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CHILDREN'S PLAY- GROUNDS ASSN.

Appeal For Better Support

The Annual General Meeting of the Children's Playgrounds Association was held yesterday at the Board Room of the P.W.D., Sir Thomas Southorn was in the Chair and he was supported by the Hon. Mr. M. K. Lo, Chairman of the Executive Committee, Mr. S. W. Ko, Hon. Treasurer.

The following were also present:

Sir William Hornell, Cot. H. D. Matthews, Messrs. W. Stoker, G. R. Sayer, W. N. Thomas Tam, Fung Fing-fan, Chung Chi-keung, Kwok Mok-hoj and Tam Bok-nin.

Hon. Mr. Lo's Tribute

Before the meeting was tormally opened, Mr. M. K. Lo said:

Before this meeting proceeds

with its business, as set out in the Agenda, I ask leave, Sir, to make

reference to a matter which is very much in our minds, narely, the recent announcement of our

President's high promotion to be Governor of British Gambia,

Sir Thomas and Lady Southor's charming personalities, the Kindness and

sympathy, their whole-hearted and incessant la- bours in the cause of all worthy objects, the unique position. they. occupy in the life of the commun- ty, and their immense services to

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1936.

H. K.-PENANG ROUTE

Final Arrangements Made

Imperial Airways (For East) Ltd. announces that fina an- proval nas been received for the operation of a commercial air ser- between Hong Kong and Penang. folowing "the route estab ished by the recently completed series of experimentai flights.

Vice

OBITUARY

Mr. C. E. L. Grist

HOTEL GUESTS

List Of Guests Staying BE IN

At Peninsula Hotel

Mr. B. A. Andersen, Major and Mrs. L L. A. Alston, Mr. and Mrs. M. J..Abbott, Miss Abboit.

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It is with great regret that we have to record the death of yet another member of the local law fraternity which has suffered a great loss with the demise of Mr. CE L. Grist, well-known lawyer Mr C. A Blum Miss of the arm of Messrs. Wilkinson Brown. Mrs N. N. Blum. Mrs. J. and Grist, who passed away at the Graham-Barrow, Mr. G. "Borse, War Memorial Hospital, in the Mr. W. M. Brown, Comdr. early hours of yesterday morning. Mrs. A. R. M. Bridge, Mr. C. I. The deceased succumbed to pneu-Barr, Miss J. S. Burt, Mr. A. C. inonla, after a brief illness, and Beard, Lieut. H. C Bruton, Misa the deepest sympathy will be ex-E. D. Baldwin. tended to his widow on her sad Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. H. R.

bereavement.

WES

The service will be once week In each direct on and, connection will be made at Penang with the through Engiand-Australia

The late Mr. Grist who ser- vices. The first outward bound

educated at Malvern College, was aircraft is expected to leave Pen-

admitted as a solicitor at the Hong ang on Monday the 23rd March Kong Supreme Court in January, arriving in Hong Kong on Tues 1928, and during his residence in such a'kind and sympathetic Pre- day the 24th, and the first home-the Colony has made a large circle of friends. He WAS the son sident as you, Sir. who, ever ap- ward bound service wit leavi preciative of whatever little we Hong Kong on Friday the 27th of Mr. E. J. Grist, who was ud- have been able to do, always ex-March. It is poss b'e that on submitted to practise in Hong Kong hibits a convenient myopia to our sequent, fights the departure from as long ago as 1891, and who re- 81:ortcomings.

Penang will be advanced to Sun-sided in Hong Kong for a number day with arrival in Hong Kong of years prior to his retirement. on Monday, and that the departure

THE FUNERAL from Hong Kong will be retarded to Saturday.-hus reducing the through time to and from London.

WELL KNOWN DEBT The debt which our Association owes to Mr. MacPherson is well knowledged, especially by yourseli. known, and has frequently been ac-

D. H. 86 TYPE TO BE USED felt that as Chairman it would have been impertinent for me to

The route wil be operated by have expressed any

by the D.H. 86 type of aircraft views hot strictly in accord with those of which has given such satisfactory the President concerning the performances on the experimentat genesis of our Association. But asghts, and, which is extensively in a few minutes I shall no longer used by Imperial Airways in Europe

The funeral of the late Mr. C. E. L. Grist was held at the Pro- testant Cemetary yesterday, and was attended by a large number of friends of the deceased. Mr. D. H. Blake with Me, J. T..Prior on his right, and Mr. G. S. Hugh Jones on his left, walked im- behind the cortege. mediately

followed by Mr. G. s. Ford, and Mr.

deceased's Arm..

and

Conway. Mrs. Gregory Cullen. Mrs. T. Groft. Mr. M. H. Curtis. Miss Mary Copeland, Mrs. J. Le Roy Cook, Mrs. Este Fay Corl Miss Pear! M. Corl, Miss D. Corl, Miss P. Corl, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. chattenburg and child. Mr. J. E Colvert.

Captain and Mrs. W. E. Duck-

worth. Major and Mrs. H. A. Davies, Miss P. Dimond.

Mrs. Earle, Captain and Mrs. C. E. Eccles, Mrs. J. A. A. Eccles, Mr. F. A. M. Elliott, Mr. W. P. Edge.

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Miss A. . Friedrick, Mrs. B and Mrs. W: A. Furber, Mr. Feming. Mrs T. B. Faster, Mr. and Mrs. G. Fahnestock, Miss A. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Ferrell. G. Fischer, Miss Ruth Firestone,

Mr. T. M. Gregory, Mr. and Mrs. and Miss I. H. Geare, Master

the Colery in general will, I know. be Chairman, and speaking as aand by Qantas Empire Airways on H. C. Lee, all members of the Geare, Mr. W. T. Goodwin, Mr.

on appropriate occasions, be grate- fully recalled and acknowledged by

I can claim to be. But I am cer- rain that the members of this Association, of which Sir Thomaŋ is virtually the founder, Would want formally to record our senti-- ments in the annuals of this Asso.

clation.

I therefore beg to propose the following resolution:--

"That the members of the Children's Playgrounds Associa- tion have noted with the keenest pleasure and gratification the ap- pointment of their President, the

London

Penang

Singapore

£175. £ 30. £35.

Fares to other parts wil be an-

sounced later.

い

Mrs. Prior and Mrs, Newton were

that both you and Lady Southonates are now receiving considera-r. H. J.

tion and that' an announcement

will shortly be made by the postal

authorities...

and Mrs, Ganz, Major and Mrs. E. S. C. Grune, Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Gleed: Mr. L. Garner. Miss J. Gifford: Captain H. F. Glover.

Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Hall, Mr. E. "Haussamann, Mr. T. M. Hazelrigg. Mr. E. L. Rosie. Mrs. II. N. Hartley, Mr. E. R. Hearther. Mr. T., Haber, Mr. R. S. Harrison, Mr.

member of the Chinese Commun- the Singapore-Brisbane sector a those more quailded to speak thanty, I feel I am now at liberty to the Australian route.

say this and I say it deliberately

The fares to London, Penang, at the graveside, while the "Rev, H. that in my opinion this Associa

and Singapore have been estab-W. Bairies conducted the last rites. Two wreaths, one from "His Wife" tion could not have been organised shed as follows:--

and the other from "His Family" having been organised, it and,

were interred with the remains. could not have carried out the

THOSE PRESENT Work it did, but for the keen and potent support which

Among those who paid their last you have

Mrs. bestowed on this Organisation from

It is understood that the airma! respects were:-Messrs, C. G. Ala-A. G. Hewitt, Major and

hster. E. Abraham, C d'Almada.Hugo, Lt. Col. Hartgill,

De Le Hunte, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. the very beginning, and further,

Mrs. F. Armstrong, E, 8. C.

Harder. Miss J. Harder, Miss H. Mr. Justice, J. J. Hayden, H. R. B. Brooks, D. S. Curtis, E. Davidson,

M. Hanch, Mr. J. F. Hart, Mr. E. L. Hubbard. Hancock, Mr. G. K. Hall Brutton, Acting Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Major H H. Joseph, Mrs. C. A. R. E. Lindsell, Messrs. E. P. H. Johnson. Mr. Jap Tran Lay. bang, G. P. Lammert, W. J. Lock-

Col, and Mrs. E. St. G. Kirke, hart-Smith, O. E. C. Martin, H. C. phy, H. Owen Hughes, Dr, L. New-

Miss B. Kirke, Major unid Mrs. Macnamara, A. A. Marcel, T. Mur- | Kirkby, Wing-Comdr. and Mrs. C.

R. Keary, Mr. A. E Kover, ton, Messrs. HF. Nicholson, F. E Mr. Nash, Sir Henry Pollock, Messrs.

and Mrs. G. Lautenberg. Mrs A. V. Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. W, Eldon Potter, J. B. Prentis, H. A. Lumsden, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Roberts, Str William Shenton Lammert, Mrs. J. H. Lock. Mr. N. Messrs. H. G. Sheldon, D. L. Strel-C. Lyvenitche, Mr. J. Laidlaw, inr. lett, Peter H. Sin, Harold Beth, P. Tester, E. H, Williams, Wai Po Cheong, and members of the staff of Messrs. Wilkinson and Grist:

Hon. Sir Thomas Southorn, to be Governor of British Gambia; that they desire to put on record their

sense of gratitude and apprecia- tion for the immense services which Sir Thomas and Lady Southorn have rendered to the Colony in general, and to this Association and Child Welfare in particular, and they wish to tender. to Sir Thomas and Lady Southorn their warmest congra- tulations and best wishes for every success and happiness in their new where of activities,"

SECONDER'S SPEECH Sir William Horrell on behalf of the Rotary Club said:

Gentlemen,-I, was President of the Rotary Club when the Club de- cided to make a contribution tɔ-

have in truth and in fact been the inspiration and directing genius of our Association during the last three years. I hope that the ex- periment initiated by yourself and Lady Southorn, of making a small garden along one alde

of the

Southorn Playground. will be suc- cessful, and will be repeated in other parts of this, and other

grounds.

I should like to take this oppor- tunity of expressing my gratitude

to the members of the Executive Committee for their co-operation and indulgence.

I beg to propose the adoption of the Report and Accounts.

SIR THOMAS REPLIES

1!

In rising

to put the proposal, which was seconded by Sir William Hornell. Sir Thomas Southern

wards the Childrens Playgrounds.sald; Some doubt was then expressed as

An office is being opened by Imperial Airways (Far East Lrd...

at No. 4, The Arcade, Peninsula

Hote," the anticipated opening March. In the meantime enquiries dute being Monday the 23rd

regarding the service addressed to Mr.

M H. Curt's. Room 201. Penlusu'a Hotel.

DONATIONS

should

Protection Of Children ·

be

Subscriptions received from the following donors during March. 1936.

ол

Mrs: M. J. Holmes Mr. C. K. Au

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$342.05 10 03 5.00

15.00

Received from 1st to 15th Marel 1936- Gross Proceeds of a ¡Cun- cert held by the "Choral Croup" at the Peninsu a Hotel Gentlemen,-Before putting the

9th March. 1936 to the effectiveness of anything motion for the adoption of the 're: that the Rotary Club might do. My port and accounts to the meeting point is that the Childrens Play. I should like first to thank Mr. 3 ground Movement would not have. Lo most warmly for his very Bot very far if the activity of the kind references to the work of my Rotary Club had not been followed wite and myself in connection with by the creation of a Childrens'

the Children's Playgrounds. I con- Playground Association. For this less that the provision of play- development and for such success grounds for poor children is one as the Association has already

of our pet schemes and I am very secured, Sir Thomas is mainly res

delighted to think that after we porisible. I take much pleasure 'n

have left Hong Kong our name will seconding the expressions of Mr.

continue to be associated with one M. K, LA.

of the principal playgrounds." As | you know we have always hoped in Euilding.

convert our playgrounds into Gar-

THE ADOPTION

1:

Mr. M. K. Lo then proposed the adoption of the Report and Ac- counts and in doing so said:

sented.

In memory of late Mr. ନ

C. Jenkin (already ack.) Conations already acknow-- ledged through the "S. C'.M. Post"

Mr. C. Mather, Mr. C. Mortor, Mrs. R. A. Murphy, Mrs. R. Mac- Kerracher,, Lt. Col. H. L. Murrow,

Mr. and Mrs. C. W N. McGowan, Miss P. Murrow, Miss .M. "Manuk,, Mr. W. McKenzie, Major M. A. Murphy, Mr." H. G. McNeary. Col.

NOTED FRENCH AC. Marsh, Mr. Marselle. Miss

VISITOR

World's Foremost Mathematician

M. James Hädanard, one of the world's foremost mathematicians, arrived in the Colony on board 10.00 the 8.s. Canton,

M. Hadanard, who is a member of the French $332.05 Academy of Science, is destined Further donations will be gladly for Peiping where he is booked to accepted by the Hon. Treasurer, give a number of lectures at the. Mr. A. McKeïar, C.A., c/o Mackin-Cheng Hua University.

E. Meadows, Miss M. M. Murphy, | Mr. J. McBrain, Miss M. McClung: Mrs. C. G. Olmsted. Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Ott, Mr. O. H. Ochs

Captain Pettigrew, MÉ. and Mrs. J. D. Pugh, Mr. R. Petri Mr. W. G. Pirie, Mr. M. Pagh, Mr. G A Parker, Mrs. E. O. F. Price, Mr K." Pax, ' Mrs. A. Pax, Mr. N. J. Perrin, Miss M. Peers.

Col. H G. Robinson, Mrs. Rayner. Mrs. G. P. Robertson Mrs. Rodocemachi. Mr. T. Ramsay, Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Rafferty, Mrs. Robinson, MS. J. F. Robinson, Mrs. E. W. Rowles, MISS H. Rennie, Mrs. and Miss Le ROL

Mr. E. Syder, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Strauss, Mr. V. L. Sargeant, Mr. C. N. Sherman, Mr. and Mrs. J, G. Skinner, Mr. E. Grint. Smith. Dr. and Mrs. A. J. Skinn, Miss

J.

non Mackenzie and Co.. P. & Q While here M. Hadanard is

staying at the Hong Kong Hotel, dens where the children will be pansion of our work and remarks

It is interesting to note that he was feted some weeks ago by the able to play in the centre and older

on the paucity of individual subs-French Government at the Paris Skinn, Mrs. Stanfield, Miss Stain- people to enjoy the amenities of I beg to propose the adoption of seats under pleasant shady trees telt obliged, to reduce its annual Est.

W. coming outfeld, Major and Mrs. triptions. The Rotary Club nas University prior to the Report and Accounts as pre-round the edges and in the corners. subvention and while I wish to ex-

Stevens. Eng. Capt. C. Simpson, The progunent mathematician | Miss Steward, Cal and Mrs. G. Climatic conditions make this ac-

R. V. Steward; Mr. end Mrs. hievement difficult and expensive

press our grateful thanks to the is a teacher at the College de Clubs and individuals who have France, besides being prominently Stuffberger, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. and we can only proceed slow!, contributed to our support. I do associated with the School of Shaw, Count and Countess Emeechia, Miss C. B. de Silva, Mr. E. K. Sadler. Major and Mrs." B. Shannon. Mr: and Mrs. C Sheldrake, Mr. and Mrs. F. C Stackman Mr. W. Sultxer, Mrs. HL Schwartz, Mr. J. H. Stul mian.

I do not think that the Report calls for any additional comment, but as this is the last occasion, on which the pleasure falls on me, as Chairman of the Executive Com mittee, of proposing its adoption I should like to make a few gen- eral remark.

you,

Politechnique.

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for the children Have the first claim on our funds. But our good crease in the number of our con- mest earnestly appeal for an in-

M. Hadanard's sojourn in the fortune in receiving a share of the tributors and subscribers. There Colony will be very brief, as he Jubilee Fund enabled us to make are still a good many Clubs en-

salla for the north in a few days' time.

a small beginning at one corner joying excellent grounds on a no-

of the Southern Playground where

minal rental who have not seep

We have started a garden behind their way

a rather fearsome looking fence.

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ASSAULT CASE FAILS"

I recall that cur Association was formed as the result of a meeting

to contribute to our

Mr. J. Thomson, Mr. P. J. convened by Mr. MacPherson In This fence I hope it will be possible facilities for pour children.

scheme for providing recreational

Taylor, Miss M. M. Tyrrell, Mrs. February, 1933, over which

to remove when the trees and

-A. G. Tid Mrs. A., C. Thomas, Sir, presided. At this preliminary shrubs are firmly established, afhope they will read this ap-

Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Taddiken; Capt. meeting an Organising Committee this corner garden is a success Deal and help us in our work. An assault which culminated and Mrs. W. L. Thomas, Mr. K. was appointed, of which I had the hope it will be repeated at other members is only. $10 a year and I to the water, was mentioned be.

The subscription for personal one of the party being thrown in Trenbig Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Tubbs, honour of being Chalzman, and

Mr. and Mrs. O. Vagonione, corners and at other, playgrounds hope we shall have a bigger subore Mr. 8. F. Bufour at the Cen- the Inaugural Meeting of the As until in time we, or rather you, scription list in this current year.

Major and Mrs. R. Wolseley, Mr. sociation took place on 4th Maren will be justified in changing the

tral Magistracy, yesterday, when A. C. Wilcox, Mr HO. White, ∙1933, at which the draft Constitu- names

Detalls of our work during the Mr. D. 8. Curtis, appeared on be Mrs. and Miss Williams, Mr. and tion was approved, and I was ap: "Gardeng"; but I hope, in beauti-year are given in the. Report and half of La Chan Ham, a Bwatow Mrs. J. Wilkamp. Mr. and Mrs. Ei pointed Chairman of the Execaying the playgrounds it will never yond pointing out that we afford a runner for the Kwong Shing

I need not enlarge upon them be- trader, who charged Il Shing (32) Wrightson. tive Committee, which position?

be forgotten that their primary ob- Ject it to provide open spaces for children to play on

T have held since.

Now that the Association is in full swing, without any undúe-an- xlety a to the immediate present. and with limitless possicities for the future, I gladly relinquish my post to someone who can devote to the Association more time than I have been able to do. I merely desire to say this that I hare thoroughly enjoyed the experience and privilege of working under

from "Playgrounds" to

recreation largely of an organised ing boarding house with assault, character for an average of about Mr. F. I Zimmern appeared for eighteen hundred children a day, the defendant.

SUBSCRIPTIONS REDUCED

Now I believe the success of our It was stated by Mr. Curtis that We are much indebted to the scheme depends largely on having the assault took place at the Press for the publicity they give the games organized and you can Kwong Wing whart prior to his to our work and I commend to all see from the keenness displayed in client boarding the sa Cheung my listeners and readers the ex- their football games and sports Fat The accused asked for a $10 cellent Editorial remarks in the how the children take to brganized oan, which was reftised, and dur- Hong Kong· Telegraph of March ganies, But, ofganization cbate ing, the scuffle that took place, the

12th. The Editor very properly rings out the need for an ex

(Continued on Page 11).

M

and

lost a wallet containing $50 Mr. Curtis said that if the Magla

rate found the case proved he should deal severely with the ac- cused, as the complainant might easily have drowned.

After evidence was taken, the accused was discharged, the Ma- accused was registed by two or gistrate holding that he (the ac- three others. The complainant cused) had no case to answer.

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