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MEDIATION OR·
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EDITORIAL
ROBBERY TRIAL | ANCIENT CHINESE
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AT SESSIONS
CONCLUDES PAINTINGS
The defendants discharged were 3 Chi-suen, 48, So Ma-tal, 33, So Cheung, 28, and So Leung-tal. The Arst accused, So Chan-klu, 27, was
SATURDAY, MARCH
K.R.A. MEETING
I.. 1941.
LACK OF FLUSH SYSTEM IN HOUSES DISCUSSED.
one subject
as
FOUR DEFENDANTS | 3-DAY EXHIBITION ciation, held at St. Andrew's Church Ball yesterday evening, pro- The annual reneral meeting of the Kowloon Residents' Asso- DISCHARGED
*AT
duced the UNIVERSITY
usust flood of questions and comments. coming up The case in which seven men
for discussion being the failure of various land. A three-day exhibition of an lords to heed the general appeal for the installation, as soon were arraigned on a charge of cient Chinese paintings, collected possible, in certalu tenements and blocks of houses, of a flush sand- robbery by two or mure was con by Mr. Hatao Shiu-min, held under tary system. cluded before the Chief Justice. the auspices of the Sino-British Sir Atholl MacGregory, 1.t. the
The President, Mr. Lam Mingquestion of larger membership for Cultural Association (Hongkong Criminal Sessions yesterday when Branch), was opened by Mr. D, J.
fan, in his speech, referred to the the Association, a theme; he said, four of the accused were found Stoss, CBE, MA., at the Fung kore to dwellers in the old-which had after so many years Not Guilty by the jury and dis-Ping Shan Library of the Hong-
fashioned type of Chinese tene- become a "hardy annual." charged.
ments houses that was ever pre- kong University, yesterday.
AN EXPLANATION Mr. J. A. Gibson, offered an ex- Professor Hsu Ti-shan thanked sent with their wooden floors and Mr. Sloss for consenting to per
stairways, and recalled the fire planation with regard to the al- torm the opening ceremony.
which occurred a week ago in leged failure of owners of houses Portland Street, and the disastrous that do Addressing the large company one of Dec., 1939, in Shanghal system to install one.
not possess & flush Chief Manager. THE AMBIGUITY of Japan's sentenced to a total of 23 months present. Mr. Sices expressed re-
while the second and fourth, So gret at HE the Acting Governor's Street, role in the dispute be- Ah-kam. 28, and Se Leung-pak, 4. Inability to be present as His Ex-jury made recommendations" but with regard to certain renovations Many blocks of houses had re- At the subsequent inquest the ceived notices from Government tween Thailand and Indo- were each sentenced to 12 months cellency was still, under
doctor's 106 China at once sets her pro- hard labour. The first accused
apparently these had been, and they were ordered to make, Mr. advices, unable to attend Any testations of peaceful" and was also convicted on a second functions.
were still being disregarded by Gibson said, "but they were asking both the Government and friendly interest at naught. count or possession of 14 rounds
It Was remarkable,
the postponement because of the ex- Said Mr.
landlords. When the dispute between
Sloss, that a man could, within a
orbitant prices of building ma- All the accused were charged life-time, collect such a remark
NIGHTSON REMOVAL · terials now on the market." these two countries arose, it with robbing, junk No. 15180H of able and comprehensive collection
On the subject of nightsoil re- Replying another member said soon became clear that it was its cargo, valued at about $8,000, of such remarkable pictures and moval, Mr. Lam suggested that the the landlords had enjoyed for a not just a mere coincidence of Tat, Hong Point on Dec. 4 last, paintings, some of them dating best solution to the problem would considerable period a good m- that the Japanese had a few
J..P. Murphy, Assistant back nearly 1,000 years.
be the compulsory installation of crease in their income from rents. short weeks previously ob-sgt. A, F. Estali, prosecuted, while Crown Solicitor, assisted by Det.-
the "ush system" in every house Mr. A. C. Jeffreys said he the Colony. This had been ad-thought it was time for the land- tained several important con- the third accused was represented
vocated by the Association in 1920. lords to do something in return cessions from the Indo-by Mr. Percy Chen. Instructed by
for the tenant.. Chinese authorities. This Mr. M. A. da Silva.
Mejor C. M. Manners said it was the stage-setting for the
seemed to him Government had not done its duty by "not con- demning many houses in Kowloon that were not ft for human habitation.
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THE PROBLEMS OF THE DAY
Group Discussions
for
of rifle ammunition,
Mr.
IN COLONY
CONTINUITY OF TECHNIQUE
no
Chinese paintings, went on the the speaker, have one amazing feature-the continuity of techni.
and que
standard of beauty. When one looks at an Italian)
one would have besitation in naming the period, as every generation of Italian painters had Its own conception of technique, beauty, and materials.
In 1911 came a violent break in
ings, and from then came contem porary China.
MEMBERSHIP Mr. Lam remarked also on the
The
B.W.O.F. JAN. ACCOUNT
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NEW PRESIDENT
Mr. D. W Munton, was elected President for 1941; L- Col. E. D. Matthews, Vice-Presi- dent; Mr. F. C. Mow Fung, Hon. Wong. payments Secretary; and Mr. R. H Hon, Treasurer.
Committee. Lam Ming-fan. Dr.
as
next act and, from behind JAP. NATIONALS the scenes, whispered prompt-i ings gave Thailand her cuel for making her debut in theft" drama of power-politics. Shej · was permitted to declaim her No Official Orders the technique in Chinese paint
RECEIPTS AND part and to create the neces-
To Leave
PAYMENTS sary atmosphere
the
But, concluded the speaker,
receipts and "We have received The tempo of battle-scene.
no official
whatever political changes may account of the British War Or- notice from Toky to evacuate come. Chinese art will always re- garisation Fund, Hongkong for the drama rose to a high pitch.
Japanese nationals in Hongkong".
S. G. Kirkby-Gomes, R. Pestonj!, and just as it reached its peak said an official spokesman of the fain its own beauty and freedom. the month or Jan., 1941. is Japan herself entered
After Mr. Sloss had cut the rib follows:-
E. A. de Silva. J. N. Sweeney. Hon. the Japanese Consluate-General when
Mr. Leo D'Almada e Castro. Jnr.. stage as a member of the cast interviewed by a Hongkong Dally
bons, those present entered" the
RECEIPTS where room's
the 112 paintings
Major C. M. Manners, Rev. H. D. To balance brought forward at Rosenthall, D. O. In the role of what was an- Press reporter yesterday.
were displayed.
Silver, Jan. 1, 1941 $51,755.43 Donations Terry, B. Wylie, Mrs. Phillips, L. C. E. Asked whether there had been nounced as a peaceful and
The oldest painting on view was and subscription (Jan.) $7,888.77 R. Ildefonso, Miss E. M. Gibbins. a larger number than usual" of that by Huang Chuan. friendly mediator. The tim-
entitled Japanese residents leaving Hong-Pear Blossoms and Bird" (907- service badges $22: knitting wool Dr. A. M. Rodrigues, Hugh Braga, Sales-Central Hospital supply Yeung Tsun-dart R. J. Shrigley. ing was perfect and every-kong, the spokesman smilingly re- 959). thing seemed to be working plied, "Not very many more. Of
$12.30 Total $59,676.49.
Dr. J. T. Smalley and Rev. H. A. PAYMENTS well for the final curtain un- course, with rumours flying ail
Wittenbach.
few who decided to go back to Japan but not very many". THE HITCH in the play No, we have not unofficially occurred when Japan began advised anyone to leave", said the to change her role from that spokesman, in reply to the ques- of a mediator to a dictatortion whether any hint. has been
given to Japanese here to leave. and the drama has in conse- quence taken on a new phase, today. The benign attitude of
TRIPLE MURDER? the Japanese militarists has The discovery of the bodies of changed and there is now no three young Chinese women, with mistaking their plans to their hands and feet bound with corded in Shanghai in the health Balance-Current account, H. K. hart Road during the black-out on use the Thailand-Indo-China rass rope, floating in the Harbour bulletin of Eastern ports for the and
off West Point on Thursday after-week ending on Feb; 22. stage as a spring-board for a noon has provided the Police with Jump to the south. The au-ja mystery. thorities in Indo-China, feel-
By remittance in favour of Bri-
der Nipponese stage-manage-over the place, there have been a HEALTH BULLETIN Red Cross Society and Order
ment.
the
The bodies were removed to the
A.R.P. PRESS CONFERENCE
Another Black-out In Near Future
P
The following is the Return of of St. John War Organisation. notiable disease; notified as hav, London $32,073.41; remittance in ing occurred in the Colony during favour of St. Dunstan's London the 24 hours ended at midnight $4,597.30; Purchases Cloth, gauze, Enteric fever, Ave cases; Measles, miscellaneous on Feb, 27:-Cholera, one case; dresing gowns, hot water bottles. hospital require- one case; Chicken-Pox, one case; mexts and sewing materials Cerebro-Spinal Fever, one case; $1,945,45; "Packing, transport. Dysentery, two cases; Tuberculosis, freight, marine and war risk in-- "But for the timely intervention 19 cases.
surance, storage and landing of Deputy Group Warden, Mak EASTERN PORTS
chrges $504.57: Office expenses Shun-hing, a serious fire might One case of Small-pox 1s re- $444,79; otl expenditure $39,585.52; have developed at No. 136, Lock-
Shanghai Bank $19.871.61, Thursday night. it was revealed petty cash $239.36; Total $59.676.49. yesterday morning by Wing-Com- mander A. H. S. Steele-Perkins, Director of Air Raid Precautions, at his weekly press conference.
Mak, who was on duty in the
nearest official available and was
At a luncheon sponsored by the China Defence League in the quick to take command of the |situation, having the flames under control within seven minutes. Fire appliances were on the scene short- ly after.
Wing-Cmdr. Steele-Perkins said that another exercise would be
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As regards outstanding ques- of the tions regarding immigration CHINA LIGHT & POWER papers, applications for immigra ing that they were unable to Public Mortuary.
DR. ROBERT LIM EXPLAINS WORK CO., LTD., will be removed tion certificates, etc. etc. those deal locally with the situa from Kowloon Tong Substation concerned are hereby notified to tion, have entrusted
OF CHINESE NATIONAL RED CROSS near vicinity, happened to be the ADMINISTRATION communicate with Mr. Martin whole question of this so- of the warnings that have Hongkong Hotel yesterday, attended by. 148 prominent men and wo- BUILDING, Saunders Circus, T. Y. Tsang on or before March called Japanese mediation been given to her from the men, the guest of honour was DR. ROBERT LIM, Director of the at the junction of Argyle Street 5, 1941.
between them and the Thai-west has merged all the hos- Medical Relief Corps of the Chinese National Red Cross, The League and Waterloo Road
We take this opportunity to landers to Vichy, where Mar-tilities, whether in the East, welcomed Dr. Lim and Dr. Wesley May, the leader of the New Life thank all those who have in the shal Petain and his colleagues West, North or South, into Medical Unit in Klangsi, both of whom gave inspiring reports de- past entrusted us with their con have, very correctly, felt it one war. This really happen-pleting the situation on the war fronts. fidence and the valuable support necessary to resist the ünder-fed when Japan linked herself The Right Rev. R. Hall, Bishop of maintaining a transport system, held in the near future when wea- they have rendered.
lying motives which lie be-p with the Axis partners of of Hongkong, took the Chair and is sald that many hundreds of ther conditions would permit. The ANGLO-CHINESE GENERAL hind Japan's mediation pro-Europe and, as a consequence, read messages from The British covered every month by Red Crossed to last night, but the presence
be black-out was to have been extend-> before asking Dr. Lim to speak, thousands of miles have to
TRADERS CORPORATION,
posals-proposals which real-It is a common front-a front Ambassador, Sir Archibald Clarke-trucks under his supervision. of fog made observation on the ly amount to unqualified which includes Britain, Ame- Ken, and the American writer, Mr. A lively account of his personal experimental star-lighting in Lock- 159, Des Voeux Road,
demands on the French Gov-rica, China and the Nether-Ernest Hemingway.
experiences while in active service hart Road Impossible from the air Central, 1st., Floor.
ernment. With the consum-lands East Indies-which now
WORK OF RED. CROSS was given by Dr. Wesley May. Supon Thursday and no change in 104 ate audacity and the flair faces the Japanese.
Dr. Robert Lim explained the plementing Dr. Lim's report, Dr. weather conditions was to be ex- work of the Red Cross against the May told striking stories of human pected for last night, they have for misrepresent- ALL THESE partners in the background of an wiindustrialised interest in connexion with his field N. T. EXPERIMENT ing the actual facts, Japan's defence of democracy are now and in many ways materially back-work.
It is hoped to carry out the ex- statesmen continue to try to prepared for the issue which ward China. In the face of almost In proposing the voice of thanksperiment in this type of lighting in hoodwink the western powers Japan seems determined to National Red Cross has achieved work of Dr. Lim himself. Mr. Sloss next week. The exact site has yet unsurmountable difficulties, the Mr. D. J. Sloss paid tribute to the the New Territories probably early NOTICE is hereby given thatį
with unconvincing statements bring to a test in the Pacific. in no small degree, throughout its said, "Dr. Lim has told us what to be selected for the carrying out Third Interim Dividend of four
of their desire to preserve None of them are perturbed three stages of organisation during has been done. We know how of the test. pence per share for the financial |
peace in the Pacific.
and none of them doubt their the war, its task. This would not much of this is due to him and The Queen Mary Hospital on year ending 31st March, 1941,
THE JAPANESE PRESS, on ability to present a solid front for the material help and human standard for medical skill, of tirely with lights, enabling the have been possible had it not been him along. He has set a new Thursday night was equipped en- has been declared by the Direc
At. St. Andrew's
the other hand, appear to to the Japanese aggressors if, sympathy of friends abroad. ganising capacity and personal in-staff to carry on with essential tors of the Company in Brisbane,
have no scruples about giving and when, they decide to take During Lent, a series of Group vent to what, they say, their the fatal step of challenging ed, Dr. Lim said, when in coa new thing in Chinese military The hospital authorities were at- payable on 15th March, 1941, to
The stage had now been reach-egrity which will be recorded, as
duties throughout the black-out. Discussions have been arranged at leaders should do, but what this combination of strength service, the Red Cross would or- and Dr. May make us feel humble Shareholders on the Registers at
St. Andrew's Church, Kowloon to is in reality what these same in the Pacific.
operation with the Army Medical and civilian organisation. Dr. Lám
thorised to employ white lights,... Brisbane and Singapore on 14th take place on Wednesday evenings statesmen have planned in Government stands firm on hospitals but to each army. The work which they have achieved." emergency work,
If the Vichy ganise units, riot attached to the and infinitely respectful of the giving sufficient illumination for The first three are for men only order to satisfy the obliga-refusing to make any further reason for this was that wounded NOTICE is also hereby given and have that the Singapore-Transfer Reg."Man, Woman and God."
general subject. tions which their alliance concessions to Japan in Indo-casualties had now been reduced Among those present were Dr. J. OPIUM POISONING isters will be closed from Satur final three are open to all.
The with the Axis has entailed. China, as reports already into one-third of what they had been Baker, Mr. Loy Chang. Mr. B. J. According to a Police report, day, 8th March, to Friday, 14th The full list of subjects is as
They have thus seen fit to dicate, the onus for the next at the beginning of the war. Chen, Dr. and Mrs. Chen Han-seng. Kwok Yee, 30, of No. 6A, Wing Lot ignore all warnings and ap-step will rest on Japan's mili-Red Cross programime, the Medical Mr. Han Chia-hou, Professor Gor- Mary Hospital at 7.30 pm. suffer- As one of the new phases In the Mr. E. Cock, Misa Irene Ho Tung. Street, was admitted to Queen March, 1941, both days inclusive, follows:-
March 5: Man" (Dr. 8. G. Kirk-pear now to be treading the tarists and statesmen. What Corps. is mobilising the local pen-don King, Mr. D. M. McDougall, ing from oplum poisoning, believed for the preparation of Dividend · Įby-Gomes).
path of open aggression. The she might do is no longer a sants to grow crops that will give Mt. R. A. C. North, Professor R. C. to have been self-administered. March 12: "Woman" (Brigadier role of mediator has been matter for speculation-her Fifty per cent. of the food for the Selwyn-Clarke, Mr. Frank Bhort. the soldiers a more nutritious diet. Robertson, Dr. and 'Mrs. `P. B. whipped off and Japan stands intentions have been made troope is now being grown in the Miss Agnes Smedley, The Hon. Mr. Man Tat ferry into the harbour,
FERRY INCIDENT Alleged to have jumped off the today on the brink of action amply clear in the past few war area itself... March 28: Is There An After which will finally debar her days. Neither is any specula-..
and Mrs. N. L. Smith, Mr. D. J. Cheung Blu-yin, 18, was admitted Life?"
Sloss, Mr. M. C. Tong, Dr. and Mrs. to hospital at 1.30 p.m. from any consideration when tion necessary on the result Dr. Lim mentioned three pro-Wong Man, and Mr. Robert 9. April 2: "Poverty in Hongkong" the day of reckoning comes. of such action that too has blems in connexion with Red Cross Ward.
The Man Fat was held up mid- What Japan is not aware of, been made even clearer by troops, training for better sanita-Chairman of the China Defence Overboard” alarm was raised. After harkour at 8.30 pm, when "man Madame Sun Yat-sen, who 18 April 9: "Is a United States of Europe Possible?”
or pretends not to recognise, those who have decided to tion with units for preventive League, was unable to be present Chinese female was found and (Mr. E. C
a search, the body of an unknown 111 Thomas).
is that her wilful disregard oppose Japan's next step. work, and the complicated problem owing to an urgent engagement.
later taken to the mortuary
March, 1941.
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