1931-07-03 — Page 2

THE

HONGKONG

PENINSULA HOTEL:

HONGKONG HOTEL: REPULSE BAY HOTEL:

PEAK HOTEL

and

SHANGHAI

ASTOR HOUSE: PALACE HOTEL:

HOTELS

LIMITED.

im'association with the Grand Hotel Das Wagons Lits, Peking,

KOWLOON HOTEL

KOWLOON.

UNDER THE PERSONAL SUPERVISION

AND ATTENTION OF

H. J. WHITE.

Phone No. 58008.

Cable KowLOTEL Hongkong.

PALACE HOTEL

Tel. Kowloon No. 3,

Tel. Address "Palace."

A First Class Residential, and Touriat Hutel with all the Con ventences of a Home. Under Entirely European Management, Cosy Lounge and Billard Saloon. Three minutes from Ferey. Familien specially catered for. Moderate term.

Music

Daily.

MRS. J. M. OXBERRY,

Proprietress.

PENANG

Dinner

Dance Twice weekly

RUNNYMEDE HOTEL.

The Inmier hall in A1466.

With beautiful private lawns to the Sea.

TWENTY ADDITIONAL; ROOMS-COMPLETELY MODERNISED.. AND RE-FURNISHED ARE NOW READY,

CABLE. "RUNNYMEDE.""

RUNNYMEDE HOTEL, LTD. George Goldsack. Manuper.

EUROPE HOTEL

SINGAPORE.

RENOWNED BY RECOMMENDATION "

DANCING: After Dinner every Tuesday, Thurs-

MUSIC:

day and Saturday.

On the VERANDAH- Monday to Friday-7.45 p.m. to 8,30

p.m.

Saturdays-12.30 p.m. to 1.80 p.m.

and 8.00 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. Sunday Concerts-9.50 p.m. to 11 p.m. Robert Drescher's Famous Viennese-Orchestra Plays During Tiffin and Dinner Every Day.

GRILL:

Telephone, 534 18 fines)

Cables "EUROPE" Singapore.

THE EUROPE HOTEL, Lid.

Arthur E. Odell Managing Director.

THE STAR FURNITURE STORE

European

Hankow Roių. Kowloon. (opp Star Thenice)

High Clans Secund-land Furniture, Curios and Sundry Rousehold

Gos, Bought, Sold or Exchanged.

BARGAINS

of avery devription always an show.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1931.

FLOODS IN THE PROVINCES.

WORST EXPERIENCED FOR

SOME YEARS.

While the districts in northern and eastern Kwanglung, including Shiuchow, Kongmoon, Walchow. are flooded, the news has come to hand that Foochow, the capital of Tukien, has been subjected to the since 1920. Con- greatest food siderable damage has been done to houses and crops. It is pected that the first rice crop this. season will be ruined.

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All the low-lying fields have been flooded to a depth of several has foot while much damage been done to the newly built motor roads. Some of these ronds have cen built on high embankments. There are, here and there, open- ings underneath to permit the canal water passing to and from the river, but in such a flood as the in- present, these openings are adequate, and the result is that the water is banked up on the upper side to a much greater depth than would otherwise have been the

свяе.

Wuchow Flooded.

A Wuchow letter says that con sequent on the heavy rain both have the West and Fu Rivera risen considerably during the past few days and districts along the Bund have been flooded causing much damage and inconvenience. Many of the wharves have been covered several feet deep with waler. The situation has improv- ed a little since Monday.

A Towboat Disaster.

Canton, July 2

Over 50 passengera including many women were drowned when the Sun Kwong Woo Lowboat plying between here and Sze Wal Lan founslered at a place called

owing Shek yesterday afternoon to the strong current. Some 30 survivors have been picked up by stenm launches which went to the rescue from places near-by. Full not details of the dianster ara available at the time of writing.

HONGKONG SCHOOL

EXAMINATIONS.

COMMENTS BY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION.

In his report for 3930, the Director of Education commenta Local on the Matriculation and Examinations held by the Univer sity last November and December.

He says, futer alia:

Of those who sat for the exam- inations, excluding the candidates entered under "private study". 1672 Kuined matriculation oľ Senior Local certificatos: for the Junior Local the percentage was 38.

In both cases the girls' schools were able to show higher figures, these being 71 and 60.

The idea that only selected en didates should be entered for the xamination is not to be encourag- ed. The selection of a few can- didates who are supposed to have a chance of passing is contrary to the object of the examinations which are only of value if every boy or girl from the appropriate class is entered for them,

Except in the case of the girls schools the examination

results must be considered poor and when all allowances are made it is clear that the practice of premature promotion is still prevalent.

The Board of Education hits re- commended that examination at the Junior Local stage should not be discontinued; but unless it can be shown that the present exam- for the ination is unsuitable schools of the Colony, and even when one allows for the leaven of English speaking children in the girls schools the successes gain. ed by their pupila do not support the suggestion, it is questionable whether the present facilities should be continued when so many candidates are obviously unfitted for the examination.

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