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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

EMPIRE AIR Social Items

DAY

Displays Planned By R.A.F. Stations

London, May 14. Next Saturday, is Empire Air Day. During the day the Secretary for Air and the Chief of the Air Staff will make a trial tour of 435 miles, Their actual travelling time for the distance, which in the days of stage coach might have taken three and half days to cover, will be three and half hours.

Instead of the usual weekly meet- ing bf the Peace Pledge. Union on Wednesday, members, and those in- forested in the work of the Union are

invited to visit Social Bettlements in

Wat Ching Street, Youmati, where the P.P.U. is carrying on a social work started: by another group two years ago. Those who intend to make this visit are asked to meet at the Jordan Road Vehicular Ferry wharf at 5.45 p.m.

May 15, 1939.

FRONTIER CLASH

Manchukuo Allegedly

Invaded

Hainking, May 14. About 100 Outer Mongolian 10-| gular troops staged

large-scale in-' cursion Into Manchukuo territory Across the Halaha River on thei

border in the small hours of Thurs- day and launched an attack on the Manchukuo patrols near Petrh Lako. - The Manchukuo patrols immediate-

At Holy Trinity Cathedral, Shang- hai, the wedding took place recently, of Mr. John William Ephgrave, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. W Ephgrave, of Shanghai, and Miss Nancy Deris The tour, which starts in Kent, Draper-Bentley, daughter of Mr. and ly responded and after seven hours will take them Into Yorkshire, Lin- Mrs. H. Draper-Bentley of Shanghai) of brisk fighting repulsed the Invad- colnshire, Nottinghamshire, and Warwickshire.

AVIATION EXHIBITION

and Vancouvør.

ers with considerable lossen.

They, will visit six out of 33-R.A.F,

Abandoning Ave dead, the Outer sintions over eduntry, which

are The marriage was solemnined re- Mongols retired into their own ter- staging Empire Air Day displaycently, at the St. Andrew's Presby-ritory, Manchukuo forces seized a British Wireless.

terian Church, Penang, the contract- quantity of arms and ammunition. ing parties being Mr. Walter Stalder, Proprietor of Swiss Cafe, Penang, and Outer. Mongolian troops armed with It is also revealed-that-about--50 London, May 14. Miss Margaret Kellerhala. The bride-

Mrs. three light machine-guns crossed the An exhibition of acroplanes, illus-groom is the only son of Mr. and Mrs.

and opened fre trating the historie epoch of avia- Karl Stalder of Bern, Switzerland, border

forces 10 kilometres tion, will open on Wednesday at the while the bride is the eldest daughter Manchukuo Science Museum, south Kensington, of Mr. and Mrs. Johan Kellerhals, west of Polrh Lake on May 4. The Manchukuo forces succeeded in beat- also of Bern, Switzerland

ing back the Mongols.

for six weeks,

Exhibits include the original Wright biplane of 1903, a Bleriot

monoplane similar to that in which TO ASSIST REFUGEES

the dealer flew the Channel in July, 1909, and the Vickers Vimy bomber in which Sir John and Sir Arthur Whittle-Brown mode the first Trans-Atlantic fight in 1918, -British Wireless.

Alcock Perosi's "Resurrection" By

Choral Group

GABLENZ ON WAY HOME

Isinking. May 14.

The Choral Group, under Mr. E.

on

In view of the repeated invasion » Manchukuo territory by Outer patrols on the western frontier are

Mongolian forces, the Manchukuo

aking strict precautions-Domel.

Gualdi, will present. Perost's RC MARRIED ON SUNDAY

surrection" on Thursday night for the benefit of war refugees. The

Emergency Refugee Counell. entire proceeds will be given to the Mr. Victor S. Mamak Weds

Miss M. Passos

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The performance will take place at

plane piloted by Baron Von Gablenz, The German Junker JU-52 mono- director of the Lufthansa Aircrafi Company, left here at 2.34 p.m. on

The wedding took place on Sunday Saturday back

p.m. in the China Fleet Club to Germany, via Theatre. His Excellency the Gov-at the Rosary Church, Kowloon, be Fukuoka, following completion of its ernor has given his patronage and tween Mr. Victor S. Mamak and Miss Hoodwill flight to Japan and Man- has consented to be present. chukuo-Domet.

Mercedes Passos..

The plane will reach. Hongkong on Tuesday,

AIR SERVICES

Arrivals and Departures Of Planes

Outward

For London, Australia and British Countries: Imperial Airways 7am. May 10 Imperial Airways 7 a.m.; May 10.

For Chungking, Sion, etc.; Eurasia and C.N.A.C.. services Indefinite.

For U.S.A., vla Manila and Gusm: Pan American Honolulu Clipper 8.30 May 19.

For France, vin Hanoi: Air France! 0.30 a.m. May 20.

Inward

From London: Australia and Bri-

52-

full with orchestral and organ

The Oratorio will be presented in companiment. Though this is first performance in Hongkong, it is staff of the National City Bank of well known in all European countries New York. and Is been performed many times in all the leading cities during the last 40 years. It makes heavy da mands on the tenor soloist, who has the part of the narrator, and the Choral Group is fortunate in having among its members Gaston d'Aquino, who will take this part,

The bride, who is the doughter of the the late Mr. J. M. Passos, was on the

She was given away in marriage by her uncle, Mr. J. Brook, of the Standard Vacuum Oil Co., and was attended by two bridemaids, Mlasea Thelma Rozario and Cecilia Passos.

The bridegroom is on the stalk of Messrs. A. S. Watson & Co., Ltd., and |is a noted expert in theatrical make-

Lorenzo Peroni is the Director of the Sistine Choir, one of the world's up. greatest choirs, and is equally well- The Rev. Fr. L. M. Rossi omelated known As a a conductor and composer, at the ceremony, and Mr. C. Baptista, The Resurrection" is his acknow- of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, ledged master piece and in a brilliant underlook the duties of beat mun. and highly original composition.

Seals may be booked at the office The reception was held at the of the Emergency Refugee Council, Peninsula Hotel, where the many Gloucester Building, first floor, from friends'of the bride and groom fore- 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $5 to gathered to honour the customary the dress circle and $2 to the audi-toasis.

tish countries: Imperial Airways'5 | torium. Every seat in the house The honeymoon is being spent at p.m. 15. Imperial Airways 5 p.m. May may be reserved.

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From U.S.A.. via Guam, and

Mandia:

Pan American Honolulu

Clipper 12.30 p.m. May 18.

From Chungking, Yunnanfu, Kwel- [tin: CNA.C. and Eurasin servlees in-

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From France, via Hanol: Alr France 1 p.m. May 17.

FIGHTING IN STREET

Three Water Sellers Face

Court Charge

A fight at a street water fountain on May 12 led to the appearance of three coolles before Mr. E. Himsworth at Kowloon Magistracy on Saturday, charged with disorderly conduct.

Inspector Edwards said the men earned their living by carrying water from the fountain and selling It to residents In the neighbourhood. There was an argument as to who should get the water first and a fight started.

Chan Hung-wong, 33, was dis- charged owing to lack of evidence. Lau Kong, 20, and Chin Kau, 17, were bound over in a $10 bond for a year.

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