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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

FINANCE CAMPAIGN OF CHINESE Y.W.C.A. ENDS

THANKSGIVING SERVICE: PRIZES PRESENTED BY MRS. N.L. SMITH

A THANKSGIVING SERVICE, BRINGING TO A CLOSE THE PRE- SENT YEAR'S JOINT FINANCE CAMPAIGN OF THE YOUNG WO- MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION, was held at the local Y.W.CA. headquarters, 38e. Bonham Road, yesterday evening. The service was followed by the presentation of prizes and a dinner.

The YW.CA. had set a goal of $12,000 for the campaign. but the teams participating together brought in $18.641.76. the sum exceed- ing by more than $6.000 what had been looked forward to.

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C.P. VISITS TRAINING SCHOOL Hon. Mr. J. P. Pennefather-

Evans, Commissioner of Police, made his first official inspectlög at the Police Training School, Nathan Road. yesterday..

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GENERAL

GOVERNOR PAYS TRIBUTE TO CORPS OF AIR RAID WARDENS

ON THE CENSUS

dens in

Tribute to the work done by the After having been mèt by Insp. A. W. Smith, Principal of the Hongkong Corps of Air Raid War- the recent population- P.TS.. about 10 am, at the door, Mr. Penneinther-Evans reviewed count was paid by Els Excellency the recruits, He was impressed by the Governor, Sir Geoffry North- the drill,

icote, at the meeting of the Logis- lative Council yesterday afternoon,

Mr. Pennefather Evans left the School after one-and-a-ha ̈f hours.

His Excellency also placed on record the Colony's great gratitude to Sir David J. Owen for his

ITALIAN PRIEST tabours here and for the very

valuable Report on the future

Miss Shin Tak-hing, Executive Dr. Woo then presented Mrs. Secretary of the Hongkong Y.W. Smith with a gift as a souvenir of C.A. in presenting a report on the the occasion. whole campaign, noted the fact

GOOD PLANNING that 342 workers had participated.

Mrs. Smith, replying, sald that IN COURT control and development of the In collecting the money. 'aided byste had not at all expected to students, in various schools and speak, but after having heard Dr.

An Italian Catholic priest. Fran-port of Hongkong. Industrial workers.

Katle Woo's generous words she cis Ricciardi, having, no address in In a 5,109 contributions had thought the thanks were not due the Colony, appeared before Mr G. been received, and 13 of the teams her at all.

T. Lowry at the Central Magistracy participating had gone over their Rather, the success of the cam- yesterday on a charge of breach of team goal of $2000. Ninety-eight paign could be attributed to the the Defence Regulations.

ADMIRABLE WORK

Addressing the Council, His Ex- cellency said;—

Hon. Members, Before adjourn- Ing the Council I wish to refer

of the workers participating pass-excellent organisation and plan-j The charge alleged that he, to two documents which were laid ed their Individual goal of $150. ning that had been put into it by being an enemy allen, was found this afternoon by the Hon, The

the Y.W.C.A. secretaries and in Lau Fau Shan, In Ping Shan, Colonial Secretary. leaders here and to the teamwork northern that had characterised it.

WARM THANKS ·

Chief-Detective-Inspector A., H.

Mrs. K. H. Wu, of the Canton

district of New Terri- Y.W.CA.. took the chair, and Mrs.

In the first place I wish to torles, which is a protected area, Tsao Ting-kit, Dean of Pul To Girls School, led the Thanksgiving

With all the YMCA workers without permission of the Chief commend warmly the admirable

work done by the Hongkong Corps) Service.

and members pulling together in Security Officer on Apr. 21. Following the Service, Mrs, N. L. much the same manner as a tug- Defendant pleaded guilty to the of Air Raid Wardens in the re- cent population-count, and to Smith, wife of the Hon. Mr. N. Lof-war team. success, had been charge.

mention in particular its organis achieved. She was very happy, Smith, gave away souvenirs to the

Commander captains of the winning teams and Mrs. Smith concluded, to be pre- Elston, of the Special Branch, pro-ers, namely. Wing workers who had raised the largest sent at the service of dedication secuting, sald that on the after- A. H. S. Steele-Ferkins, O. B. E., and would thank all present for oor in question. defendant was Mr. A. E. Gerondal, Deputy Chief Director of Air Raid Precautions. sums of money.

their kindness in having given her seen by a Police in a tea house in a present and invited her to be Lau Fau Shan. As he was not in Air Rald Warden, Hongkong, Mr. Dr. Katie Woo. M.B.E., in extend" | present.

clerical garb, the Police asked him M. L. Bevan, Head Warden; and Ing to Mrs. Smith the warmest "

PRIZE WINNERS

who he was. To this, defendant Mr. C... Batley, District Warden. This highly useful census work thanks of the Y.W.C.A. for her pre- The thirteen teams reaching their replied that he was a Spanish sub- sence on the occasion, referred to goal of $2,000 were led by Mrs. Jeet and gave his name as Lopes. lay completely outside the proper

NO IDENTIFICATION

duties of the Corps and entalled. the active and helpful part "Mrs. Wong Tse-chuen, Mrs. Jade Weng Smith had played in the campaign, Wu, Dr. Katie Woo, Mrs. Wan Failing to produce any identi- a great deal of labour upon them.

"The success of our campaign | Chik-hing: Miss Chan

Sau-sincation card or papers when he Nevertheless, it was cheerfully has been due largely to her in- (captaining the Business Girls was asked to, defendant was told undertaken by the Corps in the terest and her excellent broadcast | Club team), Mrs. Li Tse-fong, Mrs. that he would be taken to the Fing most public-spirited manner and and the hundreds of letters she Wong Lum-hing, Mrs. Kan Yau-Shan Police Station. On the way carried out with great success. has signed on our behalf," Dr.man, Mrs. Chan Hel-kei, Mrs, there, the admitted that he was an thank them for what they have!

Wong Keung. Dr. Yu Mei-tak, Mrs. Italian.

done for the Colony. Continuing. Dr. Woo referred to Wong Wah-lum and Mrs. Lum According to defendant, he had In the second place I wish to the many other advisers who had Foox-yuen.

come across the bay from Nam record the Colony's great gratitude belped the campaign and sald she Mrs. Wong Tse-chuen's team Tau, Chinese Territories to get to Sir David J. Owen for his would like to take the opportunity raised a total of $4,312, this being provisions.

labours here and for the very presented by the occasion to thank the largest sum raised by any one Asked what he had to say, de valuable Report on the future also Sir Atholl MacGregor and the of the teams.

fendant replied that he came out control and development of the ather ladles and gentlemen who Workers who had individually of pecessity to get provisions for port of Hongkong which has re- had assisted the campaign with collected more than $1,000 were the "Mission and also a small hos sulted therefrom, Sir David Owen their advice.

the Mrs. Wong Tse-chuen, Dr. Katle{pital" which

Mission was undertook this onerous and very "Mrs. Smith has endeared "her-Woo, Mrs. Jade Weng Wu, Mrs. Lojoperating. and that he knew important work without remunera- self to us more than ever, No Ying-ming. Mrs. Kan Yau-man, nothing about the Hongkong re-tien to himself as a contribution words that I can say will be ade- Mrs. Wong Lum-hing, Mrs. Li Tse-gulations.

to the Empire's war effort. quate enough thanks for the fer- fong, Miss Hilda Yen. Mrs. Henry vent manner in which she has Ling. Mrs Kwok Pui-cheung, Mrs. Identified herself with our work," Wong Keung and Mrs. Yip Tal-Police that you were 2 Spanish

Katle Won said.

Dr. Woo concluded.

ching.

"TO SAVE MY SKIN”

I

I regret to have heard recently

Mr. Lowry: Why did you tell the that Sir David Owen was taken on his way home and I know that this Council Join me in the sympathetic hope that by now he has fully recovered.

subject when you were asked to reveal your nationality?

Defendant: I did so as a láme

Mr. Lowry ordered defendant to be remanded until Monday.

AUXILIARY NURSING

LIVING CONDITIONS OF excuse to save my skin. POOR CHINESE CHILDREN

Report Of Boys' And Girls' Club Association

Comparatively few people in this Colony have not, at some time or other, cursed, or felt like cursing, some street urchin who might have got in their way or whose ball gamë might have riven annoyance, forgetting that the poor child has nowhere to go to or any other way of passing his time.

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SERVICE

MOTIONS APPROVED The Attorney General moved, and the Colonial Secretary second- ed, that the amendments made by

the Urban Counca under Section 4 (XVI) of the Public Health (Sanitation) Ordinance. 1935, on The following members have now the 25th day of March, 1941, to completed their 96 hours hospital the by-laws ander the heading training in the wards and gained "Conservancy" contained in Sche- their proficiency certificate:- dule A to that Ordinance, to take Daisy Turner, Dorothy Ascough, effect on 1st May, 1941, be ap- Marjorie Grindley, Christine Corra, proved; and that the Third Vo- Leopoldine Corra. Marjorie Ford- lume of the new edition of the Re- ham, Kathleen Rosselet, Maud gulations of the Colony which has Dover, Doris Lemmon, Sister St... been prepared under the authority Patrick, Vera Gavriloft, Florence of the Ordinances and Regulations. Lammert, Frances Webber, Myra of Hongkong (1937 edition) Or- For some lucky ones, there are part from the indigent population Ternel, Dorothy Wilson. Yan Seng,dinance. 1936, as amended by Or- the Children's Playgrounds to go of the Colony. "We think that is Wah. Mrs. Levkovich,

dinance No 38 of 1939, and which to. if they live near enough. For no exaggeration to say that for

has

this day been laid before others, the Society for Protection every child who can join a club come for that year was $4,935.56 this Council be approved. of Children stand as god-parents; there are at least fifty others for as against $3.535.15 of the previous The motions were carried. while for some others are the whom there are no such facilities year. The balance of cash in the The Attorney General moved various boys and girls' clubs, But, and who desperately need them bank and at hand was only $560.-the Brst reading of a Bill to for the majority, the streets are and we still have, therefore, a very 34 as compared to $942.23 at the amend the Miscellaneous Licences their only recreation grounds. great problem in front of us. We beginning of 1940.

OBJECT OF CLUBS

must expand further and we ap-

As any social worker would be able to testify, the home life of poor Chinese children is a bed space shared with several others. and that their recreation is hanging about the streets.

These clubs, founded some years peal for your help now and In ago with the object "to provide a future."

centre where adolescent children may meet together, and by engag-

ing in a variety of activities, grow

an

kong.

living conditions of children in

FUNDS NEEDED

Ordinance, 1933." He said "that tri committee, at the second reading,

In an accompanying letter to he would move an amendment to the Hongkong Daily Press, the read as follows: "Every timber Honorary Secretary, wrote, "We store shall be maintained in a The programmes. of the clubs are much in need of financial sup-good state of repair and cleanliness

CLUB ACTIVITIES

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Oficer of the Fire Brigade). citizens." proved so successful that three universal subjects taught, expand, at our present rate.""

Donations may be sent to Mr. Association-known as the while general knowledge, hygiene,

THOSE PRESENÍ. Boys' and Girls' Club Association Chinese History and Mandarin are Kwok Chan, of the Banque de

Present at the meeting were H. was formed about five years ago

also taught in some of the clubs.l'Indo-Chine, who is, the Honorary

E the Governor, Bir Geoffry Treasurer, football; swimming, under the Presidency of the Rt. Ping-pong.

Northcote (President), H. E. Mal.-. Rev. R. O. Hall. Bishop of Hong-acting, hill climbing, competitions,

Gen. AR Gresett Eon. BE NL and an athletic, sports day, are On Saturday, the Association Smith (Colonial Secretary)" Hon. A very interesting survey of the also part of the activities of these will be holding the annual inter- Mr.

clubs.

C.G. Alabaster (Attorney club sports at the South China General), Hon. Mr. R.A.C. North the Colony is given in the 1940-41 Home, and medical attendance Caroline Hill, commencing at 1

Court work, visits to Remand Athletic Association Stadium. (Secretary for Chinese Affairs), Report of this Association, a copy are part of the work undertaken p.m., at which His Excellency the Financial Secretary), Hon Mr. of which has just been received. by leaders of the clubs.

The Board of Administrators of "This work," states the Re-

During 1940, $4,375.22 were paid K.C.M.G., will be present, and to Works), Hon. Mr. J. P. Fenne-stress in China

Governor, Sir Geoffry Northcote, AB. Purves (Director of Public the British Fund for Relief of port, "is urgently needed in

has recently Hongkong where a very large

-out by the" Association as against which the public is cordially in-

father-Evans (Commissioner of made the following grants: percentage of the

$2,592.92 in 1939; while the invited. children

Police), Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson, Hon. To the Social Service Centre Mr. S. HL Dodwell, Hon. Mr. M, K. the Churchès, $5,000; Lo, Hon. "Mr. Leo D'Almada To the Kwangtung and Hong- Castro, Jun., Hon. Mr. A. Long Christian Association for the Shields. Hon. Mr. W. N. Thomas Be Tip Districts, for medical sup Tam, Hon. Mr. T. E. Pearce, Hon piles for Yan Ping, $376.90. The [Mr. Li Tse-fong and Mr. C.

Fund has also donated drugs to Bramall Burgess (Deputy Clerk of this Association, for Yan Ping, to Councils),

the value of HK$1,118;

To the Distress Rellef Associa Prior to the bustness of the tion for the Six Districts. Western meeting, the Hon. Mr. John Penne-Kwong Tung. for feeding 5,000 father Evans, Commissioner of refugees in the Sam Smil area, Police, took his oath of allegiance. $3,000.

have little or no education or opportunity for comradeship and recreation ather than that provided by the life of the streets. It is a disturbing fact that through poverty many thousands of children are driven to work, for which they are not sufficiently developëd,, and even to beg and to steal.” The children who belong to the clubs of the Association, went on the Report, come from the poorest families, and are for the most

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