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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1947.
MARK'S FAREWELL MESSAGE TO COLONY
Appeals For Support
Of Memorial Fund
| In a farewell broadcast to the Colony over Z.B.W. last night, on the eve of his departure for England on retirement, His Excellency the Governor, Sir Mark Young, made a moving appeal for public support for Hong Kong's War Memorial Fund,
His Excellency revealed that Government has set aside the sum of $250,000 to be credited to the Fund, dollar for dollar, as public contributions come in.
Sir Mark anid:--
moro
"I have come to the studlo this evening to make my fare- well brondenst, In actual fact I want to say something than goodbye, and to lenye with you another message beshtes my own personal message of farewell.
"Since the time of the re- occupation of Hong Kong in 1945, the question of creating a worthy memorial to those men and women of Hong Kong who gave their lives in the Second World War, particularly to those!" who died in the defence of Hong Kong, has been constantly present, I am sure, in the minds of most of my listeners,
for Hong Kong, and for the de- pendanta of those who died in its defence,
Fine Spirit
have
"I have spoken at other times; and in other places of all that I owe to the goodwill, to the kind hearts and to the fine spirit of the people of Hong Kang. I ask you now, and I mak with confidence, that before I finally lay down my office I may hear of one more manifestation of that spirit.
GREEK, OR DOUBLE-DUTCH?
Langollen, May 10. Visitors to Llangollen this Sumpter will hear a Polgi- gual Medley of voices when Italian and Dutch Choira
chant in Wolah.
The firat International Tuunical Eisteddfod ever held in Llangollen may sound vore like Greck to them,
Mony European and several Ameri- can choirs have already sign- ed agreements to take part in this traditional competitive -gathering of ports and pinstrela-Associated Press.
Bandits
Threaten
Village
Singapore, May 15. Troops and police reinforce- mente were today rushed to Kedah Province, on the border
Shanghai To 'Frisco In
50 Hours
San Francisco, May lu..
Shanghai will be brought within appro- ximately 50 travel hours. of San Francisco when the Pan American World
Airway inaugurates direct air service Shanghai June 3,
to
·
Vice-Preslilent. Thomas Wolfe maid this will be the firat commer- scheduled one-carrièr
clal nir service direct between the United States and China since Pearl Harbour.
It will be indurrerated on a weekly baals. Four-engined Douglas landplanes will By the route.
Wolfe and I will fly the same Cannonball" schedules, elimina- overnight mid-Pacifle ting stops; this proved successful on the Manila run.
"And now the time has come for me to take my leave of you. I must not any more than the briefest word about the count les regreta which this sever- of Siam, after Jungle bandits ance Involves for me; regrets had threatened to burn down at parting from friends whom I the Malayan tin mining village so gladly rejoined nat May of Klian Intan, unless the in- after long separation, and from habitants paid a ransom of the many new friends that we 30,000 Straits dollars. have made since then; regrets The ransom note to the 300 at laying down work on which villagera of Klian Intan, 15 I entered year ago with the kilometres from the Malaya- highest hopes-not all na yet Siam border, was sent through fulfilled-and with a confidence a tin miner, who was stopped which has been so completely by armed Chinese and handed justified in the friendly help the letter for the village head-gerr will make connections at and support which I was again man.
"It was in July 1946 that appointed a Committee to con- nider this question, and it was In November that the Commit- tec made its final recommenda- tion, which
that WAS
the Memorial should take the form of a Fund, of which the primary purpose should be to render assistance both to the depen-, dants of the members of this Colony's Defence Service who died in action or in captivity, going to receive from the peo- Hours later, posters repeat- and also to members of those ple of Hong Kong.
ing the demand appeared on the Services who ly reason of "Tomorrow my wife and doora of four of the village wounds or injuries received in daughter and I hope to have an houses, while a fifth poster was the fighting or in captivity are opportunity to saying goodbye handed in at the police station. themselves in need of auch as- personally to many of you. To
The reinforcements, who aro alstance.
day, with many happy memor- proceeding by jeep and lorries, les of liong Kong in our minds, will strengthen the small force with grateful and friendly feel of police stationed in the dis- ings to you all in our hearts, triet. The bandits have plunder- we say to you collectively ed and killed people in the area Goodbye."
since the liberation.-Reuter.
"That is the prime object of the War Memorial and,
when all these debts of honour have been entisfied, but not before. the Fund will be available to provide for the good of the community generally, and in particular for the ninelioration
of the condition of the poorer classes and for the provision
of various amenities for the people,
Appeal
Air Mails To The U.S. In Three Days
A new three-day airmail postal service direct from Hong Kong to the U.S.A. will begin from "These proposals of the Com- next Friday for the first time in six years. mittee have met, I believe, with Negotiations have been com- universal approval, and, as you pleted with the Postal Authorl know, they have now been em- ties here for a service which bodied in an Ordinance which will be run by Philippine Air establishes the proposed Fund Lines Incorporated and provides for the appoint-mail from ment of a Committee to ad- America and Honolulu.
Fr. Flanagan carrying Sees The
Hong Kong to
minister it. That Committee is From next week all airmal Mikado
now on the point of lasuing its |
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Tokyo, May. 16. Emperor Hirohito and Em- press Nagako today received Father Edward J. Flanagan of Boys Town in an audience of about 20 minutes.
The route will be San Fran- cisco. Honolulu, Midway, Wake, Guam and Shanghai,
When necessary the Clippors will make a refueling atop at Okinawa, on the 1,000 mile Guam-Shanghai jump.
The
Los Angeles Clipper passen-
Honolulu for Shanghai. clippers leave San Francisco for Shanghai ench Tuesday at 10. p.m. arriving in Shanghal on Friday, Shanghal time.
The return flight Jeaven Shanghai G p.m. Saturday, er- riving at San Francisco 4 p.m. Sunday.
Fares are $750 one way and $1.360 round trip plus tax.- Associated Press.
Manila, May 16. The Senate, after all day nes-
ratified sion. last night
the Sino-Philippines amity treaty
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Father Flanagan, after his SHERIDAN
Fund. It is from voluntary con- (Hong Kong time) or Monday tributions in the first place and morning (American time), Air Recondarily from nucli
mail postage rates will remain priations as may be voted by the same for the time being at the Legislature that this Fund $2.80 per half ounce. This has will be sustained. And it is in heen the usual rate for airmail interview, with the Emperor, tended that the
Legislature to the United States since the told nowemen he had informed shall be asked to appropriate eoccupation when all airmail the Emperor that in his report for this purpose sums equiva- hun been sent via Europe. The to President Truman he would lent to the amounts contribut time between postage here and recommend conclusion of ed by the public. In actual feet arrival in the States hna fluc-early peace treaty for Japan. A quarter of a million dollars tuated between 14 and 21 days him to extend a personal greet. He said the Emperor asked stands ready at this moment to
Before the war all airmail to be credited to the War Memor- the U.S.A. was carried by Paning to President Truman. The lal Fund from the public purse, American Airways. The inst Emperor mentioned his friend- dollar for dollar, as your con- aircraft of this Company which and assured Fr. Flanagan of ship for the American people tributions come in.
left here carrying airmaall was his continued cooperation with bombed and sunk by Japanese the American people and good- "Now I went to include in and its postal cargo never got wili toward the United States. this my last public utterance through. here a most éprnest appeal to 'Mr. F.W. Kendell, District
United Press.
INVITE TO COMMUNISTS
Shanghai, May 10.
MONTY
WOOLLEY
CHE'S THE MARTI
"The Main Who Came to Dinner
S/WARNER BROS. HAPPIEST JET
all the people of Hong Kong to Trofé Mopager of Philippine respond to this call with the Air Lines, said yesterday" that utmost liberality of which they airmail from Hong Kong will are capable,
be carried ал Luxury D.C.4 Other appeals and other aircraft. It le learned, however, Wu Yun.nl, representative of couses have shown of what that Phillipine Air Lings will the Communist Chinese Liberated; great liberality you are capable, be bringing into service two of Area People's Political Counell, This, I suggest, is as fine and the new luxury D.C.6 aircraft sent Invitations to CommunistE MORE HART • Pyydinud be deg te kunne worthy a cause as can be put in October this year. Philippine monbers for the plenary session before you. It is not in order Air Lines, following their re-opening on May 20 but said that to raise upon some hilltop a cent merging with FEATI relay of the message to the
know they me pani igra no Con A White Bless Men Fisherm PARTIZAN DIOR DE S. KASURAK
vainglorioup monument to the air service, le nyho leaf at mane than 10 days, csak Chinese Optical Co.
He said the invitations were
victory of our arms that we are biggest air lines in the Far East more asked to bring our gifts and to make our sacrifices. It is to pro- Quarantine restrictions have relayed through the Communist vide all possible comfort, auc-been imposed against arrivals communications centre of Chee- cour and relief for those who from Formosa" pa account": "of foo, castern Shantung port have fought and suffered in and smallpox.
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