'A General Celebration of the Old Style New Year From Ore Own Connesroxoesr Hongkong, Feb, 13.
To-day, the Colony is waiting} lexpectantly for no less than four holidays, all of which fall on the 1th, Nowhere else in China, will
one and the same time. 'The entire quartette be remembered Zot-l North will recognize Ash Wednesday and' St. Valentine's Day, and perhaps the Bank Holiday, but "Chins New to go by another name there, JAnd in remote sections, where there {sno one to legislate against "'ole Jeustom," no one will bother about the beginning of Lent or good St. Valentine, So Hongkong is alone in recognizing everybody's holiday. Of course, China New Year will attract the most attention, for it has followers among. all why shouldn't it, since foreigners like couple of holidays as well as anyone?
inhere need be nothing furtive labour preparations in Hongkong, so. shops announce openly that they} be closed. One large new Chinese department store does not propose to open until Saturday, Ail these shops, of course, are patronize foreigners, 's0 it is not the laying provisions that is gong. on [just now. Moreover, the dancing bears' and trained ' poodles that will regale holidaying crowds have been seen about the—streets for game time naw, and, of course, the beggars are coming to town, 'The Peak Road, which, during the recent foreign ' holiday' season, was "characterized by. an festing. procession that moved upward carrying Christmas turkeys, small boys' tricycles, and flaming. Poinettion, now sows another The Bufeau hag written to the Bureau of Public Safety asking that policemen shall soe to it that scrolls are pasted on doors, and to pat in gaol those who "disobey.
Me sind the steps taken Jerease facilities for primary. struction, At a meeting of school principals held recently, the -ques-was discussed, the Director lof the Bureau of Education point Tug out that there are" more than 30,000 children of "school age in [Canton unable to. obtain - even primary education. To remedy this situation, the Bureau of Education proposes' that each school "shall double the number of classes by iding them into sections, one section to be taught in the morning Jand the other in the afternoon, Tr this way, according to' the Divector, Luk" Yauckwong, 12,508 children could receive free educa tion, It 48 proposed to introduce the section system this spring.
Cathedral "At Hom:
To welcome the Rev. HW. Baines, who arrives in. the Colony to fill the gap which has existed since the departure of the Rev, H. V. 'Keep more than eighteen. months ago, there will be an Mat. home" in the' Cathedral Hall on Friday, February 28, from 4,30 to 6 pam, Mr. Baines comes' particularly ell equipped for the work—aheud him, says the "Cathedral Review." "After education at. Repton Jong" Oxford, and preparation for ordination at Cuddesdon, Baines has, since 1980, wen curabe fat the University Church at Oxford, fund General Secretary of the Stud:
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