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PUBLIC RECEPTION
to
His Excellency Sir Geoffry Northcote, K.C.M.G.
A Public Reception will be held in the a
KING'S THEATRE
on
Thursday, the 28th October, 1937 at, 11.50 8.m.
when an
Address of Welcome will be presented to His Excellency Sir Geoffry Northcote, K.C.M.G.,
on behalf of
The Community of Hong Kong...
An invitation is hereby extended to all members of the public to attend this reception.
The whole of the Dress Circle will be available for the accommodation of members of the public who have not received special invitations.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
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SAILORS & SOLDIERS CAMERA CLUB.
ADVERTISEMENTS
CARGO FOR SHANGHAI
Arrangements have been madc to berth our steamers alongside Kin Lee Yuen Wharf, the
Bund, Shanghai, and cargo will be accepted for dis charge into Ciodowns at this Wharf.
The Annual General Meeting"French of the above Club will be held at the Sailors and Soldiers Home, 22, Hennessy Road, at & p.m. on Thursday next, 28th October, 1937.
The Programme of the Club for the Winter Season will be
discussed and the Committee
extends a cordial invitation to local civilian and "Service ** Amateur Photographers to attend the meeting.
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1937:
ADVERTISEMENTS.
CHINA PROVIDENT
LOAN AND MORTGAGE LOAN AND MORTGAGE
CHINA PROVIDENT
CO., LTD. HONG KONG.
NOTICE
CO., LTD. HONG KONG
NOTICE
BIRTH
CRAIG.-On October 11, 1937, at Harold Wood, Exxsex, to Mr. and Mrs. {Marjorie) J. Craig, a son.
ENGAGEMENT
D
PHILLIPS-STORM:.. - Nht and Mrs. G. B Stormes, of Man- chester, England, and Shang- hai. announce the engage- ment of their only daughter Patricia E Stormes to Ray- mand C Phillips. of Fresno, California.
DEATHS
Notice is hereby given that as Notice is hereby given that an Extraordinary General Meeting Extraordinary General Mecing of the Members of the China VERGANT-On October 19, 1937. of the Members of the Coins Provident Loan and Mortgage Provident Loan and Mortgage Co., Ltd., holding partly paid Co., Ltd., holding fully paid shares will be held at the shares will be held at
Jacobean Room, 1st Floor, Hong Kong Hotel, Hong Kong, on Monday, 8th November, 1937
the
Jacobean Room, 1st Floor, Hong Kong Hotel, Hong Kong, on Monday, 8th November, 1937 a 12 o'clock noon, when the sub joined Resolution will be pro posed as a Special Resolution:
That 15,633 shares of $5.00 each of the authorised Capital of the Company unissued be cancelled, and the issued capital of the Company be reduced from $4,421,835.00 divided into 589,578 shares of $5.00 extà fully paid and 294,789 shares of $5.00 each upon which the sum of $2.50 has been paid to $2,210,917.50 divided into 589,578 shares of $2.50 each fully pad and 294,789 shares of $2.50 each upon which 75 cents per share shall be deemed to have been paid and that such reduction be effected in the following
manner :-
(a) By cancelling Capital which has been lost or
is unrepresented by avallable assets to the extent of $2.50 per share upon each of the 589,578 fully paid shares of the Company which have been issued, and to the extent of $1.75 per share upon each of the 294,789 partly pald shares of the Company which have been issned. (b) By releasing the holders
of the said 294,789 partly paid shares which have been issued from | liability in respect of their shares to the ex- tent of 75 cents per share. H
By Order of the Board, J. C. GUTERRES,
Secretary. Hong Kong, 30th Sept., 1937.
For freight and further parti bier culars please apply to:
“SLEEPING BEAUTY" DEAD
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Lover's Vigil By The Bier
12.30 o'clock in the afternoon, when the sub-joined Resolution will be proposed as a Special
Resolution :--
That 15,633 shares of $5.00 each of the authorised Capital of the Company unissued he cancelled,
and the issued capital of the Company be reduced from $4,421,835.00 divided into 589,578 shares of $5.00 each fully paid and 294,789 shares of $5.00 each upon which the sum of $2:50 has been paid to $2,216,917.50 divided into 583,578 shares of $2.50 each fully paid and 294,789 shares of $2.50 each upon which 75 cents per share shall be deemed to have been paid and that such reduction be effected in the following
manner;-
(a) By cancelling Capital which has been lost or is unrepresented by avallable assets to the "extent of $2.50 per share upon each of the 589,578 fully paid shares of the Company which have been issued, and to the extent of $1.75 per share upon each o the 294,789 partly paid shares of the Company which have been issued. (b) By releasing the holders of the salu 294,789 * partly paid shares which
have been issued from Hability in respect of their shares to the ex tent of 75 stare.
By Order of the Board,"
J. C. GUTERRES,
Secretary. Hong Kong, 30th Sept., 1937.
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| MEDICAL RELIEF
CONCERT
Well-Known Artistes To Take Part
at his residence, 176 Avenue Victor Emmanuel, Shanghai, Guido Vergani, aged 3 years. October 18. CORTE-REAL-OR
1937, at the residence of her son, 94 Rue Marcel Tillot, Shanghai, Maria Anteala de Souza Freire Corte-Real aged 64 years, the beloved mother Frederico and Henrique Corte-Rea!
of
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Editorial and Ensiness Office. 15-19, Queen'à Rood Central Tel. 30251. Night Editor (Wanchat #ce):
Tel. 24811. London Office: 59. Fleet Street
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The Baily Press.
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Hoso Koxo, OCTOBER 26, 1937.
REGRETS
When the Japanese shot the British Ambassador they were profuse in their apologies. In deed, their expressions of regret seemed to border on the sincere. Then they machine-gunned auto- mobiles from the British Embassy and admitted their error with a frankness that showed refreshing signs of child-like simplicity. They commanded British ships to halt. boarded them, searched them, apologised for the incon. venience they had caused-and that was all there was to it.
sacroscant zone.
CHINA REVIEW
Pitiable Sights
"Unparalleled scenes of misery and destitution are being wit- messed in the streets of Shanghai as a result of the hostilities, for hundreds of refugees are roaming the streets in the International Settlement, and French Concession, sleeping in the open, begging for food, battered by the elements "
This is the description which an. syewitness gives of the immense suffering of the civilian population in Shanghal from a war which is due to no fault of theirs.
Being driven from their homes by the unwelcome visitation of bullets and shells, these refugees. have now to live in concentration camps. Although eighty such camps have been established in the foreign areas, there is accommodation for a mere handful of the total figure. Meanwhile, the food problem grows more acute daily. " At present, unfortunate victims of war. are only given rations. which do no more than keep them from abject starvation, and the police and volunteers are kept busy coping with food riots.
Further, the nsanitary conditions in the city are causing the Cases of cholera have been report- health authorities much anxiety. {ed, and if the discage develops into an epidemic, against which all possible precautions are now being taken, the situation will be ren- dered most difficult.
Women Soldiers
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The womenfolk in China are taking their full share of respon- sibility in the present Sino-Japanese conflict. Discarding lipsticks and eyebrow pencils, they have now taken active parts in the front lines, and have been engaged in militia duties in the rear. It is even said that some of them have actually seen service in some of the grimmest and bloodiest battles in Shanghai.
Throughout the country. girls are petitioning the Goverment for enrolment into the women's figting forces, but so far only those with previous military training have been drafted. But those who have been rejected are trying to make themselves useful in other ways such as bringing comforts and entertainment to the troops and doing Red Cross work in base hospitals behind the fighting lines.
At the same time, the Government is exercising the greatest of caution. because numerous traitors and spies are seeking to make army contacts. Consequently many" volunteers are rejected unless they possess incontrovertible proofs of their patriotic motives.
The former Red Army, subsequently renamed the 8th Route Army, possesses a contingent of veteran women troops. They are mostly wives of regulars, and are reliably said to be remaining, with the 8th Route Army. It will be recalled that two years ago, they captured an entire regiment of Szechuen provincial troope!
MORE CIVILIANS
KILLED
Shanghai, Oct. 25. A semi-official Chinese report
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JEAN BATTEN
Hopping off from Port Darwin
on October 19, Miss Jean Batten. the famous New Zealand avia- says that more than two hundred trix, landed at Lympne on Octo- Chinese were killed and four bun-ber 24. She broke the record for dred wounded when bombs from the, Australia-England flight. 1ve Japanese planes, attacking the hitherto held by Harry Broad- way station at Sungklang" on bent, by fourteen hours and nine the Shanghal-Hangchow Rallway, fell on the cloesly packed houses
minutes. Her achievement merits around the station.—
the highest praise and is yet Reuteri
another ugnificent example, of: conquest of the air. by the fair
The
sex.
When one looks back on the history of aviation and recalls. that in 1890 the first machine to
Their latest faux pas lan been spark which started the Sino- Frought tragic circum-Japanese conflagration.
..with stances. Japanese airmen few basic facts of that happening are cents per over an area which their Govern- very simple, namely, that, the leave the ground, piloted: by a Frenchman. Olernent Ader, few ment had promised not to dy Japanese troops were indulging for only 54 yards, one heaves a over, swooped to within talking in nocturnal exercises of a mili- sigh of amazement, almost distance almost of the people on tary kind and the Chinese troops bewilderment, at what has been the ground and deliberately shot were on guard close at hand. A achieved since. To the pioneers and killed a British soldier who shot was fired, by whom and was performing his lawful duties. From what side nobody has yet fights and record-breaking flights. of long distance flights, solo Once again the Japanese were been able to state definitely, and
due praise is accorded. The re- promptness personified in the that started a lot of other shots.cent flight of the Russian aviators niatter of expressing regrets. The Japanese subsequently re- from Moscow over the storm
But regrets will not bring a ported two killed and launched a beaten face of the North Pole to dead man back to life and no pinitive expedition to "chastise"
America, stands out as one of the amount of elaborate excuses will the "outrageous" Chinese.
greatest air journeys of modern suffice to pardon a breach of an
If that happening was deemed times. Last year, in October. undertaking known to the world sufficient by the Japanese to Miss Batten broke the solo record to the effect that Japanese war
start a war of aggression against flight from England to Australia planes would not fly over that Chins, then what the Japanese by 23 hours 17 minutes. Leav- have done to Britishers anding England on October 5 the What next? You an twist British property during the past intrepid airwoman landed at Port should surely Darwin on October 11. In 1934, the lion's tail a certain amount, three months but give it just one little twist afford sufficient justification for flying in a five-year-old Moth, too much and look out! the combined forces of the. Bri-Miss Batten completed a similar However, that unruffled calm tish Empire blowing the com-journey in 14 days 23 hours. In which characterises most things hined forces of the Japanese November, 1935, she flew from British in the diplomatic sphere Empire plumb to hell. If Bri-Lympne to Port Natal in 61 still prevails, and it is not fortain or America, for that matter. hours 15 minutes. Her moet one moment anticipated that any had taken as much offence at notable flight" was record. impetuoneity in this instance will every insulting and hurtful action breaking dash across the South alter the even, tenor of Britain's of the Japanese against their Atlantic from Dakar to Brazil in diplomatic waya. Accepting this Governments and their nationals November, 1935, her time being inevitability in as philosophical as Japan was pleased to take 18 hours 15 minutes, compared manner as is possible under cir-against certain minor acts by with the previous record of 16" cumstances which, to say the certain irresponsible Chinese, hours. In the course of her very least in the mildest langu- then Japan would to-day be tak Bights. Misa Batten bas flown ago, are nothing short of exasing not merely tastes but whole over the Tasman Sena, a distance perating, it is improving to the bucket-falls of her own metallic of 1,300 miles, and across the mind though not exactly in medicine. spiring to the body, to contém- plate the attitude of the Japanese
The concert in aid of the funds of the International Rellef Com- Handsome young James Burns.mittee, which is to take place in jewellery salesman, knelt by the the Rose Room of the Peninsula "Sleeping Hotel on Thursday, October 28, beginning at 8 pm, promises a delightful evening's entertainment. The programme has been carefully arranged, and consists of light concert music ot the popular classical type. There will be solos.
of America's Beauty," Patricia Maguire, who died in Oak, Illinois, recently, after JARDINE, MATHESON & sleeping for five years and seven
CO., LTD., General Managers,
Indo China S.N.. Co., Ltd.
months.
He was "Sleeping Beauty's" Prince Charming.
In 1932 Patricia, healthy, athle-
5683 tic typist, was the sweetheart of vocal quartettes and instrumental James Burns. She was planning trips. The performers are Eva Helen Lockhart, Frue Lewis. Ettore Pellegatti, Gaston d'Aquino, Victor Saunders and
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TH
HE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, LTD., and the HONG KONG WEEKLY PRESS, through their London Office, at 58, FLEET STREET, B. C. 4, Tel
to be a June 'bride: •
One of her last acts before she fell asleep was to send her sweet
Turner.
heart a valentine. A few minutes E.ONeil Shaw. later she yawned, closed her eyes, never to wake up.
Although business took Jamer Afty miles away from Oak Park. he telephoned every evening, came home at least twice a week to set her. But Patricia never knew.
"I knew she was ill a month be 3137, are prepared to give fore she she went
to sleep, Subscribers and Visitors mumbled James: "We had town together and
been
Draft Programmes and Entry Forms for the Tenth Extra Race Meeting to be held on Saturday, 6th November, 1937 (weather permitting), may be obtained at the Secretary's Office, Exchange Building; the Club advice regarding accommoda- driving home. She went to sleep House, Happy Valley; the Hong tion available, motoring faci-several times while I was talking Kong Club; the Sports Club:lities, and the Stables, Shan Kwong contres, etc. Road.
Entries close at 12 o'clock NOON on Thursday, 28th Octo
ber, 1937.
suitable
shopping
down
"1
were
to her.
"Her mother and I often talked over what we would do when Pat woke up. It seems strange that
If, when at home, they will she never will." call or telephone to the above address, they will receive the utmost assistance and tho latest available information on all subjects of enquiry will be 5684placed at their disposal.
By Order,
C. B. BROWN,
Secretary.
Tickets are $2, and may be book ed at the Peninsula or Hong Kong
Hotels for in extra 50 cents.
HUGESSEN IN SOURABAYA
Guest Of Governor-General
in certain comparatively recent happenings.
F
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Timor Sea on her latest record.
In their forbearance have Bri. Having added this new air dable laurels. Miss Batten is in and America shown their triumph to her already formi- gigantic strength.-. There have been to any There is a delicate point which, perhaps planning another record- For breaking dash between England fappenings in which the Japan-we feel, must be faced. Sourabaya, Oct. 25: The British have been involved, that it how long will Britain remain and some place or the other, or Ambassador to China, Sir Hughe were best to make a careful silent under these repeated out may be she will be content to The delicate point is rest awhile. Whatever may be Knatchbull-Hugessen, who is on, a selection and from that selection rages.?
this, namely, that the longer she her future plans, for the present convalescing trip to the Dutch base a major premise. -East Indies, arrived here to-day, What could be more appro suffers in silence the more does achievement we say, well done,
Miss Batten! accompanied by Lady Knatchbull-priate to the present occasion her prestige suffer and that of Hugessen and their two daughters. than the happening at Lukuo her nationals. Sir. Hughe will be the guest of chiao which occurred on the
the Governor-General for several
TALK ON HONG KONG An interesting talk on Hong Kong, given by Mr. R. T. Barrett. formerly Editor of the "Bongdays. Br Hughe stated that he evening of July 7?
That happening was Kong Dally Press" was broadcast. was feeling very tired:
incident which started
from Daventry last night.
Reuter
If Japan is desirous of em- certainly going the right way broiling Western nations in about this wrong thing.
the Far Eastern war of devastatingly Then regrets, even Japanese the colossal proportions, then she is regrets, can be of no avaíl.