Vogues
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Buy Beauty
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We have just unpacked
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vehicles entirely for their own trade or business.
REPRESENTING the
interests of the in- dustry are two organisations, the Commercial Motor-Users" Association and Associated Road Operators, with a membership between them of some 17,000, out of the total of about 220,000 licence holders.
THURSDAY,
Seek To Help Destitute
Appeal For Colony's Street Sleepers
More Funds
Required
A broadcast appeal over Z.B.W. was made last night by the Hon. Sir Henry Pollock for funds for the Street Sleepers Shelter Society, of which Sir Henry is President.
In his appeal
of destitute
The
In a moving appeal, he drew atten- If you want some idea of the tion to the large numbers. variety and complexity of the Chinese for whom the Society try to
provide shelter and warmth. usca to which modern civilian-numbers, however, still far exceed tion has put its latest slave, read the facilities which the Society is the list of types of vehicles able to provide, and to keep even the which were on show at Earl's present number of shelters operating during the winter months, funds and Court during the 13th Inter-help are urgently renty said: national Commercial Motor
Ая Charman of The Street Transport Exhibition.
Sleepers Shelter Sozlety I want to Here are a few:
make an earnest appeal for your Lorries-four, six and eight-sympathy and help for these home- wheeldd types. Passenger less and destitute men, women and children, who by day and by night coaches, double and single-deck have only the streets to live in. omnibuses, form and catate
A recent census laken by the lorries and cars, horseboxes, Police shows that, tipping lorries and trailers.
Victoria alone, there are 3,500 men, about 250 women, and 250 chlidren, aleeping in the streets
Oil, petrol and alcohol tankers, timber hauling vehicles and trailers, refuse collectors, street washing carriers and road sweepers, fire engines and trai- lers, light and heavy trades- men's delivery vans specially designed for the various trades (think how many trades!)
in the City of
DECEMBER 2.
1937.
Coming in to the abeller it is not a case of "first come, first served" It is recognised rule among them that aga takes precedence, and those over 65 years of age are placed at the head of the queue.
As they come in they are examined by the doctors and medical students who kindly give us their services gratis The St. John Ambulance Brigade attend to dressings and mitor alimenta.
от
Those who are really sick, suffering from any contagious dis
asc, are sent off at once to the Tung Wah Hospital.
Those who are admitted to the al once to the bathing shelters go
water, soap, and shed, where hot towels are provided. These washing facilities are much appreciated by all. "DOWN AND OUTS"
I wish my listeners could see the gratitude of these poor "down and outs": they would then have the satisfaction of knowing that by their gifts they were alleviating the suffer- ing of the most destitute men, women and children in the Colony.
A large staff of volunteers will be needed to carry on the work at the shelters. In addition to the doctors required to conduct medical inspec- tions, six volunteers at each shelter will be required to be on duty every night.
if anyone would like to volunteer for duty at the shelters, will he or she kindly apply to Miss Alkins, St. Stephen's Giris College, Lyttleton Road.
duty at the shelters will be taken by As in previous years, we hope that organizations which underinke to be It does not require any imagina-responsible for certain nights cach week. We are most grateful to these weg the suffering and tiem to pleture
various organisations, und also to in- of these poor, wretched inisery
dividuals who have helped us and we people, or to realise the great need
hope that we may count on their sup for night shelters such as are pro-
port again this winter, because with- vided by our Society.
out their aid our work would be im- possible.
one at the former St. Peter's Church, Des Voeux Road West, one at Po Yan Street near the Tung Wan Hospital, and one ni Youmati.
Last winter we had three shelters
Steel milk tankers, meat carrying vans fitted with refri- gerators, brewers' lorries, laun- dry vans, furniture pantechni-premises for cons, heavy machinery trailors and nerodrome crash tenders.
road
COMMERCIAL
transport to-day is England's Public Servant No. 1, Besides doing quite a lot of use ful work for the country, it pro- vides the nation with something in the neighbourhood of £40,- 000,000 in direct revenue.
It is a time-proved axiom that a good servant is better for good treatment. It is another not to work a willing horse to death.
crowded state of the Colony, it has This year, owing to the unusually been most difficult to find sultable shelters. Fortunately the Hongkong Government has been generous in this matter, with the result that nut only are we again alinwed to use the former. St. Per Church, but we are also permitted to accupy the former printing shop
in
the Victoria Geol and also B Block in the Government Civil Ilaspital; these present -required for public purpot so far,
It la with much regret
we have been unable to secure suit-
++
ble premises either in Wanchai or Kowloon; however we are still in hopes of finding them and I shall be grateful if any listener can write and inform me of any such pre-
misca.
kindly
SHELTER FOR WOMEN Last winter our three shelters were for men only, but this year, for the
irst time, we are confronted with an
THOSE WHO HELP
The organizations which kindly helped us at our shelters last year are the St. Jotin Ambulance Assocta- St. Mary's Church, the tion, the St. Stephen's Church, the Methodist Church, the Chinese
Y's Mena Club, the Hongkong University Chris- tian Association, Toc U, the 10ut. Hongkong Scouts, the 1st. See Scouts. the 7th. King's College Scouts, 12th. Hongkong, Scouts, the All Saints Church, the Union Church, the St. Andrew's Club, the Chinese
the
Y.M.C.A., the Diocesan Boys School, the Muกระเกร College, the 1st. Kow- loon Rovers and Chung Sing
Benevolent Society,
This evening is the opening night of the St. Peter's Shelter, and thanks of Mr. Jack Grenham, our other two to the energy and organising ability shelters will be opened in a few day's time,
The coat of equipping and running the three shelters for the winter sca- son of four and a half months is estimated at $5,000. We have already collected $1,500, of which $1,000 was generously donated by Mr. Eu Tong→
STOCK EXCHANGE 250 women and 250 at Canto make it possible for us to
REPORT
The Hongkong Stock Exchange offelal
summary issued 12.30 pan, yesterday, said:
The market was very steady.
Buyers Sellers Sales
H
what
carry on this work of mercy.
Donations may be sent to the South China Morning Post, which has kind- y agreed to receive and acknowledge
donations. at
$27214
$31995/528
$5.20
Canton Insurance
Un.on Jasisrance
J. Fire tristtrance -
ILK. Steambosis
$260
$30
→
If & Sh. Hotely
1.5. Tramways
STORE
Youmat Lerties Macao Electrics Tritphones (OM)
$5.20 $13.15
$.0
$12.15 Wan, Powell Lad, $3.75 Clonitructions 183 $1
$12.30
INS $11.30 $11.00
$363,
Spanked Wife Sucs-
San Jose, Cal Good old-fashioned spanking in the woodshed carries with it come disad- vantages nowadaya, Mrs. Flower Sargent won a decrce of divorce on the grounds that her husband gave her spanking.
shelter for about you children. Some of them are re- fugees, but most of them are Hong- song women and children. You will agree that these women and children cannot be left to sleep in the streets during the cold winter weather.
Gifts of gunny bags and blankets During the day they beg from Chin-will also be welcomed, and should be ese shops, and so get enough food to
sent to St. Peter's Church Shelter, keep them from starving. On leav- Des Voeux Road West. ing the shelter in the morning they will be given a bowl of hot congee.
In the shelters for men, they are. allowed na much hot tea as they like both in the evening and in the morn- ing. Each man has two gunny bogs for covering. These gunny bars are much cheaper than bianksets and are disinfected twice a week by the Gov- ernment, which also supplies us with a quantity of medical stores.
The hours of admission are be- tween 8 and
9 pm
and there Is usually a long queue waiting before the doors
open. When the chelter is full to its utmost capneity I
the doors are closed; and on a cold night it is sad to have to turn many
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HONGKONG SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN
The cost of maintaining the Ling Yet Sien Creche during the areond half of 1937 is estimater. at $250.00 per month. The donor of the Creche has given $190.00 per month towards this east.
The Society asks for donations to cover the balance of
$1,200.00
Hon. Treasurers;
Mr. D. BLACK, C.A..
c/u Percy Smith, Seth & Fleming,
6 Des Voeux Ricid, Central.
Mr. KWOK CHAN,
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