1938-09-17 — Page 7

"HONG KONG DAILY PRESS

SIR ROBERT AND LADY HO TUNG HONOURED

(Continued from Page 1)

At that time the subject of the development of the Territories was discussed, and in fact the matter was discussed at an earlier date spen after you began your task of developing pårt bf "the land,.

One hope is that, successful stu- dents may be sent on for further instruction in more fully, equipped institutions, who may return to da a blessing to their local compa. triots, and so assist in the develop- men of improved agriculture in the New Territories. (Applause).

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MR. TANG WEI TONG

Mr. Tang Wel Tong, who spoke

EXTENSIVE EXPERIMENTS Your orchard is so well known that it is not necessary to explain anything about it in general, but when it is studied, it reveals ex- tensive experiments of various Kinds which, if they had been folin Chinese, said;- lowed up by the people generally, would have led to much greater development of the Territories than has yet been attained.

Ever since the time when this Association was founded 12 years ago by Sir Cecil Clement, we have received the gracious hospitality of Sir Robert and Lady Ho Tung, who bave treated us as their guests and premises at Tung lent us their Ying Hok Po Farm as our quarters. We have met there all these years more than 10 times a year, and on

SATURDAY'S MENU

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BREAKFAST

Grapefruit Cereal Huckleberry Griddle Cakes Unsalted Butter

Coffee

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LUNCHEON

Tomato Juice Frappe Cold, boiled or Baked Ham New Potatoes with Lemon Juice Lima Beans

Ice Cream Pie

DINNER

It you do not dine out) Peanut Butter Sandwiches

Economy Salad (Left-overa)

Frosted Mint Punch "

Hermits

You not only experimented with plants of various kinds but have á garden beautifully laid out, so that It has become a joy to many.

You experimented with mulberry bushes and silk worms. Your 'silk and its manufacture were exhibited every occasion they very kindly Sunday, after this Menu! at Wembley Exhibition In England and generously provided refresh

in 1924 and 1925. You also pro-ments and other forms of hospital- ceeded to develop animal hus-ty. bandry.

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Your experience in all these mat ters' has been made freely available to us who have come after it may be said 'a long way after".

All the family

SOCIAL

GOVERNOR WU AT HOME

Gives Reception To Committee. For Justice

An informal tea party was given by Cien. Wa Te-chen. Governor o' Kwangtung, to the members of the Canton Committee for Justice to China at the Municipal Recep- tion House, Canton, on September 12.

The American and British" communities were well represented. Chinese officialdom was repre- sented by Mayor Tseng Yang-fu. Mr. Wu Kai-yin, and Mr. Chen Yu-chu, members of the Executive Council of the Provincial Govern- ment; Mr Pani Hvi, advisor to the Provincial Government; Mr. Ernest Tong, counsellor of the Provincial Government: Mr. Edward Bing-- Shuey Lee. secretary of the Pro- vincial Government: Col. C. W.

on A diet for Leung, advisor to the Canton Muri- cipal Government; Mr. Wilfrid Ling. secretary of the Municipal Gov ernment: Dr Chu Kwang-tao director of the Fublic Health

Now that we have received the RULES FOR NAZI Bureau of the Municipal Govern-

generous provision of Joseph Hall by Mr. J. E. Joseph as our premises in a new Agricultural Association Buliding, it is no longer necessary to continue to borrow Tung Ting Hok. Po...

W

12 YEARS OF WORK

WOMEN

TO BRING BACK

worth!

GLAMOUR!

ment: Mr. Y. M. Lin, director of the Fublic Works Bureau of the Municipal Government; and Mr. Li Luk-chao, managing director of the Canton-Kowloon Railway.

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Other guests were:-

When the first shows in the Ter- ritories were held you kindly placed

Dr. and Mr. A. J. Fisher, Mr. E. H. your premises at our disposal, and

Lockwood, the Rev. N. V. Halward, have always welcomed the Com-Thinking back over the 12 years Now, this is a fine state of Prof. And Mrs H. C. Drowasil, Dr. mittee to meetings in your dwelling of our work, we have had the bene~ affairs for the German lassies and Mrs. W, W. Cadbury, Dr. R. L erected on the site.

ft of the advice and wisdom of "No hopping, skipping or jump Lancaster, the Bar. Gilbert Baker, the THE FIRST SHOW

Sir Robert and Lady Ho Tung ing." And take it for what it is W. Shoop, Dr and

Rev. W. S. Johnston, Dr. and Mrs. T D. The first agricultural show was which we cannot record In detail.

Stevenson, Mr. Chester Chan, Mr. Yue From the time when the fest The new order in your premises.

was issued by Shiu Iu, Mr. Wai Park, Lueng, Mr. actually held

FIRU Gertrud Scholtz-Klink. 35 Y L Lee, Dr. Te

Tea Wai where you entertained those who meeting was held under the chair-

Ming Mr. Ling To young, Dr. J. 0. Thomson, the were seeking to follow in your manship of the Hon. Mr. J. A. years old, with a slender figure. Rev and Mrs. G. E. Alien Pron and footsteps. You have generously Fraser at Tai Po to establish this grey eyes and blonde hair which Mr. C. N. Laird, Mr. C. C. Lin, Dr. nelped us year by year in many association, Sir Robert and Lady hot the title of plasts and Frank Oldt, Prof. and Mrs. B. E. ways. The shows would not have Ho Tung and the Hon. Mr. J. P. holds the title of Fuehrerin of Fortino, Dr Chne Kwong. To, Mr. T

T. Poon, the Rav, E. G. Jausen, the presented anything like such a Braga, Lieutenant Colonel Dow- National Socialist Womanhood.

Rev. and Mrs. G. H. McNaur. Mr. Cheur, Mr. good appearance. had you not biggin. Messrs. McPherson. Wells. Her main undertaking in life at Choi Chang, the Rev and Mrs. Har especially Lady Ho Tung, and the Manners, J. J. White, J. Russell and this point is to make the German Fert Thomson, Mr. Lo Po Cheun, Misa

Gertrude Hill Miss L. L. Show, Mr. late Lady Cars, assisted in the many of the gentry of the New Gretchen into a modern, healthy, word Bill Mr. Chow Yung-nang. supervision of the exhibition. You Territories have helped us. Mr. athletic girl. However, she has Prof. H. S. Frank. Mr. Lenng Kwek. provided flowers in pots, fats and Braga first acted as its first Hon. succeeded so well that the young Poon, Dr. and Mrs. J. S. Kuakle, the other decorations, as well as many Secretary, but alas at that time we gents of Germany were murmur- Rev. and Mrs. J. E. Hickin, Prof. and

ing that the young women had T. C. Fairburn,

W. E. Hoft mand

Mfr. and Mrs. exhibits which have always been had no centre for our activities.

Mac. Lady Ho Tung then most gen-lost all romanticism.

Donald Mr. Paul Todd, Miss Rath erously offered the loan of Tung Consequently, the new ruling Mulliken, the Rev. A. H. Bray, Miss Ying Hok Po, as our headquarters, which is supposed to bring back Mr. In Po Ting, Mr. J. M Lam, Mr.

Grace Rappert Mias

Alice Carpenter, and constantly attended, the meet-the

Arthur Peill. Mr. F. A. Nizon Mr. F. A. Chuck, Mr. Chan Lim Chudy, Mr. and Mrs. 1. Epatein, Mr. Llang Tine Kai, Mr. Walter Otto, Prof. E. A McClure, Mom K. Banks, Miss M. Bischoff, Mr. Wallace Forgie, Dr. and Mrs. A. Hayes, Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Lee, the Rev. and Mrs. G. G. Ph hipped.

a feature of the shows, and have. proved to be an education la them selves..

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glamour of the

We are amateurs, out your ex. hibits have always been a centreings. Also yearly at the shows, she females. of interest and admiration and en-herself attended and assisted in the quiry from many visitors.

BEAUTIFUL CENTRE

nave £

direction of affairs. **

EDUCATION OF PEOPLE When some people were saying that ordinary farmers could not compete with the workmen at her farm, Lady Ho Tung arranged that the exhibits should not compete

Now through the generous gift of Mr. J. E. Joseph we beautiful centre where we can begin the education of local boys in agricultural affairs, and make experiments on the local sol. and for prizes, but put them on exhib- with local seeds, which we hope ton solely for the education of the may be improved by the introduc-people, and to give a lead to the tion of new seeds from Ching and abroad.

German

WOMEN IN THE AIR

MISS COCHRANE'S "FEAT

When women start in avia- tion they certainly mean some- thing and prove it.

Miss Jacqueline Cochrane de

Mrn

FORTHCOMING WEDDINGS

The following forthcoming wed dings are announced:-

Miss Lau Wan-tung. residing at No. 2, Kwong Ming Street, to Mr. Sin So-geung, sarpenter. residing at 4, Shing Wong Street; second floor...

Miss. T. McClure to Mr. Joseph

Glenn McQuay, of Manila P. I.;

farmers. This was a further proof of your sympathy for the farmers. Now that our building is com- As we have been meeting in our own premises. It occurred to us pleted and we are opening the that we ought to show our grat! Institute for students, we still look monstrated this when she won the tuce for all your kindly and gener-to Sir Robert and Lady Ho Tung $30,000 Bendix Trans-Continental gus treatment of the Association, or advice and assistance, so that Alr Derby trom Los Angeles to and of the Committee, who, year people of the New Territories may Cleveland, in the early part of by year, have met in your premises have instruction in farming. and this month. for ten or a dozen times yearly, and that the future of agriculture in This young lady covered 2042 you have been the generous host the New Territories may be bright. miles at an average speed ΟΙ

Finally, we wish you both health |249,774 miles per hour.

Miss Cochrane's plane, which has We could not decide on a suitable and strength, to continue for many present, but after much discussion years to assist this Association for the number 13. was the same mini-Cheung Sha Wan Road, Kowloon. decided to present a shield with the benefit of the New Territories.tary pursuit plane in which Major a suitable inscription to express (Applause),

and hostess of the Committee

Alexander de Seversky established

our appreciation in a small way, of SIR ROBERT HO TUNG Trans-Continental flight.

Replying to Mr. Wells'

your beneficence.

We had not anticipated such a large and distinguished gathering Sir Robert sald:-

speech,

Miss Tong Wal-yee, residing at 74. Yenchow Street, first floor. Kowloon, to Mr. Kwok Ping-sun. clerk employed at A. Gocke and Company, and residing at 287,

a new record for an east to west LADY NORTHCOTE

The Major's record from

New

Lady Northcote is confined to her York to Burbank, California, was room by doctors' orders until the 10 hours 3 minutes 3 seconds end of the month, during which on this occasion, and had thought My wife and I are deeply touch- which beats the previous record period she has been reluctantly of offering the small gut at Tunged by your kind expressions of ap-of 11 hours 30 minutes,

compelled to cancel all engage. Ying Hok Po, your farm at Eheungpreciation and on her behalf as

merts. Shui.

SMALL TOKEN

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Offering such a small present before such a distinguished gather lag seems too small, but we are sure that you will appreciate the 1act, that we wished to present our thanks in a tangible form, and, ac-. coding to our ability, prepared this

small token..

it,

are

well as my own. I want to thank you all for honouring us today.

Being citizens of this Colony, my wife and Tare naturally fond of Being fond" of it we naturally desirous of making it a fair abode. Blessed with a long ne of sympathetic District of- cels. It was, less difficult, especially alter the coming of the Kowloon en-forward the development of the Canton Raliway in 1912, to push

New Territories.

We hope that you may both joy the sight of this little shield. the gift of many of your greatful admirers, for a long time to come

Though I am, I think, one of the nist, If not the first Hong Kong

I, for one, always felt that when resident to acquire property in the Lady Ho Tung was at hand, our New Territories, yet Lady Ho Tung failure to do the right thing by had wanted to develop these at- those who honoured us with their their presence, would be covered over, by the kindly oversight of the

many details, that go to make such

occasions a success.

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JACOBEAN ROOM DINNER

Manila Visitors Hosta To.21 Guests

The Honourable Alberto Bar- retto with Mis. Harretto and Don Claudio Aldecao were hosts on Thursday evening at

a linner for twenty-one guests in the Jacobean Room of the Hong Kong Hotel,

The guests were Mr. and Mrs.

Newsettes

Mr. Rudolf Friml, famous com- poser of "Rose Marie" left yester- day in board the Empress of Ja- pan, en route for Hollywood

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Mr. AN. Spencer, popular local American resident, was one of the passengers on board the Empress of Japani which left at noon yester- day. Mr. Spencer is proceeding to the United States on a business trip and expects to be back in the

tractive tracts of land before I Eugene Chen, Mr. and Mrs. Li Colony in December, laid my eyes on them.

Koon-chun, Mr. and Mrs. Li Tse-

Elizaga, Mrs. A. Trillo, Mr. and Mrs.

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His Excellency the

Governor

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SEA ISLAND COTTON

RAINCOATS

LESS 10% CASH

EXCEEDINGLY LIGHTWEIGHT SPECIALLY MADE

FOR THE

TROPICS

IN SHADES OF FAWN

ALL SIZES

$35.00

LANE • CRAWFORD • LTD.

Mens Wear

Department

The House of Quality & Service.

MR. J.J. EVANS

Veteran Of Book

Business Here ·

SHANGHAI TRADE

CONDITIONS

Veteran of the book business, Mr. Joseph J. Evans, Who arrived in the Colony only yes- terday by the

0. P. and 'Chitral, · bas already "set up

shop" at the Gloucester Hotel

more

Pending the arrival of supplies he will be ready to con- tinue here the work of distributing literature of all kind which he has been carrying on for many years in different parts of China,

When visited by a representative of the "Dally Press" at his hotel yesterday afternoon, Mr. Evans was engrossed in unpacking and arranging the volumes which he brought with him from Shanghai and cheerfully remarked that "what we saw there was nothing compared to what we would see If we returned in a day or two."

A manufacturers and publishers' representative, Mr. Evans not so long ago ran a chain of book stores and is now specialising in wholesale. World-famous names amongst the publishers, whom he has represented' are 'Wm. Collins and Co. Ltd.. George Allen and Unwin, Ltd., Jonathan Cape, Ltd., W. and R. Chambeis, Chatto and Windus, Evans Brothers Ltd., Eyre and Scottiswoode (Publishers) Ltd.. Hodder

and Stoughton"

Ltd., Michael Joseph Ltd., Metheun and Co Ltd, Ivor Nicholson and Wat- son Ltd., C. Arthur Pearson Ltd.. and Putnam and Co. Ltd.

Mr. Evans' opinion of trade con- 'ditions in Shanghai, which he left on September 13, is that though

normal.

Even after the construction of fong. Mr. and Mrs. Chen Mo-pa, will be present at the Swimming things are not as bad as many i the Railway, the line at arst ter- Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Prats. Mr. and sports of the Boy Scouts Associa- believe, stability is definitely lack- minated only at Fanling and 3 Mrs. H. S. Listing Mr. Philip Cock-tion at the Naval Yard Swimming ing and it will be long before Unostentatiously this service was private, Meksha had to be got chin. ir. Octavio Barretto, Mr. and Bath on Saturday. September 24, business returns to anything like given, but never unnoticed by us. ready before one could get to Mrs. A P. Raagas. Mr. Felipe at 1.30 p.m. We shall hope to have your pre-Sheungshul, unless of course on sence for many years to come, and chose to walk also we are assured of your kindly Interest in our endeavour to build up a more trained succession of young farmers for the future pro- gress and prosperity of the people of the Territories.

TO GROW COTTON

Lo Hang-len and Miss A. Trillo.

Mr. Thomas Le C. Kuen, A.A.A. Closing a delightful dinner, "one FIB, the local, incorporated_ac-. Since those early days when of the hosts, the Hon. "Alberto Bar-countant, is leaving this afternoon there was scarcely a European retto addressed a few informal in the 8.8. Marechal Joffe for Indo- house in the newly leased tracts of words of thanks to his many China on holiday. He will be away land, Lady Ho Tung has been ex-friends for their hospitality and for about two months. we hardly dare to mention our perimenting with various forms of courtesy extended to him, Mrs. hopes. This is the day of small the cultivation of fruits, vegetables, Harretto and Don Claudio Aldecao things. We only began our classes flowers and farm stock. Some of during their visit here the past two yesterday and there lies along you here will no doubt remember weeks. period of patient and persevering her efforts to grow cotton and to- effort before the end we aim at is bacco in the New Territories. attained.

(Continued on Page 8)

These charming southern visitors will return to Manila today via the i.v. Vistoria.

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