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American Woman
If a hobo may be defined as a person who has no money but goes on travelling just the same, Mrs. Maud Parrish has been a hameless hobo for 40 years. Now, when she is in her sixtieth year and might honourably retire, she is on her seventeenth trip round the world—still a hobo.
which dato
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TOKYO PARLEYS MAY END SOON IN DEADLOCK
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ing, the round-table conference will put the finishing touches to the mea- sures for Anglo-Japanese co-opera- ilon in the maintenance of peace and order in Tientsin-Domel,
Mass Meetings In Tokyo TOKYO, July 31.-The Tokyo Municipal Assembly is holding a series of mass meetings and demons- trations in the metropolis to-day wlth in view to encouraging the Government in connection with the Anglo-Japanese conference.
Ench of the 35 words of Tokyo will stuge a separate rally in the morning and later mass meetings will take place at Hiblyn Park and Sannodai.
A joint parade will proceed through the main streets via the British Em-
bassy and the residence of the Vice- Minister for Foreign Affairs, the scat of the Anglo-Japanese conference.- Domel.
31. For
Postal faciles are refused to the paper since July 28-Central News
Company will be closed from
8th AUGUST
to
TUESDAY, THURSDAY, 17th AUGUST, 1939, both days inclusive.
of
Though her story is too long to tell
token Mra to toll it in the
NEW AIR SERVICE
Junker Plane At Bangkok
Berlin, July 29.
though it is a face that has not stayed long beside any one fire. Con- The Register of Shares of the versation with her produces a pleturs
of 40
caretrea travel. years of
here indeed, it has
Nine Pounds of Luggage, Parrish 80,000 words autobiographical book which Mess. By Order of the Board J. B. Lippincott and Company, Ame rican publishers, have recently per- Directors.
suaded her to write-enough can be of this little
The three-engined Junker airplane, C. M. MANNERS,
told to arouse envy
"Hans Lebz," of Lufthansa, landed af Secretary and Manager.grey-haired adventuress.
Bangkok this morning at 10.15 Ger- Hongkong. 27th July, 1939.
Mrs. Parrish was 50 when her man time from Berlin. status was recognised and she be This is the first preparatory flight came the only woman member of preceding the early inauguration of the Dempsey Hobo Club, founded by a regular air service between Ger- Jack Dempsey, Its membership many and Thailand. numbers 150. former hobees, each of The aeroplane, which is cominand- whom has travelled 5,000 miles on ed by Captain Krueger, took off from freight train rods and who are now Berlin on
July 25 and completed the making $10 or more a week. Journey of 10,360 kilometres in five slages, flying only by day. Tho Of course, Mrs. Parrish had travel route followed was via Athens, led the necessary 5,000 milea. "I am Rhodes, Beirut, Bagdad, Basra, Kara- now really the only hobo in the chi, Jodphur, Allahabad, Calcutta and banch," abe declared. "They have Rangoon.
DOCTOR'S
· TRIBUTE
Development Of H.K. Medical Faculty
Dr. Marshall C. Balfour, who has all made good. I am too much of Further preparatory fortnightly lately come from the New York on adventuress. If I have the price nights in either directions are being
the Rockefeller Headquarters of Foundation to take charge of the in-f a flight to Chungking or a trip on planned:--Trans-Occan
this new Burma Road 1 just can't. keep the money.
terests of the Foundation in the Far East,
passed through llongkong by the President Coolidge at the week- end. was returning to his Shanghai office after a kila as far ne Singapore and the Netherlands Enst Indles to acquaint himself with the officers of. Die Foundation and the work they were doing,
tion In the countries he visited.
ATLANTIC CROSSING
3
"I have no money and no baggAGE; no wonder 1 look like a hobo. If i Peruvian Air Commander to Fly ralus and I get wet I have to slay From Rome to Lima wet. But," she added, with a twinkle
Lima, July 20, of her eloquent eyes, "I have another
If weather conditions in Rome dress."
permit, the Peruvian Air Commander Eloped At Ago Of 15
Pedro Canga will take off in bla huge Much of the work hnd impressed Mrs. Parrish did not worry whether plane from Rome's military airfield him, he said, and there was evidence she had another dress or not when for Lima, Peru, ut midnight on of good medical and health organisa-she run away from her San Francisco Monday.
home at the age of 15 to be married. In an exclusive interview with the She was still in her teens when a United Press the Peruvian pilot ex- Referring to Hongkong, he said: "I baby boy was born to her, but the pressed great satisfaction with the nequainted with Dr. Selwyn-child died at the age of four months preparations and confidence in the Clarke, Director of Medical Service, and her heedless marriage broke up spectacular fight being successfully and his chief problem here, the con-
will be in Llina when she was 17.
carried out. "We by. Saturday," he smilingly lold the rolling of epidemic diseases. He is
She fled from the scene of United Press. Atmosphere conditions doing a good job. I have also met
permitting, he
will Professor Ride, Dean of the Medical early disillusionment and joined in Faculty at the University of Hong- the Klondyke gold rush. She spent midnight on Monday.
leave Rome ot a crowded six months there. "Such
"We have every confidence in the kong,
played
We have fights I saw," she said,
emelency of our plans. dance
hall and there my banjo in a was so much money about that the carried out fights under condition
similar to those we believe we will
nm
the
British Papor Penalised
July CHUNGKING, giving prominence to the American abrogation of the 1911 Treaty and commenting on its significance, the "North China Star," English-language"
and I am interested in the morning paper in Tientsin, was not allowed to circulate beyond the Con-plans for the further development of cessions in Tientsin, according to a
the University.
"I particularly admire the inten- Tientsin report.
tion to include more public health smallest coin was a shilling. I used encounter during the flight. We an- teaching in the Medical faculty. The 10 wonder if I would ever see small ticipate an opportunity to prove the Foundation is pleased that, by this money again, but I have been thank fesseability of such n flight and to
American nickel demonstrate ari means, the Vice-Chancellor and Dean ful for
capacity of our can since
thony of the Medical School are making
aviation."United Press. Mrs. Parrish must have been con- serious efforts in order that graduates of the Hongkong University may be sidered lucky. Anyway, four miners Now Flight Record, of more benefit to China,
took her and her banjo to Patagonia, South America,
Berlin, July 20, mascot when they went prospecting The new Focke Wulf Condor pan- set up a new record "That was the wildest place sanger 'plane there. Hongkong graduates go to China, 90 made a lot of money there."
"Up to the present very few of the of all, recalled Mrs. Parrish, "but I between Berlin and Rio de Janeiro per cent. of them staying in Hong-
when being delivered to Brazil re- What she mude was 110 fortune, cently. The two German Lufthansa kong. By contrast many of the en- but it was enough to take her and pilots Hanke and Schuster covered gineering graduates are giving their her banjo-to Paris. "7 Kved in the the distance of nearly 7,000 miles in services in China. It shows a more Latin quarter," she said, her eyes 34 hours 45 minutes at an average
spirit than is observed crinkling reminiscently, "For 10 speed of over
This 190 mp.li. among the young medical graduates. ve
set up without any es. years after that I wandered about record was "The Dean and the Vice-Chancel- Europe, playing my banjo, to make special attempt with an ordinary lor are very hopeful that more of both friends and living. I never series type of
of machine.--Trans-Ocean the graduates of the Medical School had much money; us fast as I got i Special.” will give their services to China, It went."
Tientsin Remembers CHUNGKING, July 31. The Chinese populace of Tientsin solemnly remembered two years of Japanese occupation of the city yesterday by abstaining from attending all forms of amusements.
All theatres in the Concessions closed down for a whole day, while al Chinese papera issued special supplements. Central News.
123 WARSHIPS WILL MASS FOR. TEST ́OF DEFENCE
(Continued from Fage 1.)
Portsmouth, Chatham and Devonport. They are expected to be medically examined, outfitted and sent to their ships within 12 hours.-United Press,
'Italian Manopuvros
.
devoted
China Needs Doctors
25
which needs well-trained doctors. Since then she has been steadily
New Gorman Plane
Berlin, July 29.
It is hoped that these doctors, in in- on the go. Early in the twenties she The success of the Hamburg light creasing numbers, will be obtained was in Urga, Mongolia, one of the 'piane. "Stuermer" which has al- from Hongkong and Singapore
medi-hardest spots to reach in the world-ready made two new records in the cal schools, whose graduates are of "Just after that mad baron was slicol-2-fre class, has encouraged the n recognised high standard."
to put out a slightly Dr. Baltour added that he had obing things up." She meant Boron constructors served when in Singapore that the Ungern von Sternberg, whose occupa- larger sister machine, known as
tion of Urga for the White Russians "Stromer." The new model, Eastern Bureau of the League ROME, July 30-An official state-
of In 1920 was followed by the massacre ed like the
previous one ment issued on Saturday night re-
Nations was pleased with the in- of everyone who had "Red" Jennings, Moeller, is a two-seater, the seats garding mandevures by 408 Italian creased activity of the Medical De- and whose brief reign there was one, being side by side, fitted with a army plunes under actual war condi-partment in Hongkong in the en- of terror for the countryside. h.p. engine. A special extra witcel tlons, is given considerable promin forcement of port regulations regard
la casily fitted at the stem, so that the machine has the modem three- now itted to
that these
ence in the papers to-day.
The press makes no attempt conceal the fact
cse manoeuvres are in answer to the re- zent Franco-Brlilsh demonstration flights.
Although the strategic "essentials" referred to in the oflleial communique are not more specifically defined, I is common knowledge what is meant. One newspaper says that a glance at a map shows that the entire sea and air trafe to and from the West to the Near and Far East, and to North Africa falls entirely within the radius of action by the tallan air forces, and that this could, at nny ilme be interrupted.
the
Therefore, whoever wants to steam through, or fly over the Mediterran can, can only do so with permission of Italy, which dominates Mediterranean.--Trans-Ocean,
COMING TO HONGKONG Northumberland Fusiliers Expected from Dover
Army Headquarters announced of the week-end that, though the actual dates of troop movements had not been fixed, the 2nd Battalion Royal Northumberland Fuaillers would come to Hongkong in the next troop- Ing senson, and the 2nd Battalion East Surrey Regiment, now stationed at Shanghal with the Seaforth High- landers, would also come to Hong- kong.
On the other hand, the Middlesex Regiment and the Seaforth High- Janders are to leave the For East, and it is possible that the Durhams, now at Tienisin, will replace the Surreys in Shanghal: but the disposition troops in North China has not yet been settled,
of
The Northumberland Fusiliers are expected to arrive in the near future to bring the local garrison up to ful)| strength.
The Middlesex Regiment
sra to proceed to Malin, it is understood, while the Seaforth Highlanders will go from Shanghai to Barelli, In India
ing epidemic diseases. Stricter pass-i port regulations had been imposed for the protection of nearby ports trading with Hongkong,
STOCK MARKET REPORT
Hongkong Stock Exchange Omein! Summary issued 12.30 p.m. Saturday hays:
A typical Satunioy's session, a dull nud lätless market.
Buyers
Canton Ins. $200 Providents $4
New Engineering $10
HK. Lands-$343%
China Lights (old) $7.90
Canton Ices $1
Cements $12
Wing On H.K. $41
Sellers
China Underwriters $1.35 New Engineering $16 ILK. Realties $4 Telephones (old) $221⁄4
Bales
S
Atoks Ps. 22 B Antamok Ps. 304 Bagulo Gold Ps. 214 D
Batong Buliny Ps. 0140 S Benguest Consolidated Pa. 10,00 B. Big Wedge Ps. 22 B Coco Grove I's. 25 B
Consolidated Mines P's. 0020 S Demonstration Pg. 10% B 3.X.L. Ps. 44 B
Ipo Gold Ps. 17 D
Masbate Consolidated Ps. 13% S.
logon Mining Fa. 07
Mine Operation Ps. 11% S North Camarines Ps. 27 Parnenio Gunumnus Pa. 10 n Ban Cauriclo 'Ps. 03 S
8
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Sail up the Amazon
the
by sign
50
In 1935 she sailed up the Amazon, wheel landing device
sharply with an Indian tribe commercial planes for greater safety for a week, crossed the Andes, and in landing.
On its trials crossing of completed a 3,500-mile
new machine maximum speed of 122 South America in 60 days. Another reached a lime
the she visited
Galapagos m.ph, with a cruising speed of 105 dirty old m.p.h. Its normal radius of about islands travelling "on a schooner full of cuckrouches"-and, 400 miles can be extended to 750 surprised a company accustomed to miles if necessary. Trans-Ocean.
but rich yacht Vistor years ago Lippincotts traced, her to Persia after a two years' search: which was fairly quick going,
-
Paris To New York
the
Paris, July 20. The French flying boat, "Ville de as a cable once chased her through St. Peirre." one of the flying boats Iceland before it reached her in Fin-to be employed on the regular air land. They urged her to come home service between France and and write a book, and she yielded United States, started from Blearosse, near Bordeaux, to-day for, Lisbon, and accepted| their persuasion their offer to advance her fare home from where it will start on the first
Including a crossing on the Queen trial flight to New York.
lo
Mary.
If the trial flight is successful, a Now the book is written, and shegular air service from France to
is globe-trotting again. On June 21 America will be opened next year.
she stepped from
the Clipper In!
700 Hongkong. "Imagine me paying American dollars for a flight across the Pacific," she
exclaimed; but, mind you, it was the grandest trip! of my life. It was so interesting; for I flew in the beginning of avlätlon, sitting in a soap box in, an open plane. It was in Africa in 1917."
Trans-Ocean.
AIR SERVICES
Arrivals and. Departures
Of Planes
Inward
July 31, 1939,
SUMMER SALE
HAS BEGUN
POST OFFICE.
PARCEL POST
VIA SIBERIA BOUTT Registered and Parcel Post Service Lelters and Postcards for Europe to Foochow is temporarily suspended.(except Great Britain and Elre) and Parcel Poat Service to the Pro Bouth America are forwarded *vla
Siberia" if so superscribed, vince of Yunnan is temporarily sus pended.
OUTWARD MAIL TIMES Registered, and Parcel Maila pro closed 15 minutes earlier than the MAIL FOR CANTON
time given below unless otherwise Registered and Ordinary mail and stated, and where mails are advertis- Parcels (not Insured) will be aced to closo at or before 0 cepted for Canton and despatched as gistered and parcel malls are closed
B.My 50 circumstances permit.
jat 3 p.m. on the previous day,
INWARD MAILS
Calcutta, Straits and Saigon
From
Duc.
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July 31.
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.July 31.
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Kingyuan.
July. 31.
Bulang...
July 31,
Japan
Toyama Maru
July 31.
Straits and Manila
Ajax
August 1.
Ale_Mall_by "Imperial Airways
Direct
Service"-London dato
20th July.
Imperial Airways Plano
Nellore
Augurt 1. August
Calcutta and Straits
Shimla
.August
Taiyuan
Japan
Hulphong
Amoy ...
Air Mail by "Air France Direct
ServiceParis date, 26th
Van. Heulaz
July. Air France Plane Straits and Europe via Suez (Papers
ote) London date, 6th July and London Parcels → London date, 20th June Manila
Japan
Tienisin
Air Mall by "Pan American Airways
Direct Service"---San
date, 26th July.
Straits
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1
Carthage
August 1. August 1.
...August 2.
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..August 2. .August 2.
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August 2.
August 2.
.August 3.
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Japan and Shanghal
US.A., Honoludu and Japan, (San
Francisco date, 8th July). Salgon
Japan and Shanghal
Imperial' Airways Plane ..August 3. Marechal Joffre
Pres. Adams
Pres. Doumer
August 3.
August 3,
August 3.
Australia and Manila
Chiangte
August 4.
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Corfu
.August 4.
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U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shang- hai (San Francisco date, 14th July).
Tanda
.August 4.
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Pres, Taft
.August 5.
Victoria
.August 0.
Tientsin
Yunnan
.August 3.
Shanghai and Amoy
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Mandak only) for Straits and zalihi
Mon., July 31. (Parcels and Papers only) for Cal- Papers...July 31, Noon. July 31, 11 am.
Fort Bayard, Holhow, and Pakhoi. Szeghuen Mon., July 31. 1.30 pm. Halphong
...... Canton.....Mon., July 31, 2.00 pm. Air Mail by "Imperial Airways Imperiál Airways Plane
Direct Service”—due Londen, 7th- August
Mon., July 31. K.P.O.
Reg.
....July 31, 5...
Ord.
July 31. 5.30 p.m.
G.P.O.
Reg.
Ord.
Air Mall for Bialaya, Jaya and Aus. Imperial Airways
traila br "Imperial Airways Direct Service"-due Sydney, Th August
"Batavia ond' Seurabaya
Fort Bayard and Haiphong Swntow
Japan
Air Mail for Indo-China
Flanol, 2nd August.
Fort Bayard
Tuesday
Reg.
Ord,
Reg.
Ord.
July 31, 5 p.m.
July 31, 7 p.m.
Plane
Mon July 31.
K.P.O.
..July 31, 5 p0.
July 81, 5.30 p.m. G.P.O.
July 31, 5 p.m. July 31. 7 p.m.
Tbalik...Tues., "Aug. 1, 0.30 am. Jean Dupu Tues., Aug. 1, 2 p.m. Sinklang....Tues., Aug. 1, 2.30 p.m. Subsang........Tues., Aug. 1, 7 p.m.
Wednesday only-due Air France Plane
Keg..
Ord.,
King Yuan..
.......Wed., Aug. 2, G.P.O. and K.F.O.
Aug. 2, 11.30 alm. ......Aug. 2, Noon. Wed., Aug, 2, 1.30 p.m.
Ceylon, Hawaii Maru Wed., Aug. 2, 2.30 pm.
(Papers only for Straits,
India and Mombasa) Beira, Lourenco Marques and (Parcela und Bapers only for South Afrien vla Durban).
Kiungehow..Wed., Aug, 2, 3.30 p.m.
Ad Mall for Manlia, Guam, Hono. Pan American Airways Plan
Amoy
fu and U.S.A. by the "Tan- American Airways Direct Service" duo San Francisco, 9th Aug.
Thursday.
Shanghai, Japan and Europe (except
Grent Britain and Eire) Via Siberia, Shanghal and Japan
Manila, Bangkok, Mauritius, Reun- jon, Madagascar and Lourenco Marques,
Sandakan Saigon
ICE...
Ord..
Reg. Ord, ....
K.P.O.
Wed., Apr. 2-
Aur. 2, & pm. Aug. 2, 5.30 p.m. G.P.O.
...Aug. 2, 5 p.m.' ..Aug. 3, 7.30 am.
Carthage..Thurs., Aug. 3, 10.30 am. Pres. Doumcr
Thurs., Aug. 3, 1.30 p.m.
Tegelberg...Thurs., Aug. 3, 3.30 p.m. Woolgar,Thurs., Aug. 3, 3.30 p.m. Marechal Joffro
Thurs., Aug. 3, 4.30 pm.
Thurs, Aug. 3.
Air Mall for “Imperial Airways Imperial Airways Plano
*Direct Service"-due London 18th
August
G.P.O. ***(Auga 3. 5 pa ***-*--Aug,, 3, 7° p.m.
Thurs, Aug. 3. K.P.O.
Reg.
K.P.O.
Aug., 3.
p.m.
Ord
.Aur., 3. 5.30 p.m.
Reg.
Ord.
Alr» ‚Mait_for, Malaya, Java and Australia by "Imperial Airways Direct Servico"-due. Sydney 11th August
Imperial Airways Plane
Ker.
PLAIN WHITE
From Chungking, Yunnan, Kwel-
SHOE
WITH STRAP SPECIALLY
MADE FOR THOSE WHO
LIKE COMFORT
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From London and British coun- Mrs. Parrish is still approximately limited to her "Nine Pounds of tries: Imperial Airways 6 pm, July Luggage"—for, she maya, "baggaga|31; Importat Airways 5 pm. August costs money both to buy and to 3. carry and even her umbrella, of
U.S.A, via Guam and German design, folds into a handful. Mantia: Pan-American California On August 18 she will board the Clipper August. 2. Mausang for Borneo, and after that
From
the knows of a bost that will touch In: CN.A.C. and Eurasia service
on a
on' the way to Ikdefinite. a dozen ports Singapore.
From France, via Handi Air When it was suggested to her, France, August 2. "There must be few places left for
Outward
you ta
to go
For London, Australia and British to," the answered, "No, 1. suppose not. But I once got as far as countries: Imperial Airways, 7 n.m. the borders of Tibet and was not August 1; Imperial Airways, 7 am. allowed to enter, I am hoping my August 4,
book will make me enough money to For Chungking, Slan, ete, Eurasia
and C.N.A.C, service indefintie. form a caravan to get into Tibet Surigno Consólidated Ps. 24 S
acoma that the success of
Nine
For U.S.A., via Manila and Guam: Buyoc Consolidated Ps. 18 S Pounds of Luggago" will not long be. Pan-American California Clipper 9.30 Sundlegte Investment Ps. 0320 S allowed to interfere with Mram. August 9.
Parrish's ranking as impecunious hobo.
United Paracate Ps. 45 9
Mindanao Motherlode Px. 09 13
Aata
For France, vla Hanol: Air France ESSAISSE 2 p.m. August 2.
Manila, Rabaul, Australia, and New Nelloro
Zealand via Brisbane--due. Bris banc, 21st August
.Aug.. 3, à p.m.. ....Aug., 3, 5.30 p...
G.P.O.
Aug., 3, 5 p.m., „Aug., 3, 7 p...
G. P. O. MARUDA Aug. 1..
Parcels
Keg. Ord.
Shanghal, Japan, Honolulu, USA, Empress of Canada
Central and South America vla Vancouver B.C., and (Parcels and Papers only for Canada)-due Vancouver B.C., 23rd August
Shanghol
0.
Aug., 3, 5 pm.
4,
Aug. 8.45 a.m.. Aug., 4, 9.30 am.
Thurs., Aug. 3......
G.P.0, and K.P.O.
Parcels Reg.
Aug., 3, 5 p.m... Aug., 4, 9.10 am..
Friday
........... Taiyuan....Fri, Aug. 4, 3.30 pm..
Fri, Aug. 4, G.P.O. and K.P.O,
FAUR. 4, 8 pm.
· Aug. 5, 0.48 0.. Aug. 5, 10.30 am...
Straits, Ceylon,, India, E. and S. Corfu
Atelen, Aden, Egypt, Malla and Europe via Marsellies-dua Mar- seliles, lat September.
Parcels Fleg. Onl.,