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NOTICE.
To avoid any unflattering confusion
·ANTA-M-IXL SELECTION
TRUST, LIMITED.
NOTICE 18 hereby given
or misunderstanding that the SECOND ORDINARY
it is hereby notified that the firm of
RAOUL BIGAZZI dealing in marbles, bronzes and other artistic works is entirely a British Concern as the sole owner is Raou! Bigazzi, a British subject.
G.
Raoul Bigazzi.
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·PUBLIC AUCTION....
PARTICULARS AND CON DITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Monday, the 17th day of June, 1940, at 3 p.m., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor ol one Lot of Crown Land at To Kwa Wan, in the Colony term of Hong Kong for a of 75 years, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the KING, for one fur the term of 75 years.
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YEARLY MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the registered offices of the Company, 6 Des Voeux Road Victoria, Hongkong, Central,
on Saturday, 29th June, 1940 at 12 a'clock noon" for the purpose of receiving a Statement of Ac. counts and the Report of the Directors for the year ended 31st December, 1939 and to transact the ordinary business of the Company.
THE TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be closed from Friday, 14th June, 1940 to Saturday, 29th June, 1940 both days inclusive.
By Order of the
Board of Directors," G. F. WALKER, Acting Secretary." Hongkong, 12th Jane, 1940
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ON HIS MAJESTY'S SERVICE,
Caulkers
and
for
.. BIRTH
To Antonia, wife of Mr. Jack Hut- ton Potts, at the War Memo- rial Hospital, twins, a son and a daughter," on the 11th and 12th June, 1940.
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HONGKONG, JUNE 13, 1940.
HIS MAJESTY
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THE KING
EDITORIAL
Photograph taken after the wedding of Mr. W. Batcherby and Miss G. L. Barber-(King's Studio).
NEWSETTES
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Mr. A. H. Gordon, Wheelock and| The marriage took place at the Co. Ltd., Shanghal, left the Colony Holy Trinity Cathedral, Shanghal, for the north yesterday.
on June 8. of Mr. H. Garner, of the China Printing and Finishing Mr. E J. Clark, of the Chinese Co., Ltd., and Miss Helen Clark, Customs, Shanghai, was a passen-who recently arrived in Shanghai ger from Hongkong for the south-from England, yesterday.
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The twentieth anniversary 'com-
Mr. J. Peters, of the Royal Dutch memoration of the founding of the Air Lines, Singapore, who was in Young Women's Christian Associa- recently with Mrs. tion will be held on Wednesday Hongkong Peters, left the Colony, yesterday next. Jurie 19. at the Association for the South.
Bonham Building 30C, Hongkong.
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THE PEOPLES of Britain and her Empire will to- day officially observe "His the Majesty King George Sixth's forty-fifth birthday. By His Majesty's expressed command, the occasion will not be celebrated as previous- ly with the usual lavish cere-
mark monies which
the birthday of a British sover- eign, but the thoughts of all his loyal subjects will be with His Majesty today. From all Tenders are invited for the parts of the wide Empire messages of devotion to the supply" of
Throne and
in faith
his leadership will spring spon- Intending bidders are advised caulking work.
Forms of tender can be obtain. taneously, with prayers for that Immediately after the dis posal of the lot the Purchaser ed at the Office of the Chief the successful outcome from
"A dance recital by Miss Allien (If not the applicant), will be Constructor, H.M. Dockyard, the present grave times with
Tai will be given on July 5, at the Government is
Rose Room, Peninsula rotel in required to deposit with an Hongkong, and should be com
ald of the Kwelyang Red Cross authorised officer who will be
a speedy and lasting peace.
Training School. Miss Tai will be present at the sale, the sum et pleted and returned as indicated faced and heartfelt hopes for
The Executive Yuan on Tuesday supported by The occasion today will be in
string orchestra two handred dollars, ($200) in in Tender Form not later than
marked contrast to the .cele-appointed Mr. Li Chun, Chinese. cash. This sam will be refunded 21st June, 1940.
brations which marked His Minister to Peru, as special envoy under the direction of Mr, J. R. M. on payment of the Purchase
Majesty's birthday last year. to attend the inaugural ceremony
of the new President of Ecuador. The official observance was on June 8 and it was on that day that His Majesty and Queen Elizabeth crossed the border from the Dominion of Canada
the and grasped. hand of the President of the United States, thus sealing
price.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT
Locality.
Lot No. 4270, - Adjoining Kowloon | Inland Lot No. 3324, Ha Haung Road,
To Kwa Wan.
Registry No. | No. of Bale. {
kawloon Inland
Boundary
Measure
ments.
As per
sale plan.
About
Contents in
1,421) 3.720
Square fee
68
2,790
Annual
Rental Upset Price.
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PUBLIC AUCTION.
PARTICULARS AND CON.
DITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Monday, the 17th day of June, 1948, at 3 p.in, at the Offices of the Public
Q.
G. McCAMMON,"
Chief Constructor.
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PUBLIC AUCTION.
PARTICULARS AND CON. DITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Monday, the 17th day of June, 1940, 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 Cheung Sha Wan, in the Colony of Hong Kong for a term of 75 years, commencing" from 1st July, 1898. with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the KING, tor one further term of 24 years less the last three days thereof.
which his
MISS RG. C. Patrick, of the Em.
ployers Liability Assurance Cur poration, Shanghat, who was the Colony, left for the north yes terday.
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Mr. M. T. Stewart, former assis-, A concert organised by the staff tant Canadian Government Trade
of St. Stephen's Girls' College, in ald of the British War Organisa- tion Fund will be held in the Great Hall of the College on Satur- day at 8 pm.
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THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1940.
Wilful Murder Charge Against Joseph ᏞᎥ
Sequel To Attempted
City Hold-Up
The sensational attempted robbery in Messrs. Sennet. Freres about 5' p.m. on March 2, just before the closing of business hours, when Mr. Jean Dubois, manager of the establishment, was fatally wounded had a sequel at Cep- tral Court yesterday when a young Chinese was charged before Mr. R. Edwards with wilful murder.
Defendant, named Li Hung-fui, allas Yuk-shak, alias Joseph L1, who is only, 20 years of age, had only been discharged from the Queen Mary Hospital recently where he had been under going treatment for a gun-shot wound in his left hand sustained during the shooting.
Mr. J. Reynolds, Crown Counsel, was in charge of the prosecution, assisted by Detective-Inspector J. O'Donovan.
He+ About 5 pm. on the day in was attracted by the noise. question, Mr. Dubois was sit-went into the shop and disarmed ting at his desk at the rear the defendant.
A few minutes later Sergeant- of the premises, talking with Mr. P. W. Calderara, a busi- Clark entered the shop and blew his police whistle. The defendant- ness associate.
was then searched and the three (TAKE in LI HUNG-FUT) ——
rings were found in his posses→ Mr. Ng, an assistant was seated sion. The defendant was also behind a show case on the left wounded in the palm of the left. side of the shop, and Mr. Chan, hand. another clerk, was in the front SUCCUMBED TO INJURIES left hand portion of collecting rings from window.
the shop. the show
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The ambulance was summoned and Mr. Dubols and the defendant were taken to the Queen Mary "HANDS UP" ORDER Hospital.
The next day
Mr. Dubols Shortly after 5 pm...the defen- dant entered the shop, holding an succumbed to his injuries while automatic pistol in his right hand, the defendant was discharged from and called to Mr. Chan, to put up the hospital on March 27 and was his bands,
charged with murder. Mr. Chan dropped the card- Sergt. Moran, Police board box into which he was col-grapher, gave formal evidence of of the lecting the jewellery, and shouted making" macrographs "robber.". He ran towards the bullets which were recovered from rear of the shop. Mr. Ng rose to the body of Mr. Dubois and two- his feet and the defendant fred red from the same pistol. two shots in the direction of the two assistants.
MANAGER WOUNDED
Photo-
Sergt. "G. J. Perkins, police armourer, testified that the two Mr. Dubois and Mr. Calderara, bullets which were frea from the on seeing what was happening, defendant's pistol were the same left their seats and began to move as the one that killed the deceased. towards. the defendant.
Medical evidence was also given by The defendant, in the meantime, Dr. G. A, V. Gräths who attend- turned towards the show window ed to Mr. Dubois, and snatched three rings and put! BLOOD TRANSFUSION them into his jacket pocket.
On admission Mr. Dubois was in. Mr. Ng went forward and grabbed an extremely collapsed state. He Commissioner in Shanghai, who him from behind by the arm and was suffering from a wound in the was transferred to Tokyo last year. swung him round in a semi-circle front of the abdomen. Blood trans- has returned to Shanghal to take towards the centre of the shop.
fusion failed to rally the deceased sufficiently strong to permit of charge during the forthcoming ab. isence on leave of Major V. E.
At this stage the defendant any operation and he died on the Duclos. Canadian Government a life-long pact of friendship
The party, headed by Mr. Chen Trade Commissioner in Shanghai. attempted to shoot Mr. Ng. The moming of the next day.
Corroboratiye evidence was also millet went through the show between the peoples of Li-Io. Minister of Education, on an
window facing the south arcade given by Mr. PW. Calderara. He America and the subjects of inspection tour to study adminis
Miss Mal Bacon, who recently of the Gloucester Building and hit told of the struggle with the de-. his. Empire. That was a histrative conditions in the Northwest returned to England from three the wall of the Colonial Dispen- fendant in an endeavour to disarmt him and when the shooting was toric occasion and, in the provinces of Shenist. Kansu., Tsing-months.in France, where she has sary.
got up and saw Mr. By then Mr. Calderara reached over, be Present critical times through hat and Ninghsia, left Chungking been entertaining the troops, is which the Empire is passing for Sian on June 5.
the daughter of a Leeds photogra- the defendant and was also grasp Dubois lying on the ground just. shoulder to shoulder with its
pher. In private life she is Mrs.ing the defendant by the arm. opposite the entrance.
Formal evidence was also given The United States will represent Calvert. Her husband was killed several shots were fired and one French and British interests in in the last war, and her son was struck Mr. Dubols, fatally injuring by Mr. Berreux, nephew "of the Italy. An accord is expected by killed in the early days of this him. Mr. Dubois fell to the ground deceased who identified the body at the mortuary and Sergt. Allen just inside the door. which the United States will offer war, to protect French and British in-
During the "struggle, "the defen- who took, charge of the expended terests in all countries occupied by The wedding took place on June dant and the men in the shop bullets which were handed to hipr countries hostile to the Allies, says 8 at Holy Trinity Cathedral, fell to the ground. The defendant by Dr. Grifath, and the manager
of Messrs. Ulmaon. Shanghal, of Mr. Arvon Trevor fired several shots at random,
Hearing was adjourned to Friday Thomas, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Mr. Drewery, of the Prison De- 3. A Trevor Thomas of Peltalhopartment, who was in the street, afternoon.
Shangbal, and and formerly of ter- the people of all communi-Miss Helen Harran Gilmour, third ties, who have for so many daughter of Mrs. A. Gilmour of decades enjoyed the benefits Shanghal and the late Mr. & Gil- CORRESPONDENCE $50 MILLION FOR
gallant French ally, there will be many to whom the deep and sincere meaning of that meeting will now become clearer.
FROM THE VERY MO- MENT that Great Britain was forced to take up arms, together with France, to stem the tide of Totalitarian
was aggression which
rorising the peaceful state of Europe, the American people, fully conscious of the strong tle that binds these two Eng- ish speaking democracies of the world, have not been slow
Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the dis. posal of the lot the Purchaser (if not the applicant) will be deposit with an required to
to show that their Works Department, by Order of authorised officer who will be His Excellency the Governor of
present at the sale, the sum of Lut of Crown Land at
two hundred dollars, ($200) l Repulse Bay, in the Colony
cash. This sum will be refunded of Hong Kong for a term of 75 years, with the option of on payment of the Purchase price.
one
renewal at a Crown Rent to be
term of 75 years.
Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the dis- posal of the lot the Purchaser (if not the applicant), will be required to deposit with an 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
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RED CROSS WASHINGTON, June 12 (Reuter -President Roosevelt has drafted. a letter asking Congress to appro- priate $50,000,000 for the Red Cross for the relief of refugees in Europe.""
and advantages of British mour. Dean A. G. 8. Trivett offi- rule, will sincerely associate clated. themselves with the thoughts and expressions of loyalty
The centenary of the death of entire which will be conveyed to His venerable Father Champagnat.
(The Editor, HA, Daily Press). sympathy is with the cause Majesty today by his repre- Founder of the Marist Brothers,
Sir. The decision to suspend all the Allies have sentative in the Colony. They was celebrated on Jurie, 6 by a for which taken up arms. The deve- have not been slow to respond solemn Mass in the Church of the British air mail services which was lopment caused by Italy asso- to the calls which His Majesty Sacred Heart, on Nanzing Road, announced yesterday, until further ciating herself with German has made to help the mother Shanghal. The ceremony was at notice, has no doubt been rendered frightfulness and "terrorism country in her war effort tended by boys from St. Francis necessary by the present stage off, in the several bathing clubs which the hostilities in Europe which are located at North Point, fixed by the Surveyor of His Ma. PARTICULARS OF THE LOT has only served to bring that against the forces of evil and Xavier's College and while the re-
sympathy out in a more this response is steadily grow-presentatives of many several ex-have reached. It will, nevertheless From five o'clock in the evening inconvenience and until nearly 9 o'clock, crowds of, jesty the KING, for one further
material and substantial ing and sacrifices are readily students of the school. Catholic cause much
hardship to business houses, whose youngsters and older people wend form. It is not too much to being made in so great a
malla will now be subjected to the their way to these clubs daily and hope that President Roose- cause. Let us be mindful
Two decrees absolute were grant-long delay caused by sending them yet neither the bus nor the tram company have done anything to velt, as the head of a great today of His Majesty's com- western democracy, will not mand and show that restrainted by Sir Alian Mossop in H. M. by sea via the Cape.
In view of the fact that Pan meet this evening rush. The re- Supreme Court, Shanghal, on June hesitate, when. the time and dignity throughout this. They were to Mrs. D. M. Gray American Airways Clipper Service sult is that residents who live in comes, to offer the manhood day as far as our pleasures against Mr. C. J. A Gray, and to is continuing to function between North Point are put to serious in-. of his country to Britain and are concerned, not forgetting Mrs. J. M. Moller against Mr. E. this Colony and the United States, convenience and delay as racir France to help them destroy the suffering and hardships B. Moller, Mrs, Gray was repre- also that the American President trams or bus for Shaukiwan rusbes reign of force and which those close to the sented by Mr. K. E. Newman, and Lines vessels are still on their re- past all stops with no further room brutality which is seeking to actual zones of the war are had costs awarded to her. The gular schedule. in addition to the available inside. Several residente overthrow the culture and experiencing and from which respondent, however, stated coun- Canadian-Pacitic Steamers, canny in North Point have to wait at a civilisation of the world and we; fortunately, have so far sel. is in Hongkong, and therefore some arrangements be made betram or bus stop for almost an which has unfortunately been spared. Money which they cannot be obtained from him, tween the British Government and hour at a time before they can
American authorities for the use get to their homes. marred the joyful celebra- might in ordinary circum- Mrs. Moller was represented by Mr.
What is most exasperating s of these services for the convey- tions with which not only stances on such an occasion P. Watkin Williams.
ance of malls from Hongkong? that, as far as the tram service is the British Empire, but the have been spent on enjoy-
Such an arrangement will save concerned, as many as five or six other nations of the world, ment, might well today be Foreigners who distribute pro- would, if peace and order contributed to the Colony's paganda handbills in connection much delay, even if it is not quick-almost empty trams for Causeway er than the air mail services which Bay are still allowed to proceed as usual, while the number of trams. had prevailed, have observed war effort with the thought with the European war in the
have just been suspended.
to North Point have in no way on this auspicious day. The that every little bit will help western district within the extra- same feelings have
been increased. Is there any rea- been the cause of justice and right Settlement road areas in Shang-
son why the Tram Company can. aroused in other countries to of which His Majesty stands hat, will hereafter be forbidden to "do so by the Chinese police of the
not increase the number of trame whom the rights of liberty as the living symbol. Let us Shanghai Special Municipality, and Justice are so precious join whole-heartedly in send-state chinese reports, the hay: BUSES & TRAMS TO and sacred and no doubts ing His Majesty the customary bills will henceforth be confiscated exist amongst such peoples greetings, with an additional and after the distributing for- of the final outcome of the prayer for. victory for his elgners have written their names
arms and for the safety and and present struggle. *
addresses, they THERE 18, of course, no health of himself and his "escorted" to places outside the question that in Hongkong family.
price.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT
No. of Balà
Registry No.
Locality.
Rural_Building Lot No. 438.
Adjoining Garden
Lot No. 95. South Bay Road.
Boundary
Measure
ments
As per
sale plan.
Contenta in
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About
Annual
Square
Rental
o Upset Frige. |
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341
no'g
Lot No. 2789.
Ning
Junction of Fat Street,
&Cheung Sha
Яuney
As per
asle plan.
About
4,760
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(The Editor, H.K, Daily Press) Bir-The hot weather usually causes a steam of swimming: en- thusiasts to seek means for cooling
to North Point and reduce these for Causeway Bay, or why the Bus Company cannot put a few addi- tional vehicles on this route to cope with this rush?
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