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LAND GIRLS

Early in the year hundreds of trained land girls were waiting for jobs, and many returned to 'urban employment. Now there are 6.000 members of the Women's Land Army employed in farms, an in- "crease of 3,000 since January and a now recruiting campaign is be- ing beld.

Group picture taken after the wedding at the Unión Church yesterday afternoon. Left

to right-Mrs. N. L. Smith, Sub-Lieut. F. P. I. Carey, H.N.VR. (Bestian), Sub-Lieut. C. J. A. Gray, R.N.V.R., Mrs. Gray (formerly. Miss K. K. Downton), Mrs. T. R. Banister (mairon-of- honour and H.E. the Officer Administering the Government, Mr. N. L. Smith, C.M.G., who gave the bride away-(King's Studio).

EVIDENCE OF FIFTH COLUMN

ACTIVITY, SAYS REUTER

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LONDON, June 18° (Reuter)—A delayed despatch from Reu- ter's Special Correspondent with the B. E. F. speaks of the straits to which the French army was reduced a day or two ago. »

Girl's Death During An Operation

NO BLAME ON ANY ÖNE

An inquest into the circum- stances surrounding the death of The demand for the WLA not an 8-year-old girl, Ko Kwal-lan, baly exceeds the supply but it is who died at the Queen Mary Hos- droadening. While it has alwayspital on May 30 during an opera- $een fairly easy to place girls, for tion, was held yesterday at the dairy work, they are now wanted Central Police Court. for general field work, market- gardening, poultry keeping and forestry.

The new campaign has two alms, enlist women for regular work di (arms-for the duration or the

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Mr. H, G. Sheldon sat as Coro-

ner, assisted by a jury comprising man), Mok Kim-kwong and A. H. Roberts.

Messrs R. L. D. Noronha (fore-

Fung Ho, mother of the deceased, war, and to form an auxiliary force said that her daughter had ear seasonal work of those of robust trouble since she was two-year- physique who can

give at least old. On May 25 she took deceased four weeks' continuous service dur to the Queen Mary Hospital where the the busiest seasons.

The National Union of Agricul ment. tural Workers, at their conference in London recently agreed to the inciple of equal pay for men and women for equal work.

UNION CHURCH

WEDDING

SUB LT. C. J. GRAY AND MISS K.K.

DOWNTON A

The correspondent, with a num¬ ter of, his colleagues, fell into a Miss Kathleen Kent Downton, German ambush, but by swiftly who was married to Sab-Lieut. reversing the cars and stepping | Cécli Jesin Austén Gray, RN.VÉ, the accelerators, they were | yesterday afternoon entered the able to get away and later to wärn Union Church, Kennedy Kolid, on the French supply columns of the the arm of His Excellency" the aanger.

Officer Administering the Gov-

The correspondent next encoun- | erament, Mr. N.L, Smith, CM.G. tered à column of French - horse- drawn artillery two miles long.

Evidence of Fifth Column activity was given by "the fact that the corporal among them said that be and, the company were withdrawing to rest, De- cause A forty-eight hours. armistice has been declared. This was completely untrue.

"

The Rev. K. Mackenzie Dow officiated at the ceremony..

The bride, who is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. | W. | Downton, of Erith, Kent, England. wore a white shark skin suit, with hat of same material trimmed with white spotted vell. She car- rted a bouquet, of African dalsies.

As matron-öf-honour, Mrs. T.K. Banister wore a dress of turquofie blue with facket to match and white hat, and corsage.

Mrs. W. Smith attended in “a”

PATHETIC REFUGEES 100.000 refugees of all ages and The correspondent passed over conditions, streaming pathetically dress of old rose and white print- away from the German advance.ed silk Even more pathetic were the re- Sub-Eleut. F. R. I.. treating troops from the front RNVR was bestman.

Carey, line hear Bernay and Lisieux,

After the ceremony "á reception Almost an entire French divi was held at Government Hoike following which the happy couple

to

entirely dispirited.

left for their honeymoon.

sion streamed down the road from Bernay the child was admitted for treat- marched in their units and bore

Alencon. Many at

In peace-time the bridegroom is A. sister mentioned that anaesthetic would be administered themselves erect, but others were connected with the British Ameri- can Tobacco Company Limited. and she was asked to sign a form.

By contrast, the long stream and was last stationed in Shang- She claimed that she did not know horse artillery, with fine bearing, hai. the reason for this was to give dragged their 15's behind by busi her consent for an operation. Sheness-like locking horses, but the

AT THE REGISTRY The wedding took place yester- was under the impression that it bulk of the division were unfit for day at the Registry, Supreme was an admission form.

further sustained fighting, being Court, of Mr. Li Fan-kwaz, dip- Her complaint was that the bad insufficiently armed against the loma engineer, of No. 3 Cheong WEATHER REPORT not been informed beforehand Germans who were equipped with Ming Street, and Miss Kwan L-

Hongkong Boyal Observatory

10 a.m., June 18. Barometer at sea level), 29.78 ins.

Temperature, 84 F. Humidity, 80 per cent.. Wind Direction, E/8 Wind Force (Beaufort), 2,

Temperature; maximum yesterday,

· 88 *.

Temperature." minimum" last night

11 79 F.

Hainfall for 24 hrs.

today, nil.

of the operation and that NO

tommy guns, portable mortars, hong. The ceremony. was per- one from the hospital had inform-machine-guns and plentifully aid-formed by Mr. J. Reynolds, De- ed her of her child's death. She

puty Registrar, and the witnesses ed by bombers.

sald she would like to known how

The correspondent added 'I saw were Messrs. Kwan Wong and Lu her daughter met her death from thousands of French troops in re-chung-chick.

so trifling a matter as ear trouble, treat, who given better arma-

Po Ping-wa, father of the de-

ment, could doubtless have held

ceased, said that he went to the their own against the best German COURTS-MARTIAL hospital on May 27

when his.

troops. In number they were daughter appeared to be quite, all right. He noticed that her ear probably a match for the enethy

but in mechinical fighting nower.

higa not been washed. On May 30

ending 10th he was informed of his daughter's they were totally inferior.

fola rainfall since January 1st p

132.07 106.

Against an average of, 32.07 from Sumset tonight, 109 p.m.

4 pan., June 18. Barometer (at sea level, 29.71 bus:

Temperature. 82 F. Humidity, 85 per cent,

Wind Direction, ESE.

Wind Force (Beaufort); 3... Maximum temperature, 88 F Minimum temperature, 19 F Rainfaik, nik

HONG KONG TIDE TABLE

· From 19 to 25; June 1940.

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́DOCTOR'S STORY

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ARE JUST

The Army and RAF. court- mar-

tial system works so well that a General Huang Hsu-chu, Chaif-studied search of records for the

Dr. T. K. Lien, of the Queenman of the Kwangs! Provincial past 20 years has falled to reveal Government, and General Pat even one case of a miscarriage of Mary Hospital, said that he first examined deceased on May 20. and Chung-ha Commander of the justice.

This is revealed in the report, advised that an operation be per-Kwangs forces, on Monday sent

ned. The mother and child & joint telegram to M. Alexandre just published, of the Army and Airl

Panaouchane, the Boviet Ainbas-, Force Courts-Martial Committee, were. both present.

When a surgeon' considered that sador to China, expressing their presided over by Sir Roland Oliver, an operation was necessary the sympathy for the destruction of K.C... which was appointed to exa- nursing star would obtain the Soviet Embassy by Japanese mine the existing system," permission from the patient's aircraft on June 11.

parents if the” patient was a Chad,

and if the patient was 21 years of turned his attention to the patient age he or she could give content and applied artificial respiration When he perforinda the operation | ind" other methods to revive her.

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The report does not favour any change giving a person convicted

to a civil judicial tribunal. by court-martial a fight of appeal

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he had first ascertained that the After thirty minutes of treatment. Among the recommendations operation was in 'order.

the patient died. Cause of death made by the Committee were:-- Dr Lien said that the deceased was heart failure.

Unless there was a good military had been rept in hospital for Dr. Lien said that the usual reason against it,'zil cases involy- nearly 10 days in order to make practice to inform the parents of Ing civilians should be thed by civil ant" observation as to whether the relatives of patient was through a courts, m was'th a fit atate for the operation Police Station. In this case

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**re an undertaker had been established in appropriété cases. In he held the opinion that no effée dispatched to the deceased's the case of "other ranks the fine HEALTH RETURNS the treatient could be given family, he could only suggest that should be at the option of the man Thirty-three.casts of tubercu- 036 29 apart from an operation. Treat the hospital boy or some other charged.

3668ment by byringe would have done

losis, three or smail-pox, two of The legal education of officers of measles and one each of diph- an undertakerafim and aght the Army and RAF, is a matter re- theria and scarlet fever were re- have tried to obtain business. quiring gray consideration by the ported to the Health Authorities

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