HONG KONG DAILY PRESS SZECHUEN
INDUSTRIAL | LATE GENERAL
PROGRESS CONTINUES
GENERAL
WONG MING-CHANG,
TUESDAY, MAY 31, 1938. -PAGE: 3
Sugar Producing Districts To Be Aided By Government
FIVE-YEAR PLAN IN CIVIC IMPROVEMENTS AT CHENGTU
AND CHUNGKING
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT)
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Chengtu, May 27. Destruction of life and property in nurth and cäst China will not impede the progress of other sections of the Chinese Repubile, if the Ministry of Economies of the National Government could have its own way to render assistance wherever its influence may extend. The modern sugar mills in Welchow. Kwangtung, now not in full operation, are to be transferred to Neiklang Szechuen, where the machinery may do more good. Nelkiang. Tzechung, and other Szechuen sugar producing districts are to be assisted by both the central and the local government. In addition to experimental sta- tions there for the Introduction of better seedlings and the study of sugar chemistry, the Szechuer authorities
now promoting a large corporation, which a capital of $3,000,000, to further develop the sugar industry, to bring it out of the ancient stage.
are
Szechuen sugar, once enjoying a little interest the proposal of the trade of millions on the upper China National Aviation Corpora- Yangtze alone, is now being affect- tion to extend its Chungking-Hong ed by foreign competition; but it Kong schedule from three to five
still commands a favourable stand times a week. in local consumption, still bringing.
BEST AIR SERVICE
'The remains of the late General Wong Ming-chang arriving at
Chungking. (Photo, CMPS.)
Japanese Poor In Arithmetic
The Japanese are about the world's poorest students in arith- melic for illustration purposEN,
their almot daily bombings of the Canton-Hankow Railway may be
mentioned.
JUDGES DENY WOMEN ARE ILLOGICAL
Counsel's "Heresy"
Three Lord Justices objected in
the Court of Appeal recently when Mr. Gilbert Beyfus, K.C., remarked
that logic was not a strong point with women.
Lord Justice. Greer; I do not
Between September. 1937 and 1096 kilometre long line was sub-agree with that as a general rule. the end of February. 1938 this
ected to no less than 171 qttacks Lord Justice Clauson: That will by Japanese
Among not do at all. It is a heresy. all the Chinese railways, the Lord Justice Slesser: If you look
airplanes.
a tax return to the government of Szechuen today is the best air some $240.000 annually for the served province in China. The single district of Nelkiang alone. China National Aviation Corpora- The Government of Szechuen it-tion is maintaining a daily service self Intends to help financing the between Chengtu and Hankow, via sugar industry, aside from trying Shast Ichang, Wanhsien, and to enlist the support of overseas Chungking. The present C.N.AC. Canton-Hankow Line unquestionat university examination results, Chinese, a leading figure of whom Chungking-Hong Kong schedule is ably has the unsought distinction you will find that women take very from Java having already signined Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri- of having been bombed the great-high degrees in logic.
Mr. Beyfus: I will withdraw the his intention to participate.
days, returning Tuesdays, Thurs-est number of times. SILK INDUSTRIES
days, and Saturdays. Locally in It has been calculated that in remark. Another Szochuen industry to be Szechuen, aside from the daily their 171. ralds over the Canton- Later in the case, an appeal pushed is the silk. Since early Chungking-Chengtu round trips, Hankow Railway, the Japanese against £550 damages awarded in 1938 the Szechuen Six Syndicate. there is a twice a week Chungking- airplanes dropped altogether 1.954 ja King's Bench action to a woman in which the Szechuen Govern Klacing round trip, Mondays and bombs, During the period of six for the loss of jewellery stolen ment is interested, has been dis- Fridays. The Eurasia Aviation months under review, the line from a room in the Bull Hotel; tributing some 320,000 sheets of Corporation's Chengtu-Hong Kong was attacked on an average of Gerrards Cross, Bucks. Lord Justice Improved eggs to the farmers and schedule, via Hankow and Chang once a day every two kilometers Clauson said;
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it is now gathering ccccoons from sha, is two round trips a week, of its entire length received their "I have difficulty in understand- these selected specimen at a rate Wednesdays and Saturdays. There quota of two missiles. Despite ing the frame of mind of a lady of 45 eents 3 catty. The Silk is also a Eurasia express service these attacks, the trains "have going to stay at this little hotel for Syndicate has also opened a best-between Chengtu and Kunming, been moving back and forth be-three or four weeks. What aston- ing station at Chungking to pass two round trips weekly. also tween, Canton and Hankow with-ishes me is that she should take
about all silk before it is being certifed
out serious interruptions.
£700 worth of jewellery for export in order to maintain a
there. She was not going to appear
· PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES standard approved of by foreign
at public assemblies where she and outport importers.
Meanwhile, due to the excellent would be decked out in all her measures adopted jewels. But having taken the
By the end of May, some 220,000 troops from Szechuen will be well
on their way to the north and east
Wednesdays and Saturdays:
MAILS IMPROVED
Mall service to Szechuen and
other central and west China porta
has also been greatly improved Precautionary
since the change of route of north railway authorities, only twice jewellery there, I should have sectors of the Chinese war front: and east China mails. Instead of were the passenger and freight thought she would have taken and 18 steam transports are now depending on the Canton-Hankow trains actually bombed, 8o far very spectal precautions,"
material damages have been
LATITUDE ALLOWED waiting at Chungking to convey Rallway since the close of Shang-
cprized to tracks. Mr. Beyfus: She had no other part of the men down the Yangtze hal to Yangtze shipment, the Chi- generally
home, at the time. nese Post Office has been for some locomotives and railway bridges. River. Only recently scores of
During the same period. 17
Lord Justice Clauson; Ladies, of wooden junks have left Szechuen time relaying its north and east ports for somewhere down the China ordinary mails by way of railway employees lost their lives course, must be allowed some Hong Kong. Haiphong. Hanot, and because of enemy aeria: bombings latitude, but I cannot imagine River.
It friends of mine normally, taking Szechuen came under new civil Kunming. Yunnan, by both steam and 25 others were wounded. and military administrators early and rail. From Kunming, motor- took an average of 85 bombs to £600 worth of jewellery to a coun
rush all incoming kill one man and 58 others to try inn. They woula deposit it in May, when General Tang Hst-hou trucks would
mails to Chengtu, Chungking, wound another. If the value of a bank. Of course, I can think of assumed the office of pacification
Changsha, Hankow,
yen, it cost certain hostelries where, I imagine, commissioner for. Szechuen and
ladies with that amount of jewel- to kill one Sikang: and General Wang Tsen- cities by way of Kwelyang nisu, took over charge of Szechuen going mails, of course, take same Chinese and 70,188 yen to wound lery would wear a good deal of it provincial government, both suc-route from these cities. Szechuen another. ceeding General Liu Hstang, head is also forwarding its malls to
and other each bomb is 1.211 Out- Japan 102.850 yen
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Fur the last four months of
The Court held that Mrs. Fran- ces Ada Shacklock, of Windsor-
in not leaving her Jewellery in the
"of both the civil and military at-north-west by way on Stan, Shens1. 1937, the average monthly toll of road, Gerrards Cross, was negligent fairs in this vast west China pro- with which Chengtu maintains a human lives claimed by Japanese hotel office, and allowed the appeal
vince until last January, when be dally bus service.
died after short sickness in Hankow, while in command of Szechuen troops on the front.
THE LATE GENERAL LIC
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of Ethorpe Ltd.. proprietors of the hotel.
Mrs. Shacklock was refused leave
to appeal to the House of Lords.
AUTOGRAPH OF
bombers on the Canton-Hankow TRAVEL FACILITATED
By Feb- | Railway stood at nine. Travel to or from South China ruary and March this year, how- and Szechuen ports, has been much ever, thanks to greater caution by facilitated since the coming of the the railway officials the figure has
It was stated by Mr. Beyfus, on The remains of the late General Szechuen Travel Service and the been reduced to three a month..
behalf of Mrs. Shacklock, that she Liu. which have been lying in China Travel Service to the situa→
Meanwhile, 10 matter how kept the jewellery locked in a jewel semi-state at the capital of Sze-tion. The China Travel Service severely and how frequently the case in a locked dressing-case chuen at Chengtu since late has just opened ar. office in Jpanese planes raid the rail-Iher room. February, was transferred on May Chungking. For some months, the way. no sooner have the tracks 27 to the Temple of Marquis Chu Szechuen Travel Agency has been been damaged than they are re- Ke-liang, where it will be kept having offices in Kunming. Hanol.
paired. until a site is selected for his final Haiphong. and Hong Kong. In Interment. Mrs. Liu is advertising summer,
In making the bombing of the KING WITHDRAWN the Omelshan Travel
FROM MUSEUM for a geographer of the old school. Agency keeps an office at the O Canton-Rankow Railway daily Feng Shu expert, to advise her in Shen-Miao Temple, outside south affair, the Japanese military High
Command apparently hope to The Coronation Roll of Klög gate of Omeihsien City, to facilitate render the line useless. What a George VI. has recently been Since the inauguration of the visitors for the famous Omelshan tribute it is to the railway officials withdrawn from the collection of new administrations, several civil Mountains.
that today, ten months after the Royal autographs which has been reforms have been Introduced into
not far from Szechuen, including the appoint- Klating, up the, Minklang, which outbreak of hostilities, trains are on view in the museum attached
two to the Public Records Office. of an unofficial, or non- may be reached both by water running normally between
points---(China Information Com- political board of auditors among from Chungking, or by highway
mittee). the local citizens to verify the ac- via Chengtu, or by .C.N.A.C. "Alt- counts and submit a financial line, at Chungking. statement before the retiring pro- vincial treasurer may be freed from his responsibility.
this matter.
ment
MUNICIPAL EXPERTS Both Chengtu, the capital, and Chungking, the trade port, of Szechuen, have now a board of municipal experts to report för a
five-year plan in civic improve ments. In Chengtu, the immediate need is a up-to-date water-works
Omelhsien is
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H.K. POLICE RESERVE
GOVERNOR'S INSPECTION
WAR TROPHY RAFFLE
IN HANKOW
Hanków, May 30, Two Japanese overcoats captur-
plant, while in Chungking, a sub-inspect the Hong Kong Police Re-cigners." way from the heart of the city to serve on Friday, June 3rd, 1938, at the "water-front will be closely 17.35 hours at Police Headquarters. A practice parade will be held More than ten well-known Chi-at Police Headquarters at 17.30 nese universities or colleges have hours on Wednesday, June let.
studied,
A curious chain of circumstances led, to the decision to withdraw [King George's signature..
Some time ago the, museum pre- pared a postcard reproducing the autographs of the six Georges. It
was their intention to place a number, of these postcards on sale as souvenirs,
A proof of the proposed postcard ed in battle in Shansi last winter was sent to Buckingham Palace were recently raffled of at the for approval Court oficial at local Chinese T.M.CA. before a once protested against ita publica- His Excellency, the Governor will big crowd, including many for-tion op the grounds that the signature of King George VI was a The profit of $883 has been very poor specimen of the King's handed over to the Northwestern handwriting
Committee for Partisan Reliai
Thereupon the Museum pointed out that It was faken from the medical work in the Northwest.
One of the two coats, was a solCoronation Roll which was also been removed from the war zones/All members of the Hong Kong dier's overcoat with hood and the on view; and that, whereas they officer's overcoat could not expect to sell more than to Chengtu since the Sino-Japan-Police Reserve will attend: Dress. other was an
White Uniform. without hood-Central News),
■ few hundred postcards, many Ese conflict. A score of large fac-Superintendents.
thousands of people would see the tories from the lower Yangtze is Sun Helmets, Sam Browne, Belts, and Bwords, Dress-Other Ranks.
original in the course of the year. resuming operations
Mr. EA. R. Fowles of the At the request of the Palace. Chungking, Pebpel, and towns be- White Uniform, Bun Helmets, Belt.
with "Brace--no arms.
Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ltd. atomicials the Museum agreed to companied by his wife lett last withdraw the Coronation Roll and week in the 83. Chitral on trans- also to suppress the proposed fer to Hong Kong.
photograph,
now
tween these two places.........
Residents in Chengtu. Chung--- king, and other parts of west
O. CHAMPKIN,
DS.P. (R).
China are looking forward with no Hong Kong, Monday May 30, 1938.
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On the occasion of his retire- A group of capitalists in Sze- Mr. Herbert Phillips, HM. Con- chuen is organizing a sugur resul-General, was elected presidentment after 31 years service in Aning factory in that province and the presidents of the four the Public Health Department, with an Initial Investment of British national societies hers GMC, Mr H. V. Starling was, $3,000,000, states a report to the were elected vice-presidente, for last week presented with a silver Sin Wan Pao. An agent sent by the coming year at the annual fee and course met from the staff' the group, one Mr. Chao, is re meeting of the Shanghal branch of the Public Health Department ported to have arrived, in Shang of the Navy League, held last by Dr. 7. H. Jordan, Commissioner hat to make purchases of machin- week in the Union Jack Club, of Public Health, says the 3. C.
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