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NOTICE.
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Exchange Brokers.
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PARTICULARS AND CON- DITIONS of the Sale by Public Anction to be held on Monday, the 13th day of September, 1937, Fat 3 p.m., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of one Lot of Crown Land at Shamshuipo in the Colony of Hong Kong for a ferm of 75 years, commencing from 1st July, 1898, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the King, for one further term of 24 years less the last three days thereof.
Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the dis posal of the lot the Purchaser (if not the applicant) will be required to deposit with authorised officer who will be present at the sale, the sum of -two hundred dollars, ($200) in cash. This suru will be refunded
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for your travels
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ADVERTISEMENTS
NOTICE
SALE OF BUSINESS.
The undersigned have received instructions to negotiate with any persons genuinely interested in the purchase of one of the largest and most profitable Ladies Millinery and Dress bús!" nesses in the Colony. Audited accounts available.
Only "bona fide enquirers willi be dealt with.
GEO. K. HALL BRUTTON & CO.. Solicitors,
Bank of East Asia Building, 8th Bloor,
BIRTH
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CHIGNELL-On September 2, 1937,
at Gulu B.E. Africa to Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Chignell face
Marybad Hancock) a daughter. 5534 CASSON-On" August 28, 1937, in London. to Patricia (nee
Chester Master), wife of Eleut. John Casson, R.N., a daughter.
MARRIAGES
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS NEW ADVERTISEMENTS The engagement is announced, and
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PUBLIC AUCTION.
PARTICULARS AND CON on payment of the Purchase DITIONS of the Sale by Public
price.
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Auction to be held on Monday, the 13th day of September, 1937, PARTICULARS OF THE LOT at 3 p.m., at the Offices of the
| No. of Sale.
Registry No.
Locality,
Inland Lot No. 2001. Now Kowloon
Tai Po Road,
Shumshuipo.
Boundary Measure
menta.
N. 3. ZW.
ft. ft Ft. fl
As per
sale plan
Contents in
Square feet.
Aannal
Bental,
Public Works Department, by
· Order of His Excellency the Governor of one Lot of Crown Land at Repulse Bay Road in the 5 Colony of Hong Kong for a term of 75 years, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be Axed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the King, for one further term of 75 years.
Aboni
9,415
28
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PUBLIC AUCTION
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG
PROBATE JURISDICTION
IN THE GOODS of Philip Claud Frost, late of No. 1, Connaught Road Central, Victoria in the Colony of Hong Kong, Mercantile As sistant, deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Court has, by virtue of Section 58 of the
Probates Ordinance 1897, made
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Order limiting the time for creditors and others to send in their claims against the above latending bidders are advised estate to the 1st day of October, that immediately after the dis- | 1937. posal of the lot the purchaser (if not the applicant), will 5551be required to deposit with an authorised officer who will be Present at the sale, the sum of two hundred dollars, $290.00 iv] cash. This sum will be refund. ed on payment of the purchase
PARTICULARS AND CON DITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Monday, the 13th day of Sept., 1937, at 3 p.m., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of one Lot of Crown Land at Lai Chi Kok in the Colony of Hong Kong for a term of 75 years, commencing from 1st July, 1898, with the option of renewal, at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the King, for one further term of 24 years, less the last three days thereof.
Intending bidders are advised! that immediately after the dis. posal of the lot the purchaser (it not the applicant), will be required to déposit with an authorised officer who will be pre-
price.
PARTICULARS OF THE 'LOT
No. of Bale. |
Registry No.
Locality.
Rural Building
South of Rural Building
Lot No. 400.
Lot No. 360, Repuls
Bay Road.
Boundary .91
Measure
ments,
As per
nala plan
NOTICE TO
About
Contents in
10,000
Square feet.
Annual
Rental
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2,00
Upset Price.
All Creditors and others are accordingly hereby required to send their claims to the under signed on or before that date.
Dated the 7th day of Septem ber, 1937.
JOHNSON, STOKES & MASTER. Solicitors for the Administrator. The Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Building, Hong Kong.
5655
UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
Applications are invited for the
post of Second Assistant to the Professor of Surgery in the University of Hong Kong. Applications should be in the hands of the Dean, Faculty of Medicine, by Friday, the 10th 5549 of September, 1937, Irom whom Information concerning the pest may be obtained,
CONSIGNEES.
seat at the sale, the sum of two HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE hundred dollars, $200.00 in cash. This sum will be refunded oD payment of the purchase price.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT
Nu of Sale,
Locality.
Now..
10
No
Intoad Lot No 15g Registry No.
Wa
Lat
of New Kow-
loon Inland Lot No.
1894, Castle Peak Rd.
Lai Chi Kok.
Boundary
Measure-t
ments.
Ди рет
anle, plan
Square feet.
Contents in
Annual
Rental.
Uprut Prica,
About
30,600
414
9.000
5550
the hostilities in Shanghai, alt: cargo destined for that port and Northern ports with tranship ment in Shanghai, is being dis charged at Hong Kong at the
5546
NOTICE TO
CONSIGNEES.
RICKMERS-LINIE.
the marriage will take place
early in September at Kobe, of L. H. Whittall, H.B.M. Con- sular Service, Japan, only son of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Whittall,
D.C., USA.
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Crowborough, Bussex, and Mrs. Elizabeth Wickes. Washington marriage has been arranged, and will take place in Hong Kong this autumn, between Lieut. Comdr. Evelyn Seccombe Fel- ton. RN third son of Mrs. L. V. Oswald, of Vancouver, and
Molly Elizabeth, only daughter of Mrs. V. M. Jones, of Redhill, Burrcy. GABB-GAST.-On September 1, 1937, at H.B.M Consulate- General, Shanghai, before My. A. G. N. Ogden, and at the Church of Christ the King, by the Rev. FT. MacDonald, Elizabeth Lillan, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. J. Gast,
of Shanghal, to Terence Harry, younger son, Leslie H. Gabb of Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex.
DEATH
GILLINGHAM.-On August 20, 1937, at San" Francisco; 'John Bowley Gillingham, late of the Hong "Kong Bank.
and Shanghai ABKIN-On Tuesday, August 31. 1937, at the Country Hospital. Shanghai, Zygmunt Abkin. aged 44 years, the dearly be- loved husband of Mrs. Pauline Abkin, GRAWFORD-On August, 29, 1937, at the Shanghai General Hos- pital, Charles Hamilton Craw- ford, aged 87 years, beloved husband of Nina Crawford. DUDLEY-On September 1, 1937. at Shanghai, George Walter
Dudley, aged 41 years, of the Shanghal Power "Co.. and Brother of Insp. F. E. Dudley,
S. M. Poilce.
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友之國中
HONG KONG, SEPTIMBER 7, 1937.
FASHIONING CHINÁ
TO JAPAN'S PATTERN
BASIC ENGLISH FOR CHINA
Advocated As Lingua
Franca
"A lingua franca for China," was the title of an interesting address delivered at the luncheon meeting of the Hong Kong Rotary Club yesterday by Dr. V.W.W.C. Purcell
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Dr. Purcell said that while Kuo Yu is the ideal medium for purposes connected with national culture and understanding, it had its limitations and for many years to come, at any rate, Eng- lish will have a great part to play as an auxiliary language. within China.
maritime provinces
of
"Although the standard of Eng- spoken or understood in the south- lish has improved in Hong Kong eastern and English is one of the com-
China. pulsory subjects in Vernacular
ENGLISH LANGUAGE middle schools the contact through
My conclusion is that for many this medium between Chinese and
years to come at any rate, Eng- Europeans is still very small," said jish will have a great part to play Dr. Purcell.
LS an auxiliary language within "For most intents and purposes" China. the races live in watertight com- "The difficulties of teaching partments. And the problem in English arise from the difficulties China is not merely how shall of the language-its great vocabul- Chinese and foreigners speak. to ary, its irregularities, its ortho- one another, "but how shall Chi-graphy, Chinese demands so much nese speak to one another?
Gradually through the inedin of Japan's army of official spokesroen," the world is being much better enlightened as to Japan's true purpose than ever before. Previously, and by that we mean from the andeclared
TERRIFIC HURBUB · Sino-Japanese wür of 1992 to
"Some sceptics (or shall we say the present one, there was actu-
cynics) will ask why it is necessary ally a disposition on the part of for them to talk to one another the world at large to pre-judge at Japan. There was a feeling that Japan's policy was aggressive to the extent of being ruthless.
Nothing could be further from the truth
all. There is already quite
of a pupil's time that only about seven hours a week are allotted to English. The results, in Malaya at least, have been deplorable "in the past though improved methods of teaching have now done some-
results.
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enough conversation going on in thing to obtain somewhat better China to fudge by the terrific hubbub, and there is no reason why facilities for further chit-chat
should be devised.
BASIC ENGLISH "Now, what is the way out7 Many attempts have been made to The pai hui (pak way Move- simplify the learning of English. - ment of 1917, officially adopted in One of the ways investigated has 1920, did not originate as an idea | been the selection of simple
simplify the written language by
words have not been selected on
of making conversation possible vocabularies for different stages. between Cantonese and Pekinese; The weakness of those vocabularies it was intended by Dr. Hu Shih to, I have come across is that the using a colloquial form of language any consistent system. but häve such as already existed in popular been chosen according to their plays and novels from the Sung commoness. Dynasty onwards and which was much easier to learn than the written language Wenli, Man Lei,
IN MALAYA'
We have all, for the most part, grossly misjudged Japan's designs and have been guilty of unworthily misinterpreting her national policy. We have the definitely stated policy of peace on earth generally and goodwill towards China particularly, enun- ciated by none other than the Foreign Minister of Japan, Mr. Koki Hirota, on behalf of the Government of that nation to asaure us on this dynamic point.nounced in Pekingese, or as near All that Japan desires is to fashion China, according to the Japanese pattern, and by this means inaugurate an era of peace and plenty such as has never before been known to Asin, or to any other part of the universe for that matter.
"In Malaya where there are 50 many Chinese tribes Kno Yü pro-
to Pekingese as the teachers can manage, is the universal medium of instruction. And it must be at least it is having considerable
ellowed that in the Middle Schools
850 WORDS
"A system which is different from " the others in that the selection is gone on scientific principles is Basic English and I belleve that the Basic method is going to be of great use to the Chinese. Basic consists of 850 words only and with these words it is possible to ex- press both simple and complicated thoughts. The secret of Basic les in the virtual elimination of the
success. In Hong Kong “Kuo Ya" verb which is a tendency of the is only used in the vernacular ¦ English language itself. In Malaya schools in supplementary readers I initiated an experiment in the and even then it is pronounced in teaching of Basic two years ago Cantonese. In Kwangtung they and it is still in progress. The Japan is going to do it all, but use a series of National Language dimculty in conducting an experi-
but they are text books varying the pattern of George
pro- ment of this sort is to let it be done nounced by the pupils in Can- on large enough a scale, but in Koki Hirota IS Washington,
tonese, Mandarin (Pekingese) Is | China the Ministry of Education going to use an outsize in hat- indeed taught as an extra subject, chets. Of course.
has given the greatest facilities for whilst treas French is a school in England. the experiment on a grand scale. immortal George simply could but I do not think very extensive- · THREE POSSIBLE, FUNCTIONS
the Canton "Basic English has three possible not tell a lie. Koki can-andy. An official of
Department of Education told me, functions-one as an international" bow!
when I was in Canton last week auxiliary language, two as system that the instruction in the schools of English suitable for Chinese ought to be in mandarin but it schools which teach English as an was mostly not. Why, he did not extra subject, and three aś a first erlighten me.
stage in the teaching of English. "We can see, then, that whatever "I cannot express a "first hand sort of success Kuo Yu Its opinion of its value in the third mandarin or Pekingese form Is connection-this is being tried out having elsewhere it is not making in various places-but I believe much headway as a lingua franca that Basic has every chance of be- for China in Canton Province and Ing successful in the third fune- Hong Kong. Indeed there is room tion. for justizable doubt whether A vote of thanks was proposed mandarin will ever be universally by Dr. Tseung
"We have exerted every effort to effect a speedy solution of the prevent Sino-Japanese problem,” so reads a sentence in the tran-
of Foreigti script
Minister Hirota's speech delivered on The better Sunday in the Diet. the day the better the deed Japanese fashion. Our only comment is that we consider the Japanese way of trying to "effect a speedy solution" is particularly gauche, brutal, unwholesome and pestiferous.
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London, Sept. 7.
physically and spiritually (shall RUMANIA ACCEPTS we say?), conflict. on major' Humbag Hiroa should During the critical time through surely by now realise that it is Brunch" Konoye and "Humbug
points, and what with "Olive-
service of Prayer will be held dally impossible to fool af the people Hirota and all the rest of that the only country that, has accept- Up to the present Rumania. is at 12 noon in St. John's Cathedral, all the time, and we
earnestly berowd, we are obliged to relyed the invitation to attend the It is earnestly hoped that all commend to his concentrated upon acts rather than words in Conference to discuss "piracy" in who are not otherwise employed attention that grand couplet of order to make a true valuation of the Mediterranean. It is under- will come to join their prayer for Burns:-
justice and peace, for our leaders, officers and troops, for the respon- sible statesmen of the Far East and for all suffering as a result of the war.
'Many must be at work all day
for those whom circumstances give
of God again evil.
Beginning on Thursday, Septem-
Japan's case and a pretty bad "Oh iad some Power the giftia case it is. gie un
Already Japan has shown that ATD
she is indeed very earnest in her desire to settle the Sino-Japanese "dispute" as speedily as possible according to her own particularly
Raf
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stood that Italy wilf attend as the Soviet accusation that Italy is sink- ing Russian ships in the Mediter ranean is liquidated by Italy's categorical denial- Heuter's Bulletin Service.
muraels as ithers see us" It was but a week ago that and that is their best service. but the Prime Minister of Japan Notice is hereby given to Con.
some leisure in the middle of the publicly declared (and there has signees of Shanghai cargo shipped signees of Shanghai cargo shipped opportunity to reinforce the power the reported statement)
Notice is hereby given to Conday the Service will give a special not yet been any disclaimer of twisted ideas on the subject.prosecuting of the recently ini.....
that China had not taken her first stituted blockade. Then, and per s.s. "Baden arrived 31st
per 8.8..."Ursula Rickmers" August, 1937, from Hamburg arrived
Japan must not relax in her real stand against the traditional only then, can a uation with the 1st September, 1937,
"settle-, self-respect and dignity of China. and Ports of call, that owing to from Hamburg and Ports of call. ber 9, the Service, which will be present campaign until she has Japanese methods of
broadcast by ZB.W., will be held beaten China to her knees and ment," then possibly Japan's treat" with a neighbour nation that owing to the hostilities in daily until further notice. so reduced her that she will have vision of fashioning China to the which has shown such acant re Shanghal, all cargo destined for that port and Northern ports
no more spirit to fight, Accord- Nipponese pattern would have gard for the sanctity of civilian ing to the cabled news of yester- come true, but China has clearly life and territorial integrity. with transhipment in Shanghal, NO OLYMPIC GAMES day, the Japanese Ministers for demonstrated that she is no is being discharged at Hong
Fashioning China to Japan's War and Navy respectively made longer in the mood to submit to pattern does not commend itself public pronouncements of a simi-her bullying neighbour without to the Chinese. That is all there lar character to the effect that a fight.
is to it. We trust the position, there could now be no burying. If Japan is in any way sincere will eventually become quite of the hatchet. China must in her desire to see China peace clear to the Japanese Ministry,.. beaten once and for all."
ful and prosperons, then the otherwise there is liable to be a only proper course she can adopt lot of confusion which may not is to withdraw her troops from be confined to Asia Japan's Chinese, territory and cease the responsibility is surely obvious.
entire risk and expense of the Kong at the entire risk and Owners of the goods and that
expense of the Owners of the
henceforth.
the liability of the carrier ceases goods and that the llability of
JEBSEN & CO.,
Agents,
Hong Kong, 1st Sept., 1937.
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the carrier ceases henceforth.
JEBSEN & CO.,
Agents.
Hong Kong, Sept. 4th, 1937.
IN TOKYO, 1940
London, Sept. 7. Japanese supplementary budget has been passed unanimously, by the Lower House. It is reported that Japan intends to abandon the Olympic Games to be held in Tokyo in 1940 in view of the present
situation.
6547 Reuters Bulletin, Service.
These statements by members of the Government of which Hirota is also a component part,