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JAPANESE WAR MANOEUVRES DISTURB SHANGHAI
Prominent People Due
On Tourist Ships
Three Vessels Due Next Month
SIGHTSEEING SEASON BEGINS
Prominent peopio-members of the European mobility, doctors of jurisprudence and medicine, college professors and moneyed folks -will lead the army of tourists travelling round the world on the three Inxury liners Empress of Bellsin, Franconia and Reliance when the vessels arrive in Hong Kong during the month of March.
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The Empress of Britain, flagship, Angeles, Balboa, Panama, Colon, ol the Canadian Pacine neet, Havana and back to New York. sailed from ̧· New York on her The Franconia sailed from New seventh round-the-world trip on York on January 7 on her ninth January 9 and will arrive in Hong round-the-world trip by way of of Spain, Bahl, Ro de Kong about March 12. She will be Port
St. Helena, Capetown. the arst of the tourist ships to Janeiro.
Port Elizabeth, Durban. Diego reach the Colony this season.
Suarez. Port Victoria, Bombay. The Hamburg-Amerika ship Reliance is coming on her Colombo, Penang, Singapore, Pak- nam. Batavia, Semarang. Padang Bay, Zamboanga," and Manila. After Hong Kong her homeward route will take her North - via
cruise
China, Japan and Hawall to the United States where she is due back in New York on May 30 after having traveled 35,053 miles.
second round-the-world trip and is due here about March. 19. Sha left New York on January 10 and expects to return to that port on May 25 after visiting 30 countries and calling at 37 parts. Her itinerary includes New York, Funchal, Tangier, Gibraltar. Pal. ma de Mallorca, Barcelona, French
Villefranche. Riviera,
Naples, Athens, Istanbul, Halls, Port Sa'd Suez, Diitoul Bombay, Colombo, Penang, Malacca, Pak Nam, Singa Baronda Anna Backs, Baron pore. Batavia, Bamarang. Padang Bay. Manila, Hong Kong. Shangiedrich von Diergardt, Dr. Eber- bal. Chinwangtao. Seoul, Beppu,hard Fengler and Mrs Fengler, General T. M. Jackson, Professor Miyajima. Kobe, Yokohama, Hono- lulu. Ello San Francisco. Los
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THE PASSENGERS Among the passengers who will be on board elther one of these three vesse's are:-----
Hans von Bleichroeder.
Baron
Dr. S. N. Chau, coming down from the Stand, after receiving ·
The Governor's Cup from His Excellency the Governor, Sir An- drew Caldecott.
France's Air
Might Revealed
M. Pierre Cot, the French Air the speed of a battleship with Minister, told the Chamber of that of a destroyer... Deputies recently:
The French alr arm is one of
the strongest in the world.
Its material is as good as any
any-
"Our material is not perfect, but I am salkfed. No effort where, la comparable with ours."
"France will never attack," he said. "She will never send sqUR-
La Europe and probably better drong abroad to bomb women and than any except that of Soviet children, but she must be ́always Russia.
,'. ready to repulse any attack on Since last June the strength in her. It must be made known' first-line airplanes has been in that we are ready to return any creased by 37 per cent, material blow, hos increased by 87 per cent.. aviation munitions by 50 per cent and air armaments by 70
per cent.
BOMBING CAPACITY
"If we should have to intervene to-morrow to make international law respected, aviation would be the first to go."
M. Cot defended the nationall- sation of the arms industry. In M. Cot was replying to questions France. It facilitated mobiliza- during a debate on defence...
tton in time of war, he said. By France's bombing capacity, ha nationalisation production will be said, would be doubled by the Increased by 30 per cent. this year spring, would quadrupled by and by 60 per cent. next year,
The manufacture of gas masks the end of 1938. and multiplied five-fold by, the end of 1939. .⠀⠀⠀ had been intensified and arrange- The German machines cannot ments made so that they would be compared with our bombing be accessible to those who could airplanes. It is like comparing / not afford to buy them,
EXTENSIVE OPERATIONS AT YANGTSEPOO CREEK
Enemy Brought To Bay In Open Terrain
TWO THOUSAND SAILORS PARTICIPATE
Shanghal February 26.
The staccato and rattle of machine-guns, the bark of rifles, the deep rumbling of 'heavy tanks, the roar of armoured cars and motor-cycle engines shattered the peace of the eastern aren of "the International Settlement this morning as two thousand sallow of the Japanese Naval Land- ing Party participated in extensive war games.
OFF DAY RACING
Chance For Non-Winning Ponies
(BY "LAST QUARTER”)
The Racing Carnival comes to a conclusion to-day and as It is Children's Day at the Valley, there is sure to be a big crowd present to watch the raclur. Some exceedingly good sport is promised and it will be interesting to see if Mr. Leo. Frost will maintain his lead, at the top of the Jockey's Hist, after to-day, as Mr. F. T. Marshall, is very close on bla (Isola and the position of Châmplen Jockey for the Meeting rests: be-- tween these "Two very popular riders. Four handicap events have been Included in the interesting pro- gramme of nine races. Favoured with brilliant weather the atten- dance has been exceptionally large during the past four days and the Valley should be taxed to capacity
la rung at 1.39 pm.
The final selections are follows:-
BACE 1-2 P.M.
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The opentions were supervised; Yangtsepoo Creek, while the at-open terrain after three and à | to-day when the first saddling bell by Rear-Admiral Denshichi Okoh-tackers or "Browns" disported half hours of "fighting." chi, Commander of the Landing along three lines
towards the The manoeuvres were watched Party, and consisted of an attempt
Creek.
by a huge crowd of Japanese and to dislodge and capture a force of about seven thousand men by
Chinese ralli-workers and others superior contingents moving east
who stood silently and gazed with
ward from Hongkow.
wonder at this display of war might.- Reuter.
ed
The defenders or "Blues" occupi- a line stretching along the
DYED HIS HAIR.
BLACK
Arrest Of Fugitive From Justice
Shanghai, Feb. 26. After a seventeen months' night from justice, Louis Charles Jacot Guillarmor, former Chancellor in the Swis Consulate-General
Shanghal, was arrested by Municl- pal police this morning.
Guillarmer disappeared in July, 1935 when a warrant was issued
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After brief skirmishing during which blank cartridges were fired, the "Browns" dislodged the enemy from the banks of the Creek and eventually brought them to hay in
H.K. & SHANGHAI -
BANK MEETING
Shareholders of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation are reminded that the annual meeting of the Bank takes place at 11.30a.m. to-day at the Head Office of the Corporation, No. 1, Queen's Road Central,
for his arrest for embezzlement of YACHTERS DINE
thousands of dollars in connection with settlement of estates. When the police seized him in Nanking·
Road after two hours' vigil in a
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AND DANCE
cate on Boadway, it was found he Annual Function At
had dyed his hair black.- lizuter.
DIOCESAN OLD BOYS ASSOCN.
Annual Dinner Gathering
A pleasant function took place last night at the Hotel Cecil when the Diocesan Old Boys' Association' held their annual dinner.
Mr. Feler Bin presided, and among the large gathering present were the Rt. Rev. R. O. Hall, Professor Forster, Mr. EH. Williams, Rev. H. W. Bainen, Rev. R. Halward, Rev. J. R. Higgs, Dr. Arthur Woo, Dr. Li Shiu Fạn, and Dr. Kotowall
PRESIDENT'S SPEECH,
Mr. Peter Bin, the president, said:—-My Lord Bishop, Mr. Sar- gent, and Gentlemen:
- As - Chairman this evening, the. pleasant duty has devolved on mie to say few words, and I shall be as brier is I can, knowing the universal dislike of long after- dinner speeches."
I wish frat of all to congratu- late
The Hon. Dr. R. H. Kotewall, who, since our last annual meeting, has been appointed by His Majesty the King to be a member of the Execu tive Comell This is the highest honour that can be attained by proud to have an Old Boy and a anyone locally, and we are indeed
Past President of this Association who has done so well for himself."
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Peninsula
FRENCH AIRMEN CRASH
One Reported To Be Injured
Shanghai, Feb, 26. The French authorities announce
that the airmen Georges Libert and Gilbert Denis, who were on a record-breaking night attempt be- tween Paris and Tokyo, crashed within 1 hundred miles of Thakhet, Lans Province, French Indo-China.
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It is stated that one of the air- men was injured.— Reuter.
When the airmen falled to ar- rive at Hand and no word was received as to their whereabouts it was feared that they had met disaster.
Earler in the day the French authorities in Shanghai informed The annual dinner dance of the Reuter that the airmen left Akyab Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club was at 7p.m. GMT. intending to fly informally he'd in the Rose Room d'rect to Hong Kong if the fuel Apparently of the Peninsula Hotel and was supply was sufficient. attended by a fair gathering
they were on this mission when of members and their friends. His they crashed in French" territory.
Excellency Sir Andrew Caldecott and Lady Caldecott were among those present
A pleasing and nautical "ap- pearance was given to the din'ng room by the presence of several
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'IN HONOUR OF
MURRAY'
SEE LEADING ARTICLE ON PAGE 8.
A picture of the new Christ Church in Waterloo Road, Kowloon.
Shipmastar. Election Day. Weedon Seat.
"RACE 2
Tempest. Tia Tín Happy Venture.
RACE 3 Rob Roy. Kam Shan.
· RACE 4
Double Finesse. Honey. Courting Eve.
RACE 5 Gordito. Paran 'Love. Coronation Day.
RACE 6
Night View. Pride of Tsingtao. Sylvandale..
BACE 7 Honeymoon Eve. Sallier of Britain. Rose Queen.
RACE &
Strathroy.. Electron Gypsy Love.
RACE 9
Harvest View.. Soldier of Peace. Tyne."
DAILY DOUBLE
Double Finesse
and
Night View. (Continued on Back Page)
Mr. Why smilingly embraces the Garrison Cup won by his pony, Bistre, at Happy Valley on Monday. Mr. A. Bower, right foreground, took a peep into the camera as this picture was “snapped.”.
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cerebro-spinal fever and one of Feb. 25. Feb. 26 dysentery were reported to the 20-1/8. 20-3/18 Health, Authorities for the 24 20-1/1620-1/8 hours ended on Thursday.
Final Test At
-Melbourne, Feb. 28.
Allen, England's captain, drop
Melbourne
contribution the partnership pro
duced 249 runs-Australia are in a 'ped two catches, the second, when strong position at the end of the he gave McCabe, a life after scorirat-day's play with a total of $42 fag 11. being a fatal slip as the for three wickets
batsman gained confidence and The third wicket partnership be went on to score 112 runs in an ex-tween these batsmen was a record hilarating game,
and. strangely enough, it was with Don Bradman scoring 185 Bradman who was associated with not out and McCabe's valuable' | (Continued on Back Fago)