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LADY NORTHCOTE PRESENT AT HELENA MAY INSTITUTE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING LADY NORTHCOTE, Patroness of the Helena May Instituto was present at their annual general meeting yesterday, when Mrs. R. M. Henderson, President, took the chair.

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Donations to Charitable And Other Causes

REFUGEE RELIEF FUND

The following letter, sent by the Chairman of the Chiness Club to the Hon. Mr. M. K. Lo, Hon. Secretary of the local branch of the British Fund for Relief of Distress in China,

The minules of the last meeting having boon read by Mrs. T. 8. Whyte-Smith, Hon. Secretary, the President read her roport and said:speaks for itself:

"Lady Northcote, ladies, The 21st., In 1910, a

THURSDAY,

CONDOR FLIGHT SUCCEEDS

Berlin-Tokyo Race In Record Time

Tokyo, Nov. 30. An elaborate programme for the reception of the German goodwill arroplane Conder has been complet- Air Force and by the Aviation Bureau of the Ministry of Communi cations, in co-operation with the German Embassy here.

DECEMBER 1.

The TORTURES that lie in wait for STOMACH SUFFERERS

Never neglect Indigestion--ever if it only troubles you occasionally with a little wind or heartburn For neglected indigestion leads to worse troubles- pain that cut liko a knife-sickness after meals-gastritis sometimes even to serious gastric or duodenal ulcers. Get rid of the imate in time. certain of rellef by choosing the remedy thousands, Gei

Make

annual report and balance sheet of ( engored. Now the Helena May Ins-glad to learn that the General Com- ed by the General Sinf of the Army that has been proved again and again by

tituto has Librarian,

WAS Resident Matron

"Dear Sir, You will no doubt be

д full

salaried mittee of the Chinese Club decided time the Helena May Institute for the year

ast night (November 20) to send ending August 31, 1938, have been

resident Secretary and in your hands for the prescribed Manageress, and a resident Assistant you $150 (enclosed herewith) for

and he relief of retugees. This and Manageress, will with your permia Secretary period, and

sum though the Institute

normally have gone towards has expanded i would sion take them as read.

sce those early days, it still gives the purchase of drinks and reirtan- Officials of the Aviation Bureau "We are very pleased to have Lady

very well and ments for the New Year Day cele hope that the Conder will establish you an idea how with us Northcote, our Patroners, Noday, especially as during the year splendidly the original members of uration at the Club. The Club has a new world record in its fight to

Japan. plain under review this Institute Anally Council worked and planned. It is now decided only to drinic

nre China tea to usher in the New Year. The Imperial Aeronautical Society to be exact, and this meeting is in the now 32 realdents living in the Insti-As this entails pract.cally no cost, it has decided to award medals of came of age, on September 12, 1937, Interesting to note that there nature of a birthday celebration, for when there were only that number the $150 zet apart for the New Year dor, which is expected to arrive at lule, as against the original eight is possible to send you the whole of merit to the crew of Dve on the Con- at the time of the actual date it was

celebration.

Tachikawa aerodrome in the suburbs felt that, with the Colony full of of bedrooms.

of Tokyo early on the morning of refugees and so many big problems

December 1, 10.25 am.--Domel, to face, it was not the time to make any big celebration, and do nothing done to maric the day. On January 22, 1914, Lady May, wife of Sir Henry May, then Governor of longkong, received a letter in which Mr. (later Sir) Ella Madoorie offered the sum of $10,000 or If need be $20,000 for the purpose of erecting a

Institute foxtel or Women's

the Colony, provkied

# similar sum could be raised within two years. This

money was a free gift to Lady May to be used as the desired, with the single proviso that any Inst

Institute so formed should bear her name.

WOS

in

Mr. Io

"I feel you will all want to join with me in wishing the Helena May Institute very many happy returns, and every good with for the future.

"The Council record with deep regret the death of

"The purpose of this letter is to encourage other organisations to sim- plify the character of their enter- Linments and celebrations during four members the com.ng festive season and de-

Ho vole the monty so saved to the cause during the year--Lady Clara Tung, who was one of the original of refugee relief in Hongkong.. subscribing members of the Institute, Mrs. Shewan and Mrs. More also two old

and Mrs. Challoner, whose tragic death will long remain a shadow on our minds.

members,

Improvements

"(sd) C. Y. Kwan, Chairman,"

EMERGENCY COUNCIL

The S.-C. M. Post has received the

Future Air-Line

Unlied Press adds that the Ger- man Condor plane is making a test fight between Berlin and Tok, o

to a future with a view

alr-line from Germany to Japan.

AIR

MAIL DUE TO-DAY

following donat.on to the liongkong Delia Expected at Kal Tak

Emergucy Refugee Council:

Officers R.F.A. "Franco)," $25, TROTECTION OF CHILDREN

This Afternoon The delayed air mail, held up by the weather in Europe, is expected tection

The Hongkong Society for the Pro-to reach Kal Tak al 5 p.m. to-day

of Children acknowledges) by the Imperial Airways plan the following subscriptions:

Delia.

"As you will see from the report, the House Committee have had a very busy and strenuous year. Many new Juprovements and replacements have been effected. Pride of place goes to I special the kitchen, which has place in our hearts. The five new bedrooms have more than justified Hongkong Land Investment & their existener; they have never been Agency Co., Ltd. emply and there is a long waiting The Abbotsholme School list for accommodation al the In-Hon. Mr. T. N. Chau titule. The matshed site in the front | Miss S. M. changed for one on the main Repulse Mr. Abbas Khal Bay beach, and though it is not in Mr. J. H. Ruttonjee the front row it faces towards the, Mr. Dinshaw S. Paowalla " lawns of the Lido, with a view of the Kowloon Police Magistrate sea looking over to South Beach, The matslied can now be reached by bus, and the expense of hiring taxis

cars has been eliminated.

w

at South Beach,has been ex-Mrs. F.LY

"Latly May's Interest in ihe Y.W.C.A. bad long been known, but in 1913 the question had been raised women's work in as to whether Hongkong would not be carried on me sallefactorily under a society bearing a local name, and having rules to meet local needs, and some funts had already been collected 10- wards the erretion of new building. It was dreided to add these funds Mr. Ellis Kadnorie's splendid dont tion, and on January

30, Kom-tong mast generously

came forward and offered to pay the other half of the cost, and to the Helena

#hai May Institute came into being. The existing site in Garden Road purchased at a cost of $3.800 and the

The Social Committee arranged a architect's plan by Mr. Ram, must enjoyable concert at the mis- Messrs.

Ram and Gibbs, Denison,

sionary ten on August 5, and I would. having been told, Mr. Kadoorie

Cke to call your attention to signed the building contract and further agreed to pay for the furni-Pantomine which is to be put on here ture provided his total commitments

did not exceed $35,000.

Formal Opening

Was

3

on December 20 and 21, under the management of Mrs. Womack, who with her cast are working very hard indeed. This pantomime was played, here six yturs ago, and it was a great success-a real pantomime for

formally opened the building, which w

EL

(Contribut.on for Keung Mui and Leung Man) Donations already acknowledg

ed through the South Chhia Morning Post

Chrisimas Mail

bottle of Maclean Brand Stomach Powder to-day. Take a down after every meal and notice how soon indigestion vanishes For Maclean Brand Stomach Powder is a really scientific remedy that gets to the root of It neutralised the excess

the trouble. acid that causes the pain, and coats the

inflamed stomach lining, with a film of soft powder that soothes and comforts. It cannot fail to get rid of your Indigestion no matter how long you have suffered. Get a bottle of Maclean and Stomach

Powder from your chemist or store new- but to be sure you really do get the genuine Maclean frand, see the signature ALEX. C. MACLEAN on bottle and cartou. None other in genuine Maclean Brand Never sold loan. Powder or Tablete. Cheap imitations may only aggravate your trouble. If you have any difficulty in obtaining it from your local chemist or store, write to Banker & Co..

P.O. Box 755, Hong Kong. Asajd.

REGISTRY WEDDINGS

Three Chinese weddings took place nt the Registry yesterday before Mr. Marriages. T. J. Could, Deputy Registrar of

Mr. Lee Bing-cheung, salesman of the Ping Sing Knitting Co., Lid.. married Misa Cheung Choy-ping of 30 Tang Lung Street. The witnesses werz Messrs. Cheung Chuen-sam and Liu Pun.

Mr. Hung Chung-on, of 17 Con- naught Road Central, married Miss

Lau Chau-lin, of 10 Sui On Street,

On November 10, 1019, # two- $250 seater hi-plane left Hounslow for 8. Paris carrying the first regular load Bu of air mail in British history. 20 After 19th anniversary of that 1 event, Imperial Airways is

faced with the task of distributing 1350 tons of Christmas mall through

out the Empire within the next few Mr. Lam Man-kit, managing clerk of Mars. A. S. K. Lau and Co.,

Ü

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$450

Further donations will be gladly accepted by the Hon. Treasurer, Mr. A. McKellar, C.A., c/o Messrs. Mac kinnon Mackenzie & Co., P. & Bunding.

MISSION TO CHINESE SEAMEN

The chairman of the Christian

How

weeks.

The two-senter, on its way to

Talpo Market. The witnesses were Messra, Hung Fun-chtung and Hung Kin-cheung,

Paris in 1910, carried one small bng solicitors, married Miss Tsang Lai- of mail, and each letter in it cost yung of 35 Staunton Street. The were Messra. Y. T. Lam the sender half-a-crown. It will

take the largest commercial fleet of aircraft, operated by one Company,

witnesses

Library Committee have con- Mission to Chin.se Seaman in Hong-class mail, roughly 11,000,000 and non-stop to South Africa, was

scheine.

$23.64

tons.

to distribute the 350 tons of Christ- craft, flew non-stop from Southamp- mas Mail this year along the 30,000 ton to Alexandria in 14 hours, six miles of Imperial Airways Empire minutes, with the Empire Christmas ritus, and every letter will be enr-mals. ried at the normal rate of 11⁄2d.

This is the first time a commercial per half-ounce, even if it is going right plans or seaplane has flown yon-stop through to Australia or New Zea from England to Alcxandria. Cap- land.

'nin Donald Bennett, who piloted -On September 12, 1916, Lady May

It is estimated that 200 tons of Mercury non-stop across the Atlantic

letters, lounge, library,

will be carried out of, at the controls. He said he encoun- then comprised reading room, several class roumus, tinued to put on the shelves all the kong acknowledges donatons re-Southampton alone to the 40 ferri- tered head winds and rain practical-

tories Included in the all-up" mat ly all the xiting room, matron's worthwhile publications which have ceived for the Mission as follows: residents

way. eight

come out during the year, and it is The Bible Spread.ng bedrooms. quarters and

In-coming and intermedintel Union,

The Mercury carried a ton of mail, 1019, three of the class comuns on the interesting to note that 24,700 books

(London 20/-

mails will account for the other 150 comprising over 80,000 letters which Arst floor were converted into bed-, were taken out on loan during the The Swedish East Asiatic Co.,

were taken over at Alexandria by rooms, and in 1921 the large open year.

Ltd, (Gilman & Co., Ltd.,

All the Company's available air-planes operating on the Empire basement was made into this lining "The Religious Committer have!

Agents)

10.00 craft, including Mercury and Mala, routes. room; the library, pantry and kit arranged for speakers for our Fellow-

and of the Endign hitarra act sticks have ben held, M., Korea Larsen & Co.

10.0 new air-liners

Imperial Airways have made plans chens were enlarged, and

Frobisher classes, new Athalle fly for Mercury to make four more halt storey on the Garden Road side every Friday morning except during

10.00 ing-boats and Heracles and her similar flights with Empir: mails to added, gving ning additional bed- the hottest manths, and I would 1.ke . T. Hiroaka

sister ships especially re-tanked for deal with the Christmas rush.-Reu- rooms. Sir Ella Kadourie was again to thank most heartily all those who Mr. N. D. Lloyd

5.0 long-range flying, will be pressed ter Special. most generous, and gave $25,000 Lo have given the time to prepare these

5.0 luto service. wards the cost of these improvements, interesting talks and to corne and Messrs. Hasting & Co.

Messrs. Mitsub.shi mak Last year Ave new bedrooms, tuo com-

I would also like to

Kaisha Ltd. plete the top

thank the Press for their continued

Wong Tat-yung "Lady Pallot, were inided.

courtesy through the year. can tell you much

Young mare about carly days than I "On behalf of you all and myself can, for though I was amongst the want to thank most gratefully all Mr. G. Van Bergin

I was merely a subsi members of Council and members of Mr. G. T. Podge first members, scribing member whereas Lady Pol- Comunittees for all the hard work r. Lau Pak-wa tock was one of the original found they have done, and for mystif I also Two Friends dollar each

inmber of Council from want to thank them very warmly for All

All communications und contribu- frs and ! the very beginning, and I tec

I feel we their loyal help and support. i would. tions may be are very fortunate in having her here, like to neke special mention of Mrs. tendent with us to-day. Lady Pollock the first lion, Treasurer und Li w Wynne-Jones, our Hen. Treasurer, Jordan Road," who is shortly going home on leave, Kowloon. Alt

to

us,

J. H.

(HK) Lid.

Mr.

Mr.

ot the

10.0

Shoji

In addition, a fleet of aircraft will, 5.00 be chartered from other compnales, both at home and along the routes.

3.00

2.00 Imperial Airways will then have in

PLANE DROPS MAIL

During the

decupation by

the

2. operation a veritable Armada of the Middlesex and Rejutana Rifles of of the Lo Wu and Saiwng Camps, an nir the speedy distribution 2.Decen

or good-will throughouleroplane has been used to drop the 2.04 messageo

the Empire.

daily mail bag. 2.00

Not only will Imperial Airways! entire fleet, nugmented by chartered) 'planes, participate in the work of tever the new build- th

sent to the Superin- Headquarters, 54, (1st, floor) Yaumat., chiques and mont

lun, which joint duties the carried and whose work for the financial orders should be crossed and made

out for five years, and as you can agars of the Institute hus bera ex-payable to the Christion Mission to Imagine was a very full-time job.cellent and untiring.

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THE "TELEGRAPH" 'will send a Staff Photographer to all events of public interest. Requests should be addressed to the Pictorial Editor.

"shall now ask Mrs. Wynne-Jones to speak to you about the balance shezl, after which we shall both be pleased to answer any questions."

Other Business

Mr. Wynne-Jones said that as the accounts had bren in the bands of the members for the required period,

Chinese Seam:n, Hongkong.

DONATIONS AWAITING Donations are lying at the Business Office of the South China Morning

Post for the following.

cil,

ground door, now

at ing Victoria will also play almost ready for occupation, will be used for sorting

distributing mulls to Croydon and Southampton.

and

AIR SERVICES

Arrivals and Departures

For

Of Plane

Outward

London, Australia, British

As usual, laed-planes will operate Countries and Europe: Imperial Air- from Croydon, flying-boats from ways 7 a.m., Dec. 2; Imperial Air- Southampton. The new modified ways 7 a.m. Dec,

ying-boats, Cabot and Champion,; For US.A.. Manila, Guam, Hono- and possibly others intended for the tu; Pan American Clipper 8,30 trans-Atlantis service will take their am. Dec. 4. Industrial Home for Blind Girls, glaces in the Empire fleet. Despite Harkow, Chungking, Sten, etc.: Chinese Soldiers War Relief; Si the extra demands on Imperial Air- Eurasia and C.N.A.C. services tem- re would take them as rrad. She } Dunstan's kiume, "RD.C.", ways fleet, adequate arrangements porarily suspencvd. talled attention to the balance cor- Hongkong Emergency Retup.e Coun-e being made for the regular con- For France, via Hanol: Air France,

ed to Surplus Account, of $590.06,

tinental services to operate as usual. 6.30 am. Dec. 3. after depreciation had been marked

Inward WITH CHRISTMAS MAIL From London, Australia and Bri- tah Countries: Imperial Airways i

Imperial Airways p.m. Dec.

5 p.m. Dec. 3.

From U.S.A. vin Guam, Manila: Pan American China Clipper 12.30 Dinner Dance at that establishment Imperial Airways created another p.m. Dec. 3.

via From France,

Hanol: Air to-night (Thursday) owing to the record to-day when Mercury, upper engagement of the Hose Room.

part of the composite Mayo air-France noon Dec. 1.

down on furniture, dxtures nttings,

na library,

ary, annual instalment made

on the Building Replacement Fund HOTEL DINNER DANCE Mercury Takes Ton of Letters

eserve and amounts written off for

part building additions.

The management of the Peninsula !

Lady Pollock, in moving the adop- Hotel advise that there will be no Bon of the report and accounts, gave a few personal reminiscences of the arly days of the Institute. She paid ribul to Lady May's graciousness personality and stase of humour, and old the members how much they ind the Institute owed to Lady May. The business of the meeting having seen concluded, the 1939 magazines vire auctioned.

TO CHECK SPEAKERS

Traffic Light System Used by Y.M.C.A.

A

On Record Flight

Alexandria, Nov. 30.

TO-DAY'S RADIO

ZBW, 355 metres (845 k.e.) and 31.49 metres (9,520 kilo-cycles) Brahms Symphony No. 3 Reginald Foort at the Organ of the Joe: What Shall We Do With The

In F Major

Control of the speakers by 'raffle løft system was an Innova- CHILDREN'S HOUR Mon at the meeting of thự Y.M.C.A. “Akerary and Debating Society at the

Radio Programme Broadcast by Turopean Y.M.C.A. last night The Z.B.W, on a Frequency of 845 k.c's.

witching on of a green 11ght gave a merker his signal to "go", and a and an Short Wave from 6-11 p.m. "ellow light appeared to warn him on 932 m.e's. per second. that he had only 30 seconds left, 4 Studio-Children's Hour. When the ́red Uglit appeared he had

7 Closing Local Stock Quotations, to alt down.

7.Uz Beethoven-Quartet Major, Op. 15, No. 5.

Paramount Theatre, London

Drunken Sailor (arr. Terry); Fire Balay Below; Hullabaloo Down 7.50 StudioZW. Orchestra.

Goss (Baritone) "The Calph of Bagdad"-Over- (Harris)....John

and the Cathedral Male Voice Quartet ture (Bolldien).

8 Ime, Weather and Announce-with Plano. ments.

8.03 Studio-Z.B.W.. Orchestra,

2. "Dolores" -Valse (Waldteu/el);

An Interesting discussion followed the proposal by Mr. P. S. Casady of

Played by the Lener String Quartet. the mollon, "that the Press misleads

7.28 Two Bongs by Peter Dawson | Dog, the public. He was seconded by Mr. Starburk, and the motion was (Bam-Baritone). amcially opposed by Messrs. W. G. The Lute Player (Alllisen); The parlour. Presented by 8. E. Roy-Scene and Waltz)...with E. Ruziczka

9.15 London Belay--"World Affairs' A Talk by A. P. Nowion, D. Litt. 9.39 London Belay-The News. 9.50 D'Indy-Suite For Flute, Vio- 3, Murmuring Breeze (Jansen); 4 Serenata Espanola (Jan Welser):in. Viola, Violoncello and Harp, Interval Clair De Lune (Paul Ver Op. $1.

Quintette Instrumental Do Paris. laine and Gabriel Faure)....Mme.

10.10 Bongs by Alexander Kipnis J. Bathor! (Mezzo-Soprano) accom- panying Herself at the Piano; B. Zehn | (Wam). Minuten Schlager (Hans Schneider). * Me'sterzinger von Nurnberg" 8.30 London Relay-At The Black (Wagner); The Feast of John, bild-

ummer Day; "Der Rosenkavalier Mr. Wilkes at home in his own bar- (R. Strauss); Herr Kaval!er (Letter (Mezzo-Soprano) and Berlin State Keates and C. Erlund. Others who Floral Dance (Moss)....with Orches-nolds and Pascon Thornton, moke included W. L. Kirby and S. A. tra

Opera Orchestra cond, by Erich 7.20 Cinema Örgan.

gally Borwn; Ifanging Johnny: Orthmann. Gray. The motion was carried by

19.23 Bahar-Symphony No. 38 votes to 20,

Medley Of Old Time Songs: 1. Whisky Johnny (arr. Terry); Storm Mr. L. C. S. Dellamy, a d'rector of Englah; 2. Scottish....Sydney Gur- Along; Roll The Wood-Pile. Down In Major, Op. 91.

Willem Mengelberg and illa Con- he Y.M.C.A., presided over an at- tard playing on the Organ of the (Arr. Taylor. Harris); Nous Irons A tendance of about 05. Mr. A. S, Gaumont Palace Cinema. Cherter: Valparaiso (van Parys); Sclucamunni certgebouw Orchestra, Austen was timekeeper.

11" Close Down. Transatlantic Rhythm" "Medley.... Sta Lampa (arr. Favara); Haul Away i

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