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HELGA WERLE

The girl comes out of hiding, and the fortune-teller takes her to safety.

SU LIU-NIANG (SIXTH DAUGHTER SU) *** Drama in 10 acts, lasting about 3.4 hours.

Dramatis personae: Su family: Uncle, the eldest of the Su clan Mr. Su and Mrs. Su, their daughter, Liu-niang (6th young lady),* her maid, T'ao-hua, 1 girl-servant and 2 man-servants

Act I

young master Yang young master Kuo

and his wet-nurse cousin of Liu-niang

Tao-hua the maid comes to the river returning from Hsi-lu

with a parasol, gay silk trousers and jacket, her hair in two knots one over each ear garlanded with flowers, the temple hair hanging down in two long strands which are adorned with coloured silk-strings. She calls the ferryman [old man-servant type with white beard], who arrives rowing with an oar. There are no other stage props. The movement of the boat is all indicated by mime.

T'ao-hua hides behind the parasol fooling the ferryman and suddenly surprises him by showing her face. Then she pretends to be afraid to jump on the ferry, so the old man tries hard to bring the boat closer. With a wicked smile she jumps on the boat with all her strength, causing it almost to turn over. They perform a beautiful dance to balance the boat and she pretends to be terribly frightened.

They then start chatting and T'ao-hua proposes to sing a couplet each, composing it as they go along. But which of them first says things that are wrong or cannot rhyme has lost. The old man starts, "In the first month all flowers bloom...". T'ao-hua carries on, "In the 2nd month the cotton tree blooms" and so on.

*The names of sons and daughters of important families (those with high doors) in these operas are called, for example, Su Liu-niang, meaning the sixth daughter of the Su family. The parents Su have only one daughter, but she is still called the sixth daughter because she is the sixth girl born in this generation to all the brothers of Mr. Su. The same is the case for Wu-niang meaning 5th daughter, called such although she is the only child of her parents. Ch'en San is the third (son) of the Ch'en clan. The term 'niang' is an address for a young lady, whereas the word 'chieh' 'sister' is used for a girl of humble birth.
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LOÈS, Dr. Sabine de

WONG, Mr Kwok Fong

LOSEBY, Miss Patricia

LUK, Mr. George Ping-chuen

WONG, Mr Peng-cheong YEUNG, Mr Walter W.T.

LUM, Miss Ada

MACKENZIE, Mr. John

MACKEOWN, Dr. P.K.

MARDEN, Mrs. J.L.

MCCRARY, Mr. Michael

MCINTYRE, Mr. W.M.

MCKEIRNAN, Rev. Michael

NORONHA, Mr. J.E.

OGDEN, Mr. B.J.N. OU, Miss G.

PAIN, Mr. John H. PICCUS, Mr. R.P. RAE, Mr. John Allan RAWLINSON, Mr. M.C. RAYNER, Dr. Mary RIDE, Lady May RUST, Mr. H.A.

RYDINGS, Mr. H.A., MBE SEED, Mr. Brian SELLETT, Mr. George SERSALE, Miss Shelia M. SHAW, Dr Brian C.

SHAW, Mrs Felicity

SMITH, Rev. Carl. T. SMITH, Mr Leslie C. SPOONER, Mr Michael G. SU, Dr Chung Jen TAN, Mr Khek-seng TANG, Sir Shiu-kin, CBE TANG, Mrs Madeleine THOMAS, Mr Louis F. THOMPSON, Mr. P.J. THROWER, Prof. L.B. THROWER, Dr Stella TON CHEN, Mrs Chp-ching TORRIBLE, Mr Graham R. URE, Mr Gavin M.N, WATSON, Mr K.A.

WAUNG, Mr William Sikying WEINREBE, Mr Harry M. WERLE, Ms Helga WESLEY-SMITH, Dr Peter WILLIAMS, Mr Roger WILLIAMS, Mr Bernard V. WILLIAMS, Mr & Mrs W.D.F. WINKLER, Mrs E.

YOUNG, Miss Pauline

INSTITUTIONAL MEMBER

AGRICULTURE & FISHERIES DEPT. The Director

LOCAL ORDINARY MEMBERS

ABBOTT, Mrs Elizabeth Lee

ADDIS, Mr Stewart

ADDIS, Mrs Diana

AIKEN, Mrs Lorna

AKERS-JONES, Mr D.

ALLCOCK, Mr R.C.

ARCHER, The Hon. Mrs S.

ASHCROFT, Miss Jacqueline P. AUM, Mr K.N.

BARD, Dr S.M.

BARRETTO, Mr Ruy 0.

BATSON, Lt. Col. J.F.S. BEHRENS, Mr Ernst H. BERTRAM, Mr James BIRCH, Dr Alan BLAIKLEY, Mr P.E. BONAVIA, Mrs Judith E. BOWMAN, Mr S.A.W. BOWMAN, Mrs Dorothy BOYLAN, Mrs. Catherine BRAGA, Mr Paul BRAMWELL, Mr Hartley BRANDON, Miss Jacqueline N. BRAUN, Mr Francis BRAY, Miss Jennifer M. BROMFIELD, Mr A.C. BROMFIELD, Mrs Jeanne BROOM, Mr Michael B. BROUWER, Mrs R.P. BROWN, Mr Edward de R. BROWN, Mr Gerald H. BROWN, Dr H.O. BURNS, Dr John P. CAMERON, Mr Nigel

CAMERON, Mrs Susan

CAMPBELL, Mr Mark C.

CANTERS, Mr Rene

CAREY-HUGHES, Dr John

CENTRE OF ASIAN STUDIES
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SELLETT, Mr. G. SERSALE, Miss S.M. SHAW, Dr. B.C. SHAW, Mrs. F. SMITH, Rev. C.T. SMITH, Mr. L.C. SPOONER, Mr. M.G. SU, Dr. C.J. SUESS, Mr. H.

TAN, Mr. K.S.

TANG, Sir Shiu-Kin, TANG, Mrs. M.

THOMAS, Mr. L.F.

LOCAL LIFE MEMBERS

THOMPSON, Mr. P.J. THROWER, Prof. L.B. THROWER, Dr. S. TON, Mrs. C.C.C. TORRIBLE, Mr. G.R.

URE, Mr. G.M.N.

VICKERS, Dr. S.

WATSON, Mr. K.A. WAUNG, Mr. W.S. WEINREBE, Mr. J.M. WERLE, Ms. H.

WESLEY-SMITH, Mr. P.

WILLIAMS, Mr. R. WILLIAMS, Mr. B.V.

WILLIAMS, Mr. & Mrs. W.D.F. WINKLER, Mrs. E. WONG, Mr. K.F. WONG, Mr. P.C.

YEUNG, Mr. W.W.T. YOUNG, Miss P.

INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIP

AGRICULTURE & FISHERIES, Director, Dept. of

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

LOCAL ORDINARY MEMBERS

ABBOTT, Mrs. E.L.

ADDIS, Mr. S. ADDIS, Mrs. D.

AIKEN, Mrs. L. AKERS-JONES, Mr. D.

ALLCOCK, Mr. R.C. ARCHER, The Hon. Mrs. S.

AU, Mr. K.N.

BARD, Dr. S.M.

BARRETTO, Mrs. K.A. BARRETTO, Mr. R.O.

BATSON, Dr. J.F.S. BEHRENS, Mr. E.H. BERTRAM, Mr. J. BIRCH, Dr. A. BLAIKLEY, Mr. P.E. BLOOMFIELD, Miss F.

BONAVIA, Mrs. J.E. BOOTES, Mrs. H.L. BOSHER, Mr. C.S.T.

BOWMAN, Mr. S.A.W. BOWMAN, Mrs. D. BOYLAN, Mrs. C. BRAGA, Mr. P. BRAMWELL, Mr. H. BRANDON, Miss J.N. BRAUN, Mr. F. BRAWN, Mrs. J. BRAY, Miss J.M. BROMFIELD, Mr. A.C. BROMFIELD, Mrs. J. BROOM, Mr. M.B. BROUWER, Mrs. R.P. BROWN, Mr. E. de R. BROWN, Mr. G.H. BROWN, Dr. H.O. BROWN, Dr. P.M. BRUCE, Mr. P. BURNS, Dr. J.P. BYRNE, Miss P.

CAMERON, Mr. N. CAMERON, Mrs. S.

CANTERS, Mr. R. CAREY-HUGHES, Dr. J.

CENTRE OF ASIAN STUDIES, The Director

CHAN, Mrs. A. CHAN, Mr. S.J. CHAN, Mrs. T. CHAPMAN, Mr. V.F.D. CHAU, Mr. D.H.S. CHEETHAM, Mrs. J.A. CHEN, Mr. S.H. CHERN, Dr. K.S. CHEUNG, Mr. O. CHIAO, Dr. C. CHILVERS, Mrs. A.E.S. CHISM, Mr. M. CHIU, Mrs. C.C. CHRISTIE, Mr. D.W.B. CHRISTOFIS, Mrs. P. CHU, Mr. L.
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WEI PEH TI

are expected to return the value in something else. So I am going to be Chinese and send you a calendar, but I am afraid it will not be as useful to you as the one you sent me. This will tell you the Chinese large and small months, the seasons and festivals and the Sundays throughout the year with a topic and Scripture reading for each Sabbath. These small ones (calendars) are just to let the Christians know when the Sabbath comes. We have large ones giving every day too. Begin at the top right hand and this 月 is month, this is large shio, small, So you can

see which are the large months and which are the small. The characters on the top are just 1,2,3,4, etc. Can you read it? They have a very familiar look to me now.

I have a little house all to myself now, but continue to board with Mrs. Malcolm as usual. We are just separated by a tiny little garden. At first it was very cold over here, for my floor is just a few inches above the ground and my ceiling or roof is very high and my stove is so tiny it cannot begin to heat even one room. But we have had a very mild winter, only two snows, and it really is Spring now. The violets brought up with me are just beginning to bloom in the garden. I have lots of company over here in the way of rats and bats and in the summer scorpions and mosquitoes. Last summer Mrs. Malcolm killed ten scorpions over here and caught about half that many rats. The bats are here still and that's my fault. When the room was being cleaned for me we found three bats wintering behind some stools, which the women wanted to keep for medicine. The Chinese do have some horrible concoctions, and she wrapped them up in paper and put them under a stone in the yard. Mr. Malcolm spied them and thought some one was trying to hide a piece of soap in the mix-up of moving. So opened the paper and to his amazement found nothing but bats! As he hates anything of the mouse-kind, you could not expect him to wrap them up again, so they began to escape but hadn't gone far, because the sun was on them. When I passed by and very kind-heartedly gathered them up and put them in a box back in my room again. That night bats flew about my head but I just thought we had not caught them all. Imagine my disgust the next day at finding them all escaped out into the room again! And I pondered over the moral to the story of the man who nourished a frozen snake in his bosom and resolved
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Our Wife: 

Count de Brissac: Major Taylor 

Rosine: Mr. W. Hyslop (of Gibb, Livington & Co) Pomaret, father of Rosine: D.A.C.G. Cooksley 

Marquis de Ligny: Mr. Stuart 

Mariette: Lt Maynard of the 31st regiment 

The Goose with the Golden Eggs: 

Mr. Turby: D.A.C.G. Cooksley 

His wife: D.A.C.G. Hayter 

Clara, their daughter: Mr. A. Broom (of Jardine, Matheson & Co) 

Bonsor, clerk: Dr. Sexton of the 5th Bombay N.L.I. (native lancers and infantry) Flickster: Li Yonge, 2nd Beloochi regiment 

After a lapse of almost three years the amateur theatricals took a new lease of life in a tastefully fitted up godown-theatre (for a description see Survey). It was a subscription-night with about 250 spectators, of whom 30 were female. For the first time some real names of actors were given and it became clear that the cooperation of the military had been sought for the occasion. Because the names are no longer phoney, it is finally useful to present a cast list. Among those mentioned was D.A.C.G. (i.e. Deputy Assistant Commissary General) Cooksley who died in July during one of the campaigns against the Taipings, at Quinsan. Fine playing, if one did not mind the pieces. That, however, had become a standard complaint by now. "There was nothing striking or witty in either of the plays so that an occasional local pun or remark interpolated by the actors elicited the greatest applause"; rather sourly the critic continued “this should not be as it interferes with the harmony of the play”. In Our Wife "the gentle blushing Rosine was capitally got up by Mr. HYSLOP who created quite ‘a sensation' when he made his curtsey to the audience". In contrast Mr. STUART "was graceful in his part but lacked energy where it was requisite to give effect to the plot". That female dress was not always easy to wear for the men was underlined when "Lt MAYNARD acted the strong-minded cousin Mariette very fairly, despite the difficulties of crinoline”. In The Goose with the Golden Eggs the Mrs. Turby of D.A.C.G. HAYTER was "the best piece of masculo-feminine performance we have seen". It had to be admitted though that not all men were equally up to female characters: "Clara, as represented by Mr. BROOM, although admirably got up in the coiffure, was rather outré in the dress, especially about the sleeves; while the manner and voice resembled more the roughness of the father than the gentleness of the mother". (NCH 14.2.1863). 

L 

17.2.1863 (Tue) 

Repeat of 13.2.1863. 

2.3.1863 

S. LOVER: "The White Horse of the Peppers" (1838) 

T: Comic drama (2 acts) 

R.B. BROUGH: "Crinoline*" (1856) 

T: Farce (1 act) 

C: Amateurs of the British 31st regiment 

TH: N.N. 

R: Cast: 

The White Horse of the Peppers: 

Major Hans Mansfeldt: W. Parrott Gerald Pepper: A. Keeble Magdalene: H. MacGuire Crinoline: 

Mrs. Coobiddy: S. Gale Mr. Coobiddy: W. Phillips 

Agutha: S. Gule 

Dillon: J.S. Galbreath 

Capt. LeBrown: J.S. Galbreath Miss Tite: P. Conron
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Jacob Grimes: F. Shannons

These performances drew the largest audiences of the season", which statement causes some surprise seeing that it had only just started. But the house was filled in every part and a good number of ladies in the dress circle graced the occasion, while the parterre was so crowded that many of the spectators had to stand". Noteworthy were the scenery, painted by Captain Hamilton; and, in Crinoline Mr. PHILLIPS as the jealous husband “which would be considered excellent on the boards of the Adelphi” (NCH 14.3.1863).

16.3.1863 (Mon)

Repeat of the former.

26.3.1863 (Thur)

J.M. MORTON: "Fitzsmythe of Fitzsmythe Hall" (1860)

T: Farce (1 act)

J.M. MORTON: "Where There's a Will There's a Way” (1849) T: Comic drama (1 act)

C: Amateurs (Local and British officers)

Th: N.N. (G?)

R: Casts:

Where There's a Will:

Dona Francesca: Mr. W. Hyslop (of Gibb, Livington & Co)

Don Manuel: D.A.C.G. Ewing

Don Lopes Avila: Mr. Raymur

Dona Blanche de Tavora: Mr. A. Broom (of Jardine, Matheson & Co)

Don Scipio de Pompolino: D.A.C.G. Cooksley

Fitzsmythe:

Fitzsmythe: D.A.C.G. Cooksley

His wife: D.A.C.G. Hayter

Penelope, their daughter: Mr. A. Broom

Frank Tottenham: Mr. Raymur

Gregory, servant: D.A.C.G. Ewing

It was remarked about Mr. Raymur that "this gentleman was of a backward turn in his orthography". So a pseudonym after all; the hint though does not make it clearer. There is no Raymur, nor a "Rumyar" (which would be a very strange name indeed) in the "Shanghai Almanac for 1862” — the last one available. Could it be Mr. E.I. Remier? Although the review of the 13th February had not been negative, tonight's performances were, in the eyes of the Herald. "upon the whole an improvement on those of the first subscription night, and the audience expressed their approbation in a more decided manner, so that everybody seemed pleased with the evening's entertainment", Where There's a Will There's a Way, an elegant drawing room play situated in 18th century Portuguese royal circles, "was placed on the stage in a very creditable manner, considering the slender means and appliances as being tasteful, rich and, we presume, correct for the period, while the ladies looked quite charming in their elegant dresses; the whole apparently got up 'regardless of expenses as the London playbills have it". In Fitzsmythe the best piece of acting was that of Mr. HAYTER as the old lady who, like Mr. Jourdain, was "ambitious of having "quality" friends and finery, while in her domestic occupations she revelled in jam and soapuds The "languishing Penelope" of Mr. BROOM was also quite fascinating”. (NCH 28.3.1863).

17.4.1863 (Fri)

Concert by amateurs in aid of the Lancashire Relief Fund.
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the stage properties were unexceptionable". (NCH 22.10.1864)

15,10-21. 10. 1864

H.J. BYRON: "Fra Diavolo" (1858)

T: Burlesque burletta (1 act)

H.J. BYRON: "The Maid and the Magpie

T: Burlesque burletta (1 act), and other pieces.

C: Lewis A.D.C.

Th: N.N. (I

R: NCH 22,10,1864

17.10.1864 (Mon)

Concert by Mr. Desvachez (violin) and some local amateurs

Th: Shanghai Club

R: Another musical evening was given by Mr. DESVACHEZ in the recently completed Shanghai Club building. On this occasion "the audience was numerous and seemed to fully appreciate M. DESVACHEZ's musical talents”. (NCH 22.10.1864)

22.10.-28. 10. 1864

H.J. BYRON: "The Bride of Abydos" (1858)

T: Burlesque extravaganza (1 act)

N.N.: "The Lady of Lyons”, (No author mentioned, so it may have been original play by Lytton or the burlesque by H.J. Byron (1868)), and other pieces.

C: Lewis A.D.C.

Th: N.N. (l

R: For some actors of the Lewis troupe the strains of appearing every evening on the stage had become too much, for in the Herald it was "regretted that in thus making strenuous efforts to afford satisfaction to their audiences, two of the most promising members of the Company have become so severely indisposed as to be unable for some time to appear in public" (NCH 29.10.1864).

5.11.1864 (Sat) (See: Theatrical Advertisement, No. 10)

Amateur concert in aid of the repair fund of the "Hongque Free Episcopal Church”, the "Shanghai Vocal Quartette Club" and Mr. Marquis Chisholm, piano, Programme:

1. V. BELLINI: "La Sonnambula", duet (presumably 'Prendi l'anel ti dono' from act I) arranged for piano and harmonium by David Hermann ENGEL (1816-1877)

2. Sir Henry BISHOP: "Foresters sound the cheerful horn" (glee)

3. Marquis CHISHOLM: "Japanese Fantasia”

4. MULLER: "Maying" (sic; quartet)

5. Ballad "Arleen Aroom”

6. Philipp Friedrich SILCHER (1799-1860): "The Miller's Daughter” (quartet)

7. G. VERDI: "Rigoletto", duet ('E il sol dell' anima', act I; 'Piangi, fanciulla', act I), arranged for piano by John George CALLCOT (1821-1895)

8. Friedrich Wilhelm KÜCKEN (1810-1882): **Soldier's Love" (glee)

9. Valentin Eduard BECKER (1814-1890); "Cheer Up Companions” (choral march)

10. RADETSKA: "There's music in the air" (quartet)

11. G. DONIZETTI: "Lucrezia Borgia", arrangement for flute and piano by JAMES

12. Heinrich WERNER (1800-1833): "War Song" (glee)

13. CAXTON: "Breathe soft, ye winds"

14. William HORSLEY (and not F. Mendelssohn as stated in the advertisement): **By Celia's Arbour" (song)

15. Sir Henry BISHOP: "Sleep gentle lady" (glee)

16. William Vincent WALLACE (1813-1865): "Lurine", duet arranged for piano and
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men who would accept such a position.

In like manner the students, who have certain duties assigned to them in the clinical ward of the hospitals, would object to taking orders from a lady doctor.

Dr. Mitchell continued that Dr. Ho Kai volunteered the information that the Chinese subscribers would not sanction any disturbance of the present superintendency of the wards, making it very clear that he had not consulted Dr. Ho Kai on ‘our little internal difficulty’. General medicine was thereby closed to the lady doctor, but a concession was made: she was allowed two clinic sessions per week for women and children at the Nethersole Hospital. With this, Dr. Mitchell trusted that Mr. Cousins would ‘not be troubled with any further complaints from this quarter’.

Although in Britain women doctors had won the battle to train in general medicine, the restriction in role in Hong Kong was defined in terms culturally appropriate to Chinese patients and was exacerbated by the persistent patriarchal attitudes of Dr. Sibree's male colleagues. In 1908, Dr. Gibson suggested that if Dr. Sibree wanted to expand her work, then she could set up a ‘sanitarium for consumptives, convalescent home, home for incurables,’ and noted that he had ‘no desire to give up work which has been my sphere for the past ten years’. This statement powerfully differentiates the female doctor's role as caring for the chronically ill, and the male's as intervention by surgery, consistent with Broom's view of ‘masculine medicine’.

Mr. Cousins continued to be troubled by Dr. Sibree's dissatisfaction with her role in Hong Kong, even when Mr. Pearce asserted the support of the District Committee for their lady doctor: ‘Dr. Sibree must at all costs be protected in her rights and privileges as a co-worker with us all’. One suspects that open communication with Dr. Gibson was difficult, leading Dr. Sibree to ask for intercession from London through private correspondence, both personally and by way of her father. Mr. Pearce in October, 1906, commented that

I shall fully and fearlessly act up to my own sense of duty as respects Dr. Gibson. The state of his health and the extraordinary excitement and agitation to which he seemed prone when his will was crossed by colleagues in the mission are the only excuses I
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"LMS Box 15, 1903. No 277 Dr Gibson to Mr Thompson, 8 December 1903

32 Paterson, op. cit.

17 LMS Box 16, 1904-5 No 284 Dr Sibree to Mr. Cousins, 20 December, 1904 LMS Box 16, 1905 No 286 Dr Sibree to Mr. Cousins, 3 January, 1905

14 LMS Box 16, 1905 No 286 Mr Pearce to Mr Cousins, 28 January, 1905

LMS Box 16, 1904-5 No 284. Dr Sibree to Mr Cousins, 20 December, 1904

16 LMS Box 16, 1904-5 No 284 Dr Sibree to Mr. Cousins, 20 December, 1904

17 The Hongkong Government Gazette, 5th May, 1900, p 639.

38 LMS Box 16, 1905 No 286 Dr. Sibree to Mr Cousins, 3 January, 1905

39 LMS Box 16, 1905, No 286 Mr Pearce to Mr Cousins, 28 January, 1905 Minutes of the Hongkong District Committee Annual Meeting 1904

40 The letter of 13 March, 1903, from Mr. Cousins notifying the appointment of Dr Sibree was replied to by Mr Pearce on 16 April. On 15 May, Dr Gibson penned his request for a male medical locum See LMS Box 15, 1903, No 274, TW Pearce to Rev G Cousins, 16 April, 1903 and ibid, Dr Gibson to Mr Cousins, 15 May, 1903

LMS Box 16, 1905 No 288 Dr Mitchell to Rev. Geo Cousins 20 April, 1906

42 ibid

It is interesting that this situation obtained in Hong Kong, even though Chinese women doctors were being trained in China Without evidence, it is probable that their work was restricted to women and children, given the still strong cultural separation in matters of 'privacy' See G H. Choa, "Heal the Sick" was Then Motto The Protestant Medical Missionaries in China (Hong Kong Chinese University Press, 1990)

44 LMS Box 16, 1905 No 288. Dr Mitchell to Rev. Geo Cousins, 20 April, 1906

45 LMS Box 17, 1908 Memorandum to the Directors re communication, Chinese Gentlemen per Hon. A W Brewin, 26 March, 1908,

40

Dorothy Broom, ‘Masculine Medicine, Feminine Illness Gender and Health', in Gillian M. Lupton and Jake M. Najman (eds). Sociology of Health and Illness Australian Readings (Melbourne Macmillan, 1989)

47 LMS Box 16, 1906 No 295. Mr. Pearce to Rev. G. Cousins, 9 October, 1906

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LMS Box 16, 1906-07 No 295, Mr Pearce to Rev. G. Cousins, 9 October, 1906.
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Being chairperson of the Activities Committee is a demanding position and we thank Valery Garrett for her considerable effort and for a job well done. We also thank her Committee comprising the Reverend Carl Smith, Doctors Elizabeth Sinn, Michael Lau, Patrick Hase, Joseph Ting, as well as May Holdsworth, Sarah Parnell, Peter Stuckey and Jason Wordie. Others who have helped with the organising of activities include Stephen Selby, Michael Broom and Arthur Hacker. A vote of thanks is accorded to all of them.

Projects and other activities

Again our Society has been involved in various ways with projects and other activities which sometimes amount to a form of community service. For instance, over the summer we pieced together information for Mrs Victoria Brown of Australia. She was trying to trace details about her great-grandmother, Mrs Miranda Main (née Mann), who served as a school principal in Hong Kong at the end of the 19th and early in the 20th century. When Mrs Brown visited Hong Kong in October of last year, together with Mr S T Chiu of the Antiquities and Monuments Office, he and I showed Mrs Brown the old school building at 136 Nathan Road where her great-grandmother had been principal. Also, RAS members David Clinton and Dr Gillian Bickley met Mrs Brown and provided her with useful information.

With the help of Council member Tim Ko, we also provided information regarding bullet and shrapnel marks on a wall on Lower Stubbs Road where a great deal of fierce fighting took place when the Japanese invaded Hong Kong in December 1941. In another case a lady in England, Frances Howell, was trying to trace details of her relatives who lived in Shan Dong Province and Hong Kong.

Again, in response to a letter in the press, information was provided for a relative in England regarding Lieutenant Henry Dallas who died in Hong Kong in 1844. Information was obtained regarding both the grave and a monument on the wall inside Saint John's Cathedral up until World War Two.

Also, our Branch was invited to send a representative to make its views known to a government working party which was looking into the subject, 'Conservation and the Natural Environment.' This is the

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