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They say in India that a cold spring introduces a healthy mani iter. Ir this is correct we have 1-cfece us a reason of unparalleled salubrity. The spring was not only cold; it was also of unusual aurention. Even in the merry onth of May n fire in the inorn- is was by no means disagree- ble. But summer has really set r the wind has chopped round! to the South, m heavy rains
marked the change of the non- Cont. There are few places within the tropies-if anywhere it can he mit that for five months a fre in the parlour is really desirable
eh bas boun the case in Hong Koz sinee the
carly part of Tereicher, and the "nidest Euro- an inhabitani may not recol. In Jert suel, a long, cold spring. the quarter, where the European tow psulation changes every years, the "oldest European in-
bitant appears a tooné expressi alon. However, for the benent of the who will belleve that the ellwate 18 akin to the West Const of Afrien, we slate that an Ameri can gentleman, (now in Canton, has ying wellent health) enjoy teen hi Chinn for 10 years. Mr. Geocue Chinnery, the talented Artist, has resided in Macro for Painter's
pwards of 20 years. The climate
has not impaired the genium; he has passed the alloted dage of three score and ten and le siet ches are still a delight to all who see them.
The event of the months are On the extremely important. #7th of April, The Governor, his Wife, and three Secretaries, took their departure for Shanghal in Use Steamer "Lady Mury Wood," for Various causes are assigned for the expedition, but except to the parties concerned it is a matter of no consequence. The Colony moves on under the administration
THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JULY 17,1850.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Maria De Jose after their wedding at St. Margaret's Church yesterday. The bride was formerly
. Mics Geraldine Soporco Xavier. “China Mall" photo.
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LOST BOAT RECOVERED
Captured by the Nationalists in their retreat from the Lap Sap on May 8, Eshing Mei Islands
was found by her junk M62F
owner, Wong Kam, drifting off
Potol Island South of Stanley,
Wong was fishing
Wedding
De Jase-Xavier
St. Margaret's Church was the scene of a wedding yester- day
Geraldine when Miss Socorro Xavier became the yesterday morning in the vicinity bride of Mr. Albert. Maria De The Reverend Father yesterday when he saw the drift- Joac. ing junk. He boarded the empty | Riganti offiziated.
The bride, who is the daughter vessel and found to his surprize that the junk was the M02F, his of Mr. and Mrs. L.V. Xavier lost boat.
was given away by her father, Mr. L.V. Xavier.
Masso she is looked for daily. This vessel brings out the new
Governor.
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* Major-Generai Staveley, and Malignant disease In Canton sconte, reasonably enough, en- quire. Why have Governor The city of Canton, and the
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She looked radiant la n gown of heavy French Satin, embroi- dered with seed pearls and A long train. The veil was held in place by a crown of seed pearls. The bridal bouquet was com- posed of tuber roses and gladioli The bridesmaids were Miss Zina Ozorlo, Mira Raniona Xavier and Miss Beatrice Baptisto.
Mirs Argentina Xavier was the flower girl and the beat man was Dr. R.E. Alvares. Master Edward McLane was the pageboy.
Kwangtung Defence Army
PERSONALITY PARADE
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, HK
All sections of opinion agreed
The General i this unneresuary, When the War office optick the 5tli Thillan Division to that the new GOC in C was cm. pointed Lieutenant-General singapore to receive the Japan-inently suited to his task. Sir Robert Mansergh to Hongcse Aurrentier.
The General came to Hong Kong Kong last year as the Colony' From Singapore, the Divlalon last year..
Hollves at Flagstaff House, the. General Officer Commanding movest to East Java where it re-
mained for so maritha and Infficial residence of tile COC-In-C in-Chief, it took into account April 46 he went to Batavia to Ile takes considerable Interest in his brilliant record during the became Commander of the 18th the house mal gardens, where all war, and decided that he was Indian Corps and Commander in domestic matters are bify con the man best suited to cope Chief Allied Forces in the Nether- ducted by his Alide-de-campi. with the growing restlessness in this part of the world.
Ilo took over Singapore from the Japanese, and restored elvil government there. Immediatly after that he moved to the Nether- lunds East Indies, ultimately be Curing commander-in-chief of the Allied forces in the N.E.I.
(ieneral Mansergh comes from a long line of distinguished soldiers and sultors. He was born in 155uth Airica, receiving his carly educa- tion there. On leaving school, it wan natural for hhn to plek one of the services because many of hin ancestors had done the same thing.
He studied at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. In 1928, he received Commission it the Royal Field Artillery, and em barked on a military career which has taken him to many parts of the world. He served in various capacities at home in England and abroad--both regimental and staff before being appointed to the Royal Horse Artillery.
lund's East Indies.
JIc, returned in 1947 to England where he became Direcctor of the
General Mansergh
A year later Territorial Army. he was appointed Military Secret- ary to the Secretary of State for
Whe
He took up one of his earlier overseas appointments when se had just become 30 years of age, as a member of the British Mili tury Mission to Iraq. This Inated for Ave years. When he returned lu England he became Adjutnot of
In 1949 the position of Hong the Royal Military Academy, ot Woolwich,
the Second World War Kong, in terms of British defence started, he was still Adjutant to in the Far East, grew in spor the RMA. He was then a Major. tante ns the Kuomintang armles Promotion, however, was rapid in fell back in the face of the Com- When Lleuten- munist advance, his case and when the war ended ant-General F. W. Festing, the he was a Major General, and he-i
fell seriously 111, in GOC-in-C, Lieutenant-General 4
General Mansergh was sent hore
When
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In 1940 he was given cominando relleve him. of a 25 Pdr. Battery in the Sur- rey and Sussex Yeomanry, and went out to the Middle East with
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them. He saw service in Eritrea, Abyssinis, the Western Desert, The battery Libya and Porsia.
The Rev. Fr. Frederic J. Foley. was with the 8th Indian Division, with which General Mansergh SJ, of Yorkers, NY, and the Rev. remained for most of the war. Fr. John Clifford, 54, of San San ordained Into After a short spell on the staff Francisco, were
the
in Cairo, during the spring of Priesthood at Zikawel, Shanghat 1942 he returned to command the last month, according to Royal Artillery of the 5th Indian "Sunday Examiner". Division.
Rapid promotion
Direct approach
He possesses a 'directness of approach which is embarrassing to some people. He wastes no time in preliminaries. In thing has got to be done at all, it should be. done now. People who meet m for the first time might be bewil. dered by the abruptness of hig attitude, but after a short while they realise this is partly shyness and
a mannerism of his Partly
In fact he is for deportment. from being either abrupt or in- approachable.
Ailitary man all his the, he bears an abiding regard for the Army; hin life is virtually dextten- ted to t It.
He has seldom been photo- graphed, and dislikes it. He has pered for portraits barely half a dozen times in his life.
Ho
is very much a soldier-tall, broad shouldered. He talks with
emphasis, and to me with sich n stringency of words that all his sentences appeared reduced to phrases.
In his spare time he enjoys gardening, walking, tennis and golf. Hois fond of collecting pletures, and owns song chalce items which he keeps at home in Ergintul, Old fumiture especi- also delight oly period pieces him,
His governing philosophy recalls the axiom that all that is worth doing is worth doing well.
Like most soldiers, General Mansergh is more realistic than theoretical. He requires a reason for everything always probing Into the cause and the effect.
Ceremony at Christ Church grounds
The foundation stone of the Christ Church Hall and the Diocesan Preparatory School was laid yesterday morning by Bishop R. O. Hall at the Christ Chuch grounds, Kowloon Tong. The brief ceremony was_at-
Mr. Chang Wel-shed, of been China, has Sharghh, When the Division was sent to awarded the Doctor of Philosophy India and Burma, General Man-degree at the University of Wis-tended by Rev. E. E. Low, Rev..
cousin. sergh went with it, thus renewing his experience of India. He took
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an active part in the campaigns in Miss Viola C. Kan, of Sinyang, Burma and Assam, remaining Honan, has obtained a Master of with the 5th Indian Division Science degree at the University throughout the Burma campaign of Wisconsin. except for a short period when he
Communist General Ych left the Division to command thei
Governor
a Master of Science degree at the University of Wisconsin.
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J. Wang and many others.
After the saying of prayers by those attending the ceremony led
by Rev. Low, Bishop Hall poured cement on the starid of the marble along on which were the words
"To the glory of God. This stone was lalil on Sunday, 18th July, Rev. Ronald 1956, by the Rt. Owen Hall, Bishop of Hong Kong" were inscribed.
The one storey, new building, covering an ares of 4,000 to 8,000 square feet, was designed by Mr. WH. Kwan, well-known archi- tect here.
at all if the Military Commandant neighbouring towns and villages, compeiant to administer the are afflicted by a malignant fever, duties of the Office"? It may be It is commonly called typhus. dilleult, to answer the question: Some European Physicians ure of to the we recommend it to the considera- opinion that It is akini
A reception was held later at tion of the Colonial Reformers in yellow fever of the West Indies;
others think that it resembles the the East Telephone Building No. England.
plague which desolated London 2 flat and the honeymoon is be- two centuries ago, The disease is ing spent at Repulse Bay and
Its Japan. said to be Invariably fatal, On the 1st of May three picales victims linger three or four days, were hongest at West Point, though in some instances they Through some mismanagement, have died in 12 hours. More than they were kept on the scaffold for one European Doctor would cheer- more than half an hour with the fully tender their services, but the corts round their necks. The bolt Chinese are obstinute in their ad- could not be drawn, and after
herence to old custom-old, shaking the gallows violently, the ignorant quackery. The distem- police sent to the Naval Stores for per has not made its appearance
of 11th East African Division, later Mr. Liu Shu-kal, of Hing hummer, with which they at the Factories, and as it may Chien-ying, korked back the bolt, Two of the arise from a want of a cleanliness Kwangtung Province, is now in returning as Commander to the hwn, Fuklen, has been awarded
Indian Division. criminals fainted and were held among the people we are in hopes Peking, consulting the People's 5th
Tho General fought the Japan up until the bolt was forced back; that it will not extend to Euro-Central Government on the th
ese in some of the toughest balties the third kept calling "Adee, peans. Were Cromwell alive, he idee" (be quick). The scene, we would say this was a judgment of formation of a Kwangtung - of the Burime War, taking part in ere told, was very disgusting. the Almighty, a iesimony of His fence Army, said the indepen- the Arakhan and Imphal battles
Since the arrival of the Febru- displeasure, a nugishment awar dent vernacular "Wah Kiu Yat as well as the arduous advance Swalow, has obtained a Master message olong the Tiddin Road. Hils of Science degree at the Univer- pry--mail-It-has-been reported-ded for the murderant Hwang Po" yesterday in a and partially believed that the Chukee, We say nothing-simply from the Kwangtung capital division on one of the three sity of Wisconsin. Fortuguese Government is sending giving the facts,
The newspaper added that be- which partipated in the capture of
The new 'buliding consists of out a strong Naval force, and The E. Company's steamer cause of the transter of consider-
Mr. Immediately after the libera-
Ave class rooms, each capable of of the 3,000 troops with
Semiramis," with three
com- able numbers of troops
has been housing 30 pupils, and a hall vitaining satisfaction for the panies of the Ceylon Rifles arrived People's Liberation Army to the lion of the Burmese Capital, he Hwelslen, murder of the late Governor af en the 11th; she sailed for Singa- North, the Kwangtung provincial began to prepare plans for the awarded a Doctor of Philosophy, which will be used as a Church Macuo. It is alleged that Portugal pore, Ceylon, and Bombay on the authorities wont permanent reconquest of Malaya, but the degree at the University Wis-
surrender of the Japanese made consin. has pawned Goa to the East India 18th, carrying back thice com- army to deal with bandits and Company for £150,000 and that panies of the Rifles who have been anti-Communist guerilla bonds. this fund furnishes her with the for some years in this garrison. It said that tentative plans. sinews of war. The English H. M. Brig "Serpent" came In on
on call for the recruiting of army
men divided Into. pupers received by the March mall the 4th. She relieved the "Pilat" of 5,000
ake no notice of this expedition at
Whampoa the Intter has gone, divisions. The proposed pro- cd we have doubts as to the North. The mazon" (frigate) vincial force will include 12,000 truth of the report; we can readily mrived from Singapore an
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former Nationalist soldiers cap believe, however, that the East 10th; on the following day the tured on Halpan Island, and five India Company would advance "Hostings" dalled for Singapore. quxili
auxiliary unita' of
of the People's Troubridge 160,000 on the security of Goa. Captain
of the Liberation
Army One thing is certain, a Portugu. Amazon is for the present the Kwangtung. ese frigite of 44 guns arrived at senior naval of car on the Chino Singapore early in this month at station.
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Holy Souls Church blessed by Bishop
The report added that General The blessing of the Holy Souls Church in Star Stract, Wanchai was performed by Bishop Valtorta yesterday.
Yen, will suggest that Licu- tenant-General Tseng Seng be If the pro-
mado
Commander
posed Kwangtung Provincial De-The inauguration of the new church was well at- tended and a Holy Mass was celebrated by Bishop Joseph Yuan of Chumatien.
fence
Army General Theng, former. Hollon- alist Commander, capitulated to the Chinese
Commúnists in Manchuria. He led the People's Liberation Army's vanguard 13
Yunnan.
DECREES MADE ABSOLUTE
tion
of
In the afternoon there was af dered that the funds be returned confirmation service and benedic to the starving donors or distribut- of the Blessed Sacrament ed to the most needy enses. The and To Doum,
plans of the Church were shelved The now church is situated just for the duration or the calamity. below the Canossian Convent and The Prayers and the Holy Com Hospital of St. Francis. The Idea munions were not stopped...on for a new church In Wanchal the contrary they were intensited. repóso began to take shape 18 years ago. Masses were added for that At that time, contrary to and be of the Holy Souls in Purgatory. When the liberation came in expectation, was verlised that the Catholic 1015 the "find "started all over it was population was increasing by leaps again. Then it seemed of though and bounds. It began to be a miracle was happening. Mabel Hunt, of 14 Xim Po counted by thousands whereas long of the Catholler ́ ́ ́of
Two decrees nisi were made absolute by the Acting Chief Justice, Mr. E. H. William on Saturday.
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Fong-Street; ground floor, Kaw the Chapel at St. Francis Hospitalled response to tho
showed itself in thị loon, was granted a divorce from could only offer accominedation Erie Percival William
offerings that began to pour "In Hunt, for little more than 100, supervisor of the Government
The Catholics of Wanchal were for the Bullding Fund. Slaughterhouse, on the ground of in sore need of a Church, and had
There were some substantial adultery.
до material means
at their dis offerings, A steady stream of decree nisi She was granted a
posal to procure one. They took donors who wanted marble on January 20 this year'
the-words of Jesus literally, and memorial tablet in the Churc M. J. C. Stewart represented turned to their Heavenly Father to commemorate the name
Wielr dear once, gave an offering and with childlike confidence The
other petitioner was asked Him for a Church through of $500. But as usun? Frank Lee, marine engineer of the intercession of the Holy, Souls, ings came from the po Butterfield and Swire, who sought At the time of the Japanese form of a large num a dissolution or hitzmarriage to invasion, several thousand dollars
of jewellery
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Ellen Martha Lee Lyton House. were collected, and in addition; wirth : Paper, note.“*
Feiffoner was represented by
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on the ground of adultery. He there was a site, which is almost walchics, a moto was granted a decree nal on July completely the gift of the Ruptis Bazaars.
Inside the family. Not a vary, ideal élte but the only one that could be ob of small ma tained. The plans, began to fake seen on the shapa. Then the war, upset, every names of thing
CORRECTION
In the Sunday., Herald: - MA
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dear ones.
were mob
The work of the construction
of the new building began about alx weeks ago, and is expected.
to be completed in September,
hall and in the same time as a hall for badminton games.
Funds for the construction of. the new building, amounting to : $80,000, were contributed by the. Church with the help of Bishop Hall, it was learned.
SHIR'S BAKER FOUND DEAD
M. Ferrero, 80-year-old Indian baker of the ms. Sirdhana, was found dead aboard the vessel at
· 8-n.m. yesterday.
It was believed that Mr. Ferrero, who came here with the British India Steam; Navigation Company ship on Saturday, died of maltrat causes. His body was taken to the Kowloon Mertupry.
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