1938-12-06 — Page 19

SALESIAN SOCIETY

Commemoration Of

W&D.

Fiftieth Anniversary

Funeral Of Footballer's Eldest Son

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THE

HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH,

REFUGEE RELIEF

Over $250,000 For Work

In Colony

Funda amounting to approximate- ly $1,000,000 have been distributed by the National Relief Commission for refugeo rellef in Kwingtung. Kwangst, Hongkong and Macao, Mr.

su

Acting Chairman of informed the Cen-

to dry.

the Co

TUESDAY,

Smuggled Arms To Guerillas

Japan Has Dofinite Information

Shanghai, Dee. 5.

DECEMBER 6, 1938.

Social Items

Mr. and Mrs. S. K. Kong oto leny- ing for Europe on Thurstiny by the French mail Arumis. They will be away for about twelve months, and are planning an extensive tour with their car on the Continent, wintering in the South of France and at Manle Carlo:

Relief Council; $3,000 f which foreign vessels had angtse, day before Mr. T. J. Gould, Deputy

tunelegency Refugee Chamber of

Two weddings tooit place yester-

They were between Mr. Yuc gistry. Registrar of Marriages, at the Re- Yi-shek, building contractor and Miss Tang, of Lee Gardens Street, Moggle cases being Megera. Tunit the Wang-hee and Bagdad Tang; between Mr. Leon Kam-yim, mer- 3 Seymour Road, the witness being Messrs. Wong Pun-pa and Leong Kam-toh.

many other great works, it had its Bean Mr. and Mry. T. McCul- list of Distress In Chion: $10,000 to Commander-in-Chief of the British chant, and Miss Wong Wel-hing, of

these

humble cir- cumstances were very humble they were at the same time very romantic. Indeed, the life of Don Bosco and the early days of the Salesians has been found interesting enough to provide material for a full-length "talkic."

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Mira J. Cottrail, Mrs. C. Gow- land, Mrs. Didsbury, Mrs. Winterton, the Mrs. R. Rosen, Mr. and Mrs. W. Doxford, Mrs. G. Hodke, Mr. W.

rock, Mr. A. J. Manton, M. Brimblecombe, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. FitzGerald, and Mrs. G. A. Blandford.

the Federation of Relief Associations

Hongkong:

fur the $25,000 ot a refugee work- establishment shop: $3,000 to the Fanling Nursery, und $5,000 for the establishment of a farm, a orchard and a vocational school for refugees.

of

The funeral of Thomas Nicol Pile, the three and a half year old son of On Friday, December 0, the

Mr. Tommy Pile, the well-known

The wedding took place at the Salesian Society in Hongkong will

Union Church, Kennedy Roud, you football player, and Mrs. Pile, who commemorate the Sftieth anniversary

terday afternoon between Dr. Wong died In the Queen Mary

Kai-gee, of the Tung Wah Hospital, of the dent of their Founder, Don

Its Hospital on Sunday, after a

nhort

and Miss Leung Shuk-kee, of 33 Bosco, The Society has under

at the Pro-

A Japanese spokesman stated to-Village Road, Happy Valley. Hong- direction in the Colony'the Institutes illness, took place

The of Aberdeen, $1. Louis and Shauki-testant Cemetery yesterday, the Rev.

K. Mackenzle Dow officiating.

In Hongkong the Commission has day that the Japanese had gathered kong. chief moproers present were the appropriated $100,000 to the Emer-speelfie information of instances in smuggled the grandmother, Mrs. Robbillard, und! This even recalls to mind

orms to guerillan, on the Com- Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Thuson

to the marvellous growth of the Society ina

merce for relief purposes; $5,000 to but they felt the time was not oppor- and aunt),

tune to divulge the information. the comparatively short pace of 79|

Mr. Hthe Red Swastika Society for emner- included

No protests had been lodged and Others present

gency relief in the New Territories;

information had not been years, for in that time their numbers have risen from eighteen to 12.238. Barrett, Mr. and Mrs. J. Joyce, Mr.

and Hongkongivalged to the nations diplomatic

odlelals, he said. and the number of their Institutions. Webber, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. and hag consented to allot $100,000 the

Branch of the British Fund for Re-

Vice-Admiral Sir Percy Noble, from 1 to 807; and as is the case with Spoors,, Mrs. J. English, Mrs. Blu-to the South China

Far East, Fleet in the

arrived in In extremely beginnings

Shanghai to-day on the Kent for a circumstances. Yet if

week's visit. Shortly after his arrival Vice-Ad-

On Saturday at the Registry before, he exchanged calls with miral Oikawa, Commander-in-Chief Mr. T. J. Gould, Deputy Registrar of of the Japanese Fleet in Central Marriages, Miss Elizabeth Morrison China.

Wells, nurse, daughter of the Rev. H. Floral tributes were sent by Mum-

The Commission has also handed During their discussions planned | it. Wells, became the bride of Mr. over 40 enses my and Dad; Grannie and Granuladl

for the week, a comprehensive ex-Jonathan Hurst, civil servant, of the clothing to the Nicol: Grannie Aunty Nora and South China and Hongkong Branch amittion of British and Japanese R. N. A. Depot at Stonecutters. The Uncle Jim: Auntte Margaret; Auntie of the British Fund for Relief of points of view on the Yangtse situa-witnesses were Messrs. William Har-

China, and two cases of tion is expected to be made.

rower and William H. Cullip. medicine and anel T'e: Michael and Denny; Mary Chinese and foreign

Availin itself Hats: Uncle Chris: Uncle Jack; Dick Distress

of the Japanese offer

The wedding also took place on four packages of clothing to the Wui that foreign warships bottled up in i Margaret; Grahun; Isabel John, Clara ant Marlene: Per Ning Natives Guild

Hankow might mich make a journey Saturday between Mr. Leung Yal-. Eltern: Louis, Joyce; Pauline und

In Macau, where between 600 and to Shanghel and a similar craft goman, salesman, and Miss Chan Yin- 700 refugees are gathered, the Com-up-river in its place, the U.S.S. Luzon chiu, of 37 Wyndham Street. Mr. T, Jimmy and Marine; Jane, Jimmy and duet Valerie and Dana, Peter and George; Gloria and Jin: Rosemary, misalon has consented to appropriate left Hankow to-day and the French J. Could, Deputy Registrar of Mar- of which unboat Adiniral Charnier will leave ringes, officiated, and the witnesses relief fun! of $40,000,

to-morrow. At Kluking they will were Messrs, Cheng Wing-kwad and Jean and Anthony; alt his little play $5,000 has already been sent. In ad- males at Stanley: Children of the

wait for the U.S.S. Monoency and Chip Keung-wa. diftion 850

been new quits have sent there to be distributed to the all three will continue the journey, Stanley Sunday School:

Mr. and Mrs. J. Adam, Mr. and refugees. To relieve the increasing sorted by three Japanese torpedo

refugees in Changsham beats. Mrs. Bagley, Mr. and Mrs. Barrett number of

Several Americans from Kuling and Noel, Mr. and Mrs. Bedent and District the Commission has appro-

will board the American vessels at Kiukiang. Allee, Frank and Barbara Brimble-priated $20,000. chosen, and they started to recombe, Anna and Stanley Cressey, They began with a choir and amateur Mr. and Mrs. Didsbury and family.

"Kyn theatricals, then followed a

Dr. and Mr E. 1ovey. Mr. and

A total of $300,000 has been hand- and band. Evening classes were Mrs. E. S. Franks, Mr. and Mrs. Ced over by the Commission to the

and Mrs.

Government experimented on, the teachers being

Kwanctum Provincial Gowland and family, Mr. and Jusco arrop, Mr. and Mr. Hircock,

in the way prepared overnight by Don

areas for distribution himself. These evening classes, the mid Hourihan and lumily. Mr. and Rivers and in south Kwangunk *** | applied to the Japanese for a permit on Boxing Day, December 20, Tea

Me Hodge and Pat, Mr. and

East. West and North along the first in Italy, attracted the attention of outsiders who volunteered their services. Finardi Shed was enlarger, Mr. Jamie, M. and Maddition, $20,000 has been app to land in Hankow, if he is taken up-will be served at 3.30 p.m. and prizes W. C. Jenner, Mr. and Mrs, Joye printed to the Swatow Municipal river by the Oahu, but a permis has and toys from the Christmas tree

the opened, simple W were

will be distributed at workshops

Mr. and Mrs. McCutcheon, Mr. and Government affairs at first; then, as help rame

Mrs, MeTavish. Mr. and Mrs. A. from those well-disposed towards

Society

for relief purposes the work, more elaborate and it to Paler, Mr. and Mrs. Pare, medical unit of the Red Swastik

Pratt and Mr. Forrow, Hazel Redney, Swntow train apprentices. The success of one School encouraged the opening Mr. and Mrs. Rosen, Mr. and Mrs. of another until the Society spread Ryan, Dr. and Mrs. Sunw,. Mr. and over Italy, Europe, America, the M. W. E, Webber, Major and Mrs, world. In China there are Salesian J. L. Willcocks and Miss Willcocks, Houses at Macao, Shigelow, Mr. and Mrs. Winterton and Shirley Sal, Yunnantu, Shanghai and long-Ann: kong.

The Salesians were founded in the year 1859 in Turin, and the incidents surrounding the fourulation are con- senont with the aim of the Society, namely: the care and education of poor boys, especially the neglected ones. A boy being beaten for his :- friendship ignorance, a defence

that brought more friendships in its

out of which train, a boys' club, sprong the Salesian Selety. For this club, despite all possible oppost- tion, seemed to grow and to keep on growing. Finally i settled in publican's

Leaders shed.

it were

Gains Goodwil Wherever it went the Soricly met with the goodwill of the public. An .nternational group of co-operators subscribes to it, it is regarded with favour by the Governments. There is

may one

burden

every reason for doing so as a Planer at the aim of the Society will show. It is everybody's business to see that children are brought up in such a way as to be formed into good citizens, a help, not a bu to society. Unfortunately, thousands upon thousands of these children for one reason or another have absolutely no hope of ever seeing the inside of a selioni, or of learning anything but

learn by side of what prowling the streets. Now, it is the ardent wish of every Salesian to be able to take those children in off the streets, to wave a wand and erect for them Chubs, Elementary Industrial Schools, etc., etc., only, to do all this his wand must be tipped with gold. It is an evidence of the co-operation of the public, the fut il suffices that the Salesians begin a foundation and the funds necessary for its support wilt always be forthcoming,

in

and

As every educational body has n system which it adopts education of its subjects, so too the Ever since Salesians have theirs,

There

AST

Mrs.

Kwangtung and Kwangsl

$10,000 to and

Three British gunboals, Tern, Mantis and Petrel, will remain In Hankow for the line being. The Luzon la beint replaced by the Oahu, which will sail from Shanghai this week.

The Police Branch of the Minis- tering League will hold their monthly Bridge and Mahjong drive at the Cathedral Hall on Tuesday, December 13, commencing at 3 pm. Admission is $1. This will be the Christmas drive and seasonable prizes will be presented.

The Hongkong Civil Service Cric- ket Club in hafding its annual Prize- At least one American civilian han giving and Children's Christmas Tree

| been refused-United Press.

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KULING FOREIGNERS

In Kwangst the Commission first

Nanking, Dec. 5. About 50 foreigners, including allotted $20,000 as an emergency re-

destitute by Britons.

Germans. Americans and ef fund for Chinese refugees ren- Japanese air bombings in Wuchtow Swiss, will arrive from Kuling at dered homeless and and Liuchow. Later, an additional

mal Kukiong on Tuesday, and will be Members of the $100,000 was given to General Huang taken aboard a Japanese transport Committee and Hongkong Football Club, Single Pri-Iisu-chu, Chairman of the Kwangsi for Shanghai--Doct. 206 Offers Chinese Cirrits, Stanley; Provincial Governinent, for refugee Indian Hospital staff, Li Fun Kee and relief in the province.

indux of Kwang- In view of the others.

into Kwangsi after tung refugees immediately appropriated a sum of Another their $100,000 for

relief, $100,000 was recently allotted for relieving the refugees in Kweilin after the Japonese air raids.

Fire Inquiry

Evidence Continued On

Yaumati Blaze

was

p.m.

The Ying Wah Girls' School will hold its Annual Speech Day n Thurs- day, December 8, at 5.30 pm. In the school ball. Mr. C. G. Sollis, Director of Education, has kindly consented to present the prizes.

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Prizewinners at St. Andrew's Wo- men's Fellowship Inst week were. Mahjong: Mrs. Peckham (1st.) and Mrs. Brown (Consolation); Bridge: Mrs. Anderson (1st.) and

Hum Mrs.

Mrn. Whist: mond (Consolation);

and Mrs. Dunk (1st.) Spradbury meet on Thursday at 9 p.m. in St. Andrew's Church Hall. There will be the usual Mahjong, Bridge and Whicl Drive to be followed by a "Lucky Dip Tea."

the fall of Canton the Commission THE POLICE RESEKY (Consolation). The Fellowship will

Five cases of medicine and clothing have now been sent to Kweilin for the refugees-Central Neus

ITALIAN DONATION That he had escaped through the

Delayed in Hongkong for months skylight in the kitchen just as the

of gelling because of the difficulty smule from the conflagration beganning to suffocate him, was the transportation to the war area, forty story told by a man named Li Sun cases of medical supplies, donated Mr. A. A. Macfadyen at the by the Italian Government and the Italian Red Cross to the Chinese Red Kowloon Magistracy yesterday, t The continued hearing of the inquiry Cross, have now been handed over into the disastrous fire in Shanghai to Bishop H. Valtorta for load re-

work. The fugee vellet

Kowloon Street on November 17, when 12 lives

Wharf & Godown C. where the goods were stored kindly cancelled the storage charges.

were lost.

at

Messrs J. Hoare, Lam Tit-hong and G. A. Gutterres formed the Jury empanelled for the inquiry.

It will be remembered that the five occurred in the early hours of the morning and that when it was wer 11 bodies, including those of children, were recovered from the debris. One victim died of injuries.

At 12.15 am. he

Don Bosco led out for a pienie the 300 boys of the State Reformatory of

Li said that he resided on the Turin, and after a whole day's fun In the country brought them all back without the aid of even one plain-second floor of one of the houses that

had caught are. elothes man, admirers have wanted returned home and had been in bed 10 know just how he succeeded Fo

for a short while when he heard the well with boys.

nothing very deep or mysterious about it sound of a commotion coming from the floor below him. He went to a 'Tis theory was that if you can gain

"window and on lonking down Into se boy's affection you have him"

a crowd of people to speak; he will not do anything the street, saw

who were shouting to the residents likely to give you offence and will be a subject open to receive the education you impart to him. You will have established "contact". For this reason the school should be n

He did not know the reason for continuation of the home induence, for it is in the home, s everyone this, and on leaving the window he knows from experience, that affection went to the trapdoor leading to the reigns supreme.

a family street and found, on lifting it, that there was dense smoke on the land- ing beloys,

Create

spirit in the school, maite the boys like you by showing the boys that you like them; the Superior is the paterfamilias and, as if to contradict Solomon himself, he spares the rod, Another part of the theory is the bellef that the boys should always be assisted by one who knows the world better than they, but that this assistance should be as unobtrusive as possible. Hardly in keeping with the ideas of some of the modern schools of pedagogy. It has proved Its worth, nevertheless, and is the surest means of preventing the young from doing wrong and from contracting bad habits.

A much fuller account of Don Bosco and lils work will be given In the lecture to be delivered by Rev. Fr. G. Byrne at the "Club Lusitano". -Contributed.

TALK

ON

EDUCATION

Mr. C. G. Sollis, Acting Director of Education, will give a lecture en The Malayan Education System" to the Technical Institute Tenchers' Union in King's College at 5.30 p.m. on Wednesday, December 7. Mem- bers of the Union, both past and pre- sent, and also their friends, are cor- dially invited to attend the lecture.

of the building to run,

Found Dense Smoke

ile dropped the trap door and ran

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REFUGEES TRANSFER OF

Emergency Relief Council Considers Action

Orders Issued for The Current Week

PATROL DUTIES

The following are Police Reserve Orders by the Hon. Mr. T. H. King, Commissioner of Police:

Chinese Company Strength.--Constable 11 Ts'o Chi- of the Chinese Company as from on has been taken on the strength December 2, 1938.

R41

ט

STOCK MARKET REPORT

The Hongkong Stock Exchange official summary issued at 3.15 p.m. yesterday, says:

Hongkong Bank $1,385 Union Insurance $487 Douglares n

1.K, & K. Wharves #117 Providents (old) $3.70 Providenia (New) $5.45 flaub $9.10

H. & S. Hotel

K. Lands $35

Humphrey's

36.85

a

The improved tone of the market Commendation-Constable Yung Siu-chung is commended by noted towards the end of last week the Commissioner of Police for zeal was well maintained during the day.

indicated when of duty, in Opening quotations and alertness, securing the arrest of a Chinese Male drmness, and during the day prices on November 27, 1938, who was in some instances advanced a little, convicted for Larceny from Person.but with Sellers ill reluctant to

Training Cource-Part II. The trade, the turnover was limited.

Unysty undermentioned members of the will attend Chin- Chinese Company

se Company Headquarters for Part 11 of Training Course on Tuesday, December 6, at 17.30 hours: Con- The first batch of prisoners of war

atables 10 Wang May-on, RIS S. C. Kin- aboard the steamship Li Hong, at Henning Liang, R40 Leung present in Kowloon Bay, will leave

sung, and R66 Lau Kwan-po. for to-morrow

the disinfecting

Patrol Duty Nightly 18.00 hours and midnight by mem- station in Yaumati typhoon shelter, prior to entering the space reserved

the Omeer in for them in the Matsuchung camp,bers as detailed by

Charge of Company. Kowloon City.

The refurce position in the New Territories underwent ittle change

are 4,800 inhabi yesterday. There tants at Kam Tin and the numbers in the three "freight car camps" at Fanling have not varied.

Meetings

of the Emerency Relief held yesterday and Council were though no statement was leated it in understood that early sction will be taken with regard to the establish- ment of two reitlements in Chinese Charge of Company. territory, Just over the border.

An official stressed the importance of would-be subscribers reporting to the Counell their willingness to give their services, funds,

or materials.

of

to his room, where he prepared to instead of acting on their own initia escape. He warned the remainder ive. A considerable quantity of the people in the house and then bread and bisculls had been given mide his way to the kitchen where, out haphazardly. Where possible, it rice to which un clambering on to the brick sup- was better to donate port for stoves, he managed after two the peasants were more accustomed. attempts to reach the skylight and climb on to the roof. From there he renched the street by going through some other person's premises.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Donation Received By Salvation Army

I also said that when he was walking up the stairway to his house! before the fire, he saw no light or cigarette end on the stairway. Close to the trapdoor leading to his floor

small kerosene lamp, which The Salvation Army acknowledges was kept burning throughout the the following donation in uld of the night. but there Find been no Refugee Relief Work: kerosene leaking from it.

Mr. F. Tracy $30.

WIL

ST. JOHN AMBULANCE

Luk Tol-kwong, Li Kam, and Sin The S. C. M. Post has received the Kal, residents of the ground floor of following donation to the St. John the same house, testified to having Ambulance Association:

Mrs. A. Whittaker, $3. seen the first few steps near the first floor landing on fire when they woke up after midnight. They used elec-| tric lights on their floor, and there were no oil lamps, not even in the kiteben.

DONATIONS AWAITING lying Donations ure 1 at the Business Office of the South China Morning Post for the following:

Industrial Home for Blind Girls; Chinese Soldiern War Rellet; Social Following this evidence, the fur- Service of the Churches; St. John ther hearing of the Inquiry was Ambulance Association; Emergency adjourned until to-day.

Refugee Council,

Patrol

between

between

Indian Company Duty-Nightly 18.00 hours and midnight by mem bers as detailed by Charge of Company.

the Offleer in

Flying Squad

between Pairol Duty-Nightly 18.00 hours and midnight by mem- bers w detailed by the Officer in

under-

Emergency Unit Reserve

Courtes.-The A.R.P. mentioned members of the Police Reserve have been detailed to attend the E.U.R. the ARP. Courses at Club on Tuesday, December 6, and Friday, December 9, nt 17.30 hours under S. I. (R) R. P. Dunlop:

Mr. B. C. Randall, A.S.P. (B), Mr. Feroz All, A.S.P. (R) Inspt. (R) D. Lole, S.I. (R) Chau Ching-chiu, S.I. (B) Hardit Singh, P.S.R. 17 W. K S. Mok, P.S.R. 29 Chan Chung-tung, P.S.R. 30 Thong Po-hing, L.S.K. Leung On-tal, L.S.R. 214 Channan Singh, L.S.R. 209 Imam Din, P.C.R. 303 D. Young, P.C.R. 313 D. N. Xavier. P.C.R. 359 Lee Chan-kee, and P.C.R. 230 M. S. Dillon.

1.K. Tramways $17 Star Ferries 671

China Light fold) $10% China Lights (New) $10 1.K. Electricn $5735 Sandakan Lights $10.50 Cements $15

Dairy Farms $24

Watsons $7.10

Vibro Piling $7

1.K. Govt. 40% Loan 8

pm.

HIR. GOVL, 4% Loan 1 par

Seltern China Underwriters 50.75 1.K. Ropes $4.63

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SRJEK Hongkong Bank $1,305/1,100 1.K. & K. Wharves #117/0 Providents (Old) $9.70

IK. Lands $33

H., Electric* 18 Sandakan Lights. $10.50

Dairy Forme $25

Antamos Ps.

Ataks 20

475

Inkulu Gold 243. Benguet Consol, 13.00 Corn Grove

Cons. Mins 0035 San Mauricio 1.80 Suyne Conml, 2015, United Paracates 51

SOUTH WALES BORDERERS

It proposed to form 11 local branch of the ftegimental Association of the South Wales Borderers. 20 Ex-members of the above Regiment who are interested, are asked to com- muniente with W. J. Curd, Royal Naval Yard, Hongkang.

Patrol Duty-Nightly between 18.00 hours and midnight by mem- bern as detailed by the Omeer in Charge of Company.

C. ChampKIN,

D.S.P. (R).

Life Spans Six Reigns

Launceston, Tasmania.

Six monarchs huve occupied the throne of Great Britain during the existence of Mrs. Annie Norman who has celebrated her 103th birthday,!

when the She was 20 years old Crimean War began,

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