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Two Free Lectures on Chris- tian Science will be given on
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1939-1940
Sealed Tenders will be received-
Thursday, 25th May, and Saturat the Royal Naval Hospital, day, 27th May next by Mr. Peter until 10 am, on the 21st March, 1939, from persons desirous of Detailed particulars will be supplying Beet, Mutton, Fowls, published in due course.
Pork, Cheese, Pure Cow's Milk, 225 Ice, and other provisions and necessaries, for the year ending
GOVERNMENT BILLS,
ETC. "A"
TENDERS for DOLLARS current in this Colony, for tele graphic transfer, on the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, London, up to and for the sum of £200,000, will be received by the Treasury Chest Officer, Command Pay Office until 10.15 a.m. on the 17th March, 1939.
31st March, 1910.
Printed Forms of Tender and further particulars can be obtain ed at the Royal Naval Hospital.
The right to reject the lowest or any tender is reserved.
G. V. HOBBS, Surgeon Captain, Medical Officer in Charge. Royal Naval Hospital, Hong Kong, 15th March, 1930. 216
ST. PATRICK'S DAY.
The tenders to state the total amount (in pounds sterling). No telegraphic transfer will be made for less than £100, but FRIDAY-17TH MARCH, 1939. tenders for Sums above that amount to suit the convenience of the tenderers will be consi. ".dered..
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The tenders to be in duplicate, and in sealed covers, addressed to
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PUBLIC AUCTION.
PARTICULARS AND CON.
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PUBLIC AUCTIOŃ. PARTICULARS AND CON DITIONS of the Sale by PublicDITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Monday, Auction to be held on Monday, the 20th day of March, 1939, at 3 the 20th day of March, 1939, at p.in., at the Offices of the Public 3 p.m., at the Offices of the Works Department, by Order of Public Works Department, by His Excellency the Governor of Order of His Excellency the
Lot of Crow one. Lot of Crown Land at Governor of one Chenog Sha Wan, in the Colony of Hong Kong for a term of 75 years, commencing from 1st July, 1898, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the KING, for one farther term of 24 years less the last three days thereol.
Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the dis
A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the FIFTY- FOURTH ORDINARY YEAR- LY MEETING of the Company (since registration) will be held at the Hong Kong Hotel, Hong Kong, on TUESDAY, the 28TH MARCH, 1939, at 11.30 A.M. for the purpose of receiving the Report of the General Managers together with a Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31ST OCTOBER, 1938,
Land at Ngau Shi Wan, in the Colony of Hong Kong for term of 75 years, commencing from 1st July, 1898, with the option of renewal at Crown
The TRANSFER BOOKS of Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the KING, for the Company will be CLOSED one further term of 24
years less the last three days thereof.
Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the dis posal of the lot the Purchaser (If not the applicant), will be posal of the lot the Purchaser required to deposit with an (If not the applicant) will be to deposit with AD authorised officer, who will be required present at the sale, the sum of authorised officer who will be two hundred dollars, ($200) in present at the sale, the sum of cash. This sum will be refunded | two "hundred dollars, ($200) in on payment of the Purchase cash. This sum will be refunded on payment of the Purchase price. price.
A wreath will be laid at the PARTICULARS OF THE LOT PARTICULARS OF THE LOT CENOTAPH by the President and Committee of St. Patrick's
Society at 11.00 a.m.
Members of the Society and
the Treasury Chest Officer, Com-their friends are asked to assem
mand Pay Office, and endorsed "Tenders for Government Bills, etc."
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The right is reserved (1) ta
ble under the verandah at the North side of the Supreme Court prior to the ceremony.
accept or reject any or all of the ST PATRICK'S BALL.
tenders, and, in particular (2)
in case of equality of rate between tenders amounting, in all to more "than the total sum required, to give preference to any tenders received from Government in stitutions or from the bankers to the Treasury Chest.
PENINSULA HOTEL-
9.30 P.M."
Members of St.
Patrick's And
Society of Hong Kong their guests are informed that there will be a Special FIVE
Copies of Forms of Tender can MINUTES Service of "STAR"
be had on application.
*** Persons tendering for (Bills) are hereby notified that having regard to the provisions of the Acts 22 George III Cap.
FERRIES from HONG KONG
to KOWLOON between 9:06 p.m. and 9.30 p.m. on
| No, of Bala,
Registry No.
Localit
Lot No. 2859. New Kowloon Inland ! Re Adjoining New How- loon Inland Lot No 521, Fuk Wing Street, Cheung Sha Wan.
Boundary Measure-
menta.
ft. ft. ft
As per
sale, piza
4,200
Contents in
Square feet.
Annual
Rentai.
Upset Prico.
¡No. of Sale.]
land Lot No. 2880. Registry No. Kong Now ... New Kowloon In-
faland
Ngau Shi Wan
Locality.
Q:
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7,000
де
217
Q.
Boundary
Measure-
ments,
ft. fifth
As per
sale plan.
Contents in
6,090
Square feet,
AnDual
Hentai.
Upset Price
Lbout
30,400
210
R.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
219
from SATURDAY, the 18TH MARCH, 1939, to TUESDAY, the 28TH MARCH, 1939, both days inclusive..
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS
. & SON,
FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1939.
AUSTRO-GERMAN NAZI BLOC AND THE CENTRAL EUROPEAN CRISIS
The emergence of the Austro-German Naxi leaders, Syess-Inquart and Henlein, Into the limelight as a re- sult of the crisis which has seen the elimination of the Czechoslovakian Republic' and the annexation of two new German provinces. Bohemia and Moravia, follows the lines set out in yesterday's article, on "The Meaning of the Slovak Affair." These men, who will |
also his fellow-countrymen. Syess-Inquart aad Henlein. with the host of Austrians who have definite ideological on- ceptions of the destiny of the Austra-German group.
probably become the leaders of the section of the Naal Party based on Vienna, have been influenced by the same political doctrine which were adopted by Adolf Hitler
The connexion between the lead- and which were widespread ers of the Austro-German bloc in among the post-war youth of the Nazi party and the Catholic the fallen Austro-Hungarian Church is one of long standing. It includes an agreement with the Empire.
It is generally agreed in "Europe Austrian Catholic, Dr. Innitzar, who- Socialist was mobbed by the Nazis in the that doctrines did not
the
National
with originute Hitler, nor with- In the boundaries
BY PERCY CHEN
heat of the ex-
cesses immediate-
ly after the "An- schluss" and the
of the Old German Reich, but in annexation of Austria. These were. the German provinces of Old Aus all members of the Christian in "Austria and tria, especially in Styria, Upper and Scelal Parties Lower Austria, ard German Czechoslovakia, and have stood Hong Kong, 10th March, 1939. | Bohemia (now called Sudetenland). behind the manoeuvres of the
General Managers.
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In the latter half of the 19th Slovak independence movement. century, these doctrines were Their inquence within the Ger- widespread. Hitler himself men- man minority groups of the Danube Actions anti-semitic politician, valley states is still strong and is. Georg VOXI Schoenerer, who not limited merely to the people advocated the secession of the of the German race. But hitherto German provinces of the old Ans- their activities have been restricted tro-Hungarian Empire and their to their old strongholds, Austrią. "Anschluss" to the Reich of Bis-and Sudetenland, on account of mark in the late seventies. Hitcentralization from Berlin... ler calls this man his spiritual father...
Another forceful politician who the affairs induenced
of the Danube was an Austrian of Pru8= slan origin, Baron von Vogelsang. He was AD apponent of von Schoenerer and was one of the founders of the Christian Social Party and Social Catholicism and his programme consisted of three
Two days ago, Hitler was faced. main points; "anti-semitism on with the need for making a deci- religious, rather than a racial, sion of the utmost importance not
And the achievement of their plans for the turning of Czechoslovakia into GermaÜ provinces and vassal states give- them hopes of being able to administer these preserves of the Austro-German bloc from Vienna kistead of Berlin.
IMPORTANT DECISION
basis; social justice in a system of only to the success of National
be
to
attached.
which the take.
SCIENTIFIC TREATISE The modernization of these ideas
would
the raising of the curtain on a Western European or Mediter- ranean drama,
BITTER REGRETS
planned economy and fixed wages Socialism but also of Germany in ET US REMEMBER that and prices, with collaboration be the new framework of post-Munich LE
Hitler had shut himself the desires of all the tween workers and employers in Europe. PARTICULARS AND CON
compulsory unions; a (somewhat away in his mountain fastness to people of the world still re-mystical) conception of a great consider the line that his "mald" DITIONS of the Sale by Public main concentrated on hopes German Empire, on a federal and March sensationed turn" Auction to be held on Monday, of peace, and a return to an christian basis, PUBLIC AUCTION.
the 20th day of "March, 1939, | atmosphere of understanding smaller nations of East Europe, Coering went to Italy to consult PARTICULARS AND CON. at 3 p.m., at the Offices of the and goodwill which has so Czechs, Slovaks, Hungarians, etc., with the Italian partners, to tour These North Africa and review the troops 17th DITIONS of the Sale by Public Public Works Department, by often been disturbed," said would March and SPECIAL FERRIES Anction to be held on Monday, Order of His Excellency the Mr. Neville Chamberlain on nationalities would enjoy full au- and the pageantry set for the fan- from KOWLOON to HONG the 20th day of March, 1939, at 3 Governor of one Lot of Crown Wednesday in the House of tonomy in questions relating fare of Tunis-Corsica Djibouti 45 and 41 George III. Cap. 52 KONG at 2.00 am.. 2.45 a.m. p.m., at the Offices of the Public Land at Cheung Sha Wan, In the Commons; after Hitler had home policy, education and econo-The stage was almost prepared for
invaded Czech Territory and mics." and 3.15 a.m, on the following Works Department, by Order of Colony of Hong Kong for
"It is natural annexed it. morning. The last ordinary ferry His Excellency the Governor of a term of 75 years, commenc that I should bitterly regret. leaves at 1.15 am.
one Lot of Crown Land at ing from 1st July, 1898, with what has now occurred." of the last century was carried out, Shek Shan, in the Colony of the option of renewal at a Crown Hong Kong for a term of 75 Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor grets which are being shared scientine treatise by a Viennese university professor, Othmar years, with the option of renewal of his Majesty the KING, or by those who are losing con-Spann, whose influence on at a Crown Rent to be fixed by one further term of 24 years less fidence in the ability of Mr. youth of all nationalities in Cen- KING, for one further term of the Surveyor of His Majesty the the last three days thereof.
Chamberlain to guide the trai and East Europe has been pro- Hk "State Intending bidders are advised destiny of Great Britain and found, if not decisive.
grets are scant consolation to to Mussolini's "Corporative and his plans, And for the next weeks the for months he must give his whole the Czech people who have Syndicalistic State" and to now been enslaved by allens.experiment of a Corporative Aus-attention to the eastern situation. And their regrets must be all tria by Dolfuss and Schuschnigs. How will the rest of Europe utilize The elements of his teachings are these precious weeks which have the bitter because they were also seen in the administration of been gained because of the ambi- prevented from fighting with King Carol in Rumania. all the weapons and means at their disposal against the im- position of the chains slavery.
the acceptance of any such Tender is subject to the express condition that no Member of the British House of Commons shall be admitted to any share or part in or to any benefit to arise from the Contract thereby made for the allotment of such (Bills).
A BUFFET SUPPER will be served from 11.30 p.m. to 1.30 1.m. Tables may be booked with the Management of the Peninsula Hotel before 7.00 p.m. on the night of the Ball.
75 years.
•
THESE ARE BITTER re-
and transformed into a more
the
But at the last moment. Henlein, the bad boy, and Syess-Inquart, his Mephisto- pheles, stole the show, The Slovak affair was catapulted on to the stage and the Danubian drama began
Hitler has bowed with what grace
Admission to the Ball is by Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the dis. the Empire. These bitter re- Utopia" has served as an example he could present to the change of
sented at. the MAIN TRANCE to the Hotel.
"The provisions in question do not apply to Contracts en- tered into by any incorporated ticket only which is to be pre- Company
in:
its corporated capacity and made for the general benefit of the Com- pany.".
T. L. ROGERS,
EN Tickets may be obtained from Mr. P. J, A. Hamilton, Hon. Treasurer. P.O. Box 417 Harbour View Hotel, Chatham
Colonel, R.A.P.C. | Road, Kowloon. Treasury Chest Officer,
His Majesty's Treasury Office, Hong Kong.
THE HONG KONG AND KOWLOON WHARF & GODOWN CO., LTD.
NOTICE TO
227
SHAREHOLDERS.
or
B. H. C. HALLOWES,
Hon. Secretary. St. Patrick's Society of Hong Kong.
P.O. Box 417.
221
THE HONG KONG FIRE INSURANCE CO., LTD.
NOTICE TO
SHAREHOLDERS.
THE FIETY-SECOND OR. DINARY ANNUAL MEETING
The Seventieth Ordinary Gen. OF SHAREHOLDERS. will be held at the Office of Messrs. cral Meeting of Shareholders Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., will be held at the Offices of the on THURSDAY, 23rd MARCH. undersigned on Friday, the 2417 1939, at NOON, for the purpose March, 1939, at Noon, for the of receiving the Report of the purpose of receiving the Report Directors and the Statement of of the General Managerà, to Accounts for the year ended 31st|gether with a statement ej December, 1938.
The Transfer Books of the Company will be' CLOSED from MONDAY, the 13th MARCH, 1939, to THURSDAY, the 23rd MARCH, 1939, both days in clusive.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
C. M. MANNERS, Secretary & Manager. Hong Kong, 4th March, 1939.
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Accounts for the year ended the 31st December, 1938.
The Share Register and Trans. ler Books will be closed from the 10th to the 24th March, 1939, both days Inclusive,
JARDINE, MATHESON &
LTD. Managers, The Hong Kong Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.
to
that immediately after the disposal of the lot the Purchaser posal of the, lot the Purchaser (if not the applicant) will be (if not the applicant), will be required deposit with an required to deposit with an authorised officer who will be authorised officer who will be present at the sale, the sum of present at the sale, the sum of two hundred dollars, ($200) In two hundred dollars, ($200) in cash. This sum will be refunded cash. This sum will be refunded
on payment of the Purchase on payment of the Purchase
price. price.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT
No, of Bala.
Registry, No.
Locality.
to
1000 Inland
Lot No. 4124,
Junction of Chatham. Rd., & Kiang Hsi St. Chatliam Rad, Shek Shan.
Kowlood
Boundary
Measure-
menta.
ft. ft. It ft
As per
salo plain
NOTICE
Contenta in
Square foot
**Aboal
1.965
Registry No
Locality.
Boundary
Measure-
ments.
Contents in
Annual
$
Rental.
Upast. Price
of
EVENTS IN EUROPE have
These are the men, who in- fluenced not only Hitler, but
tion of the... Austro-Gerzan, bībe within the Nazi Party of the Greater Relch?
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT marched faster than the news being carried out. It may be great nations have no mean- cables could transmit the in- that the cart is coming before ing unless they are backed by and armed force. The creation of formation from Europe to the the horse. Bohemia Far East. This all speaks for Moravia are being seized be- adequate armed strength now the precision of the war ma- fore the planned time but the remains one of the major chine which the Germans military strategic consolida- guarantees for the security of have built up and use against tion of the Central Powers the British Empire. But Mr. the unfortunate peoples of essential for a successful war Chamberlain would do well to Central Europe who hesitate in Europe is being carried out, heed the advice of Mr. An- to take up their arms and even if it involves "the mill-thony Eden given before and exercise the Heaven-granted tary occupation of a territory which has redoubled force
"we
must by people with to-day that: right of self defence against inhabited the
Germany whom they have no racial examine the military strategic aggressor.
position in Europe and con effected "the military occu- connexion." pation of a territory in- THE DRAMA in the Danube sult all nations which have habited by people with is not at an end. It began the same mind as ourselves." whom they have no racial with Munich. It is being
Lot No. 2361....
New Kowloon Inland
Upest Price.
Annual
Rental.
Tonkin St. between Castle
Cheung Sha Peak Rd. and Un Chan St.
Wan.
No. of Bale. | **
**
1,258
218
We have this day moved to our own offices at Room 104, Prince's Building, Chater Road.
WHITE, WHITE & CO.
Members:
New York Cotton Exchange New York Commodity Exchange Chicago Board of Trade Canadian Commodity Exchange Hong Kong, 3rd March, 1939 Shanghai Stock Exchange.
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223
As per
sale plan.
About
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20,000
G. SOUZA
The funeral took place at the
220 connection.".. And Hitler continued with the annexa FUNERAL OF MRS.
stands before the world tion of Bohemia and Moravia.. to-day to be indicted as a It will be followed by the man who has shamed truth. enslavement of Slovakia and
AFTER Mr. Chamberlain there will be a sequel if Hitler Roman Catholic Cemetery yester- took office and exchanged is prepared to intervene in day of Mrs. G. Bouza, widow of the letters with Mussolini, he may Ruthenia to prevent the crea-iate Mr. A. M. Souza, formerly of the Blocar Line, Manila. The Rev. have belleved at that time tion of a common border be Fr. Cyni Spezialf afaciated. that he was serving world tween Poland and Hungary.
Mrs. Bouza is survived by her son THE COMPLICATIONS of and married daughter, peace by getting an under- standing of the terms upon the situation in Central A bouquet of flowers from which the Dictators were Europe have their origin in Gertle, Tony and Jose, was inter willing to have peace. But, the maze of small nationall-red with the casket. Other after his return from Berch- ties which have passed from wreaths were sent by Mums and tesgaden and certainly from one enslavement to another Tatty Stella and Coles Alvaro, Godesburg, Mr. Chamberlain for more than 1,000 years. It Mica and Children, G. MP Victor, M. de M. C. Place, A. Remedios, M. probably was in full possession was to safeguard such nation sarano, I. Rapp and M. Chan, Mr. of the exact terms upon alities that the League of and Mrs. C. O. Mattos and family, which the peace of Europe Nations was created. With Mr. and Mrs J. R. Vega, Mr. and and of the world would con- the destruction of the League Mrs. 0, 0, Leng, Mr. and Mrs. 0. tinue to be observed by the and the return to Power a 611a, Mr. and Mrs. H 84 and Dictators, Those terms are politics, the liberties even of Mr. Au Kwong-wal