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1950

ROYAL AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION

BATTLE OF BRITAIN WEEK CELEBRATIONS

LEE THEATRE Thursday, Sept. 21st, 9.30 p.m.

GALA PREMIERE

"STATE SECRET"

storring

Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Glynis Johns also Jack Hawking, Band of Shropshire Light Infantry by Courtesy of

Lt. Col. A.S. Shaw-Ball, D.S.O.

CIRCLE SEATS $10.00 Other seats at normal prices.

Proceeds to the R.A.F. Benevolent Fund Bookings open at Loc Theatre.

$ Revolutionery,

Wedding at Happy Valley

Xaylor-Castro

At St. Margaret's Church terday, Miss Josephine Edel- trudes Castro, daughter of Mr. Federico H. Castro, Jr, and the late Mrs. Castro, became the bride of Nuno Alvarca Xavier, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paulo M. Xavior.

The bride was given away by' her father. Bho wore a gown DE- satin and lace cut on princes lines, with tuile yoke and a train five feet long. She wore an illu Aion vell held in place by n juliet cap, and carried a bouquet of white gladioll

Bridesmaids were Miss Jac- queline Xavier, the bridegroom's sister, and Miks Leunoro Castro, the bride's sister! Both wer gowned in turquoise not over taffeta peltienats. They wore iple- ture hits ang carried: pink ros

Miss Arceptina: Xu

Xavier, another

of the bridegroom's, sisters, incled as flower girl. Wearing the sam kind of gown as those worn by the Bridesmaids,: Miss Xavier hed on a poke bonnet, and carried a basket of pink rosea.

The duties of best men werd performed by AP. Xavior CT the bridegroom and LF. Lopes for] the bride.

The reception was held at the Club Lusitano immediately after the ceremony,

t

CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1660.

Me and Mro. Nuno Alvaras Xavier, shown after their Wode ding at St. Margaret's Church, Happy Valinyclý bride was formerly Misa Josephine Edeltruden Caste "Mall”....photo.............

"China

A hundred years ago

Talas told in "China 'Mail” filos. The newly-weda will spend the SAUN

and Problchts of health first part of their bonermoon athygiene are till with us Hero the Castle Peak Hotel after which is an echo from the past, when they will go to Maenora, Hong Katur was still little more A powder blue suit, with white than a small town compared with accessories was chosen by thojilin congested 'state 'today :-- bride us her going-away dress.

Medical department's innovations

at

Beginning today two in- novations will be inaugurated,

de Government medical

hospitals and.1 partments, clinics a charge of $1 for every patient consulting a doc- tor and the opening of "even ing clinics,"

This is a result of the present swollen population, which har On Imposed tremendous strain available medical facilities. was officially announced earlier.

Every patient who consults a doctor, nt a public dispensary or aut-patients' department of a Government hospital will have to pay $1--a fee which includes the cost of dressings, etc.

The charge will not ho made, however, for attendance at aute- Antal clinics, Infant welfare cll- nies, social hygiene elinies and

TH" clinics,

Our talented Colonial Surgeon, In his last report, tuys:

|^shan—are - flat drying grounds, where the night soll af Victorin In deposited and prepared for on- portation. If the Superinten dont of Police cannot, indtime to hunt out these, nuisances, which can be discovered easily enough by private individuals, we would recommend him to to apply to Government for, per- mission to institute a Board of Health and Cleanliness, similer to that formed in 1843.

**

"When an epidemic occurs, we are too spt to look for the

where Regulation of Canton Tea Eource of it on the spot

Trade hd the disease, has reigned, there to apply our remedies. We everlook the fact that it may hove originated from general and distant causes. It may be asser- ted as an axiom that the habits the poor оге and houses of generally

the source of malaria. If this be true of any community. is so of the humbler and native

11.

community of Hong Kong

FUNG, Chief Magistraté... of Tab District of Nanbae, and SHOW, Chief Magisicate of the District of Pwanyu, hereby istue a perspicuous proclamation:

Whereas the system of the old Co-hong carried on under Woo Eho (Howqua) and others, hav- ing been abolished, and the Ten In the quarters of their abodes, Trade having become scattered the housen are small, il-ventila-amongst a number of Traders. ten, undrained and thickly, con-whidroby no one could be held gregated. They are deficient in responsible for the Public Monies all the appliances of cleonliness due, the old Hong merchants, The social habits of the people, Howqui and others petitioned wiich it is difficult to contro, the Governor General requesting the external to be permitted to Establish rdd intensity to

Government Warehouses and evils of their position."

The Colonial Surgeon, In the levy Taxes in order to liquidate

above is report from which the

and to mulatain more easily a extracter, treats only disease in the old debts due to Government the Police force, in the Victoria surveillance over the Tea Trade. Jall, of all those employed by Government, and proportional radrtallly of the fixed population.

PERSONALITY PARADE

Acting Director of Public Works

anada,

The Hon. A. P. Weir, whofIn. 1940, the time came for a Heshur boon here ever since, Mr. has been acting Director of change of scena, and although he Welr le the President of the. Cla to leave the Association or European as notarixlous Public Works-since-Mr.-E. Atstand where he had spent the Servants of Hong Kong and ta Boyce relinquished his duties Lotter part of his life, he accepted elso the Far East, correspondent through illness, came to a tratister to the West Indies to or the Institution of Water En

become Director of Public Works zeera.". Hong Kong after more than and Hydraulies in Trinidad. Halus contributed a number 23 years in the Colonial En-it, was a big leap in the cf teclinical papers to relentine

Ecographical sense but cilmat Járral anRelation gineering Servico.

Survey Born In 180 St Cullercoats,cally tropical conditious still pro- rainfall And runoff *

vnifed. It astonished him," soon design of storage resorvoira **; Northumberland, he was educa-

*** Limiting capacities of irrigation led at Repton School, whore

verervoirs "Output "of" me- specialisation in tulvanced mothe

chanical equipment on construc- Insties and science prepared him

in and palented several in for the caféer he Wils to follow.

'ventions on a wide variety of His father and grandfather, the

subjects such as improvements Weirs of Leadhills, Lowther,

de agli-fling fountain-pens"; were engineers before," him, 'and

folders for carrying gramophone. It was natural for him to select

Tocotrie "automatie measuring Engineerùig when 'the time came

device for datillers and high- ic make up his mind,

tood

The elder Mr. Weir planned to send his son to Oxford, but the outbraak of the first World War prevented this, He was 18 when he received his commission fo the Royal Engineers, and went. with the British Expeditionary Force 1917 to Fraice, as a lieutenant.

· Ho. served with the 'BEF hroughout the remainder of the War first with the 1st Cavalry. Division and later with the 3rd Division,

the returning from Army bf Occupation in 1919 The experiences gained oro than millthted against the loss of a chance at Oxford.

What to do

.

world

and

A

dicuturs (which have béen extensively adopted inx' Coylon)

He has two children and has.

Mrs. beeh marrled the 1928. Weir was appointed Secretary to the Naval Control Service-In Colombo at its Inauguration shurity Before the War ‘and 'waS largely responsible for the form- btlon of the 'Merchant Service. club there....

Mr. Warnanner of

She is coming to join her hus- bund in Hong Kong and will arrive on the "Canton" da Noyem- The Hon. A. S. 'Wete

ber with their daughter. Their after his arrival, to realise how, Grant, spent his Easter:

the Colony. school, eisentially similar fa tile broad pattern of the British despite a separation of thousands sports and still active in cric- ket, lawn bowls and tenuils. Last of Spain 01 miles, Port The war lind brimanded co

Colombo both retained certain season he played cricket for the

"Scorpions" but tennis is be much of his attention that it was intangiblo qualities which inning to re-command most of in problem afterwards to decide

is attention, after loss of in- what best to do. While in the stamped them as British munici

palities. Army he had been offered gn

He remained in the West Indies ferest for a number of years,

He has a retiring, disposition By Engineering scholarship Mather & Platt. of Manchester in from 1840 to 1948, during which

tane he was Chairman of the end although a forceful speaker Invariably their engineering works but West Indies branch of the Insti- on occasions, prefers

t be clear of the limelight. decided to stay on the North East tution of Civil Engineers, and None of his decisions deo made in Coast, and after some training while there introduced ja training with the North Eastern Marine scheme for student Engineers un- a hurry, and consequently they

rro Beldom "wriig. Engineering Co. at their works at der the aegis of the Inst. C.E. Sunderland, obtained employ- ment as an Engineering Assistent with a firm of Civil Engineers ot Nowcastle, ...

After obtaining this AMI.C.E

Civil Servants' Association

Despite the comparative new- ness of his arrival in Hong Kong he has already, made many friends. They complain that they do not see him as often as they wish, But this is mainly because

Works, most of his time is not his own,

pilploma in 1924, he decided, to In 1848, he was appointed to seck n career abroad. The Hong Kong as assistant Directors acting Director of Public

came opportunity

when

ho.61 Public Works, reaching the !of learned

engineering Colony in September of that year. Vrenney with the Ceylon Govern- ment.

At that time Ceylon had not yet reached Dominion status

ini was still administered by EX-WEHRMACHT

He applied to London. Colonial Office for it, was tested, and was given the job.

MEMBERS MAY❘ JOIN UP AGAIN

Only 43 saved from La Place

Late Fr 1924 he salled fon Colombo, and upon arrival there joined the Irrigation Department The climate, though hot, proved

3. Malo, France, 'September 18. Bonn, September 16:

Rescue ships searched stormy Former members of the Litter Winds of the N.E. Coast

ditional survivors of the weather or the logs at London, and he Western Wehrmacht and para-watats off S. Malo ibnight for ad- more bearable for him than the decided soon after his vessel military organisations may for ship La Place, which sank short- docked that he Iked the place the German police forces in allly after midnight after striking a sumclently to stay.

three Western Zones, the Allied arifting World War Two mine. High Commission announced Only 43 have been saved so far today.

Con. But lack of irrigation Ranimations other than those

Ministry

We had

had tlie honour to receive the Governor-General's reply on the subject for our examination

He stayed for 21 years, doing But

although reference to and deliberation. After having

what was described as an im

.... of

of the 93 perc

persons known to have sickness in the Garrison is care- deliberated, on the proposal, we fully excluded, the Colortal Surpresented a statement to the

portant job of Irrigation to tiro

The High Commissior wald that been abourd, vide the island with more food. The "dollar-s-time" fee will econ has here partially indicated Governor-General, giving our

of large scale agricul- there were no other restriction communique said. Thirteen bodies be made at fall out-patients' do-n cause for the present epidanie opinion thereon and we subse-

en the fertile plains of the on the employmeslt of the polices have been recovered. u reply to the partments, dispensaries and,cil- among the soldiery,

quently received

bell were plentiful in fire services and comparable or Hope for the lives of the rest

in faded as night The internal arrangements of effect that we should imac our

fell on acoust ules in Hong Kong. Kowloon and the New Territories, with the ex- the houses in the Bozaurs im- ardors to the Tea Warehouse

essential water to many the German denazification ledisia-churned by near hurricane winds. The Lu Place, the former 1,400 ception of Tal and Cheung mediately adjacent to the Bar-Masters, to act in accordance with

regions, and it was his task to tion and the Allied Filgh Com racks are all that the Colonial what had been agreed upon,

mission Law No. 10 to eliminate ton U.S. irigate Roanoke, built Clean Island.

They are

militarism.

six years ago, was anchored just As part of Government's policy Surgeon describes

He handled many engineerin

hw ensured full vigilance outside S. Mulo, after returning The law 'flood received from the Ten Warehouse

problems:

prevention; of increasing medical services, il-ventilated, untrained, thickly A petition which we have remedy this. the hours of out-patient attend congreghted, and deficient in all Masters states that the establish

salt water exclusion; and colon over publle services, the date from a 21-day tour of duty of coasti when 'the once at Kowloon Hospital and the appliances of cleanlinessment of the Government Tea

the truck. Snlyinpun-will-be-extended by The social, haned an exist where Warehouses being the mytruction Exylate, he group German request for a clarification It was believed by omcial navel

ution, and in. 1037 as Chief Con- merit anouncement followed a might be Imagined

mencement of a new Bystem, they mochanical earth-moving ne inconsiderable number of ve have therefore called together ment into the Island for the pur- or to whether former Velmacht sources that a magnetic inte houses are brothels. We have been informed, that as many as the Tea Merchants, and drawn

ripped loose and washed against three and Tour Chinese in a day up. In conjunction with, them poso al restoring some of the officers and mén 'could criter the Rown during the war, had been

regulations for carrying on, the larger Irrigation Iteservolts and police.

Canals, which had for centuries This Federal Chancellor, Dr the ship-Associated Press. warehouse system; and the Tea

abandoned. In the Konrad Adenauer, recently called remained malarial jungle.

for an increase in the number of We should be glad to see the Merchants have since engaged to

Mr. Weir alternated between West German polico and the forces, which are directed by the greater part of those Bazaars in accordance with such

Uving in the country Jungle, Allles allowed an additional force individual Interior Ministers in Lite 11 West German States and culled down, and if rebuilt at au

We have presented in full slate-

rather-end the city. He was a of 19,000 men.

This feres will be under the West Berlin. rebuilt on different principles ment to the High Officer of the

Jungle dweller for many years

Numerous ex-servicemen havd Dr. Morrison says that we

above system in order, that the

and came to specialise in big direct authority of Dr. Adenauer, not to overlook the fact that sime may be placed on record. Hunting, which he regards it is expected, unlike the existing oppilled to join this force, Reuter. enidemies may originate from and we have also issued lenses the most thrilling of all sports. general an

and, distant causes. to certain Warehouse, Masters

Twice charged by rogue èle-

clinics."

of

ETERNA MATIĆ

FIRST WATCH TO WIND ITSELF ON A BALL BEARING

Theilimatą:

of mora

"hours 1

Have died, Intely, in the locality alluded to,

In another part of the report

regulations.

granting them permission 'lo

bear he has

narrowly also escaped being gored by wild

Colombo, was

was Congenini, and the Ceylonese a happy breed of people he came to admire. It was day for him to move up the ladder of prominence, so that in 1039 ho became Deputy Director of Irrigation, n

lie Instances the open drains, (in establish Warehouses and to get "phants, attacked by a wounded the Old Balley-in Shelley, Peot according to the regulations; and Graham strects) and the besides which, being, apprehen- noxious cuvin: arising from alvo that the Ten Merchants and

We would carry the Canton Merchants hucht, not be them. worthy Doctor a little further up all cognizant of the fact we the Hill to the Westward, on an Have deemed proper to Issile a evening when there are Sou'Wes perspicuetis notification on terly broetes; and, if clluvia has subject. We hereby issile anything to do with generating leation to the Tea Merchants of disease, he will agree with us the various provinces and to the that there is sufficiency for such Canton Merchants for their in

formation. 5. purpose.

World War Then the Second: broke out, and Ceylon was put on the alert. The Island, was! But very few of our readers Hereafter when the Ten arrives are, aware that there is a con- at Canton and the Caritbh Mere subsequently to assume tremend siderable trame with this Colony chants purchase it, both parties ous Imbortance is the Headquar Find the mainland of China in must act according to the alters of Admiral Lord Louls

Supreme Com dried manure. On the heights nexed Regulations drawn up for Mountbatten, above that receptarie, of filth that purpose. Do not bpobas

mander for the Allied Powers in South East Asla, who trans the district known as Tao-ping,| this! "

formed the Hill resort of Kandy into a vital centre in the war craffist Joptiku Be

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in amoro activocéápacity bliths naked to remain ut h post. A few months interituvas sent to India on a special insi to obtain data on the preventlob of alkalinity is solls, the cultiva- Hoh of sugar como, the bastrich flon of high midtry danu ani the design of syphon spillways.

Defence Works

On the outbreak of the Japan- cio war, he was rolleyed, of his Departmental Allthe land organ fed the deferice works which the

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