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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS ADVERTISEMENTS ADVERTISEMENTS
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG
PROBATE JURISDICTION
IN THE GOODS of Charles Stewart Sharp late of Rose› neath 28 The Downs Wim bledon in the County of
Surrey, England Retired Eastern Merchant, deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Court has by
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PUBLIC AUCTION.
PUBLIC AUCTION:
Auction to be held on Monday, the 14th day of August, 1939, at 3 p.m., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of
PARTICULARS AND CON. PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS of the Sale by Public DITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Monday the 14th day of August, 1939, at 3 p.m., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of one Lot of Crown Land at Island Road, Repulse Bay In the Colony of Hong Kong for a term of 75 years, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be
one
EDITORIAL
CHINESE MOSLEMS IN PRESENT WAR
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Interesting Address By Mr. Lyman Hoover
Mr. Lyman Hoover, acting Executive Secretary of the Student Department of the National Y. M. C. A., was the guest speaker at the weekly luncheon of the T's. Men's Club yesterday. His subject was "Chinese Moslems in the Present War." Dealing first with the history of the Moslems, the speaker pointed soldiers and traders. out that the people were great During the
menced term of eighth century, the Moslems com to preach their faith among the Chinese and won many followers. Up to the present time,
Lot of Crown Land at To Kwa Wan, in the Colony of Hong Kong for a 75 years, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Ma.
there were as many as 20,000,000
"virtue of Section 58 of the fixed by the Surveyor of His testy the KING, for one further Moslems in the various provinces
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Majesty the KING, for one fur ther term of 75 years.
term of 75 years.
of China.
MILITARY RECORD Of their military record, the
STABILIZATION FUND MEMBER IN SHANGHAI
SHANGHAI, Aug. 10 (Reu- ter)Yesterday it was learn-
ed that Mr. Cyril Rogers, of the Bank of England, who is a member of the Anglo-Chi- nese Stabilization Fund, is at present in Shanghai, having here unheralded from Hongkong.
Probates Ordinance 1897, made „an Order limiting the time for
Intending bidders are advised creditors and others to send in Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the dis their claims against the above that immediately after the disposal of the lot the Purchaser speaker said that in many periods. estate to the 6th day of Septem-posal of the lot the Purchaser (If not the applicant), will be in Chinese history," the Moslems. ber, 1939.
i aot the applicant), will be required
come were called in by the Chinese to to deposit with an help to suppress rebellions. All Creditors and others are required to deposit with an authorised officer who will be
During the last ten years, the accordingly hereby required to authorised officer who will be present at the sale, the sum of present Chinese Government had send their claims to the under present at the sale, the sum of two hundred dollars; ($200) in given opportunities to the Moslems signed on or before that date.
two hundred dollars, ($200) in cash. This sun will be refunded to share in the benefits of growing Dated the 10th day of August; cash. This sam will be refunded on payment of the Purchase China.
on payment of the Purchase price. price.
1939.
JOHNSON, STOKES &
MASTER.
Solicitors for the Executor,
Hong Kong & Shanghai
Bank Building,
Hong Kong.
614
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that Bill of Lading against teakwood (Quan Din) issued to me by the
China Navigation Steamship Co., Ltd., and to be shipped to Hot how has been lost and is declared null & void,
LUM DAT HING. 4th August, 1939.
598
HONG KONG & SHANGHAI * BANKING CORPORATION.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT
Taland Head and South Junction of
Rural Building Lot No. 496.
Bay Road, Repulse
No, of Bale.
Registry No.
Locality.
'G.
Boundary
Measure-
ment.
As per
salo plan
Gen. Pel Chung-hst, a Moham- medan himself, had done much to PARTICULARS OF THE LOT capture the heart of the Moslems.
thanked the
[No. of Sale.
Registry No.
Adjoining Kowloon
Contents in
Bquare feet.
Annual
Rental.
* | Upect Price.
Lot No. 4170,
Kowloon Inland
Inland Lot No. 8162, Locality.
Cheung Ning St.,
About
14,000.
Dai
PUBLIC AUCTION.
3,500
604
To Kwa Wan.
=
Boundary S Measure- ments.
...
As por
ass pion.
Annual Square feet. Square fest
Bantal,
Contents
7,300 ** ¡Upset Price |
.
About
0,734
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Mr. Peter H. Sin speaker. .........
highest officials of the land, of ordered the evacuation,
Mr. Rogers has had meet-. ings wit's the British Am. 'bassador, Sir Archibald Clark Kerr and other officials and it is believed that the posi- tion of Chinese CHETER CY formed the principal topic of the discussions, "Mr. Rogers arrived several days
ago, but of his presence in Shanghai only leaked out to-day.
bere
Петя
It is understood that he is sailing back to Hongkong to- day.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1939.
FIRST APPEARANCE OF SIT KOK-SIN & MA SZE
TSANG TOGETHER
Lee Theatre Crowded For Rare Performance
NEW PROGRAMME TO - NIGHT
The rarity of seeing the two foremost popular Cantonese actors, Sit Kok-sin and Ma Sze-tsang, to- gether in the same play, drew a large crowd to the Lee Theatre last night when the first of two per- formances organized by the Hongkong Artists' Union, in aid of general relief work, was produced. The second performance, which will be the last opportunity. to see these two prominent actors together, will take place to-night. There will be an entirely new pro- gramme, :
Besides these two stars, many other screen and stage celebrities of note also took part in the pro- gramme, which consisted of opera- tic excerpts. plain language play- ilets, dances, songs, musical selec- tions and physical culture displays.
Sit and. Ma, and Miss Tam Lan-1 hing were seen together in a very well-known Cantonese operatic drama; "Lung Shing Fei Chang."
Curtailment
Of Jewish
Rights
depicting the exploits of a bold. NON-CO-OPERATION
courageous general in his attempts to defend his garrison town.
Others who took part included Lam Kwah-san, Miss Chu Kim- kum, Ng Chor-fan, Miss Violet Tse Loh-lan. Wang Shao-lin, Tong Kim-ping, Fang Fei, Miss Yuet Yee.! Miss Hu Mel-lan; Sun Leng-chow and others famous in Chinese theatrical and film cizeles...
At the cor.cssion of the pro- which Wang himself was the
MOSCOW. Aug. (T/Ocean) gramme, the audience joined in the first to advocate but which-The new United States Am-singing of the "March, of the now he finds convenient to bassador to the Soviet Union, Volunteers."
· Canton "and resort to the destruction of the city " scorched through
the
earth" policy, a policy
NEW U.S. ENVOY
TO SOVIET
The
606 attack and denounce since he Frank Steinfart, arrived here on The programme was sponsored
has joined the ranks of the Tuesday.'
post had been by me. Sun Yat-sen, Mme. C. C. traitors.
vacant for the past fourteen Wu and other Chinese women
leaders.
The Baily Press.
報西刺孖
Editorial and Business, Office: 15-19, Queen's Road Central TeL, 80251,
TURNING
peace
NOW to nis formula, which he
urges the Chinese people to
months.
accept in order to preserve SITUATION CALLS FOR
the independence and free- dom of their country, Wang, shamelessly tries to persuade them to forget that they are Chinese and urges. them, to surrender to the Japanese]" without offering, further re- sistance. Such a formula London Office: 53, Fleet Street naturally can never be ac-
ECA
Night Editor (Wanchal Òmce).
Tel. 24511.
HONGKONG, AUGUST 11, 1939
FARCICAL
PARTICULARS AND CON. DITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Monday,') the 14th day of August, 1939, at 3 p.m., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of one Lor of Crown Land at Shamshuipo, in the Colony of Hong Kong for a}, term of 75 years, commencing THE WANG 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 further term of 24 years less the last three days thereof.
NOTICE AS HEREBY GIVEN that Certificates Nos, NS.928 and NS.929 dated ́Hong Kong, 9th October 1894, for 50 shares numbered 3270/3279, 56190/56199, 20300/20304, 20305- 120309. 66258/66265, 69642 69643, and 52016/52025, Cert ficates Nos. NS.2249, NS.2250 and NS.2251 dated Hong Kong, 10th November 1897, for 75 Intending bidders are advised shares numbered 51251/51262, that immediately after the dis 51851/51863, 24471/24473, 16097-posal of the lot the Purchaser /16101, 36087/36101, 15974 (if not the applicant) will be 15975, 39071/39075, 33649/33653, | required to deposit with an 2016/2021, 34096/34099, and authorised officer who will be 53746/53750, Certificate No. present at the sale, the sum of -5/NS.304 dated Hong Kong, 7th two hundred dollars, ($200) in July, 1908, for 62 shares num cash. This sum will be refunded bered 89265/89326, Certificate on payment of the Purchase price. No. 5/NS.2374 dated Hong Kong,
Boundary
SHREWD GOVERNMENT
Britain Must Avoid Fall
Into Trap Set By Axis
British foreign policy in the Far East was discussed by Mr. Harold Butler, C.B., Warden of Nuffield College, Oxford, in a "broadcast talk on "World Affairs" last night.
Resumptions of the Tokyo negotiations, stated. the speaker, now awalt fastructions from London. The talks revolve on two questions, namely, Chinese silver deposits in Tientsin and cur- rency.
that i-conceived
cepted by the people of China for why should they be ex- pected to accept Japan's peace proposals and their Pan-Aslan ideal? Does Wang conscientiously believe that the Japanese invaders, hav-
The silver deposited in Tientsin, much popular support but it was ing lost so heavily in lives. Mr. Butler went on, was never de doubtful whether it would benefit money and munitions in their posited in the name of the Central the peace front for it should not invasion of China, are going Government but the Provincial be forgotten to withdraw their troops in as Government which waa now action may precipitate a war. simple "and convenient a superceded by the "Pelping pro- manner as he suggests? Does visional government." he sincerely believe that the If Britain can be persuaded to Japanese will actually follow hand over the silver the puppet a polley of good-neighbourli- currency as, a medium of exchange If he does, then he is; Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's will be strengthened in which case a greater optimist than we credit will be weakened. gave him credit for being.
UNDOUBTEDLY >
ness?
Wang
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BRITISH REFUSAL The Prime Minister."
Cham-
EARL ROSSLYN DIES AT 60
*URGED BY RABBI OF BERLIN Geneva, Aug. 10 (Reuter)--- Non-co-operation with British Government in re- tallation for the suspension. of Jewish immigration into Palestine and the White Paper. polley was urged by Babbi Meir, of Berlin, in his opening · address at the conference of Mizrachi (the orthodox wing of the world Zionist organiza- tion).
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Falted Front The Rabbi of Berlin urged Jews of the world to fight against the curtailment of historic Jewish rights in Palestine and declared that immigration mast continue despite artificial restrictions.
All Zionist groups should for get their differences and form a united front to combat the British Government's new policy. T
DEPARTURE OF TROOPSHIP
Rousing Farewell For Eagle Crew
Naval military and air force personnel who have been relieved by recent rivals departed for Home in M. Troopsh'p Dilwara yesterday.
The troopship drew away from tha Naval Dockyard quay punc- tually at noon. A large crowd of friends and colleagues were pre- sent to bid goodbye to those going away, and the hearty farewells. were augmented by the letting off of strings of firecrackers.
When the Dilwara passed the
commission lined up on the latter's fying deck and cheered the paid. passengers in the troopship. off crew of the Eagle who were
The Dilwara's passengers con-
FRENCH MOVE AGAINST FOREIGN
CHING-WEI comedy is becoming more and more farcical but one cannot help feeling sorry for this poor fool who has thrown away his birthright and pro- stituted himself, body and soul, before the enemies of his country on the lonely tone of his broadcast speech from Canton on Wednesday night.
War Correspondent aircraft carrier Bagle, the w ludicrous for words but there Ching-wei's peace formula is berlain, continued the speaker. His utterances were really too
In S. Africa
·Mr are a number of preposterous Japan's peace plan for there had said last week that an agree death has occurred of the Earl of LONDON, Aug 10 (Reuter)-The statements made by this is no question, that he speaks ment could be reached on some Rosslyn, war correspondent of thesisted largely of naval officers and notorious puppet which can- 25 a mouthpiece of the points but not all, Le, an agree-"Daily Mall" not be allowed to pass un-Japanese who, as we pointed ment could not be reached on 1900, at the age of 60 years, men, but there were also a num-
in South Africa in challenged.
out yesterday, are now des- silver and currency, and the Bri
James Francis Harry 8t. Clairer of army and air force details IN HIS ADDRESS, which perately seeking peace, peacetish authorities refused to hand Erskine, 6th Earl of Rosslyn, was published in these columns.
The departure 1st has already been no doubt has fallen on deaf of such a kind that they may over the four Chinese alleged educated at Eton and Oxford and 13th November 1912, for 20 PARTICULARS OF THE LOT ears, he abuses Chinese who out loss of face. They know less a prima facie case had been 3rd Battalion Northamptonshire assassins of a puppet offcial un-later became Lieutenant in the withdraw, from China with- shares numbered 91879/01898,
have sought protection in the
very well that Wang alone
made out against them... Certificate No. 5/NS. 2377 dated
Regiment and then Major in the foreign concessions and in
Refusal to hand these men over King's Royal Rifle Corps from 1915 cannot achieve peace, hence gave the Japanese an excuse to to 1917. He served with Thorny- foreign colonies,
such Hong Kong, 16th November,
Wang's appeal to the civil bio kade the British Concession in croft's Horse at the relief of Lady- Hongkong, for making "irres and military authorities at Tientsin but even if this had not smith and in 1886 seconded the 1912, for 9 shares numbered
ponsible and libellous utter the front and in the rear to been the case the Japanese would Address to the Throne in the House @13556/13560, 65164/65185, 76695.
ances" against him and at- and 62879, and Certificat: Pro
help in restoring peace have found some other excuse 50 of Lords. tempts to justify his own regional and national. But intent were they in their anti- visional No. 57/657 dated, Hong
presence in the Japanese in this they are bound to fall British campaign. Kong, 20th February, 1922, for
"occupied areas. In his at- and their attempts will prove 72 shares numbered 128802/-
tacks, Wang very conveniently to be merely an illusion. 128873, all registered in the name
forgets, as he does with other of Rafael Perez, have been LOST
matters, that he himself fre
IRRESPECTIVE Of
any quently made use of those support that Wang Ching-wei or STOLEN, and should these
very same bases for attacks may obtain, there can be no certificates not be produced to the
The Royal Observatory forecast which they are working, the coun- Bank before the 26th August
on persons who differed with peace in China so long as the tain accepted the fact of the Jap for to-day indicates that they of origin, the payments re- him in the past.".
Japanese fall to withdraw. anese occupation and Hittle note Weather will be rainy but will ceived and the place and the date 1939, new certificates for the 288
China seeks peace bu she was taken of the fact that Britain probably improve in the course of of such paymenta. shares and the aforesaid, Certi
seeks peace with honour, not would continue to recognize the the day. cates Nos. NS.928, NS.929, NS.2249, NS.2250, NS.2251, 5/NS.3045/NS.2374, 5/NS. 2377, and Provisional No. 57/657 will be thereafter treated by this Corporation as Null and Vold.
By Order of the Court of
** Directors.
V. M. GRAYBURN,
Chief Manager,
Hong Kong, 26th July, 1939..
579
| No. of Sale.;
Registry No.
Lot No. 2715. Between Now Kow- loon Inland Lota Noa.j 2880, and 2287, Castle
New Kowloon Inland
Locality.
WIN
Peak Rd., Shamshuipo.
Measure!
tenta.
As par
sale plac
Annual
Hental.
About
Contanta i
6,750
Square fast.
80
8,025
Upest Price.
$50
See page 9
605
..
as
The concessions, said Mr. Butler... were intended as safe centre for British trade operations, but not as a base of Chinese guerilla operations. There was an outery when Bri-
relations with it.
MAYOLD WAR
the
The heir to the title is Earl Roslyn's grandson, Lord Lough- borough.
THE WEATHER
minimum 78, while the average humidity was 83. No rainfall was recorded.
PROPAGANDA
Further provisions for dealing with foreign propaganda is pub- PARIS, Aug 10 (Reuter
lished in the offcial journal.
All persons receiving, directly or indirectly, funda from foreign sources as payment for publicity work in France must make a der claration to the Government covering the organization for
ON RETURN TRIP
HE REFERS to the loss of Canton denounces both the
a Japanese prepared peace legitimate government of drday's maximum tempera- CARIBOU STARTS civil and military authorities nor peace along the lines sug./ country and maintain economicture was 87 degrees, and the for their alleged cowardice ingested by Wang Ching-wei fleeing before the approach
NEW YORK, Aug. 10 (Reuter)— of the Japanese, and attacks WANG'S proposals are For obvious reasons, Mr. Butler
The Imperial Airways dying-boat- the "scorched earth policy ridiculous and absurd in the added, Britain should avoid war in
Caribou, which has just completed While we hold no brief for extreme. The Chinese people the Far East as far as possible. Mr. Clifford W. Pettit former its fist North Atlantic fight, left the Canton authorities, we will never be satisfied until The Britons business was to keep Secretary n the Foreign YMCA, New York on the return night to must point out that, when the last Japanese soldier has their heads and avoid fanmg into in Shanghai, has taken over the England at 4.09 p.m. local time. Wang accused them of fleeing been withdrawn from their the trap set for them by the axis post of Isiness manager of the A message from Montreal states
The situation called for shrewd city of New York. The day he that the Imperial Airways dying at the head of their soldiers territory,
government otherwise British, in tok office, Mr. Pettit paid a warm 1 boat Caribou arrived there, and of leaving the defence MEANWHILE, the people of terests in the Far East will no tribute to the Chinese people who, GMT. and is remaining less citizens behind, he knew China will reaffirm their loy benefit hor very well that his statement alty to Generalissimo Chiang people
will the Chinese he said, have set an example for local air base, Bouch was untrue. It was Wang Kal-shek and the Kuomin- The abrogation of the Anglo- they have maintained throughout She will be leaving for
page the whole world by the one abirst night, who in concert with the tang
Japan Trade Treaty would and the war
at 6 o'clock
10.23
the