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Joe Dillaggio, rookie Tankee outfielder, and his mother, Mir Rosalie DiMaggio, photographed before the Arst World Series Base- ball encounter.
PRIEST MURDERED
IN SPAIN Relative Of Local Cleric
News has been received that the
POLICE OFFICER PASSES Distinguished War Services
ANNAM ORD
CONFERRED
Pleasant Ceremony Takes Place
ESTITUTE AT FRENCH CONSULATE GENERAL
QUITE FRIENDLY LIKE
at Wood Green
himness. I told prison- charge would be taken out
On you having this one with me.
in
VISIT TO SHING MUN WORKS
Enjoyable Afternoon Spent
EURO-AMERICAN RETURNED STUDENTS. LION
The members of the Euro- A very pleasent ceremony took men abroad, the arrival of a ship place at the residence of the French hoisting our glorious tricolor
is American Returned Students' Consul General, M. J. Lederquin, always a matter of emotion and re-Union of Hong Kong paid a visit | yesterday when" "Vice Admiral joicing; it means for them a ma-to the Shing Mus Dam on Sun- P. Estera. Commander-in-Chief of teznal caress of their beloved coun- day, Special permission for the the French Naval Forces in the try; it means, for the foreign peo-visit was issued by Mr. G. B. Far East. bestowed orders. con-ples a goodwill and friendship- Gifford-Hull, resident engineer of ferred by His Majesty Bao Dai, But nowhere more than the the Shing Mun Valley Water Emperor of Annam. Two residents Far East is the French Navy 80 Scheme. Twenty-eight cars start- of Macan received Cambodian or closely associated with the glory ed from the Star Ferry car park. ders, while three Chinese earned and influence of France.
Kowloon side, at 2.30 pm.. led by Anamite distinctions for their Therefore, it is but fair to have Hr. J. P. English of the Shing acholastic and commercial Werthe Navy participating in the Mun Water Works. Advices...
friendly gathering of to-day; and, The stream of cars had since Admiral Esteva
very the Works at 3 pl
Bimblent
strangements
vided throughout.
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insical
has
groups,
arrived at and were
Mr.
been made for the ceremony and kindly consented to present him- met by Mr. Bercovitch and Mr. the band of the French Flagship, self to the incumbents, the in-Sanderson, engineers of the Valley. the cruiser Lamotte Picquet, pro-signia of the Indochinese Orders. The party then split up into
programme I daresay, Gentlemen, that it is two
one led by really France herself who will just Sanderson and the other by Mr. The Admiral and the Consul- now bestow on you the decorations Bercovitch, both of whom must General were supported by the you have so well deserved.
have had a busy time answering Admiral's Speech- presence of Capt. B. Bastard,
questions by those members who His Excellency then pinned the were interested in the engineering Lamotte Picquet; Capt. R · de Badens, Gunboat Argus and Com-decoration on each of the recipients projects, and who were obviously minder of the West River Flotil-and-congratulated them warmly. graduates in engineering from a; and M. C. Bennet, Vice-Consul. The Admiral said in part: Europe and America. The recipients stood before a table am very pleased to be here this of the outing was the large num- on which the certificates and de-afternoon, because this ceremony ber of ladies present. Jcoratifex were thing "a M-Leur is in itself -g -manifestation... af After inspecting various parts friendship and amity between the of the Works, the gathering of 130 quin addressed the assembly.
countries" of France, China; Por-1
Consil-General's Speech
A feature
Rev. J. Noval O.P. uncle of Fr. SUB-INSPECTOR L G MIST F. R. Noval O.F. Procurator of the Spanish Dominicans, who has
The funeral of Sub-Inspector been resident in Hong Kong for Leonard George Mist, who died at
and had a most enjoyable after- In the course of his speech the tugal and Britain I wish with People sat down to tea at 4.30 pm, many years, has been killed by the the Kowloon Hospital, following a
everybody else that the nations of
noom. The party left the Day at Reds in Madrid. He was an old short illness, will take place at the Consul-General said in part:
Admiral, Ladies and Gentlemen, the world will come together in pm, the entire committee and man of 75 years of age, and he Colonial Cemetery, Stubbs Road
almost every member having zt- was put to death for no reason entrance, at 5 pm. this afternoon.I beg to be forgiven by our good agreement" other than that he was a priest. The deceased, it will be recalled, guests of honour as well as by This concluded the official part tended the picnic.
In an interview with Mr. Peter Fr. Noval has also a brother, was out motoring with a party of my countrymen, if I use the Eng-of the ceremony and the guests parish priest in Madrid, and he friends on Sunday fortnight when lish language. instead of their own then dispersed to partake of the. Sin, President of the Union. be a refreshments which had been pro-it was stated that the next func- fears that he may have met a he was suddenly taken ill and col-for our own, but, it will
tion of the Union this season is a lapsed. He was removed to the means to associate in some way vided.
Amongst those present were the dinner dance to be held at the ¡Kowloon Hospital, when his condi- our British friends with the cere tion was found to be serious, but mony we are holding in this beauti-Hon. Mr. R. H. Kotewall, Hon Mr. Hong Kong Hotel on
T. N. Chau, Mr. Tang Salu-kin December 9, and at the moment be made such good progress early ful Colony.
If it would be too potrpos to Dr. and Mrs. Li Shin-fan, the Committee was busily engaged in the week that hope was held out!
in drafting an elaborate pro- for his ultimate recovery. On say that this ceremony is a his-Peter H. Sin, Miss Helena Yue,
gramme for s hilting picnic and Saturday, however, his condition torie one, it is fair to assume that Mr. Kan Tong-po, Mr. and Mrs. became worse again, and in spite it is an unprecedented one, as never Fung Ping-fan, M. Laborinho, re other outings, to take place some- of all that was done for him, he before, if I am correct, were five latives of the recipents and many time in January 1937. passed away at 2.15 pm. yester-gentlemen in Hong Kong, nor in others.
similar fate.
POPPY
TO-MORROW
ARMISTICE DAY. 1936.
day.
Sub-Inspector Mist, who was formerly in the Essex Regiment served with much distinction dur- the ing the War, when he won
the Military Medal. He joined Hong Kong Police Force on April
China, invested at the same time with Indo-Chinese decorations.
These five gentlemen, know, are:
25 You
Captain, Majer, Chief of Police of Macan, made an Officer of the Order of Million Elephants and white Parasol,
10, 1919, was made sergeant in M. Chan Sul-ky, distinguished 1924 and sub-inspector in 1934. Hej
scholar, as well as prominent busi- was attached to No. 7 Police Sta-ness man, made a Knight of the tion at the time of his death and, Order of Dragon of Annam
of a genial disposition, he was a very popular officer and well liked by his superiors and colleagues.
Born in Acton, Middlesex, on January 1. 1894, Sub-Inspector Mist was a bachelor and, it is understood, leaves a brother and Itwo sisters to mourn thei- loss.
POPPY DAY FUND Helping Disabled
Men
LARGE GATHERING AT FUNERAL
Master Lo Tak-Kuen Laid To Rest
MANY WREATHS SENT
Wednesday,
PEACE CONFERENCE AT BUENOS AIRES
(Continued from-Page 1)
In that year Paraguay and Bo- livia were at war, Colombia and Pern were recovering from a war scare and had not settled their Amazon frontier differences; the situation after Cuban political the Banque de FIndochine made a
The funeral of Master Lo Tak-the overthrow of President Ger Knight of the Order of Dragon of knes, aged 14 years, the eldest son ardo Machado looked ominious, of the Hon Mr. M.K. and Mrs. Lo, and the Salvadorean Government M. Lam Chi-fung, representative took place at Pokfsium yesterday had not been recognised by sever- of the Charbonnages du Tox-
M. Kwok Chan, Compradore of!
Annaz
of Dragon of Annam.
Sequeira Chief of Criminal Intelligence Service of Macau, made a Knight of the Order of
made a Knight of the Order afternoon, the ceremony being held al American countries.
at the Wing Pit Ting The chief
Old Dispute Revived mourners were, the boy's parents. the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Lo, and his The old frostier dispute be uncles and aunts, Mr. and Mrs tween Ecuador and Pers WES MW. Lo, Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Lo hanging fire, with Ecuador dissa- and Mr. and Mrs. Horace La
tisfied because it had not been in- Others present included the Honvited to join the Colombian-Peru- Mr. B. M. Henderson, the Hon.vian conversations over the Ama
Million Parasol.
Elephants
and White
Policy Of Peace It would certainly be against the Mr. W. J. Carrit, the Hon. Mrzos border fareap.
wishes of these gentlemen to enlo-A. C. North, the Hon. Mr.-J. J. The British Legion Employ rise them at length for the work Paterson, the Hon. Mr. J. P. Braga, Since then six American repu- ment Department has persevered they have performed and the ser-the Hon Mr E. Taylor, Mr. D. Lblics have brought peace between in its efforts to obtain openings vices they have rendered to Indo-Newbigging, Mr. L. Eadoorie, Mr. Bolivia and Paraguay. The peace for disabled men as car-park at China; but I will certainly meet D. W. Manton, Mr. N. Braga Hr. conference which ended the war- tendants under the British Legion with their desire, if I invite this H. Braga, Mr. A. M. Brags, Mr. fare in 1935 continues to sit with schemes. There are now some 30
distinguished gathering to see, F. C. Clemo, Mr. L. N. Murray, Mr. the objective of reaching a lasting towas throughout Britain
through their persons, meritorious B. „Alves, Frofessor W. Nixon, settlement of the old Chaco dis- these schemes are in operation.
as they are, the great nations of Professor and Mrs. Gerrard, Mr.pute. Previously acknowledged .....$4,387 which they are the sons; to dis-W. A. Zimmern, Mr. A. S. Gubbay, Colombia and Peru were return- the Mr. L. Fox, Mr. Tang Shiu-kin, ed to amity in 1934 by an agree
H. K. & Shanghai Banking Cor-
poration
K S. Morrison
Alfred Morris
Club Lusitano
where
50 spirit which has prompted their be Mr. Ip Lan-choen, Mr. Tao Hok-ment reached through the media-
cern, above the decorations,
10 stowing.
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One single word sums up all the Mr. Kwan Tao-gen, Mr. Wong
yue, Mr. Lo Wing-kit, Mr. Ho Wing tion of Dr. Afranie de Mello Fran
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foreign policy of France: peace: Shast-ming, Mr. Law Tong-fanco, former Brazilian Foreign Min-- $4.482 peace; not dealt out with a blad- Mr. Chu Chik-man, Mr. Chai- Po- ister.
The Cuban political situation Further contributions will be gean, but instilled in the hearts by yne, Mr. Choi Min-chan, Mr. Cho gratefully received by Mr. F. G. genuine friendship. Mannder, Secretary to Earl Haig's Fund, York Bldg., Hong Kong. Cheques should be made able to Thomson & COM crossed "Poppy Day Fund"
Tak-on, Mr. Kwang Yue-kwong, has become stabilised. The Salve- We are honoured to-day by the Mr. Ng Fook, Mr. Tong Tek-sung dorean recognition question is no presence amongst us of the Com-and many others.
to the pay-mander-in-Chief of the French In addition
and Naval Forces in the Far East. wreaths, a profusion Admiral Esteva. To the French-tributes was sent.
of
longer an issue and the dispute family between -Ecuador and Peru has floral been submitted for arbitration by
President Roosevelt.
Bringing Up Father
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