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1945

TUESDAY, JUNE 14,

Chinese Women's Club thanked Man, 27,

for

welfare work

Lady Black, speaking on behalf of the people of Hongkong, this morn- ing said "thank you" to the Hongkong Chinese Women's Club for the great work members have done for the needy people of the Colony.

She also congratulated the President of the Club, Mrs Kwok Chan, on having received the MBE in the recent Queen's Birthday Honours.

"Her work is known and up- preclated," said Lady Black,

SYMPATHY

She also thanked the mem- ber for the sympathy they showed during the Governor's recent illness,

olub. Lady

Patron of the Black was visiting it for the first time. She told the women that the visit was "long over due,"

In her welcoming speech. Mrs Kwok Chan told Lady Black inspired by the that "we are

fine example you have set of what womenfolk can contribute towords the serial welfare of the community in which they live."

Mrs Kwok Chan said that t was the aim of the club to try to serve the community.

"With your wise counsel and good guidance, I am sure that our members will be encouraged to make even greater efforts to further our alm," she continued. A CAKE

Lady Black spoke Individually to the 40 executive members of the club present, before joining! them at morning tea.

Mrs Kwok Chan presented her with a large bouquet of or- chids.

During the tea, Lady Black cul a huge iced cake which had been made specially for her. 11 was inscribed1'z Patron, Lady Binck, of the Hongkong Chinese Women's Club."

JARDINE TAIPAN

Our

Lady Black prepares to cut the cake made in her honour-China Mall photo.

STUDENT

RETURNS

A young Indlan textlie Bludent returned to Bombay today by Swissair after spend- ing a two-month holiday here with his parents.

He is Mr I, 8. Chopra (above), who is at present, in bis final year at the University of Bombay studying textile dyeing, bleaching and print- Ing.

Mr Chopra said prior to departure that he hopes to go on to the United Kingdom to further his sudies in the lex. tile, field, and then return to Hongkong to settle down with his parents.

His father manages local

OFF TO UK import and export firm

The Chairman and Managing Director of Jardine Matheson

Intpiar photo.

and Co Ltd, Mr. H. D. M. Stole grandmother's

Barion, MLC. left the Colony

by Boas Comet this morning

on a business visit to the United Kingdom.

With him were Mrs Barton und their daughter,

Miss

gold ring

A 15-year-old boy who stole a gold ring of $50 worth from Susanna Barton who will leave his grandmother was bound over

the plane at Rome to begin European holiday.

a

They will later visit Denmark and the United Kingdom.

in $200 for two years by Mr D. Benson મ Central Juvenile Court this morning,

Lantao gets its first public hospital

The District Commissioner of the New Territories, Mr A. St. G. Walton opened the new 17-bed public hospital at Lantao this morning.

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This is the first general hospi- tel to be built on Lantao..

Mr Walton 'sald..

"This hospital, recently com- pleted at a cost of $355,000, has been built in connection with

"Undoubtedly the new road. will open up this part of the Is- land and with the road will come more people and, thus more in need of medical advice and care. It is probably the nucleus of a very much larger

Bankers off

the Shek Pik Scheme. It con, instination in the future." sists of 12 beds for in-patient's facilities for the treatment of out-patients and is intended to deal expeditiously with emer-

the i arising at gency cases several work sites between. Shek Pik and Silvermine Bay of among the local population.

to London

Mr G. O. W. Stewart, Deputy Chief Manager of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corpora- tion, leaves for London by Boac Comet today.

Mr RGL Oliphant, the Corporation's Hongkong Mana-

Sheaffer's

Newest

BALL POINT PEN

ILABLE AT ALL GOOD STORES.

AIRLINE DONATION From the Files

suspected TO FUND FOR of drinking TYPHOON VICTIMS

antiseptic

27-year-old electrician was found unconscious in bed on the second floor of a house in Bonham Strand East yesterday,

Neighbours discovered him at about 3 p.m. and suspected that he had drunk antiseptic,

The mad had been depressed lately.

It was said that a 16-year-old girl who lived with him about two weeks had left him.

LOST: JOB

for

dates,

Because of frequent the girl lost her job as an amah In Wong Tai Sin and came to live with him in Hongkong.

As their money ran low, the girl found a job in a tea house where she came to know an other man

Since then

there had been

frequent quarrels between the

girl and the electrician who tried to persuade her to come back.

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Last Tuesday the electriciani

large

dose of sleeping

took

pills but was rushed to hospital

for treatment.

Ex-minister

acquitted

Colombo, June 13.

Pan American Airways today pledged HK$2,000 to the

Community Typhoon Relief Fund.", {"

the

Part of this amount is being | donated by the compary and the remainder through volunteer subscriptions numerous staff members in Hongkong, ~.

Pan American has also initiated a collection of used clothing, among its staff, and these will be turned over to the Fund at an early date.

Commenting on the donation, Mr J. G. O'Donnell, PAA Re- gional Director said:

"Twenty-five years ago our airline brought its first plane into Hongkong: ??

Thus, through the years, ww.believe we have had a part In the rapid development. of the Colony and have made both personal and professional friends."

"Arything that affects lives of these friends is

concern."

Bankruptcy

examination

adjourned

the

our

The public examination of three partners of the Lung Sang Restaurant, Kowloon chy, against which a receiving order had been granted, was adjourn- ed se die by Mr Justice K. H. Macice in the Bankruptcy Court this

morning.

GIVEN $200

TO REBUILD

HOME

A woman was given $200 from the poor box this morning by a Kowloon Magistrate to rebuild her

25

years

AGO

June 1935

“A." "wedding, of interest to British residents, in China took place on Friday when Lieut John Casson, son of Mr · Lewis Casson and Danie Sybil Thorndyke, toad married at St Paul's Knightsbridge to Miss Pat Chester-Master of Hongkong, daughter of solicitor in China.

a

hut which was blown down ARCHAEOLOGISTS ex-

by typhoon Mary,

cavating near Antioch,

the ancient city in Pisidis

The woman, La Sin-king, 38.

was visited by, St living in the hut on rear lane of which 97. Fuk Lostsun Road, Kowloon Paul not many years after

Crucifixion City pleaded guilty to falling to the

of the exercise due control over a child. Saviour, have discovered. a She was cautioned and given small case containing a re $200 by Mr E. S. Haydon...

Inspector Wong Hei-man said markably

beautiful glass

a policeman saw a girl and her chalice. They believe that it younger brother begging for is the Holy Grail from which alms outside St Teresa's Chur

in Prince Edward Road on June Christ drank at the Last

19.

Lo told the magistrate that her hat had been blown down and that she had no money to rebuild it. She said she told her two children to beg for money.

She also told Mr Haydon that she was a widow.

DEATH OF

Supper,

Mysterious developments have occurred in connection with the two rebel cruisers Hai Chi and Hai Shen.

For the first time in years gune fired in action have boomed within sounding dis- tance of Hongkong.

Yesterday evening as the as the fra cruisers attempted to

TEACHER ease British waters, osten-

PRIEST

Charles Wu, S.D.B died at Canoss Hospital last night after an illness lasting seven months,

Mr Philip Gunawardena, former. Ceylonese Minister of

Applying for the adjournment, food and agriculture and leader of the Peoples United. Front, Mr C. M. Stevens, who appeared was today acquitted and dis for the Official Receiver, said it changed by the Colombo District was the intention of the Om-Father

clal/Receiver to apply to rescind Court in a defamation casă,

the receiving order against the He was accused of having restaurant in view of a creditors' made? a speech allegedly

resolution...that. the debtors conta ming statements de-

rupt. amatory of Mr Sidney De should not be adjudicated bank- deputy The three partners were K. C. Zoysa,

of police. Chan, S. C: Tsing, and M. H.

forrner A

"There are 2,500 villagers in the South Lantao villages, and it is estimated that at the peak period of work on the reservoir ger, leaves also by Bone Comet insetor-general project there will be 2,000 per- tomorrow. sons employed on the scheme. Į All these persons will benefit from the establishment of the hospital.

"Emergency cases will be transferred whenever possible to one of the large Government hospitals, but the treatment and nursing. of less urgent cases can be carried out at this hospital.

COPTER GROUND

"Evacuation facilities *for are consider- emergency cases ably improved by the recent completion of a helicopter land ing ground near the Chief Rest- dent Engineer's office at Cheung Sha, half a mile from the hoop!- tal, whilst a Land Rover capablc of taking two stretchers wil assist in taking less urgent cases to Silvermine Bay for their evacuation to Hongkong by, sea.

"The out-patients department'] of the new hospital will, again, be equally available to persons employed on construction work and to local villagers. There will be a doctor resident at the hospital and a senior male charge nurse resident at the works site." SURPRISE

The Director of Medical and

He was also put under the Health Services, Dr D. J. M. Mr Barton is returning to the supervision of the Probation Mackenzie, said: "Although it is Colony towards the end of this Officer for two years.

not a large hospital, it, will be

ane Defendant, who pleaded guilty, † a significant

and if we month after holding discussions with business associates in Lon- admitted he stole the ring on could look twenty years ahead don, but will join Mrs Burton June 9 from his grandmother's it might surprise, us all to see and Miss Barton on hoilday in sultcase. He said he had pawn- how much it has meant to South Europe towards the end of nexted the ring for $15 and lent the Lantao and how much good has

Imoney to an unemployed friend. į sprung from it,

month.

Former CNAC navigator leaves after holiday

Mr J. E. (Joe) Brower, former China National Aviation Corporation navi-

Reuter:

CONDEMNED TREES

WAY TO MAKE

FOR NEW ROAD

These old trees in Murray Parade Ground are to be re- moved to make way for a slip road connecting Garden Road and Queen's Road Central shortly. Government announced this skyscraper hotel. It is being over the weekend.

erected by Wynece Co. Ltd, an | American group who recently Attempts had been made to bought part of the parade save the trees but the cost was round site for $14 million, found to be prohibitive.

The hotel will cost $80 million, If the trees stay the-new slip and will be 25 storeys high, road cannot be built. And this It will be built by the end of junction is one of the busiest in next year.

the Colony,Tel

Typhoon Mary gave the trees

a reprieve of at least a month-

gator and now with Swissair, left here this morning by Swissair for because the Urban Services De HK boy makes good Bangkok after spending a short vacation here with his wife.

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partment are too busy clearing chopping up debris- és

Hartford, June 14. "But with the hills and the thern down, fyn K Mr Brower returned to Hong-, round the Colony trying to pick

A Chinese student who They will be hewn as soon as kong on June 5, for the first'out the Jandiaries I used to sea, the two cities, are so differ-

Roads Department are speaks English only haltingly, time in 11 years. He

ent. We have had a marvellous the had, know," served with_CNAC in 1948 on

time in Hongkong, and naturally ready to begin construction of was first honour man in

'day's graduating class at Trinity! the Saar Francisco-Hongkong This way Mrs Brower's first enough I have done an awful the slip road. MOS route until the company ceased visit to Hongkong and just be-lot of shopping," she added. Ten trees in all are wolved college. Operations.

fore boarding the Swissair fightAfter CNAE slow down, Mr. They rin akong Queen's Boud for Bangkok dhe said. "Hong-Brower returned to college, in Central and Garden Road Two-Hung, member of the arnazement et kong is a magnificent city. The America, then joined TWA of the frees are camphors Hongkong rince only city that can compares Recently he celebrated his first to be 100 years old. he was last here and we have Sen, Framino which I deurky anniversary as an employee of Later on the

a terrific

Swissair, time looking Love,

JParade grond-

He expressed the changes

had

YingYear Yam, 20, of

College choir and a varsity soccer player was riamud Valedic torian at the college's: 187th Commencement Sunday. UPLA

Chan.

POP

TO THINK HE NEARLY CONQUERED

EUROPE - A TINY. PERSON - LIKE

THAT!

He was senior member of the

Po school, Kowloon. teaching plaff of the Tang King He would have been' 35 in five days' time.

He was born at Pak Heung, Kwangling province. *~

There will be a solemn Re- quiem Mass at St Anthony's Church tomorrow at 10 a.m.

The funeral cortege will paes the Monument at 5 p.m. to. morrow.

Prominent U.S.

sibly for Shanghai, they were met of Wagian lalond, by a larger and more modern cruiser, believed to be the Ning Hai, of the Nanking Navy.

guns.

As soon as the rebel cruisera left British waters the strange

The Hot Chi and Hai Shen vessel opened fire with

immediately turned about and

for the raced

protection aforded by British water. Not until they had re-entered British waters did the strange cruiser cease fire.

Later the Ning Hai entered

waters Hongkong carrying the Vice Mini- ster of the Navy in the Nanking Government, MT C. L. Chen and ́ ́ a British Commodore, Captain Morse. formerly of the HMS Repulse now attached to the Chinese Navy.

pianist for HK but

A spokesman for this and cruiser denied the shots were

Mr Seymour Bernstein, well- knows concert pianist

lecturer will visit Hongkong in fired in anger. He said they the course of his second Far 20ere warning shots to make East tour under the auspices of the other two cruisers go the State Department. of the back.

United States Government,

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But another officer said they

The lecture will Eustrate were salutes. performance and teaching prob- While another denied that lems and include a discussion

period when questions will be thy shots had been fired at

answered.

+

The musical evening will be on June 24,

The lecture recital, will be June 23 at 10 am.

By Gog

all

All agreed however that a. full reconciliation between the three ships and Nanking had been effected.

Those

with

good

judge-

ment

drink

Carlsberg

SÓLE AGENTS: THE EAST ASIATIC COLLTE..

Intel (and.

Aished by TAUNCH

NEWLANDS

4A3

for and on behalf of South

"the Colony of Hoogko