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ALICE MEMORIAL GARRISON SCHOOL

HOSPITALS

PRIZEGIVING

INTERESTING POINTS AWARDS DISTRIBUTED

BY MRS. BORRETT

IN REPORT

the

The splendid work being car-Garrison Schools, Hongkong, took The annual prizegiving of the ried out by the Alice Memorial place this morning in the Volun and Afiliated Hospitals; Hong-

tcer Drill Hall, attended by kong, is evidenced in the statistics the General Omcor Commanding appearing in the report of

(Major-General 0. C. Borrott), medical Superintendent, Dr. R. M.

and Mrs. Borrell, who distributed Gibson, for the past year, which the awards. show that there were 2,146 in-

The anual school report was patients compared with 1,936 in 1931, while the total attendantes Raikes, and at the conclusion of presented by · Lleut-Col. G. T. of out-patients numbered 12,032. the prizegiving, the infants and The annual meeting of the Hos-alder children presented Mrs. pitals is to be held this -afternoon when the Superintendent's report will be submitted for confirma- tion,

baskets of flowers. Borrett and Mra. Ralkes with

PRIZE LIST.

WAR R

The sttecessful students receiv ing prizes were:

Seniors.

THE HONGKONG

The elder children's school In this report an interesting rendered two songs creditably, point is mentioned that a protest while the infants gave three de- A further should be raised against the feature of the occasion

lightful recitations. custom of refusing to consult à doctor during Chinese New Year. splendid display of handwork "While it is true that the in-executed by the pupils during the eldence of certain diseases fa in-year. This, partleuarly the In- fluenced by climatic conditions fants' section, was much admired

by parents and friends. says Dr. Gibson, "there 19 no evidence that for two weeks every year when Chinese New Year Festivities are held, the natural course of a disease is in any re- spects different from usual. And yet, na New Year approaches, patients who have been making out of good progress are taken hospital, othore requiring treat- ment refuse to come to hog- pital, that they may be in their own homes during the festivi- ties. When the time during which it is unlucky to be seen by a doctor has passed, the clinics are again well attended. Referring only to prevalent condition, eg., broncho-

Standard 3:- Dennis Jordan, pneumonin, Reute septic disease of

Peter Guard, Robert Lee,· Pauline the hand, acute abdominal disease, Buchanan, Patricia Pasco, Frede- neglect of early treatment is dis-rick Jones, Rodger Maddox. instrous at any time of the year and the New Year does not confer any

Standard 7:- Frederick Hall, Winifred Bull.

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Standard G:--Bruce Kent. Standard 6-Cecil Marley, Ray- mond Godson, John Guard, Ben- trice Chappell, Victor Sanders, Harold Hall,

Standard 4:-Terence Lockhart, Ernest Mayecek, Ronald Kite, John Chappell, Ella Whitehead.

Standard 2-Joyce Thompson, Thomas Senior, David Hart, Wini-

TELEGRAPIL

THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1933.

TIMES HAVE CHANGED A LITTLE

THE YOUNG HERO-WINNING THE

HAND OF THE FAIR LADY AND FACING GREAT DIFFICULTIES.

JUST. MARRIED

Tracking

immunity. Many prejudices have fred Farmer, Enid Watson, Roy Down

Russell. Anthony Green, Ronald Burnett.

Needlework: Winifred Ball.

been overcome and we look to those of influence to educate the people to realise that no days in the Calendar are lucky or unlucky as regards the Dorothy Holloway, Josephine Jor onset of disease and that even dur ing Chinese New Year it is their duty to seek the advice of a doctor. when circumstances demand medi- cal treatment."

dan,

Juniors,

Standard 1:-Adrienne Thompson, Dennis Philips, Donald Buchanan, Michael Pino, Mary Pine, Ian Burnett.

Class 3-Gerald Floyd, Francis

Hyde, Geoffrey Jones.

Class Patricia Horns. Doreen Crease, Robert Weaver, Donald Pollard.

The report adds that the antenatal and child welfare clinles in the Maternity Hospital are well Creighton, Winifred Chappell, Geof- attended and of considerable educa-frey Broon, Barkarn Gomer, Doreen Lional value. Suffering due to ex- treme poverty is most evident in the wards of the Ho Mui Ling Hospital for men. Many of the patients are labourers who, fearing absence from work would lose them their employment, struggle on while physically unfit.

The needs of a New Nethersole Hospital is still the most prossing problem, and unfortunately the committee is unable to

go for- ward with the scheme for re-build-

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Class 1 A and B:-Norman Stone (A), Doreen Palton (B), Constance Griffiths (A), Richard King (A), George Wilks (B).

ANCESTORS!

in the Building Fund is only a Each Human Being Has

25

16,000,000,000,000,000,000

Prague.

THE YOUNG HERO FACING GREAT

DIFFICULTIES AND WINNING THE HAND OF THE FAIR LADY.

Women Not Human So Great

As Men

Ailments

NEW ELECTRICAL WONDER

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Scientists have gone the old Scouts of the Wild West one better, They are literally "tracking down" many ailments by electrical "foot tracka" across a. metal floor.

"The electric tracks" which not even Burnham's keen eye could have seen, represent a new development that can aid in the treatment of infantile paralysis, rheumatism, fractures involving the feet or legs, and various kinds of foot ailments and lameness. They were de- monstrated recently before the

American Medical Association.

They also can be "lie detectors"

for unmasking cases of faked

lameness.

The

"electrical tracks" mado

ate study of walking gaits, they possible for the first time an accur

third of total amount required. During the past year there were 25 probationer nurses in training and it will be necessary_to_in- erease that number as soon possible.

Grateful thanks are extended to 000,000,000,000,000 ancestors, if Each human being has 16,000.-

they could be traced back to the beginning of the Christian era- according to a Prague statistician.tribute weight on a floor.

Here is his calculation: First generation (you)

all subscribers.

"SCOLDED" BY OFFICIAL

RECEIVER

1

Second generation (your

parents)

2

Third generation (your

grandparents)

Protest by Manager of Fourth generation (great-

Knitting Factory

grandparents)

Fifth generation Sixth generation

16

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"You have been scolding me every day and have treated ma By the 12th generation you will worse than a prisoner," burst out find yourself with 2,048 ancestors. Chin Tin-cho, of 21 Wyndham You will then have got back to Street, when pressed by the Of the early years of the 16th century, cial Receiver, Mr. E. L. Agassiz, If you could continue the process at the public examination of the back to the year A.D. I, you would Tai Hing Knitting Company this (says the statistician) find your morning.

self with 16 trillion ancestors.

"I don't know about scolding The statistician regrets the "sad

resulting you you have been a lot of trou- ancestor Joys"

from ble," replied Mr. Agassiz.

family inter-marriage. If The Chief Justica (to Chin): cousin marries a cousin, for in- You are here to answer questiona ot" because husband and wife stance, two grandparents are

have them in common-Renter,

and tell all you know.

Witness said he did not know anything about the knitting busi- ness or process but was made manager of the firm.

The cnao was adjourned.

PETITION HELD

OVER

BANKRUPTCY OF A

PAWN SHOP.

The hearing of a petition in bankruptcy of a Chinese partner in the Wing Sang Pawn Shop, of

37, Parkes Street, was plood over on the order of the Chief Justice this morning. When the next court sits only assets in the.hands of the Ometal Receiver, and cash will be considered.

RECREIO AMATEUR

PLAYERS

WORKING HARD ON MUSICAL SHOW

The Recrelo Amateur Players, whose musical show is to be pro- duced early next month are work- Ing hard to make the venture a success.

is

made by an "electrobasograph" which records automatically just how a person's feet move and dis-

to be

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-AT BRIDGE!

Cape Town.

HOME

GHOSTS OF THE PAST

DISCOVERY OF FOSSILS

EARLY AUSTRALIA

Women as a class are better

Sydney, N.S.W. bridge players than men, but the Ghosts of Australia's prehistoric greatest players in the world are past are being unearthed in a bare. all men. The reason is simple-swampy patch at Cully Springs. women have not the imagination Near Brewarrinin, N.S.W. where or courage to be great players, but once monstrous creatures became they know the methodical game bogged in the treacherous soil. better than men,

The first week's activities of the This is the opinion of Mr. Australian Museum party, led by Robert F. Foster, onc

of the the Director of the Museum (Dr. who has arrived in South Africa which so far have been found to world's greatest bridge authorltics, Anderson) have yielded fossils from Australia on a lecture tour include leg, teeth, foot, and verte. Contract bridge he contends is brac bones of a diprotodon, the far superior to auction. Auction teeth and nearly complete jaw of u players are as a rule nothing more giant wombat, and the teeth of a than "card pushers," but contract lizard

(Megalaria),

or Konnna Is an Intellecunt game on par with which in life appears to have been chess.

fully 17 ft long. "Contract bridge is no game for

a coward," said Mr. Foster. "The Several bird bones which have main essentials for a good contract relics of extinct forms of life.

been unearthed probably are the player are:

(1) Interest in the game.

THROUGH THE LIBYAN DESERT

TREKKER DESCRIBES

EXPERIENCES

SAND BLAST KILLS TREES

London,

"A small forest, & miles wide, of dead trees whose trunks, 10 to 12 inches in diameter; had been cut off at ground level, by a sand blast and lay strewn about over the sand.”

acres. They thought at first that It was an oasis.

But there was no water and overything else was dead. Tho ground, however, was nearly white with the little shells of one part!- cutar kind of freshwater shell-fish"

showing that at some time not far distant, the area must have boon take.

tion sighted for the first time "Fresh, green rain-given vegeta- nmonth after they had left the Nile when they had travelled over 8,000 miles!

OSTRICH'S NEST.

Further on, in a clump of trees growing in a mud pan surrounded by sand at an altitude of 2,000, they came upon un ostrich's neat. This is one of the many interest- The best consisted of 94 eggs ing things about the Libyan desert"arranged in a circle about 12 feet described by Major R. A. Bagnold across, and a central clutch of some in a lecture to the Royal Coograph-twenty eggs upon which a bird was ical Society.

sitting." Describing his experiences in "was the only big nest we saw, but "This," added Major Bagnold, this drought ridden desert where its size cannot be exceptional, for rain falls too seldom in any onowe Bay later a pair of birds with a. place to support permanent vegeta- brood of more than Afty young tion other than an occasional plant chicks all about the same size." of the specialized drought-proof

Another curious spot was dis- yarlety,” Major Bagnold said: covered by the expedition at the end. "The whole area is almost uni- of a two-days Journey through form in character. With the seemingly endless miles" of 'hes- notable exception of 'Uwaiunt there kanit' grass-and after frequent are no mountains worthy of the stops to clear the seats of the care name, the surface consisting of of burrs and to extract their gently tilted flats of bare rock, bundles of tiny needles from their gravel, or sand, with low hills, fall clothes and bodies.. ing steeply to lower levels by ecarps sometimes over 1,000 feet in height

CRATER OF MALHA.

It was the crater of Malho; ria- ing less than 100 feet above the "Scattered nt Intervals of several parched brown plain on the western hundred miles lie the oasis-depres-edge of the Meidob Hills. All slons, usually surrounded by cliffs, around there was practically no sign and deep enough to penetrate to of human occupation.

the level of the artesian water which The sudden view down into the is the only permanent source of interior was, then, all the more supply in the country."

5,000 MILES BY CAR.

The eight members of the party travelled in four cars over more than 5,000 miles of new country where there were no tracks at all to guide them und where, at times, motoring became terribly monoton ous and it was hard to keep awake.

Major Bagnold described how at one point they came upon a mud hollow containing two large clumps of green trees, covering some 50

astonishing.

"When we saw it," said Major Bagnold, "the whole of the bottom of the great pit, about a quarter of a mile across, was swarming with men, women, and children, and their cattle watering at the many springs.

"The final explosion of the crater has left the level of the pit bottom well below that of the underground water-level here, so that a circle of fresh water springs surrounds and drains Into the central lake."— Reuter,

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MENU

TIFFIN $1.25.

1. Shi Nicolaiski.

2. Cold Beef Tea.

3. Nelma Mowcowski.

4. Bubble and Squeak. 5. Satmi Duck. -6-Roast-Sirloin-Beet-&-

Horsradish.

(2) To regard it as an intellectual on the site, 14 miles south-east of The patty, after pitching tents

7. Cold Assorted Meat & Salad. 8. Potatoes G Vegetables. pastime and not to regard it Rrewarrins, Bank eight shafts, and 9. Apple Pie. as a source of amusement. linked them with communication 10. Fruit. (3) Attention to and concentration trenches. Most of the bones were

on the game..

(4) Courage..

Reuter.

TESTING A WALK.

Mr. Foster introduced auction When a person's gait is tested, electrical contact points are bridge to America in 1906 and it attached to soles of his shoes on took him two years to make the the hecis, the middle, outer edge of Americans interested in the game, g the sole, and under the great toe. He has written over 60 books on Wires lead to a recording machine. Bridge, and is 70 years of age As the patient walks along an aluminium covered. board, a circuit diagrams of the soles of two feet is produced. Lights flash on on a screen, showing the physician just how the patients' soles are con- tacting the floor. At the same time automatic records are made of each step for future reference.

KOWLOON TONG TO HAVE NEW SCHOOL

Sawyer,

found at a depth of roughly 5ft. 11. Tea. in a fairly compact layer of dry12. Coffee. clay, contrasting with the almost glue-like surface, which imposed heavy labour on the digging party.

FIRST DISCOVERY.

The first discovery, made by Dr. Anderson, who himself was wield- ing a spade, caused an excited pause in operations. It was a fine, big bono--of an ox!

The distinction between tho bones of existing animals such as this and prehistoric remainė is quickly made by trained eyes, and so the digging was resumed.

AN EXPERIMENT

These records show just how

A new kindergarten, under the different kinds of lameness or other auspices of the Diocesan Girls' ney, leaving the remainder of the Dr. Anderson returned to Syd- ailment are affecting the gait, re-School, will be opened at Kowloon party on the spot, with the under vealing the proper treatment to be Tong on September 14. Interview-standing that he will go back in the Indicate whether treatments are the parent school, Miss used, and also serve as a check to ed yesterday, the headmistress of event of important developments. succeeding.

said that the opening of the kinder- He is very appreciative of the People who fake lameness in garten was in the nature of an ex-fact that the Yeomans brothers, of order to fraudulently collect com- periment--to see if there was a Gilgoln Station, though they have Ponsation probably could be detect need for such an institution among disposed of land around the patch. ed with the machine, anid Dr. the children of outer Kowloon. havo held that particular portion Schwartz because their Imitation The kindergarten will be situated for acientific Investigation-Ron- "lame" gait is never twice, the in Duke street, in the same building for. same, whereas a person really lame which will house the new Church of always leaves the same kind of England at Kowloon Tong. "electric tracks.”—Reuter,

KHAKI

UNIFORM TO RETURN

The number of pupile will necea-Tong," sald Miss Sawyer. "The sarily be limited at the beginning. Catholic children Gro already Miss Sawyer estimates that no more catered for by the Maryknoll Con- than 80 will be admitted during the vent. Of course, it is not in any first torm. Ages of pupils will spirit of rivalry that the new school range from four to eight or nine is being opened. I am sure we will ycare.

work together in harmonious co- The kindergarten will be directly operation. As I said before, the under the supervision of the senter opening of the kindergarten is in school in Jordan Road, and the foes the nature of a creatment. If will be the same-30 a month, pay-wo find there is * Insufficient able quarterly, in advance. Since demand for the new school, it will the first term will cover. four bo closed down, but we are pre- The khaki úniform, abolished in months, the initial fee will be $24. pared to sea if a need existe. Per- South Africa In 1921, is to return. Applications for admission may sonally, I think it doen." South African troops will, In the be made to Miss Sawyer after Referring to the Diocesan Girls! space of the next year, discard the September 2, but may parents do- School in Jordan Rond, which re- present field groy uniforms and sirous of obtaining information besopana on September 12, Miss Saw- return' to drab or khaki.

ford that date- may apply to the yer said that it was already packed

INTO LINE

constructed for "Madame Jotte" SOUTH AFRICA FALLS this boing necessary by reason of tho inclunion of such items as B Mannequin Parade and a Tango.

Perhaps the moat attractiyo feature of this play will be the many songs from musical comedy hits which it carries.

Debtor atated that his total Jiabilities were $9,000 and his assets $2,800, including his share The success of those la assured and deposit in the pawn shop. He by reason of the very capable agreed that his necòunt was over- hands into which the music has drawn but sald there was $600 due been entrusted. The orchestra to him from last year's profits. tlon, a basic which is by no means Mr. Agassiz”, said debtor had. easy has been ably undertaken by probably spent his share of the pro- Mr. Eduardo Soqueira of the well-known Brunswick Dance The case was adjourned,

Orchestra.

Pretoria.

It is explained that the drab secretary of the Dioccann Girls to its capacity. A low childron uniform has been adopted by School, the Rev. Walton Rogers, St. from the Kowloon Tong area were practically all the troops of the Andrew's Church, Kowloon. world because of its service ability dee

now attending the kindergarten there, and she hoped, when the new and that it is cheaper," and more than A Real Nood Visualised,

school was opened, they would lasting than the fold groyant "We hope to fill_a____real_need transfer to it, thus relieving the present in uso Reuter.

Among, the children, of Kowloon i'pressure at the Jordan Road School.

MENU

DINNER $1,50

1. Cod Roes.

2. Soup Andalous.

3. Fish Pie.

4. Chicken Povenski & Chips.

5. Braised Ox-tail.

6. Roast Pork Chop.

7. Potatoos & Vegetables.

8. Orange Jelly.

9. Cheese.

10. Fruit.

11, Tea.

12. Coffee.

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