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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1929.

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On and after the IST SEPTEMBER, 1929, the above Bus Service will be extended making a Circular Route as follows--

BLAKE PIER GARDEN ROAD, CAINE ROAD, BONHAM ROAD, UNIVERSITY, POKFULUM ROAD, BAIYING-PUN, QUEEN'S ROAD WEST, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, PEDDER STREET, BLAKE PIER; and vice versa.

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Fares to and from University ...10 Cts. Each Way. Children between 3 and 12 Years. 6 Cts. Each Way.

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GREECE A LAND OF DISEASE,

Living conditions -in a healthy warmed into Greece, the only community and those in a disease-place in which they were allowed to infested section were vividly con enter. Three hundred thousand of. trasted by Dr. Esther Pohl Love the homeless, he said, came into joy. ex-health officer of Portland Greece in two weeks and more than Ore, and now. director of the 3,000,000 are now there. Some came American Women's Hospital, with from Turkey and others, forced aut headquarters in Greece, at the by the revolution, came from Rus- recent Portland medical conven- sia. tion. The healthy community spoken of by Dr. Lovejoy was Portland, while the material for the other half of her lecture was obtained from her experience in Greece and other Balkan countries,

"Portland," Dr. Lovejoy remark-

"It is horrible," Dr. Lovejoy re marked. "They are the innocent sufferers of nations' quarrels. They are fereed to live in the worst con ditione imaginable all because some We high rulers failed to agree. have done a lot but there still are

RUMOURS

FROM NORTH MANCHURIA.

HARBIN TELEGRAPHS BEING OVERWORKED.

DISPUTES BETWEEN RIVAL FORCES OVER BOUNDARIES.

INCREASING ACTS OF VIOLENCE

REPORTED.

(ed, because the operators under-

stand little English.

CHURCH NOTICES.

ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL, Hna Kod 'SEITEMBER 1, 1999, 14th Sunday after

Trinity:- Holy Communion at 8 am,

Communion at Post Church at

Holy

Sam,

Children's Service at 10 mm.

Sanday School at Peak Bohool at

10 mm.

Matins at 11 am.

Preacher Rev. B. V. Koop. Holy Communion at 18 noon. Evensong at 6 pm.

Preacher-The Dean.

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United Presa.] Tokyo. Newspaper" correspond. The wildest rumours have been enta in North Manchuria covering circulated in the border towns the developments in the Sino- daily, with reports of severe fight- Hussian controversy which have ing which, when investigated, nearly FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, followed seizure of the Chinese always have proved of little or no Eastern Railway by the Chinese be importance.. cause of alleged use of its organisa- tion by Soviet Russid for Bolshevik hardest jobs of reporting that could

* Conficting Claims, The border line between Map-

ed at the opening of her address sections without aid. We now have propaganda, have faced one of the churia and Bussin at many points

37 hospitals and a number of clinics, dispensarica and food debe imagined.

pota. But the work is far from Anished. In fact, it is just start- ing.

is one of the best and cleanest places on earth. Glance around, wherever you go. Dy, you see a lot of poison-bearing dies swarning around windows and food! No.

"When

we frit arrived there, Since I have been' here for the convention, I have seen but one fly, our work was of an emergency nature. We had to help those dan Files Numerous in Greece. gerously ill. We have sneeeeded in ridding the country of some of the "In Greece, however, one can see diseases, but not all. Malaria and hordes of those terrible insects aliye infections are widespread while the time. They gather in the homes tuberculosis, caused by years of and at public places in hundreds. malnutrition, is appalling. No wonder the terrible, eye diseases continue to exist.

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Honey Needed.

fong has been vague and in dispute

Thus Chinese

between the two countries. Harbin, itself has been a but-bed Russian have fired on of rumours where at times it was patrols claiming they were in all but impossible to get at the Russian territory, while the Rus- In addition the scene of sinns have been fred on by Chiness truth. (most of the border clashes between who claimed the territory belongs to the military patrols of the two them. In view of the wild nature powers has been the region of of the country and the conflicting Manchuli, eastern terminus of the boundary claims it seems marvellous Chinear Eastern lihe, where it that clashes have not been more fre

quent. formerly connected with the trans- Siberian Railway, and Pogranitch. naga, western, terminus, where the Chinese Eastern formerly connect ed with the Ussuri Railway d

or

The nature of the terrain. in the event Russian troops in- | vading Manchuria from either Manchouli Pogranitchnaya (sometimes spelled Manchuli) is. well suited to defence. It is spotted with sand dunes and hillocks which would offer excellent gun The most likely weapon for an con- fensive, according to military [cx- perts, would be tanks which could operate freely as the country is open.

nrata.

In Harbin and throughout North Manchuria there have been increas- ing acts of violence Red terrorists in sympathy with Soviet Russin bombing trains, tearing up rails and setting fire to railway proper. ty. White Russians have retaliated by murdering and beating Reds and raiding Soviet villages along the horder. Bandit organisations, which long have been active in North English messages cannot be tele- Manchurin, have taken, advantage phoned over the Harbin Changchun of the disturbed situation to in line, which the Japanese have lens. I crease their netivity.

"As a further contrast, I want "What is needed now is money

A Single Line.. mention your markets here. and lots of it. It is a waste of I visited them yesterday and what time for any country to send a Three towns are connected with 1.saw was simply marvelous. Row representative group for the pur-Harbin by a single telegraph which after row of fresh vegetables, all pose of making a survey, and then

has been overworked inaking the handled by at least clean-appearing offering advice. The horrible con-

transmission of messages very slow, vendars. And, my, how good theditions will exist until large suns

Once news is collected in Harbin chinook salmon looked after the fish of money are donated. If this isn't its transmission to relay points I have seen in Greece and Turkey." done, there are not to be some dia anch as Tokyo, London. Shanghai Carrying out her idea of opatrous results. For example, there and New York, is most difficult. posites, Lovejoy said that while are plague apots in the Near East United Press frequently has had to a decreas

in tuberculosis has been that, unless cleaned out, are apt to translate its English language Accomplished in other countries, the spread epidemics throughout the dispatches from Manchuli and dreaded disease has rapidly spread | world"

Pogranitehnaya into Japanese in in the Balkans. "Here you have

After describing the pitiful con- Harbin and then telephone them lots of fuel and fresh air. In

ditions of the refugees, Dr. Love to the Japanese telegraph station Greece the refugees, too, have, air but not fuel. Living in squalid joy voiced her disapproval of what in Changchun where they can be terined the exchange

re-translated back into English for huts, they have to sleep huddled she

transmission to world distribution together to take advantage of the population" between Greece and

Turkey. Under the terms of the points. body warmth...

Luzon treaty, she said, all orthodox Greeks who had not already fed from Turkey were forced to leave the country. And in Greece those who had left during the Greco- Turkish war and who were Moslems were herded back to Turkey with- out any chance to demonstrate. Many, she said, who were orthodox Greeks, were forced to change their religion in order to remain in Turkey, while those in Greece did likewise.

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"The sick, or rather the sickest member of a family, is given the middle of the bed. He or she keeps warmer, but think of the easy way the disease can be contracted by the others."

Horrible Conditions,

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Dr. Lovejoy painted a vivid pic ture of the burning of Smyrna in 1022. She told of the tragedy and suffering of the refugees as they

MARIONETTE CONGRESS..

TO BE HELD IN PARIS.

THE ROYAL SANITARY INSTITUTE.

of

HONG KONG EXAMINATION RESULTS.

At an Examination in Sanitary Science as applied to Buildings and Public Works, held at Hong Kong, on May 09 and 23, six candidates presented themselves.

Paris-The first World Mari- onette Congress is to be held in Paris next October and will be at tended hy delegates from all over Europe and America. One of the principal problems to be discussed will be how Funch and Judy shows can be utilized in public schools for the teaching of such subjects of Hong Kong,

The following five candidates, ali Batished the ns geography and history.

Examiners and passed the Examina- tion:--

Czechoslovákia, which has over 2,700 puppet-shows throughout the country, is to send the largest num- her of delegates, although a good representation is also expected from the United States where interest in marionettes has been greatly in- creasing. Russia will also be well represented.

According to the announcement made by the committee in Charge of the Congress, one of the princi. pal speeches will be made by M. Leon Bogatitrey, of Russia. He will tell of the varied kinds of marionettes which are popular in his country, including those used by the Siberians and the people of Georgia and the Ukraine.

New Mechanisms.

Numerous speakers from Czechos lovakia will give detailed accounts as to how practically every school. house in that country is equipped with puppet-shows, generally fashi ened by the children themselves. Performances are given in the class-rooms in connection with their every-day lessons.

George William Guoc. Juhu Tueman Lacey, Henry Lane Lockhart, Denis William Phillipe. Charles Strange.

At an Examination for Sanitary Inspectors held at Hong Kong, on May 22 and 23, 13 candidatce pre- sented themselves.

The following eight candidates satisfied the Examiners as to their competence to discharge the duties of a Sanitary Inspector under the Public Health Act, 1978:-

Arthur Wilfrid Taylor Allan,"

Shanghai,

Albert George Martin, Hong

Kong.

Vincent John Mezger. Shanghai. Percy Stracey Page, Shanghai, Elias John Sluis, Shanghai. Eugene Theodore Sundblad,

Shanghai.

Arthur William Thomas White,

Hong Kong

Herbert John Woolley, Shanghai.

QUARRY BAY SCHOOL.

DRAWING EXAMINATION

SUCCESSES.

New mechanisms which are being used in different parts of the world to operate the marionettes will also form an important part of the agenda. Much is expected from the American delegnies in this respect because of innovations which have just recently made their appear At an examination in drawing ances, in the United States. Hie held under the auspices of the torical costuming, scenery and Royal Drawing Society (London). travelling arranged will likewise be the following pupils attending the discussed...

Quarry Bay School were success- ful:

The Congress will attempt to facilitate the diffusion and publica

Preparatory Division.. tion of plays written especially for Honours Certificate: Maureen marionette theatres It will im D. Booker, Beryl June Booker, to elevate such dramas to a high CGcorge R. McLeod. literary level, so that they will rank

Second Class Certificate:-Ronald

on the same basis as novels and dramatic works written for the re-Christine Bone, Martha B. Fraser, J. Gascoigne, Jean M. Gummers, gular theatre. Even marionettes are to have their Shakespeare and Eileen L. M. Miller, Neville J. Booker, Veronica Thirlwell, Geor- Cunningham, Dorothy M.

Moliers.

кіла Young.

Division 1.

Booker,

It had first heen intended to hold the Congress in Prague but after consideration it was decided that 'Paris would be the nearest point Honours Certificate:-Jean for most of the countries. Al-Summers, Beryl Juze though many marionette congresses Maureen D. Booker, have been held, this is to be the first of such international magni- tude.United Press,

Second Class Certificate:-George R. MoLeod, Georgina Cunningham, Veronica Thirlwell.

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