14 New Munitions Factories
London, To-day-
Fourteen new or converted munition factories. in
Tarious
parts of the country are fore- shadowed in the Ordnance Estî- mates.
The Estimates total £16,164,- 000, which is an increase of $10,178,000 compared with last year. Reuter.
Air Raid Wardens
BEING RECRUITED
IN BRITAIN
(SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAIL”)
LONDON, TO-DAY.- ONE OF THE MEASURES PLANNED BY THE HOME OFFICE FOR THE PROTEC- TION OF THE CIVILIAN POPULATION DURING AIR RAIDS IS THE CREATION OF A CORPS OF 30,000 TRAINED “AIR DEFENCE GUARDS."
DUTIES OF WARDENS
THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH
BENEVOLENT SOCIETY
FOOD KITCHEN
SCHEME
SIR W. HORNELL'S SPEECH AT ANNUAL MEETING
ESTABLISHMENT OF A Kowloon, to supply daily meals on FOOD KITCHEN FOR PER-its behalf. The Society is trying SONS DEPENDENT ON THE to employ as many of its depen- HONG KONG BENEVOLENT dents as possible, in small ways, so SOCIETY IS AMONG THE IM-that they may feel that they are PROVEMENT PLANNED BY earning at least to some extent, the THE SOCIETY WHEN FUNDS allowance from the Society without ARE AVAILABLE.
which they could not live.
SUBSCRIBERS" LIST This was revealed at the an-
Ladies and Gentlemen, surely a nual meeting to-day, when Sir Society which is performing the William Hornell, C.I.E., was in essential social service which this the chair, supported by Mrs. F.Society is performing, and perform- C. Hall, President, Mrs. C. Ning it efficiently and with devotion Jeffries, Vice-President; Mrs. J. and self sacrifice, ought to be able Bentley, Hon. Treasurer; Mrs to raise enough money to enable it H. F. Sommer, Hon. Secretary to carry out at least the much need- Mrs. L. B. Holmes, Assistant led development to which I have just Hon. Secretary; and Mrs. A. Hreferred. There, ought to be more Forbes, Mrs. M. W. Swain, Mrs. regular annual subscribers. The C. G. S. Perdue, Mrs. M. Nichol-list is not a very creditable one. I son and Mr. P. S. Cassidy.
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Shanghai, To-day.
The tramway strike this
morning extended to about 700
fitters and cleaners. Sit-down
methods
adopted yesterday
were abandoned. The full
street service is being main-
tained as the motormen and
conductors are still working.
Reuter.
HOLIDAY MATCH FOR M.C.C.
Free Scoring Prior- To Lunch
Benalla, To-day.
In a two-day mate commenced
מנ
quick time to the MC.C.'s total of 138 for four wickets.
Both sides are batting twelve
Later.
six
would also suggest that those who are leaving the Colony for good, should become life members Sir William Hornell, addressing the only costs $100. There gathering, said: The Hong Kong are at least some who do not leave Benevolent Society is doing indis-Hong Kong empty. pensable social duty. No one would In conclusion, I feel that I shall The task of the new corps will have the audacity to question this. only be doing what you would wish be to instruct the population with But, we citizens of Hong Kong, or me to do I ask you, to express the regard to precautionary measures to
many of us, are perhaps a little in-gratitude which is due in such be taken during air raids, to dis-clined to take for granted the labundant measure to the officers tribute gas masks and to render voluntary performance by others so- and members of the Committee, assistance to victims of air raids. cial obligations. We give our $10 members of the Financial and Ad- To each member of the corps will or $20, or whatever it may be, and visory Committee, and voluntary be assigned a special district. feel that we have done all that could workers who have helped the So-between the M.CC. and a Victoria
Greater London will be sub-divid-be reasonably expected of us. But,ciety. Mrs. F. C. Hall, the Pre- ed into roughly 7,500 such districts, do we realise the extent, the com- sident of the Society for 1987, is Country team, some bright batting" since about one-fourth of the corps plexity, of the work of this So-shortly going on leave.
was seen prior to lunch.. will be stationed in the metropolis.ciety? And, do we appreciate the
Hammond contributed 53 All Mrs. Hall's friends know what a The corps of volunteer fire bri- fact that this work is carried out capable person she is, her capacity gades, whose creation was recently without the burden on the Society's and devotion. We thank her, and announced, will have a strength of funds of any recurring working an-thank her most profoundly, but her more than 200,000.--Trans-Ocean.nual expenses, save the wages of a real reward (though she asks for men Reuter.
coolie, and the cost of printing and none) is in the consciousness of posting?
a great charitable work unselfishly with no addition to the score, the Two further wickets have fallen Local authorities are being re- Last year, the Society's expendi-done, and the unspoken gratitude M.C.C. now being 138 for commened to organise a service of ture amounted to $14,791.02. The of the many men, women and chil- air raid wardens to supplement the whole of this amount was spent in dren, whom the Society has re- normal resources of the civil au- relief, save $380-25, and this in-secued from despair (applause). thorities for safeguarding the gen-cluded the cost of a new typewriter. GOOD BY STEALTH eral public in event of an air attack a filing cabinet, and additions and In seconding the adoption of the
Duties of the wardens, of whom repairs to furniture. some 30,000 will be voluntarily en- listed, will include advising the pub- lic on officially-recommended precau- tions against air raids, assisting in not go on, were it not for a num- for the tremendously important day in Victoria Gaol the distribution of respirators, and, ber of ladies who realize that there is in the event of war, taking an active something which must be done for part in helping fellow-citizens dur- others and that it is up to them "I think a small section of the ing and after an air raid-British to do it.
community which does know of There is no room for those who this work appreciates it very much. The deceased went into prison Wireless.
are mildly interested, and are pre-I can echo what Sir William has pared to come down and help when just said of the inadequate list of detention for debt.
en February 25 to serve a month's there is nothing else more attrac donors and subscribers, but I am tive to do. The work of the Society not sure that the public is alto involves incessant attention. Take, gether to blame, for although it is A sum of $1,465.27 was collected for example, the question of cloth- a very good thing to do good by by the Ministering Children's Lea- ing. The Society collects discard-stealth there are times when one gue in the Flag Day held on Febru-ed clothing from the charitable, this should let the public know, ary 27.
clothing has to be sorted, cleaned, The report and accounts Of this amount, $965.53 was col-repaired and altered to fit those who approved. lected in Hong Kong and $499.74 need it. We all know what happens to clothing in Hong Kong, if you merely put it on a shelf and leave
HONG KONG FLAG
DAY
in Kowloon,
The following ladies assisted in the
TRIBUTE TO LADIES
The work of the Society could
it there..
report and accounts Mr. P. S. Cas- sidy said "I think all those who have any knowledge of the work of the society are deeply grateful work put in by office, holders and committee members.
were
Mrs Hall thanked Sir William and Mr. Cassidy for their atten- dance, and Sir William proposed a collection:--
vote of thanks to the Committee, Mesdames Gardener, Houghton, Hay
Messrs, Jardine Matheson's and man, Ford, Bogers, Holland, Walsh, Parsons, Fuxon, Kirby, Macfadyen, lent Society as one of the few re-business of the me
I regard the Hong Kong Benevo the Press, which concluded the Lucki, Lewis, Maclean, Ingram, Chester-Woods, Low, Rice-Evans, aly well run institutions in this
E. and D. Andrews, Todd, Mac-Colony
WELL-RUN
NOW
needs, very badly
kichan, Dulley, Barham, D. and P. some sort of working scheme for BRITON LOOKING FOR WORK Dodwell, C. and J. King, Burkhart, supplying food to destitutes, whom Stevenson, Johnson, Lee, Fung,
Seah, McLay, Crapnell, Bijvanck, the Society considers deserving. The Harry Ernest Malley, aged 44, a Bri
S. Bijvanck, Norman, Kennedy-Society ought to be able to run a fish subject, was this mor Skipton, Sanger, H. Sanger, Turn-food kitchen of its own, the neces-mitted to the House of Dete bull, Mair, Hourihan, Butterfield, sary work of catering and cleaning he pleaded guilty to being a Strellett, Ralston, Woodward, and
in the Colony. Bobby Mitchell and Henry Baker being done by some of the Society's Students from St. Paul's Girls. Col-dependents. - Pending this most de 1 Sergeant Russell said, defendant ar- lege, Belilios Girls School. Mai Fong,sirable development, the Society rived in the Colony yesterday by the St. Stephen's, Diocesan Girls School hopes to be able to make
Na from Tientsin and gave and Central British School and Peak rangement with a restaurant in come to Hong Kong to look for work.
some ar- sel up after his trival. He School
wickets,Renter.
DEBTOR'S DEATH
IN GAOL
"An inquiry was held this morn- debtor, How San, who died on Sun- ing into the death of a Chinese
Mr. K. Keen was Coroner, and the Pinna (Foreman), Fan Kan-leung, jury comprised: Messrs. J. M. and F. K. Patterson.
said the man succumbed to pneu- Dr. H I. Shaw, Medical Officer monia and clinical malaria.
FORTHCOMING MARRIAGE
The forthcoming marriage of Mr. Nathan Road, and Miss Beatriz Es- George James White, of No. 233,
Road, has been announced.
erance Fernandes, of No. 3 Lock
HKCC CRICKET The following will represent the HKCC. 2nd XI in a L against the Club de P row at
p.m. on creio. round Dunnett, V. AKM
For, W.
Club de Re
rise
Hong