There was a large gathering of pila nad friends of the twelfth annual lay and prize tribution of the Ellis Kadoo: Public School for Chinese, in the handsome new school hall Inst Friday afternoon. Mr. Stirling Fes. seven, Chairman of the Munifeipal Council, presided, support-led by Sir Skinner Turner, Lady Turner, Dr. D. MacGillivray, se-seral_ members' of the Municipal Council and the Education Com. mittee and Mr. R. G. Dowie, the in a brief own experiences as a lecturer iit a law! school and, commenting on the work done' at the school, said he was convinced the boys. there would in after life be a credit to, the school, the Council and their: instructors.
The Head Master, in the course of his report, stated We have, during the year, had remarkable run of success. sport we won both the inter-schoo! tennis and football tournaments, but. had to, acknowledge the superlarity of the Public School for!
nese in the Chairman's Shield Competition, In our examina tions we had two wonderful years, Last year. we 16. distinetions out of 40 awarded Shanghai schools, by Hongkong University' and this year we had 13 out of 24, records which we think so good that attention should be drawn to} war if, and Millington degorvos our very ty congratulations,. The suc-in Mechandes, too, during the ast two years is remarkable and Mr. Kay also is duo congratula tions. The boys in Form VI have, a wonderful. record. As Juniors they brought the school 16 distinetong and as Seniors five, a total SUR SKINNER TURNER'S ADVICE, Yet another correspondent writes with questions regarding the International Saviogs So: ciety and. its. methods of drawing. Tt is understandable, por: haps, that' amongst the' many thousands of bondholders—there should be some who have dif: ferent notiont to Yhose of Xho directors with regard to the dis. bursement of premiums, though it should be impressed once again that the number of lotters approval received far cutmumber those containing criticism. The letter of our latest correspondent, however, is rather more difficult, to understand, for he asks for tht into the method of drawing as now practised." L.8.8. encourages the attendances bondholders at the monthly drawings, and. our correspon undoubtedly would gain better information if ho attended personally than we can give him in print. Yet the effort will be made, The monthly drawings take pinic on the 15th of every month, or on the succeeding day if, the. 15th is a Sunday or publio holiday. The drawings are held in the large upper ball of the [Society's offices, 7 Avenue Edward VII, @ place capable of accommo dating several hundred pet-sons and which on suck, occasions: invariably. is.flled. with. bond: holders, Chines being inthe majority, The drawing is dong by officers of the Society, ssi by some of the bondholders select.
random from amongst thos rent. In itdtion, here ole ways is present, not an employee, but one of fie partners of Messrs, Seth, Mancell <& MeLawe, the Society's auditors, to watch' over fand personally vouch for the cor: rectness and straightforwardness jof the drawing, For each bond issued there
corresponding number in plain:
small wooden, ball beating Sir Skinner Turner said that igi yures. These balls are arranged hho heartily congratulated the few in their proper numorionl 96. boys who were to, receive, prize. quence in trays this teak cooupymany who would not reosive any He cold sympathize with "the ing four clerks for 9-day in every month, Refore the num: prizes—be suppoted they wore the red balls are pub, into the: larger numbor—because when ho iawving drum any bondholder was at school he was nearly al-examine the trays to satisfy ways in the same yy and Inimeelf that Kis number is thers, upon these boys Ne would impress and many people do take thir the value of the old, saying, "If precaution every month. Tt in at first yon don't. succeed, quite possible the, directors even try, and try, and try again." might allow bondholder hero Tt" they did that, sooner and there to put his own number Jor later the big prizes in life into the drum, though obviously would come to them. The keynote they: could not wait for every ong in the Head Master's report was to do it, 'The trays are emptied, success." Success in any Rife in full sight of the assembled ras a very right and. proper am. bondholders, into an enormous bition for any one. 'They' would brass drum' about four feet go long way in escaping failure diameter. "Inside this are five if in everything " they they largo teeth which work backwards would remember one arent maxim and forwards when the drum—"Re fit." 'They could not play revolved, so that the numbers are rhe their games and they could not do thoroughly. mixed. When all their scouting unless they were. fit in body, 'They could not do ready 4 small tap' on the drum i Uwitehed, one ball only rolls out, well clear of the operator's hand, lealling in after life unless ete wer cal or tu alr falls into 'a brass channel abou wore fit in mind, Fitness of mind 6 ft, long, runs down this and and body, coupled together and drops into a deep glass bowl, working together. would lead to where it is examined and checked. that, success. in which they would deserve by: their efforts to Into @ smaller drum are placed similar balls on which are stamped like every other, cou the amounts of the reimbursotre. ents. Thus, to take last, month's looking for its future ded Skinm towards its youth, towards" the jong ball representing, $20,780: 29, drawing as an example, there was part you boys are going to play! $32,000 each: 20, $300 each: 20, in the development of this great $300 each: 30, $100 euch: one cash, And wonderfal country. Here 21,560, 8350, $150, 863, and. sure foun: 4,136,812 each. 'The' process of ind body drawing is exactly same 2a larger world racing sweepstakes. From big drum a bond number in fire and drawn, then " reimbursement ball assist. your country from the other drum and the twe Lady Turner presented go together. Thus the—prizes come out in any order and the tee sates to the big prizes may" be the first, the aa Inst, or anywhere in between. It recitations was is a'recognized and old-established rated by Several of the method and is carried out [be yet inter tors were throughout in full sight of the ested in an exhibition of work done by the boys. all of it being' of a particularly high standard. to 'Tue, French Minister has con-press the Acconvixe Chinese the projected Peking Air [sented to order the suppression Service of all stock and produce ex-Borsa, wi boas Toll: Thureday and Saturday; rom rom' Shanghai every Totwleg, changes in the French Concession at Shanghai, whorts the "Bast.
Peking, every Monday. Wednesday and Friday,
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