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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD ARTIST

"Mickey's Wedding." by Ela to Chan. An exhibition of draw- ings by this eight-year-old Chinese boy was opened in Man- chester recently.

A CHINESE BOY ARTIST

Aldous Huxley. In his introduc- range from gory Crucifixions to tion to a book of war pictures by "Mickey's Wedding," and from po- Spanish school children, roundly litical cartoons to such lights of declared that "when they are left fancy as a brontosaurus snapping to themselves. most children dia- at an aeroplane. play "astonishing artistic talents." "when they are interfered But with and given lessons in art," he went on, "they display little be yond docility. and a chameleon- like power to imitate whatever models are set up for their ad- miration."

But in all there is the same instinctive sense of pattern, the

uninhibited

same

Inventiveness.

PUPPET GOVT. OFFICIALS IN

HIDING

GENERAL

CARNIVAL

IN MACAO

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT) SHANGHAI, Feb. 21 (Int'l)

MACAO, Feb. 21-Many Hong- Following the assassination of Mr. Chen Lu, Minister of Foreign kong visitors, both British and Portuguese, were among the guests Affairs of the so-called "Reformed who attended the various parties Government,” all other puppet held in connection with the four- officials staying bere for the day. Carnival festival in this Chinese New Year are in hiding. Colony. The merry-making season Those who have to go about began with the Mexican Night ball have increased their bodyguards. at the Club de Macau on Saturday while the Japanese military have night, which was attended by the advised all Chinese puppet oficials elite of Macao. HE the Governor, to return to Nanking, "which is Dr. Artur Tamignini de Sousa Bar-

bosa, was among the guests, safe."

Yesterday the Gremic Militar

"

Even the Japanese protected

as was the scene of another Carnival New Asla Hotel is not safe, some

an oficial, dance which lasted until the early months ago named Yu Ta-hung, was assassin-hours of this morning, while a similar function was held at the: ated in a room above that of a ranking Japanese intelligence on Macao Club by the Melco Staf

Club. cer. The crime was only revealed several hours after the assailants had left.

CHINESE UNIVERSITIES

Study Of Islamic Culture

the same authentic delight in gor- geous colour, the same frisky spirit of run. and the same skilled sug- CHUNGKING, Feb. 22 (Int'l)— gestion of character and move- China's Supreme National Defence ment. And in his mest mature Council has announced that it bas the petition of the The eight-year-old Chinese" pro- (and startlingly ambitions) can- accepted digy Plato Chan, an exhibition of vas. "Welcome to China." there is Chinese Mohammedana' National whose work was opened at 42 something more: a hint of the Salvation Association, representing]" Deansgate, by Mrs. Guy Warman, strange, and exciting potentialities 50,000,000 Moslems in China, might fairly be described as the of a fusion between the European add studies in Islamic culture to exception who, disproves these and Oriental concepts of visual the curricula in Chinese Institu rules. For his "astonishing artis-art.

tions of higher learning.

&

to

Monday's dance was held at the First of June Club. Many. Hong- kong visitors who are remained over for the Chinese New Year holidays, attended. The season closes to-night with the Grand Masquerade at the Club de Macau. Children's matinees have been held in all the clubs.

tradi- This year's "turia," or tional string-band, is being con- ducted by Mr. Luis A. Gets, who was also responsible for the band's organisation last year.

CORRESPONDENCE

CHRIST CHURCH

SERVICES

To the Editor, ""The Hongkong Daily Press"]

Sir-In consultation with the

vice

tie talents" are certainly excep This exhibition was open for 8 It will be the first time Islamic tional, and remain Irrepressibly fortnight, and the proceeds from culture has been studled i Parochial Church Council at its active and anything but imitative admission charges went to the In-Chinese universities and colleges meeting this month, I have decld- In the teeth of "interference" on ternational. Peace Hospital in since introduction of the modern ed to change the times of the what must be, for a boy of his China. During most of that time education system a century ago. Christ Church services. The ser- of Mattins or, Choral years. an unprecedented scale.

visitors found the artist drawing Three Chinese Mohammedan scho-

Eucharist, which, is now held at But his art is undoubtedly pictures to order, working left-lars, all now in Egypt, were

nine o'clock, will, on and after the chameleon-like-far too much so handed in pen and ink without pointed to lecture on Lalamic

first Sunday in March, be held at to admit of adequate description preliminary sketching, rapidly fl-culture. They are graduates

English service, which is now held at 10.30, will be at eleven o'clock. The reasons for this change are too numerous to specify here, but one of the results of it will be that

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in a brief notice. His subjects ling the paper from right to left the 908-year-old Asbar University ten o'clock, and the Mandarin-

with gruesome scenes of the war in Catro.

of which he knows nothing at first-hand, and composedly obil-

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TROOPS

CHANGSHA, Feb. 21 (Int'l) —

Anti-war feeling among Japanese Orders by the Hon. Mr. T. H. King. troops in China are mounting as

Commissioner of Polica

seen in the mysterious fire in the Wuchang aerodrome, where thir- teen Japanese planes were de-

CHINESE COMPANY

Patrol duty-Nightly between | stroyed. 20.00 hours and midnight by mem- bers as detalled by the Officer in Charge of Company.

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INDIAN COMPANY ·· Commendation Constable 12208 SAYED ZAFFAR ALAM is com- mended by the Commissioner of Police for rendering effective as- sistance, in the face of a hostile crowd, to P. C. B. 338 BASTA SINGH in the execution of his duty at Anton Street on January 20, 1939.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1939. -PAGE 7

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One other result will be that the ing theories underlying the matter An unconfirmed report stated Christ Church service will have to assumed by Helen Koues, in her that Lleut-General Kenji Dolhara be kept strictly within the limit book, How To Be Your Own Dec- WELS wounded in Peiping by of one hour. Seats at the back ofjorator; Tudor Publishing Company, Japanese women who were forced the church will be kept empty New York; $1.25. to come to China to comfort the during the ten o'clock service so troops, following the death of their that people arriving a little before! husbands in the China front.

REQUIEM MASS

The few fundamentals that are eleven for the later service may outlined in the first chapter are slip.quietly into them to wait for made practical by running con- nection with pictures and plans. the beginning of their service.

The ten o'clock service will, of From then on, the several phases⠀ course, have to begin exactly at of successful home furnishing are ten o'clock, but we have always explained simply in text that is aimed at punctuality: so that can- tied in with pictures and plans of Patrol Duty,Nightly between A Requiem Mass was held at not be thought of as an innova- either single rooms or whole doors. 20.00 hours and midnight by mem- the Roman Catholic Cathedral tion. Thiope that this change will bers as detailed by the Omcer in yesterday morning for the late not cause people very much in-and textiles; the use of colour; Charge of Company.

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The convenience, and I shall be grate- Bishop Dominic" Pozzoni. very Rev. Fr. A. Riganti officiat-ful for opinions about it.

DAVID ROSENTHALL ed, and the Rt. Rev. H. Valtorta,

Vicar of Christ Church, Patrol Duty-Nightly between Vicar-Apostolle of Hongkong, gave 20.00 hours and midnight by mem the blessing. The music was gung bera as detailed by the Officer in by the Chinese students of the Charge of Company.

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Patrol Duty-Nightly between 20.00 hours and midnight by mem- bers as detailed. by the Officer in Charge of Company.

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Hongkong. February 21.

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