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Correspondence
The Editor takes na rEIDON. |sibility for views expressed- in. letters by correspondents, and baj no means necessarily agrees with them
Maral Force
Sir-In the midst of extreme- ly materialistic atmosphere Hong Keng is lucky because of the des liveries of two separate state ments the speech of Bishop R. O. Hall and one broadcast by, Air. DJ.S. Crozier. Bishop phasised the importance of moral
the defence of forces in Kong: and the officer of
200€
the
Education Department called our attention to "a great deal of pers verted party propaganda mas- querading as politics" in this Co- lony's schools.
Post-war Hong Kong with all tf the proud records of quick recovery and prosperity cannot escape the demoralising and de- teriorating influences which would prove fatal to the Colony's
security
in the event of another war. The absence of social jus-
Existence tice —fant animal thousands, whose labour was ex- ploited by a few, selfish few, to maintain their "good meals and airy hostels" and beautiful con- cubinesis
prevalent els me of the many
evils.
& war.
For one reason or another our oligarchical system of govern-. ment: has systématically added a chain of defeatist factors in the form of a series of mandates and have made which legislations inyalists in the last war convinced that treachery not patriotisin would be profitable in The Amnesty Order, the Order to Validate Duress Notes, Oc- cupation (Eneny) Land Trans- action. Ordinance and the Land- lord and Tenancy Ordinance have that derwastrated to the public these favoured by the enemy in Also favoured by the last war are our Govertiment, and vice versa.
A few deportation cases ther make demoralisation of the patricts. Since the enactment of les Ordinance ** Undesirables the have seen those who fought for the allies arrested and
and expelled. They who
fur-
who sheated Down with A Anglo-i American
erican Aggressors" with
of Noma front of remain overbearing, powerful and thes
a Japanese flag in
influential, bossing us as did in the days of the Mikado.
of We need drastic revolution ethics to eliminate these evils in Kong's order to convince
Hong masses that it is worth defending We depend on Bishop Hall for leadership, as we know that he is not only our spiritual head, And his task but also a patriot. is not confined to the ranoval of the "ung hei fat choi" greeting of-the-New-Year-which has made this city, like other cities, an idolatrous city. Our Most Re Terend teacher will help Hong Keng by
aiding ils sons and
Replica of the painting in the extacomb of Priscilla shown above. Replicas of the "ancient Roman catmomba: are now on Exhibition at the Beliam House, Shaukiwan- (“China Mall" photo),
Marion Exhibition
At Salesian House.
Marion Exhibition, containing replicas of the ancient Roman catacombs, is being held at the Salesian House, Shaukiwan. It will re- main open until September 28,
The replicas were built by public every day including Sun- the students
at the Salesian days from 9 am to 12 noon, and House under the supervision from 3 p.m. to 7 pm.. I will re- of the Reverend Fr. A. Cotta main open until September 28. and Brothers John Foster and
CNAC Plane's P. Deane,
Forced Landing
were
The Roman catacombs Christian cemeteries, and not me many people beld, the dwelling places of the early Christians
During the various. persecti- tions, the Christians also used? them as places of refuge from
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ASSASSINATION IN HK: FORMER CHINESE ENVOY TO MOSCOW SHOT DEAD
General Yang Chich, former Chinese Ambos- sador to the Soviet Union, was shot and killed on Monday night in the first political assas sination in Hong Kong since the end of the
WET.
The 59-year-old General arrived here, about 10 days ago from Kunming to await passage to North Ching where he was expected to attend the Chinese- Communist-sponsored Political Consultative Conference at Peiping.
The assassination was care ried out in the General's flat," third floor of $06A, Hennessy
Personalia Road, about 10.30 p.m. yester
Departures from the
day by stwo unidentified, men, They gained entry to the flat
Kumming.
Hotel on Monday included Miss by pretending they were de EE. Marcos Mrs. G.W. Coysh, livering letter sent from Messrs. R. McWayne, A. Poave Wen, Smith, C.S.. Wo. P. Bershad, C.P. CHADE ande D. Berrigan
General Yang Chich who has
bold
a mmmber of important milli- ment tinder Generálissuo
Among the new arrivals at the ary posts m the Central Go Peninsula Hotel on Monday were she was shot in the head.
Mr. and Mrs. C.AN. White, Mr E. Henneman, Mr. and Mrs. JJ. Meyers, Mr. and Mrs & Martio,
Di, 202 Mrs. R. Ma, Messrs.
•
$
Tie a assa Dants escaped, ↑ Thes were careful enough to recover the forged later which they banded to the General before. ty shot him
GENERAL YANG CHIEN
Japanese Trade
Mission
On their way to Siam, Burma, India and Pakistan to promote Japanese foreign trade in railway rolling stock and automotive machinery
Leebbouts, L.B. Biell K.D. Br10 Fowler, Y. Chen, D.S.W. Pepper, R. Waper, MD General Yang Chien, according Cuinese press reports, was Johnson, and J.M. Pusgrave.
ape of the prime movers in the Mrs. Marie
Obre, Messrs recent abortive coup d'etat spare parts, an American and a Japanese attached to SCAP Georges Lawson, G. Besse, W. Kunming,
Headquarters in Tokyo passed Doakim, Tran Han, and Lu Cxz. The reports added that he was through Hong Kong in a Pan left for Saigon resterday, by Alt the leading anti-civil war pro- American World, Airways air- France
parent in Yunnan Province and craft yesterday.
"General associated with Lung Yun who worked for
Expecting to stay in Bangkok same cause outside China. Gen- for about 20 days, Mr. A. B.
in Hong Kong.
Snell, chiet of the Machisiery eral Lung Yun
Branch, Foreign Trade, SCAP, General Yang was amilitary
Uchida, of and Mr. Hiroshi commentator in Kunming SCAP and also of the Ministry he left the Yunnan capital, to be of International Trade and In- ta Peiping He was born in
dustries of the Japanese Govern❤ Tali near Kunming.
ment, were part of a mission of seven more officials, including
"Five
for the United Departares Kingdom by 30AC yesterday in cluded Mr NM. Richard. Miss B. Eichard, Miss E. Williams, Messrs. Tao Shih-ching Tao Sih- cking D.R. Fraser, D. Pepper. 1. Waper, Liu Wen giao NR. Clarke and DM Robinson
Mr. J.M. Braga, Mr. R. Eleazer, and Mr. T.C. Hayes Palmer left for Bangkok yesterday by BOAC.
of
WEDDINGS
Lawrence Suva, cabin steward,
55. President Wilson, and Miss
Chan Yok, of 4 Hak Po Street, first floor. Mongkok, were mar
at the Supreme Court. Mary
way
Educated in Japan
the
Educated in Japan, General Yang graduated from the Japa nese Military Academy. He was one of General Chiang Kai-shek's senior staff officers during the Northern Expedition. He was also a graduate of the Whampoa
four Japanese, will join Mr. Snell and Mr. Uchida in Bangkok on Thursday.
The second party will be led by Mr. Robert A Steeler
The party's mission is to see whether railway rolling stock from 10 major Japanese factories and 'automotive machinery spare major Japanese parts from 13
can find a market in
Military Academy at Canton,
One of Generalissimo Chiang factories Kai-shek's most trusted offres, these countries. General Yang Chieh has held a At Kai Tak4 Due to bad flying weather, a, go and Mrs. Lee: Bo cha "He number of high military posí-..
fions before he was appointed Anibassador to the Soviet Union.
"First Mission”
Although this is brst mission of this kind in this particular
daughters who fought, suffered their persecutors, but never re-la force. landing at the Kai tak trar's Office was that of Irving Rumoured As Successor feid of trade, Mr. Snell said that
or died for defending Hong Kongmained in them for any
treat
р.д.
riage Registrar's Office yesterday in the Presence of
Another wedding at the Regis. CNAC amphibious aircraft made
San sirport yesterday at about 6.30 Hector Raymond
and Mrs. Francisco, California at in the last war to secure justice | period of time.
The aircraft which was coming Pang Ying, widow, of 7 Playing due to them.
The name eatacemo" is derived Retaliation and punishment!
the Greek word "Katain from Wuchow, received only Field Road, Kowloon Witnesses slight damage to her under car were ads Rokas and Mrs. Yeung alone are apparently not enough Kimboa" which marans new 2 nor possible, for securing such valley, because one of the catarage. No casualty was claimed by San-ying.
is to justice. One simple way educate the youth that crime combe, that of St. Sebastian was the mishap which had temporar!-
ly held up the in-dering and out- aynear a valley.
The most ancient Catacombs going traffic of the airport.
of the first At about 7 pm. the damaged date from the end
are aircraft was towed away to the The catacombs century. roughly about 40 miles in length airline's own workshops in the and about 75 yards deep. They airport isenssist of five worevs
especially treason-does not pay, although it has paid to some one in the last war. The youth must also
be convinced despite of all The misgivings and abuses, De- mocracy as we understand it, even this practiced in
oligarchy, defending
At the Scian, House, Shau still worth
But Hung
education has van are reprsenico parts of not followed any teleology or these catacombs which, contar theology. For years it has been paintings of the Blessed Virgin.. operated without any tim or The paintings of the Virgin re philosophy. What has concerned the Department of Education was rated are found in the follow
ing catacombs Pricella, Domi- stly the location and number
of latrines not doctrines,
Naturally when the almighty school managers preached doc- trines aiming at the crushing of Bong
Kong's fundemanial
insti tutions, the Department would not interfere too. The results have been the free distribution of Chiang Kai-shek's China's Destiny, Mao Tse-tung's New and Josef Stalin's of Lenipisin, all aiming the destruction of British perialism.
im.
fille, Calixtus, Ss. Marcellinus and
Peter, St Agnes, Comodilla and Alban
Catacomb Of Priscilla
are
The forthcoming wedding of Mancil Owings Whitman, seaman, of es, President Wilson, and Misa Carmen Leon, of 210 Cameron
i nomced.
Road, Kowloon has been
Dockyard Officer Sentenced For Theft
hope you realise the result of your act remark
MOSCOW
in the past muncras Japanese He was once mentioned as textile trade missions have been possible successor to Generalis-1 sent le United States to look fer simo Chiang Kai-snck Shortly possities of establishing a After the wÁT broke out In market there. Europe he was recalled fram Touring on the present status
and
appointed # of Japanese foreign trade, the fecturer on military strategy at American official said that sum- the Central Training Institution, meris season in which trade He was once described as one in Japan is traditionally slow but
as autumn of the best Chinese military as
is strategists, second to General Japanese trañe
be brought Pai Chung-hai.
up considerably.
The party is expected to spend General Yang was known to 90 days for the trade mission trip. Due to bad flying weather, the have openly "dent mced the. Na-! tional Government for continuing party's PAA aircraft was divert- the civil war. against the "Comed to Canton where it was de- munists.
fayed for one and a half hours before arriving at the Kai Tak airport
He agitated for compromise and peace, with the Communists and in Kunming he was in favour of
ed Mr. F. X d'Almada at Kowloon Magistracythe province being divorced from
yesterday when he passed sentence of nine month's imprisonment on a clerical officer of HM Dockyard, William Henry Edward Barber aged 51.9
the Central Government
approaching
SIR ROBERT HO TUNG
The last political assassination
Mr. Shum Soeng,
Sir Robert Ho Ting who has Bons Kong occurred in 1938- nephew of Wang Ching-wei, was chos and spent some time in England is acents of the Kuomintang Secret study postwar conditions there.. Defendant, who had 33 years' service in the Royale in the Central District by now leaving for the Continent to Sir Robert will pay a visit to Navy and was due to go on pension shortly,Service Blue Shits.
Copenhagen leaving London con Thursday or Saturday. While in was charged with stealing $900 from Robert
Denmark he will stay in Copen- Whiteley at 168 Boundary Street on Septem-
hagen Hotel Angleterre.
·ber 13.
The catacomb of Priscilia ir the most ancient and the most Important because it la pro bable that here &L Peter preached. his apostolic: sermont. In this
Catacomb there: three painting of the Blessed Vir- ging one of the beginning of the It is hoped that with the de- second century, the second of the Livery of the Inspector's speech, latter part of the seebad century Borg Kong's boys and girls shall and the third of the third cen- no longer be poisoned by import-
He was also charged with steal tury.
In the telling that nothing threlin is the utopia and
of St. Priscilla ing $170, the property of wom but USSA is the Ideal State, and that painting of the Blessed Virgin Grinth, from the Sup
Longs
the decoration of a torch in Civil Engineer's Office, Royal
between Sep there are nobody but devils and one of the most ancient subter- Naval Dockyard satans in London and Washing of the most
mom ranean passages, an
tember 9 and 18, and being
With wesented seated with public servant ton If we have to torture sour
She is represented children like that, let us ask Mr. Bevin to tell Malloy to send over the Child Jesus on her lap. On $105.40, being money entrusted
ver her right is the prophet Isas dis-him by virtue of his employment Commissars here and take over tinguished by the star which is to from the Superintendent Civil the civil government top. We do
be seen over his head
Engineer's Office RN Dockyard. not need to be worried over the
In the same catacomb there is between August 28 and, Septem Chinese Elehrer's China's Des
gover
catacemb
as the
In the
Court:
and gins other catacombs *97 and was responsible for
stealing
office that work on
The Blue Shirts also attempf- ed to kill. Mr. Lam Pak-sang. the then Hong Kong representa Live of Wang, Ching-wei Who deserted Case-ilsulme : Chiang would return to Kai-shek to become. President of 12, but he the Japanese sponsored - puppet
Nankin
In the meantime, the pro
szi he stole $300)
sujjoase of Mr. White
Team mate, #16
Boundary Street, and Busin
went on a drunken orgy,
bou
Funeral
Howell
Vere
bands
Ms. Howell, aged
deniyi on the evening,
Jis; survived: her
ance Howell," a son
-and thrce
Andrews, Chirch
On September 13, defendant The funeral was approached by Mr Grifith How who asked him about the miss
Colonial tiny, a copy of the Bohemia Cor- another painting in which can be ber 16, yesterday Barbering mone. The former Tited des then he had money fendant poral's Meb Kemp, as we read in a bishop and two deacons. from day to day the Chinese The bishop is giving a rell to spicaded guilty to all charges
It was stated by the prosecuto repay the office. Defendant told her Mr. Grill that he could get the Fucher's "faithful and loyal fol virgin and pointing to the Blessed
of all vir- tion that defendant was lowers-former
clerical oficer in the ners, generals, législators-are repeating and go-
which he ke ing over, the "most democratic have the Blessed Virgin repre- and its contents of which
*Of
sealed with Child Jesus in her the key people's over and Mao arms and accompanied either b Engels, Lenin,
– On, August 26, the site contents
look $600 from included Mrs. Al, C. Ecrning, to
kuster, Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Tse-tung" in the task of enand the Marias in the catacombs of were checked, and was found
Mr. Whiteley's suitcase. pating and delivering the whole SS. Peler and Marcellinus, Callix-be correct The following day
$30) in an e. Harvey, Men and E. Harvey world from the yoke of Anglo- tus and Agnes, or by the defendant, took $105.40
and Mrs. G. Avaisa, Mr.LE. (public mints
sing it to Mr. Ant House, Mrs Griener, Mr. Chefing vel as in the others. American Imperialists and capi-
mones) and $170 belonging
C. Jack, Mr.Gracky, Lalists!
The Exhibition is open to, the Mr Grifiths for his awe Helderson or My Griffith. This ent BANZAI!
had gone on a drunken spree with velope he gave to the room of Mr. and Mrs. F Wakefiel the money and, faued to appear in with instructions to hand it f
the addresses. With the Foster: Hall, Mrs. Waller, and Mr
FOOD AND
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left for a cafe Na
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FISH PRICES
the office for several days money defendant intended to and Mrs J. Lovie.
Wreaths were sent by Agnes, Keys To Safe
RAND FOR THE 12 the sale wac Kee. Transportation Co." MI The average price of fresh fish
On September, 9, the superieri Detindant then
and Mrs Harvey, Diddy and Bil The food and fuel costs for the realised at the Hong Kong Fish officer returned from Singapore where he
Mrs. King, Staff Whoesale Market, Kennedy and wanted to get the keys to his entot HARTAMA, A Crooks, Mr week ended September 17, Issued
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keys daring the super-ter office had retired from work and the and Mr. Cheung Mr. Mr
bey informed him that being Purcell Altz and Frank, absence. As defendant had nol Grality Average bom to the office for several had seen defendant acting us Betty and Jimmy
Prien Price been bi
car days, a messmate was sent topiciously by his suitcase MF
19 catties.
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SAT
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Tea, 1.2 catty
Salt Fish, 03 catty
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Pork. 03 catty
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