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THE HONGKONG
TELEGRA
PHMONDAY
OCTOBER
17,1938
CLASSIFIED France Orders EXPENSIVE BUS RIDE ADVERTISEMENTS More Planes Without Ticket
25 words $2.00 From America
for 3 days prepaid ·
of
WANTED KNOWN. VIENNA MODE: A selection handblocked Vienna and Paris styles will be on view shortly, last year's Hate reblocked. 12 Des Voeux Road, Central, White House.
SILVERFOXES und copei: further
shipment from London has just been received, and now offered at $130.-up, Alaska Fur Co., Alexandra Building, 2nd. door. 11 am to 1 p.m., and 3 to 8 p.m. (including Saturday). GROW VEGETABLES in your own
of seeds garden. varieties, always obtainable at Craca & Co. 10 Wyndham Street, Hung- kong. Established 1898.
Itellable:
MOTOR CARS.
G.P.O.
Paris, Oct. 16,
Student Who Travelled
student
-an
A seventeen-year-old named Suen Hon-kwong was charg- ed before Mr. E. Ilimaworth at the Kowloon Magistracy on Saturday with having avoided paying him fare The effort which the French alr
(Sham- while travelling on a No. 1 arma: must mako to compete with
of Kowloon on shulpo) route bus German construction is being cm-
October 14. phasised by experts here. One nu-
Admiting the charges, the defen- thority declares that the French prodant said that he had forgotten to duction varies between 40 and 60 buy a ticket. He was fined $20. planes a month compared with Ger
It was said that about 5 muny's 500 a month.
boarded Friday, a ticket Inspector- the bus in which the defendant was sitting and inspected the tickets of the passengers. The defendant was asked for his, and pretended to look amongst his books for it. He was eventually requested to leave the bus and asked to go to the bus Company and as he left the bus he was alleged to have run away. He was chased and detained.
Prior
the fine, Mir. to imposing Himeworth pointed out to the defen- dant that if he had been honest and had bought a ticket, it would only have cost him five or 10 cents, where as, if he did not and was caught it would cost him at least $25, which sum could buy many bus tickets.
The Air Minister, M. Lachambre, experts pay to whose realism the tribule, has won the confidence of all aviators by appointingGeneral Vuillemin, a well-fried airman, as Chief of Staff.
To All one gap until the French industry gets going, M. Lachambre has ordered 100 American Curtis- Wright cyclone machines.
It is estimated that French produc- ilon will not attain full output until February 1940.
German pursult planes are des- cribed by some experts as being twice WE BUY, sell and exchange cara
as fast as the French, and German from $400, in good running condi-bombing planes are also considerably Immediate tion. We also uwure and repair faster. France has an
need China Trading Company.
for 1,750 planes, for which Box 200. Tel. 23583.
orders have been given. Including GIRL TAUGHT TO BEG
it is estimated that reserves,
France costing about CONSIGNEES' NOTICES, needs over 4,000 planes,
nine milliard francs. Another
Man Fined for Using Her milliard frances will be required to cover the cost of new air bases, build- ings and personnel The number of air force effectives is to be increased this year to 2,550 officers and 44,000 men-Reuter,"
SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DES
MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.
Steamship
*ATHOS II" 24*A/38 Bringing Cargo from Marseilles via Saigon, etc., arrived Hongkong on Wednesday, 12th October, 1930.
NEW LANDING WEST OF H.K.
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Consignces are hereby informed that their goods with the exception of Oplum, Treasure and Valuables are being landed and stored into the Godowns of the Hongkong Kowloon Whart and Godown Co. Ltd., Kew-way from Bias Boy, vin Tamshui and
the valley of Talkong River. loon, whence delivery may be ab- tained immediately after landing.
All claims must be sent in to me on or before 22nd October, 1938, or they will not be recognized.
Damaged Packages will be examin ed by the Company's Surveyor Mesus:-Goddard and Douglas in the presence of the Consignees at 10.00 am on Tuesday, 18th October, 1030.
Consignees must have a Revenue Officer in attendance when any dull able goods are examined, by the Company's Surveyors.
No Fire Insurance will be effected by us in any case whatever."
E. OHL
Agent. Hongkong, 12th October, 1938.
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This force entered Lungkok, mid-way between Tamshul and the Canton-Kowloon railway town of Shanghawal. At 8 pm. they were reported to be about 14 miles north of the British frontier town of Shataukok fa Mirs Bay and about ten miles from Shanghawal,
After two abortive attempts to land on the Sanon County coast of
the highly fortified Pearl River delta. the Japanese effecied a major landing shortly before noon yesterday at Namiau, in Taichun Bay. Namtau is separated from Hongkong waters by the narrow Namtau Peninsula.
IN DEEP BAY
are
To Procure Alms
"You should find a better way to bring up your children than to teach them to beg," said Mr. E. Himsworth,
on Satur
Planes Collide Over Town: Woman Killed
Two R.A.F. planes collided above Stamford, Lincoln. shire, recently and one of the machines, crashing on a Three house, set fire to it and killed a 22-year-old woman. R.A.F. men jumped with parachutes and escaped injury.
POST OFFICE.
AIR MAIL SERVICES
Air Mail Services to Shanghai, and Nanking, Tsingtau, Tientaln Pelping are temporarily suspended.
AIR MAIL LETTERS Surcharged air mail letters may be posted in the ordinary posting boxes. They should be clearly marked "By Air Mall' and bear sufficient post-
PARCEL FOST
Parcel Past Services: via Canton are temporarily suspended.
VIA SINKRÍA BOUTE '. Letters and Postcards for Europe (except Great Britain and Eire) and South America are forwarded, “via Siberia" it so superscribed.
In another R.A.F, accident, at Lee-on-Solent, a sea- plane struck and sank a fishing smack and one man in itge. lasuficiently prepaid letters time given below unless otherwise was drowned.
The victim of the Stamford crash was Miss Mary Russell, whose charred body was found after the fire at her home had been extinguished.
She was about to take a bath when the crash occurred and, running outside, she was buried under the debris. A metal spar from the plane was driven into her back and she was killed instan- taneously.
Hundreds of people saw the crash and a pilot fighting for his life os he fried to release his parachute while his body fell, twisting and turning, to the ground. He got the landed in a tree, from which ho scrambled to safety.
Record Poll
parachute open just in time, In N. Zealand
LANDED IN RIVER
He was Flying-OMeer J. E. J. Sing. Flying with him was Aircraftman R. Humphreys who landed in the River Welland. He also escaped injury
The plot and sole occupant of the machine which simick the Russell He came down in a field.
Elections
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16th October
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Wellington, Oct. 16. Labour's emphatic victory in the New Zealand general election came as a painful surprise to the Nationalist regarded as very promising right to the end of the campaign.
at the Kowloon Magistracy of tung house was Pilot-Offeer Van Mentz Party, whose chances of success. Were
day, to a man named Wong 65, who
guilty to a charge of haying Red
a child to
beg. The charge stated that Wong was guilty of mendicancy by causing, pro
12-year-old curing and encouraging a
beg for alms at Salisbury girl to Road, near the Kowloon Y.M.C.A.
It was said that the girl was seen to beg money from soldiers going to observed the Y.M.C.A. She was handing the defendant three cents.
The defendant was fined $5 or, in default, has to serve 10 days hard labour.
LATE MR. FELSHOW
Ashes Deposited in Waters
Of Tsun Wan Bay
Pilot-Officer Mentz's plane struck the hous cof Mir. J. T. Russell, in Lancaster Road, with terrific force, Wrecking one corner.
The machine burst into flames and the timbers of the house blazed when the petrol tank exploded, scattering burning petrol in all directions.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell were at home and, although Mrs. Russell fainted from shock, they managed to escape safely.
It was then discovered that their daughter, who was known to have been in the house, could not be found, and it was only after an hour's search that her body was re-
scattered all over the centre of the bris from the collision was also
town, pedestrians were struck by splinters and large portions fell on business premises.
The major portion of the second plane fell in the gardens of cottages in Freemen's Meadow on the other side of the town.
Miss Russell was to have married
The Anal state of the parties is: Labour 54, Nationalists 24, Indepen- dents
3.
With the leanings of the two Inde- virtually pendents known, Labour
55 seats against the Na- lists 25. All Cabinet Ministers have been returned.
The Prime Minister, Mr. Savage, and the Minister of Finance, Mr. Nash had huge majoritles. The poll constituted a record-Keuler,
CYPROEANS DEMAND
AUTONOMY
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direct negotiations between Greece and England.
Neither Mr. Lloyd George, nor any succeeding British Government hus iken steps to fuld this promise, edo Crown Colony of Great Britain.
reported to have pushed on to Shalau,' the same day, were deposited in the Mr. Jack Short, a Stamford clerk and and in 1925 the island was proclnim-
a well-known member of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, at the end of this year. ་་ ་་་
taxi Rowland Robinson, a driver, had a remarkable escape from killed by the machine which
The ashes of the late Mr. William Charles Felshow, 51-year-old pro- minent local architect, who died at the Matilda Hospital on October 11 From Namtau the Japanese
and whose remains were cremated in Deep Bay, the waters of which waters of Taun Wan Bay yesterday, are regarded as British. Shatau is anly one mile from the Shum Chun following a burial service by Mr. J.
Russell assisted by Mr. D. Silver. which River,
part is at this
A small party
of mourners, the Hongkong-Kwangtung the
frontier.
chief of whom were the deceased's been heard at Heavy firing has
on a launch at 0.30 am. Those on shan and
board also included Mrs. B. Font, re- This Japanese force is believed to presenting the Theosophical Society, Cross Road when I saw be only ten miles from Shum Chun,
Mr. K. Levkikowitch and Mr. J. the C.K.R rallway village just across Anderson. the border from Hongkong Their been advance to the railway has
Mr.
several border towns, including Flug- Wife and daughter, left for Tsun Wan being into the Russell home,
Lokmachau.
ne by bombings of border |
The most remarkable fact of the entre operations since the Japanese landed in Blas Boy has been the ease with which they have advanced on their objective.
500 VILLAGES FALL Since the landing in Bias Bay on Wednesday last, the Japanese have occupied an area in which 500 approximately villages and hamlets containing a population of more than four milion people.
there
aro
Hong Refugees who escaped to kong from Tamshul after the Japan- ese entry into the elty disclose that the total Japanese force which firat entered the city of 10,000 people was ten soldiers. They were in compiele possession of Tamshul for two until the main army came ours,
Tomshu
was
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subjected terrific preliminary aerial and naval bombardment and
was
Secretary
Of State
At the present time all the legisla
On the tive and executive power siand rests in the hands of the as the constitution of the Governor, island was set aside years ago.
has It is stated that indignation He said: "I was standing in New risen among the natives of Cyprus the two through the ban imposed by the authorities on the teaching of Greck machines collide. The nelse history and geography in the schools. like a bullet hitting armour plating.
"One of the machines turned into 8 also pointed out that administra-
Live
are drawing onicials
high a spiral with one broken wheel hand salaries which have to be raised by ing down. I saw the two men lear the none-too rich population, from it and as they fell it turned
During past years all activist and away
towards the town. "The other machine turned upside Greek patriots, including even priests,
Trans-Ocean.
For Dominions Dies down and it seemed as though its have been banned from the island.
London, Oct. 15.
Lord Stanley, Secretary for the Dominions, and heir to the Earl of Derby, who had been in a London clinic since his return from Canada on September 25, died here at 230 a.m.
1 Ho wit carried nshore at Southampton on a stretcher, but it was thought then, that his leg trouble would not be such as to keep him much longer from public affairs,
His illness brought him home a fortnight earlier than expected, his leg being strapped down in plaster- of-paris. His death brings the toll of by-elections to seven-Reuter.
burning PLANE OVER BORDER flercely as the Japanese entered.
Two bombs struck the Tamshui,
High School, in which 250 children Unidentified Machine In
sought refuge. Eighty of the chil- dren were killed or injured by the explosions.
·British Territory
A constant procession of Japanese According to a report received convoys of transporte, escorted by
from Ко Wa, New Territories, yesterday, an ceroplane, the nation- ality of which was unknown, flew across the border into British terri- Lory,
destroyers and erulacra Is entering and leaving Blas Bay. Yesterday a further twenty transports arrived and Immediately commenced disem- barking troops and supplies.
Heavy suppiles of mechanised
The report stated that about 4 p.m. units, including tanks and motor
the aeroplane, a two seator fighting lorelés, are being discharged into
machine, appeared over the village lighters, in which they
and left after a short period. It bore are taken no visible identification marks. neress to bay to Nimshian. From Nimshan the lorries and tanks driving up to Whicho.
uro
Japanese engineers have con- scripted the terrorised Chinese inhabitants of Wnichow to help re- construct the bridges across the East River, destroyed by the Chinese troops before they retreated.
SWATOW AMERICANS
Ordered to Be Ready For Evacuation
Swatow, Oct. 18. Americans here have received instructions from the Consulate to be rendy to evacuate at any moment. The Chinese authorities have issued a notice · ndvising citizens to leave in- land.▪ All newspaper offices are ready to move.
The altuation In the city is still calm.
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pliot was thrown from it. It began to break up in the air and then with its engine running it went into prac- tically a vertical dive and came straight at me.
"I didn't know whether to run or stay where I was.
with
ANGLO-ITALIAN AGREEMENT
дп
"A split second later it shot a few fest over my head and crashed into counell house. The
London, Oct. 16. the garden of
Parliament will be afforded Petrol tank exploded and blew off the root
mighty roar.
opportunity of discussing any deck- wife happened to be near sion the Government may reach re- where the mer from the other sure to bringing into force of machine landed and the pilot said he the Anglo-Italian agreement, stated had fallen a long way before he could Lord Halifax when Lord Crew and find the ring to pull the ripcord of Sir Percy Harris, representing the his parachute. Apparently he was Liberal Party, called at the Foreign not a second loo soon."
Once during the week-end to dis- Both planes were stationed
cuss developments in the international Wittering Aerodrome.
situation-Reuter,
SMACK DISMASTED
A
at
An accident ut Lec-on-Solent in- volved a Swordfish seaplane from the buse at Lee which, while landing. and dismaster! fishing struck smack in which were Thomas Henry Kemp (48), of Adelaide Grove, East Cowes, Isle of Wight, and his 75- year-old stepfather, Thomas Banis-
ter.
RAPE OF CZECHS: BITTER ATTACK
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which had been deserted, destroyed and devoured, and was now being uigeated.
Kemp was thrown into the water. Who nan RAF, tender picked him
Would this bring blessing or a curse up he was dead, apparently from severe head injuries Banister, who upon the world? asked Mr. Churchill. was also seriously injured about the The question ail the English-speak- head, was rescued from the sinting Ine peoples were asking themselves vessel and taken to hospital at was, is this the end, or is more to
come? Gosport. His condition is critical.
bo secured by Could peace submission to organised and caleti- |lated wrong-doing and violence?—
Reuter,
PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY WIFE OPPOSES
To-day, October 17, the Pallhar- SPEED-UP
monie Society, are holding their usual rehearsal for "Ruddigore" in the
Sermon's Institute, Gloucester Rand, OF DIVORCE
at 6,30 p.m., instead of at the Ching Fleet Club Thontre.
TO PRACTISE LOCALLY ·
The Government Gazette notifies that the name of Dr. S. G. Kirby Gomes,
1.1.C.B., T.R.C.S (Edin.), LRF.y.s. (Glasg.) has been added to the local medical reglater. The name of Mr. Mak Chun-poy has been added to the local list of authorised architects.
N.Z. ELECTIONS.
Wellington, Oct. 18: The final slate, of parties in the general election is nówzA
The Japanese bombers appeared over the Chanchow-Walchow high- way about 8 am, releasing four bomba; on: --Polluzha, - No material! Labour 06 seats, Nationals 23, and damage resulted-Wah. Kiu. Tat Pe Independents two Reuter Bulletin.
Application was made in the Vacation Court recently on be
Death Stops Liner Twice
hait of Mr. Ralph Robert Chappell In Hour
that the decree hilai of divorce grant- od to his wife in October last year, should be made absolute.
posed
Twice within an hour the 24,000- ton. US. liner Manhattan was stopped for the burial of a captain's steward. While this was taking place, Charles Camelleri (44) dropped dead. He had been stewart to Captain A. B Randall, commander of the Man- hattan, for 12 years.
Vos, a
89-year-old naturalised Brilish subject was transferred to the
.. Manhattan as the result of a mid- Atlantic radio message asking for medical aid,
Mr. Graham Brooks said that Mr. Chappell was living with the woman named in the "petition, and that they were anxious to marry to regularlie their position and also that of an ex-
child. pected
The husband's application
·was op. by the wife on the grounds that Mr. Chappell was in default, as he had not paid the
the costa of petition, or anything substantial account of maintenance.
Accepting the submission of Mr. In the liner's hospital two doctors Roland Adama (fog Mrs. Chappell) reinained at his bechide for 24 hours that the application was not urgent, in an attempt to save Vos Mr. Justice Asquith adjourned 1 to 5 The Manhattan roached Plymouth the October Law Tam.
from New York last night. **
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