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I... Names & Addresses of

Secured Creditors, together with details of claims and nature of security, Names & Addresses of Un.) secured Creditors, together with details of claims.

3. For

verification purposes

HONG KONG ST. ANDREW'S

SOCIETY,

Scottish Concert Friday, 1st December, 1939, at 9.30 p.m.

in King's Theatre,

Bookings for

Members and their guests may now be made at the King's Theatre.

Proceeds in aid of British War Organisation Fund.

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HONG KONG ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY..

LAWN BOWLS

The Annual Lawn Bowls Match between members of St. George's and St. Andrew's Societies will be held on 9th December at 2.30 p.m. at the Kowloon Bowling Green Club.

All members desirous of play. ing in this Match are requested to communicate by 1st December with Mr. W. Macfarlane, Dairy Farm Ice and Cold Storage Co., Ltd. Causeway Bay.

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HONGKONG, NOVEMBER 27, 1939

INSIDE GERMANY

THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT

of the fact that in launch- ing his attack upon Poland and, generally, in choosing the path that led to war in Europe, Adolf Hitler, was prompted not only by what he considered the national

needs of Germany but also by the necessity of preserving his own hold upon that country.

WHEN THE ALLIES. an- nounced the overthrow of Hitlerism as one of their war

With

aims they were, of course, well aware of this fact. this expressed object they hoped not only to rally the hatred of Nazidom within England and France but also to enlist in the service of their 845 cause the opposition within

Germany herself.

THE KOWLOON MOTOR BUS COMPANY, (1933) LTD.

Notice of Removal,

As from 1st December, 1939, our general offices and garage will be removed to the new premises at No. 153, Castle Peak Road,

the names and addresses Kowloon, (near junction of Tal of Debtors, together with po & Castle Peak Roads).

details of amounts due.

4. Names and Addresses of Banks carrying on business with the above, together with details of any funds in their possession, Ex- change Contracts outstand. ing, or other information which may be of interest. 5. Names and Addresses of storage contractors, or other persons, retaining goods in their Ciodowns be longing to the above, to gether with details thereof. 6. Names and Addresses of Insurance or other Com. panies in which the above are depositors, policy hold.

ers or shareholders. All cargo stored in Godowns on account or to the order of the

above remaining unclaimed on 31st December, 1939, will be sold to meet storage and charges.

other

LINSTEAD & DAVIS, Chartered Accountants, Liquidators or Special Managers. Exchange Building, 27th November, § 1939. -

SANDAKAN LIGHT &

POWER Co., (1922). LTD.

By order of the Board,

LAM MING FAN,

Secretary,

November 23rd, "1939.

NOW THAT POLAND has collapsed and the belligerents stand face to face on only one front, it is pertinent to examine the only field, be- sides the field of battle, on which the Nazis may suffer a defeat-the political front in- What. op- side the Reich. position to Hitler is known to exist in Germany? How powerful is this opposition? trouble inside the country? What are the prospects of

EDITORIAL

Mr. G. B. S. Thomson, and his bride, formerly Miss K. P. Seth. after their marriage at the Hongkong Union Church on Friday

afternoon. The honeymoon is being spent in Manila.

Hello & Goodbye

(BY A. W. HYER!

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1939.

BOMBED

BRITISH

BRIDGES

Can Now Be Built Up Like Meccano

British engineers have evolved a new kind of emergency bridge by which vital communications can be rapidly restored tt enemy air- craft manages to damage or destroy bridges on the trunk roads of England, Scotland or Wales.

The bridges are constructed of galvanised steel. They have only nine standardised unit parts held together with hundreds of nuts and bolts on the principle made familiar by Meccano, the famous constructional

toy known to children all over the world.

Entire bridgespans up to 200 feet long and capable of bearing the heaviest road vehicles can be erected ten times as quickly as

This past week-end the majority of travel and transport the bridges they will replace. companies and their personnel have had the "rest for the weary," compared with last week's passenger and freight traffic when ** all hands" worked late hours.

One of the American steam- From Hanoi to Hongkong by air ers outbound from the United and on to Shanghai by the Dutch States did not call here on her steamer was Mr. T. de la Ferte journey from Japan to Mani-Senectere's itinerary." Business la, but will arrive in the takes this quiet Frenchman north- Colony very shortly on her re ward. turn voyage homeward,

Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Kelly bound Dutch steamer departed very early for Shanghal, were sleepy when the in the morning.

In the near future a British steamer will put into our harbour from Europe. It will be the first call in Hongkong for this particular transport which is bringing passen- gers, mail and freight from Atlan- tic and European ports. Imperial Airways

CAPTAIN J. DAVIES, supervising the R.M.A. Delphinus, went fly-

in to Bangkok from Kal Tak, on

Sunday at 7 a.m. Mail load for all Empire ports totalled 252 kilos.

Mr.

Bound for Bangkok was Kauffeld, and Mr. T. Trent, accom panied by his little daughter. Miss

P. Trent. were en route to Rangoon, The Inward Sunday service, R.M.A. Denebola, from Bangkok, under the command of Captain A B. Dykes: arrived at Kai Tak at 3.55

p.J.

SUCCESSFUL

CATHEDRAL

FAIR

Practically everyone enjoys n fair, especially when it incor- and amusement as did the "Olde porates all the trimmings of fun English Fair" held on Saturday afternoon under the auspices of St. dis-

John's Cathedral and the tinguished patronage of His Ex cellency the Governor.

Miss Audrey Ho as she appears. in the Chinese fan dance which she will present at the display to be given by the Violet Capell School of Dancing at the King's Theatre on Wednesday next at 5.30 p.m. Proceeds are in aid of the Diocesan Girls' Schoo] Build-

rebiet

SPECIALLY TRAINED Groups uf selected workmen employed by Arms of contractors. all over the country have beening Find, the British War Or- specially trained in the building ganisation Fund and Chinese war of these emergency bridges,

The country is divided into, eight Ministry

Transport districts each in charge of a divisional a road-bridge is reported in his engineer. Immediately damage to

district, the engineer calls up the nearest contractors who rush their trained men to the scene.

At strategic points Ir each

district are carefully hidden depots

where al steel parts and other

equipment necessary for making

new bridges or repairing damaged ones are lying in readiness for the emergency.

Bishop, 81, Is "Ready For Front"

At & Dr. Winnington-Ingram, former Bishop of London, is ready to go down the line again. just as he did in the last war.

AT THE MOMENT of Hit- ler's coming to power, the chief opposition parties, in the order of their voting strength and importance, were the! Communist Party, the Roman Catholic Centre and the So- 837 cial Democrats. All these groups suffered, in varying degrees, the punishment by gun, club and concentration camp which the Fuehrer meted out to those who stood in his way. The Centre, a ght coat and tennis shoes was the open at 3.30 p.m. The Dean, Very again under fire.

CHINA LIGHT AND ROWER COMPANY, LIMITED.

NOTICE.

THE TWENTY-FIRST OR DINARY YEARLY MEETING OF ShareholdERS will be held at the Head Office of the Company, St. George's Building, Chater Road, Victoria, Hong Kong, on FRIDAY, 22nd Decem. ber, 1939, at 12 q'clock (Noon), for the purpose of receiving a Statement of Accounts and the Report of the Directors for the financial year ended 30th Septem ber, 1939, and electing Directors and Auditors,

THE TRANSFERS BOOKS AND REGISTER OF SHARE HOLDERS will be closed from Friday, 1st December, 1939, to 850 Friday, 22nd December, 1939.

both days inclusive.

Notice is hereby given that the SEVENTEENTH ORDIN

·ARY YEARLY MEETING of

By Order of the Board of Directors,

JOHN V. BRAGA,

Acting Secretary. Hong Kong, 15th Nov. 1939.

Lady Northcote declared the Fair

In a sermer at Fulham Farish Church he said: "Lest it be said that we old men send the young offered to go to the war front men to die I may say that I have

ABUNDANCE

OF TALENT REVEALED

DANCE DISPLAY REHEARSAL

To judge by the abundance of talent revealed at the full dress rehearsal of the pupils of the Violet Capell School of Dancing given at the King's Theatre yes- terday morning. those attending the charity" performance being given on Wednesday are assured of a delightful entertainment of terpischorian art by a troupe of young and talented dance en-

thusiasta.

Men, women and children came Mail load from all Empire ports, and stayed to enjoy the various including the delayed Thursday in- entertainments including games of ward mall, amounted to 262 kilos. chance and skill, The many stalls, Mr. V. Hensen came from Bang-their wares displayed artistically

The performance at the King's Theatre on Wednesday is in aid of kok on a business call of several did a splendid business,

the British This tall

Wer Organisation weeks in Hongkong.

PEOPLE THANKED

Fund, the International Red Cross American representative of General

School Building Fund. It is being Society and the Diocesan Girls" Motors. attired in white ducks.

personification of "uncomfortable-Rev. T. L. Wilson, welcomed Lady

organised by Misses Stellä and religious organization with a ness": our winter weather yester-Northcote and the public and ex-

"But." he added sadly, "I do not Helen Ho, both of whom have strong trade-union following day was too much!

pressed thanks to the large number suppose that they will allow an oid been puplis of Miss Capell's for early gave up the political

Mr. H. Baien and Mr. D. S. Reddy, of people whose efforts made the man to go down the fine again.” many years and are.now instruct- The Social Demo- both from Bangkok, are passing Fair a success congratulating, in During the last war Dr. Ingraming in the latter's academy. struggle.

to particular Mr. Margett, Secretary,

went to France in 1915. At crats, too, lost a large part of through Hongkong

Following is the full programme their effectiveness, some of Japan.

the Women's Fellowship and Mr.

Armentieres several shells burst Peter Wilson whose gentus had pro- near him, but he was undismayed. well for the entertainment pro- for Wednesday's show, and speaks

vided the stalls and sideshows. He retired on September 1, tomised:-.

Mr. P. S. Cassidy, a Trustee of days before the outbreak of the the Cathedral also expressed appre- present war, after 38 years of ciation, for the workers behind the service, during which his popular- scenes of the Fair, and to Ladyty earned for him the title of Northcote for her kindness in de- of "most loved man in London."

their leaders capitulating to Hitler while others fied abroad. The group that con- tinued to fight, and the one which the Nazis continued throughout all these years mercilessly to suppress and to regard as their chief enemy, was the underground organi zation of the Communists. It was this organization that re- cognized the growing disillu- stonment with the regime which began to permeate all ranks of German society, and strove to organize an anti- Hitler movement embracing

all sections of German so- ciety, from workingmen to retired army officers, with the one atm of overthrowing the

Nazi rule.

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Dutch Line

route

THE BIG, WHITE Dutch motor- ship left our port for the North during the week-end.

"Returning home after a splendid visit of five months in the United

Clipper flight across the Pacific ance States and another delightful claring the Fair open and attend-

Ocean was flr. George Sellet, or The Band of the Royal Sects pro- shanghai. The doctor, well-known vided music during the afternoon. throughout the "Far East and ad- viser to China National Aviation Corporation, may have a few more lovely DC-3 planes in his pocket for

The Kwangsi Provincial Govern-

"WITH HIS PEOPLE"

Dr. Ingram has always been an

He had planned" a missionary tour to Canada, the United States: and the West Indies; but be postponed the trip on the outbreak of war, "to be among his people in the Chinese and American airline.ment has promulgated measures the present critical situation." Although he did not say so, reports for the migration of Chinese re- have it that the air company will fugees from Hongkong and Macao ardent advocate of the. Keep Fit shortly receive another new plane into the province. According to campaign. In spite of his age he still the measures, the refugees must plays golf-he won both his games enter the province through either

in a competition against the Press Lungstin or Watiam,

this summer and also fnda time required to register with the relief for squash rackets, lawn tennis, organisations concerned which will and fishing. provide them with accommoda- tion, work, and transportation facilities.(Central News)..

from America.

Mr. A. S. Henchman, official of the Hongkong & Shanghai Bank, was dashing, back to his office in

the North.

8-YRS.

They are

STOCK OF WHISKY

season's stocks,

An excellent crop of home-

WOMAN FUHRER

BEATEN

PART I

1-Dance of the Wooden Sol-' diers: --Misses A, Tsang J, Hall,. R. Yui, F. Ellis, Margot Ahwee, M. Brown, B. Choi. and Marion Ahwee.

2-Pos-de-Grace Miss E..

Wong.

יד

3-Chinese Fan Dance:--Miss A.

4.A Card Shuffle:Misses V. Bradbury, J. Bradbury, M. Sterling, 1. Ho.

5.-A Woodland Idy Girl:- Miss Chrissie Brown: Butterflies.... Misses B. Choa, M. Ahwee, R. Yul M. Ahwee, .C. Lo. J. Nisbet; Bun- nies-Misses S. Wood, P. Wong. I

Ahwee, P. Wood, T. Wong, L. Nis-- bet, E. Chan: Bata Misses V. Bradbury, A. Tsang, J. Bradbury, M. Shand, M, Sterling." A, Ho: Night-Miss H. Ho; Mist Maldens..... --Misses F.: Ellis, P. Lo, M. Ahwee, M. Brown, C. Lo, M, Ahwee, J. Hail. R. Yui: Sunbeam-Miss S. Ho; Birds-Misses 8. McIntyre. P. Wong, E, Chan, D, Keats, Y, Wong.. J. Nisbet, B. Keats: I. Ahwee.

PART II

6 Balloon Dance:-Misses V. Bradbury, A. Ho, M. Shand, J. Bradbury, D. Ho. E. Banker." M. Sterling, A, Tsang.

THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAR

the changed

entire alignment. The military and 827 business opposition to Hitler the Pact, calling for peace, which, while it had a certain and declaring that the des- Shareholders will be held at the BREACH OF DEFENCE and inarticulate, as well as

truction of Hitler would also amount of power, was cowed

mean the destruction of Ger- Head Office of the Company, Bank of East Asia Building,

REGULATIONS the relatively powerless in many unless it was the work; Hongkong, on Monday, 18th.

Two Russian priests, Brianga Democrats, began immediate selves.

tellectual liberals and Social of the German people them- December, 1939, at 12 o'clock desava, 22, and Dimlyry Uspensky, ly to receive Allied prompt-

Scottish whisky distillers are IT CAN BE SEEN, there starting the production of the new rested by the Gestapo for attack- Nineteen women have been ar noon, for the purpose of receiving 53, were each fined $5 by Mr. R.

A fore, that the changed situa- Edwards at the Central Court on ing and encouragement. a Statement of Accounts and the Saturday for breach of the De- section of it even identified it-tion in Europe caused re-whether they will ever be able to

not knowing ing Frau Anna Ziegler, the Nazi Report of Directors for the year fence Regulations.

self openly (the German Free-alignments in Germany which complete it.

women's leader, at a meeting at Nemscheld, in the Ruhr. eaded 30th June, 1939, and to

The two defendants were stated dom Party and its station) were both deep and decisive.

opposition transact the ordinary business of to have been in possession of post-with the drive for an Anglo- The

to Hitler grown barley for malt distiling is Scratched and had to be taken to Frau Ziegler was beaten and the Company.

cards and letters at the Tung On French victory. On the other which, before the war, was available, but distillers are expec- hospital. whart on Friday for the purpose hand, the Communists, while moving towards unity, has ting that food control commis

continuing to "issue calls for split into two camps. To this stoners may take over the stocks women of neglecting their duty Babies": -(Adapted from the book Bhe is said to have accused 8-A scene from "The Water the overthrow of Hitler, has extent it is weakened. While at any moment. tened to disassociate them- each of the camps is now Britain, however, need fear no the men at the front.

by not keeping up the morale of by Charles Kingsley); Tom-Miss

Isolde Ahwee; Mermaids--Misses: selves from the plans of Lon-stronger than before, much of shortage, Approximately 150,000.-

S. McIntyre, D. Keats, C. Brown; don and Paris, stating that their work is now at cross- 000 gallons of whisky are in bond 11-not be knifed in the back! Oyster-Mas M. Brown; Water these led to a new Versailles. purposes.

in Scotland, a supply sufficient to again. He will apply the laws of Misses F. Wood, J. Nisbet, P... Fairy-Miss B. Chios; Water Bables. an inquiry into * The opposition to Hitler thus THE FURTHER DEVELOP-meet the present home consump war equally to women, as well as scene which decurred in the pets split into two camps-one dis- MENT of the internal situation of the liquor for eight years. to men, to stamp out this slacken at Wembley Speedway on August

The shortage of whisky, which ing attitude." 17, the Speedway Control Board approving of the Soviet-Ger- tion in the Reich will, of cautioned Arthur Atkinson (West man Non-Aggression Pact and course, depend upon the has occurred in some parts of Eng-

The angry audience shouted Ham and ordered him to pay identifying itself, to a greater course of the hostilities in the land, is only temporary, and due that they were without husbands George Wilks (Wembley) the sum or less extent with the Allies, military, economic and diplo-to the abnormal rush to purchase and food, and stormed the plat-

and, the other approving of matic spheres.

The Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from Wednesday, 13th - Dec.," 1939, until Monday, 18th Dec., 1939, both days inclusive.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

SHEWAN TOMES & CO., LTD.," General Managers.

of sending them out of the Colony

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