HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
BRITISH WAR ORGANIZATION
FUND REACHES $202,486.70
The British War Organization Fund, Hongkong Branch, has now topped the $200,000 mark,
The latest list of subscriptions received to date include one for $8.000 from the Union Insurance Society of Canton and Artlisted Companies, two of $2,500 each from the Hongkong and Shanghal Hotels, Ltd., and, the Hongkong Tramways, Ltd., one of 52,000 from the Green Island Cement Co., Ltd., and four of $1,000 each from Caldbeck MacGregor and Co., Ltd., Mr. and Mrs. Andrew L. Shields, Banque Beige pour l'Etranger, and the Hongkong Realty and Trust Co.
Birth Control For China?
UTTERING OF FORGED DOCUMENT ALLEGED
Chan Kau, alias Chan, Wing-yip. Lai Yuk, To Tak and Chung Chan, fitters, appeared before Mr. E. Himsworth at the Kowloon Court yesterday jointly charged with un- lawfully uttering a forged docu-, ment. A further charge of pos- session of forged document was preferred against Chan Kau:
Mr. P. Winter-Blyth appeared for the prosecution on behalf the Hongkong and Whampoa Co., Ltd.
Dock
The third and fourth defendants
obtain employment by virtue of Were alleged to have attempted to
forged certificates of apprentice, ship and good conduct, purporting them by
The following is the full list:- Previously Acknowledged $177,229.60, Mr. and Mrs H, Hewitt $26, Mr. D. L. Strellett 100, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Macgregor 500, Mr. J. D. Humphreys 528.40, The Office Appliance Co. 50. Caldbeck Macgregor and Co.
Lid 1,000, The Officers, Warrant Officers N.C.O.'s and Men of the 9th A.A. Bat COMING DEBATE OF tery RA, 100, Mr. G. Riddell Carre 25, Mr. and Mrs, C. c. 0. Willson 50, H.K. ENGLISH FORUM CL 500, Holland China Trading China Provident Loan and Mortgage Co. on the Co. 250, Mrs. M. E. Court 70, Union An interesting debate
of Canton and Affilat subject of "Resolved that Birthed Ch 8,000. Mr. and Mrs. A to have been issued to drew L. Shields 1,000, Mr. Control is applicable to
MF E. B. Far present drew L.
wan! 15, Mr. W. B. Finnigan 50, Capt. day China," will be held
at the Officers and Ships Company H. M. S. Chinese Y.W.C.A. Bonham Road, Sandwich 54. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. on to-morrow at 8.15 p.m.
Alabaster 30. Mr. A. E. Veltman 100, Members of the Hongkong Eng-Banque Belge pour l'Etranger 1,000, Mr. T. C. Monagan 100, The Officers Ush Forum will participate in the and Men, 2nd Bn. The Royal Scots debate. The judges will be Mr. 0.700. Some members of the European K. Yui, Miss E. Thom, and Dr. Lin Staff of Butterfield and Swire 327.50, Mr. T. B. Wilson 28. Green Island Ce Wo-chiang.
UNMANIFESTED CARGO
Hongkong Firm Summoned
Insce.
defendants
Mr. H. Scott. General Works Manager, and the first and second
were alleged to
have obtained the certificates for them. Friday afternoon.
The hearing, was adjourned unit!
GENERAL
St. Patrick's Society, H.K.
ANNUAL MEETING
ON NOV. 13
The tenth annual rèneral mpeting of St. Patrick's Society of Hongkong, will be held in the Hongkong Hotel on Nov. 13 at 5,30 p.m.
A cocktail party will be held immediately after the meeting. concluding at 7.30 pm.
The following are extracts from the annual report which will be presented at the meeting:
Membership. The membership of the Society now stands at 136, 15 follows:-Life Members 21: Absent
Ordinary Members 112: Member 1: Associate Members 2;
Tota 138.
During the past year, thirty- two Ordinary Members joined the Society, while one Associate and Ordinary Members twenty-two resigned or left the Colony. nett gain in membership over last year is therefore nine members, and the Committee appeal to all members to assist in increasing the
ment Co. Ltd. 2,000. Anonymous 20. BOGUS CHARITY Society's membership.
Hong-
All members and friends are cor- Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Ltd.
2,500. Mr. E. L. Taverner 18. dially invited to attend.
kong Canton Export Co., Ltd. 100, Dr. and Mrs. R. &. Begble 100, Mr. P. M. Hodgson 100, Mrs. Winter and Mrs Davis, bridge and Mahjongg 425. 1 Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Redmond 200. Mr. H. W. Johnston 80. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Corra 100,
Dean and Chinese European Star Cle des Messagerie Maritimes. Hongkong 100. Hongkong Rope Manu factoring Co. Ltd. 300, Hongkong Realty and Trust
Co. 1.000. Union Ltd. 250, Mr. and Mrs. Waterboat Co., Ltd. EP. H, Lang 100. Mr. A. Whittaker 5. Mr. F. B.)
Winter 100, H.Q. 5th A.A. The discovery of a large quan-Regiment RA, 10, Mr. and Mrs. W. P.
Cargo on aim tity of unmanifested
ons 150, Hongkong Tramways. Simmons board the ss. Fatshan on October Ltd. 2.500. The Local Clerical Star of 13. had a sequel before Mr. T. J. Hongkong Tramways, Ltd. 59. Mr. H
Meeke 50,
de L Carey 50. Houston, at the Central Magis- Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Richards 100, tracy, when Messrs. J. P. Vasuria In Memory of the late T. G. Brad- 1. Mr. C. and Company were summoned for ford. Mrs. M. J. B. Maher 1.
10, Major and Mrs. C. M. Manners 10, Kowloon Football Club 10. Mr. C. E Terry 5, Mr. Wong Sik Chung 5, Mr. Mr. F. G. Nigel, who appeared Low 3. In Memory of RDW. 5.
Total: $202,436.70. that the for the defence, stated firm only claimed 56 bales of silk and two bales of paper. Chief Preventive Omcer A. W. Grimmitt prosecuted.
COLLECTOR
CEREMONIES
The
Wreaths were laid "on the Cenotaph by your President and Committee on Armistice Day and
Chinese Gaoled On St. Patrick's Day.
False Pretences
Charges
At the conclusion of the annual genem) meeting on Nov. 21, 1938 an enjoyable Cocktail Party was held In the Hongkong Hotel, the cost of which was borne by the rhem- bera participating. It is hoped that this wil become an annual function,
That there has been a great deal of organised swindling and victimising of the public on the pretext of collections for chari- ties by unauthorised collectors,
With a view to fostering interest was disclosed in the. Kowloon in the Society and increasing Court yesterday by Det.-Sergt. | Tellowship among the members, Johnston, when he conducted the your Committee made preliminary prosecution against a 40-year-old | arrangements for a function to be
Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen on four was regretfully abandoned owing charges of obtaining money by to the outbreak of War. false pretences.
unlawfully importing 65 bales of M. Hall 10 Staff of Kowloon Godowas unemployed who appeared before held in October; this, however,
silk and cotton plecegoods into the Colony...
D. D. Naterwalla, Canton Maria- ger of the Company, said that! there had been no chance of send-
BANKERS' ORDERS
Monthly:--
Mr. G. C. Worrall $50, Mr. E. L. Taverner 15 Bome Members of the European Staff of Butterfeld-and- Swire 327.50. Mr. A. Whittaker 6.
ing goods to Hongkong. until June SUMMARY COURT
this year. Witness later learned
that goods could be sent to the Colony from Canton, via 'hekki. He had also made enquiries at the
ACTION ENDS
Japanese Consul's office in Canton Evictions. Ordinance Japanese steamer, but was told Evoked By Defendant
about the shipping of goods by
that the river was closed.
VALUE OF GOODS.
The case in which Tang Mak claimed possession of No. 5
The value of the goods in ques- Cheungshawan Road, ground floor. tion was about $7,200.
from the Chung Hang frm was
Mr. Grimmitt: You have no concluded at the Summary Court ides How the goods get there, nor yesterday when Mr. Justice R. E. do you care how they get there. Lindsell held that the defendant's as long as they do.
claim for protection ander the Witness replied in the affirma- Prevention of Evictions Ordinance tire,
falled but that as there had been
Sergt. Johnston. in asking for a serious view to be taken of the case, stated that genuine charity Institutes might be affected" in raising funds IOT well-deserving
causes.
PLEA
OF
GUILTY
The defendant. Tong Chung, pleaded guilty to four charges of
ANNUAL BALL
785
The Annual Ball was held in the Peninsula Hotel on St. Patrick's Day. Friday, March 17 and again a pronounced success. The number attending was 434; for the first
time His
Excellency Governor and the Official Party were piped in with the Society's
the
obtaining sums of money. of afty own pipes, a set having been cents and a dollar from four per-purchased from Home and placed sons in Kowloon, pretending, that in the care of the Society's" Hon. he was "authorised to collect funds Pper, 1. Begdon. for the San Chung School and the
tess Overseas Ambulance As
socation.
ex-
Charity-Your Committee pended the surn of $530.00 00 Charity during the year, Charity It was disclosed that the police grants constitute a main part of Your had been making inquiries about the work of the Society, the defendant, who was alleged to Committee therefore desire to im- have had something to do with press on all members the Import- another form of swindling, but so ance of the enrolment of new members and of prompt payment far no proof had been secured.
He was stated to have asked of annual subscriptions..
Finance-The total assets 01 Chinese youths to join the Chinese
Mem- the Society are $8,167.13. army and to have undertaken to register them and then to have bers will note that a separate En- disappeared following the collec-tertainment Fund appears for the first time in the Financial State- ment; all profits accruing from any functions he'd by the Society will in future be credited to this fund,
tion of subscriptions.
Sentences totalling three months' hard labour were imposed,
Plaintiff was represented by Mr. LOST MONEY AT
Yau King-sun, a buyer employed agreement between the parties re- by defendant firm in Shameen. garding the rental the claim for said consignments had been sent possession also failed. Defendant to Hongkong since June through was awarded 50 per cent. of costa. people of the Fock Cheung Hong. in Canton. The delivery Was guaranteed by the transport people
The hearing was adjourned until 11:30 am. on Friday.
ESTATE OF MR.
CHAN SHU-MING
F. H. Loseby, we Mr. M. A. da Silva appeared for the defence.
Lau Tin-hang, managing partner of the defendant firm, said that he met plaintiff on August 2 and dis- cussed the rent. The plaintif
told him that the lowest he would the figure was reduced to $60. accept was $83, but two days later
Hongkong estate valued at $293,800 was left by the late Mr. BARGAIN SÅLE AT
CATHEDRAL HALL
Chan Shu-ming, alias Chan Bing- yan, alias Chan Yan, alias Bing
TWO MARRIAGES
GAMBLING IN MACAO
POPPY DAY FUND
Sentence of six weeks hard Contributions To Date labour, without the option of fine, was imposed on
Я
Q.
Previously acknowledged $1.231.00. Mr. and Mrs. C. Blaker $50, Hong- kong St. Andrew's Society 250, Eldon Potter 25, Mr. Justice R. E. Lindsell 25. D. V. Steavenson 25, R. Johannes- sep 25. Ho Kom Tong 25, A, EL Geron- dai 25, Mr. and Mrs. Ia A, R. Duncan of 10, The Hongkong Sharebrokers' As-
a 25-year- old unemployed, Ho Ch-hin. when he pleaded guilty before Mr. A A. Macfadyen at the Kowloon Court yesterday, to a charge fraudulent conversion of gums
of
Chinese money to a total of about 5ociation 59, J. H. Taggart 100, E.
$600 Hongkong currency.
FOUND DEAD
20, Dr. F. E. Kew 15, 2. P. Gingle 10, A. C. El 10, M.. H. Lo 10, F. P. Franklin 10. D. 'C. Dav's 10, Mr. and. MR. C. M. Ball 25, J. Pinnie 28, Hon. Sir Robert Kotewall 10, First Church of Christ Scientist 40. Ngan Ebing- kwan 10, T. H. G. Brayfield 25, J. Scott Harston 28, D. P. Landale 50.
Total $3.136.00.
Further donations will be gratefully received by P. G. Maunder, Secretary, Earl Halg's Fund, Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Building.
Cheques should be made payable to Thorason & Co., and crossed Poppy Day Fund
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1939. -PAGE 5
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KING GEORGE V MEMORIALS
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The two playgrounds to be built in memory af the late King George V, for which the, Public Works Department had been al- lowed over $150,000 will eventually be constructed by private contrac- tors.
Reason for this is that the F.W.D. is already over-pressed with work and it is believed that the
Yan Kee. former manager of the It was certainly bargain day at 1 On Marine and Fire Insurance St. John's Cathedral Hall yester-
The defendant was an employee Co. Ltd., who died at No. 10 day afternoon when the Women's
of the Wing Wo Cheung firm of Glenealy on December 6 last year. Fellowship staged a "Jumble Sale. which Pun Ning-hing was the Deceased was 14 years old "and Frocks of every description and proprieter: He was asked to bring died intestate. Letters of adminis- style, shoes, hats, sweaters, under the money to Hongkong for Pun's tration have been granted to garmentsmen's attire, and many wife He arrived here with-the- Messrs. J. Armstrong, R. A. other assorted pieces of wearing money but went to Macao where Wadeson and W. C. Hung, solici- apparel. were sold at bargain he gambled and lost. tors for the family of the deceased, prices. Approximately 100 women made selections which Alled their
CHOLERA VICTIM shopping bags and wicker baskets. Judging by the attendance and AT REGISTRY :. the Interest of the many women gathered at the sale the proceeds,
construction would therefore be Two marriage ceremonies were which will be added to the Fellow-
expedited if carried out by outside performed yesterday at the Re-ship Fund, should total a
room on the second floor of No.
At the Crown land sales held satis- 318, Kilung Street, Shamshulpo. at the P. W. D. yesterday, all three
Arms. gistry, Supreme Court, at both factory amount. Mrs. J. L. Wilson yesterday morning, the
Plans for the playground to circum- lots were sold at the upset prices Jordan Road, Kowloon, have al- of which Mr. T. B. Whyte-Sta!th, Registrar of Marriages, officiated,
com-stances" pointed so strongly to foul The lots were Kowloon Inland
play that all the inmates of the Lot No. 4193, situated at Ma Tau in connection with the ground in ready been prepared bat details The parties were:—,,
Concluding the sale,, tea was fiat were detained for questioning. Chiang Road, Ma Tan Chung, served to the ladies present,..
Hongkong have still to be It was only after the post mor- comprising an area of 3.100 square tem examination that it was” dis-
pleted. feet-sold to Messrs. China Light covered that death was due to and Power Company Ltd.,' for cholera. The persons ·· detained | $2,325;|- | were thereupon fimmediately re-
leased.
Mr. Lo Blong, assistant тала- of the European-American
ger
Grocery, No. 3 Shelley Street,
was in charge of the sale
mittee and arrangements,
and Miss Fung Miu-sim, of No. COLONY HEALTH
15 Wd In Fong East. The wit-
nesses were Mr. Raymond Fung
and Mrs. Wong Lai-yeuk.
BULLETIN
Thirteen cases of tuberculosis,
Mr. Kwan Fong-po, merchant, eleven cases of dysentery, two of No. 172 Apilu Street, and Misa cases of cholera, and one case each
When Tsang Yat, a 15 year old chinese girl was found dead in a
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FIRING PRACTICE
Li Shuk-wab, of No. 207, Kilang of enteric fever, diphtheria, and | Ant-Alrcraft firing practice will Street. -- The witnesses were Messrs. puerperal fever were notided to Kwan Hon-gang and Leung Hm the Health Department on Oct. sheung.
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Kowloon Inland Lot No, 4194, situated at Argyle Street; with an area of 12,400 square feet-sold to Mr. Chan Lam, for $9,920;
-Garden Lot Nos, 108-107, situat-
com-
SOUTH COURT:
OPENED
6ix cases of hawking without licences were dealt with by Mr.
| 87 ♫ Cruttwell at the District ed at Stubbs Road. Wanchat Gap, Bouth Court yesterday. Defen- be carried out between the hours with the respective areas of 10,300 | dants were each fined $5,00 of 10 am, and 2 p.m. to-day.
and 4,800 sqquare feet-sold to The Court was opened about 10 Firing Area 'B' wilt be affected. | Mrs.: Dorothy Digby, "for $755. days ago.
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