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YOUR VIEWS AND

MINE !

A Weekly Column of Local Gossip

By

KOWLOON RICKSHAWS

4.

"The Scout"

With regard to the move to re- duce the number of rickshaws in Kowloon, I am sure the heavy rain over the last week-end will have changed many opinions as to the usefulness of rickshaws On the

did Peninsula. They

·roåring. trade and residents were glad of, ttie opportunity to use rickshaws in preference to buses. I under aland that there are 385 rickshawa' in Kowloon and that it is intend- ed to gradually reduce this num- raised against ber. The point rickshaws is that they are in the way of fast moving traffic, but against this argument there has to be considered the fact that by re ducing their numbers, the Com- munity is depriving a number of coolles of their living. Surely if we have tolerated rickshaws all these years, we can at least wait till times cre a bit better before taking away from the rickshaw their means of livelihood? In some quarters there is objection to the rickshaw on ethical grounds. but one might be permitted to think that there are two sides to this question also and if # rickshaw coolie can do nothing else than palla rickshaw and thereby earn an honest living. by all means let him do so.

SHAUKIWAN ROAD

OUR CABARETS.

"At one time there were quite a the city. number of cabarets in

but this number has now been re- duced to three. Whether this is due to the trade depression or to any other. cause. I know not, but it is 'significant that although quite a number of patrons til} visit) the cabarets that the floor is very.. rarely full-unlike the days when the cabarets first started in the Colony.

denounced cabaretă a couple of years ago will be surprised to hear that these places are to-day very well con- ducted and close down at twelve that the midnight regularly and patrons include many men of good standing in the Colony. LIGHTING

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS,

THE PEAK CLUB

Appeal To Members

The annual general meeting of the Peak Club was held yesterday. Mr. DW. Tratman, CMG. being

in the chair.

SATURDAY, JULY 28,

1934.

VALEDICTORY

LAID TO REST

Funeral Of Mrs. J. Gould

The funeral took place yesterday of Mrs. Blanche Gould, wife of Mr. Joseph Gould, the well-known In proposing for the adoption of share broker. It was attended by a large circle of friends, but, at the report and statement of ac-the request of the family. counts, the Chairman, said:

wreaths were sent.

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The remains were.. interred in the Protestant Cemetery, the Rev. E G. Powell officiating st the graveside. Mr. Gouldwas the principal mourner, and amongst those who were present to pay their last respects were the follow-

-The Prot and Loss Account shows a Profit of $845.03 as com- pared with a Front of $357.60 for the previous twelve months, and although your Committee are pleased to be able to show this satisfactory result they feel that a greater measure of support is due to the Club from Members

Messrs. Fellx A. Joseph, generally. Once again your Com-Abraham, R. Abraham, J. Alves, mittee appeal to Members to make v. Benjamin, C. Basto. A. H. Car- more use of the amenities of the roll, D. H. Cooper, M. Carlo, Choy Po Min. Choy Wing Hay, S. Dunn, A. K. Diamond.

Club and to encourage fellow Mem- bers to do Brewise,

You will observe that subscrip- tions are down by some $583,00′| and this can only be remedied if Members will do all they can to bring along new Members.

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The Bar receipts are up by $84.00 and our thanks for this result are entirely due to the few gallant stalwarts who have made a feature of Badminton, and to those regu lar Members who make use of the Bridge Room.

The income from Ternis. and Badminton both show decreases as compared with the previous year. In the case of the former I would that decrease shown is due to the fact that for some considerable period of the year under review only two Courts were available for play.

In the speech from this Chair Last year reference was made to the laying down of two hard courts; these were completed a few months ago, and I am pleased to

I see that residents in parts of the Colony are still com plaining of the inadequacy of light-explain

Que has to coolie ing in their district.

30 along Hennessey Road to see how things can be overdone. The shops and stores in that area have sufficient lighting to place very bright without any street lighting at all, but it is in this district that the authorities have seen at to install powerful street lamps. But this is not all. In the new "island" along the far they have proved an unquali- tram tracks in Hennessey. Read.fied success. I should like to take lamps standards are to be includ- ed. Why so much trouble is gone to. to make Hennessey Road bright is a mystery, to most peo- ple, but would it not be better to devote some attention to the areas where light is really needed.

The report of the meeting of the Legislative Council relative to the expenditure of more money on Public Works Extraordinary is good news indeed. The widening of that part of Shaukiwan Road between Causeway Bay and Ming Yuen is long overdue. The bottle neck at A. King's Slipway is dis- tinctly dangerous to traffic and from the pedestrian's point of view

THE MORRISON CENTENARY

so

the straight" stretch between the Service At Volunteer

Headquarters

· A meeting of the Executive Body of the Morrison Centenary Cele- bration Committee was held in the Cathedral Hall on Thursday, July 28, Sir William Shenton being in the Chair when reports were re-

Bay View Police Station and the Hong Kong Electric, Company's works is dangerous now that both trams and buses use this route, to say nothing of lorries, motor cars and cycles. Now that a start is. to be made on the second section of the road, the time appears to be not very distant when a double tram track can be laid throughoutceived from the various sub-com- the whole of the Shaukiwan Road. Not so very long ago, the ride to Shaukiwen consisted of a number of annoying stops. To-day things are much better and in the course of a year or so. things will be

even better.

BUS FARES

be able to report to you that so

this opportunity, and I am sure Members will wish to join me, in taking Mr. A. S. Mackichan for ali

the hard work he has put in in connection with the new courts,

Club Dances

The Club Dances were well pat

ronized and as we were able to hold our usual New Year's Eve Ball the income from this item showd

ing:-

E. Ezra, A.

Presentation To Inspector James

Inspector F. J. James of the lo- cal Police Force who is leaving for

Home on retirement in the very near future, was presented with s cheque by members of the force at the Police Canteen yesterday.

The presentation was made by the Hon. Mr. E.D.C. Wolfe, Inspec- tor General of Police who, in do- ing so, said:

Gentlemen, we are gathered here to-day in quite a largë number to bid farewell to inspector James who, I certainly did not 'think, Ewould retire gifte so moon but he has found it necessary to leave at rather short notice. Inspector James, is, I think, best known to all of us as, shall we say, the sports Edgar, J., J. Edgar, F. Ellis, T. M.

Jrepresentative, particularly in foot- ball, of the Hongkong Police, What- Gregory, W. Goldenberg, J. Hol-

ever anybody may say for ox croft, Ho Wing. G. A Hartman. against inspector James, I think S. Judah, J. Kotewall. Lo Yuk they will all agree that he is "par Tong, A. Nissim A. H. Madar, excellence" a football enthusiast of J. Pood. M. J.whom we unfortunately have so Odell, M. Politi pazell, W. O. Pirie, J. Pestonji H. few in the Police and which I hope A Lamurnert, E M. Raymond, A

we shall have a large number M. L. Soares, Shi U Man, 7. H seth. H. Seth, P. M. N. da Silva.

more.

Weill, M. Well, W. A. Zimmern and Drs. H el Arculli and F."H Kew.

Amongst the ladies who attend-

Judah.

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Twice Commended Inspector James joined the Po- lice shortly before the war and he was one of the men who volunteer-

ed were: Mrs. H. M. Gregory, Mrs.ed and went home to serve during s. Dunn. Miss M., Manuk, Miss L.

the Great War. He returned short- Ellis, Mrs. D. S. Gubbay, and Missy after I had taken over the Po- lice, la 1919 I thing it was, and from that time he has by steady work advanced to the position: which he helds at present, that of # full Inspector, During his career in the Police, Inspector James has been commended on two occasions, the latter of which was connected with an armed robbery in which he was successful in arresting two armed robbers and bringing them to justice.

wild and Simmons for all they have done in maintaining our Library. Our books

are in "an excellent condition, and Mrs. Wild, who is at present in charge of the tions which Members may care to

•Library, will welcome any sugges-

make in connection with the intro- duction of new books.

I am sorry that Mrs. James is not here to-day. She preceded her husband on leave as she was ill and now the same trouble appear- ed to attack Inspector James him- self. I certainly hope that the de- cision taken by Inspector Jarnes has been a wise one, and that he would enjoy the present Ene sum- mer at Home.

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In the Chairman's Speech last year he stated that the Committee had decided to throw open one of the rooms upstairs with a view to its use as à Mixed Bridge Room Mrs. F. C. Hall very kindly under- took to see that the room was suitably furnished and I think you will agree with me that she made an excellent job of the task en- trusted to her Your Committee a welcome increase over the pre-regret to have to tell you, however, vibus year when an epidemic in

I now. wish to thank Inspector the Colony prevented the New that this Room has not proved the James for the interest that he has Year's Eve Ball Being held. success which It was earnestly taken in the police sports and par- During the year an innovation hoped it would be in fact, I ticularly in football. Possibly some doubt whether it has been used a may think that he was over-ent- dozen times during the year, and busiastic but I think I rather have your Committee hope that Mem-

a member of the force over-ent- bers will make more use of ity dur- husiastic than one who is 'very Ing the ensuing year. I feel that lethargic. and Inspector James' some of our ladies would under-example is one which I should be take to organise Bridge at the glad other members would follow Club on certain evenings during in order that our sports may be the week they would find no short carried on successfully. age of men turning up for the privilege of playing with them. Our Honorary Secretary will be glad to discuss details with any of the ladies who may be interested, and arrangements can be made he will be glad to send out a circular to all Members advising them that on the evenings agreed upon they will be certain to get a game of Bridge at the Club.

in the nature of Contract. Bridge Tournaments was introduced and these proved a popular feature; It is hoped that these will be con- tinued during the coming season.

The Increase in income in respect

of Amateur Dramatic Performan- ces is due to the successful play produced by Madame de Precourt to whom our thanks are due. It is hoped that further plays will be given during the coming season and our Honorary Secretary will

be grateful to hear from anybody

who is willing to help in this con-

mittees. The Rev. H. W., Baines. representing the Dean sald that the religious Sub-Committee had arranged for a united service of all the Protestant Churches in the Colony to be held at 6 p.m. on. Sunday, August 5 at the Volunteer | nection. Fleadquarters. There is to be a massed choir, and the band of the South Wales Barderers will pro- vide the hymn. accompanimenta (Should the weather be unfavour-

Cathedral),

The addresses will be given by the Bishop and by the Rev. Wong Ol Tong, and in order to insure that the congregation will hear clearly? Amplifiers will be installed

at various points on the ground."

Writing about trams remind me that there is a rumour current to the effect that the buses on theable the service will be held in the island may introduce second class fare of five cents. Of course the cheaper charge will attract more people to the bus, but let us hope that the reduced charge, will not lead to the appearance on the reads of Hongkong of buses which a few years ago W25 ́a common sight in Kowloon and which I re- call were once described 稳定 ап "eyesore." So far as Hong Kong Island is concerned, the buses have been a credit to the place. If by the introduction of a. Ave-cent fare we are to have more buses on the road, than the least one can hope is that the buses will be as spic and span as they have been to date

During the year under review your Committee decided to redeem the 31 Debentures which were out- standing when the Accounts for last year were presented to you. It is satisfactory to record that the Club is now entirely free from la- bility under this head,

Our grateful thanks are due to Mesdames Bentley. King, Sheldon

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produced by Dr. Morrison would be On August 1, the Bishop accom shown in the shop window of Kelly panied, it is hoped, by a consider:& Walsh, Chater Road A more ahle number of others from Hong detailed account of these exhibits Kong will proceed to Macao where will be given later.

he will be joined by the Consul It is proposed to hold an essay General of Canton, H. Phillips.competition in the schools in CMG. Wreaths from various re- October, when prizes will be after presentative bodies will be deposited for the best work. The subject ed on Morrison's grave, after the will naturally be on some aspect Eishop has conducted a memorial of Dr. Morrison's life; which the service in the chapel, which has

recently been ̈pat into due order under the direction of Mr. Gellion o: Macao.

SOBER HONG KONG

For the convenience of Hong Hong Kong enjoys the reputas Kong residents, the Steamboat tion of being a "sober place." As] Company has kindly arranged a matter of fact much of Hong-that_the_as. Chuen Chow which kong's sobriety is due to the con- leaves Hong Kong at Ham for trol which the authorities have Macao will make the return journey over the issue of wine licenses.

at 4 p.m. from Macua instead of Drunkards in the streets are the p.m. the usual time. exception rather than the rule at Prof. L Forster presented the night. The refusal by the Licen- report of the Education Sub-Com sing Board to grant further licen-mittee, which had undertaken to ses to tresh applicants in Wanchai be responsible for certain aspects

13 an example of how closely the Board follows the needs of the populace. It was stated that the number of licenced establishments in that district more than meets

the demand. However, it seems

to me that they are all crowded

a

of the Celebrations. He said that arrangements had been made for

candidate will be expected to study beforehand. The Prizes will be awarded at a special meeting of

ELECTION OF OFFICES The proposal was seconded by the Hon. M. R. E. Lindsell and car- ried unanimously

The following were re-elected officers for the year.

General Committee Mezar, L., C. F. Bellaiffy, F. C. Hall, E, A, Jén- kinson. D. J. Lewis, W. H. Lock, A. S. Mackichan, L. N. Murphy, D. W. Fratman, C.M.G. and FCB Way (secretary)

Insp. James Replies

In his reply, Inspector James said that this was an occasion, oʻ very mixed feelings. However pleased, he said, one was of going

Home, one must always have re- grets in that one was leaving hi friends.

Be should like to bring two points to the notice of the mem bers of the Police Force, parti cularly the senior members. It struck him very forcibly that more than 50 members of the force were now on pension al Home and the same number usu. ally went on leave every year. He then suggested that they should hold a reunion dinner, say in Lon- don, once a year, in order to renew

friendships and to recall memorier of their services in Hongkong. Balloting Committee: Messrs, J.

The second point wes, he said W. Alabaster, JW. Frants, R. E Lindsell, RM. McLay and Birthat he had seen a number of men going home on pension, and it Henry Pollock.

seemed to him that the members. had show distinction in making presentations.

"Bubscriptionis. are sent, round,” said Tuspector James, and it is up. to the popularity of the member of what he is going to get. This is

BRANCH BANKS AT SIAN

Nanking, July 17 In order to regulate the curren- the schools interested in a suitable cy in the North-west, the Central centre, when an address will be Bank of China is arranging for the entirely wrong." I suggest most given on Dr. Morrison, and tableux establishment of branch banks at sincerely that members should imm

pose upon themselves to give, Bay jor dramatised episodes from Morgian, provincial, capital of Shensi,

Gwenty cents a month to a pre- rison's life will be performed by and, in Chinghäí (Kakonor). pupils from the school.

San branch will first be organised. Bentation fund in order to ensure that every retiring member should Branches of the Bank of Com- munications in Tungkwan, north-get an equal presentation." eastern Shenal, and Bian will be

Inspector James Conta

conchied by ex- established next month-Kuo Min. pressing thanks for the presenta

tion.

Mr. T. E. Pearce Chairman of the

Finance Sub-Committee stated that

an appeal would be launched la order to get money to help in the rebuliding of the Nethersole Hospital-Dr. Morrison himself had "aken a short medical course in London before coming East la order to at himself more effectual

the Rev. Dr. B. L. Allen to addressly for his work in China, and he

in one area, and he would be naty way. On Augus 1 at 9.15

clever man indeed who could buy a drink at any place to the East of the Oriental Theatre right down to Shaukiwao am not including the various clubs in Happy Valley, of course, but am merely writing about licensed establishments.

RAILWAY TRAVEL

POPULAR

The

Dealing with the two pointe raised by Inspector James, the Hon. Mr. Wolle said that he entirely agreed with the suggestion of s reunion dinner in London, as he

Tientsin, July 20, - the Rotary Club on July 31. the had also established a clinic in

According to information from subject being Dr. Morrison. This Macao On the nature of the the Peiping-Liaoning: Railway Ad-was himself going home on pen- address would be broadcast and response to the appeal, would de- ministration, the total number of ion soon, but the difficulty was published it is hoped in the ardpend the character of the memo- passengers travelling on the to find an energetic man to take

rial that would mark the Centen through service, from the 1st to charge of the event, ---- ary of his death at the 10th inclusive, was 5054 The The fund would be kept open tim number of ist-class passengers on the end of the year, the east-bound, trains was 34, and

All these reports were received class 78 and -3rd-class 2,692 on Essay Competition A and the proposals put forward by westbound trains lat-class 31, 2nd- Commencing on Tuesday July the various sub-committees were class 66 and 3rd class 2163-Kuo

KAM MinAS 31 a. display of books used and adopted.

pm. Dr. Allen would again broad cast an address on some phases of Dr. Morrison's life and what we owe to him. -

Regarding the question of pre sentation he said that he would rather leave it to the members as there was no rule that tion should be made and therefo it was friendly gesture,

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