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LANGUAGE SCHOOL Failure Explained In Chamber Report

The discontinuation of the Chinese Language School was ex- plained by the Hangkong General Chamber of Commerce in its annual report, which says that the reasons for the failure were lack of direction from a European Director of Studies, an insufficient /number of pupils and lack of suitable accommodation,

The report states;

The General Committee accepted, with regret, a recommendation by the Chinese Language School Sub- commitice that the Chamber's classes in Cantonese Colloquial and Mandar- In be discontinued on from November 30, 1938,

of

Commodity Index

Various Factors Keep Figure High

The Language School Committee's report, dated September 30, was us follows: "We have given careful consideration to the present working of the School and to its future. While convinced of the benefits to be

London, May 3. derived from a good knowledge

Commenting the fact

on

that the Chinese

and language

the Renter's United Kingdom staple necessity for the Chamber to provide commodity Index in at present 141.8, facilities for the teaching thereof, the expared with 135.1 one month ago, forced to the the Financial News points out that Sub-Committee is lamentable conclusion that the this is primarily due to the rise of School, an at present constituted, sugar and tin, for which there aro falls very short of the essential several explanations, standard.

The former was affected by crop and India, the faltures in Europe disappearance of Czecho-Slovakia's to the free contribution expected

that United market, and rumours Kingdom alocks have to be main- tained permanently at 500,000 tons.

The Immediate cause of the rise of tin has been the sudden buying by the United States, due to fears that the shipping routes might be dislocated in the ovent of war, white the underlying cause has been the delayed revival of the United States

"Brleßy, the School has falled for the following reasons: (1) Lack of direction from a European Director of Studies; (2) An insuficient num- ber of pupils; (3) Lack of suitable accommodation.

mcans

of

"Careful consideration has already been given to ways and reorganisation, and all members of the Chamber hove been circularised in order to ascertain the prospects of obtaining new pupils. The response is most discouraging and such as to rule out, on financial grounds, any question of the employment of implate Industry, European Director of Studies.

Thursday,

TRIP UP NORTH

Impressions Of Visitor To Japanese Citios

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

A local resident who recently made a trip up north writes of his Im- pressions on conditions in Japan, Korea and Southern Manchuria. Hel writes as follows:

BO

May 4, 1939.

MOSLEM

MEAT STALL

The Luon Hing Meat Stall (No. 186) at the now Central Market_catering specially for Mohammodan meat begs to announce that it will not be able to open as fixed for to-day as the furniture is not ready. We apologise to our patrons for not being able to serve them to-day. Tho stall will be opened in a fow days.

Hongkong has heard

many rumours about Japan and Japanese officials Intely that it is difficult to know just what to believe. Judging by experience on a trip just com- and pleted through Japan, Korea Southern Manchuria many of these rumours are exaggerations of the "^^^^^^^^^^ truth.

were

yen

to

With Impersonation

cinimed to be a Boy Scout, and who

Wong Mai, 20, unemployed, who

said it was his duty to help the authorities

Macfadyen at

in

on the

POST OFFICE.

MAIL FOR CANTON Registered and Ordinary mall and Parcels (not Insured) will be ne- cepted for Cantan and despatched as circumstances permit.

OUTWARD MAIL TIMIES

Registered and Parcel Mails are closed 15 minutes earlier than the time given below unless otherwise

VIA SIBERIA ROUTE

stated, and where malls are advertis- Letters and Postcards for Europe ed io close at or before 9 am, re- (except Great Britain and Eire) and gistered and parcel mails are closed South America are forwarded" „“via] Siberia" if so superscribed.

at a p.m. on the previous day. ·

INWARD MAILS

Japan

Java

Tientsin and Swntow

From

Siralts

Per

Conto Rosso

Dua.

May 4.

Air Mali by "Imperial Airways

Direct Service London

date.

29th April Shanghai and Swatow

Imperial Airways Piano

May 4.

Kwangtung Sonthl

May 4.

Canada, U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shanghal (Vancouver B.C. date, 14th April)

.May 4.

Emp, of Japan'

.May

Australia and Manila

Tanda

May 5.

Tealak

May B.

Shanghai

Glenapp

¿May. 0.

Shanghai

Gneisenau

May 0

Hupeh..

Shanghai and Swatow

Kingyuan

May

Pyrrhiss

Haiphong, Pakhol and Fort Bayard Soochow Japan and Shanghai Calcutta and Straits

May 0. Muy May 6.

.Moy

Suwa Maru

May

Yuensang

May

Straits

Anhul

.May

Haiphong

Canton

Straits

.May. 7.

Haruna Maru Arabla Maru

May 7.

May 5.

date,

Imperial Airways Plane

May B.

Tango Maru

.May 0.

Telresias

May 8.

Java and Manila Calcutta and Straits Australia and Maniln

Tisadanc

.May 8.

Sirdhana

May 0.

Talping

May 9.

OUTWARD MAILS

Dale and Time.

and Europe vla Negapatam (Papers etc.) London date, Oth April. Japan Air Mall by "Imperial Aftways

Direct Service" -- London

1st May. Japan

Japon

The frequency of customs and passport examination seemed rather serted and joined the guerillas. Most HELPING THE POLICE ridiculous, but throughout the whole of the Customs and many of the tour officials were unfailingly pleas~| police affteers in Manchuria and ant so long as they met with ordinary North China are, however, White Man's Claim When Charged normal politeness.

Tourists

who Russians, and this arrangement is] show irritation are just a nuisance apparently satisfactory, to fellow thoroughness which retulis menning Korea and Manchuria is full and re-

passengers, the official

All means of transport In Japan, a general hold up. Passport oficiala

made a week were methodical throughout and took servations must be

Straits enfores the law, was nichts ahead. This is allegedly owing to notes, but Customs officials coplous seemed Interested only in books and business boom but in reality seems charged before Mr. tobacco. In

booits Japan,

ex- to be due to the yen exchange rates. Kowloon Magistracy yesterday with police officer and the impersonating amined care

carefully,

children's There are seventeen .even comic papers were suspected, but pound stirling in Japan, 27 in Shang- common assault on Kwok long, 22, hai and 33 in Pelping. Apparently house-boy. He pleaded not guilty to throughout the whole tour no men- the more soldiers there are to be the Best count but guilty to the tion was made concerning cameras or photographs, not even in fortified Wild the more yen there are on the second. zones. Police officials seemed doubly market and the lower the exchange.

Kwok said that he was playing The Japanese government is very cards with friends cautious in Korca, which was the

Bowring only place where (to our knowledge) concerned about these differences but Street, Yaumati, on Tuesday, when seem to be unable to control them. Wong caught hold of his coline and we were kept under observation.

All trains and boats are inevitably struck him several blows full of people travelling to buy cheap chest, saying he was a policeman and yen, and many business houses are that he was arresting him. He led making more on exchange than out him along the street, teling him that of normal business.

if he were taken to the police station he would be fined several dollars, The fallure of other commodities

and offering to let him go for $1 to rise above what are mostly de-

The statement we often hear in about the amount of money which assaulted if all Wong wanted was Kwok asked why he had been "In these circumstances, the Sub-ression levels may be explained by

three generai causes, adds Committee have reached the

Hongkong that "Japan wants to help may be taken into or out of the money. Just then he saw a woman clusion that a school

First, there is the general check China" is genuinely true as regards country-but still the rush continues, friend, borrowed 50 cents from her, of adequate writer.

requiring standard, and therefore

to speculative activity Imported by Japanese civilians They know noth- there seems to be a way of overcom- and gave it to Wong, who released Director direction from a European

Studles, could only be maintained the political tension; second, the Ing of what is really going on ining each new restriction. In North him. As Wong was walking away, of

unique differ- Kwok asked for his number. with financial assistance from the accumulation of very heavy stocks China, of course, and honestly cannot China there is also

understand why China will not ac-ence of exchange with Shanghai on

dollar.

At that moment a Chinese, whom The Japanese Chamber. Unless the Chamber ne- owing to last year's Industrial sel- cepts the view that adequate facilit, back; and finally, heavier armament cept their help. They are so gen- the National Gving to establish the Kwok later discovered was a police-

that authorities are Idemands this year have been fully uinely concerned about this thatderal Reserve dollar and threaten! man, asked what was the matter,

in a movement amongst Tokyo residents to send a civil deputation to behead any Chinese found offset by America.

with to reason with Chiang Kai-shek. (It National dollars in their possession. arrested. Wong was searched and 50 will be interesting to BCC been

If the On the other hand the guerillas be- cents found in his pocket, but when Government allows such a gesture), head anyone found with Federal Re they reached the police station, the

Re money was gone. serve dollars in their One

possession, gets the impression that How the Chinese avold one penally civilians in Japan are rather anxious or the other remains a mystery, but concerning affairs in China, in Korea they exhibit pride of Japanese colors in Chefoo and sell them

meanwhile one can buy National del- in quest, in Manchuria they are silent Shanghai at 10 per cent. proft. under armed control.

Funds Required

con-

les should be provided and is pared to provide the funds therefore,

the Sub-Committee has, to a great

regret, no alternative but to recome mend that the School be discontinued as soon as conveniently possible.

"In submitting this recommenda- tion, the Sub-Committee suggests that As the present honorary examiners have signified their willingness to net,

still the Chamber should

provide facilities for examinations, and, in addition (for the benefit of enquirers) keep a register of qualified Chinese teachers known to them."

In accepting the Language School Committee's recommendation, the General Committee decided that

slackening

business

the

Our "observer" accompanied us in the train right up to the Manchurian border. Actually this proved to be a great advantage as he set himself up to be a congenial companion and was full of information concerning the country.

in

there

In these varlous ways, says the writer, sumclent sluck has eroated, even at

existing levels of production, but once this slack has been taken up, there is still an enormous margin of unused capacity to be taken up before any substantial

rise can occur.

It would be dimcult to base a rather

advance In

commodities

audden upon any serious or immediate ex~ pectation of inflationary trends, says The

Times city columnist. There has been so tar little sign of any real expansion in speculative activity In the big terminal markets such as ind. The writer adds that tin and gor are responsible for the recent

Tourist Traffic

Currency Problems There are all sorts of restrictiona

Kwok told him

Per

Thursday

Pronto Thurs, May 4, 12.30 pm. Sarpen Thurs., May 4, 4.30 pm. Thurs., May 4.

K.P.O.

May 4, 4 pan. May 4,6 p.m. May 4, 530 pm. P.D.”

For

Swałow Bangkok Shanghal, Japan, Honolulu, U.S.A., Pres. Cleveland

Central and South America via San Francisco and (Popers only for Canada)-duo San Franciscó, 25th May.

Parcels,

Reg. Ord.,

and Wong was

Parcels, Reg.,

Ord.;

Sald Man Cheated

Wong denied the allegations, de- claring he had not told Kwok he was policeman but that he was a Boy Scout. He alleged that the witness We have heard stories in Hong secured by. Kwelt had been taught kong about Japanese soldiers mak- his, evidence. Wong claimed he was ing Chinese civilians bow or raise a member of the 15th Kowloon their hats. This is certainly done in Troop of Scouts, and also that he had North China but in consideration of formerly been employed in the Royal the fact that it is only what the Engineers. His sole object in taking

Kwok to the police station was be

because he had been

"I consider it my duty to help my duty as a Boy Scout to assist at the authorities," said Wong. "It is fires and to prevent crime. I have Police for assisting in the arrest of given testimonials by the

the police station as I hoped to gel miscreants. I was taking Kwok to

circular should be issued annually to would accompany expectations of that nil So far as the tourist la con- Japanese civiliany do as a matter cause the man had cheated at cards

members, and if at any time there were indications of sufficient support, consideration would be given to re- apening the School.

The Committee's decision to dis- continue the classes was circulated to members on October 19 and it was intimated that the services of the Cantonese honorary examiners in were still available for the Final Certificate Examination, the require- ment for which is that a student

rise in the index.-Reuter,

APPEAL FOR RENEWAL

Expiration of All Pier

Leases in 1949

from toonpan." This is

a

gambling.

beck

shall be able to conduct his everyday teney the Governor on October 19 hotels, and on trains there just isn't the truth of what is happening in! said he was quite satisfed he had.

An announcement by His Excel-

1938, that it was not the present Intention of the Government to re- new existing pler leases, all of which expire on December 31, 1040, was the subject of representations to Government by the Chamber of Commerce, according to the Cham- ber's annual report..

By letter dated October 18, the following representations were re- ceived on behalf of interests con- cerned:

Businessthrough the medium of Cantonese. Members were also in- formed that arrangements could still bo made whereby students could take in Hongkong the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce examinations in Mandarin and that a register of qualified Cantonese and Mandarin teachers known to the Chamber would be kept for the reference of membera. Representations to Government Prior to the decision to discontinue the Chamber's classes a letter, dated June 7, lind been addressed to Gay ernment stating that if a school for the teaching of the Chinese language to cadels and other civil servants was established by the Government, the Chamber would welcome the oppor- tunity of considering with Govern- ment, the merging of the Chamber's Language School with the new orga- nisation. In this connection, refer- ence was, made to the presence in

(2) That tue wharf coupaniles Hongkong of Dr. Erwin Reldur, of Vienna University, and it was intl which have, at their own expense, mated that Dr. Reidler's methods had developed their frontages, should be been tried In Hong Kong and found in a position to look forward to

assured possession and control

(1) That it is a matter of impor- tant principle that the development of the Harbour should be left in the hands of private enterprise which has been responsible for the growth and organisation of the trade Hongkong.

of

That it is essential to the pros- Harbour of Hongkong that perity facilities be kept as cheap as possible, and experience elsewhere goes to show that this is most likely to be secured under private enterprise.

to be of great assistance to students.thele

The Government replied on June

of

own activities and, in the

28, as follows: "As you are probably opinion of the members addressing the Chamber, the trade and develop- aware it has for long been the practice to send Cadet Officers and ment of the port would be better

and served by a decision of the Govern Police Proballoners to Canton

ment to renew existing pler leases

Macao for language study, and the at favourable terms when they ex-

for their ex-

syllabus laid down aminations makes individual tuition

pire.

In addressing the Government on

by single teachers almost essential. It is true that some years ago an October 25, the Committee of the attempt was made in connection with Chamber expressed agreement with ond the above views and submitted that

The Government has

therefore

"I am to say that the Government

the Chinese School at the Hongkong it was essential that, at the earliest University 30 conduct Janguage classes for such officers, but is did possible moment, the Government its policy in this not prove a success and the system of should define

was invited to Individual tuition was' re-enforced matter. Attention

the fact that, in the light of the no Government to renew pler leases present intention of establishing which expire in 1949, no develop- such a school as is contemplated in ment or improvement can now be your letter for the few officers con- undertaken with any assured pros- cerned.

pect that It will be of beneft to the "As regards subordinate officers owners for more than 10 years. and others who (like most of the Chamber of Commerce students) must study the language after officå hours, you have no doubt on record has every sympathy with any move- correspondence between your Cham- ment which will increase the number ber and this office between December | of non-Chinese in the Colony who 1933 and April 1034 which indicated have a knowledge of the Chinese that there was no response to the language and regrets that in this *offer which was at the time circulat-particular respect it is unable to give ed to all Departments of the Govern- any practical assistance." ment. Hero again, provided

Following_representations by the candidate satisfies the examiners the Chamber on December 18, 1933, that Government is not disposed to en- the; classes for the study of force attendance at may school and Calloquial Cantonese, conducted by indeed is of the opinion that for most the Nov, H. R. Wells, under the of such candidates an hour with, an the auspices of the Chamber, might individual Chinese teacher is, pre- be-of service to the subordinate Terable to an hour in a clars how- oficers of the Government, a creulor. ever good the methods adopted in the❘ was issued. to Government. Depart- Iatter case, 47

19993 menta, but no response" was received,

✡

In Japan the tourist traffic is small compared with normal times, and is composed almost entirely of Ameri cans. In Korra and Manchuria it is

cerned there is no apparent war course, the Japanese soldiers can depression, but the absence of wool-hardly be necused in this matter of len clothing is noticeable, also the brutal assertion of authority. There complete absence of foreign goods were, however, some very brutal in the shops. Every single thing scence in the earlier days of the war.

to tinned fruits in "made in

allegedly The general lasting impression of only a temporary measure but is de- the trip is that the civilians in Japan, plored by European residenta~~ Korea and Manchuria have three Japanese tinned fruit is not up to totally different outlooks towards the comparative standard. The only war in China. The Japanese would

medal or a reward." thing which the tourist misses la be genuinely horrided. If they knew]

Convicting Wong, Mr. Macfadyen Chinn, but it is doubtful 12 the assumed the character of a police Koreans would. The Manchurians officer. The Japanese say their best troops are still a part of China under

Sgt. Johnston said there was no have not been sent to China, cer- Japanese military control.

criminal record against Wong but he tainly the number of men of eligible

was well-known to the police as a military age in the streets is most No short wave radio sets are al- notorious bully in the Youmati dis- noticeable. Travelling down Japan towed in Japan and In North China trict. and up through Korea there were all Chinese caned sets, short and Mr. Macfadyen told Wong that his farewells soldiers at almost every long wave, have been confiscated. offence was a serious one. Many station, but there were never more Europeans in North China, however, people were ignorant of the powers than two or three soldiers at time,

continue to use short and long wave of the police, and those who had There were also frequent pathetic sets and are full of praise for the seen him accept the bribe and be scenes of ceremony over ashes re-recent changes Z.B.W. Our local leved he was a policeman would turned from the front,

In Man-ce

an-announcer will be interested to know hold a bad opinion of the Police churia every station was under arm- that one enthusiast in Cheloo says Force and bring it to disrepute.

Wong was fined $10, or ed guard the Japanese have had that reception from Hongkong is so

month's very little success with Manchurian strong that he has difficulty in tell hard labour, on the first count, and troops sent to occupied areas. Aing whether news is from Hongkong bound over in $10 for a year on the large proportion of them have de-lor in English from Germany.

any.

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SPEY

ROYAL

WHISKY

DISTILLED OVER 10 YEARS AGO BY

SOLE AGENTS:

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and Papers for Calcutta).

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and South Africa, Aden, Egypt and Europe via Marseilles due Marscliles 6th June

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Manila and Parcels only for Ger-

many via Hamburg ..... Formosa, Shanghal and Japan

Fort Bayard and Pakhol Swatow and Shanghai

....Gneisenau ..Sat...........May 6, 4.30 p.m. Haruna Moru ..........Sat, May 6, 8 p.m. Sunday

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BANK OF CANTON BUILDING.

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