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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

Interesting Discourse On "Surnames" Given By Hon. Mr. N. L. Smith

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An interesting discourse on "Surname was given yesterday' evening at the Helena May. Iuidičite to a meeting of the Hong- Kong branch of the English Association by the Hon. Mr. N.L. Emith, CM.G., Colonial- Secretary.

"Surnames derived from the Christian name of an ancester are in the main straightforward though some of the variations are of some interest," Mr. Smith said.

TD $ few cases the actual clearly geographical; I suppose Christian name la simply used Southard, with its alightly nauti- without qualification, as for ex- Cal tang is in the same class. ample Frederick, Gerard. James. "But the great bulk of such aur- Edgar, Alexander; Baldwin, Cecil, names are derived from place- Giles, Theobald, Christopher and names that are by themselves by

GENERAL

APPEAL FOR FUNDS: ROTARY CLUB CAMPAIGN FOR AMBULANCES AND MOBILE CANTEENS

The Hongkong Rotary Club is now launching an appeal for funds which will be devoted to the purchase of ambulances and Mobile Half the proceeds wi! be used for the purchase of these caritéens. vehicles in Britain and the other half of the money will be spent in the same way for the benefit of Hongkong and China,

FORTHCOMING WEDDINGS

At first the Club thought that motor ambulances were the most urgent of British and ChinesŐ needs but Lord Lloyd the Secretary

The following forthcoming wed for the Crown Colonies issued au urgent appeal for mobile canteens dings are announced:

'a fortnight ago.

Mr. Wong Sau San, shipping

He pointed out that the problem Ralph. But in the great majority now unknown or at least obscure: *gent of 44 Village Road, and of providing hot meals for people 10 Luen who had been bombed out of their of cases there is either a "son" Norton and Stanton. Brayheld and Miss Fung Nga Tee of

Fat Street.

houses was very serious and could or a single "-" added. Jones Bousfeld, Dodwall and Backwell,

Mr. Harold Denison Bidwell, Johnson and Jackson; Richards, Digby and Thursby, Brackenridge

mobile canteens. Richardson and Dickson; Stephens and Penfold and Whitham and mercantile inditant of 1 Chathamns be solved by providing these "and Stephenson; Mathews and Loxley and Grayburn and Broad-Road, and Miss Elsie Joan Matheson; and very many others bridge and a hundred of others mert of the same address,"

the last syllable of which is gen-. erally a sufficient ciué.

"At the outset however it 19 necessary to mention certain sumixes which affect the sub- quent surnames. We all know that Robin is pet name for Robert: call a bird a Robert Redbreast.or an outlaw Robert Hood and half of the glamour: disappears. 80 Robinson is at least as common a Robertson even if Tomlinson is less common than Thomson. ·

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COMMONLY FOUND

"A favourite William would thus "be, called Will' of Wilkin so that the ensuing surnames Williams, Williamson, Wilson, Wills, Wilkids and Wilkinson are all commonly found. Similarly we find Peterkin reduced to Perkin or Parkin or Perrin: while Dickens and Dickin son indicate the son of some early Richard who was not only dubbed Dick but had the further endear ment of Dicken.

Secondly, just as the word lancet" means mall lance "pocket" a small poke or poche. so Marriott is but little Mary. Wil mot little William and Elliott little Filas. Hugh if he was small would be called Hewett and Phi- Ilp Philpott. The surname Potts by the way is a corruption of this Philpotes

"Flace-names containing the syllables eccle" clearly point to a church or ecclesta or eglise, in the neighbourhood, "so that we And. #scleshalĮ and (probably) Eaglesteld. In its other form of "kirk" this appears in the frequent North Country Kirby. Hurst, in many combinations, as well as by itself, simply siguides a wood,

"The simple roadside cross is responsible for many interesting surnames, particularly in the form "crutch." Apart from Cross and Crozier, we have Croucher and Crouchman and probably Crutt well.

Lam

NAMED AFTER COLONT Mr. Eo Wai Man, broker of 192 Within a week the members of Fa Yuen Street, Kowloon, and the Club had subscribed $8,000 and Miss Lee Chor Sheung of 30 Tam promptly remitted £300 home to the Club headquarters in London Kung Road, Kowloon City.

Mr. Wong Tat Teng, merchant, for the purchase of the arst mo residing at 287 Lockhart Rand,hile canteen which will be named and Miss Chan Hong Ying of 88 after Hongkong. Gloucester Road.

It is not, however, the polloy of Mr. Poon Bear Wah, student, of Rotary to take full responsibility Kwan Bik Wan of 3 Ning Yeung it can initiate and give generous support, but it also secks the co- Terrace,

Mr. Cheung Hin Chiu, mer-operation of the general public in chant of 75 Hennessy Road, and such work. Miss Katherine Wel of 73 Avenida Horta e Costa, Macao.

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209 Tung Cho! Street. and Miss for any particular social service,

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PROPOSED FUNCTIONS

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So far a cabaret dinner has been arranged for Jan. 18 at the Penin- sula Hotel. Then the South China Athletic Association has agreed to give some of the proceeds "of a specíni match tỏ bé played in Dec. 22 to the fund.

COLONY HEALTH smoking concert has been fixed

BULLETIN

for Dec, 20 at the China Fleet Club and it is hoped that a fag day wil be organised later,

SOCIAL SERVICES

It is proposed, therefore, to hold Mr. Mak Leung Tak, salesman several functions which will be open of the Victor Printing Co., re-to those who sympathise with the alding at 302 Main Street, Shaul objects of the joint scheme. FROM NICKNAMES

War and Miss Anal. Lin Hỏi Dealing with surnames derived of 204 Queen's Road Central. from nicknames, Mr. Smith said! Mr. Chao Pu-wel, musician, he was surprised to find so many 75 Bonham Road, and diss of these in Hongkong where there Han-ping of 50 Tal Po Road. were a Black and a Brown and a Fair and a Gray and a Whyte, all' no doubt relating to the plexion of the hair. Then there were here also a Bird and a Spar- row and a Raven and a Fartridge and a Fox, not to say a Bullock. The following is the Return or Surnames which referred to oc-notifiable diseases notified an hav- cupations were in many ways by ing occurred in the Colony dur- Since its foundation the Hong- far the most interesting of the ing the week ended at midnight rong Club has collected and spent whole series, depicting as they did on Nov. 30:-Cholera, six cases in social service projects this "Thirdly there is a curious and the critire range of rustic employ-(three deaths) Diphtheria, 12 Carony not less than $20,000. The now obsolete suffix "-cock" also ment and urban trade of the cases (five deaths); Enteric Fever children's playgrounds were their meaning small. Thus Willcock is Middle Ages. These were either 17 cases (two deaths); Measles, first serious effort, then help has yet another little William, Hitch Office. Rustic or Urban and in three cases (one death); Chicken been given to free schools for the cock little Hitch or Isaac, Hancock cluded Abbott, Bishop, Prior, Dea-Pox, one case imported); Dysen education of poor. Chinese children. little Hans (the shortened form of con, Stewart, Clarke, Butler, Cooke, tery, 38 caces (14 deaths); Tuber to the T. B. Sanitorium in Chung- Johannes) and Mycock probably Groome, Porter, Reeve, Sherifi, culösly, 197 cages (144 deaths and chat and annual grants have been little Miles.

Spencer, Spence, Farmer, Ehep-three imported cases).

inade to the various charities which pard, Carter, Fisher, Gardner,

DAILY RETURNS

carry on work in the Colony. Forster, Hunter, Cartwright, That- cher and many others.

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hours

A special donation of $4,500 was ended at midnight on Dec. 2 is as made to the SCM.P. fund and follows: Diphtheria, two cases; recently it was decided to give sub- Enteric Fever, one case; Measles, stantial help to a proposed social one case; Chicken-Pox, four cases: welfare scheme which the Hong- Dysentery. four cases; Tuber

EASY TO DISTINGLISH

are derived "Surnames which from the names of places are

SPEAKER THANKED generally fairly easy to. dis- tinguish In the first place there Professor R K M Simpson. are the straightforward Brook, M.C., presided at the meeting and Heath, Grove, Hill, Moore, Deane thanked the speaker..

and Holt all of which signify rural In the discussion that followed culosis, 30 cases, features of various kinds.

"Then there

the talk, Mr. H. C. Macnamara, ¦ are well-known Mr. G, P. de Martin, M.BE, and

cities and towns like Dover and

Mr. H. L. Mackenzie took part. FRENCH GIRLS

Lincoln and Oxford and Dunbar. The next meeting of the Asso-

and Kendall and Tamworth and ciation will be held on Tuesday, ARE NOT TO

Stockton and Burton and Skip- Jan. 14, 1941, when Prof. Simpson

ton. Thirdly we bave one will speak on "Letters and Litera-LEARN LATIN

North and several Wests which are ture."

FURTHER

French girls are not in future to be allowed to learn Latin or the higher mathematics, M Ybarne- Marshal Fetain's Basque garay. Char Bing man, of Wing Lok Minister and former friend of

GROUP POLICE REPORTS

OF VOLUNTEERS Street, reports that clothing to Colonel de la Rocque, of the Croix

A further group of Shanghai

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kong Refugee and Social Welfare Council had sponsored.

DONATIONS WELCOMED

It is hardly necessary to add that anyone who wishes to send donations to this combined British land Chinese appeal can do so. The Treasurer is [MP] N. J. Perrin, |Thomas, Cook and Bons, Hongrong.

P.A.A. COMPLETES

5 YEARS' SERVICE ACROSS PACIFIC.

FROM S'HAI from his residence.

Money and a watch, to a to a Fritons volunteering for service value of $170, were stolen from with H. M. Forces left Shang the residence of Mr. L. Strange, hal recently, together with a of No. 125 Worignelchong Road ans has been a comparatively re-recently in San Francisco, sne

Fen American Airways Comar the value of $49 had been stolen, de Feu; lines up alongside the

Nazi masters of France to Depicted live years of transpacifie leving that women Will

have air mall service on Nov, 22. Dur- more bables if they know nothing ing this period, the clippers have of the calculus or of the odes of town 3,715,553 miles, carried 8,481 Horace.

passengers and 13,180,060 letters. The higher education of French When the China Cipper landed

group of men from Tientsin, re- ports the North China Daily News. Altogether ten left from Shanghai

Monday.

For five years the clippers nave flown on regular schedules from

cent dévelopment. Thirty years completed the 442nd north Pacific ago Mme Curle wanted to aive crussing. This clipper made the Mr. C. T. Larsen, Pastor of the her daughter. Irene and seven from Tientsin, bringing

a first-class first transpacific flight on Nov. the total number of volunteers Seventh Day Adventist Church, education The only way it could, 22, 1935, with the late Captain from Shanghai since the war reports that tree blankets, valued be obtained, she found, was hy Edwin C. Musck in command.. at $43, were stolen from his re-sending her to a boys' school. began to 132.

The men have volunteered for sidence, No. 40 Stubbs Road, be-

„MEN OUTNUMBERED various hiervices, the majority tween 2 p.m. and 3 pm, ori Mon

Since then there has been a San Francisco to Manila, and on to favouring the RAF It is under- day.

revolution in thought. In some of Hongkong Manila is at present 'the faculțian' at French univers- regarded as a western terminal

and today France has many women, transpacifie zouts - scholars of eminchor

stood that the men will not go to

Malaya for training, as many of Money and other articles, toties, women outnumbered mer: rather than a "stop" on L'AA's those sailing previously have done, the total value of $50, are reported and theft destination is unknown Chan Che-chlu to have been The Shanghat contingent will stolen from his house, No. 57 Bon consist of Mesars, K. J. Larby, ham Road on Nov. 28. RC). Harris, J. H. Reids, 8. Ang

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Mme. Curie's daughter,' now

Mme. Joliot-Curie, is one of these. ST. FRANCIS XAVIER Four years ago she became one

Wallace, R. P. Dobson, G. W. Lam Wah, of No. 42 Lalchikok of the first three women to hold Blown, C. H. Mellor, E. C. Hub- Road, has reported the theft of junior Ministerial posts in the bard, H. W. Howell and J. C. Pul- ja apate tyre valued at $100, from left. Messrs. Mellor, Habbard; his lorry at Sai Ter Street. Howell and Pullen will John the Indiáti"army, while the others in tent to join the RAF

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The theft of a water pump,

·worth: $80, from No. 220 Prinçe The Tientsin group is composed Edward Road on Monday, has been of Messrs; R; G. Sanderson, J. B. 'reported by Lam Wun-chung. Polkinghorn, H. E, Turner, D. J.

FEAST DAY

The Feast of St. Francis Xavier

Popular Front government, Bli was celebrated simply but solemn was put in ezarge of the Départ 1y at the Wanchal Church yester- ment of Scientiflo. Researth; but [day. did not remain there lane

In the course of the celebration She found the work was holding three masses were held,... · Father private research which she Wong Yew-chi delivered a sermon considered or greater importaner on the life of St. Franels and his

appointments were the services in India and elsewhere.

In

Feeney & B. McKenzie, D.W.J. Mr. F. J. Wilkinson reports that more remarkable because French

Clark and R. MeVelgh,

a calculating machine, valued at $200, had been stolen from the The British military authorities Dairy Farm, No. 74 Nathan Road.

in Alexandria, Egypt, have order-

ed the expulsion of 31 foreign

Women had not in still have [not-won their right to vote.

Mr. D. Fittinghoff, of No. 156 The theft on board a British Austin Road, reports that a baby cabaret girls suspected of expion liner in the harbour of wolfram berambulator, valued at $35, was age. They include Rumanins, ore worth $330. has been reported stolen from his residence on Mon

[day, Tiftonkva, Bulgariaffy and Greeks, to the Police.

The Duke and Duchess of Kent have sent from their Buckingham- shire home to the British Red. Cross Bociety quantities of fruit and children's clothing tor dis tribution in bombed areas of North and East London, which the Duke recently toured

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