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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

NEW BAPTIST CHURCH OPENED BY GOVERNOR

Pleasant Ceremony At Kowloon City

"That I am not a member of the Baptist denomination myself makes no difference to this plansure," said His Excellency the Acting Governor, Lieut-Gen, E. F. Norton, C. B., D, S. O., M., C., in declaring the new building of the Kowloon City Baptist Church, in Stirling Road, opened on Saturday,

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His Excellency was met on arrival by the Rt. Rev. B. O, Hali, Bishop of Hongkong, the Rev. Lan. Yuet-shing, Dr, Y T. Chiu, Mr. Lam Chi-fung and the Rev. Cheung Man-chip.

After a short prayer was said by the Rev, Chiu Sze-cheung. Ha Excellency was given the key with which he opened the new building GOVERNOR'S SPEECH

His Excellency said:

It was with great pleasure that I accepted the Bishop's invitation to be present at this inaugural ceremony today.

That I am not a member of the Baptist denomination myself makes no difference to this ples

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GENERAL

DELAYED CLIPPER MAKES

BRIEF STAY IN H.K.

After several days' delay owing to typhoon weather, Pan Ameri- can Airways CALIFORNIA CLIP- PER (Capt. H. L. Turner), " bring- lag US. mails dated San Fran- cisco. Dec. 1 and 4, arrived in Hongkong at 10.30 am on Batur- day.

In order to make up for lost time, the Clipper made only a brief stay in Hongkong and took off on her return flight at noon.

IMMIGRATION RACKETEERS WARNED

Receiving Depot To Be Established

A depot will be established by Immigration Department the when it commences operations next

officially month, it was ARRIVALS The following arrived by the learned. This depot, will occupy the godowns of the China Mer- least ita nurse-and which has clipper:

MR. LEE MACHALE, engineer chants Steam Navigation Com- proved so kindly a nurse for Chinese "christiandom as a whole with General Motors Overseas pany in Connaught Road West, that the Chinese Christian po-Operations. Dept., at Bombay, en and will be under the charge of pulation in the Colony today nura-route to his headquarters after a Mr. J. H. B Let, who has been sp- pointed Deputy Immigration On- bers some 40,000-three times its trip to the factory in Detroit; total. European population.

CURIOUS CONTRAST What a curions contrast! Here is Chinese Christian church sat

"MRS. ELIZABETH NEWTON, wife of a British officer formerly

MR. MAURICE WALCH, general cer.

It is proposed to appoint Chi- manager, and treasurer of Central

Manufacturing Co.. nese Immigration" Officers to take aircraft China, returning to Lolwing after charge of Frontier Immigration in the midst of a large Chinese business trip to the New York Stations and to board ships ar-

riving in the Colony. Christian community and owing omce of the company;

PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT its existence to Chinese Baptists

Mr. B. A. D. Forrest, Immigra- largely domiciled in Swatow and

agencies Cantor and it is one of many stationed in Hongkong, en route tion Officel. has issued a "further and self propagating to England, accompanied by her warning against In a life not devoid of adventure autonomous

WILLOUGHLY and photographers professing to be in and experience in "out of the way churches of Chinese christiandom two sons.

a position to secure preferential Yet one hundred years ago the BRIAN NEWTON; parts of the world I have discover..

MR. JOHN K. BOUSFIELD, Farstreatment for their clients, stating: ed to my own satisfaction an in-Reverend Vincent Stanton who

to become the first Eastern manager of Asiatic Petro- that Government take no respon- teresting fact:-Good men-men was later

Hongkongjum Co., returning to the Calony siblity for the honesty of agents.

Bome 21 authorised agents have Irabued with the finest inherent Colonial Chaplain in

in prison In Canton for after a business trip to Manila: qiralities are in my experience

MR. CHARLES HOLLMAN, agri-been appointed by the Department curiously equally distributed be- preaching the Christian religion on

culturist, of the Philippines, on a to issue forms to applicants and to receive them for forwarding to tween all classes and between all Chinese territory,

SINCERITY AND PIETY business visit to the Colony;

Tamigration. Department. Taces of mankind. And when t

MR. JOSEPH A. PARRISH, exe- the It would fll become me who have comes to those additional virtues

no claims to call myself a very re-cutive of Standard-Vacuum on Forms may also be obtained from

man.

was

business trip to Manis and

MR. TAN SUAN-BING. Chinese merchant from the Netherlands East Indies, making a short busi- ness trip to the Colony, DEPARTURES

The following left by the clip- per on Saturday:

FOR MANILA: SENOR JOSE P.

Hongkong and Kowloon Residents' Union

PAROCHIAL BAZAAR

which are 'Inculcated by "religiontigious man to attempt to turn Co.. Hongkong, returning after a solicitors' omices-and trom the all the big and fine religions of this address into anything like a the world make their contribution sermon. But I should like to say to these inherent virtues.

that I am proud to call myself a HARDEST STANDARD

Christian and few things have Perhaps one of the hardest contributed more to that pride standards laid down for us Chris-han my experience of the sincer- tiara fa in the saying "Greater lovesy and piety of the genuine Chris- hath no man then this that tians of oriental race whom I have

A Parochial Bazaar in ald of he lay down his life for his friend." encountered doing the work of You can't ask much more of any unr-Lord teaching and healing the FERNANDEZ, Manila businessman the Precious Blood Conference of sick and setting a fine example of returning after a visit to the the Society of St. Vicent de Paul Yet the finest example of a Christianity by the lives they lead, Colony; Mr. Nils Klykken, me-was held in the Tung Lo Garden, lateral sherence to this precept in In conclusion I wish to congra-chanical engineer connected with Taipo Road, yesterday,

The Bazaar was opened at 11 am. my experience was given by an tulate all those responsible for the Tabacalera and Co., on a business unlettered, ignorant Tibetan por-building of this church-It starts trip; MR. VASSANMAL ASSAN-by Bishop H. Valtorta, Vicar- ter of Buddhist religion who died its life in sad and troubious times MAL, Indian merchant making a Apostolic of Hongkong, in a few

the on Nanga Parbat, one of the great-May that life be a long, a pros- round trip by Clipper on business; well-chosen words.

in a DR.

The stalls, where useful articles Himalayan peaks, deliberately perous and beneficial one sacrincing his own lite, which he happier new world after our pre-Rockefeller Foundation, also on could be bought at bargain prices,

business; MR. R. C. CHEN, Chi-were mostly run by the Associa could easily have saved, because sent troubles have passed away.

nese banter, on a business trip, tions of the Precious boa pariah. accompanied by his wife; and the The gamer gallery was well attend- following Chinese Clipper com-ed and lucky winners went away muters: Messrs. Chang Chi-hal, with attractive prizes. Chan. Wan-tung. Wan Tang.

Rover Scouts of the 17th Kow- Huang Beng-to, Chin Liang-yung loon Group and members of the FOR HONOLULU: MR. A. TEN-Bocial Service Club, Reel Hall, NANT, barrister-at-law, en route

he would not desert a German climber so stricken with frost bite high on the mountain in a blizzard that he had no hope of escape.

It then I feel strongly the ap peal of all the finer religions how much more must I teal that the differences between the various sects of our own religion are less than skin deep.

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NIGHT SOIL DISPOSAL

VEXED QUESTION

NEAR SOLUTION »

HAN,

BALFOUR

M.O.,

to Rochester: MR. KAN CHUNG were on duty at the Bazar, which

remained open until 11 p.m. Chinese merchant from Shanghai, en route to Rio de Some light has been thrown on Janeiro, on a combined business the night soll 'problem which is of and pleasure trip, accompanied by interest to many circles concerned his wife, MRS. KAN FONGERE, and two sons, KAN TSIN and of lát."

Two Weddings At Registry

on

TOLERANT OUTLOOK Such a tolerant outlook s fortunately not universal. But from all I know of Hongkong since my

It is now learned that the Urban KAN DA father was here 70 or 80 years ago

FOR BAN FRANCISCO: MR. The wedding "took place this Colony has been singularly Council will take over the respon happy in the broadmindedness of sibility for the collection and dis-CHAN FING, Chinese merchant Saturday, at the Registry, Supreme the various sects of the Christian pasal of night soll from private returning to San Francisco after Court, before Mr. J. Reynolds, De-

Registrar of Marriages, a visit to his relatives in China; puty religion one to another here-and premises aa fron April 1, 1941.

MELVIN £ SOUTHWICK, Mr. Chu Ho-chmen, student, of and there is no finer brotagonist of This decision, taken following MR.

executive

Standard-Vacuum No. 68, Queen's Road East.

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of

- this broad minded tolerance than the presentation of the problem to

the Bishop of Hongkong to whose Government for consideration after Co., en route to Los Angeles Miss Wong Moon-Yang, of No. 47,

on home

leave; and MR. R.Queen's Road East. -

help i am indebted for some of opposition from many sources as KOFELMAN: manager of 8. A. the following facts,

voiced, is treely interpreted as

Levy and Co., Hongkong, making

Mr. T. 8. Whyte-Smith. Regis- The Baptlits who are I believe Government acceptance, at least a round trip to New York and trar of Marriages, officiated at the the largest Christian denomination in principle, of the nancial side back on urgent business.

marriage between Mr. John Ed- ward Munslow, printer of the Merchant Navy, residing at No.

in the world after the Roman of the scheme, However, it is us Catholics, were early in the field derstood that further decisions are

in Missionary work in China-pending. making their start in Macau 1936

Two thousand of the coolles now employed in the work will be taken over by Government. In view of the special circumstances, women Government's policy refrains from employing women coolles.

URBAN COUNCIL 13. Hood Road, Kowloon, and

MEETING

A meeting of the Urban Council

EARLY CONNEXION Thence they transferred in 1842 to Hongkong only a year after the workers will also be used, although will be held tomorrow at 415 foundation of the Colony-so that Hongkong has a very early connex- 1on with the Baptist denomina- tion.

In 1880 they moved to Swatow where their work flourished ex ceedingly. This church la fruit of the work carried out there! and in Canton,

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The erection of maturing pits in the New Territories for sterilizing the night soll before it is sold as fertilizer is still under investiga

the tion.

In parenthesis I should like to touch on the very fine educational work carried out in Canton by the Baptists; particularly the Fool

p.m.

The following are the orders of the day:

Miss Dora K. Kovach, of No.: 7 Bowen Road, Flat 4, which took place at the Begtry, Supreme Court, on Saturday.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

The following forthcoming weddings are announced: Application for A restaurant Mr. Philip to Wing Bhiu, licence for No. 406, Shanghat manager of the Wing Co., of No. Street, ground toor: Application 106, Balcher's Street, and Miss for a laundry licence" for No. 110. Anale Yung, of No. 12, First Lane, Electric Road, ground floor; Ap-Tai Hang, Causeway Bay... plication for a milk shop licence

WAH YAN OLD BOYS for No. 42, Sing Wo Road, ground

ASSOCIATION

The Wah Yan Past. Students' Association held their first Coun-

floor.

Regular Returns

PRODUCTS

Ching and Fool Do Schools for cft Meeting of the year last Thurs- EXHIBITION OF H.K. boys and girls respectively and the day. when the President Mr. Ho former has a branch in Hongkong ook son, the Vice-President, Mr.

An exhibition of all local- and the latter has now, moved Chan Wai Chuen and all the other complete to Hongkong for sanc-council members met to discuss made products will be staged when Fourth Annual Hongkong tuary.

We plans of activities for the com- the

Chinese Products Exhibition, to be CHINESE CHRISTIANS

ing year. The building of the church

The President in his opening beld under the auspices of the which we are inaugurating today address welcomed the new Council Hongkong Chinese Manufacturers has been made possible entirely by and stressed the importance of Union, opens on Dec. 22. the work of Chinese Christian and continuing war relief work,

The Exhibition will-be held in owes much to the energy and The war relief work will be the stalls newly built on the 70,000 organising ability of Mr. Lam Chi pursued as in the previous years, square-foot arca opposite the Pen- Fong of Swatow who is also this and Mrs. Kwan Man Wat who has insula Hotel, and will remam open year Chairman of the YMCA in been entirely responsible for the Ceremonies, Hongkong. May I take this chance direction of the working commit- His Excellency the Acting Clay- of expressing my admiration for tee for the last three years ernor, Lieut. General EV Norton

will be again urged to shoulder will open the Exhibition,

An effort, wit This church may stand, then, as the burden.

mem- an outward and visible sign of aj be made to canvass, New most tourishing branch of the bers by issuing lats of social

of the ship dues of the old members will Christian Church Long may it activities and copies. continue to flourish in Hongkong, "Bridge," the annual publication be collected by an which if not its mother was at of the Association. The member shrof

his work,

thorised

Mr. David Chung, principal of the Institute of Agricultural Ar sociation, residing at the Agrieni- tural. Institute of Fanling, and

Nova a Gula, Macao.

Mas Nancy Chang, of No. 3 Rue

Compulsory Service Tribunal

It is hereby notified for general formation that a public session

of the Compulsory Service TH- banal will be held on Friday, Dec. 20, 1940, at 4 pm in the Council Chamber Colonial Secretariat,

FUNERAL OF MR. H. P. MORTON The funeral of Mr. H. P. Mor ton, who died at the War Memo- rial Nursing Home on Thursday following an operation for acute appendicitis, took place at the Colonial Cemetery on Saturday. The Rev. Cyril Brown offelated.

Many wreaths were tent.

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