REDS APOLOGISED TO THE "ELSIE MOLLER"
******ssessede |A Communist Commander, whose machine gun battaries firad hundreds of rounds of the Bri- 'fish'ship, ss. Elsid Moller, told the British cop-
fàin that he was "vory sorry.”
eminders
Today
THE CHINA MAIL THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1049.
Bill Passed
"The Egentía), Berviços Corpe Came Into Aeing yoalarday when the Epsential Barylces
for its establishment. PATIOD ihto law by the
in 1949, which pro
Legislative Coundll, A fortnight ogp, the Elsie Moller was steaming out
the North Channel of the Yangtse river, after having broken the blockade to Shanghai, when Communist guns opened fire. Twenty-six billet
A Communist struck
boarding party Elic Moller, damaging' her eydyred the Elsie Mollar's cauftain lifebouts and superstructure, to come ashore, sul with R Euro- but no one was injured.
pean deer and a Chinese inter- preter, the captail me the Coin- Con-
Kowloon Rotary Club luncheon- mretang, Malk on “Ten Years in The H-ing River Valley" by Re.. W. P. Hinckstone, Penthe
lu Hotel, 13,30 mm. Men's Club weekly luncheon, Roof Garden, BK ilstel, 12.45 ነ ነ ነ . HK Women's International Club. Dance for Sorvlermute, 1.30
British Comelt weekly film show. Helena May Institate, 6.30
p.1.
Nine Diayons Services' Club.
Qa, 4 p.). RK Union Church Lattles Guild
me ting Church halt, Ken- nelly Standl. 3 pin RAP Association Lurehest mee
ing, The Grips, 11k Itatel, 12.46 p. 10. Stage th
to Two
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munist commander,
A 'Reprimand..
The ship's crew, of more than 20. lay down on the port deck for mort than half an hour before the gunfire ceased,
Even though the Elsie Moller's
When the Communists Tearned ship stopped his
im- uplatn
niter the first shots that they had Bred on a British mediately
ship, their commander ordered a Wern fred, and blew stres the Communists intensifted bordinate ulices who had com- manded the attack to be sevečky their
Are
reprimanded.
The ship's
While attempting to break away from their poЯtion, within several hundred yards of the Commmunist guns, the Elsie Moller was forced in the share, and its rudder was ripped off.
Strikes Measure Extended
The Illegal Strikes
and Lock-outs Ordinance 1949 was extended another year!. Rouras from January 1, 1060, by a rosolution of the Legislative Council yesterday.
Ho al Hong Kong Gulf Club an-
nual genera! meeting Garde HK Hotel, 6.30 p.m. Nine “Dragous Serviver Club, Tom-
bain, 8.
1k Comel of Women, weneral meeting. 144 lecture roman, 6.15 1. Ik Schools Minerend Asonauttion, Barn Nohor), plam de atual by Mi Renner.
SAILOR FINED
However, the young Commun- machine-gunners SWREME!! around the British officers, ant Wanted to know how minny hl
on the Elsie they had made Moller, and whether or gol the British officers thought their alm was accurate.
officers did not
The ship's
answer them,
After the ship had been stuck
The how organisation an entirely elvillan body whose purpose is to provide a vital serviler for the community in the event or won omorgency. Enrolment is entirely volun
A
qp.pated Into law the Penelona Ordinance 2 1942, which congolidătos, and amends the law regulating the -Granting ofɑpiensians: gratuities and other allowancos in re- spectat públic service,
Rubber
Company Meetings
The annual general meetings
of three rubber companies the
•Miku (MJO. »Kdlight presenting certificates at St. Stephan's Girls' College Speech Day yesterday, ("China Mail” photo).
Speech Day At St. Stephen's
Chemor, United Rubber Com- "True education is a lifelong process, and it leads
18 hours in the mud, it broke pany, Limited, the Cheng Rub- loose during high tide, and steer- ber Estates, Limited, The
ed with its two engines the re-Semambu Rubber
Estates,
maining distance pulide terri-Limited, were held yesterday "A
torial waters.
A Hong Kong tag. Allegiance 1. sighted the Elsie Moller on November 30, and towed the ship into Hong Kong.
The
the British ofcera that
Canadian Ship
at the offices of the Geheral Managers, J,,,A. Wattic and Company, Limited.
were
Shelter For
HEIMILI
+
Shop Refreshed
Overted under anithority of one turniture on.
►PHÒNG MORA MOTTLENE, Pastords shu. 4.10.1. detuds Simsy omáma „Artà i
Coca
Ice-Cold
Shumshuipo Can a can save time?
Homeless
"us"not to walls lined with cortificates but to :'minds "stored with 'wisdom. great deal of trouble and unrest in the world today is due to undigested education and a complete lack of wisdom." In a reports on the three rubbur estates, ME W. A. Welch, The above remarks The ship arrived yesterday.
Chairman, said that the Chemper made by Miss M. C. Knight at After the Communist officer United Rubber Campany, Linút apologised for his mistake, ced, hinde
annubl presentation of told
pránt of HK$28,470. the
at St. Stephen's Shanghai had not informed thestory, it was less then originally Girls' College, yesterday.
Cost of production wus autistau certificates to expect a ship, and that their estimated.
After Miss, K. Cherry, Principal Expliling the reason for the neting comunatuler thought The As a result of, the doxaluation of the College, had read the an- extension sought, the Attorney ship was Nationalist,
of sterling the present price of nuni report, Miss Knight distri- General, Mr. J. 8. Gilfen, said
Communist commander übber is 44 Straits cents if pound.buted certificates to the success- the main purpose of the Ordin- sair that the next time the slip Ho aided that at this price the ful students.
to replace legislation went to Shanghat, she must fy company should be earning Buffie Was
Temporary shelter has forve previously
in this her signal from the, main mast, cient funds to upkeep the area Miss, Raight sald; The car been found for 58 people, Calony to prevent strikes and and signal one lung blust from that has been replanted. rion reminds me of the story of who lost their homes in the lock-outs which took place with-her, hon-the ship would then The Cheng Rubber Estates,
a student from, China to the USA out regard to any genuin trade pose nunolestad,
Pimited, mode a net profit of who studiest hard and long to at fire at Shumshuipo, at the dispute, which bad the effect of
HK$8,078. During the year HK$
tain. &
a high degres and then re-Shumshuipo Welfare Cen- [cuerving the Government and in-
and HK$6,840 on 30,207 was spent on replanting turned to China. The certificate tre. Forty-one have been ac conveniencing or endangering the
buildings and followed him home and when he commodated at the Lu Tat welfare of the
machinery. Cost of production. munity.
was considerably higher than last received it, it had been marked School, 45 at the Chung Tak
the Customs bo
of Section of the Ordinance pro-
year due to the disappointing | "This WD3 of course pretty true, Buddhist Association Welfare She is the 83. Lake Catim, crop and increase in wages, vides that the Ordinence shall
# certificate is at ho value to Centre and some in the 'Shum continue lo force unti od in-8.000-ton modern merchant vessel
Mr. Welch reported that the end! cluding December 31, 1949, but similar to the American Isbrand- Semambu Rubber Estates, Limit- anyone but to the person who has Chi Wah Factory-
sen ships which have recently ed, made a profit of HK$17,339. dorned it and I would go further
Food has been prepared for the defled Nationalist warships, Suu aspector Chan Said Burt
and Higher wages Increased the cost and say that it is. of no use even traded with
of production. He said that, HKS to that person if it is considered homeless by the Social Welfare the dosend
Shanghai. haltended party on the Peak and later, when tion of the Ordinance for a term British, agents, in Hong Kong and HK$16,342, an other capital first milestone on the way
Though the Lake Canty has 29,808 was spent on replanting on end of effort rather than the Centre, The Chung Tok Buddhist to Asription are reeling their own walking
the Peak Cate, not exceeding
wisdom. Wheelock, Marden and Company | ítems.
neopla created a commotum. Police Con- | time
"Because true education .. Present at the three meetings Lid paper work for Hong Kong
Same 150 padded coats have stable 2:08 approache to help
cargo for Shanghai was taken were Mir Welch, Messrs H. Karolong process and it leads us, been sent by the Tung Wah Hos him und was assaulted When the defendant was taken to the Peak
over by the United States Ling doorie, and A. E. Fenton (dfree not to walls lined with certificates pitel. The Chung Sing Benevolen Police Stationa he coatinged to
Shipping Depan, is owned by Senting the Secretaries, und gen
tore), and G. A. Smith (repre but to minds stored with wisdom. Society has donated 50 padded nats and the Chiu Chow Kuny Wal us. The Social Welfare Cen J. A. Wattle and the Western Canada Steamuhip cral managers, Company, and is capable of carry-Campany, Limited, and sharehol ing more than 7,000 deadweight ders representing 199,000 shares in the Chemor United Rubber It is understood that bille pf Company Limited, 198,750 shares Chong Rubber Estnies, lading-on Shanghai-bound ships in the
devised to allow a ship's Limited, and 1941,920 shares in
Rubber
Estates, Master to take his cargo to the the Semembu
Limited).. "sale port,"
DJ Dovies, siek berth atten
tant of HM15 Tarn, an charged and
Gebore Mr Thomas Tum at C'er- wal yesterclay with. behaving in Amuthas Butiner when
ww with assaulting a police co- alotile in th enly hours Frater - day wornu KAR
The first Canadian ship to at- tempt to break the
Shanghat com-blockade left Hong Kong yester
CIT
Legislative Council is powered from time to time by resolutteri to extend The dura-
one
year ui
2
Dan nerd for midinlaining this Ordinance in force under pre- veiling world conditions is quite manifest, said Mr. Griffin, as he
Laaked Council to approve of the The Colonial Secretary, Mr. J.
create a disturbance
Dans les sabi fot be could mit Fresolution. recollect what had happened the night befor
He was the $15
Ver 18
yen.
F Nicoll, reconded and the mo- and Bourton was carried unanimously.
a strm of $100 for uno
BELFAST SAILOR DISCHARGED
Alber! Chundige Neur HS DellasL,
of
HOTEL RETURN INCORRECT
L.tri
Chuck-éhlu, Caf
the Rose
¡day
lona cargo.
Aro
nearest
Department.
This me
means that
13
the master of a vossel bound for a Co- anist port decides that it is jot munist
Shanghai-blockade 110 may
JHotel, Nathan Boud, was fed saffron in the relatively
who was set for failure to submit a proper, re- / sufe-ports of Tientsipler, Thingto
with the irreny of Bater Australian hotes from J. R. Co- uper, engineer of the 88. Easter
turn
However,
TENANCY BILL EXTENDED
hy
value.
Education "Of Tĥo cars sent, 500 gunny b
The organising direction
have been
and genera
undertaken
trouble A great deal of the and unrest in the world to-day la, due to undigested coucation the Shumshtigo Kal Food Welfare Association, ep-ordinating and a complete lack of wisdom. the work of iegistration of vit "We set cft, so many of us
shelter, carrying our education as passen-tims, their temporary
feeding and, clothing, and hand- gers. Soing of us carry it so till it fing all subscriptions in cash and Welfart slips away from us, in the middle kind with the Social of-Ufe and we become useless.
Centre, the Kowloon Chamber of True education is an education Commerce, the Chu Chow Kung not only of the mind but of the Wul, the Lunging Buddhis $750 by Mr. Jumes Wicks at
spirit, that is in man--the pertifl-Aysulation and the Chung Tak Kowloon yesterday on a süMIMOUS
cale of this education, bringing Buddhist Association.
hetween, heart and 1 shipping official
accord the Roglitrur of Altens,
A resolution passed by the e is bestowed in the late Anspector, Reynolds, who visit said yesterday, that pront margins Legislative Council yesteryears, et life in f. serenity, of by Mr. P. X. d'Almada nt How-
ed the the hotel on November 7, current in those, two North
day extended the operation countenance, benjinity, of pro- were dilly dwhidling found that a Siamese national ports. oh yesterday due to insufficient had been staying at the hotel since whereas cafgo delvered in Shang- of the Landlord and Terfant soner, a precision, of thought, a Defendant pleading not guilty October, 30, had that no mention hat is bringing two to three hun- Ordinance 1947 for another Just Judgment and a wide merey,
was made of the guest in defendred per cent more than market year as from January 1, 1950, concluded Miss Kaught.
prices in Hong Kong...
The motion for extension.was
até List Cărtificate Atornat proposed by the
Mr. J. B. Grifin, who Contained that under section 35 Hong Kong Matriculation:
>Yellow," Croaker is 1.25- *Mod Glitipor te duration of the Ordinance Yau-shing
· 1,05) Bohool Leaving: Chan_Chi-xual, clings Flats could be extended by rosion Chan Kwill-yua, Chan Den-yung Whlie Pomfret fikret 1.31 of the Coufell not excéeding]
(mk) IDG Chan' Ming-hwn, Chung Chan-sin, one year at a time.
The last exterion was made Jashine Chow, Cliung Ling-kel, Maa Sole firs
tour dumall 1,07 non December, 10, 1948, Tbo ne. Fon. Kampui, Tung Foi-fung..
in November 20, was dischan g
CVIČENICE,
to the charge sail that on the int's retum. night in question he had a great send to drink and that whên hỏ woke up the next morning he found three £10 Australian note: in his pocket. He knew the nate. belonged to Couper and tried t reach him by telephone and t hard them back to biru.
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how
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to suffer..
used
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Maryknoll Convent School Speech Day
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"Having completed our major work of rehabilitacosity for continuanes, at the Joan Hsu, Lily Ipin Shiu-hinged Thread.......
Oidinante at the present Ume Valli Chan, Ko Yg-lan, Fauling Ho Head (small)...1.10 Elon, we were able to devote more time to the Was clear, "he said, as he put the Lee, Ne. Sugt-cing Dorothy Sun, Red Ben Brean large) 1.39
Lena Sun, Wong Yuen-ing and
"Tumali) 4.11 individual development of students, declared motion to the Council,
The Colonial Scentury Bella Wood.
Hair Tail the Report of the Headmistress of Maryknoll Nicol, secondeu, and, the Convent School read at the school's Spooch.msida was carried unualinoudly, Day yesterday
cultural sub- "The Report said: "Although making, although
ased at the tects will not be disrejt
Mir: The Attorney-General Ladiiglastic success; our girls,
We are may
we shall be far happier to see JB Grimfn KC preschiedt prizes thomve or 10 years from to the following:
Hong Kong University Matriculatii
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SWIMMING POOL
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The by-laws for swimming pools mide, by the Urban ouncil on November 22 under section 4 of the Public Health (Sanitation Cirdiniice. 1935, were, approved j.
by the Legislative Council-yen-
thomatick, fistory, Biblicar, how Urbin Counch who inve Adams ATKA Kathitine i Kéto-Credhat/Matherandra,
g the haproval of the by-laws, said bused on model: History," Geography,*- Biblität,..
adopted by the Mijlitey. en todas: 15 MEGANG
alth ́m the United Kingdom Maureen Ind-Crediti Oral English, Cane, `loneve," "Mathematice, Ilatory, Geni
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Hah, Biology, Googropbyg Mary Virginia Lang-Distinctioni
good books which can be for them, lộ 16h Credits. Omd English," Riológy,
not only present aid to the
Dayikh but also
of Enjoyinerie, and
ald to their mental
development,
the Hang
have
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Franch, History,
GAR}} Matka, Mccedeen--Credit: Oval English,
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