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AMBULANCE BRIGADE

INVESTITURE

Pleasing Ceremony At The Headquarters

In recondition of vainable services rendered to the St. John Ambulance Brigade in Hong Kong, five leading members of the community were invented with Venerable Orders of St. John of Jerusalem by His Excellency, the Officer Administering the Gov- ernment, the Hon. Mr. N. L. Smith at the Brigade › Headquarters yesterday evening.

His Excellency the Hon. Mr. N. L. Smith who was accom- panied by Mr. J. II. B. Les (Private Secretary) and Capt. W. J. R. Cruel. A.D,C., said at the close of the function that he was very lad to have performed the function because when be was asked he was promised that there was going to be nỏ speech making. The function had to be performed at very short notice because In another 24 hours he would ratinguish his post to Sir Thomas Southern who was going to assume the position of Officer Ad- ministering the Government again.

There was a large gathering of friends and members of thë Brigade present. Those who wore seated on the platform with His Excellency, the Hon. Mr. N. L." Smith were: His Lordship, the Right Rev. Bishop Valtorta, Hon. Sir Henry Pollock, Hon. Dr. A. R. Wellington, Hon. Dr. S. W. T'so, Hon., Mr. M. K. Lo, Hon. Mr. R. B. Kotowall, Messrs."Ip Lau Chuen, Mok Kon Sang, while others present included, the Hon Dr. W. B. A. Moore, Messrs. E. Raymond, Ho Kom Tong, Ng Wah, Fang Heang Chuen, Dr. Ma Lak and many others.

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SALE OF WORK

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NEWS FROM CHINA

BRITISH ENVOY WILL,

PROCEED TO CANTON"

Shanghai, Oct. 29.

DINNER PARTY TO Just Arrived !

GENERAL YEN

Nanking, Oct. 29.

General Yen Hai-shan, who re- here to attend the

The usual peace and calm of Helena May Institute was yeater- AS SOON 03 negotiations between day interrupted when a sale of Sir Frederick ·Lalth-Ross, chief | tently came work was held under the auspices | economie adviser to the British forthcoming Sixth Plenary - Ses of the "Ladies Auxilary"..in ald ot, the Sodety for the Protection of Children.

Government, and Chinese govern- sion of the Central Executive ment and financial leaders her: Committee after 7 years absence come to a conclusion, the British from the Capital, had a long in- Lady Southom, OBE, in a few envoy will proceed to Canton, as- terview with Mr. Sun Fo, Presl- wally chosen. words declared the cording to Japanese circles to the dent of Legislative Yuan, and Dr. sale open. and in the course of | South Soma, believing that con-H, H. Kung, Minister of Finance. her speech she said that the pro-siderable difficulties face the Bri- this morning. ceeds of the sale would be devoted tish delegation in its moves here. to a very worthy cause, and for attach much significance to the that reason she would appeal to

visit of the mission to South China. one and all for their unstinted where British interests are gener support.

ally regarded as enjoying exclusive advantages.

A tour of the various stalls which were very tastefully laid out. revealed the fact

that the articles on sale were not only useful "but really good bargains. A large number of ladies were busy "shopping" and judging by their happy smiles they must have been well antished.

STALL HOLDERS

The stall holders were:- Xmas Presents-Lady' Stenton and Mrs. Y. K. Chau. "White Elephant Stall-Mrs. R. M. Henderson and Mrs. J.

After the arrival of His Excel- this Headquarter Building which Ralston.

{ lency, the Hon. Mr. N. L. Smith the is to commemorate the association following then received their in-¦ of your father, the late Mr. Chau slenia from him;

The Hon. Sir William Shenton, Kt. from Officer" (Brother) to Commander" (Brothers of the

Order,

Mr. Au Boon Haw (Silver Donat. Badge) admitted to the Order with the Rank of "Oficer." (Brother).

Yue Teng, J.P.. with the St. John Ambulance Association and Brigade, as well as to perpetuate his memory and works of bene- volence, especially in connection with the Medical work inaugurated in the New Territories, and of which he was a most ardent ad- mirer and supporter.

With the sanction and approval of His Majesty the King. Sovereign Head of the Order, you are now

Mr. Chau Man Chi (Silver Donat Badge) admitted to the Order with the rank of "Officer" (Brother)"

Mr. Tang Shiu Kin admitted to the Order with the rank of "Om-admitted to the Order with the cer."

(Bronze

Mr. Ip Kwal Chung Donat Badge) admitted to the Order with the rank of "Serving Brother."

rank of Oficer Brother Associate, and I have very great pleasure in investing you with the Insignia of that rank

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MR... TANG SHIU KIN

In recognition of the very oner- cus financial responsibilities de- voiving upon you as Chairman of the Finance Committee in succes- ston to Mr. Ho Kom Tong, Knight of Grace, for the services already rendered in this connection; and

SIR WM. SHENTON The Hon. Sir William Shenton, Kt was supported by Mr. Ho Kom I g on his right and the Bon "Dr. W. B. A. Moore on his left while the other four recipients were supported by. Mr. A. Morriss and the Hon. Dr. W. B. A. Moore. in expectation of further continued Addressing the recipients. His Ex-assistance, the Sovereign Head of cellency sald;

the Order, His Majesty the King, has been pleased to admit you to membership of the Order with the rank of Officer Brother Associate. and I have very great pleasure in investing you with the Insignis of that rank.

You have acted as Honorary legal adviser to the St. John Am- bulance Association and Brigade with the substantive rank of Dls trict Officer in the St. John Am- bulance Brigade.

Your many legal services to the Organisation were recognised by Great Priory of which the Sover- eign Head. His Majesty the King. sanctioned your admission to the Order of St. John of Jerusalem with the rank at Officer in 1932.

Your outstanding achievements tire embodied

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(a) in the Ordinance of Incor- poration of thề St. John Am-- bulance Association and Brigade,

(b) in the working agreement between, and the subsequent amalgamation of "The New Territories Medical Bene-

HP. IP KWAI CHUNG You are attorney to Mr. Aw Poon Haw, and were granted the Bronze Donat Badge of the Order in 1934

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During a stay here, the Bri- tish mission is expected to con- clude investigations into the asse's and labi.itles of the Chinese trea-; sury as well as Nanking' internal, revenue.- Union News,

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RELIEF BONDS

At 8 o'clock this evening. Gene-

Yen was entertained by Mr. Chiao Yi-tang. Vice-President of Judicial Yuan, at a dinner party.— Central News Agency.

DAMS TO BE DESTROYED

Hsuchow. Oct. 29.

In a pétition to the Government Authorities,

the Kuanyun po. pulace urge the main dams along Blutun River, Palyen River and the east bank of Yer. River to be destroyed; so as to ease the dow of the Yellow River flood waters now gathered in Kuanyun Dis- trict.

Nanking. Ot.c 29." It is reported here that the is- The congestion of large volumes suance of $20,000,000 food relefos flood waters in various water- bond by the Ministry of Finance art- ways ip Kuanyun, the petition Provisions Mrs. Gubbay. Mrs. ginally commenced from Naven-points out directly that, it is re- bez i will be postponed, in view of sponsible for the present. icunda- Begg and Mrs. Peter Bin.

the fact that the regulations zov- tion of vast area. lying between erring issuance have, not yet been the south bank of the Yen River submitted to the Legislative Yüan and the border of Halchow. Dis- for approval..........

trict. It more flood waters should Central News Agency.

be accumulated, there would be a

grave danger of complete undation of the district.-

Parcel Wrapping-Mrs. A. Hicks. Tea-Mrs. Maughan. Miss Tso. Mrs. Westlake and Mrs. A. White, Bran Tubs Mrs. McAvoy and Miss Dor's Kotewall,

Randes-Miss

Helen Kotewall and Miss Mary Taylor...

POPPY DAY

Appeal For

Funds

GENERAL CHANG ARRIVES Central News Agency.

Nanking, Oct. 29.

Gerera Chang Chun, Chairman

of Hupeh Provincial Government, arrived here from Shanghal bis morning

RESTRICTION ON OUTFLOW OF SILVER

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Nanking. Oct. 29. The Ministry of Finance has

Shortly after his arrival, Gene- ra Chang Interviewed the Cep-granted a permission to the cus- tral authorities to report on Hupeh Chuichow. all in Kwangtung, to tomá of Canton, Swntow And the HR.H. The Prince of Wales, who Pallical administration ard is the Patron of the British Legion, food rele: work now undertaken made a remarkable speech on the in that province- occasion of the National Whitsun-Central News Agency.

tide Conference of the British Legion, 1935. Here is a short ex- tract from it concerning Poppy Day 1934 at Home;

"Cotaldering the weather, was

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LIBRARY ENTERPRISE

Shanghai, Oct. 29. Commissioned by the Ministry the worst that we ever had, the of Education, Mr. Hsiang Chueh results of Poppy Day were nearly min, Director of the National Pei- as good as they were in the pre-ping Library, lelt here for Eng- vious year. We must always stress the importance of Poppy Day, and never relax our efforts on its be- half. because. with the gradual winding-up of the United Services Fund, the responsibilities, of the Legion are growing, and the calls upon our funds owing to the ad- vancing age of ex-Service men--- are not diminishing."

appreciation and recognition of the financial services rendered in

POPPY DAY FUND raising money by Theatrical per- Previously acknowledged formances, collections and other Sir Robert Ho Tung...

Medical means, for the furtherance of D Drummond Benevolent work, at E. Lewis.......

Cheung Chau, and the New Ter-E. C. Frederick ritories, North and South. You" R.K."

are now admitted to membership D L Newbigging of the Order of St. John of Jeru~ salam. with the sanction and ap- proval" of His Majesty the King. Sovereign Head of the Order, with

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and this morning by the Italian iner; to investigate the library enterprise in that country Central News Agency.

NEW HEADQUARTERS

Chungking, Oct. " The Chungring. Provisional Headquarters of the Generalissimo $2,335 | wld be formally inaugurated early next month, according to informa- 26 tion from local political circles,

Part of the staff members of the 25 Generalissimo's Provisional Head- 25 quarters at Nanchang and Wu. chang has been transferred to Chungking.– $2,545 Central News Agency.

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Further contributions will be

Maunder, Secretary to the F LOCAL ESTATES Haig's Fund, York Building. Hong

volent Society" working un- the rank of Serving Brother Asso-gratefully received by Mr. F. G. der the direction and or-

clate, and I have, very great ganisation of-Str Elly Kadoorie, Mr. L. Kadoorie, pleasure in investing you with the Mr. J. E. Joseph, Mr. F. A Insignis of that rank.

THE OEDERS Joseph. Mr. E. M. Raymond, Professor Gerrard and Dr.

Very few people are aware that Arthur Woo-with the Or- any decorations of the Order have ganisation of St. John also precedence over many other de operating in the New Ter-corations. ritory, of which new com- bination you are now Pre- sident,

(e) in your many services in an

advisory capacity,

(d) in your position as our, om- cla representative between the Organisation of St. John and Government.

Kong.

Cheques should be made payable to Thomson & Co., and crossed "Poppy Day Fund."

HARMSTON'S CIRCUS

The highest Order in the Brigade are. Bailiff Grand Cross and Dames

Children will be more Grand Cross followed by Knights

than delighted to learn that the famous. of Justice and Dames of Justice.

The next in order is Knights of Harmston Circus. Is returning to Grace of whom the following in the Colony for their customary Hong Kong have received: sir stay here, and will be giving per- Cecil Clementi, Mr. Edwin Ralph, formances in about a weeks time. Sir William Peel, Mr. Ho Kom so the "Dally Fress" was informed Tong, and Sir Robert Ho Tungal arrangements for their Wille Lady Margaret Ho Tung re- culcssal show, zo according to

You are now promoted in the Order to the rank of Commander as a further token of appreciation ceived the Dames of Grace order. of your manifold services and in.

view of your impending retirement from active service in Hong Kong: and I have very great pleasure in Investing you with the Insignia of

that rank

MR. AW POON HAW

Mesms, Alfred Morris, Cháu Tai Kwong and the Hon. Dr. W. B. A Moore all received the Serving Brothers Order some time back.

schedule.

It was stated that Harmston has

Mr. Bowes-Smith's Will

Local

estate to the value of $115,000 was left by the late Mr. Aubrey Maurice Bowes-Smith, the well known. exchange broker, who died" at the War Memorial Nursing Home of September 25 this year. Probate of the will and a codicil was granted to the widow, Mrs. Katharine Margery

Bowes-Smith.

In his will dated August, 1931,

Qutflow

or the carry restriction of siver from Kwangtung. ordered by the Kwangtang Pro- vincial Government.

Passengers will not be allowed to earry more than $10 of allver coins from these ports. The ex- cessive amount will be confiscat- Ed.-

Central News Agency.

REVISED DRAFT

Narking. Oct. 28. The revised draft constitution, which has recently passed by the Legislative Yuan, has been pre- pared in form of a yellow book and will be submitted to the forth- coming sixth Plenary Session of the Centra Executive Committee. As soon as the draft was passed by the Central Executive Com- mittee Session, the resolution will be brought before the coming Fifth Kuomintang Congress and the People's Congress for discus- sion.

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The constitution will come inte effect after. It is adopted by the People's Cor gress. Central News Agency.

OBITUARY

The many friends of Mr. Gus d'Aquino will leam with deep regret the death of his aunt, Miss A. d'Aquino at the age of 54 years which occurred at the French Hospital yesterday morning follow- ing upon a prolonged illness.

The deceased lady had been alling for the last 21 years and was admitted to hospital on and off during this time. Her demise did not come as a surprise to the many friends.

The deceased was the daughter of the late Mr. E. H. d'Aquino,

1.5.0 at one time connected with the Stamps Office, G.P.O. She leaves behind two brothers and alster E. G. d'Aquino," · J. - G.

Kong and a brother Mr. La G. d'Aquino of Manila besides many other relatives to mourn her

sympathy is extended to them in their aid bereavement.

obtained lease of the vacant plece MT. Howes-Smith appointed his d'Aquino, Mrs. H. T. Jorge of Hong

ground opposite the old Child-wife and Mr. 8. 8 Ferry, of ren's playground at Chatham Prince's Building, Bg executrix Road, on the Kowloon waterfront, and executor respectively, and the Mr. Aw Boon Haw who received which is the property of the Horgkong and Shanghal Banking death, and to whom the deepest tank" of "Officer” (Brother) yes- terday is still interested in the Metropolition Lands Ltd. It was Corporation as trustees. Cheung Chau Hospital and it is condefitly stated that this year's iteresting to note that he is still show will be better than ever, for the wild animals that besides evincing the 'säine Keen interest in for your gift of $43,435, in the form it. It is understod that this gen-have always featured their pro-brey Bowes-Smith, if and when he evening at the Roman Catholic of the At Par, Hospital at Cheung tleman is contemplating giving Chau. You are now admitted to membership of the Order of St. further financial support to this

Institutionu

"You were awarded the Silver Donat Badge of the Order in 1934

John of Jerusalem, with the sanc- tion and approval of His Majesty the King, Sovereign Head of the Order, with the rank of Omçer Brother Associate, and I have very great pleasure in investing you with the Insignia of that rank.

MR. CHÁU MÀN CHI

You were awarded the Silver Donst Badge of the Order in 1934. for the joint gift from yourself and family, of $70,000, this sum being Conated towards the erection of

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gramme, new artists and per- formers have been signed on.

He bequeathed:

£2,000 to his son William Au-

shail attain the age of 21

£2,000...to. his daughter, Miss 10 is expected that the first pro- Joan Margery Bowen-Smith, I gramthe, with matinee and night and when she shall attain the age performances will open approxi~ } of 21% mately on November 7."

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assist Sergeant Godwin who will take charge of the Criminal In- vestigation... Department, Shar shulpo, until the "return" of Sub- Inspector A. E. Carey,

$2,000 to his clerk, Ah Punj $200 to each of his ricksha copiles;

An annuity of £60 to his mother, Mrs. Alfred Bmith, of Meadowbrook, Hildenborough,

The funeral took place yesterday

Cemetery and was very largely attended. There was also many ; floral tributes."

in the hards of the Trustees for

the benefit of his wife.

POLICE TRANSFERS

The following transfers in the

Local estate to the value of Hong Kong Polee-Force will take

$31 200 was left by Mr. Botheby codfrey Bird, late of St. Edmunds, affect as from Friday: gg.

Sub-Inspector G. Poyntz from

Scoe, Norfolk, who died at the Shamshulpoto Central: regular

above address on April 8, 1935, duty, vice Sergeant Rygers from

The remainder of the estate, | An application by Mr. G. G. N. Central to Abasbulpo, ging

coupled with all his personal Tinson, the lawful attorney, for Sergeant Hunter from regular to Shamshulpovice Bergeant effects, including motor-cars and sealing certified copy of grant of duty to plain clothes duty to Banks from Central to Hunghom. musical Instruments were placed probate of the will was allowed.

Bergeant. Nolan from Hunghom

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