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18-YEAR-OLD
CLASS
HONGKONG. CANTON & MACAO STEAMERS LAST TO BE CALLED
JOINT SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG, CANTON & MACÃO" STEAMBOAT CO LTD SINE
TRAVEL
THE
SHORT
SAFE
SEA
WAY
by the
British Line
CHINA NAVÍCATION CO.LTD
NDL
"CANTON LINE
幫
The next sailing of the "Fatshan" " from ' Hongkong will;
be on the 12th Sept., 1939. st. 8 a.m. and returning from Canton on the 15th Sept., 1939, at 9 a.m.
MACAO LINE
DAILY SERVICE (including Sunday)
From Hong Kong: 8.00 am. "Taishan"
5.30 p.m. "Kinshin" excepting Sunday From Macao: 3.00 p.m. "Taishan"
3.00 mm. "Kipshan" excepting Sunday
Note: All vessels equipped with Wireless. QUEEN'S BUILDING, CONNAUGHT ROAD
Telephone 20101
FAR EAST EXPRESS
PASSENGER & FREIGHT SERVICES.
S.S. POTSDAM
will sail
ARS
SUNDAY, 17th September
7 A.M.
for
SHANGHAI & KOBE.
ROUND-THE-WORLD & THROUGH TICKETS
Issued in connection with: N.D.L. ATLANTIC EXPRESS SERVICE
8.8, "BREMEN," "EUROPA,” “COLUMBUS,” & CABIN LINERS NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD BREMEN MELCHERS & 00., Agente
Queen's Bldg.
CANTON AGENTS: JERSEN & 20, 8HAMEN, B,C.
THE
Tel. 27771/4.
BLUE FUNNE
LINE
REGULAR AND FAST
FREIGHT AND
DE PASSENGER SERVICES
LONDON SERVICE
"AJ"A X * Saila 8 SEPT., for Mar., Cblanca,
London, B'dam & Glasgow, HECTOR" Saila 20 SEPT.' for Mara, London,
Rotterdsm & Glasgow
LIVERPOOL SERVICE "CYCLOPS" Baila 21 SEPTĄ for Havre, Liverpool &
Bromborough
NEW YORK SERVICE "ADHASTUS”... Sails 20 SEPT., for Boston & New York ( PACIFIC SERVICE (vis BİLEN, KOBE, NAGOTA & TOKOHANA)
"TYNDAREUS" Sails 16 SEPT., for Victoria, Fanouter
3 Battle
INWARD SERVICE
Due
* EURYBATES" SEPT., From U.Kvia the Straita "TINDAREUS 10 BEPT., From Victoria, Vancouver
& Beattie.
Specially reduced fares are quoted for cargo benmare with
limited passenger accommiation.
For freight, passage entes and information apply to
Butterfield & Swire,
Tel. 30333.
Agents. 1. Connaught Bond, U.
Conscription Bill Passes All Stages In Commons
LONDON, Sept.4 (Reuter)--The National Service. (Armed Forces) Bill-The Conscription Bill passed through all its remaining stages yesterday and was sent to the House of Lords,"
The Secretary for War, Mr. Leslie Hore-Belisha, explained that the 18-year-old class now proposed would be the one last to be called up.
At this moment the Army was taking out active service overseas all existing soldiers under 19, although they had enlisted as regular soldiers.
CONVOY SYSTEM
INTRODUCED
- It is reported by Reuter from London that the convoy system has al- ready been introduced for merchant shipping,
ZERO HOUR CALM IN FRANCE
WHEN TIME LIMIT
WILL BE
SENDER'S RISK
Untli- further advice, tele- grams are 'accepted" from the public at sender's risk. Ürgent telegrams cannot be accept➡ ed for the British Empire.
י
Bitter Fighting At Tsengshing
'their defence
YUNGYUN. KWANGTUNG, Sept. 4 (Central)—Fighting along the Tsengshing-Tsungia sector is in- There was no intention to creasing in ferocity as the Japan- send them to France under ese have rushed two full regiment that age.
corps and heavy artillery to the
retaforce "We now have the men we front to require, except for a certain works there. class of tradesmen, and all
Chinese forces are engaging the men we can handle.
Japanese counter-attacks in three columns, at Fokhohu, Kunghoha. NATION'S MAN-POWER ⠀⠀
Taipingchong and Shenkong. The "Our intention is to ascend the Japanese ighting strength at this scale from 21 very considerably be-sector is said to Aumber over fore we contemplate placing an 10,000 men, with a large number obligation on those of 18.
of fighting planes which bombard- 'Let us hope "we shall geted the Chinese positions in relays through this war without calling during the last two days without on them at all.
***We wish to show the coun- try and the world that we are including within, our resources the whole man-power of the nation fit for active service."
LABOUR AMENDMENT
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1939.
FOREIGN MAILS
HONGKONG TUESDAY, 6th SEPTEMBER, 1839, 9,30 AM.
SUSPENSION OF ALL UP EMPIRE AIB MAIL
SKEVICE
1
As from 6.00 p.m. Monday, 4th September, the all up Empire air mall service is suspended for the time being.
First class mail for destinations served by Imperial Airways whether included in the all up scheme or not will be subjected to a surcharge of $1.00 per half ounce if sent by air, in addition to the present air mail rates. Letters may however be sent to such destinations by surface, transport as the following rates:-
(A)
(B)
To British Possessions:-
15 cents for the first aunce
10 cents for each succee ding ounce
10 cents per postcard
To Foreign Countries:-
25 cents for the Arst ounce
15 cents for each succeeding, ounce
15 cents per postcard
All letters intended for despatch by air must be so superscribed, and bear a blue, air mail label...
Parcel Post Service to Ohina is subject to a Customs Embargo on certain foreign goods, a list of which may be sem at O.P.O, & K.P.O.
In all cases parcels...can only be accepted for despatch as cir- cumstances, permit and at senders risk.
INWARD MAILS
From
Per
Due
Air Mail by "Imperial Airways
-Direct Service"-London date. Imperial 30th August, Shanghai and Amoy
Japan.
Shanghai. 'Straits.
Strults.
Air Mall by "Pan American Air-
ways Direct Service”—San Fran- Pan American cisco, data, 30th August.
interruption
The Chinese left wing scored a number of #ROCESSES with their mobile artillery, killing about 500 Japanese in several charges which broke through the Japanese sector at Chipu.
Air Mail by “Air France Direct Air France.... Mr. Hore-Belisha was replying to
Service"-Paris date, 30th August On the centre column, a Labour amendment increasing Chinese at Takumshan
the Canton. PARIS, SEPT. (REUTER the age limit from 18 to 20 and hein inflicting more than 400 casual-Shanghai and Swatow.
succeeded Shanghai and Amoy ZERO HOUR PASSED QUIETLY pointed out that in Poland boys of ties on the Japanese against little Shanghai. WITHOUT OUTWARD MANIFES-17 were liable for service. The loss to themselves. TATION THAT FRANCE WAS AT amendment was withdrawn. WAR.
EXPIRED
4
The Bill was subsequently passed The weekly rest day has been by the House of Lords and re abolished and A seven-day week celved the Royal Assent together established.
with the emergency bills.
All concerns are working for na- tional defence.
FRENCH ULTIMATUM
FIRST AIR
RAID ALARM
EXPLAINED
Straits.
5th Sept.
5th Sept..
Airways Flane Kingyuan
Kth Sept.
Arizona Maru.
Ajax
Eury bates.. Cremer....
5th Sept. 5th Sopt.- 5th Sept.
Airways Plane
Pline
ith Supt.
6th Sept.
Canton Mara......
8th Sept
Anbul.....
8th Sept
Kiangsu...
6th Sept.
Sheng Hwa.
Glenapp...
Tinegara..
8th Sept. 6th Sept. 6th Sept.... ath Sept.
Airways
date. Imperial
"Airways Plane
7th Sept.
Ninghai..
7th Sept.
Yunnan.....
7th Sept.
Yuznsang.. Philoctetes...... Nowshera....
7th Sept.
7th Sept.
and A... Japan
The Chinese right wing is en-Java and Manila gaging the Japanese in a bitter Shanghai. struggle to the northeast of Shen- Air Mail by "Imperial kong, where
mixed Japanese Direct Service"--London junit of infantry and cavalry 'was 2nd September.
severely punished,
*
CATTLE DISEASES
SERIOUS
Bangkok
Sandakan
Calcutta and Straits.....
Straita
Japan,"
Canada, U. 9,
Shanghai (Vancouver, B. C., date, 19th August).
M. Coulondre. the French Am- bassador in Berlin, had an inter- view with Herr von Ribbentrop. the Nazi Foreign Minister, in
If the Australian Cattle Research Berlin at noon yesterday and pre- LONDON, Sept. 4 (Reuter)-The Association's research into con- sented him with "an ultimatum
first air raid alarm was explained, tagious abortion similar to that presented by Sirin the following terms in an Air among cattle were to be carried Manila. Nevile Henderson, the British Ministry announcement:
out satisfactorily it was imperative Shanghai. Ambassador earlier.
M. Coulondre informed the
German Government, that if no reply, or a negative reply, was given by 5 p.m., "FraUKA would consider that she must abide by her obligations to Poland*
TIME: LIMTT
In London. Reuter's diplomatic correspondent learned that French
and mastitis Haiphong.
observed approaching the south Council make an annual grant of Straits
At 11.30 am an aeroplane was that the Australian Agricultural Japan and Shanghai. coast. As its identity could not be £4,000, sald the president of the Shanghai and Amoy. readily determined, an air raid association (Mr. H. D. B. Cox) re- Canton warning was given. It was shortly cently.
afterwards identified as a friendly Concern was expressed by the machine and the all clear signal association's Sydney was given.
executive
that apparently no consideration had been given to the great losses,
estimated at a minimum of £3,000,000 a
diplomatic circles stated that the BOGUS KUOMINTANG od styrered by the
CONGRESS
Manila.
Shanghai.
Stralis and Calcutta. Japan and Shanghal Shanghai
U. S. A., Fonolulu and Japan
(San Francisco date, 19th Aug.). U. 8. A. Honolulu, Japan and
· Shanghai (San Francisco date, 25th August).
Manila.
Tyndarens.
Emp. of Asia Canton....
Pres. Pierce.... Borhall. Hakuzaki Maru.... Hakusan Maru....... Tisadane........ Birogane MaTU....... Lexa Maersk Kalayo Maruk..... Tatna........... Kamakura Maru Tusima Maru...
Pres. Hayes......
Pres. Coolidge..... Granville....
OUTWARD MAILS
7th Sept.
7th Sept.
7th Sept... 8th Sept.
8th Sept.
8th Sept.
9th Sept.
10th Sept.
11th Sept
11th Sept.
11th Sept.
12th Sept.
18th Sept.
13th Sept:
14th Sept.
10th Sept. 15th Sept.
REGISTERED AND PARCEL MAILS are closed 15 minutes earlier than the time given below unless otherwise stated, and where malls ire advertised to close at or before 9 am, registered and parcel malls
mcloard, at 5 p.m. on the previous day.
French Government would con- sider itself in a state of war with
cause of these diseases.
A telegram has been sent to the Germany automatically on the ex- CHUNGKING, Sept. 4 (Central) Minister for Commerce (Senatur piry of the ultimatum handed by-Only over forty persons attended McLeay) by the association urging: the French Ambassador to the the so-called "Bizth National that the council make an annual German Government, and which Congress of Kuomintang Dele grant of £4,000 to supplement fixed a time limit ending at 5 pm gates" summoned by Wang Ching-the dairy industry's subsidy of (G.M.T.)
wel. the expelled Kuomintang £2,000, There would be no formal de-leader, in Shanghai on August 28, claration and consequently in the according to a Shanghai dispatch French" official view, France was basing on information from one Gen. Chan Chai-tong member of already at war with Germany. or the participants.
the Central Executive Committee PARIS COMMUNIQUE
The presidium was composed of and former Pacification A communique announced that nine
persons. They were Wang missioner for Kwangtung, left the French Ambassador told Herr Ching-wet, Chow Fu-hat, Ohu the Colony. To rungking or von Ribbentrop, the Nazi Foreign Min-yi, Yao Ching-tao, Fu Tung, the morning of Sept 2 by piane. Fort Bayard Minister, that as from 5 pm Ho Shih-chen, Yang Fu-an, Yang He was accompanied by several Shanghai and Japan.............. Naringa.. (B.S.T.), the French Government Kwel-yl, and Taiso Jut
others of the C. E.C would find itself obliged to full the obligations undertaken to Poland,
Viscount Gort British Army Chief
LONDON, Sept. 4 (Reater)—Gen, Viscount Gort has been appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Bri- tish Armies.
Gen. Sir Edmund Ironside, re-
· places Gen. Gort as Chief of the Imperial General Staff. H
Com-
AMERICAN MISSIONARIES IMPRESSED BY INDUSTRIAL
CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT
Recent witnesses of China's National resistance and the spread of the Chinese Industrial Co-operatives Movement, two young American Board (Congregationalist) missionaries from Northfield, Minnessto, have recently returned to the United States after completing a two-year term in teaching and travelling in the Northwest, according to the C. L C. Hongkong Promotion Commities.
The
men, John Caton and done in the places where I have Clifford Domke the latter escort-seen the Chinese Industrial Co-
For
Per
Date and Time
TUESDAY
Tue, 5th
wh* ****b- Wing Wah..
10.3 AM
10.30 AM
Straits, Ceylon, India, Mombasa Betra, Lourenco Marques, East and South Africa... Parcels only for Etraits, Penang, Ceylon, Aden, Egypt, Marseilles and London-due London, 11th October.
WEDNESDAY
Arizona Maru...
Ajax.
Air Mail for Indo-Ching only...dus | Air France
Hanol, 6th September. Haiphong.
Parcels only for Straits
Formosa
THURSDAY
Airmail for Manila, Guam, Hono- lula and U. §. A,, by the “Pan American - Airways. Direct Ber- vice"-dua Ban Francisco September.
Fort Bayard, Pakhot & Holhow Haiphong Amoy mosókonvendresá
Pisné.. Kwangtung. Anhui
WRECKED JAPANESEed the last panda from Hong-operatives at work than with any PLANE FOUND kong to St. Louis, Mo. were of the other things that are being CHUNGKING, Sept. 4 (Central) teaching: in the middle school of done to resist the invader. -The wreckage of a Japanese Carleton-in-China, Fenyang, Shan- Interviewed as Hongkong. Mr. plane has been found at Tung sister-school of their alma Domke was equally enthusiastic Saigon, Bangkok, Mauritius, Re Esingchang, a point in the north-mater, Carleton College North He was particularly impressed by the C. IC. hospital in Southern west suburbs of Chungking, and deid, Minnesota
Shenai which is supported by the move, the two Americans district's 270 societies, trekked west and south through Likewise he described a machine the dust and over the mountains shop that is turning out 200 light, guiding their 150 students to machine guns per week. When Air Mail for "Imperial, "Airways safety in northern Szechwan Pro- asked if the guns work well, he vince.
Barvice”--dua, London | Imperial,
is being transported to Chung When the school was forced *king.
The plane is believed to have been shot down during a dogfight on August, 28;
Cricket Tour Cancelled
By The M.C.C.
„Reuter & reports from London that the Marylebone C, CA nounces has the Indian cricket tour has been
ledi
NEW STANDARD
declared that they were quite besides, the work-
effecthemselves were setting
standards for industrial
2:30 PM
GPO KP.O
$,00 · PM ·
6th,
8.30 AM
2.00. P
2.30 PM
Reg.
OFL.
Noon 2,00 P 3:00 PM
Tham. Tih
Canton MarÜL.
10.30 AM KPO, V Rag. 6th 5.00 PM Urd.
18th Pan American Plane Kingyuan. Wing Bang. Tainan..
Reg. 6th 6.00 Ord. 7th 7.30 AM
unlon, Madagascar, Lourenco Marques, Fast and South Africa. Ruys.. Manila
Emp. of Asia.
3:30. PM
3.30 PM
K.P.O:
Reg
15,023
Ord
Reg
5.00 PM
Airways Plane.Ord.
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Beg
195.15,00-WM
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Hongkong
«Daily Press, Ltd, ut Marina House-third Road Central, Hongkong London Onte
Direct
14th September
and care of workers In Air Mail for Malaya, Java and Aus- that part of China.
Of great interest to the two shops teach was the work of the new Chinese Industrial
beratives efic
met leaders, visted and bought C.
ankets for souvenirs
Mr Caton and Mr. Domte spert Part of thecoming.
speaking on, China” to aces: ...... Canada; and ✅ the part of the United States