'The Civil Government of Kuang tung, General 'Chen BMing-shu arrives here this afternoon by the N. Y. K, liner Chichibu Maru. Ger eral Chen was accompanied by Ad miral Chen Chak, head of the Canton Navy and' Mr. Chu Chia. hua, a high official of the Nanking} Government and the president of the Canton Sun Yat-sen University.
Many high officials from Canton arrived here to welcome the General, Among those who came from Canton were Mr. Yung—Kwei-ching, director of the Canton Customs, Mr Wong Mok-king, advisor of, the Canton Government, Mr. Fan Kee no mo, head of the Canton finance and launch] many of General Chen's subordinate may be remembered that only a short time ago while in the Capital General Chen Ming-shu proposed his recommendation to the recent Fourth Plenary Sexsion regarding the establishment of a Kow-Joon Customs House and the rear ganization of the Provincial Govern administration have aroused considerable interests by the local With the view of strengthening] the preventive service of the mari time customs in South China,. General Chen admitted that the' open. Ing of a customs house at Kowloon was essential and undoubtedly a fine idea, General Chen and many of his officials will return to Canton this} evening by the str. Taisho Tho} gun-boat Chung Sen had patched to Hongkong to await arrival of Admiral Chen Chak. The Admiral will leave for Cantor by the Chung Sen gun-boat at o'clock to-night, it is retorted.
Great generosity was shown bs the local public yesterday in rexponse to the appeal of the St. Vicent de Paul Society for the support of "Our Poor" when they free-bought the rones which were be ing offered by the sellers in all parts of the Colony, and through this recognition of great effort, enabled the Society to reveal gratifying total of receipts from this annual 'A large enthusiastic throng of Indies and children conducted their} annual drive from the early hours} of the morning until mid-day. Nearly all the business houses and shops were invaded by these zealous troops and the sale of their emblems were, before long, all sold-out. Surpassing her efforts of last year, when she collected $113.32, Miss Bella Pestonji headed the lis fecting no Tess than 9189, which ex feeds her former record by nearly $70, while Miss. Cissy Noronha who came second the sible for $117. Over ten other he ers collected sums varying between '$50 and $80 and a dozen more each sold over $40 worth of emblems.
As a result the total at mid-day had already reached $4,257, onl $100 short of last year's aggregate and before the close of the day th had been. increased to $4,400.87. Yesterday's result was only a little leas than the record. year of 1928 in which year the total was $4,500 The result. was extremely. gratify. ing and satisfactory and those who concerned in the "fort are to be Congratulated upon their good day's work.
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