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Baguio Conference
Co-ordination Of Work In The Far East
Manila, Dec, 2. Admiral T. Hust, the Comununder- in-Chict of the Astutic Fleet of le
T. H. KING, Commissioner of Police... 2nd December, 1939.
Hongkong.
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HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR THE
PROTECTION OF CHILDREN.
The Annual Meeting of the Hong Kong Society for the Pro- tection of Children will be held in the Helons May Institute un Monday, December 11th nt 5.39 p.m.
The Meeting is open to all United States, and Mr. Francis B. persons interested in the work ni Sayre, the United Suites High Com-the Society. missioner in the Philippines, con
ferred at Baguio for an hour to-day.
Mr. C. Gauss, the
United Stotes
Consul-General in Shanghai, and Mr.
ANN CROZIER,
Hon. General Secretary.
Edward Neville, the American Minis Conserving
ter to Slam, however, did not attend
the conference.
Mr.
is nog-committal e- Sayre garding the conversations. He suld the co-ordination of Easi. Far their work affecting the
they discussed
Admiral Hart and Mr. Sayre re-
I
Credit
Canberra, Doc. 3. Regulations governing customs im- viewed cadets of the Philippine Mill-port licences Into Australia have been announced by the Common- tary Academy this morning.
reported Mr. Sayre is return-wealth Government,
ing to Manila on Sunday to prepare
An official statement in connection
1:
his twelve-day tour of political and will the new regulations which be- economic Inspection in the Islands, came effective on December 1 reads:
"Customs (imports licence) regu-i Admiral art is expected to relum
Intions operative December to Manila next week. Mr. Gauss and his family are remaining in the authorise that of all importing goods, Philippines over the Christman after at present licences will only be re- which they will return to Shanghai. quired for goods originating in non-
sterling countries. -United Press.
ton
·Submarines Arrive
The objective of these regulations are, first, that foreign exchange sold nelually ostensibly for Imports Manila, Dec. 2. A futilia of 1,300-ton submarines used for that purpose; second, that orrived here to-day from Honolulu. available supplies of foreign exchange Naval officials said it was a routine are utilised to the best advantage; transfer and does not represent any third, to prevent unnecessary stocking 900-up of consumer goods and absorption reinforcement. However, six
submarines
pre now of foreign currencies by unimportant which stalloned at Manila have not received goods to the detriment of national orders to return to the United States. requirements in vital
te be given vital imports The flatilla left Honolulu na Novem-fourth, to enable priority in shipping ber 15, accompanied by the Tender
sht shortage. shipping
of
spoco Beaver.-United Press.
develop on any route.
**For administrative purposes all Rome, Dec. 2. imported goods have been graded in The Popolo di Roma's New York! accordance with their degrees of im- Correspondent to-day describes the purlance ints Icur categories... United States curnings from the sale
Italian Criticism
commodities;
Licences will be issued to individual
of war materials throughout the importers during the first two months world "blood money" which will for eventually destroy those making it.
particular commodities which have been graded into three cate The correspondent cites as an ex-ories on the basis of one-sixth of the such com- ample the United States selling value of imports of US$180,000,000 worth of war materi-modities during
the years 1938 to als to Japan since the outbreak of 1939, and the fourth category com-
STA prises 1st of goods respect of Bosulilles against China,
which Heences will not be issued for "Japan will use this material to de-insportations from non-sterling coun- stroy the United States economic and tries, details of which will be posted," commercial influence in the Orlent,"Reuter Special. he declares.United Prean,
Canadian Complaint.
Victoria, B.C., Dec. 2,
Monday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
December 4, 1939.
BRITAIN IS NOW PREPARED POST OFFICE FOR BIG GERMAN OFFENSIVE
SUPPLIES
ACCUMULATED Watteau
DURING 2 MONTHS LULL Thief
The Allied Armies are taking advantage of the lull in the operations on the Western Front to complete their preparations for meeting the ex- pected German offensive which the bad weather has held up.
Below, Douglas Williams, Special Correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph" with the British Army, describes the huge organisation to feed and supply the B.E.F., of nearly 200,000 men and between 20,000 and 30,000 vehicles. He states that:
No less than 46 days' reserve of food and a vast stock of am- munition has been built up for the Army in the field.
The magnificent confidence of the French troops in the Maginot Line is described to-day by our Special Correspondent with the French Army, Richard Capell, in his first despatch, which appears in the adjoin- ing column.
70 TONS OF POLISH GOLD
PARIS.
Sevenly tons of Polish gold re- moved from Warsaw In the open- In days of the war has arrived safely in Paris after a hazardous journey by truck, train, und ship over 6,000 miles.
FOUR MEALS A DAY FOR SOLDIERS
By DOUGLAS WILLIAMS,
"Daily Telegraph" Special War Correspondent
WITH THE B.E.F.
Credit for the escape of the gold was given former Polish Finance Minister, Col? Ignacy Matuszewski, who organised a convoy of trucks. They were ordinary trucks, it was said. since Colonel Matuszewski felt amoured vehicles would havetionary Force, and during an aroused too much suspicion,
(Seventy tons of gold would be worth about $00,000,000 at the United States Treasury's price of $35 an ounce.)
According to Polish accounts, the trucks took the gold on the first stage of the journey from the vaults of the Bank of Poland to Rumania. A squadron of German planes, apparently having been in- formed of the removal, launched nn unsuccessful attack on the cara- van at the frontier.
Upon arrival In Rumania, the gold was transferred to a special Train which raced to the Rumanian Black Sea port of Constanza, where n Turkish ship was wait- ing. A few hours after the vessel shoved off, the German Govern- ment, according to the necourts published here, warned Rumonia not to let the gold get away “under any circumstances."
The Bitle boat hung about the Eastern Mediterranean more than a week until 'the French Govern- ment aranged for it to go to Syria.
Clerks'
Guide To Cinemas Association
The Government is investigating "Stanley and Livingstone" (klig's): complaints made by Canadian Beher- A fine preduction with a noble idea well men tliet armed crews from Japanese put over. It is a great place of Push- Journalistic drama for the nad-Go fishing boats expelled them from
dynamic, ganiat Spencer Tracy, who Galiano Island In the Straits of Georgia and set up fish curing sheds plays Stanley, ace reporter for Janies Gordon Bennett, proprietor of the surrounded by armed guards. It is "New York Herald". alleged that the Japanese forced the being residents to detour to avoid fired upon.-United Press.
EXPLOSION AT MINE
Tokyo, Dec. 2.
Annual Meeting Of Chinese Body
ment.
secrecy.
Gen.
Sentenced
PARIS.
BERGE BOUGOUSSLAVSKY,
27-year-old Russian palater, charged with stealing. Watteau's masterpiece "L'Indifferent" from the Louvre last June, has 'beén. sentenced by the Paris Correctional Court.
The jury condemned him to wo years' imprisomient, five years' banishment from Parls and prin- elpal French towns and a fine of 3,000 francs '(about £17).
Asked why he stole the picture. Bouzcuaslavsky replied: "I'm sorry for what I've done, I was urged by enthusiasm and admiration for the Watteau, I thought I was fill- ing an artistic mission."
The mystery of the picture's disappearance was cleared up eight weeks after the theft, when it was returned to the police by Bourous- slavsky who gave himself up.
The Deil's Awa' Wi' The Fifers
Small Packet Post to all countries suspended.
Christmas and New Year Cards bearing not more than Ave. written words and enclosed in open envelope re accepted by the Post Onice at the rate for printed malter, la 5 cents per 2 ounces, for all countries.
Hongicong, China and Mação at 2 cents per 2 ounces,
Envelopes must not be closed.
OUTWARD MAIL TIMES Registered and Parcel Malia are losed 15 minutes earlier than the ime given below unless otherwise stated, and where mulls are advertis- ed to close at or before D a.m. regis- ered and parcel mails are closed at p.m. on the previous day. When nails are advertised to close after 5 .m. Registered and Parcel maila are closed at 6 pm.
Amoy Jupan Manila
INWARD MAILS
.Dec. 4.
.Dec. 4.
Dec. 4.1
.Dec. 1.
.Dec. 4.
Salgon and Touranc Sandakan Calcutta, Straits and Saigon.Dec. 4: Air Mail by "Imperial Airways Direct Service"-London date, 25th_Nov.
Dec. 5. Australia and Manila............ .Dec. 6. Halphong, Hollow and Fort Bayard Dec. 6. Japan
.Dcc. S. Shanghai
Deg.'t. Air Mall by "Pan American Airways Dircat Service"----San Francisco date, 28th Nov..........Dec. 6. Air Mail by "Air France Direct Ber-
vico"-Parla date, 25th Nov.
Dec. 6. Haiphong and Fort Bayard Dec. 6. Shanghai.... Slangbal, and Swatow Straits
.Dec. 16.
.Doc.i6. .Dec. 0. U.S.A, and Manila (San Francisco dale, 11 November). Dec. 6. Air Mast by "Imperial Airways Direct Bervice"London date, 29th November.......
.......Dec. 7. Canada, USA. Japan and Shanghai (Vancouver B.C., 10th November).
Manila Java and Manila Shanghai
Dec.
.Dcc.
.Dec.
.Dec.
.DEC.
.Dec. 10. .Dec. 10.
Dec 11.
.Dec. .Dec. 12. .Dec. 12 .Dec. 12.
In short he enjoys a well-balanced) IN FRANCE.
det medically selected which in many Movements and maintenance ways is immensely superior to that
available to many hundreds of thou- AUCHTERMUCHTY (Fife). are the key words of the "Q"sands of people at home. branch of the British Expodi-
AUCHTERMUCHTY, the Eng-Japan and Shanghal Soldiers' Mails
Shanghai lishman's nightmare,, laid an- Strails and Salgon informal talk to-day Lt.-Gen. I queried
Lindsell about other claim to fame to-day by Tientsin Lindsell, the Quastermaster-soldiers' mall, on which subject there throwing overboard cherished Haiphong General of the Army in France, has been numerous complaints. traditions of Scottish Sabbatari-Sandakan
The original trouble, he explained, outlined to me the complicated had been caused in the early days of anism, with a Sunday Town Japan and Shanghat dutics imposed upon his depart-the DEF.'s arrival over here owing Council meeting.
to the necessity for the greatest,
Councillors went to the meeting in Every day nearly 200,000 men have To achieve this, ali mall was tem- their.Sunday blacks, for all the world to be fed and 650 tons of petrol supporarily halted, both incoming and as if they were going to the kirk, but was behind the closed doors of the Town this order plied to keep the mechanical transport outgoing. running.
resinded, after a very short period, House, they got down. The monthly requirements in weight immense congestion had, of course, of the borough's mundone affairs, Parcels only for Straits to supply the army in the field with accumulated at the Army Post Office unheeding the reproachful clangour Canton
Tuesday, Dec. Batavia and Sourabaya ....10.30 am. everything It needs amount to one-in England, which took some ttloaf the church bells.
The black-out hna this cin to an- Fort Bayard and Holhow..1.30 p.m. third of a ton per mun, excluding me to dispose of. such items as heavy railways
swer for,
Haiphong....................
.. 2 p.m. bridge equipment,
Straita, Ceylon, India, Mombasa, Beirn, Laurenéo-Marques, East and South Africa .............................2.30 p.m. Manila, Straits, Ceylon, India, Egypt
Europe
-vin Brindisidue Brindlal, 28th December.
G.P.O. and K.P.O,
Foud, ammunition and clothing are the main items, but scores of other things complete a list bewilder the largest department store
thal
would
When
gבע
Straits
:
OUTWARD MAILS Monday, Dec. 4
the business Fort Bayard........
.1.30 p.m. ..3.30 p.m."
..7.00 p.m.
Started A Tariff
Hro
As many ol the members tradesmen, the Town Couneli eun meet on week days only in the even- ngs, but the black-out has made this arrangement impossible..
and
Now, however, everything of
moving normally and he had person- ally found that he could write to his wife and get a reply in 10 to 12 days.. Green envelopes, a system latro duced in the last war, by which men
without could write home
local in London or New York.
the In addition to all these, large re- censorship by the officers at serve stores have to be built up at own units, as well as field postcards,
Reg. So the Council of 12, led by their
..Dec. 5, 2.45 p.m. Ord. buse supply depots to ensure supplies are being introduced immediately.
.Dec. 8, 3.30 p.m. He mentioned that the Assistant chalimon, the manager of the local against the risk of air raids on home
Mr. Postmaster-General,
William Co-operative Store decided to hold Alt Mall for "Imperial Airways Direct
Service"-dze Loudon, 13th Dec. purts, on buses across the Channel, or Mabane, M.P, with a desire to find their monthly meetings on Sundays. on strategie railway centres in France
K.P.O. the mail was
If any dare criticise. let it be re- which might momentarily handicap out for himself how or delay the normal movement of moving has, as it were, posted him- material from the bases to the troops self as a letter from London and membered that it is not the first time followed that letter through all the that Auchtermuchty has proved its way from the British Post Omce to sturdy independence. its final destination with the units" In the front sector.
In the front rectar.
3 Days' Food In Hand
Not so long ago the town imposed The Initial task of moving the This was one of Mr. Mabane's Insta turf on goods coming within the
boundaries. B.E.F. from England to its appointed official activities before handing over bases in France, a journey of several to his successor, Capt. C. Water- hundred miles, was accomplished house. without a hitch, and one corps alone,
s well did communications, work, Organised for mutual assistance arrived at headquarters with no less the Chinese Clerical Association held than three days supply of food in its second plenary session at the Luk hand and 300 gallons of petral in Kwok Hotel yesterday.
excess of lis issue. About 200 members and friends, "That surplus material," said the
STOCK MARKET REPORT
The scheme was abandoned, not because the Council surrendered to the storm of criticism which It evoked, but simply because it proved impracticable,
Robot Balloon Drops Leaflets Hourly
BERNE.
Swiss military authoritles mar- German in-
volled at a new
"Broadway Serenada (Queen's and Alhambra): Musicni roninnce about a singer and her composer husband. She show and gvi a job in a Broadway
nhend. Ho 18 forgen
unemployed. sang the Chinese National Anthem. Q.M.G. with a chuckle, "I bave been Hongkong Stock Exchange Omelal Marital dieultion impand. But all is saluted a portrait of Dr. Sun Yat- trying to lay my hands on ever Summary issued 12.30 p.m. Saturday solved when he nella some of his music. sen, and observed three minutes since!"
says; Most of the interest is in Jeanette allence to meditate on the mufferists The Army in the field has already
Buyers were in evidence for most MacDonald's songs.
before the built up no less than 46 days reserve of the popular countries and were Ten ainers were killed and five "ersons in fiding" (Oriental): A of the Chinese soldiers,
food for all ranks and immense stock willing to pay higher rates than crook melodrama. A bonuty parlour formal business begun.
The Association was formed others are missing as the result of a
lant of nounition, the exact figures of quoted on the Board. Shares how- girl tries to build up a small-time gas explosion In the cual mine at
stick-up man Intu ntanter cruak. year, and its aims are to promote which obviously cannot be given. Miruto in the Hokkaido on Friday. Promising performance by newcomer better friendship among its members
The chief desire of the Quarter-ver, were difficult to nhtain resulting vention-n "robot pumphleteer," Four miners have been rescued Patricia Morison, backed by experienced and mutunt assistance. The
Asso-master General's department is to in a moderate turnover. material leading ciation's Rellef Committee enden-give the soldier everything he wants, characterlauttons in Domel.
unemployed tem gum-boots to elgurettes and vours to And jobs for members, and help them financially, from duckboards to sugar in his tea. The Association's premises are in But the force must remain mobile. Des Voeux Road Central. It has a The Army has spent the last 20 years register of more than 300 members. trying to take the weight off the Mr. Lee Ham-ping, the Chairman, soldier's back and put it into lorries, said there was all round improve-but there is a limit to this. ment in the Association's activities. At present the lurries nitached to The members had contributed very an army corps would, it strung out generously
for relief in China nose to tail, stretch 40 miles.
We have between 23,000 and 30,000.) throughout the year.
roles.
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A member of the Committee said mechanical vehicles, and so perfect that most of the members were em- was maintenance on the journey from ployed in foreign firms and the treat- England to the front sectors that the ment they received was questionable breakdowns averaged less than one- and requested the members to unite third of one per cent. together.
"We should not frequent the dance An Extra Blanket halls and other base entertainments,"
As it is, however, an extm blanket
he said, "but follow the path to ud-bas now been authorised to all ranks
vancement.".
In conclusión he said that clerks and they are already on trains des
Uined for all units.
of German firms
who were unem-
Association,
who
It is interesting to note that in the
ployed because of the war had the French Army, by comparison, two sympathy of the was trying to find them new post-men share one blanket, tions,
Normandie Not
Returning
But mobility must be maintained, and it is hoped that this important argument will be borne in mind by soldiers' relatives when they receive letters from the front complaining of the lack of this or that..
The British soldier to-day, as I NEW YORK. have been-uble personally to observe,. Newspaper representatives what is better fed, better clothed and bet were allowed to visit the Normandie, ter treated than any other soldier in which is expected to remain in New the world,
He has three or even four good York for the duration of the war
hearty found the French liner packed Inments a day. Breakfast," mothballs."
***** dinner, tea and, if the ¡quartermasteri Fourteen huge barrels of mothballs of his unit knows his business, some- had been used to preserve, carpets, thing tasty for supper in the evening. draperies and upholstery. Floors and He gets fresh ment overy” day corridors are covered with tarpaulins. brought up to railheads in refrigera- Furniture and thousands of mattressestor cars, bully beef only every now are stacked· In huge plies. Pa and then as a change of diet, fish lit)
About 600 members of the crow Use shope of sardines or herrings fre- live aboard this ghost-like shilp, quently, and all the broad, tea, sugar, guard it against fire or possible af- bulter in reason, cheese, jam and 900:1 tempits1at"kabotage. ".
vegetables he cap eat.
Buyers
H.C. Bank $1,330
Bank of Est Asia $7] Canton In. $200 Douglases $15 Docks $15.00 Provident #6.1735
11. 9. Hotels 4.55 Landx #322
Realties $4.48 Tramways 10
Peak Trams (Old) $7.00 Peak Trams (New) $3.00 Star Ferries 30234 Yaumati Forries $2214 Chinn Lights (Old) $7.70 Electrics 431, Sanchalcan Lightm #1236 Toirplanes (Old) $22 39 Telephones. (New) $1.20 Canton Ice $1 Cement 14.80 Hope 15.10
"V Farmis (Old) $103) - Dairy Farme (Now) $19 Watsons $0.15
Entertainments $8.20 Constructions (Old) #1,700
Moller
I. Vires Ins. `3190 Steamboats 12 Docks LE
Raube $16 Tealtics $4.00 Watsons $0.97
Salar
Tramways $18 China Lib (Old) $7.89 Cements #14.00 Rones 5.10/3 Watsons 10.18 ILK. Govt. 31 Loan D7
Manila Gold Shares Alɔka P. 1035 b Antamok P. 10% Baguio Gold P. 13-b Datong Buhay Dixo Benguet Cun, inquoted Big Wedge Pa, 9135 14 Coco Grove Pi Con. Mises P. 0025 b Demonstration 1%. 073% b
Ipo Gold. 2 Horen Mining #27% * Man bulao Com. P. 25 Masbate Con.. 10%
DB b Mind. Motherlode P Ming Operation Pa. 10 h North Camarines Pa; 47: >Parmenio Gumimuus fu. 30.
Ban Mauricio Pa. 14 b Surigao Con, P. 18 b Buyoo Con."-PL. 21336. Byndicate:Ihv. PL. 411 „Valted-Parábolas Pu
They exhibited a balloon, 10 feet in diameter and equipped with a large clock operating a mechanism designed to drop propagandu pamph- lets at hourly Intervals. Apparently destined for France, the balloon was driven over the Swiss border by Indverse winds and found by farmers
in a feld near Lalie Constance,
For some reason, the Swlas sald, the mechanism failed to release the packages of pamphlets, still attached to the balloon. The pamphlets con- tained copies of Adolf Hitler's Reich- stug speech-printed in French.
ONLY
18
SHOPPING DAYS
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CHRISTMAS
Reg.
Ord.
Rer.
~~Ord.
Dee, 5, 5 p.m. .Dec. 5, 5.30 pam. G.P.Q.
...Dec. 5, 5 'p.m. remov.Deɑ.~5,-7-p.m.-
And Air Mail for Malaya, - Java
Australia by "Imperial Airways Direct Service"-due Sydncy, Ilih December,
Rex.
Ori.
Reg.
Ord,
K.P.O.
.Dec. 5, 6 p.m.' ..Dec. 5, 5.39 p.m. G.P.O.
Dec. 5,5 p.m. Deo, 8, 7 p.m. Japan
,7.00 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 8 Sandakan
...8:30 pm, Shanghai and Parcels only for
Tientsin
.10.30 am. Amoy and Parcels only for Tientsin 2.30 p.m. Air Mail for Indo-China, Iran, and France (Paris and Northern Pro- vinces only) by the "Air France Altways Direct Service”—doe Paris, 14th December.
E. P. O.
ECK., Ord.
.Dec. 0, 5.00 p.m. .Dec. 0, 5.30 pan.
G. P. O.
Reg., Ord..
Dec. 6, 5.00 p.m. .Dec. 8, 7.00 p.m. Strails
7 p.m. Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Honolulu and U.S.A., by the "Tan American Airways Direct Service"-ue San Francisco, 13th December.
K.F.O.
Reg.
Ord.
Deo.. i, 5 p.. .Dec., 6, 5.30 p.m. G.P.O.
Reg.
Ord.
„Dec. 0. §.pan. .Dco, 7, 7.30. kan..
Thursday, Dec. 7
Shanghai
2.30 p.m. Salgon, Bangkok, Mauritius, Reunion, Madagascar, Lourenco - Marques and South Africa ..................... .9,80 p.m. Straits, Ceylon, India, East arid South Africa, Egypt and Europe vin Suez and London Parcels que London, 11th January, 1940..
.K.P.O.
Parcels, Reg.
Ord.
Parcels, Reg. Ord.
Tourano Bangkok Shanghai
.Dec. 7, 8 p.m. ..Dec. 7, 5 pm. Dec. 7, 5.30 p.m. GP.0.
.Dec. 7, 3 p.m.. „Dec. 7, 5 p.m. Dec. 3, 7 pm.
0.30 am. 10.30.a.m.
Friday, Dec. 8°
Baturday, Dec. #
(2.30 pm).
Air Mail for "Imperial || Airspas
·Direct Bervice"-dãe Loxidon 17th December.
· Hér..
Ord.,
G. P. 0. and K. P. 0.
Amoy Halphong Shanghai
Dee. D. 5 p.m.
Dec. B, 6.30 9.06.
Sunday, Dec. 10
· Monday, Dec, 11
Canton