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BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE

Agents: CHINA NAVIGATION_CO., LTD.

"FURJEN"

NHANFAN

SAÏLINGS TO

Yokohama, Nagoya &

Kohe

Swalow & Singapore

"BEINRICH JESSEN" Swatów Amuy &

"KWEIYANG"

SHENGKING" *TSINAN" "FOOCROW"

"SINKIANG"

"TRODUCE "POYANG'

*HUNAN"

Foochow

Swatew, Arnoy, Swatow

Salgon, Singapore. Debowan & Penang Shanebal Swatow Singapore, Macassar, Sourabaya & Batavia Andy. Swatow, S'pore, Palembang Shai &

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I. BERIK Lakao, Yokobañía &

Kabr thelum & Pusin

• Malls from Custodian Whart

*UBINI I JESSEN Suojapore

“NHENOLING"

"ININAN

"KWEI VANG

"SENKIANG

*POYANG

PHENAN

*FATSHAND

"WUNUFI"

4 p.m. 9th Jan. '

10 am, Dth Jan,

p., 19th Jan,

p.. 10th Jan.

4 p. 11th Jan, " 3 p.m. 11th Jan,

4 p. 13th Janu

THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1940,

Govt Increase In

Tobacco Duties

To avoid loss of revenue which may result from the production of the more popular brands of cigarettes locally, Government increased tobacco duties yesterday.

Mr. E, Himsworth, Superintendent of Imports and Exports, said that the increase has been the result of a new policy of the major tobacco manufacturers in England.

I

tied that three of the leat used in cigarettes manufac- moir popular bropts of elgur-tured in England is purchased at ettes Players,

and offeint rates of exchange. F30320- Gold Pink --Formerly Tabived in England and in-

Capstan

Price Increase

The prter of locally manufac-

ported as manufactured sigurtured cigarettes would, therefore, ittes, are now to be made from the merised wherens The im- Iaw lead let ual factories, ported articles would, unless the

were changed, re-

thest tently produced

that the intes of duly Me Bungworthe sand Fonts en manufactured vigarettes mit as before,

етвер Hmported Brian England was for. Fly HK$390.

Динетий

11

Fair Deal Succeeds Roosevelt New Deal

Washington, January 5. Perhaps President Truman's administration will be known as "Fair Deal," succeeding the "New Deal" of the Into President Roosevelt.

In his message on the "State of the Union," President Truman made a "fair den!" pledgo,

He put it this way: "Every segment of our population and every individual has the right to expect from his Goy- ernment a fair deat.”—United Press.

Italians Flee From Earthquake

Rome, January 5.

Cluby on real base let garettes short not be placed at An earthquake shook the Rieti area, North of Rome,

hannfarture

rigenes beally seen (5$2.25 "a povert

Gurrequently, has schfeel, it ages Government whuket

3 p. 15th Jan. 16th Jan

4 pm. 19th Jan 20th Jan.

ARRIVALS FROM

*th or 5th Jafi 7. 5th Jan

.. 9th Jan 9th Jan

11 Jun

Fr

11th Jan

polation oft

Fith Jan 15/16th Jan

autook it

Tatelet tra

raw The digest Logpreted Dal have, theft Emo ad

that que remetitle endlected from lealty

*£*4*

Shanghi & Kreiung Swatow

Stocatorre & Hulip11 Bone Prut how &

Anni

Kobe ShanghaiẨ

Keelong

Bankok

Trichop & Pasan

RIVER

SERVICE

Sads for Canton & put. 8ch Janu Aumes from Canton 72.31. 11th Jan Als Tora Cantor 13th Juta **

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"ANCHISES

"TANFALYS

"CYCLOPS

"MEDUN

"AGAPENOK"

MAENFAST

"UHEXENDI"

"MEMNON"

UK. SERVICE

Arrivals from

K

Art Strai

comparison

31 diisuivantage with imported vigarrettes,

des of duty on the iter have been increasect

changes volt

revenue

tedSeveral collapsed.

P&O B.I. E&A

COMPANIES

PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL S.N. CO.

OUTWARDS "CANTÓN"

* "CARTHAGE"

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PABSENGER BERVICE

LEAVES LONDON

18th January

Brd February

10th reb

17th January

14th Februar?

Hi Mare

11th April

#

"CANTON"

"CARTILAGE"

A. "CORPUM

1

7th April

Wed May

DUE HONGKONU

9th May

Sth June

Vie Bouthampton, Port Raid, Aden, Bombay, Colombo, Penang

the population in the Northern Italian provinces of Emilla and

elsc gomething Tuscany

HOMEWARDS

to

18.4 BILWARA"

worry about.

a-, "CANTON"

at 5,00 a.m. local time today, killing two people and damaging several hundred homes. Tis expecteert that these The most serious duningę wi Pic is a prommates alle revenue if the

volt brog abstubtial dure in the village of Rivodet- mote popular beauts of vigaretleri | menoase I the

from tri where 95 per cent of the were to be mele in Hong Kong cigarettes. But an 'a result of the houses were reported damaged, from the fuser rated new muterini new duties is not

anticipated the that there will be a kes of re- tead of being subject to

Tonight, the inhabitants were venue, concluded Mr. 1msworth, teeing to the hills as the hour

1 dudy on elgars and what is

of the predicted earthquake de Coficially termed as "other manu- aster approached,

netured tobaren siekteding suff and eugar ettling." er: 1123- changed.

HE3Xt4s/ The

chaty Agures,

[t ܙ ls l

credited

The prediction WAZ to Londoner, Mr. William Wheeler.

Telephone calls tonight were pouring into newspaper offices d observatories despite assur- ances from Italian geological ex- perts that earthquake, cannot bus predicted.

The Rieti and Sabine だ

hac firing tured riparettes will mot publisher in a Gazette Extract +:4 A bon tapes tat whehdinary yesterday, follows:

must have are formed at the inatu- UNMANUFACTURED TOBACCO ato ed camaradtas, but been res 17) maradripperl leottest, cand

taining (2) 10 per cent or more Hon the abervaras pane te far- | of moisture by weight; (1), tobacco

Gran O however, luently of Empire origin $3.55, (1) other have for the past week experi- of shared

engarettes wonil tobacco $3.75; (b) less than 1enced earth tremors which the

vis-a-vis

vis¦ per vent of nausture by weight: i veople believe to be the forerun mupujte pentuet. Thứ 1sj (4) tobacco of Empire origin $3,58, ners of bigger shocks to gurne,

Tremors In Sardinia. Earth tremors shook places In Salinta, last Bear Cagliari, night, but no dartage nor injury was caused.

་་་

fayet

soc tune the raw leaf aged in the prfižolher tobacco $3.78.

smarastature of rusavettes in Hong

14th Jan

21st Jan.

29th Ja

vid Str:Qts & Manila Sallings to

4th Art

maktab a beets exten th

Dah Su

214th Jan

Liverpool & Glasgow via Port Said

Genoa, Marseilles & Liverpant

4 Port Said & Aden

NEW YORK SERVICE ...

Arrivals from

PSA via Manila & Shanghai

USA, via Manila

In port

20th Jan.

Carriers option to provved via other Ports to load & dacharge

Cargo.

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"CHANGTE "SHANST

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Sailings to

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Sydary,

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Ist week Fri.

2nd week Feb.

9th Jan. end Jan.

Ist Week Feb.

Arrivals from

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HOLLAND-EAST ASIA LINE

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LOADING ON/ABOUT 27th. JAN..

FOR

MANILA, SINGAPORE. ADEN. SUEZ, PORT SAID. ALEX- ANDRIA, GENOA, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP. ROTTERDAM, AMSTERDAM, HAMBURG, COPENHAGEN, GOTHENBURG &

OSLO.

ROYAL INTEROCEAN LINES

Incorporated in the Netherlands as

· Koninklijke Java-China-Pakelväärt Lijnen. N.V.

Amsterdam

*King's Bullding, Connaught. Road.

Tela, 20010k801d):2801drAr

(2) stripped ahneto

moistures

contain-

Koon has to pay for at least 50 [Jug-(a) 10 per eenl Ar more

家 The cost of leaf of fur

by weight (1) an open market

tobtices of Empire origin $3.70, American other tobacco 53.80; (b) less

Bhim 10 per cent of moisture byj weight; (b) tobacco of Empire |

CUBA $3,05, (b) $4.05.

Rotary Hears Talk On Communication

ather

tobacco

MANUFACTURED TOBACCO

(1) Cigars - (1) of Empire origin und manufacture $4:50, [010) of Empire manufacture only 135.28: (i) other cigars $7.00,

(2) Cigarettes-(1) of Empire i orlkin wor manufacture $4.70, There 15 110 fire without (H) of Empire manufacture only moke and in the days of old, $8.30; (i) other cigarettes $0.00. make signals were the only (3) Other nufactured to

11f connnunication.haec including snuff and eiger The beacons on the coast of cuttings (1) Empire origin

and manufacture England stand as testimony to

$3.30, (11) of this primitive method of send-Empire manufacture only $3.00

(1) Chinese prepored tobaece ing messages to people in the ston; (iv) Other varieties $4.80,

distance.

In his interesting talk at thei

luncheon Kowlem totary Club

Hotel meeting at the Peninsula yesterday, Captain .D. Barreit toll of the methods of communi cation down the ages, from the of savagery down to the

p: Caml.

of

Old Chinese Music At

Y's Men's Meet

Rivers overflowing after 24 hours of heavy rain have given

Priests Arrive To Help Salesians

Four Roman Catholic priests arrived here yesterday by the Dutch steamer Meerkerk from Europe via Manila to help with the work of the Salesian Society in the Far East.

to

At Custel Bolognese, T thi Senio River, people were maroote vá on 123 toof-lope of there! houses when the glowany nose un exprctently

The might.

They were tosened by Metom to (the "anondig.

Floda bed up road and rast

TOSHELY way ball. Res

10

Msgr. De La Hoz Passes Away

M

ignor Ex-Profect Apos- talke of Formosa, Rev Pather Thomas de la Hoz (Dominican) died suddenly at 6 st. yea- terday at the Rosary Hill Col- lege.

A mass will be felt at Rosary Bill Church at & nữu, korny, anj the hourse will pass the Cenotaph at 4 p.m.

Monsignor de la nz arrivet, here from Farmusn in October last ver

retire after 4 years i of service in Formosa. Burnin 1876 at Vetlila Palencia, Spain, tos Order in joined the Dominican 1995 at Avila, Spain. Seven years. later, after completing his e- Went tu clesiastient studies, he Manila, from where he was sent¦ to Formosa.

The main event

In his in- found the stohory ife was to Cathedral of Formosa, Zealous, in his work, and devoling the main part of his fe to it, Father de Huz

well-ked by his colleagues

Its Formosan friends

WLIN

DEFENDANT REMANDED

Italy, is joining the Salesian House Father Bonfanti, hailing from of Studies, Shauktwan, to teach 20-year-old brother science. is going to Shanghai to tench car- pentry.

A Spanish brother is leaving for Macro this week-end to join the mission there. Another Chung Pak-hing, aged 40, pencil Catholic priest la recovering from manufacturer, of No. 1 Beford soasickness on the arrival of the Road, Kowloon, was brought be Meerkerk. He is in transit

Mr. Hin-shing Lo nt Central fore The origin of ag signals can

Japan.

vesterday by Revenue Inspector be 18ared back to, the man to 12

Two Dutch Salesian fathers are Humphreys, charged with apply- It wild tied his Join cluth en to

Music that was once royal expected to reach the Colony lug a trade mark to pencils with. he spear and waved in the entertainment in mandarin very soon to join the group here, intention to deceive, contrary to

to summon help as he perened

courts was played by Mr. it was learned yesterday. They Section 3 (B), Ordinance i af on top of a tree with a dinosaur Louis Chen Po-tung on an an-

are, mennwhile, awaiting trans | 1800. waiting! impatiently for him to

at the port in Europe.

Defendant pleaded guilty, but i rote down and give him a mesi elent Chinese harp

The mission sends about 300 the mugistrate suld he desired to } It sand.

weekly luncheon of the Inter-

priests to the all parts of the hear what defendant had to say The Brst tags used for signals national Y's Men's Club at world. yearly. Father Bonfanti and remanded the case for one niginated in 1817. With 10 Bags, Hong Kong Hotel yesterday. is the first to be added 11 week

um conbination, could be work- The well-known Teochew ex local group for 1040. ed out. The system was consider-ponent of the ancient 18-string ally unproved, and in 185.5 a Chinese instrument is on a tour de book was published, in which of the South before leaving Chine 11:4** were two parts, one for tor Europe and the United States. encountered strong North Easter- British messages and the other for Mr. Chen expects to depart for lies which hit her abreast. She foreign mesSUKES,

France for further study in ar-managed, to carry on at her nor The present code, Captain Dar- cheology in the University

Parts by the end of this month.mal speed of 10 knots. The ship was light, as she had discharged

Lett said, was formulated in 1027 训 The Washington Conference, and |

messages can now be seat in seven inthe ent languages.

The two visiting Rotarians were Me ges. II.A. Lanumert and Kon- rud C. Hsu.

Defendant was relased on $1. The Meerkork lefi Manila on 000 ball January 4 and had a stormy 20- hour voyage en route. The vessel

WANTS TO HEAR DEFENDANT'S STORY

Shum Pul, Yuen Hong and Li

During his sojourn there he ex-most of her cargo at the Phillip-Fu were charged before Mr. Hin-

pects in give a series of concerts, pine port,

Among his special selection of "No damage was reported.

shing Lo al” Central, yesterday with simple larceny and unlawful banrding.

ctnssles that were once favourites Among her cargo were danger

! Chinese officials," were "Penis ous chemicals which she unloadest AR "defendants_pleaded not before berthing at Kowloon Kulity to stealing 50 calties of Wharf. She had large quantity cuttle fish from junk. No. 1278V

There on January 4. of construction materials.

On the second charge, first de- were 24 American mail bugs.

fendunt pleaded not "júlity, but The Meerkerk has an all-Dutch the other two defendants admiflter, row of 49, hended by Mr. that they were on boart. Costerhuis.

of the Hungry Horse," "Entering Guests entertained were Messrs. the Palace", and *Rnin on the Crofton, R.C.T. Hockridge, J.F. Banuna Leaves," Each piece was Mortelmans, B.H. Rose, 11.F.played with the touch of a well- Shields, H. M. C. Forsgate, and E. experienced artiste; complete with Toile

the familiar crescendo interpret |ing heightened emotion. Some of the selections, however, ended

Rear-Admiral tranquilly, especially Mr. Chen's

Madden

Returns To HK

version of "tain on the Banana Leaves" which he finished with "echoes,"

The Chinese harp, measuring about Ave feet long with a fout- wide bridge tapering to six inchoa

Need For Funds Stressed

On the application.of tuspertur H. Brownrigg, all defendants were Iremandeči in Jail custody for hye

OPIUM HIDDEN

IN SUITCASE

at

The urgent need for raising at the other end, dated oo far more funds to enable the

When the suitcase carried by buck as Flying the flag of Rear-2,000 years ago. The Mongol in

Confucius' days, some Society to carry on its work Liu Tsze-wan was scambed by Admiral A. C. G. Madden. Flux vasion relegated the art to obli-

was stressed at the meeting of events Officer Choy at the Kow-

Woon-Canton Railway Station the Society, for the Protection 2.15 pm, on Wednesday, 10% taels Officer Second in Command, Į vion, and it is the hope of Mr. Far East Station, HMS Ame-Chen to revive it in China, pri- of Children (Women's Auxt of raw opium were found hidden thyst arrived here Inst even-marily, then abroad.

liary) held at the South China in a false comp tment under the ing, bringing him from Shung- Eighteen conical wooden pegs Morning Post board room yes- lid and inside t, e back.

Charged before W. A. Blair- hal, where he went for a pre-plywood-board to provide four

nre placed diagonally across the terday.

Kerr by Revenue inspector D, H. The meeting was presided over Knox at Kowloon yesterday with arranged visit last month.

A group of subordinates, includ-Chinese mule scales. The board by Mrs, WT. Stanton, asalsted by possession of the cpium, Liu was la fretless, and by light prosaure Mrs, S. Cook, the honorary cc-Aned $5,000 or year's hard Commander A.F. Talbot, awith the right liners the Harpist companied Rear Admiral Macken, derives his Blimps und try. About 30 members were labour.

On the application of Inspector The party left the Colony of By this means also he can produce Mrs, Y.K. Chow, honorary trea= |J. Örem Mr. Blair-Kerr munand- December 20 with the gilindral in extra scales from any two strings. aurer, said the Society, operated. Ho Muk and Chan Sami fur 48 A student of relicology at the three centres of a cost of HK$0,- [hours on the charge of possession Amma the naval ship move-Yenchfrig University, Mr. Chin 100 a month for serving congoes, of and packages of enw oplum an ments, according to the Navy's hogan playing the harp about 18 milk and other nourishing food board boat 3100Y on January 5. daily forecast, is the departure of years ngu. He graduated from to children.

HMS London.

present.

the troopship Dilwarn for the the. Chungahan University, Can- Among various" kuggestions for A warrant 'was ordered to be United Kingdom today, with ser- ton, before going up North. Mr, raising funds was the holding of saved for the arrest of Hol Muk- vices' personnel, returning for Chen hails from Swatow.

a jumble salo, in February, and tak of 58, Canton Street, third assignments or on furlough. During his viafus to Singapore, getting a theatre to set aside at floor, who failed to come before The Dilwara is expected to gb Penong, Slam and several Malay evening's performance for the Mr. Thomas Tam at Central yes- iitto dock on her arrival there for states, he made recordings of Society. It was also decided to terday.

new

an if-month peacetime reconver- some classics. He gave a series sond personal letters of appeal `to Hoaring was adjourned to Jan- gion, when modern facilities will of concerts, sponsored by the wealths rallenta

uary 13 for Police Constable 2780, be incorporateri,

Chinese Consuls of the respective Officers, klected; for the ensuing who served the summons, to give

· HMS Amethyst leaves for

elfiéa.' 'Mr. Chen broadcast from year were Min.-W.T. Stanton evidence, Singapore on January 13. Visiting Radio Hong Kong (Chinese), re-President), Lady. Gibson and According to the prosecution, on the Colchy for about

a week's cently,"

Mrs. Leo Hah-llong. (chairhen), October-27 last year, fidi com- cojourn are two American ‹ des At yesterday's meeting. Mr. T. Mm. ALK, Diawns(foreign sec-mitted a breach of the conditions troyers, Wiltsie and Hamner, ex-Y. Mão, member of the Shanghai retary); Mrs, Henry La Wen (Chl- of his learner driver's licence by pecter, to arrive here on January | Y's-Men's Club was introduced to nese pócretary), Mra, D.3. Robb driving private car No. 0400 at la 15. They will depart, on January the guest by Mr. be930. The submarine Pomfret sun,kerman Dorothy

Fanuary 22 and gahisation. Mit sh wilf Jezus on January 20-guest-from-Shanghai---

His coming

Chik

24 "CARTHAGE"

4.6. "CONF{***

CANTON"

8.1. "CARTHAGE“

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་

Bingapore.

LEAVES HONGKONG

7 January

21st January

18th February

J4th March

18th April

18th May

ch Zune

DUS LONDON

10th Yeh, (*lon)

21st February

Slot March

11th Apru

30th May

18th June

kich July

Via Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Bumbar, Aden a l'ari Balá

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150 Feb free London a Contlarni

vin Hips.

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