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NOTICE
ANNOUNCEMENT.
We hereby give notice that we Mr. FREDERICK WILLIAM save as from to-day converted our FOSTER has this day boen ad- Arm into a private limited Committed a Partner in our Firm at pany with the name of Shewan Hong Kong and Shanghal. Tomes & Co., Ltd., which will continue to carry on our business MACKINNON MACKENZIE
& COMPANY. ¿ under the same management, the
Hong Kong, 1st April, 1939. directors of the Company being the present partners.
Dated Hong Kong, 1st April, 1939.
SHEWAN TOMES & CO.,
Bank of East Asia Building.
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THE MACAO ELECTRIC LIGHTING CO., LTD.
NOTICE is hereby given that the Twenty-eighth Ordinary An. nual General Meeting of The Shareholders of the Company will be held at the Offices of Messrs. Lowe, Bingham & Matthews, Mercantile Bank Building, Sec. ond Floor, Hong Kong, Wednesday, the 12th day of April, 1939, at 11.30 a.m.
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The Register of Members will be closed" from Saturday the 1st. day of April to Wednesday the 12th day of April, 1939, both days inclusive.
By Order of The Board of Directors,
JOHNSON, STOKES &
MASTER,
"Secretaries. Hong Kong, 27th March, 1939. 254
UNION WATERBOAT CO., LTD,
NOTICE TO
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HONGKONG, APRIL 1, 1939
(BY A. W. HYER)
Before we collapse, a short account of our paces during the past forty-eight hours should be recorded.
The public has waited to say hello and goodbye to travellers voyaging in one of the ten boats held up since Thursday morning. And our for guard, envering this here waterfront, has been busy constantly. Not only would Captains cherish fog kasurance" but so would this department.
m.v, Potsdam
REFUGEES FROM KONGMOON
Many Foreigners Arrive
The Fatshan, which arrived from Macao yesterday, brought
larre námber of refugees," " Including foreigners, from Kongmoon.
Among them were the Rev. and Mrs. Alleri, Mr. Baker Carr D'arcy,
NOVEL BALL IN SITTING RIGHT outside of Hong the Rev, B. David, the Rey, C. N.
AID OF RELIEF FUNDS
kong all day yesterday was the m.v, Potsdam which finally beat the fog and arrived at 8 pm.
Mr. and Mrs. V. Jurgens-now, romantic story. this is quite a These two charming people, having just been married in Shanghai, are visiting Hongkong on a "honey- moon!: trip.
Dr. G. Ros is the Italian Consul in Shanghal. He is on a short.
quick trip to Canton, and accom-
Music and gaiety filled the Roof Garden of the Bengkong Hotel last night when the Hongkong Chinese Women's Soldiers' Helle! Association held a novel Ball in aid of relief funds.
Well-known and popular society panying him. is his son, Dr. H. Ros, girls acted as dancing hostesses at also connected with consular affairs the function, which was attended for his country. Both of these gen- tleman expressed their disgust with the weather and seemed anxious by a large crowd.
Among those present were Mrst continue with their fourney into
China. Rose Tan, Miss Daisy O'Keefe, Mr.
Businers brought Mr. F. Pops to and Mrs., W. A. Shea, Mr. Alfred S. K, Lau, Mr. and Mrs. George the Colony, oil business, Texas O
and Mrs. S. T. Wong.in fact. Law, Dr.
Gen. Morris Cohen, Mr. Peter Doo,
Misses Beatrice and Elsie Law, Mr.my, Canton Bankey Ylp,
others.
Miss Salina Luk,
Misses Elleen and Nina Tseng and WE BELIEVE ENOUGH has been said about this comfortable Little Miss Rosie Tan "received ship's difficulties. Slowly she came tremendous applause when she into the harbour last night.
Mr. and Mrs. J, J. Brooks, of the appeared in her two dances. The
Misses Stella and Helen Ho also
THE BOAT RACE until 2am
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THERE IS perhaps no greater
Banker
Shanghai Power Co., are very loyal and O. passengers. They had gave a dance, while Mr.
ttle to say about the accident interest was much aboard, their Yip obliged with two songs.
repeated to-
more, concentrated on when the The Ball will be night, when there will be extensions.s. Nankin was leaving. To Aus-
tralla these people will travel
Shanghal to Hongkong. then Hanol and may be north to the interior of China, travels Mr. M B. Dodwell, This gentleman' will at least catch his plane, Air France, leaving this morning for Indo China.
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RAID ON BOARD FRANCONIA
Mr. P. D. G. Gain, of Stowe & Co., in Shanghai, comes visiting in and the Colony for à short business call
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sporting event in Univer- sity life in which rivalry is keener than the annual Boat
The water police carried out "n Race which will to-day be rowed" between the Oxford raid on board the Cunard liner and Cambridge crews along Franconia on Thursday in search the famous four-and-a-quar- of unauthorised hawkers,
arrested Three men were ter-mile course from Putney to Mortlake. Added significance charged before Mr. E. Himsworth
Court yesterdays. Franconia is given the Race this year as, at the Kowloon
THE “MONEX SHIP" better known
Franconis, as the 5.5. for the first time, both the with hawking without bermission start and the finish will be aboard the ship.
'K, E. Mohammed and D. de Cunard White Star Line, left the televised. Statistics of this world-famous contest show Dowell, pleading guilty to having whart at 5.45 on Friday afternoon that it is a hundred years since displayed ivory for sale aboard the Unfortunately at a late hour last the oarsmen of the two Uni- ship, without possessing the neces-night the Franconia had dropped
"fog at Lyemoon Pass. versities Arst met although sary permalt, were fined $20 and anchor in Kowloon Bay due to the The Thirty-fourth Annual Gen only ninety races have actual- $10 respectively.
Wong Ki, 28, charged with bay-The Franconia has been nick eral Meeting of Shareholders willy been rowed. Of this total
the Franconia without of the 200 or more passengers who be held at the Offices of Messrs. Cambridge has won 47 and ing hawked camphor wood boxes named the "money ship" because the pier with money, from coppers Dodwell & Co., Ltd., Hong Kong the Dark Blues have 42 wins aboard
to ten cent pieces, as they sailed and Shanghai Bank Building, on to their credit. There was permit entitling him to do so, was stood at the rails and showered
cut from the pler Thursday, the 13th April, 1939, one" dead heat in the year fined $25. at 11 am. for the purpose of re- | 1877. ceiving the report of the General Managers together with a State. ment of Accounts for the year ended 31st December, 1938.
SHAREHOLDERS,
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The Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from 29th March to 13th April, 1939, both days inclusive,
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Air France
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SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1939.
Itinerant Chinese
Tinkers
SKILL OF HIGH ORDER
Increasing Difficulties Of Romantic Profession
By T. Paul Gregory
Brook, Mrs. Brauveller. Mrs. H. D. Boyan, Miss M. Dudley, Mr. R. D. Gordon, Mr. H. L. Hoover, Mr. W. Johnston, Mr. Mangaharam S. Natadas, "the Rev. G. H. McNeur, Mrs. F. G. O'Gilvie, Mr. J. H. O. Brien, of Messrs. Reiss Bradley, Mr. D. P. Salinger, Mr. J. C. Saun- Mr. Frank Old, Mr. W. J. Reid. ders, Mr. H. Scneider, of Jebsens Van der Schalk, of J.C.J.L, Mr. G. and Co., Mr. C. W. Shoop, Mr. H. C. White, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Hall, Miss T. M. Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Sioss. Mr. Rudloff Ingward, Mrs. B. C. Lawrence, Mr. G. M. Rosse, Mr. Neckleman Kat Aage. Brodiker, and Co., Mr. burg. of Mr. J. F. Shea, Mr. L. H. Stolen- Walter Muller, of Schmidt. and
This individual has specialized Co., and Mr. Rupchand Hassaram. GREAT DISORDER The populace of Kongmoon fled for when the thrifty matron can for this service, and may be seen to Sunwai, Winglok and Mokshow buy a brand-new pot or pan for at almost any time on his rambles Mar. 29 when the Japan-sixpence, she isn't going to squan- throughout those sections of the ese made attempts to enter the der threepence on getting the old colony most widely populated by city from three directions. There ane mended. With such a trend of Chinese. He travels with his tools was great disorder and traitors the times, It is inevitable that the in a basket hitched to one end of honourable vocation of tinkering, a chuk-sing, or short bamboo pole, were active.
should lack recruits. Indeed, it is borne upon his shoulder. At the only the members of the "old guard other end of this staff is attached which never surrenders" that re-la neatly-made box of wood con- main, and when these aged stal-taining several drawers and dis- warts pass, tinkering as a vocation tinguished by a small bellows of
alther wood or galvanized troD. will probably become a rarity
When called upon to mend & FAMILIAR PRESENCE
In China, on the other hand, the pot, he lays down his burden, and everywhere. The city had also vocation of the Immortal author of proceeds to adjust his apparatus. been subjected to several air raids Pilgrim's Progress" may be said to The carrying-pole is detached from by the Japanese. The Kwangtung be still a nourishing one, and the his equipment and the chest of Provincial Bank and the Com-numbers who follow it are legion. drawers placed on the ground. cuated to Chiensan.
Sunwai was also bombed and munication Shipping Office eva-
casualties were beavy. The num- ber is believed to be nearly 1,000.
TRAFFIC RETURNING TO NORMAL
(Reuter) MACAO..Mar. 31
3 very decrepit article which has attached to the top of the box, are Traffic with Kongmoon is return- Ing to normal and reports. from not passed through the skilful atted with a tiny fire-box" osten
Swedish, enamel cup. bers of the crift. Shuntak district state that fight-ministrations of successive mem- made from the remains of a In Hongkong, the Chinese tinker ing is going on between Chinese
"Hon-tung! Hon-sek! Bau-ching regulars from Kwangsi ́and pro- Japanese Chinese Militia while the is much in evidence, and almost Fighting is proceeding in Yungki
kwal-soht Teng t'ung-kaau! Ban- Japanese have retired to Talleung any day one may bear his call:
There is an entire absence ofching laan tang-tau!" "Roider and Kweichow, Japanese activities today and re-brass! Solder pewter! Repair for and Shekki from Macao in large pair broken fat-irons!" numbers. fugees are returning to Kongmoon eign locks! Mend brass hinges! Re-
Anything to mend?. Anything to mend to-day?” This familiar cry of the itinerant tinker recalls me- mories of that picturesque fraternity of wanderers who tramp the hedgerows of country lanes and do odd Jobs of mending for frugal housewives.
The profession has always craft is afforded by the work of the been a rather romantic one; man who repairs only those thin to the present there have called wok, which are often used for from ohn Bunyan's time cat-tron pans for cooking rice
well-known, made extremely thin been men of uncommon skill for trying and general cooking
content been
that their
for the purpose of economising fuel, of eye and hand who have puposes. These utensils are, as is talents should earn them but unfortunately, on account of being a mere pittance..
so thin, they are able to crack But nowadays, even this bare and break; and this is where the livelihood is obtained with evez-po-wok-lo, or "rice pan tinker degenerated into a dead-end trade; increasing difficulty. Tinkering has comes in.
About 10a.m. Japanese flags were holsted by the traitors, and, as a result, the people thought the Japanese had captured the place, but actually no Japanese force had arrived yet.
The citizens then fled in great there was looting panic, and
ST. JOHN AMBULANCE
BRIGADE
The Chinese tinker with his kit of These drawers contain a nondes- tools, even simpler and fewer mcript assortment of odds and ends cast iron from kind than those of his Western such as his smaller tools, files, nafis, compeer, seems to uu quite well, scraps of thin and his presence is equally familiar broken-up kitchen utensils, thy in the city as in the country. In a crucibles of clay, the size of a wal- lang as poor economically as,Chins, nut, etc. nothing is thrown away, and it is
One listens to inch a recital of his talents with mixed feel- ings, and although one mURY. curse him luwardly for disturb- ing the calm of the early morn- ing by his invocatory pleas for IT CERTAINLY played
The course in Home Nursing, on
business, yet his trade calls Parker, of Tabor Academy,
havoc with all commercial April 4, at 6.15 p.m. at St. John
forth admiration by the wWAY United States. He rowed in the Tabor crew which won the FOG
he manages to accomplish 30 set back several by Dr. P. Ruttonjee is for intend-
much with the crude tools at Thames Cup at Henley ini
hours due to the weather condi-ing Brigade members only-English
bis command, Altogether there are three old timetable was 1938 and has great experience. transportation and the Air France Ambulance Brigade Headquarters
speaking. tions. Thursday, the Ville de Bal-
The A. R. P. Course (Voluntary HIGHLY SPECIALIZED gon arrived at 4 pm. from Hanot.
The charming and likeable Mr. Aid) which gives First Aid Treat- Blues in the side.
FT WILL BE of more than passing interest to delve into the annals of the Race and history reveals that in 1829, Oxford and Cambridge met at Henley when the teams rowed
Hambledon Lock from
IN THE OXFORD CREW, H. Henley Bridge, a distance of two-and-a-quarter miles and, in this event, Oxford won P. V. Massey, son of Mr. VID~ easily in the time of 14 min- cent Massey, High Commis- G. Frost. of the Asiatic Petroleum utes 30 seconds. It was not sioner of Canada in London, Co., and a number one commuter until 1836 when the next Race is cox, while there are also to the Colony from Indo-China A Mr K., Bates and Mr. Ben- 247 took place, the course being four members of last year's arrived for a short visit.
from Westminster to Putney, winning eight, J. L. Garton and this time the Light Blues and R. R. Stewart, both of nevar were the other two bassen- took the honours, completing Eton and Magdalen, H. A. W. L. the race in 36 minutes. For Forbes, of St. Paul's and several years the Henley Re-Magdalen, and F. A. gatta was used for the match Waldron, of Shrewsbury and Oxford crew and in 1856 the first regular Trinity. The annual Boat Race was rowed has shown good form in prac
DODWELL & COMPANY, LIMITED, General Managers.
OFFICIAL NOTICE. PROPOSAL TO CHANCE
A SHIP'S NAME
gera,
BROADCAST PROGRAMMES
BY TELEPHONE
over
General informed
the
decision that the Post service
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The bellows, which are generally
**From every point of view, the part of the whole apparatus, being made after an antique bellows are the most ingenious
pattern which has been in the Fast for La vegde ages, and worked by a piston- rod set into the metallic case. Flap valves opening award, open and close as the piston is thrust down and pulled back, thereby creating a blast which is driven through the exit pipe attached to the fire-box.
THE MENDING OPERATIUN
In performing the operation of mending a cast-iron rice pan, the tinker fills his small furnace half of charcoal, lights his fire, and blows up the coals with a few Tinkering in China is a grily thrusts of his bellows. In the mending, by placing it lipside down on Fridays at 5.30 pm of an inanitude of men who are ment for "Gassed Casualties is specialized profession, and boasts meantime, he prepares the pan for masters of some certain branch on a kind of tripod, so that he can have in a convenient position Chinese tinkers are seldon t ever held
Mrs. R. Langley. Lecturers-Mr. A. el Arcull and
"Jacks of all trades," and the man for his work. The edges of the who would undertake the repair of crack to be mended are scraped with sand, and all grease is entirely a complicated foreign lock, would not think of tackling the mending removed. When this is done, he is of a chair. In fact, regardless of ready to begin. Blowing up his are, how simple the repairs of the he takes out two or three crucibles chair may be, only the individual and drops into each a bit of iron, who has made chairs his speciality and places them on the fire. The trom almost immediately melts, and can do the work easily.
AIRPORT NEWS AIR MAIL (SATURDAY) Imperial AirwAYS
Northbound Sunday: Bangkok, Fanoi, Hong- kong.
Dorado-430 pm.
Southbound
Tuesday: Hanol, Bangkok, Delia, Delphinus 7 and 7,30 a.m. Air France
Northbound Thursday: France, Hanol, kong.
Bervice-12.30 pm. Pan American Airways
Eastbound Wednesday: USA., Manija, Hong-
kong
China Clipper-noon. Westbound Thursday: Manila, USA, China Cupper-8:30 am,
If the ordinary tinker should be then the tinker takes a pad made asked to undertake a job of chair from an old felt hat, and dipping " mending, he would probably pro- one end of it into some ashes, fess his inability to do a creditable presses that end against the bole Then, lifting one of the cra- Hong-piece of work, and, in that case, the in the par
only thing to do is to wait for the chair mender, who announces his cibles with a pair of tonga, presence in the streets by intoning he pours the drops of mol- tem fron on the edge of the hole, the monotonous trade rall:
"San-ching fa-k'ei-yli"Mend cabbing the metal into place with ing Flowery Flag (American) another pad of felt smeared with ashes, The metal cools at once, and the hole is not completely hea with molten iron the first time, the process is repeated. When the crack is mended, it is tested to see if the pan is water-tight, and, if Tourut satisfactory, the iron is scoured smooth with sand and the mended utensil returned to its owzier,
on the tideway. Cambridge tices and supporters of the
LONDON, Mar. 31 (BW8)-In I Li Wai ol Né, 33, Connaught still enjoys the honour of Dark Blues are keen to see Road, Central, (Hong Kong), having created a record for them win for the third year in hereby give notice that in con the course from Putney to succession and thus equal at the course of an announcement on Mortlake. This was in 1934 least one of the Light Blues wireless relay services the Post- sequence of change of ownership, when the Light Blues' crew series of "hat-tricks between master I have applied to the Board of completed the distance in 18 1920 and 1836. There are no House of Commons of the Govern
fewer than seven Etonians ment's Trade, under Section 47 of the minutes 3 seconds,
FROM 1914 TO 1919, owing who will be rowing to-day, Office should introduce a Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, in
programmes by carrier frequency telephone lines, giving d respect of the Steam Launch to the Great War, there was four in the Oxford crew and for the distribution of broadcast SPORTSMEN the world choice of three or four programmes "Stork" of Hong Kong. Official no Race and, on resumption three for the Light Blues.
The service number 123,085 of gross tonnage in 1920, Cambridge" won and 38.74 tons, register tonnage 16.51 retained the title for the next over will be listening-in to the without interference with normal tons, heretofore owned by The three years, the Dark Blues broadcast of the Boat Race telephone service.
This service, in conjunction with Hong Kong and Kowloon Whar turning the tables in 1923.and will follow each inch of might eventually be extended to & Godown Company Limited, Then, from 1924 until 1936, the course as the two crews non-telephone subscribers.
Cambridge won every year, a battle for supremacy on the Hong Kong for the permission to record which Oxford has yet tideway. Supporters will be private relay services of companies change her name to "TACK FU" to lower. For the past two on the banks of the Thames, whose licences are to be extended
able and persistent level that has and to have her registered in the years, the Dark Blues have and in boats, in full force to for ten years, would enable pro new name at the Port of Hong finished, first and, last year, lustily cheer the crews, while grammes to be transmitted, if so
saturation point," an average of 99 the Oxonians recorded their in Hongkong, Oxonians and desired, entirely over wires, which
per cent. Last Friday and Satur- Kong as owned by me.
Although it was the intention day's average was 98 per cent. at
lowest the Any objections to the proposed best time for the course, this Cantabrians will foregather would be of advantage from the never been below 10 per cent of
that wireless broadcasting should change of name must be sent to being 20 minutes 31 seconds. at the annual Society Dinner Point of view of national defence. be continued in the event of war OLD BLUES will join with was also intended to make the the Registrar of Shipping at THE TEAMS have already and await the result with Hong Kong within seven days been selected for to-day's big eagerness. from the appearance of this ad event and Cambridge, though
not quite as heavy as Oxford, freshmen, and rally to the new service available as soon as vertisement.
has a big crew, averaging just support of their respective possible.
here, in The main consideration govern- and Leing Chun, 41, were commit- Dated at Hong Kong this 28th over 12st. 10 lb. a man. It Varsities while we here,
is also much more evenly this Colony, can surely do no mg the decision was the imported by Mr. B. Himsworth at the day of March, 1939.
weighted, for there is only one more than to wish Oxford and tance of the matter from the point Kowloon Court yesterday to stand
safety man under 12st. Their crew Cambridge the best of luck of view of national defence and their trial at the next Criminal 263fncludes an American,, H. and may the beat crew win!
(Signed) LI
THE WEATHER For the past three days, humidity bas reached 100 per cent-satura- on point and for the past week
it has maintained an uncomfort-
On a charge of armed robbery, four earth coolles, Tsoi Hing, 25, Choi Ylu-mam, 22, Chan Kap, 27,
Sessions.
chairs!"
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This strict adherence to the rule of ever encroaching upón another man's craft is probably result of the age-old - la- fluence of the Chinese gulids, which although lacking the power of the past, still remain formidable factors in Chiness' life.
After receiving his fee of five or Although “ tinkering has never six cents, he pours water over the.. guld, it is still subject to the dieta up his tools, slings his pole over of "written laws which regulate his shoulder and is off again in
"Fo-wok! Fo-wok!"Mend- tinker to a greater extent than
ing rice pana! Mending rice the conduct of the individual search of further custom. been under the direct control of a fire to gave the coals, and packing
migh be expected. For this reason..
pana!" he can be heard repeat- ing until the sound of his voice the Chinese tirker is limited in his
fades away in the distance, field of repair work, but what work
The dexterity and resourcefulness. he does undertake is gone with the
of these Chinese tinkers command admiration, and still of step a high toherited dl of Inmumerable generation "RICE PAN TINKER"
A further instance of this ex-order is worthy of a much more tensive specialization in the tinker's ample remameration,