THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1938.
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NEW SHIP MEASLES ABOARDS.S.CHANGTE
LAUNCHED
IN H.K. Ambulance
Yesterday's Ceremony
At Taikoo
Built to the order of the Stralis Steamship Co., Ltd., Singapore, the single-screw motor vessel Pahang was launched from the establish- ment of the Talkoo Dockyard and Engineering Co. Ltd. on Monday. the naming ceremony being carried out by Mrs. A. B. H. Phillips, wife of the manager of the Talkoo Refinery.
Meets Ship
As She
Docks Here
NOTABLES ARRIVE THIS MORNING
WHEN the Changte berthed at Holt's wharf this morning, an
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derrick for heavy lifts operated by to meet it, in response to a radio electric winch. The windlass, steer-
ing gear and warping winch are all report that there was a case of electrically driven,
measles aboard.
r
The victim was the young daughter of Mrs. C. 3. Allfield, Miss A. V Attfield, who became afflicted three days before the boat berthed.
The first regular river-service steamer to ply batwaen Hongkong and Canton ilues the full of the Mrs. Attiteld, with her daughter Kwanglung capital left Hongkong during the week and, and this picture shows the Fatihan, well-known and young son, has come to Hong-river steamer leaving Hongkong on the upriver trip, which was completed without incident.
her husband, Major Attfield, who arrived by the Talping long to join carly In November and is now with the Kumaon Rifles.
First class passenger accommoda- tion is provided in cabins amidships with saloon and lounge adjoining Second class passengers are housed at after end of shelter deck. Captol and offers are berthed amidships and crew and peity officers in fore- fect castle and sheller tween THE LITTLE SHOP,
Gloucester Unberthed passengers will be carried Arcade. Christmas Presents, Delight- | 'tween deck. ful negligen from Shanghai, poree- Inins from Klangsc, old ivorles from
The vessel has been designed for Peking, Tibetan and Mongolian Rugs, service in the East Indian Archipela- Other passengers on board were lamps and shades,
Ko, is classed under British Corpora- Mrs. K. G. Blair, who returned 10 visit to tion, and meets all the arrangements llongkong after a holiday
M. McLaren, | Australia: Miss J. The propelling machinery, which is daughter of Sir John Gilbert Mu- formerly of fitted aft, consists of
vertical Laren, K.C., C.M.G., single-acting, four-stroke cycle, Australia House, London, who has airless injection marine Diesel engine come from Sydney to by Messrs. Humboldt-Deutzmatern, tion with her brother-in-law
and Koin, giving a normal output of 750
... at 250 NP.M.
Two
CONSIGNEES' NOTICES. of the Board of Trade.
N. Y. K. LINE (NIPPON YUSEN KAISYA.)
From EUROPE and STRAITS. The Steamship
"HAKUSAN MARU,”
having arrived from the above ports, Consignees of Carto are hereby informed that their Goods are being fanded and placed at their risk in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown
ut Company's Godowns Kowloon, whence delivery may be obtained,
Goods not cleured by the 12th December, 1938, will be subject to
rent.
Damaged packages must be left in the Godowns for examination by the Consignre's and the Co.'s representa- tives on any Tuesdays and Fridays at 2.30 an. within the free storage period.
examination of
Fir
damaged dutiable goods, the con- signees must
ust arrange for a Revenue Olleer to be present.
All claires must be presented with- in ten days of the stemmer's arrival here, after which date they cannot be recognized,
No claims will be admitted after the goods have left the Godowns.
No fee insurance has been effected. NIPPON YUSEN KAISYA. Hongkong, 5th December, 1938. MANILA SHARES
I
50 W. Diesel-driven
ger erotors will supply elirect curren: at an E.M.F. of 220 volts for a com- plete installation of electric driven auxiliary machinery, deck cranes, and steering gear, together with the ship's lighting.
it is expected that the Pahang will be ready for service in February,
Commons And Gen. Franco's "Mistake"
Loncion, Dec. 5.
of
a vaca-
Hongkong's Winter Drought:
Successive Fine Days
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DRAMATIC TRIAL
sister, Major and Mrs. A. F. H. Gal-cms deat frey, Stanley Barracks; Mr. G. J. M.
from Londer, who has come Zealand to be engineer with Messrs.
for five years Butterfeld and Mr. and Mrs, E. H. Gardiner,
China and touring Sydney, who are Japan; Miss K. C. Hall, England.
artist,
who has been commercial touring the world for the last two years; and Mrs. P. B. Bishop, of Melbourne, who is
ter, Mrs. A holiday visit
N. Stockton.
IN PARIS
White Russian Mystery May Be Cleared Up
PARIS, Dec. 5. THE TRIAL in absentia of
to her darivals by the Chante
Other were Mr. C. K. McDonald, of Syd- ney, Dr. W. T. M. Mour, of Sydney: Mr. Mak Ying
THU, 0. W. G. of Sydney, Mr. Chan Man, of
Ham, of
Melbour Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Chapman, cf Sydney, Mr. L. H. General Skoblin, who is believed Timbrell, of Brisbane, Mr. Fong, of Townsville, and Mr. Ed to have fled to Soviet Russia, and word Sunn, of Townsville, and 33 steerage passengers.
NEW C.J. FOR MALAYA
Low
The seizure of ships by the naval forces of General Franco was again raised in the House of Commons at question time. The Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs was asked if General Franco had given any ex-
London, Dec. 5. planation of the mistake he had ad-
The Colonial Office has announced initted, regarding the arrest and de- tention of two Greek ships under that Mr. K. E. Poyser, Puisne Judge charter for transport on behalf of the In Ceylon, has been selected for the The following quotations were rechased in Rumania.
British Government, of wheat pur-atment of Chief Justice to the Malaya Stales, in succession to Sir ceived after the close of the morning
Mr. R. A. Buller replied that full Roger Hall, who is retiring-Reuter, session through Reuters:
information has not been received from the British Agent at Burgos Regarding other ships under delen- in the cargoes of which British interest, Mr. 11
Antamok
Bulness Done Prices in Pezos
Dec. 5. Dec. 5. 47% Ung.
Ung.
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M.C.L. CHRISTMAS DRIVE POSTPONED
of General Skoblin's wife, Mme. Plevitz Kaja, who appeared in the dock dressed completely in black, began here to-day before the
Court of Assizes.
HONGKONG'S winter drought;
has set in earnest, yesterday being the 24th consecutive rainless day
the Colony has experienced since November 11, and the rainfall, which totals 55.34 inches, is now! 28.87 inches below average.
In fact since October 5, there have been only 11 wet days, which pro- duced total of 2.56 inches. During the 81 days between September 5 und November 6, 50 out of the 61 days were rainless.
Yesterday's temperatures were
the and
higher than for the previous 24 hours, The maximum beling 78 minimum 04. At 10 o'clock this
morning the temperature was 68 and the humidity 70 per cent.
THE SANDYS
CASE ECHO
Commons Approves The Report Of Select Committee
LONDON, Dec. 5. THE HOUSE of Commons, on
the motion of the Prime Minister, adopted unanimously the report
The Royal Observatory weather report issued this morning stated that of the Select Committee on the the anti-cyclone over China has de Official Secrets Act dealing with creased slightly In intensity; the northern depression is situated over the "Sandys Case," and also pass-
Parine to the north-cast of Hokkaido, and the southern depresed unanimously a resolution con- sion is approaching the Visayas on General Skoblin and his wife arej “esterly track.
stituting a committee for the Loral forecast is:-North-east accused of complicity in the abdue-
purpose of enquiring into the ap- tion of the White Russian, General winds, fresh; fair. von Miller who disappeared under
plicability of the Act to Members mysterinus eircumstances
of Parliament-Reuter.
year ago.
tion
hold merchants
The Christmas Bridge, Mahjongs Butler assured the Opposition Leader and Whlst Drive of the Prison Brunch thus suffering 13.10
cases were beting actively of the M.C.L., which was to have these pursued and he sincerely hoped the been held to-morrow at Stanley, has Government would receive satisfac. been postponed
the first until tion. British Wireless.
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Bagulo Gold
2014
Benguet Cons,
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Coco Grave
1
Consolidated Mines
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Demonstration
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United Paracale
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The tow.ng is Swan, Culbertson
& Fritz' report on this morning's market:
The Manila market held a qulet practically but steady session with all stocics unchanged. However, Benguet Consolidated showed again of 10 points, while Coco Grove showed a loss of one point.
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SHOPPING DAYS
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Wednesday in January.
KING'S THEATRE
SPECIAL CHARITY PERFORMANCES in Aid of the Chinese Refugees (Under the joint auspices of the Rotary Club of Hongkong and the China Entertainment and Land Invest- ment Co., Ltd.)
℗ TO-MORROW, ONE DAY ONLY ●
Showing at
2.30 P.M.
SHIRLEY TEMPLE
in
"LITTLEST
REBEL'
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
5.10 P.M.
GEORGE ARLISS
in
about
n
It is regarded as practically cer- tuin that General von Miler Was kidnapped by Ogpu agents and was probably subsequently murdered,
the sume fate General Kuuport.
The French police authorities arej convinced that Mme. Plevitz Kajal knows a great deal about the abduc-| ion of General von Miller and pro- bubly also about the mysterious dis- appearance of General Kutipcff, but they entertain little hope that Mine. Plevitz Kaja will make any scn- sational revelations in the course of the trial.
Some fifty witnesses will be heard by the Court.
The wife of General von Miller has; Пied a petition against Mme. Plovilz Kaja und will appear before the Court on her own behalf. The trial is expected to last about eight days.
Trans-Ocean,
Britain's Suez Canal Holdings
Valuable Investments
London, Dec. 5.
"THE HOUSE of rothschILD" by Sir John Simon, Chancellor of the
United Artists Picture
7.15 P.M.
WALLACE BEERY
in
#
"TREASURE ISLAND'
Motro-Goldwyn-Mayor Picture
9.30 P.M.
GRACE MOORE
"WHEN
in
YOU'RE IN
LOVE"
A Columbia Picture
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The following Information aboul the Suez Canal Company was given
Exchequer during question time in the House of Commons to-day.
Experts With Ribbentrop On Paris Visit
NO IMEPOPER PRESSURE
London, Dec. 0.. The position of M.P.s in relation to the Oficial Secrets Act came up for renewed discussion in the House of Commons to-night on two motions,
une reconstituting the Select Com- milice which served in the last Berlin,, Dec. 5. session, and the other, receiving an The Foreign Minister, Herr Joa-interim report of the committee leaves published last October, which dealt chim von Ribbentrop, who Berlin this evening for Paris, will. chiefly with the Sandys case. it is announced, be accompanied by a Foreign Offee expert on
The Prime Minister said the ques- national law, Dr. Gauss, as well as tions at Issue were of considerable
inter-
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into possession of secret information
mlitee.
Other members of the suite will should be cleared up, as it would be be Herr Abetz, who is a specialist on in the final report of the Select Com- French affairs at the Foreign Office, and who is well-known in French political circles for his work on the Franco-German Committee.-Trans- Ocean.
BECRET TIME-TABLE
Regarding the interim report, Mr. Chamberlain thought it established that there had never been uny deliberate intention on the part of any Minister to exercise an improper Paris, Dec. 5. pressure on Mr. Sandys. He urged Utmost efforts are being made to the House to accept the report, keep secret the Ume-table of Herr If the Select Committee Joachim von Ribbentrop, which will final report were able to give the In their be observed here to-morrow with the House some general guidance on the object of avoiding hostile demonstra-questions at issue, it might be hoped tions.
for the future that there would be no
Herr Ribbentrop, accompanied by recurrence of an incident such as the Frau Ribbentrop, is due to arrive at Sandys case,
this is
16 o'clock at the Gare des Invalides, Mr. Wedgewood Benn (Labour) instead of the Gare du Nord, and considered the essence of the matter their route to the hotel three minutes was the provision in the Bill of Rights away will be through broad avenues, that debates and proceedings of
Hicials say
purely a matter Parliament should not be challenged of convenience, but some men in theer Impeached in any place outside. street consider it is to facilitate the Mr. Winston Churchill told he accept- avoidance of incidents.
ed the report with great cordiality- All that can be gathered in oMcial' British Wireless. circles is that joint No-War de- claration will firstly recognise as un- alterable the frontiers of Frence and
He said there are seven British directors, apart from three British
varamma diectors. All the dire Germany, secondly to affirm sood
tors are appointed by shareholders on the nomination of the Board, »
- by the two nationa to
QUEEN MAUD FUNERAL
and thirdly to include an un-
cach other In the event of differences, but subject to the condi- When a vacancy occurs among the tion that third parties may also be received from the Secretary of State unofficial British directors, the name consulted.
for the Colonies that the funeral of
Telegraphic information has been
of a ruccessor is customarily sub- The fact that Herr Ribbentrop's Her inte Majesty the Queen of Nor- mitted by the remaining unofficial | staff includes Dr. Gauss of the legal Way will take place on Thursday, directors.
acetion of the Wilhelmstrasse leads All flags on Government buildings to the belief that the talks will cover and launches will be down at half- Each director holds 900 shares. much larger ground that a mutual mast from 8 am to sunset on that The British Government holds 303, "No War" declaration. The sugges-
deciday. 604 shares. The shares purchased in tion that Herr von Ribbentrop wil 1870 by the Treasury were 176,002 be asked as a condition for France's shures of the nominal value of 400 signature, for the disavowal by Ger- when questions arising from Herr francs each, and the cost at the old many of support for the claims of Ribbentrop's visit will be discussed. par exchange of £25.22, was the Italian irredentiam on the Cen- The Government will also be in- tinent, in the Mediterranean and in formed of the Italian reply to the Africa, can be discounted Reuter. French protests regarding the Corsica
and Tunis Incidents, READY FOR VISIT
Paris, Dec. 0. An Important council of Ministers will be held to-morrow morning
070.000. In 1038 they were worth £22,048,000 and In 1937 they were valued at £19,075,000.
The percentage of the last three amounts to the costs in sterling were respectively $0.1, 03.2 and 40.5 per cent-Reuter Special
Another meeting of the Cabinet will be necessary to discurs the pars. Hamentary agenda and to place electoral reform on it--Reuter,
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