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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, · 1956.

PORKKALA GETS Aberdonian Is Blood Brother

BIGGEST

SPRING CLEAN.

Helsinki, Feb. 22.

Some 7,500 Finnish men, women and children are giving Porkkala, the former Soviet naval bare west of Helsinki, the biggest spring clean in its history, Returning to their homesteads after more than eleven years of exile they find them dirty, broken-down and looted.

"Soviet Jack Tars," they have complained grimly in newspaper interviews, "may be jolly, but they are certainly more destructive and lackadaisical about hygiene than we Finns are.",

The 7,500 people now labour- ; Porkkala. had been used as ing with brush and pail, mop casino,

were

wiseptle bolite. driven from their homes when The altar. tho Soviel Unton occupied decorations Porkkala's 148

square males movod,

of farming, fishing

They

anch

کردم

buct

Tho vestry

#

Dews and mural had all been re-

lad been fited territory in 1944. with a boller and used They are able to come home bol shower room. now because the Russians have Gaming tables, roulette wheels withdrawn from the area Innd other jurik had been stored

In the mortuary chapel. turn for a prolongation

Some of Their military assistance

the windows with Finland.

had boon smashed and the Russians wooden had blocked the holes up with boards. Coples <f Pravdu were

wodged In crinks between the planks

the to heep the wind out.

the Rever- saw hka down and

Mr Goesta Lindeberg, owner For Piekała Munur, one of the stateliest homes in Porkkale, found that is 22 rooms had færen partitioned off with fibre Fourd'

anch

divided into number of smaller ones. wallpaper had been ripped the walls and the central heat- Ing plant, including the boiler and al; the radiators, removed.

Indescribable

(

The

WANTED KNOWN

In its place, the Russians had Installed Uled sloves of GUNTLEY & PALMERS' stall in

the Gloucester

Road un

klod used in Suvlet farmhouses. Qive New Years Eve Nald Fuupaka per These stoves hod sheel iron minute fur 10 hours-over 1 ton of

chimneys and rough holes had Have you tried theme w paokes of boneinst. A wide variety

been made for their

pussage available from leading gespera and through the Boors and roof of

the old manor.

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NOTICE

Salisbury

THE HONG KONG SOCIETY

hud

When the viner, end Viktor Jansson,

he broke church. wept.

told him: "Never mind. We shall Parishioners leading him away make the church finer and more beautiful than ever before."

Gifts of thoney and ornaments have been sent to the ravaged church by other churches and anonymous sympathisora in Fin- land. Sweden and Denmark.

Took Stones

The Soviet government has officially promised Finland to reported pay for new tombstones for the in Porkkala's church- Laken graves

Mail

The latest times of posting shown below are those ter un- regulered correspondence posted At O.P.0, Hongkong. The intest posting itmes sisewhere which, to general, kro zarlet than the GPIO. turies can be ascertained by enquiry at the local office.

The latest porting times for registered articles are generally dao hour earlier than the times shown below. Particulors regard. ing parcel maile can be ascer tained by enquiry at any port omes,

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28

By Air

Phillippines 0 p.m. Thalland, Burma, India, Pakistanı, Middle East. Africa, Great Britati

& Europe, € pm. Japan, p.m. Kores, 4 pm

By surface

Canade. 6 pm.

Mrcao, & p.m.

re-

Laos, & a.m.

Many smallholders that the Russians away the u}} trou cooking yards S10YON which Porkkala house.

The original stones wore Wives vised 10 polisti 1127211

moved by the Soviet occupiers they shone like ebony

and used for purposes wiilch Alf the horne-comers Coin- have not been ascertained. plain

"inderribable dirt" While waiting for the and

have precautions

been stones, the people of Porkkala taken against discase

have been laying tulips on both human beings and atic animals.

The Finnish

ldiers

amony dome-bare graves.

now

the

"It is sad to see them this who way," they say, "but the main look over the base trom the thing is that the land is Durs

were vrecinated again."-China Mail Specla),

Russians

FOR THE PREVENTION OF [28

against typhus and small-pox

CRUELTY TO ANIMALS coming home

NOTICE

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Hi a number of the civilians have followed Their

example. To check

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livestock

J

hereby given epidemie General Knurio Vaala, that the Annual Generel Meet-Head of the interim Millary dc- ing of the Suriety will be held Administration, issued

cree that all animals must, for the

of the clean-up. į duration be kept out of doors

Owners niny not put them in buildings used by the Russians us stables and stalls.

Although grieved by the state of their homes, the people of Porkkala are enraged by the

at the Bourd Room ot the Honk Kony Jockey Club, Alexandra House, Ath Plan, on Tuesday 20th March 1956 at 5.30 p.m. to receive the Re-

port of the Committer for the

year ended #1 He ember vandalisation of their churches,

1955,

!

14 JECIPEST The f Account und to Franen such other business as may he necessary art urding to Constitution of the Society,

The

By Order of the Executive Cuminittee,

H. MAITLAND,

Secretary,

Hongkong, 28th Feb, 1956.

as buffer letters in the Helsinki newspapers show. They

A Casino

tell

a

The cross of the little parish. church at Degerby had been removed from ils steeple to sttow that the Russians had Wrned the building Into chema. A screen had been rigged up before the altar and the projector Installed in a loft | at the back of the nave.

the At Kyrkalactten. year-old church, the finest

Flying to Europe?

800-

in

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29 By Air

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Macau, I p..

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BUT WE FLEW OVER THAT MEGA TWICE. WE GOT STRONG READINGS | ON THE COUNTER.

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Macao. p.m.

THURSDAY, MARCH ( By Air

Japan, a..

Peking. Shanghal. Honkow, 10 a.m.

Indo-Chine, France, 10 a.m, Timiand, Pakistari, Lebanon, Ger. many, Great Britain, Nocsi,

Philipples. I p.m. Pakistan, Middle Ebst, Great Britain & Europe, 8 p.m.

Thailand, Euro, Indi, o'p.m. By Burface

Africa,

Chins. Peopic's Republic. 1030 a.m. Macod. p.m. Philippines, USA.. America, 2 pm.

Sarawak, N. Borneo, 2 p.m Malaya, West Australia,

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via Fremantfo, & p.m.

Korea, 4 p.m.

Macao. p.m.

FRIDAY, MARCH 2

Dy Surfaco China, People's Republic. 10.30 am, Malaya, Indonesia, 11 am. Macro, p.m. Marce.

p.m.

SATURDAY, MARCH 1 By Surface Formos, 0a.m.

China, People's Republio, 10:30 am, Indo-China, Thailand, Noom.

Canada, 2 p.m.

Philippines, N. Domeo 2 pm. Japan, USA, G. & S. America, 4 pm

Australia, New Zealand, 0 p.m. China, People's Republic, 6 p.m. Macao, 8 pm.

Of Kikuyu

HELPS REHABILITATE MAU MAU YOUTHS

By Henderson Gall

Pan

Wamuma, Kenya, Feb. 27, George Dennis, aged 71, Aberdonian who has spent most of his life among the Kikuyu tribe, is an exceptional figure even in this Colony.

He is a blood brother of the Kikuyu, one of a mere handful of Europeans ever. honoured in this way. He believes that he was made a blood brother because of the advice he gave the Kikuyu in their last pitched battle with the Masai, their traditional enemies. And he is an expert in the Kikuyu language and customs.

Professor Erhard, the West German Minister for Foreign Affairs, currently on a visit to London, last Tuesday afternoon went to the Foreign OMeo for

Kikuyu is a difficult langu- verba. Ho "collected" about a meeting with British Foreign age. Each verb, for example, 300 of thean as he walked about Secretary Selwyn Lloyd. Pic- has 50 tenses, which makes the

the countryside in turo

the "good htm

subleties of Lalin with Mr

Greek And

old days", and sat in native look like child's play. Cam-huts at night. bridge University recognised his practically unrivalled know- ledge when it appointed him co-examiner in Kikuyu in 1923, and again in 1025.

shows Lloyd-Exprem Photo.

Costly Fight In Algeria

TRIBAL ELDER

He told me fit Wamuma, with a quick, impish grin, that he set the papers in Kikuyu for the examination takcen by Dr L. 9. B. Leakey when ho

RETIRED

George Dennis was born and bred at Aberdeen and later moved with his

to family Huntly, in Aberdeenshire. Не came to Kenya from Canada about 44 years ago es an in- dustrial missionary among the Kikuyu.

Paris, Feb. 27.

He built the present Church France's fight against terror- took his degree at Cambridge. of Scotland Mission at Tumu- ism in the North African terri-

tumu, near Nyeri. Then, 27 Today. Dr Leakey, the son of years ago, he joined the govern- will cost tory of Algeria

the missionary parents, who grew i ment's Public Works Depart- nation 120 milliard francs up with (US$330 million) during 1950, according to estimates drawn up Jast month, the French Ministry

D

young Kikuyu and ment. He is an authority on hardly wore European dress East African timbers, and until he was nearly 10, is re-fine craftsroan. cognised as the greatest living authority or the Kikuyu.

of Finance announced today.

He is an elder of the inbe, Normal military expenditure and the author of several books will probably cost an additional on both the Kikuyu and 980 milliard francs (US$2,000 Mau. million).

The total will be covered the national budget and Treasury.-France-Pre690

By Lee Falk and Phil Davis

YOU AMATEUR URANIUM HUNTERS KILL ME. ONE CLICK OF THE . MACHINE--AND YOU LOSE YOUR HEAQS. LISTEN TO THE MAN. HE KNOWS THE PLACE.

REPAIR

OIĻSOLLYS HE WOULD DE HERE TO SPOT ME WHEN. I'M TRYING A CASUAL FADEAWAY! AND I CAN'T BRUSH HIM WITHOUT CALLING

ATTENTION TO MYSELF Í

WHY 100 YOU CAREP

JUST FRIENDLY ADVICE. LOOK SOMEPLACE ELSE WHERE YOU'VE GOT

A CHANCE

By, Mik

By Ernie Bushmiller

Mau

With all modesty. Mr Dennis by says that he could only excel the Dr Leakey in perhaps one way

knowledge of Kikuyu pro

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He designed and made the furniture for the Royal Lodge at Sagana, visited by Princess Elizabeth, as she then was, and the Duke of Edinburgh in 1952

Mau shortly before the

Mau Emergency was declared. level and the

George Dennis retired to sea fat folda .of Aberdeenshire, after a fatime of Kenya's blazing sun, steep sided valleys and thick rula forest. But apparently he could.. not rest

BOY KILLERS When the

Emergency declared, he packed his bags,

was

paid his passage out to Kenya, arrived and offered his SCT- vices. First, he went to the Athi where he worked among harde there

River detention camp

core Mau Mau detainees,

ago months he loft

Flve

to come to the Wamuman Boys

-

Approved School here, where young Mau Mau gangsters be- tween the ages of 0 and 16 are detained.

Many

aro boys killers who were too young to

prosecuted.

ba

of theso

Dennis took charge of tho carpentry and building sections -most of the boys have An ardent desire to become craftss men-and installed himself as what the commandant of tho school, Major George Gardner, describes

as "an invaluable asset"

I vislied him in his work- shep. Until six weeks ago, ho

soid, the boys were sullen and would not even reply to formal Kikuyu greetings Epoken In passing.

GOOD CHANCE

"Of course, a lot .of them cannot speak real Kikuyu. They have 'Icarnt A dialect/ language, party encouraged by Mau Mau leaders, and partly a result of tribal decay," Mr Dennis explained.

nese boys secmed cager to everything they could about woodwork. I was shown chairs, lockers and "simple" joints they had made.

Mr Dennis thinks that there

is n

a very good chance that the great majority of these

carp

1,000

boys at the school can be fit- ted back into African life, and ho hopes that come among

his trainees will start businesses in their own

not drift to the towns and unskilled industrial employment, "Because, you know, unloss

and

a boy has a very strong char- acter, he soon gets de-tribalised," he added.

As we walked about this spick-and-span camp, he would Joint to soothing and add a comment made to him by his "Old Man, I was puzzled for a few seconds, and then a*ho ex- plained that he was referring to the Kikuyu servant mentor and companion who had been with him for 43 years. This old Kikuyu is almost majestic, with deeply-lined features and expression of great wisdom.

LIVELY:

Mr Dennis is the elder by a year by ́iwo, but in conteget la ap lively na'n cricket, with bright blue, humorous eyes, and a volgo 'with 'n, mudden edge to it. He darte rather than walker andy. Lar never in the samo place for more than five wocondan-Chin? MAJ

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