1948-12-03 — Page 3

RAILWAY'S FUTURE

THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1948,

Seizures In

HARD TO FORECAST Two Ships

Because of possible, increased competition from

river shipping and air travel which has affect-

ed first-class train passonger traffic, the Personalia future outlook of the Kowloon Canton Railway is difficult to forecast.

Anjor-General and Mrs Mat

lett by DOAC for the Kingdom yesterday.

United

The 1947-48 annual report by the General Manohews, acerenpanied by their san,

ger of the Railway added that, in view of the competition and preference for air travel, it may be difficult to maintain the present level of revenue of the Railway.

A racord of 1,908,416 through passengers travel- ling between Chino and Hong Kong was re- gistered during the year 1947-48, according to the annual report.

The number

of passengers was an increase of 51 67 per

nt over the previous year above the nd 0.04 per cent

The

previous vecord in 1936. 投げ込ます said the considerable

differly wax experienced in horviling the traffic in the year under review owing to short- age of rolling stock and inade quate booking facilities at th Kowloon Station.

The meonvenience at the Krok- koon Stadioni was, however. 19 mestion by the halelang of a nove Boulting Offler, opener in Angad Just year. The moulded erineds to considerably he lookout shorter pet than previoudy.

www The seryetard Het t

di. - bd prepable to alles te Nie

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Art

by the hotage of madhura,

"It fred," and the Cereal Manus. that very little provement can be experfed until the orient of searches from Farland orderend in Pekti

Gres and get nemmest form the Awlogs-Cunion

HK$6.431.252

repectively,

41,700

Ware

KR.15.157.

KM

AN DARK

$1 per the

your ended March 31,

Growth In Population

The General Mans mor pak that

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flut, he added, It is hoped to speed up the passenger train service within the next few months to stimulate passenger travel and

to a certain extent the competition from river and air.

Acewients, both operating and personal, during the year were

Owing in continued 1 health, Mrs. Matthew has been ordered by her medical advisors to return to the United Kingdom for special treatment. She hopes to returti to the Colony In Septender.

General Matthews will be re- turning mediately.

next

An infonual recepim in honour of Cardinal' Then will be given at the Hong Kong Hotel

A pre- Thursday at 6.15 pan.

the te sentation will be nude Cardinal.

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Revenue inspectors maized 600 tela of contraband pold, on board, the w. Talahungihan yesterday Just before the younot nalled for Bangkok.

The gold, valued at HK$135,000,- was concealed in drums of paint. No ar resta ware made...

Bariler in the day, Revenue Inspectors sized 20 taola of gald on board the st. - Marry Moller which arrived from Macao, Ons mon WAB rented,

Dangers Of Dynamite Fishing

"MORAL REARMAMENT" BEGAN IN CHINA

Unknown to many, moral re-armament began in 'China more than 30 years ago, said Dr. Katic E. C. Woo, Headmistress of St. Stephen's Girls' College, at the Cosmo Club last night.

Dr. Woo made the disclosure in the course of her talk to the Y's Men's Club of Hong Kong. Her address was illustrated by the 'screening of a film "Days of Decision".

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The man who held the first "Well, let the tell you an oprit moral re-armament assembly recret. Do you know that MRA Do you knOW. In China, Dr. Frank Buchman. began in Chiant

Dr. that Dr. Huchunan held the frat was 'u personal friend of

JAssembly in Chin, more than 30, of the Sun Yatesen, founder

years ago? It was at Kaling. Chinese Republic, said Dr. Woo. Addressing members of the Y's Men's Club, Dr. Woo said in part:

We live in a tine. of criels, "Let me tell you another open Do you know that Frank Each day brings news of dark secret. disaster threatening, our civilisa Buchman was a personal friend over, the of Dr. Sun Yat-sen? They knew The very great danger oftion. Statesmen ali Ashing with dynamite was cm- world are warning us that there each other in the early days In Chind Weather Canton, Think of what ba very rough phasised by Detective Sub-In-may

thead.

of us feels has been through in the pust 30, Every one spector C. J. Askew when he that sense of urgency

in our years. We have had great political revolution. It 183 The following forthcoming prosecuted two fishermen from hearts,

We the government, minor colision, two engine

Lontor Island before Mr. W.

changed weddings have been announced.

cul- gavo a "Two months ago i failures, sevro derailments, x

have been through a great Ilr. Steverend

Charles John H. Latimer at. Kowloon yester-

Kong turn revolution, led by Dr. Hu trespassers killed by trans,

broadrost ovor the Hong 20

Hadio, telling about my recent Shih and others. And now, wo trespassers injured by trans, foederick Harth, of Church Quest day.

Dynamite fishing, sald DSI A-trip around the world and shout are in the midst of a great social level crossing goles damaged by House, Upper Albert Road, and Sylvia Belle Linrent,

kew, is rather, prevalent in the

the International assemblies of and economic revolution. motor trafie and one levol proses. teacher, of Lingnam University. Colony. The police are trying to

Moral e-Armament which l ing damaged by rail trade.

stamp it out but it is a rather attended In California and In The report said that the most

Air. Robert Steir Huthor, dificult job as the shermen do Switzerland. serious of the Decidents were accountant, of

I have here today a 10 Wing Hing

not seem to appreciate the fact sound fly called Days of Desi- derailment, ed. Daar vogons pf 2 Street, tep dhor, and Mri, Agnes

that this practice is dangerous.

sion which will show in grupile goods team at Bille 104% on April Evans, of 120 Austin Road, first

Discharging both men with

panorama something of the stics 25 last year and a collision in the door.

Bevere caution, the court

asked manlike

stope of

world this te eumolive gred on June 21 last

that the widest possible. publicity spirituni force. vene which resulted in loss of oil

be given to the case as a warning to all fishermen.

Otte

the wave of 1K55,317, The collision was due to b defective coupling of an od tank wag

YWCA Campaign

A Success

The Young Women's Chris-

Canton,

Mr. Tan Hamilian Gibson, en- gineer, of 50 MacDonnell Roud, and Miss Myra End Fletcher, teacher, of 88 MacDonnell Hload,

Miss-Esther Min-yee will be married to Mr. Alexander Chong Chan at SI Poul's Church, Glenaly, on December 11 at

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"But, there is one thing have not had yet. And thint great spiritual revolution. 'This is the most important revolution of all. I am convinced is going to come. And when it does coine. It will bring in the new age we are all looking and longing for. It will revitalise Chinese civiliza- "People often say to mc,

tion, and oneo again it will make Sam-fuk, uged 21, Mom Re-Armament an organ our ancient virtues live in the charged with possession at a stick sation? How can I join? My

hearts of our people. I tell you, of dynamite at Lantau Island an answer is "Moral Re-Armanent with all the convletin 1 my November 5. had his right hand is not an organisation. amputated at the Kowloon Hospl-way of life. Everyone knows ial, after if had been shattered by what we mean hy honesty, sin- the lighted dynamite which ex-cority, purity of life and thought. will never find his freedoux In [any. of the false Idrological Everyone materialism ploded

before he and unselfish caring, In his hand

which has already agrees that these are good things deceived so many of our fellow- would throw it into the water.

Is 40-year-old uncle, Chung but not everyone applies what he

rotintrymen, Kau, sustained superficial injuries applaudis!

The Hught Reverset Bishop tion Association held a Finance R. O. Hall of Hong Kong will Campaign Thanksgiving Mert-preside at the Speech Day of the ing at their headquarters in Diocesan Girls School, on Decem-to Dudden Street yesterday. Prizes were awarded to the winning teams and individuals

er 10.

The increase Wee prapale due who rullceted the highest in-Pesinsula Hotel'

as the rowth in poqaaldiem of the [dividual amounts. Colony and Cantur, and the m poved fraun servic

The

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Among the departures from the Wednesday were Ble, and Mrs, T. (1. Gasten, Connor, the Mr. Chiu, Mrs. J. A campaign xovell

Mor: Hung Hire, V. M. Oliver, Messrs. J. H.

collected, Mugey, S. Torriai, 11. HK$134,103 Operating exprenarinig tal of KS120.000,

had been

Bressot, Cauer, P. Curso, A. Scalas, J. Told and S. R. Ling.

Honours

sear under review we 18-Inaudition, USSID on His szny 352,405 esampared woh HK$2,224 from the United States. abb the previous year. The m

Jest Collecting the highest individual amounts were ensing was due to rational x- penalture on high meing

red to milean porfave shared by Mrs. K.M.A. Barnett by British Section

its-

Tregame Live picreased expendiltiar oa repal

nd rehabilention, and general ise in salaries,

strike between Augest in The at September 12 last year re- {{{{ in an estimated loss of HK$420,000. A propration of this,

his however, was offset ip savings expenditures on fuel, et, vages to personnel drike, act- ed the report. The sing was about HK$80,000.

one

The General Manager weld that two-year-old negotiations resu:t- ed in the recognition of The Kow- Joon Railway's ownership of three facumotives.

breakdown rrane, 14 machines, 27 ronchess, and 63 wagons which had beeti moved to the interior of Chinat during the Japanese occupation. The return of the rolling stock concerned, However,

over to

the

Growing Force

It is &

a new

command, that this is the freedom And we we are searching for.

IAN HAY COMEDY

"Mare no mistake about it. Let no one think that MRA is) his right, side and leg but was

what we used to know relivious! not detained in hospital.

Detective Sub-In.pertor C.J.

revival. It is far more than that.. Askew sail that at dawn on That is the difference. AndIt is world-wide spiritual revolų– November 5.

Sam-fuk that is MRA. It is not an organi- tion. And beyond that, it is re- who had a sution. Ti is an organism. It is naissance.” caliud on his uncle,

men and etick of dynamite, a detonator and emwing force of n short fuse, and usked him to go women from every continent who better and fish with him.

tro resolved to build # First defendant, Cartier-

AT THE "Y" at the bench, world, beginning with themselves lighted the

The fuse and was about to end their own homes. It is not i

"Mr. Faint Heart," a romantic i It is throw the dynninite into the sen new denomination.

You, Caunot join. comedy by Inn Hay, was present. when if exploded in his hand. A determination. relative, Chung Yeung, brought You cannot design, You are ined by Philip Wood for the Euro-

pean YMCA Dromalle Club at the Peninsula both injured men New arrivals

t: you are part of it, only if you

"y". West Lounge last night.

and Mrs.

Mrs. Hotel on Wednesday included Mr. | mainland where they were trent-ve it. La Sal-chuni,

Dispensary, George Kwok and

Fung and Birs, F. 5. Gibbs, Mrs. Jessied at the Ruttonjee

We "For months

have been Ping-fun were second and third, Street, Messes. A. C. Eilcox, A. L.

before being sent by Mister and R. H. Grimshaw, Inspector respectively.

In Berlin. Will it be peace or loon Hospital.

who preple On a report being received from war One of the Inspector Roberts, Sub-Inspector Coux, Switzerland,

attended the MRA, Assembly Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Bundett,

during Rose, in charge of No. 21 Pollee hotglt of the Berlin impasse, was srs, K.MA. Bartel, Tex. Fung|Messrs. Ok whining teams were hosted by Lieutenant-Colonel C.Y. Whong.

Myung Chin, Lee Launch, was sent to make Dr. Rudolf Fechel, publisher of Lee Yin-Joe in-fun and Mrs. Chan Hinf-Chi-hyung,

and inquiries. No dynamite was found Non Chun-sung, arrived in the in defendants boat nor in

the important German, magazine, the Deutsche.

Rundschau. Coming The prizes were distribute by Colony yesterday by the ss. Hup-vicinity.

straight from the storm centre ut Mrs. T.W. Kwok,

Burlin to the Assembly, he de- declared: Economic and political ineasures alone won't

Mrs.

Mrs. Cheung Kam-pu gaines! the honour of having the innkert

The firs list of dunors.

wan.

three

ch.

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A review of the play will op. pear in tomorrow's issue of the

Taun Wa Roberts to the Kowanxiously watching developments "China Mail."

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the

Realty Company Meeting

And Trust The Colony's power & five and

did not A resolution proposed earlier in the year to place

alleviate the overcrowding tween Kowloon and Conton.

be-

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Disappointing Year

The report said that in samei

the Hong Kong Realty and Trust Co., Ltd., in voluntary liquidation had not been proceeded. with.

A subsidiary was incorporated as Harriman Realty Co. Ltd. for of acquiring the the purpose

and assels of the real goochwill estate business carried on by Mr. G. Harriman. Tais proved to be a satisfactory investment. very investments had since been made and others were being contemplated, all of which wer expected to be favourable.

Other

Mardon &

Trade

October's imports into the Colony totailed 2 declared value of HK$193,813,990 com- pared with HK$150,552,457 in the same month last year.

Exports during October amount ed 10 0 declared value of | HK$150,232,098 compared with

HK$115,019,260 in October

year.

4

porta totalled HK$1,236,200,497 held by Wheelock Co. Ltd. and their associates," compared with HK$067,873,470.

The fluros Include Government sald the Chairman, "and its

sponsored cargoes, intended to place the shards of the Stock Exchange so as to permit of their redistribution. "It has been thought desirable to sub-divide them into smaller. denominations."

must promote swiftly unitedly the great ideology which comes from Caux. In the face of the world-wide front of ma- terialism which has been formed, wo must ind and put lolo opere- We ̈nogdanem ion God's plan. trolned in MRA in every govern- ment office, industry id labour union, just as the subversive forces have people for other pur- poses, like the network through- out western Germany.

HARBOUR RESCUE country

"Besides the press and radio, last This was stated at the an- Company. The chairman explain-

another area of German life today respects the year was disappoint- [nual meeting of the company Jed that all but one copy of the old articles had been destroyed

Imports for the first 18 months where the battle of Ideologies is the Chairman,

being fought, is German youth ing. The hope to establish a link yesterday by

Line that an offer to purchase 97 during the war. The new articles op. the year amounted to a de As. Da educator here in Hong with the Cunton-Hankow

clared value of HK$1,026,517,742 Kong, I am deeply aware of the which would have resulted in Mr. G. E. Marden, who said incorporated some changes,

Shares Sub-Dividad compared with UK £203,145,768cological struggle that puts on increased goods truffle did not

"Most of the whares are now in the same period last year. Ex in the hearts of young people. A further cause for per cent of the shares had been materialise. disappointment was the absence received and accepted.

Business during the year was of a working agreement with the Chinese Section of the Railway, confined mainly to the realisation Joint traffle working between theef investments and property. two Sections was carried out by adhering as closely as possible, su for as

clrcumstances changed would permit, to the basis of the former working agreement.

This method, said the General Manager, necessitated an increase in correspondence and meetings between the omleials of the two Sections in order to arrive at a settlement of the various dificut

to ties which arose from time time. Agreement, however, was reached on most of the problens but considerable time was often wusted owning to the absence of n recormiced formula for dealing with situations.

The General Manager_suid that the outlook for the future is dificult

lo forecast. The' Railway suffered heavily during the occLE pation and orders, already placed in Britain for replacement of worn-out and looted rolling stock and machinery and materials-for rérailing the track, involva a capital expenditure of several milion dollars.

Basically, it is moral struggle. When moral standarda go, every- thing goes. If we do not stand for something, wo will fall for anything! That's the tragic story of subversion in country after

"Now some of you may be suy A 21-year-old Chinese girl wasing to yourselves: 'It is fine to On the motion of the Chairman, pulled out of the water uz Stone hear that statesmen. editors, the 200.000 HK$10-shares of the Fier inst night by a police con- youth leaders, and foud adminis- Company were sub-divided into stable.

trators are finding fresh hapo and 2,000,000 shares of HK$1 each.. She was admitted to Queenja practical programme through

Difficult To Maintain He added that to malhtain the présent level of revenus maybe difficult as there will undoubtedly “bės "Increased ・・・ compotition.....for river-shipping resulting in a pos- Bible redugtion: in fores and con- acquently in passenger train re venue:

He sold that sir travel has al- ready caused a decrease in the number of first-class passengers

Upon the motion of the choir man, report and accounts for the-year wore adopted.

the

Laa-

work here?*

But, what

Present ut the meeting were Mary Hospital, where late Inst MRA in Gerigaay, Mr. G.E. Marden (chairman), and might her condition was stated to about our own country? Messrs, C. Blaker, P, S, Cassidy, be fair.

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tind Eills Hayim (Directors), and W.GE. Prior to the annual general meeting shareholders met at an naman, J.L. Marden, F.J. Hor- man-Fisher, J.D. Clague, and extraordinary meeting to pass the new articles of association of the J.G.L. Pearce (shareholders).

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