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No. 27,567

HOSPITALS IN THE

COLONY.

THE WORK OF NETHERSOLE.

URGENT APPEAL FOR BETTER ACCOMMODATION.

HONG KONG.

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1930.

DUCHESS OF YORK. SOUTH AFRICA AND

HAPPY EVENT NOW HOURLY EXPECTED.

BEACON TO BE LIGHTED.

Rugby, Yesterday. Foresters were to-day building: beacon on the top of Hunters' Hill overlooking the Valley of Strathmore. This is regarded as

$200,000 ASKED FOR WORTHY CAUSE, indicating that the happy event

at Glamis Castle, where the Duchess of York is staying, is) now momentarily expected..

The beacon will be lighted when-

The urgent need for a new Nethersole Hospital was brought for-ever the signal comes from the ward at the annual meeting of the Alice Memorial and Affiliated Hospitals,, held this morning, in the Board room of the Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce.

The Iton, Dr. S. W. T'so, O.B.E., as Chairman of the meeting paid cloquent tribute to the work of the hospitals, and later the Hon. Dr. R. H. Kotewall, C.M.G., LL.D., in a rousing speech, de- monstrated the absolute necessity of the proposed new structure.

The appeal to the public is given in full at the conclusion of this report.

AN

INSPIRING RECORD.

Those elected to the General deficiency I trust that the regular Committee during the course of annual subscribers will have this the meeting were Dr. J. C, in mind and new subscribers would Margown, and Messrs. T. H. R. be welcomed, Shaw, Chan Lim-pak. Fung Kong- nn, and Lau Sing-chong.

The Chairman, Dr. T'so, and the Deputy Chairman, Mr. Paul Lauder were previously re-elect- ed with acclamation.

An Executive Committee was elected to be composed of the Hon. Dr. R. H. Kotewall, the Hon. W. E. L. Shenton, Messrs. T. H. R. Shaw, T. N. Chau and J. M. Wong.

Votes of thanks were accorded the Rev. H. R. Wells. 0.B.E., for! his services as secretary and also to Mr. T. N. Chay for, his untiring efforts:

Supporting the Chairman were Dr. F. R. Ashton (Secretary), the Rev. H. R. Wells, Dr. Gibson, Mr. Justice J. R. Wood, the Hon. Dr. Kotewall, Messrs. A. Stevenson, P. S. Sommerfelt, T. H. R. Shaw. U. Rumjahn, JM. Wong, and K. H. Fong.

CHAIRMAN'S SPEECH.

The Hon. Dr. S. W. T'so, O.RE.. in addressing the meeting, said:— Gentlemen, The Annu Report and Statement of Accounts

seen in your hands and with

have

for

воте time

your

take them as read,

permission I propose

to

The New Alice Memorial Hos-

pital, which was formally opened

by H.E. Sir Cecil Clementi in

On behalf of the Committee I desire to express our best thanks to all who have subscribed to the funds or given help in other ways.

Re-building Appeal.

The Nethersole Hospital which has done yeoman service for 87 years has now reached a stage when the building no longer meets

3,000 DROWNED, Thousand Villages in China Submerged.

Peking, To-day. Owing to the recent inces- sant rains a thousand villages are submerged by floods in. South-Eastern Hopel (Chihli) and South-Western Manchuria. Numbers of villagers have been without food for days and are still clinging to tree tops and roofs of higher build- ings.

Rescue work is now proceed- ing, but it is reliably reported that over 3,000 persons have been drowned-Reuter.

castle. It should be visible for favourable sailors in the North many miles, and if the weather is

Sen should see the flare.

on Hunters Hill to celebrate the A similar beacon was lighted Duchess's marriage. - British Wireless Service.

DROUGHT EFFECTS.

CONFERENCE OF TEN GOVERNORS.

Washington, Yesterday.

A conference of Governors of ten States in the drought area,] at the White House to-day in an convened by President Hoover, met effort to arrange effective State and local relief.

The Kentucky delegate before the conference stated that the maize crop in Kentucky would be only ten per cent, and tobacco twenty per cent. of the normal.

Meanwhile the Supreme Court of New York State has appointed a referee to investigate an allegation that food and milk dealers have formed a combine to raise their prices, using the drought as aa excuse. Reuter's American Service.

SECESSION.

Premier Says Right Must Be Maintained.

INDEPENDENT STATUS.

Madeira, Yesterday. General J. B. M. Hertzog, who is en route to London to represent South, Africa at the

Imperial Conference, inter- viewed by Reuter said that the Conference recognition of South African independence was of paramount importance. Under no conditions could he admit uncertainty thereon, and when the report of the last Conference, granting the in- dependent status. of a Dominion, comes

up for con- firmation, it would be made clear, that the right of South Africa to secede la to be main- tained.

Washington, Later. The Governors' Conference has agreed to a programme of co operative relief, whereby the Federal States Governments will., work together to help over the winter the families deprived of, means of support through failure of the crops,

The programme will be carried out by means of public and private loans to the Red Cross, also by providing cm- ployment and reducing the rail-blems way rates on food for livestock. Reuter's American Service.

children. His Excellency Sir Wil- liam Peel when he visited the Kwong Wa Hospital a fortnight aga expressed his appreciation of the interest that hospitals in Hong Kong are taking in baby, welfare, while Lady Peel also takes a deep Interest in hospital work for wo- men and children..

the public will respond liberally to We carnestly hope therefore that our appeal so that we may be able to undertake

this necessary

February 1929, has proved a great the need of the work. The fabric usset to the work. The Lecture has deteriorated and its equipment, Room especially has proved of which sufficed in earlier years, has value, while the new operation become unauited to modern condi- construction without delay. room, and the wards fitted with modern conveniences have added taken place in medical science now

tions. The advance which has plause.) considerably to the efficiency, of

accommodation

demands better

re-

(Ap-

Dr. Kotewall's, Support, The Hon. Dr. R. H. Kotowall, in addressing the meeting, said:-

Mr. Chairman and gentlemen,—

Referring to economic pro-

before the Con ference he said that the . South

African Government Was prepared to enter into trade preference agree- ment with Great Britain ever a definite period provided that Great Britain extended similar preference to South African products-Reuter..

STOP

PRESS

Nanking, Yesterday.

• Hondquarters announce that the National forces are within two miles south of Tainan. They are expected to enter Tsinan this afternoon,

The report is confirmed in indepen dent sources that Kweiteh "is

tionalists. still in the hands of the Na- The situation, at Fochow is eater, although Sun Tien-ying is still vigorous- ly attacking the City-Reuter.

AILING DUKE.

closing rate of the dollar onj demand, to-day was 1/3

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Dainty EyeglasseD

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Ophthalmic Optician

13, Queen's Road Central.

UNREST CAUSED BY DIVORCE PROBLEM.

PRICE $3.00 Per Month.

MAID'S THEFT.

CAUGHT ON CANTON STEAMER.

TOO MANY LIES."

To-day, Yip Shun, a 17 years old

UNJUST FRONTIERS.

Polish Protest Against German Speech.

FIGHT FOR FREEDOM.

Warsaw. Yesterday.

VIEWS OF THE LAMBETH CONFERENCE.

AN APPEAL TO THE MIND.

London, Yesterday.

The Archbishop of Canterbury's

Conference, states:-

"The leadership of women is needed as well as the leadership possible to improve German-of men. Wherefor we have en-

girl, was charged before Mr. Whyte- M. Zaleski, the Foreign Minis- Smith at the Kowloon Police Court ter, to-day called on the German Encyclical Letter to the Faith- with the larceny of a quantity of Charge d'Affaires and formally ful," on behalf of the Lambeth jewellery to the total value of protested against the speech of $345.50, the property of a married Herr Treviranus, and asserted; woman living at 191 Nam Chang that such speeches made it im Street. She pleaded guilty.

Detective-Sergeant W. E. Mea-Polish relations.-Reuter.

gaged the work entrusted to the dows said that the girl was employ- [A message of August order of deaconesses." The reso- ed by complainant as a maid. On stated:-Lively discussions at August 12 she absconded with the Warsaw, with possibly even

"a lutions are divided into six groups, diplomatic incident, are likely to the first of which urges a fresh jewellery, but

was caught. on a follow a speech by M. Treviranus, representation of Christian doc- Canton steamer the next morning. Of the haul taken, $130 worth was missing, and he thought that the girl probably gave it to a man. "We took her out all yesterday and

former Minister of the occupied

regions, in which he outspokenly trine by an appeal to mind as well discussed the question of Ger-jas heart. A dozen resolutions on many's eastern frontiers.

the subject of marriage and sex

Speaking at a demonstration to celebrate the tenth anniversary recommend, inter alia, that the she told so many different stories of the plebiscite of East Russia marriage of a person whose for- and so many different lies that we habitants expressed the desire to not be celebrated according to the (in which 90 per cent. of the in-mier partner is still living, should could not find the man," added the remain in Germany), M.

Treviranus referred

rites of the Church.-Reuter, to the His Worship inquired about the Vistula region of Poland as an un-

Earlier News. healed wound in Germany's east- girl's parents, and

Detective- ern flank. He said that the future

London, Yesterday. The results of the Lambeth Sergeant Meadows said that so far of Poland could only be assured if Conference are revealed in docu-

officers.

as they knew the girl had none. Germany and Poland were not

At a late hour last night, however, kept in perpetual unrest hy unments now issued, consisting of

just frontiers,

the full text of seventy-five re- "Our eyes see with grief the solutions adopted, and an grandmother in Kowloon City. He land which to-day is lost to us, but cyclical Letter to the faithful" "En-

she told the Police that she had

doubted this and said that it was jone day will be re-won. The day very difficult to believe what the Will come when the fight for signed by the Archbishop of Cán- girl anid. She had been employed justice will free Germany and terbury on behalf of the Confer- ence, which Is sover thousand words long.

for about ten daya.

The Magistrate—I think it might be a good thing to take her before the S.C.A. and see if they have any- thing to suggest.

Detective - Sergeant Meadows agreed, and the case was remanded | to Monday morning.

HOMEWARD BOUND.

R100 ESTABLISHING NEW ATLANTIC RECORD.

A PERFECT VOYAGE.

Rugby, Yesterday. Seven and three-quarter hours after leaving St. Hubert's. Air Port, Montreal, on her homeward flight, the airship R.100 passed Lover Anticosti Island at the mouth of the St. Lawrence River. The distance between Montreal, and Anticosti Island is 540 miles in a straight line, which makes the speed of the airship little under 70 miles an hour. Later a message from R.100, however, announced that the speed had been increased to 80 miles an hour.

The weather conditions are! favourable for a quick trip across the Atlantic. The Air Ministry states that the winds are westerly along the whole route. The aver- age speed of the winds at 2,000 feet is about 20 to 30 miles per hour along the western half of the route and 50 miles along the east ern half. Some decrease is prob able in this rate but, nevertheless, following winds will be strong- est in the latter part of the journey.

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FAIR TO SHOWERY.

To-day's weather report from the Royal Observatory. states:

A feeble anticyclone is central near Tokyo and a shal- low depression covers China.

Forecast: S. winds, moder- ate; fair to showery.

Rainfall Rainfall to 10 am. to-day 0.01 inch. Rainfall since January 1, 62.43 inches against an average of 59.20 inches,

Temperature and Humidity The temperature and humidi ty at certain specified centres this morning at 6 o'clock were:-

Temp. Humid. Hong Kong .

87 Macao... 81

92 Pratos Island. Manila Foochow

Amoy

81

87

79

89

83

91

81

92

Swatow Chefoo Shanghal

80

100

76

79

95 91

BOMBED MINERS.

INCENDIARY FIRE AT MINE

· CAUSES $50,000 LOSS.

THREE MEN UNDER ARREST.

Providence, Kentucky,

Yesterday.

The letter begins "We are aware of the extent to which the very thought of God seems pass- ing away from the minds and hearts of many, even in nominal- ly Christian nations," but notes. however, that "emancipatione late- ly won do not yield deep or last- ing satisfactions. The heart of modern life, with all its exuber- ance of interest, is diaquietingly void of conviction." The En- cyclical Letter therefore calls 'for a fresh effort in the proclamation of the Christian doctrine.

Domestic Unity.

The letter also dwells on the responsibility of the Church to preserve "the beauty of family life, founded on the lifelong union of husband and wife," and de- clares that divorce is unnatural. "The whole subject of sex must be lifted to a pure and. clear at- mosphere."

It emphasises the vocation of parenthood; condemna racial ant- mosities; urges the Church to take the lead in the direction of world peace; and rejoices at the move- ment towards Christian unity, In- cluding the South Indian reunion scheme. It remarks.-"The Churches founded by Anglican missions in India, China, Japan leas. Anglican, though no less true and Africa might grow less and

to the Catholic faith and order."

Race Ruling Race. The Conference affirmed that the ruling of one race by another is only justifiable from a Chris- tian standpoint when the highest After the arrest of two men welfare of the subject race is the charged with complicity with constant alm of the Government, When he left the Air Fort her Montgomery in his bomb-dropping and when admission to an in- Commander said that he hoped to flight, on August 12, a small inine creasing share of government is reach Cardington in 50 hours. If was destroyed by fire, which off the objective steadfastly pursued. this schedule is adhered to the clala declared was incendiary, All communicants, without distinc

the medical and surgical work of and more modern equipment for the Hospital.

Throughout the year the medical

the treatment of disease.

The Executive Committee has work has been well maintained, the gone very carefully into the matter Before we disperse I should like number of in-patients showing an and has come to the conclusion to say a few words in support of Increase as compared with the last that it is uneconomical to spend the Chairman's appeal for funds four years. The decrease in the large sums of money for repairs, to rebuild the Nethereale Hos- number of out-patients is account from year to year, in order to patch pital. A printed Appeal made in ed for by the closing of the Holly-up this old building and that the the names of the Executive Com wood Road Dispensary, all the out-problem of erecting a new Nether, mittee and of the Appeal Commit patients now being seen at the sole must now be faced. Sir Cecil tee belog in your hands, and the Alice Memorial Hospital, Bonham Clementi, in his address at the matter having been dealt with at Road, where there has been an in- opening of the new Alice Memorial come length in the Chairman's crease in numbers over previous Hospital, expressed the hope that speech, there leaves little for me GRAVE ANXIETY FELT FOR HIS R.100 will beat the Graf Zeppelin's The damage is estimated at tion of race or colour, should

the erection of a modern Nether to say. We all know the great The Training, of Nurses and

sole would be undertaken at an service the Nethersole Hospital Midwives continues to be an im-

early date.

has rendered to the Colony for

Rugby, Yesterday portant feature of the work. The ."

the long period of nearly 88 years. A bulletin regarding the Duke Chinese Staff nurses trained in the A sketch plan has been prepared Its work is essentially to minister of Northumberland states that in hospitals are a great help, and by Mesars Little, Adams & Wood to the needs of the sick poor, es- there is an excellent spirit of which shows that a block similar to train Chinese women to be pecially Women and children, and osprit de corps among the nurses in design to that of the Alice nurses and midwives; and this both past and prosent, which has Memorial Hospit. can be built on work has been an inestimable resulted in the formation of a the site of the present building and boon to the Community. "Former Nurses Association. I when the scheme is completed the

To-day the building is in need,

years.

Important Work.

Provisional Plans.

am very interested to learn that New Nethersole and the Alice of re-construction. As a member some of the Women Nurses have Memorial Hospital will form one volunteered to nurse in the men's Hospital If required and I hope that there will be a gradual de- velopment along those lines.

large modern hospital building. some months ago to look into this of a special committee appointed A sum of $200,000.00 will be requestion, I can give you the as- quired for this building scheme, surance, that the building has and towards this amount there is now reached a stage when further Ball Financial Deficit.248 $50,000.00 in hand. An appeal patching and repairing would be The accounts show a small debelog issued asking for liberal decidedly uneconomical. You have felt for the year, but the statement donations so that the proposed heard from the Chairman that Incledes allowance for all sundry building may be proceeded with the fabric has, deteriorated, and creditors

soon as possible, This the-low Sterling value Worthy Work of the dollar will make it very diff The Netherole has helped to Sobliga supply the need in Hong Kong for the salaries of the Euro special hospital work for women,

that ita equipment has become unsuited to modern nditions.

Terealise that the time

us for embar

upon

LIFE.

Duke of Northumberland.

time for the West to East cross- $50,000.-Reuter's American Ser have access to the Holy Table, ing. The German airship took 55 vicege of August 11. stat from worship on account of colour

and hours 24 minutes to cross from

none should be excluded A mésange of Lake Hurst, New Jersey, to Fried-ed: The Providence coal mining or rabo. richshaven, Lake Constance. The district of Kentucky, which has

The Conference passed a m R.100 already holds the record for been torn by labour troubles for solution' regretting the prohibition the East to West Atlantic cross months, was thrown into an up of Roman Catholled from parti ing-British Wireless Serviceron by nn seroplane at six in cipating in the World Conference London, Yesterday, the morning, when the miners on faith and order, while welcom The R100 airship, with a follow were going to work, dropping a ing the development of closer re ing wind and clear skies, is flying number of bombs near the anlations... between homewards at the rate of 75 miles trance to the mines. There were Eastern Orthodox and Old Catho- the Anglican an hour. It is expected that she no casualties and no damage, lie and the separated Eastern will reach Cardington in 59 hours, whilst some bomba did not ex- Churches.-Reuter. thus establishing a new trans-plode. They were found to be Atlantic records made of dynamite wrapped up in The steadiness of the ship is adhesive tape with fuses attach- marvellous and everything is very ed.]

comfortable...

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NEARLY DROWNED,

A Chinesa woman named Chang Kwai (68), Hving at 68, D'Aguilar The airahip Is enjoying ideal the Gulf of St. Lawrence 1,500 feet day afternoon, when she fell over- Street, was nearly drowned yester weather and passed over the the passengers saw occasional board from a Yatmati forry launch, Straits of Belle Isle at midday, passing vessels or a lonely light Shp overbalanced through frying. maintaining a steady average of 70. house keeper, and heard the elute to recover her umbrella which had miles an hour. She covered in the of a'rens above the drone of the fallen into the Harbour frat eight hours a distance which engines. The wide vista of the The launch was stopped and the took 24 hours on the "ouward calm Atlantic bencath was the woman was rescued. On arzival at

my patages and mor of and children by holding gynaeco the expenditure but I le im spite of a fair night, his condition voyage to only reminder that they were at Yaumati, phe was handed over to

espaldain logical

and urgent If the His unchanged Grave anxiety is The F100 will meer at Carding sea. The airship was as steady as the Police who removed her to the

still Telt British Wireless Ber-ton on Friday night if possible, if she were still at the mooring Kwong Wah Hospit Continued on Page 0.) | vicu

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