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French Deny Sending Arms To S. China
Indignant Reply To Japanoso Reports
PARIS, Jan. 16 (Reuter).-A. categorical official dental is given to the reports from Japanese Bources that arms and munitions are being sent to South China by the French Indo-China railway.
It is stated that the insistence of these reppris, which French circles are obiged to deny regularly s they are eftculated, appears to be the reficellon of the desire of certain the Japanese circles, particularly military circles, to justify by military considerations
destruction by aerlat bombardment of the last roll- with way communication existing that part of China which is free from Japanese occupation.
the
Chiefly U.S. Goods
says
The statement
that
the
greater part of the traile on this the consists of goods from the United States,
1 these allegations and bombard- ments are repeated, French circles will be tempted to think that orientation of the which does
despite Die
Japanese Government,
not desire difficult relations with
Western Bovers, these acts
from the militarists which
come 1ink
that they need not respect,
Exchange At A Glance
SELLING
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T. Batavia Bangkok
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4 m/s L/C U.S.A.
4 m/s France.....
30 da Indla
U.S. Crosi rate in London 4.02% U.S. Cross rate in N.Y...3.00
Berlin Coal Shortage
No Hot Water For Many Tenants
BERLIN.
Jan. 18 (Reuter)-In
with due discipline, the instructions Germany the present cunl shortage coming to them from higher au- for house-holders is apparently re- thorities and the Japanese Govern-arded as likely to continue, for Berlin tenents who cannot get hot water at all are to have their rents reduced by five per cent.
ment.
on
The "ucky one" who can have Frutays and Saturdays will have to pay full rent.
Filming Thrill At central heating and hot water
Causeway Bay
All Berlin schools are to be closed Fireworks were let off in n scenef during the making of a Chinese Bim indefinitely because of the coat short-
on a vacant piece of ground at age. Causeway Bay yesterday,
and two
boys, Man Shlu-kan and Lee Tin-i
kwal, both 11, who were spectators,|
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (Reuter).
were burned on the face and bedy-The Senate has confirmed the Pre- Frank They were admitted to the Queen aldent's nomination of Mr. Mary Hospital.
Murphy, the Attorney General, to the Robert by the Supreme Court, and Mr. The film is being made Nam Yuci Film Studio, of Lee Gar- Jackson ns Attorney General in his dens.
place.
PARLOPHONE
PRESENTS
EVEN IN HONGKONG
WARNING.
DO NOT TALK ABOUT THE NAVY, ARMY OR AIR FORCE. YOUR ENEMY HAS EARS.
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کیونکہ تمہارا دشمن بھی سننے کیلئے کان رکھتا ہے۔
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ਨਵੀਂ, ਜੰਗੀ ਅਤੇ ਹਵਾਈ ਥੋੜਿਆਂ ਦੀ ਬਾਬਤ ਕਿਸੇ ਨਾਲ
ਬਿਲਕੁਲ ਬਾਤ ਚੀਤ ਨਾ ਕਰੋ
ਜਿੳਕਿ ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਦੁਸ਼ਮਣ ਭੀ ਸੁਣਨ ਲਈ ਕੰਨ ਅਦਾ ਹੈ
PUBLIC WARNING, in four languages, which is now being distributed in Hongkong by the police. It brings home the fact that even in this part of the Empire far removed from the seat of hostiles, in indiscreet word may have unhappy consequen-
cest.
TWO MOST POPULAR DANCE ORCHESTRAS 3 a.m. Piracy STOCK MARKET
KAY KYSER'S
'F1521--Tears from My Inkwell.
Concert in The Park.
V1404-East Stile of Heaven.
That Sly Old Gentleuan,
F1450 Chopsticks.
All God's Chillum Gol Rhythm.
F1393--Hurry, Home.
Between A Kiss and A Sigh VICTOR SYLVESTER'S F1553-Love Never Grows Old.
(No Vocal)
Wallz
In the Middle of A Dream.
Q.s.
Fi55We'll Meet Again.
F.T.
Your's for A Song,
Q.S.
F1534-Wish Me Good Luck As You Wave Me Goodbye, Q.5.
Poured By Heari into A Song.
Q.5.
F1532 White Salls.
Coban Ladly,
F1508-I Never Knew Heaven Could Speak.
There's Danger lu'The Walz,
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Armed Robbers Seize Junk
A gang
Brined robbers captured: a cargo junk In British waters early! tas morning and wowed it away with) their campons towards Tal 0.
duck!
The Junk carried a cargo of 254 drted aux atic bags of feathers. When the robbers were seen opreaching. Li Kan-kee, manter of the vessel, his crew of three, and the owner of the cargo, Jumped over- board and swam ashore.
Shots were fired at them in the darkness, but nobody was bit.
The incident occurred about 3 mm. off Tao Shok Kok, Pingshan district.
Odd Coincidence?
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 10 (Reuter)
An odd coincidence is the subject of much unofficial comment.
During the last Lowland scare In November,
ship, the -Dutch Sifedrick, Wan sunk. Promptly on the heels of the present tension, the Arendskerk has been torpedoed by a Nazi U-Boat.
· Nazis Admit Sinking LONDON, Jan. 10 (Reuter)-The German wireless broadcast this after-1 noon news of the sinking of the Arendakerk.
The master of the Arendskerk, the that announcer zaid, had reported
REPORT
Hongkong Stock Exchange Official Summary issued yesterday says:
January 171940.
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Str. The production of garden vegetables at the refugee farm has reached a point where supplies are being brought to the elty daily. Our
Programme Brondenst by list includes tomatoes, carrois, beet Z. B. W. on a Frequency of 845 kc's. and lettuce, nif of which are speci- and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m. ally grown for salads, only sanitary and 8-11.15 p.n. on 9.52 m.c's. per fertiliser being used. Brussels sprouts second. and broccoli are also available and they are entirely new crops for Hongkong.
Within the fortnight cauliflower, savoy and red cablings, sweet corn. beant and peas of different sorts will be ready for the public. These veget- ables are all priced reasonably and carry our guarantee that they are lygenically wholesome,
11. K. T.
12.15 p.n. Short Service of Inter- cession.
12.30 Variety with Harold Ramsay, Sam Browns, 3e 1 Bules and Harry Roy's Tiger-Ragamuffins.
1.00 Legal Time Signat and Wen- ther Report.
We would like your readers to uvali themselves of this opportunity by
1.03 Musical Comedy SelectioNA. 1.30 Reuter, rugby press, weather phoning their orders to 25621, or writing to the Shumchun Itural Wel-forecast, announcements. fare Centre, Room 329,- Prince's Building, Des Voeux Rd. Central.
EMILY KO, Assistant Secretary.
1.45 Gracia Ficida and Arthur Asker In a Programme of Latest Dance Mus!e. You're The Only Star,
2.15 Close Down.
0,00 Robinson Cleaver at the Or-i R. A. Man's Bravery
ran-Medley (Ca c'est Paris; Har-! Lights; Massed Bands of the Guards;]
Poverty Sir-On behalf of a large crowd un-Hoo: Little old Lady
Blue); who gathered to witness an act of Street: Red, White and bravery and itindness rendered by Musical Sweethearts (Polly; Dinh, Sergeant of the Royal Artilery, Nola; Dainty Miss; Miss Annabelle would deem it a great favour if you Lee, Somtbody stole my Gal), would permit 12, through the
0.13 Light Symphony Orchestra- medium of your press, to thank him. Homage March (Haydn Wood), Con-
At about 5.30 p.m. Inst evening a cert Waltz-Joyousness
(Haydu Chinese workman, while working at Wood), Mon Reve (Waldtoufel), Bal one of the new houses under erection Masque (Fietcher). near East Point Terrace, fell from a 0.30 Closing stock quotations. height of about thirty. feet to the
6.32 Harold Williams (Baritone), bamboo scaffoldinga about ́ ́a' Cozen and the London Palladium Orchestra. feet above ground, and, strangely The Merry-Go-Round. When the enough, was temporarily suspended Harvest's M, Harold Williams; Bells there..
:
Across The Meadow, The Phantoin A Sergeant of the Royal Artillery Melody, London Pulladium Orchestra;i was passing by and chunced to see in An Old Fashioned Town, If 1| the seeldent, He at once climbed the Might Come To You, Harold Wil- bamboo scaffoldings to the man and lams: These Foolish Things Selection. held lm there till further help came. London Palladium Orchestra, By his prompt zetion, the workman 7.00 Dance Musle by Maurico Win- was saved from further Injuries by nick and His Orchestra with Young his otherwise inevitable fall to the and Forgyle on Two-Planes-Did I ground. As It is the
workman Remember, A Stor Fell Out of sustained fructured, arm.
Heaven, Maurice Winnlek; Rumbas After the workinon was safely
Cucuracha; Mama On Toast (La got on to the ground the Sergeant Inez; The Carioca, Siboney), Arthur tore up his shirt to bundige and Young and Reginald Foresythe; You, steady the fracture pending the A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody,
nrrival of the ambulance,
I sincerely hope that this
ex templary net would, --through--your press, be brought to the notice of his Commanding Officer.
S.A.I.B.
Oil-Tanker Goes Down
Maurice Winniel; More Rumbas On Toust (Tony's Wife: Side walks of Zubat Green eyes, When Yuba plays the Rumun on the Tura), Arthur Young and Reginald Foresythe; Some Other Time, On Treasure Island, Take My Heart, Maurice Winnlek. 7.30 London Relay-The News. 6.00 Time signul, weather report, announcements.
8.03 Fiano Sotos-Prelude In G Minor, Op, 23, No. 5 (Rachmaninoff), Mischa Levitzici; .Prelude In B Flat (Rachmaninoff), Polishinelle (Rach- maninoff), Left Poulshnom.
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Minneapolis Sym-
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his ship had been stopped and tor Rioting
Ipedoed by a German submarino.
No comment was made.
AUXILIARY NURSES
Internees In Court
9.15 London Relay-News Sum- inary.
9.30 An Ilour of the Latest Dance
Something Life-boats put out but the ship Music.-There's
Wrong speedily broke in half and dis-With The Weather, Billy Cotton; In appeared.
The Midija Or A Dream, Love Never
It is understood that a patrol boat Grows Old, Victor Silvester; Lady, rescund the.crew...
Play Your Mandolin, Havana Novelty The tanker's tonnage is estimated Orchestra; 1. Never Knew
at 8,000. Her name 'unknown.
Heaven
Could Speak, There's Danger In The
POST, LIMITED
"Morning Post" Bullding
Wyndham Street
KING'S
A watcher from the shore declares Waltz, Victor Silvester; The Daughter NEXT CHANGE that he saw what seemed to be of Mademoiselle. From Armentieres, submarine beside the doomed vessel.
OUR GUIDE TO THE CINEMAS
Harry Roy; Boom, I Get Along With- out You Very Well, Jay Wilbur, Beer Harrel Polka, Harry Roy: Roses Are Blooming In Loveland, The Organ, The Dance Band and Mc;.Tears From My Inkwell, You Grow Sweeter As The Years Go By, Jay Wilbur; Sum- mer evening in Santa Cruz, The Moon "AB Quint on the Western Front" remembered. but you. Forgot, Max- (King's): Uncensored version of rich well Stewart's Ballroom Melody; Maria Remarque's famous book, When Merry and Bright, Keep Young!,
Hongkong the. Aim was hown in
meveral years ago, certain scenes were George Boulanger; F. D. R. Jones, cut by the cenner. Following declara. Stairway To The Stars, Carroll Gib- tion of Second World War, Universalj bons,
10.30 Selections from "M.8, restored scones, re-edited and modern.
(Sullivan), ined, entire film. Law, Ayros gives a Pinafore!
Coldstream particularly brilliant performance a Guarda; "Monsieur Beaucaire", Vocal Yaul, Baummer..
Gems (Messager), Light Opera Com- "Pull Confession" (Queen's) *. Murder many; "Lilne Time" Selection, Organ melodrama. Story of Catholic priest' Solo by HarryDavidson; "The efforts to make murderer confess to Miracle Selection (Humperdinck), crime revealed, under.soul of confes-
London Symphony Orchestra.
· McLaglei,} land. Starring Victor Bally Ellors and Joseph Callela.
11.00 London Relay Phillip Baker * "fleckiems, Stanger (Alhambra) on "Malices of Moment.” Texas rangers. Deb Allen stare az a 11.10 Cloxo Down. rough-riding ranger who avenges Chol death of his twin, brathor, Blx-year old, Buddy Fox, newcomer to the screen, proves to be an exonllent rider.
#Wandle" (Oriental): Homely enter tainment with an appeal to all types the family audiences. The characters are Laken from the famous, daily comie strip, Fenny, Bingleton takes the titles at role with Arthur Laks ss her irrepressi
ble young husband,
NGJIA on Probation (Malenic)
Another Robbery At The D.B.S.
Another theft from the Diocesan Boys' School has been reported to the Polleo by Mr. O, A. Goodtian,
from Thirty she interoces Argyle Street Internment Camp ap-
Himsworth First aid and home nursing certi-penred before Mr. Acates obtained by members of the Kowloon. Magistracy this morning Auxiliary Nursing Service la charged with disorderly conduct Tragic story of helson probationary the headmaster. Someone entered a examinations in October, and Novem- the Camp on January 13. ber can now be secured by applien-Twenty-four of the men were ratam part. In paving young class-room yesterday morning and
parsistently, wrangiy, Reclined, who Anal- tion at the plice of the accountant of additionally charged with resting fat the slow, ngainat the resistole a quantity of books to the value the Medical Department, second floor, police officers. They were remanded offenders Expellent performance by of $20, the property of various" stu
'dents Poat Office Building.
Jane Bryan in fonding rolo.
for a
a week.
YOUR FAVORITE IN HIS FIRST GREAT STARRING,
ROLEI
RICHARD GREENE
Here I am
a Stranger
RICHARD DIX BRENDA JUICE
Sanaatiasal dietrary, of “the Heins Cama?
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