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ADVERTISEMENTS ADVERTISEMENTS.

THE

HONG KONG SINGERS will give a performance of

the Messiah (Handel)

in Sr. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1936.

VE Editorial and

Ics House Strent.". Thi THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, Night, Edson

LTD.

FOTOE is hereby given that the

SEVENTEENTH ORDIN ABY TEARLY MEETING OF THIS COMPANY will be held at the Registered Office of the Company No. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19th 10, Des Vaux Road Central on

on

at 9. P.M. Programmes may be obtained from

the

ANDERSON MUSIC COMPANY.

COLLECTION

in Aid of

THE HONG KONG BENEVOLENT

SOCIETY and

THE STREET SLEEPERS' SHELTER SOCIETY.

HONGKONG AND MANGĦAL BANKING CORPORATION

Saturday, the 18th February, 1996, at 2.30 p.m., for the purpose: of receiving the Report of the Directors

Statement together with a Accounts for the year saded 81st December, 1935.

of

The Register of Shares of the Company will be closed from Satur day, 8th February, 1936 to Saturday, 18th February, 1996, (both days inclusive) during which period no transfer of shares can be registered.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

KAN TONG PO,

Chief Manager. Hong Kong, 30th January, 1986.

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MOTICE is hereby given that the DIOCESAN BOYS' SCHOOL

Ordinary Yearly Meeting of

P. O. Box 88.

MORE FRICTION WITH SOVIET

Mechanisation of the Army.

(Winesias -- Ovion);

London Office

E.C.

Charge Of Inciting Troops To Mutiny

(The few

The Bady Press.

HONG KONG FEBRUARY 6, 1996.

SANCTIONS AND THEN?

of

on

Five years ago at the Royal Albert Hall, London, three past and "present Prime Ministers

Britain Laid stress Great obligations of honour under the Covenant of the League of Nations. ZU WES then held that as A matter of course, nations should keep faith with each other, and that the pledges" given by the Members of the League should be honourably fulfilled

During the present international crisia,

the the opponents of League have been more vociferous than ever. Some have spoken as If such pledges no longer existed,

Changchun Feb. 5. Intense bitterness has been aroused here as a result of the re fusal of the Soviet, authorities to extradite the Léinchukuo troops. who mutinied at the eastern frontier north of Sulfenho en January 30, resisted a Japanese- Manchukuo punitive expedition and subsequently entered Boviet territory where they were disarm- ed and interned.

The Soviet authorities contend. that the frisurgents were political refugees, but the Manchukuo For eign Office describes them as mur- derers, plunderers and kidnappers, and alleges that the Soviet au- thorities have been fomenting dis- satisfaction among the Manchukuo troops by trying to communise them and frustrating attempts to demarcate the Soviet-Manchukus boundary, thus prevening inci dents.

Meanwhile the Kwantung Army in a statement says that it incontrovertible proof

THE New Term will Commence on and in other quarters the atmos- possesses

Monday, February 10th.

the Shareholders in this Corporation will be held at the Head Office of the Founded 1869, Corporation, No. 1 Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong, on Saturday the 22nd February, 1996, 11.86 am, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Board of Directors together with a Statement Accounts for the year ending 31st. December, 1935.

of

The Register of Shares of the Corporation will be closed from Monday the 10th February to Satur

New Boys' Tests will be held on Saturday, February, 8th at 9 a.m.“

There will be a revised scale of Fees:-

$42 per quarter

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day, the 22nd February, 1986, (both days inclusive) during which period

of shares no transfer

registered.

By Order of the Board of Directors.

V. M. GRAYBURN,

Chief Manager.

Hong Kong, 3rd February, 1986.

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HONGKONG TRAMWAYS

N

LIMITED

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the ORDINARY YEARLY GENERAT. MEETING of HONGKONG TEAMWAYS “LIMITED will be held at the Offices of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd, Hong Kong, on FRIDAY, the 28th day of February, 1986, at 12 o'clock Noon, to transact the ordinary business of the Company. ⠀

AND NOTICE IS HEREBY ALSO GIVEN that the REGISTER OF MEMBERS of the Company will be CLOSED from THURSDAY, the 13th to THURSDAY, the 27th February, 1936, both days inclusive,

By Order of the Board,

W. F. SIMMONS,

Secretary. Hong Kong, Srd February, 1986.

HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE COMPANY,

LIMITED.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the ANNUAL ORDIN-

·ARY - GENERAL MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS will be held o the Hong Kong Hotel Hong Kong. on TUESDAY, the 18th February 1986, at 11.30 am, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directora together with a Statement of Accounts for the year ended Bist December, 1935.

The TRANSFER BOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from SATURDAY, 8th February to TUESDAY, 18th February, both days inclusive,

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & BON,

General Managers. Hong Kong, Slut January, 1986,

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THE STAR" FERRY COMPANY. LIMITED.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS

Prospectus available on application.

L. L. NASH, Hidr

Acting Headmaster,

NORTH CHINA ICE-BOUND

A...

Great Danger To Shipping

phere has been alled with "is" that the mutineers had Boviet and

of assistance.m "buts" in derogation

Fortunately, obvious duty.

in Reuter. of tremendous: odds

BORDER INCIDENTS spite securing collective action the

Peiping, Feb. 5, League has shown that on great Unless something is done to re occasions it. can still function.medy the situation along the tron- The League is standing out for tier between Manchukuo and Outer International good faith which Mongolis, the military authorities tianscends in importance the in- of Japan and Manchukuo will terests of any individual country. have to take decisive steps in deal- But sanctions are only a meansing with the Outer, Mongolians, to an end. That end is to ensure who are charged with invading that the War is stopped as quick- Manchukuo, according to Japanese ly as possible, and that aggres- reports. sion shall not pay. When it is accepted that all grievances must be brought to the League and not fought out on the field; the next top is to investigate and if necessary remove those grie-

vances.

Until now, the Kwantung Army has been watching, developments calmly, but the point has been reached where Manchukuo cannot tolerate further incidents. One more incident, continues the re- port, may prompt the Japanese and Manchukno military author- itles, who are jointly responsible for the defence of Manchukuo, to act in a manner that will effective- ly prevent further clashes. ⠀⠀

It has been charged against the League that it stands for the maintenance of things as they are, to the gain of the satisfied and the loss of the unsatisfied countries. The world does not The military authorities in Tokyo stand still, and the existing "cratus quo" is bound sooner or later to clash with altered politi- cal and econmic facts.

ViD-

Tleritain, Feb. 5. Chefoo and other North China ports are suffering from the worst The problem then is to devise ice blockade in nineteen, years means, for execting 8 change which is seriously hampering and through peace'nt methods. endangering coastwise shipping. lence is precluded not only by the Many vessels have limped to Covenant, but by the Peace Pact Shanghai with hulls damaged by of Paris. We have a skeleton ma- Ice-floes while others are ico-chinery for peaceful change in bound between Taku and Chefoo. | Article XIX" of the Covenant,

are said to be receiving detailed reports from the Kwantung Army from time to time on the border situation and are watching deve lopments closely Union News.

FIERCE BLIZZARD" IN CENTRAL JAPAN

Tokyo, Feb. 5,

The Ice is fourteen inches thick which provides for the revision of The beaviest blizzard for halt in Chefoo harbour- on which treaties no longer adapted to à century hit Central Japan at Fickshas, bicycles and horses are actual conditions.

noon yesterday and continued all plying.

There is a tremendous task to night long. Ten lathes of sow be undertaken. Beside it the fell, putting electric trains, muni Italo - Abyssinian confict

may cĺpal trams and motor-cam out of eventually appear comparatively commission. insignificant. But nothing can be dóne without good faith"

The 8.3. Cheklang which reached Shanghai after an adventurous

Voyage from Cheloo reported en countering ice as high as the

main deck- truter,

CANTON-SHANGHAI WIRELESS PHONE

Canton, Feb. 5. Wireless telephone service be tween Canton and Shanghai will be inaugurated on March 1 The tariff for three minutes will be about $3.00.

It is possible to link up Hong Kong with tre overland telephone wires, and an arrangement to this effect is being made, so that through service will be possible be- tween Shanghai and Hong Kong - Union News

DR. WANG CHUNG HUT FOR CHINA

5.

• "Shanghat, Feb, Dr. C. T. Wang former Foreign Minister, disclosed to-day that Dr TOTION IS HER Y GIVEN Wang Ching-hul will arrive in No

S THAT THE THIRTI. Shanghai early March from Europe EIGHTH ORDINARY YEARLY to take up an important post in MEETING OF THIS COMPANY the National Government. will be held at the Office of Messrs. Jandine, Matheson & Co. Ltd, on Wednesday, the 18th February, 1986, at NOON, for the purpose of receive ing the Report of the Directors to gether with a Batement of Accounts for the year ended 1 Banembar 1985.

The Register of Shares of the Company will be OLOSED from

Monday the 3rd Februar Wednesday, the 12th February 1986 both days maluve

By Order of the Board of Directors BH CRAPKELIZ

Hong Kong, 27th monst

It is understood that Dr. Wang Chung-hul will become President of the Executiye Yuan holding the concurrent portfolio of Foreign Af tair Union News

AWALES BEATS ENGLAND

SITUATION IN CHINA

Questions Raised

In Commons

The tramcar service was still suspended at 10.30 am Taxis. were very few, but the electric train system was partially restored, though the true-tables were out of gear.

The weather was so severe fast night that many theatres and cinemas were "turned into hotels, the audiences staying in them all. night long. Reuter,

U.S. DRESS WORKERS TO STRIKE

New York, Feb. 5. Over 105,000 dress workers in 3,800 factories in New York and other states are grected by an order to cease work on Friday pending a vote on a general strike, The order followed the break-

London, Feb. 4. Replying to questions in the House of Commons to-day regard- ing the situation in China, Me Anthony Eden, the Foreign Becre tary, briefly recalled the establish ment of the Hopei-Charhar Poli- tical Council and the administes- tion of the demilitarised zone in Borth-east Hopel by the autonom- | down of three months, « negoda- cus Counelt

The Minister added that so far as he was aware British interests in, North China, had not been mas terially affected on cava

Meanwhile, he said, it had been Teported that the Japanese Gov-

Government's Invitation tola ernment had accepted the oufeanding points of political and

would

tions between the International Ladies Garment Workers Unlin and the Employers"

a new agreement) 1 regard to working conditions. Reuter

SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS IN GERMANY

Good-bye, Horse Gunners!

aining Horse Artillery Batteries are thority to:

mechanised)

Many a veteran's head will shake and many a heart be

sore

To hear the news that the RH.A. is the R.HA, no

more:

The galloping guns that made the pride of many a gal.

Lant tale,

That leapt to the tug of a six-horse team, will roll in a

tractor's trail

Nobody rode as they could ride, the man and the mount

as one,"

And wheresoever a horse could go, there could they take

the gun

One pace only for all they did was rapid enough-top

speed,

Till they stood and fired, while a gun was left, in the

hour of deadly need,

Sad young driver, hang up your whip, and bid good-bye

to your mags,

Grow wise in the ways of a dead machine that is groom-

ed with oily rags;

The spur you polished so oft and well unbuckle from

off your heel,

And thank your stars if your bridle-hand is apt for the

steering wheel.

But those who sat in your saddle once, now stiff in the

arm-chair,

Are glad they haven't your change to make, your drop

in the world to share,

And when, as the veterans love to do, of their bravest

days they dream,

They'll thrill to think of a gun that bounds on the heels

of a racing team,

W.K.H.

(Extract from Chambers's Journal)

SINO-JAPANESE

RELATIONS

Tokyo War Office In Conference

Shanghai, Feb. 5.. As a result of the reports of

DEMAND FOR ACTION

Tsunoda Incident

(From Our Special Correspondent),

Canton Feb. 5,

A demand that the Chinese

tion

NEWS SUMMARY

Ne Wal-tong, 24. married woman, was brought before Mr. Macfadyen at the Kowloon Magistracy yester day and sentenced to four months* hard labour for possession of "210. counterfeit ten-cent pieces. Page 8.

Tong Kwong, shopkeeper, of Nov 45 Wanchal Road, was summoned before Mr. W. dchofield, at the Central Magistracy yesterday on two counts of storing 64 gallons of inflammable liquid, namely, spirits of wine, on the first floor kitchen at the above address, and also the same quantity in the yard, without Invalid licence, and was fined a

total of $60.

Page 6.

J. Mansfeld, a Lance Corporal in the East Lancashire Regiment appeared at the Central "Magis............. tracy-yesterday before Mr. Balfour and admitting to the several charges was sentenced to one months"- hard labour and ́ ́also ordered to make amends to the complainants

Page 6.

The death of Miss Elizabeth Olsen of the American Methodist Mission - which --occurred at the Matids Hospital on Tuesday is recorded on

Pare 7.

The monthly committee meeting in the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce was held at the Cham- ber's Headquarters yesterday after-

my ow> Page 75

Good times were registered by several ponies at the gallops held at the Valley on February 2 and 5 respectively.

12- Faze. 8..

Two women who were caught with stolen goods on their person were charged at the Central Police Court yesterday and were each fined $75 or, in default six weeks" hard labour

Page 6.

"There” is another full programme of Home, Football this week-end and our correspondent's forecasts will be found on

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LOCAL AND

GENERAL

valuable leasehold property.

Japanese army general staff reauthorities manifest sincerity registered at the Crown Land presentatives who have visited concerning the recent seaming Office as Rural Building Lot No. ́bí: „a..."Japanese | consular | 146, which was scheduled to be put China in recent months, the Tokyo War Office is holding a conference poceman by effecting so early up for public auction at the Sales on policy towards Ching at which arrest of the culprit was present Rooms of Mesars. Lammert are represented the various milled by Mr. Chuichiro Harada, Brothers yesterday afternoon was

Japanese consul-general in Swa- Dostponed until further notice tary offices in China. Among those who came home for the tow, to the Chinese authorities, It

is authoritatively revealed.. parley is Major-General Rensuke

The Japanese omcial is under- Isogai, Military Attache at the stood to have further warned the Japanese Embassy In-Shanghai Chinese that the aliegedly insta- cere, attitude taken by the local following topics are being discuss-amcials with regard to the unto

According to the Tokyo Jiji, the

1. How can the causes of anti-ward incident is causing consider Japanese agitation in China be able apprehension over the safety of Japanese residents in the le- exterminated?

cality.

2. What policy should be adopted toward the new admin istration in North China?

The renewed warning is ze ported to have followed a botth

Dr. HH Kung, Minister of Finance, has donated ave hundred dollars, National Currency, to the funds of the New Terrliories Medical Benevolent Branch of St. John's Ambulance, Hong Kong, as

token of his appreciation in the splendid service rendered to the general public by the said institu tion.

The following forthcoming wed- cation by the local authorities in dings are announced Mr. Harry 3. What attitude should be reply to the representations lodged Turner, engineer, residing at Clare- taken toward the proposed Nan by Consul-General Harads followmont Hotel, Kowloon, and Miss king conference for the adjusting the death of Consular Felice Elsle Furniss, of 410 Embankment ment of Sino-Japanese relations? Susumu Tsunoda on January 21. Building, North Boochow Road, 4: What policies should be The Chinese notification is un-Shanghai, Mr Willan Thomas pursued regarding Outer Monges derstood to have pointed out that Sargent police officer and Miss lia and China's other frontier what had been estabahed by the Elate Nora Robertson, nurse, of 100 regions?y

Chinese investigation into the The Peak Colonel Hiroshi Nemoto, chief of murder only indicated that a

the press section of the War Once, Chinese patrol man had found the Two cases of Diphtheria were reported to high military officials Japanese plain-clothes policeman reported to the Health Authorities at the War Ministers pacial re- on the ground, but saw nothing of for the 24 hours ended on Tuesday. sidence on Friday afternoon re- the actual outrage. The inhabit garding his recent inspection tour ants in the vicinity moreover, of China and Manchukuo Union Peur.

SINO JAPANESE.

AMBASSADORS

Nanking

Esu Shih-pin

Chinese

from

Wong Chum, age

heard no shet zor: awwnoise on the occas

resi

Kow Kow

severe

UNREST IN DAMASCUS

King Daily

pig dealer.

hat at Village,

to the

been stri

Hospital uttering from wounds believed to have by & chopp the hut and was

at about 10.30%:

found by on Tuesday

CHINA'S LOAN ISSUES