THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER
6, 1947, 3
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************* US. SHIPS CATHOLIC PRESS EXHIBITION
POPPY DAY BROADCAST He Proposed Over The
Services Join To Remember "Not Charity But Recognition Of A Moral Duty"
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Princeton-S'hai Phone
Krown-syedl · -33-year-old · Nima,
Princeton, "(Missouri), Nov. 7. Anna Martin is going back to China in January to become the baldo of a 19- year-old British army major, who proposed via a 20-minute telephone call from Shanghai to Princeton.
The groom will be Major David McDowell, of Aberdeen, Scotland, a member of the Gordon Highlanders and at pre. sent Director of UNRRA 'operations for China.
Mrs. Martin was assistant to the major at Shanghai de. fore flying home on October 8 to the bedside of her mother
wheed a few daya inter-United Press.
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PRICE CONTROL BREACHES:—
Talks on the different aspects of the great work of the British Legion and the origin of Poppy Day were broadcast over ZBW last night by the G.O.C., Major-General G. W. E. J. Erskine, Group Captain Jones, and the Com- mander of the British Pacific Fleet, Vice-Admiral Sir Denis Boyd who were introduced by Mr. N. O. C. Marsh. Opening the programme, Mr. Marsh said: "I particularly wish to invite
your most generous assistance tomorrow, which will be Poppy Day. All 4/ the world over, wherever British people live, move and have their being they will be thinking in deep respects of their fathers, brothers, relations, or friends who fought and won the two wars. "Many paid the suprense sacrifice, and they will never be forgottra; lisi is for those who sild net dir, and who remain with us, the braken in body or mind that I want to apprai to you night.
"They will tinue in our cave, and in asking you be remember them in a practical way I the pot beg for rharky, but would conphasise the quoral obligation which is with everyone of us do jessing the British
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"We shall not sleep though popples | "He nid, Hers you are, Madame."
grow
"In Flanders fieħls."
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Impressed an American, Moins Michael, that she wore a puppy reminst her sa keep this falıb, and ushers followed her trad
C.-lo-C,
"Madame wold, Guerin, visiting America, braught the idea hack to France and, in 1921, 19 England where she met officials of the British Legion, and they at ance ausio Eat Baig's approval for the las in its work of joviding futher form of social serucity Puppy femblem, those deserving of it in the lightest The Legion Appeal (Earl Haig's
Fund), degere,"
which all Puppy Day The speaker went an co thank allmuotes are credited, in a welfare fund those individuals. Hems and instituts the fest west of the word. tions, who have already responded to the appeal.
"Your Day"
Toppy Day Mr. Marsh said, yanı day, monk its further sureiss 25 your responsibility.
"It is the day those by British people at the suggestion of Eari Haig as he reason they would semember in a practicni manger the debt they ove the living no less than in the dead, in those who mifered in their country's
dependant.
n
Will you please keep his in mind tomorrow today), sa that the Britisle Legion can go où with les great work
The work of helping back to start in life those men and women who fought and sui-] fered in the two world wars,”
health and a ww
"Why Poppies?"
The Cononander-in-Chirl Vice- Admiral Sir Denis Boyd, asked "Why Popples? What a she origin of this seminder of om dead?" The stirring porto McCrar
Canadian who
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"It is a welfare fund created by the British people bemsolves an tribuir and a practical memorial 10 thing who served their country faith- fully in war.
more a charity than welfare fond set up is a 6em for lis
workers.
"Whatever
the Government may
mort
da with sucini servire schemes the need for welfare, that little which meats so match to those who are crippled, or in want, will be
dessin."
"All Over"
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Popples are sem to every part of the world where there is British community, vail the speaker. wh added that the Sunday wearest to Nav. 11 is now, by 1žis Majesty's wich, an be Remembeñace Day.
The C-in-C, concluded with the following story: "A risk fadly arrived Ein Heaven and demanded to be shown where she was to live. do 9. Pelzi walked her doven a street of houses made of pearl. She hesitated but be Call walked on. blueli later died of wounds, which started with a Flanders dels the Pappies blow. Between the craves row," and endisur in the challenge:
"If we break faith with us who die Iwage lanıl.
row OTI
Why Not the
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"Then through a street of hove made of guld. She hesitated again
he went sh
"Then of silver, then of copper and at last came to a shack in a bit of
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The General Officer Commanding | (Maj-len. Erskine) said; rat look upon Remembrance Day
ad day. It is a day of which we ute_ali
all very proud. "The spirit of welf-maærlfire cotnradeship which wor always a precious and happy gcncrates in
The British
in the Legion mentry. means of keeping alive that spirit.”
"Besides getting just a puppy when you put your maney to the box, you can get something much more if you will recall the example of self sacri fier which the meh who fuught have left behind.
"I am sure." he declared, "we can all give something even more valu able than money if we try to put hate our daily life little of the spli which won the war.
"After all, we want to make ure that these men did not make a sacri fier in vain. We shall not do that ply by looking back. We must look forward and give our help to making a better, more human wad More Christian world."
Great Task
Earl Haig's Fund for Ex-Service- men, sald Group Captain Jones, came
into existence more than 25 year one of its most important sources of
with the annual Poppy Day appeal |
revenue.
The greatest task of the Legion is to help alive that spirit of which the |General spoke-the spirit of comrade
strip and self-sacrifice." declared the speaker, who added that "in the Ser vices that spirit shone through twn world wars.
not want
"The men who fought, and most of them were little more than laus. with their lives and happiness before| them, offered all they had-for you and me,reater love hath 210 minn. than this--that a man lay down hi life for his friends.
The ex-servicemen charity. declared the
the speaker, Their wants are the same as everybody's—| work, a home, health, and peace.
With
your assistance the British Legion can give that help, not only to the ex-Servicemen himself, hot in his family and dependants, and o the widows and children of those wh died.
"Those men and women too, did But let us down when we needed then. Are we to let them down now that they need us? They offered everything. Surely we cay offer. some:bing?"
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"He Had To Pay Up For The Fault
Of His
Foki"
"You have to pay for the ignorance of your foki," Mr. d'Almada told Yui Sai of Yan Chun Chai, 248 Queen's Road, W., yesterday at the Central. Magistracy, when he fined Yul $350 for over- charging 30 cents in selling a one-pound tin of Nestle Malted milk.
VISIT H.K.
NEXT WEEK
A Squadron of United States ships will visit Hong Kong on Wednes- day, Nov. 12, and will re- main in harbour until the forenoon of Monday, Nov, 17.
The Squadron is under the command of Admiral Charle
M. Cooke, Jnr. Commander of the U.S. Western Pacific Fleet He will be flying his flag in th headquarters ship U.S.S. Eats (Captain Jumes B. Hogle U.S.N.).
The other.
the shipa in Squadron are the U.S.S. Atlanta (Captain F. L. Riddle U.S.N.), cruiser armed with twelve 6" guns; and the destroyers Ru pertus (Commander S. NixdorfT U.S.N.) and Mason (Command- er S.D.B. Merril U.S.N.).
On arrival the United State ships will fire a 21-gun salute to the British flag; this will he returned by a 21-gun salute to the United States flag fired by
II.M.S. London.
Other overcharge-cases, rang- į 70 instead of 60 cents. In con-
The visit is an informal one, ing from five cerria to 30 cents, victing Yal, Mr. d'Almada re- brought fines from $55 to $260. marked that condensed milk has and no personal salutes will be
and ne- fired. Lee Skin of Nan Tai Shing, long been controlled
The Chief of Staff to Admiral 9 Jubilee St., was fined $250 | eused shoukt, have known bei-
tin
Res for aclling a 20-oz.
in Rear-Admirał ofter than to overcharge. Yui was Cooke Quick Quaker Oats, ut $1.80 | fined $100.
and the Senior Omcer De-a- Chan Chun of Kong Wah, 67troyers in U.S.S. Rupertus is ($1.50).
Isianct Rd., Aberdeen, was Captain Flynn U.S.N. fined $75 for selling a cake of at 70 "Lever'a health soap centa (C5 cents), and small tin of Gibbs dentifrice at 60 cents (55 cents).
Chan Shik Cheung of Hop Yick Drug Store, 75, Queen's Rd.. E. sold a bottle of Sloan'a Liniment $1,35 above the legal price. He had to pay $200.
Lan Cherk Lun of Kung Hop Leong, 343, Queen's Rd., W., in making an extra "profit" of five cents when selling a tin of Quick Quaker Oats (1 b. 4 oz.) "lost" instead $75 in court. Cheung Sang, of. Tak Cheong, 172, Des Voeux Rd., W., sold without a price tag a tin of Quick Quaker Oats at $1.80 in- lead of $1.50. He was fined
HK$260. This was his offence.
Bry
Chow Ping of Chow Ping Kee, 44, Main St. Stanley, was fined $100 for overcharging 16 cents In selling "Allowrie" cheese ($1.36).
"
1,000 Times
tin
of
Yai Chu Por of Lee Chun, 63, Island Rd., Aberdeen, was fined 1,000 times the amount he overcharged in selling a 12-01 tin of "Crusader unsweetoned condensed milk. He sold it for
FOOD PARCEL
FUND Donations to the Food parcels Fund:-
$1,000.00
Anonymous
Mr. WJ, Lynn Robin.
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Mrs. JJ, Garland
Mr. Pimm..
Mrs. Mador
Mrs. Rocha
Mrs. Wheeler
Mr. Pollard American Friend $33,377.00 Anonymous
100.00 Mr. F. Groves
Mrs. Weston 20,00 Mr. J.D, Thomson
Mr. Alex Mackenzio 100.00 Mr. K.C. Leong 20.00 Major T.A. Zec
Mr. A. Fryer 100.00
Total
80,00
Grand Trading Co.
6.00
Robert Law & Sons
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100.00
Charles Morgan & Co.,
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80.00
Wah Klu Yot Po The Radio People Universal Sales
(China Inc. Heings Trading Corp. Chap Fook & Co.
Total
110.00
50.00
20.00
2.00
10.00
Money Market
⚫ Gold opened yesterday at $826 a tael, went down
to Lee Woon Chung of Lee Hop $820.50, and closed at $323.25. Cheong, 22 Li Yun St. E., was
Piastres opened at $10.75 aned $100 for selling a "phro- and closed at $10.82% a 100. pliylactic" tootli brush for
There was no transaction in $1.30 ($1.20).
Chineso National Currency Wing-Kai, of Tal-Hong, 180-futures--which-wero-quoteil-- Des Voeux ftd., W., was fined nominal at 60% $200 for overcharging 10 cents CN$10,000.
cents for
in selling a 20-oz, Quick Quaker Spots opened at 65% cents
Oats tin
Chu Lai of Ng. Wo, 259, Queen's Rd.. W., for selling at 70 cents "Lover's" health soap. five cents above the controlled price, was fined $75.
and closed at 63 cents.
U.S. doilara spurted $5.25 with the tendency rislug. Sterling was quoted at $12.62.
Australian pounds and
$12.52.
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Medical Graduate· Fined For Stealing Cameras
Tse Kam-po, self-styled medical graduate of the Melbourne University who was fined $1,200 on Nov. 1 for the larceny of two cameras from Room 425 In the Y.M.C.A. between Sept. 29 and Oct. 5, admitted to Mr. W. A. Blair-Kerr at Kowloon yesterday that what he said on that day was "a pack of lies,"
He was not a Medical Doctor, own Initiative review the previous! 8.00 but was only called one by his sentence. 10.50 friends who knew
5.00 modioal student,, 100.00
him as a
Defendant was sentenced to
four months, hard labour with-
Tae Kam-po, alins Dr. Frank out the option of a fine, instead
5.00 Chin (25), Australian-burn of the three montha alternative
.100,00
10.00
Chinese,
appeared before the to the total fines of $1,200 passed 50.00 Magistrate yesterday us the re-at the last hearing. 20.00 sult of further inquiries made by 20.00 j Det, Sub-Inspector W. J. Wall 10.00 since sentence was passed. 10.00
$2,035.00
WEDDING GIFT FUND
$0.00 50.00 Mr. & Mrs. Lau Tak Po $
Mr. Roy B. Anderton 20.00 | Mr. R.J. Everest 25.00 Mr. & Mrs. S. Grove 10.00 Anonymous
$34,207.00
Total
25,00
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DSI Wall stated that defen. ZBW Hong Kong broadcasting on as he frequency of 845 kilacycles fron dant was not a doctor claimed in Court, neither did he 12.30 to 2.00 p.m., and 630 to 14.00 serve in North Africa with the pm and also en 9.52 megacycles in 11th B.M.A. as a medical officer. the 11 metre band from 12.30 to 1.15 He was only an orderly (private) 10 to 8.30 and 9.15 to 11.00 p.m. in the R.A.M.C..
Demobilised in Hong Kong 20.00 Inst, April, accused was appointed 20.00 an auxiliary dresser In Stanley 15.00 Hospital.
He was discharged 10.00 on Aug. 26, since when he had been Ilving on his various friends," declared DSI Wall,
$2,104.00
12-Year-Old Lad In
Kidnapping
Case
Over eight years ago, a 4-year-old boy disappeared from his house at 75 Tal Nam Street Shamshulpo, in, company with a married woman alleged to be Lai Mul
His Worship to defendant: "You have misled the Court and told me a pack of lies. I took your claims into consideration when I first passed sentence."
Asked whether he was really in Melbourne Univeralty, ac- eused stated that ho yna a student at Edinburgh University, for three years.
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5.30-7 p.m. ......................... 2-7 p.m. 11 am-7 p.m.
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Main Store, Exchange Bldg.
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8.80 p.m.--Personality. Interview: Flora 3.30 pim--London Plathonsa: Bedolin"
Luck wool, lars. * Hunter, Anne Crawford, and Bares Declaring that what defendant
K. Barnes a Glory-Teller. did was "definitely a contempt 9.05 Mods In Murte”.
9.85 pm Torte" of Court," His Worship said that, instead of preferring a new 10.00 London. Heley! News,
|10.10 p.m.--Westber“Report... According to DSI Dowman, charge against accused for con- 10.11 p.m. "Cabaret" and Dance Music the mother and defendant were tempt of Court, he would on his │11.00 p.m.--Close Down. very good friends.
Nothing further was heard of the charge of kidnapping Tsang the child or Lal Mul until Oct. Chu-tsal, the boy, on June 27,
0 supplement the British table. this year when the child's 1999.
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mother, Li Ki, met Lal:at Cheung" Sha Wan Road.
Det. Sub-Inspector C. Dowman revealed this when he prosecuted Lai Mul before Mr. W. A. Blair Kerr at Kowloon yesterday on
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The woman.
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On Oct. 8, Li met Lail. Lat denied all knowledge but, after the mother had told how her husband had died as the result of the child's loss, de fendant admitted that she took
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