1939-04-24 — Page 4

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PRYAN: ALAN HALE • DICK PORAN • HENRY TRAVERS - PATRIC KNOWLES

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BARBARA STANWYCK-HERBERT MARSHALL in

THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 24, 1939.

KAM TIN ALLEGATIONS BASED ON COMPARATIVELY TRIVIAL INCIDENTS

FOLLOWING REVELATION THAT COMPLAINTS OF TWO BEATINGS, WITH FATAL RESULTS, AT KAM TIN RE- FUGEE CAMP HAD BEEN MADE TO THE CHINESE GEN- ERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE HON. DR. P. S SELWYN-CLARKE, DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL SERVICES HAS AUTHORISED A STATEMENT DENYING THAT ANY "BEATINGS" HAVE OCCURRED, MUCH LESS ANY BEAT- ING RESULTING IN DEATH.

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There has been some mild slap-tin is in charge of a Camp ping of recalcitrants and two atten-mandant who happens to be a sen- dants who allowed irritation to ior Chinese Health Officer, and in overcome restraint have been dis-him the Director of Medical Ser- ciplined."

vices expresses complete confidence.

also two Clarke emphasises There are

experienced that the camp at Kamtin is com- Welfare Workers of the Emergency posed of inflammable matsheds. Refugee Council permanently resi- with consequent risk of fire.

dent in the camp, who assist the camp authorities.

"ALWAYS GOODBYE" Dr. Selwyn

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SHE KNEW MEN AND ALL THEIR RACKETS!

A fast-paced succession of amusing, exciting incidents that are humor- ous and entertaining.

MEN ARE SUCH FOOLS

WHY ARE WOMEN SUCH FOOLS ABOUT THEM?

WAYKÉ MORRIS

PRISCILLA

LANE

HUMPHREY

BOGART

HUCH

HERBERT

JOLIMINE DAVIS - PEKNY SINGLETON - Directed by Dusby Berkeley - A Werner Boss. Pictura |

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There are at Kamtin at present

The Director of Medical Services over 4,000 refugees, including many babies and young children. In the emphasises that the camp inhabi- interest of safety, the authorities tants are not all peasant refugees,

undesir have forbidden smoking in the huts but include a number of or the making of fires at places able and unruly elements transfer- under the supervision of the camp in the camp might have disastrous staff.

und results, especially to infants "Some time ago," says the state-young children; and that the camp ment, "a woman, who had been officials have in no way been warned on previous occasions, made thorised to give corporal punish- camp a fire for her medicine pot, to the ment to offenders against windward of highly inflammable rules. Because of these facts and matsheds, instead of in that por-considerations, he earnestly tion of the camp, allotted for the quests the public to discount un- purpose, where she could have boil-founded allegations against the conscientious and ed her herbs without any hind-hard-working,

sometimes rather harassed camp officers, whose duty it is to main "On being remonstrated with by tain good order and discipline for one of the camp staff, she abused the benefit of all concerned. him. The officer lost his temper: and, unwisely and entirely without any authority whatever, struck the woman on the back with a light stick. This officer has since been relieved of his position in the

rance,

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"The woman laid a formal com- plaint at the Au Tau Police Station --and later returned to the camp, where she was examined by the nurse on duty in the medical hut, and found to have a slight mark from the light stick

the fleshy part of her back. The in- jury was quite incapable of caus- ing her any serious harm. She left' the camp for her home village few days later of her own volition."

The second incident to which pu-| blicity has been given concerned a gunny-bag belonging to the Emer- gency Refugee Council which a man purloined. He was caught, says the statement, and taken to the Senior Welfare Worker. Subsequent- ly a camp officer slapped him with his hand and then let him go,

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"Here again the camp Officer had; no authority to administer even slight corporal punishment, and he was subsequently relieved of his post in the camp,”

"The man who took the gunny bag left later for his village, - and there is no foundation for the state- ment that he died as the result of his treatment in the camp.”

CONTENT TO STAY

Of the prosent occupants of this camp, over..800 have been there since October and November last. year, and show no readiness to re-

JAPANESE RAID FOOCHOW

Shanghai, To-day. Japanese planes are DOW bombing the various Foochow military establishments. Ru- mours are current that the Ja- in intend a landing panese Foochow in the near future.

also The Japanese planes raided Neisiang, in southwest- ern Honan, bombing "the aero- drome and warehouses" there and causing considerable dam- age.

The Japanese, furthermore, bombed a number of “important Chinese air-bases” in Chekiang, Kiangsi, and: Fukien, as well as the harbour of Wenchow where a considerable export and import business is known to take place through the me- dium of foreign- shipping- Trans-Ocean.

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Asthma Cause Killed in 24 Hours

Thanks to the discovery of an American physician, it now is possible to get rid of those terrible lapalls; of “choking, gasping, coughing and whoosing "Asthma, by killing the true cause which in Germs in the blood. No more burning of privders, no

turn home to their villages in podermic Infectionerzville

Kwangtung, despite offers to pro- vide them with three daya rations. Their readiness to stay does not support any, suggestion of organis ed ill-treatment by the camp ataff; there is certainly none.”

The Government camp near Kam-

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