NUTRITION RESEARCH
Reconstituted Committee
Holds First Meeting
Saturday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
February 4, 1939.
A Look Through The "Telegraph"
50 YEARS AGO
The Ru Iso gives the taxt of Petition to the longkong Government by the "wa-ɔn Kong-sze, on behalf of
An encouraging opening address was made by the Hon. Dr. P. S. Selwyn-Clarke, Director of Medical Services, when he assumed the Chinese merchants interested in the Chair at the first meeting of the reconstituted Nutrition Re-
the trade with California, Australia, search Committee, held at Medical Headquarters yesterday.
and the Hawaiian Islands, in which 108 houses are said to be engaged. This | There were present: Hin Honour that, luwever dimcult
trade, it observer, more intimately con- Sir Atholl MacGregor, Professor L. Hongkong may be,
our task in corn Hongkong than does the trade T. Ride, Mr. F. H. Loseby, Dr. Li up with a worldwide selentine move-which more affects the Chinese perto nad Manila,.. we are linking with Singapore, Saigon, Thon-ylu, Professor W. 1. Gerrard, nient promoted in all civilised coun- nad American weasels from Husgkang of walow and Amoy. It pays British Dr. Foon-yee Catherine Woo, and tries, from which the next generato San Francisco and Austrails, at least Dr. Agnes L. J. Dovey,
tion will derive immense beneft.
11,600,000 year for freights, and one-
<st
The Chairman aid: I should like
We have the great advantage, in third of that, or half a million dollars to take the curliest opportunity of this connection, of the Important a year for return fenights, and many expressing to you all my very warm-studies carried out under the aus-; thousands' for stampa to the Revenue
thanks
for your generosity in pleen, of the League of Nations, by US Government in prohibiting Chinese: ace_nt Hongkong. The netlon of the consenting to sacrifice your time the Rowett Research Institute,, by from landing In California, which ap (which, i know, is already so fully fellow workers in Shanghal, includ pears likely to be copied by Australla, laken up with your offeint and ing Professor Read and Dr. Hou, will be ruinous to the Chiness houser philanthropic activities) and to help Pelping and
Singapore,
Including in this trade, and will thus react on nie with your Intimate acquaintance Professor Rosedale, and lastly and the general trade of Hongkong, the with social problems and your special by no means least, by the members plum Trade,
etc., and petitioners knowledge of the subject to be din of the original Hongkong Committee therefore humbly beg that the British cussed.
appointed in March, 1937, under the
Government may be moved to com. distinguished chairmanship of my
mulcate with the Auxtrafbus Colonial friend and colleague, Trufessor Ride Government, and to use their athority Government and als with the U.S. of the University of Hongkong. in the one case, and their good aflee
In the other, with a view to the pre- nervation of the rights and privilege to Chinese merchants provided for in the Chinese and U.S. Government. the treaties of IKM und 1880 helween
With your guidance, I am coa fident that this Cummitier should be able to make an important contribu- flon to what I have no hesitation in characterising as a matter of pura- mount importance in the health and well-being of the community as a whole and of the vast majority con- stituting the less fortunate class in particular.
If
Long agenda
in u
Our agendin this afternoon lengthy one, consequently, it will be necessary to leave many Incunne in this opening address.
Permit ine, however,
to end by
saying that it is my firm belief that this Commitice can and will render
permanent service
to the prople
Care.
25 YEARS AGO
we and ourselves in agreement
and Sons, Limited, has been registered
The well-known frm of John Swirej with Sir Gowland Hopking who stat-
with a capital of £500,000, in 100 ed that "whatever sum is spent is almast always spent on food" and of Hongkong and to Government, of John Swire and Seas, in London, and shares. Objects: To take over the sinesses carried on under the styles with Dr. McGinnie mens wales which has the well-being that it is "economical factors which munity as
the com- utterilaid a Swire in Hongkong, control the situation".
, we may well
Allow me to express
China, and Japan, and to dust an be aghast at the magnitude of
once morengreement with J. Swire, G. W. Swire, the problem with which we are confront-
the my appreciation for the public spirit C. C. Scott and the executors of the ed. If the above opinions are true Ing membership
which has influenced you is accept-late . H. Scott. The signatories are: for Great Britain, I submit that they
of this Committee. Swire, G. W. Swire, C. C. Scott, J. at ነገ are all the more applicable Incally,
line which may be, indeed, a K. Swire, Mrs. M. Swire, A. G. Swire, where to large a section of the Chin-turning point in the history of the number not less than two or more than and J, M. Scott. The Grat directors (to Colony, population
soven aves d. Swire, G, W. Swize and poverty line.
The meeting then discussed the C. C. Scott (all permanent.) Qualifter- following-Constitution of Commit- tion, 26 shares, Registered after, 8, There are persons who deny the tee and terms of reference; appoint-liker-unre. C. The business of existence of malnutrition
in this ment of Secretary: measures for the company in the Fant will continue Colony.
dealing with known blems (a) Dietary Survey, (b) Nutri- / Butterfeld and Swire.
esc
lives below the
Infant Mortally To such, I would suggest that they considered for a moment the fact that more than one baby out of
nutrition
pro
tion research centre, (e) Investiga- tons into prevalence of beri beri, ete., (d) Nutrition value of
the carried en
under the style of
10 YEARS AGO
Travellers runching Hundaye from
revolutionary outbreak Jo Valonela,
Victim of Nazi.
NO HOME MAILS Only Australian Letters By Coming Plane
5
ART EXHIBITION Chinese Paintings And Calligraphy
Only Australian mali will bo An excellent exhibition of Chinose brought in by the Imperial Alrways paintings and calligraphy, was open- plane this afternoon, on which three ed in St. John's Cathedral Hall yes- passengers are booked,
terday morning, under the auspices The United Kingdom malls, sche- of the Hongkong Working Artists' duled to arrive to-day, have been Guild. The paintings are the work delayed near the Mediterranean, and of Mr. Cheung Shu-shek, and the will not get here until Monday or enlligraphy is by Mr. The Hl, both of Tuesday.
whom are well known in Canton,
The Delphinus left yesterday with the outward mail and one passenger, Mr. A. G. Langston.
AIR SERVICES Arrivals and Departures Of Planes
Outward For London, Australlo, British Countries and Europe: Imperial Air- ways 7 a.m. Feb. 7. Imperial Air- ways 7 a.m. Feb. 10.
For Chungking, Sion, etc.: Eurasia and C.N.A.C. service indefinite,
For U.S.A. via Mantla, Honolulu, Guam: Clipper 8.30 a.m. Feb. 11.
For France via Hanol! Air France, 0.30 am. Feb. 4.
Inward
The paintings are on purely_Chi- nese subjects, and range from flower studles to Agures. In scroll form. they introduce a new form of canvas, and provide a contrast to the usual forms so frequently displayed. The calligraphy is apparently the work of skilful artist, and is very neatly done.
Mr, Luis Chan, commenting on the exhibition, writes:
Mr. Cheung Shiu-shek is an artist of the traditional school, and has iurely adopted any method of sketch- inodern Ing from nature like some of the Chinese artists have, but rather relles on his Imagination and on reference to the works of other innsters to create new form and vision.
From London, Australia and Bri-most lively in No. 24, "Washing Ink- Of the figure subjeels, perhaps the Ush Countries: Imperial Airways 5, tone," in which the zigzag lines of p.m. Feb. 4; Imperlai Airways 5 pan. the composition lead to and fro down Feb. ; Imperlai Airways 5 pm. Feb.,
8.
From Chungking, Yunnanfu, Kwel- lin: C.N.AC. Eurasia Services inde finite.
to the crouching mald washing the Initstone. No. 22, "Autumn," also is in that the red note of the dress of very attractive and most satisfying,
scheme is simple and quiet, yet the the lady sings out. The
colour whole picture is produced to the best vin Hanel: Alr advantage by the skilful distribution Struggling
From U.S.A., via Honolulu, Guam, Manila: Clipper 12.30 p.m. Feb. 10.
From Fronce,
France, 12.30 p.m. Feb. 9.
of tone values and arrangement of Hnes. In No. 2, "Ghost
for Food," the whole scens
1A
BOMBS IN LONDON fantastic and the artist's imagination
Underground Railways this picture, of course, is sarcastic.
Victim of Nazi Pogrom Station Explosions
Painted This In H.K.
every three born in 1938 died before curd, appointment of sub-committees. Spaly have staphic stories to tell of fugee from Austria, now living in Hongkong. attaining the age of twelve months scientific, sociological and publicity: (as compared with one in nearly rule regarding circulation of papers; twenty in Great Britain for the same and laying of reports on table, year); the fact
that nearly 5,000
deaths from tuberculosis were regis- tered in Hongkong in 1938; that res- piratory diseases as a whole occupied first place amongst killing discases; and that 2,673 deaths from frank beri beri were recorded-to obvious deflciency disease
name one
attribut-
able to malnutrition, the unfortun- ate effects of which are to be cen
DAUGHTERS CALLED
Tell of Alleged Adultery By Their Mother
where a large part of the garrison in in revoll, According to their stories, the situation is regarded as extremely graze.
A message from Madrid states that during last night the news from Valen- rin was se grave that the Government met hurriedly, whilst the Minister of Interior summoned the end of thei Detective Service.
An official statement issued ut five
Social Items
is at fall play, The story told In but the emphasis has been brought
nt vividly. home most
Amormat the flower pleces the
London, Feb. 3, most perfect are Nos. 3 and 9, both Bonb explosions occurred in two depicting Mowtan Peonies and both of the busiest London underground belag immense in siz
size and grand in railway stations, Leicester Square composition. No. 44, "Epidendrum," and Tottenham Court Road this is executed very decisively in form,
of new places'in which they can find the walls and flung on to the steps Indeed, to the Chinese both painting
THE PAINTING which forms the subject of the morning whereby eight persons were while in No. 43. "chu Kamu Powelly photograph reproduced above is by a Jewish re-injured, three of them seriously. the cluster of follage successfully
Fortunately the explosions look rendered by a few spots
of dark place Just
before the rush hours be-value which save the plcture from
in a Viennese University.
She is Miss Irma Last, formor Professor in the Faculty of Arts an, a fact which explains the reln-
confusion. tively small number of victims.
Mr. Tse Hi is a most skilful cal- In Leicester Square station ligraphist, as is evidenced by the bomb with a time fuse attached ex- all-round excellence of his style of Miss Last is one of the victims ploded in a handbag which had been penmanship, particularly of the Han of the Nazi pogrom, which has sent deposited in the cloak room, causing Dynasty. The few "Plum Blossoms thousands of Jews abroad in search extensive damage.
in the show rather serve to digress a Part of the masonry was torn from little from the calligraphy pieces. peace and friendship. His Excellency and Lady North- Her father was in the Faculty of leading to the entrance door of the and calligraphy are classified under 'clock yesterday morning stated that cote, who are spending the week-end Law in another Austrian university. station. The force of the explosion the same heading, and this has been the Government was determined "pitiat Fanling Lodge, accompanied by He fled, with his wife, to Rumania. was such that windows of shops fac- so ever since Chinese Art was created leasty to suppress" the insurrection in their eldest son Mr. M. A. S. North- daily in the wards of the hospitals.plainant in an adultery ense were The three daughters of the com-
Miss Last believes that she is ing the station were smashed. Valencia.
during the Primitive Ago. A conference between King Alfonso cote, who arrived in the Colony on lucky to be able to find a home in All of us who have had occasion
A milkman who was delivering The exhibition well worth a and General Primo de Rivera was hetabruary-2 from Ceylon, where he Hongkong. When she left Austria, to come in contact with destitutes, witnesses at the Central Magistracy at the Palace yesterday morning, just is employed by the Scottish Tea and she was bereft of all her possessions, from the steps into the street and art. It will remain open from 10 was thrown visit by those who are interested in whether in the
In the streets or, later, in yesterday,
when further evidence lag 160 minutes. their must have gainst
mother and a man.
Lands Limited, will return to Gov-and was allowed to take only ten sustained serious injuries. The King signed several new decrees, ernment House on Monday.
a.m. to 7 p.m. to-day, and from 1 marks outside the country. nami Leung So was heard before one of whch created a specia? Court)
One of the members of the staff p.m. to 7 pm. to-morrow. the prevalence of rough skins, sore eyes, pale, Mr. R. A. D. Forrest.
"to establish close relationship between
The subject in the painting is Mrs. and gravely injured.
was buried under a pile of masonry anaemic lips and the like indieative
the police and military"
who is proceeding to Ireland shortly D. Wilson, well-known Kowloon Indy' At Tottenham Court Rond station of a greater or lesser degree of mal-
for a vacation. Mrs. Wilson Is the room and the station has been tem-
KICKED CAT TO DEATH a bomb also exploded in the cloak nutrition. Our school health service has established, in addition, the
Remarking that there was no ex- wife of a popular skipper in the porarily closed for traffic. frequency with which dental disease
China Navigation Company.
cuse at all for it, the Magistrate, occurs in the yount.
Leicester Square station, which is Mr. R. A. D. Forrest, yesterday an in important junction of several lines ed a young man named Pang Kun- has only been partly closed.
chun, aged 18, the sum of $20, in Y.M.C.A. SUNDAY TALK
Scotland Yard immediately gon-default one month's hard labour, enced investigations and the cloak-nfter he had admitted kicking a cat At the Y.M.C.A. Discussion Group rooms at all underground stations at Wood Road, Wanchai. meeting to-morrow, at pm, Rev.have been closed, while baggage de- Inspector A. V... Baker.... sald the A. P. Rose will speak on "Race and posited in them is being carefully youth kicked the eat so hard that it War."
examined. Trans-Occan.
had died at the Police Station.
the Government Camps, been impressed
here
wiki
It might be useful at this juncture to ask ourselves what is the main purpose of this Committee. Its dutles are clearly indicated in the terms of reference.
Our task is to ascertain the actual
concerning
nutrition—and,
A large gatheringt was again present in the Court, while many others were turned away before the case commenced.
representa-
His Excellency the Governor will visit the A.P.C. Installation at Tsun Wan on Monday morning at 10 am.
An opportunity to visit the scene of the Shing Mun Valley water-works was Mr. C. Y. Kwan was present for afforded to members of the two Coun. complainant, Fun
Fung King-nong, a sea- tiven of the
cils-the Executive-and
Press yesterday when, leney the Governor will dine with On Monday evening, His Excel- min residing in the front cockloft of No. 360 Lockhart Road, ground floor, the Governor
under the leadership of His Excellency Licut. Col. I. B. Rose, M.C.,
(Br Ceetl Clementi,
and while Mr. M. A. da Silva represented | K.C.M.G.), they paid a visit to the dis Officers of the Hongkong Volunteer both defendants.
trict and had explained to them the Defence Corps, at Volunteer Head- The first defendant, Fung Kwok when scheme. The technical instters quarters. Lal-chun, who is the kit-fat wife of Creasy. (Director of Public Works and were dealt with by the Hon. Mr. 1. T. facts
complainant, Ja summoned on a
the techntent staff of the Public Works The Police Branch of the M.C.L. hence,
of malnutrition for charge of adultery with Leung So Department-Mr. ft. 1. lies in our power,
Henderson are holding their next Bridge and and to contrive at the above address on July 14 and Water Engineer), Mr. A. B. Purves Mahjong Drive in the Melena May ways in which such knowledge can, 15 last year. Leung was similarly estre Kynoch (in charge of Kevious pm, and not at the Cathedral Hall. tassistan! Water Engineer) and Mr. Institute on February 14, ut 3 best serve to bring about 23 more summoned. satisfactory state of affairs. "The After, Mr. Silva had finished cross-
waterworks). manner in which this is to be done examining the third daughter,
The morators forming in Excel- the leney's party Weze is dependent upon the advice and next witness called was Fung Sau-Major General Luard, who was accom
HAN Excellency guldance you give as members of
for.
panied by his A.D.C., Major Bann, Ion. this Committee.
This witness' said she was their Henry Pollock, K.C., Hon. Sir Shou-i In some ways we start our work eldest daughter of the complainant, Chew, Hon. Dr. i. it. Kotew
and was living with her mother in CM. Hon. Mr. A.. C. Hynes, Hon. Br. Lockhart Rond in July last year Shenton, Hon. Mr. R. A. C. North
J. Owen Hughes, Hon. Mr. W. E. I when the alleged incident took place. Secretary of
She had
Chinese Affairs), lion. more destilution and a lower stand-bed in the cockloft.
single Capt. A. J. L. Whytn (His Excellency's Although intense dissentlon in the fler mother private secretary), Mr. B. Wylie, Mr. B.Arab camp has by no means been ard of wages than in normal times. had stayed away from the house all. Evans and str. W. A. Donaldson. On the other hand, we are in the night on some occasions, and on each
ullayed, British semi-oficial circles position of being able to make mass occasion would tell her that she was
are nevertheless optimistle regarding observations, collect data, and to
Among residents leaving by the P.the Palestine conference and declare and . liner Moren for tome on Satur- that it will be carry out experiments in dietetics in oing to Leung's place.
uny.
of an exceptionally fortunate time..
More Problems
True, owing to the refugee pro- blem, there is more overcrowding
Leung sleeping together in
SVETI her mother and Mr. J. P. Braga, Hon. Dr. S. W. Ta'e,
*
*
*
BITTER FEELINGS Arabs Refuse to Meet Zionist Jews
London, Feb. 3.
any were Major H. D. L.. Dowbiggin | tiations on Tues to open nego-
**
*
The depth of feeling between Jewn
tre Government Camps which ve her mother and younger brother on
She had slept on the big bed with and Mrs. Dewbiggin, Dr. J. T. Smalley been established In order to cope
and Mrs. Smalley, Mr. and Mrs. E. G. with the
more serious results of going to bed that night, while her Stewart, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. W. Turner, and Atabs is indicated by the fact want and destitution.
second and third sisters had slept on Sr. L. A. M. Baistrogon, Mr. W. G. tin, the Prime Minister, Mr. Cham- 10 the latest informa- Psychologically, it is an opportune the floor.
Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. D. K. Kharas, tion, the moment to commence operations, Mr. Sliva then questioned witness Mr. and Mrs. H. Mende, Mr. and Mrs. Eberlain,, will hold two addresses of since the Sino-Japanese confllet has as to where abe had slept on the Portaillen, Mr. 11. G. Russel, fr. 1. B. welcome, one before the Arabs and given rise to a greater social con- night of the incident, as evidence had Trevor and Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Ellis. one before the Jews, so that they sciousness and a greater readiness to been given by the third daughter give both service and funds for social who had cald the had slept with her work.
mother in the big bed that night. I think that It would interest
Other questions as to the date of members of this Committee to know the occurrence, and the bed in which of a statement In the British Medi- the alleged incidents took place, eat Journal of October last to the were also put to witness, some of the effect that, as in the last century replies being contradictory, witness the battle was fought for sanitation was reminded by Mr. Silve that she and preventive medicine, so this was giving evidence on oath. generation will Aght for proper Similar evidence was given by nutrition.
Fung Sau-king, the second daughter, There is something of inspiration before the case was adjourned until and encouragement in the feeling February 13 at 2.30 p.m.
Tol. No. 24310,
The Day of all Days
Preparations for your wedding are
not complete, without plans for
a picture record of this happlest
event of your lifetime.
Let us
make the necessary arrangements.
THE MING YUEN STUDIO
'6, Queen's Road C. (3rd Floor); opposite Dairy Tarm's Fountain, Qi Rd, C
wif not be required to assemble to- Sir WIBian Senger, President of the gether. Chamber of Shipping, speaking at a Political circles declare that the shipowners dinner at Nowcastle, ald he had it on good authority that Sir Arabs are willing to meet the Pales Thomas Royden, hend of the Cunard tine Jews ut the conference table, Line, would at no distant dute plaza an but refuse to sit with the Jewish top that for the White Star Line. He cludes representatives of the World order for a new versa) which would delegation as n whole, which In- hopet the order would go to the Tyne, Zionist organization-Trans-Ocean. though he was afraid it was more like ly it would go to Northern Ireland.
DANCING CONTEST
The new White Star Jiner mentioned. which will be the largest vessel in the world, is te he of about 60,000 tons. Pre- First Heats of Competition
vlous reports of the Cunard Company's pinns have been of a venout of at least 60,000 tons and a spood of 27 to 30 knots. The type of propulsion is un- dorstood to have been the chief pro- blom.
5 YEARS AGO
The Open Tennis Championships of the Colony start to-day with a pro- gramme of nine matches in the singles, the feature of which in the appearance of M. W. Lo, J..A. Carsumbhoy, and I M. A. Kasack.
The complete programme is below:
Held at Hotel
The dancing competition organiz- ed by the Hongkong Chinese Dancers Association opened in the Grill Room of the Hongkong Hotel yesterday when five couples took part in the preliminary cats. The dances, which were under Inter- national Amatour Recreation Federa- tion regulations were quick-step,
A Crawford R. I. Wild; M. W. Lo waltz and slow fox-irot
. C. Ravenhill; J. Barrow v. 1. Ung: Couples who took part were Mr.
and Mrs. L. G. Buckle, Mr. II. Pardoo
R. R. G. foare v. G. damble: Wong Fuk Nam v. H. Owen Hugh; . M. A and Mrs. Hargreaves, Mr. Chan B, Kaanek v. Ng Wal Lum; H. Le v. lu Anton and Miss Lee Yuet-ching, Mr. Tak Cheuk: K. H. Les v. G. R. M. Rie Chang Ki and Misa Lily Lee, Mr. katta; J. A. Causumbhoy . B. W. James Daur and Miss Irene Sucz Liang.
NEW COMMODORE
or.
Judges were Messra. Kan Tang- chau, C. T. Ng, Sip Huk, S. H. Chan, Harry Yip and J. A. E. Peters. London, Feb. 3.
The competition has been Coplain A. M. Peters has been up-ganized to false funds for refugees, pointed in Command and ms Commo- and proceeds will be given to the dore Second Class in charge of Naval | Bridah Fund for the Relief of Dis- Establishments Hongkong in succes- treas in China. It will continue to- alon to Commodore E., B, C, Dieken, | day, and the finals will be held, to-
Reuter.
morrow.
milk for station staff
ANNOUNCEMENT
ANDERSEN, MEYER & COMPANY, LTD.
Subsidiary of
International General
Electric Co., Inc., U.S.A
Take Pleasure in Announcing The Opening of Their Showroom at
DAVID HOUSE
67-69, Des Voeux Road, Central, (Ground Floor)
INSPECTION INVITED
GENERAL
ELECTRIC
REFRIGERATORS
RADIOS
APPLIANCES
MOTORS
ENGINEERING & MECHANICAL SUPPLIES
ETC.
Page 5Page 6