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BACK FROM
Dr
UNIVERSITY
Joseph
Lam
recent
Kraluate of the Cutiege of Den-
tistry
at
Baylor University.
Texas, returned
to the Colony
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CHINA
Established 1845
FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1961.
'Ben Hur' arrives but nobody
42 wants to show it
today, after an absence of eight
year, on bord! the Presklent Cleveland.
rat
Dr Lam. graduate
a Diocesan Boys School, win ace companied by his Wife umi seven-month
Kerri.
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daughter,
He sak that as soon as he s able to settle down he plans to open a dental practies here.
He was mel on arist by many relatives and friends.
By ANTHONY FULLER
China Mall im toriter
BRITAIN
SENDS BLANKETS
A
Bre
lust
A total of 500 blankets weighing
about
ton arrived this morning by Boac from London for distribution to the needy
of vlclim
the Hunghom squatter Area Monday. The blankets were collected by the British Red Cross Society Headquarters in London and flown in free by Buac's Far East freighter service.
The film "Ben Hur" has arrived in the Colony, not in its full Director
rogalia of MGM Camera 65-Technicolor-Panavision, but in the more modest CinemaScope version.
MARYKNOLL
FATHER'S
SHIPBOARD REUNION
Father James O'Mella of the Maryknoll Fathers Mission in Hongkong, returned to the Colony this morning after holding a reunion with his sister and nicce on board the President Cleveland in Yokohama.
Fr.
Motia, who is noted for * his study af Captonese New to Japan earlier this month to jbi the flagship of the APL Dzel.
The Maryknoll Father's cun- nection with Hengkong stretches as far back as 1923, when he arrived here on as Arst assign- men with the Mission.
Icking up the threads of the local language, Cantimes, Pr O'Melia began a serious study involving almost three years of research. Ils results bore fruit
1930 when he f turn
touch Cantonese Maryknoll Fathers,
Soon af
to other
The above photo shows: Fr. James O'Mella with his niece. Mrs Keating and sister, Mrs Mechan, on board the
President Clevelanik-iniplar photo.
known some 20 years ago." he thesaid. he prepared forst book in English for ! htt study of Cantonese and this, hos come to be regarded by Ireign-
as the 478 zvailable.
Of the Cantonese binggarage, Fr O'Mella said, "It a musleal atid graceful language
mast authoritative, and, on occasion, more accurate
than the English language."
Consular staff
return to HK
Mr Sain C. Gilstrap. Deputy In November, 1941, Fr O'Mella Fr CMelia's sister is Mr left the Colony for the interior Jams Mechan nt Philadelphia, Principal Officer of the United and returned in 1045. Afte, * and
Mrs Danic States his nere la
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Mrs W. J. D. Cooper, Deputy of the Hongkong Branch of the British Red Cross
D. Society and Mrs. A. F. Mather, Secretary, were at the aleport to receive the blankets. ! The blankets will be dis-
10 the squatter
Arc viction at 4 pm today.
All the same, 1 an sorry (a say, there
need to startributed litang up for lekets, for none of the theaftes, at the moment of writing, f anxious in play the Alm.
In the Arst place, I would be very dineult to put i
un, for the length of the picture is 213 minutes. which
mans two! shows a day. It is merely fel matter of Brillunetic that seats would cost double the usual prices.
VAST SCALE
American
authoress here
one
to
Ju that is not all. When re Icasing a Glm on so vast a sen.? Mrs W. Ford Barnc. Ameri- as "Ben Hur" the company re- can authores of thre poems
Century"
"Purple serves a right to state a wario-"Silver
"Crim501 upon how its a Petals".
Dwaing", wide polley will be played, and what per-and
recently published centage of the box offer goes to novel "West To Glory" rived abeard s... President Cleveland the company in questien.
merning on her way MGM, after staking several this
for the purpose fortunes on the film are asking Rangean for the mocn, and getting visiting her sister. This is Mrs Their share of the box-office is Barary first visit to the East 70 per cent. Their policy is take and she expects to leave here on It or leave it. And such theatres Sunday night. as the Empire, Leicester Squatc, which has already approached the equivalent of US$3 million. are very happy to be allowed to take it.
While Hongkong does very nicely in a local sense for the cinemas, Hongkong's gross
takings are very smull. In other
words, Ilongkong at its best-can
only turn in a few cents coa
pared with every hundred dollars taken in the States.
So, up "Ben Hur," But this policy is to procred, is, are we the question General in and Consulate
gcing to se such spectacles as "Spartacus" and the "King of polition officer in Poy JI,
with Kings" when they come the Consulate, returned their families in the ss Pre-circulation? zident Cleveland this morning from home leave.
two-year absence from the Realibe of Wynnewood, Hongkong and Mr Andrew J.
Colony he returned UNRRA
will
the
Of wire
Mr Pansylvania, Danici Keuting, resident of
In 1958, 1 07.10 Back to Ang contraeting company, Hongk
#gument
auch pro-
ANXIOUS
into
The companies concerned must be anxious to show them
wat another - Mr Keating's company h3
the Marykuch Missions algument was connected with
The Queen's Exequatur em- here, for I have received per- much to my personal joy on jets as the Oak Ridge Atomic
powering Mr Josef Horn to act|sonal letters from al; the pro- Energy Plaut. involves the bringing up to
Keat as Honorary Consul-General for ducers in question straight from Mis Mechan and Mrs. date of the language t meet
has In the Colony Auria
received Her the location sites. modern terminology, as well as in will remain
Majesty's signature.
On the other hand, our local the introduction of words
Exhibitors have
1100
for four days
ANGLICAN
FRANCISCAN
REVISITS HK
گرام
Father Michael Fisher, of the Society of St Francis, arrived this morning from India by Air- return India for a three-week visit to the Anglican Church in Hongkong.
Father Michael wes in India five months speaking In various Indian universities there.
He was met at Kai Tak by Bishop R.O. Hall, the Rev. O. Eva, Vicar of St Andrew's Church, and Mrs Till. wife of the Dean of St John's Cathedral.
demonstrated DAMAGE BY BIG
TYPHOON 10
what happens to such Hongkong cinemas which have screencil the vast musicat productions, and emerged at the best with a few dollars the right side of The ledger.
So the position is deadlock, The producers say they will not grant Hongkong special terms. The exhibitors are not prepared to serve on thoss terms.
Drugs found in
the washing
BE REPAIRED
Certain sections of Broad- wood-road, which were damaged by Typhoon Mary in June last year, are to be repaired. The upper section of the road- way was extensively dam. aged by the heavy rains and landslides.
Owing to the dimeult nature
*unitio fashion newa"
NEW
MAYE VOGUE
Lady Sheaffer
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UNITED PANER CO.LTD.
GETTING TO KNOW YOU
सधै
Bey
Supervising lile boys at their lessons is not a experience for Mrs Valerie Profumo, wife of the Secretary of State for War, Mr John Profumo, Mrs Profumo, he former stage actress, Valtrie Hubcon, played the part of Anna in the stage version of "The King and I" in which sho became tutor to the children of the King of Slam. It was in that show that-sho kung to the children the now well-known song "Getting to know you."
Yesterday, Mrs Profumo was watching over other kille boys' shoulders when she visited the infants' school at the 2/10 Gurkha Rifles camp at Norwegian Farm-(GIS photo,)
Restaurateur
returns
Mr Lea 'Jimmy' proprietor of Jimmy's
Lindau,
Kitchen
and the Parisian Grill, return-
Chau Sal, 60, uf 24 Lun Fat- street, third noor, was sen- tenced to four months jull by Mr T L. Yang at Causeway Bay Court this morning when he The repair work, starting la pleaded guilty to possession of itve packets of dangerous drugs which were found in the pocket of a child's jacket hanging to dry on the balcony.
of the ground, it is necessary ed to the o build a number of rein- board the forced concrete structures over land, with the damaged road areas.
children.
Colony today on
ss President Cleve-
his wife and two
mid-March will take about Ave Mr Landau said he had been months to complete.
on
three week vacation and Tenders for the repair work | during his holiday, "had tried enlied for in today's Spanlatı and Filipino · cuisines Government Gazette.
to see what they were like.”
are
From the Filos
25
years AGO. January 1936
A.B. Hamson, with 44, A.T. Lee with 40 and G. Souza with 33 helped Craigengower_to a first innings score of 188 for eight in their match against Army. In reply Army neored 143 for air, Souza taking 3 for 36.
☆
T is understood that navni, military and air force experts have drafted plans for the fortification of Hong- kong in anticipation of the failure of the London Naval Conference. The fortifica- tion of Hongkong was forbidden under the Washington treaty which expires at the end of this year.
*
+
Arrangements ፕሮ being made by representatives of the Pan-American' air services at. Macue
for the inaugural fight of the American air clippers, and construction
carried
work is being
ont
rapidly on the Necessary
| meteorological station to pro. vide data for the scrvices which is to be commenced at an early date.
The anchorage for the flying. hoats in the Outer Harbour is being prepared with the us sistance of the Macao Govern- ment as well as a splendid landing place for the clippers.
☆
IN connection with the
of the proposed cut salaries of Government ser- vants, it is understood that a petition WILS recently presented by the Chinese Civil Servants asking the Government to reconsider its decision.
Practically all the officials concerned
their signed names on the petition, giving na their reason the heavy increase in prices of all com- modities,
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