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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

GENERAL

RECORD ENROLMENT OF Colony Sportsman Weds

FIRST YEAR STUDENTS AT THE H.K. UNIVERSITY

THE HONGKONG UNIVERSITY YEAR, COMMENCED YES-" TERDAY WITH A RECORD NUMBER OF 140 STUDENTS, IN FIRST YEAR COURSES. 2s compared to a normal yearly enrol» « ment of between 70 mid 80-new students.

Of the First Year students, 68 are in the Faculty of Medi cine, 35 in Engineering and 37 "in Arts.

The total enrolment for the

year. It is estimated, will be be- FORTHCOMING

tween 500 and 535 students. There were 70 graduates hast term, and account has also been taken of the many non-returnees.

Some 20 per cent. of the new students are from Overseas, the majority of these being from the Straits Settlements. The un favourable rate of exchange makes for poorer representation from Shanghai, and there are also. for the same reason, only three or four Russian students from northern ports.

There are no unoccupied or un- claimed rooms at the University and private hostels, and jate arrivals from the Straits and the East Indies will be hard put to it to and suitable accommodation.

LINGNAN STUDENTS ..

Registration of students for the Lingnan University's nutumn demester was proceeding yesterday evening, and 509 students had been enrolled when the "Hongkong

MARRIAGES

The following forthcoming mar- lages are announced:

Mr. Demetrio Maria Sarrazola Xavier, clerk, of the Banque, de Indo-Chine, and Miss Florence Mary Foster, stenotypist, Graeco- Egyptian Tobacco and Coffee Store:

Mr. Bernard Clayton, police constable. Naval Dockyard, and Miss Elizabeth Benjamin. of No. 37, Hillwood Road, ground floor;

Mr. Chlu Se-hon, civil servant, ot No. 6, O'Brien Road, second floor, and Kiss Ho Thang-yung, of No. 174. Island Road, ground floor, Aberdeen;

Mr. Frun Ly Kwong-Chen, mer- chant, of No, 31, Hulwood Road, ground floor, and Miss Janet Tai Su-Liang, of No. 31, Ashley Road.

Mr. A. J. Hussain and his bride, formerly Miss Gertrude Clothilde Macklatosh, after their marriage at the Rosary Church on Sun- day afternoon. The reception was held at the V.RC, the bride- groom being a member of the Club's water polo team.

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Daily Press reporter, called early SECRET CODES OR CIPHERS IN H.K.

in the evening.

It is expected that total enrol- ment will be about 550. There were 480 students who attended courses last semester, while nor mal" enrolment when the · Univer- sity is in Canton has reached over 600.

for

Freshman students

the semester will number about · 180. as compared to 200 last semester. The falling off in freshman enrol- ment is ascribed to the growing popularity of universities in the interior

the and, also, to

favourable rate of exchange.

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Courses offered. this semester

ANONYMOUS GIFT

OF $11,000

The Hongkong Refugee and Social Welfare. Council, wishes to acknowledge with thanks a donation of $11,000 for its re- fugee school campaign from "anonymoɑs." Kuala Lumpur, F.M.S.

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APPLICATION

CONTRARY TO DEFENCE REGULATIONS

H.K. UNIVERSITY STUDENT FINED

A warning to the public of the serious consequences which would to follow if anyone was found have in his, or her, possession any! secret codes or ciphers, an offence contrary to the Defence Regula-.

total 170, as compared to 150 be- FOR REDUCTION tions published in the Government

fore the summer vacation.

OF CAPITAL

SEPTEMBER

CRIMINAL SESSIONS

THIRTEEN CASES® FOR TRIAL

The following CASES are down for trial at the Septem-. ber Criminal Sessions, which comunence at the Suprema Court on Friday:— Tзe Pul and Cheung Kwok,

Gazette on August 26, was issued by the Magistrate, at the Central Court yesterday, when a Univer- charged with possession of "dan- The wedding took place on Sep- At the Supreme Court yesterday, sity student was charged with the gerous drugs, tamber 2 at St. Andrew's Cathe- the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl Mac unlawful possession of a secret dral, Bingapore, of Miss Molly Gregor, granted the application code without permission from Hs Dorning-Timmins to Lieut. Charles of Messrs Shin Tet Thong and Excellency the Governor. "Alexander Headon Owen, R.N.

Co., Ltd. for the reduction of their capital from $5,000,000 to! $3,500,000.

Tam on, charged with breach of a deportation order.

.Chan Hol, charged with high- way robbery with violence:

Pun San, Leung Hau-chung and Tang Wah, charged with armed highway "robbery.

DUE PUBLICITY Mr. R. A. D. Forrest, before whom the case was heard, re- Mr. H. C. Macnamara, instruct-.;

that due publicity be

LI So, alas She Wong-so, ed by Mr. E. 8. C. Brooks.

who quested

case through the charged with murder. given in the

Bahadur Khan, charged with the company was a private limited press for the benefit of the many business firms and other establish- company consisting of 500 shares

ADVERTISEMENT represented the arm, said that

By ORDER of the MORTGAGES of $10,000 each, of which 238ments, and pointed out that any

shares had been issued.

PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE

Accumulated Losses

further cases of this nature would be treated more seriously.

The defendant in the case was i

rape.

Cheung Fat, allas Ro Wan-hing, charged with breach of a deporta- tion order.

Chiu Pak-shui and two others,

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BATCHELORS BAKED BEANS

HARRIS PORK SAUSAGES HARRIS OXFORD SAUSÄGES

$1.20 PER TIN

90 C. PER TIN

90 C. PER TIN 45 C. PER TIN

40 C. PER TIN

$1.40 PER TIN $1.40 PER TIN

HARRIS PICNIC VEAL, HAM & TONGUE 65 C. PER TIN SHIPPAM'S FISH & MEAT PASTE 50 C. & 85 C. per jár.

SEE OUR DISPLAYS

OF BRITISH AND

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The House of Quality & Service

VACCINATION CERTIFICATE FORGED

Central

Charges of forgery of docu-. ments, uttering torged document forged docu- and possession of ment were preferred on Tang Chiu, 36, when he appeared before Mr. R. Edwards at the Court yesterday.

Chan Kam-pui, an unemployed

possession of forged document.

Tang was alleged to have pur- chased a forged vaccination certifi cate from Chan Kani-pui on be- half of a woman who was leaving Chan was alleged to Hongkong. have forged the memorandum

The amount of the reduction Taung Kwai-ung. 26, a student of charged with robbery by two or druggist, was also charged with

consisted of $653,000, representing the Ricci Hall, Hongkong Univermore. accumulated losses since 1934 and sity, who was represented by Mr. Lau Yee, charged with posses of the right benefit and interest of not' now represented by capital, P. M. Hodgson,

slon of dangerous drugs, and in the

and $714,000 being the return of Pleading guilty, Mr. Hodgson

Tam Chung.. and four others, capital on fully paid-up shares. said that it Was 3 technical charged with possession of heroin VALUABLE LEASEHOLD PRO- The value of the shares are to offence. The code was used by pills and paste.

the defendant for commercial: PERTY situate at Victoria in the be reduced to $7,000 each.

Kwan Kin, charged with wound- purposes only, sending informa-ing with intent and wounding. note paper from Dr. H. N. Lu'. Wong Wun-cheung, allas Wong When the police raided his house in business dealing. But he him Yu-kwong. charged with armed he was found in possession of the ser did ant indulge in the trans-highway robbery, highway robbery forged document.

Colony of Hongkong and register-'

ed in the Land Office as The Re-1

TRIBUTE TO ST.

maining Portion of Inland Lot No. JOHN AMBULANCE

2828 and Section A of Inland Lot No: 2827 Together with the build- Ings thereon now known as Nos. 51, 53 and 55 Johnston Road and Nos. 6, 8, 10, 25, 27 and 29 Thomson Road.

To be sold by

PUBLIC AUCTION

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on

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tion to his friends in Shanghal

actions.

and

by two or more, attempted mur- DID NOT REALIZE

der,

SIDS possession of. Teung went to Shanghai in ammunition and breach of the August, before the Regulations Deportations. Ordinance. were published, returning early in Tsang Lan and six others, did not realize charged with possession of dan-

prohibition gerous drugs.'

September. He

Report of the Chapter General of the Venerable Order of St. John for 1938 singles out Hong kong for special mention.

The following is an extract: that there was 3. No part of the Brigade dan against sending messages in code have been tested more highly until September 7, when he imme- during the past three years than diately cabled to his triends In that at Hongkong, and my grati- Shanghai, directing them to cease tude and appreciation goes out communicating in code.

to the Commissioner, Mr. Alfred The cable despatched for the Morris, C. St. J. and the Lady purposes was shown in Court,

Both defendants pleaded guilty. Sentence of three months' härd was imposed on Tang, labour while six months was passed on Chan.

PASSENGERS FOR AUSTRALIA

PASSENGERS" BY The following passengers left Hongkong for Australia via ports THE MINGSANG

by the s.s. Taiping yesterday:-Mr. The following passengers left F. A. Bacher, Mr. C. E. Bridge, Maj, Hongkong by the Mingsang for F. G. Brink, Miss Chlong Tiac-

District Officer, Mrs. R. Langley, Mr. Hodgson further pointed Haiphong on Sunday: Captain hung, Miss Chiang Tiao-yun, Mias "TUESDAY, the 12th day of Sep-0. St. J., and all their Officers and out that there must have been Hughes, Mrs. Fan Tehunpi, Miss Chiong Tiao-siong, Miss Chiong

other ranks who have served so hundreds of Brms tember, 1939 at 3 o'clock pm.

possessing Chu Mel, Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Bun Tiao-ni, Master Chiong Tiao-bing. well in the direct relief of suffer secret codes for business transac and son, Mr. H. W. Chen, Mr. Chao, Master Chlong Tiao-guen, Mr. and ing and in bringing comfort and tions in peace-time. Under such Mr. S. Shen, Mr. Loh Lien-chang, Mrs. M. Couto, Miss E. Couto, Mas- hope to déspairing refugees. circumstances, he said, his client. Mrs. Trang Yang-po, Mrs. Yang

As one who was privileged to wit had committed only, a technical She-ni, Mr. Sam Tak-zu, Mrs. Y. G. T. Denham, Mrs. Duff and in-

At the China Auction Room, No. 5, Queen's Road Central. 1st floor, Vièterie, Hong Kong.

by

Mr E. V. M. R. DE SOUSA,

Auctioneer,

For further particulars apply to

Messrs. T'SO AND HODGSON, Mortgagees' Solicitors. Prince's Building, 1st floor.

Ice House Street, Hong Kong

of to

Mr. E. V.. M, R. DE SOUSA, Auctioneer,

No. 5, Queen's Road Central,

drst floor,

Hong Kong.

ness

some of this work, and as offence. one who visited Canton in the ear-

GOING TO AMERIÇA

ter J. Couto, Archdeacon and Mrs. C. Lee, Mra. Lui Min-rong and two fant, Mr. and Mrs. R. Hammon, children, Mrs. Chen Lee-wan, Miss Mr. Hobart, Mrs. Howe, Dr. E. F lier stages of the Japanese-EinoThe defendant had intended to Chen Shao-king, Masters Chen Fisher, Mrs. Gan Vy-du, Mrs. Gan conflict. I can perhaps appreciate zo to America to further his Yih-chan and Chen Yih-wing, Mrs. Eng-du and infant, Mias E. Jones, better than most the excellence studies. It was important, there Ng Pui-king; Miss Tsang Hing Master. J. P. Jones. Master R. B. of these services.

fore, that his character,

should hung, Miss Fung Wel-tuen, Miss Jones, Mias M. C. Kauffman, Mr. not be slurred, as it would cause Toang Hing-soong, Mr. Fan, Mr. Y.E. N. Griffiths, Mrs. Lim Stok-eng travel C. Lee, Mr. Guan: Doe-mu, Mr. Tal Miss I. M. Loewinsohn, "Mrs. Ong YOUNG AMERICAN inconveniences during his

and stay there. Mr. Hodgson re-Ying, Mr. and Mrs. K. Z. Cheang, Hoe, Mr. P. Rebroff, Miss A. R. Rex, quested that a caution registered Mrs. Ng Pul-king. Master Yeung Mr. T. L. Sinclair, Mrs. Sing Klen, Jamies Doran, 10-year-old against the defendant would serve Shen-kin, Mr. W. T. Shan, Mr. T. Mr. J. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. J. Som T. Shih, Mr. Z. L. Tong, Mr. L C. merville-Nugent, Miss Vy Fo-ah, American from San Francisco, ap-the case.

Detective-Bergeant Hill of the Hsu, Mr. C. F. Chu, and Mr. T. C. Miss Lilla Vy, Rev. & Wisdom, Mra Wisdom and infant, and Mrs. Zait- peared before Mr. E Himeworth. at the Kowloon Court yesterday, Special Branch, told the Court

charges of stowing away that the

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The death occurred on Aug. 25, Pierce at Manila, and for enter-n connexion with the case, and the publicity was not intended to at Ingleside, Crowborough, Susacz, ing the Colony without a valid had submitted, at the earliest serve as a disgrace to the defen- of Mr. John Douglas Smart, fats possible stage, the code to the dant, but to bring to the notice of the Hongkong and Shangha! pasaport,

Doran gave himself up to the censors for examination.

of others the prohibition against Banking Corporation, aged 16 captain as the President: Pierce WARNING TO OTHERS: possessing secret codes. Be The funeral was held at Eridze was on its way to Hongkong." He Mr. Forrest, while imposing a stressed that the Government Church on Aug. 23. Was committed by the Magistrate fine, said that the case must be would take a more serious view to the House of Detention, and an given due publicity.

in future cases of similar nature. expulsion order is to be made There was no doubt the defen- A fine of $10 was imposed. The

dant had acted in Innocence, but maximum fine is $2,000, 681 against him.

The death took place on AUR! 28. of Dr. W. V. M. Koch, of Buckland Lodge, Lansdown, Bath: late of Hongkong.

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