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coercion of individual life by the will adopt them? She said, I've collective will. Whether this is got someone to take care of the caused by dictatorship, war, or the girl, and I thought I might raffle

machine it is not my business here

to discuss.

"I do not question, the collective method in our economic life, there are certain essential services which

the boy at a dollar a ticket. Then there was the man who married witch-but that is a long story,

a

RD. ROBBERY

Two Men Gaoled

At Sessions

After evidence was given by the

principal witness of the Crown in the case in which three men were

charged before Mr. Justice Wu- lains at the Criminal Sessions yes- terday with robbery by two or more, the second accused was dis charged on the Crown withdrawing against him.

4!

PERSONAL CONTACT It is more than ten years now should be directly under Govern- since I had much personal contact ment control, but for Christians the with people coming for help and test will always be what happens advice, but I should be surprised to to the Individual boys and girls, hear that they have changed dur-

The man discharged was LAU men and women, one by one."

ing that time. Of the two things KWAI-PUI, 20, coolle, who was The Hon. Mr. R. A. C. North was that struck me most one is the changed together with FUNG SHU, in the Chair, supported by Dean fundamental decency of these lit-28, carpenter, and YU HONG, 35,

amah with robbing an

Leung Wilson, Miss Nell Elliot (Hon. Se- tlo people of Chma. cretary), Mr. A. S. Potter (Hon.

Ngan-ho, of $1,000 Chinese cur- Treasurer). Miss B. M. Pope, the

rency, the property of her master. Rev. 6. Kau-yar, Lee, Mrs. Grace C.

Chan Chi-man, at "No. 307 Prince The Hsieh and the Rev. J. E Sandbach,

Edward Road on Jan. 29. who were on the platform..

other two accused pleaded Qulity..

Mr. J. Reynolds, Crown 'Counsel, appeared for the prosecution, as sisted by Chief Det.-Insp. A. E Carey.

The large attendance included His Excellency the Governor, Str Geoffry Northcote, and the Rt. Rev: R. O. Hall, Bishop of Hongkong.

CHAIRMAN'S SPEECH

In opening the meeting. Mr. North said:

"I feel that perhaps I ought to begin with a confession. When I was asked to preside at this meet- ing I felt at first a little hesitation Although I know a good deal about the splendid work that Miss Elliot and her colleagues have been doing I was a little vague about the exact functions of the Social Service Centre of the Churches, and how it differed. for example, from the Social Service Councu.

"Perhaps this is not unnatur al. There is an old joke about my own Department which al- leges that it is known to the Chinese as the Compradore Shop because it deals with such a variety of merchandise.

"They are seldom spongers— though poverty is usually the root of their troubles-but good honest men and women, vic- tims of this cruel madness that has broken loose in the world.

"The other thing is how much

The following jury heard can often be done with so little the case: Messrs, P. A. Dixon (Fore- money. I have known destitute man), Wong Sni-ki, Johannes Graf, people rescued from attempted sul-

J. O. Sequeira, Tam Chin-poo, M. cide when as little as ten, or per-Talan and K. B. Nelson. haps even ve dollars has been enough to give them a fresh start.

WANTED TO ROB

In evidence. Lo Kwong, house "A small sum in all conscience. but it should not be forgotten that boy, stated that be knew Yu Hong. in these days those in distress can third accused, who came to him on be counted by the thousand. So 1. Jan. 29 and told him that he and should like to add my appeal to another four men wanted to rob that contained in the Society's re- his master. port with the reminder that the smallest donations may save a tif or make a derelict into a useful

citizen."

ANNUAL REPORT

Misa Elliot, in presenting her an- nual report, remarked that it was the hope of the Social Service Cen- tre the time was not far distant when quarterly conferences could be called of all social welfare Included among these dry goods workers in the Colony, to ensure several hundred Societies of that a maximum service be given every sort and kind. So it is not sur- to the community without over- prising that I sometimes get them lapping.

are

mixed up. But when Dean Wilson "Much of our time, as in the pre- very kindly found time to take me vious year," Miss Ellot said, "has

to the bld City Hall to see for my-been given to work of an emer-

Questioned by second accused, Witness admitted that he (accused) had told the other men not to com- mit the robbery.

Fung Shu and Yu Hong were cach sentenced to 18 months' hard

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self what was being done. I realis-gency character; but there has The GOVERNOR'S CUP, com- ed that my presence here is not so been, also, an increasing number peted for annually by the Hong-Air Mall for Manila, Guam, "Honelain, USA. and

appropriate after all; because of appeals for help from local kong Chinese Amateur Athletic Europe via "Pan American Airways and' Trans- What Miss Elliott is doing there is people, who are our arst respon- Federation and the Hongkong Atlantic Service”.

exactly the same sort of thing as I did myself for many years, and as my assistants are doing today.

- UNHAPPY TIMES

"In these unhappy times a far larger proportion than I remember are homeless wanderers seeking food and shelter, but I see from

sibility."

"One of the most distressing parts of this is the appeal that comes from applicants who have been in much better cir- cumstances and who And it difficult to ask for relief.

Football Association, has детер been more closely contested than this year.

In the first game thé Chinese won 1-0. The Association won the second 4-2. A third game w28 necessary and resulted in a draw of 3-all last Saturday.

BRITAIN'S STOP PRESS.

HEALTH

"For such the latter is most fre-At a meeting held last night, the her report that she too has to set- quently given in the form of small Chinese chose a strong team for BETTER NOW THAN tle family differences and I expect loans and it is encouraging to note the second replay at Caroline Hill that she too finds a little comic that a number of these loans are on Sunday, at 4 p.m. reliet amid all these tragedies.

refunded as soon as their circum- stances improve.

"We have been appalled, espe- clally of late, at the increased number of those who show signs of undernourishment and weakness.

IN TIMES OF PEACE

The following is the team: Cheung Wing-choy: Tsang

The British civilian front has Chung-wan, Ng Kee-cheung: Lau Hing-choy, Hsu King-seng. Soong stood up to the Blitzkrieg re- Ling-sing; Yeung Shul-yick, V. Kmarkably well In more ways Hyul, Lee Wai-tong (Capt.), C. T. than one. Not only has national Tsao and Hau Ching-to. Managers: moral been unaffected, but na-

"I remember once asking. a woman why she had left her hus- hand. "Well," she said, "You see I married him when his first wife died; and the other day her ghost came and pinched me." Another We have had many at the point of Sze Po-wal and Lam Chung-ho. tional health has remained unim- woman who had been abandoned

starvation, and many times. have

by her husband came to ask whe-had to call in the ambulance to ther she might get someone to

SATURDAY'S MATCH

The following have also been

paired,

"Mr. Ernest Brown, Minister of

convey them to the hospital for chosen for the match, between the Health, said: "In general Britain's adopt her children. I asked, who immediate attention.

BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS

STARVING CHILDREN

ren, we can now meet the need

K. W. Choy Enters special cases.

Third Final

no

Shanghai Chinese and the Hong- health is not only better than this kong Chinese teams, in aid of a time last year, but even better scholarship in memory of the late than during the last two winters "In the case of starving child-] Chen Chen-wo (Darky Chen) well-of peace. There have been

negligible known in Hongkong and Shanghai cases of epidemics, on the spot. having been given an football circles, to be played at number of bomb shock cases, and electric hot plate. Through the Caroline Hill on Saturday, at 4 p.m. children have been little affected. kindness of this friend; hot milk HONGKONG CHINESE: - Tam "Influenza deaths in London and or gruel can now be, given to such Kwan-kon: Hau Yung-sang, Tseng big towns totalled 778 in the first Chung-wan (Capt.); Kwok Ying-six weeks of this year "compared "We welcome the new move that ki. Lam Tak-po, Soong Ling-seng; with 1,827 in the same period last is now being made to regulate the Yeung Shui-yick, Fung King-year, and 1,309 in 1939. There have K. W. Choy, partnered by K. B. prices of fuel and of the staple cheung. Chan Tak-fal, Lat Shiu-only been two cases of typhoid or Low, entered his third final in the food of this underprivileged people,

wing and Hau Ching-to,

paratyphold. Last year there were Badminton championship - the

SHANGHAI CHINESE:-Cheung | 179. men's doubles when they el realising that in this way such dire

ALWAYS RISES minated F. H. Wong and C. Au, need will be in great measure re- Wing-choy; Ng Kee-cheung, Yim

lieved.""

Tse-yum; Lau Tɛl-chan, Eisu King- The only disease of a "serious last year's champions, in the

eng, Tsu! Ah-fal; G. T. Tsao. character which has increased is Cheung Kam-hol, Lee (Capt.), V. K. Hyu! and Lee Shek-rises in wartime. The death rate, Wal-tone cerebrospinal fever, which always

however, has been greatly reduc- ed by new methods of drug treat- ment...

Club last night.

semi-final at the Kowloon Cricket Miss Elliot paid tribute to the staff of the Centre for their work With little support from his throughout the year, and thanked partner, Choy had to go all-out the Hon. Mr. R. A. C. North for on his own in the first aet. Low having so kindly consented to take Improved greatly in the second set. the Chair.

By steadier play and better un- GOVERNOR'S INTEREST derstanding. P. K. Hool and H. F.

THE RESULTS

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yau.

"From all causes there have been

IN POSSESSION OF AERIAL

in London and biz towns 10,000 Chew beat the Yoong brothers. Concluding, Miss Elllot welcomed Apprehended while in possession fewer deaths in the first six weeks Y.P. and M.P., in the other semi-to the meeting His Excellendy sir a coil of wireless aerial about 3 of this year than in the same Anal.

Geoftry Northcote whose continued a.m. yesterday in Tsimshatsui, a period last year, even including in interest, she said, had furthered in Chinese, named Ng was arrested the total all deaths due to air no small degree the work of per-by the police and will be charged. raids. The agures are 43,691 this manent and constructive value number of wireless, aerials year, and 53,887 last year."

The Minister also pointed out beiro and Miss C. M. Silva beat which the Centre, with the aid of have been stolen recently in Kow. Miss M. M. Bilva and Miss M. A the Government, had been able to loon, Baron's Court and the Police that the prevention of infectious Road, being diseases in public shelters bas Xavier, 15-11, 15-12; Mrs. Torrible render for so many during the Quarters, Hankow and Mrs. Zimmern beat Mrs Near. Castro and Miss T. Gonzalez, 15-9. "My last word," Miss Elliot con- 15-11..

cluded, "must be of very real ap- Bentor Men's Doubles: P, Kpreciation of the wise counsel and

Full results are as follows: Women's Doubles:-Miss M. RI-

A

among the victims.

CHESS RESULTS

been very successful. In almost every big shelter in London there is now a "miniature hospital," and some shelters have a resident or

Hool and H. F. Chew beat YP and constant support of our Chairman, Results last night in the Colony full-time doctor. Over 200 doctors M. P. Yoong, 15-4, 15-11; K. W. the Very Rev. J. L. Wilson, Just Open Chess Championship Tourna-Day nightly visits, and nearly 300

more are available it called, Choy and K. B. Low best P. Know, when Hongkong is beginning ments were: Wong and C, Au, 17–16, 15-7.

to show its concern for the social Senior Championship: C. M. Junior Men's Doubles: A L betterment of Its people, our Bo-Sequeira beat C, 8. Coxhead: Fisher and F, Wynter-Blyth best cial Service Centre, more than most Junior Championship: 3. Tausz Printed and Published by Henry Lloyd Murrow, for the Hongkong J. L. Anderson and W. Gillies, 18-organisations, will miss him great-bent Wm. Lee, To Yu-lau beat 13, 18-17-

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