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JUNE 19,

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日六月五:

EDUCATION.

"CAPTURED TURKISH TRANSPORT,

Proves Failure of Thrace Project.

(Renter's Service.)

Constantinople, June 18.. The British authorities had received information that the Turks were endeavouring to remove from Thrace guns and troops clander- tinely want there in violation of the Mudania armistice when Turco- Greek hostilities were threatened. Hearing of a concentration at Silivris, British, aeroplanes photographed the unusual activity, and destroyers watched the part by night. Thoy caught the transport early this morning. The seizure proves conclusively the failure of the Turkish military preparations in Thrace.

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An earlier cable reports the British capture of a Turkish trans- port in the Sea of Marmora.]"

COURT OF INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE.

BRITISH

The Government's Decision:

NEAT REPLY TO MR MACKINTOSH.

Irregular. Attendance the Chief Fault.,

SECONDARY SCHOOLS FOR ́ KOWLOON.

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The Government a reply to the rosolutions passed at the recent public meeting on the education of British children in Hongkongle Sits to Hear Interesting Case.

now available. It is contaiued in a letter from the Hon. Colonial Secretary to the Hon. Mr. H. E Pollock, K. C., the convener of the meeting, a copy of which is given below, The Haguo, June" 18.

The reply indicates that the Government is prepared to provide The third sension of the Permanent Court of International Just-a new school at Quarry Bay, but no additional school in the ice has opened at the Peace Palace, Doctor Loder presiding. The new central district, and also to establish secondary schools Judge, Doctor Wang Chung Hui of Chine, replacing the late Judge for boys and girls at Kowloon. The chief reason for the comparative Barbosa, was installed, also Professor Walter Schracking, appointed failure of British childran in Hongkong schools is considered to be by Germany to participate in the case of the steamer Wimbledon, irregular attendance. The report also answers in pointed langunge which the German Government refused a passage through the Kiel Mr. Teesdale Mackintosh's strictures regarding "a good, all-round Canal in 1921, as to which the Allies are claiming damages against general education", and his complaints in regard to the type of Germany under the Versailles Treaty. Germany alleges that tab education given in the British schools. The letter from the Colonia! ship was proceeding to Danzig with a cargo of four thousand tons of Secretary is as follows: war material for Poland, which was then at war with Russia.

BALKANS OUTLOOK BETTER.

Jugo-Slay Excitement Abating.

THE EXTENDED LIQUOR BELT.

London, June 18

Colonial Secretary's. Office, Hongkong, 9th June, 1923...

Sir,

I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 26th March, enclosing a copy of resolutions regarding the educa. tion of British children, which were passer at a public messing held on the 8th March.

Primary Schools.

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Colonial Recretary.

(c) After the opening of the of boys and girls be established" | one building to boys and the Hongkong University, the Uni- and "That auch a school should other to girls. An area versity's Matriculation examina- be a day school and not a board large enough for two schools tion was denpitely adopted as ing school,

with playing grounds will be compulsory standard for all] The Government accepts the re- -armarked within the residen- secondary schools in the Colony, commendation as to a day school, tial district which has been laid ineluding the Kowloon School. but it considers that, under local cut by the Town Planning Com- 7. The answer of the Govern-conditions, the best results cannot milters but it is considered ment to the third resolution is be obtained while the system of inadvisable to make definite plans that the education in its schools co-educating boys and girls com, for building until the tramway is of such a character as to enable tinues. The average British boy service is in operation and the scholars on leaving school to pass in Hongkong requiras stricter die development of the neighbourhoc d the Hongkong University exam cipline and supervision than bas aubstantially progressed. ination; and that, in view of the does the average British girl I am, Sir, d position which that University in order to ensure the proYour obedient servant, holds in the Colony, the Davern-performance of tasks, and to (signed) M. FLETCHER, ment is not prepared to substitute purpose aimed at in his educath TEN for its examination the Matricula-le differentia tion examination of the Univer 13 The Government scoa aity of London.

the sixth resolution: That th 8. It is, however, the case that, staff, as regards teaobing quali”,

THE LOSS OF THE OKARA:

and similar Schools can and do possible to the present staff of Pioneer understands that the while boys from Queen's College fications, approximate so far du Allahabad. 24th. May-The attain this Matriculation stan Queen's College, and that con Bengal Government is holding Jard, the scholars from the Kawtinuity of staff, especially of the preliminary enquiry into the loss loon School fail, as a rule, to do seniors, should be securd." of the Okars, and if the results of 60; and this crucial fact appears It has been pointed out in the the investigation justify it, they to be the basis of the demand for ninth paragraph of this latter that will order a full enquiry into the reform in the education of British the average qualification of the disaster under the provisions of children. It remains to be seen Kowloon School Staff is consider-the Merchant Shipping Act. whether and to what extent such ably higher, than at Queen's reform is practicable.

College.

14. The seventh resolution reade:"That it is essential, in order to make auch a school as is

Irregular Attendance the Chief Fault.

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9 The fault is not to be found suggested a success, that the la the standard or type of educ-parents should earnestly co lation, which is in way operate with the staff of the his son an engineer or an agri-inferior to that obtaining in school, in () maintaining strict culturalist, he was entitled to Queen's College; nor does it lia discipline over the boys and girla: demand the creation of a school in the quality of the teschinz (2) in securing the regular atten- whose curriculum would normally staff; the average qualifications of dance of the boys and girls at and ordinarily prepare the boy to the teachers at the Kowloon (echooi.” pass the appropriate examination. School being much higher The Government concurs that The chief maris of the London than it is at Q1800's the co-operation of parents or Matriculation examination, as College, where a number of these lines is essential, in orde London, June 18. Despatches from Vienna-and-Budapest-indicate-that-the-war

this Government understands locally trained teachers are that their children may get th danger in the Balkane is diminishing. The alarm expressed. parti.

it is that it is designed to en- employed. Nor is there any fullest benefic-from-the-educ ticularly in the Juzo-Slavian Press, which called upon the Govern

sure that the candidate has economy of expenditure at the tional facilities which are ment to intervene by force of arms in the Bulgarian revolution, has

the grounding of # good Kowloon School, where the cost|vided. "somewhat subsided, M. Pashitch preferring to adhere to diplomatic.

|all-round general education, to public funds of each scholar is and to this end he is required to approximately three times me methods in order to prevent any infraction at the treaty of Nouilly. It was the intention of the Little Entente Pawers to make a joint

2 The first resolution reads:- take five subjects and to pass in great at the cost at Queen's

15. The Government agrees: demarche to Sofia on June 15, but this was abandoned in consequence, "That kindergarten schools for all Give at the same time. Failure College. On the other hand the according to Viering, of a hint from the representatives of the Great children between the ages of fire in one subject necessitates the British scholar starts with the principle with the eight hand last.uction be Lammert Brothers on

resolution; "That adequate fly, Powers against the danger of hasty action.

and nine years be established, on taking of all five subjects again decided advantage, compared with the most modern methods, with at a subsequent examination. the Chinese scholar, that Eazi shing grounds should he attached to the sabool and that the playing specially trained kindergarten The Hongkong University ex-is his native language. teachers in charge, at the Peak, amination is designed to fulfil a

10. The reason for the compara of games should he compulsory

for boys and girls," tive failure of the Britisb.child is, Kowloon, Quarry Bay, and Cause similar purpose.

There is, however, the diffi pulty way Bay and in some part of the

6: In the course of the discus the opinion of the Govern hat, with present means of com- Page 4 central district of the city,"

ment, to ba found mainly! sion on this third resolution Mr. in causes which are not within munication, there is no site avail- Britain Considers US. Proposal."

The Goverùment considers that

Mackintosh is reported. as primary schools should be main follows: He must congratulate hot a permanent resident in the central for purposes of a day its control. The British child is able which is both suffisiently tained at convenient centres for the last speaker if he had suc- sense that the Chinese child is school and at the simo time suf- ald McNeill confirmed that the United States had proposed the con- the ages of five and nine years the Pank School, the Victoria aged and leaves it periodically laying out of King's Park for ro In the House of Commons replying to Mr. Somerville, Mr. Ron-the education of children between ceeded in obtaining a syllabus of Be gomes to the Colony at varying ficiently large to allow of adequate playing grounds.” In the proposed. clusion of a treaty for the enforcement of prohibition on the importa inclusive, under the supervision School, or even the Kowloon when his parents go on furlough. tion of liquor, whereby United States officers were allowed to search of teachers trained in modern British School. He had asked At Quien's College the average will be made available for the qrëstion purposes « suitable érǝa British vessels within twelve miles from the coast, in return for methods. Such schools exist at several occasions at meetings of boy goes right up through the awloon School

You can track the success of which the United States would allow liquor on British vessele if the Peat, at Causway Bay, and the Education Board that the placed in hand within that area. The matter was being considered in KowloomIt is proposed to syllabus be placed upon the table, and in many cases for seven or

|school for five or six years at leasti

many a merchant from the day he The proposal did not involve altering the international law as regards move the Causeway Bay school but had always received the same eight years.

Secondary Schools for began judicious advertising. to the neighbourhood of Leighton answer-that they were in course School, since the year 1914, only At the Kowloon

Kowloon." Hill, and to open a new primary of preparation.

Ten elephants have arrived by It had been batwenty-five children, apart from school at Quarry Bay. It is not painful duty to point out over and those now in attendance, are the British children in the Clony now joined the Stauton Midway. 16. A considerable majirity of the sa. Lake Qoawa" and have proposed at present to open over again that mathematics recorded primary school in the cantral were not taught at all in these until the age of fifteen or over. Government proposes accordingly

as having remained reside in Kowloon and the Show at Kowlo' a--Page 4.

"For the current cinema. Ettrec- district of Victoria, as the Military schools or perhaps it would be and of these only eight were at the that the secondary schools for tions refer to Pago 12 School, Peak School, and Victoria more correct to say that they had school for as long as three years, Bri ish boys and girl should ha School amply meet the existing only recently begun to be taught. In the years 1920 1923 inclusise in Kowloon. It is the intention to arrival of the Beritam Rick demand.

He failed to see how they were there have been no boys aged erect a temporary building on me76 Page 4. British airmen accidentally violated the Afghan border in it is essential that British boya Matriculation standard if they boys aged sixteen, sight of whom (oon School and to allceste, the 3. The second resolution." that going to got the boys up to the seventeen: there have been too land adjoining the prasene Kow. the course of operations against tribesmen whose offences included and girls above the age of nine did not beria to teach them entered school for the first time firing on British troops and kidnapping Hindus, Bombs were dropped, should receive a better education mathematics by which he meant at the age of fourteen: there have and killed two and wounded five Afghane, also doing damage to in the Colony than at present:" livestock. The British Government has mede an unqualified apology does not perhaps call for separate suggested that it should be in the ten-of whom entered schoolTHE HUMAN ZOO

simple algebra and geometry: He been sixteen boys aged fifteen, and arranged to pay full compensation.

comment, as the subsequent reresolution that the solutions suggest means by which education should be on deficits is no boy or girl now at the school Lype of at the age of fourteen. There the end may be achieved...

4. The third resolution is --

aged fit on and upwards who "That auch education should be In view of the wide publicity has attended regularly and with. of such a character as to enable which has been given to Mr. out intermission since the the age scholars on leaving school at the Mackintosb's remarke, the Go. of tea, Irregularity of attend- sge of 4 out seventeen years to vernment considers it necessary ance, especially whed classes are Beckett has injured his left hand and possibly this will involve Matriculation Examination."

pass the standard of the London to make the following state small, does not merely eat back.

ment:-

the child who is absent. · On his the postponement of his fight with Carpentier,at Olympia on June 4th. On the advice of Sir Herbert Barker, the bone specialist, the Mr. Mackintosh Answered,

(a) Every soliool in the Colony return he must be coached up -hand was X-fayed. Sir Herbert expecte that after he has seen the

is required to have a syllabus lase bas

to the standard, which his reached in Hie photograph he will be able to decide whether Beckett will be able to London Matriculation Exami ed until its syllabus is approved delaying of the other children The proposal to adopt the and no new school may be open-absence, and this involves the ration as a standard was made by As regards the Kowloon School Mr. Mackintosh, who preferred it which is the only British School until he can catch them up. No to the Hongkong University where there are senior pupils, improvement in educational faci Matriculation because, although copies of the syllabus are display caused by intermittent school lities can repair the damage the two things are practically ed in the class rooms, and in attendance, and, as long as this identical, the London Matricu- April, 1821, the syllabus was de-state of affairs continues, it is not lation examination makes fioltely shown to Mr. Mackintosh passible to equip the average second language compulsory and and other members of a visiting British child with with an educs- The liner Empress of Canada hat established a new Trans- which makes all the difference Education. Mr. Mackintosh, of acquire at home or equal to that it is just this second language Sub-Committee of the Board of tion equal to that which he would

territorial walore,

AFGHANS ACCIDENTALLY BOMBED,

Compensation by British Government,

1 Simla, June 18,

INJURY TO BECKETT'S HAND.

Match With Carpentier Might Be. Postponed.

London, June 18.

box on July 4th.

NEWS TRANS-PACIFIC RECORD,

Empress of Canada's Good Steaming.

Vancouver, June 18.

matriculation lines,"

a meeting of the Board, asked

Pacific record of eight daye, ten hours and fifty-three minutes, with to the market value of the for a copy of the syllabus and it which the Chinese boy acquires

an average speed of twenty point six koots, between Yokohama and The Loaden examination Race Rooks, despite unfavourable conditions.

NEARLY 3,200 A PENNY!

Queen's College/w quires one language only in ad- was laid before the Board at ite dition to English, and, as French next meeting, teg

11. The British child is subject to the further disadvantage of an

is compulsory at the Kowloon (b) Mathematics have been unfavourable environment East School, the objection raised by taught at the Kowloon School, orn surroundings, and particularly Mr. Mackintosh falls to the siuce the first opening of the Eastern servants, tend to a relaxa- Can the Mark Ever Recover?

ground.

School. Fifteen months ago, birtion of home dissipline, 5. Mr. Mackintosh, in the Mackintosh, in his capacity of child grows out of babyhood the London, June 18. course of his argument, stated that. Registrar of the University, for climate begins to ssp his energy Marks closed at 765,010 to the pound sterling. The market is of he knew nothing so dangerous, heywarded to the Director of Binos.

Day School Approved opinion that it is now impossible for the German Authorities to was inclined to say nothing so tion the University examination stabilles their currency. Trench francs sympathetically declined to criminal, as good all-round results in algebra and geometry 12 The fourth and fifth, resolu- 75 and Belgian to 86,45.

general education, and he added for the School At his inspection tions advins That order to that, if there was any parent in | in December last Mr. Ma cintosh avoid duplication of the tonoblog the Colony who wanted to make took a class in geometry,

| staff, a school for the co-educațion1

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