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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

RECORD NUMBER OF

BRIDES TAKE VOWS

AT THE REGISTRY

THE winter of 1938-39 is, according to the Chinese almanac, a particularly lucky one for brides, which perhaps, accounts for the sudden boom in Registry weddings. A record was created during January, when 46 ceremonies were performed, and of these only four were British

On January 24, the Deputy Registrar of Marriages, Mr.

·T. J. Gould, officiated at eight weddings, while on January 18, he conducted five of the seven ceremonies.

February, promises to be another record month, since throc couples were united yesterday, and six marriagea have been arranged to take place to-day,

Mr. George William Cooper, mer- chant, and well-known novice joc-| key, yesterday married Miss Barbara Isobell Brunette Lord, riding instruc- tress, and part owner of the Kowloon Riding School. Mr. T. S. Whyte-| Smith ofciated at the ceremony and the witnesses were Miss J. G. Old, part owner of the Riding School, and Mr. G. Treverton, Private Secretary to His Excellency the Governor,

SHANSI FRONT

Japanese Defeated Near Hwohsien

Sinn, Feb. 1. Japanese near Hwahlen, on the Mr. Ma Hok-kcung, merchant, Tatung-Puchow Hallway in Shanai, married Miss Lee Moo-ching, et 774 ruffered a crashing defeat on Janu Nathan Road. Mr. T. J. Gould, of-ary 20,- elated, and

The Japanese launched a counter the witnesses were Mesara. Lui Ching-ping and Ma attack at Simwoll, neur wohsier.. Kwon-pok.

They resurted to the use of gases, but the their

Mr. Aston Emanuel Lyn, merchant, married Ming Wong Kang-yau, of 10-12 Wai Yee Street, Taino Market, N.T., before Mr. T. J. Gould. The witnesses were Messrs. Wong Keng man, and Ling Kang-lu.

ST. CHRISTOPHER? Columbus Canonisation Again Mooted

Rome, Feb. 1. Among Roman Catholles off Nationalist Spain a strong movement

February

1939.

CONVICT LABOUR

Employment Scheme. On Public Works

Pians to gut first offenders on short term sentences in Stanley Gaol on, outside road work for the Govern="

by ment are being prepaced

the

Willcocks.

Commissioner of Prisons, Major J. L.

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He said yesterday that a start hodi already been made with the scheme In recent weeks, 30 short term pri- soners having been engaged on anti- malaria work on the Island road near Tytam. There had been attempt on the part of the men to escape, and the work they had done consisted of filling in holes with carth, stone or

cement. The mon worked for seven hours outside, and there was an armed guard of four to supervise them,

Major Willcocks revealed that the object of the scheme was to give newcomers to prison a chance to do productive work, ns against the former practice of assigning them to tasks such as washing dishes or scrubbing floors.

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Already this scheme has been successfully put in hand within the TOMORROW prison limits where a new road

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entrance has been built. Prisoners are now engaged in building a rifle: range for the warders and pathways In the grounds. It is intended to build several storehouses and isolation block in this way.

are 3,000 At present there

pri- soners in the gaol-almost two-thirds

these

Arat-offenders---bubj owing to the overcrowding there has been enough productive work to

of

not

are

Chinese tennciously held go round. ground.

It is likely that prisoners will be The Invaders were finally worn placed in a camp near Kai Tak for at Kun, Tong. uut and forced to withdraw towards reclamation work

where the refuse dump is, as one They were repeatedly

the Hwohslen. ambushed on the way by plain of the first bit moves in clothes ren, suffering heavy casual-scheme when approval has Bea. The Chinese lost only one granted. captain and about 20 rivales.

Meanwhile, fighting continues in the Chungtizer Mountain regions int south Shansi.

The Japanese to the south of the mountning who have been badly

new been

JANUARY'S WEATHER

beaten are now hotly pursued by Colony's Spell of Drought

the Chinese.--Central Newa,

Y.M.C.A. FIXTURES

The following are next week's

Comes to an End

The Colony's weather during January. showed no unusual features. xtures at the European Y.M.C.A.:

Sunday, Feb. 5.-Discussion Group according to the Royal Observatory.

whg

is now taking place in order to in-at 0 p.m.

Cloudy skies prevailed during the duce the highest ecclesiastical all- Monday, Feb. 6.-Women's Section: Arst week of the month, and there thorities to canonise Christopher Millinery

Class "Renovations-in was a short cold spell on the 8th, and Columbus. For this purpose a pas- the West Lounge at 10 am. Service 7th. The remainder of the monthy sionate appeal has been made to the Dance at 9 p.m.

mainly sunny, with norioni piscopacy of Spain and South

Tuesday, Feb. 7-Women's Section: temperatures. The long spell of ex- America.

Sewing

Bee at 10 am. Badminton at tremely dry weather which prevailed during the early winter was at last In petition presented to the 8.30 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 8-Women's See-broken, and rain fell on 7 days during Pope it is recalled that under Pope Pius II the process for the canonisation: Badminton all day, Morning January.

The mean temperature for the tion of Christopher Columbus as the beginners: afternoon-team practice.

month was 00.4°F, which is within 1 first Christian missionary to the new Match Ladies v. Mert at 8.30 p.m. world

Thursday, Feb. 9.--Women's Sec- of the nonnal. A maximum of 73.0" bestun and

that the

Competitive Games (Bridge was

was recorded on the 30th. and a Ecumenient Council of the Vatican lion:

at 10 1.I. Debate, minimum of 48.9 on the eth. The and taken up the matter. No deel-and Mahjong)

be "That Z.B.W. programme is not suit-mean relative humidity was 790%, at that time be- sion was reached

ed to popular taste," at 0.30 pan.

a normal against a

of 75 Pause Ereat rtainty

uncert

prevailed about the exact origin of

of Christopher

Friday, Feb. 10.--Women's Section:, "Sunshine amounted to 130 hours, Columbus, But documents, whose Bridge Class and Practice Play at 10 which is 16 hours less than normal.

Badminton at 8.30 p.m.

The total rainfall was 1.10 incites, existence came to Hight in the last am.

against a normal of 1.25 inches. few days, now perniit an exact re- cord of his life to be complied, so that the historienl department of the

WIS

Congregation of Rites will now be canonisation procedure. ---- Traits

able to make preparations for the

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Vincent de Paul Not Carrying Arms

Shanghai, Jan. 31. Captain P. J. Maley of the Vincent de Paul said that two Japanese des- troyers, - with a Chinese Customs

· One-Act Plays Presented By cruiser, escorted the British steamer

Amateur Artistes

St. Andrew's Amateur Dramatic Club presented an entertaining pro gramme in the church hall last night when two one-act plays were staged Eefore a large nudience.

Young Man

Young Lady

to Tsingtao. He said that Japanese naval authorities threatened to send A party on board unless he agreed to proceed to Tsingtao, after which he complied under protest. He sald that the ship was detained outside the international limit.

Captain Malcy and that H.M.S. Birmingham gave orders for the ship: "to have steam up and put out to sen" after which he complied and ufterwards was escorted to Shanghai.

The plays and cast were:

"THE BATHROOM DOOR"

...R. Parmer Pauline Jeffreys

He said that the ship was nine C. Thom miles out nt sex when she was de- Molly IggS Eileen Bliss tained, thereby contradicting the Ja- .H. Millington ponese statement that she was un- loading cargo on the Shiyangho OUTING“

River.

Old Gentleman

Elderly Lady

Prima Donita Boots

"THE OGBODY'S

Mrs. Ogbody

Ede Ogbody

Mrs. Minnifer

Mr. Ogbody

Rita Cole The Captain added that while the Iris Woolley ship was unloading in the river a Olive Jeffreys ...C. R. Pellate day earlier Japanese planes dew uver Winnie Minnifer.......Janet Broadbridge and bombed warehouses within 500 Producers: Aims E. Finlay and F. H. yards, killing 20 persons, who were not members of the crew. He denied The plays will be presented again that the Vincent de Paul was carry- to-night.

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SHANGHAI CRIMES Japanese fostered Chinese Municipal

Government. Five others weze wounded, one of whom, a 70-year-

man, died.He

Terrorists' Raid Onold

Gambling Den

The alarm ran to Bubbling Well station where the police happened to be searching passengers of a bus which had been driven there on the Shanghai, Feb. 1.

discovery

that two travellers had The police are busy trying to find their pockets picked. Rushing out the perpetrators of fundered of the sta

station

a party of steel alght, in eno robbers plundered a

waistcoated

commandeered house in the presence of two horrified the bus and drove at full sperd 10

edpoller foreign women, and in the other, the scene in an attempt to trace and terrorists killed two Chinese.

While six comrades outside kept apprehend the terrorists, who, how

ever, have so far eluded capture. guard, six terrorists entered a gombi- While six accomplices stayed out ing den off the extra-Settlement road side on guard, six in the western district, opened are the French Concesalgsters chTETE

home of Me

on the inmates and showered pain. W. Loureiro, widow of a Custom last nigh

phlets denouncing the Japanese and omelal, and her, daughter led u

saying Japanese traitors were hold They cut the telephone ing up the National Goverment the houseboy with rope and locke Then they rejoined their comrades the amah and watchmen in the bath and fired in the air as they tan in room and ransacked the house.

The order to avoid purnult..

**-loat ** consisted of CASI As they ran they shot to death a jewellery and fure valued at ov Chinese detective employed in the $2,000 Hetter

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