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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
FOUR QUIT ACTIONS
Hongkong Telegraph AGAINST
EIGHTH ANNUAL
AMATEUR
PHOTOGRAPHIC
COMPETITION
June-September, 1938
CASH
$250 $250
PRIZES
(Donated by "Hongkong Telograph") TWO SILVER TROPHIES, VALUED $250
(Donated by ILFORD, Ltd., London)
BELL & HOWELL FILMO DOUBLE EIGHT MOVIE CAMERA & CASE, VALUED $288
(Donated by Filmo Depot, Hongkong)
SPECIAL PRESENTATION DE LUXE
PHOTO ALBUM
Hand-made in leather by a renowned Vienna
artist to the value of $100.00 Donated by:-HELMUT NOCHT
To be awarded to the best action study, ́including sequence shots. Open to all classes.
THE ILFORD TROPHIES WILL BE AWARDED TO THE BEST AND SECOND BEST ENTRIES IN THE COMPETITION, IRRESPECTIVE OF CLASS.
Prizes will be allotted as follows:
SECTION ONE:
FOR STORY-TELLING PICTURES First Priau; Bell & Howell Filmo Double B Camera, Streamline Model, four speeds self-setting footage indi- cator, built-in exposure guide, single picture device. Complete with case. Donated by Filme Depot., Hongkong
Scoond Prize: $40 Cush, donated by "The Hongkong Telegraph.'
Third Prize: $20 Cash, donated by "The Hongkong Telegrapli,"
SECTION TWO:
-GENERAL PICTORIAL SECTION (VIEWS, ARCHITECTURE, LAND- SCAPES, BEASCAPES, HUMAN &
ANIMAL STUDIES). First Prize: $50 Cash, donated by "The Hongkong Telegraph."
Second Prize: $25 Cash, donates by "The Hongkong Telegraph."
Third Prize; $15 Cash,.donated by "The Hongkong Telegraph."
SECTION THREE: STUDIES IN STILL LIFE First Prize: $30 Cash, donated by "The Hongkong Telegraph."
Second Prize: $20 Cash, donated by "The Hongkong Telegraph."
Third Prize: $15 Cash, donated by "The Hongkong Telegraph,"
SECTION FOUR: SNAPSHOTS TAKEN BY CHILDREN UNDER 14 YEARS First Prize: $20 Cash, donated by "The Hongkong Telegraph."
Second Prize: $15 Cash, donated by "The Hongkong Telegraph."
RULES
The following Roles win govern the B.—Pletures submillted in Gepla tones Competition:
should be accompanied by a smaller. print in black and white,
1The Competition is confined exclusive-p-No picture to be entered in more
ly to amateur photographers,
than one Section,
2.-No employes or member of any firms.--Mounts to be only white or cream.
In the photographic trade is permitted
to compete.
3The prizes will be awarded to tha
competitors sending in what are
and, except in the Children's Section, must be of one of the following sizes:-10 by 14", 18" by 7", 10" by
adjudged to be the best photographs1.No. correspondenco will be entered In each Section. Each entry must be Inio in connection with the Com published during the period of the
petition.
Competition, and which must 1.2-Entzios in the Children's Section must pasted on back of entry.
bear the entrant's name, age and address on the entry forin, counter signed by a parent.
All photographe entered must have
been taken in the Colony of Hong-
kong. Photographs which have bem13-Members of the Staffs of the Hong
already entered in other Competitions" aro incligible.
6.No responatbllijg will be accepted for
kang Telegraph and the South China Plomning Post are not permitted to compote.
non-delivery of, loss of, or damage to14,The decisions of the Judges shall bo
rnirios.
Anal,
All entries to be either black, aopla18-At the conclusion of the Competion,
nr toned pletures, and mumba
mounted. land-coloured photographa
... are ineligible.
USE THIS FORM
AND PASTE IT
ON. THE
ABACK OF EACH ENTRYR
entries will be returned to competiton on application at the Telegraph offices within seven days.
SECTION
NAME
ENTRY FORM
ADDRESS DATE
Please tre block letters and pasta fhia on back of sach. Entes,» IL envered. in Section, parent. (pletis outinters.gi” harm.
TENANTS
Four actions brought by land- lords against their tenants for possession of premises were mentioned in the weekly calling over list of cases before Mr. Justice R. E. Lindsell, at the Summary Court, this morning.
FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1988.
CHINESE CONTINUE SHANSI ADVANCE
Tungkwan, May 20.
Launching simultaneous drives from the north and south of the city, the Chinese are closing in on Hotsin, north-west of Yunglo, in south-west Shansi. Hard- pressed, the greater part of the Japanese garrison has been withdrawn.
Meanwhile, fighting is still raging in Yungcheng, north-east of Chiehhsien in south Shansi, and Linfen, claimed possession of 4 Lincoln about 100 miles south of Taiyuan, with the Chinese
One of the complainants was a solicitor, Mr. A. S. K. Lau, who
Road, Kowloon Tong from Mr. A. E. Ablong. The tenant rented the premises at $120 a month. The case was adjourned for one week.
maintaining steady pressure.
About 200 Japanese troops and 40 trucks moving westward from, Feng- yang, In central Stons, were am- 10. Following a two-hour encounter, the Chinese dispersed the enemy and seized over 60 rifles and a large quantity of provisions, and destroyed five Japanese trucks.
premises. Was ordered to quit bushed by Chinese soldiers or May:
Lo Shu-fan, tenant of 1 Hill Road, ground the
within three weeks on an action brought by the landlord, Mr. S.
S. M. Churn, Defendant stated that the notice to quit was
was received by his wife as at that time he w
was in the country visiting tombs, The notice
Chinese guerillas have been very served on April 2, and since his active in north Shanal during the return he had been looking for an-
past few days. On the night of May other place
but had falled, despite 17, they descended on the Japanese in a village near Yuanping, south of effort. Mr. C. Y. Kwon, who appeared for Kuohslen, und drove away the enemy, the landlord, said there was no seizing a large quantity of ammuni question of arrears of rent. In facttion-Central News, defendarit had offered to increase the
Was
Near Yungchen
rent to $70 from $53, but his client Charge Japan Using Gas had to refuse, much to his regret, because he wanted the premises for his business. Defendant had been given ample time to leave[13 fact
yesterday.
untit
Defendant told the Court he had | been living in the premises for four years. He had looked round every- where but could not flad another
place.
Mr. Kwan said he was prepared to give another two weeks, but Нія Lordship extended the time to three weeks and ordered mesne profts up to the day of possession.
Defendant said he had spent, about $500 on repairs to the premises and if he were to remove he had to spend another large sum to take away between 20 to 30 loads of stuff as he was a mason.
Half May's Average Rainfall In Single Night
Storm Does Only Slight Damage
Nearly twice as much rai fell in Victoria as in Kowloon during last night's storm, according to the off- Hankow, May 20,
clal figures of the Bötannical and Chinese forces advancing south- Forestry Department.
The Department's reading is for 24 ward from the Lunghal Railway in, the direction of Yungchen reached hours which shows that between 10 the northern suburbs of that city am. yesterday and the same time to- yesterday, according to Chinese re-day, 0.40 inches of rain fell. Almost ports.
all of it fell during the early morn- ing storm.
The reports add that Japanese artillery inside the elty is shelling the Chinese positions.
Although it in no way approaches record, which for one day le 21.5 inches, the rainfall early to-day was A Chinese military communique | severe, and was slightly more than states that when the Japanese troops hult of the averago for the month of were hurd pressed by the Chinese May, which is given at 11.5 Inchca. at the village of Watzekou, near Yungchen, they used polson gas.
Japanese troops at Lalhuang, cast of Lanfeng, have been repulsed, but) His Lordship: I take it the Innd-a few hundred Japanese are holding lord would not attempt to claim the out at vlllnges near Yifeng. fixtures ns hls?
An
Vivid Storm
electrical storm of great Intensity passed directly over the Colony during last night, the light- ning display being some compensation for the missed hours at sleep.
Chinese despatches claim that be- Mr. Kwan: I have, no such instruc-tween 3,000 and 4,000 Japanese troops Colony does not appear so far to be Material damage throughout the tions. My client wants the house were repulsed on Wednesday night severe. Telephones were affected in back only for his own business. after a severe engagement at Chien-some districts, a few being put out
houshihlou.-Reuter.
An action against the Sam Hing Arm, of 49 Sing Wo Road, ground floor, brought by Luk Kwan-hing. Was adjourned to Chambers to- morrow on the absence of defendant. The landlord also claimed $15 or- rears of rent and mesne profis.
DENIED RENT ARREARS
An allegation by her landlord, Wong Kan-lak, that she was three months' rent in arrears was denied by Chan Chi-pan, 21 Nga Chin Wai Road,
Defendant said she rented the premises at $15 a month and received a nollee to quit on Mar 11. She did not owe the Inndlord $45 as alleged in the writ, which was served after she had paid all the rent.
His Lordship pointed out that the writ sald defendant originally owed $100 in rent but since April 11 she had paid $55, leaving $45. Defen- dant did not agree to this, and Mr. Peter H. Sin, who appeared for the landlord, said that all the money paid was for arrears of rent.
The case was adjourned until 2.30 p.m. on Monday for defendant to pro- duce the receipts.
FREE FIGHT IN CONNAUGHT ROAD
Ten Swatow Chinese appeared be- fore Mr. R. Edwords at the Central
Street Fighting In Hofei City
of order. The Peak Tramway was interrupted briefly this morning while repairs were effected to the signali- ing apparatus.
Several falls of earth and rock occurred on Peak roads but nothing of a nature to obstruct traffic,
City Pathway Inches Thick In Mud
Lluan, May 20.. Reports received here late last night revealed that street fighting took place yesterday in Holel elty in central Anhwch, which recently fell into Japanese hands.
Daring Chinese forced their way storm was revealed in Queen's Road One striking effect of last night's into the city through the broaches in Central this morning between the the city walls which they battered Garrison Sergeants' Mess and with artillery,
R.A.S.C. depot, where coolics furiously worked to shovel away huge quantities of yellow mud which had been swept away from the hill- side overlooking Queen's Road, and deposited on the pathway and in the gutter.
It is said the Japanese, numbering some 1,500 men, have sustained heavy casualties.---Central News.
.:
Guerillas Active In South Hopei
Minehuan, North Honnn, May 20. A Chinese mobile unit is pressing Hopel. on Lincheng, mining town in south
the
The path was inches thick In mud, as was the R.A.S.C. yard, and it needed a gang of coolies to clear a passage for pedestrians, By 10
o'clock they had plled the mud into bit heups on the roadside.
The severe rain produced similar
were
During an encounter on May 17, the Chinese routed the Japanese results in many parts of Kowloon, garrison at Yangchlotientze in the and numbers of road drains neighbourhood of the town. The choked by mud," Japantse retreated toward Lincheng, leaving behind scores of casualties and many rifles.-Central News.
Chinese Successes
Luan, May 20. While the position on the Hsuchow- war front remains critical, fighting on the south section of the Tientsin- Pukow Railway continues to favour the Chinese, military advices rë- ceived here reveni
Parents Who.!
Banished
School Cane
Grey hairs will predominate at a dinner which will be given In London this month.
It will be the jubilee of the Parents National Educational Union. which was founded in 1800 by Miss Charlotte M. Mason.
Miss Mason's aim in Ille was lo
Magistracy this morning charged with nghting at Connaught Road
Straggling units of Japan troops in Central, near the Douglas Wharf
areas north of the. Hwal River have! yesterday afternoon.
been surrounded by the Chinese. Detective-Sergeant D. Davies said Spirited nighting between the oppos- that the free-for-all fight started ing forces raged throughout yesterday when party of coolies from Kow- In Hsiaochienchi, a point north-west toon tried to get an assignment which
of Mengehent, resulting in the dis- the local coolies were about to get. persal of the Japanese by
Iron rods, bamboos, and a pipe Chinese. tubing of about five feet in length On the south bank of the waldon'ts which made school life un- were shown to his Worship. They River, the Chinese were picked up at the seere after the forces were locked in a pilched battle children from the rule of fear, Japanese happy in those days, and to on the Liutu-Koocheng sector south;
Most of the grey-haired men and of Pengpu.
women who will assemble have been Between 500 and 000 Japanese educated at schools run on lines laid soldiers surrounded by the Chinese down by Miss Mason. They will
#ght,
STABLE MAFOOS
IN QUARREL
Arising out of a quarrel between two Shanghai Chinese mafoos at the Hongkong Jockey Club stables on Wednesday night, Wong Yat-yam, 35, appeared before Mr. H. R. Butters ni the Central Mogistracy this morning, charged with inflicting grevious body injuries on Slu Fong-lam.
Delcctive Sub-Inspector Datin applied for a week's remand, as the injured man was still in hospital.
APPOINTMENT TO AUSTRALIA
London, May 19. Major · General E. K. Squires, Director of Stall Duties at the War Offce, has been appointed Inspector General of the Australian Common- wealth forces, with the rank of Lieutenant General-Reuter.
THEFT FROM CAR
and
the end the regime of the schoolmaster's
cane,
to end the eternal list of
free
in Shangyao, near Kaochong, con- recall their school days in speeches Chinese have further. tightened their with Uzose of present-day children.
tinued to hold out in the city. The and contrast their own experiences
cordon-Central News.
Fighting Resumed At
Taihu Lake
1
The dinner will be held on May 12 at Claridge's Hotel. The joint pre- sidents will be the 80-years-old Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temalr and Lord Allstair Graham, and they will receive the guests.
on
Tun
Tanki, Anhwel, May 20, After a lull of a considerable time, The list of pupils of schools
the Charloite Mason system bitter fighting has been resumed on the Talhu Lake 'front.
reads like a page from Debrett, and Operating with Changbing and several young relatives of the Queen Washing os bases, the Japanese are and of Queen Mary are being educat- attempting to dislodge the Chinese ed on that system now, troops at Anchi, Hsiaofeng, Szean and Kwangleh in the Cheklung- Anhwei border region.
NEW TYPE OF SCHOOL All Lady Aberdeen's children were brought up on the Charlotte Mason system, which cares nothing for text books and relies on learning directly from nature and Bterature.
Since May 16, Lungshan, a hill in the vicinity of Szean, has been the scena of stiff fighting. Japanese arifllery units are daily bombarding
Miss Mason was an invalid living the position.
Other Chinese units are engaging of a new type of school which would A at Ambleside when she had the iden the Japanese in the hilly districts draw out Lao intelligence of children vin between Tien Mu Shan and rather than whack in a lot of Mukanahan.
miscellaneous information at the end menace the Japanese rear Japane
Chinese -guorillas meanwhile of a cane.
Hor ideas shocked her contem communications between Changhing poraries, but in spite of illness which and Wushing have been disrupted made her, almost bed-ridden, abe pers with, the recapture of Likalnung, Kisted and saw her pianki #k#boni midway between the two townN.On the Nanking-Hangchow how on eleme
dhe me
Mrs. Dicksout of 108 Prince Edward Road reports that some per- guerilla unit is pressing on Wilanin son stole from car No 3076 ear tools by the Kashkig-Wushing hiwand
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