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SCHOOL OF
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WANTED.
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wanted from June 1, Peak District, Six months' lease. Apply Box No. 535, "Hongkong Telegraph."
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FOR SALE. DOG KENNEL, Made of hardwood, zine covered, for medium sized dog Apply Box No. Telegraph."
$34.
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Hongkong, 22nd May, 1939.
PEAK TRAMWAYS CO., LTD.
NOTICE IS HEREBY given that the ANNUAL ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of SHARE HOLDERS will be held at the HONG KONG HOTEL, on FRIDAY, the 2nd. JUNE, 1939, at 11.00 a.m., for the purpose of receiving the "Hongkong Report of Directors together with a Statement of Accounts for the year ended 30th. April, 1939.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the ENVELOPE containing snapshots Company will be CLOSED from and lens, Finder please return Box FRIDAY, 26th. day of May to No, 937, "Hongkong Telegraph,"
FRIDAY, the 2nd. of June, 1939, LOST in Kowloon, Friday, May 10, both days inclusive, Dachshund dog. black and in, one yeur. Name "Fritz." Please return to Mrs. Moss, “Suftush", King's Park. Reward,
LOST.
HUPEH FRONT GAINS
(Continued from Page 1)
made by the invaders to evacuate to Tienmen, 28 mlies to the northeast.
Following their successes, Chloese)
Transport Hit
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON, General Managers. Hongkong, 20th, May, 1939.
THE INDO-CHINA STEAM
NAVIGATION COMPANY,.
雌
LIMITED.
The Fifty-eighth Ordinary
forces are mepping up straddled units General Meeting of the Company of Japanese scatteresi the large interstice between the Han River will be held at the Offices of the and the Hankow-Ichang highway-General Managers, Messrs. Jar- Central News.
dine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., Pedder FOWLIANG, May 22-A Japanese Street, Hong Kong, on Thursday, transport, steaming up-river in the 25th May, 1939, at noon, for the vicinity of Slangkow WOS hit by seven shells from Chinese mobile purpose of receiving the Report. shore battery on Saturday noon, The of the Directora, passing the vessel, badly damaged, managed to Accounts, and electing Directors limp downriver for repair.
In the afternoon; a small cruiser and Auditors.
from Slangkow opened up on the The Transfer Books of the Chinese riparian positions but caused Company will be closed from the little damage-Central News.
18th May to the 8th June, 1939 |Inglusive.
DIPLOMAT ACTIVITY
(Continued from Pupe 1.)
cumstantial reports must be treated with caution.-Reuter.
CIANO IN BERLIN
By Order of the Board,
JARDINE, MATHESON &
CO., LTD.
General Managera. Hongkong, 25th April, 1939.
BERLIN, May 21-Count Ciano,- the tallan Foreign Minister, has will oflend the signing In' the arrived, and was welcomed at the Ambassadors Room of the new station by Herr Joachim von Ribben-Chancellery at 11 a.m., but Herr von trop, the German Foreign Minister. Ribbentrop will conduct Count Ciano They will sign the Italo-German to Herr Hitler's study almost next milltary alliance to-morrow.
door at 11.30, where, it is thought, The Italian-Ambassador, Signor Court Cinno will deliver a personal Attoliyo, the German Ambassador message from 11 Duce to the Fuchrer. Rome, Herr von Mackensen, and Following the signing of the pact, leading members of the Government, both Foreign Ministers will make. Party, and «rmed forces were also brief speeches, which will be brand- at the station.
cast by all German and Italian It is not expected that Herr Hitler stations.-Reuter,
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PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction
YANKEE CLIPPER
American Plane Begins Atlantic Crossing
May 22, 1939.
DEMOCRACY LEADS IN AMERICAN APPRAISAL
(Continued from Page 1) Int. four points for second and as on in each of the five classifentions, British-French entente scores 33 points and the German-Italian combination 30,
POST
MAIL, FOR CANTON Registered and Ordinary mail snd Parcels (no1 Insured) will be ac-
sted for Canton and despatched as circumstances permit..
OFFICE.
OUTWARD MAIL TIMES
Registered and Parcel Mails are
to be held on Tuesday, the 30th day of May, 1939, at 3 p.m., at the Omees of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Port Washington, New York,. The experts also rate Russia, the Excellency the Governor of one
May 20. one big, "outside" European power, Lot of Crown Land at Tai Kok cupper hopped off from Manhasset Soviet
Pan American Airway's Yankee and her score is 12. Should the huge nalion become definitely Taul, in the Colony of Hong Bay at 1.07 pm. New York time to-aligned with Britain and France the Kong, for a term of 76 years, day, the 12th anniversary of Lind-11 to 10 end of the democracies
would be bolstered to a 0 to 0 ratio." with the option of renewal at aberh's first trans-Atlantic fight,
The Clipper is en route to Mar- Britain and the expanderi Third Crown Rent to be fixed by the seilles, whence she will proceed to Reich of Adolf Hitler tle for the first South America are forwarded "vis gistered and parcel mails are closed
Southampton.
place in all-around military potency. ench iling up 18 points. France's 1s points to Italy's 12 gives the lend to the London-Paris alliance.
No passengers are being carried, but there is a crew of 17 and soine other Pan American employees, to gether with 35 sacks of mail valued |at $35,000 Dulfed Press,
closed 10 minutes earlier than the time given below unless otherwise. VIA BIDERIA ROUTE
stated, and where mails are advertis Letters and Postcards for Europe ed to close at or before 9 mm, re- (except Great Britain and Eire) and Siberia" if so, superscribed.
From
at 8 pm, on the previous day. INWARD MAILS ·
Shanghol, Amoy and Swatow .army's
Haiphong
Amoy.
Duo.
Per
Air Mall by "Imperiat Alrways Direct Service" London date,
Imperial Airways Piane 17th May Haiphong, Pakhol and Fort Bayard Kwangtung
Laos Taiyuan
May 22.
May
May
May
Cheklang
May
Cremer
Moy
Kamakura Maru Kingyuan
May 23.
May 23.
La Plata Máru
May 23.
May 23.
May 24.
May 24.
May 24.
of Asia
May 24.
.May 20
May 25
U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shang- hal (San Francisco date, 27th April),
Shanghal and Swntow
Surveyor of His Majesty the KING, for one further term of 76 years, Intending bidders are advised
Britain' gets two firsts, naval power und resources; Germany two firsta, that Immediately after the dispo-
Trans-Atlantio Bervice
air force and industrial production an of the lot the 'Purchaser (if
Washington, May 19. geared to a war-thine basis and not the applicant) will be required nounced that a clipper will take off trained army and ofleer corps.
The Pan American Airways an- France one first, the biggest well- to deposit with an authorised from New York for Europe at 1 p.m. Despite officer who will be present at the next H
the.
Russian tremendous manpower-trained Earlier, Mr. Hinkley of the Civil serves number on estimated 10,500, anle, the sum of two hundred Acronautical Administration,
sold 000 to France's 5,000,000, Italy's dollars, ($200) in cash. This sumpensation for the trans-Atlantic mails is ranked fourth because of the they would disclose the rate com-15,000,000 and Germany's 2,300,000- will be refunded.on payment of some time later.
uncertain calibre of the Soviet officer Pan American Airways are au corps and aquipment as well as the Purchase price.
thorized to make immediately two Russia's remoteness from a likely. PARTICULARS OF THE LOT. round trips weekly, and the au- European war scene.
thorization
at least Ove requires
The experts say that Gorman round trips before they can carry superiority in air strength and in
It passengers.
authorizea routes immediate ability to replace war from New York London vlaj materials indicates the Reich would Shednick N.B., Botwood and Foynes, be the outstanding powerhouse in the and also via the Azores and Lisbon early stages of such a war, perhaps
Air Mall by "Pan American Air- to Marsellles-United Press.
for as long as two years.
ways Direct Service"-San Fran. Boeing Strato-liner
Britain's great financial
cisco date, 17th May, Washington. May 20 they predict, would eventually enable Straits and Europe via Suez (Papers Pan American Airways to-day her to forge to the lead in munitions
etc.)-Londondate, 27th April nonounced that a giant Boeing strato- and other strategic materials. But, il
and London Parcels-Londón dulc, liner equipped to traverse the sub-would not begin to turn the "tide- stratosphere will be tested on the until the middle or later stages
20th April Straits of श Atlantic routes late this summer. prolonged conflict. That is assuming
Registry No
| No. of Sale |
Kowloon Inland
Lot No. 4143. Adjoining Kowloon Inland Lot No. 4123, Tong Mi Road. Tai Kok Tsui.
Locality
G
Boundary Measurementa
K.A.E.
|fret feet|fret'ferti
As per vale plan,
Contents in
eq. feet
Anansi
Bental
Upset Prica
ghogy
6,330
9111
.R.
power,
It will be a four motored land Britain and France could weather the plane, resembling one of the flying onslaughts of Germany's portal might, fortresses, with capacity for 30 Here is how the US. expert rank passengers. A sealed cabin will be (by points) the European milliary
machines.
Army
Navy
Air Force
Industrial production Resources (money-materials)
Total
at an
capable of producing a comfortable atmosphere under conditions altitude of 30,000 feet-United Press. Arrives-m Azores
Horta, Azores, May 21, The Yankee Clipper has arrived here after its trans-Atlantic night.-1 Reuter,
JAPANESE INITIATIVE
Britain Germahy France Italy Russia
3
.3
Japan.....AR
Calcutta and Straits
Satow and Amoy
Straits
Saigon
Manila
Bangkok Manila
Straits
Air Mail by "Imperial Airways,
Direct Bervice"-London
Shirale Anshun Antilochus Aramis Emp Kwelyang Nosiro Maru
Pan American Airways Plane May 24..
Runpura
May 26.
May 24.
Ruys
May 24.
Behar
.May 25.
date,
20th May.
Imperial Airways Plane'
.3fay 25.
Japan and Shanghai
Pres. Doumer
May 25.
U.S.A., Honolulu and Japan
(San
Francisco date, 29th April)
Pres. Hayes
.May 25.
Japan
Komo Moru
Japan
Nagpore
..May 26.
Manila
Niel Moersk
.May 28.
May 26..
Rajputana
May 26.
Roseville
May 26.
Tisaroen
.May 26.
`OUTWARD MAILS
For.
Per
Monday
Dato and Time.
Popers only for Straits ond (Parcels Kumsung
and Papers only) for Calcutta..
Shanghul and Japan ....
. Mon., May 22.
Parcels Papers
May 22, 11 a.m.
.May 22, Noon.
Kateri Maru Mon,
May 22, 3.30 p.m.
U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shang
bat (San Francisco date, 5th May). Pres. Coolidge Japan and Shanghai
.Manila
10
18
15
12
12
Java
TRAINING YOUTH National Athletic Meets Arranged in Japan.
PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Tuesday, the 30th day of May, 1939, nt & p.m., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of our Lot of Crown Land at Ma Tau Kok, in the Colony of Hong Kong, for a term of 75 years,
Tokyo, May 21! As part of the national programme Osaka, May 21. with the option of, renewal at a Six influential aircraft and avia-of the Lukouchino Incident, the for observing the second anniversary Crown Rent to be fixed by the tion companies including the Japan Japan Athletle Federation and the Surveyor of His Majesty the Air Transport Research Institute, the Central League for National Spiritual
and Itoh, Aviation Companies, Myajima, Japan Sea, Ando, Tokyo,
General Mobilization 'are
ore jointly Jointly Inaugurating the Japan sponsoring running meets for youths Federated Aviation Company with a throughout: the
on July 7. The country Several million primary capital of Yen 5,000,000.
school With the assistance of the Board children, students of middle schools, of Aviation, the new company will members of young men's associations undertake sightseeing
of scouting flights for schools of fish on to participate in the athletle meets
flights and students
youths' schools, and ordinary citizens will be mobilized mechanics, and manufacture and re- which will take place at primary and the seu, training of plots and pair of 300 training planes, and dis-middle schools, public. grounds and posal of military-planes. ----
stadiums throughout the country.- Tokyo, the new company will manage
With its head office established ht|Domel, factories at Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya Fukuoka in Kyushu and Shikoku and airfields at Tokyo,. Nagoya, Osaka, OF THE LOT. Kagoshima, Okayama and Matsu--
yama.-Domei,
COMING ON WEDNESDAY The only plane movements set for the week-end at Kal Tak Airport were the departure of the weekly
Air France machine
Hanoi on Saturday morning end the arrival of the Honolulu Clipper at 12.30 p.m. The Air France plane left in spite of bad weather, but the Clipper re- mained at Manila.
KING, for one further term of 75 years. Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the dispo- sal of the lot the Purchaser (if not the applicant) will be required to deposit with an authorised officer who will be present at the sale, -the-sum-of-two-hundred dollars, ($200) in cash. This sum will be refunded on payment of the Purchase price.
PARTICULARS
No. of Sale
Registry No.
Locality
Kowlcon Inland
Lots Nos. 1914 & 1970, Lot No: 4145. Between Kowloon Inland
Pak Tai Street,
Ma Tau Kok.
Boundary Menanramanta
N. B.
E. W.
[feet feat feet font)
a per salo
plan.
Contents in
Ann. Bent.
1q. feet.
| Upset,
Fries i
About
5,518
$64
IN LIVING TOMB (Continued from Page 1.)
I'
ing, and water restrictions are ex- pected to be lifted immediately.
Over 11 inches of rain have fallen in the past three days, bringing the month's recording to 10.85 inches, which is the highest for May sinen 1928, when the aggregate for the month was 18.410 inches.
May Sat Record
Indications are that, the current month's rainfall will exceed that total and will possibly challenge
and
Yesterday the Clipper left Manila' at 0.5 p.m. for Hongkong, but turned buck because of bad weather innded in Manila at 9.30 a.m. now been decided to postpone theij Right to Hongkong, until Wednesday.
AIR SERVICES
It has
Arrivals and... Departures Of Planes
Outward
For London, Australia and British May 23. Imperial Airways 7 am. countries: Imperial Airways 7 om. May 20
and C.N.A.C., services indeinite.
For Chungking, Siam etc.: Eurasia
For U.S.A., vis Manila and Guam: Pan American Honolulu Clipper 8.30 a.m. May 25, .
For France, via Hanol: Air France 6.30 am. May 27,
Inward
From London: Australia and Bri-
the 25.445 inches which fell in Maytish countries: Imperial Airways & 1027,
Already the month's rainfall is p.m. May 22. Imperials. Airways 6 over Ave inches above the normal, p.m. May 25, while the total for the year is now From USA. via Guem, and 37 inches, whic is about 15 Inches Clipper 12.30 p.m. May 24.
Manila: Pan American Honolulu better than the average.
Severest rainfall during the last three days was this morning,, when 2.74 inches fell in on hour between 6.30 and 6.30. During the past 24 hours, from 10 a.m. Sunday to 10 am. France 1 p.m. May 24. to-day, no less than 5.70 inches of rnin were registered" at the Royal Observatory.
From Chungking, Yunnantu, Kwel- lin; C.N.A.C. and Eurasta services indefinite,
From France; vla Hanol: Air
For the previous 24 hours, 2.005 Inches were recorded, and between Friday and Saturday, the rainfall was 2.70 inches."
Thus within 72 hours no less than 111⁄2 inches of rain have fallen, which is the equivalent of the normal rain- Jall for the entire month.
Buckeye State
TOLEDO, O.
CANADIAN MEMORIAL
·UNVEILED
from Page 1.j
Her
(Continued Trooping the Colours to-day in honour of the King's birthday, which is officially held In Canada to-day.
Queen Elizabeth made her only public speech to-day when she briefly and gracefully dedicated the new Supreme Court building, Ohio should be called the "Horse Majesty spoke in both English and chestnut stato" Instead, of the French, in deference to the bi-lingual Buckeye state if a tree census here is population; and praised the collabora Indiealive. There were, only 428 ton of the two groups in the con- buckeye trees. as compared with struction of the nation.. 1,015-horse-chestnut trees identified busy day ended within Parila- In the count, which showed the city mentary dinner lasting 3 hours. to liave 99,203 trees of 112 different Fireworks at 11 pm ended the varieties.
Royal visit to Ottawa.United Press,
DRAMAI..Stark, fearless, SENSATIONAL!--in this soothing drama of youth ombattled against a world where' every hand is turned against
thora! #
BOY SLAVES
SOLD
BY ILY
BackWOODS "JUSTICE": TO BONDAGE IN THE
TUUPENTINE CAMPS!
with
ANNE SHIRLEY ROGER DANIEL JAMES MCCALLION
ALAN BAXTER
ADDED MARCH OF TIME prosents
"THE REFUGEE To-day & To-morrow
WEDNESDAY
QUEEN'S
Mon, May 22.
Air Mall for "Imperial Airways Imperial Airways Plane
Direct Service"-due Landon, 20th May
K.P.G.
May 22, 5 p.
May 22, 5.30 p.m... C.P.O.
May 22, 7 p..
Reg.
Ord..
Reg.
.May. 22; 5 p.m
Ord.
.May 22, 7 1.01.-
Air Mail for Malaya, Java and Aus- Imperial Airways Plane
tralia
"Imperial by
Airways Direct Service”—due Sydney, 29th May
Mon., May 22.
K.P.O.
Reg.
..May 22, 5 p.m.
May 22, 5.30 pm G.P.O.
Reg.
May 22, 6 pm
Ord.
-Tuesday-
Manila, Macassar and Sourabaya Foochow MAY
Tjisadane
Shantung
Fort Bayard and Haiphong
Swalow
Szechuen Tues., May 23, 3.30 p.m.
Reg.
23. K.P.0.
May 23, 5. p.m.
Ord.
May 23. 5.30 p.m.
G.P.O.
Reg.
.May 23, 5 p.m.
Ord.
.May 43, 7p.m.
- Wednesday
Conton
Fatshon Tues., May 23, 7.15 am.
Tues., May 23, 8.30 a.m.. Tues., May 23. 1.30 p.m. Jean Dupuis Tues., May 23, 2 p.m.
Shanghal, Japan, Honolulu, U.S.A., Kamakura Moru...Tues, May
Central and South Amerlen via San Francisco-due San Francisco, 16th June
Papers only for Straits, Ceylon, La Plata Maru Wed., May 24, 0 a.m.
Indio, East Africa and (Parcels and Papers only for South Africa via Durban)
Shanghai and Japan
Halphong
Swelow
Chuanchow and Amoy
Air Malt for Manila, Guam, Hono- lalu, and U.S.A., by the "Pan- American Airways Direct Service" -due San Francisco 31st May,
Aramia... Wed., May 24, 9.30 am.
Ninghai Fooshing Talyuan
Wed., May 24, 11am. Wed, May 24, Noon. Wed., May 24, Noon.
Pan American Airways Plane
Wed, May 24,
K.P.O. .May. 24. Noon. .May 24, Noon.
G.r.O.
Reg.
Ord.,
Reg.,
May 24. Noen.'
Ord.,
May 25, 7.30 ..
Thursday...
Shanghai, Jopan and Europe (except Great Britain and Eire) via Siberia
RanpuraThurs., May 25, 10,30 n.m.
Shanghal, Japan, Honolulu, USA, Emp. of Asia ....Thurs., May 25.
Central and South America via Vancouver B.C., and (Parcels and Papera only for Canada)-duc Vancouver BC, 18th June, n
Saigon
KP.0. Parcels.......May 25, 4 pm. ...May 25, 8 pm. May. 25, 5.30 p.m. G.P.O.
Re... Ord.,
Porcels,
May 25, 4 p.m.
Reg.,
Ord..
May 25, 7 pm.
Pres, Doumer
Thurs., May 25, 4.30 p.m.
May 25; 6 pm.
Air Mail for "Imperial Airways Imperial Airways Plano
Direct Service"-due London, Ist Jane
Thurs., May 25.
May 25, 7 p.
K.P.O.
Reg.
May 25, 5 p.m.
Oni,
May 25, 5.30 p.m.
G.P.O.
Reg.
..May 25, 5 pm.
Ord.
Air Mail for Malaya, Java and Aus- Imperial Airways Plano.
tralia by *Imperial Airways Direct Servicoduo Sydney, -2nd- Jane.
Thurs., May 25.. E.P.O.
Reg.
May 25, 5. p.m.
Ord.
MAY 25, 6.80 p.m..
Q.P.O.
Rer.
May 25, 6p.m.
Ord.
May 25. 7 p.m..
Sandakan
Haiphong:
Tientsin
Swatow
Friday
·Fort Beyard and Pakhol.. Swatow.... Air Man for Indo-China, Iran, 15" and France (Parts and Northern Provinces only)' by @the... “Air Franen Airways - Direct - Service."
Mausang....Fri., May 26; 0.80a.m. Cheklang....Fri, May 20, 10 p.m.. Benmacthul Fri May 20; 10.30 a.m Tal Soun Hong Fr
May 20, 12.30 p.m. Kingyuan Fri, May 20, 2.30 pm. Kwangtung Fri, May 26, 2.30.p.me: Air France Plano Fri, May 26
K.P.O.FREE BRANKY: 28, 8pm. ¡May: 20%: 5.80 p.nic
„May 20,, B.p.ALE
Ord.,