1940-11-11 — Page 8

PAGE 8 HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

SCHOLASTIC RECORD IS

MAINTAINED

1

St. Paul's Girls' College Hold Speech Day

· “Scholastically, our girls successfully maʼntained the school's record. Marked improvement was seen in English and Man- darin,” remarked DR. (MISS) 'F. C. WOO, M.B.E..... D‚Ped., Erinei. pal of St. Paul's Girls' College, în her report presented at the Speech Day held in the Lee Hysan Hall on Saturday after.

BOON

The

Hon Str Shouson · Chow. As for our 1940 gradustes, three Kt., LLD., a veteran supporter of fat them have been accepted as the school, distributed the certifi-probationer nurses in the Queen cates.

Mary Hospital here, while another Among those present on the three entered various universities stage, besides the Principal and in China. Two of them qualified Sir Shouson, were the Right Rev. for entrance into the Hongkong B. O, Hall Bishop of Hongkong. University. chairman, Hon. Sir Robert Kote- wall, Kt., CM.G., LL.D., Mr. C. Q.. Sollis (Director of Education), and Mr. Tang Shiu-kin, M.B.E

- EVERY UNIVERSITY

I take this opportunity of em

GENERAL

Mrs. C. G. Perdue, wife of the Acting Commissioner of Police, selling a poppy to a member of the Force on Saturday morning,"

(King's Studio).

phasising the fact that we train ROUND THE POLICE COURTS

girls to enter into practically A fine programme of entertain.. ment was presented in the course every university in China as well of the afternoon those contributs in Hongkong. America and for

Gr. Britain. ing being the school choir, kinder-

*sald:-

PRINCIPAL'S REPORT

mer

!!

а

AT CENTRAL

Eleven

others, charged with taking part in gambling. also had estreated their ball of $3 each when they failed to answer their charges.

garten, Junior middle III, Tung I now venture to say a few

BAIL ESTREATED Bhik-kwong (solo, accompanied by words about the health side of our LA Ohok-tsang), Dorcas Cheung work. As is repeated almost every

Falling to appear before Mr. and May Chan (duet) and senior year, we stress the importance ni a

G.T. Lowry on Saturday, Lau middle I who presented a Chinese sound body as well as a sound Cho, 38, accountant, charged with play.

mind. Last year an experimentai keeping No. 32 Lyndhurst Terrace common gaming house for Wong lok-yee, engərman, re class in health was Inaugurated us 2 ported on the work of the Stu-under the auspices of the Health the purpose of pal kau, had bafl dents' Association, while a speech and Beauty League and it proved of $75 estreated. of thanks to Bir Shouson Chow very popular with our giris. and those present was delivered by

Swimming continues to be Lau Shiu-fun,

major attraction during the sum

Mr. D. 1. Benson very gen- Presenting her report. Dr. Wo erously donated all the prizes at cur last aquatle sports and I take

The premises were ralded by this opportunity once again to re- the Police on a warrant at, about Before I review the year's Wots card our gratitude to him for this 1.20 am. on Saturday morning I want to express our most grate token of his-interest. Class Senior and $8.48 picked up from the ful thanks to our veteran suppor-Middle I captured the Arthur Woo table was ordered to be put into ter Six Shouson Chow for coming shield awarded for scoring the the Poor Box. here this afternoon to distribute highest aggregate of points in MONEY THEFT ALLEGED the certificates to our successiuf "swimming" students. "Jif Shouson nas sat on

Alleged to have stolen from No. The religious side of our work 36, Des Voeux Road Central on the Council of" this school nearly fifteen years and he all the school during the year. Some the property of Fung Yiu-sang. for again occupied a leading place in Nov. 8, $5,000 in Chinese currency, graces our meetings with his pre-20 past and present students were Sam Thu, 29, barber, appeared be- sence. He was suso a member of confirmed while there were the Building Committee who gave baptisms. as those spacious quarters, We are more thankful to him than words can express.

6fore Mr. Lowry on Saturday.

Sam pleaded not guilty and hearing was fixed for Nov. 15, at 11.30 am..

Det. Sgt. PJ, Cullinan is in charge of the prosecution.

STOLE TYPEWRITERS Pleading guilty to two counts

THEFT FROM CAR Charged with stealing one brown European style jacket and one rattan basket containing "books from a private car, No. 5588, which was parked outside the Jockey club, on Nov. 9. Hung Cheung, 43. unemployed, who admitted offence. was sentenced to two months' hard labour by Mr. Barnett on Saturday. Hung

wax also recommended to be expelled from the Colony.

the

Pearl River Opened

FOR PASSENGER TRAFFIC ONLY

The Pearl River was officially opened on Saturday by "the Jap- anese authorities after a closure of over two months to all traffic except military and naval craft.

Though no official advice bas been received by shipping co- panies, who, consequently, have not, prepared any plans for re- sumption of services, it is learned that two special conditions attach to resumption of services between Hongkong and Canton and Macro and Canton..

All stups going to Canton will be allowed to carry passengers only, which must not exceed 100, and all passengers, whether or not in possession of cholera inoculation ecrtificates, will have to go into quarantine for examination.

British vessels will be allowed a weekly sailing while Japanese ships will sail twice a week.

POLICE REPORTS

Mrs.

Road on Friday afternoon

While walking along Nathan Danbrowsky, wife of Sgt. H. Dan browsky of the Hongkong · Police, had her wrist watch, valued $80, snatched from her.

at

defendant was seen by an Indian Det.-Sgt. V.M. Morrison said

Mr. J. Barrow, District Officer constable carrying the jacket and North, has reported the theft of basket, When questioned he ad-his car No. 1408 which was parked mitted stealing them and the constable to the car.

tock at Middle Road, near the Pen- insula Hotel between 7 p.m. midight on Friday.

SALESMAN FINED Pleading guilty before Mr. Lewry on Saturday to a charge of stealing from No. 61, Des Voeux Road Central two cases of canned Deas, valued at $83, Cheung Muk- pork and three cases of canned

shing, 23, unemployed, and LA Shing, 30, salesman, were ven- tenced to three months hard labour and fined $50 respectively.

In imposing the time on second defendant his Worship temarked that in view of his clean record he did not wish to sent him to prison.

UNREGISTERED MUI-TSAI

Our girls are encouraged to participate in all activities, which promote character-building and While on this topic. I Wous self-government. Many have, in like to tender our heartfelt thanks the course of the year, assisted at to our retiring Honorary Secre various locally organised efforts tary, the Rev. Paul Tso, who for for charity and social welfare. the past 12 years has borne the As these are too numerous, I shall of larceny, Ng Kwan-tak, 29, un- arduous daties connected with the leave it to the Chairman of the employed, was sentenced to 12 Council. This place is being fill-Student Association to report weeks hard labour by Mr. Lowry Mr. K. M. A. Barnett on Saturday ed by Dr. F. f. Tseung who has very kindly consented to We extend a hearty welcome to him as well as to Mr. C. H Lam, son of Mr. Lam Woo, founder of the School, who has "tained the Council.

serve.

separately to you.

from

from

Fin

A 28-year-old married woman, Hui Yue-po, was charged, before on Saturday. Finally but certainly not least

Ng was charged with stealing with keeping

unregistered important, a word of deep appreciation to set

I want to say again an electric tan and a man jong mul-teal, Hul Wong-ho, 12, at the my staff for another year of de-Road Central on May 19, and two

No. 138, Connaught above address,

Defendant denied voted and unstinted co-operation. typewriters

the charge the National and stated that the girl was not We all deeply regret the loss of City Bank of New York on Oct. a muitsai but a distant niece. Miss Faith Hall from our ranks.18. Miss Hall is

The case was adjourned school in India and we wish her defendant was arrested on Friday

now principal of "Det. Sgt. C. Byron said that Wednesday. every success there. We are deep-on information. for without exception every one fly grateful to Mrs. Murdock who When questioned Ng also ad- them takes an active part in the has ably filled the vacancy left by mitted the larceny in the second government and administration of Miss Hall. this school

Year in and year out have pressed thanks to members of the Council for their untiring, interest in this school. I now do so again,

#

PREPARE FOR LIFE Bome schools concentrate

the

charge. Defendant. entered National City Bank on Oct. 18.

AT KOWLOON

* LARCENY OF APPLES

to

*

MONDAY,

NOVEMBER 11, 1940.

EARLY DINNERS

IN THE

HONGKONG HOTEL

WARNING

WILL BE GIVEN

THREE MINUTES

BEFORE THE END OF

THE INTERVAL OF GONE WITH THE WIND"

THROUGHOUT THE

BARS

& LOUNGES

OF THE

HONGKONG

HOTEL

Extension SATURDAY-NIGHT TILL 2 A M.

THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI HOTELS, LTD.

SPECIAL SALE

New Arrival of English Biscuits

HUNTLEY & PALMERS

Assorted kinds

and

JACOB'S PEEK FRAN'S

70 cents

lb. packet

per

The theft of a wallet contain- Ing $119 in money and private papers, on Wednesday has been

Frank Sport. reported to the Folice by the Rev.

19

Sgt. Gordon conducted the pro- secutionL

INSUFFICIENT. EVIDENCE

A Portuguese youth, Leslie Castro, 18, who was charged with' harbouring a girl under the age of 21 without permission and abduct. ing the same girl, Pauline arang. 16, was discharged

cuted,

Inspector Moreton, who prose- said that there was sufficient evidence against the de-

WOMAN DISCHARGED

fendant.

Au Kit-ping, married woman, who was charged with larceny of furniture, property of Mrs I. D. Lee, by ballee, was discharged by Mr. E. Himsworth on Saturday.

·PROTECTED AREA Appearing on remand, a Chinese Government officer, to La Yuen- ip, 30, was fined $10 by Mr. Hims- THE EVACUATION

and walked out with two type- A fine of $20 or. in default, a worth on Saturday for possession This Speech Day should have

01 walters. He dumped one into the month's hard labour was imposed of a camera in a protected area, taken place in July but owing to preparing their girls for examina. harbour and the other, which was by Mr. Q. Ad Mactadyen on Chuk Yuen Village. the evacuation and other unfore, while others endeavour to damaged, he gave it to another Saturday on Lal Tak, 2b, un- Sgt. Whitley, who prosecuted.

excel in sport. Our aim is to pre-miany who seen dislocations connected with

was convicted on a licenced fruit hawker, for larceny jsaid that the film had been de ware girls for fe, so that when charge of receiving recently be- of two baskets of apples · recent political troubles, we were.

veloped and nothing was exposed they leave the portals of compelled to postpone the

this tore the same magistrate. cereschool they may be diffusers of mony to this later date.

HEARING FIXED light and life to all who

come

Hearing was axed for Nov 29

Coming now to the report pro- into contact with them. We rea- per, I am happy to record the out-se that what China needs most at 2.30 pm. of the case in which standing event of the year, name-

three Chinese, charged incom ly the celebration of the 25t today are men and women of

character. We certainly want nexion with the robbery, appear- Anniversary of the school m Apŕll

men and women of ability, but ed before Mr. Barnett, on Satur-

Two of the defendants, Lo Kan,

last. It was an unqualified suc- even this need is not greater than day cess and brought many distin-. guished guests, parents and

the cry for leaders of character old pupils to the school. They all ad- ! who are willing to shoulder res- 26, unemployed, and Cheng Tim, mired the exhibition of the work Psibilities and to make sacri-32, unemployed, were charged with fices for the rebuilding of a new robbing Mrs. Potts of a platinum and better China.

and diamond wrist watch at Mount Davis Road. Pokfulam o0 Oct, 22, while the third, Chan Cheuk, 28, unlicensed hawker, was

of our girls.

Scholastically, our girls success- fully maintained the school's 're- cord. Marked improvement was

seen in English, and Manda PROTECTED charged with conspiring with the

PLACES

first two defendants on Oct, 12 commit the robbery.

Det. Sub-Insp. R. Cunningham

1s in charge of the case.

GAMING HOUSE

During the year under review several competitions were held at regular periods to encourage a keener study of these, two langu-i ages.

No 249 Electric Road, Hong- About 80 per cent of our gra- kong, "bounded by Eléctric Road, duates for 1929 entered various Oll Street, the Hongkong Mectric A fine of $50 was imposed on universities

All have passed Company Limited's main generat- Chan Sap, 28, unemployed, by Mr- their 1st year examinations. Thing station and the Harbour; the Barnett on Baturday when Chan school prepares girls to enter the former Arsenal, Yard, Hongkong: pleaded guilty to at charge of faculties of science, medicine, and Hunghom,, Kowloon, bounded keeping the first floor of No 365 education and even engineering, by the Government Wireless Eta-Hennessy Road as a gaming house, They are now in the Universities on on the eastern side of Chat- for the purpose of tse la of Hongkong, Linguain, Chung-ham Road, Winslow Street and stan, South Western Associated the harbour, are now protected University, St. John's as in Bhang areas,

hai Colleze and Wheaton College: of America, I recently, received, news that one of our studepts studying at Wheaton College was placed fifth in a science examiing tion among 204 students.

Det.-Sgt. Morrison prosecuted. RETURNED BANISHEES Pleading guilty to returning t

the Colony before the expiration of his period of banishment, Kong

Messrs. AA. Elis, L. Smith, B. Kwok, 22, unemployed, was sen- Ivanchenko and C. Forman Have tenced to three months by Mr. been permitted to quit the Hong- Barnett on Saturday, Kong was. kong Defence Reserve. Mr. JM. banished for 10 years on May 6, Another student worthy of note Hood has been re-assigned from 1939. Defendant had returned is one of the two hundred authe General Group for Essential twiceA cessful: cumpetIONE CROSS) From Services to the Combatant Group Appearing on a similar charge, among 8,000 candidates to quality and TS Eliott and CIA. Waller Lam Yau, 28, employed, who for entrance examination into the from the Combatant Group to was banished for life on Nov. 8, 8th Western Associated Univer the General Group for Essential this year, was alan sentenced to

Services,

three months,

Here they are! Last-minute Items!

KNETTING WOOLS

LATEST SELECT- "IONS="JUST UN-

PACKED.

[[15T/FER]

CHINA

ÁRNOTT'S ÈMPIRE BISCUITS.

45 cents per lb. packet

Obtainable at

HUNG CHEONG

KOWLOON.

66 Nathan Road.

Telephone 57108.

Get the world's good news through THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR An International Daily Newspaper Published by..

THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING SOCIETY One, Norway Street, Boston, Massachusetts Regular reading of THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR is considered by many a liberal education. Ita olean, unbiased news and well-rounded editorial features, india ding the Weekly Magazine Section, make the MourTOR the ideal newspaper for the home. The prices are: (U. B. Money)

1 year $18.00 6 months 88.00 8 months $3.00 1 month $1.00 Saturday, issue, including Magazine Section: year: 89.60, 6 isapos 25c, and the paper is obtainable at the following location:

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE READING BOOM Firat Church of Christ, Scientist, 81a, Macdonnell Road, Hong Kong.

LADIES WITH TASTE- WILL ADORE OUR SMART CHIC BAGS IN ART. LEATHER, SUEDE OR WOOL- LEN FABRICS,

See tem now:

[HAND BAGS DEPT. GR. FLE

EMPORIUM. LTD.