NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
K.
• NOTICE.
The Public are hereby notified of the following Traffic arrange ments which will be enforced for túc official landing at 10 a.m. H.E. Sir Geofry Northcote, 1937 and for the Public Address of Welcome at noon at the King's Theatre →
1. Jackson Road and Con naught Road Central from Pedder Street to Jackson Road will be entirely closed to Vehicular Trallic from 9:30 a.m. to 10.45 a.m. (approx.),
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PUBLIC AUCTION,
PARTICULARS AND CON DITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Monday, the 1st day of November, 1937, at 3 p.m., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Or der of His Excellency the Gov. ernor of one Lot of Crown Land at Mount Kellett Road in the Colony of Hong Kong for a term of 75 years, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of Hi Majesty the King, for one further term of 75 years.
Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the dis posal ol the lot the purchaser (if not the applicant), will 2. Motor Cars containing be required to deposit with an guests invited to attend Queen's authorised officer who will be Pier will proceed by way of present at the sale, the sum st Murray Road and Connaught two hundred dollars, $200.00 in Road Central to the Hong Kong cash. This sum will be refund.. Club where the guests will alighted on payment of the purchase and walk to the Pler, Cars will price.
be parked in Connaugh! Road
Central, east of the Hong Kong PARTICULARS OF THE LOI
Cish,
3. Lower Albert Road from Garden Road to the junction of Upper Albert Road will be closed to Vehicular Traffic from: 11:00 a.m. to 12.10 p.m.
4. Persons attending the Public Address of Welcome at the King's Theatre should be in their seats in the theatre by 11.50 .m.
5. No cars will be permitted on the following car parks be
tween 8 a.m. and 10.45 a.m:. (approx.) :~,
(a) Wardley Street north of
Queen's Statue,
{h} Connaught Road Central
between Queen's Building. and Queen's Pier,
(c) Jackson Road,
T. H. KING, Inspector General of Police. 27th October, 1937.
Hong Kong
3005
HONG KONG CRICKET CLUB.
NOTICE is hereby given that the following Debentures were drawn at the Pavillon on Monday, the 25th day of October, 1937
Nos. Nos. Nos. Nos. Nos. Nos.
3 122 186 321 446 .602
3 132 201 340 518 608
No. of Bale.
Bural Building
Lot No. 40%.
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"PUBLIC AUCTION.
PARTICULARS AND CON- DITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Monday, the Ist day of Nov., 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 Mount Kellett Road, Peak in the Colony of Hong Kong for a term of 21 years.
Intending bidders are advised that lommediately after the dis posal of the lot the purchaser (if not the applicant) will be required to deposit with an
authorised officer who will be present at the sale, the sum of two hundred dollars, $200.00 in cash-This sum will be refunded payment of the purchase
on
price.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
16 159 219 342 523 670 23 179 227 348, 537 716 67 180 287 388 555 -827
Holders of drawn Debentures who desire to be paid on the 29th October, 1937, are requested to inform the Treasurers, Messrs. Percy Smith, Seth & Fleming. on or before Thursday, the 28th 2 October, 1937.
AND NOTICE is hereby given that Debentures numbered as above which are not cashed on the 30th October, 1937, will he paid on the 30th April, 1938, after which date they will cease to bear interest.
By Order of the Committee.
A. K. MACKENZIE,
Hon. Secretary Hong Kong, 26th Oct., 1937,
5696
SAILORS & SOLDIERS
CAMERA CLUB,
The Annual General Meeting of the above Club will be held
at the Sailors and Soldiers Home, 22, Hennessy Road, at 8 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.
5690
No. of Bala
adjoining No. 175 Locality. Int No. 95 South West of and
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-569-1
CHINA LIGHT "AND
POWER COMPANY, ⠀
LIMITED.
NOTICE .
OR,
THE NINETEENTH DINARY YEARLY MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the Head Office of the Company, St. George's Building, Chater Road, Victoria, Hong Kong, on Monday, 20th Decem- ber, 1937, at 12 o'clock (Noon), for the purpose of receiving a Statement of Accounts and the Report of the Directors. for the financial year ended 30th Septem- ber, 1937, and electing Directors
and Auditors.
The Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from Friday, 26th November, 1937, to Monday, 20th December, 1937, both days inclusive.
By. Order of the Board of Directors, NOEL BRAGA,
Secretary. Hong Kong, 26th Oct., 1937.
5697
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY,
TRAVEL
"American
Express"
A World Wide Organization
No. 4, Des Voeux Road, Central.
PUBLIC RECEPTION
to
His Excellency Sir Geoffry Northcote, K.C.M.G.
A Public Reception will be held in the KING'S THEATRE
on
Thursday, the 28th October, 1937 at' 11.50 a.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.
ADVERTISEMENTS RESÜLT OF CHARITY
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
· 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 Bullding; the Club -House, Happy Valley, the Hong Kong Club; the Sports Clas; and the Stables, Shan Kwong
Road.
Entries close at 12 o'clock NOON on Thursday, 28th Octo- ber, 1937.
By Order,
C. B. BROWN,
Secretary.
5686
CARGO FOR SHANGHAI
Arrangements have been made to berth our steamers alongside the Kla Lee Yuen Whart, French Bund, Shanghai, and cargo will be accepted for dis. charge into Godowns at this Whart.
DINNER DANCE
OCTOBER 27,
DEATHS
1937.
HAMILTON-Un October 13, 1997, at 11, Larkstone Terrace, Hirn- combe. James Gardiner Hamil- ton, late Postmaster at Ply- mouth and dearly beloved
Hong Kong, aged 85.
father of Erle W. Hamilton, of
WILLIAMS-On October 10, 1937,
suddenly, at Elm Lodge, Mit-.
fools in the world refuse to be fooled all of the time, in spite of the fact that your Navy Depart- ment hopes that the outaile world will place confidence in the
RELIEF WORK BY WOMEN
good faith of the Japanese Navy Organised Effort For
and show itself proof against | reports of this kind.***
cham, John Huw Williams. While___the_powers-that-be su Tormerly Chief Engineer, Can-Tokyo are busy, dividing their
Wounded And Refugees
men's Club in Shanghat are going
to
concentrate most
of
their
ton-Hankow Railway, and son time between sending more Members of the Chinese Wo- of the late Rev. Peter William troops to North China, devising (Pedr. Hir), aged 63.
'more effective" ways and means WILSON-O October 7. 1937
after serious operation, Percy subduing a nation that James Wilson. of Asiatic fighting gallantly to protect its Petroleum Co.. beloved hus-territorial sovereignty, and deny-f band of L Marie. Woo, ofing "malicious reports," the Shanghai, China, younger son
energy on supplying in and hos pitals with necessities, it was re- cently decided.
A
with This club, although normal membership of only 150.. can call on many friends for help of the late Supt. T. M. Wuson Japanese propagandiste are no and 'Mrs. Wilson, aged 43. less busy trying to "take in" the in time of emergency, and has taken a most active part in rellef world with their cunningly word-work since the opening of hostill
tles. Its members include many prominent society women who dis play qualities of leadership and.
ENGAGEMENT
The engagement is announceded statements. For instance one between Arthur Reygate Knowles, of them even went so far as to younger son of Mr. and Mrs. G. 8. say that "in aiding their objec-
Knowles, of Alderbrook, Crow-
thorne, Berks and Tientsin, N.tives Japanese planes dive low. China; and Sheila, only daughter in the face of heavy anti-aircraft of Professor and Mrs. L. S. Dud-fire, in order to ensure that their geon, of 35, Chester Square, S.W.1.
Editorial and Business Omce:
15-19. Queen's Road Central, Tel. 30251 Night Editor (Wanchal Office):
Tel, 24511. London Ofice: 63. Fleet, Street
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The Daily Press.
友之 國中
HONG KON OCTOBER 17, 1937.
initiative when necessary.
Deciding that hospitals
In
clothes and similar necessities to
Shanghai and Nanking. There are fewer women's clubs in those to sufficiently organized town's
while in render adequate help. Shanghai this club is able to enlist
Shanghal are better able to can- vass for supplies and comforts bombs hit their marks and noth-than those inland, members are ing else." The reply to this is, working to make bandages, sheets. if the Japanese planes did fly be sent to hospitals between low at all, the purpose was to make doubly certain that their Tombs and machine-guns would miss nothing, not even Innocent civilians, women and children Included. This statement is not made at random, for we daily receive reports to the effect that milway stations, crowded with on-combatants, are attacked by the Japanese "vultures."
Yet-the Japanese Navy De partment protests in a manner that is so vigorous and so persis tent that it is calculated to inspire Lething more helpful to Japan Jan resentment and suspicion.
many volunteer workers. including foreign friends who give their labour for making up these
articles.
WARM CLOTHING They recently sent thousands of bandages to the front, and pro- pose to send more. Warm knitted. underwear is also receiving their attention, while refuges relief s another item on their Est of pro- jects. Officers of the 18th army defending the Lotten sector have requested knitted woolen sweaters. similar to those sent already with a truckload of gifts:
The club has received much support from people who know their work, and many donations of materials and money have been given by various friends. One of the most recent donation. is
who heard about their
many
THE DRUG TRAFFIC FUTILE PROTESTS
Those sections of the Report now of the Fifth Committee of the Although we have by breone calloused to the brazen | League of Nations on the imffic falsehoods spread by the Japanese in narcotics, laid before the AR-8.7500 from an American womanı. Propagandists in their effort to semibly at the end of September, charities, and remitted the sum win some sympathy from the 1 which deal with the clandestine through a Chinese friend. civilised world in their undeclared production of opium and similar Club headquarters are in a room against China, we feel drugs, innke highly disagrecable of the YW.CA building, and as fast as articles are bought and constrained to express indigna-reading for all Governments
made up. they are sent out in tion at the latest effort by their which are alive to the dangers of answer to numeroas requests from Navy Department minely their the illicit importation of great people who are in need. plea of innocence in regard to quantities of cheap narcotics from the bombing, by Navy planer, what are now the chief centres of open towns and cities which of their production. These cen- resulted, as we already know, in tres beyond any question are the deaths of thousands of Manchukuo and those parts of civilians.
Northern China where” Chinese
War
FUNERAL OF MCGOWAN
Distinguished
Officials Attend
11
Shanghai. Oct. a. Shanghal" turned out en masse yesterday afternoon for the funeral of Rifleman W: McGowan, of the Royal Ulster Rifles, who was machine-gunned by Japanese planes. The funeral was most imi- pressive.
We are indignant because it authority had been undermined such an insult to our intelligence by the Japanese before the out- for the Navy Department at break of hostilities.'
The drugs are manufactured Tokyo even to hope, for a mo- ment, that we would "swallow" in the Japanese concession in every statement they make. Mukden and in Dairen. but bear- The Japanese naval authorities marks of Chinese origin. The "strongly resent the criticism Japanese laws do not allow the levelled by some Powers and the export of drugs from or through League Advisory Committee Japan or Korea; those theres against the air raids," contending fore which are exported to Ame- that these criticisms are noi rica. Europe, and other regions
are shipped based on sure ground!
Chinese, or Reports and photographs pu- nominally Chinese ports. The blished in our columns dating danger to other countries if this the past few weeks, all obtained vast production of narcotics is from authentic sources, showed allowed to continue unchecked what havoc amongst the civilians need hardly be emphasized, and these uir aids had wrought in an offensive on a large scale is which will be devoted to the re- Canton and other open cities. required unless the good work of mander-in-Chief of the French Lef of wounded soldiers and reThomands have been rendered the League of Nations is to be Asiatic Fleet, Brigadier-General homeless as the direct result of undont and the world is to he Telfer-Smollett, Colonel Beaumont, these unprovoked and barbarous repoisoned. "
Colonel Graham, Commandant of
A total of $7,808.15 was realised at the dinner dance sponsored by the Hong Kong Chinese Women's soldiers' Relief Association, held at the Hong Kong Hotel on October After deducting expenses for catering and printing. the net
$.
amount available is
fugees.
$6,016.85,
Donations were received from Mrs. N. L. Lieu ...... Mrs. Goel
Mr. Vansteen Bergen and
associates
$200
150
100
Dr. U. Y. Yerl
100
Mr. De Vos
50
Mr. G. B.
40
Mr. A.
30
Mrs. W. L. Gerrard
Mr. K.
10
Mr. G.
10
Mr. B.
5
Mr. B.
5
Mrs.
and
Constance
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AL
The
through cortege passed streets thickly uned by Chinese many of whom were carrying ban- ners extolling the bravery of Mc-
Gowan. Detachments of troops and naval-parties from every nationality except the Japanese attended, while officials present in- cluded Admiral Little, Admiral Yarnell, Admiral Lebigot, Com-
the French troops, the British Consul-General, Mr. Herbert Phil-
assaults on a defenceless people, The contrast between the at- and yet the Navy Department in titude of China and Japan to- tips, Mr. Franklin, the American Tokyo. bas the brazen effrontery words the
sale of Chairman of the Municipal Conn-
se and
to protest against the criticism narcotics is remarkable... In most ¦ cll, other foreign consuls and many. maile against the despicable provinces in China the most Chinese officials. methods adopted by their air drastic measures, even including force..
2
Among the hundreds of wreaths 'was one "from the girl he helped to shelter."—
the death penalty, are being The Japanese ken lords then taken against the vendors of Reuter go one better. They have opium, and there have been cases "formally and emphatically deni of the execution of addicts. In
ed the report in the foreign Press Manchukuo, on the contrary, the bave been been and still are the The organisers, on behalf of the to the effect that mapy Chinese traffic in drugs is an open busi principal sufferers from this de- Association, wish to thank these fishing boats were recently sunk ness, conducted under the aus plorable state of affairs. But generous donors and all those who helped to make the event a suc-by Japanese submarines in South pices of the Government's opium there are limits to their absorp cess, including: Mrs. C. C. Wu, China waters." How can this monopoly. In Northern Chuma tive capacity for the drug habit Ho Sai Lai, Miss Daisy be when the Japanese Navy is Tientsin has been the centre of sooner or later impoverishes its O'Keefe, Mrs. Sylvia Choy, Mr. Liconstantly under orders not to a vast distributive trade convictims and a large-scale produc Chor-chi, Misses Bessie attack defenceless craft? It is ducted under Japanese official tion of riarcotics requires an Dorothy Wong, Miss
expanding market. Here lies Lum and Mr. Kwong Sabisul, the unthinkable that the Japanese protection. Misses Gloria Yee. Nora Hew. would stoop to such cowardly The comparison speaks for it the dunger to other countries Colleen Ng Quinn, Grace and Hur-acts! Yet there is not one, but self. All that need be said here And here too lies a new danger linda Chew and Bonnie Ching, Mr. hundreds, muy thousands, of poor is that it is disquieting to learn to the prestige of Japan, which Welligton Y Chewy Master Billy villagers who would be ready to that a nation which still professes has already been gravely impair- rse, Raymond Lut For freight and further parti Hawaiian Serenaders.
the Eong come forward and tell of th its desire to regenemte the Fared by the ruthless violence of its No Government. culars please apply to:
Kong and Shanghai Hotels Ltd.. damage done by the Japanese East by its example should be so railitarists.
aad air force to blind to the moral and, physical however powerful, can afford to JARDINE, MATHESON « & and the Hong Kong Hotel Orches-navy, array
tra, the Press, the advertisers in non-combatants. No, Japan, you damage which is being wrought CO., LTD.,
the programme and, last but not can "fool all of the people some under its negis. General Managers,
least, the public for so generously Indo-China S.N, Co., Ltd..
responding to the Association's of the time but even those who 5684 appeal.
appear to you to be the biggest
and His
The Chinese, whether of Nor thern China or of Manchukun
incur the suspicion that it en courages the development of the most disreputable of industries: on an unprecedented scale.