Food for Refugees Being Special Service to Be 26 Couples are Married Held this Morning In Simple Ceremony Sent from Hongkong; Pearl River to Be Opened A special dedication programme The third Mass Wedding under the will be held at the Moore Memorial auspices of the Mass Wedding Ser-Hongkong, Nov. 19.
Church this morning, at 10.45 am., vice Committee, was held at 3 The Emergency Refugee Council [as the first of three dedication proo'clock yesterday afternoon on the of Hongkong is dispatching a relief grammes of the new Hammond organ. premises of the Huchow Guild, ship to Canton on November 23, with This organ was made possible by Peking Road. In all, 26 couples supplies for Canton's 30,000 the "One Dollar Organ Campaign. were united in matrimony in a very conducted by the members of the simple ceremony which lasted jonly refugee:
The vessel, which is Butterfield and church before the fighting began. a few minutes. Whilst the brides Swire's s, Wuchang, will be the first Several thousand persons helped in were dressed in the conventional merchantman to navigate the Pearl this campaign, and a fine contribu-foreign-style veil, the grooms wore River since the fall of Canton. tion was made to the fund in the prescribed blue silk gowns and It was authoritatively learned to-memory of Miss June Nicholson, a black coats. day that, during his visit here, Vice-missionary who worked and gave The couples met in the big hall on Admiral Shiozawa, Commander-in-her life at this centre many years the ground floor and prior to walk-Chief of the Japanese fleet in South ago. The organ was brought out ing up to the desk where they signed China waters, promised Vice-Admiral from America on the recent trip of their names on the marriage papers, Sir Percy Noble, Commander-inthe President Coolidge. they bowed three times to a portrait Chief of the China Station, that the The church is fortunate in securing of the late Dr. Sun Yat-sen and Pearl River would be "opened to all of the newest developments in subsequently to their respective future mates. passenger traffic, at the rate of two the "Model E" of this remarkable vessels weekly, starting next week. organ, which is an expression of the When these preliminary courtesies It was reported from Tokyo yes-highest scientific genius and the had been exchanged, they walked up terday that Vice-Admiral Shiozawa finest artistic and religious inspira-to Mr, Yen Ying-wu who remitted to had declared, during his Hongkong tion. each a copy of the wedding certi visit, that "several months will be Today's "Dedication to Worship" ficate and a round silver-plated disk required for the opening of the water-will be followed on December 8th On which the two characters way between Canton and Hongkong and 11th by two other programmes, a "Happiness" and "Joy" were en-to free navigation."—Reuter.
"Dedication to Service," and! a graved. Thereupon the couples left. "Dedication "to Youth." Outstanding musicians and choir groups will take voluntary contributions will part in each of these programmes; Two Buildings Damaged received for refugee relief in the and at the latter two programmes west, In Morning Blaze A water bottle factory was severely damaged and a miscellaneous goods store slightly damaged by a fire which attacked the premises early yesterday morning.
Both buildings e situated on Canton Road in Lane 237 and fre engines from the Central Station were occupied in fighting the flames for two hours. Capt H. G. Reed, Chief of the Fire Brigade, took personal charge of all the machines at the fire, which was brought under control.
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