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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

SATURDAY, AUGUST

1925.

CORRESPONDENCE:

THIS WEEK'S WEDDING.

The above photographs were taken at the wedding of Capt. H. F. Bloxham and Miss Audrey Jones, which took place at St. John's Cathedral on Thurs- day. Photos by M ing Yuen.

BASEBALL.

TO-DAY'S ATTRACTIONS..

To-day there will be a double- header in the Hongkong Buso' all League at Happy Vallay. The Japanese Club will meet the Indian Recreation Club in the 'first game at 2.30 p.m. sharp, while the Hongkong Baseball Ulub and 'the Hongkong Volunteer Defence Corps will play the second match at 4.30 p.m.

On Sunday, the South China and the Filipino Club game will be staged at 4 pm. The Filipinos are now loading in the league baving suffered no defeat.

FOOTBALL TO-DAY.

VOLUNTEERS v SURREYS

DRUMS..

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STUDENT STRIKERS.

To the Editor, Hongkong

Telegraph.]

Sir-Much of the value of the viewe so elaborately put forward by "A Chinese Schoolmaster" in thei correspondence columns of your paper of the 4th inst. has been dia counted by this worthy gentleman's all too apparent spite against pri- vately run educational Institutes. It may be interesting to know his grounds for animadverting upon such institutes as "commercialis- ed." Why he should single out! private institutes for his attack is beyond comprehension. Does huj want to show his loyalty to his non- private institute "bong" who might have Instrueted him to do it, by making such an assertion? Surely, a man of his position ought to know better than to cast alurs upon. pri-! vato institutes in general without absolute good cause. It may be that the institutes he had in mindi still leave room for improvement; | but are private institutes alone. wanting in this regard; and are 'ai! other Institutions perfect? How- ever one may attempt to distort. matters, facts can but remain facts: and a reference to the University) Local Examination results of the previous years will amply justify one's belief in the usefulness of private-or to use your correspon- dent's own word "commercialised" institutes, particularly when it is taken into consideration the inade. quate accommodation available in Government or other schools,

To establish a "commercialised" institute and to bring it in thei standard of efficiency is no mean!! task for the Principal. After all his energy. hard work and, un- doubtedly good money invested in his idealistic enterprise, which, provided it is efficiently run as some of the existing statutes which your corespondent chooses to attack assuredly.are, is it fair that what he now receives from 18 no G fellow professional more discouragement,-worse still, calumny7.

Is "A Chinese Schoolmaster" in real earnest when he sets out, his scheme for dealing with striking students, or is he simply employ- ing this as a means to a selfish end-to appease some party or to If he is air, an ancient grudge? sincere in his suggestions, he has been deplorably Indiscreet, as, instead of promoting hearty co- operation among heads of all; educational institutions (which is absolutely essential if his pro- posed measures against principal student agitators are to be effec- tive), he stira-up personal enmity. If, on the other-hand, prejudice is his sole reason for writing to the Press, RA a schoolmaster whose

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A reader interested in Zoology acts would be looked upon by the writes, with reference to the younger generation as examples to pangolin sent by H.E. the be followed, he has hopelessly Governor to the London "Zoo "failed-Yours, etc., that he has located two of these

ALEADO. ADDIA. animals in the Peak district of

Hongkong, August 8, 1925. the island. Their burrows are a fow yards up a shrubby hillside, off a well-known Peak walk. For

obvious reasons", he says, he NOTICE TO MARINERS. does not care to give away the exact spot, as he would like to think of those creatures being unmolested,

LAMOCKS, ISLANDS LIGHT..

Notice is given that Lamocks Among a number of Cantonese Main Light is now operating, but, generale of Gen. Chan King- owing to the recent accident, it is ming's party (which is opposed to only possible at present to exhibit the Red Kuomintang in Canton), the light through the central belt, who left Shanghai recently for and that, although the advertised] the south, wara Generals Hung characteristics are retained, the Chao-lin and Liu Chu-ln. Gen. Chen ordered his chief of staff power and visibility of the light is

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The temporary lights exhibited Kwangtung to make arrange pending repairs to the Main Light monts for his return.

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Thousands of toes swarmed on WELL DRILLING broak would not have boon so to one of the courts at the Formby serious had a few of the ruffians open tennis tournament last! boon killed. Once they had a tasto month and drove players and of blood, without rocolving punish-spectators away to shelter. Der mont, they got bolder and boldororibing the remarkable incident, and every foreigner that came in a woman player said: "I glanced their way was attacked. No one round for a moinent, and on turn- deplores the tragedy of yesterday ing back I saw a great black cloud more deeply than we do. The acts swooping down on the court. Ja of violence were totally uncalled- another moment the dourt was for and the perpetrators, who had black with them. Before I could their ulterior motives, should be move they wore round us. We sovorely punished.".

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