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GAZETTE

Latest Appointments Etc

It is notified that His Excellency the Governor 1η Counci has au:osed 2g place to be used 15 a Chinese Cemetery, to be known as "New Kowloon Cemetery No. 7" the plece of land contain- ing about 200 acres, situated at Hammer H in New Kowloon and shown on the plan thereof which: may be seen at the Office of the Public Works Department.

ilus Excellency the Officer Ad- ministering the Government has nominated the Hon. Mr. R. E Kodwall a n member of the Court of the University of Hong- Kong for a period of three years, and has re-nominated Mr. Tang Sulu-kin to be a member of the Court for a further period of three years

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His Excellency the Officer An-s ministering the Government has approved the following promotions in the Hong Kong Volunteer de- fence

Corps: Captain Stanley Jarvis, M.C., to the rank of Ma- jor: Lieutenant Jose Victor Vieira dos Remedies to the rank of tap

tain.

Sealed tenders in tripilcate which should be clearly marked "Tender for the Slaughter Hause Contract, Aberdeen." will be re- ceived at the Colonial Secretary's" office until noon of Tuesday, Octo- ber 22. for the privilege of slaugh- tering animals for the food of man in the Government Slaughter House at Aberdeen, for the period cf one year from January 1 next.

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Bealed Lenders in triplicate, which should be clearly marked "Tender for the purchase of Un- serviceable Stores, K.C.R.," wil

be received at the Colonial Secre- tary's office until noon on Monday.

Sealed tenders

triplicate, which shoud be clearly marked "Tinder for Printing Shop, Baths, Laundry, etc., New Goal at Stan- ley," will be received at the Colon- lal Secretary's office until noon on Monday. The work consists of the erection of steel and concrete framed buildings with brick pa-

nels.

The "Gazette" contains the draft of an Ordinance to amend the Vo- lunteer Ordinance, the principal object of which is to substitute an Air Arm for the Flying Section of

GOOD RESPONSE

To S. P. C. A. Appeal

The

The highest return was made by Mrs. Maur.cé-Jane who brought in $136,29. with Miss Irene Butler coming in next with $185.80

In addition to the acove-named adies, the names of the other helpers, and the amounts wbich they colected, are as follows:-

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1935.

GOVERNMENT HOUSE

Monday, October 7th.

His Excellency received M. Sou- lange-Teissier,

for France.

FULL GLORY OF CHINESE ARTISTRY

Conant General The International Exhibition

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His Excellency and Party were present at the Queen's Theatre. Tuesday, October Sin.

the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps and to enact provision in the Volunteer Ordinanc2. 1933,

Captain W.J.R. Cragg. A.D.C.. and the regulations thereunder ap-represented His Excellency at the propriate to this unit. The cost farewell to M. Soulange Teissler. of training members of this unit Consul-General for France, aboard

the MM. s.s. "Andre Lebon." will be considerable. It is con- sidered therefore that they should Thursday, October 10th. engage to serve for periods of four

years at a time, and not merely for three years as is the case in the other Corps units.

If thay cease, without permis sion, to serve in the unit during any such period they will be re- quired to refund the cost to the Government "of their training in that period up to a maximum of $500.

Similarly they will be re- quired to make a refund in respect of any year in which they do not complete the requirements of effl- cleney, which will be at least six fying hours per quarter.

His

Excellency,

attended by

The International Exhibition of Their work was much appreciated Chinese art, to be held under the by posterity, being commended auspices of the British and Chi- and copied under "successive em- nese Governments at Burlington perors until the end of the 18th Ilouse from November 1935. to century. Many of these later March 1936. has by the coopera-

celadons are found in Occidental tion of the Chinese Government collections. The large numbers of secured a most remarkable coller-archaistic pieces made during the Captain W.JR. Cragg, A.D.C., pet-idh of more than eight hundred Ching Dynasty (1644 onwards) formed the Opening Ceremony of

objec,s representing the full glory were frequently the result of a the new Bullding of the Hong

of Chinese artistry over a period very deep admiration for the great Kong & Shanghai Banking Cor-

of some thirty-Ave centuries. The achievements of the past, rather i poration.

vast majority of the objeels are than any hope of commercial gain. from the Imperial collections for Such reproduc ions often bear the merly housed in the Peking Pa mark of the later period in which lace (Forbidden City), and they

they were made, and are usually Include a comprehensive series of mas.erpieces associated

recognizable by the brilliant white with the of the porcelain under its coloured

glazes.

His Excellency, attended by the Personal Staff and accompanied by Miss Mary Smith, was the guest of the Chairman and Direc tors of the Hong Kong & Shang- hai Banking Corporation at lunch. Friday, October 11th.

The following lunched at: Gov ernment House; Lady Southern O.BE.. Commodore and Mrs. ¤, G. 3. B. Sedgwick, Air Commodore

M.A.W

The new section 254. providing for medical attendance in a Gov-Bowen, OBE, Air Commodore S. ernment Hospital for wounds, In Smith. O.B.E.. San. Ldr. C. R. and Juiries or liness incurred whilst Mrs. Keary. Sqn. Lär. G. C. Bla- on duty on terms similar to those don and, Paymr. Lt. Car. granted to Government, Ofcers. Sweny. is applicable to all members of the Corps and not merely to mem: ters of the Air Arm.

Clause & makes certain changes In the principal Ordinance as th result of suggestions contained in the War Office letter of the 29th September 1933 enclosed with the Becretary of State's despatch of | the 9th November 1933,

Section 7 makes a reduction in the allowances which will be made to oicers, warrant officers and non-commissioned officers attend- ing courses of instruction in the United Kingdom.

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LATEST LIST OF CHANGES The following appointment have been made by E's Excellency the Officer Administering the Govern

ment:

Mr.. T. M. Hazlerigg to be Crown Solicitor.

Mr. E. P. H. Lang to be Regis trar of the Supreme Court. trar of Companies.

Mr. E. P. H. Làng to be Regis-

Mr. E. P. H. Lang to be Official Administrator.

Mr. E. P. E. Lang to be Celal

Trustee.

Mr. L. R. Andrewes to be Deputy Registrar of the Supreme Court,

Registrar of Companies.

Mr. L. R. Andrewes to be Deputy

Mr. C. B. Burgess to be Second

His Excellency received Sir Wil- lam, Hornell, C.I.E. LL.D.

His Excellency presided at & Council of the meeting of the Hong Kong University in the Le- gislative Council Chamber. Saturday, October 12th,

HERIOT CLUB DINNER

Lost glorious epochs of the coun- try's cultural history. The stan- dard throughout the collection is that of Imperial quality, and a very large number of the pieces were made for palace use in the Sung, Yuan. Ming and Ching Dynasties and bear commemora- ive inscriptions. Not one piece has ever been shown in Europe.

RITUAL BRONZES The chronological order begins with thie ritual bronzes of the Shang-Yin and Chou. Dynasties. These two dynasties, in which myth ends and history begins, cover a period of same fifteen hundred years, ending shortly be- fore the building of the Great Wali und the burning of the clas sics in the third century B. C. It

18 surmised that the mtual bron-

In 1127 the Sung empire was dl- vided by the invasion of the Chin Tartars, and the capital was mov- ed south to Hangchou; tradition- ally one of the most south to Hangchou: traditionally one of the most beautiful and luxurious cit- les of its time. Marco Polo has left a description of this elty, with its wonderful system of canals and ornamental water spanned by 12, 000 stone bridges. The famous klins were re-established after the Imperial migration, and Southern Sung ceramics are of high quai- ty, although they are said to be Inferior to the finest of the early works.

period of forms, co-

His Excellency, attended by Captain W.J.R. Cragg, ADC., was at the Interport Bowls present

Civi Championship held at the Service Cricket Club

The following dined at Govern-zes, used for making offerings to ancestors and, deities, were deye- ment House: His Honour Mr.

loped froin pottery farms in daily Justice R. E. Lindsell, Cdr. H. C.

use. They include jars and goblets Legge.. DS.C., R.N.. atd. Mr. R. E

for wine probably made from mii- Coxon,

let, the grupe having been tra- ditionally introduced in a later perod), pois for cereals and the flesh of animals, and various uten- Mr. J. R. Kinghorn, President or st's of strange and sometimes sint- the Hong Kong Heriot Club, pre-siter form, the uses of which are. sided at an interesting function on Saturday night at the Gloucester Hotel when members of the, Club were hosts to representatives of Edinburgh Schools at a dinner.

The guests who represented the yarlous seats of learning in Auld Reekie were welcomed by the pre- sident who in the course of hizuired no smoothing and the out-treme of craftsmanship and tech-. lines no sharpening after removal speech referred to one of the re- cent dinners of the Club when a

from the mould. Some of the act-pression in pieces of marvellous suggestion was made that the ma-

ual bronze-moulds used in pre- dexterity known as "devils' work" tual help and friendship resulting historic times will be included in (Kuei-kung) but losing the serene from the Hong Kong Herlot Clubhe Exhibition. Among the ves- beauty and dynamic symmetry of

After the Yuan Mongol rule, ceramic lours and technique changed in a brilliant renaissance of art which took place in the early days of the Ming Dynasty. The subtle and hardly-visible in- cised ornament of celadon and Ting was replaced by painted de- signs and pictures in underglaze blue, and a frequent use of colour- ed glazes and enamels A dis- tinguished product of this period is the Precious Stone Red (paq- shib hung) traditionally but in- wonderful examples of metal- not know. These bronzes are moulding in spite of their great

correctly believed to have been made from powdered rupies. A age: having been made by the tendency toward. "sophistication" same care-perduc process used by

In form and decoration continued Celint and other great bronze-through the following Ch'ing (Manchu) Dynasty. until the ex- masters of Europe, the surface re-

nical skill was reached, finding ex-

dinners was worth sharing with

se's in the collection are

some

the early pieces.

Assistant Superintendent of Im- others, and it was arranged that with inlaid ornamentation of gold | represented in the three hundred

ports and Exports,

OLD COMRADES

This representative gathering should be the forerunner of an Annual Edinburgh Schools' Din-

ner.

In replying to the toast of Our Guests, Sir Atholl Macgregor in a wty speech recalled incidents in

Annual Dinner Held his earlier days with Herloters and

of Co

congratulated the members of the

Hong Kong Heriot Club on the

ranged the function: manner in which they had, ar-

PIPE SELECTIONS During the course of the even. ing pipe selections were rendered by Messrs. Watson and Cumming, while the Haggis was "piped'.in" in the traditional manner.

present.

The following were the guests

silver or turquoise.

REMARKABLE JAVE Jade is one of the great tradi- tional materials of the Chinese craftsman, and it is fitting that the colection should contain some remarkable examples." Probably the most outstanding is a set of three seals connected by chains;

the whole cut from a single block of the most rare yellow jade, Green, blue green ("kingfisher"') and white jade are all well repre- sented. The collection contains some specimens of the ancient ritual symbols and tablets. These were made of jade owing to its supposed property of collecting the beneficent influences of Hen-

All three periods are worthily

and fourteen places of the por- celain section. An Interesting ex- hibit is a lovely Narcissus-pat of Sung Ju ware, inscribed with an Imperial ade, which was sent by the Emperor of the Yung-cheng period (AD. 1723-1735) to the "porcelain city" or Ching-te Chen. Hsi-yap might copy its peerless so that the master potter Nien glaze.. A specimen piece with the reproduced glaze is also included. and thus is marked an interesting chapter in the history of ceramics.

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SCOUTS' CONCERT

No less than $1,200.56 was col- After a lapse of four years the lected by the Hong Kong society Royal Engineers' O.d Comrades for the Prevention of Cruelty to Association revived their annual Animals by tag sale of fags or- dlaner on Saturday night at the ganised by the Society on Satur- Hongkong Hotel which proved o day. The response showed that be an unquaned success.

people of Hong Kong 2M Among the 214 guests were the never slow in showing their gen-serving officers and other ranks erosity.

of the Royal Engineers. ex-Royal Engineers and members of the Hong

Bir Atholl Macgregor, ..ven.. Kong Volunteer Defence Mr. W. J., Carrie, and Dr. Kirk, Corps.

PORCELAIN SECTION (George Watson's); Mr. T. 8.

The final preparations for the Lieut.-Col. ·H. M. CRE, presided in the unavoid-

Fordham. Whyte-Smith, and W. N. Buyers cularly rich, and contains exam-

The porcelain section is parti Scouts' concert organised by the Merchiston able absence

4th Hong Kong (Murray) and 4th Castle); Dr. J. W. Kirke, D.S.0, the Chief Engineer Mr. D. Black and Mr. H. C. Wat- E. St. 0. Anderson.

ples of wares and patterns not pre- Kowloon (Garrison) Troops which (Daniel Stewart's);

viously known in Europe. A hun-will take place at the China Fleet and President of the Association and was supported by Major R

Bon (Royal High); Mr. G. Dalziel,

dred and twenty-nine pieces cho- Club next Wednesday have proved

Cumming, (Edinburgh Institute);

sen from fifteen different warts very successful. Mr. M.

are ascribed to the Bung Dynasty The programme will be a model (Fettes); Mr. R. J. Shigtey (Gillespie's).

(A.D. 960-1279); the period in of variety and from the rise of the which the beginning of full mas-curtain there will be no time wast- tery of this beautiful material was ed. Many popular local artists A reached. Sung Chun ware is not-will figure in the programine," and ed for its lovely gradations or coï- an added attraction will be the our between grey and purple, dancing of Miss Steils Best, pupil through numberless intervening of Mr. Goncharoff of the Volkova shades of blue. Kuan (Impérial) | School of Dancing. ana Ju wares are also famed for their coloured glazes in which the crackles usually present are more the product of art than of the hazards of firing. Ting yao must

Miss D. Witchell, $67,35: Mrs.

of the Association and others.

CHAIRMAN'S SPEECH

L. R. Andrews, $85.05; Mrs. Mc-E C: Dixon, M.C. R.E., Chairman Avoy, $64.05; Mrs. Ricketts, $59.00 Miss Dunnett, $53.89; Miss Wong, $63.11; Mrs. Prior. $52.80; Miss After the usual loyal toast had found, were prepared to do so, Beauclerk, $51.45: Mrs. Nobie, been honoured. the Chairman ex-register or members wishing for $47.48; and Miss H. Hance, $40,30, pressed regret that the President employment in Hong Kong has

The following colected $403.99

was unable to be present and been opened. among them: MIR. Valentine sald in part:- M155 Alabaster, Miss Strahan,

Cramer,

"The Hong Kong branch

Was

THE SOCIAL SIDE "On the socla; side we have no

have been. held fortnightly er, Miss M. Wattle, Miss D. McCaw members have grown rapidly, and winter. "Dances are going to use "Since that date the numbers of continue under cover during the

throughout the summer and w Mrs. J. A Parkes, Miss Dowbiggin, the Miss Stevenson. Mrs.. C.

present. strength of the Brown. Branch is well over 200. This re- commencing in the near future. arranged throughout the winter. Miss Hodgson, Miss Humphreys, sult, after over four months is, I Miss Bleap.

Miss Taylor, Mrs. think you will agree, very pleasing. do their utmost to come along and It is hoped that all members will Whyte-Smith and Mrs. L. C. N. The strength of the civilan mem- bring all their friends.

bership is 29, which is a little dis- to extend their grateful thanks to Mrs. G. of ex-R.Es. in the Colony. It is the branch is largely due to the

OFFICIALS THANKED appointing, in view of the number The flourishing condition of F. Hole who organised the Flag hoped that more wil join. Day, to Miss C. Angus for attend-

"We have started an employ-

hard work of our Chairman, Major ing to the arrangements in Row-ment agency. Some 50 arms have Dixon, the Secretary, Q. M. 8. Soon, and to Mrs. Wattle. To the been circulated, informing them Staples, the Treasurer, Sgt. Betts. Hong Kong and Shanghat Bank 6JD McClatchie. Esq.) Mesars, the re-opening of the branch, and Sapper Woolgar.

and asking them to apply to this Association if there is a vacancy on their stan. Many Drs. We

Miss Monckton, Mrs, Rounds, Mrs.resuscitated on May 30, 1935, when been idle. Open-air whist drives

Miss Dewsnap. Gul'esple. Mrs. Heley, the Misses members being present,

Mrs. a general meeting was held, 36 cerrard, Mrs. Lanyon, Mrs. Thay-

Russell

The Society wish

he mentioned among the loveliest

NO CHANGES.

The local office of the Dollar of the porcelain produced at this Steamship Lines advise having re- time, but experts disagree about (ceived advices from their head this famous ware. The green-Round-the World the attribution of specimens to cffice to the effect that their

steamers glazed celadons, first made in call at Suez and Mediterranean

shipped abroad in great numbers during Sung times, and were per their schedule. imitation of jade, became famous ports, including Italian ports, as

It was pointed out that the

It possible that some of their tuation in the Mediterranean popularity was due to the belief does not affect the schedule of hat any food containing poison these Round-the-World steamers which was placed in a container and after leaving Hong Kong, The Chairman concluded his ut celadon (Lung-ch'uan yao) these steamers will make their Speech by giving the toasts of would immediately betray the fa- regular ports of call, as follows- The Corps and "The Royal Ental ingredient.Celadon was thus Hong Kong, Manila, Singapore. gineers, Old Comrades Associa in great demand at the courts of Penang. Colombo. Bombay, Suez, tion," after which the toast, of princes. The most famous of the Part duld, Alexandria, Naples men's International Club, the Club and the Inspector-General of The President was proposed by celadon kilns were the two estab-Genoa, Marseilles, thence to New Stewards of the Hong Kong Jockey

Dixon, M.C. RE lehments of the brothers Chang York

Thomson and Co., (F. G. Maandar Esq.), the St. John's « Ambulance Brigade, for the use of boxes and trays, the Committee of the Wo- | **=

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