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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS, ADVERTISEMENTS ADVERTISEMENT
CHINESE ESTATES,
LIMHED.
FIRST INTERIM DIVIDEND.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that FIRST IN TERIM DIVIDEND for the year ending the 29th February, 1940, of two per cent, that is $2:00 per share, will be paid on all shares in this Company on Thursday, the 1st June, 1939, "at the Company's Office at China Building, 5th floor.
The TRANSFER BOOK of the Company will be CLOSED from the 29th May to the 1st
June, 1939, both days inclusive,
By Order of the Board of, Directors,
FUNG PING FAN,
Director & Secretary. Hong Kong, 11th May, 1939.
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LANE. CRAWFORD.. LIMITED.
NOTICE is hereby given that the Seventeenth Ordinary Yearly Mecting of Shareholders will be held at Exchange Building, Hong Kong, on SATURDAY, 27TH ELEVEN MAY, 1939,
AT O'CLOCK A.M.
The Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from 15TH MAY TO 27TH MAY, 1939, both days inclusive,
By Order of the "Board of Directors..
A. W. BROWN,
Manager.
Hong Kong, 9th May, 1939.
320
THE CANTON INSURANCE
. OFFICE, LTD.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS,
The Fifty-Eighth Ordinary Meeting of Shareholders will be held at the Offices of the under. signed on Thursday, the 18th May, 1939, at noon, for, the pur pose of receiving the Report of the General Agents, together with a statement of Accounts for the year ended the 31st December, 1938.
The Share Register and Traus 1er Books will be closed from the 4th May to the 18th May, 1939," both days inclusive.
JARDINE, MATHESON &
CO., LTD.;
General Agents,
Hong Kong, 27th April, 1939.
NOTICE.
PASSPORT VISAS FOR MANCHUKUO
The following Extract. from a Communication dated 6th January, 1939, from the Manchukuo Embassy, Tokyo, is published for information.
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG.
PROBATE JURISDICTION.
THE INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LIMITED.
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The "Fifty eighth Ordinary General Meeting of the Company will be held at the Offices of the IN THE GOODS of General Managers, Messrs. Jar FLORENCE MARION dine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., PEMBERTON of 7 Cecil Pedder Street, Hong Kong, on Apartments. 195, Route Thursday, 25th May, 1939, at Ghis, Shanghai, in the Renoon, for the purpose of receiving public of China, Widow, de the Report of the Directors, pas
ing the Accounts, and electing Directors and Auditors.
ccared.
NOTICE is hereby given that the Court has by virtue of the provisions of Section 58 of Or.
dinance No. 2 of 1897 made an order limiting the time for credi- tors and others to send in their claims against the above estate to 4th June, 1939..
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inclusive.
EDITORIAL
Y'S MEN'S CLUB Financial CELEBRATE 7TH
Reports ANNIVERSARY
Mr. Yinson Lee's
Address
For 1938
The outstanding feature of the Anancial results of 1938, according to the reports tabled in Legislative The seventh anniversary of the Council yesterday, has been the Hongkong branch of the T's Men's large acrease in both revenue and Club was celebrated last night vided for a deficit of $3,124,629, re- the Peacock Lounge, Cafe Wise- man, in the form of a dinner and social gathering.
expenditure. The estimates pro-
expenditure at $33,379,549. Actual venue being put at $30,254.920 and
revenue exceeded the estimate by There were about 100 members $6,480,935 and actual expenditure, friends present. including including certain specialTM поп-
from Canton. recurrent many members Amoy Focehow, Shanghal. Nanestinate-by-53,196,319-leaving a net king, Chungking and other parts deficit of $440,043.
and
of China.
Dr. Lee Shiu put presided, and The Transfer Books of the Mr. William Vinson Lee, Regional Company will be closed from the Director Emeritus for China, and 18th May to the 8th June, 1939 Dr. F. L. Tseung, District Governor of South China of the Y's Men's Club, were among those present.
Addresses of greetings and con- gratulations were made by the three oficials and a message of good wishes from Mr. Y. Lewis Mason, Regional Director of China, was read to the gathering.
By Order of the Board, JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD., General Managers.
All Creditors and others are Hong Kong, 25th April, 1939. accordingly hereby required to
send their claims to the under signed on or before that date.
DEACONS,
Solicitors for the Executors,
1. Des Voeux Road Central,
Hong Kong.
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG
KONG
PROBATE JURISDICTION
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IN THE GOODS of PIERRE BRIFFÂUD, late of Haiphong, in French Indo-China, Merchant, de
censed.
All Creditors and others are ac-
cordingly fiereby required to send their claims to the undersigned on or before that date.
DEACONS,
The Daily Press
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HONGKONG, MAY 12, 1930
CHINESE
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KEEN INTEREST Mr. William Yinson Lee, in his speech, stressed the keen interest of the Club in carrying out the alms of the association
the cultivation of fellowship promo
culture and devotion to
tion of service.
FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1939.
The mv. Laura Macrsk, new passenger-freighter motorably af Maersk Line (A. P. Moller-Copenhagen) which is driving here on Sunday on her maiden voyage from New York.
› NEW MAERSK
items, exceeded the KOWLOON - CANTON LINE MOTORSHIP
The surplus of assets on Decem-
ber 31, 1938, was $13,582,235 which may be compared with a figure of approximately $9,000,000 which was contemplated as probable after allowing for anticipated deficits in 1937 id 1938 at the time when the 1938 estimates were originally pre- pared.
RAILWAY, 1938
"Dominated By Sino-Japanese War"
DUE ON SUNDAY
The
FOS
m.v. Laura Maerak, 6,598. tons, de luxe passenger- freighter of the Maersk Line (A.P..
will arrive
the
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The following are extracts from Moller-Copenhagen) the Report for 1833 of the Mana- In the Colony on Sunday on her ger and Chief Engineer of the maiden voyage from New York.
The motorship, under the com- Kowloon-Canton Railway (British)
mand of Capt. H. J. Mikkelsen, in tabled No new or increased taxes were
Legislative Section)
formerly on the bridge of the m.v.. Nell. Maersk, was launched early' imposed during the year and the Council yesterday: Increase in both revenue and ex
Railway activities throughout penditure was almost wholly due
the period under review were do- this year at Odense, Denmark,"by the Odense Haalskibsyaerft. The to the special conditions arising minated by the Sino-Japanese
speed of the vessel is 17 knots out of the Sino-Japanese hostilities. conflict. The year opened full of average. the main motors, two The special activity in trade, due promise, due to the unparalleled seven-cylinder Diesels of Burmels- to the diversion of a much Increas- growth of through goods traffic. ter-Wain's.. make. ed proportion of China's trade to and closed gloomily owing to the The dead weight is 9,100 with a ports trading through Hongkong. contraction of operations to the total cargo capacity of about which commenced towards the end local service.
15,000 refrigerator space and deep- of 1937 continued during the great-
make Receipts and net operating re-tanks
motorship 3 He remarked that the Club had er part of 1938, that is, until the venue were $1.901.333.32 and $932-modern transport for every type been performing splendid work in Japanese invasion of South China. 418 48
respectively, As against of cargo. The ship's derricks are social service, specially in the field and the increase of the Colony's $1,331,488.73 and $436,935.30 the capable of handling cargo up to of war relief during troubled times.
Both these figures 45 tons. In normal periods, he said, the or- population owing to the influx of previous year.
The passenger accommodation is. continued with refugees
some reached new high levels. There is kanization, co-operating with the
fluctuations throughout the year. little doubt that but for the un- compact, comfortable and luxuri- 16 other clubs in various parts of
The Japanese occupation, of Can- expected
of throughous.. Four double and four single stoppage China, had devoted its service in constructive work in the interestton in October caused some siac- traffic for the last 81 days of the cabins have their private bath- kening of trade activity, but in-year, net operating revenue would rooms. Attractively decorated din- of the under-privileged, namely,
ing room and social, halls are pro- creased the stream of refugees and have passed the $1,000,000 mark. to conduct child welfare clinics,
vided and there is plenty of open up to the end of 1928 no 'decline Operating expenditure was]
A deck playgrounds and vocation schools
$989.464.84 compared with $894, and sheltered deck space. for the poor children.
533.43 last year. The increase is tennis court and swimming pool accounted för largely by the are provided for the travellers be- marked advance in the average sides. a powerful radio system; price of coal which
NINTH VESSEL The Laura Maersk is the ninth $12.44 to $21.96 per ton, and af- fected running costs to the extent motorship in the Maersk Line feet. or $110,868.37.
IMPRISONED
PERJURY
FOR
In revenue receipts was perceptible.
rose from
CAPTURE OF CANTON
sailing on the New York-Far East iroute across the Pacific Ocean and
SOURCES OF REVENUE Most of the principal sources of revenue stow substantial increases. CHINA HARASSES
The number of vacant tenements fell to practically nil and receipts ARMY is THE
In connection with the case in from rates, were correspondingly slowly passing from the which Weng Po, coolle was charg- higher than in 1937. Liquor and defensive to the offensive and ed with larceny of 11 feet of tobacco duties show very large in-
A Japanese invasion of South through the Panama Canal With. recently has been harassing piping, the property of the Goy creases and many other items, such China, which commenced on Oc-this new addition the local agents. the Japanese at numerous ernment, and receiving, Lau Chol, as entertainment and getting tax tober 12
and resulted in the Messrs. Jebsen & Co. announce a regular fortnightly service across of the plumbers shop. and royalties payable by transport capture of Canton on October 21, points and making life so master
the Pacific. miserable for them that theyCheng Lee, of No. 4 Wah Lane, companies, which are affected by
caused complete disruption of the are wishing that they had was sentenced to one month's me the magnitude of the population through service. The majority of
prisonment for Derjury in the not started this military ad-
rose correspondingly. Receipts the staff of the Chinese Section witness box, by Mr.. T. J. Houston from land sales rose with the de- scattered, some proceeding to her return to New York in a few venture.
at the Central Coart yesterday.
Reservations from Hongkong to Manila are open on the Laura Maersk's maiden trip. However, on
Lau Chol told the court that he mand for new building and reach-i ton, others taking refuge in Rong weeks the passenger accommo did not know defendant, but de- fendant said he had worked for him often before.
Wong. Po was discharged
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NOTICE is hereby given that the Court has by virtue of the provisions of Section 58 of Or. dinance No. 2 of 1897, made an CANTON, since its occupa-
ed the highest level since 1932. kong.
dation is fully reserved. order limiting the time for credition six months ago, has been
The situation in China and its On the morning of the invasion,
Passenger trafic by the Maersk tors and others to send in their surrounded, at a respectable
repercussions on the Colony, parti- a small masonry bridge between Line across the Pacific Ocean has claims against the above estate distance, by Chinese regular
cularly the incursion of increasing Wang Llk and Sheung Fing, some increased in popularity during the forces and this encirclement
numbers of destitute or semi- 37 miles north of the border, was past year and there is a big de to 4th June, 1939.
Demand for reservations on these has now passed from a more
situte remgees, caused also con- damaged by hostile aircraft. The of less passive, stage.
siderable increases of expenditure, lays in completing repairs to this ships. The speed, comfort, service Japanese garrisons, heavily their hands full in at least details of which are given in the bridge resulted in 6 carriages and and ports of call make this service In 29 wagons owned by the British outstanding for the particular and outnumbered, have. mostly half a dozen provinces for it Accountant-General's report. been dislodged from the sur- is not likely that the Chinese all, supplementary votes for a total Section being detained in Chinese discriminating traveller.
Messrs: Jebsen & Co. cordially rounding countryside and will stand by idly and look on of $5,430,507 were approved by the territory, while 15 locomotives, 24 they are being compelled to while the Japanese, consoli-Legislative Council and the Secre- carriages, 242 wagons, and a 30-invite the public of Hongkong to tary of State. The followington crane, belonging to various inspect their new motorship on her defend Canton from positions date themselves.
analysis of these shows the main Chinese railways, were held in arrival on Sunday. in its immediate environs.
ALL THIS harassing acti-categories of this supplementary British territory. It can hardly be assumed vity, which has been planned
the Chinese mean to by Generalissimo Chiang Kal recapture Canton at present, shek, may well appear in the for the Japanese in the last end not to have amounted to resort would have the support very much, but it would be of their warships in the Pearl as great a mistake to mini-Revotes of provision in River, which also, provides an mize as to exaggerate its im inviolable line of communica-portance, It is all going to prove extremely costly to the re-taking of Canton, a ruined invaders both in man-power and deserted city, which could and munitions but it is the only be temporary, would not most effective means of war- materially benefit the Chi-
fare the Chinese can carry. nese, though the moral effect
on at a minimum cost. of harassing its defenders is of certainly considerable.
Solicitors for the Administrator,
1, Des Voeux Road Central,
Hong Kong.
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IN THE SUPREME
COURT OF
HONG KONG.
PROBATE JURISDICTION.
IN THE GOODS ERNEST ALBERT SHAW
that
tion for reinforcement.
The.
DEVELOPMENTS at Kai- feng, on the Lung-Hai Rall- significant than the attack on Canton, which has been something of
the way,
more are
expenditure. Accounting adjustments,
not involving the au- thorization of new ex- penditure
previous estimates ALABAR Excesses
Approved votes due to increased prices of supplies or services
Excesses on provision for pensions and passages of Government Ber- vants
APART "from giving proof Post Office Increases que
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of the excellence of the Chinese morale, after nearly two years of war and numer-Emergency
ous reverses, the new offen-
late of Elmfeld Hotel, Bay. shill, Cheltenham in County of Gloucester in the
sive shows evidence of careful .preparation" and co-ordina- United Kingdom formerly
a dead end from the Japanese" tion, two elements which care of Westminster Bank point of view ever since the have often been lacking in Limited 21 Lombard Street | invaders took it. It was in the strategy of the Chinese. in the City of London In the Kaifeng, that the Japanese United Kingdom a Surgeon had hoped to instal Marshal Captain In Hills Majesty's Wu Pel-fu, the only respect Royal Navy (retired) de able Chinese public figure whose allegiance they had come within measurable dis- tance of securing, as head of their puppet administration. Their plans would probably, in the end, have foundered on the astute scepticism of the former Chihlt warlord.
ceased.
NOTICE is hereby given that
Whereas in the past, owing to the absence of Manchukuo official representatives abroad, passport.] visas were issued at the Manchu. kuo border, in some special cases, for the convenience of those who desired to enter or pass through the Court has by virtue of the Manchukuo without having ob-provisions of Section 58 of Ordia tained the required visa; now ance No. 2 of 1937 made an order that many Manchukuo offices limitlog the time for creditors have been established abroad, no and others, to send in their foreigner shall be permitted here. chims against the above estate to
3rd June 1939. after to enter or pass through Manchukuo without the necessary All Creditors and others are visa issued at one of the Mau- accordingly hereby required to chukuo offices abroad, excepting send their claims to the under the nationals of such countries as sigued on or before that date. Japan and China with which Manchukuo has special agreement concerning the above matter.
(S4.) C. G. PERDUE,
Commissioner of Police
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DEACONS Solicitors for the Executors,
to introduction of air mall, changes in transit charges, etc. ................
expenses: fa) Epidemics of disease $327,877; Reller of Refugees 804,- 802; (c). Other emer- genty expenditure 497,- 535
The Generalissimo's game ob-Typhoon damage viously is attrition, and by Purchase and building of their recent operations the Chinese have shown a high development technique and the tempo of attrition.
in both
the
JAPAN'S HOPES that the Chinese defence would break
new Government quar- ters, and resumptions Other new, or additional
*xpenditure
$1,378,083
A
PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION
Various structures on the Chi- nese Section were demolished by the Chinese Military forces during
preliminary exhibition of their retreat north. The more im- portánt of these, in order of mile- photographs taken by Mr. Lang age, were the Tong Tou Ha River Ching-shan, the Chinese photo- 188,223 Bridge (4 spans each of 40 feet) grapher; was held in Haw-Baw the East River South Channel Villa in Tai Hang Road yesterday Among the visitors Bridge at Sheklung (4 spans each afternoon.. of 224 "feet, 2 spans each of 60 were Gen. Wu Te-chen, Mr. Ling 374,614 feat), the East River North Chan Kang-hon, Mr. Cheng Yu-shu, Mr.
439,184
nel Bridge (3 spans each of 224 P. K. Chu, Gen. Chen Hsiao-wel, feet. 2 spans each of 60 feet), and Mr. Chen Ping-ho, Mr. Shih Tung- the Shek Tan River Bridge (3 keng and Prof. Hau Ti-shan,
The formal exhibition will be spars each of 100 feet, 2 spina
each of 60 feet). These bridges held in St. Francis Hotel on May are located 20, 48, 49 and 54 miles 20 and 21.“ north of the border respectively.
275,600 As far as can be ascertained, parts
of the super-structures, and not
NAMTAU RAIDED
Namtau, a town 1 the Po On
sub-structures, have been District. Deep. Bay ** again in-
the
damaged
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vaded by Japanese orces on Wed- Despite the suspension of nesday, when the landing party. through traffic after October 12, ransacked the place for food and the Railway experienced a record fuel. The Japanese withdrew in. 1,630,274
year. Peak earnings were 'secured the afternoon. 417,550 from goods trame, rents, incident
273,000
cillary works.
tal revenue foreign line. and an NAVAL MOVEMENTS
Five American submarines, to- These sources, which are given gether with the mother ship, the in order of magnitude, contribut USA Canopus arrived from Manila -456,034 ed 31, 24, 7 and 307 times the es- yesterday. They are on a training timated revenue respectively. The cruise and will be here for a few $5,430,507 wide divergence between receipts days.
and estimates is attributable to The US,8. Mindanao, which ar- the fact that Sino-Japanese hos-rived from Canton a few days ago. RECEIVING BRIBES titles were not envisaged when is undergoing her annual overhaul
the latter were prepared.
LARCENY FROM BARRACKS
at the Kowloon Docks, and will leave for Canton ori May 22.
down have been so sadly shattered that they are once more resorting to the bar- BUT all these hopes faded baric use of their planes in when Chinese guerillas made raining bombs on open towns
A traffic accident occurred yes- terday, their way into the city under and cities and in machine
about 12.20 D.III, Convicted on charges of larceny at Queen's Road West, the very noses of the Japan-gunning and murdering inno-
Tai Ping Theatre, ese garrison and shot several cent and harmless civilians.
of four electric fans from the near the puppets. This was followed None but a desperate, nation,
Nanking Barracks, Shumshulpo, when China Motor: Bus No. 490 by a full-dress assault on a nation which is on the
and trespassing on milltary pro- collided with lorry No. 2307, causing perty, a shoemaker, Chan Wing, 26, damage to both vehicles, .!. verge of collapse, would stoop.
Kaifeng..
NOR is this an isolated so low as to resort to such stroke. All the railways in tactics but the Japanese are north China, according to not too low as to stoop to Pelping correspondents, have anything so long as they been interrupted and the think they have any chance 3641 Japanese garrisons have had of attaining their ends.
1, Des Voeux Road Central
Hồng Kong
ALLEGED Hearing of the case against Lance-Bergeant Amrik Singh, of Mongkok Police Station, who is charged with having on March 17 received bribes totalling $3.80 from four fish stall holders at the Mongkok market was continued before Mr. Hlmsworth at the Kowloon Court yesterday.
Insp. E. G. Post, of the Secre- tariat for Chinese Affairs is prose- eating, while Mr. Hin-Shing Lo is appearing for the defendant.
Hearing of the case will be con- tinued on Monday,
was sentenced by Mr. Q: A. A. Mac-3. fadyen at the Kowloon Court yen Bin Hong 38, who was admitted terday to five months imprison to the Queen Mary Hospital when ment with hard labour. Convicted he was knocked down by tramcar
of trespassing on military property, No. 73 in Des Voeux Road West, Ho Tong, 35, was sentenced to died yesterday from a fractured. three months, with hard labour, spine.