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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS ADVERTISEMENTS.

HONG KONG CRICKET CLUB.

TENNIS TOURNAMENT

HUMPHREYS ESTATE ̈ & FINANCE COMPANY,

LIMITED.

INTRIES CLOSED 00 THURS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

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P.M.

DAY, February 20th, at 8

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THE HONGKONG & KOW LOON WHARF & GODOWN

CO., LTD.

that the ANNUAL ORDIN ABY GENERAL MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the Hong Kong Hotel, Hong Kong, on TUESDAY, the 18th February, 1936, at 11.30a.m., for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors together with a Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31st December, 1938.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from SATURDAY. 8th February to NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. TUESDAY, 18th February, both

days inclusive.

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,

General Managers.

THE THE FORTY-NINTH ORDIN ARY ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the Office of Messrs. Jardme, Hong Kong. 31st January, 1986,

Matheson & Co., Ltd., on Thursday,

the 5th March, 1988, AT NOON, for

the purpose of receiving the Report

of the Directors and the Statement of

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12. 1936.

Editorial and Businasa Office: 11

Ice House Street. Tel. 30251. Night Editor (Wanemai Office):

Tel. 24811.

London Office: 59. Fleet Street,

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The Daily Press.

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HONG KONG, FEBRUARY 13, 1938.

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THAT AIR MAIL

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SIEMENS FIRM SUNG'S DEALINGS WITH NEWS SUMMARY

REPORT

Increased Profits

And Production

[Special to the "Hong Kong Un iy Press? (Copyright).]

Berlin, Feb. 11,

The most striking feature of the annual report of the Siemens AVTOS Concern, comprising the Blemens and Halske and Siemens and Schuckert for the business year ending on September 30th last, are the increased production

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THE JAPANESE

Grave Suspicion Felt

In Nanking

Nanking, Feb. 11.

INNER MONGOLIA

General Chiang Kai-shek, Pre- sident of the Executive Yuan, to- day, telegraphed to General Bung Cheh-gnan, Chairman of the Ho-autonomy pel-Chahar Political Council, or dering him to make a report of his recent negotiations at Tien- tain with Major-General Kenji Dolhara, the Japanese Lawrence of Manchuria.

Accounts for the years ended Sist HONGKONG TRAMWAYSpore, to Hong Kong.

In a Reater's cable dated 8th a very high degree, and the February, we learn that "Imperial increase of profits notwithstanding Airways expect to open a regular the large sums spent on workers air service to Singapore and Hong welfare and scientific research. "Kong in March. Experimenta!

Siemens and Halake's profits in-

The Central Authorities here are fights indicate conditions are very creased from 6.88 million in the millions 8.25 favourable for such service.precedent year to

in receipt of reports that General [4189 Negotiations

for crossing Indo- this year. The dividend of the Sung has yielded to the bluff and China are progressing most company was raised from 7 to 8 persuasion of General Doihara in amicably.

Incidentally the per cent, while Siemens Schuckert agreeing to terms detrimental to route is from Penang. not Singa-paid 5 per cent, dividend after not the interest of Hopel and Chahar.

Many Japanese will shortly ar- having paid any for four years. LIMITED

These experimental flights start-

The total combined turnover of rive from Tokyo to serve as ad- ed some three months ago, original- the two companies amounted to visers of the Hopel-Chahar TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEYly there were to have been six, then 599 millilocs, compared with 446litical Council.-- NO

that. the ORDINARN was decided to make a further million Marks' in the precedent Union News.

flights under so-called

The foreign turnover was year. T IRLY GENERAL MEETING twenty of HONGKONG TRAMWAYS" service conditions.” What the 134 million compared. with '124 In Orders in hand increased by 22 and 31 per cent respectively.

December, 1935.

the

The Transfer Books of Company will be CLOSED from Friday, the 21st February, 1938, to Thursday, the 5th March, 1996, both days inclusive.

By Order of the Board of Directors. LIMITED vill be held at the Offices latter means is hard to tell, but the preceding year.

F. H. CRAPNELL,

Secretary.

Hong Kong, 12th February, 1986.

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HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION

гOTIOE is hereby given that the M

"Ordinary Yearly Meeting of

the Shareholders in this Corporation

of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., Bong 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, 1988, both days inclusive.

By Order of the Board,

W. F. SIMMONS,

Secretary.

will be held at the Head Office of the Hong Kong, 3rd February, 1996.

Corporation, No. 1 Queen's Road

it

one wisecrack is supposed to have explained by stating, the machines carried Alled sandbags of mails.

All these flights, so far, have been carried out without a hitch and on several ocensions the machine has come through from Penang in the day, a distance of over, 1,600 miles. So good is this record that one cannot see why the authorities are delaying in establishing a regular air service to Hong Kong. Also one Letters cannot understand why have not been carried throughout the period of the experimental fights, if necessary "at sender's riak." This is a great pity from Every point of view, as we have in tro of us an article on the "China Clipper which recently carried out an experimental fight from San Francisco to Manila. It goes Tientsin, Feb. 11. Hopia are entertained that the on to say, "questioned as to the sen-financial outcome of the first The Register of Shares of the High Court will reduce the Corporation will be closed from tence of ten years "imprisonment flight to the Far East made by the Monday the 10th February to Satur-imposed by the District Court to China Clipper, the Assistant Post- of Sze muster-General said that the plane day, the 22nd February, 1926, (both seven years in the case

women slayer of carried 1,800 pounds of mail, most days inclusive) during which period Chian-chao, no transfer of shares can be Marshal Sun Chuan-fang. She of which was of a philatelic nature,

113,000 amounting to

letters. appealing to the Supreme Court. registered.

military Postage on the load amounted to Marshal Sun, former chief of Shanghai until 1927 when $85,000 Gold Dollars, the trip he was driven out by General thereby paid for itself thrice over." Chiang Kai-shek, was fatally shot The Trans-Pacific Airways

Central, Hong Kong, on Saturday, the 22nd February, 1936, at 11.30 a.m. for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Board of Directors a Statement of together with Accounts for the year ending 31st December, 1935.

By Order of the Board of Directors.

V. M. GRAYBURN,

Chief Manager. Hong Kong, 3rd February, 1936,

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THE "STAR" FERRY COMPANY, LIMITED.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS

N°

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THE THIRTY- THAT EIGHTH ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING OF THIS COMPANY will be held at the Oice of Mesara. Jandiae, Matheson & Co, Ltd., or Wednesday, the 12th February, 1986, at NOON, for the purpose of receiv ing the Report of the Directors to- gether with a Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31st December, 1985.

The Register of Shares of the Company will be CLOSED from Monday, the 3rd February 1988 to Wednesday, the 12th February, 1986, both days inclusivs.

By Order of the Board of Directors F. H. OBAPNELL,

Secretary. Hong Kong, 27th January, 1986,

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG

PROBATE JURISDICTION.

IN

or JOHN. TER GOODS PERCIVAL WARREN

WOMAN SLAYER OF MARSHAI SUN

11,000 new hands were engaged, bringing the total number to 121,000; 103.000 being employed in the works in Ciérmany.

211 million Marks were paid out in salaries and wages, prece-rate workers earning an average of 7 per cent. more, principally in con- sequence of higher efficiency. "

The importance of the Siemens Concern in the National Economy is vividly illustrated by the item stating that the firm's activities resulted in foreign currency to the amount of. 70,000,000 Marks being brought into Germany.

ARIYOSHI'S DEPARTURE

Po-

Shanghai, Feb. 11. Mr. Akira Ariyoshi, former Am- bassador to China, and his wife arrived at Kode yesterday on route to Tokyo. He told Japanese news- paper men that direct Sino-Japa- nese negotiations will begin after the war, navy, finance and foreign of the Okada affairs ministries cabinet have mapped out their stand.

Japanese circles bere believe that Mr. Ariyoshi was relieved of his post because he did not put up. a sufficiently strong policy towards Nanking and disappointed "the Tokyo War Office as well as the Kwantung Command-

Union, News,

The report notes with satisfac- tion that the Siemens exports, compared with the position before DEATH OF WELL-KNOWN the beginning of the crisis, diminished to a lesser extent than the German Electro-export as Transocean News Service.

whole.

CHINA-FRANCE AIRMAIL

a

by the woman at a Buddhist meet-understand wanted to make HongC.N.A.C. Machine To

ing last November. She then Kong their Far Eastern terminus, quietly surrendered.- Reuter.

LINER QUEEN MARY

new

London, Feb. 11. The

Cunard-White Star liner Queen Mary will undergo in the deck secret engine trials

week. After during the current the tests which will be carried through with the giant propellers uncoupied, special gauges will give the experts a fairly accurate idea of the speed the liner will be able to attain. At present March 25 is regarded as the probable date of the departure of the Queen Mary from fitting out of the basin.--- British Wireless

LEITH-ROSS TO VISIT HONG KONG

Shanghai, Feb. 11.

A telephonic enquiry from Bir Frederick Leith-Ross' office elicited the reply that he will be leaving for Hong Kong "within a few days." Specific detalls were requested but not given..!

fleuter.

FLYING BOATS HELD UP BY WEATHER

Shanghai, Feb. 11: FORMEELY OF KOSH IN JAPAN The British Air Attache an BUT LATE OF Your Hora Bax.nounces that the Singapore flying ALS STLEST IN THE COUNTY OF boats on a goodwill tour to Japan MIDDLESEX,

are at present detained at Kuching, Sarawak, owing to bad weather

DECEASED.

ENGLAND,

TOTICH IS HEREBY GIVEN heuter.

that the Court bas, by virtue of Section 58 of the Probates Urdinance 1897, made an Order limiting the time for creditors and others to send in their elaimis against the above estate to the 28TH day of FEBRUARY, 1935.-

All-Creditors and others are scoord ingly hereby required to send their claims to the undersigned on or before *hat data.

Dated the alat day of January, 1960.

JOHNSON, STOKES & MASTER, Solicitors for the Administrators. Hongkong & Shinghid Bailding Des Voeux Road Gambra,

Hong Kong,

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MANCHUKUO SENDS SHARP NOTE

but as no satisfactory "arrangement could be made with our Authorities they are now forced to make Macao their terminus. What harm they could possibly do by coming to Hong Kong we fall to understand, as there cannot be any kellhood of Imperial Airways competing for the Trans-Pacific Air Trade.

Open Service

SHIPOWNER

Mr. Frank Boulder

London, Jan, ".) Mr. Frank Henry Houlder, the shipowner, has died in the Argen- tue at the age of fa

For many years he had been chairman and a managing director

of Houlder Bros. and Co. Ltel

A. fight that occurred the "day before yesterday, in a public thoroughfare involving three men,

had

a sequel at the Kowloon. Magistracy when the combatants- made an appearance before Mr. | Macfadyen. A remark which one | made to the other, was said to have

been the cause of the uproar.

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Thumb nail sketches of the lives of men and women in Glasgow, was given by the Rev. Mackenzie Dow. Nanking, Feb. 11.

mtalster of the Union Church Hong Apparently to counteract the Kong, in a touching address at the movement in Inner Weekly Timn of the Rotary Club Page T. Mongolia headed by Prince Teb, beld yesterday. who seems to control most of the banners in Chahar Province and LA Fuk, unemployed, aged 60 has been seeking the co-operation years, appeared before Mr. W. of those in Sulyuan Province, the Schofield, at the Central Magis- Nanking Government on Satur- tracy yesterday, charged with pos- day announced the organization session of an unlicensed still for of a self-government committee the purpose of distilling Chinese for the Suyuan banners under the wine at Chi Ma Ti, Shaukiwan, yes- terday, possesalon of formening chairmanship of Prince Sha

material and possession of - two The committee has 21 members, bottles of Chinese wine on which all of whom were formally a-duty had not been paid. pointed on Saturday. The regula tions governing it provide that it 'shall be directly under the Execu- tive Yuan at Nanking. In all mat ters pertaining to the banners ex-Schofield, at the Central Magistracy clusively, the committee is to have a free hand, but in matters relat lug to Suyuan Province it is to consult with the provincial au thorities.

A Felping report says that Nan- king's step seems to mean that it has abandoned its efforts to reach a friendly agreement with Prince Teh, who has been gaining in in- fuence of late, and will give 15- sistance to Inner Mongolian for

rag

opposed to his leadership, Prince Sha was won over through General Fu Teo-y1, chairman of the Suiyuan Provincial Govern- ment.

Japanese officials at Pelping are said to be watching developments Union News,

NEW LORDGREAT CHAMBERLAIN

The Marquess Of Cholmondeley

London, Jan. 23. The Marquess of Cholmondeley. yesterday took over the duties or

Lord

Great Chamberlain, ... This was contrary to expectations, 'for it had been thought that Lord Ad- caster, whose family is one of the

three to which, by hereditary right

"

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E. M. L. Soares, the Recreio cricketer, appeared before Mr. W.

yesterday, mummoned for driving private car. No. 1783 in a danger- ous manner in Des Voeux Road Central, at 11.55 pm. on January 25, and driving without a valid licence.

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Two local residents of Kowloon

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appeared before Mr. Macfadyen at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday On summanses of driving their respective cars without due care and caution. Both the summonses Page 6. were expelled.

Hong Kong will be losing two of its best-known' and most lovable personalities to-day, when Mr. George Duncan, M.B.E, and his wife are leaving for Home on re- tirement by the Blue Funnel liner Patroclus.

Page 7.

Convicted by Mr. Balfour at the Central Police Court yesterday on a charge of the possession, of 1,838 counterfelt Hong Kong ten-cent pieces of the 1935 issue. So Bre, aged 60, unemployed, was sentenced to four months' hard labour.

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LOCAL AND

GENERAL

A dinner dance will be held at

which, was established 82 years ago the office belongs, was next in turn by his father. A widower, he mar-after Lord Lewisham, who repre- ried in July, 1933, Miss Elizabeth sensed the Marquess of Lincoln-Repulse Bay Hotel to-day at 8.30 Davison Burn. Regularly he win-shire's family during the latter p.m. tered at a ranch he owned in the years of King George's reign. Argentine,

▸ Shanghai Feb. 11.

air mail service The weekly

France will Mr. Houlder was also chairman between China and

Empire with of the British

Steam be inaugurated to-morrow

CNAC Navigation Co. Ltd., the Empire

Furness the departure of the airliner from Shanghai to Hanoi Transport Co. Ltd.,

Houlder Argentine Lines Ltd. and several other companies, in addi- via Canton.

From 'Hañol mal will be trans-tion to being a director of Furness, ported by Air France machine to Withy and Co. Ltd. and the British

in Bank of South America Ltd. Paris, arriving at destination eleven days after leaving Shang- hal.

To return to the Penang-Hong Kong air route, it would be in- teresting to know the cost of the experimental nights, as we under- stand that for petrol alprie, no less than 600 gallons are used on each

Letters may be sent by this flight, and again we express our

and from all of western surprise that mails have not been route Carried, especially as so many central. Europe as well as points en route such as Bangkok," Ran- nights have been made. It appears to us as "Red Tape" in its worst goon, Calcutta, Baghdad and Bey form. Trans-Pacific Airways reuth can carry mails on experimental Reuter. flights, why cannot Imperial Airways follow sult?

KING'S SYMPATHY

Hong Kong has been; peculiarly badly treated over air communica- tions. Over three years ago, it was

London, Feb. 10. possible to receive air mail letters The King has asked the Irish from Home in 13 days, by Air-Free State High Commissioner in Orient to Balgon and on by London to express His Majesty's Messagerie Maritime mail to Hong sympathy with Mr. de Valera in Kong. Unfortunately the above the death of his son, Brian, follow shipping line lost two of their ing a riding accident in Phoenix steamers, and were forced to curtali Park, Dublin, yesterday. The Do their programme. Since then let minions Secretary, Mr. Malcolm ters have had to be sent by sea MacDonald, has. also sent 2. from, and to Singapore taking message to Mr. de Valèra- some 18 to 19 days to get Home," British Wireless.

Canton is "inair communication with Shanghai and many other parts of China and new lines are continually being opened up, but unfortunately air mail letters from Hong Kong to China have to go (Barcial to the "Hong Kong Bally

Fress" (Copyright.)] by train to Canton, with the usual delays of transferring from rail to

ROME COMMUNIQUE -

Rome, Feb. 10.

air. We sincerely trust and hope In the official communique Is that the route from Malaya to sued by the Ministry of War on Hong Kong will be opened up in Monday, the total losses of the the very near future and at last put Italian Home Army since the be- the Colony on the map."

ginning of the campaign are given "BS 844.

MISSIONARIES READY FOR FLIGHT

SALE OF BIG COINS IN LONDON

London, Jan. 23. Glëndining's (London) yester- day sold England's biggest and heaviest coins.

It was disclosed at the Lord One case of Diphtheria and one Great Chamberlain's office yester-case of Cerebro-Spinal Fever were day, however, that the familles of reported to the Health Authorities Lord Cholmondeley and Lord Lit for the 24 hours ended on Monday. colnshire each hold the office twice to the single time of Lord Ancaster's. On consultation of the rosta at the office it was found to be the turn of Lord Cholmondeley,

who is 52

The holder of the office changes with each reigning monarch, and his duties begin immediately the new King is proclamed.

Last night Lord Cholmondeley sent a petition with his claim to the King, although it was not known at his office whether this was, a necessary formality.

The following is the return of notifiable diseases which occurred in the Colony during the week ended on February 8:-Diphtheria & cases, Ave deaths and three im- ported; Scarlet Fever three cases; Enteric Fever aix cases, one im- ported; Cerebro-Spinal Fever Ave cases, two deaths and one import- ed, and 80 cases of Tuberculosis all of which were fatal.

At present in Hong Kong for a few days, before proceeding to In 1901, when King Edward VII. Manila and then to Singapore, is A Charles I triple sovereign in gold, measuring nearly two inches succeeded to the throne, the late Mr. C. J. Chancellor, General Man- across, issued at Oxford in 1642, Lord Ancaster, who had occupied aker in the Far East of Reuters, brought £28. A Charles I. Ox-the office throughout the reign Ltd. Mr. Chancellor has come from ford: £1 of the same date. made of Queen Victoris, formally pett-Europe via America, and is en route ΟΙ sliver and weighing foar tioned the Court of Claims that to Singapore to meet Mrs. Chan- ounces, res sed £18. It is the he might remain as Lord Great cellor, who is due in that port on March 7 on the N.D.L. Uner, Chamberlain, He was not success-Scharnhorst. With Mrs. Chan- heaviest coin.

cellor on the Scharnhorst is, the youngest member of the Chancellor family who will greet his father for the first time when the vessel [Special to the "Hour Hour Daily reaches Singapore, having been Fresa”. (Copyright)); born In England after Mr. Chan-

GERMAN UNEMPLOYED

Oxford University surrendered fàl. their gold and sliver plate to Charles during the great conflict, and these remarkable coins were made near the held of battle.

'A

George III pattern two- guineas pieces (1777) brought the! high price of £4010s and e James L silver crown realised £3

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NEW REICH STAMPS

[Special to the "Hong Kong Daily Press" (Copyright.)].

Berlin, Feb. 10. The celebration of the 50th an niversary of the German Autome- bile will be marked by the Ger- man Reichs Post by the use of two new stamps on February..15th, the opening day of this year's Automobile and Motorcycle Show

The 6 Pfennig Stamp will bear a picture of Gottlieb Daimler, and the 12 Pfennig Blamp that of Carl

Of this number, 427 fell in a battle and 369, died in course of Harb'n, Feb. 11

their duties or as a result of ill- The Manchukuo Foreign Vice-

ness, 4. succumbed to wounds and Minister Ohashi handed the Soviet

17 are missing Consul General Alavutsky a tren-

Peiping, Feb, 11...

More than half of the losses oc- chant note charging Moscow with instigating subversive activities in

The Reds under the notorious Ho curred in January when 341 fell

According to an official Com- Manchukuo and demanding satis Lung entered Yunnan on February faction for the recent frontier in 9 and now threaten haoting. The munique issued on Monday, Mar-Benz eldents, urging immed' ate demar missionaries there ha been warn-shal Badoglio telegraphed that no event of military importance took cation of the border line to avoided by their Consuls to be ready to

place on either front repetition thereof

KYARFOCEAN eur Dervite, Gruter

evacuate. Reuter.

The

Berlin, Feb 10 cellor left for the East The German unemployment, st-Scharnhorst will arrive here on uation remained practically un- March 10. changed in January, the official returns showing that the number of jobless returned in the course of the month by roughly 12,000, to a total of 2,252 million, which in 453,000 better than the figures for the same period of the preceding

Year

Transocean News Service,

LOAN TO RUSSIA'

Althougn

LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN BELGIUM

[Special to the "Tiong Kong Dally

Fress" (Copyright/)|||||||||

Brussels, Feb. 10, A statistic of the languages spoken in Belgium show that the situation is still the same as since the last report in 1910 despite London, Feb. 10. inter-departmental all the efforts made by the Flem- Ish speaking population during the talks on the question of an ex tention of credits to Russia are last 20 years to promote the Fle- still proceeding, it is learned that mish language at the cost of the the loan plan of November 18 has French, been dropped largely owing tc The number of personages hoy

dimealties connected ever, who spear both

demunds for, as increased, it being now any foreign loan instead of 12.74%, my 1910,

Tranincean Nelva. Servid

The issue of these stampy which can be used for foreign corres pondence, le strictly limited-ruar Transoceans BWI DOPULSE.