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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

EDUCATION IN HONGKONG.

DIRECTOR'S REPORT FOR

1925.

In this Colony where lack of playing fields is such a sad, if in- vitable, handicap to our schools, states the 1925 report of the Director of Education, placed be- fore the Council yesterday, it la pleasant to be able to report that a football ground and a ground available for tennis courts, both in, King's Park wore placed at the disposal of the Central British School at the end of the year. It is hoped that a good ground in King's Park will also be provided for Youmati School; where the pupils who are keen sportsmen' may not only play football and hold their sports but also if it can be-arranged, be taught to play cricket.

"In spite of lack of school grounds, it should be possible to! arrange for cricket matches be tween the bigger schools, Govern-

cooking is done-by-a-ment and Grant-in-Ald, by bor-

French Cook Chef.

TIFFIN

DINNER

rowing certain Club grounds,

Queen's Collega are fortunate in baying a football ground at Cause- way Bay, and much is expected from the new Queen's College playing felds, but that lies in the fature The Indian Recreation Club has done much for the pupils $1.00 of the Ellis Kadoorie Indian Schoo!

$1.25

For the best food and

wine, where shall

we go?

by placing its ground frequently at their disposal.

“GrowingTMRequirements."

FRIDAY, AUGUST 27. 1926.

TSINGTAO TAX LEVY

FOREIGN IMPORTERS RAISE

PROTEST:

Tsingtao, Aug. 26.. The Port Authorities arbitrarily commenced on Monday levying a tax upon foreign importers of fit teen per cent ad valorem on witics and spirits, and, three cents on cach bottle of beer

SOUTIE AMERIE AND THE SOVIET

VISITORS

ARRIVE

Moscow, Au 20. A party of four hundred South American tourists have arrived at Leningrad aboard the Gorman steamer Cap Potonto, including some of the leading statesmon of Argentina, Uruguay, Chile and Brazil, also Gorman bankers and manufacturers.

The importing arms at first re- fused, as the Chinese merely do clared the tax operativa aluce August, but did not put it into effect previously. Owing to diminishing stocks several ring welcomed. Reuter. were forced to pay it in order to secure. release from the wharf and godowns.

The party has been heartily

Arms

Strong protests have been lodg od with the British, American and Japanese Consuls against this illegal procedure and forwarded to the Legations.-Router.

·SOVIET AND CHINA.

1. DENIAL OF AID FOR

MILITARISTS.

Peking, Aug. 26,

UNITY OF UNIONS:

ANGLO-RUSSIAN CONFERENCE

CONCLUDED

Berlin, Aug. 26.

The Anglo-Russian trade unioni committee has concluded four days of meetings here.

It is most secretive as regards the deliberations, but the fact that the meetings were protracted to nearly midnight daily, le regarded as indienting that the differences Speaking to pressmen this after-on the question of uniting the noon, the Soviet charge d'affaires trade union movement in Europe declared that rumours of a loan to have-in-nowise-been-overcome He also denied that either financial Feng Yu-hsiang were unfounded.

or military aid had been given or was intended to be given to iny Chinese faction!"

The Soviet, added the charge. The report goes on to stute that d'affaires, did not intend railway the Quarry Bay Junior School, construction either in Mongolin started in 1924, had a most suc-or Manchuria, only desiring peace cessful year under able manage ful relations with Japan and ment. The new building is well China-Reuter, advanced. Our thanks are again due to Messrs. Butterfold and Swire for their kindly interest in the welfare of the school and for their loan of its present premises. The Central British School is al- ready finding that the 5 now class rooms built in 1924 are not enough to provide for its natural expan-

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MASSAGE HALL MRS, S, UZUNOYE

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nd floor.

c. For the Blood in the L

Similarly the Kowloon Junior School needs accommodation if it is to meet the growing require- ments of the neighbourhood.

With regard to English Teaching Government Schools (for other than British pupila), a comparison of the total roll in May and in December shows how these schools were affected by the troubles that began for the Colony in June.

. In May the numbers were 3,190 and in December they were:1;898:

A SPANISH PROBLEM.

ARTILLERY CORPS AGAINST DE RIVERA.

St. Jean de Luz, Aug. 26. A very serious situation has arisen in Spain, according to French reports..

It appears the Artillery Corps has petitioned King Alfonso de manding the dismissal of General Primo de Rivera. The latter re- plled by drawing up a decree dis-, solving the Artillery Corps, but the King' has refused to sign this decree-Reuter

こ

e embodied in a protocol for sub- The result of the discussion will

mission to the respective execu- tives, and will not be published,

The five British delegates have left for London by aeroplano.. They declined to see pressmen.-- Reuter.

GEN. PANGALOS.

TAKEN TO A CRETAN

PRISON:

Athens, Aug. 26. General Pangalos has been! transferred from the island of Aegina to Crete; where he is de-. tained in Izzedin Prison-Router.

REVIVAL OF ENGLISH

EMBROIDERY.-'.

Bond Street will have to wait for some months now for the exhibi tion of modern embroidery, which, unfortunately, Had to be postponed owing to the strike. It cannot now take place until January. The de- Ny will give time for widening the scope of the exhibition, and a new section devoted to designs for em Technical Institute,

broidery, will be added. The Regarding Technical Institute Queen has promised to send some classes, gratifying reports, the re-interesting pieces of the section in

At the same tinte it must be re-der Capitation Grants of $3,400 membered that numbers are not in the subsidies paid to Vernacular necessarily a measure of efficiency Schools and of $10,000 under

The sudden fall in numbers Building Grants," chiefly affected the higher classes, and instead of admitting large rünbers of younger pupils to the

Sufferers lower classes, it is recognised that port states, continue to be receivwhich old dare and old quilting will

-from Bad Lega, Abscesses, Ulcere,"

Piles, Glandular Swalling. Eczema, Bolls, Pimples and Eruptions, Goat. Ebcamatism must realise that the only word way to completa and lasting rele Is to free the blood of the poisonous waste matier, the one cause of such troubles Clarke's Blood Mixture sontalus lagredients which" oo 'over- come and expel. the impurities, that's why so shy Jasting ouros stand Laita oradit.

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the bounder method is to build the school up gradually, allowing it to róconstruct itself by natural stages and avoiding a temptation to em- phasise the importance of mere numbers.

Cost of Department, The only Revenue collected by the Education Department comes from, school fees, which amounted in 1925 to $94,416.00 an against $121,478.00 in 1924.

ed of the good work done in be shown. various schools by teachers who

Some of the exhibits of modern have been trained in these classes embroidery will be the work of In October an effort was made men, many of whom are experts. to establish Classes in Kowloon. It is a curious fact that nearly all The popular demand said to exist the big collections of needlework almost ceased as soon as provision in the country are owned by men, was made to meet it. There were. Sir William Lawrence, for exam grounds for expecting that the ple, having a particularly fine col Classes would be largely attended lection. It is intended to show by in the result, Classes in Shorthand the exhibition in Bond Street that Mathematics and Freheh were English embroidery can again formed and have continued with hold its own with that of any other The Expenditure was $1,019,- fair success; the Book-keeping country. 905.23, an increase of $86,980.58 Class is in a moribund condition. "over the previous year. These Preparations were made to open figures do not include Expenditure Classe's in Practical and Theoreti- It is reported by the Academy on School Buildings or Furniture cal Chemistry and in Physice, of Science in Leningrad that a which are debited to Public Works. the number of applicants for ad- geological expedition led by Pro-.

The increase is mainly due to an mission' did not justify the forma fessor Nenadkevitch along the increase of $36,500 in Personal ton of the Classes; in Cookery, banka of the River Amur, ia S Emoluments caused by the employ for which there was said to be a beria, has discovered near Ust ment of more staff in the first half very great demand, there was not Kara, the skeleton of a mammoth, year; of $15,000 for Fees and a single applicant, although a high- of great size and in excellent pre-" Maintenance for Students inly qualified Teacher of long ex- 'servation. Steps are being taken Training at Hongkong University: perience was prepared, to take to convey the entire skeleton to of $5,400 in Rent: of $11,400 un charge.

the Leningrad Zoological Museum.

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I DO MY HOME WORK-

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