1924-01-08 — Page 2

SIMPLEX PARTITIONS

FIBROUS PLASTER PARTITIONS & SUSPENDED CEILINGS FOR OFFICE, BUILDING & RESIDENCES

MADE OF

SIMPLEX STEEL STUDDING FIBROUS GYPSUM BOARD

FIBROL'S GYPSUM PLASTER

INTERIOR FIBROUS PLASTER DECORATIONS. ALL WORK EXECUTED UNDER EUROPEAN SUPERVISION BY THE-

LTD.

CHINO AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPING CO.,

54, 52 QUEEN'S RD. C.

TEL 833 & 3749

NOTICE.

› NOTICE.

W.S. BAILEY & CO.LTD. METALS

ENGINEERS & SHIPBUILDERS KOWLOON.

HARBOUR REPAIRS fuge, Barges, Light Draft & Righ Speed Vessels & Motor Craft.

BULE AGENTS FOR

"KELVIN MOTORS

PHONE

Works Kowloon 21 Manager......... Kowloon 633 HARBOUR CALL FLAG L

STEAM LAUNCH FOR SALE.

For Ladies and Gentlemen JAPANESE BOOT & SHOR

KAKING EXPERT

S. NAKAO (FAT MAN) (Late with Nakao & Co.) How Situated Corner Flower Strest.

SHOE

REPAIRING

ROYAL & CO. Footwear Specialists. Tel. 3237.

1. D'Agular Street, Central

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY LIMITED.

„PORTLAND CEMENT.

In Casks of 375 lbs, net.

In Bags of 250 lbs, net.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.

General Managers Hongkong.

of all kinds especially for ship-building and engineering work, Complete stock. Best. terms. Immediate delivery.

SINGON & CO.. Established A. D. 1880) . HING LUNG ST.

Phone

-

Central 515.

་

EDUCATIO

The mo

know the "did" nos parker know, hại whai they did know, Was that without si încrease the school. was understaffel. If the Board fook up that attitude it was on firm

round. If, on the other hand, the

and endeavour to probe the reason why the Government did

provide a suficient staff it would be shitting its grounds to very treacherous sands.

Education Boant took place yester. day afternoon, the Hon. Mr. 1 A Ireng (hingtorut Education) presidingong those present were the BotW. Pearce, Nev. A. D. Stew Rev. Father H. Valtorts, Dr Wan Man-kai Meser B Wylie, H. B. L. Dowliggins F. Ralphs, TA. D.

Stigle Authority Essential. Forrest, F. B. Silva-Netto, V.. Rumpaka and YP, Law (Secretary). He would like to point but that

The minutes of the last meeting meat tran

they could not isolate one depart-- another and ~ say barige been passed, the Char-that those who served under man said he wished to say the. Education Department shouhi few work with reference to the have more salary. For example, the next two itein-en. the agenda: clerks in the Education Depart 1-Resolution by Mr. Wyliemant were in the same category:ai **That a 'onimittee of Enquiry be those spotber department appointed for the purpose of When the Commission sat some anining the causes operating against

ears ago to advise the Government the applications for service unter with regard to salaries of flovern this Departurent, such Catumittee nient servants they took up the

location Department are Dot matters on which the Board is in position to give useful advice.

The Board's Business.

to receive a sperma instruction question as a whole. He had never investigate the adequacy or other in the whole of his offcial experi- we of the starting salariés odered.” 2-Resolution by the Chairmanence heart of a department such as his own or the Sanitary Board Tunt the Board recognises that advising the Goyerament on the salaries, appointments, and salaries of their own officers. Hé notions of the teaching staff of the would like to point out that once administrative side of the work it the Board began to touch the

would find itself let in for a yresă- deal more than it bargained for. it is quite clear that twp kingdean- The Chainuan sail he would not rule in Brentford, the Clair- zemind members that the Boardman said. Either I am respen- { was constituted by a Governmentsible to the Government for the notification in 20 in the following administration of my Department terus is notified that Hisor the Board is: Mr. Irving that the Excellency has been pleased to cupeluried by saying appoint a Board for the purpose of Education Board was formed by advising the Director of Education the Government at his specia in matters pertaining to the im- quest, that he was the author theor its being, and thải he should be provement of lucation in Colony. The terms were pursorry to seu such fantastic attempte posely left vazur with the intention to urrogate powers which were

JAPANESEJ EARTHQUAKE, that the Beard should develop unwarranted. The t'hairman then

We have over damage at Tokyoľand! Yokohams on sale.

MEE CHEUNG

Ice House Street, & Beaconsfield Arcade.

raised.

The

Board's put his resolution to the meeting.

It was wronded by Mr. Ralphs and passed with Mr. Wylie dissenting.

Government Scholarships.

op useful lines. 100 views of assistance to him had hitherto been confinest to alviving hâu as to the well-being or otherwise or schools, and the assity of inak- ing fresh provisions for "ducation At least are, at a meeting. the

With regard to item 4 on the question of

salaries had been fazenda, Goverment scholarships There was a deficite for open competition at the end o ruling from him, as, der the 1:34," "the Chairman said he would teen in which the Bound wake to explum and make it quite created, In, could not agree to defehear about these Government that. Yet it was en rally agreed scholarships. They were not con that salaries dal pot form a subject the agenda, but he presumed the to which the Bar hul give Governmem scholarships at the end Fuseful advice. If resolution No. 1924 would be one for boys and was carried that principle would one for girls. What he desired to not be definitely abuminel. He make clear was that for some years therefore Poposed, with the cuthers had been certain vacancies in ent of the Board. to put his own Government Departments for stud- resolution first for the reasons that eats in mining at the University it euvered the whole freund in wlio, when they graduated, became stead t part of it. that it dealt with the pastions of promotions, appointments and salaris, that

MASSAGE HALL 25] WYNDHAM STREET MRS. H. MORITA MR. H. SUGITA.

hol-masters. It was not pro- prised to call these Government Scholarships at all. In future

WE RECOMMEND fed the principle for these vannies would not be con-

Big 45m whichthe Director was appointed, faxi to Queen's College as hitherto,

CALDER'S

IMPERIAL

STOUT

WHOLESOME

AND

INVIGORATING

TELEPHONE K. 626

THE

Empress Store

Kowloon.

DOINGS OF THE DUFFS

TOM, YOU HAD

BETTER START TO

GET READY - YOU

KNOW WE ARE GOING OVER TO BAILEY'S TO

-SPEND THE EVENING-

AW, WHY, DON'T YOU CALL IT OFF? I'M TIRED!

WA-WA

LIWA-WA

WA-WA

owl that

alt but other shock would also be faith in a few minutes. If tallone to send in names.

resolution was not passed they The Chairman wiated that the would hear at consemble length Secretary. Mr. Low, had tendered irom Mr. Walie. trease his his resignation. He would like to pooped dealt with salaries of the tale that opportunity of thanking whole Department, fran the Diree-Mr. Lew for the loyal and cen tor of Elevation 4.wn to the scientous way in which he had | tressenger, and it would need, served the Board.

+

inthe longthy reply. He therefore A vote of thanks to Mr. Law but his owa revolution first, and, concluded the business. it was enrried, obvinisly the other revolution would be øst af ordur.,

Continuing, the Chairman said, by way of amplifying his remarks concerning the Board, that if mem- ber of the Board or 8 Committer

of the Pond, visited a school and

CAPTAIN BRANDT KILLED BY BRIGANDS

WELL-KNOWN IN

HONGKONG.

HONGKONG SPORTS

Victor

John Der

After a few hard fought Chukkas there is nothing like a peg of Victoria Fat & Pueris to. buck, you up.

DEWAR'S "VICTORIA VAT

Sole Agents~

SHIPPIN

au tobacco

from Turkey

&

** Pyaris”

A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED.

Hongkong.

No other so good!

Canton.

Over in Turkey grow rich aromatic tobaccos. We buy the choicest selec tions and combine them with the best American tobaccoe.

The result is Chesterfield cigarettes the kind that satisfy. That rare old-time tobacco taste wins right and left.

One package of Chesterfields will show you why-o other cigarette can be quite so good.

They Satisfy

hesterfield

CIGARETTES

* Liceert & Myrts Tobacco Co., U. SAL

-NEW JAPANESE MINISTRY.

ware of the pining that it wäs under staffed or lacking an eficient staff it was their duty to say s

Wachsien between Ichang and and the shraff and then threw the Their report would be forwarded, as Our Oven Correspondent)

Changking, according to advices bodies overboard. The murderers all reports bad always been for

Shanghai, Jan. 7.

received by the offices of the are believed to be soldiers of the wanded, to the Gotemor for bis con-

Tokyo, Jan. 7 The Cabin Captain F. J. Brandt, a native Dollar Line, the ship's agents First Division, who were driven skleration: The reply might be that of Hongkong and a former ship here. The steamer was owned by out of Chungking. Capt. Brandt i was installed this morning Press while the Board food that the master there, and a Chinese shroff Capt. Brandt and a group of survived by his wife, stepson, and comment is generally more un

choci should have a European master it could not hate tune bere killed and several Chinese Chinese, and operated regularly three small children, all residing favourable Boutera cause one was unavailable. The passengers Injured when the a.s. on the Upper Yangtze run. Ac-here. His wife, on being inform fiorernment might have excellent Trzdui was attacked by brigands. cording to a report here theed of Brandt's death cried, "You saw him murdered by Chinese. reasons for its inability to supply a while tied up for the night on brigands rushed aboard during the needn't tell me, I know; 1 dreamt Brandt planned to retir Eumpenh tearber for that chool; I Saturday at Fang Tshien above night and murdered Capt. Brand: all about it on Saturday night; year. He was forty five years old.

Thanks to Betty Jane

IT'S FUNNY HOW. YOUR WIFE ALWAYS PICKS OUT THE NIGHT

TO GO SOME PLACE WHEN YOU ARE ALL- TIRED OUT - WOW BETTY JANE MAKES: HERSELF

KNOWN!

OH,TOM-YOU HAD BETTER CALL MRS.. BAILEY ON THE PHONE AND TELL HER WE WILL NOT BE OVER THIS

EVENING - I THINK

BETTY JANE HAS.

THE COLIC

BY ALLMA

THERE ARE ADVANTAGES IN HAVING A COUPLE...

OF CHILDREN "IN YOUR HOME SOME TIMES- THIS HAPPENS TO BE ONE OF THEM- COLIC DOESNT LAST LONG -2

UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITERS

PRICE H.K

next

I'LL CALE HER:

RIGHT AWAY!

DODWELL & CO LTD