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Monday,
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FOR SALE.
"HONGKONG AS REVEALED BY THE CAMERA" Second Edition. 10 Over 60 excellent views of Colony. Price $1.50. Obtainable at [ Kelly & Whish, Ltd., Hongkong Travel Bureau or from the Publishers, South China Morning Post, Ltd. Wyndham Street.
POST
OFFICE
CHINESE NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS.
On Thursday, the 8th February, the General Post Office and all Branch Past Omers will be entirely elused. There will be no collection from the Pillar boxes nd no delivery by Postmen.
G. R.
NOTICE
HONG KONG WATER SUPPLY
It is hereby nollfed that a constant supply of water will be given in all districts from 5.00 a.m. on February 6th. to 12.00 p.m. on February 8ih., in connection
the Chinese with
New Festival,
Year
A. B. PURVES,
Water Authority. Public Works Department, Hongkong, Iut February, 1940.
G.
R.
U-BOAT
THROUGH
NIGHT
KING HONOURS
SAILORS
THE CAPTAINS of two British ships tackled by U-boats have been awarded the O.B.E., and two seameű the medal of the Order.
Captalti
Batson- Sydney E. Afuster of the Heronspool (owned 'by Sir R. Ropner and Co. West Harfle- pool).
John G. Pearson-Guntayer of the same ship.
An Explosion Towards sunset Heronspool saw a U-boat shelling a tanker six milen away. The captain at once altered course and closed up his gun's crew. Night fell; there Was no moon. About 8.30 the U-boat signalled to buy. into view. Heronspool
PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Monday, the 12th day of February, 1940, at 3 p.m. at the Offices of the Pubile Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of one Lot of Crown Land at Chuk and came Un, in the Colony of Hong Kong,fired two shots and the U-boat dived. for a term of 75 years, commen-Course was altered again.
11. The enemy reappeared about cing from 1st July, 1898, within after two more shots were fired the option of renewal at a Crown again submerged. Ront to be fixed by the Sur- veyor of His Majesty the KING, for one further term of 24 years less the last three days thereof. Intending bidders are advised one delivery of registered and or that Imniediately after the dispo- dinary correspondence at 11 am. The Branch Post Offices at Stanley, Tas of the lot the Purchaser (if Po and Un Long will also have one delivery of ordinary correspondence it II w..
On Friday, the 9th February, the General Pont Offee and Kowloon Central Post Office will be open from 8 an, lo 11 a.m. Sheungwan Branch Post Office will be open from 8 n.. to #n., and the other Branch Úllees will be entirely closed,
There will be one collection from the pillar boxes as on Sundays and
be:
The Money Order Dilice will entirely closed during the holidays,
Small Packet Pest to all countries Is suspended.
are
'OUTWARD MAIL TIMES Registered and Parcel Mails closed 15 minutes earlier than the time given below unless otherwise stated, and where mails are advertis-
a.m. regis ed to close at or before 9
tered and parcel nails are closed at 5 p.m. on the previous day. When mails are advertised to close after 5 pn., Itegistered and Parcel malts are closed ut 5 p.m.
Amoy
INWARD MAILS
Australia ari Manil
Feb. 5.
Feb. 5.
Canada, U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and!
Shariphul-(Vancouver BC.
11th January)
and Swatow
date,
Feb. 5.
.Feb. 5.
not the applicant) will be required an authorised to deposit with ollicer 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 OF THE LOT.
No. of Sal
Coalcon Inland Let
Registry No.
Locality
Feb. 5.
phone
Shanghai and Anny
Feb. 5.
12
Bangkok and Suiron
Feb. 6.
Japan and Shanghai
Shanghai
Feb. 6. Feb. 8. .Feb,
Straits
Air Mail by "Air France Direct
Servico-Paris date, 31st January,
Haiphong
Japan and Shanghai
Saigon s
No, 2763
Caut Un.
Boundary
Musaurements
ax [her snlz plan.
Contents
eq. feet
326
Arn. Rent.
About
000 ̊62
Upset Price:
$3,000
THE "STAR" FERRY CO., LTD.
Feb.
Feb. 7.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS
Feb. 7.
„Feb. 7. NOTICE IS HEREDY GIVEN
Alr Mall by “ImpérialAirways THAT THE TORTY:SECOND-
Direct Service"-London date, 20th January
Feb. 8.
Near midnight there was a loud ex- plosion close on the starboard beam. The U-boat was dodging and four more shots were fired..
About one o'clock Herenspool was ally overhauled after a stern chase of seven hours and torpedoed,
Last To Leave
Among the last three to leave the ship were the captain and the gun- layer, who had bravely fought their ship through half the night to rive | her and sink the enemy.
Barland-
Captain Willam II. Master of the Rockpool, (owned by the same firm),
Thomas Watkins--Gunlayer of the same ship.
A U-boat suddenly appeared about and a half miles away and fired two shots.
The captain at once altered helm to bring the U-boat astern and his guns into action.
He fired. 13 rounds, which fell so jeloze that the enemy was drenched
with spray.
Not Hit
The U-boat fired 20 rounds and Horkpool was straddled, but not hit. She shook off the enemy by zig-
Sereen of smoke! angging behind a
coolness
fonts.
The crew showed great under fire, and the captain handled his ship in a seamanlike manner,
The U-boat, which he was the first In sight, was later destroyed by the Navy.
Wife - killer
NAZIS DEFY
LAWS OF
SEA
U-BOATS are now operating three-mile limit of within tho neutral countries.
A Greek ship and two British Inerchantmen have been sunk
within the three-mile limit of the Norwegian coast.
A fourlle vessel It is believed, has also been sunk in territorial waters.
An inquiry is being held by the Norwegian. Government Into these sinkings in flagrant de- fiance of the rights of neutral siales
THIS GRAPHIC PHOTO. GRAPH shows the coffins con- taining the Admiral Goat Spee's dend coming ashore for funeral in Montevideo.
The funeral was attended by British Mariners who had been interned aboard the German Marauder after their ships had been sunk, Shortly afterwards, the Admiral Graf Spee stensted out of Montevideo harbour and was scuttled,
PARIS.
A MILITARY COURT sitting in Paris has to face the sentenced Maurice Ebra, a woodworker, to die before
a firing squad for the torture and murder of firing squadwife.--British United Press,
ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING 66
"GOLD-DIGGING,
Air Mail by "I'an American Airways OF THIS COMPANY WILL be Office of Messrs.
Direct
Service"-San Francisco held At
the
date, 27th January.........Feb. 6. Jardine, Mathesun & Co., Ltd. on Air Mail by "Imperial Airways
Direct Service" London date, 24th, Friday, the 16th February, 1940, January
....Feb. 9, at 11.30 a.m, for the purpose of Europe via Suez and Straits (London receiving the Report of the Direc-
dale, 15th December 1939).
tora together with a Statement of Feb. 9. Japan and Shanghai
Feb. 9. Accounts for the year ended 31st
December, 1939.
Haiphong
Japan
Manila
OUTWARD MAILS Monday, Feb. 5
Parcel only for Manita Salgon
Manila....
The Register of Shares of the 3 p.m. Company will be CLOSED from 3.30 p.m. Frkly, the 9th February, 1940, to 30 pm Friday, the 16th February, 1910,
..4.30 p.m.
both days inclusive.
.7 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb.
6
10.30 ..
By order of the Board Directors,
of
.1.30 p.m.
2.30 p.m.
.2.30 pan.
Fort Bayard and foihuw
Shanghai
Parcels only for Tientsin Manila
..4.30 p.. Air Mail for "Imperial Airways Direct Service"-due London, 14th February.
Ord
Rer.
Ord.
K.P.O.
....Feb. 8, 5 p.m. ..Feb. 6, 5.30 p.m. G.P.O.
Feb. 0, 5 p.m. .Feb. 6,.7 .m. Air Mall for Malaya, Java and Alis- tralla by "Imperial Airways Direct Service"-duo Sydney 12th Feb,
K.P.O.
C. M. MANNERS,
Scerelary and Manager. Hongkong, 25th January, 1940..
Railway Bombing
SAYS COUNSEL
his
February 5, 1940.
Man Betrayed By False Teeth
I.R.A. Man
AND SON
AS
BOMBERS
FATHER JAILED
THE Wore Shamrock In Court
GRAF
SPEE
DEAD
A 23-YEAR-OLD Irishman, William Bradley, was said at Bir-
mingham assizes to have been identified because a found in the street fitted him.
Hopes
Goering's New Fuehrer
By. WILLI FRISCHAUER DOES
GOERING think he would be acceptable to the Allies as an alternative to Hitler?
Well-informed neutral diplomats believe that he is under' this impression and is acting accordingly.
They say that Goering is
As
set of teeth
With Stanley Joseph Rice, aged 27.. he was sentenced to 10-years' penal nervitude for conspiring to cause an explosion. Potrick M'Brine, aged $7, Hlee's father, was sentenced to 15 years.
All three wore shamrock sinis in their buttonholes and refused to
lend.
Mir. Richard O'Sullivan, K.Ü.. said after letter-box prosecuting. Ares in Birmingham a letter contain- inn explosive material was found Irs the street, addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty in the bandwriting of M'Brine.
Hands Burned
ran
Then something exploded in Brad- ley'n pocket, and he and Rice away. At Rice's lodgings more ex- plosive material was found.
A set of false teeth picked up in the. street were found to it Bradley, who was found sitting in a Holyhead train with one of his hands badly burned. Rice and Bradley were found guilty of possessing explosives, causing an explosion, and conspiracy to cause a! explosion, and M'Brine guilty of con- ucy and not gulity, of the other #spiracy
two charges.
Inspector Mackenzie sald that M'Brine had been a member of the LR.A. for many years, and in 1920 was responsible for serious crimes in internid Northern Ireland. He was for two years and released when be entered into a recognisance.
Brothers Expelled
Bradley was one of a well-known family of LR.A. members. Two of his brothers had been expelled from
to Birmingham, and he came take
their place.
Rice had been under the influence of his father, who, there was рубу doubt, had taken a very active part in outruges in Birmingham,
Hla handwriting had been identified on many envelopes containing incen- diary bombs which had been posted, In Birmingham, and some of which had exploded as far away as London, Northampton and Manchester,
THE "ASAMA MARU” AND BELLIGERENT RIGHTS
(Continued from Page 4.)
enemy persons, are illustrative of such instances,
H
[OWEVER, since the middle of
the 19th century, and especially after the case of the "Trent" (1081), the duties of neutrals have become less irksome, and the penalties not so harsh, as it used to be during the
convinced he has a chance -KRUPP'S GROW perled around the Napolcoale Wars.
99 where Hitler failed-to secure peace for Germany
COUNSEL argued in the Divorce Court in London recently that a young woman "married a rich old man to get a financial hold on him.”
RICHES
And by 1000,--when-the-Declaration of London was drawn up, the rola- ilons between neutrals and belli in the near future and save
gerents, as far as rights and duties well The "enormous profits" of the were concerned, become fairly
defined. his country from inevitable krupp armament works in the last
Take for
example, such economic catastrophe.
four years were described in the vague phrase like "noxious persons, Intest
broadcast by the "German which had aften been used previ- ously in connection with unneutral That, they declare, accounts for the Freedom" station.
service, for persons whom a belli. "Hitler, Goering and Goebbels told gerent claimed to have the right to "that make prisoners of war, Ands no place
repeated warnings in the newspapers
Mrs. Joan Ivy Carlisle Nash, wearing women's Auxiliary Air Force uniform, petitioned for a decree of nullity on the grounds of non-consummation, to Mr.trast to the "everything in the larder's fused to pay the latest bill for £58.- ties therefor. The article, which Arthur Peel Nash, a solicitor.
Mr. and Mrs. Nash, aged 73 and 34 respectively, were married last January and lived at Portmansquare, W.
Mr. Justice Langion: You are say-
KILLED in that Mrs. Nash had no sincerity
OFFICIAL KILLED
KUNMING.
that she never really meant to go through with this except to gel her
a position of commercial
Feb. 5 (Reuter).self in Rescue, and Identification work con-advantage? ....5 p.m. nected with Thursday's raid by
Mr. Hillard: Yes. .5.30 p.m. Japanese planes on the railway be
Pointing out that Mrs. Nash had tween Haiphong and Kunming is .5-p.m. more complicated than ever following said that she wanted children, the
Judge sald; .7 p.m. Saturday's rald.
Body In Well: A Boy Charged
*
•
nominated
regret the announcement
cutbreak of the war.
of
court
women
"Asamo
controlled by him that the blockade you," the announcer stated, is confronting Germany with a serious there are no war profiteers because this international naval conven- tion. Articles 45 to 47 of the un- Declaration of London, roblem and that the country is feel-all the Jews are in prison. fing the plach already,
"But the German Freedorn Stallon) ratifled learns that there was an uproar in the clearly laid down the rules regard- These admissions are in sharp con- War Ministry because two majors re- ing unneutral service and the penal- lovely" boasts of the oncini Nazi 340 to the firm of Friedrich Krupp. both
case might have referred to. "Voelkischer Beobachter."
They threatened to deal with Krupp M. contestants in the for extortion.
concerning the corringe of military CCORDING to reliable information "Hitler's rearmament and his war persons o petrel ship, says: "Any individual emboiled in the armed Goering has been suffering from has made Krupp into the richest man force of the enemy and who is found
in Germany. ids "Crown-Prince" complex ever
on board a neutral merchant-versel,
Hitler since
B5 him
"In 1934 he had £14,750,000 in may be made prison of war, even In a local argument Mr. Hillard, for Mr. Nash, said successor in the leadership of Ger- saving: in 1935 he had more than though there be no ground for the £19,340,000; in 1936, £23,500,000, Altrough here the duty to abstain
capture of the vessel (Art. 47)." in 1937, £26,340,000; and in 1939, the wife agreed that at the date of the engagement shemany.
In Schorfheide, Goering's country £28,500,000. He is the biggest war from currying enemy military per- cons in not expressly imposed on a estate, a Nazi shadow Government is profiteer in Germany."
neutral, it gives the belligerent the WIFE OF FRENCH had little affection for him.
functioning. Goering holds
In a broadens to Austrin, the an-rights to remove such persons from there surrounded by a few generalsnouncer sold:
the neutral ship, irrespectively of and industrial lenders.
"The women of Austria ure disgust the fact. whether or not such ship has thus 12- ed with the Nazi regime. They are a condemnable. It Whatever their plans, they must be not inactive. They grumble in the placed the views and practices pre- distasteful to Hitler who is suld market places and express themselves valled in former days that the enemy
on board a neutral bis freely. In one province of Austria persons
ship lemmate political testament at the this broke into open revoli.
should not be made prisoners of war, "The
of Austria cried, unless the ship was brought in for
"Trent" case). He cannot play off Goering against Throw out the Nazis from Austria, ndjudication or condemned (See the
of them against and the police received ordern tol Iless and both
intervene.
ESPITE the fact that the "De- Himmler any longer.
When they arrived they saw claration of London sill, re- And he cannot drop his successor.
poor, starving.
women. mains unratified und, that its up- Shanghai and Japan
They said to them, 'We think as you plication had been denounced by Swałow
do, but we have orders to shoot,' and Great Britain on July 7,1916, dur «NEMIES in your rear."
With this warning the "Vocl- they shot into the ale."
ing the last wor, it has embodied in Shanghel, U.S.A., Central and South The only casualty names so far
The Stockholm correspondent of the a single code the best guiding prin- America and Canada via San divulged are those of Madame Davlet, arrangement that Mrs. Nash should the head with a bottle and push-kischer Beobachter" continues a hate!
pog against British prisoners of "Petit Parislen" dcclures that Goch- ciples concerning naval warfare rules. Francisco, (No Parcels for Canada) wife of a French District Inspector continue to work as her husband' ing him into a well.
war la Germany which was launched hels, German Minister of Propaganda, in existence. connected with the Railway, and her secretary after the wedding, and she
It was intended and agreed by the nged with an official caution against them is now interned in a "sanatorium" at child.
must have known that the marriage i Derleko James Saunders,
Its half-page article betrays a fear the Cerronn Ministry of Information. Powers participating in the draw- was, a mundane, materialistic bargain. seven, falled to return to his home,
He adds that the following are some ing up of these rules that they should correspond in substance with towards the British or French soldier of the reasons for his disgrace: Mr. Justice Langton said the trouble High View, Stondon-road, Blackmore, at prisoners such as is never admitted
Goebbels's about counsel's "gold-digger" theory Kenex,
"Angriff" the generally recognized principles newspaper in the field. was that Mra.. Nash did not seem to
Det.-Sergt. Jevons, giving evidence
has a branch office at Zurich, and n of International Inw" have tried to get money.
int Onmar Police Cauri, said that: During the last war, the article Swiss
to Germany crupleyce went
The question seems to be what. Even her attempt to get a settle-Dericke's body had been found a few claims, 107,000 prisoners managed to convoying 2.700 letters, mont of them interpretations both Japan and Great
escape from Germůny.
addressed in different handwriting. Britain might give to the rules in ment made on her was a half-hearted hours previously.
It was in a well on Paslow Hall And those who did not escape sent and posted them in various parts of the Declaration, supposing that they would rely more or less on these Farm, neur the bay's home,
Information to France and Britain Germany,
In the meantime, no advertisement rules for the settlement of the case Later, he snld, he visited the under stamps of their censored letters had been inserted in "Angriff," and under review. I shall have occasion accused youth who, after being out smuggled out newspaper cuttings when he returned to Zurich to found to refer to the interpretations which cautioned, admitted airling the boy with "a wealth of information."
the 2,700 letters and also 68 genuine Great Britain gave to these rules, on the head with a bottle, and push-
They even bid secret codes in-ples to the advertisement.
and, the eases decided during the Inst. ing him into the well.
Each of the 2,700 letters contained war, when the question of bell- On this evidence Superintendent nuts
German banknotes totalling. In all gorent rights vis-a-vis the "Asamin Ruggles asked for a remand in "Nuts to the Nazis" to the only re- £414,700. The genuine replies were Maru" incident, la discussed in ar-
thrown away.
other article,
Reg.
Ord
G.P.O.
Ter.
Ord.
Wednesday, Feb. 7
Batavin and Sourabayn
Stenis
...8.30 4.3D.
The fact that the passenger ear in "The lady you are describing-a
gold-digger would A 16-YEAR-OLD boy, charged which all Thursday's damage was stony-hearted .D.30 am done in completely destroyed
Essex. at Ongar,
with has not want children. They would be a 1.30 pm. added to the difficulty at the officials terrible nuisance to her.”
murder, was stated to have 1.30 p.m. who rushed to the scene.
Mr. Hillard sold there was an admitted striking another boy on
-due San Francisco, 24th Feb.
K.P.Q.
Parcela
.4 p.m.
M. Daviet is at present in Chung
Rex.
5 pking,
Ord.
Parcels Reg. Ord.
.3.30 p.m.
G.P.O.
p.m.
5 p.m.
7 p.m. Air Mall for Indo-Olilna, Iran, and Franco (Paris and Northern Pro- vinces only) by the "Air France Aleware Direct Servlet"'--dun Paris, 15th February.
Ren., Ord.
Ord.,
K. P. O.
Train Runs Into A Landslide
LONDON, Feb, 4 (Router)-One woman was killed and several other passengers were injured wher L.M.S. trahi from Northampton to Feb. 7, 5.00 p.m. London ran into a landslide near Five landslides, have been reported on the Southern Railway during the past 24 hours.
„Fob. 7, 5.30 p.m.
G. P. O.
Feb. 7, 5.00 p.m. Feb. 7, 7.00 p.m.!
Watford.
affair.
Judgment was reserved.
PARIS, Feb. 4 (Reuler)-To-day's communique states that carly this morning a sharp encounter with an enemy reconnoltring party turned
out to our advantage.
custody, which was granted.
ply one can give.
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