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HONGKONG: WAR CONTRIBUTIONS,

Some Further Acknowledgments. The Hon. Mr. E. B Halifax Bon. Secretary of the Wer

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY

Two home hula one at Parfloss we have been fortunats in having DAIRY FARM

an‍d another at Hurst Park, which only 19 deaths "daring the 33 have just been requisitioned as years the Hospital has beɛn open, argently needed, “ hava bean percentage of less then 6/8 of provided cat of the 31. George's 1 per cento

Presented by St. George's Day subscriptions and marked Society, Hongkong.”

From the Central Prisoners of Charities Committee, writes sa War Committee:- follows:-

We are indeed indebted to

great pressure on our beds, owing Recently we have experienced

to the large number of casualties we have unrensivad from -ibe historic notions at Zeebrugge and Ostend, and we have been

a further 50 boda to meet, emez-

The extracts that follow are many good friends in Hongkong.requested if possible, to provide made from a great number of The money now sent (42 800 by gencies. further acknowledgments of subthe St. George's Society) will ba the benefit of soriptions, including the scknow-atilised for ledgments of the St George's Day prisoners of the Bayal Welsh total, which wha remitted through Familiers, The Dake of Corn the War Charities Committee. well's Light Infantry, The West Hr. Marray Stewart carried out all Yorka Regimant and the Labour the details of the distribution. Battalion, and separataly from The subscriptions of £6,000 the prisoners for whom we are and $5,000 to the King George's utilising the contributions of the Fand for sailors were recognised War Charitian Committes. by special letters of saknowledg} | ment signed by the Chairman BRH. the Dake of Connaught

The Mayor of Dover writea

The acknowledgment from which thens few extracts are taken wɔuld make a small vo- lume: many and not the least, interesting of them are from "maller charities” which ́ere discovered" and dealt with by Mr. Stewart out of the suma re- mitted for distribútion at bis discretion. He writes:-

The principal object of the "I have made a new departure. to the War Charities and the St. Dover Patrol Fund is to give in contributing to Comforts George's Committees. The for- immediate relief to the widowe or Fand for Soldiers at rarions ashera who have depended on the | Hospitals, believing that good mer reads...

Sir, I have heard with deceased and who so frequently work is being done in cheering

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great plessure

that a of 50,000 hse been made receist

to- donation

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George's Fond

such

relief pending up the wounded by such means of assistance from as are provided by those funde. King the Government. Frequently also I hope your Committee will for Sailors, the widows or parents come to approve. If they do approve, a and also that this eam is derived this town when they receive the considerable field for future die from monies raised: by public news of the death of the husband subscription in the Colony of or son when they are" cared for Hongkong, and administered by by my Committee daring the time the Hongkong War Charities they stay here. Committee.

As Chairman of the Geners!!

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tribations will open out.

"Another new departure is the contribution I have made to a new Club for soldiers deafened in the war. The misfortune of men I may add that in order that thos Hirebled hoe hitherta Council of King George's Fand there shall be no overlapping ercaped public attention. Under the distribution of our the auspices of the Ministry of for Bailors I wish to convey to in you an expression of great ap lande I am in constant touch Pensions a start is being made in preciation and "thar ke for this with the Grand Fleet Fand and the direction of remedying this. manificent gift, and I would ask with the Navy League and all St Dunstan's having had so much you to convey the expression of cases brought forward for relief I thought this Deatened Soldier's thanks both to the Members of are carefully investigated without Clab might well have a little," the Hongkong War Charities forgetting the primary object Committee and to all those "Imediate Belief". residents in the Colony of Hong. I shall be glad if you will kong through whose generosity kindly convey to the St. George's Committee my deep sense of this gift originated.

grautude for their generosity

I know only too well the admire tion and säteem which is felt

Ell

Sir Arthar Pearson writes to throughout the whole Empire the St. Georga's Society:- for the endarsace and self- A tablet recording the eiroom. sacrifice of British seamen, stances of this donation ($1,500 and it is source of much by the St. Georgs's docisty) is encouragement to those being erected in the Hall of the who have the interests of King National Institute for the Blind, George' Fand at heart to feel that which is, sa is generally known, is provides a channel through responsible for the After asre of which a practical expression of the men who pass through St. gratitude can be made by the Dunstan'e. people of the Empire to those who have upheld the best traditions of the me.

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Yours faithfully,

ARTHUR, Chairman.

H. E. M Paul Cambon, the French Ambassador, writes:—

I am in receipt to-day of your

It is my great wish that the

"As regards the Orthopaedic Hospitale, in view of the good work they are doing in providing artificial limbs, I am sure you will agree thus it is proper to support them.”

There can be no doubt that the Community will entirely approve bis viewз: sad on snewer in this

use has been sent to him.„

Tonals Matches, Postponed.

We are naked to state that on account of the bad weather, the O.E... "A Home" and the Tennis Lagos matches between the Champions and the Beat in

many new recruits who, I fear, Divison A, B and C, fired for to-

mast join bat in

BO DOW morrow are postponed

SEPTEMBER 20. 1918.

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letter of 13th. June enclosing The generous support given by

obeque of $1,500 sa a donation to your Society, and our many other

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the French Red Cross Society kindly sympathieers in Hong THE INDO-CHINA STEAM

from the Hongkong, St. George's kong, goes far to allay any Society. I have handed this eam scxiety I may feel on

this

to the British Committee of the score, and is a happy sugary French Red Crose to be adminie for the fatare of the unknown have to tered by them in the name of the numbers who may generous donors.

NAVIGATION COMPANY,

fight life's battle under SHA

LIMITED.

HAREHOLDERS are remind- ed of the Extraordinary

The interests of Britain and such new and difficult conditions. General Meeting of the Company Frizes are more closely than ever

Chairman, Queen Mary's Boyal to be held on TUESDAY the 8th interwoven, and the immense

day of October 1918, et 12.0.clock onas of this struggle for humanity Naval Hospital Southend-on-ses NOOK at the offices of Messrs. falls heavily upon the shoulders write:

world.

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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING,

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fied that the Ancual Gen- eral Meeting will be held id the Club Hcue on MONDAY. Sept- ember 30th 1918 at 5:30 PM.

Jardine: Matheson & Company The Committes of this Hospital Limited No. 6 Pedder Street KOWLOON CRICKET CLUB. of us all. The geographical posi cordially appreciate the Hongkong for the purpose of tion of Francs, however, bas brought upon our country burdens generosity of the Hongkong War considering and if thought fit which are only made bearable by Charities Fand, as shown by the confirming as a Special Resolu- the knowledge of the sympathy contributions received from them, on the Resolution set out. and of the aastipted support of that they beg to sak permission underneath which was passed our great Allies throughout the to call one of the Wards at the Extraordinary General "The Hong Kong" Ward, Meeting of the Company held on

the 19th day of September, 1918, order to more closely Of the incumerable tokene in

That the regulations con- which I have received of your identify this Hospital with Hong-

"tained in the printed Empire's depth of understanding kong which is in so maDY WAYS of France, and of what the War bound up with the British Navy" The Hospital was founded in means to her, none have been more notable than the repeated August 1914, and is the largest gifte from the Colony of Hong. Toluntary War Hospital in the United Kingdom, its position kong. It is, therefore, with a

overlooking immediately deep sense of gratitude that I beg of you to convey my thanks on Eetery of the Thames being behalf of France and of her particularly suitable for Naval wounded sone to every member of A68.

the Hongkong St. George's Society

the

At the request of the Admiralty,

who has been instrumental in the Warde were opened to receive placing this magnificent anm at Belgian wounded from the Esitles

the disposal of the Red Cross..

Lam, Dear Sir,

Youre very truly, (BL) PAUL GAMBON.

document submitted to the ** meeting and for the purpose of identification subscribed "by the hairman thereof *be and the same are hereby approved and that such "regulations be and they are hereby adopted as the Articles of the Company in "substitution for and to the

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Report and accounts for| DOLLAR DIRECTORY.

1917-1918

Election of Officers For

1918-1919

Gineral

L. J. BLACKBURN.

Hon. Secretary.

exclusion of all the existing Kowloon, 19th Sept., 1916. Articles thereof."

Dated the 20th day of Septem-

By order of the Directors.

JARDINE MATHESON

& CO. LTD. General Managers.

of Liege and Actwerp, and these bor. 1918. were encoded by calties directly from the British Expedi- tionary Foros daring the earlier battles in Flanders. Bir Henry Procter. Hon. Tres- Subsequently more socommoda. surer of the Young Men's Chriation being required for. Naval cases the whole of the 850 beds fisa Associations, writes ---

We are just completing two were placed at the disposal of the bats at Saligans which is a very Admiralty who heva kept them large esmp with romething like constantly filled-a Naval Am 19,000 men in the Canterbary balance Train bringing fresh area. We shall be glad to nes patients each week.

In all 7,000 patients have your money for the two hats and

name them both after the donors been treated and 1,900 operations

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Kowloon, 19th Sept 1918,

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