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THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 24, 1940
FUND FOR FRIENDS OF FINLAND
IN COLONY
BY PERMISSION OF His Excellency the Governor, a "Friends of Finland Fund" has been set up in Hong Kong by Mr. Wallace J. Hansen, Consul for Finland. A similar fund in Shanghai has already realised over $16,000.
In Hong Kong, too, the friends of Finland have not been slow in coming forward. The "China Mail” under- stands the no less than £100 has already been donated by the local Scandinavian community and by the officers and crews of Scandinavian ships arriving here; one Danish ship, for instance, passed the hat around and collected no less than $200. Announcing the inauguration of the fund, the local Finnish consulate Issued the following bulletin this morning:-
"Since the commencement of the present hostilities with Soviet Russia, many friends of Finland in China have realised the great need the coun- try is in at present, having to fight an overwhelming aggressor.
"A fund under the above
name ('Friends of Finland Fund') has, therefore, been set up to endeavour to raise donations to be sent to Finland. "Any donation for this purpose will be gratefully received by the Finnish Consulate at Hong Kong for trans- mission to the appropriate quarters in Finland."
Donations may be sent either care of the four English-language news- papers in Hong Kong or direct to Mr. Wallace J. Hansen, Consul for Fin- land, 7, Queen's Road Central (Mer- cantile Bank building).
SEQUEL TO BABY FIGHT!
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THE BRITISH WAR FUND
FUNDS THAT ARE BEING REMIT- IN CONNECTION WITH THE
TED BY THE BRITISH WAR OR- GANISATION FUND, HONG KONG BRANCH, TO THE BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY AND ORDER OF ST, JOHN OF JERUSALEM, IN ENG- LAND, THE FOLLOWING PARTICU- LARS WILL BE OF INTEREST:
All funds sent to the Red Cross and St. John War Organisation are used by that Organisation only, in connec- tion with its work in the present War in the relief of the sick and wounded of the Fighting Forces, prisoners of war, and if such becomes unhappily caused by hostile action amongst cl- necessary, for the relief of casualties
vilians.
The work of the Organisation is ful- ly described, as it develops in their fortnightly Summary of Work, of which coples are being sent to the Bri- tish War Organisation Fund, Hong Kong.
1. A considerable amount of medical A 22-year-old Chinese woman, Foo equipment, comforts, books, etc. are Yuet-ho, was before Mr. H. G. Shel- being supplied to hospitals in England don, K. C., this morning, charged and in France and also to hospital with manslaughter of a three-year-
ships. These supplies supplement the old boy, Tsang Wing-kin, on Satur-military equipment and are issued with day.
a view to ameliorating the conditions of the sick and wounded by means of providing extra necessities and semi- luxuries which are outside the scope of any Government Department
It was alleged that defendant, who resides at No. 45, Sharp Street, killed the son of a fellow-tenant. The boy was "Aghting" with the defendant's child, and defendant, it was alleged, caught him by the neck and assault- ed him. He died a few hours later.
Hearing was fixed for February 5. Detective Inspector W. N. Darkin is in charge of the case.
KNIFE AND A FIGHT Appearing before Mr. H. G. Sheldon
this
morning, Yung Tak, 22, was charged with unlawful possession of a butcher's knife.
Defendant said the knife was given to him by a man who said that there was a fight in Wanchai.
He was remanded for further en- quiries.
SMALL FIRE AT H.K. RUBBER FACTORY
A small fire broke out at the Hong Kong Rubber Manufactory, Limited, in Kowloon City at 3 am, to-day.
In addition, both the Headquarters Organisation and the local branches of the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St. John are giving consi- derable help to persons shipwrecked by hostile action round our coasts. Furthermore, our Prisoners of War, Missing and Wounded Department has for some time past been sending re- gular food, clothing and medical sup- in Germany; a service which is very plies parcels to all prisoners of war much appreciated and which can be carried out by no other Organisation.
The Organisation's main effort, how- ever, is devoted to accumulating a re- lances and stores of all sorts, to meet serve of medical equipment, ambu-
can
the sudden demands which in our ex- perience will be made if heavy fight- ing begins, such reserve, which rapidly be drawn upon, represents per- haps the chief value of the Red Cross Organisation, in that it precided a re- servoir from thich supplies can be mands are overwhelming in any par- drawn in emergency wherever de-
ticular area under severe attack,
In addition to stores in England, the Using fire extinguishers some of the employees managed to keep the tablished under its commission in Organisation already has a Store es- outbreak under control until the ar-France, and will very shortly have rival of the fire engines.
I HAVE SOME ROOMS FLOOR WITH MR. OT- THE CREAT AND MADAME DORA HE OPERA STAR
ambulances there.
AND A SUITE NEXT TO İVAR. REKEYS THE GREAT PIANIST- AND ON THE THIRD FLOOR-A SUITE BETWEEN MADAME VIOLA CELLO AND MISS CLAR ANNET-EVERY EVENING WE HAVE A CONCERT IN THE MAIN FOYER-
By George McManus
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