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11-Aims and Machinery of

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No. 18, WINDHAM STREET, P.O. Box No. 820, HỎNG LONG

Established 1898.

"AIR RAID" ON SANMENWAN BAY TO BE

VIENNA

Watchers Gassed

(Special Air Mail Service)

Lonor, Sept: 38. Vienna experienced its first air raid rehearsal this morning-a realistic affair of crashing bomba and tear gas, staged against the

giant wheel. roundabouts, and

TURNED INTO PORT

Ambitious Programme

Planned

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background of the Prater, with its vincial Deparʊmenu of «econstruc- Ninghai, Naten and Ninghai dis- WEDNESDAY.

As a stop lo jur.her enhance the prosperity a Ca.mung, the Pro- tion is planning to develop San- menwan, a way on the east coast sideshows, and avenues of trees

of Cheklang, in.o a port. President Miklus, the Chancellor, The suggestion for converting Herr von Schuschnigg, and mem-Sanmenwan into a port was made the 3rd Year of the the rald from a house overlooking Chinese the Prater Sern, where 'several great thoroughfares leading to and On the "THE" Undersigned have received from the city converge THE

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balcony of another house were as- sembled the foreign Military At- taches, with them Wing Comman- der Siecle-Perkins, of the Air Raid Precautions Department of the Home Office, which was thus re- presen.ed for the first time at foreign air raid rehearsal,

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FRIDAY, OCT. 18, 1935

COMMENCING AT 10.30AM.

Ar No. 48, HILLWOOD, ROAD, (GROUND FLOOR) KOWLOON

A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD

FURNITURE

ON VIEW FROM THURSDAY, THE 17TH OCTOBER, 1935.

TERMS:-Cash on DelivERY,

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Just before 10 o'clock a lorry- load of gasmasked police arrived and its recupants, jumping out, drove peli-mell before them the few hundreds of wondering. Vien- ness who had gathered to watch the preparations. Then the drone of engines from the direction of the Aspern airport foretold the coming of the first rulders-ight bombers in formation, accompanied by an observation machine

ROCKETS AS "SHELLS"

owing to various difficulties, the plan has no. been realized. The Provincial Department of Recon- struction is now, however, deter- mined to carry out the plan.

Flanked on the north, west and south by hully lands in Stangshan,

tricts, the bay occupies a strate- gic position. Forts have also been bufit along the coast here.

To keep back the surging waves of the sea a strong stone embank.

OCT. 16, 1935

COMMENCING AT 11 A.M.-

ment has been built along the A GODOWN No: 51 LOWER, coast, while lighthouses have been THE HONG KONG & KOWLOON erected off the coast to facilitate | WHARF & GODOWN CO. LTD., navigation.

are farmers and

FARMERS AND FISHERMEN · According to the latest census taken, there are about 75,000 A preparatory committee, it is households in the bay, numbering understood, will shorty be organ- about 370,000 persons. Most of the ized jointly by the" various depart. Inhabitants meats of the Cheklang. Provin- fishermen,

"The mid climate, abundance of. cial Government and other gov- ernment organizations concerned. rain, and fertile soil in Sanmen- The director of the Provincial Da wan are most suitable for agri- partment of Reconstruction will culture. About 80 per cent of the "be ex officio chairman of the com- land here is cultivable hilly land. mittee while the representatives rit while the remaining 40 per cent is various other provincial depart-composed of watery fields and ments and government organiza

ions will be members

According to a scheme now be- ing worked out by the Provincial Department of Reconstruction, the first staged of work will be recla- mation by labour-relief. It is estimated that a total of $500,000 will be needed for his purpose. Or this amount, $200,000 will be ap- A moment ater the first bombs' propriated from the labour-reller fell on he Prater Stern; gasmask- funds of the province, while the od solders threw hand-grenades remaining $300,000 from the or- from the rooftops or placed fire-ceeds from reclaimed lands works on the ground and then scuttied away. The "bombs" burst with loud explosions and emitted clouds of acrid white, green, or yellow snioke to simulate blister and other gases. Tear gas Was actually discharged and many of the inhabitants who had been wa'ching out of the windows they had been ordered to shut retired

GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT Improvement of communications and irrigation will also be import- ant items in the scheme. These will be undertaken step by step. when sufficient funds are raised.

Situated south of the Slang Shar Harbour at a point just about the middle of the east coast of China, Sanmenwan holds a key position

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sandy isles. There is at present a. total 270,000 mow of farmlaria. and

uncultivated land measures about 35,000 mow. Rice, wheat,

KOWLOON

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cotton, beans, and tobacco grow in THE Undersigned has received abundance here.

Pines. Ars. cypresses, pfum. peach and orange trees cover the the bay. Tientai, Talu- shut, Kaitsang. Pichia, Ezetze, and other hil's here may be easily turned into big forests with the adoption of scientific afforesta tion methods.

hills in

Fish and sait are the two biggest pruducts along the coast. More nan 3,000 inhabitants are engaged in the manufacture of salt from sea water. An average of 7,500,000 plculs of salt are manufactured every season. Fishermen also oc- cupy a high percentage of the po- pua'ion in the bay. Large quant- ities of fish are dally shipped from

Central News Agency.

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SATURDAY, OCT. 19, 1935

AT 10 O'CLOCK A.M

AT THEIR SALES ROOM. DUDDELL STREET.

(For Account of the Concerned)

1 Case Hat Gallons 33 Cases Pressed Felt Hoods -

7 Bules Unpressed Felt Hoods 39 Doz. Pressed Felt Hoods

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to ponder over the lessons of the rald to be learnt by a Vienness working-class family of several persons, with gasmasks selling at 30 to 45 shillings each. Some members of the 'Government were also affected

Rockets bursting in the air did du y for anti-aircraft shells, and the "rattle of machine-gunfire added to the commation. Punc- ually at the moment announced on the printed programme dis- tributed before-hand. a petrol soaked peat fire began to burn briskly in a small crater prepared near the Tegethofer monument. This was intended to represent a burst and blazing gas main. The burst water main, which also came into action at the precise moment given on. the schedule, was even more realistic, Paving stones were forced violently asun- der and a column of water shot 25ft, into the air.

be-

land. Both the South China and the North Ching coastal naviga- tion routes ite through this buy. More than 30 oceati steamers make regular cals here, besides a large, number of coastal steamboats and Junks pying between here and various points along the coast,

As 10 land communicatioris, Ninghai, in the vicinity of the bay is directly connected with Hangchow, capital of Cheklang. by a highway. Plans have now been formulated to extend the highway from Ninghai to Sanmen- wan, and to build a new highway Inking Sanmenwan with Halyu. about 10 kilometers east of the bay, where a road connects with

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FRIDAY, OCT. 18, 1985

COMENCING AT 2.30 P.M.

AT THIR SALES ROOM, No. 85, HANKOW BOAD, KOWLOON

A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD

FURNITURE

Comprising:

Bed Room and Dining Room Furniture Chesterfield Suites, Car. pets. Hugs. Glass and Brass Ware, Porcelain and Alum, Ware, Clocks, Ornaments, Tamps, Pictures, Radio Bet, Plavo, etc, etc.

also

A SELECTION OF BLACK WOOD FURNITURE

ON VIEW FROM TH KSDAY,

THE 17TH OCTOBER, 1935

Wuyi on the Cheklang-Klangsi WANCHAI AND CAUSEWAY BAY TERMS--Cash on DELIVERY.

Railway.

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GREENWICH OBSERVA-

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TOL Royal Observatory at the many Greenwich is one of great scientific institutions in the world. Although not the oldest has

BLAZING GAS MAIN

Meanwhile steel-helmeted, goggled, and besnouted figures police, fremen, soldiers, and am- bulance men--loomed up from all directions through the smoke. The astronomical institution, it fire fighters from the municipal beer in existence since the year cas work appeared and subdued 1675. The question of the situa- the observatory has re- the blazing gas main, suffering tion of

cently two casualties in the process, while a policeman, also predestined, ac- cording to the programme. 10 be wounded, collapsed in a manner that did credit to his sense of the dramatic.

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and known respectively as

(1) Subsections 2, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15 and part of the Remaining Portion of Section A of Inland Hot No. 438 together with the Three Dwelling houses on part of "the p perty situnza in Cross Lane, anchai.

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2) Subsections 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14 PUBLIC

been discussed in regard (3)

to the growing difficulty present- ed by the pollution of the atmos- phere in the vicinity. With the ever-growing importance of Lon don as a great city and an indus

and part of the Remaining Portion

of Section A of Inland Lot No. 438

together with the, Two Dwelling-

houses on part of the property.

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situate in Wanchai Road, WanchaiHE Undersigned have received

Inland Lot No. 1588 together with ther Factory thereon known as No 69, Whitfield, Causeway Bay

To be Sold by

trial centre, the delicate observa PUBLIC AUCTION

A

While this was going on the

tions undertaken by the astro- raiders were bombing the Reich nomers at Greenwich are becom- Bridge over the Danube and the

increasingly ing

dwicult Northern Station which, with a transference of the institution is house in the neigbourhood, was therefore possible, but the rou- scheduled to take fire. Then the tine work, for which Greenwich is waterworks squad. rubber-clad | famous all over the world, w from head to foot, arrived and continue to be performed in the tamed the belching water main. present institution. They were followed as the raiders

ITS FOUNDING " retreated, by the eerie figures of

The founding of the Greenwich the decontamination squads.

observatory was coincident with which sprayed the streets and

the expansion of oversens trade in strewed chloride of lime about to the seventeenth century. This ex- neutralize the gas. Large bomba

of realistic appearance, with their pansion demanded a znore accurate method of ascertaining * anip's noses buried in holes dug along the longitude at sea, and in answer to payment, had placards placed be-

bella.

fore them with the word: "Dudithis demand John Flamstead, a Don't touch." The raid then came young man of great mathematical to an end to the pealing of church ability, urged the Government to

expedite the erecting of an obser vatory where more. accurate ob- According to police reparis to- servations could be made. Upon night, Communists had planned to the recommendation of Sir Chris- com at acts of sabotage on the topher Wren, Greenwich Hill was Vienna glant wheel during the chosen as the site, and on the -"raid."--In- consequence of which 10th of August, 1675, the founda- Dr. Miklas and the Chancel'ortion-stone was laid, and within a were persuaded to forgo their few years Flamstead was able to original intention of watching the begin his great and valuable rehearsal from the wheel

work in practical astronomy.

IN THREE LOTS

on

MONDAY, THE 1ST DAY OF

OCTOBER, 1935,

Ar 3 O'CLOCK P.M.

by

MER. LAMMERT BROTHERS, AUCTIONEERS,

AT THEIR SALES ROOM, No. 4, DUDDELL STREET, Eosa Kose

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SATURDAY, OCT. 19, 1935

Commencing at 10 AM.

AT THEIR ALES ROOM, DUDDELL STREET,

A QUANTITY OF MISCELANEOUS GOODS

Comprising |--

Woollen & Cotton Piece Goods, White Sugar, Brown Sugar, Bu ar Candy, Brown Sugar in Cakes, Con fectionery, Compay, Sursele, Mush- rooms, White Pepper, Milk, Cuttle Fish, Awabi Birds Nest Refone, Ajinomoto, Silk Stocking, Mouth Organs, Gramophone Needles, Brass Nails, Aniline Iyer, Hand Sewing... Con Needles, Rubber Sunes, Art. Sili Elastic Braids, Woollen and Cotion Blankets, Art. Bilk Jarn, Tooth Faste, etc, etc.

· Messyn, "HASTINGS & CO.,

Solicitors

Gloticamer Building,

or to

MZ8SRA, LAMMERT BROTHERS,

Auctioneers,

No. 4, Daddell Street.

Hong Kong, the 5th day of Oct, 1935.

Also

1,586 Doz. Handkerchiefs

TERMS:-CAsh on DeliyzzT.

LAMMERT BROS., AUCTIONEERS,