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WEDNESDAY,
JANUARY
LADY CLARA HO TUNG
DANGEROUSLY ILL
The Telegraph learns with very great regret that Lady Clara Ho Tung is dangerously ill.
Professor W. 1, Gerrard, Dr. H. Balean, Dr. S. C. Ho and Dr. Eva Ho have been in attendance at Sir Robert Ho Tung's residence on the Peak.
clave anxiety has been expressesli regarding the optrome of her illness. |
Lady Clara's strength has been severely taxed by constant work on behalf of Chinese wor victims.
She contracted a severe attack of bronchitis
after seeing wounded Chinese soldiers at the Tung Wal Hospital on Christmas Eve, complications have rendered her con dition critical.
Ho
Tua formily,
Sir fobert and Lady with other members of the are at Lady Clara's home.
SOCIAL
SERVICE EXPANDS
Fine Record In
Great Britain'
his
London, Jan A of Health it The Minister presidential address at fl at! ennference of Elueational Assoc-
TOMORROW "THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER" Sons in London referred to the n-
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tar of health schemes which would conne into operation in the new year.
4122-
Sir Kingdey Wond said poytant gap would be, ülled this yog in national insurance in the provisOF q further medical car for wrking
ye and gula.
Begirang en April -4. upwards of 1,000,000 boys and girls who had lit the sefoletom for initistry, but did nod previously come under the Health Inanizante scheme because they were not get 16 years old, would become
Jugible for metheat benefit.
British Banks
Show Bigger Year's Profit
London, Jan. 4. Most of the "Big Five" banks
for bigger profits announced
Westminster 1017. The
Bank made £1,750.000 met profit and shareholders will get an unex- pected bonus of two per cent. in addition to a repetition of the 18 per cent, dividend, Shares in mediately rose on the market when this was known.
Barclays Bank netted £2,131. 000, or £210,000 more than fast year. The Bank is putting an additional half a million pounds in reserve.
City cretes are much cheered by this news.--Reuter's Special,
STOP PRESS
JAPANESE VERSION
Shanghai, Jan. 5.
The Minister said 1948 would also
A dupmese naval spokesman de- are the new midwifery Kersite
clared to-day Buat in yeserday practically all operation throughout Iarkow raid Japanese planes dis
se enuntry. Any nonther, whatever troyed 17 of the 30 platius in the hey circunstances, would be able to end
tereve expert assisting of a with, and if a private
nil, agored, of a maternity nurse.
BLIND PERSONS BILL
saac-
Was
and shot this four of the
12 that went into the
The raiders also destroyed
5, 1938.
Roosevelt's Words Give Dr. Koo Hope
Treaty Obligations Must Be Respected.
· Paris, Jan. 4. Dr. Wellington Koo, 'Chinese Am- bassador to France, has arrived at Cap Dati on the Riveira after
l-night journey, accompanied by Mr. Eugene Chen.
Dr.
an
In a telephone conversation with said: Κασ United Press.
President Roosevelt's message gives hopes to hundreds of millions who and peace, believe in democracy because these two factors cannot be dissocinted. President Roosevelt's on the need for the respect jemphasis
af irenty obligations can be regarded a solemn declaration worthy of being considered by all nations. It thought should give serious food for the in certain specifle quarters of the Orient which has been notorious in its inek of trenty observance."
Dr. Kon said that he heard the broadleast of the speech. Meanwhile,
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it is understood the full text of the NEXT CHANGE address being mailed to Dr. Koo for study by him before Mr. Chen's departure for China by the President Domergue from Marseilles on Janu- Tary 7. It is believed that Dr. Koo's
interest
President Roosevelt's speech is due to the possibility of his becoming Foreign Minister in China soor. If such an appointment is mate Dr. Keo might go to the Orient by way of Washington.- United Press.
in
Snatcher To Be Banished
Victim's Handbag Oddly Vanished
When Ars. S. Murplane, of Hart Avenue. was walking with a lady friend in Nathan Road near the Majestic Theatre on January 3, sh had her handbag snatched from her Lay a man, who was arrested after long chase.
Hearing Mrs. Murphant Sergeant T. Byrne who was on duty
in Nathaur Road chased after the man and following him throth a reaven- ging
lone and two streets fitnaly hangars, baracks, and comerete run-
arrested on at the junction of Sia- ways, it is said
Meanwhile, Cluese planes raided, 20 Street and Chi We Street.
named Lo Wun-long, 18, Pt apress hat already been made Wuhu at 9am, to-day and a dog-
was charged with the theft before Mr. with the hind Persons Bill, which it fight over the elly was continuing at K. Keen at the Kowloon Maistrary was hoped to pass into low, stan alter 10 a.m.-United Press. Parliament resembled on February
The Act would reduce the age at which pensions could be paid to blind persons under the Old Age Pensions Act from 50 to 40 years. It would also provide that Anuncial assistance
in to blind persons
their homes under should be given exclusively the and Persons Ael, and not under the Poor Law.
to
taneler
the
Sir Kingsley Wood said this year for was likewne an important one
of thousands of hundreds people of Timfted-means-who-weve
benefit qualified new Black-coated Workers Pension Scheme. He was glad to say more than 215,000 bad already made their
that application, and
applications! were now being received at a rate of! over 22,000 weekly.-British Wireless.
Anti-Jewish
Hate Grows In Rumania
Violence Begins And Exodus Likely
Bucharest. Jar. 4. Reports from provincial towns in-: dicated that anti-Jewish violence is graving, although it is still of minor i proportions. It is rumoured that new anti-Semitic measures are to be
introduced.
At Bacau a mob smashed the win- dows of the home of a Jewish Indus- trialist, and in a nearby town a crowvel denglished a Jewish restaurant.
that furniture It is significant dealers are swamped with offers, and the Jews are apparently planning to emigrate.
It is reported that the authorities might suppress Jewish newpapers at: Bessarabia, where there is an almost entire Jewish guess.-United Press.
The
to-day and was sentenced to six months hard labour and recommend- ed to banishment.
f. Cun- Sub-Inspector Deretive mingham said that defendant had only Jeft gaol two months ago for a similar offence. He asked for the case to be The handbag, requded seriously. jcontaining $20 in money and other
articles, was not recovered.
ORDERED OUT OF
CONCESSION
Shanghai, Jan. 5. Residents in the French Concession
ad-
1 Indulging in political activity which may be considered detrimental to in- utral peace in the French Iministered are, will in future be ex- pelled from the Concession, the China Press learns.
This act on the part of the French authorities sels no precedent as ex- pulsion from the area is sold to be -normal procedure against undesir- able elements.
The present determination of the French authorities to quell all poll- tical activities is taken in view of the present emergency. Four Rus- part in sians, suspected of taking activities of a political nature have [been ordered to leave the Concession.
-Reiter.
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Aboard the macbine was Mr. F. T. Durdin, special correspondent for the New York Times.
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