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Personalities of Old Hongkong

Found Hongkong A Rock-Left It A City

By T. PAUL GREGORY

of modern Hongkong owes much to the en- THE greatness

terprise and foresight of the Colony's first Governor-Sir Henry Pottinger.

HE

TE was one of the most interesting as well as romantic person- alities who has over been resident here, and his record of deeds accomplished for the future of the Colony is more re markable when viewed in the light of the brevity of his sojourn in the Far East.

IN three years he had achieved the miracle of transforming the the nucleus of a flourishing island from a barren rock into community.

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Sir Henry Pottinger was born near regarded as a major four pas on Belfast, Ireland in the year 1791. He the part of Captain Elliot, namely, was the fifth sou of Eldred Curwen the Treaty of Chucapi, January 20, Pottinger, Esq. of Mount Pottinger, 1841, by which Hongkong was secured

Rg A British settlement,

Pottinger Sir Henry

arrived at son of a large family, his future pros- Hongkong in H.M.S. Plegeton on July

"She's that new star-wants to be incognito, I suppose!" pects in the land of his birth did not 20, 1841 bearing despatches inform- seem any too bright. He was, how- ing Captain Elliot of Her Majesty's

to be Plenipotentiary. After Celony particularly impressed

juridical administration of the infant) ever, a lad of parts and before he was disapproval and appointing him (Sir

him ten, he was determined to see the the departure of Captain and with the end of netting up

24. Sir Henry had a great world that lay outside the tiny sphere of his paternal home. India, hand and at once proceeded to carry "enin laws almost as readily as mints

August

system of Courts, he proceeded to at this time, was the great magnet for out his plans for resumption of

Twelve rupees. red-blooded young Britons; for the the inglorious war with China, which Ordinances formed the basis of great deeds wrought by such men us had broken out some two years pre-

too future Robert Clive and Warren Hastings viously over a cause which is to heatly framed have been of

tion. well known to need mentioning. The value as to still rerit respect in the hnd stirred the juvenile imagination. Thus at the age of thirteen, he deter-co

when he

his successor the administration of

were discussing left orders to his subordinates, Sir Hugh steps, and at this tender age he left August 17, 1843

the depth of their love for their for the land of his dreams and future Gough

1 Sir John Davis, to complete many and Sir William Parker his tasks, such as for example, the fathers, "When mine dies" said one. hopea, where, incidentally, he was to cru

suspend hostilities. On August 29,

29. mblem

Ap efficient "I'm going to put up a huge, beauti spend some thirty-seven years in the the Treaty of Nanking was signed, problem of providing

Oh," said con- fui tombstone over him.” force. St, when one arrvice of the Honourable East India confirming practically everything siders the practically endless difficul the other, "I love mine more thinn that Captain Elliot had previously ties which beset this great pioneer in that. When he dies, I'm going to His career in India did not com- obtained, although of course, with his work of building up a Colony out have him stuffed and keep him for

with a mere the additional concession of the mence as others did clerkship in the offices of the Com- opening of five ports to foreign trade of a vold, one is amazed at his re-ever.""" advantage of tremendous

dous markable success; for he was at once, pany, but was instead the more ro-

European commercial administrator. Army, enlisting in the 7th Regiment of the vast

N.L. His promotion, was intercourse with the Middle Kingdom Bombay is the concern of every person rapid and at the expiration of three during the years from the anid... century to the present years he was made an Ensign, and nineteenth iwo years later a Lieutenant,

First Governor

a

The

Hongkong Telegraph.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1938.

SAFEGUARDING HEALTH

mined to follow in his heroes' foot- confilet was successfully terminated Statutes, I was left, however.

Company.

Flavo

to

TWO

WO small boys

A indy and her little boy were

The health of the communitymantic vocation of a Cadet in the importance when viewed in the light promoter, builder, law-giver and travelling in a bus, and no ticket

Indian Exploration

To be a full-fledged Lieutenant at

not seem M

day

Feted In England Sir Henry left the Colony on June 18, 1844, salling for England u India in H.M.S. Driver. He arrived and was 31, in Bombay on July reyally entertained during his stay. The Bombay Chamber of Commerco

nod been bought for the child. The conductor was rather doubliul und asked, "How old is your little boy. mean?" "Tour." ""That's all right." said the conductor, quilo satisfied, And mother is thirty-one," added the boy.

in it. Hongkong has yet to learn that lesson; and, without realisation of individual

In the Royal Charter of April 5,

establishing Hongkong 15

"How is it, Tommy," the teacher responsibility, a Colony of this the age of eighteen would be deemed 1813

quite un accomplishment for Jeds Crown Colony, Sir Henry was up in token of his lengthy career in the asked her new pupli, "that your Fort and size must depend upon

that romantle pointed Governor and Commander- East presented him with an address name is Allen, but your mother's nowadays; but in

in-Chief, confirming incidentally the on August 21, and is departure for name is Brown?" "Well, she married ita medical services to a greater epoch, it apparently did

the 27th was again, but I didn't." decision of a local committee who had home via Egypt on unything especially extraordinary already named him for this important marked with all the gala ceremony Two boys had been naughty in extent than is the case in more Scarcely had he received his com- ort, and

and 28 a punishment the to school delight of course were delight that the Indian who or

people his high rank. teacher ordered them to stay behind ladvanced countries. This is not mission than he was despatched with when the Home Government con- honour those.

a single companion, Sir John Mal- ed, when

firmed the wisdom of their choice. After his arrival in England, he and write out their names fifty times to say that the medical services colm (then Colonel Malcolm to toxy in tact, Sir Henry as Her Majesty's was made a PC. and awarded acach. All went well for a little, then

plore the vast stretch of territory

(Ho the teacher noticed that one had stop- had been

carrying pension of £1,500 per annum.

bitterly. here lack anything in comparison stretching from northern India to Plenipotentiary had

Persia. The two adventurers sue- out all the functions of an adminis- had previously been created a Baronet ped writing and was crying with any others anywhere. cessfully accomplished the task and trator since the departure of Captain in 1840 and had received the Grand "What is wrong? Why have you Criticism, if there can be any.compiled a detalled report describ-ot, and had been busily engaged Cross of the Bath in August 1842). stopped writing?" "It's not fair," Archibald the lopo- In the task of laying out the new Everywhere he went, he was ac- sobbet the small boy. His name is ing in meticulous detall

fix-

is of the generally apatheticgraphy of the rugged territory they city. In this respect, Sir Henry dis- corded courtesies of every kind. The fan Lee and mine is

played what his iraversed during the course of their ni to call a cs were cities of England and Scotland vied Schluttermeyer,"

member of

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A boy had been kept in and ordered

lattitude of the general public journey.

nker spirit," for with one another in doing him hon- he pushed the settlement of the com- our. London made him which, either through ignorance Sir Henry distinguished himself in munity at a

rapid pace, and was some of its corporations, and Edin- S. MOUTRIE & CO., LTD. or a misconceived fatalism, does the various campaigns in the Oudh, seemingly not at alt content until he burgh and Glasgow not to be outdone to write an essay of Bity words on in which more territory was brought had whipped it into something of the conferred upon him the freedom of cat. This is what he wrote:-"'Cats

of the then Hemblance

cities. Manchesterre nice pets. My sister Angle has of a Colony. under the jurisdiction

The build their respective

one. She loves it and when she him with a magnificent wants to give it milk, she calls, the Honourable East India Company, selves remarkable, and those early set of plate, and Liverpool publicly Pussy, pussy, pussy, pussy, pussy, nominal masters of British India ing operations alone were in them- presented Eventually he attained the rank of shops and dwellings

feted him.

pussy, pussy, pussy, pusry, pussy,

pussy. DUSSY.

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was ordered to proceed to China and ne attempt to "undo" what had been

day.

were cils-

out, amongst

in

'cat'."

pussy

pussy, pussy,

pussy, pussy,

"Can

"Oh.

have

The teacher had asked, "What do we use soap for?" and Johnnie re- plied feelingly, "That's what I would like to know."

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not take the proper precautions for safeguarding its own health and must be watched and goaded and fined, sometimes, for its Lieutenant-General and was esteem- tinguished by the solidity of their Honoura literally came to the pussy, pussy, pussy, pussy, pussy,

construction. Many of the present veteran soldier-administrator, from pussy, own protection. But while there

streets were aiready laid is no fault to be found with the

His military acumen and general them being Queen's Road, which then every hand, and the Coloniaf Oince pussy, pussy.

was considered the chief in token of his capable showing of pussy, pussy, pussy!"

A little girl was being given an medical service existing, so far administrative ability were so mas thoroughfare, and the aspect of the in September 1846 to be the Gover-Impromptu test by her wante

forty years in the East appointed him as efficiency and conscientious-c

that upon receipt of the dis- Intersecting streets in their general nor of the Cape of Good Hope. He you spell kitten' now, Joan?" approval of Captain Elliot's policy as plan apparently was not much Mandatness are concerned, there does Her

Majesty's Plenipotentiary, he different from those of the present remained in this post for one year, I'm too big to spell that. Try me on

and then was nominated to serve in cat",

"What three great caces seem to be a lack of foresight on

in Madras. the LUCKY DOG !

Here same capacity the part of the Government in

Nothing was left undone by this he served until the year 1954, when dominated England since the Roman HEALTHY_DESPITE THE TROP the matter of provision for

Irish soldier-governor, who seemed oving to a general physical break-Conquest?" asked the teacher. The CAL HEAT. ALWAYS FULL OF possible emergencies. In other forgotten; nor must the fact to have a premonition that his stay dowit, he was compelled to return to Derby, the Onks, and the Grand

in the Colony was to be of short England. His health now became his National, miss." ENERGY AND

duration; for he apparently GOOD SPIRITS

Tommy had been misbehaving and de most pressing problem, and THRIVES UNDER ALL CONDI words, there is rather more than that war breeds typhus.

termined to do as much as possible gallant endeavour to regain his erst he was brought out to the front of This is no attempt to frighten in the shortest space of time.

When Не

vigour, he sought ore the class punishment. a more e TIONS! WHAT'S THE SECRET a suggestion that the numerical OF HIS FITNESS? JUST SENSIBLE strength of the medical authori- anybody. It is simply a small turned his attention to every aspect equable climate and with this end in held out his hand, however, the of the settlement's problems, and with view, he went to Malta. There he minster was so shocked at the ebony FEEDING. A REGULAR DIET Of ties is insufficient, and that the effort to awaken the Colony to a nudable combination of American died on March 18, 1850 at the age hue of the paw that to shame the SPRATT'S THE BISCUITS THAT isolation accommodation offering the necessity for spending money initiative, German efficiency

und of 85 years. Thus passed the man boy he exclaimed, "If you can show make who found Hongkong ARE LIKED BEST BY ALL DOGS-is scarcely adequate.

British ability proceedest

a rock and me a dirtier hand than that in this not alone on fortifications and things literally hum. In fuel, the left it

city,"

cinss I'll let you off." Triumphantly. THAT MEAN HEALTH AND LONG

The war

Tommy brought out his other hand LIFE TO YOUR PET.

It is recognised that Hong- air raid precautions.

from behind his back. It filled the conditions! SPRATT'S HAVE A FEED FOR kong is carrying an excess popu- against disease is always going is here and because it hundreds of on EVERY NEED OF EVERY BREED lation of some

thousands of persons.

familiar, too familiar, there is But as long as these people are allowed the danger of public apathy and to come into the Colony and Government over-thriftiness. It

they

denied is suggested in all seriousness by sanctuary?-Government should medical men that the time to make every effort to protect start fighting epidemics is be That their health and the health of fore they have arrived. the ordinary, permanent resident seems to be the sane and sensible A million dollars above by providing every means avail-view. able for fighting disease and the ordinary medical allotment caring for sufferers. It is not is not by any means too much pleasant thing to think what to spend for the protection of a & million might have happened to the population of over patients under canvas at the persons. Persuasive vaccination Wah Hospital, for on ships and trains coming into Kwong instance, but for the splendid Hongkong, a year-round cam- paign among the people to work of the hospital staff on the encourage inoculation, the night

the when

typhoon elimination of rats, the con- threatened last week. It is not struction of a big, modern isola- a pleasant thing to think that ation centre, are just a few of Colony of this size still hos no the methods put forward by adequate isolation hospital. And men who ought to know just what is needed for combatting It is a still more unpleasant thing disease. And in this campaign to realise that' with war all every single citizen has a part about Hongkong the danger to play in keeping his or her of epidemile is considerably home and family clean and as heightened. The experience last free from all possible Infection aa an elementary aort of instruc tion makes possible. It is for [epidemic and the more recent the Government to arrange this

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Sir Henry Pottinger

The mistress was teaching her class anfety-first slogans and men- tioned, "Don't throw matches about, remember the Fire of London." She asked the children to think of another· · on similar lines, and the bright boy said "Don't splt, remember

A

the

Flo small girl was being tested t

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her religious knowledge. "What.

would happen if you broke the Tenth Commandment?" she was asked, and Joan, anxious to please, but not nuch interested, answered brightly, "Then. there'd be nine."

Additions to the family arouse n goort deal of humorous comment in the members already established. "A sister,"

snorted ono youngster when the news was broken to him, "and we only needed one more boy to make our full football team."

A young lad answered.on advertise- ment for an office boy. "Want an

"We do, but were office boy, air?" you not here yesterday, and did I not boli you thin we wanted an older boy? Yes, sir and that's why I've come agala to-day." He got the job. "Civil war hi Spain!" shouted the news-boy. "Buy a paper, sir?" But the man waved him away, and boy nude as if to move off. Foot- baller alio he alicuted. "Footballer #hot" cried the man, bringing out nội penny. But the newsboy, gathering speed, shouted back, "Yes, but ho missed.

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