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their care Man was two-fold; he had an in- tellect, and he had a soul. The speaker then addressed a few words of advice to the boys. Taking the play first-that was an important point he was glad to hear that they were show- ing an aptitude for cricket football, hockey, and sports of that kind. The English prided themselves on their excellence in sports and their fondness for them, and the boys of St. Joseph's College were to be congratulated upon showing such aptitude for sports. He pointed out what an essential thing it was for the boys to devote themselves to their teaching and to their lessons. The making or marring of a man very much depended upon what he was at school. He would not say it absolutely depended upon it, but, generally speaking, the boy who gave his whole mind to his work and endeavoured to reap every benefit from his teaching was more successful in life than a boy who did not possess those qualities. Make hay while the sun shines make the best of every chance. He would not have been there to-night if he had not been a hard work ing boy at school. It, so happened that he was fond of his work at school. When he was fourteen he went to a grammar school and worked so steadily that they gave him the name of crammer." The result of his cramming" was that he did pretty well at school and was sent to Oxford University. He cited that as what he would call a concrete instance of what a boy could do' who made the most of his time and devoted the whole of his energy to school work. If he had not worked hard at school he would not have
gone to Oxford University, and if he had not gone to Oxford University he would not have been speaking to the boys of Bt. Joseph's College that night. The boys should be always atten- tive and obedient to, the teachers, kind and generous and always bearing a good manner towards their fellow pupils, and unselfish and good to their brother scholars. If boys showed consideration and courtesy now those qualities would become part of their nature and they would grow up
in the possession of them. They could not believe what advantage in life 18 man had who possessed a good manner and who was courteous, considerate, and kind to others; he had a very great pull over a man without those qualities and was consequently happier in life. It was an honourable ambition of boys to get prizes, but the boys who did not get them this year must not be disheartened, but try for them next year. In conclusion the Chief Justice said it
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CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT, ARRIVAL OF THE TURPEDO DESTROYERS.
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ROUGH WEATHER ENCOUNTERED. On the 24th December the torpedo des- troyers Hart and Handy arrived in port accom- panied by their convoy, H.M.S. Porpoise. The boats left England on August 16th, remained a month at Malta, and came here by easy stages, being in charge of H.M.S. Blenheim from Eng- land to Malta, of H.M.S. Flora from Malta to Aden, of H.M.S. Marathon from Aden to Co- lombo, and of H.M.S. Porpoise from Colombo to their destination. The boats are of the best type. Each is 200 feet long, with a beam of 19 feet 24 inches, and can make 25 knots an hour. The decks are of steel and portions are covered with a kind of linoleum, thus affording the crew-52 hands altogether-a firm footing. The armament consists of five 6-pounder and one 12-pounder quick-firing guns, and there are two torpedo tubes worked from the deck. Amidships there is a powerful search light. They are both declared to be very fine
sea boats and their sea-going powers were cer- tainly tested to the utmost on the way up from Saigon. They left Singapore on the 11th December, at 7.30 a.m., and at once shaped the course for Saigon. Rain was falling heavily at the time, but there was no sea to speak of until the following night, when a stiff breeze blew and the boats and their convoy sheltered under an island off Little Condore, about a hundred miles from Cape St. James. They remained there until the following night and on Monday Saigon was reached after a pretty stormy passage. Here the boats were coaled and
on the 18th the voyage was resumed. A short stay was made off Cape St. James, but no very rough weather was experienced until the night of the 21st, when the strong monsoon which caused so much trouble. to the Centurion and no headway was made for 36 hours, but not was encountered. The boats rolled tremendously withstanding the high seas not the least damage was done and on Wednesday night they an- chored outside Hongkong and came in early yesterday morning. The crews certainly had a very lively time during the rough weather, and what it was like on board may be judged from a most comprehensive remark made by one of the men, who said, "The pistols and the cutlasses were having a fight in the kitchen." When coming down the Saigon River the Handy had a speed trial and she covered 48 miles in 24 hours with a four knot current against her.
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the dominions of His said Most Cathol jesty in the Philippine Islands or elsewhere under pain of the penalties prescribed all persons offending against the F listment Act, 1870, and all other Ordinances in such case made and
By Command,
J. H. STEWART LOCKE
Colonial Secretary,
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
this 22nd day of December, 1896.
Given at Government House, Hongkong,
OXFORD LOCAL EXAMINATIONS,
HONOURS LIST :- Juniors.Third Class: Girls (P) Whiting, M. M.
Seniors
PASS LIST.
(D) Elphinstone, D. E. (E) Haskell, E. D. (E) Lammert, E. L.
Girls
Hance, G. H. C. Seniors (Over Age) (D) Hayasaki, U.
Girls-(E) da Souza,
Juniors
(D) Benning, G. (D) Ford, E. 8.* (D) Hoahing, J. M.
Girls (E) Mehta, Juniors (Over Age) (E) Ellis, A. (J) Franco, I.
S.
(Q) Lai Chan-pong (Q) Luk Ki-kwong (Q) Sin Cheung :
(P) Mast, H. B.
(Q) Chan King-ching
L. M. E.
(J) O'Toole, C. L. (J) Rodrigues, C. J. (Q) Ellis, C. E. (Q) Lee, C. H;
(J) Xavier, E.
Girls (E) Souza, A. M. Junior Distinguished
-Chan Ming-tsung
(D) Ford.-Religions Knowledge. Preliminary
(J) Loureiro, A.
Gutteres, L. E. (J) Simoes, M. P.
(J) Talara, B.
Girls
(K) Hayward, C. B. (P) Whiting, H. M. (P) Whiting, W. R. G. (Q) Ismail, A.
(E) Palmer, M.
(J) Logan, J. C.
Ribeiro, F. X. V. (J) Xavier, A. W. (E) d'Aquino, E. J. G. (Q) Abraham, E. (E) Thompson, R.D.W.(Q) Craig, R. H. A. (J) da Silva, F. F. E. (Q) Pestonjee, R. (J) do Rozario, F. X. H.
Girls.
(E) Baker, A. E. J. Preliminary (Over Age) (D) Reiners, W. (D) Wilnau, P. (E) Belilios, D.E.
was a great pleasure to him to distribute the HONGKONG AND THE PHILIPPINE (E) Cairns, B. M.
prizes. If any school in the colony or any cause connected with education thought he could be of any service to it he would be absolutely and entirely at its disposal, because he believed there was no finer or more noble work given to men than that of education the development of those parts which God had given to us for the happiness not only of ourselves but of those around us. He wished everyone & merry Christmas and a prosperous new year. (Loud applause.)
The Chief Justice then delivered the prizes to the successful pupils.
The following is the prize list: Standard L-J. Gaskell, Kwok Ying Kun, IV. Passos, F. Casademunt, W: Goulbourn, N. Botelho, D. Alonço, J. Remédios, J. Rozario, J. Carmo, D. O'Keefe, H. O'Keefe,
Standard II.-G. Victor, P. Yvanovich, A. Gutierrez, F. Simões, G. Rozario, H. Remedios, J. Victor, A. Botelho.
Standard III.-W. Ribeiro, A. Lewis, J. Me- lendreras, P. Rozario, A. Silva, A. Simões, F. Loureiro, L. Ozorio, C. Remedios, G. Kantwell. Standard IV.-A. Vimard, A. Botelho, H. Tayler, A. Hahn. G. Remedios, F. Remedios, H. Biard, P. Remedios, E. Rozario, A. Rozario, O Barros, C. Remedios, C. Ozorio, F. Silva, Standard V.-M. Simões, J. Logan, H. Costa, F. Silva W. Paley, P. Rozo, F. Botelho. J. Vieira 8. Haughton, G, Osmund.
Standard VI-B. Talara, F. Ribeiro, L. Guterres, A Xavier, A. Loureiro, F. Rozario, Hopun, F. Silva, J. Xavier, G. Silva. Camran, Z. Castro, C. Remedios. Standard VII.-E. Xavier, J. Franco, C. O'Toole C. Rodrigues, E. Noronha, F. Barros; Gutierrez, C. Pereira, A. Guterres, O.
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French -C. O'Toole, ♪. Franco,
REBELLION.
THE FOREIGN ENLISTMENT ACT.
The following proclamation was issued in a Government Gazette extraordinary yesterday
William Robinson,
Governor.
By His Excellency Sir William Robinson, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order Saint Michael and Saint George, Go- vernor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice- Admiral of the same.
Whereas peace and amity subsist between Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen and His Most Catholic Majesty the King of Spain.
And whereas certain of the subjects of the said King of Spain in a certain part of His dominions called the Philippine Islands have revolted against His authority, and hostilities are in progress between His said Most Catholic Majesty and the said revolted subjects.
And whereas Her Majesty the Queen is desirous that no Naval or Military expedition should be fitted out within Her dominions to proceed against His said Most Catholic Majesty's dominions in the Philippine Islands or elsewhere.
(P) Millar, C. D-Diocesan School; E-Victoria English Bohool; J St. Joseph's College; K-Kowloon College; P=Private Tuition; Q-Queen's College.
Superintending Examiner, Rey. T. W.
Pearce.
Hon. Local Secretary, Dr. Wright.
tion
SMALLPOX IN THE COLONY.
We have received the following communica-
Sanitary Board Room; / Hongkong, 29th December, 1896. Sir, I am directed to inform you that owing to the occurrence of 13 cases of smallpox in the city of Victoria during the past fortnight, a special meeting of the Sanitary Board was held this afternoon and the procedure indicated in the enclosed memorandum was unanimously agreed to.-I am, sir, your obedient servant,
Editor,
-ન
Huen MCCALLUM,
Secretary.
Hongkong Daily Press.
(Enclosure.)
At a special meeting of the Sanitary Board held this afternoon to consider what steps should be taken in view of the occurrence of smallpox in Victoria, the following notion was agreed to, viz. :
Now, therefore, I, Sir William Robinson, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the A. That the following dietriots be define Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, as affected by smallpox under by-law 22 o and Vice-Admiral of the same, do hereby warn by laws made under Ordinance 15 of 1894, and strictly enjoin all persons within this Colony in no wise to prepare or fit out, or be engaged or to assist in preparing or fitting out, or to be employed in any capacity in any Naval or Military expedition to proceed against
(1.) That part of the City of Victori is bounded on the north by the harbour, on the south by the Shaukiwan Road, Causeway Bay, and on the west by Inland Lot 29.
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