THE
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY
INC.
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Incorporated with Limited Liability in USA.
REICHSMARK TRAVELLERS
CHEQUES
ON SALE AT
ADVANTAGEOUS RATES
Office:
No. 4, Des Voeux Road
R...
Central.
ANNUAL " NAVAL „
CONTRACTS.
Sealed tenders are invited for the following contracts, covering the period 1st April, 1938 to 31st March, 1939:-
Labour and Lighterage for
Admiralty coaling. Timber and Timber Materials. Making Overalls. Oxygen Gas.
Carbonic Acid Gas. Ammonia Gasz
Acetylene Gas.
Glass Sheet..
Supply and Repair of Bamboo
Sunblinds,
Upholstery Work.
Dyeing and Dry Cleaning, Washing.
Forms of tender may be ob tained on application to the Naval Store Officer, H. M. Naval Yard, by whom quotations will be received until noon on the dates specified on individual tenders.
The right is reserved of declin-
ADVERTISEMENTS.
THE HONGKONG AND KOWLOON WHARF AND GODOWN CO., LTD.
NOTICE TO
"
SHAREHOLDERS.
THE FIFTY FIRST OR DINARY ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the Office of Messrs. |Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd.. on Friday, the 11th March, 1938, AT I A.M., for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Direc tors and the Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31st December, 1937.
The Trangler Books of the Company will be CLOSED from Friday, the 4th March, 1938, to Friday, the 1th March, 1938, both days inclusive.
Ji
By Order of the Board of Directors,
F. H. CRAPNELL,
Secretary.
ing the whole or any portion of ong Kong, 21st Feb., 1938.
any tenders and of accepting any portion of a tender.
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- HONG KONG/AUSTRALIAN. FREIGHT CONFERENCE,
Notice is hereby given that on and after 1st April, 1938, rates from Hong Kong to Australian Main Ports and with. Tranship. ment will be increased as under: GENERAL CARGO_ 65s/ per ton Weight or Measurement.
OTHER CARGO- 20% Over Current Rates. AUSTRALIAN-ORIENTAL
LINE, LTD. BURNS PHILP LINE. EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN
S.S. CO., LTD.
NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA. OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA.
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HONG KONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
PINCHIN, JOHNSON "&
CO., LTD.
6032
WILKINSON, HEYWOOD
& CLARK.
,
As from 28th ult., by mutual arrangement, we ceased to re-
present the above Companies.
DODWELL & CO., LTD.
PINCHIN, JOHNSON & CO., LTD.
WILKINSON, HEYWOOD & CLARK.
As from 1st March, 1938 we have been appointed Agents for the above Companies.
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE.
THE HONG KONG, JOCKEY" CLUB.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1938.
BIRTHIS
JONES-On February 21, 1938, at
the Country Hospital, Shang- hal, to Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Jones (nee Gonsalves), a son. SUTTER.-On February 21, 1938,
at the Country Hospital, to Mr. and Mrs. Harry J. Sutter,
' son.
| TALBOT.--On February 22, 1939, at the Country Hospital, Shang- hal, to Mr. and Mrs. George Talbot, a daughter.
STARVINGTM SISTERS
WITH £2,000
Old Banknotes
Hidden
CHINA REVIEW
Money To Buy Field Dressings Peasant Army
The Daily Press Field Dressing Fund appeal is still meeting with a heartening response and yester day further donations were ceived.
The Kwangtung Provindal Government has left nothing to chance in the defence of the province. Redoubling Its efforts for· prolonged resistance against an eventual attack, the People's Self- Defence Commission has come into being, of which General Yu Han Mau, Pacification Commissioner of Kwangtung, is Chairman. The object of this Commission is to teach farmers, and peasants the use, of arms in order to defend themselves should the occasion ever arise. In a manifesto recently issued. General Yu urged the various districts, counties and villages to organise themselves., inte self-de- fence corps, making use of the rifles already in their "possession: which are estimated at about 500,000, with the Government supply- be welcomed and may be sent to ing them with all the necessary ammunition. After being organised. The sisters, the Misses Roberts the Daily Press, Marina House, such corps will be subjected to a period of severe training and will to Mr. Hans Conrad, son of Mr. and Ouvia Hale, both over 90 Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong at all times closely co-operate with the regular troops in case of and Mrs. R. Conrad of Ber-years of age, were taken to hos-Cheques should be made out to the Min. Germany.
ENGAGEMENT
SCHMIDT-CONRAD-Miss
Lotte Schmidt, daughter of Mr...and Mrs. L. "A. Schmidt, Shanghai,
Banknotes and coins worth more than 10,000 dollars (£2,000) were discovered in. a flat in Washing ton. D.E., occupied by two aged sisters who were on the point of starving.
pital after they had been injured II In a mizor fire in their flat.
The money, much of it in old banknotes dating from the Civil
However, 100,000 of these outfits are needed and still more money is required for the purchase of materials.
Contributions of any amount will
and endorsed Field
Daily Press Dressings Fund.
Total
$1.00 $1.00
need,
Officers in charge of the training of these farmers and peasants are now being scattered throughout the province" and military In- structions are belog given to them in earnest. "Kwängtung is now the life-line of China" said General Yu. "To defend Kwantung is to defend China. All Kwangtung people should immediately arise and arm themselves for rational salvation.".
Chinese Women
The highest virtues that could be possessed by a Chinese woman, according to Florence. Ayscough in book jäst of the press called £5/3 and $273.00 | "Chinese women Yesterday and Today," were courage, filial devotion, womanly virtue and reticence. From this the author deduces that there is nothing at all strange in the belief that the future of China lies in the hands of her women.
DEANTS ANDREEV.-On Monday, February
'DAILY PRESS 21, 1938, at Ste. Marie's Hospi-War and in silver coin of small
FIELD DRESSINGS FUND tal, Shanghai, the Very Rev.denominations, was found by wel- Amount"previously acknowledged Dimitri Andreev, Prior or the fare workers who later visited the 25/3 and $270.00. St. Andrew's Orthodox Church, flat. They discovered it in vases. Master Kwok Pun-keung ... $1.00 In his 56th year.
cushions and, furniture and it took |Miss Cheng Yuet-ying DUNNING. On Tuesday, February four persons more than 12 hours Madam Chan Lal-shi
22, 1938, at The Country Hos-to count it. pital, Shanghai, Clara Dun- Most of the money had evidently ning: aged 36 years, widow of been donated by charitable so- the late Mr. E. H Dunning.cieties, for it was in envelopes on Donations to the American which had been written the name Civillan Relief in memory of of the donor and the date. Hun-
DONATIONS the late Mrs. Dunning would dreds of unused postage stamps be appreciated.)
were also found in drawera.
The International Medical Relief ANDERSON.-On Sunday, Febru-
When taxed with possession of Committee, Hong Kong, acknow- ary 20. 1938. at Paignton, the hoard, the old ladles refused ledges with many thanks the fol-
discuss Devon, Edward
Anderson to
matter, merely lowing donations of money and "Andy"), formerly of British- reiterating that they were both equipment for relief work in the American Tobacco Co. (China), dependent on charity. It is said whr-stricken areas in China:- Ltd. Aged 53 years.
that one of the sisters had not E left the fat for the past 10 years and no outsiders had visited the sisters for an even longer period.
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Night Editor (Wanchal Office):
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London Office: 53, Fleet Street
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HONG KONG, MARCH 1, 1938,
"SHODDY SWINDLE" BEING REPEATED
the
MEDICAL RELIEF
reason
For the sake of background, one great Chinese woman after another is examined, until at last the modern Chinese woman as she is today is presented. In old China a man had the right to divorce his wife if she were a chatterbox, or if she showed Jealousy, or if she refused to obey the dictates of his parents. But no, divorce was granted on grounds of domestic discord. And for no whatever might a woman be divorced by her husband unless her own parents were willing to receive her again beneath their own roof. Sar Joseph Evazıs
In presenting the modern woman Mrs. Ayscough does not fall Mateo, Cal. G.$200 $ 633.48 to recognise the fact that her subject is passing through a period of Dr. H. A. Fisk, Los Angeles,
stress and turmell" and that there may be some tragle aspects of this Cal. G.510
31.71 transition. To illustrate this particular phase of things. the author every now and then introduces a touch of gentle humour. "Yes." said the Chinese girl. "I used to know much Tang poetry: my grand- father taught me. Now I have no time to read. I am doing research on that parasite which attacks the ears of mice.”
The Students' Assu, St.
"Paul's Girls' College An American Friend
CORRESPONDENCE L. Dunbar and Co.
CIVILIANS AND
SERVICES.
(The Editor. "The Hong Kong Daily Press") SI-I am very grateful for your assistance in helping me in the subject. "Civilians and the Ser- vices."
Since meeting "A Naval · Petty
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50
100
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Mr. Victor Bonney, F.R.C.S.. Middlesex Hos- pital,
£5
Anonymous
79.57 THE NOVELTY AT CRUFT'S SHOW
$1,104.74
In the Agricultural Hall this be lost in the tall grass when out: year-and Cruft's" has a new doghunting. every year-is the harlequin The King, continuing the custom The Chinese Emergency Relief pinscher. brought over from Carls of his father, is exhibting his Committee 01 Honolulu, One bad to Britain, writes a columnist Labradors-one, however, of the Portable X-ray apparatus.
in the Manchester Guardian, two royal exhibits was absent with Capt. G. L L Lawson, White-
They are the rarest sub-a cold. Labradors, dachshunds, haven, England Medical Supplies. breed of the rare breed of and cocker spaniels, are the most Colonial Dispensary. -- Medical pinschers. The reason. for the popular breeds as usual. The hall "harlequin" in their name is that was a place of ceaseless noise and they are tri-coloured. Lest this canine beauty treatment. . One information" mislead it must not saw,
too, the
of friendly sight gay-children and dogs sharing not only looking dogs. Their three colours the same box to sleep in but even are white, dun, and black, and, as the same food. their owner today said, you would have to be very sure of their pedigree. They look, he said,
Officer" I have also met "A Civi- Supplies.
Han H.K.V.D.C." and the circums- tances of our meeting were noneį the less agreeable.
very
Referring to your publication this morning I would be pleased indeed to meet the gentle- man who signs himself “Civilian,” Perhaps he will take tea with me
Nearly two years ago the London Times referred to the "shoddy swindle" of Japan's connivance at a place and time upon arrange with the smuggling scandal in ment with you. North China. Strong protests had I enclose herewith a list of my been made by the British Ambas-free dates during this week, sador in Tokyo against this con-
BEE traband trade in and Tientsin, but without, effect.
around
Hong Kong, February 28.
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"The evasive answers of the Ja- panese authorities," said the Times. These prices of course include duty showed that "connivance in this of 5.79 Customs Gold Units per shoddy swindle is not merely an picuk
own credit as a nation.
K.C.S. “NOT PAID be thought that they are
HIRELINGS"
Sir H. Cunliffe On like anything at all"
Bar's Traditions
man
of
The basenjis are there again this year. These barkless but intrepid
DUCHESS OF
GLOUCESTER
The Duchess of Gloucester has Sir Herbert Cunliffe, K.C., chair-hunters from the Belgian Congo accepted the office of president of This organi- the General Council, are apparently proving quite po- | Emergency Service.
not unlike thesation was formed two years ago speaking at the annual meeting of pular-they look
preliminary training. to the Bar in the Inner Temple Hall, increasingly popular dachshunds, to give referred to professional conduct and their barklessness is an asset act as officers with H.M. Forces than nursing and practice by barristers.
in the opinion of some owners. on duties other This year at Cruft's these hasenjis should the need arise. After pointing out that many are wearing round their necks the Members of the Emergency Ser- matters which had to be investigourd bells" with which the vice receive Instruction on such gated by the Bar did not permit a African natives at them. public report, he said:
Other subjects as rations, pay, discipline wise, having no bark, they would and health.
"I draw this very clear conclu-
affair of local Japanese military As a result of the influx of action, but a stroke of (Japanese "duty-free" sugar, business of lor Government policy." inflicting eign and Chinese arms importing grave financial loss on China, and supplies from Java and Hong Kong: at the same time damaging Japan's is afinost at a standstill. Only slon from the work which has small amount is being sold to the been done, that the Bar is still This was in 1936. but Japan's large department and grocery doing its utmost to live up to its credit in the eyes of the world has stores which have continued to great tradition that we are parti- slumped so heavily from other market the legitimately imported cipators in the administration of causes that the appearance in 1933 sugar.
justice and not paid hirelings to Smuggled sugar began to appear pervert it.".
of the same "shoddy swindle" in Shanghai is not surprising."
on the Shanghai market during Complaints were sometimca thought Again it is smuggled sugar which the latter part of December and made by litigants who la. being put on the market, and not only are sales in Shanghai in that their counsel was to blame. from Shanghat it is being distri- creasing, but a large amount. of Very often the tigant had lost river a case which he thought he should buted widely in the areas under sugar is leaving dally in Japanese military occupation be- Junks for citles along the Yangtse have won. Almost invariably when tween that port and Nanking and River and Soochow Creek, Hangchow.
.
The
they inquired into such complaints)
J
BAR'S OBJECION. UPHELD
A bag of "duty-free" sugar ob- they found they were entirely It was estimated that duringtained wholesale in Shanghai at a groundless. January 30,000 bags of sugar from 18tle over $14 will sell at $40 in At times there were complaints Japan have been landed in Hong- the Interior.
by solicitors, but even solleltors kew and Yangtszepoo areas with-
Chinese Sugar Dealers' sometimes made mistakes as to out the formality of paying duty. Association, of which all impor- what counsel should or should and about 10,000 bags disposed of tant sugar merchants in Shangha' not do. In the majority of cases by "Importers" among dealers and are members, staunchly refused it turned out that there were no shups in that part of Shanghal to deal in contraband sugar during grounds for complaint. which is under Japanese military the height of Japan's smuggling. "I we do find that there has 6053 accupation (including a large part activities in North China, when been some neglect or dereilet on of the Foreign Settlement). supplies began to trickle down of duty," added Sir Herbert; "we Smuggled sugar, selling 62 per from Tientsih to cities ta Central] have the courage to say so, and cent, cheaper than legitimately China.
do sa in no uncertain terms.”. imported stocks, is swamping the This decision was scrupulously Shanghai market, with the surplus followed by all members and not a Draft Programmes and Entry being distributed rapidly over a single bag of smuggled sugar was Bir Donald Somervell, K.C., MP., Forms For the First Extra wide area along the Shanghai- sold, by the dealers who are mostly the Race Meeting to be held on Nanking and Shanghal-Hangchow large sugar hongs in Shanghai. sided, announced that the Post The Final Dividend declared SATURDAY, 12th March, 1938 Ningpo Raliways.
Now they find themselves faced master-General. had agreed that Investigations made by the with the legitimate competition the names of barristers appearing for the Year ending 31st Decem(weather permitting), may be China Press show that smuggled of small and less scrupulous mer-in the Classified Trades Telephone ber, 1937 at the rate of Three obtained at the Secretary's Office, sugar can be bought in Hongkew chants who are out to make large Directory, to which the Bar had Pounds Sterling at exchange Exchange Building; the Club Little Tokyo") at about $14 per profits by dealing in smuggled objected, would not
future issues, 1/2.7/8 is payable on and after House, Happy Valley; the Hong bag of 180 lbs., and sellers guaran-goods. the 28th February, 1938 at the Kong Club; the Sports Club Offices of the Corporation, where and the Stables, Shan Kwong shareholders Are requested to Road. apply for Warrants.
Entries close at 12 o'clock NOON
on THURSDAY, 3rd March, 1938.
By Order,
By Order of the Board of Directors,
V. M. GRAYBURN,
Chief Manager.
Hong Kong, 26th Feb., 1938.
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C. B. BROWN,
Attorney-General, who pre-
appear in
Sir Donald said that the General
tee delivery in any section south The smuggled sugar now being of the Soochow Creek at an addi-sold in Shanghai is the product or Council of the Bar, with his ap- tional charge of 30 cents a bag refineries in Japan. using raw proval, published a notice which The price is about 38 per cent. of sugar imported from - Java.
| made it clear that while they were the regular price at which local From the above facts it is ap-not suggesting that any member creign and Chinese dealers sell parent that the "shoddy swindle of the Bar had insterted his name, sugar on which they pay a duty practised so long and successfully or acceded to it, in its opinion it of around $20.20 per bag.
In North China-in spite of vigor- would be a breach of professional "Taikoo" sugar, made in Hong Gus Chinese and foreign protests-etiquette to do so. Kong and distributed by, Messrs, is about to be repeated in Shang- "No sort of criticism was implied, Butterfeld and Bwire, is listed at hal and, probably, the protests will either by the ruling or requent, of $35.81 per bag of 180 lbs. and Java also be repeated, but with what re- the action of those who compiled
the publication 6051 crystal sugar at $40.32 per bag sult we must wait and see.
Secretary,
PUNTERS AT ANNUAL RACES
A large number of the fair sex were among the keen paniers
at the Annual Race meeting.