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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
I'LL TAKE SLUGGO'S ADVICE!
April 24, 1941.
By Ernie Bushmiller
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MEDICAL DEFENCE SCHEME FOR H.K. REVEALED IN REPORT BY THE D.M.S.
SEVERE GERMAN
LOSSES
Fighting Forces Compared
ANKARA, Apr. 23 (Reuter).-German losses in Grecce are extremely heavy, according to reports reaching here.. Travellers from Bulgaria state that German troops in Sofia can hardly be love their eyes when they see the inasses of wounded arriving.
The wildest estimates of Ger- man losses are current in Sufla, one putting the German killed at 60,000 and wounded at 250,000. These are hardly credible but they do serve to indicate that casualties have been severe be- yond all German anticipation.
and sheer weight of numbers was bound to tell in the Axis' favour.
It is learnt on good nuthority that both the British and Greek casualties nve been comparatively small. The Germants claimed 80,000 prisoners in Western Thrace but authoritative Greek circles declare that the bulk of the Greek army in that area has
been
One of the most important features of the work of the Medical Department in 1939 was the devising of a medical defence scheme for the Colony, a general idea of which is given by the Director of Medical, Services in his report for that year, tabled in Legislative Council to-day.
three main classes. There was
Refugees were divided into roughly
The scheme is designed to in the various refugee camps at any bring into being at the shortest one time during 1939 was 12,207. possible notice arrangements for the collection, transport and treatment of casualties from high explosive, incendiary or gas bombs if the Colony became in- volved in hostilities.
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To this end, plans were drawn up for the conversion of hospitals into casualty clearing hospitals and for utilising various large buildings relief hospitals and schools and shnilar institutions as first aid
POSLS. The recruiting and training of per-, sonnel for the various tasks, and the provision of reserve stores of ambu- lances, stretchers, instruments, drug dressings, oxygen, and other thing went hand in hand with the arrange- ments.
Colony's Fitness
Malnutrition
turn of refugees to their homes in
China.
the
English Gaol Warders
Deplore
Conditions
ALTHOUGH Mr Herbert Morrison, Home Secretary, recently denied statements about inadequate control of prisoners, the Prison Officers' Association has decided to send to members of Parliament, a list of allegations about prison "unrest.”
The association alleges that: shortage of staff, combined with other factors, has made the maintenance of disciplino "al- most impossible among convicts. and prisoners."
In a report on different jalis, the pssociation contends that at Park- hurst, where a recent change in immediate control seems to be having some beneficial effect," prisoners are unlocked when an alert is sounded, and not more than fourteen ofleeri are left in charge of 400 convicts.
RADIO
ZBW, 155 metres (845 k.e.) and 3145 sautres (9,520 kilo-nycise) Schuman Concerto In D Minor
Broadcast by 2BW on a Frequency. of 845 k.c's and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m. and 8-11 p.m.
an 9.52 m.c's per second.
5.45 Indian Progamme.
830 Closing Local Stock Quota-
Convicts Impertinent "During the unlocking of prison- ers from their cells, conditions are tions. almost intolerable. Aiissiica
0.32 thrown out of the cells and through Ballet Music.
ham
Cupid Finds Spy Clues
--
and
Birauss--"Lo Beau Danube"
8.15 Studio-Local Newsletter.
and
The London Philharmonic
Orchestra with Maurice Marechal ('Cello),
....
German women in Britain,
Legende Op. 18 Nom trying to dodge internment and
Thomas Beecham conducting the restrictions on aliens, are The London Philharmonic Orches asking marriage bureaux to find ira: Serenade Espagnole (Glazou them British-born husbanda. now); Apres Un Reve (Faure)....
Maurice Marechal (Cello);
of Design)
the darkness during alerts catcalls London Philharmonic Orchestra and booing are heard. The officers conducted by Antol Dorati, complain that the general demean. 7 London Relay-The News. our of the convicts is impertinent." 7.15 London Relay-Talk' “Mect The report also nileges that at Felt- Uncle Sam.
a young remand prisoners' in- 7.30 Schumann--Concerto in D stitution, gangs were formed, and the Minor. Prison Commissioners were warned Yehudi Menuhin (Violin) and The that unless something was done to Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Mention is made of the "tragic stop the rot there might be a wide-of Now York conducted by John need of sanatoria for 'open' cases."
scale attempt to break away from Barbirollt. relatively small group with financial
prison. The total expenditure of the De-
8 Local Time Signal and An- bucking who had transferred their partinent in 1039 amounted
"Nothing material occurred," alleges nouncements. to
the association's statement. "As a 8.02 Operatio Dusts. commercial interests to the Colony. $2,400,508.01. the revenut being
"Die
Meistarainger-Sache result seventeen prisoners succeeded A larger group consisted of artisans, $466,054.72. There was an increase small
in getting away from Feltham last Eva Ducis (Wagner); See, Ev'chen! merchants and others who had of expenditure over 1038 of $79,- managed to save their tools, some ofį 250.89.
week." Later a commissioner was Where, methought, can she bo? A their stock in trade and
sent down to investigate.
shoemaker's life is nye full of care portion of their savings and were able to main-i
Social, Hygiene
(Soprano) ....Elisabeth Rehberg An important report on social
Friedrich Schorr (Baritone) with iain themselves for i time and later, hygiene was drawn up in 1939 U when they failed to make good, had communities,
Orchestra; "Aida" (Verdi); Heavent which recommended
Fathert....Dusolina Giannini and to fall back on relief.
additional clinical facilities for
Giovanni Inghiller! (Soprano and The third and by far the largest treatment of prostitutes. It was
Baritone) with Orchestra. run were those with little if any hoped to develop these by an ex- savings, which rapidly exhausted. pansion of the staff engaged in They became destitute and slept in social hygiene work, by the opening the streets until they were collected of new centres and by domiciliary and taken to the Government camps. visits by trained health visitors.
The jembers of births in 1930 were The flooding of the urban market 48,025. The crude uncorrected birth by refugees, and the heavy demand rate was 44.4 per thousand of the or accommodation with the conse-population. Under the Compulsory Servicequent high rentals for shelter, result- likely that the
There were 40,317 deaths during Ordinance, some 1,225 British subjected in considerable reduction in the the year. The death rate was 40 were medically examined during the proportion of wages available for per thousand of the population. year. They were divided into two
purchase of food. Combined with
The cumulative effect of malmatri- age groups, 18 to 41 and 42 to 55.
tion, bad housing and overcrowding, ignorance of the right
quality or The following particulars are given quantity of food to be consumed, this and insanitary environment was seen in the report:—
gave rise to a serious incidence of in the heavy loss of life iu infants, malnutrition
the poorer 345 per thousand Ilving births dying
before attaining one year of age. Ections of the population.
Just as in the case of refugees,
Leper Settlement Government furnished shelter for Government purchased during 1939, thousands, so in the case of the for the sum of $50,000 from many Class C (fit for sedentary
hungry it also provided for several Tung Wah Hospital directorate, 21 only) 247 or 20.16 per cent.
hundred thousand meals at camps building for use as a leper settlement. Class D (unfit for service) 31 oud welfare centres. Assistance in
The Almoner's Division of the 2.53 per cent.
this matter was given by certain Medical Department was inaugurated voluntary organisations.
during the year, and a start was made on a costing system for the The state of public health in the
Government hospitals in order to Colony during 1939 was conditioned
atcertain the approximate
cost of the refugee factor
cach in-patient and to check waste. principally by states the report. The extension of
New radium amounting to 52.5 milligrammes were purchased in the Sino-Japanese hostilities to South China, leading up to the capture of
cells" during the year and Cunton in November of that year.
brought into use at the Queen Mary saw a great increase in the number" which constituted a major killing Hospital. The radium has been used refugees who souglil shelter in Honut-dense in 1938 and was responsible almost entirely for cancer the kong.
ulerus and for supplementary Irradia- -for-4,443-deaths.-u-92-per-centum-of- The maximum number of personsall deaths registered.
tion of surface cancer, eared for by the medical Department
Nothing is known here about the reported German occupation of Lem- uos and Samothrace but well-inform- ed circles consider Nazis will attempt to capture all Greek islands which, in conjunction with the Dodecanese, afford useful jumping-off boses for alreruft.
Turks Cool
Although the war is now approach ing Turkey's sencoast as well as the land frontlers, the Turkish public remains cool and its spirit is sum med up in the words of one leader of
safely evacuated by sen. One Greek force undoubtedly has been cut off in the Epirus and has enpitulated. The remainder of the Greek Army is still fighting on the British left wing and there are for hoping that they will roun continue even should the pass of Thermopylae be overwhelmed.
The isthmus leading to Morea sug- gests in easily defensible position where, it adequate air protection is available, the battle could continue with ever-mounting costs to the Axin.
public opinion, who gold to-day: Doomed Battalion
"If attacked, we will fight to the last
man: we have taken all precautions: let the aggressor remember that he will not take us by surprise."
Comparison of Forces
(DY. "REUTER'S" DIPLOMATIC
CORRESPONDENT)
LONDON, Apr. 23-It was obvious that the British force in Greece was of limited strength when no attempt was made to hohl the passes cover ing Saloniks.
It is reckoned that the Germans used 20 divisions as well as four fully motorised divisions while the Italians had almost as many in Albania. The total Greek forces were much smaller
i
Stabbing Affray
SHANGHAI, Apr. 24 (Reuter), Colonel Halch Ching-yuan, Comman der of the "Doomed Battalion," was stobbed to death in the internment camp in the International Settlement this morning by two interned mem- bers
of the Battalion, who
also seriously wounded the Second-in- Command.
The assailants were overpowered and handed over to the Police by other internees,
Thoy-excused the stabbing on the ground of the "bad conduct" of the two officers.
Class A (found it for general ser- vice) 765, or 62.45 per cent.
Class B (fll for duties on lines of communication, including guards) 182 or 14.86 per cent.
Refugees
On
June
17,
1940,
the
Bomber Fund was commenced.
the first week produced over
$1,000,000
to
will you help
double that figure before
June 17,
17, 1941?
1941?. $152,000 is
all that is required ●
Donations to Date: $1,848,010.93
July
Remitted to London: £114,889.19.68
Mention is made in the report of the work of the Nutrition Research Committee and of experiments con- ducted by the Government, at the various camus.
Tuberculosis The report lays stress
the 011 serious incidence tuberculosis,
of
the
Active measures were taken during
year to combat the discose.
Compulsory notification was intro- duced in January 1838, and up to the | end of that year some 7,591 cases had
been reported.
Pasteurisation of milk became com. pulsory during the year, and bac- teriological standards for pasteurised mlik were introduced in December,
Climatic, social and economie con- ditions all tend towards fostering this disease, and the combination Works only too well, states the Director of Medical Services.
British
of
Offensive
In Libya
the
were
SPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAPH"
Sulle
Bourree;
(b)
Rondeau;
(c)
The "Maxluge Mart" do not: ar- Ballet (The range the weddings-but they send del); (a) all particulars of the applicants to Gigue; (a) Musette; (b) Battle and Scotland Yard,
Finale....Sir Thomas Beecham and
"We get an average of 10 a week, London Philharmonie Orchestra; "In- mostly from Austrian women," Miss dian Lament (Dvorak); Dimanche de Mary Oilver, the joint manager of a Paques sur la Mer (Easter Sunday West-End Bureau told a reporter, at Sen) (Dupont)....Maurice Marc-
"We invite full personal histories chat ('Cello). from each woman-end send the forms to the police. Some of the applicants may be sples-and we are taking no risks."
Civilians Teach Cycle Tricks
9 London Relay The Newa 0.15 London Relay—“Questions of the Hour
9.30 "Plantation Songs.
Camptown Races; Uncle Ned; Ring de Banjo; Old Black Joe....Frank Luther and the Lyn Murray Quartet. Nellie Bly: Hard Times Come Again No More: Oh! Susanna; Massa's in de Cold. Cold Ground....Frank Luther and the Lyn Murray Quartet.
0.45 London Plano Accordeon One hundred and twenty-five Army Band. and Tank Corps motor cyclists who Six Hit Medley: Intro: Roll Along took part in a reliability trial held Prairle Moon; Girl with Dreamy In the Midlands recently were told Eyes: My Dance; Easter Parade; that the object was "not to look Dancing with My Shadow; She Wore fretty when riding, but to get there." Little Jacket of Blue with Vocal The hazards included a muddy Chorus: There'll Never Be Another lane, a water splash, a strep, foot-You (Harry Woods); One Night in path over tree roots, rough gross and Monte Carlo (Silver and Others),... With Vocal Chorus; At the Close of rocks.
Long, Long Day (Moll and Mar- vin)....with Vocal Chorus.
Civilian experts waited at each hazard and riders who failed were shown how to take the hazard pro- perly.
Canada Sends Parachutes
9.45
News in, French (on Short Wave Only).
10 London Relay "To Talk of Many Things."
10.16 Dance Music.
11 Close Down,
THE REGAL TOUCH
An 85-year-old woman living in Parachutes are now being made in a Luton almshouse offered a gift of Difficult Problem
CAIRO, Apr. 23 (UP).—Well Canada at the rate of 500 per week. two pound notes for war weapons, The task of controlling and nformed quarters to-day claim- About 13,000 parachutes have been and when the savings organiser (aged feradicating tuberculosis presents a d that the offensive in Libya ordered for the air services since the 65) asked her if she could afford it, declaration of war, and 4,800 have she replied: "Young man, I shal most dimcult problem, but is one ins passed into British hands, › been delivered.
adjust my affairs accordingly.” which can be tackled successfully if
At Addis Ababa, preparations Approached in a spirit of patience and hopefulness combined with
are proceeding for the return of and tenacity.
the Negus.
energy
The present overcrowding resulting Claiming that the Empire line from the influx of refugees serious-n Greece is still unbroken, it is believed that enemy pressure is not as heavy as previously re-
ly aggravates the situation, and mujor and essential step in the con- trol of tuberculosis would be effect- Led by the restoration of peaceful con- ported, but it is emphasised that
ditions in the Far East and the re-hard fighting is going on.
Stolen Shanghai Dog Found In H.K., Returned To Owner
The smart work of officials of the Hongkong Society for the Provention of Cruelty to Animals resulted recently in the rescue of n Scotch collie which had been stolen in Shanghal and brought to the Colony.
The dog has since been re-¡S.P.C.A. has written stating that on stored to its owner in Shanghai. Easter Sunday the owner of "Rex,"
The collie, named "Rex," was re- Mrs R. Ferrajolo, accompanied by ported by the Shanghai Society of officials, took delivery of the dog. the S.P.C.A., to have been stolen in When the ship was going alongside Shanghai and brought to Hongkong: Mira Ferrajolo heard "Rex" bark and the Roosevelt Terminal in Shanghal, Locni oficials went to work and found the dog and had it returned recognised the dog. "Rex" recognis- jed his mistress as soon as he spotted by ship.
hor and there was a happy reunion The Secretary of the Shanghai of dog and mistress.
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