1936-02-03 — Page 17

LEAVING THE COLONY

PRESENTATIONS AT

K. B. G. C.

A unique event in the history of the Kowloon Bowling Green Club took place on Saturday when a large body of members gathered to make presentations, and any farewells to three of the oldest of their follows, who are leaving shortly for Home on retirement.

The three guests of honour were Mr. George Duncan, Mr. David) Keith and Mr. C. Atkinson, all of the Hongkong, and Whampoa Dock Company, and having a total mem. berahip in the Kowloon Bowling Green Club of 98 years.

Mr. W. E. Halo, President, was with him were chair, and

Brown, (Vice-President) Mr. Mr. B. Wyile, Committee member, Mr. J. G. Meyer, in charge of the arrange menta.

Mr. Hale in his opening remarks said that Messrs. Koith, Atkinson and Dunean had been members of the club came so many more years before he

to the Colony that he thought it would be better if he called on one of their older members to say a few words. ile therefore called on Mr. Wyle.

Mr. Wylle said: It is a privilege to you on this be asked to address

Hfetime occasion. I have often in my been spokesman at farewells but never before on such an occasion as this. The situation rominds me somewhat

of massed marringen in Russia; but

THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1036.

JAPANESE ART

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These five Ice Princesas, (left to right M. Macklin, Pam Prior, Mollie Phillips, Rosemary Stuart and Gweneth Butler, are now training energetically in the London Ica Palace, in hopes of representing the colours of their countries at the Winter Olympiad.

YOUNG MINISTERS

we cannot do this eart of thing on MR, EDEN AND THE AFGHAN

auch wholesale scale and we shall have to take the comrades one by one, (Laughter).

Our

FOREIGN SECRETARY

President's prize.

we

DEATH OF MR. H. L. DENNYS

WELL-KNOWN SOLICITOR PASSES

LEAVING HONGKONG

DR. II. D. MATTHEWS' WORK FOR ST. ANDREW'S

DISTINGUISHED COUPLE

IN COLONY

Tho woll-known Japanese arilat Kobo Sonobe is visiting Hongkong and He has in to exhibit this woek.

73 brought pictures, including a num ber of fish and flower studios, land- scapes, rain, cat and bird studies, scenes in Japan and Siama most in- teresting display. They will be on view on the 8th Floor of the Gloucester Hotel from Wednesday to Friday between the hours of 9am. and 74m. A private vlow is being Mr. Sonobe, who is held to-morrow. introduced by Mr. Kozagu Midzusown, the Japanese Consul General, is a member of the Committee of Koza- shn (an Association of Artists), was born in Klushu, Japan, in 1906 and is a graduate of the Tokyo Art School. He has exhibited his paintings for the past Ovo years in the annual Empire, Exhibition at Tokio, and is now on his way back from Bangkok, where his paintings were exhibited under the Ruspices of the Art Association of Siam. He also exhibited in Sing pore, and while in Hongkong has painted a number of local scence, which he will exhibit later in Japan. A representative of the S. C. M. Post, presented by Mr. A. Ashikaga, special correspondent of the Ogakr Mainichi, found Mr. and Mrs. Sonobe a charming young couple, but spenk- ing little English,

also a talented

recently in Singh:

Mrs. Sonobo in artist and exhibited pore, where her pictures were all nald. Like her husband, tho has the hor and having distinction of pictures accepted by the Board of Judges of Japan's society of artists, the Koza-sha, which is the Japanese equivalent of the Royal Academy. Dr. H. D. Matthews, President of Unlike her husband, however, Mrs. the Australian and New Zealand As-Sonobe is of the Western school of St. Andrew's Church, circles, fs short- soclation and a well-known figure in art. ly leaving the Colony for good..

London, Feb. 2.

Mr. Sonobe, who is now only 28, Two of the youngest foreign

camo Into prominenco in Japan when To come to Comrado Duncan!

Mr. Henry Lardner Dennys, one of

he was 19, a student in the Tokyo early records do not show much about ministers in the world met yesterday.

art school. He has adhered to the him, but that is not his fault but the Mr. Eden, Foreign Minister of Bri-!

As is well known Dr. and Mrs. fault of our records. I know in his tsin, had a conversation with the the senior practising solicitors in the

with modernism being that between at the age of 60 years. He was the relations friendly he garding early days of membership he used to Foreign Minister of Afghanistan re-Colony, died in hospital on Saturday. play

a great deal of tennis and he

arm of Dennys and Bowley, former.y their lives in China where they have props the rectangular canvases: was also no mean bowler. Though the two countries and also their reson of Mr. H. L. Dennys, of the old Matthews have spent many years of Japanese art tradition, his only carn current lague of The Andrian. Only of the West, Instead of the Oriental lots of the younger members can Intions with Soviet Russia.

The Afghan Minister who is 37 Crown Solicitor and a member of the been medical missionaries, says the ho

Mr. Dennys was taken within the last few yours have they como perpendicular scrolls, and he frumes nover perhaps remember seeing bowl, ho can still, in a tight corner, years old and one year younger than Land Court.

short while ago and en- to live in Hongkong, where Dr.hla pictures for his patrons. He is a pneumonia draw the shot. George, however, like Mr. Eden, has been Foreign Minister

tered hospital. He recovered sufflelent- Matthews was in ordinary practice. student of Buddhism also and the

of his work. bowls game to be since 1929.-Reuter's Bulletin.

ly to enable his return to Gloucester They have both taken an interest in philosophic Influence is seen in some The Japanese society of. artists myself, likes Hucial rather than serious,

Hotel where he was a resident, but a the general life of the Colony and

had a fall and hold several prominent positions.

comprises somo 200 members repre

TR weeks ago When sometime in the early twen

would few

Dr. Matthews is a church Council sentative of the country's art. ties, the Kowloon Dock estallished its

To Mrn. Atkinson 100 own bowling green and Club House,

The late Mr. Dennys, qualified at ference, Secretary of St. Andrew's a coveted humour; but Mr. Sanahe wą did not see so much of Mr. Dun- give her meed of praise. Kind- sustained serious injury necessitating Solicitors

Club and a regular and devoted has had twenty such acceptances by wan; but in to major happenings hearted almost to a fault, she will be his return to hospital, where he dit lor, a delegate to the Diocesan Con-haven work pass their censorship is With connected with the Kowloon Bowling missed in Kowloon, for she kept open

She belonged to the final examination for

Kawabata, he is regarded as worthy Green Club was he far away. This house to not a few,

was admitted to practise in Hongkong occupied the pulpit on several

successor to the fame of Japan's two when he was casions. where all and sundry can see that he

Mrs. Matthews has for four years greatest living artists, Talkan and was a member of the sub-committee

then Chief Justice. He joined his President these which looked after the building in Keith and Atkinson to accept from welcomed by Sir

the hands of Our

his Sunday School and has also been a of Yen. which we sit to-night.

Another tribute to his skill can still tokens of our regard. It may be that father who was in practice hero with been Superintendent of the Primary Selho, whose pictures fetch thousands

Mr. Dennys continued to practise the Mothers' Union.. bo pointed to proudly. I refer to the h your excitement, Gentlemen, while Mr. F. B. L. Dowley. After horticultural lay-out in front of your giving thanks you may extend rash father's retirement from the Colony, regular and enthusiastic member of

I warn you, however, 10 with Mr. O. Bulmer Johnson for some Club house. He it wax who demolished Invitations. the old Club flouse, dug lato the hill be careful. (Laughter). When retime, until the firm amalgamated with

Company wheroon it stood and arranged the cently we presented David Gow with Mr. Edgar Davidson, of Hastings and present terraces so much admired by n clock he was imprudent enough

invite all and sundry to come up, and

o! In recent years the deceased prac- visitors."

"I must here say a word in season see him sometime if ever we were

In the early Home. I took him at his word last thead on his own with the firm name of about his good lady. days Mrs. Duncan was also one of year and spent a long week-end with Dennys and Company. He leaves a The funeral takes place this after those willing workers who helped to him. I may add that the clock was arrange our social functions and to doing fine. (Laughter).

Valley, at 4.30 p.m. noon, passing the Monument, Happy associate our namo with the hospitali ty for which it has over since been tamed. (Applause).

is borne out by the Memorial Plate, that noble band who in the past made held on October 28 and 29, 1907, anu | worshipper- at the church. He has the representativo committee.

Only Thirty Years

Turning to Mr. Keith, I find that ho has not been so long with us: he

our Closing Days such successen.

Now we would ask Mes879. Duncan on February 10, les Piggot, the

th

widow.

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With the recent departure of the farewell to many friends, including troopship St. Andrew's Church bado Captain and Mrs. O. P. Joco. at the Young People's Service. He had a splendid voice and he will be Captain Joce taught for some time very much missed in the musical world of the Colony.

CRACKER NUISANCE

KOWLOON PADRE STARTS A CRUSADE

'has-boon only a matter of 30 years in happy days at the Kowloon Bowling Works Department," occurred-at-his-Miss-II. D. Sawyer, Headmistressinesome..of our English fireworks: !

cut glass and

of

coure my personal recollection is silver, decanter set to Mr. Duncan, a Class" deceased was appointed Second and Mr. P. J. A. Hamilton, all mem-confining them to one night as we do

Ho said in brief: I have never been

was among

Society,

chairman of the

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The Andrian magazine of St. An-. Is it not time that the Inw was drew's Church Kowloon, has this: enforced in central Kowloon to pre- of Chinese crackers? Other friends of St. Andrew's who vent the use Mt. Duncan, Mr. Keith and Mr.

doparted were Mrs. Williamson, wife We hope by saying this we are not Mr. L. J. F. Grifttha of Col. Williamson, Lieut. and Mrs. showing signs of old age creeping on, Atkinson we would like you to accept

in the world these gifts with our best wishes for a happy and long retirement. May

Following a long illness the death King. Sergeant-Major and Mrs. P. but we do most definitely think that

II. Segen, Sergeant and Mrs, Herbert there is no practice

which enn beat this for sheer lunacy cach and all of you be blessed with

There is nothing pretty about them good health and may you long be of Mr. Lawrence Joseph Francis and Sergeant and Birs. Wilson. spared to ratain the memory of many Griffiths, Overseer in the Pubile

realdence, 12, Tak Shing Street, Kow- of the Diocesan Girls' School, Miss loan, yesterday morning.

M. Armstrong, Mr. W. H. C. Robson they are just noisy and thoroughly

objectionable. Further, instead. Old Reminiscence

The in our midst. He too has always Green Club. (Applause).

on Guy Fawkes Day at home, the on August 1, 1923, bera of the Church Council, are pro- Overseer been a keen bowler. While able, of

The gifts were a when re

beastly things are lot off from early shot to draw the

extension

morning to late at night for three or four days in succession. And many that he always ahone most na a mea-Bot of Ticntain carpets to Mr. Atkin and during his service in the Govern- ceeding on leave next month.

gold wrist watch band toment built the new road

from Repulse Bay to the new beach, suren That, of course, was to be son and

ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF exported from the nature of his pro- Mr. Keith.

Speeches word vociferously demand. He was also connected with the Hong- through many Labour disputes until of our awn British people are the

SUBSCRIPTIONS which ho hold the rank of Lieutenant. fession. (Laughter).

Chinese New Year, (1920-5) The decensed was in his 18th year, president of the International Transities that at the time of the King's

death over the Tho truo index of Mr. Kelth's fed and Mr. Duncan rose first to ex-kong Naval Volunteer Reserve in 1925. In the meantime he was also biggest offenders. It was a thouand

port Workers' Federation

Latest contributions to Lady carber in this club in to be found in press thanks for the Club's gift. the photographs which adorn our

As far as the Club is can-in very kean or enthusiastic bbwler.He is survived by a widow, father and a member of the Labour Party that they were not completely. P

Zather and the 1920 ar one of its delegates. In the European areas. We are fairly cor thorn's apponi for hungry babies are walls. cernod, Comrade Keith has been one but I am proud of the fact that I am and two sisters one of whom is in Executive Council, visiting Russia inhibited, at any rate, in the Colony's of our hardest workers. For many one of the founders of the Club. England with the

last Christmas in Hongkong.

Executive of the years he served on our General Com- can carry my mind back now to the other in Rangoon. The latter spent general strikh of. 1020 he played in that most British people feel as as follow:

Mrs. Griffiths is the sister of Mrs. very prominent part and was made we do about it so why not insist on mitter, finally occupying the Preal-time when I joined. There was a

Anonymous dential chair if I remember aright, young contingent headed by David Ballantyne, wife of Mr. D. Labour Party, He often contributed their prohibiton? If a suffelent num-

Chase Bank, in 1922. I can well recall him presid Gow and Jakie Kyle

Labour daily and became its send their views on paper to the The funeral takes place this after-

general manager at meetings, as I was by way of them--and they tried to inveigle mulantyne, assistant manager of the articles to the Daily Herald, the Lonber of people who agree with this, will ritories, per Mrs. E. A. Agassiz:

Among the books Editor he will see they are conveyed Mr. W. T. Stanton .. being a Bolshevik member and did into joining the Club. One of the

"Uncommon about the my best to cause him embarrassment. great drawbacks in those days me noon passing the Monument at 3.30 he wrote are The Blockade of Bri- to the right quarters.

the lack of woods. Ramsay and some

Outlook" (Laughter).

Slaters of the and Impressions of Soviet Russia." For many years also, David was body else had two sets made in Kow- P.. It is requested that no flowers

either to the Little Our House Convenar, and in the early leon Decies, und, probably because bo sent. Donations may be made tin, hemmon Sense

to being times the white ant was his special Scots were using them, it was a Poor or to the Hongkong Benevolent Ho was a good gardener and billiard-

player, in addition Bfr. R. Williams He tapped the old Club while before they sent Home to get a

unusually well read man. bugbeat. house so consistently that it's a won real set. (Laughter).

The most progressive thing this

London, Feb, 2..

Mr. Clifford Fox der It didn't fall down! I remember

fornier Mr. Robert Williams, a coming into very close contact with Club did was to get that extra ground

San Francisco, Feb. 2. David when I was Secretary in 1925. which enabled them to lay down more.

chairman of the Labour Party, won greens and tennis courts.

Mr. Clifford Fox, aged 44, newa- That was a memorable year for him bowling or you may have read an found dead in a gas filled room at

paper, man and Oriental trade ex. spent the when, under his guidance, we put a

the old Club article in one of our local papers re Chelsea yesterday.

in reminiscences now panelled celling

Mr. Williams was the son of nert, has died here. He wooden calling personal

formerly General decade ending 1028 in the Orient and and widened the

docker and was verandah. No sooner had we effected which I and many others several of

Router's Tao-lin's finance ministry-United Federation. these changes than the Government them now dead-figured. I enjoyed Secretary of the National Transport was once attached to Marshal Chang

Workers

Press. Bolletin. threw out a hint that it was about reading that article..

I wish to thank you all very much

Williams, the British time we bulit n now Club house! So wo broke new ground and David on behalf of my wife and myself for

Tokyo, Feb, 2. nearly broke his heart after all his your fine gift and to assure you that Labour leader, and author, was born At the local element scheming and hard work. When the wa shall always be glad to see any of at Swansea in 1881 as the son of a

Mr. Genji Matsuda, Minister of now, Club house was built it was he you at our little home. (Applause).dock labourer.

Several Burprises who plotted out the faternal fixtures

Mr. David Keith and in part:ary school ho proved to be an

had to leave owing to the death of at the age of 61-United Press. and rooms as they are to-day,

Genji Matanda was born in 1875, Another feature of Clab life which During my association with the Club unusually bright pupil, but at 18 he Education, has died of heart disease

Burprises-not the his father. Obtaining a job as an comes to mind is that for years Mr. have habich was this presentation errand boy at 6/- a week ho worked He started his career as a lawyer, Keith was good enough to run our least of special sweeps a feature in earlier to me to-day. One of my greatest from 9 am to 7 pm, and attended a and had been elected eight times days upon which we depended to surprises was years ago in beating night school three times a week for member of the House of Representa- secure much required extra revenue. Mr. George Edwards on the green; warmth and companionship as well as tives since 1908. He was once vice- Despite a great deal of discussion and I think he was even more are learning. The teacher, struck by the president of the House of Representa David still remains a bachelor, which prised. I do not atter myself that boy's hunger for knowledge, encourag-tives. He was a councillor to the but, as the old Scots saying it was my good play. On thated and helped him in every way with Home Ministry in 1918, and Minister

and his reading has it, #Yo

on sound linea been had newly tarred a fact which (Laughter and Ap

I know but George did not, I was judicious as well as wide. He show- plause),

picking my woods carefully out of the ed quite early a liking for works on Comrade. Atkinson Last but by no means least of the ditch, but George was soon wiping Industrial questions and for lives of trio to whom wo de honour to-night sticky tar all over his hands while men of lowly origin who had fought camo a dock labourer and coal- the world's workers. A fino bowl P/Mr. Wolle and others who wore there their way to the front At 17 habe

were enjoying his discomfitute.

Another surprize to me was my trimmer, joined the union and began Mr. Atkinson. A more deadly man with a Inst wood in his hand it would election as vice-President of this to take an interest in the trade union bo difficult to find in the Colony to Club. There were others more worthy movement. Under the Influence of shall always remember the work that Bidney and Beatrice Webb and Wm. In the Homoland.

Another glance at our photographs I have done for the Club and the Morris he became deeply impressed by the good for a thorough reform will in Mr. Atkinson's case tell its schemes we got up together, *

A thing can always say about of the conditions under which at that atory. For several years he was a member of our General Committee this Club is that it has a reputation time the lower clanxes had. to work and he and T, had many, an argument for hospitality. That is one of its and live. After being a member of After looking at the photographa; best points, as I realised when I firs the Swansea Town Council, from 1910 take a look at the Honours Board and came here and was made to feel at 1819- was made socretary of twhich he held you will find he has twice, won the home by Mr. Duncan. (Applans the National Transport Workers'

Mr. Atkinson also returned thanks. Federation, Club championship and has taken tho

houso

Kobert

Mr. Genji Matsuda

micht' lkher, ken- whore a blister occasion the boards round the ditch the 'result that Williams's study was of Overseas Affairs in 1920.

comes Comrade Atkinson-another.

WHEN AT HOME

The

day. We wish him many more games of the honour, but I can any that be writings of Blatchford, Hyndman, Thongkong Telegraph.

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