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NOTICE..
DEPAUL WEBSTER DERBY to of No. 231 Prince Edward Road, Kowloon, and of the ROA Victor Company of China.
All claims against the above estate should be sent to the Undersigned by MONDAY next, the 25th instant.
WILKINSON & GRIST:-
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SEVENTEENTH
ORDINARY YEARLY- MENTING OF SHAREHOLDERS will be held at Head Office of the Company, St. George's Building, Chater Road, Victoria, Hong Kong, on Saturday, 21st December, 1:35, at 12 o'clock (Noon), for the purpose: of receiving a Statement of Accounts and the Beport of the Directors for the
financial year ended 30th September, 1935, and electing Directors and Auditors
The Transfer Books of the Com- pany will be closed from Monday, 2nd December, 1935, till Saturday, 21st December, 1935, both dayı inclusive.
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NOEL BRAGA,
Secretary. Hong Kong, 15th November, 1935.
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WE, The Modern Silk Store of
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514, Queen's Road Central, Victoria in the Colony of Hong Kong, bereby admit that, without any intent to defraud and without being aware of the fict that the name "TOBRALCO" was only applicable · to" TO BRALCO" cloth manufactur. ed by Tobial Broadhurst Lee Co., Ltd., of Manchester, England and under the misapprehension that "TOBRALCO"
generally applicable to printed cottons, we have been selling printed cottons under the name TOBRALCO." which said printed cottons were not in truth the genuine "TOBRALCO" cloth manufactured by Tootal Broad- hurat Lee Co. Ltd., and we do hereby publicly APOLOGISE to Tootal Broadhurst Los Co., Ltd., and to the Publie in general for having so done. -Dated this 20th day of November, 1935.
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Nunking, Nov. 19. Three favourable effects have been "noticed in the financial and commercial markets, since the enforcement of the new currency decree by the Ministry of Finance, a spokesman of the Ministry told the Central News Agency to-day.
First, China's currency is no more affected by the fluctuations of the prices of aliver in the world market.
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HONG KONG, NOVEMBRE 31. 1933,
JAPAN'S AIMS FORETOLD
With the ultimatum delivered by General Dothara to the Chinese Nationalist Government what has been foretold by eminent poll- ticians and writers has now come true,
General Smuts of South Africa declared that Japan had embarked upon a policy which would endan
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1935.
HECTIC SEARCH FOR KINGSFORD-SMITH
Australian Government Spares No Efforts.
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Singapore, Nov. 12,
The Australian Government yes- terday sent a message to AI- Commodore Sidney Smith, Air Officer Commanding the RAF., Far East, warmy thanking the R.A.F., Singapore, ** ir efforts to find Air-Commo. Charles Kingsford-Smith, w.. has been missing in the Bay of Bengal a'nce Friday morning.
SEARCH TO CONTINUE
to
The news that Melrose had been found was immediately sent A'r-Commodore Sidney Smith, Air Oncer Commanding the R.A.F Far East, who signalled the Qantas plane to abandon the search for Meirose, but to continue searching for Kingsford-Smith,
Air-Commodore Sidney Smith is asking Melrose to withdraw from the search for Sir Charles Kings- because the hazards
are too great.
FIERCE STORM. Fierce storms over the Bay of ford-Sm th Bengal forced" Pilot G. U. ("Scotty") Allen, to turn back yes- terday to Alor Star in the Qantas air liner that was chartered by the. Australian Government to search
ger the peace of the world, and for Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith. inged Creat
Britain and the United States to co-operate as the
£1,000 TO CARRY ON SEARCH best guarantors for world peace in
London, Nov. 13. the future.
Mr, David Lloyd George declared that unless Great Britain and the United States reached in under- standing at this juncture, Eastern Asia, which maintains one-fourth of the entire population of the world and constitutes the largest market for international trade, would be placed under the control of Japan within a few years,
Mr. Edwin L. James of the "New York Times" asserted that the rapprochement between Japan and China should tend to strenk- then, British-American co-opera- tion. otherwise both countries stand the chance of being ousted out of the Chinese market by Japan.
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A Canberra messages states that the Australian House of Represen- tatives is contr.buting £1,000 to the cost of sending a private plane to carry on the search in the Siamese and Malayan jungles British Radio."
On the beach of the tiny Siamese J. Melrose worked feverishly all fishing village of Partako, Mr, C.
yesterday in an effort to patch up his plane suficiently to take him to Alor Star where it could be thoroughly overhauled.
Melrose's mishap is the latest and only. development in the search for Air Commodore Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith and his companion Capt, Pethybridge, who have been missing since Friday.
Although himself taking part in a fight from England to Australia, Melrose did not hesitate to turn back and on the R.A.F. in the search for his friends and when he was reported missing between Victoria Point and Alor Star all
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he Was
Buch warnings were not made unadvisedly, and coming as they did from eminent statesmen and writers, they should have been sufficient to prepare the United States and Great Britain, to say nothing of China herself, to take steps to check the spread of Japan-Tuesday night, the `keenest ese menace in the Far East. It xiety was felt for his safety be the truth must be told, China.
cause Derce storms were raging after the 1932 troubles, has adopt-
over this area which is mostly ed the line of least resistance.
covered by Impenetrable jungle. And when the Hopel Incident was Yesterday, at its worst in latter part of June located at Partako, where he had
however, and the early part of July this
been forced down by engine trou- year, Marshal Chiang Kai Shek
ble. From there he made his way very conveniently absented him to the nearest phone and inform- self from his seat of office. He ed Sir Josiah Crosby, the British went to Szechuan, ostensibly to
Minister in Bangkok, of his plight. help to drive out the "Reds." Gen-
Meanwhile, the RAF flying- eral Ho Ying Chin, Chairman of
boats which have been sweeping the Military Council at Peiping south from Rangoon in wide cir- was left to negotiate with such astute men like General Dothara search for Kingsford-Smith and a cles, report no success in the and Major Takahashi. He very
similar wisely left Peiping too. "Passing
report comes from the the buck" is the only Machiavel.
Vildebeestes which have also work- ed south as far as Penang. Ilan diplomacy known to present) day Chinese officials, but" with what, dire results.
These warnings, as after events proved. have served to some ex- tent to stimulate official activities abroad, particularly in Great Britain. On March 1, Bir Ronald Lindsay, the British Ambassador. at Washington, called, on Mr. William Philips, Under-Secretary of State, but what took place at the interview, was not divulged.
Later it was announced that Great Britain proposed to the United
FAR EASTERN. SITUATION
Home Press Views
"Melrose has been a grand little fellow," said the Air-Commodore. "He has searched ayer land and sea in a small plane that is not equipped with wireless. Violent storms have been reported by the R.A.F.,search, planes, and I do not think that he should risk his life any further." WANING HOPES FOR "SMITHY" Air-Commodore Smith said that: the flying boats and Vildebeesten had now searched every portion of the Bay of Bengal route, every
land and
the whole of the coastal section of the route from Rangoon,
retur
The Aying boats would from Rangoon making a stu wider sweep to make doubly sure. The search was also being car- ried on over the jungle and east coast in a direct ze trom Ran- goon to Singapore.
He had grave fears for Sir Charles' safety if he had been. forced down in the jungle. All that could be seen from the air were the tops of the trees, which, were not strong enough to hold up as previous experience had shown.
a plane.
The trees closed over a piane which would then be invisible from the a'r
HOPE ABANDONED FOR KINGSFORD SMITH
Canberra, Nov. 20. The Australian, Premier, Mr. J. A. Lyons, to-day regretfully an- nounced that all hope has been abandoned for the finding of Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith alive.
England-Australia Air Service With Hong Kong
The "Hong Kong Daily Presa" has been favoured with the subjoined, letter dealing with the steady and considered progres of Imperial services as a whole. This letter is from the able pen of Mr. Tom Clarke, who was at one time engaged in journalis the work in Hong Kong. Upon his return to England, Mr. Clarke was associated with Fleet Street. He has also spent twelve years with the late Lord Northcliffe and has helped in many of the latter's pioneer enterprite designed to pus British Bying well on the map of the word-BJ.
BRITISH AVIATION
[To The Editor, Of The Hong Kong "Daily Press"] Bir,-Years ago I Ived in Hong Kong
A fugitive Far Eastern 10- terest remains in me and I always gossip that floats by the portals of keep my ears wide open for the
the Oriental and the Thatched
House Club. Lately I have heard,
the echoes of some controversy or other
out there concerning the development of Imperial air ser Vic 3.
obviously lead to the elimination of British shipping.
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