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Conte Rosso. A sudden liness his family demands his presence in the north

SOCIAL

China's Girl Guides

WARTIME SERVICE

FOR NATION

CHUNGKING, July 6 (Cen- iral) The total number of guides registered with the National Boy Scouts and Girl Guides Association of China. now stands at 78,793, of whom 2.411 are serving with their brothers at the fronts.

CATHEDRAL WEDDING

PRETTY SUMMER

BRIDE...

At St. John's Cathedral, yestër- day afternoon, at: 3.30, one of the summer's prettiest · brides, Miss Katherine Mok, took her vows of marriage with Mr. Louis LL

The Rev. A. P. Rose officiated at the wedding ceremony, and the Chinèse choir of St. Mary's Church provided a background of music, Mr. J. R. M. Smith was at the organ.

The bride, daughter of Mr. Mok Hing Chin, of Hongkong was escorted to the altar by her father. Her bridal costume was fashioned from white slipper satin, tailored with a high neck gathered Bodice,

the deep waist line merging into a füll draped skirt with "a slight'

The majority of these guides are Mrs. Gwen Barber will sail to-important, back-area work, such doing less spectacular, but equally day via the ms. Titjalengka for

collecting funds, clothing train. A long white silk tulle em-: Shanghal where she will visit for and medical supplies, pushing broidered vell was caught to her several weeks. then return to the wartime literature, giving moral head by orange blossoms.

Colony.

-Miss Mok carried a bouquet of encouragement to the wounded, Monsignor Mario Zanin, Aposed into 338 units, with an average sister Miss Mok Shuk Yin, her frock

carrying messages. They are divi-white lilles and greens. tolle delegate to China, arrived in of 233 persons per unit.

Attending the bride was her

Chungking from Kunming by plane on Tuesday. He will interview Chinese "Government authorities.

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H. E. the Governor of the Straits Settlements, Sir Shenton Thomas, has honoured the Overseas League, London, by kindly consenting to become Patron of the Singapore Branch of the League.

A medical unit sent by Chinese medical circles in Shanghai arrived in Kunming on Wednesday. The unit, comprising 14 members, will soon leave for Kwelyang en route to the front.

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Tales of Heroism

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Many tales of the heroism of girl guides have been reported to the Association's, Headquarters in Chungking. At the Nanchang front, in March, for example, one of the girl guides, Miss Wang Shit- wen, remained at her post to the last moment and was captured by a Japanese tank unit, never to be heard of agam.

Another guide. Miss L I a member of the same unit, was shot and wounded in the chest by the Japanese because she too remained at her post to the last Although two of her ribs were broken, she was

At the election of members held fortunately rescued by her comrades at the Chinese Chamber of Com-who carried her away to a hospital merce yesterday, 100 members were northwest of Nanchang where she elected. Amongst those elected is still receiving medical treat- was Mr. Lee Shing-kul, who had ment. 21 the biggest number of votes.

A meeting between General issimo Franco and the Italian Foreign Minister, Count Clano. will take place on July 17 at Zaraus near San Sebastian. The Spanish Foreign Minister, Count Jordana. will be present at the meeting. (T.O.)

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Wartime Work

Those working in the rear lines

Chungking one of their activities are busy with wartime work. In has been the soliciting of 20,000 "comfort soldiers fighting at various fronts. letters for Chinese

The girl guides, in their own "com- fort" letters, enclose self-made handkerchiefs, drawings photographs. These letters toge-

and

Two well-known Singapore Chither with 480.000 others, will be nese newspapers, the Nanyang dispatched to "the fronts by the Slang, Pau and the Sin Kou "Min government authoritles..

Jit Poh, have been amalgamated.

A new company has been formed under the style of Nanyang Press, Ltd., to control the two papers which, however, will continue to (be published independently.

WOMAN COMMANDER

FOR AUXILIARY TERRITORIAL CORPS The Chinese Red Cross Society LONDON, July 6 (BW8)-The has issued an appeal for 200,000 War Office announces that Dame deses of Neosalvarsan 10% the Helen Gwynne-Vaughan has been treatment of relapsing fever in the appointed Director of the Auxiliary Hupeh. Honan and Shendi pro-Territorial Service Army Branch. vinces The drug, which is also with the rank of Chief Controller. known as "914," has proved to be

The formation of the Auxiliary

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a speciic for relapsing fever which Territorial Service was announced has appeared in epidemic form in in September last. certain areas in China,

The corpa of women was created to release them from performing Certain The marriages took place yester-military duties. The force is now day at the Registry, Supreme organized and it is felt, that the Court, of Mr. Young Sam-min, present Juncture is opportune for merchant, of No. 483. Nathan Road. it to be administered and con- and Miss La! Suk-kan, of No. 12. trolled in future by a woman Essex Crescent. and Mr. To Wal. 'commander and staff in the War interpreter of the Secretariat of Omice. Chinese Affairs, and Miss Wan

The strength of the service is Wal-ha, of No. 683a, Shanghai now 913 officers and 16,547 mem" Street: Mr, T. J. Gould, Deputy bars. Registrar of Marriages, officiated.

Dame Helen Gwynne-Vanghar is Professor of Botany in the Twenty-four Chinese peasant University of London. She is best women recently paid a visit to the known to the general public, how- soldiers fighting on the east bank ever, as Chief Controller of Queen of Wu River in Klangs. They are Mary's Auxillary Corps with members of the Kiangat Rural British Armies in France during Women's "Comfort" Corps. They the Great War and later 18. Com-. _brought with them a large number mandant of the Women's Royal of towels and more than 2,000 pairs, Air Force.

of shoes to the soldiers and a number of banners to the officers as a token of respect.

the

A preliminary exhibition 01 Bir Kingsley Wood, Secretary for paintings and designs by Mias Air, was received in audience by Lang Pao-tze, director of the the King at Buckingham Palace on China Industrial Art Centre, will Tuesday. During the morning the 'be held at the St. Francis Hotel on King also received the new Chilean Monday, at 5.30 pm. §. Ambassador and the new Yugo-

slay and Uruguayan Ministers, who Further progress has been made presented their letters of credence. In London with the organisation S1 Howard Kennard, British Am- of transport in time of war. A bassador at Warsaw, was received scheme for the control of road

audience by the King yesterday passenger services

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rationing with petrol has now been made public by the Minis- A handbook entitled "Protection ter of transport..

of Your Home" is available at all booksellers at the price of 5 cents A series of trips have been per copy in English, and 3 cents planned for the new GermİALI per copy in Chinese. The public airship

Zeppelin" during are specially recommended this July. No passengers will be carried handbook; which describes fully on these cruises which are being the methods of protection against undertaken in order ot show the air raids which should be adopted new airship to the German people By householdere. Any further in- in different parts of the country. formation required on the subject | Landings at various towns and may be obtained from the Air Rad Air d'eplays have been arranged. Precautions Omice.

was a floor length, pink silk net fashion "

Mr. Li was attended by his brother. Mr. Li Shiu Hong K

After the church ceremony, a re- ception was held in the Root Gar- den of the Hongkong Hotel.

FRIDAY, JULY 7. 1939.

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