower work were extremely good, the act of generosity. the boys made an ense, taking everything before it. It composition and colour work being excel-excursion to Chin Wan on Tuesday, got an extremely strong hold on the leat The second prize be awarded to Pang January 21st. Over 620 masters and building before it was properly realized. Kui Ying; chiefly because his pencil work boys embarked on two launches and threo Four rooms are badly burnt at the south showed great promise. This student was junks and a very pleasant day was spent east corner on the top floor and three not only very careful but strong in gen- on the slopes of Tai Mo Shan." rooms on the third floor. The water cral effect, whilst in his lights and shades

SCHOLARSHIPS. 1922. damage under the circumstances was he showed great aptitude. He hoped that remarkably light. The building and con- this student would continue with his La Cha Pak Scholarship. Chiu US. GOLD COINS EXCHANGED tents were naturally insured with the studies and try a little more work in Chap.. company for whom the M.E.K., are colour" He commended the work of the agents.....

following students:-Li Ka Kan, Choi Ki Kwong Kau and Ng Ping Hec. :(Ap- plause.)"

THE LORD CHANCELLOR'S ¡PAY

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AND DUTIES,

Chao Kai Ming Scholarship-Lau Pai

FOR PESOS.

A PROFITABLE DISCOVERY BY MANILA BANKS.

For the first time in many years, United States gold coins of different. denominations worth 23,000,000 were im- ported by local banks from Bongbong

Lau Chu Pak. Scholarship.-Tao Nai during the latter part of December and early this month, says the Janila Times The coins were taken to the insular Ho Kom Tong Scholarship-Ng Eat treasury and exchanged for Philippine

pésos at par.

Chan Kai Ming Scholarship.-Pau Kan

Through the transaction the banks

SCHOLARSHIP 192)........ In conclusion. Sir CLAN said he wish- Lagard Scholar-Wai Yiu Chung. ed to remind the scholara that the Freo. Scholarships to Queen's College. Director of Education, who was present, -Tam Kam Shay. Lam Chak Shing, Lou would be leaving the Colony shortly, re- Pui Ki and Trui Fook Ho. Lord Birkenhead during the election, tiring from public service after consider- Tai Yau Scholarship.-Wong Cheuk replying to a personal attack said that ably more than 20 years service spent in Hing. when he became Lord Chancellor he British Malaya and Hongkong. He would abandoned, an income of $22,000 at pre ask him to speak to the scholars before Shung war value, in order to become Lord Chan the prizes were presented. This would

at a salary of £10,000. Ho

be the last occasion that Mr. Irving Luk. a penston of £5,000. be said" any of the leaders of your Bar would come to this school. He thanked whether, if I returned to practice at the all concerned for their hearty reception Tat

of Lady Bevern and himself and wished Mr. Lau Chu Pak Scholarship,-Ka were able to accommodate their need for pesos without paying the Government the English Bar to-morrow could not the scholars a very enjoyable holiday and Sik Chuen

1 per cent, premium it charges for ex- Ho Kam Tong Scholarship-Li Ming changing pesas for gold in New York. his office, not the hade

The DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION then- very Chan.. it." Lord Birkenhead went on to triedy addressed the boys. He said that

The Government has decided to ship without being discharged,

the coins to States. It will have to pay say that he compelled to do so, the dutice of Pre he was glad to have the opportunity of Wah.

Ho Kom Tong Scholarship-Au Lai about per cent. of the amount an

transportation charges. sident sither in the House Lords or on the saying good-bye to the Ellis Kadoorie- Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. School. He had known the scholars-cs Haug. Ho ant there every day on which his a collective body as long as the school services were required. He revised the had existed. The school was the Intest indgments of the Lord Chief Justice of to be formed into one of the four dis England, who receive! £8.333. and the trict schools. It had the largest attend Master of Rolls, who received £6,000. ance and rejoiced in having the Guest

The tradition of

make £40,000 reclusion of law, for prosperous work afterwards. (Applause.)

Mrs. Lau Chu Pak Scholarship.-Li Yiu.

Art Prizes. (presented by Sir Claud Banks discovered gold coins could h Severn, K.D.E. CM.G. 1st, Leung imported from Hongkong at a cost much Kam Chuen; 2nd. Pang Kur Xing; Com lower than the 13 per cent. premium they mended, Li Ka Kan, Choj Kong Kau usually pay the insular treasury for bug-

ing pesos with gold in New York. and Ng. Ping Het.