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SINO BRITISH ORCHESTRA

(Hori. Patron: HE the Governor)

SEASON 1849-50

Announcing

FOUR SUBSCRIPTION CONCERTS

Provisional dates:-

October 20th and 21st, 1949 December 15th and 16th, 1949 February 23rd, and 24th, 1950 April 20th and 21st, 1950

Perforiaances will be given in both Hong Kong and Kowloon

BACH

BEETHOVEN

CORELLI

HAYDN

Works by

TSCHAIKOWSKY

and others.

LISZT

LITOLFF

MOZART

PURCELL

SUBSCRIBERS' SEASON TICKETS

(Price $40)

entitling the holder to TWO SEATS for each concert, with priority of accommodation over nan- "subscribers, may be obtained on application to

Mr. E. W. Pudney (Chairman),

c/o Inland Revenue Dept., Windsor House.

Mr. A. H. Bentley (Secretary),

c/o H. M. Hodges. Tse Koo Choy Building.

Dr. S. Bard (Conductor),

Windsor House, 5th floor.

Or

Mr. A. M. Braga (Secretary of S.B. Club Muste Ciroup),

c/o Sir Elly Kadoorie & Sons, St. George's Building.

Somebody has to be first!

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The Secret

is in the Blending

'BLACK&WHITE'

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& CO., LTD.

DODWELL

Petition

Of

THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1949.

For

Lifting

Embargo On Yarns

PAA Denies Press Report

*** Three industrial associations have "petitioned the Government to lift the embargo on the im- portation of Indian cotton yam.

Pan Amerkan 'Alevèxys in -Hong Kong emphatically dis- sociated themselves with the press report that the company was transacting with Bailey's for the shipyard in Hunghum. Mr. J. D. O'Donnell, Hong of PAA, tald Kong manager the "Chisa Mail" tkat, nej• ther the PAA or CRAC have made any statement on the master

"An O'Donnell, continued ME

"Mr. Peter H. Sin le not, re- presenting us as "Was stated by the Press,"

Pan American ForoMed their sales of tickets, yenter- day, charging fare on, tha njèur United States dollar rate. Sales were stopped, on, Man- day when the devaluation of Sterling was announced.

Correspondence

season chestra?

They contend that Indian yam is considerably lower in price than Government-supplied cotton yarn which enjoys the monopoly at present.

"If

The petition, sent to the welcome news is the Government Colonial Secretary, includes as well as to the weavers ant comparison of the prices of knitters that Indian yarn is now Indian cotton yarn and Hong we compare the prices of Kong Government-supplied Tian cotton yarn per 400 lb. yarn which are Chinese, Itaale) with those at the Govern Han and Japanese yuanufac-mant stock and those in the tured

free market in Hong Kong, we The petition states in part: can readily see how much the

The Hong Kong Colton, Wear Ledian oder, can help is

# Gamekment Ing Manulacrarury Association comix (of UK). HE wrote to the Department nt. Sup- 1/102 HK$ 350.00 $ BID.00 plies Trade and Industry 12 121

in August, 1948, drawing, its aften-

the BOTTOWful

their members,

statistics

showing inter alia, that

that the mem

bership of the Association has 1/32

from 322 to 249

bear bumber, of workmen

Labour

100.00

Stock $400.00

150,00

1500.00

11.00

1,200.00 1,460.00 1700.00

(Stalian) (Chinese)

-4,200,00

The Governor, Sir Alexander Grantham, anapped at the Roof Garden of the Hong Kong Hotel yesterday when he visited tha, art exhibition; by- Miss Tuang Yu-hỏ (at_right" "Otheri In the picture are Mr. T. K. Chang and Professor Mà Kom(*China: Mati” photo).

LIFE OF A SHOE-SHINE BOY

"Shoe-shine, sir, please!" is the perpetual y of the youth ful boot-blacks, lined up daily along the busy pavements of the city's streets.

and the from 16,418 to 5,810.

"We have been given to under- of "A recent check the num stand that Indian cotton sarp may ber of factories shows a further be allowed to enter, Hong Kong closing down of 101 thus bring on transit, but prohibited cbr, use The Editor takes no repos 15. The total town to 142, Lin local factories. This means that our neighbouring competitors tibility for clews Expressed in only 4 per cent of the weaving

factories

are operating Letters by correspondents, and be

very much similar state of may reap the full benefit of such low-priced yarn supply while we no means necessarily agrees with

dustry, The Hong Kong Textile here in Hong Kong continue to at a disadvantage and Mills Association has aise made lacy Sino-British Orchestra

representations to the Departs struggle for existence. We have Sir-May I be allowed to draw ment of Supplies, Trade and In- niso been informer, that Ecilities the attention of your readers to dostry urging overall reduction of for the import of Indian piec the notice which appears in your yarn prices as a means of saving goods have been given by the which means TT dvertisement columns regarding the knitting factories from even Government,

shell even have to fight for local the series of four Subscriptiontual dissolution,

be presented this Concerts to

The controvers over the issue market against heavy odds.

But behind the poor and piti- by the Sino-British Or- of Government controlled prices "As far as the Government'sable appearences of these little

yakın bas

has been dragging yarn stock is concerned, it will boys often lies a poignant story As is. I think, well known by on for more than a year and all no doubt have to be sold at a loss, of misery, ignorance and templa

position the through no fault of the Govern- tion. Such a story was given with now in Hong Kong, the Sino- the while the British Orchestra is run by the weaving and knitting inlastries ment, as cotton yarn in the world its full dramatic effect yesterday

is taking its Sino-British Club and has no keeps on deteriorating from bad market

natura by the Reverend Percy Smith. connection with any other Orches to worse. Despite extreme hard-course of dropping in value. The speaking at the weekly luncheon

ship facing us, we manufacturers Government is bound to write of the Kowloon Rotary. in the Colony It exists present to Hong Kong the fines did not press our case much fur-t a portion of the gains it made orchestral music at a price within ther, realising that the Gove- from the same item in the pre-

vicus

As the situation the reach of all who may be in- ment had sal nore than 10,000

bales of cotton yam in terested. Considerable expense is watch could not be disposed of at posing of the stock will increas stock, ands, any further delay in die involved in producing this type the desired prices

fie-Inss and any attempt to fore of music which requires that the orchestra should have a leaves

Lip the yarn prices arbitrarily or stiffening of professional "It may be argued that poor will not only be futile, but will de musicians.

For successful plan- machinery, equipment and mana- great harms to the textile indus- ning and management throughout gemen in the factories has been tries and reflect a lack of interest the whole season an assured in the chief cause for high cost of on the part of the Government come is essential and the offer of

The Department of in the welfare of these industries. Production. Subscriber's Season Tickets

and Exports (now De- which have been playing sn im- made with a

and view to securing partment of Commerce and In-pertont part in

Custy should know very well economy of the Colony. therefore con- that in summer 1948, Canton was such an income. mend this offer to all who have

pur greatest competitor, But Can-

tra

*

Prices Compared

a heart to the best interest ton manufacturers there were even music in the Colony.

worse equipped, than

we were.

At the same time an Appeal Campaign has been launched for The only factor that helped them Patrons of the Orchestra amongst able to get cotton yarn supply at to outbid us was that they were local businesses and prominent prices invariably 20, per cent less citizens who may feel disposed than those available in 'Hong to show their interest in maste Kong.

The Government is aware that

year.

the life

Mr. Smith related the stoical

La

Salle Classes Are Postponed

Owing to the absence of latrines in the complet

ed part of the La Salle College's new pre- mises in Argyle Street, two senior classes did ́not resume school yesterday morning-as-plan-

ned by the school authority.

Yesterday morning about 1.40 students of class I A and B sections and class. 2 A and B. sec- tions turned up at the school's resident staff quarters.

school.

Personalia

They remained in the quar ters long enough to complete roll calls before they left at the request of the They were told that the re- opening of the classes was put Among the passengers, who left by CPA for Manila yesterday off indefinitely.

Brother Patrick, Principal were Mr. J. W. Muysken. Mr. life of these lads the great ma- of the school, told the "China Tan La Suy and Mr. Ang Ching jority of whom are illiterate and Mail that many of the stu without

schooling. But some dents' parents are anxious to Passengers who arrived here

in the comfort comes to them

when the school will by CPA from Bangkok and Sing- form of the Boys' and Girls' Chab organisation where every evening re-open. He thinks the school pore yesterday were. Mr. Joe from 6 pm to 8 pm. shoe-shine cannot start work until around Fraser, Miss M. M. Regan and

Mr. & Mrs. G. L. Williams. boys meet and grasp, at any little October 3. interest taken in them

Three bungalows housing two

know

Ngo Kan, Mr. Vienste Go, Mr.

Arrivals at the Peninsula Hotel The speaker began his theme to three fairly large class rooms

on Wednesday included Mrs. HV. will description of a typical shoe-cach are nearly completed.

The new premises, behind some Hopkins, Mr. and Mr. G.E. Cas- shine boy. He is usually small houses opposite the out-patient tello, Mr. and Mrs. G.L. Williams, and thin, tanned and wiry, He

of entrance of the Kowloon Hospital, Mrs. J-H. Lagg, Mrs. H.C. Hoang, swarms over the pavements of

"We may as well add that the street during the day, calling will have six rows of bungalows Major and Mrs. W.VY.. C

"Ir the interest of knitting and wearing industries, we respect

bo

Among the departures from

in Hong Kong in a raone sub-weaving and knitting factorie, fully urge that you will give the his mother goes out during the rooms for teachers, shops, store

the weaving and knitting im

Messrs. M. Feldman, Y.C. W dustries in Hong Kong are the with great patience the cry of his to house some 900 students

There will also be a large bun- 1.707 trade biggest employer of labour

JE. Forte, W.C. Freeland, C.C. The shoe-shine boys best cis-salow to serve as assembly hall Tate, S.-Chan, B. Campbell, of their torners are the sailors, from whom waters for boarders.

in and that the success

Time, may serve 15 Lio. W. Saltes, HP. Chen, W. trade will contribute Immense much of the boys earnings come,

Ficider, M.-Ridery, W. Horne". ly to the procperity of the Mr. Smith said.

Another row of bungalows will and G. Burchett

beide the main body Cetany.

Crested Shoe-shine boy lives, perhaps, in an old garage. His of bungalows at the eige of the father is a rickshaw coolic and campus. In this bungalow rest have many drawbacks and dif- matter due reconsideration and day on odd jobs. His bed is the rooms and the majority of the

latrines will be situated. culties, that they are not so well lift the embargo on the import fear, and, the Boar his table.

His tedious soliciting in the equipped as compared with other of Indian cotton yarn, thus bring- highly

sometimes brings little industrialised centres and, wg within their reach such law-streets if they are to survive other faci priced supply, on which they business. He falls in to idleness lities have to be liberably pro- have pinned their hope for re-and vided. It should, therefore, tel vival".

stantial msoner. I should be pleased to give information any who may be interested they would be good enough to

communicate with me.

ERIC W. FUDNEY, Chairman,

Orchestral Committee, Sino-British Club.

LEARNER DRIVER

IN COURT

A Chinese restaurant manager, Yien Chi Ren, aged 30, residing

at Wellington Street, was charged

before Mr. Hin-shing Lo at Cen-

the

Stanley Prisoner Found Guilty

tral yesterday with breach of Unanimously found guilty by an all-men jury of

trafic regulations.

Defendant, who is a learner- driver, was charged with driving. without Tw plates on the vehicle, driving without a Beansed driving instructor: carrying passengers and dangerous driving.

Defendant who was allowed!

one week.

manslaughter at the Criminal Sessions yes terday, Chan Ping-cheng, 25-year-old convict serving sentence for loitering with an unlaw- ful purpose, was given nine months' hard labour.

bail of $1,000 was remanded for Chan unintentionally killed Chan Mui, aged 24, a fellow prisoner, by assaulting him at Stanley Prison on July 29 this year. The jury yesterday however recommended leniency in view of the fact that the deceased was already not in good health at the time he was beaten.

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YOU?

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The Jury deliberated for half an hour before returning the verdict

Yur, A Boofon Giới thi Issisted by Detective Sub spector Roberts, prosecuted. accused was not legally rẹp sented.

The deceased, when he was admitted to Stanley, was pin- Counced undt for hard labgam as a result of which he was but en lighter, duties, ............?

On the

the morning of the day in question, the accused managed to make his way past a warder into & certain prison block where the deceased was there he beat and kicked him. The reason for this was that deceased had apparently been arcused of stealing some of accused's property-

deceased immediately Innried over to

zto the wardes; in charge and reported the matter, whereupon he suddenly collapsed. He died the same

ame day at the hospital from a ruptured spleen Chan in lis own defence yes- ferday admitted, from the dock that he had slipped past the warder on duty at the black. He said he had gone into the slace toʻgel zrnefhing: As: he went up

Mare Troops For Garrison

morning.

More than 1,200 troops arcived in Hong Kong aboard- the

Drösta 'yesterday~

Commanding Officer of the troops, Colonel H.RA. Prior, said that the men were all, in Stret class condition and would start intensive training In the New Territories Imme- diately.

The troops, mainly of the -58th Medipin 2. Regiment, Royal

Artillery, generally complained of an extremely hot passage through the Suez Canal and Red Sea, but were in high spielts yesterday when they disembarked. ****

Two additional troopships, the Empire Prids and Devonshire, Will,, arrive in Hong Kong withấp: tho, next stwo months.

the

the Peninsula Hotel on urednastar

Mr. and Mrs. S. Martin, Mr. and were Mr. and Mrs. JJ. Meyers,

Mrs. ALS Jerkins, Mr. and Mrs. G.M. Naylor, Mrs. E Hea nemann, Messrs L. Leekouts, A. Pittendrich, JW Wooster, J.A. Oldfield, W.R. Dobbs, Y.L. Liang, CK. ob, F.L. Lee, J. Weir, J.T. Tseng and R.M. Albaugh.

•

A Dormitory ff be more unfortunate, he Brother Patrick said that the

think wicked thoughts. begins to

authorities..

had promised in just one of these moments, erect, building for boarders he sees a group of men talking This dormitory building to be at the corner of his beat Amert- pit up between the - present can sailors, he says to himself.

quarters of the school's resident Among those who left for He selects one of them; this one; staff and a hill,

Tokohsina by BOAC yesterday. Before the dormitory is crected, were: Hiss Katherine Sun, Mr. has a gleaming-fountain pen clip-

will attend, classes C3 Bishop, Mr. G. Haynes, Mr. ped to his hip pocket. And this boarders fountain pen must be worth some like day students. However, the K. Colegate, Mr. T.H. Giler, Mr. school's assembly hall may be A Blowbray, Mrs. Hoang, good troney, some useful money

at any rate. And, he thinks fur-utilised as a dormitory for about Me. W. Saiter and Miss JA ther, his mind wondering away 80 students.

from his shoe shine bux.

At present about 10 Brothers

He rises and slowly approaches and a small number of resident the group. Then in a sudden spurt The races past them, his fingers

tugging at

the b

pen as he reached close enough. He has made it because his fingers are nimble and his feet fast.

staff of the school are quartered in s

„a three-storied house at the edge of the new campus. Most of the school's

ool's equipment is stored in the building. Even the garage ́is filled with furniture.

Logg

BOAC BUS HAD BAD BRAKES

He begins to wonder at himselt.

bamboo shed was put up fust He has indeed achieved some outside the building to house thing, because he hasn't been furniture: However, limited space

After lengthy evidence, Jar- caught.

caused much furature to be left ine, Matheson Airways, own- But one day, walking now-on vacant lots near the buildinger of a British Overseas Air-

This year chalantly among the busy mass,

the school took in heavy hand falls on his shoul more than 180 dew students ways Corporation bus, were der. Turning, he sees the serious Most of the school's old students fined $25 by Mr. James Wicks eye of the lain police custody and Brother Patrick thinks that failure to ensure the effective

are remaining with the school at Kowloon yesterday for awating the grimmers of his trial the new La Salle College canness of the bus brakes. be, so use to dreaming and think house all of its 840 students. ing, concocts even wilder dreams. He

himself

SBer

unmercifully

Playing

Fields

Mr, D, O. Nicol, in charge of the company's Kowloon branch,

of the com was present on behalf of the beaten and perhaps even killed,

pany He falls to sleep, still thinking Everything is expected to TUN Ho Fat, dri

driver of

the bus, and dreams of the ordeal await emoothly when the new school was also summoned for driving ing him.

re-opens. The only handicap will the bus with ineffective braket. The next morning things begin be limited space for ours. This He was fined $15.

himself encouragingly, his heart found, the que..

meanwhile pounding hard as the team in the

severe

to change. Perhaps the darkness may mean that La Salle College has added mere to what really may not participate in the year's the his was involved in en ac

Inspector Hunter stated that will be. Anyway, let's see what's schools Football League, However, cdent on July 20 at Matauwer going to happen next, he says to if a suitable field for practice a Road and that a test of the brakes may enter #1 was carried out the next day by

William of the Juvenile

can inspector The new campus at present c

Sub-Inspector G. Court take to his high

only to stare at him alone only hold one or twe basketball who found the brakes ineffective. courts. Aside from these most of Inspector Sargeant said that the that however

Бе- things

the space

will be

be occupied by test was mide at

Sal Yeng gin to brighten Questions officers as well as the magistrate Brother Patrick said after going a distance of 27 feet seem to be quite human. More anxious to have the school start after the foot brake and 36 talking which he doesn't und

under

ed but due to bad weather in after the hand brake wire-ré

asked of him. The probationary housed pattern Street at a steed

parents,"one

stand and he is taken away, past few days, a considerable

manded.

amount of work has been held The next morning he appears up"

in the Court: room again. This nevertheless we expect the time he sees a familiar face, his school to be re-opened in the

bou..

The car

mg Chot

20 miles per

30 per

Cent and

spectively, applied. The eficiency of the Lakes

espectively

and 39 pez

Sargeant's evidence

cint leader. After a few ex-second week of October" the war corroborated by Inspector changes. of conversation between Frincipal concluded.

his friend and the Court people The fudge addresses him for the last time.

TO BE WED

The forthcoming

"You are lucky that your club

Jones.

MA S. Ross, solicitor, who defendell both deferidazits, called are witnesses, including E. K Cham Giman's Garage, and chlet Technic of the

leader speaks well of you You Chamber Huang, musician, of Mo

Will therefore not suffer any 3 Way Street, first floor, Huar sarage, who said they had texted

to the recond floor however, he man was without a weapon and parishinent as this is your B Hom, and Miss Dorothy Eslu- the brakes of the bus before and heard 8. commotion, coming from that the injuries inflicted on de- offence You will be hound over ting Wa of 57 Wongnichons in his summing up a lower floor, whereupon, he hur- ceased were not ordinarily liable for one Med down to the ground floor.

denied

year."

to cause death to anyone else. That is all Before he can fully Road, grow floor,

announced;

Cursing Cherr had hit-tre diecensed in hand and leading him fit of the

realise what has happened, his fact remained that club loader is taking him by the

has been it. Wicks,

The said that the witnesses'. Were

frank in their tentuny, so much so as to admit the ineffectiveness Quarantine restrictions imposed the brakes, and he found de

Rangoon fendants guilty.

Jury had delivered certain places, where it was Court into the bright and free air

Juice dangerous to do so, Sir Leslie agalek, zuat is the moment when and he was furiber, pointed out, it was a the tears come. The world Hen't and this Che cowardly thing to do to strike a too bad after all at least there Resort

are people who know and care, I removed. on this man who was a wedding

Fold the entitled to tents that the

of plague Haiphong on

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