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LONGKONG/SOUTH AFRICA FREIGHT CONFERENCE.
NOTICE is hereby given that, effective 1st October, 1939, all
rates of freight from Hongkong to Mauritius, Reunion, Madagas car ports, Seychelles, and East and South African ports will be Increased by 25% and that book. ings may only be made for ship ment within 28 days.
BANK LINE LTD. OSAKA SYOSEN KAISYA.
HONGKONG/SOUTH AMERICAN PORTS
FREIGHT.
694
NOTICE is hereby given that, effective ist October, 1939, all rates of freight from Hongkong to Rio-de-Janeiro, Santos, Monte video, Buenos Aires and South American ports will be increased
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PUBLIC AUCTION
PARTICULARS AND CON.
DITIONS of the Sale by Public Anction to the held on Monday, the 18th day of Sept., 1939, at 3 P., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of Lot of Crown Land at
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NOTICE.
CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST
EXAMINATION.
It is proposed shortly to com. mence au evening class for those matriculated students wishing to enter for Part 1 of the Chemist and Druggist Examination, under the Pharmacy and Poisons Ordi
To Kwa Wan, in the Colony of nance, No. 8 of 1937, provided a Hong Kong for 1 term of sufficient number enrolls." 75 years, with the option of
Intending students should send renewal at a Crown Rent to be their applications to the Apothe fixed by the Surveyor of His Macary, Medical Department, as jesty the KING, for one further
early as possible. term of 75 years.
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HONGKONG, SEPTEMBER 13, 1939
APPEAL TRIBUNAL
HEARING
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1939. FIELD MARSHAL VON GOERING ANSWERED: BANKRUPTCY OF GERMAN POLICY REVEALED
LONDON, Sept. 12 (Reuter)The Ministry of In- formation on Monday issued a communique on Field- Marshal von Goering's speech to the German munition workers.
"It is considered in official circles," says the com- munique, “that Field-Marshal von Goering's speech revealed the bankruptcy of German policy. Herr Hit- ler had made many promises to foreign countries, but none of them had been kept.
Two appeals against decisions of the Compulsory Service Tribunal were heard by the Appeal", "Tri- bunal which met in the Supreme Court 'yesterday morning. The Appeal Tribunal comprised the Chief Justice. Bir Atholl Mac- Gregor, President, Brigadier A. B. Thomson and the Hon. Mr. S. H.
"It is therefore not sur- alleges, nor the collapse of Ger- PEOPLES AT WAR Dodwell.
prising that no confidence is many, but just an enduring peace Mr. George She, barrister-at-felt in any 'assurance he may with any honourable German APPEARS THAT the war law, who was posted to the Com- give and Great Britain is, Government. r
in Europe will be a long batant Group, appealed on the therefore, justified in requir-
"Regarding the economic one. This means that the ground that he Was A Chinese. ing that peace should be con-
situation. Field-Marshal decisive factor in its final He said he had registered himself cluded with a German Gov-
Goering's speech could have outcome will be not the strik-by mistake in the British sect on ernment whose word may be
brought litle comfort to his listeners, who ing power that either of the his name in the Chinese register.
had already been reduced to mengra rations. sides can muster at the pre-
He explained his position subse-
before the war broke out. 年 "What is to be said of a Govern-
whereas he should have entered
Intending bidders are advised | (sd) P. S. SELWYN CLARKE, sent moment, but the relation quently to the Proper Authority,
that immediately after the dis. posal of the lot the Purchaser (if not the applicant), will be required to deposit with ап authorised officer who will be present at the sale, the sum of two hundred dollars, ($200) In cash. This sum will be refunded on payment of the Purchase price.
by 25% and that booking may PARTICULARS OF THE LOT only be made for shipment within 28 days.
OSAKA, SYOSEN KAISYA.
ALIEN ENEMIES :
(WINDING UP)
ORDINANCE 1914.
Bobler Bros. & Co., Ltd.
Bornemann & Co.'
Defag
Irxmayer & Co.
Kunst & Albers
695
K. D. Petroleum Co. of China
Mee Yeh Handels.Compagnie Manntsmano
[No. of Sate.].
Kowloon Inland
Lot No. 4172
Registry No.
Inland Lot No. 1600, Locality. Cheung Ning Street,
Adjoining Kowloon
To Kwa Wan
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Boandury
Measure-
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ft. ft. ftdre!
As per
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13,163
Juare feet. [ Contauta
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Rental,
Upset Price!
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PUBLIC AUCTION. PARTICULARS AND CON. DITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to the held on Monday,
Schneller Bleckmann Steel the 18th day of Sept., 1939, at 3.
Works Ltd.
Studt & Co. L.. Werner.
The following Information is requested concerning the above mentioned Companies, and should be forwarded with as little delay as possible to the undersigned:-
(1) Names and addresses of Secured Creditors, together with detalls of claims and nature of security.
p.m., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of one Lot of Crown Land at. Ma Tau Chung, in the Colony of Hong Kong for A term renewal at a Crown Rent to be of 75 years, with the option of
fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the KING, for one fur- ther term of 75 years.
Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the dis. (2) Names and addresses of pasal of the lot the Purchaser
Unsecured Creditors, gether, with details' claims.
to.
of
If not the applicant), will be required to deposit with an Authorised officer who will be present at the sale, the sum of (3) For verification purposes two hundred dollars, ($200) in the names and addresses of cash. This sum will be refunded Debtors, together with de on payment of the Purchase talls of amounts due.
price.
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(4) Names and addresses of PARTICULARS OF THE LOT
Banks carrying on business
with the above companies, together with details of any funds remaining in their pess:ssion, exchange con tracts outstanding, or other information which may be of interest.
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(5) Names and addresses of
any storage contractors, or other
persons retaining
goods in their Godowns be longing to the above, to gether with details thereof.. LINSTEAD & DAVIS,
Chartered Accountants,
Liquidators. Exchange Building.
11th September, 1939.
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HỒNG KÔNG JAPAN FREIGHT CONFERENCE.
Shippers are advised that as from the 1st October, 1939, the rates of freight from Hong Kong to Japan Ports will be increased ↓ by 20%.
JARDINE MATHESON & CO., LTD. Secretary.
HK-Japan Freight Conference. Hong Kong, 11th Sept. 1939.
689
Kowloon Inland Lot
73.
Registry No.
Tdentity..
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Between Kowloon in 2550, Tam Kung Roid,
innd Lots Nos. 3644 &
Ma_Tau Chung,
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693.
THE HONG KONG HOCKEY CLUB.
NOTICE OF MEETING. The Annual Meeting of Mem bers will be held, in the Office of the West Coast Lile Insurance Company, Holland House. on Wednesday, September 13th, 1939, at 5.30 p.m.
BUSINESS. (1) To receive the Report and Accounts for the Season 1938 1939.
(2) To elect Officers for the ensuing year and other General Business
H. F. SHIELDS,
Hon. Secretary.
686
Director of Medical Services. Hong Kong, 11th Sept. 1939.
NEW YORK FREIGHT BUREAU. TRANS PACIFIC FREIGHT BUREAU. HONG KONG,
Notice to Shippers.
690
one
or
said Mr. She, but was told that he had better attend the Tribunal, Remarking that he had known Mr. She ever since he came to the Colony, the President directed that he be exempted.
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As from the 11th September. men, armed and equipped, in Canton did not improve it was
the following Conference rates and conditions of shipment will apply on cargo to U.S. Atlantic ports
1.
1.
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Effective immediately all rates increased by 50 per cent. Twenty-eight days' notice will be given' of any further change. Under the conditions of Clause 8 of the Contract with Shippers, the second part of Clause 3 reading "Three months' notice will be given of any alteration in rates with the exception of the rates on firecrackers, joss sucks and punk on which 6 months' notice will be given."—is hereby suspended indefinitely,
3. All forward hookings are cancelled. Cargo previous. ly booked for shipment during September may be rebooked at old rates but "space is not guaranteed. 4. Forward Booking Rules
Carge may be hooked only for vessels loading within twenty eight days of book. ing.
5. All freight must be pre paid in U.S. currency by demand draft on an ap proved bank.
W. F. C. HARRIS, Secretary,
New York Freight Bureau. W. F. ARNDT, Secretary.
Trans-Pacific Freight Bureau. Hong Kong, 11th Sept. 1939.
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG
kong.
remain la Hong-
of their total resources and their ability to quickly utilise these resources for the pur- poses of the war.
OBVIOUSLY, the entire question cannot be consider-
CAME FROM CANTON ed, nor can, even a superficial
The second appeal was brought comparison; be drawn within by Mr. E. H. Baker, who said that the space of
two he came to Hongkong from Can- newspaper columns. We will ton in October last on account of therefore deal with only one the trouble in Kwangtung. He of these resources, and that intended to return to Canton as one the most obvious-avail- soon as conditions improved. able man power. How many
In answer to Brigadier Thom- son, Mr. Baker said if conditions each can
of the warring his intention to powers throw into the field?
GERMANY to-day has a j Mr. Baker said he had no objec- population of 88,000,000: Of tion when assured that he could this number, however, 7,500,- leave the 000 are Czechs and 2,000,000 reasons.
Another 7,000,000 The appeal was, therefore, da- were, until 1938, not Germans mised. but Austrians. Moreover, at the last free elections held in Germany, in November 1932, 18,000,000 people" voted against Hitler and 6,000,000 of them voted Communist: Since the present war manifestly not a war of the German people but purely may be inferred that a large and simply a Nazi war-it proportion of these, too, are not interested in fighting for the Brown.regime.
Slovaks.
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service for business
BIG DECREASE
trusted...
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** GERMANS MISLED "But the Naal Government has also misled the German people ment which frivolously embarks on" whom it had promised peace with an unnecessary war in economic honour. They have not got peace, conditions of gravity, of which Decause the German Government even Field-Marshal von Goering's has deliberately pursued a policy optimism does not venture to con of violence which had made war ceal from his audience, which is Inevitable. They have not got only too well aware of the facts." honour, because the world re- cognizes the crudity and violence
of
charges against Poland.
the German Government's WOMÄN KILLED
IN WANCHAI ROBBERY
**Sickening Technique,' as the Prime Minister called" it. has become all too familiar and there is no country in Europe which does not regard the "present German Govern- ment as pursuing a policy which is a menace to security and independence of all.
Robbers who entered a Wanchai fiat shortly before midnight on Monday strangled to death woman named Tang Kwan, widow of 32 years of age.
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Tang. her mother-in-law, and three children were bound and gagged by the robbers who com- pletely ransacked the sat at No. 82, Jaffe Road, making away with jewellery to a total value of about $300.
"Britain is fighting for the.. return of decency in Inter- national relations. Until this is achieved, no country is safe.. TALE OFTEN TOLD "The Nazi Government may say that it has no claims in the West, but the tale of limited German "The mother-in-law was the first territorial ambitions has been told to break free from her bonds
IN NUMBER OF too often to inspire the slightest She immediately ran to a police
REFUGEES
A big decrease of 2,447 In the number of refugees and destitutes accommodated in the Colony" in and Rural areas is shown for the Government camp, etc., in Urban week-ending, Sept. 9.
Urban Areas (Civilians). 4.King's Park-1,354 against 1,348 on Sept. 2.
confidence. Britain does not de- station. When police arrived on sire another Versailles as Field, the scene of the robbery they Marshal "von Goering falsely found Tang already dead.
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RUMOURED STRIFE CORRESPONDENCE
MACAO OPIUM FRANCHISE
..
Continued from Page 1
Director of Ambulance for the last Over 20 years ago, and has been
Ma Tau Chang-1,109 against
ten years, decided in May last to resign from his office, and accord- 1.156 on Sept. 2.
(TO the Editor, "Hongkong North Point--1,468 against 1,472 the headquarters of the. Associa- ingly despatched his decision to
Daily Press) on Sept. 2.
Si-The Acting Consul for For- tion in London, Urban Areas (Soldiers):
tugal, in answer to your news item In Hospital-3, against 3 on
His letter was duly acknowled-about the impending termination ged and the question" of his re- of the Macao-oplum franchise, says Sept. 3.
signation was to have been placed that it is a well-known fact that Ma Tau Chung-760, against 759 before the executive in London at such franchise cannot be renewed": on Sept. 2. Rural Areas:
their next meeting in November, under the Convention of the Les- In the meantime about a month gue of Nations. I may be misin- ago, His Excellency the Governor, formed, but this is the first time: "sident of the local branch of the Macao oplum sales.
Sir Geoffry Northcote, as Pre- I have read of a League ban on
Ham Tin-1838, against 4,024 on Sept. 2
WE THUS SEE THAT it is not by any means the entire population of Germany that the Nazis can trust with arms. question of trained reserves, WHEN WE COME to the
the German position is even less favourable. Before 1935, the country's only armed force "was the Reichswehr, a standing army based on long- term recruitment and nut- bering only 100,000. It is true that these men were so well trained that they could immediately be promoted to non-commissioned and even! commissioned rank in fleld. But modern, mechan"
B. F. R. D. C. ized, war cannot be waged for a long period without literally
Amongst various appeals to the millions of men who have British Fand for the Relief of Dis- undergone years of military tress in China recently received, instruction. How many such the Board of Administrators has men has the Third Reich? sanctioned grants to the follow- Since the beginning of con- ing-
to
the
German sources, only
San Uk Ling-112, against 304 on Sept. 2.
Gills Cutting-738; against on Sept. 2.
Total 1,382, against 9,829 Sept. 2.
763
on
commitee. about a month ago, composition by Dr. Victor Hoo, the Ch Brigade, appointed an executive
I recall a reference to Macao's posed of Bir Atholl McGregor nese delegate, at Geneva, but can- (Chief Justice) Hon. P. & Selwynot find anywhere a report of de- Clarke, Director of Medical Ser-anite action taken under the aegis vices, Wing Commander A. H. 8. or the League to curtall the oplum. Steele-Perkins, A. R. P. Director, traffic at Macao.
Mr. Ho Kom Tong, Col. J T. Bim son, Mr. E. M. Raymond. Mr. Ip says: "To restrict consumption of The latest China Year Book Kwal-chung and Mr. Morris.
RESPONSIBLE TO LONDON It is interesting however to
oplum is one of the salient features. of the sacrifice that is made at Macao, which the Government is arranging to offset by increases. under assessment, wines and to- baccos and commercial taxes.” The actual revenue from
the
The Foreign Auxiliary to the note, in this connexion, that, scription in 1935, according National Red Cross Society of according to the constitution of China, for initial capital expendile, Mr. Morris-is solely respon
the Association, the local Director: :685 1,500,000 youths have done ture for buildings in connectionsible to the London executive of/@plum monopoly cannot be found.
their two-year service in the with the Orthopaedic Hospital, army.
PROBATE JURISDICTION
IN THE GOODS of Charles Harold Brangwin of Swatow China, deceased.
NOTICE
N.C.$18,000.
cordingly.
31.4
been rendered even more so by
The situation thus created is admittedly confusing, and has
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AR.P. EXAMINATION RESULTS
the appointment of Dr. J. EL The Director of Air Raid Precau- Dovey, Supervisor and Training tions announces the following re- mcer of the Medical Defence sult of an examination held at St. Scheme, to use the Association's Paul's College for Air Raid Warden headquarters as an office ap- Instructors and Air Raid Wardens.
ing the work of the Association Lecturer.
in any handbook available, but it the Association. FRANCE has a population" The Walchow Committee, for re-
What has made the situation interesting to see that Macao of 41,000,000,
nationally llef work in that area. HK$10,000 that this committee is reported to Licences, and monopolies."
even more complex, is the fact budgeted in 1937 for revenue of less than $2,751,000 from. homogeneous and united The Canton. International. Red against Nazi aggression. She Cross Committee, for the Fong Pin that his resignation, which he have indirectly notified Mr. Morris has 5,000,000 reserves
INQUIRER. who Hospital in Canton, H.K.$5,000,
Hongkong, Sept. 12. have undergone full military
The Canton International Red-
sent to London, had been accepted by them. weaker than Germany, but amounts have been forwarded ac- training. Industrially she is Cross Service Corps, B.K$28,000.
Cheques for the respective her huge gold reserves and the fact that she has behind her the wealth and produc- IS HEREBY tive capacity of the British lines, the Allies are in every GIVEN that the Court has by
Empire makeup for this. way her match even if we ENGLAND, with a popula- assume that Poland, with bates. Ordinance 1897, made an with 32,000,000 bring the will never be able to make in Order limiting the time for European population re- more than partial use of her creditors and others to send in sources of the Allies (leaving resources.
Air Raid Warden Instructors: their claims against the above aside, for
DUAL ADMINISTRATION Tong Bik Ming, Leung Hee Ling. estate to the 29th day of Sept., the part
moment,
This has placed the Association Lau Yau Chi, Ip Yat Bing, Taing POPULATION IS NOT, in the peoples of Itself, an index of strength dual administration and it is Sing, Teang Chul Yan, Benson in the position of being under a Yan Kit, Ng Yee Chang, Ip Tat 1939.
the Empire will play both in But considering that the interesting to know to whom Mr. Wong, Tam Chun Ching, Li Man, to the fronts and throwing inferior to Germany in pro-whether to the advisory committee Teot Li Kwai Hing, Pang Wel sending expeditionary forces Allies are fointly in no way Marris is now responsible, Sa-Shun, Lat Do Man Tang Man labour power behind produc-ductive power, that their in Hongkong or to the head office Chee, Chak Kwong Kut, Miss Man tion for war) to a total of trade routes are open, that in London Yuek King, Ho Ram Tu 111,000,000. England has at they are united in their con-To add to the already confused Air Bald. Wardens: Chan Tak least 1,000,000 and Poland at viction that the struggle is a situation, it is learned that the Kwong Wan Kam Fan least 3,000,000 fully trained just one, and that they have bank and file of the Brigade in Keng Thang Hat Sheerl reserves. The total strength the support and sympathy Hongkong petitioned the head-Chee Lai Ying wing, they can deploy during the of hundreds of millions of quarters in London, a week ago, Nin, Ng Kim Hu firat period of the war there- neutrals, the conclusion that both by cable and by letter, re- Men Ying Ho Kwor fore comes to 9,000,000 men. emerges
questing that Mr. Morris resigna- Kwong, Miss Nora from the above on should not be accepted. Lau Shuk Yue, It is doubtful if Germany can figures that the Immediately muster more overwhelmingly against the Morris, has himself cabled a with- Mo Tai Kwoon
It is also understood that Mr. Leung Moon,
can be drawal of his resignation, and Wong Hang Fo and replies to these cables are being Ping. Miss Ho
awaited from London.
Kwong Dal To
virtue of Section 58 of the Protion of 48,000,000 and Poland, part of her territory occupied: / Darently for the purpose of direct Mr. Chak Tai Kwong was the
All Creditors and others are accordingly hereby required to send the claims to the under "signed on or before that date.
Dated the 5th day of Sept., 1939.
JOHNSON, STOKES & MASTER, Solicitors for the Executor, Hong Kong & Shanghal Bank Building,
Hong Kong.
the
than half this number while hordes
In untrained reserves, which accepted 672 will ultimately also enter the Indisputable.
odds
are.
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