NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
THE "STAR" FERRY CO., LTD:
Notice to Shareholders.
IF GERMANY
HAD WON.
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self first to wriggle out of her flann- cial obligations, and then, by careful steps,
to tear up the rest of the Pence Treaty.
We have now reached the singe NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN | when her new leaders, who wear the THAT THE FORTIETH ORDIN-] same old Prussian Jackboots, declare
ARY YEARLY MEETING OF THIS COMPANY will be held at the Office of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., on Thurs- day, the 10th February, 1938, at 11 A.,
for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Direc- tors together with a Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31st December, 1937.
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
ART AND RELIGION RELATED
Most Rev. Fr. Gillet
Speaks In Colony.
WEDNESDAY,
JANUARY 26,
CHINESE MAY INVADE MANCHUKUO
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centrated in the Taishan mountains Shans. Theso south-eastern
In
BRITAIN TO TALK WITH SCILLY ISLES
1938.
London,Jan, 25, - forces, not only defend south-eastern Shanal, but make frequent thrusts)
News that at the week-end the first to the east to cut Japanese com- munications on the Pelping-Hankowį stage in what is hoped may be an ex- railway. All Japanese nitempis to
have failed.
H.K. TRAMWAYS Temperature
PAYS DIVIDEND
The Directors of Hongkong Tram- wayn Limited announce for recom-) mendation at the
meeting of the Company, to be held on February 10, a fiani dividend of 00 cents per share.
Dropping
annual general To-day Was Warmest
Of Past Five Januaries
This makes a total dividend of DO
The Most Rev. Father Gillet, hent wipe out these forces are slateri tallensive exchange of prisoners be- cents per share for the year 1937 and
time ally, Frans and scaled obligaTonkinese Arts and Crafts, may be "scythe Gangs" and armed, only gents under .sentence of death, were
élite
KING MAY FLY TO CRANWELL
London, Jan. 25.
Yesterday's maximum temperature of 73 degrees was the highest record- ed since December 11, and was 11 | degrees higher than the maximum
mandatory responsibility for. former German colonies to be Just
tween the two sides in Spain was after providing for depreciation, theft." The more it changes, the
Forget that it is nearly the end of successfully accomplished, ins been amounts written off, nli other January and that the temperature more it remains the same old Ger- of the Domlalcan Order, delivered an
address on "Art and Religion" yester- WOMEN'S PART IN WAR received with much satisfaction in clincges, and appropriating a sum of yesterday and to-day was 15 degrees many.
$100,006 to General Reserve Account above the average for the first mont To this condition of affairs, which day evening to a large nudience at envisages a atlil
leaves, subject to audit, a balance of in the year. To-morrow or the next more powerfully the University.
An official Chinese report des- London. Father Gillet, who
As a result of the negotiations in $115,882.00 carried forward to next day that cool change is coming, and armed Germany than the old one, is famed in France as an orator, cribes the part Chinese women aro
blackmailing peaceful spoke for over an hour and held his playing in the service of the coun-which British diplomatic representa- year.
temperatures, which now hover constantly
around the seventies, should
drop Europe by threats of another war, hearers constantly both by his sub-try in the fields, by nursing, protives in Barcelona and at Hendaye we have arrived Inrgely through our Ject and his command of words. paganda and labour. While educated
appreciably! own stupidity.
women have been entrusted with have played an important part, to- gether with officials of the Interna- The speaker's address, which was propaganda, nursing and other work; tional Red Cross the first batch of 41 We refused to back our old war-
in keeping Ger- one of a series delivered in connec- labour has been left in the hands of Basque prisoners held by the Insur- The Register of Shares of the many to her
lon with the current exhibition of the peasant women, who are called Company will be CLOSED from tions, and constantly gave more rope
put across the French frontier, while
The King is visiting the Royal Air, temperature recorded on Monday. Thursday, the 3rd February, 1938, to the German intriguers. We put summarised thus:
with scythes, harvest the crops for simultaneously 41 held by the Gov Force College at Cranwell In Lincoln- Even higher temperatures were to Thursday, the 10th February, our trust in a League of Nations from There is actually a movement the army and cut grass for the pack ernment authorities were also trans-shire to-morrow, and if the weather recorded to-day, the mercury at animals. A traltor to the cause was 1938, both days inclusive,
the Royal Observatory reaching 78 which Germany took the earliest op- among Intelligent men towards end Miss Mou Shiu-chun, a Chinese Kiriferred to French territory,
is suitable he will make the journey degrees at noon, portunity to withdraw, and which Heism and from the region of the
at noon, warmest January By order of the Board of America, its creator, deserted at its ideal these
in Japan, who has just
a special In accordance with the agreements from Sandringham by air in
Directors.
contemplate the educated Inception.
harmony which exists between art been executed in Canton on charges which had been under negotiation It aeroplane placed at his disposal by weather since 1931,
Cooler weather set in this after- is expected this transfer, when com- the Air Council. The King will be noon, however, and by 2 p.m. the F. H. CRAPNELL,
Now
we have reached a stage when and religion. We will deal with art of espionage. Germany, and her totalitarian ally, and religion in general to-day, and
pleted will be followed by others, and plloted by Wing-Commander Fielden, temperature had dropped by over 11 Secretary. Italy, are practically asking us to then religious art in particular.
FESTIVITIES DULLED, that this initiative will not be the last Captain of the King's Flight.-British | degrees to 63.8 degrees, which is only
of humanitarian efforts which Bri- Wireless. bribe them back into the Geneva Hongkong, 26th January, 1938.
With the country at war,
4.8 degrees above the maximum fold. It is the old weak policy of
Our psychological life is necessarily Chinese New Year which falls on ed in during the long months of the thetish representatives have partielpot-
corded last night. NOTICE
Danegcit brought up-to-date. The tied up with linages and with symbole, January 31, will lacks much of a Spanish civil war.British Wireless. virile, warlike peoples must be Art is connected with the reality NOTICE is hereby given that by war again.
especially in bought of from ilovastating Europe of reality through sensual symbols, Shanghat, where the authorities, both
which surrounds us; it is the revelator traditional festivity, W. S. Mong (Mong Wing Shun) This absurdily, which
is also and Images. Obstacles to the under- in the International Settlement and
French Concession, have issued un gle heights outside Takwanshon, is no longer authorised to sign in tragedy, is no fault of those who standing of reality are the necessities French any capacity on behalf of the firm fought the Great War. The fighting of life, the banalities and the con-emergency proclamation prohibiting till
men, dead and surviving have been yentions, the language itself which the discharge of fireworks of any artillery Controls and is continually
the shelling causing and threatening of Bulten & Co, of China Build- let down by the diplomats and poli-The artist brings to all the reality of violators of the order with arrest.
our expression. description,
guard cosunities. The authorities are evidently anxious a full life by a kind of creation,
God is the first and the true artist, to keep the city rid of any noise sug- He is the Creator. The human artist gestive of shooting, as this may lead tries to bring us to God Who is re- to panle and possibly disorders, vealed to the world by various symbols similar to those which lead the
artist to create.. God, J:1 reality, adapts this re- velation to our-sensible being through sensible symbols.
ing and that he is no longer employed on the staff of Batten & Co.
BATTEN & Co. (Yeung Tuze Wan),
Manager.
THE HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION
CHILDREN.
OF
What to do to help child
ifclans,
HONGKONG TRADE 'SOARS TO NEW HEIGHTS
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history of commerce between Hong- kong and that country, while the British exports are the highest since
1033.
The total imports from the whole
1930.
for is inadequate
an invisible reality.
which Wuhu,
the Japanese
the Chinese van-
SURROUNDING TSINING Chinese, on the other hand, are surrounding Tsining and the advance troops are within six miles of the elly and attempting to attack it from three sides simultaneously.
SYDNEY CELEBRATES 150TH ANNIVERSARY
Sydney, Jan. 26.
rc-
24 hours, issued by the Royal Obser vatory at 10 am, is as follows:
"Fresh northerly and north-easter- ly winds; fine to cloudy; cooler,"
The offelal forecast for the next
The 150th Anniversary celebrations opened here to-day in glorious wea-band of convicts, followed by a great ther, with a pageant enneting the cavalcado depicting historical events, landing of the first Governor with a personagos and industries-Reuter.
POST OFFICE.
AIR MAIL TIMES
Consequently, Chinese wishing to exercise their civil spirits will have to And a less exuberant method.
It is reported guerillas in Chufu The
the area have forced a Japanese retreat piquant story of how Chinese Chamber of Commerce at from Talan and that the Chinese Art Is symbolie and the universe a Chefoo reimbursed itself for ransom forces are within 20 miles of Tatung. have driven the Japanese paid to mutinous police who kid- They
VIA SIDERIA ROUTE forest of symbols,
Leiters and Postcards for Europe DEGREES OF BEAUTY
napped Its chairman is revealed to cross the Wel River, following the
Ordinary air mail letters for 1m-
are forwarded Issued 20,000 recapture of Lungwangmino," and
perial Alrways Direct Service to and South America Anyone knowing et a child who of the British Empire were $00,648,- | the divine beauty: creation, Incarna- dollars worth of 10 and 20 cents claim that scores of the enemy were Europe etc,, will, uni further notice; i
There are the following degrees of day. The Chamber
["via Siberia” if so superscribed. has been assaulted, neglected, or 1000, compared with $58,019,000, tion, and the sacraments-symbols of notes and compelled shopkeepers tofslain when attempting to cross this
be closed at Kowloon Post Ofice and BIHANGHAI AIR SERVICE General Post Office 9.00 am, on Sun- days. Letters for this Service may temporarily suspended. be posted in the ordinary posting
Kowloon Post Office and OUTWARD MAIL TIMES Registered and Parcel Malls General Post Office. They should be
and closed 15 minutes earlier clearly marked "By Air Mail"
than bear sufficient postage. Insufflelently time given below unless otherwise prepaid letters may be taxed with stated, and where mails are advertis- double the deficiency or forwardeded to close at or before 0 a.m., regi- of the Post Offee. by Stemmer Service, at the discretion stered and parcel malls are closed at*-
6 pm. on the previous day. INWARD MAILS
ill-treated in h manner likely to cause unnecessary suffering or injury to health, or knowing of a parent who is seeking advice on any inutter concerning a child, would be doing an act of kindness by communicating at once with
The Hon. Secretaries, H.K.S.P.C. c/o C.P.Q, Box. No. 514, Hongkong, or the Inspector, 49, Pokfulum Rond, Ist Roor; or the Inspector, Violet Peel Health Centre, Wanchal; or the Inspector, 12, Sai Yeung Cho! Street, 1st floor, Kowloon,
All further steps will be taken, and expenses borne, by the Society.
The Informent's name will be kept strictly private, except in cases where mulice is proved,
stops pain
in 3 seconds
CORNS
are killed and loosened with just one applica-
tion of Gets-It. A drop
or two ends the torture
of throbbing corną. A
few days later you can lift off the corn-root and all.
GETS-IT
Makes you forget corns.
SPECIAL
CHINESE NEW YEAR
+
ATTRACTION
SUNDAY
AT QUEEN'S
THE
HE'S PERFECT...SHE'S NOT
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same hilarity
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ONE NIGHT”
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THE
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Together with COLOURED CARTOON
“Çoo-Coo Nut Grove”
With, AU (he Stars in Hollywood,
certain
fake 30 dollars worth unch for which body of water they had to pay in legal tender-fire. Reuter Special.
under machine-gun
There has been a great loss of life on both sides in Oghting at Chuan-boxes at ereng. Anhwel, which the Chinese are at present surrounding.
Australian exports to Hongkong Increased from $9,114,000 to $13,351,-gion appeals, in its turn, to art.
Art appeals religion, and reli- 000; Canadian from $6,110,000; Indian, from $5,755,000 to
$3,572,000 to Secondly rellious ari itself ex
JAPAN'S GREAT TASK $6,124,000; British Malayan, from tion with God through appropriate presses our life and our communica- $7,350,000 to $9,125,000; New Zealand, and sensible symbols, but it demands
Shanghai, Jan. 28. from $221,000 to $300,000; and
CLAIMS PLANES DOWNED Foreign military, observers state British North Borneo, from $2,044,000 believe in the faith and reality of that the Chinese are reinforcing on
conditions. for instance, to to $2,443,000,
the divine life within ourselves, and the Lunghi railway after 48 hours day announced anti-aircraft guns A Japanese naval spokesman to- FEW EXCEPTIONS With the exception of Ceylon, West niso, to be a true artist It is neces- frouts, where there has been seat-shot down one of five Chinese planes
the possibility of participating in it; of stalemate on the North China
fered, but very heavy fighting, with which appeared over at 0 a.m.
naval He said Japanese
planes the Japanese unable to gain ground.
yesterday set fre to an ntrerafí It is pointed out that one of the factory at Tienho, near Canton, and Grand Canal, 60 miles north of the Whampoa. They continued to bomb most active Japanese columns at the damaged the torpedo factory at Yanglac, has inade no progress for Clinton's railways, ten days, and the opinion is that the
Rellet workers in Shanghol, ac- Japanese are facing the war's heavi
to Chinese reports, have est fighting. For this purpose they cording need heavy reinfcrements-United picked up 10,000 bodies in the city's
streets during the present
over
Indies, Cubo, Central America, Stam.sary the artist know his offee: Sweden and Spain, every nation exporting
It is not necessary on the pretext Hongkong. to
showed of simplicity in religious art to make substantial increases
"the previous year. It is curious to note does not understand his work, but to o return to times when the artist that, despite the civil war, Spanish (use alt technical progress for the exports to Hongkong, whilst lower creation of a modern religious art in than in 1936, have increased by over accord with tradition. 100 per cent over 1933 and 1934,
Father Gillet gave examples of this thrwy taken from musle and paint-1
Pruss. Father Gillet sailed for Japan this morning on the Empress of Russia,
Italy, which suffered severe loss of
trade in 1936 through the economic boycott, has more than regained its market, exports to Hongkong in creasing from $1,980,000 in 1935 to $2,500,000 last year.
Ins.
BEING BROUGHT HERE FOR BURIAL SATURDAY
"GENERAL OFFENSIVE"
Shanghai, Jan. 26. Chinese reports reaching here GRATEFUL FOR GIFT
state that the Central Government has ordered its guerillus to open a -Reference was made in her address
“general-offensive" in Sulyuan. Ap- to the Hongkong Rotary Club yester-
parently they will attempt to take day by Mrs. L. Dunbar to a gift of
advantage of the Japanese with- The funeral of Mr. J. Henrickson drawal in other sections as well as to $1,000 by Mr. Tang Shlu-kin to the Castro, of the A.P.C., Manila, who discourage further transfers to the International Women's Club for the died January 24, will take place in Lunghai zone. purpose of keeping Lady Southern's Hongkong on Saturday at 5 p.m. atquerilla troops from Shensi will col- Newly organised name before them. This money, said the Roman Catholic cemetery.
laborate, the speaker, would probably be used! The body has been embalmed and
to acquire a mintshed for the use of is being brought here by 5.5. members,
Klangsu.
• TO-DAY
AT
THE
Of these 7,500 were babies and young children, the majority of whom died of hunger, exposure and disease- United Press.
LI CHUNG.JEN APPOINTED
Hankow-Jon-26--
General Li Churig-jen, command- ing in the Huchow area, has been appointed chairman of the Antwel Government.
Very fierce fighting is going on near Wuhu and Tsining. Meanwhile I is confirmed that Hobsien, Anhwel, Is now officially there is fierce fighting for the strate-in Chinese hands-United Press.
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