The "grouses" of some of the refugees from Shanghai who are in Hongkong are not borne out by many of those who have now returned. One family which was quartered in the Centre British School in Kowloon for a few d while they looked about for other accommoda: tion, state that they have nothing but praise and gratitude for the Hongkong workers who saw to their well-being, At first things were very uncomfortable. The refugees had to sleep on floors, on hard army matrosses, with coarse sheets and one army blanket apiece., But.those who had realised that being a refugee was not quite the same thing as visiting the Colony as a holidaymaker were prepared for a bit of discomfort, and were filled with thanks for whatever was done for them. Hongkong residents contributed soft pillows and more suitable linen to the camp, They sent comforts of all descriptions to the refugees in the school, The school matron and the headmaster and his wife did wonderful service in looking after their unwelcome guests. A young Hongkong business man who had been granted the usual three weeks summer leave, gave up a trip to other ports in order to devote his full attention to the refugees, and all the thanks he seems to have got is a long list of complaints, many of them about the most trivial matters, sent to him every morning. The Boy Scouts and Girl Guides of Hongkong seem to have covered themselves with glory. They were on hand in the Central British School at all hours, working the telephones, running errands, and generally making themselves most useful Hongkongs efforts to cope with a flood of helpless women and children seem to have been most praiseworthy, and apart from individual "grouses, lot of the Shanghai refugee seems to have been made as easy as the circumstances permitted.
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