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OUTWARD SAILINGS. 4.4. "VOGTLAND" ...for Shanghai, Y'hama., Kobe, Dairen,
17th Feb. ... “RHEINLAND" for Dairen, Take, Kobe, Osaka,
Y'hama, Nagaya... 17th Feb. *.v. "LEVERKUSEN" for Shanghat, Dairen, Kobe/Osaka,
T'ham.. Nagoya
2nd Mar.
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Freighter with Passenger Accommodation,
For further particulars and passage fares, otc. apply to:- HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE
JEBSEN & CO., AGENTS,
12, Poddar Street, Tel. 28383,
CANTON AGENTS: CARLOWITZ & CO., Shakee Road.
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Fast regular FREIGHT and PASSENGER SERVICE
SHANGHAI and JAPAN
to
LOS ANGELES, PANAMA, NEW YORK, BOSTON,
PHILADELPHIA & BALTIMORE.
If sufficient inducement offers also other ports of call.
Arrivals from
12th Feb.
3rd Mar.
S.A.
MV. "TRITON"
M.V. "NIEL MAERSK "
میمی
Sailings to U.8.4.
28th Feb. 37th Mar.
M.V. PETER MAERSK "
(All dates are anbject to alteration without notice.)
IXCELLENT ACCOMMODATION FOR PASSENGERS
AT MODERATE RATES.
For Freight and Fassage plaas apply;—
JEBSEN & CO.
Canton, Shameen,. B,C.] Agents.
Tol. 10916,
Hong Kong, Fedder Building
Tel. 31205-6.
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD
BREMEN,
NHE Motor ship
THE
"GNEISENAU "
having arved from BREMEN. HAMBURG and Forta, Consignees of Cargo are hereby notified that their cargo | is being landed at their risk into the Godowas of The Hong Kong & Kowloon Wharfs
and Godown Co., Ltd., Kowloon, where delivery can be obtained.
All goods remaining undelivered after the 17th Feb., 1938, will be subject to rent.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES
OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO., LTD. AND CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO, LTD.
NONSIGNEES per Co.'s Vessel
**MENĖLAUS "
FROM UNITED KINGDOM &. CONTINENTAL. PORTS. VIA
SINGAPORE
are hereby notified that their cargo will be discharged into Holt's Whart Kowloon, where it will lie at consignees NO FIRE INSURANCE will be risk and subject to terms and condi. tions of storage at Holt's Wharf. The effented by us in any case whatever,
Damaged packages must be left in the Cargo will be ready for delivery from godown for examination by the conGodown on and after 7th Feb. signees and the Company's surveyors, Messrs. Anderson & Ashe, at 10 am. on the 16th Feb., 1938.
Consignes must have a Revenue Officer in attendance when damaged dutiable goods are examined by the Company's sur eyors
Optional cargo will not be landed here, Enless notice has been given prior to steamer's arrival but carried on
from port to port to the final port of call to which the option extenda
All broken, hafed, and damaged goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined, on any Tuesdays and Fridays between the hours of 10.45 am. and Noon within the free storage period.
No cisim will be admitted after the goods have left the godown and all claims must be presented within Two Weeks of the ship's arrival hare, after which date they will not be recognised. No claims will be admitted after the Consignees are requested to surrender Goods have left the steamer's Godown, their Bill of Lading to the undersigned and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 14th Feb., will be subject to for countersignature.
MELCHERS & CO... Agents: NORDDEUTSCHES CL, B. Hong Kong, 9th Foh, 1938. (3987
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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEED
OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO. LTD
AND. CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD
UNSIGNEES per Co.'s Vessel "TYNDAREUS "
FLOX SEATTLE, VANCOUVER AND VICTORIA YA JAPAN
we requested to take Delivery of Flour
and Lumber Shipments as soon as the Vessel is ready to discharge and are hereby notified that if their Lighters are not placed alongside the Vessel! required, their Shipments will be die charged into Holt's Wharf, Kowloon, at their expense, where the Cargo will
rent.
All Claims against the Steamer must be presented to the undersigned on or before the 28th Feb., or they will not be recognised.
No Fire Insurance will be affected.
BUTTERFIELD & 5WIRE,
Agente.
7th February, 1938.
THE KING AND BURMA
Tour To Follow Durbar
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY
COOK'S STRONG
POSITION
Further Expansion Reported
NEW JAPANESE TACTICS
Frontal Attacks Abandoned
"Hong Kong Dally Press" Special)
Shanghai. Feb. 8.
10, 1938.
QUICK REPLY WANTED
France And Japan's Navy
"Hong Kong Daily Prode" Specia
Parts, Feb. 8. The Japanese resorted, on Tues-
The text of the French note to day, to new tactics in order to at- the Japanese Government concern- tain their goal, namely, the cap-ing the new Japanese naval con- ture of Huschov, a very important struction programme was published. junction of the Tientsin-Fukow here on Tuesday, railway and the Lunghal Railwaly.
Further expansion has been achieved by Thos. Cook and Sen (Bankers) during the past year, In face of the exceptional conditions prevailing throughout the world.
Deposits of this
well-known private bank have advanced by £454,000, or more than 11 per cent., to £4,470,000. The tradition of liquidity which has always been a characteristic of the balance-It sheet is fully maintained.
Liabilities on current, deposit and other accounts are covered by cash and short-term loans to the extent of nearly 83 per cent.
The Japanese miliary command seems, as the result of the heavy fighting of the last few days, have come to the conclusion that the method of frontal attacks from Pengpu along the railway only wastes time and men.
west
The note, which is similar to the ones
sent by England and the United States, calls attention to the conditions in the London Naval Agreement
which of 1938, in France pledged herself not to ex- ceed the 35,000-ton umit for battle- ships and 8,000 tons for cruisers. HIDDEN RESERVES
Instead of that, the tactics now
One clause in the agreement Moreover, a large sum is repre- employed, is simultaneous advance gives her the privilege, however, to sented by interest-bearing deposits in Shangtung. in South Hopel, and increase the tonnage should any with other banks, amounting to to the south of the Lunghai Rall-other signatory fall to respect, the £2,688,000, or £735,000 more. way. around Pengpu to the side limit. For this reason. the note
Investments amount to £641.000 of the Tientsin-Fukow Rallway, in
zoes on to declare, the French and are taken, as usual, at or bel-order. In this way, to reach the Government finds itself compelled low market values. As much as Lunghai Railway from the
take notice of the reports that £529.100 is represented by British and east of Hsuchow.
Japanese Government has the in- Government securities and £66.100 | DETACHMENTS FROM TSINGTAO tention of exceeding the tonnage by Indian and Dominion Govern- Some detachments have been inlaid down in the London agree- ment securities.
movement from Tsingtao to the ment Paid-up capital of £125.000 is south-west with the object of Unlike the Anglo-Saxon coun- equalled by the published reserve intersecting the Lunghai Railway trles who gave Japan time until fund. but substantial hidden reser-between the sea and the east of February 20. to answer the queries ves make the position even stronger Esuchow. Another detachment is concerning her construction plans,
marching than appears on the surface.
simultaneously from France requests that the informa- Teining-a town in south Shanz- tion be afforded as soon as pos- tung, east of the Tientsin-Pukowsible. Should Japan decline to Rallway-to the south-west to answer the questions, the French wards Kwefteh, on the Luzghai Government will confer with other Rallway, in order to cut off this interested Powers in order to be position east of Hankow.
given freedom of action.--(Trans- Meanwhile. It is reported that it Ocean.) appears as though the Japanese forces at Pengpu and Hwalyuan. south of Hsuchow, wish to keep on ARAB BANDITS ACTIVE two the defensive.
IN PALESTINE
BALANCE SHEET
Bice.-sheet to 31st Oct. of Thos. Cook and Son.. (Bankers) shows bank's high degree of liquidity maintained. Liabilities for current. deposit and other accts, covered by cash and short-term loans to ex- Res. at tent of approx. 83. p.c.
£125,000 equal to paid-up cap., and Internal reserves substantial.
Blce,-sheets for the last years compared;---
I
ed to ensure this, and is already ("Hong Kong Daily Press" Special) marching along the Kwo River to the north-west, likewise with 125.000 Kweiteh as goal. 125.000
Liabilities.
1936 £
1937 £
A very strong detachment, equip- ped with tanks, has been earmark-
Capital 250.000
shares of £1
each, 10s. pd..... 125,000 Reserve fund...... 125,000 Deposit and
other accts.
Assets.
#
Cash
in
and cur- rencies Remittances
transit, Money at call and
short notice Bank dpsts. at
interest. India
bills British.
Treasury
Indian. and Dom, Govt. securities Other securities... Advces. to cus-
tomers, &c. .............
7735.677 540,000
210,740 227,590
$35,000 250,000
1,953,124 2,688,023
Jerusalem, Feb. 8.
The extensive military man- TWO AIMS
oeuvres which are being held in These simulaneous advances Palestine are apparently insuffi- 4.016.800 4.469.910 from the north to theclent for coping with the activities south are apparently being of marauding Arab bands and re- pursued with 1W0 aims: first ports, especially from the south of of all, to compel the very strong Palestine, indicate that the situa- Chinese forces around Hsuchow tión is by no means in hand. to withdraw out of fear that fur- A group of irregulars held up a. ther resistance might result in motor-coach, on the highway be- their being surrounded; and, sec- tween Hebron and Beersheba, n ondly, by means of this simultane- Tuesday, and killed one passenger s advance from the north and and robbed the others, including outh on Kweiteh, to prepare also an accompanying police official, of for the conquest of Chengchow.
This town is the junction of the Lunghal Railway with the largest The band escape in the darkness but one of the north and south with their booty which included Iines of the Pelping-Hankow Rall- the policeman's weapons and uni- way. Kwelteh is abput 250 kilo-forms-(Trans-Ocean) metres east of Chengchow.
9,440
18,880
*554,618 595,205 48,210 45,821
283,272 336,281.
CIVIL LORD ARRIVES IN SINGAPORE
all their possessions and even their clothes.
ANTI-COMINtern PACT
Japanese forces in the south of Hopel Province, which have been Inactive for a long time past, will, likewise, resume the advance on Chengchow on Tuesday. These Singapore. Feb. 9. Mr. Llewellin, Civil Lord of the forces are at present about 250. If the Japanese should succeed Admiralty, who will represent the kilometres north of Chengchow. British Government at the cere- montes in connection with the in the plans just undertaken, they with the Anti-Comintern Fact, the opening of the new dock, arrives would win one of the greatest vic Home Office revealed today. by air today from Australia-tories of the present war.
(Reuter). "
NOTHING TO BE ALARMED OVER
Changes In German Government
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Paris, Feb. 9. It is understood the German
Several parts of the Lunghat Railway would fall into Japanese hands, so that the railway would no longer serve China as the chief line of defence in North China,
The situation of the Chinese forces near Hsuchow would also be- come intolerable and make their. retreat towards the west exceed- ingly perilous.--(Trans-Ocean)
Ambassador to Paris has informed GOLD MEDAL FOR MISS|
M. Delbos, the French Foreign Minister, that the recent reforma
In Germany implied no change in Germany's foreign policy.
JEAN BATTEN
Tokyo, Feb. 9.. Japan and Germany are ex- changing information regarding
line. joint defence measures In
The spokesman announced that the Japanese Grovernment was contemplating organisation of a special staff of officials to be sta tloned in Tokyo, Berlin and Rome to enforce the tripartite Anti-Com- intern Pact-(Beuter)
ITALIAN EMPIRE
RECOGNISED "
Hong Kong Unily Prosa” Svosini:
-་
Rome, Feb. 8. The Italian Empire has been recognised by the Government of Nicaragua, it was announced here on Tuesday..
The gold medal of the Inter- The President of the French national Aeronautical Federation Foreign Affairs Committee stated has been awarded to Miss Jean he sees nothing to be alarmed at Batten, the New Zealand flyer.
The award was made for the The new Minister to Rome, Don over the change in the German Government and added it was do- greatest nying achievement of Thomas Fransisco Medina The King will follow his Durbaring what Britain, France, the So- 1937. There were 22 nations represented his credentials at the visit to India next year by a short viet and other nations had already presented at the federation's con- Quirinal, which were addressed to tour of Burma before sailing for done:, in other words, to institute ference, at which the Royal Aem "the King of Italy and Emperor
concentration of authority. Club represented Britain. (Reuter)
home. At least, so states an "au- thoritative source" in Burma.
Probably at the moment, this
lie also at their risk and experies and should be only regarded as an ex- subject to the Terms and Conditions of pression of "the wish that is father Storage at Holt's Wharf. Steamer will to the thought"a process which commence Discharge on the 7th Feb.
a forecasting hand in so General Cargo will be discharged into Bolt's Wharf, Kowloon, where it will lisany of his Majesty's prospective
takes
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CECIL PEACE PRIZE AWARD
A prize of £100, founded by Lord Cecil of Chelwood, is offered year- Buram, of course, is banking only" for an essay on some subject fact that when the (then) connected with the maintenance
of Ethiopia.”—(Trans-Ocean)
has
Japan Rejects Three-Power Naval Note As "Unreasonable Demand"
The Foreign
at Consignees risk and subject to the plans..
Tokyo, Feb. 9. has not participated in the ad- Terms and Conditions of Storage at
Office and the vance notification clause of the Holt's Wharf. The Cargo will be ready the for Delivery from the Godown on and Prince of Wales visited India in of international peace and having Ministry of the Navy have drafted London Naval Treaty of 1938 and after 7th Feb
All broken, chafed, and damaged God. 1921-22 he went to Burma, making some bearing on the principles or replies "rejecting the unreason- so she is under no obligation to able demand" of the British, notify the powers regarding her are to be left in the Godowns, where they the double voyage across the Bay work of the League of Nations.
The subject for 1037, was "The French and American notes re naval plans. Invocation of the will be amamined or any Tassdays and of Bengal in the Indian Marinc.'s.
Causes of the Fallure of the Dis-garding Japanese naval construc- cscalator clause of the treaty is Fridays between the hours of 10,45 Dufferin
At this time, however, Burma armament Conference," "and the and Noox within the Free Storage period.
is a matter of no concern to the Japanese Government.".
Becondly, the Japanese policy of autonomous, armament, based on non-menace and non-aggression, remains unchanged. Japan Is ready, at any time, to enter into. a discussion of qualitative limita- The Asahl's version of the draft tion, provided the quantitive faste reply. summarised, is firstly, Japan is settled first (Router),
No Clima will be admitted after the was administered by the Indian prize has been divided between / tlon, according to the Asahi Shim- rather an "act of arrogance which
Goods have left the Vessel's Godown, and Governinent, and so constructively
undelivered all General Cargo remaining altor 14th Feb, will be subject to Rent formed part of the Indian Empire, All Olaims against the Vessel mast thus justifying a place in the pro- be presented to the Undersigned en or gramme of the Indian tour, where- before the 28th Feb, 1939, or they will as now it is independently adminis not he recognised.
No Fire Insurance will be effected.
BITTTERFIELD & SWIBE
Ageset
7th February, 1929.
[5978
buri,
Miss Ursula Wasserman, of London
The replies will be despatched. on Thursday or Friday at the University, and Mr. D. D. Hindley- Smith, of Cambridge University.
The prize is open to all students, latest. The phraseology of the without distinction of sex or three replies is slightly different country, nationality, of say University or but the essential points are the tered. This known 88 the "Bilken East," is University College in Great Britain same in substance. richly worth seeing-(United Ser- or Northern Ireland who have not
attained the age of 25 years. vices Review).
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having arrived from Hamburg and Forta of call, Consignees of Cargo aze hereby notified that their Goods are being landed sad placed at their risk into the Hong Kong Kowloon Wharf & Godown Company's godowns at Howloan, where delivery may be obtained as soon as the Goods are landed
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| ONSIGNEES are hereby informed that their goods with the arception of Opium, Tresure and Valuables are. being landed & stored into the Godoyas of the Hong Kong, Kowloon Wharf & Gorlewn Co., Ltd. Kowloon, hence after landing. delivery may be obtained fumédiately
bours prior to Vessel's arrival, but carried on from port to port to the final port of call to which the option extends.
No Claims will be sämitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and Goods remaining undelivered after the 7th Feb., 1938, will be subject to All broken, chafed and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where
All claims must be sent in to us en they will be examined on 5th Feber before the 14th February, 1969, of 1938, at 10 m. by our Surveyors, they will not be recognized
Damaged Packages will be endised Hoers, Goddard & Douglas.
To comply with the General Bonded by the Company Barveyor, Moser, Warehouse Regulations consignees mast Goddard & Douglas in the prasemos of have a Revenue Officer in attendance the Contignace at 10.00a.m.on Wednes When damaged dutiable goods day, the 9th Feb, 1928. examined,
All Claims must reach us before the officer la atendee when any debacle, Copsioneer must bara Revenge 3rd Mar, 1938, er they will no goeds are examined by the Company's
Surveyor recognized. No Insurance will be affected.
No Fire inrarance will be effected Bills of Lading will be countersigned by us in any one whatever.
by JEBSEN & CO..
MESSAGERIES MARITIMES CO, Agents.
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