GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
LAST WEEK'S ACTIVITIES.
SUNDAY, April/10.
His Excellency the Governor and Lady Peel lunched with Mr. Potts
nt Fraling.
MONDAY, April 20.,
LESSON SERMON.
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, HONG KONG.
"Probation after death" was the
subject of the Losson-Sermon in all Churches of Christ, Scientist, on
Sunday, April 20.
.
The Golden Text was:The Lady Peel accompanied by cap-Lord knoweth the days of the 'up thin T. A. H. Coltman A.D.C. attended the Reception given by the Victoria Diocesan Missionary Association.
TUESDAY, April 21.
His Excellency presided at the Annual meeting of the Tung Wah Kwong Wah and Tung Wah Eas. tern Hospitals, which was held at Government House,
His Excellency the Governor in epected the Kowloon Magistracy,
His Excellency the Governor and Lady Feel attended by Captain T. A. H. Coltman A.D.C. visited- the Salvation Army Homo in Kuw loon.
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right, and their inheritance shall ht for ever." (Paulm 37; 18)
Among the citations which com- prised the Lesson-Bermon was the following from the Bible" Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help. I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from eenth. O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repontanice shall be hid from mine eyes," (Hosea 13; 0.14.)
The Lesson-Sermon also includ ed the following passage from the Christian Science textbook," Accompanied by the Hon. Mr. "Science and Health, with Key to Creasy (D.P.W.), Mr. G. A. Walk the Scriptures," by. Mary Baker er (acting manager Kowloon Can Eddy :-"Jesus' unchanged physic. ton Railway), Mr. C. D. Lambertal condition after what seemed to (Chief Mechanical Engineer Kow-be death was followed by his ex- loon Canton Railway), His Excel-altation above all material condi loney the Glovertor and Lady Peel tions; and this exaltation explain visited the scene of the railwayrd his ascension, and revealed un- accident between Taipu and Shamistakably a probationary and pro- tin.
THURSDAY, April 23.
On behalf of His Excellency the Governor Captain T. A. H. Colt man teid a wreath on the Cenotaph in commemoration of St George's Day
The Hon. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Southern arrived at Government House.
Fuipay, April 24,
Accompanied by the Hon. Mr. W. T. Souihorn the Hon. Mr. E. 1. Hallifax, Mr. J. D. Lloyd (Superintendent of Imports and Exporta and Mr. G. L. M. Clau-
rón (Colonial Office representative) His Excellency the Goyernar visit. ed the Government Opium factory' 'and carried out various tests,
(Continued on next Calumin.)
-HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, APRIL 27, 1931.
MODERN JAPANESE ART.
EXHIBITION AT KOMOR AND
KOMOR'S.
The regular exhibitions at Messra. Komor and Komer's, of the work of modern Japanese water colour artists always attract a good deal of attention for the reason that the pictures are exceedingly charming and their cost very low.
COAL SHORTAGE. IN....
SHANGHAI
SUGGESTION MADE THAT ¡CHINA TAKE OVER MINES.
NON-TREATY PORTS. FARM FIRE TO BURN
AMENDMENT TO SHIPPING ORDINANCE.
The Gartrament Gazette pub.
WITCH.
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Hamburg-An attempt to burn
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out a witch, which caused the death THE Undersigned bave received of two innocent people, came before the Hamburg Criminal Court. The hearing showed that a highly de- isveloped system of popular education has not yet overcome the crudest superstitions of the Dark Ages,
The accused were two peasants, Tiedemann and Meyer, from the
In view of the shortage in the Shanglini conl supply enusedl through the limitation of produc-lishes the draft of a Bill to amend tion by the Kailan Mining Ad- further the Marchant Shipping Or-
dinance, 1809. ministration, the Shanghai Chinceo Coal Merchants Association h decided upon two measures for the settlement of the question, as near- There can be no doubt that the ly 40 per cent, of local conl is su most prominent artist in the pre-plied by the Kailan Mining Ad- the Chinese sent exhibition is Terauchi. His ministration, says art improves steadily and to-day it Press. The two measures said to is in some examples well nigh per- have been decided upon by the Chi- feet. Take for example Number use Coal Merchants Association 4 in the exhibition, an 'early moro- ing scene with a mountain swathed
(a) That the native coal stores
in mist. It might so casily have in Shanghai, which have entered been merely pretty but is much into contracts with the four local One feels the imovement of sales agencies of the Kailan Mining more. the mist, and senses the warmth Administration for the regular sup of the sun which is gradually dis-rly of Kailan conl, should sue the Kailan's sales agencies for their solving it.
frilure to deliver the necessary quantity to them and for causing shortage of the coal supply and an increase in the prices of Fushun
Number 78 is one of his favourite
Section 4 (2) of the Merchant
1890, Shipping. Ordinance, amended by the addition of the following proviso at the end thereof
Provided further that it shall be
to have been lawful for the Gover. awful and shall be deemed always
in Council to grant special oxemption, which may be subject to any conditions he may impose, from all or any of the requirements of this sub-section in the case of any ship regularly plying between the Colony and Dosing, Swabue (Shanmi), Ping Hoi, Ma Kung, Sha Yu Chung, Nam O, Tip Fuk, Tau or any other nontrealy port passed a special examination bo- if the master and mate shall have
village of Fredenbeck. Disease oc curred repeatedly among the latter's: cattle, and he appeary to have jumped to the conclusion that the animals had been bewitched by: Frau Host, one of his neighbours,
At first he had recourse-with, he
Buccess-to
"4 witch believed, doctor" in a neighbouring village. woodland scenes in a harmony of
She is the daughter of an old shep- lender, greens and pine warm
herd, who. performed aimilar ser- browns. Number 27 is a study of snow
vices for Meyer's father, and it crowned mountain tops and is dis
camo out in the evidence that the tinguished by its particularly cleverbo submitted to the impendingbe approved by him for service on
auch voyages. composition.
National People's Convention for
gifte of the exoreiser. are here- discussion
Section 44 of the Merchant Ship-ditarily transmitted only from male the fundamentai methods of avoiding future coaling Ordinance, 1899, is amended by the deletion of the words "a fee shortages in Shanghai.
thatuf one dollar" in the last line there, of and by the substitution therefor of the words "such fenas the Glover-
or in Council shall prescribe."-
This Ordinance shall not come
aces
and other conls; and
(b) That three proposals should
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fore the. Harbour Master and shall
Apki is a newcomer whose work is worthy to hang beside that of Terauchi. He
his pictures much in the same way but there These three proposals are gressive staté beyond the grave.js an even greater delicacy here the Chinese Government should Jesus was 'the way' that is, he about the mist effects of which both take over the Kailan Mining Ad- marked the way for all men." (P. artists are fond. Number 60 is a ministration without further delay ANT.)
very clever nemi impressionistic because the agreement entered into study of paddy fields hidden inbetween the Kaiping and Luang-uto operation unless and until the mist, while number 48 showing a chov mining administrations has river bank on which grow ghostly already expired; that the proposed white flowers is handled even more Tsangchow-Shihchinchuang Railway skillfully.
should be extended to Taku and tho There are a large number of Peking-Suiyuan Railway should be studies of men and women of all, extended to Tungpro so that the walks of Japanese life, and hun-Shangi coal, which is noted for its dreds of landscape scenes by dif, unlimited quantities, and the Tung- ferent artists of varying skill.
The Hon. Mr. Messer was receiv. ed by His Excellency the Governor, on his retirement from the Hong Kong Civil Servios.
The following were the guests at luncheon. The Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Creasy, Lady Tothill, Mr. and Mrs. Thaine, Lt. Tothill, Mr. R. Todd, Mr. Onriet.
SATURDAY, April 25.
The Hon, Mr. and Mrs. Southern left Government House,
His Excellency the Governor and Lady Peel attended the Garrison Sports at Sookunpoo.
pao coal, which is noted for its fine quality, may be sent to Shanghai and other parts of China by rail way as quickly as possible; and that the Chinese Government should
which was forcibly occupied by the Japanese troops and which
Inter handed over by the Japanese troops to the South Manchurian Railway.
It is a very real pleasure to examine these pictures and should one be tempted to buy-and few could resist that temptation-theist take over the Fushun coal mine expenditure of a very small sum will make one the possessor of a pieture which will be a delight for
many a year.
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Govornor notifies by Proclamation that it is His Majesty's pleasure not to disallow the same and there. after it shall come inte operation upon such day as the Governor shall notify by the same or other Proclamation.
any
to female, or nice versa,
The owner of the bedevilled cattle firat prayed with the witch doctor,
and then his skin was inarked with, a cross, which he had to transler .to the sick animals before he again
spoke.
For some time Meyer found this treatment satisfactory, but at last it seemed to lose its efficacy, and he agreed with Tiedemann, who is his brother-in-law, that they must turn out the devil by setting fire to the witch's house," This they did, and Frau Host's husband and son perished in the flames.
In sentencing Tiedemann and Meyer to four years and 21 years' penal servitude, respectively, the Court stated that the punishment would have been much more severe
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Objects and 'Reasons. It has been the practice to grant special exemption from the require. ments of section 4 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, to certain small steamers holding Hong, Kong passenger licences regularly plying between the Colony and places not open to general trade, The prae Loe would seem to require au amendment of the section, which is relaxed by its proviso in the case of river steamers and trawlers 'and which was further relaxed in 1917, the case of river steamers, for a period of 61 years, by Ordinance No. 18 of 1017 and Notification No. 432 of 1923. Section 2 of this Or- dinance accordingly adds a third proviso to scation 4 (2) of the
Two cases of bravery in the Undersigned have received principal Ordinance. Section 3erocodile-infested Zambesi amends section 44 of, the principal were described in the London Ordinance by substituting the Gazette last month with the 'an- words "such fes us the Governor in Houncement of the award of medals." Council shall prescribe" for the
The King has awarded the Albert words in fee of one dollar" which Medal to Mr. Leonard Pemberton is considered an inadequate sum to charge for the informative abstract which is to be supplied under the section.
Section 4 of this Ordin-
ance is the suspending clause usual in the case of an Ordinance relat- ing to Merchant Shipping.,
VACCINATION.
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GALLANT EFFORT TO SAVE
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in recognition of his gallantry in WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, trying to save a boy's life.
"On November 14, 1930 (it is stated) a number of children were bathing in the Zambesi at Livingstone, at a point where, a wire enclosure, no longer croCO dile proof, had been made some
Lime ago,
"One of the boys was seen sud- denly to disappear. Mr. Pem- berton, who was sitting on the bank, dived in fully clothed and despite the fact that he was con- valescing from a recent siluess, minde repented atempts to bave the boy from a crocodile which was holding him under water.
Mr. Pemberton was fully aware that he was aloss to a man- eating crocodile which might at any moment have turned and. attacked, and in acting AS he did displayed courage of
very high degree. Mr. Pem berton was unfortunately un- successful in his efforts to
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bring the victim to the surface.", H.K. Benevolent Society.
In the Government Gazette in published a draft Bill to amend the Vaccination Ordinance, 1923. The objects and reasons state; This Ordinance reduces the period of grace for unvaccinated
The medal of the Civil-Division children born within the Colony or
of the Order of the British Empire admitted to school therein, from has been awarded to Abraham six months to six wooks and ro Johannes Mommaen, AR engino peals the sub-section of section 14 driver, also of Livingstone, for his of the principal Ordinance which courage in retrieving the body of exempted-guardians from penal the boy Mommsen repeatedly dived ties for not causing children to be into the river and found the body vaccinated during the summer
at a depth of 20 feet. Sub-section (3) of that section is altered so as to allow six weeks instead of one month as the period of grace in the case of children brought horo. for the first time. This Ordinance also repeals n subsection of section 21 of the principal Ordinance the effect of which is spent:
months,
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