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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, MAY

SPRING IN THE KONG-reads probably as much as any of WAH YAN COLLEGE.

MOON DISTRICT.

WHAT ROADS AND MOTOR 'BUSES MEAN TO CHINA'S

PEASANTRY.

A BANDIT 'OUTRAGE: ARE CANTON AUTHORITIES ASLEEP?

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

Kosa Mous, April 30. The spring days have come again awakening the country side into The new life and new activities. spring rains and the warm with their renewing power have brought forth ones more the soft shades of green upon the hills and

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the other developments taking place are vitally changing the aut look and aspirations and hopes ́ of ; the people. These splendid Kigh- ways are actually, with great rapid- ity bringing to birth the dawn of A new and wonderful era in the life of the Chinese Empire. They presage great things for the future, an ern of developmentand expan so in this great land which at the present moment it will be difficult to foretel!.

Faller Life. for All.

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Thousands of men and women and boys and girls are travelling

day in fast moving motor busses, travelling faster and farther than over before in their lives. They are crowding into these new speedy conveyteen, filled with the intense

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ANNUAL PRIZE

DISTRIBUTION.

HEADMASTER'S REPORT,

ST. JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE.

CONCERT ON SATURDAY NIGHT.

An all too lengthy programme was responsible for the disappoint

1931:

SIR JOHN SIMON ON LIBERALISM.

PARTY AND NATIONAL INTERESTS.

Sir John Simon addresing, bis constituents at Spen Valley said that he was glad to speak to them on two great matters of the great.

Mr. Fung Ping-shap on Satur- day distributed the certificates anding state of affairs at the concert, prizes to the successful students of at King's College, in aid of the St. Wah Yan College in the College John Ambulance Brigade. Although ent interest to all: the state of the Hall, Robinson Road, in the pre-some of the Colony's leading ama.

teurs contributed to the first, half i sence of a large gathering,

of the programme, most of the people had left because it was so long drawn out and by the time On December 18, 1930, the college the play "Black Magic!' commenc completed the 11th your of its rx.ed, there was but a handful of

College. istence, and this is, therefore, in people in the Great Hall of the

In presenting the school raport for 1990, the head master, Mr. Lim Hay-lan, said, inter alia:--

1th annual report.

During the year 1930 the high

Liberal party and state of the country. If the Lilieral party, by its conduct or declarations, gave any ground for suspicion that it was merely engaged in upholding the Labour Government, Liberalism lost all claim to be respected as an independent fores. The consequen- ers were seen in recent by-elections. Those consequences would only be

fields. The flowers too, with their novelty of the experience. They est number on roll was 840 (827 in plauded for her singing while Mr. prolonged and intensified. unfoss it

varied and, beautiful colours are mingling with the green upon the hills, and the birds are happy judging from the volume of sweet song one hears from early in the morning until the close of day.

The frogs ton, are proclaiming in no uncertain sound the fact that the spring-time has come again. In the early hours after night-fall, they threaten to make night hide- ous by the crashing ring of their As the night massed production. wears on however, they appear to lose some of their vigour, until later on one hears mainly the deep boom of the older menbers of the denizens of the ponds and ditches,

The Water Buffalo in Harness Again,

are meeting with crowds of people they have never seen before. They are getting away from the old cooked and winding and narrow stone pathe which have served their fore-fathers for generations. They are not only riding in motor enre, motor basses, and ou byeicles on these public roads. Thousands of them are out walking on these sun- 1 highways.

1920), and the average attendance was 701 (770 in 1929) or 84 per cent. The total number of meetings for the year was 379, that is, seven more than the previous year,

As usual, I was forced by limited

Mrs. Valentine was loudly ap-

was made entirely plain that they Li Chor Chi contributed "Torna a Surricato (de Curtis) and "Mat meant to exercise an unfettered tinata" (Leoncavalle) in his usual judgment to deal with each ques- finished style. Dick Barty and ation as it arose on its merits with Piano" greatly amused the audi- but nny sort of commitment or un- eace with a humorous turn and durstanding. He proposed to "co- Black Magic" brought the pro- operate to the utmost of his power gramme to a close.

with Liberals who not only spoke Inif acted in this sonsc.

HE. the Governor and Lady Peel, attended by Capt. T. A. H.- were present Coltman, AD.C., during the early part of the even- the ing.

accommodation to refuse admission ti more than 400 boys both after the Chinese New Year Holidays and after the Summer vnestion,

In his annual report on the college Mr. Sutherland says: "The building is suitable, and equipment good. adequate, and the discipline very good inspected all the book work, which is good throughout the school. From Class & upwards reading and conversation showed a marked improvement Mathema woll taught. Dictation ice is teste given in these classes showed satisfactory, results, and pupils answered intelligently questions on

The Besetting Wonkness of

Politicians..

the

Alternative Vote Bill scoined to him

For neither the abstract theories of Socialism nor the concreto pro- The staff is The Hon. Mr. W. E. L. Shenton,posals of the Government, such as

in a short speech, thanked all who the Trade Disputes Bill or had helped for their support, men-

Ile also independent Liberalism. The ex- tioning en passant the useful work to be entitled to the backing of the Brigade was doing. thanked II.E, and Lady Peel for tinction of the Liberal party would be the end of organised influencea their attendance,

upon public affairs which had made immeasurable contributions to na- tional and international progress. He altogether repudiated the view that the soul of Liboralism was passing into the Labour party, which spent so much of its time in MR, TAIRBANKS' OFFER FOR | denouncing the very thing which

Boarding Department.

Some of the older women still walk with halting steps hoaring the marks of an age now happily Task in South China when the little girls were subjected to the bar rous custom of having their tend. er feet bound into unthinkable shapes.". No longer, in South China do we see the girls subjected to this cruel custom. The feet of These are busy days for, the

the women are no longer bound. farmer, his wife, and sons and These public highways with the daughters. The time for the plant promise of a wider and more ing of rice has come, and the sturdy healthful life are rapidly deliver-general subjects." elu water buffalo with his pondering the woman of China from the ous horns, or the younger buffalo shackles which have bound the The horizon of the Keifer must be impressed with the mind. fact that the long and restful days people ́is being widened.. They of the winter months are past. They are seeing more. They are seeing must now submit to the yoke and farther. They are beginning to res be willing to spend many weary lize that there is something vastly hours pladding through the flooded more in life than what they have fields dragging the one-handled been accustomed to for years in plow or the primitive harrow, pre-their-limited, unenlightened, dark paring the fields for the rice which ened lives lived within the con- means so much to the people of fines of some unsanitary and poor- ly lighted village or market-place. South China.

The women, and the girls, and the homes are the hope of the new day for China.

Bandit Atrocity,

Not long ago we walked along. a stone path leading through the fields and on every 'sido one could hear the slightly clad farmersThese ronds have made a good they start in the hope for a better day. shouting "Hej Hei," дв guided their patiently plodding The next thing is the establishment water buffaloes around their flooded of a sufficient number of schools felds.

The April un shone brights that not only the boys but also ly, is in many a small plot the the girls of China may be given an upturned konked earth foll splash- opportunity to reap the benefits of the larger and more complete life ing into the water filled furrows.

The many patches of growing which awaits them. ride ready for transplanting with their rich tints of green made a picture in the April sunshine. In one large plot where the thick rice had grown to a height of about fifteen inches, three young women were pulling the rice plants and handing them in bundles ready to be transplanted in the prepared fields. They appeared to be enjoy ing their work as they stood in the water with their bare feet washing the sail from the roots of the rigaurous young rice plants.

Beauty of Scenery.

In some of the fields the men and women were busy setting out the plants in sowa coross the fields. They tramped about in the mud and water sometimes nearly to their knees, bonding and stooping beneath the rays of the warm 800. The life of the Chinesa farmer is no easy one. They work early and

A few days ago we talked with a mau who narrowly escaped with his lite from the last dastardly at- thek on one of the passenger boats lying between Sun Choung' and Cantom. While on the way to Can- ton on the night of Friday April 17, the "Tung Kai" passenger boat from Sun Cheang was blown up and sunk by a bomb placed in the river way near Canton by some villanous bandits, who because the money had not been paid in answer to their blackmailing letters took this method of getting revenge from the Tung Yik Co," owners

powerful explosive and sunk within

A few minutes.

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Our bonding department, which is under the able management of Mr. Wong Tuen-po, was full the whole year round. There were al says more than ten on the waiting hist. The boarders have fixed hours for study and for play. Their health during 1800 was so good that there were very few cases of

illness,

Sports

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Our fifth annual athletic moot- jag' was held on May 22, at the South China ground, Carolino Hill, by kind permission of the South China Athletic Association. large number of visitors, parents, past and present pupils witnessed The the keenly contested events. Senior Championship was won by Lam Yu, and the Junior Cham- pionship by Leung Chok-cheung

It is indeed a great pity that wa have so little ground available for physical training and games. The lack of playing fields is a general complaint of all schools situated in the City of Victoria, but we are worse off in this respect than all the other institutions of a similar size. What is still worse, we do not see any relief in the immediate future, unless the Playing Fields' Committee will be good and kind enough to find means to ameliorate our present condition.

Examinations.

PSYCHOLOGY ON THE

SCREEN.

DOCTOR'S ESSAY,

Rome, April 25.-It is learned that Mr. Douglas Fairbanks, now visiting Rome, has offered $200,000 to the Swedish Dr., Munthe for the film rights of, his book "San Michele," the title of which is taken from a marvellous villa owned by Dr. Muathe and situated in the mountains of Capri island.

The author is stated to have de clafed he could not see how the paychological and autobio- book, graphical essay, could be filmed, whereupon Mr. Fairbanks answer- ed, "You are a famous physician and a marvellous psychologist, the book lives and moves,"

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Cinema operators have been sent to Capri to get the "atmosphere" of the book. It is stated Mr. Fair- banks reserves for himself the film interpretation of the youth in the took and has offered Dr. Munthe the part of the old man at the end of the book-part of his own life.

Dr. Munthe is very old and is il. He has lost one eye and is in fear of closing the other. It is not yet certain whether he will accept Mr. Fairbanke offer but is still con- sidering it. While he says he can not see how the book can make a scenario he is tempted to take the money because it would enable bim to accomplish a life's dream, the purchase of a small island off the coast of Norway for a bird sanc- tuary to "protect, migratory birds from gruesome carnage,' and also to establish a little modern hospital on Capri island.

it was supposed to have absorbed. The preservation of really inde- pendent Liberalism, difficult as that task was, was the objective which overy, Liberal should set bo- fore himself, and the country would be definitely the loser if it could not be secured.

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But more important than the state of the party was the state of the country. It was the beact- ting weakness of politicians and political parties to look at imme diate events through partisan spec- tacles, and on ordinary occasions. national problems might well ba political creeds and the rivalry of solved by the clash of competing party watchwords. But, was not cur country's situation too grave for that 1

There was more than one subject of critical importance at the present time which, as it seemed to him, was likely to call for broader treat- ment. He would mention three which would force themselves on the attention of the country with increasing insistence during the next few months. One was India, the accond was unemployment bene. fil, and the third was national finance,

On one of the three was he prepared to dogmatis ns to me- thods; on none would it be useful to make general declarations. On all three he proposed to apply his own mind and judgmont to the very best of his powers and to offer from time to time such contribu tions as he could.

Financial Problems.

William Beveridge declared that Tako unemployment benefit. Sir whereas we had at one timo a system of insurance miscalled "the dolo," we had now a system mis- Commission on Unemployment In- called insurance. When the Royal surance, presided over by Judge Holman Gregory, reported in May we should be faced with a new pro- treatment, and where the general Jeclarations made in the past would

We presented 24 boys for the Matriculation Examination, and 7 passed with 4 distinctions; were awarded the Senior Local Corti- ficate. Some of our best boys failed to satisfy the examiners, although they passed in more than five sec- tione, because they did not get sufficient marks in Trigonometry, which was compulsory and in which | BISHOP URGED TO RESIGN.blem which would call for specia! several distinguished themselves the

who wore chosen from among a total of more than 200, six wora wil Yin boys; and one of them, Tsang Chun-hon, topped the list..

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of the boat. Ruthlessly, without previous year. Only & boys man-

meinent's warning at the houraged to pass the Junior Local Ex NEW MOVE AGAINST bs of very little practical, assist of 11.30 p.m. a

passenger boat amination with 8 distinctions. METHODIST PRELATE IN U.S

He thought the same call for ro These results wore the worst in the crowded with hundreds of men'

examination of our general attitude history of the college, and I sincere

Bristol Va April. 24.-New in the face of overwhelming fin women, and little children nuleeply hope there will be no repetition troubles for Bishop James Cannon, ancial and monetary emergency for the night was wreckou by a Many of our Class 1 and Class Jr., of the Metluslint Episcopal might very well arise in the course

boys ent for the Customs College late in the opon fields, and there

Examination held in Canton, and Church, South, were predicted here of the next twelve months. If so, of the twelve successful candidatest-day by the Bristol Herald he would approach it, not with

Courier, & loon! newspaper.

changed convictions, but with an is very little apparent comfort for

As far as can be ascertained at

According to the Bristol Herald- open mind-and he claimed his them in their small and poorly least forty bolpless people were

Courier & potition is baing air-constituents' authority to do so. It culated among lay members of the was the true function of every lighted farm houses away over in

Methodist Episcopal Church, South, member of Parliament to try to the village. They have however either killed by the explosion or

Kowloon Branch, drowned, trapped in the many little

asking that Bishop Cannon resign realise the definition of Edmund their compensations, because any

Our Kowloon Branch has a staff his high occlesiastical office, The Burke, who wholly declined to be A mere delegate. On this basis ho During the year pelition and its demands, the news- one who knows something of the rooms used in these passenger

junks, without the least possible of 15 teachers. brauty of the out-of-doors scenery hope of escapo. This is not the 395, and the average attendance the College of Bishops of the their support in the discharge of 1030 the highest number on roll was paper states, will be presented to trusted that he would still have in South China with the fields and first time that a thing of this was 348, or 89 per cent. The total Methodist Episcopal Church, South, hit duty. hills and trees and purple moun kind has happened to a crowded number meetings for the year which is to convene at Nashville, In regard to India, Bir John tains in the distanco knows that

was 377; 19 boys ware presented Tennesse, on May 1. passanger junk when within an

Bishop Cannan already has been life need not necessarily be únia-hour or two of Canton, the Capital for the junior Local Examination teresting even although parts of the of South China. Why the authori and only & passed. This compared tried and acquitted by an ecclesias vory unfavourably with the results tical body on charges of viointing day or night are spent in exceed ties in Canton cannot deal swiftly

effectively with these pests and of 1929, when all the nine boys his oath of office by his polition) and stock market netivities. It was re- ingly humble and un-inviting | ruthless murderors is a matter presented satisfied the examinera,

which has caused many saber-think-Beform.concluding. I wish to ex-vealed in the course of a United ing people to ask what the authori- press my best thanks to His Lord. States Senate investigation that he Roads and the Now Era..

ties in Canton are about. It would ship the Bishop and the Rev. Fa handled considerable sums and ther Banchio for their constant ad-directed a campaign in Virginia to The many well built highways be a very easy matter to round up

various mat defeat dhe presidential aspirations TOF motor red bus trafie extending the Elders in the villages and hand vice and assistance out through the country linking up out swift punishment.if these: cul- fore; to Mr. E. Zimmera for giv of former Governor Alfred as far as he could his ora energees most of the important. alties and prits are set produced. The poor

Smith, Democrat of New York, towns and market-places are prov- people of China are being taxed

Bishop Cannon, at one time, also ing to be an unqualified blessing to heavily enough for protection. Why

maintained an account with a Now York brokerage house. the people of South China. These do they not receive it!

homes.

ing so much of his time to our Boy Scouts; and to every one of those who have contributed items to this afternoon's entertainment.

added that the actual problem now awaiting solution was nothing less than framing in consultation with representatives of India a constitu- ties mode of government in cir cu dances entirely novel, not for country, not for a race, but for continent containing one-fifth of the human race. Ho hoped his friends in Spen Valley would agree that it was right for him to resorve and power and thought to make any contribution open to him in that stupendous decision. plense.)

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