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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1928.
SUCCESSFUL YEAR-
KOWLOON UNION CHURCITS
ANNUAL MEETING.
·FORGED BANKNOTES.
HOW ANXIETY SPOILED THE POLICE PLAN,
The annual meeting of the Kow
Further interesting disclosures Joon Unton Church was held in tho premises of the Church at Jordan were made yesterday upon the Road last night. The Rev. J.resumption, before Mr. R. E. Lind- Horace Johnston occupied the chair, and was supported by the Rev. F. C. Young, Minister of the Union Church, Kennedy Road.
That the committee of the Church were satisfied with the year's working was indicated in their report, which was read to the congregation. It reads in part ao follows:
soll, of the case against eleven alleged traffickers in forged Hong- kong and Shanghai Rank notes.
It was explained that the pur- pose of the Criminal Investigation Department was to round up the local organization responsible for the "placing" of forged notca amuggled from Canton. The cul- The work has been well main-minating point of many months of tained throughout the year, the patient, work was to have been the attendance at the Services during completion of a transaction. in the summer being particularly en- which Chinese members of the De- couraging.
partment were to posé as potential buyers for the purpose of securing direct contact with the gang and of getting hold of the forged notes.
The contributions to the Funds have been generous, and have slightly exceeded the estimates so that a useful balance of $314 is It carried over to next year. should be noted, how fer, that u sum of no less than 30,146 has been drawn from interest on the Sir Paul Chater Donation. sides the subsidy towards current expenses, entered in our accounts, several items of equipment have been paid for by the Trustees of that Fund,
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A good piano has been provided for use in the Sunday School and at social meetings. The Social Com- mittee have undertaken to defray the bost by means of a series of con- certs, and have nearly completed their task.
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The sustained interest in the Services during the summer was partly, due to the fine work done by the choir, which has been great- ly appreciated. Thanks are due to Mr. Chapman for his leadership daring nearly two years, and dur ing the last six months to Mr. Frank White, who has put his whole heart into the work.
But a hitch occurred when rendered uneasy at the prolonged absence of the officers, it was found necessary to surround the building at 114, Des Voeux Road Wost where the transaction took place, with the rosult that the pre- sence of the police was detected and the gang were put on their guard.
It turned out that the proposed transnetion was never completed at all, owing to this unforeseen circumstance.
Detective's Evidence.
Out of the two Chinese officers coneerhed said that they met the alleged hender of the gang in the floor, a man nanied Chan, Wing. who was now still at large. Chan Wing was satisfied with the pro duction of $2,000 in hotes which the dificers brought with them as purchase money, and instantly dent subordinates to fetch the forgeries, These notes never ar- A present, of tite value of $95, rived, and Chan Wing, who had was made to Mr. Andrews or hia thimself gone out of the house to departure. in recognition, of, his find out what was wrong pamo Wa back, in a state of panie, to any faithful service as organist.
thanks to Mr.that "police officers were watching hereby tendor Phillips for help with the instry- the hudse and that the game was ment during the early part of the up year, and to Mrs. White, who was appointed Honorary Organist in August..
The Sunday School. The Sunday School continues to increase, and the sympathetic in terest of the Congregation is in- vited to the report which the Sun- day School's secretary wiil present. "A Women's Guild was formed ut the beginning of the Year in at- cordance with the resolution passed
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Ind the transaction been com- pleted, the detectives were have dropped a ilghted eigaretto over the verandah us a signal for the raid to be carried out. As it was, rendered uneasy by the long absence of the detectives on the floor without any indication of the cause of the delay, it was found necessary for those who co-operat- od with them to move closer in.
Chun Wing was forced to defer the transaction, suggesting a gen-
at the Just annual meeting, and eral move to the Melehow Hotel. the venture has proved most suc-But he never turned up, and. In cessful. Their work will be aum- point of fact, after getting out of marised in a separate report.
An effort is being made to or ganize a Young People's Society in connexion with the Church, and several promising meetings have been held.
the house, managed to elude the watching police.
Simultaneous Raids,
Mr. T. Murphy, A.S.P.. in ex- When the Rev. Kirk Macönachieplanation of the turn which the ease took at this point, told the left the Colony, a farewell meet- ing was arranged in this Church Court that it was the intention to and a blackwood cabinet of his carry out the different raida simul- own choice, costing $186, was pre- taneously. At the last moment it sented to him with a silver plate was found necessary to raid 19 Queen's Road East and No. commemorating his zeal enterprise in founding this Cause. first This brings the total amount of raised by the congregation for all purposes to $6,318.28,
of all, in conséquence the march of develop monts, but this move although it represented a departure from ori- The question of the Church xinal plans, In, his view, did not Hite
attention affect the situation as a whole, occupied much through the year. and, as the re- Following the raid at No. 19, the servation in Ma Tau Wel was con- inmates, and those who entered proceedings, were sidered too remite, application during the
Union cooped up, so there could possibly. was made through the Church, Hongkong, for the Jordan be no means of a warning being Road corner where we are, which sent out to No. 114. It was the pro- the Government has kindly granted longed absence of the detectives us for the erection of a Church and sent into the latter floor to pose The as buyers, which led those co- other necessary buildings, cost of erecting a Church to seat operating with them to approach about 300 persons and a six-room- nearer than was discreet, in their ed Manse, including the prepara- ignorance of the exact turn of the
transaction. tion of the site but not including any furniture, is estimated by tao architects at 60,000.
Marriage was solemnised six times in the Church during the period under review,
The Women's Guild. The report of the Women's Guild, as read by. Mre. Nelson, showed that as a result of the re- cent sale of work $364.50 was col- lected. The Guild has now credit balance in hand of $511.08.
The Sunday School's activities were also read out to the meeting, and gave indications of both a prosperous and growing Institu- tion.
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The evidence of the detectives yesterday was to sohe extent ex- planatory of this delay,
was
It appears that word brought back to those waiting in the floor for the arrival of the forged notes, that a deposit which had been paid to one, alluded to as "Slicky" Nam, 'against the de- livery of the notes, was lost, as also was Ah Nam, who once moro lived up to his name by double- crossing and absconding with the deponit money. That baffled Chan Wing, who, after arranging for a further Interview with the detec tives at the Meichow Hotel, him- The meeting decided that a self beat a hurried retreat in face future the Subscribers List be of the impending danger presented close proximity of the done away with, and the funds for by the the Church be collected under the police.
Those who The hearing was adjourned. "Envelope System." wish to join the Union Church, Kowloon, are in future to be in- vited to sign a Church Roll, and will be supplied, with a Promise. Form, where they can note down the amount of their weekly offer- ing, together with name and ad- dress, and envelopes will be 'for- warded to them by the Church with which they can contribute the pro- mfsed offering from time to time.
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