HONGKONG DAILY "PRESS.
AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS IN COLONY: "AUXILIARY
FIRE SERVICE"
In extension of the Air Raid Precaution work in the Colony, It is proposed to augment the Fire Service by inviting volunteers to form an "Auxiliary Fire Service." Volunteers will be supplied with one suit of drill uniform and one suit of sergquniform, top boots and accoutrements. Volunteers will carry distinctive badgèn and number of the "Auxiliary Fire Service.".
The aim is to have 100 trained Applicants must be between 23 men before the end of this year. 300 45 years of age, minimum and more may be trained in the height 5 ft 8 in. and of good following year. The Chief Officer, physique. Applicants will be re- Pire Brigade, wishes to enlist 50 quired to undergo, with charge, men forthwith, twenty-five of medical examination before enlist- menta. Freference will be given to British subjects, but other nationals resident in Hongkong may apply. Applicants must be able to read and write Englian.
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will be trained on the Hongkong Island side and the re- maining twenty-five. In Kowloon, During training it is proposed to hold two drills a week; each drill will last not more than one hour.
"Applications cannot be enter The course of training will include tained from members of either of mscape drill, extension ladder drill, the volunteer Services or from pump drill, trailer pump drill, care those who have already vaunteered of hose, methods of dealing with for service as "Air Raid Wardens, Incendiary bomba and anti-gas under the Air Raid Precautions precautions, Full training Will Scheme; nor can applications be take about four months.
entertained from men' who have NO REMUNERATION
already been earmarked for special Applicants will be required to "Essential Services" in an emer give their services
without regency. muneration. When the first 50 | met have been trained, training
Forms of application for enlist- of the second 50 men will be startment can be obtained at any Fire ed: hence it may be that an appliBrigade Station. When completed, Į cant may not be selected amongst they should be returned to the
FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1939. -PAGE T
GENERAL
SMILES AT THE RACE CARNIVAL
PRAMS
PRAMS
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MRS. T. 6. 5. ALEXANDER photographed at..the Annual Race
meeting at the Talley. (Photo by Lelon),
CITY
IS HAMMER ATTACK TOLD BY CROWN COUNSEL
WITH A SHADE COVER HIS RIGHT EYE. Mr. Lum Pak- mang, founder and manager of the Chinese newspaper, ““South China Daily News," appeared as complainant before Mr. R. Edwards at the Central Court yesterday at the pre- liminary hearing of the case, in which Chan Sek-lum is charged with wounding Lam with Intent to murder «and, alternatively, wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
Mr. E. H. Williams, Crown
the arst 50, but he may be selected Superintendent, Fire Brigade, Cen-Counsel, appeared for the prosecu- H.K, UNIVERSITY
tral Fire Station,
in the second 50.
SHARP BENCH PROVINCIAL BANK
CRITICISM
OF POLICE
Mr. H A. de B Botelho, who
been assaulted.
MEETING
tion assisted by Mr. M. A. da Sliva. Mr. C. A. Butherton Russ was for the defence.
Mr. Williams told the Court that about 5 pm. on January 17, Mr. Lum had come down from Chung Tin Building and when he had
Jew
Kwangtung Branch gone for a paces in the
In Singapore
direction of Pedder Street, he was struck several blows on the head and collapsed.
ALUMNI ASSOCN,
The third annual general meet- ing of the Hongkong University Alamni Association will be held to-day, March 3. at 5.45 pm. at the association premises, in low- cester. Building, Hongkong.
The Hon. Secretary's report and the Hon. Treasurer's statement of accounts for the year 1938 will be submitted to the meeting. after which the election of office-bearers will take piace.
appeared for Cheung Sze, cross- A meeting of the Kwangtung
Dr. F. 9. Court, of the Queen examined Mo regarding the Provincial Bank, was held at the assault. Mo denied that he had Hotel Cecil yesterday when it was Mary Hospital, examined Mr. Lum
The general meeting will be pre- given any false evidence but could reported that since the fall of and found four scalp wounds and not give any reason why he had Canton, its Head Office had to be one each on the brow and eyeeeded by an extraordinary general
and muscles of his divided into three branches, Hong- The nerves
meeting at 5.30 p.m. at which cer- District Watchman Le Chun, who kong, Ngchow and Kwangchowwan, right eye were impaired and he tain revisions to the "constitution
would suffer from some defects also
of the Association will be made re- took Cheung Sze. "into custody. Many other. branches had was called to the witness box. He evacuated owing to the Sino- Mr. Lum Pak-sang, in the wit-lating to the subscription of or told the Court that when
associat! he Japanese conflict, and those which ness box, said, "After I came out dinary members and got to No. 2 Police Station, the remained to carry on business as of Chung Tin Building and turn-members. Inspector-on-Duty detailed a Chi- usual were in Swatow, Pakhol, ed west, it appeared that somes
was behind nese detective to investigate the Muiyuen, Chaochowfa, Hengleng, one
me and struck CHINESE ENGINEERS me. It also appeared to me that The detective
to The report disclosed that the someone was rushing ́up me took both the complainant and defendant into rate of exchange at $1.44 Canton from one side. I collapsed and the detective office, and he (wit-currency, to $1 Chinese National I remember hearing a European Chinese Engineers' Society
was to be maintained. I woman's in the charge currency
also the purchase of gold and all-ambulance.” ver to help the Chinese.Govern- ment's economic problem.
case.
ness) remained
room.
COULD HEAR CRIES While he was outside, he said
etc.
voice calling - tor
· EYE-WITNESS' STORY
SOCIETY
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was
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an formally organised at a meeting of FEBRUARY. ISSUE
A branch of the Bank was esta- Dr. F. J. Far, Government Radio-
leading Chinese engineers at the St. Francis Hotel on Wednesday, March 1.
The February issue of the Tien Esia Monthly is well up to the Mr. Wu Yun-chu, engineer and standard of its previous numbers.
or
he could hear cries coming from blished in Singapore recently and logist, who wis an eye-witness, proprietor and general manager of An interesting editorial commen- the detective office and the voice had afforded great convenience said that when he was about to the Tien Chu Seasoning Powder tary dealing with the march of sounded to be that of Mo Yung.for the oversea people, as remit-get into his car outside Lane, Factory. Shanghai, and Mr. Huo events in China in their relation Witness then went in to inquire tances made through other Banks, Crawford's his attention was Pao-shu, former Acting Commis to effects caused by the war and as he entered he saw Mo could now be made direct,
attracted by some noise. He look-sioner of Reconstruction of the Chinese art and literature shows was crying out and was being
Chinese ed up and saw a man sinking to Chekiang Provincial Government, the height to which struck by a detective on the face:
pre- the ground. He also noticed a man were elected Chairman and Vice-patriotism has risen in the The defendant. Cheung Sze. was AIRPORT MOVEMENTS bending down on the fallen man Chairman of the Society," respec-sent crisis. sitting down, Witness could not
Charles Glicksberg contri- and strike him three times with tively. Mr. Chang Yen-slang waS- suggest any reason for the assault. The "Dorado" Imperial Airways" #
hammer. The man who used elected secretary and Mr. Wu Ta butes an excellent article on "The Cross-examined by Det.-Sergt. plane lett Kai Tak this morning the hammer, whom he recognised moh treasurer: Hutchinson, officer in-charge offer Bangkok with mail for all ports as
the defendant. then ran in the prosecution as to why he did and passengers; - not report the incident to the
Inward week-end service ing. Inspector-on-Duty, witness made will arrive at Kal Tak, to-morrow no reply.
The
Giving an explanation as to and 4.30 o'clock with mall from all witness' silence, Mr. Forrest said ports and passengers, that. from his experience, in the The weekly service from Hanot case of a Chinese, unless specific of Air France arrived at Kal Tak Instructions were given to report. yesterday 1.10 p.m.
the direction of Gloucester Build- ST. JOHN AMBULANCE
"I had no time to catch him.
ASSOCIATION
Intellectuals in Spain," while an article by Dr. Bernard Read head of the Division of Physio- logical Sciences, Henry Lester Institute of Medical Research,
of T'ang
(Saturday) aftercon between 43 went straight back to Lane, All those who have passed" for Shanghai, on Chinese Medicine Crawford's and phoned for an am- the A. R. P. Publie Course Volun- will doubtless provide readers tary Aid Certificate are requested with clearer ideas on the mysteries bulance," Dr. Farr said. "
Mr. C. de Saille Robertson, who to enrol in the A. R. P. Auxiliary of Chinese medical preparations. was outside Dodwell's showroom finit This does not mean enrol- "The Four Seasons at the time of the incident, told ment in the St. John Ambulance Poetry" and the "Nine Poems of Brigade unless one wishes, but in Su Tung-P'o" complete. a very
Reserve Unit, to be called educatiye invaluable publication. upon if necessary.
Names, addresses and occupation:
John Ambulance Brigade Head-
com-the Court that he saw 3 man
He would not do so, because the l The return flight.of this affair did not concern him..
the pany will leave Kal Tak, to-morrow, striking with a hammer, another Mr. Forrest further said that it (Saturday) at approximately 6.30 one who was lying down on the
a very bad state of anairs) a.m
ground. He saw him strike three. if things like that could occur in
police station.
Was
"FUNDAMENTAL DISTRUST"
The Pan American Airways heavy blows in quick succession must be sent to the Secretary St. Beoing Clipper is due to arrive in and witness dashed forward shout quarters, Tai Hang Road. Wanted Hongkong, to-day between 11.30 ing.," "Stop him." and 12.00 a.m, from America and
-recruits-men" and · WOMEN
Mr. Robertson said that the
for
COLONY HEALTH
"It makes people have a fun- Manila. Mall and sir express, but defendant ran into the army of the Brigade. Also · women (Ear. Culosis
damental distrust in the adminis- no passengers will be on board, tration of justice. I hope that thei
The return fight of the Clipper
in
another European.
as publie an inquiry as possible (Saturday) at approximately 8.30 over to him.
order to clear its name of a.m. with mail, express only. these allegations; or, if inquiry
should go the other way, to bring
After cross-examination.
British
RETURNS
faver
Twenty-four
cases of tuber- were reported to the lish speaking and of
Health Department on Mar. 1, in
Hongkong Police Force will have departs from Kal Tak to-morrow after, and defendant was handed apply to Headquarters.
ten cases of cerebro-spinal fever. Inspector Hopkins arrived shortly nationality) for St. John V. A. D. addition to 12 cases of measles, An urgent and important meet-two cases of chicken-pox, two ing of all Officers and Surgeons cases of small-pox and one case the of St. John
each of diptheria, enteric Ambulance Brigade hearing was adjourned til Monday will be held at St. John Ambulance and dysentery.
Headquarters at 7.30 pm this Referring to the larceny case, Addressing Det-Sergt. Hutchin-
evening, Friday, March 3.
Two women, Cheung Lau, 24, and he said he did not feel inclined | son, Mr. Forrest sald, "I hope, you
Wong Yee, 39, were committed by to go further into the case,' "as¡ will bring these allegations to the
Mrs. H. R. Edmonds, whose hu--Mr. E. Himsworth at the Kowloon evidence which should have been notice of your superior officers,
band is associated with the Men Court yesterday to the Criminal brought, was mot brought," he and that an inquiry be held, for. Firing practice will be carried Hwa Thread Co., Shanghai, is a gessions on a charge of highway added.
if one is not held, I feel it incum-jout from Fakshawan Fort between | passenger in the as Rampura on robbery with violence. The com- Cheung She was thereupon dis bent to sent a copy of these de- the hours of 6.30 pm, and 12 her way to London with her plainant is 50-year-old "blind charged.
positions to the Attorney General." } midnight to-day, Mar. 3. 1939.-- children.
the guilty person to justice.”
POP-CURE
QUESTIONED
WHENEVER-I DO THIS,
DOCTOR,
MY NECK
HURTS!
afternoon.
WELL, DON'T
DO IT!
FIRING PRACTICE
THEN
HOW SHALL
I KNOW IF IT..
STILL HURTS
woman, Blu Hing.
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