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CENTRE
SOCIAL SERVICE D.M.S. Accedes Partly To Representations By Rev. C. Brown New K.R.A. On The Maternity
Chairman
At the May Committee meeting of the Social Service Centre of the Churches, the Dean, having re- signed the Chairmanship of the Centre on his appointment to the
Wards In Kowloon Hosp.
THE REPRESENTATIONS MADE BY THE KOWLOON RE-
THE CLOSING SIDENTS ASSOCIATION, REGARDING
of the Bishopric of Singapore, the Rev. greater portion of the private maternity wards in the Kowloon Hos- Cyril Brown occupied the Chair.pital, have been partly acceded to by the Hon. Director of Medical A very cordial welcome was ex- Services. This was disclosed at the May meeting of the General tended to him as the new chair- Committee of the Association held in the St. Andrew's Church Hall
man. and he was assured of the loyal support and backing of the Committee. and their gratitude to him for undertaking the leader- ship of the work.
recently.
Those present at the meeting were:--Mr. D. W. Munton. Presi- dent; Lt. Col. E. D. Matthews, Vice-President; Mr. F. C. Mow Fung. Hon. Secretary; Mr. R. H; Wong. Bon. Treasurer; Mr.. L. R.- Ildefonso, The Rev. H. A. Wittenbach was Dr. S. G. Kirkby-Gomes, Mr. Lam Ming Fan, Major C. M. Manners, asked to report on the Equitable Mr. R. Pestonji, Rev. H. D. Rosen thall, Mr. R. J. Shrigley, Mr. D. O. Rice Sales Fund of which he is Silver. Dr. J. T. Smalley. Mr. J. N. Sweeney, Rev. H. A. Wittenbach, Director. He reported that the and Mr. B. Wylie,
MATERNITY WARDS
rice is being sold at three centres, Apologies for absence were re- crease in the charges for electricity one in Kowloon and two in Hong-ceived from Mr. H. Braga, Hon. by the China Light & Power Cóm- kong. There is a very big demand Mr. Leo D'Almada e Castro, Miss pany Was mentioned. Several for the Arst-quality rice. which is E. M. Gibbins, Mrs. H. F. Phillips members of the Association had being sold at the centres at $14.80 and Dr. A. M.Rodrigues.
complained that the cost of living per plcul. The immediate conse- The Hon. Treasurer in present- was already high enough, and that quences of the opening of these ing the financial statement for the the increased electricity charges centrès had been that the rice past two months, reported & grati- would add a further strain on a dealers in these districts had`at tying increase in the membership, large section of Kowloon residents. once reduced their prices, and there being fifty-rine new enrol-) While everyone deplored any many of them were now advertisments so far this year.
addition to the already high level ing Government rice for sale at
of living expenses, it was generally. Government prices.
The matter of the temporary recognised that the producing of closing of most of the maternity electricity is almost entirely depen- wards in M2 Block of the Kowloon (dent upon imparted materials, par- Hospital received considerable pt-ticularly coal, and that owing to tention. Correspondence on the the tremendous advance in landing subject that had passed between costs especially transport charges, the Association and the,, Medical a corresponding increase in "pro- Department not having proved duction costs is inevitable. The Committee received Mr. WIt-effective towards a solution of the It was, however, decided to write tenbach's. report with the greatest problem, the Hon. Director of Me- to the China light & Power Co. satisfaction.
Services A large proportion of dical
had courteously Ltd. in the full confidence that they those who come to the Social Ser-suggested that a representative be will be good enough to furnish the vice Centre for help are people to appointed to discuss the question Association with an adequate ex- whom the prices of firewood and fully and frankly with him, and planation of the altuation. rice are of vital importance, and Mr. B. Wylle had been delegated
Mr. Wittenbach also reported on the sale of drewood at the Chinese Y.W.CA.. Kowloon, saying that they were selling about twenty tons of firewood per day at 50cts per plcul.
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VITAL IMPORTANCE
for most of them it means the to carry out this duty.
difference between starvation and Mr. Wylle in the course of his Memorial
Service For Gen. Hsieh
TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1941.
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fact that the arrangement for the A memorial service for the late better utilisation of the wards con- Lieut-General Esten Ching-yu&ti, cerned, was only of a temporary Commander of the famous Chinese when conditions. "Lone Battalion" during the character, and demand the occupation of these Shanghai war of 1937 who was beds for maternity cases, he is killed last month by four members prepared to restore them all toot the battalion in the Internment Air Mail by Air to Rangoon to connect with the Reg. 4.00 PM their former use.
camp in Shanghai, was held yes- terday (Bunday by Chinese public
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Europe via “Pan-American Airways and Trans- Reg. Atlantic Services"
a sufficiency of food to have the report on the discussion, stated bare necessitles of their life avall- that he had happily been able to able at this lower price.
obtain from the Hon. Dr. P. S. The Secretary's report on the Selwyn-Clarke some concession in work of the Centre during the the matter. The Hon. Director of month of April was, most en- Medical Services had stressed the couraging. 2,501 people had come to the Centre, for help. The needs of all of them had been wisely and kindly investigated, many of them had been given financial reller and arrangements made for several to enable them to get back to their native districts. A large number had been sent. to Government re- fugee camps.
In the meantime, in order to organisations and schools at the.. Several generous gifts of money meet. at least in part, the wishes Hongkong-Kowloon Teachers Uni- had been received during April, of the Association in this connex-nn, including $5,000 from the British ion, he is also prepared to give; The service was omslated by Mr. Fund for Rellef of Distress in instructions to the Senior Medical Kok Stu-wah while Mr. Li Ju-han Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Honolulu, U.S.A. China, $1,000 from the Hongkong Officer. Kowloon Hospital, to ac- made a review of the life of Lieut.- Refugee and Social Welfare Concept primiparae and, of course, all General Heleh. Several hundred ell, and $1,000 from the Hongkong emergency maternity cases, people were present. Jockey Club, as well as donations The Hon. Director of Medical Elegiac scrolls were presented by from individuals, amounting to Services further assured the Asso-General Wu Te-chen, Secretary- over $7,000.
clation that the authorities at General of the Kuomintang Cen- Kowloon ospital took steps at the trai Executive Committee. and It will be readily understood inception of the reorganisation to other prominent personages and with the greatly increased num-discriminate as regards the type organisations. bers of people coming each day to of patient to be admitted to the, the Centre for help, there are non-maternity wards of M2 Block, greatly increased demands on the
to prevent any reasonable, funds of the Centre. Those mem-possibility of infection.
In adopting the report of Mr. bers of the general public who are desirous of having a share in this Wylie, the meeting appreciatively very necessary work are asked to recognised the earnest effort which send their donations to the Gener- the Hon. Director of Medical Ser-ments in the New China Study vices made to meet the views of Course under the auspices of the the Association, and the Hon: Se-Ching Campaign Committee have cretary was directed to express the been registered in London. Committee's thanks to him for his The purpose of the Course is to patient consideration of the ques provide the British people with tion and for the courtesy tendered knowledge and understanding of
INCREASED DEMANDS
al Secretary of the Social Service Centre of the Churches at the Old City Hall.
so as
NEW CHINA STUDY COURSE
Four-hundred-and-forty
enrui-
FEAR-OBSESSED to their delegate during the dis-China's geography, history, culture, JAPANESE BOMB
cussion.
TRAFFIC MATTERS
foreign relations, struggle for in- 'dependence. national reconstruc- Two traffic matters were discus-tion and role in future world
serious accidents occurring at the Professors Tawney and Fleure KINHWA, May 19 (Central) Vehicular Ferry Wharf ст the agreed to be judges In China essay Obsessed with persistent fear of Kowloon side, when the third class contest. Already essays have been Chinese guerrilla attacks, the Jap-passengers are leaving the exit pouring in. In the school comi- anese at Ningpo during the past upon the arrival of a ferry. The petition over.. 100 essays have been few days dispatched scores of majority of these passengers, too received and more are expected planes to conduct wide-spread impatient to wait until all the as the date of entry has been exr- bombing raids over various villages vehicles have passed from the tended.
| NINGPO HAMLETS sed, one being the danger of affairs.
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in the surrounding areas of the ramp, peraist in clambering Th essays received from the city.
through the two-bar ferice and schools indicate urgent need for Indicative of the heavy extent rambling across the car park, while better textbooks on China. The of the damage inflicted, at least the cars and trucks are coming Council of the China Campalgä 80 per cent," of the houses in the out.
Committee la now compiling a
bombed areas hate bren wrecked It was the opinion of the Com-bibliography of up-to-date books. or razed by fire. Even isolated mittee that the addition of ex- hamlets in the hills were spared.
The keenness of the British.
not panded metal от wire-netting youths and people in the study in- fencing of about 5 feet high to dicates their deep sympathy and the existing two-bar piping fence interest in China's cause and also around the West side of the car thet eagerness to get a true ple- park for a distance of about 120 ture of modem Free China(Cen- feet, would probably result in most of the third class passengers using the pathway on the West or har- bour side to Jordan Road, as was originally intended and which is very desirable.
BRITAIN HAS RAID FREE DAY LONDON, May 19 (Reuter) Yesterday had been a quiet day as far as daylight air activity over Britain was concerned,
The other traffic matter attend-
tral News).
BLOODY FIGHTING IN FUKIEN
SHIUKOW, May 19 (Central)—
There had been slight enemy air activity around the coasts but no enemy planes flew inland.- Bus route, complaints having been into Lientong on the north, bank According to the Air Ministry received that the altered terminus of the Min River, 1,000 Japanese communique, up to 7.30 p.m. there in Jordan Road is very incon-reinforcements were called in from were no reports of any bombs venient for the majority of the Mamol, key point at the bend of having been dropped.
residents who use this bus route. the Min Rlr, about 10 miles be-
ed to was the diversion of No. Following the Chinese re-entry
STOP PRESS
Up to a late hour last night ELECTRICITY CHARGES low Foochow, Friday afternoon. Printed and Published by Henry Lloyd Murrow, for the Hongkong 'there were na reports of German Among other questions brought Bloody fighting took place in the Daily Press, Ltd., at Mazine House, third floor, 15-19. - Queen's aircraft over Britain since dusk. up for discussion, the recent in-outskirts of Ifenkong.
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