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January 9, 1939.

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Fine Work By Chinese Red Cross In Canton RADIO-

Death Of Famed Jurist

LONDON, Jan. 8.

THE death is announced of Sir William Brandford Griffith, C.B.E., formerly Chief Justice of the Gold Coast, and obse- quently legal adviser to the Ministry of Pensions.-Reuter,

Sir William, who was

nearly 811 years of age. had a distinguished; scholastic career, ending when was called to the Bar in 1881.

he

In 1884 he was acting Queen's Advocate to the Gold Cuast Colony, became District Commissioner a year later, and was resident Magistrate of Jamaica from 1890 unit he became Chlef Justice of the Cold Coast int

1805.

He administered the Government of Lages in 1896, and was deputy Governor of the Gold Coast in 1997.

1 retired in 1911, and was ap-| pointed President of the special cutiri, for the trial of Human Leopard cases in Sierra Leone in 1912.

He was a special constable in the

D Division from 1914 to 1820, and from 1914 to 1919

volunteer attached to the Inns of Court. Ho

WAS A

Rangoon Fears New Headquarters Now

Riots

RANGOON, Jan. 8. TROOPS and polico con centrated at strategic points throughout the city this morning, owing to the tease situation as oilfield werkers paraded the city, waving flags and slogans, en route to the cemetery to pay hom- age to a University student who was killed in a clash with the police at Montha- go-United Press.

Palestine Frontiers

Now Closed

Jerusalem, Jan. 8.

assisted the Air Board in 1917. Stricter control is being exercised

Не wrote several

authoritative along the Palestine frontiers, works on Gold Count history, and also compiled the Ordinance of the Gold Coast Colony in 1887.

Established At Kongmoon

THE energetic and useful service of the Chinese Red Cross Society, Canton, after the fall of that city and the evacuation by the members of the society to places along the West River, was described in detail in a pamphlet just issued.

The

pamphlet tells

how the supplies. At Shishing, the pamphlet medical members of the society, after states, the society was particularly encountering manifold difficulties and fortunate in having detailed large dangers, abandoned the City of Hams, supplies of medicine there on Novem- and after a hazardous westward trelt,ber 22, when the Japanese staged a have established themselves in their terrible air raid on the city. Large new headquarters at Kongmoon, numbers of wounded people who where connexions with field stations would otherwise have suffered a at the front and

closely terrible fate were quickly treated. maintained,

After handing over the charge of the Society at Canton to two German doctors, the pamphlet recounts, the main body of the ambulanle service of the society evacuated Canton October 21, the same day the city fell into Japanese hands.

Before

rear are

on

DESTITUTES AIDED

The pamphlet enumerated numer- ous cases where destitute refugees along the West River were given medicine and care by members of the society.

With the headquarters of the SUPPLIES REMOVED

Society now moved to Kongmoon, the evacuating, the major pamphlet states, close contact is. portion of medical supplies was maintained with the surrounding shipped to Shlubing.

districts, especially Suawei, Toishan, twenty miles above Samshui on the West River. Hokshan and Haiping. As a recent At the same time, field stations were instance of the Society's service, large maintained at Fatshen, Sainam, and numbers of wounded victims of the other places near the Ahting zone, recent Japanese air attack, on Sun- white offices were established at Wui were cared for by Red Cross many other important cities, Shlubing, Taiching, Kwongning, and units.

It is officially announced that the frontiers have been closed, and tromle passes now cannot be issued until further notice. Pass restrictions will be imposed from January 12 oft motor passenger vehicles driven by Thinking that the salesmen of a non-Europeans and non-Jews accord- shop in Des Voeux Road Central ing to the nanouncement of the mill-staff of the society, who remained be

Shop Theft Is Frustrated

These offices, the pamphlet declares, were chiefly responsible for the tey supply of medicine and arst front and also rear places in time of aid corps which were sent to the emergency.

Several members of the medical hind when the general evacuation took place, have since rejoined their Traffic will not be allowed to enter refugees in

comrades after a large number of instruments from the show-window, Syria or Trans-Jordan, the reason medical nid and otherwise taken care

Canton

were Hiven being that the privileges | of.

Throughout the westward trip, the

alding various local with medicat

were busy attending to customers tury authorities. Yeung Fal, 25, unemployed, attempt-

ed to steal two cases of architectural

but he was seen. A salesman rave given

chase and arrested him. Yeung was sentenced to six weeks' hard labour Kranted, as well as rallitary passes,

APPOINTMENTS Notifications in The Government Gazette

Guerillas Damage Highway KINHWA, Jan. 9. A whole section of the Kiabing- Pinghu highway, extending over a length of fully fifteen miles, has been thoroughly

damaged

by

3,000 Chinese guerillas and able-bodied civilians, mank- ing the stretch completely impassable for Japanese transports. The sabotage work took two full days, from January 3 to 5- Central News.

Explosion Kills One,

And Wounds Another

Bucharest. Jan. 8.

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'Hands Across the Sca' And Texans)--Fox-Trol; There's

Other London Relays

Brand New Picture in My Picture Frame (Fox-Trot)...Tommy Tucker and His Orchestra; There's Rain “THAT MUSIC REMINDS ME" My Eyes Slow Fox-Trot....Mari- In tovini Radio Programme broadcast by Here Comes the Dream Man-Slow and His Orchestra: Hush, ZBW on Frequency of 846 kc's. Fox-Trot; Teddy Tall In Town To- and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m. day-1/8 One Step.... and -11 p.m., on 9.52 m.e's. per and His Orchestra; Algernon, WhIE

Henry Hall second,

flesnoop, Jolin-Comedy Fox-Trot; When It'

Night In Egypt Comedy

t....Harry Roy

It's Tilly...

H.K.T. 6.00 For The Children. Uncle Charlie's Nursery Rhymes; Gun To Play With-Fox-Trot; When and His Orchestra; They Gave Him a Nursery Rhymes. Little Mayfair the Circus Came to Town-Novelty Orchestra; The Nightingales Morn- Fox-Trot....Jay Wilbur ing Greeting-Polka (Recktenwald); Band.

and His The Squirrel Dance

(Smilli). Marek Weber and Ills Orchestra; 9.00 London The New Serial.

Relay "Hands

.Read by Aunt Across the Sea" by Noel Coward. Bee; At Mother's Knee:-Cradle Song (Schubert); Mn Curly Headed Baby

9:30 London HelayThe News. (Clutsam); Lullaby (Brahms)....

9.30 A Chopin Programme. Sung by Esale Ackland.

Concerto No. 1 in E Minor. Op. II ....Arthur Rubinstein (Plano), and the London Symphony Orchestra; Nocturne in č

Sharp Minor. Naian Milstein (Violin); Etude No. 7. Op. 25. Lener String Quartet: Polonaise In E Flat....Jose Echaniz (Pianofortse).

6.30 Closing Local Stock Quota-

Dance Musle

tions.

0.32 New Variety.

and

Relay-In Town

Why Talk About Love-Quickstep: Tears In My Heart--Slow Fox-Trot

..Henry Jacques and His Orchics- 10.30 London fra; Fold Your Wings ("Glamourous To-night. Night")...Mary Ells and Trefor Jones acc: by Drury Lane Theatre every walk of life in interviews with Introducing personalities from Orchestra; Bull It in C-Slow Fox-Lionel Gamlin, flashes from the news Trol; Doctor Rhythm-Fox-Trot. The New Tyres Fleur Bicue...Fox- Corner (Michael Standing Inter- of the week, and 'Standing on the Tros Chante; Je Chante One Step views the man in the street); Edited

Charles Trenet acc: by and Produced by C. F. Mechan. and His Orchestra; What 11.00 Close Down.

Slow Fox-Trot; The; Soldier's

Daughter

Quickstep...Roy Fox and His Or-

chestra:

Just In Fun....Max Miller

| Quickstep; So Long, o cart 1

CHILDREN'S PARTY

Russian Community Hold

were

tained through the Society's Hong- Contact with Hongkong Is main- keng Olee established in the pre-occurred in a Bucharest surburb on Slow Fox-Trot...

A mysterious explosion which (Comedian); You're An mises of the local "Wah Kiu Yat Saturday night is believed to have His Orchestra: The yogies and or in supplies, may be forwarded-activities by the "Iron Guard." Pao." to which donations, monetary been

Yam Slep—As

Christmas Festival 12 connection with illegal Explained by Fred Astire: The Yam Central News.

(Film: Carefree)....Fred Astaire St. Voldemar's Day, set aside for with Ray Noble and His Orchestra; children in Russia, was celebrated by The Sunday papers were not allow-Small Fry--Slow Fox-Trot; A Little the Russian community in Hongkong ed to report on the incident.

Toy Sall Bont-Fox-Trot....Geraldo with parly at the St. Andrew's The explosion completely destroy- Chorus....With

and His Orchestra: Lets All Have a Church Hall yesterday, when over

Tommy ed a small apartment house.

Handley 70 children were present. Two and His Pals, young men had

The party was arranged by a com- renied the house 7.30 Tito Schipa.

mittee from the Russian Orthodox only two weeks ago. One of them,

They La Cumparsita Tango; Confesion Church.

Mrs. V It is notified in the Government

year-old engineer trained-Tango; Princesita (Litle Princess). Atanasier, Mrs. A. Moors, Mrs. L.

Kreion and Mrs. L. Veriga. aumed duty as Crown Counsel on and

7.40 The Milan Symphony died before he could be chestra, Dezember 30, 1938.

The hall was tastefully decorated, examined. The other, apparently

while a Christmas tree laden with His Excellency the Governor has also wounded, managed to escape.

Portici Overture bon-bons and toys were placed in (Auber); Fra appointed Messrs. H. B. L. Dow-

Diavolo-Overture the centre. These were later dis- (Auber); bigin, O.B., J.P., and Cyril Champ were found among the debris, in-

It is learnt that parts of bombs,

Manon Lescout-Inter-tributed to the children. kin, Jr., to be members of the

mezzo (Puccini). Licensing Board for a further periodiculing that

8.00 Time Signol, Weather Re-the Rev. Dimitre of

A speech was given in Russian by the apartment' was port and Announcements.

the Russian of three years.

actually the secret laboratory of a

Orthodox Church, while Mrs. A. 8,03 Stadio-"That Music Mr. II. A. Mills is to be Assistant terrorist group of the "Iron Guard," minds Me,"

Re-Shapiro was the leader of the chorus

for the Postmaster General and Chief Ac-whose lender was killed some time

singing. Other items in- 8.30 The Latest Dance Misle, countant, General Post Office, with

⚫cluded recitation of ogo-Trana-Ocean,

a number Silver On The Sage (Film: The Russian poems. effect from January 1, 1939.

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by Mr. R. Edwards at the Central had been used in a manner adverse society has been rendering very good Gazette that Mr. E. H. Williams re- Dumitresch, was seriously wounded|

Magistracy this morning.

to milltary security.-Reuter.

service In hospitals and words

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We beg to advise that we have

been appointed

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for

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SAN FRANCISCO

Drs. Tai tion-hung, M.D.,

CILD. (Edin.), and

Pin-hui, ..., 0.5. (II.K.), are appointed Health Omeers.

It is

is also notified that His Majesty the King has been pleased to approve the appointment of the Honourable Mr. Andrew Lusk Shields to be an Unolicial Member of the Legislative Council, vice Mr. Marcus Theodore Johnson, resigned, with effect from October 18, 1930.

Dutch Legation For Montreal

Le Bague, Jan. B.

The Dutch Government has decided to establish a Legation at Montreal, and to appoint shortly a Dutch Minis- ter with the Canadian Government.

Reuter.

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