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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1937.

ADVERTISEMENTS.

CHANGE OF ADDRESS

Until further notice all corres. pondence for Mr. R. M. McLay, Mrs. and Miss M. M. McLay of 408, The Peak, should be ad- dressed to 516A, The Peak. Tel. 29108.

MARRIAGE

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HUNTER-RED-At Central Hotel, Glasgow, on September 14. 1937, by the Rev. W. Mackin- tosh Mackay, D.D., Reginald Blair, younger son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hunter, Glengow- an. 196 Nithsdale Road, Pol- lokshields, to Margaret Carrick. eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Reid. "Oakleigh. 231 Nithadale Road. Pollokshields, Glasgow, and late of Taikoo Dockyard, Hong Kong.

ENGAGEMENT

THE AMERICAN EXPRESS CO., INC. The engagement is announced be

ficorporated with Limiter Lability to 0,44.

4, Des Voeux Road Central.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the Hong Kong Office of the BANQUE FRANCO CHINOISE pour le Commerce et l'Industrie will be closed on 30th September, 1937.

Any communicatious or claims aller that date should be ad. dressed either to the Bank's Correspondents in Hong Kong, the Nederlandsch Indische Han delshank, or to any of the re maining Offices of the BANQUE FRANCO CHINOISE pour le

Commerce et l'Industrie.

P. L. LORSIGNOL, «

Acting Manager.

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PUBLIC AUCTION.

PARTICULARS AND CON DITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Monday, the 4th day of October, 1937, at 3 p.m., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of one Lot of Crown Land at Ventris Road in the

Colony of Hong Kong for a term of 75 years, with the option ni renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of Ht Majesty the King, for one further term of 75 years.

tween Robert, younger son of Mr. and Mrs. F. E Hooper, of Madras. und Sybil, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs." F. M. Crawford, of Craigieburn. Brookmans Park, Herts, late of Hong Kong. The marriage will take place la Madras in January.

Editorial and Business Office: 15-19, Queen's Road Central, Tel. 30251.

Night Editor (Wanchal Office):

Tel. 24511... London Omee: 53. Ficet Street

E.C.4.

The Daily Press.

友之國中

HONG KONG, SEPTEMBER 20, 1937.

THE LONG AND THE

SHORT OF IT

We have been perusing news und periodicals from

Intending bidders are advised" that immediately after the dis- papers posal of the lot the purchaser Japan. Gif. not the applicant), will

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES AND UNDERWRITERS

CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY, LTD.

authorised officer who will be

S.S. "HUNAN"

present at the sale, the sum al two hundred dollars, $200.00 in Consignees and Underwriters cash. This sum will be refard, are hereby notified that unlessed on payment of the purchase they take delivery of damaged cargo

their price.

now lying in

Oli, yes, we get quite a lot of

certain

Even on the surface one can discern a certain restraining in- fluence at work on the justly

Where houses once stood in Canton,

NANKING AGAIN

RAIDED

Nanking, Sept. 28. Seventeen Japanese planes ap- peared at 12.30 p.m. in formatiun of threes, shooting down through cloud banks and dropped over ten bombs on the southeast and south

TRAFFIC COLLISION

Police Officer Sustamis Fractured Rib

EUROPEAN REVENUE OFFICER CHARGED

"

With Accepting A Bribe

CROWN'S ALLEGATIONS.

Pleading not guilty to a charge of accepting a bribe from LI Yee on board the ss. Wo Plag Yee on June 23, Harry Richard Major, aged 24, Revenue Officer, stood trial before the Chief Justice. Sir Atholl MacGregor, at the Crimina! Sessions yesterday."

The prosecution was conducted by Mr. M. J. Abbott, Assistant Crown Solicitor, whilst the accused is represented by the Hon. M.. Leo D'Almada e Castro. Jur., Instructed by Mr. D. B. Evans, of Messrs. Johnston, Stokes and Master,

The jury empanelled for the case pre Messrs. A. H. Delcourt Foreman), A. Krtiovsky, M. M. Lum, H. A. da Roza, V. Olafnsky. Li Tak-wah and R. L. D. Noronha. UNMANIFESTED CARGO Opening for the Crown, Mr. M. J. Abbott, Assistant Crown Bolic- ter, declared that accused joined the Imports and Exports Depart

export manifests for the voyage were produced, but they had no mention of any wolfram ore.

"TEA MONEY"

Accused then asked the purser to find the owner of the ore. The No. 1 coolfe of the ship. Lo Ngan. was sent for, and he returned a few minutes later with Li Yee and two cooltes. On being informed ment as a second class revenue

that Li was the owner, "accused officer in July, 1932. His duties, as was alleged to have said, "settle regards unmanifested cargo, were it." One of the coolies with Li to seize it, take it back to the Im- then offered $50" as "tea money." westward ports and Exports Department, which accused refused. Even-.

the and to detain or arrest the im-tually, the sum of $200 was agreed Luard porter, if possible.

upon."

A colliston between a motorcycle ridden by Police Sergeant J. S. Riddell and a public motor car, driven by Hung Sam, occurred at of the elty, also bombing the mill the function of Hennessy. Road tary aerodrome outaide the and Luard Road about 1.15 am. Kwanghwamen Arsenal and "out- ; yesterday. side the South Gate. At 2 pm. a It appears that the public car formation

of thirteen Japanese which is owned by "the Leighton planes bombed Chuyung. Lishul Garage, Was driving and Tangtu, according to reports with two passengers, when received by the Aviation

came Head-cycle

south from quarters. After the bombing the Road and hit the rear of the car. planes proceeded in the direction Hung swerved and crashed against of Wuhu. The casualties are not known.- Reuter.

Each revenue officer was provid-

corded

a stone pillar on the side of theed with a diary in which was re- Toad.

any unmanifested cargo seized. On the day of the alleged offence, accused made an entry in his diary of having supervised the search of the Wo Ping Yee and her passengers, but made no men- tion of unmanifested cargo.

Sergeant Riddell was nung of his cycle, and was taken to the Queen Mary Hospital, where it was thought he had sustained a frac- seems rather strange that whilst tured rib. Both the motorcycle the Prime Minister warns Japan¦ and car were badly damaged. that it is going to be a long war. his colleague warns China that Japan is going to knock the Chinese forces into a rocked hat sometime about the middle of next week.

Our only comment on that is that to be forewarned is to be forearmed.

It will. by the way,

be remembered that Japanese officialdom issued a bombastic statement to the world that the Japanese forces, would capturé Shanghai on the eighteenth of

this month

to commemorate

RIOT AMONG

DEPORTEES

Shortly afterwards. Li noticed C.R.O. 91, and realising that he was a clansman of his whom he had not seen for some 20 years. asked him to speak to accused on his behalf. C.RO. 91, however, replied that it was accused's busi- ness and not his.

At that time LI had on him only The steamer arrived from Wu- $120 and he had to borrow the rest chow about 5 p.m. on June 23. A of the money from one of his coo- party of revenue officers, among

lles. Accused, the purser. Li and Whom were C.R.OS. 110, 91, 80, 8 C.RO. 91 later went to the ac- and 70, all in charge of accused. į counts office, where the money was went on board. C.R.O. 110 foundhanded over to the last-named.

Accused and C.R.O. 91 then left

Police Called On Board B.I. 100 bags of wolfram ore. He made

Talma

According to Chinese Press re- the B.I. ss. Talma, among some of parts, there was a riot on board

the 150 deportees brought here from Singapore yesterday.

Police were called on board and it is understood that they found several injured people.

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certain enquiries, as a result of and near the anti-piracy grille the which a man handed him a plece money was handed over to the of paper on which was written former. This was seen by the pur- something in English.

ser and l. who were following two or three paces behind. Sub- sequently, accused. told the purser to get a lorry and take the ore away from the ship.

was, he handed it to C.R.O. 80 whe Unable to understand what it went off with it. Ultimately accused got hold of it because C.R.O, 8 and 70, who were in the compradore's office with him, would say that about 7 p.m. the same day he call-

purser, and C.R.O. 91.

The next they heard of Li was

they heard him remark that the

ed at the godown of Messrs. Bodi- reckless, spirited and resentful of the office were also La Kwok, the

The deportees, many of them

paper was false or incorrect. In ker and Company at Belchers Street, accompanied by two men, discipline, had been taken aboard

Là Ngan and Ip Wal, with three at Singapore, 150 in number, in

and a half tons of wolfram ore, the custody of 21, Indian guards.

for which they were paid $10,500. When the Talma came alongside

When formally charged, accuser at Kowloon Wharves yesterday and

categorically denied the offence, the deportees were mustered to

saying. "I do not know anything go ashore, there Was a certain ser further pointed out that about it." There is, however, another amount of confusion and excite-

the document did not have the

suitably the anniversary of the taking of Mukden. That plus, miscarried, as apparently some others have done since this notorious" campaign, of brazen aggression was started against Chins.

be required to deposit with a stuff from that country, including point from the Japanese Press propaganda pamphlets which we feel will be of consi- these columns recently. concerning which we wrote in | derable interest and possibly

ansement. In the Chuge Shogyo,

Mr. Masanori Ito, whom we are assured is a "well known publicist, actually chides his almost sured Prime Minister and is almost saintly War Minister for having spoken „so bluntly and to such contrary purpose. Mr. Ita deserves to be quoted, for it just shows what a really full-blooded journalist will do once he is thoroughly roused.

open storage at the Taikoo Sugar PARTICULARS OF THE L01 Prized liberty of the Press of

Refinery Compound by Saturday. 2nd October, the same will be sold by auction as soon as possi, ble after that date in order to prevent further deterioration.

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE. Agents, China Navigation Co., Ltd.

IN THE

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SUPREME

COURT OF HONG KONG.

PROBATE JURISDICTION,

IN THE GOODS of JOHN MCKEAND, late of 23, Ful wood Park, Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster in the United Kingdom, Retired Marine Insurance Broker, deceased.

No. of Bale.p

Inland Fo

Registry No

Lally.

No. 5045

Ventris Road,

Boundary.

Measure

An p

Male plan

About

Contents in

Square feet.

Ucobi

Annusi

Rental

ca Upot Prier.

184

144

5,000

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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.

that country. We wonder why... because Truth will always out, and Japanese militarists notwith- standing, we venture the opinion that such will apply even Japan in the long run.

However, how long will that run be? That is the question

to

Accused asked the purser about the falsity of the paper and the latter agreed it was false and did not belong to the Company. The

After evidence was given, the Customs chop. The import and a.m. to-day.

ment. Some of the deportees were signature of the Captain nor the hearing was adjourned until 10 already on the deck, under guard.

when a sudden hubbub broke out below decks in the Talma. It was later discovered that several of the JAPANESE AVIATORS men had attacked their guards. RESCUED FROM SEA

The deportees have since been brought under guard to the Water Police Station.

WHEN FRIENDS TALK POLITICS!

a chopper and ran back to the complainant and struck him with

it, chopping off his left thumb.

By British Steamer

Capt. Williams of the China Navigation Company's steamship Soochow reported by wireless that his ship picked up six Japanese aviators from the sea a few miles of Amoy on Monday. Four of the men were wounded., ";

The Soochow left Hong Kong

Sunday,

for bound North. It is believed

the that the wreckage of an aeroplane was in the vicinity, and that it had

On

PARKING OFFENCE

REGISTRY WEDDING

At the Registry of Marriages, "Supreme Court yesterday. a wed- 'ding took place between Paul Hermann Hubert Dietrich Leiding., air pilot, of No. 5 Basilea, son of Mr. Kerl Hermann Leiding, and Miss Erika Elsner, of No. 3 Basilea, daughter of the late Mr. Ernst Esner. The ceremony was per formed by Mr. T. S. Whyte-Smith, Registrar of Marriages, in the presence of Mrs. Margarete Fischer and Mr.. Korner Hermann.

Road

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Mr. Harry Calvert, manager of Wanchai Beer Hall, Nos. 54-58 Lockhart Road, and Mus Yoshimo Higashi, of No. 46 Nathan Road.

Mr. Keki Edulji Mogra, mer chant, of No. 119 British, Conces~· A summons for exceeding the slon, Bhameen, Canton, and Miss time limit for parking a car in | Constance Isabel Law, of No. 12 Chater Road Park was heard by King's Road, top floor. Mr. W. Schofield yesterday when Mr. Tam Yun Bing. accountant Miss Corrighan appeared before of Man Hing Company and of No. him for leaving a car in the above Chow Street, and Miss Wong park on Sept. 16 between the hours | Sin Kwan, of No. 103 Gloucester of 8.45 am to 11.45 a.m. The Road, second cor. magistrate cautioned her. Similar summonses were served on Miss T.

Chan Sal appeared before Mr. E. Himsworth yesterday at the Kowloon Magistracy charged with assaulting with intent of doing This is how Masanori (it is a defendant admitted the charge. bodily harm to Chan Sul. The which, according to the papers journalist's licence to be familiar It was stated that the two involved we have been perusing, is exer- with colleagues) hits out-and in this case were friends, and on

crashed after being damaged by dings are announced:-

The following forthcoming wed- cising the minds not only ofw! We recommend the tak Sept. 20 at about 4 p.m. they were

Chinese shore batteries.. Japanese publicists, who, in cer-

The men will be transferred to Mr. Alan Spencer Newcomb, ac- smoking oplum, at. ingin of a deep breath, for it a divan tain instances actually reflect

countant of the Chi Tung Tobacco Reclamation Street.

a Japanese warship when one 19 Kowloon. makes tough reading. Thus They had a discussion about poll-sighted. The Japanese public opinion, but also Japanese

aviators Company, Limited, and Miss Vera

politicians.

"In his reply in the Diet the ties which led to an argument obviously were from one of the Dewsbury, of No. 5A McDonnell Prime Minister spoke his mind fight ensued, and the defendant planes which have been raiding It is stated in the Japanese honestly, no doubt, but it would ran into the kitchen and plaked coastal ports in recent weeks. Press that the Prime Minister, have been better, the writersaya, Priare Konoye, declared that theif Prince Konoye had not referred nation must be prepared for a to his heliefs regarding the dura-

A sentence of six months' im- protracted struggle, whilst at one tion of the war. For the same prisonment was imposed by the and the same time the War reason, he says, General Sugiyama, Magistrate. Minister, General Sugiyama, an-Minister for War, ought to have nounced that the present planieft unsaid the statement regard Draft Programmes and Entry was to deliver

B swift and ing the Army's intention to deal

NO CASE TO Forms for the Eighth Extra crushing defeat on the Chinese China a swift and crippling blow NOTICE is hereby given that Race Meeting to be held on forces with the object of putting in order to rob her of all fighting

ANSWER the Court has by virtue of the Saturday, 9th and Monday, 11th China out of action as expedi-spirit.

After a

hearing which lasted October, 1937 (weather

tiously as possible. It is to bet is quite "natural" that the of a barber shop in Lai Chi Kok two afternoons, Sim Tip-yin, owner that the mitting) may be obtained at regretted. order limiting the time for credi: the Secretary's Office, Exchange trinity was not completed by hut in some esses it is better to taking from Yau Fat's pocket a

oratorical Minister should with this to be to Road, who

Was charged with tors and others to send in their Building; the Club House, Happy some characteristically choice and teave things unsaid. Official pro- 34 in

purse containing H. K. $34 and claims against the above estate to Valley; the Hong Kong Club; meaningless observations by the nouncements regarding the prob-

Canton' currency, Was 23rd October, 1937.

the Sports Club; and the Stables, Foreign Minister, Mr. Koki |able duration of the war fall under

Hirota. However, for what we this category.". Shan Kwong Road.

Entries close at 12 o'clock have received, and for what it is

Good boy, Masanori! Honest- NOON on Thursday, 30th Sept-worth, let us be truly thankful. ly, we would deurly like to come ember, 1937.

Remembering that the state-up and see you sometime. ments by the Prime Minister of Otherwise, the Japanese papers Japan and his

War Minister which, we have perused are were made in the Diet, according colourless as far as criticism is to the carefully scrutinised re- concerned. We selected the only ports in the Japanese Press, it "hot spot." And how hat!

provisions of Section 58 of Or dinance No. 2 of 1897 made an

All Creditors and others are. accordingly hereby required to send their claims to the under. signed on or before that date.

DEACONS,

Solicitors for the Executor, -1, Des Voeux Road Central,

Hong Kong.

per.

By Order,

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C. B. BROWN,

Secretary.

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M. Wong and Mr. J. Guerinear, both of whom were also cautioned.

;

FIRST AID

A COOL CUSTOMER

Chan Wal: a youth, appeared before Mr. H. F. Balfour yesterday at the Central Magistracy charged with larceny of a leather bag con- taining clothing and $4 in Canton currency. It was said that the complainant and his family were about to sail for Swatow. and while the complainant was pur- chasing the tickets the defendant slipped away with the bag and

He was seen and arrested. The Mr. Hing: Shing-lo conducted ed and gave examples of how a defendant was bound over for $50 the case for the defendant.

acquitted by Mr. K.M.A. Barnett yesterday at the Kowloon Magis-

Dr. (Miss) P. Ruttonlee gave a "Yesterday's hearing was devoted very interesting lecture on the to the evidence of the complainant "Principles Of First Aid" to who corroborated the story of the large number of nurses at the St. prosecution. Alter & lengthy John Ambulance Headquarters, cross-examination by the defend-Tal Hang, yesterday.. ing counsel the Magistrate stated. In the course of her lecture she

what first aid means, to the injur-

east to angered no that the accused did not have a emphasised the importance of walked calmly out of the wharf,

diagnosis should be treated..

and deported.