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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1935.
HELENA MAY CONCERT
Varied Programme Applauded
The first of the fortnightly winter concerts organised by the Helena May Institute was held yesterday when a well arranged and varied programine was given very appreciative
to a small bur audience. }
The
Items "consisted of vocal solos and planoforte solos, which were rendered by well-known local artistes
Prominent on the programme, were the
rendered by Mrs. E
Jor.es
evenings numbers Snowden
Mrs. (Soprano) and
N. Mathieson (Contralto) and the planaforte solos by Mr. W. M Barton the talented local pianist. Altogether there were 10 Items the programme which were excellently rendered and received" rounds of applause from the audience.
.on
The next concert will be held
the Institute on November 21.
AN APPEAL
Benevolent Society Asks for Clothing
The "Daty Press" is in receipt of t cominunication from Mr. Winifred L. Sayer, President of the Hong Kong. Benevolent Society which reads as follows :-
"May I be allowed to make pub lie the following appeal through the medium of your paper? Now that winter is approaching, the Society is urgently in need of win ter clothes and shoes for
men, specially medium and small sizes.
An equally urgent need as for warm clothing and shoes suitable for boys of 7 and upwards,
Parcels may be sent on Mondays and, Thursdays, between 10.30 am. and "noon, to the society's room. above the "Daily Press" office. Ice House Street. They will be grate- fully received."
POPPY DAY
Major General Sir F.Maurice. K.C.M.G., C.B., President of the British Legion received the follow- ing letter from Lord Wigram (sir
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DEATH ENQUIRY
Woman Dies In Prison
An enquiry was conducted by Mr. E. I Wynne Jones, tag as Coroner, a uhe Kowloon Magis. tracy yesterday into the circum- stances surrounding the death of a female prisoner named Chan Ho, aged 50 years, who died at the Lai Chi Kok female prison on November 6.
The Corner was assisted by the following Jury: R.M. Omar fore- man) Francis Lee, and Wu 5, Chi.
After Dr. G. H. Henry medicat offer of tie jau in question, and Mrs. J. C. Pearson, matron in charge of the female prison had given evidence, the jury returned a verdict of "death from natural causes."
The prisoner it was stated was at the Central Magistracy on August 12, fined $2,500 or in de fault 12 months' gacl with bard Iabour, for the possession of 3,000 heroin pilis. Dr. Henry in evidence said that he examined the prisoner on Agust 13, after she had been admitted, the previous
evening.
DEATH OF POLAR Clive Wigram); Private Secretary Her general condition was poor,
EXPLORER
General Greely And
An Arctic Drama
Special Air Mail Service
London, Oct. 21.
to His Majesty The King. This Hatter, of course, refers to the col- lections in England:
"My dear Maurice,
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I have laid your letter of the 9th instant before The King who was, as ever, much interested to hear the result of the British le- gion Poppy Day collection, Con- sidering the weather was, as you way, the worst that has ever been experienced. His Majesty const
After a life of thrilling adven-ders that the sum of £505,828, s ture,
Major-Gen, A. W. Greely, the American Arctic explorer, died yesterday at Washington, at the age of 91..
In a
As a youth he fought in the American Civil War and later became an officer in the regular army, his duties bringing, him in confulet with Red Indians thrilling period.
Skill as signals officer in erecting the first telegraphs in the West and a keen interest in meteorology preceded his selection
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in 1881 as the leader of a U.S. expedition to the Polar regions. HLs mission was to establish chain of 15 stations round the Pole, and his party of 25 reached a point farther North than any- one had reached at that time.
DEATHS FROM STARVATION Cut off by the ice, they could not be helped by rescue exped- tions. Ten of the party died from: Sarvation. Another was shot at Greely's order for theits,
When at last, after three years. a U.S. warship rescued the surfi- vors, after two other expeditions had failed, only seven men vere alive. Not one could walk without assistance and they were in the last stages of exhaustion. It was sald that 48 hours later all would have beeh dead,
Gen: Greely. during milltary operations from 1896 to 1902, laid thousands of miles of telegraph cable in China, Cuba, the Philip- pine Islands and elsewhere. He was also responsible for laying submarine cables.
most satisfactory and that all con- cerned are to be congratulated.
and she was suffering from chronic bronchitis. He (witness) put her on half-labour. A blood test was taken and deceased was found to be suffering from venereal discase She was accordingly treated for such, but on October 30 she wis admitted to the prison bospital with a temperature varying from 102 degrees to 103., which she re- tained until November 5.
The jury returned a verdict-as stated above.
ir.
at the
Summoned for allowing her dog The King feels that it must be
the Childrens's Playground a special satisfaction to those who Middle Road. and also for having were kind enough to sell Popples, her dog there without in such inclement conditions, to Mrs. Sclater. of Room
a muzzle know that their efforts in thest Hotel Kowloon, appeared
12. Alrit: circumstances
before were rewarded-Mr. E. I Wynne-Jones Yours sincerely.
Kowloon Magistracy yesterday,
It was stated that the dog bit a child in a playful manner the case was adjourned until afternoon at 2.30 p.m., as the Ma- gistrate held that !t Was mos; necessary for Dr. Smalley to give a report.
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(Sd.) WIGRAM.
POPPY DAY FUND. Previously acknowledged $3,490.- The British Legion,, EK
and China Branch 4.K, Cricket Club
$1,000,-
100,-
St. George's Society HK St. Andrew's Society
100.-
100.-
25.- 20.-
20.
J. Scott Harston
J. Owen Hughes George W. Pope Miss Mitchell
Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Lacon
5.-
thi
Tso! Chi San, conductor of the Hong Kong Tramway Company appeared before Mr. W. Scholeld a the Central Magistracy yester- day, charged with rape on. Li 5- Tim Haged 17. &1 No. 317A, Hen- nessy Eoad. 1st floor, on August 11 or 12. 1935.
Mr. Willams. Assistant Attorney Further contributions will be General prosecuted, and Mr. Hin- gratefully received by the Secreshing to instructed by Mr. F. E. tary to Earl Halg's Fund, Mr. F. G. Maunder York Bldg.. Hont Kong.
$4,865,-.
Chiques should be made payable te Thomson and Co., and crossed "Poppy Day Fund."
AN INTRODUCTORY HISTORY
He took charge of the zeller By W. L. Handyside, M. A., B. operationis at San Francisco afterSc., in Collaboration with 2. H. the earthquake of 1006, and re- | Vrank, 0, B. E... M. A., and IF. presented the United States Army | Kay M. A. Neuspaper Enterprise at the Coronation of King George Ltd., $1.00
LOCAL RESIDENTS RETURNING
Those who are not familiar with In March of this year he was the earlier forms of this concise given the Congressional Medal of little work will find it an essen. Honour for his Arctic heroism of tially practical volume, complied | 1881-84. The only other living by one in close touch with the stu- holder of the medal's is Col. dent who places "his needs first. Lindbergh.
In simple lucid language, it ful- fis admirably its arowed purpos of being a skeleton ready "to be clothed with flesh and Alled with the breath of life," maintaining throughout an excellent sense of proportion, and remaining alway readable. Those who have worked Among the passengers booked in with the las edition, and the 1930 Europe to connect with the "Em-reprint will welcome the Handyside press of Canada" from Vancouver, Edition as an all round advance: Nov. 2. due Hong Kong, Nov. 22 Extensive sections have been re are the following:-Miss K. Fiss-Written, especially in the earlier bach, Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Hall, Mr. Parts of the book, and in some of E. N. Ensor, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. the rather disconnected chapters Bagram, Mr. Táng Talc Tee. Mr. greater continuity is attained. The V. Cowling and 2 sons, and Mr. R. Work has been brought thoroughly W. Asquith (Breaking at Kobe)." up to date; views on ancient civilisations are modified in the light of recent: discovery and the chapter on Nationalism and In UNLAWFUL POSSESSION ternationalism has been extended Charged with the unlawful pos- to give a brief account of the post Session of 15 lbs. of wolfrain cre war period. Although the blocks valued at $1 per lb. Chau Twig. of Mr. Crook's lustrations were unemployed was fined $40, or in unfortunately lost, within its at 1 default, six weeks' hard labour tractive cayer the new edition con- by Mr. E. L. Wynne-Jones at the tains some delightful drawings by Kowloon Magistracy yesterday.
students of Kings College, repro- Defendant stated that he pb.
duetions of interesting photo:] tained the wolfram from Shingraphs, including a frontispiece of Mun. It was stated by the pro- the Bung Wong Tol, and the 1930 secution that defendant had a maps by students of Queen's previous conviction."
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