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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1949.

Funeral of Volunteer

Mer

E. I. The Reverend Harth officiating at the Mr. Kuliner who was

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thự she talent Del J Morris. Banier Chaplain, Land Forces assisted py the Reverend DtOj. funeral of Joachim O. Kuttner at the Colonial Cemetary yesterday. funeral, (Francis member of the HKVDF was given a full military

Sino-British orchestra's fine performance

ing mentarmad

The Sino-British Orchestra has maintained its im

provement.

Two features of its playing on Friday at St. Stephen's Girl's College call for special comment on this occasion. The first is the fine playing of the strings; the second is the much greater confidence with which the whole Orchestra played. It was an engayuble conceri, Innd visy encouraging because jit Mave promise of stl better hugs to coine, commented the Rev. FTF Ryan. So, yers-

He added: "On the last decasion. isop- two months ago, I was

the string when with pointed

this they played by themselves; time the item, the Curelli Con- Lest ot the certo GroAND. jevening.

Wa

"I was much impressed in the first half of the programme by the playing of the first violins and the Improvement of the cetios, but 1 found the second violins weak There was, however, no weakness in any section when they played

The the Concerto,

soloists were excellent, and the violins firmu and resonaut.

Volunteer buried with full honours

The funeral of Joachime Otto Kuttner, oged, who died as a result of a traffic accident in the New Territoriens on kiday, took place at the waloniai Cemetery yesterdays with full military, honoursyon Ske of his comrades, in the Volunteer De- fence Force acted as pall-bear-

their restraint contributed greatly to the proper balance of tone, anders,

is was only towards the end of the programme that the horns failed

to do the same.

Haydn symphony

"In it the

rt

A firing party of 12 soldiers from the Baynh; Wert: Kent' Regi- ment led by CSM BrottÔged direc volleys over the open grave as a final salute.

The Last Post was sounded by thres buglers from the Royal Marine Commando Brigade.

The Right Heverend E. 1. Mor ris, Sentor Chaplain of the Land Forces, assisted by the Reverend Dr. C.J. Barth officiated at the burial ceremony.

Joachim Olloon was thei

"The Haydn symphony was test of the Orahestra The best and It provided the best com- parison with the previous con- bart, which

had a gym. phony by the same composer. "There could be no doubt about the troproved quality of the play- ing This was clearly the most fully rehearsed item, and the re- sull well justifled the pains taken with it. The opening movement

ron of Dr. and Mrs. Q. Kuttner was the best.

Orchestra attained who are in Canton. They were real beauty of tone, and played unable to be probent at the burial with that studied care, which a yesterday and their wreath was

It is placed

Mrs. the tomb by on "This iteru

welcome great symphony demands. WAS 姐 opening of the second half of the quite clear that the Orchestra hus Wagner, Mr. Kuttner was a mem programame, for there was some in if the enpelty to give tine per- ber of the Hong Kong University raggedness in the two tens of the formances in the future, and in and also a member of the Hong:

it has a conductor to Kong Regiment, Carries Platoon, Arst half. Both the Children's Dr. Bard

H. K. V. D. F. and L'Arieelcune de-show it how, Overture

"Much hard work will have to manded more delicacy and preci sion than the orchestra was able be expended before great results can be achieved, but ability and to command.

present. The intelligence keenness which the players have exhibited gives hope that they will have the perseverance which is now all that is required to pro- duce at last an orchestra worthy

"The simpler lems are not al- ways the easiest to play effective ly, and it is not surprising that the Orchestra has not yet acquired the deltness of touch which these compositions re- light-hearted qutre.

the clarinets and "The flutes were always accurate and pleas- ing in tone, but I did not like the obue tone, and we heard a great deal los inuch of the trumpets. The trombone and the timpant by

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Crews, of blockade runners

risk lives to deliver t goods to Red China

With the arrival in Hong Kong of the ss. Shopur

•

froro Communist-hold, Tientsin yesterday, more than 400,000 tons of vital materials

have been supplied to the Chinese Commun lats since the blockado was declarod., But getting the materials, through has not been

without incident-or without death.

Pastel

waters.

Germans from Daire pass through Colony

The second party of German evacuees who had been evacusica from Dairen, Soviet-held South port, on November Manchurian 18, passed through Hong Kong on their way to their homes in Western Germany yesterday.. sons, mostly women, came-from The party consisting of 22 per- Tokyo in a Pan American World Airways, aircraft, sp

Mostly old residents of Man- churin, the Germans were eva- cuated from Dairen together with Ave other. European Nationals after having applied for permis-

Soviot authority there

On September Noy the Fand the blockade is not completely monlan ship, . Nowrooz, scht effective, it is, under interna- n hurried message to Royal tional law, legal. The Foreign Navy Headquarters, London. Office 'in Loudon has declared the The message, read: Nationalist blockade illegal, but hos niso ne destroyer, point blank range,howkdged the right of Nation

alist warship: to stop foreign bombarding 5,000%ion mer» chant vessel." Fifteen minutes merchant ships-inshte territorial later, the master sent another Among the several American message: "Merchant vessel congressmen and Senators

who No have condemned the '66' on fire; sinking fast.

blockade runners, Scantor Willium Know survivors."

More than 40, officers and men land of California has been one on the reunidentified vessel Tost of the most outspoken. He said their lives while attempting to in August: Blockade running ston to leave Dairen' through the inter Tak Bar man trading smocks of Pearl Harbour days. point to Communist-held Tientsin, when American ships took scrap

days later in Hong Iron rad, All to, japanes A few

British merchantman Kona.

Bonus to crows, + which had made three trips to parts in, North China, Communist

Bat, rightly or wronźly, no one hem. Chak Sang, lit up the hardchics the unatiuiterated guts and bour of Hong Kong in a resound- audacity of the officers and men

of blockade running ships. In explosion.

Fourteen men were killed as thousands of pounds of the Chak Sang's chemical cargo exploded, On November 17, in the South China port of Swalow, Nationist 13-25. bombers attacked two Bri- fish ships, the ss. Sing ling and

aro é flat, benus or an ss. Cloverlock, white the the

snuggled up A

p4o. Swatow': manth's salary; yet for avery werd

unloading cargost One man on the Cloverlock quays was killed, and the Sing Hing was bullet riddled.

described

The incidents just and there are many more, havsi keen daily occurrences M Chinn

day.

'These moh, as tough and hard hitting us any who ever roune the seas in pirate ships, are the of fortune In foreign bidiers China today, 1

Very often their gains for manning the blockade runnersi

extra

They had applied four years age and on November 18, they were anolly transported to Kure, steamer, the Japan in a Soviet A. Umba.

Tror Orst party of these eva- cunting Germans passed through the Colony about a week ago.

Chinese seamen continue picketing

For eight days and nights

man who deserte hir ship after 04 of the 72 men who comprise of the as Teh Hu imhorva abattering trip through the crew

vigh the blockade, a half dozen we have maintained their

waiting. In shipping outside the flat of Ng Chung- didn' are <ffices, ready to sign on for aah; manager of Tch Wu Ship- bonus trip.

Company, hoping to ping In mid-November; an Ameri since June 20, 1949. On the can ship the ss. Flying Cloud force a decision from the com- pany regarding their applico- Jon-of the rapidly falling Nation of the Hane Isbrandtsen company,

for over HK$20,000 in alist Government deflared all was stopped by a warship at the Lion Communist-held ports brocitaded mouth of the Kanalen Sudden back pay and repatriation to

thely, the Flying Cloud pulled Shanghai. To enforce this decision,

54 Toh ilu anchor and started heading for The crew of the Nationalist's immediately atte

their seven American- the three mile limit and safety, arrived in local waters on Detober patched

commander 20 when it was decided that the The Nationalist

veszel would be “loit up" Thoy simallied for the ship to stop or tyda destroyers, and six destroye

wire informed by the local agent escorts to roam Inside territoria walers and stop all ships from destruye word-message that and were paid off on November taking supplies to Communists

of

and

A

his

representative

The the Chinese

the American captain was new 17 when their food supplies. were

; ported, to have signited to the also cut off. High profits

Or the picketing mon, two have becomi but Yet, since June 28, in spite of warship, could never be printed tepme ill through expostry"`and

in a newspaper, very real dangers, more than ing legend among shipping, men. have returned to the ship. The 180 merchant ships havé ro

Also, there is unspectacular, arthurs yesterday, expressed deter- mination to continue their self- ported trading, with the Com- everyday heroism, such or that imposed watch outside the fat in muniste, and probably twice as of Captain Paddy Hall of the Bri King Kwang Rond until the many have, secretly traded in tish ship, ss. Laung. Bee.

nanager or North China.

is behind this sudden rush boarding party pointed gins at agrees to meet them and sitruss What

the captain, and ordered him to their deinonds. foreign shipping companies, return to Shanghai and dump his

A spokesman for the crow said crews to trade with cargo.

that they were indebted to, the Captain Hall replied that he various sympathetic shipping Colonel L.T. Ride, Lieutenant-the Chinese Communists?

Why have charterers been bid- Colonel Owen-Hughes, Command-

was giving the orders on ht companies and trade unions of B. J. B. Morsham, ex

Captain ding. against each other for ships ship, and Botly refused. Captain Hong Kong who have supplied G.. Calvert, Mujer B.G. Pugh to take steel bars, rubber tyres, Hall is still alive, and still run them with food, money and daily

estantials. RSM Jones,

Fight-Lieutenant high grade patroleon, industrianink the blockade.

The spokesman adled that the D. S. V. Rake and Leutenant-chemicals and vital sulfa and through the

cold was their greatest stumbling- Colenet J.G. Fisher were among penicillur supplies

Most blockade running is done block but it is better to starve the Hong Kong Defence Force re- Nationalist blocked these ques in deadly seriousness, with much in Hong Kong than to return to presentatives who were present The answer to both "It wna a sailsfaction to note

so sions is the same, and very sim-sphere, aloité de but even to relioves the packed house which met the and placed wreaths on the grave. Orchestra on this occasion.

Among the many others

In the Communist-held sports often a touch of humour deserved it. The Orchestra

A were present and rent wreaths of Tsingtao, Tientsin, Shanghal tensions, and makes men; laugh. Į

On November 12, the passenger audience was appreciative,

Swatow, Chinampo and Dairer. he comments which one heard

sit Communist government off and cargo ship, ss. Tabian, was

shot showed understanding as well as tender of Lugard Hat, Hambers of clots with seeming inexhaus stopped, this leaving the across

atisfaction. Those who

of United States its bbw present will come again next time: Commander and members of the Hang

dollers ready Kong Velustore Veteven Corge, Mr. Arka we shall be clamouring for larger

hall.

kixvol, the Pak flok Turk Comunny the starved, economy "A word of

ΟΙ Congratulation is

Dr. And Mr M. Klein, Mr; wid‹ Mrs.)P. † ist-held China, the programme. It was regretable E. Lippen, Mr. Rt. Obiitas, Mr. and Mrs.

of the Colony.

soon

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and

Mweru:

who

Humorous toucher

were the Boxy Kong Untersity Union, the amount to for moneykm / Yanesið Hver...............

familles." N Sungha meminiless and face our

the palated, out that the Ten Wu Company had no office. In Hong Kong, and thole only con. fact, was Ng Chung-ah, who has fled from his flat rather than fact meeting with the That mon want a meeting to made na move to hold a ment. The spokesman said that mon

Mr. A. Harris, Mr. and Mo: A the shock to whomever, will suppo↓ Whose knowledge. Come ́ sattle, the`-problem chút Ng has

ol

CommunTM

was

The Chinese

signalled: "If you are chibibos,

to original port

of the oldest shipping Brmar you must

due on the admirable balance of Du Telt, Mr. and Mrs. DJ. Monks, Mr. THE manegg-director of one carryl Berg, anty or carro were obtaining two menis, day that Dr. Talbot was prevented by 1.0, Twain, Mr. and Mr. BE, Lemay, Panna Konst; n whose alps hrane (Shreehily: to be cleared. Fall/ FICH and vegetables being supplied illness from appearing. He was | Mié, and-Mix, EM: Smith, M. and Mrs. missed both on his ow! account and Mr. C. Hart revealstenlly.broket the biockade log this, you must jettison both sympathizers the rice and because we were unable to Warner, Wis. and Mick W Trick in Hong Kong recently cargo and passengers into sea; being cooked in the kitchen in a During the day, most of the hear the Orchestra accompanying m. 0. Abge Mian Mi Shore Why do our ships break the then your vessel allowed touring the

blockade? Caustic soda Tetails in Tainan captain simalted letters to their families in Shang- men spend their time writing a singer: The singers who took bid. Warren, Mis U. Warren, Mr. 4M‚R. Jaster, Mr. D. Board, Mrs. ELA : Khin.

Hang

Kong for about $400,-« ton; place showed an excellent spirit Staff and Students of the Diocesan' Boya' the caustic soda, 800 miles backWould like carry out and others in playing cheis to by giving their services at such School, Mrs. J. Lew, 1. Mathiad, Bla

talles to your orders, but no cargo on while away the time. short notice, and the audience Gavin, E., Zulauf, W.F. Gardner and to. Shanghal of 1,100 gave them the welcome they de pas Lyish, Member of the University Tientsin, and the Communists pay boards and passengers refuse be

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There was no reply,

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Three days later the Tsinan

CAT planes leave Kai Tak

to break escaped to territorial waters, et ostala al

the knot while the NationsMidi warship was to the last two Civils Air/Trans→

Also

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hurd-boiled playing highssens game of chess portofremit that were grounded aliltide an

on send with three oll

threet aller detalnest meratai Trak left hero for Talwan

and five more wait, yesterday, the RS chant vessels, to Shanghai from

to break into outside tervitorial waters.

ls the statement of the

of the Industriali Chothical Kier

One was the airctate which had

Chehrift from Taipeh or Satur- chants Association Mr Chan Thought the round trip for Drought Major-General Calle L. Kung-boy who told his members merchantment from Hong Kong day evening. in august that the Chemical 16 to Shanghal takes about a week, dustry must either have the Chand a round trip to Tringido by takes two waeitsmare

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