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THE OFFICERS FEDERATION

Report Just Issued

The report of the Representative Council of the Officers Federation for the eighteen months ended June 30, 1934, states:-"

SWIMMING AT

Y.M.C.A.

European "Y" At Bridges Street

Some very good swimming was witnessed at the Chinese' Y.M.C.-

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1934.

LAWN TENNIS

C.R.C. “A” Beats I.R.C.

the

Playing off a postponed “A” Division League encounter Chinese Recreation Club "A" des feated the Indian Recreation Club

by 63 to 31 sets

H. D. Rumjahn and J. A. Cas- sumbhoy were in fine form and won all the three sets they played was secured by 8. A. Rumjann and 8. A. Ismail.

HOSPITAL FOR CURRENT

LEPERS

Project Under Consideration

(From Our Special Correspondent)

Canton, Sept. 6. The Canton authorities are con- aldering the opening of a leper hospital in view of the fact that there are more lepers in Bouth country. This is the first time that some defnite action in this connection is proposed.

NEWS

GEN. CHEN YI

Blamed For Foochow Troubles

Foochow, Aug. 23. Provincial government"

The chairman of the Fukien General pleasure of General Chiang Kai- Chen Yi, has incurred the dis-

FROM

SMUGGLED MATCHES

Manufacturers Protest

which now comprises seven con- feated by 27 points to 21, owing while the remaining half-set point | China than in any part of the shek, for the careless manner into curb the smuggling of

The Committee report with great A. Bridges Street yesterday evan pleasure that the Wellington (Newing, when the European YM.C.A Zealand) Merchant, Service Gulld were entertained to a series of

de has joined the Officers Federation, swimming events and were stituent Associations which protect largely to the fact that the well over 12,000 British Merchant Europeans were unable to raise Naval Omcers.

sufficient swimmers and had to be conten: with swimming tired men in many of the events,

The number of new enrolments of Federal Officers resident in the United Kingdom, was 1,650.

The Council report with parti- "ular satisfaction the rapid in "crease in the number of Engineer Officers enrolling in this Federathe 30.

The outstanding success of the evening was that of H. G-Lange who took first places in the 220 and 100 yards and second place in

tion. It is clear that there is an swimmers performed very well. Several of the Y.M.C.A's new ever growing realisation, in both H. F. Lange particularly in the Departments, of the necessity of men's 100 yards Breast Stroke. Navigators and Engineers pulling together in their common purpose: of securing improved conditions of service as Officers in the Merchant Navy

There are indications that this spirit of understanding between Navigating and Engineer Officer, is regarded with considérable concern and, in some cases, disapproval in shipowning circles.

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derful chance of winning the race Lange would have stood a won-

had he remembered five lengths to make up the dis- that it took

tance. but finishing up with a burst of speed he stopped at the end of the fourth length and looked up with a winning smile only to realise that he had cal- culated wrongly and had lost the race by one length!

Ecotes:--

H. D. Rumjahn and J. A. Cas-. sumbhoy (I.R.C.):-

beat Taui Wai Pul and Ho Ka

Lau 6-4.

beat Paul Kong and W. C.

Hung 6-3. .it,

beat, Chiu Tsun Chut and Lee

Yul Wing 6-1.

Sumad (IRC)—

I. M. A. Razack and A.

lost to Taul and Eo 4-5. lost to Kong and Hung 2-6. lost to Chiu and Lee 3-6. S, A. Rumjahn and S. A. Ismail (LRC):-

+

drew with Tsut and Ho 6-6. lost to Kong and Fung 4-6. lost to Chiu and Lee $-6:

LAWN BOWLS

Rumjahn Enters Final

The Kwangtung Political Re- search Institute, a semi-legislative body comprising high military and civilian officials has drawn up rough estimates for the establish- cording to their scheme, a sum of ment of a hospital tof lepers, AC-

$250,000, will be required for the construction of the hospital and the purchase of equipment, The monthly expenses are estimated at $14,400.

The Kwangtung Provincial Gov- ernment has to raise money be- fore anything can be done. In the meantime, lepers in Kwang- tung are sent to the leper asylum at Sheklung on the Canton- Kowloon Railway or to the one in Hothow. Both institutions are operated by Roman Catholica.

Recently the Legislative Coun- cil In Hong Kong passed a motion to establish leper hospital to take care of those afflicted with this terrible disease Ini that Colony. It was pointed out that if there is an asylum in Honig Kong for lepers, then all who suffer from, this disease in Kwangtung will fock to that British Colony

As a result of this suggestion, the Kwangtung Political Research Institute made an effort to form estimates for the establishment of such a hospital..

within

mat-

CHINA

very low so that they can be re-

at

sold by recat merchants extremely low rates. This prac elce, the message pointe out, has adversely affected the inter- ests of legitimate native match manufacturers who are thus un- able to compete with such re- tallers.

the

Moreover, the petition contin- ues, smuggled matches sold by the Custom are usually re-labelled Nanking, Aug, 24.

by the Customs authorities. Such labels however have often been That effectual steps be taken imitated by the smugglers, who which he handled the affairs inches. and that smuggled matches traband under the guise of mat- are thus able to sell the'r con- Fukien this summer. resulting in seized by the Customs be destroy- the bandit and Communist raldsed instead of being sold by auc-chas suctioned by the Custamk against Foochow. It is reported tion, is urged by Mr. O. 6. Lieu, Referring to a previous petition this morning that General Chen Chairman of the National Match submitted by the Guild to will be leaving Foochow the next day or so, and that a

Manufacturers' Guild in a pet!- Customs Administration, in which successor will be appointed from

tion to the Ministry of Finance. It is urged that matches conts- along the Fukien military off-

The petition deplores that the be sold by suction bus destroyed. cated by the Customs should not cials.

smuggling of matches. which ac-

as a fundamental means of pro- Very stringent methods have curred in former years only in

has been employed recently in arrest-Foochow and Amoy,

venting smuggling. Mr. Lieu de plores that though the said peti- to Shanghai and on was submitted to the Cus- newcomers to the city With spread the close proximity of the Reds other parts along the Yangtze and the near-Red bandits, many

River. strangers have attempted to enter the city. From among these over 50 have been arrested, all of whom are young

men. Twenty-five of these 50 have already been shot at the West Gate, and the others are awaiting trial,

Severe Fighting Stin

ever

how

toms - “Administration severat months ago, no action has been This has not only affected the taken, largely owing to del Customs revenue, but has also caused by the Internal Revenue been seriously detrimental to the Administration, whose concur- development of the domestic rence is required by the Customs match industry, the message con- Administration. tinues.

toms.

In the interests of the tomes-... the match merchants and manu- fatturers, the present petition ternal Revenue Administrations urges that the Customs and In- be instructed to examine and above-mentioned recommendation

25 possible the

regarding the disposal of corifis- tated matches. Kuo Min.

Referring specifically to measures hitherto adopted by the Severe fighting is still reported smuggling, the petition states that Government for the prevention of in the Lien-kong and the Loyuan it is the usual practice for the districts about 25 miles from Foo-Customis to auction all amuggled opt as soon chow. While everything is report-matches confiscated by the ed quiet in the city, still there is prevailing among all classes. The a decided current of uneasiness.

danger has been increased because of the mutiny of the village guards throughout the province, these various bodies joining with the bandit gangs and callto them- selves Communists.

G. G. Fowler swam a splendia race in the 100 Yards but gafort- The first half of 1934 ends in an unately took a mouthful when Atmosphere of intense expectancy. about to turn for the final lap. and apprehension. Expectancy, in and this put him out of the race. that the Government will announce However, H. G. Lange nicely its proposals for the assistance of timed his spurt to take the race British shipping, and fear, in that rain Yeung Yuk wah whose ter- its policy may, in fact, prove to re burst of speed in the first

The semi-final of the open He a disastrous one.

three lengths robbed him of enplayed yesterday at the Kowloon singles championship which, was There are

persistent rumours, ergy to finish off the event pro Bowling Green between D. Rum- emanating from well informed perly. quarters, that it is the Govern

Jahn and A. . Much surprise

Chapman of the was occasioned

Yacht Club ment's intention to ignore to a in the 50 Yards when Lange was triumph for the Happy Valley resulted in "the considerable extent, the recom-beaten for drst place by Lo Yuk player by 21 shots to 19 on the mendations of the Chamber of Wing in 28-4/5 seconds,

The best managed leper hospital 26th head" after a hard struggle. 1a located at Tal-Kam Island, Shipping (1.e...to grant a temporary! W. Schreuder performed well in

Chapman led by 13 to shots about 80 miles south-west of subsidy) and to introduce a "scrap the long plunge and as this was on the 13th head but could not Macao, and build" policy.

It was founded by the his first attempt at plunging the manage to hold on when Rum-Rev. Dr. John Lake of the South- distances of 52 feet 7 inches did jahn drew level after scoring two. ern Baptist Foreign Mission Board him credit.

three, two and one shots on suc- here. Leaders of social welfare cessive heads. Chapman, though overtaken, was not disheartened and went to take the lead again at the twentieth head the score The 100 Yards Breast Stroke then being 16 to 15 shots. Both As funds for equipment and settled was the best event on the pro- were bowling consistently, Rum-maintenance are derived entirely taking their summer vacations on gramme and the European YM-Jahn forged ahead to lead by 20 from individual givers the Tal-Kullang, mountain, near Foochow CA. looked like winning the event to 16. Chapman was not to be Ham Hospital can accommodate see the hope for immediate re- until H. F. Lange miscaliated discouraged and scored a "g" and only 1250 lepers, hundreds being the number of lengths and Wood a single to bring the

If it be the intention to destrey a considerable number of British ships and to replace one-third of that number by new vessels, it la difficult to foresee how such a plan can operate to the ultimate good of the Nation, or to be otherwise than most detrimental to personnel of all ranks.

BRITISH SHIPPING

Officers are obviously very direct

In the Fancy Diving, E. F. Selx was an easy winner. with the 2nd and 3rd places going to the Chinese.

Anished weakly.

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The Results 50 Yards Free Style:-I. Lo Yuk Wing (CY.M.C.A), 2. HG. Lange (YMGA.), 3 Chan Lai Nam (CYMCA). Time 23.-4/5 secs.

ly concerned in the state of the in- dustry from which they derive their livelihood and to which they devote their lives. None better than they appreciate the fact that great though the commercial importance of our Merchant Fleet is to the country, its importance as a Nation- ol Service is even greater.

1933 was an eventful year In the ese Y.M.C.A. Team; 1 K. Yeung,

at Canton and Hong Kong have visited the Island and have ad- aired the achievements of Dr. Lake.

score to turned away. Leprosy is curable at early stages by injections of chaylmoogra oll of various pre- parations over a prolonged period.

19-20 but Rumjahn refused to submit and registered a single on the last head to win by 21 shots to 19, and quality for the final... This is the first time that Rum- Jahn has reached the final.

The match was umpired by A. 120 Yards Medley Relay (Back O. Brawn. Breast and Free Styles:-1. Chin-

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shipping world. The difficulties P. K, Li and "Y, W. Yeung K.B.G.C. Team For

2. European Y.M.C.A. Team: F. J.

of the previous year remained essentially unchanged in character, Anslow, W. F. Kerr and E. F. Selk.

but became of greater intensity as time progressed. The main causes. of the desperate plight of British shipping can be roughly summaris- ed as follows:-

The 1 min. 15.-2/5 secs.

Long Plunge:-1. W. Schreuder

(EY.M.C.A). 2. H. F. Lange (EY M.C.A.), 3 Wong Shiu-ch.. Distance 52 feet 7 inches.

220 Yards Free Style:-1, H...

ed

Saturday

The following have been select

to represent the Kowloon Bowling Green Club in their

on Saturday, at Kowloon Bowling Green Club. Kowloon..

(1) The shrinkage of world trade. \ Lange (E.Y.M.C.A.), 2. Kwok Hon. league match against C. 8. C..C.

(2) Increased world tonnage.

ming (CYM.C.A.), 3 Kwong Ki-

1

J. Macdonald, E. V. Searle J. G. G. E. F. Thompsoni

(3) The relative reduction in the foon (C.X.MC.A.), 2.Wong Bhiu- British share of world tonnage.

Great hopes were entertained by (E.Y.M.C.A.), B7 points, 2 Cheung Charlton,

hung (CYMCA), 3 R.. B. Wood the Shipping Industry that the Yu-hung (CY.M.C.A), 16 points, (Skip); G. Ross, D. W. Waterton, World Economic Conference held 3 Yeung Fook-pui (C.Y.M.C.A.).-J. L. Tetley, W. E. Hale (Skip); in London in June 1933 would re- 75 points. move many of the barriers which

A. F. Stoneham, C. B. Hosking. impede the "flow of world trade, Lange (EY.M.C.A.). 2. Yeung Yuk-

100 Yards Free Style-1. H. G. M. J. Henderson, J. Rodger (Skip). e.g., tariffs, quotas, embargoes, and wah (CY.M.C.A.), 3 Lo Yuk-wing Exchange problems. Endeavours (C.V.M.C.A.). Time 65.-2/5 secs. were made to curtall the operation 60 Yards Back of State subsidies to shipping. Yeung Iu-kwan, (C.F.M.C.A.), 2 Nam Wah Tat Po Unfortunately, the World Economic Conference achieved no tangible re- sults and, for all practical purposes, failed.

AVIATION DEPARTMENT

Organization To Be Completed In October

Canton, Sept. 5. Commander Wong Kwong Yui

The real danger to Foochow has come mostly from these new groups rather than from the Com-; munists in western Fukien, who were driven back after their one drive against Foochow at the end QI July, The smaller bandit gangs, swollen by the mutiny of the village.guards, made bold to follow the Communist attack on Foochow, and have caused no end of trouble for the military.

The situation is reported to be Missionaries who are

turn to their country stations. Communications are clear at pre- sent between Foochow and Yen-. ping.

COMMUNISTS

HUNAN

IN

Dispersed In Fierce Battle

of the Canton Aviation Depart- ment has decided to thoroughly (From Dur Special Correspondent) reorganise the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th divisions of the Depart- ment, owing to slackness and de- fects in the Instructional Sections for bombing, obstruction and fight log.

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amongst the men is proceeding in It is reported that training

preparation for a thorough and complete reorganisation of the dif- ferent sections of the Aviation Department.

all deserving aviation officers will ficials" posts and the wages of There will be a reshuffing of Stroke:-1 be increased.-

(Continned on Previous Column)

Kwok Hon-ming (C.YM.C.A.) 3 F. J. Anslow (EYMCA), Time 43 secs.

180 Yards Free Style Relay (Team of four): 1. European Y.- M.CAR. B. Wood, G. H. Fow- ler, E. F. Belk and H G Lange.

U. S. BASEBALL 2 Chinese YMCA L N. Chan,

Giants Score A

"Double"

H. L. Sim. Y. W. Yeung and Y W, Y. W. Lo. Time 1 min. 29.-1/5

secs.

Boston

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New York, Sept. 4. New York Giants imposed a double defeat on Philadelphle Philles, the victory, in each case being secured by a single run.

Cleveland Indians beat St. Louts Brown by 8-4 in the only American League game.

The double-header between De- troit Tigers and Chicago White Sox was postponed owing to rain. The following were the results

8 0 Cuccinello homered for Brooklyn

New York Philadelphia

New York Philadelphia

3 8 0

2

0

5.10

0

Joe Moore homered for New York.

American League

Cleveland

St. Loule

412

Brooklyn

National League

R. H. E 10 0

Averill and Trosky homered for Cleveland. Reuter

Canton, 3ept. 5. Communists in Southern Hunan are still active notwithstanding that troops from Hunan, Ewangel, and Kwangtung are making an effort to encircle them.. Hitherto

Reds is undertaken by the Hunan. most of the fighting against the provincial forces under Lient- General La Chieh Jut.

·Lack of highways in Southern. Human has rendered the campRign

the Reds are accustomed to much. more dimcult. On the other hand.

conditions and fight just the same.. on mountains, as on plains. "About six counties in Southern Hanan

are occupied by the Reds.

About 5,000 Reds had an en- counter with the Kwangat troops on Beptember 2, while the former were attempting to go westward en route to Kwelchow. The Kwangsi troops who are stationed at Southern Human gave battle to the Communists who dispersed and fed northward. The battle was a fierce one, as 800 Reda were reported to have been killed.

The Third Independent Division of the 1st Group Army is now over the Kwangtung border in Southern Hunan. Their duty is to prevent the outlaws from rushing Into Hwangtung, but so far they have no trouble with the Reds

Since the contraband is sold by auction, the prices are usually

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