THE
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1936.
CAN LOCAL CHARITIES BE CO-ORDINATED?
How Newspapers' Voluntary Collection Scheme Has Worked
THEATRE CABARET
A. Grulici.. one of the clever per farmers to the Vienna Caburel
opening at the King's Theatre -day,
$100 FINE ON
PRINTER
INDECENT BOOKS
ISSUED
Lo Ching-cheang, a printes, rondin
FALSE PRETENCES CHARGE
ATTEMPT TO CASH CHEQUE
Change with having attempted to
at No. 28 Abestien Street, gun obtain 500 from the Hongkong and Bour, was summoned before 3. W. Shanghe Bark false pretences. Schofield, at the Central Magistracy| Yan, unemployed, was re-
this morning for having been for a day by Mr. S. F, Bal- April 14, 1981, and dene 4, 19th, at No. 6 Shing Hing Street, on are at the Central Magistracy to- Alardeen Street, ground floor.
priated!
four thousand euples of "The Study o
S
The police alleged
that to had
and fore theusand copies of The found a cheque which I attempted Guide to Coureption", and having to cash. falled to have printed on the broke the i
Mr. P. D. M. Munro, bank assist-
me and full address of the printres ast, said the cheque was presrated
book
for payment at 9.45 yesterday. The
* policy were mottled immediately.
of the
Defendant admitted the cana - Detective-Sergeant G. Carruthers, roseculing, said the case was bought as a result of an anonymous Belter! that defendant and everal others. were printing indecent literature.
Defendant was fined £100, and given oie week in which to pay the re
Four cases of Typhoid nad one pase of Puerperal fever were reported to the local Health authorities during
The three days ended August 3.
DAY BY DAY NEWS IN BRIEF
AS THE SUN BREAKS THROUGH THE DARKEST CLOUDS, NO HONOUR PEERETH IN THE MEANEST HARIT—Shakespeare
21 FUNDS
RECEIVE $4,845
ORRESPONDENTS arc
Co
urging that there is need in Hongkong for a Centrai Charity Clearing Office in order to prevent overlapping of charitable appeals.and dis- tributions.
Would such a system be ¡successful in this Colony?
The question seems to be an- swered aflirmatively by the success that, has attended the voluntary collection system oper- ated by the "South Chirin Morning Post" and "Hongkong Telegraph", whereby those twn newspapers jointly accept and) acknowledge donations and dis- tribute them to the charities named.
During the period December 18, 1935 to August 3 this year, a total of $4.845.69 was forwarded to the "Central Clearing Office" operats ed by the two newspapers. This į amount was received for distribu-i
GAS MASKS
FOR HORSES
Every living thing likely to come into must be protected against gas, Aus- 'contret with warfare "the next time" tria has devised this gas-musk for its cavalry horses,
tion to twenty-one local institu Weather
Jons.
The system is under the direct control of the General Manager of the South China Morning Post, Ltd., who receives all montes, ac- knowledges receipt in the news- papers concerned and hands over the contributions to the institu tious named by the donors,
During the above-mentioned
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Popular Melodies by "The
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AN AVIATION TALK From Z.B.W. on a wavelength of 356 metres (845 kilocycles):
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p.m. The Philadelphia Sym- phony Orchestra.
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 (Liszt): Carmen-Prelude to Act 1 (Bizet); Prelude Apres-Mid D'un Faune (Debussy); Danse Macere (Danes of Death) (Saint-Sauns, Op. 40).
7.30
30 p.m. Songs by Peter Daw- son (Bass-Baritone).
1 Bo (Andrews); ("Songs of the Sea") (Stanford): 3. Our River Thames lennessy); 4. Young Briton's Heritage (Hennessy),
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8 p.m.
Time.
Weather Report and
wy z from "Mignon" (Thomas);
จ
[amouncements,
8.03 p.m. From the Studio. "Popular Melodies
Programme.
The Three Blind Micesterday by 1. Everything is Okey Dokey; 2. When Irish Eyes ar Smiling: A Little White Gardenlu; a Impro visation; Everything goes with love; Itestleri 4. My Song without a name; Whe
I'll see you again; Japanese Sandman; 6. Lost; 7. No- body's Sweetheart."
8.35 p..
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The London Palla-
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Down (Matt); Sunset (Moti): Selection of
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9 p.nl. Daventry News Bulletin
period, Funds collectest Air Lines Helped right by Renter) and amounce-
newspapers, and distributed 011 beball of the donors. were itemised as follows:
Benevolent Society Protection of Children Lepers' Christmas Fund Street SleeperA
St. John Ambulance .... Society St. Vincent de Paul Salvation Army
Little Sisters of the Pear St. Franels Home for Street
Sleepers
Hungry Hables' Funti
St. John's Cathedral Fund M.C.L. S.P.C.A.
Mission to Seamen Tung Wall Hospital Blind Girls' Fund-
Children's Playground
Fund
Busy Bees' Society
St. John's Organ Fund .. Chinese Seamen's Mission Wesleyan. Soldiersand.
Sailors' Home
Total
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from Hongkong.
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10.00 10.00
2.00
ments.
9.20 p.m. From the Studio.
A Recital by Molly Portallion (Con- tralto) accompanied by Clare Shand,
L.R.A.3.
Programme,
1. (a) To a Wild Rose.....Mue Howell: (b) 0 Flower Divine..... Haydn Wood; (e) Early in the Morning.... Montara Phillips; 2. (a) Only a Rosa ("Vagabond King").. Friml; (4) Alice Blue Gown ("Irene). .Tierney.
9.25 fm. "Engen Onegin"--Waltz (Tschaikovsky).
9.40 p.m. From the Studio. Empire Air Mail by a Commander Talk: Aviation No. 3-"Flying the in Air Liner.
of nin
by the B.B.C. Dance Orchestra.
10 p.m. Big Ben: Dance Music
11 p.m. Close Down.
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Seme interesting information regarding these collections was supplied by the General Manager of the South China Morning Post Ltd. in an interview with St Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours "Telegraph" porter this morn- ending at 10 am. to-day totalled 0.06-ing.
NOTES OF THE DAY inch. The total since January I f 48.02 inch, nguinst an average of "While the total r mount
(Continued from Page 6.) 55.63 inches.
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SOUTH ASIA ZONE
Axia Zane brondrant from * DJD
1 p.m. German Falk Kong. J.10 p.m. Concert of Light Male.
p.m. Reports from the Olymple Games, 2.20 p.m. Concert of Light Music. 2.53 p.m. Greetings to our Listeners. 3 .. News and Economic Review. 3.15 m. The Kaleidoscope et Opera. 4.30 pm. Woman's Consoitation. Hour, 4.45 p.m. Topical Talk.
5 p.12. Neparts from the Olymple Games. 5.10 p.m. News and Economie Review in
English, 5.45 p.m. Folk Music.
EAST ASIA ZONE Enat Asia Zone broadcast Virough DJQ on
How at 2 p..
.5 p.m. German Folk Hang. 7. p.m.
A p.m. H.13 p.m. Greetings to our Listeners In
Indis.
Concert of Light Masle: In the Interval,
News In German.
For keeping a brothel at the first for of 95 Parkes Street, Chun Lel, 41. unemployed, was brought b fore Knocked down by a tram in Destion seems somewhat smaller than Red revolution is a splendid thing 15.68 metres (15.280 k.e.) 1.30-3 pm. Concert Mr. E. Himsworth at the Kowloon Youx Road Central yesterday, Chan usual, there appears to be an in- in the eyes of a Red, no doubt, Magistracy this morning and was Wen-sze, 84, of High Street, was creasing tendency for contributors and a revolt of the other extreme fined $75, in default, six weeks inmitted to the Government Civil to Charity to forward their dona- is a horror. But the view of the gol. The brothel was raided on Hospital in a serious condition. Hletions through a central clearing humble, middle man in politics is complaint yesterday afternoon.
that revolution of any shade, red, black or white, is equally horrible, and those whose lives are not In volved in it should keep their fingers out of it.
|rce:ived severe scalp wounds.
ollice such as the voluntary 878- tem established by the South Shigeyestri Yamakachi, 32, Japanese China Morning Post and Hong A remand for 48 hours was granted merchant, was cautioned by Mr. S. F.kong Telegraph," he said. by Mr. S. F. Balfour at the Central Balfour at the Central Magistracy to i Magistracy to-day when Lau Ming-day when he was charged with # MEMORIAL DONATIONS chan was charged with having at breach of the Allens Registration! tempted to bribe a public servant. Ordinance. Yamakachi said he had
"There is also an increasing An application by Det. Sgt. Guild notified his change of business address tendency to forward donations in for the confiscation of four indecent to the Supreme Court and thought memory of people. For instance, books found on Lau was also held over that was suflicient.
during the period under review, 1 for two days,
received $1.808.95 on behalf of th For having in his possession six Hongkong A. flannel dance will be held, by packets of duliable tobacco,
Benevolent Society. Lam Of this total, $1,780.95 was for the local section of the Health, Kart, 28, unemployed, of 8 Upper Strength, Sports and Athletic Club Lascar Row, was fined $15, or free warded in memory of people who at the Hotel Cecil on Saturday from weeks, by Mr. W. Schofield at the had died. 0 p.m. to 12.45 a.m. Members and Central Magistracy. this morning. their friends are welcome at. usuni Lam was arrested in Wing Lok Street admission charges. By kind permis-near Bonham Strand by Nizan Din ston of Lieut. Col. R. M. Rodwell L.S.B, 330, who said he saw him and Officers the Dance Orchestra of carrying, a parcel, which, on beint the 1st. Bn. Royal Ulster Hilles will opened, was found to contain the play.
tobacco.
also fined $5,
tvas lined $5.
Lam
Germany, France
We do not believe that Italy, European Power is anxious to he
or any
other come involvert in the Spanish civil war, no matter how their sympathy may be aroused. For such is the bitterness in Europe to-day that would take very little to align uld enemies under a new banner defend some political "ism". against a supposed common foe. money would have been spent on | Perhaps this is a step towards that wreaths, Now it
to much-desired internationalism; of Charity."
which we have heard, but it is an unsteady one, at best.
"Formerly,
most
of
goes
to
this
"Despite the fact that one cor
of
More than an average number of Hongkong people are charitably Stated by Mr. Green, Superinten-W. Schofield, at the Central Magishia belief in response to a ques- Sleepers' Society and St. John's A fine of $60 was inposed by Mr. Inclined, the speaker expressed us dent of the Botanical and Forestry tracy this morning, on Leung Shui- tion.
Protection of Children.. Street Department, to be a regular herb pulvin, 167 Queen's Road Central, sum- ler, Lo Sum, 37, was charged at themed on six counts of having failed
Anbulanec each receive one Central Magistracy to-day with hay
the notes. There was no che to Ing in his possession 85 cattics of wild stump receipts between February respondent reported that his plan the identity of the donor. Plants that might reasonably be sus-Street, summoned for havng failed to his salary to charity had failed. Reasonal charities. For instance, and Mny. Au Tat-mee, 46 Cochrane to forward a monthly allotment of
Some of the donations are for pected of being stolen. Sub-Inspec-have sufficient stanipa on for McEwen said that Lo, who was for $36.11,
a receipt have on my books the names of the $499.34 received on behalf of arrested In New Aberdeen Road, had Tieun. 134 Bonham Strand East. several denors who make regular the Street Sleepors' Society would done a great deal of damage. Le summoned for a similar offence in monthly contributions," he said. was bound over on entering into respect of a receipt for $102.02, was
all be contributed in the first three $25 bond.
or four months under review, St. John's Cathedral Fund and St. John's Organ Fund are non- An assault case was brought before The following fortheeming wed-
charitable appeals which do not Mr. E. Himsworth at the Kowloon dings are announced: Mr. Antoine regular contributors, maintain a Magistracy this
morning, in which Jules Joseph Moreau, inspector, Com-strlet anonymity, the speaker add- Cheng Lam, 32, licensed hawker, was pagni Colonialo des Tabars, Hanoi, ed.
The Lepera' Christmas Fund, charged with having assaulted Yiu and Miss Wilfred Mary
which amounted to $500 lust year, Nam, 59 another hawker, after a Elcenter Hotel, San Francised: Mr.
Dempsey,
is a special appeal made by the quarrel in their unnumbered hut in Frank Mawer, Hongkong Police tion, received during the period during the
One such anonymous contribu- "South Sha Po village on the night of
August
Force
China Morning Post" Miss Edith Inspector Portallion asked for a Birkinshaw of 6-Lock Road, Kow- now $100 banknotes. These were
Hielen under review, consisted of three December each year. During the first four weeks of 48 hour rond of the case, the re-loon: Mr. William Richard Kingdon forwarded in a plain envelope, with has been collected for this fund, quest being granted. His Worship Collings, Assistant
pant five years, a total of $3,832 gave defendant the option of spending Marino Surveyor, and Miss Florence a card bearing the inscription
Government the 48 boura in police custody or pro-Muriel Robsin,typlat, of "From-A-Wandering Scot and which each year provides Christ- mas cheer for the numerous lopers asking that the Society for the at Sheklung...
́ducing:$10-ball."
and
Villas, Kowloon.
of
ANONYMOUS DONORS
Many donors, some of them
recur.
8.30 p.m. parts from the Olympic Games,
p.m. News and Economic Iteview, 9.16 p.m. Famous Mustelanat Prof. Ela
Harich-Schneider will play on the Harprichard.
9.40 p.m. Toptent Talk.
10 p.m. News and Eranomle Review. 10.15 pm Light Music. 11.30 p.m. Reports from the Olymple Games, DAVENTRY
PROGRAMMES
The following wave-lengthe and frequencia
are observed by Daventry,
Frequency
Wavelength
42.59 terren
3.55 metres
63
GRA
6.500 k.c.
G80
9,510 k.e.
GSC
8.5X5 k.. 31.30 metrie
GED
GSE
11,750 kr. 25.03 metro $1,843 k..
25.38 mtren
GSP.
23,140 k.. 19.82 maitre
CSG
CRIT
12,790 kr. 14.84 metres 21.470 k., › 13.97
meiro
GHL
CSJ
16.240 k.c. 19,0% metres 22.540
GAL
4,110
4. 19.80 metrem k.c. 49.10 Teusmission 1
(G.8.D., G.8.1)
metres
1.15 p.m. t Ben. "Ladies Night," "e" "Here's to the Maiden." "Warid Affair."
2.13 p.m. A Recital by Margaret Veld
Hyde (Кодтане) вла Illum Busch (lanoforte).
2.15 p.m. A commentary on the imple Games, from the Olymple Stadium, Berlin.
2.55 p.m. The News and Announcements..
Greenwich Time Hignal at 3 pim.. 2.10 p.m. An eze-witness account of the
Olympic Games, from Burliss.
Transmission 2
(0.8.0., 0.631)
p.m. B Ben. Quentin Maclean. 7.15 p. World Affairs."
7.30 p.m. Landon Fle." Book, Lyric
and musle by Harry Howard. p.m. The 1.1.C. Empire Orchestra, Greenwich Time Blenol at 6 pm D.EL. The News and Announcements. 0:38 p.m. "Down to the Bes in Bhips.
Transmission 3
(G.S.JL, 0.8.1.)
10 p.m. ile on A Recital' by Veronka Manefeld (Australian Meso- Haprana).
10.15 p.m. The
Orchestra
Tournament Municipal
3'
1 p.m. tie Proposal,” A Jet in one
art. by Anton Tebehov. Produ
tion by Wu MacExtE. - 11.25 .. The Mucle of Brahma, A Recital by Naner Welr (Australian Fiznlat).
11.40 p.m. "A"Remais Camer, of the
Empire: the Cayman
anda, by
A. W. Cardinal), 11.55 V. The News and Announcements. Greanelch Time Hignal at 13 .. 12.30 am. The fi.U.C. Danca. Orchistes
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