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The Editor, the HK. Daily Press "Sif-Now that Christmas is over, I desire to take this oppor. tunity of saying "Thank You” to all those who by their Gifts help ed to make the season such a very happy one for those under our care at the Salvation Array Home for Women and Girls. If cur very Night Editor Wanchal Office: friends could have seen the
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and female) otier utan persons London Office: 53, Fleet Street
of Chinese race and members of His Majesty's regular Naval, Military and Air Force and the Hong Kong Police Force shall within two weeks of arrival in the Colony make a returo in the approved 'form and shall deliver the return to
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HONGKONG, JANUARY 3, 1941.
A NEW YEAR:
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in
Collected at the various aentres. gifts in kind to the value of about
at $200.00 were handed in
the Home. These were all useful arti...
NEW HOPE cles or provisions showing much
the Police Registration of Per IN TIME-HONOURED MAN- careful thought on the part
NER, with all the trimmings the donor's
to
of
Gifts in cash amounting to $467. 20 included some from Hongkong
EDITORIAL
Sons' Ofice, 4th floor, Chung of the festive season, the New Tin Buikling. British subjects Year was ushered in at mid-friends in Australia. To one and (excluding the exempted classes night last night. Today we all near and far we wish to ex already mentioned) who change stand on the threshold of the press our thanks. their residential or business add-
year 1941, a critical year in Our special thanks are due to ress or who are about to leave the history of mankind, and the ladies responsible for organt "the Colony shall report the fact one in which there is every who accepted the responsibility sing the Gift Day. and each one the Police Registration of good reason to hope for the of receiving the Gifts at the vari Persons Office within one week ultimate defeat of Totalitar-ous centres. To Major Manners before any such change of address an tyrahny and for the wao lent us the use of the Star A new gas detector, one of many now in use in London districts. or intended departure.
building up of a better world Ferry Omices, and the Committees based on justice and freedom. of the Helena May Institute and the Old City Hall who helped us The New Year echoes within a similar way, and last but not the stirring speech made by least to your own valuable paper 1. All aliens, other than thos. President Roosevelt to the which kindly hve the Effort of Chinese race or those exempted American nation at the close publicity. by section 2 (5) of the Ordinance, of a year fraught with trials On behalf of those we seek
tribulations, In his help we once more sax "THANK
B. REGISTRATION
OF ALIENS.
....
who arrive in the Colony or who and
YOU".
change their residential or busi warning to his people, his ness address or who are about to promise of greater material leave the Colony, shall report the assistance for Britain, his fact in person or in writing for condemnation of the Axis registration at the Registration alliance, and his call for na- Office (address above) within 48 tional effort, Mr. Roosevelt hours after every such arrival of made one "of the strongest within one week before every speeches of his career. The such change of address or intend. President's expression of be- ed departure as the case may be.lief that the Axis Powers are members
C. WARNING,
DOROTHY BRAZIER
Major
Home 0.1.0
To
NEW YEAR'S EVE FESTIVITIES
The New Year's Fie fancy dress ball at the Kowloon Cricket Club
for all.
provided a highly enjoyable time
Maid Relates Wife Beating Story
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1941.
VERNON BARTLETT LOOKS BACK:
BRITAIN MORE CERTAIN OF VICTORY AT END OF 1940 THAN EVER BEFORE
"Nothing makes me more convinced of Herr Hitler's ultimate defeat than the history of the seven months that have passed by since the evacuation from Dunkirk," said MR. VERNON BARTLETT, the well-known M.P. and Journalist, when. he broadcast from London yesterday on why Britain was more certain of victory at the end of 1940 than she had ever been before.
that felt by
mans were short of food before
The
Think how black condi- comment on food rationing und tions were then," went on Mr. the teeling of superiority
Britain Bartlett.
"The collapse of some people in
reason of the fact that the Ger- France had destroyed our geographical advantages, our the war began. "We had not. be- Near East Army was hope-gun to. realise lessly outnumbered, the Ita-blockaded ourselves.” he said. lians had chosen that "mo- ment to come into the war and it looked as if at any mo- ment the French Fleet would in turn pass into Nazl, con- trol.
ANXIETY AND FEAR
The Channel ports had be- come Herr Hitler's ports, the In-
| valuable Irish bases which we used
that we could
"Then came the Nazi inva- sion of Denmark and Norway and just as Herr Hitler had won power in his own country by playing on the grievances and fears of the little people. so he began to play on the grievances and fears of the little nations.
it
MEMORABLE DEBATE "Then came that memorable de-
In the last war were not available bate in the House of Commons to us and so the British Govern- early in May. I remember going to the House of the second day ment had to agree to the closing and being told that the revolt had. of the Burma „Road for three
talled. To anyone like myself who months, although it was obvious gets into Parliament as an Inde that this action would distress the
pendent member, without any Chinese and encourage the Japan-party influence behind him, there ese, who believed that they would.
is much excitement and interest gain from a British defeat.
"Nearer home. Rumania gave discipline was being broken down, in such debates. I saw how party
way to German pressure and It but the large opposition vote was looked as it Herr Hitler would
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soon get control of the Balkans, somewhat spoilt by the picture of The Italians would be able to a
Mr. Chamberlain, whose sincerity realised at vance eastwards and the Germans
of purpose was not southwards through the Balkans that time, being yelled at by mem-
,bers to resign. and the Axis HOMICIDE CHARGE and Asia Minor
"The Government resigned be- armles were to meet at the Suez cause the Opposition vote had IN MANILA
Canal. At the same time, German been large enough to show that it The Band of the 2nd Bn.. The Royal Scots, supplied the dance Charged with homicide for the propagandists were busy in the had lost the confidence of the
United States and were assuring his music and there were entertain death of
country and a few days later came. ing cabaret items.
Domingo Francisco, dentist and the naturally timid that it would the fall of Holland
be a waste of war material if they Churchill was called upon to form ада Mr. "Bomber Fund" boxes were ap employe of the appraisers'
continued to help Britain. becanse preciably filled.
xion, bureau of customs, calmly
the Government. Aue best part a British defeat was certain listened recently to a girl's story
CONFIDENCE AND HOPE (or our luck here was that we had of his alleged fatal beating of the
"But nothing of this happened. Passed our domestic crisis before woman, "Macaria Crisostomo, 25.
the collapse of France. There are They failed because Herr Hitler few of us in England who cannot THE STORY
delayed his invasion when he had
look back on those weeks without
common-law - wife,
divi.
CHRISTMAS PARTY AT BABIES' HOME
To the Editor, Hongkong
Daily Press] Sir-May I on behalf of the
CAPACITY CROWD ot St. Andrew's Fel- not going to win this war is lowship. through the columns. The American Club held their
New a source of great inspiration of the Hongkong Dafly. Press annual
Year's party last IT SHOULD BE PARTI and
persons. who night, a capacity crowd attending. encouragement to the thank all those CULARLY NOTED
contributed in any way, however: Sousa's Dance Band took care of leaders of Britain and the small, to the success of the Christ-the music. EVERYONE, EXCEPT British people and it points mas-Party, complete with decorat- A large bottle of champagne statements to investigators, was States and President Roosevelt xiety." THOSE EXEMPTED ABOVE, to the growing realisation ed tree and Santa Claus, which was raffled in aid of the B. W. O. F narrated by the couple's MUST REGISTER EITHER that the cause for which the was given by us for the babies of
at Fanling, i would
THAT
AS BRITISH SUBJECTS OR British. Empire took up arms Miss Muriel Dibden's Babies' Home
The
;
not
which the Ualted
to
WINTER RELIEF IN HOLLAND
It is a commonplace that wher ever German soldiery sets foot. destitution is rampant. So the former prosperous Holland Will
The story, a reiteration of testi. a chance of success, because of the remembering our feelings of an- mony given previously in signed confidence
had in us and because of the re- former nfald. Felicidad Faty Vilaplaza fusal of the ordinary little people be panicked. 'nta THREE WEDDINGSre Judge Ignacio Santos surrender by the Nazi air raids
16, at a preliminary hearing of the of Britain to AS ALIENS, PERSONS WHO is also of vital concern to the
particularly like to
"They did not know at that Diaz or the Pasay court after HAVE NOT ALREADY REG.|United States. Co-operation thank ali those persons who AT REGISTRY Francisco entered a plea of
time that they were destroying ISTERED AS BRITISH SUB-between Britain and America gave "donations for this party.
Herr Hitler's cnances of smashing JECTS OR AS ALIENS ARE is the surest bulwark against specially those officers and men. following weddings took gulity.
a system, which, with all its im- of different units of the China place at the Registry yesterday:
Cross-examined by the delence, perfections, does allow them REQUESTED TO DO So the Axis aggressors, both in command. Without such generous. Mr. Phillip
decured she Hin Wing-shiu, Felicidad
saw Ma- have a small voice in the Gavern- WITHOUT DELAY.
Europe and the Far East financial support the party would manager of Wing Co., and Miss caria's fingernaus turn black after ment of the country. Our airmen
FROM THE
cisco struck Macaria on the head when GICAL aspect, the year that
they brought down 185 tists an tindetermined Mr. Tjay Liong Tjan, electrican with his
planes over this country. they were instituted at the behest of Seyss- Van Heutsz and Miss Bumber of times, with two of the helping us to the position of being
Inquart, Reich Commissioner for 13, blows landing on the right side of nearer victory than before.
Holland. Kwai-ching. of No, Chan Morrison Hill Roal,
the nerd. Felicidad added that
"Within a few weeks of Mr. Yan Yuk-fan of No. 2 Wat Francisco struck Macarla whi'e'
these events, the United States on Lane, and Miss Kwok Man of the latter lay in bed, where Secretary for the Navy uttered
(couple's nine-month-old No. 586, Nathan Road.
his warning to Germany and played
Japan and Britain took the risk of reopening the Burma Road.
Then Herr Hitler bad to travel to the Pyrenees to see General Franco and even then could not bring Spain into the war. "And
CHRONOLO-not have bect the grand sucess 't Annie Yung, No. 12. First Lane. the beating. The maid said Fran- did not know that in September, now also have her "winter relief,"
Sa. C. G. PERDUE,
Commissioner of Police
31st December, 1940
was.
∙Finally, I would like to thank Miss has just past saw the cessa- Murter Dibden: for allowing us tr tion of hostilities between give the party, and the babies too,
their Russia and Finland with the for without
wholehearted signing of a peace treaty in co-operation we should not have Moscow in March, the Ger-Christmas Day.
been able to spend such a happy HONGKONG & SHANGHAI
man invasion of Norway and BANKING CORPORATION. Denmark in April, followed- by that of Holland, Belgium
NOTICE IS HEREBY and Luxemburg on May 10; GIVEN that the Certificates the surrender of King Leo- 6/NS. 4412 dated Hongkong,pold eighteen days later, then whose
Yours faithfully." GORDON GARDINER
Hon Secretary.
three-year struggle
Tai Hang.
다음
Tri.5.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Forthcoming weddings are:
the
baby
APARTMENT QUARKEL
Hon Fan-tal. Medical Officer The quarrel the second that she Medical Department, residing at wtnessed between Francisco and No: 145, Caine Road, and Miss Macaria, took place at the couple's Nancy Yip, No. 17, Hing Hon Road apartment at 3771-D, Taft Avenue 16th January, 1936 for Three the collapse of France in against Japanese, aggression Mf. Chou Tion, of No. 297, Extension. Pasay, on the afternoon shares of this Bank numbered June and the capitulation of has won unstinted praise Hennessy Road, and Miss Siu Ying of Nov. 19, Felicidad told the 97994/97996 inclusive registered Rumania to the Soviet de-throughout the civilised No: 15, Leighton Hill Road,
court. The maid sald Francisco. did not strike Macara during the first quarrel.
Based on findings of DI opera- Mr. D.G. Way, of No. 363 The tives, Pasay police and medico-
By Order of the Court of Directors.
V. M. GRAYBURN,
Chief Manager.
POLICE REPORTS
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DEAD ON ARRIVAL
:
It is to be teared that the grea- ter part of the collections will not reach the needy but will go to strengthen the Nazis.
Holland, traditional country ul fishermen, has to import her fish. from Scandinavia. This is not only because fishing in the North Sea has become extremely dangerous, but in consequence of German looting, which
created 80
has
then Bignor. Mussolini acute scarcity of fanek hurrled off to get some compensa-
NO RESULTS tion for having received only a
The German-inspired attempts. in the names of Messrs. Maneck mands for the cession of Bes-world. An enormous source,
few crumbs from Herr Hitler from to form a single political party in Roostumjee Mehta and Dhun sarabia and Bukovino. In of encouragement to the Chi-
the French spoils with an attack the Netherlands have had no re- Manek Mehta has been Lost or the home country, the Bri-nese people were the recent
on Greece.
sults, At a joint meeting of the Stolen, and should this certificate tish people have carried on loans announced from Lon-Peak, has reported the theft of legal authorities, the information THE LITTLE PEOPLE
two largest Protestant parties, "It is the little people of Los-recently held in Amsterdam, Dr. not be produced to the Bank magnificently throughout the don and Washingtou, follow-a marble clock from his residence against Francisco was signed by don who have saved Britain and Slotemaker de Bruine, an ex- before the 11th January, 1941, a year and in a spirit imbued led by the stiffening in the on Dec. 29.
Primitivo. Gonzales, Rizal pro- it is the little people of Greece Minister In the Cabinet of Dr. new certificate for the shares will with the unshakeable deter-attitude of the United States.
vincial fiscal, who requested an who saved the Battle of Europe, Colijn, and leader of the Christian be issued, and the aforesaid mination to fight on until the towards Japan. The Wanghe Peak, reported the theft of a scheduled burial of Macaria's body fusal to surrender to signer Musso-tarianism.
Mr. R.H. Woodman, of No, 566 autopsy on Nov. 20 when the continued Mr. Bartlett. The re- Historical Party. rejected totall- Certificate No. 6/NS. 4412 will menace of Hitlerism is wipe: Japan Treaty has made no telescope and a quantity of cloth- was halted by Pasar officers. be thereafter treated by this out forever.
"Do not expect of us that we Statesmen and difference to the attitude of ng from his residence.
Jini and his armies and the vic- tories in the Western Desert have shall for the sake of, national un- Corporation as Null and Void. workmen, under the confident Soviet Russia whose recogni-
changed the whole, war situation ity, drive out of public life that and dogged leadership of Mr. tion of, and assistance to, the Miss B.M. Pope, Vice-Princi
Considered as the two most im-to an extent that Would have which is most sacred to us,” he | Winston Churchill, are united Chungking Government con-pal of Heep Yuan (C.M.S.) school portant, pleces of evidences been unbelievable six months ago said. "Spiritual freedom lies in our
as never before in the great tinues.
reported that a motor pump was against Franofsco were the maid's "We know now that Herr blood-freedom of religion "school. struggle and the Mother
and opinion." stolen from the school premises, testimony and the medico-legal A REVIEW OF the past beween Dec. 29 and 30.
Hitler will try and make one Country, with the Dominion: year
findings showing Macaria died of last "blow to break, down our would be incomplete!
meningeal hemorrhage caused by "resistance. We have no illμ- 650 and the whole of the Empire without a reference to those Mr. Houghton has reported the violence. A doctor at the Mercy
sons about the hardshipy that behind her, goes forward un-who are no longer on this loss of a wrist watch between his Hospital declared the woman was lle ahead of us, but we are inchingly until the day will earth and whose labours in residence No. 52 Broadwood Road dead upon arrival at the institu- confident and convinced that NOTICE
Britain come, in the not too distant their various callings will be and the Hongkong Cricket Club. tton early on the evening of Nov.
ran take it - and 'we CHANGE OF TELEPHONE future, when final victory will remembered. Death in 1940
Kreet 1041 without fear and Sapper Bayack, R.E., has report- Prancisco eluded arrest on the
We hope you all will do the be ours. The past year has claimed many prominent citi- the theft of a gold ring at afternoon of Dec. 2 by filing a NUMBER
same seen Cabinet changes, but zens among them being Mr. Wellington Barracks.
P12,000 bond with the Pasay court In his opening remarks, Mr storks to tell the world' of their, It is hereby notified that as these were all brought about Neville Chamberlain, Senator
through a Manila surety firm Bartlett referred to the feelingsplight. from January 7, 1941, the fele to strengthen the Govern-Key Pittman, M. Kallio,.Lord; Two wrist watches were report-after the hearing on Thursday, in Britain before these changes Farmers are said to have found phone number of the Hongkong ment in steering the country Lothian and Sir Oliver Lodge stolen, from her house at No. 43 remanded to the Rizal court of We had a number of dangerous ages. "To brothers In South Afri
La by Mrs. KK Lau to have been Judge Diaz said the case will be which he outlined, came about migratory storks dead. with mes- Dally Press, Marina House, will along the right course WE HAVE A WHOLE year wyndham Street,
through the present critical before us. Let us here in
jillusions - than,” he said. We ca," printed in marking ink ön:
thought we could scrape through tape sewn round their legs. period.
Hongkong redouble" our war Lee Yeung, of No. 299 Hennessy
(with any profound changes in the One message said: "We inhabi- TURNING TO THE FAR efforts and so help in the Road, has reported that a burglar
social and economic structure intants of Bergen Op Zoom tell you: An amah, Cheng Leun, report our country, but we have now that the German occupation is just EAST, here, once again, there greatest possible measure to broke into his house at 5 p.m. on The other line, 33383, remains is undimmed faith in ulti-, hasten the conclusion of the Dec. 28 and decamped with money that a basket containing clothing learned a great deal in the last Hell" Another stated that the
and jewellery to the total value and other articles was stolen from year."
Dutch people were dying under unchanged.
be
-
33 225 instead of 30251 as hitherto.
mate victory for the Chinese war to end all wars.
ut $885.
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19.
Hirst Instance.
No. 114 Austin Road.
The Police Commissioner of The Bague has "again been obliged to warn the public against sabotage, such as the demolition, or military trafic, afgnals placed by the Ger-
mait.
MESSAGES BY STORK Reports from Johannesburg state, that the Dutch are sing.
Mr. Bartlett then went on
to the injustices ́of Nazism,