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The Telegraph.

HONGKONG, 23rd, Jan., 1924.

MR. IRVING'S SUCCESSOR.

Ramour still persists in say

ing that Mr. G. N. Orme is likely

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1924.

`DAY BY DAY.

Advocate. That has been done [because of a recognition of the

necessity of having a trained- man in that particular post. The

TEACH A MAN TO READ AND point involved precisely repreHIS HANDS THE GREAT KEYS OF WRITE, AND YOU HAVE PUT INTO

sents our attitude on this matter THE WISDOM BOX,—Hurley. of choosing a successor to Mr. Irving as Director of Education the prizes to students of St. Sir Claud Severn is to distribute Wę sak the Government to apply | Paul's College on Saturday even- in this case the same principle)ing. which it upholds in the other. Furthermore the precedent which

The Bogey Pool Competition, played at Fanling on 19th, 20th have cited is sufficient and 21st inst., was won by Mr. A. justification for its extension to Ritchie, 1 up.. the point of selecting the new Director from outside the ranks of the Cadet service.

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During yesterday there were notified 23 fresh cases of small- pox,all the sufferers being Chinese Two Japanese cases of enteric fever were also reported.

CRICKET NOTES

THE ARMCHAIR.

CRITIC

The

Better. Much better. After the Sharpe, evidently determined to indifferent cricket I witnessed make a day of it, kept wicket last week, the question of where brilliantly, and Pomfret bowled to go" was quite a problem. The fat a tremendous pace.

xture list was not helpful and for wicket was of the questionable one mad moment I contemplated variety and the ball was bumping wandering to Craigongower to see's hit, to the disgust of Powell, them play. the C.R.C. and in-who was hit frequently. Never cidentally decide a much-debated question. Finally I drifted on to Groat changes are taking

the Club ground to pass the time] place in the political affairs

o' day with the Navy, and found! the Navy batting. Batting so of the Empire, and if the local Four men and three women well that I stayed, and right glad Government does not bave were removed to the Kwong Wab I was that I did. the courage to break with tradi-Hospital yesterday as a result of..

the collapse of a scaffolding on tion and take the initiative in which they stood at work on a instituting needed reforms in building at Mongkok. The drop Government service, thea

was a ten-foot one.

The majority of the Navy's innings was a sound 71, by Sharpe. He hit all round the wicket hard and often. and made Labour Government may. With

the Lo Sui-mi, & nurse at the powerful Club attack appear the Labourites, the mere fact Yeung Woo Nursing Home, a quite ordinary. The remainder that a man has been educated at Wongneichong, was taken to the of the side backed him up stout- a Public School, or that he be- Government Civil yesterday from. Every man looked like mak- longs to the Cadet branch of the effects of a dose of morphine, be- whose modes: 16 included some the Home suffering from the ing runs, especially Hargreaves, service, is not likely, to outweigh lieved to have been self-admini- very pretty shots. fother and more impórtaåt" con-stered.

siderations. They might want

Ito

The filmplay "Quincy Adams know for what past he Sawyer," aptly dubbed a

melo- is specially fitted, at what he drama mixed with humour," is served his "apprenticeship" and proving a big draw at the Coronet how he can best be utilised, this week. One Exciting Night," These are not extravagant, far which an air of secrecy has been the Griffith's mystery film, about fetched thoughts. Time may preserved, is the next picture an easily prove that much. The pounced. The picture is said to Government here will be wise if diasry style, but is turned out! be a departure from Griffith's or- it takes heed of the present trend with all his famous ability. of politics. For there are ample ways and means of actuainting

Mr. E. Ralphs, Secretary to His Majesty's Government of the

the Hongkong Board of Exami- ners, Royal Sanitary Institute, banefal influences resulting from informs us that at an Examina- the perpetuation of a system tion in Tropical Hygiene" for which does not assure the best London in December 7th and Sanitary Inspectors" held in service being rendered to the 8zb. 1923. three candidates public.

presented themselves and two were successful, one being Mr. Harry Edward Strange, Sanitary Inspector. Hongkong, who has been awarded the certificate accordingly.

to be our new Director of Educa-All-White Crews. tion. At any rate, there appears! The proposal to have entirely to be a consensus of opinion that white crews for British ships-

including vessels trading to

Cadet officer will get the post.tropical ports-crops up ever and Peg" famous all over the world, Laurette Taylor, who made Whether the Government has anon, and is each time relegated is the star in the film play "Peg

.DO

BUMPING A BIT"

theless, he pluckily stayed, and though obviously disliking the business altogether, made 43. Dean's innings was a bright spot, three hoge drives bringing a like number of sixes. The score board registered 59 when he left, his contribution being 45.

K. C. C. paid the penalty of inviting the Civil Service over to Kowloon for an afternoon's sport. To miss Sayer early in his innings Iwas a fatal mistake. He must be hustled out quickly before he has time to settle down otherwise he is a very unpleasant fellow to bowl at. Kowloon completely lost grip on the game and fared badly against the bowling of ¡R.EO. It was the old tale of nibbling at the going away ball which pitches on the off stump How many "lives" have been lost through that tentative thrust!

yet really made up its mind on to the place where inane proposals My Heart Thich will be "LOOKED LIKE the matter. we do not know.citation by some armchair re- However often one

usually go, there to await resus-shown at the Star for to-day only.} Officials who ought to know the former. Usually the proposer of seen the stage play, it is worth may have

MAKING-RUNS facts are, for some unaccount-this seeming method of decreas-seeing the picture, merely to see All this against good fielding, [able reason, usually most reticenting unemployment is a well-what the movie people can do for the Club eleven are The C. R. C. have now definite- jon such questions. We are hop-times

meaning busybody, but some with first class material. Thomas slackers in this respect. Lammert,

ly qualified for the Booby, by a professional Meighan, the popular favourite, in the slips, snatched one from meekly submitting to the tempor ing, however, that the knowledge agitator, and does vanecessary appears to morrow for three days nowhere and termicated Sharpe'sary might of Craigengower, who, that a Cader appointment to this bar to the cause he is supposed in The City of Silent Men, a innings. Bowker also did some begin to think that life isn't remembering their total, probably particular post would

to be espousing. A message strong drama in which he is given valuable work, his picking apj cause published yesterday refers to scope for his undoubted powers. much dissatisfaction will have questions.

being extremely clean. on the subject by the effect of making the Govern-Lt Comdr. Rawson, who asked

be is

ΕΠ the House of Commons just get, and from the different

lascar seamen

50 evenly

manship

to

to travellers; and any wholesale found it necessary to give one or

which

Some

ARMED ROBBERY.

CHASE OVER ROOFS AT WANCHAI.

so bad after all. A mental attitude akin to that of the mouse, who, after lapping up-

LEAGUE CRICKET.

K.C.C. 2nd XI will play the Royal Engineers on Saturday at

At four o'clock Pa Purcell the spilt whisky, exclaimed ment pause before coming to whether regulations could, not messages that reach the outside declared, thus setting e much-"Now, where's that damned cat!” final decision. The popular de- be introduced for manning pas-world one can only conclude that needed. example of sports- However, I venture to suggest mand and it is one shared bysenger ships with white crews, the two sides are

ather that, one of these days, Craigen- the Government's educational so as to ensure the safety and matched as to make it an affair time it looked as though he jar to one of the more elevated clubs might note. At one gower will, administer a severe [staff and the public alike-is that unemployment. As Lord Wolmer of expenditure, much suffering the irrepressible Mitchell, backed supped by the microbe of con, comfort of passengers and relieve of considerable bloodshed, a deal would reap his just reward, but clubs whose vitality has been the control of the Education rightly observed in his reply, and great loss of commerce and Department be placed in the there are most serious objections revenue to the country before by the spectators, pulled the stant success. hands of a trained technical man. to a proposal of this nature. The some form of temporary peace Same out of the fire and virtually Nothing else will satisfy.

who have for can be arrived at. It appears that on the match for the Club. As many years done useful service the United States are inclined to exciting a finish as one could A terriffic square-cut past Whatever may be said regard-on British ships are subjects of let the parties fight the matter one minute to go. My grateful turning an ashen face to the wish to see. Last man in, and point. Point jumped aside and, the Empire, and to take away out and remain neutral spectators, ing the general administrative their livelihood would hardly be whilst showing a tendency to thanks, Purcell, for providing us wicket-keeper, panted "Lord! if training of our Cadets, and the fair. Bat apart from that, we have favour the Govamment forces with real cricket; and my sym- that'd hit me it'd gone right I value of their service in certain other important considerations, against the rebels. So we gather pathy. You deserved to win. Ithrough me"! -

spheres of Government work, the such as expense, and "ability to fromthe reported sales of arms and

labour in hot climates. As the recent permission given fact must be conceded that, in it is, the principal passenger lines loyalist troops to cross a portion the main, they are not specialists. find it difficult to pay their way of American territory. Mean- Occasionally, in shifting about without charging very high rates while, the United States have from one post to another, a man employment of white crews would two plain bints to the revolu The story of an armed robbery Kowloon at 2.15 pm sharp. They finds a department for which he mean practically a doubling of tionaries that foreign interests at Wanchai was told in the will be represented by:-H. Overy appears to be specially fitted, and the wages bill. The writer of this will have to be considered. The Supreme Court this morning, (Capt.), A. D. Brawn. E. J. be remains there.

comment once had a first-hand seizure of oilfields and demands when three men, named Cheung Edwards, W. L. Weaser, B. The great demonstration of the climatic for huge, advance payments of Hang. U Wo and Wong Fu, were Petheram, A. R. F. Raver, F. W. majority of our Cadets, however, considerations that would be taxes must be affecting American charged before Mr. Justice Howell, D. S. Green, A. J. Kew, are what might, without any involved, whilst on a voyage by interests to a fair extent, and the Gompertz with being concerned in E. Savage and O. B. Raven. offence, be termed "jacks of all steamer which had fair worst of the situation is that the an armed robbery at No. 2, Tsing

number ofwhite stewards. A rebels appear to be doing rather Kai Lane, Wanchai, on December girl, aged about seven, had how- trades." They fill-in es and

particularly trying passage well. No-one can say at present 7th The first prisoner was also aver climbed out on to the roof where required, and they dis- through the Red Sea laid most who will gain the ultimate mas charged with being-in possession when the robbers first caine and charge essential duties in the of the travellers hors detery, or how long it will take for of a dagger and the third prisoner she shouted and raised the alarm.

combat, governance of the Colony. There

as well as practicalls that desirable conclusion to be was charged with having a reThere was a general stir in the are, however, certain positions to lower

every white member of the reached. Perhaps

volver and six rounds of ammuni- neighbourhood and he robbers the United ratings. and it was States, Government prefers to

tion. which

bolted. Three of them went over even the

Government fortunate indeed that there were wait for one or other of the con-

The first prisoner pleaded roofs where they were chased and recognises the necessity of ap-

a few lascar stewards to fall back; tending parties to take the initia-

guilty" to both charges, but the when they got down into the road- upon. Obviously, any advantages tive in seeking for peace, but we/second and third men denied the way they were caught, excepting pointing men who have special on the score of efficiency in an think that, sooner or later, it will charges. qualifications. For example, if all-white crew would be more become necessary for Mexico's Pe Hong-cheung, A. T. Stubbs, he was also arrested. Various The jury called were:-Messrs soner bolted down the stairs and

one who got away. The first pri the Attorney General were on than outweighed each time ed-big neighbour to intervene leave, his place would naturally into play. Yet no doubt this also as a mentor. It is a pity to M. Franco.

verse climatic conditions came and not only as a mediator but S. Komer, T. Soo, H, a statements had been made by the Tayler, F. C. Goodman and prisoners since their arrest, the be filled by a man who has bad a perennial subject will crop up think that, while the rest of the The story of the case, as out Court, alleging that he had been third prisoner, when at the Police legal training In such circum-whenever somebody imagines he world is striving for peace and stances, the Government has on has hit on a new and brilliant is facing big problems that lined by Mr. H. K. Holmes, was besten by the police. He said he idea for reforming our mercantile threaten to assume overwhelm that whilst the women inmates was beaten by the Constable when many occasions even gone out marine,

ing proportions, the Merican of the house were having their arrested that Inspector Coakle side the ranks of the service United States and Mexico; other respects, should be involve broke în, one being armed with i

people, fortunately placed in morning meal four armed robbers best him at the station, breaking altogether and have engager, a

his teeth, and that He was further The somewhat protracted civil in a senseless imbrogletag, dagger and another, with a besten until be was unable barrister in private practice to war in Mexico shows no signs of as ile fons drie sa reiter. Thes Women were bound act as the Government's chief coming to any definite conclusion ambitions of just a few vant med. And surged; and

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Evidence was then called and the case is still proceeding