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QUEEN'S COLLEGE

SPEECH DAY

Governor's Pointed Reply

"I don't pretend to understand all that was sa'd about ex- aminations which is lucky percaps; because if I "had. I might have been tempted into rash and unguarded coment and dis- sent. If the Director of Education feels that representations will an this. subject: should be made to the Government he doubtless make them, and they will of course be carefully con- sidered," so said. His Excelièney, the Governor, Sir Andrew Cal. decott. Kt. CALG, CHE, In reply to Mr. F. J. de Rome's An- nual Beport at the Speach Day of Queen's Colero which w held at the College'u Hall yesterday morning, when Sir Andrew Caldecott, distributed prizes and "certificates to the successful candidates.

In reply to the Headmaster's reference to the Queen's Cofege Building which he said that it was not ideally situated nor was It suited to the requirements of a modern school, Sir Andrew Caldecott stated that anybody who was studying the public finance of the Colony seriously would agree with him that the project of new buldines must be relegated to the category of of castles in the air.

THE YEAR'S WORK

There was a large, and distin- guished gathering at the function, amongst those present being, Mr.

Jection that teachers are not al- ways infallible in their judgments of their pupils. These methods

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1936.

DEFENCE CORPS

ORDERS

Major M. A. Jolinson Appointed P.R.I.

Orders by Lieut-Colonel H. B. L. Dowbiggin, O. B. E. Commandant,

CHEFOO BOY KILLED IN ABYSSINIA

DR. R. W, HOCKMAN AMONG FIRST CIVILIAN CASUALTIES

Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Live Bomb Explodes

Corpa are as under:

GENERAL

General Holiday--Chinese New Year

Corps Headquarters will be closed ot. Friday and Saturday, January 24 and 25, 1930.

Corps Orders

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Unexpectedly

One of the first civilian casual- ties in the Ethiopian hostilities was a former pupil of the China Inland "Mission School at Chetoo, reports from Addis Ababa reveal As the Chinese New Year falis He was Dr. Robert W. Hockman, On Friday, 24th instant, Corps Or- who was killed on December 14 ders will be published on Thursday.while examining an unexploded O. C. Units are requested to send Italian bomb at Daggah Bur. Dr. In their Orders not later than 10 Hockman was only 28 years old 2.02. on Thursday morning. 23rd and was medical. missionary, in Instant.

charge of American Red Cross Unit No. 1 on the Ogaden "front.

...

Appointment Major M. A. Johnson, M.M., is appointed PRI and PMC vice Major E. J. R. Mitchell, Q. B. E. with effect from January 20, 1938.

Command

Captain H. R. Forsyth will as-

must be rein-forced by independ-sume command of Machine Gun ent testa.

A DIFFERENCE

ex-

Dr. Hockman was born in 1907 in China, where his father. Dr. William H Hockman, was a mis- slonary for 30 years, including the period of the Boxer Rebellion. He School in attended the C.I.M

Chefoo, and when he was 17 years to Battalion vice Major E. J. R. Mit-old, he and his family went

the chell, O B. E. with effect from London, later returning to January 20, 1936.

United States and settling in New Concord, Ohla

R. Sayer (Director of Educa The present School Certificate tion). 8 Wham Hornel (Vice-Examination fulfils one important Lieut. A. W. Brown' will assume Chancellor of the University), condition of a good school

Command of No. 2 (Scottish) Hon. Mr. N. L. Smith, Hon. Mr. J.

amination, viz., - that it is deter Company vice Captain R. P. Braga, Professor L Forster, Dr.

mined largely by the school curri-Forsyth with effect from January F. E. Kotewall, Mr..G. P. de Mar-

culurn and syracuses and not 20. 1936 tin, Mr. W. Kay. Mr. H. K. Woo, vice versa." and in his respect Messrs. H. R. Wells, A. Morris, H. G Wallington, A. T. Hamilton, M. 1 Lo. Horace Lo, G. W. Reeve, Rev. N. Evans and Capt. W. 3. R Cragg (A.Dc.).

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PARADE

3

Corps 1st Battery

Belcher's Fort on Thursday, 23rd "A" Section. Next, parade is at

instant at 8 pm.

it differs fundamentally from the old Matriculation, B diference which I am afraid some do not appreciate. In certain respects the old. Matriculation was an evil, for

Dress-Overalls, Gün Platform school leaving examination: Shoes, Blue Caps, there is now uttle conflic, between,

"L" Section.-There will be no the curriculum and the present parade on Friday, 24th instant. examination. The School Cert-Next parade will be at Corps ficate should not be an "incubus" Headquarters on Friday, 31st In- or an evil, as suggested, for it is stant at 5.30 p.m. a test at the end of a pupil's school career on most of the ordinary school subjects, taught over many

1

One Inch Alming Shoot.—This

on Sunday, 28th Instant. This is

will take place from Stonecutters chiefly for the layers but all in terested should inform their N.CO. The examination | i/e if they desire to, be present. is somewhat rigid, but as stated on a previous occasion anything elastic is apt to perish in Hong a well known Kong: or to apply principle of "economies, bad (ie. drive anft) subjects will "always out good subjects.

Dress-Overalls, Gun Platform Shoes, Blue Caps.

Launch will leave Queen's Pler a 8.20 a.m. calling at Kowloon 8.30 a.m.

Presenting his report the Head- marter said:-Your Excellency. Ladies and Gentlemen-May "I drst of all, Sir, express our great appreciation of the honQUT you have conferred upon us by your presence pere so soon after your arrival in the Colony? On behalf o the school I extend to you a hearty welcome. I regret I can- not welcome you to more congen-years, and which, after much dis- ial surroundings: we are all very cussion, were considered necessary proud of this stately and historic in Hong Kong, building (once destined. I under- stana. to be the Supreme Court) and particularly of this magnifi- cent hall. Admittedly, the neigh- bourhood is somewhat more. salu- brious than it was afw years ago, but even so, you will readily perceive, sir, that we are not

SYSTEM, DIFFERS ideally situated. nor is the build- Keeping in mind the education- ing suited to the requirements of al requirements and wishes of a modern school. We still stand Hong Kong parents and boys, our within 50 yds. of our original fɛun- examination programme (and dation in 1862. It gave us great hence our whole educational sys- satisfaction, therefore, when your tem) must of necessity differ con- Parade will be held at Corps predecessor, Sir William Peel, an-siderably from those obtaining | Headquarters at 5.30 p.m. on Tues- nounced publicly shortly before elsewhere, and of these there are day, 21st and Thursday, January 23, h's departure, that he hoped Gov-endless varieties. We are not 1936. emment would find it, possible to called upon, for example, zd ̈ At our provide a new Queen's College in boys into any particular niche of the not too distant future...

employment or social life. It is I will not trouble you with the | somewhat difficult to state an aim usual school statistics, which are in zo many words-a School Certi-

much the same from year to year. |ficate Examination should be less

Corps Engineers Parade at Miniature Range at 5.30 p.m. on Monday, 20th instant. Thursday. 23rd January, 1936 D. L Training at Belcher's Fort. Parade at 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. (in con- junction with the Corpe 1st Battery. Corps Signals

AL G. Troop

Parade at Corps Headquarters on Tuesday 21st instant at 5.30 p.m. for Machine Gun Instruction.

Armoured Car Section

Section will parade at Corps Headquarters on Tuesday, 21st in

the

United States he was

SPORE POLICE BAFFLED

41,000 GUILDERS IN SEALED BAG STOLEN

No Sign Of Tampering

Singapore, Jan. The Singapore police regard thei theft of the 41,000 gulders (over $46,000) from a registered parcel seat to Batavia on Dec. 31, 1935, by the N.V. Nederlandsch, Indische Handelsbank, of Singapore, 15 one of the cleverest of recent years. have been Several statements taken.

"There was no irregularity an the packing of the money here," said an official of the Bank to a Free Press reportar.

The packet was one of three (the two othary containing 10,000 and 20,000 guilders osch) banded in at the General Post Office se 1.10 1.m

Inquiries at the Post

nice show that they passed through the hands of three olerks in a period of ten minutes. The usual proce

dure of dealing with registered ar- ticles was then followed.

50 OTHER PACKETS The packste, with 50 others des rined for Batavia, were enclosed in a green registered bag which was educated first at Muskingum Col-sealed. This bag was then placed medical in the ordinary mail bag which was lege, and later took a course at Northwestern University. also sealed He then entered West Suburban Hospital in Chicago, where Dr. Raleigh Oldfeld described him as "a surgeon of great promise."

IN OGADEN FRONT

in

The packets were then sent by mail van to the . Van Chuthoorn which left Singapore at 6 p.m.

What happens at the other end was explained by an official of the General Post Office.

'As soon as registered mail ar Dr. Hockman had been

rives at any place." he said, "the Ethiopia two years. He was the postal authorities Erst examine the first head of the United Presby seal on the mail bag (and then the tertan mission hospital in Addiseal on the registered letter bag. Ababa" and had been in charge of The articles are then entered in a the Ogaden front since October.book, and delivered. His death was largely due to his "If any of the two seals "show enthusiasm as a collector of war signs of tampering, a report is souvenirs, and he had previously immediately sent to the " office of brought to Addis Ababa pieces of origin by means of either a verif After the bombardment of Daggan shrapnel and Italian detonators. cation note or by cable.

IN GOOD CONDITION "If there had been any such Bur by Italian planes which Dr. Hockman experienced without, in- irregularity, the, post office, at jy, several unexploded bombs Batavis would have communicated were left in the earth Dr. Hock-with us immediately. We knew man was trying to unscrew

the

nothing of the theft until informed by the Singapore police. If any thing had taken place in the post. office there would have been obvious signs of tempering."

The packet of 41,000 guilders, waS delivered to its address in good condition outwardly.

cap of one of these when it explod ed, ing him instantaneously.

He had recently applied for leave to go to Egypt to visit his wife and their daughter, born on Octo- ber 28, whom he had never seen. He received the reply, however, The sanding by post of any arti- that if he left chaos would descend cie.. containing negotiable instru- on the Red Cross on the Ogaden ments payable to bearer, bank notes front, and he therefore remained, or currency notes unless sent by

Ethiopians, among whom, he was

His death is widely deplored by registered or insured letter post is

prohibited. popular. He was deeply respected, " especially by the Ethiopian troops, many of whose lives he saved after Stripping, Assembly stage I- the attack on Gorahal. Although Headquarters. -- born in China. Dr. Hockman's

Our numbers have kept steady academic than Matriculation, of a (round about 600), although there more human and everyday kind; stant at 5.30 p.m. for Musketry by his parents, two brothers, and

has been evidence the last year it should be taken in the airide of or two of a falling off in the num ber" of applicants to Ow Jowest class, Class & This year, 1935-38 wo have had a record number of

entries to the Senior school, Class 3 from the various Government

District Schools.

THE EXAMINATIONS In the School Certificate Examin- ation which was held for the first time last June in place of the Hong Kong University Maricula- tion Examination, 29 passed. out o* 45. 9 with Honours--63 per cent, against an average per cent. for the. Colony Ny Chun Bung gained 6 Distinc

of 38 (boys).

Instruction.

A full attendance is requested. Motor Machine Gun Section

a gister.

LECTURE

There will be a lecture for the

home was in Wheaton, Illinois; a suburb of Chicago He is survived B. C. Staff at Corps Headquarters on Tuesday, 21st instant at 5.30 pm. All ranks should attend.

BANGE ALLOTMENT Miniature Range Tuesday, 21.1.38.-Armoured Car Bection,

TRANSFER

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pupils, without the recessity for cramming, and with a good pro- spect of success, provided previous Parade at Corps Headquarters on L/C, G. Wills, L/CPL Winch, Pte. promotions have been conscient- Monday, 20th instant at 5.30 pm. 8 Broadbridge, Pte. W. Broad- iously made. For the average for Schedule "B" Classification | bridge,. Pte. Kilox Pte, Quah, Pte. Hong Kong pupli I feel that, (to Tests. quote from a previous report), “If

No. 1 (MLG.) Company

on leaving school he can read the There will be no parade on Fri varied news in English and Chi- day, 24th instant owing to Chinese nese newspapers with fair ease and New Year Holiday. intelligence, then the schools have done, academically, all that can be expected of them," and the School Certificate Examination, based as it is on a carriculum which provides a good background

Rowe, Pte. G. Baylance, Pte. Bant Pte. Winyard, Pte. E Simmern.

MG. Bn., Signal Section - Wednesday, January 12, 1938: Signal Section will parade at Corps Headquarters for instructions in

Subsections as under:

Company Dinner will be held on Friday, February, 7, 1939. All ranks are asked to keep this date free. Subsection JAW V/T under Part II Machine Gun at Bune-Section Cpl. King-Flag Station cutters on Sunday, 19th instant.

Work and Procedure. Reference Launch leaves Queen's Pier at "Signal Training"

tions out of a possible. 9, one be. of knowledge in a number of sub. 19 am, calling at Kowloon at 9.10 Chapter X. p. 123-135.

ing the anly Distinction given in nere. Ke was awarded a Gov- ernment Education Scholarship to the University of Hong Kong.

jects, will go far towards ensuring this aim. It is rather the fashion TO kird et newspapers add yet they do enter largely into our daily lives,

T

May I congratulate the Univer

THEY WANT JOBS, sity authorities on so successfully gauging our standards for the exam much in sympathy, with a amination? There has been much recommendation of the recent re- discussion during the last year, port which states that a Leaving both in the Press and elsewhere, Examination should be held at an -about examinations in general, earlier stage than at present, in

a.m.

Range Officer-2nd Lieut. L. B.. Holmes,

ture, ing dhunt

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Lieut. M. I, de, Ville, Corps 1st Battery, é iransferred to Unit Re- serve with effect from January 17. 1936.

3 LEAVE

'Major E. J. R. Mitchell, O.B.E., 1 granted leave from 20.1.38 to 1.3.38

on Medical grounds. ...

Corps Orders No. 51/35 dated 20.12.35, Lieut. C. de S. Robertson. M.M., returned from leave as from "Period of leave 15th instant, granted from 16.1.38-31.338 18

WA

No. 2532, Gunner J. M. Milin, 6, Essex Crescent, Battery "A" Bec, 13.1.36.- -

(AN Arms) Subsection "B" L/T under L/Cpl hereby cancelled.

1. No. 1798 L/Cpi G. W. Bowden, Skinner-D3" Circuit and Adjust ments. Reference "Signal Train Corps Engineers granted 12 months No. 2 (Scottish) Company

STRENGTH ing" (All Arins) Chapter VII-leave from 31.12.35 to 31.12.38. Parade at Corps Headquarters on Section 38. Thursday, 23rd instant at 5.30 p.m.

Subsection "C" W/T, under Big. for M.G. Training, A. and Lec-Thompson-Morse Instruction, Pre- M.G. Classtication, Part II, wiminary work on Type C Transmit

No. 2533, Trumpeter C. H. D. ter. bred on Sunday, 26th instant at

Special Note: It is hoped to ob- Foley, No. 1, W.O.s Wire, Engineer tain at least six Volunteers for Coy, 13.136.

No. 2534, Bignaller Barwan Bingh, Thursday, 23rd instant.

Queen's College, Corps Signals, 16.1.38.

(84) R. C. B. ANDERSON, Captain, Adjutant, HKVD.C

Stonecutteras Aut

Launch will leave. Queen's Pier

and the School Certificate in par- order to cater for a wider range at: 8.30 am, calling at Kowloon at gnal duty at Belcher Fort on

8.40 B

All men who have not fired this course during the present season must do so on this date.

Strength-No-2531, Private ER.

ticular. The writer of a recent re- of punt. I have frequently drawn. port stigmatises examinations at attention to the abnormal falling a disease to be stamped out: I am off in numbers in the Senior not at all sure that "young bu-School from Ceas 3 to Class 1 manity" themselves in Hong Kong usually about 60 per cent, leave would approve of such drastic before the end for one reason and Walch joined 9.1.36 is posted to action. I believe it was Huxley: another, This is educationally un-No. 4 Bub-Section. who said that "examinations were pound and piso most, uneconomic.

No. X IMG.) Companying a necessary evil" but at least he am convinced there is a large

Parade under RBM. T. Parkin- admitted they were necessary. and genuine demand for an in- son at Corps Headquarters for In- There is little doubt that, when dependent certificate before, Class fantry Training on Monday, 20th run on proper lines, they are not 1: the Headmaster's certificate, is instant at 5.30 pm. sharp only indispensable but are inval- not sufficient: The old Junior Dress Mufti but Belt, Frog. uable. It has been well said that Local Examination served this sting, Bayonet and Rides will be they act both as a powerful "ati-purpose to some extent.

Corps Infantry Tuesday, 21st instant at 5.30 p.m.

Parade at Corps Headquarters on

Detatis ar per Appendix,

APPENDL

The next

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AFFILIATED UNITS "A Lewis Gun-Practice Test of

Nursing Detachment, H.E.V.D.G. Elementary Training, continued

LECTURE from last week-Headquarters. §.

Lecture in Hoins. "B" Lewis G-LA Stoppages. continued where stopped last week. Nursing will be held on Monday, Headquarters January 20, 1938 at FWD, Offices

&" - Munketry-Anapat 530 pm

Head Storeman will arrange for beda, Linen, etc.

shooting & Rapid Firing Last required*

Vol. 1., 1931, pp. 131-128, Sec. 32 mulus" to pupil and a necessary week about 80 boys of 110 from ny MG ClassificationThe follow omitting page 126 para 9-Head- "audit" to teacher, and without two senior classes sat for the Gloving have been qualified as 1st Class quarters

B7 Company, f them I fear our work would suf-ernment: Clerkships Examination: Machine Gunners and are entitled

Class A Lewis Gun Eleme fer: The "school" 'record" and they want posts, they are preparto wear the Badge (without "school report" system of asses-ed to leave, they stay on to Class wreath) for one year CQMS. Stripping-Assembling Stage sing the intelligence and industry

Fincher, Sgt Gittins Sgt. Churn, Headquarters." (4 (Early cables on page 3L) Cpl. V. Write, L/Cple Mackay, Class B. Lewis Gun-Elemen

of pupils is surely open to the bb

ENROLMENT 17.1.1935-MIKs C. King and Miss aLakeman eta

(84) K. DURRAN. Commandant. Nursing. Detachment,

HKVDO

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