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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS | ADVERTISEMENTS.

ST. ANDREW'S BALL

For the convenience of Mem. ders and Guests of St. Andrew's Society attending the Ball to be held this evening, a special 5 -minute service of Star Ferries will run between 9 p.m. and 9.30 p.m. and a special service from Kowloon to Hong Kong will run every 15 minutes between mid. right and I a.. and every hall hour thereafter until 3 a.m.

The first Supper will be served at 11.15 o'clock p.m. (approx:} and all those desiring to partici. pate therein should be seated in good time before this hour.

Members and Guests are re- quested to note particularly that ADMISSION TO THE BALL WILL BE BY TICKET ONLY and that these cannot be obtain. ed at the door of the Hotel.

NOTICE.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1936.

and Editorial

Business Office: 15-19, Queen's Road Central Tel. 30251.

B

Night Editor (Wanchal Office):

Tel. 24511.

Notice is hereby given that from and after the 30th day of November, 1936 the business now being carried on by the Swedish- Chinese Export and Import Co., Ltd., at Shell House, Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong will

be carried on under the name of

Mr. B. Astington as representa. tive of the Swedish Match Co. at the same premises.

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THE SWEDISH CHINESE EXPORT AND IMPORT COMPANY, LIMITED.

4830

THE RAUB "AUSTRALIAN GOLD MINING CO., LIMITED.

(Incorporated in Queensland)

London Office: 53. Fleet Street

EC, 4

The Daily

Bress.

Hara Koso, NOVEMBER 27, 1936.

CHINA AND JAPAN

rumours

POPULATION OF CANTON

Reduction Of 8,000

According to statistics recently released by the Canton Police

ST. MARY'S

SCHOOL

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Annual Prize Distribution

Bureau, the population of Canton BUILDING EXPANSION during the month of October was 1,218,112 (Chinese subjects) show- ing a reduction of 8,344 as co- pared with those in the month of September, last. Of the popula- tion under review," 672,136 are males and 543,976 females.

Foreigners number 490.

The birth and death rates in Canton during the last month was as follows!—

Birth 376 males ind 291 (Cmales;

450

Death females.

70-1

males

and

The expansion of the school premises with the construction of a fresh wing, was described by the Headmistress of the St. Mary's School, Kowloon, yesterday at the annual speech day and presenta- tion of prizes. This was a glaring nécessity years ago, said the Head- mistress, but it was only this year that "the long-cherished dream" became an accomplished fact.

of

TALKING IT OVER

Mrs. H. G. Sheldon chatting with Mr. Weldon at the Races held last Saturday at the Valley, .» «

Entrance to the Hotel will be NOTICE OF DECLARATION / "ppear that there is at present science. When a statesman fails | Education, Hon. Mr. J. P. Bragsed to the best class each time. The

by the Main Doors, Road only.

Salisbury

MACAO JOCKEY CLUB.

The Autumn Race Meeting

4.0

OF INTERIM DIVIDEND

NOTICE is hereby given that Interim Dividend of Six

Peuce per share on account of the financial year ending 31st March, 1937, has been declared

But

ment."

it

will be held at Arela Pret by the Directors of the Company" up on the slightest provoca-ent back to its poems and pic to welcome His Excellency and heartly

Macao on Sunday, 29th Novem, ber, 1936, commencing at 2.00 p.m...

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The First Bell will be rung at 1.30 p.m.

By order,

S. W. CHENG,

Secretary

4843

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG.

PROBATE JURISDICTION.

IN THE GOODS of Winfrid Alured Comyn Platt, late of Alverbank Alverstoke Hants, England, deceased.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Court has by virtue of Section 58 of the Probates Ordinance 1897, made an Order limiting the time for creditors and others to send in their claims against the above estaţë to the 23rd day of December, 1936.

12th in Brisbane, payable on December, 1936 to Shareholders

on the Registers at Brisbane and Singapore on 11th December, 1936.

rants.

By Order of the Board,

DERRICK & CO.,

Chartered Accountants,

Local Secretaries. Hong Kong Bank Chambers, Singapore, 14th November, 1936.

the barbarians

When tures:

moat

GENERAL

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That St. Mary's is a school, there is no doubt about it, if one must. Judge by the seriousness of the class work, its assiduoumess and inten sity; yet we hope that, more than

More and more pupils joined the school, which in itself must be Possibly no two nations have

regarded as eloquent testimony of been so openly and continually

the high standard of teaching pre- referred to as sworn enemies"

valling at the Institution. 38 is the cuse with China and

Among these who attended yes-certs and performances, each class, Geography, some purils told me it Japan. According to the endless have been injured by a rival he

about incident after might commit suicide on his terday were: His Excellency, Sir contributing a surprise, item, to the was their favourite ject. English Andrew Caldecott and Lady Calde-delighted assembled school Two Composition is cellent. The final argument cott. The Right Rev. Father Spads. inter-class competitions of this kind Needlework is dainty and useful. incident: the threats; the insults doorstep as a

Sayer, Director were held, a silver cup being award- | SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE" and the conferences, it would addressed to his rival's con- Mr. B.

Thirteen pupils entered for this were Clasaco 1 and 2 examination and all were promoted, the people he confesses his in- Chev. R. Alves, Father" Rigante, winners virtually a state of war.

respectively. Generally these con-

four with honours, obtaining a total the Prior to

distribution Scerts coincide with some little school

of 13 Distinctions. nothing ever seems to come of it. adequacy and goes into retire, Father Granelli, and many others. prizes, the pupils of the school

feast, and serva admirably to unite Action is lacking.

China grew into a vast empire gave a delightful programme of

the hearts, to increase mutual un- How like that deplorably petu- mainly because it had to protect entertainment which included a derstanding and personal enterprise. creature are these two nations. outside barbarians. When it had ques lant and peppery type of human

CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES its culture from invasion by play with ancient Egypt as a back- The 5th Kowloon Group of Girl

In the month of February, this Always rowing, always "blowing conquered a foreign country.

Our girls offered Guides, formed a Guard of Honour year,

their co-operation in the running of a little "Poor Lady Caldecott.

School" for Chinese destitute children, in our neighbouring Convent in Hong Hum, where we have a little vernacular school. Our The long-cherished dream of St.

Chinese pupils became the Honorary Mary's seems at last realized. The teachers, and the others, specially School is completed, large, cheery, the Girl Guides, became the game full of sunshine, fitted with all mo-

leaders of the happy crowd of street dern conveniences, the class rooma little boys and girls, who so early opened on broad verandahs facing flocked to the Convent every Sunday playground alive with the song of and Wednesday afternoon. Books, birds, and restful in the shadow of

slates, handkerchiefs, soap sweets were offered by the free con old spreading trees, caressed by the fresh breezes of the Lymoon Pass.tribution of all the school. Two At last, after years of desires and other Mission Schools receive a little sighs, of sacrifices and incon- subsidy every month, from our girls. veniences, we seem to be settled and

At Christmas there was the custom- ary distribution of Christmas han clothes made by the pupils to 150 pers to 23 poor families, and of long ago." poor. In October, last month, $100 and De Angelia for their untiring were collected in school, as a conspiritual assistance. tribution to the bazaar of the St.

tion, and often on no provocation at all-but doing nothing and getting nowhere. The man, like "the nation, to be feared and res- pected-is he who is quiet in his and deliberate in his

unger

talk in the Far East.

quered in their turn by Chinese conquered China they were con- culture, and in a few generations they became indistinguishable

from Chinese.

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ANNUAL REPORT Addressing those present, the Headmistress sald:~-

NOTICE is also hereby given hatred.

The Japanese conception is that the Singapore Transfer

But, ever there is this warquite different. Everything in Registers will be closed from Saturday, 5th

their culture has been borrowed. December, to

Let us consider the position They obtained their religion, art Friday, 11th December, 1936 (both days inclusive), for the from what, we think, is an ori and philosophy from China, their commercial and industrial equip preparation of Dividend Warginal angle,

If Japan and Chins go to warent from Europe and America: again, a fresh shambles is in- and their political institutions evitable. Even the most humane area hodge-podge of German, contented.

The latest and most acute period belligerents cannot fight with French and British procedures. of difficulties was the first balf of modern weapons in the midle The soldier is the highest type, this year from January to June, of a vast industrial area like and his virtues of implicit obedi- when pending the new construction, Shanghai, surrounded by water-ence and complete self-abnega- the old building demolished, we ways packed with the navies of tion are copied by every citizen. found ourselves for the time being short of six rooms. the standing every nation, without somebody soldier is not permitted the wing of the school packed with 1995 getting damaged. And belliger- vice of self-pity, and when he double sections in every class, the ents cannot be humane, however loses a battle or his emperor is gymnasium transformed into a class

insulted he commits suicide-in room, housing three sections older to draw attention not to his Class 8, a fairly noisy crowd of 75. little ones. Fortunately the joy of own sufferings but to the wrongs the fast growing new building-(the real work began in March, and was finished: completely in August) made both the teachers and pupils not only overlook, but almost not feel at all the inconveniences of the time. The playground became a most useful and healthful daily resort, not only

classes as well. All reading lesson during play-time, but för regular and most other oral ones were held in the open air, under the trees; dis- cipline and intensity of work not suffering in the least, much to our surprise and satisfaction. The ex-

E.

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PUBLIC AUCTION.

humane their intentions.

concerned The Japanese are with defending their conception of national honour and of racial of the nation." development and progress. The PARTICULARS AND CON. Chinese are engaged in defending DITIONS of the Sale by Public their conception; and the two All creditors and others are Auction to be held on Monday, conceptions do not coincide.

In the Chinese conception the accordingly hereby required to the 30th day of Noy,, 1936 at 3 send their claims to the underp.m., at the Office of the Public intellectual comes first; after him the farmer; and at the signed on or before that date.. Works Department, by Order of comes

Dated the 26th day of Novem. His Excellency the Governor of very bottom, and despised even

come the busi ber, 1936.

one Lot of Crown Land at by themselves, Wong Nel Chong in the nessman and the soldier. So JOHNSON, STOKES & MASTER,

Colony of Hong Kong for a little does the soldier regard him Solicitors for the Executrix, term of 75 years, with the self as the type of the Chinese option of renewal at a Crown nation that, when General Wu

The soldier needs the assist- ance of the businessman, so the ranks high in businessman Japanese estimation. The states- man is only a soldier or a sailor in civil uniform, and the demo- cratic politician is regarded as such a joke that newspapers car indulge in any flights of fancy they like about his goings-on without the slightest fear of libel.

of

perience, suggested by necessity pro-

and

school, St. Mary's has become a family. A cordial fraternal friend- ship is uniting all the girls among themselves; differences of national- ity, religion and social standing do not matter here at all. And the same cordial familiarity brings tea- chers and giris together, fusing all

hearts, giving to every day life a siraple, yet charming attraction that spells confidence and happiness. The school motto is really lived; Cor unum et via ona, One heart and one

way.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

thanks te, His Excellency Mons I must tender my most grateful Bishop Valtorta for his interest in this school, which at last has be- come what he wanted it to be long

To the Rev. Fathers Riganti,

o

To our Rev. Mother Provincial,

of the work of extension of the

Vincent de Paul Society, for the re- Mother Teresa Martinels, who tank lef of the poor of the Colony. Every upon herself the most practical part week sweets brought by the school children are taken to the Awous school, namely the meeting of ex- Wah Hospital. by two visiting Sisters.

OTHER ACTIVITIES

In March and in May there were two different inter-class competi- tions, both tending to the formation

our children's character by the

penses.

To Mr., Gonella, the architect of our beautiful school, and Messrs. Vannirii and Acconci the Terrazzo Firm, for speeding up the work with so much interest and devotedness.

To Dr. H. Talbot, the. School's

practice of self-restaint; Classes 4 Medical Officer, for all his care both and 3 respectively gained the two of Staff and Pupila.

shields offered on these occasions.

ATTENDANCE.

dear Assistant Tea-

To all our chers, who are shouldering every The school year opened with 532 day side by side with us, with so pupils, but soon the number came

much interest and love, the not in- down to 500 and remained about that

different responsibility of making the the whole year round. At present school efficient.

we have 870 pupils..

To the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, and the Benevolent Society of Hong Kong, for co-operating in the education of a good number of our

pupils. When two conceptions as conved in fact so very satisfactory, that trary as this come into conflict we mean to continge in the practice

H

The Hong Kong & Shanghai Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor Pei-fu was defeated in battle, he there is bound to be trouble. It of open air classes, even now that year. I will quote directly: "The and friends of the school, bere pre-

Bank Building,

CHINA LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY, LIMITED

NOTICE.

price.

Boundary

Measure

ments.

Contents in

Bquare feet.

Annual

∞ [ Upast Pric

Confucius who

of His Majesty the King, for one invariably retired to a monastery might be imagined that the paci- Des Voeux Road Central,

further term of 75 years.

and resumed the writing of fist conception of the Chinese Hong Kong.

Intending bidders are advised poems. The businessman be has not a hope against the aggres 4641 that immediately after the dis liever so little in what he is doing sive conception of the Japanese; posal of the lot the purchaser will that as soon as he has made his but necessity is the mother of be required to deposit with an pile, he sets up a university or invention. It required a World authorised officer who will be retires into the country and War for the Germans to invent "present at the sale, the sum of founds a model colony.

synthetic foodstuffs. If it had two hundred dollars; $200.00 in Nor does the Chinaman be- not been for the war there would cash. This sum will be refunded lieve in political democracy. He have been no necessity to invent on payment of the purchase believes in the Superior Man of them. If it had not been for first of all the the fact that China was sur

a man rounded on all her boundaries THE EIGHTEENTH OR. PARTICULARS OF THE LOT head of a family, then

of learning and finally the Son of and coasts by aggressive neigh DINARY YEARLY MEETING

Heaven, who is simply the bours there would have been no OF SHAREHOLDERS will be

divinely-wise father of his people, necessity for her to invent a held at the Head Office of the

When a Son of Heaven com-compromise between her tradi- Company, St. George's Building,

mitted an error (and droughts, tional conception of intellectual Chater Road, Victoris, Hong

pestilences and civil disturbances passivity and the modern idea of Kong, on Monday, 21st Decem.

were regarded as among his physical aggression. ber, 1936, at 12 o'clock (Noon),

errors) he confessed it before all In order to defend her ow for the purpose of receiving a Statement of Accounts and the 1

his people, and if he failed to vonception China had to study repair it the people had the pri- the conceptions of her neigh- Report of the Directors for the

vilege of kicking him off his bours. She has done so to such financial year ended 30th Septem

throne and setting up another purpose that now, if her generals ber, 1936, and electing Directors

ruler. But it was never supposed still write verses in retirement, and Auditors.

that his children could tell the they also occasionally win bat- The Transfer Books of the

1888 Son of Heaven how to repair his tles: if her manufacturers prefer Company will be closed from

error: he had to go to the Temple to see Old Ming in their homes, Saturday, 28th November, 1936,

of Heaven and beg for guidance they can make pots and pans All Monday, 21st December,

from his ancestora in other words, with the best of their Western 1936, both days inclusive,

to think a second time about it, rivals; if her statesmen stül The Chinese do not believe in burgle the public chest and bank physical aggression. They can the proceeds, they also know how

By Order of the Board of Directors,

NOEL BRAGA,

Secretary. Hong Kong, 13th Nov., 1935.

4816

No. of Sale..

Inland Lot

No. 1849.

|

Registry No.

Locality.

Bouth East of Ipland

Irt No. 4985

Blue Pool Road.

As per

unla filan

About

4,220

NT ADS

80

8,480 :

not see that it has any value. to mortgage their country's na They believe only in the appeal tural resources and use the money to the intellect, and when a to raise armies to keep out the businessman considers himself to lenders.

we have plenty of space for all.

DRAMATICS

SCHOOL INSPECTION The school was inspected by Mr. A. Brawn, Inspector of English

To all the parents of our pupils Schools on November 26 and 27 last school is very pleasantly located. sent to-day for their sympathy and The spacious grounds with their moral, support. gardens, lawn and big banyans To the Director of Education, 'Mr. In spring we held, appreciated by make outdoor work delightful. The Sayer, who so kindly visited the every one, a short but brilliant per school continues to be very efficient school in October last and is to-day formance in the open air, at seven in Its steady progress must be very present here much to our joy and the evening, to commemorate the gratifying to its very conscientious satisfaction.

Above all may dress, Magdalen of Canossa. Ad

care has been taken to eradi-drew Caldecott and Lady Caldecott, large crowd of friends, over two thousand, filled our lawn to pay ente faulta previously pointed who deigned to make so solemn and homage to Her from whose great out. The Kindergarten still paves dear to us all the feast of today heart the Canossian Institute and its the way for good work in the higher with their presence and kind appre-

classes. It rather specialises i ciation varied activities have sprung

Even though the stage could not singing with bells and other musical be used as much as in other years instruments. Considerable attention (this room being a class room) yet. is given to "self-expression" in draw- we had ocasional improvised con- ing. Much interest is taken in

heart-felt

Centenary of Our Venerable Foun- staff Every year I have visit

it I have found great thanks go to His Excellency Sir An-

TWO REUTER'S MEN

(Mr.T. R. Hécry

Baces held on Saturday

the

LIST OF PRIZE WINNERS Scholarships Daisy Yau-Winner of

Lugard Scholarship for the 1938-37.

Dr. Comes Scholarship for good conduct, punctuality, and at- tendance: Irene Silva, Alda Buva, Rose Leung, Marjorie Botelho, Daisy Yau, Evic Sequeira, Lydia Sequeira. School Leaving Certificates Marie Ozorla Honours: Distiac- tion in English, Portuguesë and Biblical Knowledge. OlgaBritto Honours: Distine.... tion in English and Biblical Knowledge.

Vivian Castro Honours: Distine-

tion in Biblical Knowledge Nydia Osmind Honours: Dis- tinction in English and Biblical Knowledge.

Mary Agon-Distinction in Eng

Hah and Portuguese.

Rose Leung-Distinction in Bibl.

cal Knowledge.

Alda Silva Distinction in Bibli-

cal Knowledge

Cremide Osmund Distinction

Biblical Knowledge.

(Continned on Back Past.)