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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
BANK HOLIDAYS.
In accordance with Government Ordinance, The Exchange Banks will be closed for the transaction of Puble Business on Monday, the 4th September, 1939. (The First Monday in September).
Hongkong. Bist August, 1939,
NOTICE
The Consulate General of SITUATIONS VACANT. Panama will open its new Offices nt the Hongkong Slarebrokera
FAH WONG Wanted for Peak dis-Association Building, 8 Des Voeux trict. Apply Box No. 649, "Hongkong Road Central, 2nd floor, on Sep- Telegraph.
|tember the 5th.
FOR SALE.
LARGE FRIGIDAIRE, perfect condi- tion, $250, Toward 4 valve 3 wave wireless $75. Furniture including dining room sude, beds, dressing View table with long mirror, etc. appointment. White, 14. The Peak. Tel. 20002.
THE CONSUL GENERAL.
NOTICE
A. R. P.
A series of Lecturen in English, WATERPROOF WRISTWATCHES: to be held on Tuesdays and $13.00. Swis samples, greatly re- ! Fridays, will commence on Tues- duced prices, Silver-dialled.day, 5th September, at 6 pm. in Chromium plated, Jewellel, Lu- minous. Washable straps. Singer St. sewing machines $30.
Andrew's
"Bluebell, Kowloon. 218 Nathan "FEMCA." Asia Life! Building, 3rd. 14 Queen's.
Victim Of Lost Joke
SOMEBODY
told Mr.
Church Hall,
TRIBUNAL
Saturday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
G.
R.
Contum
CENSORSHIP.
September 2, 1939.
THE WAR WHERE HITLER RULES TO-DAY
Hemat
from
East
invaded
Poland The Public is hereby notified who that General Telegraph and Postal Prussia and Palish, defence forces,
The German offensive is reported Censorship has been re-imposed, | to be rapidly gaining in strength und
2. Telegrams will only accepted | violence.
e suities subject to the following restrie- understand to have been susteined by
both sides..
tions:-
The use of Code or Cipher is prohibited.
(2)
one
All telegramma must be in
of
the following
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languages:
English or French.
30
The surname of the sender
Many
were
Air Raid Casualties SPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAPHI WAISAW, Sept. (UP)-Many are
Bed
and reported to have been winnded when the important city of Poznan was bombed at 2 p.m., to-day, Lwow, anther important city, was free timer bombed by planes from Slovalita, and
civilians were many wounded. or name of sending Armilled and
though must be included in the · material damage was eatsed.
There were revned e.sualties when telegram to be transmitted
70 bombs feli na Warka, which is not red paid for.
a military objective, 60 kilometres! i south of Warw
4) Riglatered abbreviated telegraphic addresses mad not he used.
C. G. SOLLIS, Censor,
Fire Brisade Building.
1st September, 1939,
R.
COMPULSORY SERVICE | PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Tuesday, the 5th day of September, 1939, at # p.m., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of
It s
For genyrai information that notice of appial, David under Section 8 of the Compulsory Noakes a good joke while he was at Service Ordinance No. 32 of HER, work on a railway.
From the findings of the Compul- Noakes went to his finge in sory Service Tribunal should be Malvern-road, Kilburn, N. W and res addressed to the Registrar, Court: peated the joke to his wife
at Justice, Hong Kong.
C. BRAMALL BURGESS,
She tent back in her chair and intighed so heartily that the chair clerk to the Compulsory Service started to fall backwards.
Noakes, a small-built man, srabbed | at the chair. After a terrific strugate
for his wife in not of small build...
be pulled it back to safety.
Tribunal
September 1, 1939.
Ofe
Lot of Crown Land at Wanchai, in the Colony of Hong Kong, for a term of 75 years, with the option of renewal at a Crown Hent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the KING, for ne further term of 75 years.
Intending bidders are advised
Plancs Shot Down
DENMARK
GERMANY
POPULATION
1914 68,000,000, 1918 60,000,000
1937 67,587,000
DU
1938 80,000,000
1939 91,500,000
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" PARIS, Sept. 2 (U1).—The official Polish radio broadcast has tested the first official army communique, say ing that Polish anti-aircraft shot The down sixteen Griman planes. Polos Jort tego machines,
The communique also sportel heavy fighting in Silesia. The Polish army had reputed two German at- Laelia in Westplatte.
Clybian casualties in yesterday's air rates are reported to be heavy. -Busted Pronk.
Polish Resistance SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH WARSAW, Sept. 1 (UP}.—Pall hi esistance everywhere i alemming de Girman advance.
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acounerd that Wirdum, Radam kod Zyczyn have been bombed and that many are dead in all towns in the district of Czesto- chowa, where the fighting is appar-
very heavy. ently
An announcement was made that three
and men
twe Women were wounded in the bombardments c Warrow, but no mention is made of the number of dead.
e
Apparently the air defenres mast elleivat. cerunting for the fast that the sam
the raiders have been driven offi and the
have resumed circu- j
TRINITY COLLEGE OF that immediately after the displation with tumoved calm when the
MUSIC LONDON
In doing so he wrenched his. hnek.. and he was taken to hospital m; any.
called Friends
Lo ofter tein Local Examination in Theory ympathy at his bestside,
2nd December, 1939. "What was the wonderful joke?"! they asked Mr. Noakes racked his -brains 10 remember
-but lie couldn't.
The last day of entry for the ¡forthcoming. examination in Theory will be 15th September.
· 1939. Entry forms may be For Half Ton of Coaljobtained from the Local Secret-
Energetic Burglar Toils
AMSTERDAM, N. Y.
Police are searching for a champion
--the "most industrious burglar."
The ambitions fellow broke into
jury.
J. E. ANDERSON,
Local Secretary.
the Salvation Army building to steal /o The Anderson Music Co., Ltd.
a half-ton of coal, carrying it in small quantities through
window
Race Track Dried Up
vollar
Karachi, Indi Karachi, municipal corporation has decided to eat off the water supply to the local race entrse, the only one In Sind which runs a weekly race niceting. "It Is purely à gambling concern an has ruled thousands of citizens," says the council.
(St. George's Bldg., Ice House St.
Newlyweds 74 and 70
GREELYVILLE, S. C. (U.P.)—-Dan Cupid thrives to a ripe old age in this ttle South Carolina town. Latest newlyweds here are Robert Hawkins, 70, and Fannie Burns, 74.
Fire Revisits Old Inn
BRECKSVILLE, O. (U.P.)--History
Mr. S. H. Ross will be in charge of repeating Itself, fire damaged the the Thai Consulate-General in Hong-historie Breckville Inn, oldest kong during the absence on leave of stapchouse in this section of the Mr. J. T. Bagrain, the Consul-Gen- | country. More than 100 years ago eral.
fire destroyed the original inn.
Premier's Dramatic
Speech: Britain Will Fight
Continued From Page 1
Industry
Man He Rebuked Left Him £1,000
al of the at the Purchaser if not the applicants will be required. to deposit with 2 authorised officer who will be present at the sale, the aum of two dollars, 18200) in eash. This sum will be refunded on payment of the Purchase price.
hundred
| PARTICULAES OF THE LOT.
No. of Sale!
Registry No
3774 & 3769,
Inland Lot
No. 5560.
Wanchai Read.
South of Inland í
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Boundary Measurements
N. B, X. W.
fert fuel footitust
Auper nale
Contents in
Abeat
1211 be
030 £
Upset Price:
laurel
Rental
$63
R.
PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS
of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Tuesday, the 5th day of September, 1930, at 3 p.m.. at the flees of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of one Lot of Crown Land at Island Road, in the Colony of Hong Kong, for a term of 75. years, with the option of renewal nta Crown Rent to be fixed by. the Surveyor of His Majesty the KING, for one further term of 75 years.
מם
l-clear signal was given.
Authoritative circles are under the
impress ion that bombs dropped on the out kirts and possibly on the man ra
line to the westward, but in- formation is at present unavailable.
is understood that two were killed in the first air raid and it is rumoured that one German plane has been shot down.
The United States Embassy urged all nationals to leave. Advises were telephoned, urging them to go quickly to Riga.
Refugee Train Bombed WARSAW, Sept. 1, (Reuter).--I alleged that a refugee train was bombed near Kutno, causing heavy casunities.
It is claimed that all raids which marked the opening of the hostilities were unsuccessful.
STR
SAAR BASIN 1935
POP: 812,000)
SUDETENLAND
1938
POP: 3,000,000
SWITZERLAND
S TR
AND
LITHUANIA
GERMANY's| BOUNDARY
1914
1918
1939-
CHOSLOVA POPULATION 11,500000,
POLAND
Vienak
HUNGARY
1938), POP: %,600,000
Map shows the boundaries of Gormany to-day, compared with the country over which the Kaiser ruled in 1914. In twelve months Hitler hat brought Austria under his rule, then Sudetenland and Czecho-Slovakia. After the war Germany lost Alsace-Lorraine to Franco and the Polish Corridor to Poland.
On Love Alone
GENERAL WAR NOW! No Use To Wed
FELT INEVITABLE Polish
Makes President Rallying Call
A fe
Oxford, "Love is not everything in morried
This shock to the romantics was given by Dr. Franz Plewn, 30-years- oll Viennese psychologist, when he ke on marriage at the Individual here, Psychology Summer School writes a "Dally Msil" reporter.
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH❞
hitle business WARSAW, Sept. 1 (MP) PRK povernight, but
Lave, he went on, is an emotional SIDENT Alovicki nas proclaimed transacted,
preparation to marriage. Two people Wall Street was easy. that a state of war exists in Poland;
may be deeply in love, but when it nerever, there has been no declara- tion of war. The President
LONDON, Sept. 1° (UP)) -Reports betreat because they suddenly realise "The entire Polis; nation, blessed by of hostilities in the Polish-frontier that marriage required something God, will march to victory."
Meanwhile anti-aircraft guns burst! laought trading on European markets more than love.
alr-rakd into action at the fourth warning however no planes up-
Stock Exchange Closed 1930's to mailage they want to
There was
salll,
vitual stands111 to-day. The London Stock Exchange elused at least until Monday.
still.
Married life is never a compromise.. There is something wrong if com- to br promises continually have de-ade.
ex-
One neurotic usually marries un-
the other person the victim.
peared, apparently being driven off. British banks are practically
a proclamation of a dunestle measure designed to patted and trading in foreign wartime regulations into effect. The change has been brought to a stand-other neurotic. Each wants to make Government will probably seek to avold an outright
of declaration war in order to avoid the handicaps which might than be imposed by the United States neutrality law.
General War Certain LONDON, Sept. 1 (UP).—“We can scarcely see a single hope of avoiding We cannot believe general war.
Bourse Trade Petors Out
PARIS, Sept. 1
(UP)-Although
U.S. Markets Reactions
Defences Held LONDON, Sept. 1, (Reuter).—It is claimed in Polish circles in London that the German army has not suc- ceeded in breaking through any point of the Polish defences.
The spokesman declared: "Our fight, lines are where they were-practlend Britain will enter the war."
That verainly means that France-day. ally on the frontier."
"DON'T GIVE UP WORK"
A murried man inay write a great the Paris Bourse is officially remain-book, but give credit to the woman ing open trading petered out to-day who does the housework for produc- until I was practically non-existenting the right atmosphere in which а book can be written, Only a such by 1.30 p.m.
woman can produce that atmosphere. the -With ths the women in
they were audience agreed. But that the Poles, after their people have been slaughtered, can to other thann NEW YORK, Sept. 1 (UP)-All surprised when Dr. Plewa, usked markets assumed a wartine pattern whether a woman should give up work when she married,"repiled The rush to buy war babies" sent firmly, "No, never."
Even though a woman worked, he Thus declared an offein! British them soaring this afternoon follow-! Hald..... Gorman
surce In London to-day, bearing outing the widest decline since January, added, she could will create an ideal
Blonds broke sherply.
time tmosphere in which her hus- ̈* WARSAW, Sept 1 (Reuler)).—The tire general bellef that Britain and Poles claim to have repelled three France's entry into the conflict on the The prinie war commodities, sugar, band would be happy,
Earlier to-day I had talked with Dr. bromed Gerinan Three
side of Poland
a wheat the copper new only bombers are 41 kl to have been
Sugar prices rose the limit per-Plewa about dreams. formality.
Here are some of the things he told brought down neur Cracow and four Lord Halifax has informed the miable in a single session.
There was a Soom by all markets ine-I pass them on for all dreamers Polish Ambassador that the Anglo-
to remember: 1 is al-o claimed that the Poles Polish treaty alliance becomes effec-during the last hour of trading. are holding up the offensive by landtive immediately if the reports of the
Stocks advanced led by steelstain horse flashing past the post in If, in your dreams, you see a cer- coppers and chemicals.
nonotice. United States Steel finished nearly the 3.30 to-morrow, take
For dreams, in this respect, are not Polish Communiquo
$5 above the day's lows.
Bethlehem prophetic. If the horse actually does Douglas Alreraft and
win-that is simply coincidence-and The Polish Embassy in Paris has
had luck on you. ested a communique saying: "Ger- Steel registered rises of $6. The advance from East Prussia in many has violated the Polish frontier; activity. being pushed forward with increasing
German air raids.
fear, Gdynia,
Heavy Bombing
German incursions on Polish terel BERLIN, Sept. L-The Germans are necurate. ctum etectively to Invo búraber 13 Polish aerodromes and that their
in Germon planes are domination of the air.
complete
The Polish Ambassador has re- velvet papers preparatory to leaving. The German Charge D'Affair in Warsaw has been requested to leave. German Communique Claims
Successes
NEWS FLASHES
(Continued from Page I.)
If
TAKE CARE
four places" while authoritative Polish sources in Paris report that the Polish Army is resisting the invasions "xcept at Danzig which, according top official reports, has been militarily occupied by the Danzig Nazis follow-High Commissioner for Danzig, Dr. backed winning dreams for several
Herr Foerster's Invitation
you are on the Stock Exchange and dream of a sudden rise in certain shares, be very careful. Dr. Plewa knew broker who successfully
H
Hiller to send an army to the FreeBurchardt has departed with his staff, weeks. He bonsted that he could dream the rises and the falls of the Citv BERLIN, Sept. 1 (Reuter) — The official French news agency bas
LONDON, Sept. 1 (Reuter).-The 'change. Then he fell ill was away "Military action in Silcala, Pomerania announced there is general fighting Football Association announces that for about a fortnight, continued to and East Prussia has brought expect-long virtually the entire length of a message has been received
successes" claims the first German the Polish Corridor's frontler, war communique.
Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the dispo-ed nal of the lot the Purchaser (if not the applicant) will be required Lo deposit with 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.
day
announced that
fit men between the ages of 18 and 41: would be liable for military service.
Steps would be taken to ensure that)
Glossop, Cheshire. man-power required for
Canon Michael Power, vicar of would not be taken away.
Mottram-In-Longdendale, Cheshire, Mr. Chamberlain recorded that who, denounced Sunday night sing- satisfaction of himself and the songs in the village taverns, has been
been made during the last,days of the ]Edmund Gartside, rich Staly-bridge Government in the efforts that had left £1,000 on trust by Mr. John PARTICULARS OF THE LOT. Danzig, and the air force bombed the signed by his illustrious father in placed on active service, crisis. Signor. Mussolini had also brewer, a director of the company been doing his best for a solution controlling Mottram's Roebuck puble-
(cheern).
Set Our Teath And Ste It. Through
house.
Canon Power opened his campaign from the pulpit. He said to his con- “Now it remains for us to set our gregation: 'Every Sunday evening teeth and to enter upon this struggle there is dumped into our village a
which we so earnestly endeavoured horde
females."
to avoid with determination to see
of unwanted, undesirable
through to the end. We shall enter He heard of the will at Sear- Into it with a clear conscience, with borough, where he is on holiday. He the support of the dominions and the said: "Mr.
Gartside was ill in bed
British Empire, and, the moral ap- when I began my campaign against of the great part of the world, public-house sing-songs in the village proval of
"We have no quarrel with the on Sunday nights.
German people except that they allow
themselves to be governed by Nazi
Government, As long
waare
that
BLAMED ALL
to
Eu in Bale
Begistry No
Locality
Rural Building
Lot No 427. Adjoining Rural Building
Lot No. 390,
Island Road.
Boundary
Measurements
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Contents i
a par le
plan.
COUNT THE
sq. fool
Ann. Ban
| Upses Price
14,000
*#160
$2.800
of some of the positions in the Bay of
harbour of Gdynia.
A
*
from
follow his dreams and lost.
"You see," said Dr. Plewa, in his uncertain English, "in these early dreams it was simply that he was carrying on his day-like thoughts as to what would happen to the market. As soon as he was away, and lost
where contact-pool,
You should not think
were
his
that
to
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the llome Office saying that the situa The French Cabinet has decided on thin at present does not warrant mat- German troops are stated to have general mobilisation,
ches being played to-day, reached the heights of Kattowitz in
Minister's
All matches, scheduled for to-day Emotion Polish Upper Silesia, while German forces from East Prussia are fight-tears in his eyes,
The French Foreign Minister, with have therefore been cancelled. ing on F
on Polish soll.
France will subscribe to President MELBOURNE, Sept. 1 (Reuter)-dreams." The German air force, the com-
bas
Hoosevelt's humanitarian appeal to The Supply Minister announces that munique
continues,
bombed halt such air raids as those which the munition factories are ready for Imagine you Inherited 250,000, Polish veveral
"and acrbdromes
nine Polish towns have suffered to stant full production.
house in the country, and been pro- gained the upper hand in the air."
moted to a big job is a happy dream. Units of the German navy, it is
In London, His Majesty the King OTTAWA, Sept. 1 (Reuter)-The Oh, no. It does not show a pleasant also claimed, have taken possession to-day signed a decree similar to that militia, navy and air force have been state of mind at all. It only means that you are disatiated with your August 1914 ordering the complete¦ The Prime Minister, Mr. Mackenzie lot in life."
In the words of Dr. Pleora, "A mobilisation of the British Army, King announced to-day that Parlia-
ment will be asked to authorise_the, dream always distorie realities to Navy and Air Force,
silent crowd watched the arrival Government to give the most effec-higher or lower planes."
in a muddle who It is the man of the Cabinet Ministers at No. 10, live co-operation with Britain. Downing street to-day.
usually dreams. He cannot make a Meanwhile the evacuation of schoot BERLIN, Sept. 1 (Reuter)-A de- decision in daylight, so he takes it to children began at 6.30 a.m. to-day. cree has been issued making listening bed with him. "I do not think your Over 400,000 youngsters will be to foreign radio stations an offence Cabinet Minister and big public men have left nothing untried," in an taken into the country. Early this punishable by penal servitude. Per-can dream much," said the doctor. morning the first hundred to leave sons passing on news broadcast by "They have the courage to accept re- President Roosevelt met the Cabinet marched to Aldgate Station where foreign stations are also punishable sponsibility for their own decisions. In a review of the International | they were entrained in calm
in, serious The child, the adolescent is liable to and by penal servitude, and
dream most." situation and its possible eReels on orderly fashion.
cuses, by death.
And it was of children that Dr. Mr. Leslie Hore-Belisha, British
Plewn spoke to the school to-day. He Minister for War, was in conference
Buch told them that there was no Chlet of the with Viscount Gort,
thlug as a "nervous child." British General Staff to-day while the
"The term is an invention of scien- French Premier was in similar con-
tile investigation," he told me. ference with General Gamelin, Chief
"Parents so often believe that they of the French Genral Staff,
have a nervous child, and give it Markots At Standstill
The celebration of the centenary medicine and generally pamper it.
"It's a mistake.. Never pamper a London, Sept. 1 (Reuter)The of the founding of the Little Sisters was announced at the White House outbreak of hostilities between Ger- of the Poor will be held at the child-it is only discouragement to
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ITALY WILL REMAIN NEUTRAL
(Continued from Page 1.)
effort to avoid force.
the United States.
Earlier, he reviewed the detailed defence plans with Army and Navy officials whereafter Mr. Woodring sald the conference was a "complete dis- cussion of national defense."
Roosevelt To Broadcast
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
* WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (UP),—It]
Centenary Celebration
"TELEGRAPHS" Kowloon City and makes, the
"When I condemned the practice I Government exists and pursues the did not single out any particular methods which have been so persia-house. I blamed them all. tently followed in the last years,| "Mr. Gartside was one of my there can bo no peace in Europe. parishioners. Ha simply wanted
resolved that these help the church. 116 has done this by methods must come to an end, and if directing that interest from the money by the struggle we can re-establish in shall be used to nugment the stipends the world the rules of good faith and fof vicars of the parish. the renunciation of force,, then the "I do not intend to use any of the sgerinces entailed upon us would find money for my campaign. I shall rely
on my tongue for that."
Meir fullest justincation.
EVERYWHERE
W on you. But parents should not use His Excellency the Governor will corporal punishment."
Nervous children, ing added, were In the foreign exchange market, visit the local Institution, which cures and to relleve suspense produced by starling-closed nominally at 4.19 in for a large number of destitute and those who were afraid-und to be
afraid was a sign of insecurity, the European situation.
terms of dollars, compared with 4.285 aged people.
broadcast to the entire nation on Sun- to a standstill in those markets which this afternoon. day night e messago, which is describ-remained open to-day. ed as being designed to allay anxiety.
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