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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1937.
NURSE TELLS OF ENGINEER'S £3,000,000 "PLAN"
GAOL FOR THE UNPATRIOTIC"
Japanese Government's Firm Stand
The following interesting facts concerning conditions in Japan, was revealed by Mr. M. Lawrence SAYS SHE GAVE HIM Baron, authority on affairs of the Far East. He disclosed that not MONEY
only is China showing the scars of Japanese aggression, but in a lesser degree, through none the
to tread on forbidden ground.
Foreign Consuls and Embassies are helpless in the face of these conditions. When their nationals
are arrested they are not even notified, because -the Japanese answer to their action is that they have their own laws
outside, sources.
Story Of New Pier less discernible. the Laland Empire and resent any interference from
For Brighton
The story of an alleged bogus Improvement scheme at Brighton. to include a new pler and a town hall, which would east £3,000,000. was told at Marlylebone Police- court recently.
Before
the court was" James
is also affected by the Sino- Japanese hostilities:
There is no treedom of move-.j ment in Japan, Mr. Baron, sald.
Foreigners and Japanese alike are followed and closely watched by a well-organised police service, Feople arriving in Japan have tremendous dimculty in landing The Japanese see in every foreig ner an agent of a boycott move- anti-American and anti-British. ment, and the feeling is decidedly
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OTHER CONDITIONS Prices for food are going up. people of Japan will experience a and in Mr. Baron's opinion the food shortage before long. Rea- at least 20 per cent, and foreign taurants have raised thelf prices tobaccos and other luxuries are constantly increasing in cost be cause of the, heavy duty imposed.
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Sailings
MANILA
S.S. PRESIDENT MCKINLEY Sails SATURDAY, December 11th, 6 P.M.
SEATTLE.
AND
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via Kobe and Yokohama,
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S. S. PRESIDENT MCKINLEY
It is impossible, too, to obtain for- Sails WEDNESDAY, December 17th, Midnight.
eign currency, and large firms have Freat difficulty in transacting business because of these restric- tions. The penalty for those who attempt to handle foreign money is severe.
Cator Scott MacAllan, 69, engineer, of Falrhazel-gins., Hampstead, with obtaining £125 by false pre-
* MILITARY ACTIVITY tences with intent to defraud from Near Osaka and Yawata, the a nurse. Miss Elsie May Andre- fortified zone close by Moj. in- wartha, of Vincentsquare; 8.W. 1
tense military activity prevalls Mr. G. B. Saywell. for the Direc-
both day and night. No foreign- tor of Public Prosecutions, said
ers are allowed in that district.
No more than 5,000 yen may be that a year ago Miss Andrewartha and Japanese trains en route to taken out of the country. and began to attend MacAllan por-Nagasaki, from Kobe, pass this hundreds of people are unable to fessionally after his discharge zone with drawn blinds. At near- leave Japan for that reason. The from hospital. He told her that hely all junctions, secret service large. Japanese concerns hayo was an engineer with two offices agents" board the trains to inspect | practically suspended all business, in London.
passports and other papers of since they depend mostly on Ame- Identification.
rican trade, which is now com- The largest steel plants situat-pletely at a standstill. ed at Yawata, Osaka, Kobe and a All mail is strictly censored, and no one dares write conditions as cessantly in two shifts of 12 hours they exist for fear of being de- each. At least ten ships arrive at | pörted. Kobe daily, and fleets of barges meet them to unload the cargo of
He mentioned that he was about to undertake am Improvement scheme, involving about £3,000,000,
LOS ANGELES, PANAMA, NEW YORK, BOSTON, for Brighton Corporation and that place near Shimonoseki, work in-
PHILADELPHIA & BALTIMORE.
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31st Dec:
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·COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.
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EBINGING CARGO FROM
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CONSIGNEES are hereby informed of Opium, Tremure and Valuables are being landed & stored into the godowns of the Hong Kong Kowloon Whaf and, Godown Co., Ltd, Kowloon, whence delivery may be obtained immediately after landing.
All Claims must be sent in to me on or before the 18th Dec, 1937, or they will not be recognized.
4.1.
Damaged Packages will be examine by the Company's Surveyors, Meisra Goddard & Douglas in the rete..ce of the Consignees st 10.00 Saturday, the 11th Doc., 1937.
Conticates must have a Rovenue Officer in attendanco when any dutiable goods are examined by the Company's Burveyors.
No Fire Insurance will be effected by an in any case whatever,
MESSAGERIES MARITIMES CO. Hong Kong, 6th Dec, 1837.
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THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LTD.
FROM LEITH, MIDDLESBRO',
ANTWERP, LONDON & STRAITS.
Tax S.8. "BENWYVIS "S
CONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby
informed that all Goods are being landed at their risk into the bazardous and/or extra hazardous-Godowns of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., whence and/or from the wharves Delivery may be obtained.
No Claims will be admitted after the
Goods have left the Godowns fad all Goods remaining undelivered after the 11th Des., 1937, will be subject to rent.
All Claims against the steamer must be presented to the undersigned on or before the 24th Dec,, or they will not be recognized.
To comply with the General Bonded Warehouse Regulations, consignees must have a Revenue Officer in atten- dance when damaged dutiable woods are examined.
All broken, chafed and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns where they will be examined on the 9th Dec, 1937, at 9 a.m. by Messrs. Carmichael & Clarke.
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he" was negotiating with the Prudential Assurance Company to Anance it."
One plan. he said included a new pler and town hall, the re- moval of shingle and erection of a new railway on the front-Mr. Baron stated. altogether a colossal scheme.
scrap iron and other war material destined for the factory melting pots. The ships by Greek flags,
Naturally, said Mr. Saywell, the nurse became Interested. Mac- Allan told her that he was forming
a syndicate of seven persons to put up £2.000 each. to get the scheme started. Be had found five supporters and he intended to offer the two vacancies to people
who had been kind to him. She was invited to take a "quarter
GAOLS FULL
PAID PATRIOTISM
Japan at the moment is seen in The only show of patriotism in the groups of women who greet and send off troop transports at all major railway stations, but they are adequately compensated for their show of patriotic feeling by the Government. The rest of the population displays a
sup- attitude ot pressed
resentful
conflict.
"Extreme severity is practiced by the Japanese Government, and people who are not "patriotic,” are lung into gaol. At the present time, the gaols are "alled with silence, and in their faces is writ- Japanese who allegedly, have notten the hardships they have to bear, and the true state of their done their share for the nation.
Foreigners in Japan are com- thoughts in relation to the present pletely under the control of the Foreign Office in Tokyo. Their It seems strange in a country residences are subjected to vialts where there is supposed to be an" When she agreed MacAllan went from the police every day, and inseverable unity that the Govern- so far as to express his pleasure their servants are under orders to ment does nothing for the familles at being able to reciprocate the report everything they see and of soldiers killed in action. It is kindness she had shown him. He hear. Consequently, it is absolute- not surprising, then, that told her that he had had a meetingly impossible to have any sort of thusiasm for the war is limited to at Brighton
with the Mayor, privacy, and the great number of newspapers and official dispatches, prominent members of the Cour- cil and the surveyor and had been deportations each day, testined to and does not come from the pec-
the fate of foreigners who attempt | ple.
unit" for £125.
of great assistance to them!
ALLEGED TRICK
Mr. Saywell said that MacAllan gave her a receipt which, in the submission of the prosecution, was ply a subtle trick to try to escape his civil responsibility.
Miss Andrewartha, a middle-aged woman, "gave evidence in support of the opening statement. She said that she was tremendously impres- sed by the scheme.
1
The magistrate, Mr. J. B.Sand- bach, K.C. Did he offer you a share? No, it was psychological. He talked much about the vacan- cles and making so much money and I said I wished I could.
He gave her, a receipt which said. "In consideration of Miss E M. Andrewartha subscribing £135. towards the syndicate to be formed
for the
exploitation of public works, I agree to pay to her as and when received a proportion of the net profits."
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LIBERTY BONDS BOOM OVERSEAS
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San Francisco and Los Angeles via Kobe, Yokohama and Honolulu S.S. PRESIDENT HOOVER Sails FRIDAY, December 17th, 8 P.M.
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Donations To Aid Defence.
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The sale of Chinese Government Liberty Bonds is soaring beyond
A tale of ultra-patriotism Hes in the expectations of Government the unending stream of millions of
dollars pouring into China from officials and the ultimate success of the bond issue is virtually as-
overseas Chinese who are rallying CHINA sured, according to a spokesman for the Committee directly pro-ernment. Contributions are com- moting their sale.
Concerning Japanese allegations
to the support of the Central Gov-
ing from Chinese in the United States, in Europe and from all parts of the globe, and judging that the sale of bonds is not meet- from their prompt response, they ing with success, and that the pub-
are determined to give until no- llc is not responding, the spokes-thing remains, in order that China, man explained that such state- may overcome the aggressions of ments are merely Japanese pro- her enemy. paganda.
NEARING MARK....
In the first place more than hair of the entire amount of $500,000,000 was subscribed for in the first 40 days of the campaign while actual
NATIONAL PRESTIGE
Perhaps the Chinese people at home do not feel the rise and falf of their national prestige as keenly as the overseas. Having long en- joyed a comparatively discrimina-
Mr. David Edwards, surveyor to the Brighton Corporation, and Mr. Glibert Goodman. ап assistant receipts are now nearing the $100,- | tory status, they realise that the secretary to the Prudential. As- | 000,000 mark, said the sportsman.. elevation of the position of China surance Company, gave evidence denying knowledge of MacAllan.
MacAllan W98 committed for trial. He pleaded not guilty, and reserved his defence.
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NEW LOAN ISSUE
London, Dec. 1. It is stated that arrangements are in progress for a. Southern Rhodesia 31 per cent loan amount- tag to £2,250,000, to be issued at 101 and redeemable in 1961,—— British Wirelcis.
The officially announced pledge made by the provincial committee in charge of the sale of the bonds in Kwelchow is $3,500,000 while actual receipts from the province of Yunnan to date amount to slightly over $500,000. "
Questioned regarding the Japan ese statement that the bonds are sold at a discount the spokes- man declared emphatically that the bonds are sold at par..
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EXPENSES LOW
In spite of the fact that the berty Bond campaign, is the arat war-time loan ever floated by the Chinese Government, the response on the part of the public has been most satisfactory, he continued, and pointed out that most of the clerical staff engaged by the Com- have been drafted from
EXCHEQUER BETURNS
London, Dec. 7. Exchequer returns show that the total of ordinary revenue amounts mittee
would mean a corresponding rise of their status abroad. No better contrast could be cited than that between their disappointment in China's passivity during the Man- churian crisis, and their elation over the strong resistance offered by China during the first "Shang- hai War."
While it is true that the amount of each donation remitted to the Government from overseas Chinese usually ranged from five to six figures, it may be mentioned that it does not necessarily come from millionaires alone, but also from
the farmers, labourers, merchants
nd miners, who either pay out of their meagre earnings or from their small savings.
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THE S.8. "BENMACDĦUI.”
NONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby informed that all Goods are being landed at their risk into the hazardous and/or extra basardens Godowns of the HONG KONG AND KOWLOON WHARF AND Gonow Courant, LTD., whance and/or from the whares Delivery may be
obtained
No Gaims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 10th Dec., 1987, will be subject to rent All Claims against the Steiner must be presented to the Undersigned on or before the 24th Dec., 1987, or they will not be recognised
To comply with the General Bonded Warehouse Regulations, consignons must have a Bevenge Oficer in atten|-|
Admitting that owing to dia- ruption of communications, the system of public solicitation, re- mittances and accounting has ance when
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having arrived from New York and Ports of call. Consignees of Cargo are hereby notified that their goods are being landed and placed at their risk into the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf & Godown Company's godowns at Kow loon, where delivery may be obtained as soon as the goods are landed,
here, unless notice has been given
Optional cargo will not be landed hours prior to vessel's arrival, but carried on from port to port to the final port of call to which the option extende
No Claims will be admitted alter the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 15th Deo.; 1987. will be subject to Bent
All broken, chafed, and damaged Goodr are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on 14th Doc., 1987, at 10 am. by our Surreyor Capt. Walter C. Weston.
date last year. The total expendi- expense therefore has been: in- taken much time, thereby con- | até exáminað god datiable goods | Warehouse Regulations comigo eer.
am.
to £435,994,700, compared with various Government and public in- £412,475,808 at a corresponding stitutions and that practically no
ture, less self-balancing items, is cured in connection with the em-siderably slowing up the work of All broken, chafed and damaged Goode £593,927,348, compared with £544,- ployment of a large staff. "The the Committee, the spokesman | are to be left in the Godowns, where 037,253 at a corresponding date in total expenditure of the Com- concluded that as more ornach 1936. The total of floating debt mitte" he said, "amounted to less offices are being opened throughout outstanding is £971,595,000; com- than $10,000 in the month of the the country and more agencies are pared with £845,150,000 a year ago, campaign, the larger portion of entrusted with the sale of the bonds, and represents a net increase of which was for telegraphle messages it is confidently expected that row.B. LOILEY & Co. (CHINA) LTD. £273,465,000 since March 31- and stationary and other printed | mittences. will; be coming in
Agentą. British Wireless
matter," he said,
rapidly,"
they will be examined on the 8th Dec 1972 by Mesers, Carmichael
at
No Tirs Insurance has beer szfected Bule of Lading will be countersigned by
Bong Kong, 4th Dec,
To comply with the General Bonded must have's Bovenuo Officer in átténd ance when damaged datable goods are examined.
All claims must reach us before the 9th Jan, 1938, or they will not be recognised.
Sin Insurance will be affected Bills of Lading will be countersigned by SEVEJEBBEN 200
Agenta. Hong Kong, 8th Dec., 1937.
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