16TH SEPT, 1938
An event of historic importance at Jesselton was the formal opening of the $14,000.00 building of the Sacred Heart Church on Sunday the 14th August. Though the finishing touches (painting etc.) are yet to be given, the spacious edifice measuring 140 ft by 42 ft with a seating accommodation for over 500 people and its surroundings presented an attractive appearance when a great concourse of our cosmopolitan population arrived before the appointed time.
In addition to a large number of Catholics for whom it was indeed a red-letter day, the gathering was representative of many Non-Catholics and Non-Christians including a couple of be turbaned sikhs, and the ladies in their multicoloured dressed added to the glamour of the occasion.
Prominent among those present were Mr Tay Bee Chuan and family, Mr and Mrs T.J.H. Speedy, Mr James Beatty, Mr and Mrs C.D. Round Turner, Mrs E.R. Baker, Mr A.E. Tremenheere and representatives of the Chinese Chamber of