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LOSSES REPORTED
Burglar Enters Mission Promises
Rev. G. Daly, of the Maryknoll Mission, Stanley, has reported to the police that someone broke into the Mission on Saturday, and stolo two gold-plated chalices and an overcoat, the total value being about $788.
Bir. Woods, of No. 24 Braga Circuit Kowloon, lost property to the value of $485 when his house was entered by thloves on Saturday morning.
A suit of clothing valued at $35 was stolen from the Murray Barracks on Saturday.
FELIX ROUSSEL
Transfer Not Due To European Tension
Shanghal, Apr. 15.
·April 17, 1939.
OBITUARY
Mr. Wong Kai-ming
On Sunday Mr. Wong Kai-ming,"| M.A., Principal of the "Put Ching The Messageries Maritlines, owners Middle School, Canton, died at the of the Felix Roussel, announced that Kowloon Precious Blood Hospital at the reason for the liner ending her the age of 32 years. turning to. Europe was not due to the head of the famous Canton castward voyage at Saigon and re- |
Mr. Wong was for the past 20 years European tension, but the necessity to which he devoted the greater part School for taking care of the heavy seasonal of his life, and through which he bookings from Indo-China.
carned a reputation as one of South The recent collision between the China's greatest educators.
The funeral will stort from the Marechal Joffre and the Canton has been re
responsible for
change in Hospital at 2 p.m. on Wednesday for schedule, and the Marechal Joffre, the Kowloon Chinese Christians'
of the Felix Roussel, will now Cemetery. leave Shanghai on May D.-United
Instead
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The Hongkong Agent for the Mes-
"Referring to the article published
Mr. B. W. Simmons, of the Hong-geries Maritimes writes:
Distinguished Career
Mr. Wong, who had taken an ac- tive part in the work of the South
kong Telephone Company, had his regarding the Felix Roussel, I would/China Baptist Mission in Tung Shan,
Jacket containing a silver cigarette
BROOCH LOST
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Canton, was scheduled to sall for the case and pipe stolen from the fifth inform you that the Felix Roussel is United States on May 0 to attend the floor of Exchange Building on Satur-returning to France, not from Singa- Baptist Conference. day.
but from Salgón,
He received his early education in This decision, has been taken, not Mrs. H. V. Wilkinson, of No. 13 en account of the European situation Canton and following his graduation The Peaks, has reported to the polled but in order to ensure our scheduled from Lingnan University, he went to the loss of a gold bar brooch, valued departures from Indo-China, which the United States where he received at $25,-while-travelling between her otherwise could not have been main- his Master of Arts degree in Educa house and Deepwater Bay on Friday, fained following on the collision tion from Columbia University. Re-
ARMED ROBBERY
which occurred on March 31 between turning to China he taught in Lingnon Sald
to have entered the third our m.v. Marechal Joffre and the for several years. In 1010 he went to the United States again and raised floor of No. 22 Second Street, Weat P. & O. ss. Canton."-
a considerable sum of money for the Paint, at 8 pm. yesterday under the
completion of the middle school pretext of searching for oplum,
campus of Pul Ching Academy in three men, one of whom was armed
Tung Shan. He was appointed in NEXT CHANGE with a revolver, robbed the inmates
by the National Government to 1927
United ference in the Un ing which he toured the cou study educational
problems,
of the house of $00 Hongkong cur- rency, 380 Chinese currency, and Jowellery to the value of $81.
In a report to the police, Leung Mai-chung, said she was
at home
CUSTOMS FIGURES
Statistics for the First Quarter of Year
Jattend the World Ed States Con-
follow- country to He re-
Shanghai, Apr. 16. The customs proceeds throughout turned to China in 1928 and became with two other women, and four China during the first quarter of the principal of Put Ching Academy. children when tho front door year totalled $80,400,000 comprising He served this institution 21 years. opened and three men entered. 333,900,000 for January, $22,400,000 He was also a member of the board The strangers sald something about for February, and $30,100,000 for of trustees of Lingnon University. looking for opium and then one of March, according to the figurës re- Mr. Wong is survived by his wife them produced a revolver and held leased by the Chinese Maritime and only daughter-Central News. up the Inmates while the other two Customs here. #tarched for money and valuables. After taking money and jewellery, the intrudere decamped.
Peer's Daughter Will
Run A Theatre
The Hon. Ruth Lever, 25-years-old daughter of Lord Leverhulme, has taken a 13-weeks' lease of the Royalty Theatre, Chester, to run a repertory theatre
MRS. L. E. COBBE
Old Resident Passes After Long Illness
Proceeds from stations in the Japanese occupied area accounted for 79 per cent, of the total revenue in January during which period the aren under the control of the National Government earned 21 per cent, of the whole income.
A very old resident of the Colony, The relative percentages for the 9 Cameron Road, Kowloon, on Mrs. Laura Eliza Cobbe, passed away Japanese-occupied
and
Chinese Saturday,
after In February and Deceased, who was 90 years of age,
long controlled areas
illness. March were 77 to 23 per cent, and Bi
Was the widow to 19 per cent., respectively.
of the late Mr. Shanghal headed the list of a mother of Mrs. C. B. Willard, Mrs. William R. Cobbe, of Chicago, and dividual stations with $10,200,000 for mother
"My family know nothing of it January, $10,000,000 for February, D Rapp and the late Rosser W. at all," she said. "I am running it and $13,100,000 for March, which was Cobbe.
The funeral took place at the
entirely by myself. I shall collect followed by Tientsin, Tsingtao and
Colonial Cemetery the same day, the actors from all over the country and Swatow. put on modern and classle" plays. |
Among the customs stations stim Rev. J. R. Higgs officiating. The mouters were Mr. C. B. My producer will be Dr. Stephan under the control of the National chief
Foochow Willard, Mrs. Z. D. Rapp and Mr. G. Hock, an Austrian, who had Bergner Government are Swatow,
and Mengtze, Yunnan-Domel. L. Ropp (grandson),
as a pupil."
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