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WOMEN'S PAGE

Through Jungles of Burma & Siam

CATHOLIC

TRAVEL ADVENTURES RECOUNTED CATHEDRAL

TO HONGKONG Y'S MEN'S CLUB

The Y's Men's Club of Hongkong was entertained at its weekly tiffin yesterday by two speakers. Messrs. Charles John- son, 20-year old American, and George Cadogan, 24-year old Canadian, who briefly and unassumingly related their travel adventures since they joined forces following a chance meeting In Calentts

Dr. L. Shlu-pui presided at, the meeting.

Mr. Johnson, who first.

spoke

said he was not much used to

KING & QUEEN

speaking, and lived up to that AT VANCOUVER

remark by putting his own story In a very few words.

Started From

Canada

VICTORIA, June 1 (Rea- ter-Their

the Majestles King and Queen left in

for steamer

Vancouver at

time) 10.20 am (Loezi

yes-

He said Mr. Cadogan had start- ed out from Canada a year ago, exactly. Working his way across. Atlantic the North

terday). Ocean on board a Norwegian freighter, he! had gone through the British Isles." Holland, Belgium, into Ger many, being in that latter coun- try during the September crisis of last year.

Thence he had

gone on to Austria, Greece, Egypt and Pales- tine. A trip across the desert to Iraq, and he found himself in India where he stayed for four months studying the people and the "conditions under which they lived.

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Teamed Up In the meantime Mr. John- himself had left the United States, and, via Japan and China, had also arrived in India There the two of them teamed up, with the intention of going through the Burma road. When they ar rived in Burma, however, they

new

A later message from Van- Couver states that Therr at 10.50 Majesties arrived p.m. (B.S.T.)

had found that was imprac- Micable, so they went through the Jungle. using a ropte prac- tically unknown to foreign travellers, to Slam

Mr. Cadogan enlarged upon the detatis of his own trip, and des. cribed the jungle journey, which be sald was the highlight of his

12-months" travels.

No Place Like Home The speakers were thanked by Mr. R. 8. Lee, who, however, an- nounced that for him there was no place like home. and he did not wish to be anywhere else. (Laughter).

BOYS AND GIRLS!

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CEREMONY

GUNNER OFFICER

MARRIED

At the Roman Catholic Cathe- dral in Hongkong yesterday after- noon. a very pretty wedding took

place when Miss Susanne Petri.

daughter of Major A. V. Petri.

G.S.0.3, for Anti-Gas Training at

the China Command, Headquarters, and Mrs. Petri, became the wife 'of Lieut. E W. Sconce, R.A., who

is stationed at Singapore.

The bride, who arrived in the Colony last week with her mother, looked very charming and was. given away by her father.

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Bishop H. Valtorta, Vicar Apos- Itolle of Hongkong, assisted by the Rev. C. J. Winstanley, C.F., per- formed the ceremony, Capt. A. F.. carried out the D. Colson, RA, duties of bestman,

A reception was held, following the ceremony, at the Hongkong Club Annere, about 100 guests being present, including HE the G.O.C.. Major Gen. A. E Glasett, and Mrs. Grasett, and Col. A. G. Neville, M.C., G.8.0.1, and Mrs. Neville.

The honeymoon is to be spent at Baguio, P.I.

MARRIAGES AT

REGISTRY

The weddings took place at the Supreme Court yesterday between Mr. Don Talt-moy, aeronautical engineer, and Miss Ng King-ol, residing at No. 87, Bonham Road, and Mr. Fol T3i-shen, merchant, and Miss Tse Ko-wan, of No. 60, Cheung Sha Wan Road,

Mr. T. J. Gould, Deputy Regis- trar of Marriages, officiated.

Mr.

SOCIAL

SEEKING AID FOR REFUGEES

From Pan American Airways Public Relations Department, Miarul.

the Florida, comes above photograph of Miss Lee Ya-ching of Hongkong, who Left Hongkong by Clipper some months ago and silting every large city in the United States, flying her own plane, to solicit funds and assistance for Chinese refugees.

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Miss Lee is well-known in Hongkong's social and aviation circles, is expert pilot," being the only female Chinese member of the famous Cater- pillar Club of the United States, which is restricted. to pilots who have parachuted out of planes safely.

Miss Lee also recently ob- tained a motion picture con- tract in Hollywood.

NEWSETTES

E. F.

Bhattress, of

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the The death occurred in Kuala

P. W. D., celebrates his birthday Lumpur" of Mr. David V. Kandiah,

retired

and to-day.

Inspector, Weights Measures, Selangor and a Director and Secretary of the Oriental Bank of Malaya Ltd. He was 58 years old.

Mr. M. I. De Ville, of the P. W. D. will celebrate his blithday to- iday.

The

has

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Viscouritess. Halifax

Capt. Ronald P. Tulloch, Assis- succeeded the Countess Spencer as tant Professor of Science at the Lady in Waiting to the Queen.

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Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, who was killed by an avalanche The YMCA will hold a Beach while ski-ing on Wolfgang slopes Pienie on Wednesday, May 7. to over Davos, Switzerland, in January the 13 mile beach. The bus left estate valued at $2,155.. will leave at 2:30 p.m.

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The pubite of Kowloon are re- The Y.M.C.A. Launch Picnic to minded that a course of A R. P. Cheung Chau will be held on lectures, to be given in English, Saturday, June 10, al 9.15 a.. by Mr. 6. V. Boxer, B.Sc., at St. starting from the K.F. Pier.

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The Hon. David W. L Melville, son of the 11th Earl of Laven' and Melville, who died in Gilgil, Kenya Colony, recently. left estate" in England valued at. £930..

Andrew's Church Hall, Kowloon, an Tuesdays and Fridays, at 8 pm. commences this evening.

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Mr. W. 8 Davey has been ap- pointed as Head of Chemical Divi- · slon, Rubber Research Institute of Malaya. in place of Dr. Edgar A National Government man-Rhodes, Mr. Davey has for many date issued on Wednesday ap-years been on the research staff pointed Mr. Kung Hsiang-yung as of the London Advisory Committee Chairman of the Yellow River for Rubber Research (Ceylon and

Malaya). Conservancy Commission.

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The late Lt-Cmdr. Andrew, Y. Mr. Justice Mills, the Johore. Catto, director. of Mengkibol Judge, is retiring at the end of (Central Johore) Rubber Company September. He will be succeeded by and for Sedenak Rubber Estates, Mr. L V.J. Laville, Legal Adviser, and brother of Lord Catto. left Johore, who has previously acted estate valued at £4,532.

The YMCA. Discussion

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as judge. Mr. Laville will be rǝ- lieved of his duties as Lagal Group Adviser by Mr. R. Moor, acting will meet on Sunday at 9, p.m. Crown Counsel. Penang. Prof: W. Forster, M.A., of the

Hongkong University will speak Lieut, Col. H. B. W. Savile, M. the on Education-Recent Develop- C. former Commandant of

F.M.6. Volunteer Force, died "at ments."

jhis home Locksheath House.

The death took place at the Southampton. He was about 48 General Hospital, Singapore, after years of age. Col. Savile vacat- a very short illness, of Harold ed the post of Commandant of Gunson Thorpe, son of Rear-At-the FM.B. Volunteers in Decem miral and Mrs. Thorpe of Londonber at the conclusion of his third at the age of 40 years. Mr. Thorbe period of service in Malaya. was attached to the Municipal Engineer's Department, Singapore

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Mr. and Mrs. R.

Tessensohn

as Assistant Engineer (Roads). were the guests of honour at the dinner given by the Singapore Senhor Alvaro B. Laborinho. Recreation Club recently. Mr. Consul for Portugal, will be leaving A. J. Braga, President of the and paid # the Colony to-day by Imperial SR.C. presided Airways for Alexandria, en route glowing tribute to Mr. Tessensohn. to Johannesburg to take up his who had been a member of the new appointment in that city. The Bingapore Recreation Club for 49 Chancellor of the Portuguese Con-years, 37 years of which were sulate in Hongkong, Mr. Francisco spent on the Committee Mr. Tes Paulo de V Hoares, will be in sensohn was the recipient of a charge as Acting Coman, until the siver salver the

gift of the arrival of Benhor Laborinho's members, for his long and mert-

torious service to the Club.

X-Rays May Make Roses Big As Trees

If you are having troubis with your roses of your cu- cumbers-be patient

Experiments now being carried out are producing plants double and treble their normal size.

The experiment, follow the ac- cidental discovery that colchicine,

a chemical used to destroy fungus, has a different property when sub- Hlected to X-ray treatment...

DOUBLES THE SIZE

After X-ray the fungus thrived and doubled in size.

& re- to

Professor R H Stoughton, Eng- land's only horticultural professor. describing the discovery in cent lecture, said the idea is give a flower special treatment, based on the, accidental discovery. As the flower comes into seed, the treatment doubles the charac- teristics of the plant.

Seeds from a normal "plant be- come twice as large as untreated plants, and subsequently produce double size plants when they in "turn" grow into complete bloom.

The death occurred at Palace- gate, W., recently of Mr. Alfred Markham Townsend, at the age of 193 He was the son of the Rev. T. J. M. Townsend. of Searby. Lincolnshire, and was late manager of the Hongkong and Shanghai: Banking Corporation,

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Japanese captive, Shinichi Takada, formerly a tailor of for- eign clothes in Japan, and three; captured

women. Po Korean Sang-hua, Pal Yu-chu and Pal Fung-al, are helping the Loyang Women's Work. Commission in .Chinese making uniforms

has soldiers. The Commission lauched a campaign for soldiers' uniforms.

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Acting upon instructions from the French Government, Com- mander Ferte-Senere, Air Attache of the French Embassy in China, has conducted an investigation into the extent of damage to the French Church caused by Japanese planes in a recent air raid 'in Ichang. He will make a report to his home government. He left here for Chungking en route to Kunming on Wednesday.

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