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THE

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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1932.

K.R.A. ANNUAL MEETING.

COMPLAINT OF OFFICIAL TARDINESS.

HOSPITAL MATTERS.

the meantime, Victoria Hospital on the misty heights of Barker Road is to continue baing the venue where the bables of Kowloon will

com menco their mundune career.

Waterloo Road and similar largo projects are contemplated. Dur ing 1931 the state of trade. In Hongkong has been very far from depressed; there appears to be no decrease in the tonnage patronizing the harbour and the wharves and godowns have been and still aro us busy as ever. In face of all this, financial stress on the part of the Government seems to be para- doxical.

Main Post Office Building. The defective postal service in Kowloon during the past few years has been patiently endured by the long-suffering residents, but of late complainta regarding delays in delivery of lottors and lack of Criticism of Government turdi-postol facilities generally became nens in enrrying out necessary NO

Confidence in the Future, and Justifiablo pubile works in Kowloon was made almost

No frequent

as 10 constitute

scandal. Be that as it may, it is gratify- by the President and members at Again it may be urged that the ing to note that there is certain- the annual general meeting of the population hoa Incroneed 60 ly no gloomy outlook on the part Kowloon Realdenta Association amazingly that the authorities of the general public, and we rany last evening, presided over by Mr. found it impossible to cope with well hope that in 1932 with F. C. Mow Fung.

the corresponding increase in rising value of the dollar (advance The Chairman sald in part: postal business. One and all will from 1/- to over 1/644. since the Three important problems which agree with your Committee's view budget was adopted), the Govern- entailed much thought and patience that in spite of all that Our for several years may now

ment's optimism will return bo energlic and enterprising Post looked upon as troubles of the Master General can de with the that its finarices will enable urgent pant. The control of traffic at the present restricted content on to be carried out.

public improvements in Kowloon "Star" Ferry Aproach requires and the consequent limited

at his disposal, the only satisfactory-

but one or two minor improvements trio of the problem lies in the

make it as satisfactory as it is ponsible to be; the Children's Play-construction of a new main Post grounds abutting Chatham and Dice building commensurate with Middle Roads are extensively used Kowloon's size

boon to the Again the Government In in agree

And undoubtedly

importance. and are aiding in the vicinity, ment with us as to the need for n

little onça the Bus service in Kowloon is now operating with a minimum of com- plaints and can compare favourably with any other in the Far East, Such items of smaller moment na

hours for railway noises, hou

collecting house refuse, annoyance caused by hawkers, ele, have been antisfac- torily dealt with, and the informa tion that Government decided not to proceed with the threatened re- duction of the street lighting will certainly have been received with gratification.

new and enlarged building, but that is as far as the matter can so until funds are made available.

A Paying Concern. To the mind of the man in the street, the plea of no funds to effect any vital improvement In the postal

Smoke and fast.

the

In according the report. Mr. E. Cock, sald:

OUR BRITISH, CROSSWORDS,

Aero

1 Dog that appears to be nearly able to open the captain's locker. 6 Strange metamorphosis possible

to a door.

1

7 Indian car, anggestive of vessel.

with nothing in it.

8 Here you may actually see the "stars" in the midst of their

In his review the President has there in one matter to which 1 covered most of the ground but

should have liked to hear him refer--smoke. Smoke and dust are markedly on the increase and It is to be hoped that means will ho devised for checking them, for they are bound to be had for avers- hody who

but particularly for those Hve in densely populated whom there areas and amongst

sponsible for of tuberculosis are many cases and phthials.

If, as appears to be the case, the summer than in the winter it may general health is better in the well be attributed to the rain and think the experiment of

Hold the reins would seem to suggest the Inclusion of the par-

son,

10 Found in sage, but not in onions. 12 It sounds like Mary's signature,

and might be in a gargle. 14 A biblical land and girl graduate, 17 The mischievous part of a dim-

ple.

20 Something a bull may follow-or 18 Atrocious.

precede.

21 Eve with the same on either side Might be Mercury, la facti

service is inexplicable. I have always looked upon the Post Offico na a Government institution which is run or should be run on a com mercial basis and no one can dony that it is a very paying concern. Disappalament will however be

If a private business enterprise felt that there was not a more de-

wan making similar profits from o finite and substantial response to

its customers, its first care would sprinkling the streets and washing our representations regarding the surely be to see that those cua- the gutters with sea water might. inadequacy of the Kowloon Hos-

well be tried during the dry tomers got fair value for their

months. pital, the need of a suitable main

marcy. The Post Office in also Post Office building, the more of- one of the government departmenta fective policing of Kowloon-Tong. of Hongkong which is least affect- and the provision of fire-protectioned by sterling commitments, for the rural districts.

in view of the greatly increased to the new rule passed earlier an force during the past eighteen Life Members of the Association 32 A Roman poet.

been previously elected Honorary

for-

Kowloon Hospital.

The subject of the Kowloon Hos

and

Honorary Life Members.

23 The Scottish Velasquez."

25 Result of fall in something re- cently mentioned (that is, about a hundred). Mr. Mow Fung said: Referring

26 Might bo horribly

people. Twig?

superior

our appears in the laundries.

as an encouragement to WII-

Hara.

postal chargea which have been in the evening, two gentlemen hav27 After 1000, these ancestors of pital as recorded in the annals of months in some cases an increaser. B: L. Frost in 1920, and 33 A very friendly note apparently

of double to what they were merly) I do not think I won gols Mr. W. J. Stakes in 1930. There too far when I say that the public in no need for me to recall the is not getting a fair deal as valuable services rendered by gurds the postal service.

these two gentlemen: I beg to propose that these two appoint Looking Into the Future. ments be confirmed under Rule 15. Nevertheless there fa a hope that whose names the General Com

There are two other gentlemen

re

in the dim future wo will have a

the Association does not provide very pleasant reading, but it will serve no useful purpuse to open up old sores.

It will however be in tereating to recall that at the annual general meeting held on February 9th. 1926. several monthe before the opening of the hospital-the President of the As-

new post office building in Kowloon,mittee desire to place before you sociation stated that the accom-

for election to Honorary Life modation was miserably inade and it might be as well however Membership; they are Sir Henry early to auggest points as regards Pollock and Mr. Benjamin Wylie, quate: that this statement was fully its design and

dimensions, At justified, experience has proved.

the While there are mitigating circum- visionary, I will at once express loon Residents' Association: In Henry Follock has rendered risk of being dubbed 籼 doltleh very valuable service to the Kow stances in the fact

fact that the the opinion that

The new building phenomenally rapid ex

expansion -of

part the

A

Sir

shout be su' plansert that it could fact he took a most promin on

carted

aro

January,

1920.

34 Eat this part of a ship reversed

to retract.

35 A path, Angus! (anag) with this blooming beside it perhaps. Down

This King in showing off.

courses,

11 To be ambitious.

13 A start for youngster.

18 Things found on the hero And in the wine-ecllar are re

form neurasthenia.

ono

18 Joint that is like the prover

bial cloud's inner surface.

10 Do a favour to.

24 Appears to have all the ele

ments of a "the chantant": an- noying, isn't it?

24 This in everything to you and

me.

28 Dance.

20 Absorbed.

30 A Twentieth Century soldier

of fame.

31 Quite a lot turns on this.

Yesterday's Bolotion.

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periodical appropriately starts with a play upon words.

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4 Sporting version of poems.

A spot in Moscow,

TIDEWAY

SIMPLORE

NUNNER

many

There

pallenta and in-patients can be at-on-Hankow railway in completed the Kowloon district." Speaking and practical knowledge of pub that the nuisance did exlat, and

tant future, air-mails will be a commonplace feature and will also mules.

that in

now

Members (Applause).

Officers Elected.

Facts and Support.

com.

Kowloon during last few years be capable of such extension and at the inaugural mectin tow me to dilate on them. He is one could not have been foreseen, sure- ly some steps should have alteration as to be eventually concerpts from his illuminating of the, very faw founder member.

been

Mrs. E. Cook said. she was foc! taken since the opening of the hos General

into the main: Post Office

for the

Colony. My address on that occasion are well still residing in the Colony; he is torested in several letters publish- pital to cape in some measure with

reasons for this view are not for that the Association is destincution, and has represented us on the Kowloon smoke nuisance,

worth quoting

He predicted a Past President of the Associa-ed in the report in connexion with the congestion described in the

to Beck. At present (and there is report.

With such limited accom- not likely to be any change all in the future to carry with it very the Board of Education for declaring that it was dangerous medation, it is a wonder that no

great results in the improvement years, His keen insight large number both of Gut-important sea-borno

of this Colony and especially of Kowloon's problems, his extensive or fanded in Kowloon; when the Can-

detrimental to human life. tended to, and it speaks volumes thus linking up Calais with long-on the housing question he said affairs, not forgetting his

was no doubt, she said, for the energy and resource of the

"One point which struck me very wit and malle will rail-borne

humour have kong, medical and nursing staffs. The

been favatu probably anaume large proportions and will forcibly was the fact that the best able to the Committee in their the smell was awful. Government maintains that the pre- of course be taken from the train site or one of the best sites in deliberatione. have much sent staff of merlica officers and

Mr. Now Fung admitted that nursing sisters is adequate for the at Kowloon. In the not far dis- Kowloon along Nathan Road is pleasure in proposing that str

stables occupied by effelent working of the hospital,

for Henry Pollock and Mr. Benjamin the nuisance existed, but he said, It seems almost incon. Wylie be elected Honorary Life what was perplexing the but I venture to opine that very

of of course be landed at Kowloon.ceivable that this condition of

this Association. little time is left to them for rest

mittee was. how to deal with the and recreation. It is some con-

Now it is only logical to presume affairs should prevail."

obtain the order to

problem. tion to note that the need for nolalian to

The Green Island further enlargement of the Kow-maximum efficiency in a postal ser-

In conclusion, he stated "as an An the nominations for oficials

Cement Company had assured loon Hospital is now realized by vice, the central or main Post

not exceed the number of them they were doing their utmost Government, but when the work is ice-the headquarters for sort- unofficial member of the Council, I did proceeded with depends on the welling and dispatch of mails, adminis-I regard the formation. of an vacancies, no election was neces-to mitigate the nuisance. It was The following were elect-well to remember, he said, that as fundstrative control ete, should be locat- Association like the present of sary. worn proviso "an soon

ed nearest the point where the bags very great assistance. There are ed permit".

President, are landed or loaded.

two things which an unofficial

Rev. W. Walton the smoke was not coming from a Regarding the provision of

member of the Council wante ond Rogera.

"tuppenny ha'penny"" chimney' maternity ward, over alx years have

Signs of Prosperity.

which he does not always get. Vice-President, Mr. J. M. Alves, pipe that could be swept away elapsed since the hospital was In this Colony of ours, the keen One is accurate information as to Treasurer, Mr. R. Pestonji. opened and still there are nu observer finds it hard to believe facts and so far as Kowloon is Secretary, Mr. Charles E. Terry, with a shake of the finger, but a facilition for the admission

General of that there is auch a thing in Hong- concerned, I shall look to your

Committee:-Messra big industrial concern. Ho would me with E. Cock, T. T. Lautenson, Wwelcome any suggestions. maternity cases. Certainly, an at-kong as flanncial stringency. The Association to supply tempt has been made in this direc tion by the authorities; a maternity influx of money steadily continues that information. Another point Goldenburg. F. H. Crapnell, G. C.

On the suggestion of Mr. W. J. uneffefat member looks Treglilus, B. W. Tape, C. M, which an block was planned and is nearing In

and on all aldes particular for and does not get is adequate Manners, H. F. Un, D. W. Munton. Brown, the rotiring treasurer, it

Kowloon can ono. see completion, "but owing to the ex- tremely

pressing need for addi-signa of prosperity and advance-backing from the public. So far Leo d'Almada e Castro fun., P. C. was agreed that members, if they tional ordinary

accommodation, ment. Throughout the peninsulas regards Kowloon, I shall look Mow Fung. G. V. T. Marshall, R. so desired, could pay thele annual to your Association in the future T. Barrett, Li Chor-chi, H. Fsubscriptions in a lump sum of your Committee could not do other and Now Kowloon, wise than recommend

volume of building construction is for those two points." Sir Henry Bunje, C. M. Hall and Dr. R. 4. $20. that this building be used for general cases.

In progress; during the past year has always evinced a keen interest do Castro Bart

in Kowloon affairs and has proved there was even a land boom in the himself to be a real friend of the We have just heard from Govern- ment that the construction of a new Mongkok-Samshufpo district. Last

Association.

At the conclusion of the busi- stationary vehicles at bus stope, extensive building block to enable the provision of a

Mr. Wylie's services to theness on the agenda, the members It was declared that the trails maternity ward will be put in scheme covering an area of 3,400.- Association are so well known to were asked if they had any authorities were enquiring into band ka koon as funds permit. In

000 square feet was initiated on you all that there is no need for suggestions to make.

the matter.

month,

AN

an enormous

Smoke Nuisance,

Apothor matter that WAS brought forward was the danger ous habit of buses passing

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FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS

MISS YOUR YARD? SAY, FRECKLES... IF THERE WAS A DISH PAN SETTIN' DOWN THERE, I COLD PUT

HER HOSE AHOIT

OVER, IT "

BOY: THESE ADE GREAT THINGS.. LANDING IN YOUR OWN YARD LIKE THIS:

HAVING

UNLOADED FRECKLES AND TAG,

THEY

TAKE OFF

AT ONCE

・TO DELMER

SURPRIEC MOM AN Pop/ ORE!

OSCAR,

BEFORE

"THEY REPEAT AT

THE PHARMACY

Asiatic Building.

Tol. 20345.

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THE AIRPORT

The Supreme Moment!

SO LONG,

BOYS!!

SEE YOU TAORRON,

FELLAS!

By Blosser

AFTER ANXIOUSLY

WAITING AT THE AIRPORT FOR THE AUTOGYROSH ARRIVAL, MOM'S AND Popa

THIS IS ALMOST, TOO GOOD

TRUE!!

YEP. THATS GOBL TUL DE ALMOST AS BLAD TO SEE THORE

Boys As You TWO WILLŻY

BIG

MOMENT

16 FINALLY

AT HAND.