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LOCAL FIRE DANGERS.

EDUCATION BOARD.

and too narrow.

THE TEACHING OF PORTUGUESE

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH;

parents or get from them a proper reply to the question?

THURSDAY, JANUARY 8,51025.

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The Chairman: If the Board agrees to appoint a Committer, be included on H. Mr. Silva Netto's successor can

SOME FURTHER POINTS.

Bomo further pointe in connection with local fire risks A meeting of the Board of wore brought out by Mr. H. T. Education' Was held In the Brooke, tho Fire Brigade Sanitary Board room yesterday parents to meet them personally, Superintendent, to-day, when he afternoon. In the absence, through That, as I say, in a matter for the stated that there wore one or two indisposition, of the Director of Committee. slight inaccuracies in the intor Education (Mr. G. N. Orme), Mr vlow with him which wopublished E. Ralphs, the Inspector of Eng- the Board was likely to welcome n Rev. T. W. Pearce asked when yesterday, Mr. Brooka says that fish Schools, conducted the pro-successor to Mr. Silva Netto. what he advocates is a tonohent ceedings. There were also pre- twice the width of the prosont sent, Dr. A. D. Hickling, M.B.Ehnd no doubt that a successor

The Chairman replied that hɔi typo, not divided into two, but as Rev. T. W. Pearce, O.B.E., LL.D, would be appointed very shortly. одо house. Present buildings Capt. A. E. Watts, Mr. B. Wylle, word, for the most part, too long Mr. L. Forster, Mr. A. R. Cavalier well to wait until the auccessor

Ho auggests the use of concrete (Inspector of Vernacular Schools), for the floors and staircases (not Mr U. Rumjahn, Mr. E. F. Aucott roofs). Tho presont staircases and Mr. G. P. de Martin (Secre- wore the worst feature of the tary).

The Chairman said he regretted averago Chinoso tunement house. They aliould be at least four to have to inform the Board that foot

Mr. Wylio seconded the Chair- Bix Inchios widu, with Mr. Orme was still unwell and be handrails,

He was Buy- hocauso it ofton was sure all members would join man's resolution. happoned that old women with with him In expressing sympathy prised that they had not received small foot wore unabla toi and

the hope that he would more information at that meeting He understood from the Chairman negotiate the presont stoop and speedily recover.

Gonorally narrow staircases.

at the last meeting that the matter Member Resigns.

I would be gone into thoroughly and speaking, oxisting staircases ran from the ground floor to the top, The Chairman reported that Mr. he expected something in the this often meaning an angle of Silva Netto had found himself nature of a report from the De from 70 to 80 dograos, which was obliged, owing to the limited time partment. It would be interesting far too stoop. Mr. Brooke thinks at his disposal, to resign from the to know whether any stops had that there should be a separato Board. Mr. Silva Netto had been been taken to find out whether the staircase for each floor, so that a member of the Board since its Pupils were desirous of continu thore should never be a stoeper inception and had done very use. Ing their studies in Portuguese angle than 45 degrees. Moreover, ful work. lfe (the Chairman) was and whether anything in the na thore should be a door to each personally grateful to him forte of an examination had beep staircase, so as to provont undue much valuabic assistance and ad-

held. draught. Another point which vice, always given very freely. Mr. Brooks stressed was that Mr. M. E. F. Airey's appointment there should be fower steps on us a member of the Board had re- the stairs. At Horne, the limit to cently terminated, and His Excel the number of stops was usually teney had been pleased to appoint twelve to fourteen, whereas in Mr. E. F. Aucott in his place. Mr. Hongkong one often came across Airey had helped the Board in ataircason with 48 тапу as

The Chairman: I think 1 am in seventy or eighty stops, which many ways, and he was sure Mr. were very difficult to run down Aucott, whom most of them had position to say there will be in case of emergency.

known for a long time, would no difficulty at all in getting a prove worthy successor, Mr. fully qualified teacher. Aucott had already displayed very Mr. Wylie thought, the matter considerable interest in the work ought to be gone into thoroughly. of the Board. (Hear, hear). They ought not to start a subject and then let it drop because some. A Diphtherin Case. Turning to general matters, they thought it ought to be dis

continued. Chairman said that during the

Rev. T. W. Pearce said that if It soom ovident that General Christmas holidays a pupil of the Chan King-ming soon intends to Kowloon Junior School was report- tis memory served there was a make his coup and will try to ed as suffering from diphtheria. demand in the first place for the Qust Dr. Sun's forces out of both A letter was sent to all parents of teaching of Portuguese, and the pupils on the roll of the School opinion of the Board was that they Zwangsi and Kwangtung.

Recent troop movements and informing them of this and con- the wishes, of any large section ought to meet as far as possible advanco skirmishes on the West |taining the following paragraph: Rivor, proviously reported, and "It has been considered advisable of the community in regard to East River activities by Chan's that before they return to school, teaching their own language. It troops, all show that he thinks all children should have throat was thought to be a matter

equity and even-banded justice. the time is ripe to strike. Ho is swabs taken and be shown free said to have promised the leading from infection. This can be ar- Mra. Ilickling asked whether merchants at Canton that he will ranged through private practi- the Portuguese classes in St. koop peace until after the Chinese tioners or by attendance at Kow-Mary's, Kowlcon, and the French Now Year, but many of them loon dispensary at 3 p.m. on and Italian Convents had met with

after Monday, January 5. In the Ry Buccess.

CANTON NEWS.

CHAN EXPECTED TO STRIKE.

seem to doubt his word.

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The Chairman remarked that me of the pupils had expressed; themselves as willing to continue.

Mr. Wylle: In the event of can tinuance, I take it there will be

difficulty in getting a us teacher?

Portu-

of

At Tung Shan, a suburb of latter case no fee will be charged. Canton, there are now living 30 The Headmistress has

Parents Not Interested. been in- Russian Boishovists who aro

The Chairman: I think the Com. structed to allow no pupils to ve- nominally employed as aviators, but most of them appear to be turn to school except on produc-mittee might very well make en- quiries with regard to other hired agitators, boing paid, it is tion of a certificate signed by a

schools. said, about $200 and upwards a month.

The Government "air force" consists of two rather, ancient aeroplanes, and it is said "the foreign authorities on Shamoen

qualified medical practitioner say- ing they are free from infection." The Chairman laid on the table the correspondence on the subject.

Quarry Bay School.

Replying to the Rev. T. W Pearce, the Chairman said that Portuguese had been taught at the Italian Convent.

Mr. Aucott wished to know whe- At the last meeting of the Board,ther the demand first emanated have warned the Government not the Chairman proceeded, reference from the parents, and the Chair to let the planes attempt any was made to the formation of man replied that it came from the flying over that island,

Most of the other residents in class 6 al Quarry Bay School, and Portuguese community originally, Mr. Rumjahn mentioned that a the neighbourhood where these members expressed the opinion Russian aviators" live are we that an additional mistress should meeting was held at the Lusitano althy Chinose returned from be appointed. He was glad to be Club, at which the Portuguese America, mostly woll educated in able to say a fully qualified train-Consul moved that Portuguese the Wostorn way. They are nowed mistress had been added to the should be taught their complaining of the orgies being staff and was doing very satis-language. indulged in by thusu Balshovists factory work. The Chairman also Mr. de Martin pointed out that and Russian women. The Chino-mentioned that the temporary

the meeting was not of the parenta Americans are indignant at the premises now occupied were being but was representative of the] behaviour of the Bolshevists, and extended. (Hear, hear).

Portuguese community. it is wondered if there will be any improvement if Chan King- ming should take over the roing of government after the Chineso Now Your.:

End of School Year." Mr. Wylie gave notice of the fol- lowing question: "In view of the Chairman's observations

Mr. Hickling thought that it was a pious hope on the part of the Portuguese community that the language should be faught, but the the language having no commerciali November meeting of the Board, value the parents were apparently and in view of the existing inde-not troubling about it.

uite reintions between examina-

On the proposal of the Chair. STAR THEATRE, ton dates and what should be the man, seconded by Mr. Forster, Mr end of the School term, would the D. Wylie, Mr. U. Rumjaha, Mr JACK PICKFORD FILM.

Chairman be prepared to recom-G. P. de Martin and Mfr. Silva mend that the school year end at Netto's successor were appointed The dauntless courage of youth the conclusion of the summer a Committee to go fully into the hae hoon the guiding genius term and the examinations take antter and report to the Board. which motivated Jack Pickford's place then?"

This terminated the business of latest photoplay, "The Hill Billy," The Chairman referred to the the meeting, the Chairman men which comes to the Star Theatre question of the teaching of toning that the next meeting to day.

Jack returns to the soreon in Portugueso at the Belillos Girls would be held in the now. P. and O. his second Allied Producers and School, mentioned at the last meet-building. Distributors' release as the red-ing of the Board, when it was left

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ITALIAN GOVERNMENT'S STRONG HAND,

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days to maintain order and respect for constituted authority, is The strang hand exercised by the Government in the past few

revealed in a report by the Minister of Interior showing nearly a hundred clubs closed 26 organisations dissolved, 120 branches of the Italin Liberia Association closed, 111 revolutionaries arrested, 150 cafes closed and 665 domicillary researches made. Parlament will reassemble on January 12 to discuss the Electoral Reform Bill. -Reuter.

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The steamer Glessanda has arrived at Hamburg.-Router. the vigor and rustic cleanliness teaching of the language, but the

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Tho original poem in Japanese lessed on the 2nd inst., un S.0 S. anying she was out of control- Youth plays band and band results could not be considered as by the late Emperor of Nippon, 30 miles south of Beachy Head.] In order that the the Meiji Tonnoh.] with Jack throughout "The Hill Batisfactory. Billy." Lucillo Rickson, Holly-sidered, he proposed that a com-in bloom:

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