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EUROPE POLICY
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Italy, Germany and the United States (which although trade agreement, was symbolle of the existing good relations between the two countries) and the Franco- |
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16th December.
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LANE, CRAWFORD, LTD.
CHINA LIGHT & POWER CO., LTD.
Notice to Shareholders.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an EXTRAORDINA it Y Surely, he asked, the conclusion GENERAL MEETING of the above- three major international agreements between democratic and authoritarian named Company will be held at States in the last year was an the fend Ofice, St. George's achievement cult'ng for satisfaction, Building, Victoria, Hong Kong, rather than pessimism.
immediately following the Ordin- Referring to the assertions made ary Yearly Meeting of the Com- in some quarters that the Munich
defeat for the pany to take place on Wednesday, agreement was a democracies, the Prime Minister the 21st day of December, 1938, sald: "We should rather remember at Noon, when the subjoined alternative that Resolution will be proposed as an Munich averted, namely a revision of the Versailles Treaty by force, Ordinary Resolution, viz:- Instead of discussion1,"
what TES
Mr. Chamberlain said he was can- that British and German vinced people never wish to go to war again.
fle on Viscount Halifax would not go to Rome in the spirit of whe would be the winner, and who the loser in the forthcoming talks.
FASCISM INSUPPORTABLE Answering the charges that because he advocated coming to an under- standing with the dictator countries, he must therefore favour Nazism or Fascism, the Premier said:
"The complete subordination of individoni Independence to some- thing which is called the State, but which really only mean those who, for the time being, rule the State, would be insupportable in this country breauss it runs counter to al) onr fundamental conceptions of the framework of human society.
"But I fully recognise those itdals ure not held universally, and it seems to me neither useful, nor desirable to criticise others because they prefer systems which would not suit us, but do suit them.
"That the Authorised Capital of the Company be increased to Fifteen Million Dollars by the creation of One Million New Shares of the nominal value of $5 each and that such New Shures the issued ut such time or times and on such terms and conditions as the Directors in their absolute discretion shall ser fit." By Order Directors,
Secretary.
“OPEN DOOR” PRINCIPLE
(Continued from Page 1.)
foreigners in an area under Japanese occupation.
Mr. Li emphasised that a "strong and independent China will not re- sult from closing the door in China, since she must rely on foreign cop!- of tal, machinery and technical assist- dence for her economie development" He declared that closing the door by Chian was "neither necessary, nor possible."
on
Three plants, Della, Delphinus and Dardanus, will stand by nt Bangkok on Saturday, December 24, to bring the last mail in. The total currying capacity of these planes will enable them to bring a maximum load of two and a quarter tons of mal.
New figures were set up yesterday when the Dardanus and the Delphinus hopped off from Kal Tak with one and a quarter tons of mail, and two passengers, Mr. D. F. Landale,
Mrs. Lily Franklin, of pany, and Cheungehnu, both for London.
of
After discussing in detail the his- torical evolution of the Open Door doctrine, Mr. Li stated that the main tenance of China's Independence and integrity imposes an Open Door con- cept. He further pointed out that in the treaties concluded since 1000, preservation of the principle of the Open Door and the maintenance of China's integrity had always been
December 14, 1938.
LORRY KILLS BOY
Pinned Against Pillar In Queen's Road
Driver of a lorry which crashed
over the pavement in Queen's load West to pedestrians
POST
FIRST CLASS MAIL. The Public are reminded that culed letters and packets, irrespec- ive of contents, are classified as first luss mall and must be prepaid as
CHRISTMAS LETTER MAIL "BY
ugh. avold running down twc but killed a boy by pinning him against n pillar, Tso Kum, 28, was charged before Mr. Edwards at the Central Magistracy yesterday with dangerous driving.
Mr. Edwards found there was no cus to answer but amended the charge to one of careless driving. A protest against this procedure was mude by Mr. C. A. S. Russ, who appeared for Two.
The hearing was adjourned to 10-
AIR" FOR U.S.A, (By Pan American Airways Service) The Inst Christmas letter mail by air for U.S.A, by the "Pan American Airways Plane will be closed follows:
OFFICE.
CHRISTMAS LETTER MAIL FOR
STRAITS AND INDIA (By Imperial Airways Servico) The Last Christmas Letter Mail (15 cents per half-ounes) for Straits and dla by the "Imperial Airways Plaat" will be closed as follows: Registered Mall 5.00 p.m. 19th Dec, Ordinury Mail 7.49 p. 19th Dec. This mail is due to arrive at Singapore and Penang on December 21, and Calcutta on December 22, 1030.
Registered Mall... 5 p.m. Dec. 14. Ordinary Mail ... 7 p.m. Dec. 14.| This mail is due to arrive at Son
MAIL LETTERS Francico on December 21, 1930. Ordinary letter mail only for Weat Kwangtung, Kwangi, Szechwan, CHRISTMAN LETTER MAIL FOR Kweichow and Hunan will be ac
Messrs. Jardine, Matheson and Com- mentioned together, the intter bein, day, pleaded not guilty. Inspector 1 GREAT BRITAIN AND AUSTRALIA cepted at senders' risk.
Home Mall To-morrow
the
T50
Saunders prosecuted,
Mo
Man-chee, murine howkter.
i necessary prerequisite of former.
In conclusion, Mr. Li urged the Powers to apply immediate effective: measures to curb Japan's aggression, "ye-witness of the mishap, sold the Air mail from the United Kingdom, so as to maintain the sanctity of their peed of the lorry was a little faster than a bus, but not as fust un a car. scheduled to arrive this afternoon, treaty obligations, to preserve the ing Kam-yu 28, brother of the has been delayed by a hold-up in conditions of peace in the Pacific' dead boy, said the vehicle was being Europe, and will not arrive until area, and to protect their rights and driven it a very fast pace, because p.m. to-morrow. The
and interests in China.--Router.
as it approuched it made Delphinus will be used to bring
noise. Thursday's mail. Only Australno mal will be brought in by the Dardanus, which is expected to reach Kal Tak at 5 p.m. to-day.
Cal Tot planes Delin, Dardanus and
Della
Delphinus, will leave on Friday al down with the last outward Christ- mas mail, which closes at the G.P.O. and the Kowloon Post Office at 7 p.m. ta-morrow. This mall is due to arrive in London and Sydney before Christmas Day.
Last U.S.A. Mall The last Christmas letter mail for the U.S.A. by Pan American Airways Clipper, will be closed at 7 pm. to- day at the Kowloon and General Post Offices. Registered mall closes two hours earlier.
CONDOR SALVAGE
and tail structure.
Industry Ready To Meet All Demands
big
what had happened. Tso said that in
St. Meinnes sald that when asked order to avoid knocking down two
(By Imperial Airways Service) The Last Christmas Letter Mall (15 for Great
VIA SIBERIA BOUTE cents per half-ounce)
Letters id 'Postcards for Europa Britain and Australia by the "Im- periai Airways Plane" will be closed fexrepi Görent Britain and Eire) and South America are forwarded" "vis as follows:
Registered Mail 5 pm, Dec. 15 Siberia" if so superscribed. Ordmary Moll ... 7 p.m., Dec. 15 This mail is due to arrive at Lon- don on December 22, and Sydney un December 24, 1038,
OUTWARD MAIL TIMES Registered and Parcel Mails are closca 15 minutes earlier than the MAIL FOR CANTON
time given below unless otherwise Registered and ordinary mails stated, and where mails are advertis- cepted for Canton and despatched as gistered and parcel malls are closed circumstances permit,
at 0 pm. on the previous day,
INWARD MAILS
people, he had swerved and crashed (not insured or Parcels) will be ac- rd to close at or nefore & am, re-
Wan
into a pillar. There were marks of London, Dec. 13. u skid, continued Mr. Innes, who Within 12 months, the engineering added that the brakes and horns were industry, given continued goodwill on in a good condition. In answer to Mr. the past of the employers and work- Russ who asked whether ers, will achieve an output that will necessary for a driver to have his satisfy all Government departments, cyes trained on all sides of the road, This was the view put forward by McInnes said a driver should be able Commander Sir Charles Craven, to see every angle of the road before speaking at a luncheon of the Na, him. tional Union of Manufacturers in i Birmingham to-day. He ackled that in order to achieve success, they must know what is required of them.
he said,
Me. Russ, submitting that Tso had no case to answer, sait the rviden. had not been able to prove that his speed
was excessive. The only He also declared that the response to Sir Thomas Inskip's appeal to the said Mr. Russ. was because some reason why the neeldent happened, armaments Industry for speed-up in
ཐས་་ one had
Into run
the path of the greater production had been far Manlio, Dec. 13.
a marvel more people The German Condor plane, which than the general public realises. Tory. "It's a
are nut killed in the way they run crashed here last week, has been day the leading armament firms have across from one side of the road to
other under manufacture by
en-, the other" be salvaged by crane, but heavy seas
submitting that have already broken off the engines incering firms all over the country, the suggestion that Tse was driving
work to the value of many millions, N
at an excessive specd was highly of pounds."-Reuter Special.
hypothefies, and that one could not do more than avoid people who r across the road. It was also im- possible not to avert a skid in doing
Mr. Russ concluded by saying that it would be a hopeless thing I every vehicle
the Colony went at 5 m... in order to avoid people who suddenly ran across the rond.
Inspector Saunders submitted Tso had a case to answer. The maxinu speed of m.ph. and that of a lorry was 15. bus, he said, was 20
There were hundreds of fatal oc- cidents cacfi year but the Traile Department did not bring every case to Court. If it was thought that the driver responsible had been negligent, then cose was made out, as in the present one.
The wreckage will be crated ami the Board of shipped to Berlin.-United Press.
NOEL BRAGA,
CEYLON TO MALAYA
Singapore, Dec. 13. of three R.A.F. Short The first Sunderland ying-boats which left Ceylon for Singapore to-day
fight has arrived here. non-stop The second
force machine WAS down at the Nicobar Islands with engine trouble, the third landing give assistance.-Reuter.
FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN.
What to do to help a child
Anyone knowing of a child who has been assaulted, neglected, or ill-treated in a manner likely to euuse unnecessary suffering or injury to health, or know.ng of a parent who is seeking advice on any matter concerning a child, would be doing "History has taught us that mean act of kindness by communicating form of government ever remains the at unce with-m
same."
The Hon. Secretaries, H.K.S.P.C. The Old City Hall, Queen's Road C., Turning to British military pre-Hongkong, or the Inspector, 49, parations, the Prime Minister "said | Pokfulum Road, Ist floor; or the that they did not in the least indicate Inspector, Violet Peel Health Centre, that we were war-minded. But we Wanchal; or the Inspector, 12, Sai were bound to all up the deficiencies Young Choi Street, 1st Qoor, Kow- in our defenera, We had obligations, loon. not only to those at home, buf, to) those for whom we are responsible in the British Empire, and to allies.
CAN FULFIL OBLIGATIONS
All further steps will be taken, and expenses borne, by the Society.
The Informant's nume will be kept strictly private, except in cases where malice is proved.
"Our preparations. have now pro-ed to the happiness of the rations eeded far enough for us to say with which attempted it. confidence that we are in a position.
to full these obligations."
The ever-presen passion for national self-expression makes do-
He declared that nobody, more mination precarious." gludly than he, would join in inter-
an
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Arrivals and Departures Of Planes
Outward
For London, Australla, British Countries and Europe: Imperial Air- ways Delphinus, Delta, Dardanus, 7 a.m. December 16; Imperial Airways 7 a.m. Dec. 20.
For Chungking, Stan etc.: Eurasia and C.N.A.C, services indefinite.
For U.S.A., via Munila, Honolulu, Guam: Pan Americans Philippine Clipper 8.30 an. Dec. 15,
For France, via Hanol; Air France 6.30 a.m. Dec. 17.
Inward
From London, Australin and Bri- tish Countries: Imperiul Airways
Germany Demanding Levy By To-morrow |
Berlin, Dec. 13. The first instalment of the milliard mark levy Imposed on Jews must be paid by December 15.
Jews must deposit by then all their hares and securities with German' banks entitled to deal in foreign cur- rencies,
Jewish owners are gol allowed to withdraw from safe deposits, or to dispose of any of their belongings without a permit.
The new decree stipulates that the instalment must be in cash. but where that is impossible, the bank must hand to the authorities shares sufficient to meel the obligation, such shares to be, held by the Prussian State Bank as trustee for the Ministry of Finance.-Reuter Special.
GENERALISSIMO REVIEWS THE PROSPECTS FOR NEW YEAR
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mass meeting this
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Mr. Edwards decided Tso had 10 se
lo answer on the charge of dangerous driving but that there was one for earless driving. He therefore amended the charge. Mr. Russ: Can you do that? Mr. Edwards-Yes, I have undry the Monistrate's Ordinance, t
power,
amend the charge as
"as I think Al.
Mr. Russ: Then will you take a note that I submit that a magistrate has no power to amend the
charge ofter the cas for the proseculion bas
closed,
The
chat ge could be mended before the case has begun and not after. It is
obvious einbarrassment to meet one case and then, at the end of the hearing to amend it.
HEA
Dardanus 5 p.m. Dec. 14; Imperial are to hold a Airways Delph.nus, Delia, 5 p.m. Dec. afternoon. 15; Imperial Airways Delphinus, Delta, Dardanus 5 p.m. Dec. 17.
From France, via Hanol: Air France 12.30 am. Dec. 15. appeal
From Chungking, Yuunanfu, Kwei- In C.N.A.C., Eurasia Services in-
From U.S.A., via Honolulu, Guam, Manila: Pan
American Philippine and our recovery of the last capital. other country, be hampered by con- Clipper 12.30 p.m. Dec. 14.
national disarmanent. His years He concluded with had taught him the futility of the through his undience to all nations ambition if it led to the desire tor which they represented,
realise domination. History teaches
definite. that the aim that all should be happiness, attempts at domination nover by taying aside suspicion and long successful, and have never add- | judice.---Reuter,
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tre
CHRISTMAS ADVERTISING.
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Illustrative “mats” should be selected immediately, and copy sent in not less than forty-eight hours before tho datos of publication.
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The Chinese press unanimously declares; "Since the fall of Nanking and other cities, like suchow, Con- SEA POWER BRITAIN'S ton and Hanleow, our hearts have been in deep sorrow, but our deep determination to resist the Japanese Invasion is not lessened, nor has our confidence in our ultimate victory
--Reuter,
ITALIANS NOW CLAIM SEAPORT IN SOMALILAND
(Continued from, Page 6.)
have in £
FIRST DEFENCE
(Continued from Page 1.)
siderations of weakness or default on our part.
of
Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, adders- sing the Constitutional Club in Lon- don to-day also spoke of the British Empire, He said that people talked about Imperialism as though it meant exploitation, duping and domination weaker peoples by strong people. "How ignorant they are of the changes which have been going on inside the British Empire, and which have reached a climax in our ilme." A new Imperialism, which was the antithesis of that conception had
claims against France, the "Tribunu" publishes a Tunis report to the effect that Italian residents there "seen to putting themselves atate of legitimate defence."
The newspaper adds that there are *no details beyond stating that steps grown up inside the Empire. have been taken in accordance with forces inside the Commonwealth to the Fascist conception, that is to say day, and there was no doubt that the Italians are perfectly prepared some of the dominions had been for a counter-offensive."—Reuter,
King's Christmas
Tree For Poor
London, Dec. 13.
His Majesty's Christmas tree for the poor, will be placed outside of the west foor of St. Paul's Cathedral on December 19, and 'gifts for it will be brought to the cathedral dally until Christmas Eve.-Reuter,
CHAMBER
MUSIC
The first concert of the recently formed Chamber Concert Club was held at Government House yesterday and was attended by n large au- dience, including His Excellency the Governor and Lady Northcote.
The
say
A.
programme, arranged by Lind- Lafford, consisted of two triosi played by Frue Lewis, S. Ettere Pel- legatü, and Lindsay A. Lafford, Beethoven's Tri e in E fat 'mejor (Opus 1. No. 1) and Zanella's Trio in E minor
(op. 23). Gaston d'Aquino sang a group of songs,
The next concert will be held atļ the University on January 8, at 9.15↑
Pa
There were certain disintegrating
many
bitten rather badly by Nationalism.
But he detected ma counter forces making for the continued association and co-operation between all those nations within the Com- monwealth.-Reuter.
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