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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22,

1937.

HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMERS TRAGEDY OF

JOINT SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG, CANTON MACAO STEAMBOAT CO LTD & THE

TRAVEL

THE

SHORT

SAFE

SEA

WAY

by the British Line

CHINA NAVIGATION CO LTD

NDL

CANTON LINE

CURTAILED

SAILINGS

From Hong Kong: 8 m. on Monday,

CHINA'S WAR

REFUGEES

(Continued froin Page 2) ·

From Canton :

Wednesday and Friday. Aa.m. on Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday.

nurse,

MACAO LINE

From Hong Kong

Wank Bay 8.30 am. Knıbın 9.30 pm Jul Tri

Saturday

Bui Tai

SUNDAY

1.30 p.m. Kinekna 11.30 am, Kinsha

5. p. Sul Ti

I EXCURSION."

From Macao

3.00 2 Sul Tai,

1:00 p.m. Kisahan 3,09 Tal 4.00 pm. Sai Tai 1,00 m, Hicaban $5.00 p.m. Elnahan

Nate!—dili vessels equipped with Wireless. QUEEN'S BUILDING, CONNAUGHT ROAD Telephone 30101

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-FAR EAST "EXPRESS

PASSENGER & FREIGHT SERVICE.

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Manila

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Date

From Hong Kong te

Europa

Vessels

Parts

Saharakot

Ünnoa, Southampton, X'Jam,, Hamburg, Bromon

Dec.

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MASA, Mars, Rotterdam, Hamburg. Irechen ....

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Sokarakt

Hingapore, Penang. Belawas. Colomba.. Bezapora, Belawan, Palomba

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Manila

Dec:

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South Sea Islanda

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Fridorua Friderun

Osires, Talogtat....

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Medang, salumana, Tolagi, Rabual, ste.... Kadang, Balazsana, Tulagi♬ Babaai, sto.....

Feb.

3

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1

Banjo to Alteradon without Notice, For Prange and Fraight apply to: -

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NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD BREMEN

Queen's Ruilding.

MELCHERS &

AGENTS

Telephosa TYS.

CANTON AGENTS: JEBSEN & CO., SHAMEEN, B.0.

THE

BLUE FUNNE

LINE

REGULAR AND FAST PASSENGER SERVICES

FREIGHT AND

LONDON SERVICE

"DEUCALION" Sails 20 DEC., for Maranil'es, Lonina,

Rotterdam, Hamborg & Glasgow “PATROCLUS" - Baile 11 JAN,, for Marseilles, London,

Rotterdam & Glasgow

LIVERPOOL SERVICE *ANTILOOMUS" Bails 21 JAN., for Havre, Liverpool

NEW YORK SERVICE ~ADRASTUS"

& Bromborough

Sails 82 JAN), for Poston New York,

Philadelphia and Baltimore, vía Cape of Good Hope PACIFIC SERVICE (via DUBER, KORR, NAGOYA & TOKOHAMA - "TALTHYBIUS" Sails 16 JAN,, for Victoria, Vancouver

& Seattle

24 DEC., Fron D.K. via Straits

INWARD SERVICE

Due “MEMNON" "TITAN" “ÄG PENOR" "ANTENOE"

28 DEO. From Europe vii Straits

28 DEC, From U.K. vin Straits

-1 JAN., From U.K...vis Stralte

Specially reduced farms are quated for cargo steamera with

limited pssanger acermmodation

For freight, passage rates and information, apply

Butterfield & Swire,

T'el. 20333.

to

Agsute... 1, Connaught Road, C.

Difficult Year PANTOMIME A

Reviewed

(Continued from Faze 1}

For- hundreds of human lives. Lunately the destruction on shore ale sub-nurses, and two

was not so serious as was at first bandage nurses. In all the above feared, though it WES sericus work both for refugees and wound- | enqugh," repairs to Government. ed soldiers there were hundreds | property alone costing over six of voluntary, workers, some

Jakhs of dollars. ceiving nothing and others re- ceiving only their food and board.

PAST WORK UNDONE During the latter two weeks of my stay I was engaged in moving Chinese and foreign refugees to places of safety, principally Mokan- shan. How could one forsee that the Bank of China in Chekiang would be closed by November 20 and

branch be the Mokanghan unable to give out money, and cash cheques could not be sent by mail! undone. All the past work was Through the kindness of the governor and the mayor a bus and a truck with two ambulances from the C.M.S. hospital were furnished to bring down" twenty foreign re- the fugees from Mokanshan to Hangchow city station.

From there a special train was arranged to forward these refugees together with others from Hang- chow and Zaohsing to the Dao- ago River. Well after mid-night this party, with about 100 pieces of baggage were ferried over to the other side and took train to Ning- po... Since the boom had just re- cently been opened at Chinhal, they were able to proceed on the 8.8. "Temblen" to Shanghai,

What ordinarily would require four and a half hours of travel in this case required five days!

TRAGIC SIGHT

During my two weeks of con- atant travel in my car I saw thou sands of refugees, many with all their possessions carried on the two ends of one pole resting on the shoulder or father,

or

widowed mother, Many of them had food enough only for a few days and then must either freeze or starve to death. Hangchow be- came a city of the dead, practically hundred thousand had left

tour

the city and the dally expectancy of possible death settled upon the remaining few. Shups were closed, food was hard to get.

At last when panic came the

refugee centres and the hospitals for wounded soldiers closed, and

the military turned over about one thousand of their most desperate, cases to the CMS. hospital. In that great city of over half a million the only medical workers, doctors, nurses, attendants, foreign and Chinese that remained stead- fast were the staff members of that hospital, in a property easily in- flamable in a crowded district set more easily inflamable,

"The influx of refugees from Kwangtung and Shanghai, coin- clding as it did with the cholera epidemic, Increased the difficulties of the public health authorities. It is estimated that at one time there were between one and two hundred thousand extra persona to house and feed in the Colony. Many of them have now returned to their homes but are liable to take refuge here again at any moment,

4:

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EXTRA WORK "It needs little imagination to

events caused see that these tremendous amount of extra work upon the staff of the Sanitary and Medical Departments and I take this opportunity to thank all those" concerned, from the highest om- cial to the humblest coolie, for the way in which they rose to the oc- casion.

"Turning from set-backs to have to remind improvements I you that the new Wanchal Mar- ket was opened on April 1 and is the finest market my friend the Hon. Director of Public Works has yet produced for us: Towards the end of August the new Kennedy Town Wholesale Market was ready for occupation and most of the stallholders in the Central Market were installed in it or in tem-

accommodation in porary

the South Block of the Western Mar- ket. This left the way clear for the demolition of the Central

Market and by this time next year I trust we shall have a very good dea as to what our new Central Market will be like. Still another new market was opened on De- cember

1, this being a small market at Stanley.

NO FOOD SHORTAGE "While on the subject of mar- kets I may say that in spite of the Sino-Japanese hostilities and many extra mouths to feed during the last few months, at no time has there been any real shortage of food. Prices of foodstuffs Nave

risen somewhat, which was per- haps inevitable, but when sources of supply were". temporarily gr permanently dislocated the dealers themselves, without any Gloverzz- inent assistance, found ways and ineans of overcoming their dim- culties. It is my opinion that in this respect we have so far been "extremely fortunate.

If in the near future hostilities are actively extended to South China and if Hong Kong's communications with SELFLESS SERVICE

Kwangtung are Interrupted, we But all expected to stay by their may experience a serious shortage wounded even in the "midst of of such things as fresh vegetables. bombing unless fire or explosion | It would not be right, therefore, actually drove them away. "Hath to view our future prospects too any man greater love than this?

optimistically."

SELECT COMMITTEE The regular business of the meeting consisted of the appoint- ment of a Select Committee to deal with matters arising in con- nection with factories and work- shops, and a minute was read by the Chairman regarding the Con-

Then there is one missionary in charge of the college property long since vacated. For him there are no happy prospects "since it is re- ported that some of the University buildings at Soochow have also been bombed. A.C.LM. missionary is" also present with the one in charge to give whatever help he can. I slitution of this Committee, which Two other missionaries are using s as follows:-Hon. Mr. R. A. C. their compounds as refugee centres when the emergency comes.. There are other workers remaining at their pósta in a city which is in dally expectation of bombing." Nor do they need to be reminded by the official, representatives of any gov- ernment that they stay at their own risk!

The picture I have drawn is

characteristic of all the war areas.

North, Mr. W. N. Thomas Tam, Dr. B. N. Chau. Mr. L C. F. Bel- lamy and Mr. R. R. Todd" (Chair- man).

Applications for léchess for an eating house and milkshop were refused.

A letter was read from the Government - relative to the ap- pointment of Mr. J. Watson to act as Secretary to the Council in place of Mr.. W G. Harrison.

The following were present. at:

of China. The Chinese are willing to help, but the needs are beyond the meeting in addition to the their resources. For several months Chairman:-Hon. Dr. D. J. Valen- to come, perhaps into the late Spring and Summer of next year. Dr. R. A. de Castro Basto, Mr. L tine. Hon. Mr. R. M. Henderson.

there will be an overwhelming need

C. F. Bollemy. Mr. A el Arculli, for further ald from outside sources, especially from the Chris-

Dr. S. N. Chau, Mr. W. N. Thomas

tian Churches of the West.

Tam, Mr. B. Wong Tapė, Mr. C. Champkin, Mr. Tung Shu kin. Mr. J. Watson (Secretary) and Mr. Im Ping-tseung (Assistant Secre-

.

TSINGTAO PROPERTY tary).

Japanese Seeking Protection

A formal remand of seven days was granted by Mr. K. Keen at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday," in Tokyo, Dec. 21.

the case in which a 73-year-old -Representatives of the 17,000 woman, Leung Tal-ho was charged Japanese residents who evacuated with the unlawful possession of a Tsingtao in early September had a dangerous drug. conference yesterday regarding

GREAT SUCCESS

Continued from Pare 1)

The

screen popular

cartoon character. Popeye the Sailor, was ably portrayed by Willie Forsyth, whose antics and frolics caused much amusement. Bob Hendersoa delighted as Friday, the servant of the hero.

sea.

"A Raft at Sea," a scene depict- ing Robinson Crusoe drifting in the was skilfully executed. The lighting effects were outstanding.

The work of the chorus was of a high standard and special mention must be made of the juveniles who Sea Nymphs and appeared as Popeye's children.

The orchestration was under the able direction of Bandmaster W. H. A. Every of H.M.S. "Eagle" by kind permission of Captain Clement Moody, R.N.

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FOREIGN MAILS

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS

On Saturday the 25th December, the General Post Office, and Kowloon Central Post Office will be open from 9 am to 11 a.m. The Sheungwan Branch Post Office will be open from 9 am to 10 a.m. and also from 7 pm to 8p.m. and the other Branch Post Offices will be entirely closed.. There will be one collection from the pillar boxes, one delivery of ordinary correspondence as on Sundays and one delivery of registered correspondence at 11 am.

On Monday the 37th December the General Post Office, Kow- loon Central Post Office and other Branch Post Offices will be closed, but postage stamps may be obtained at the back counter of the G. P: 0 from 8 a.m. to noon. There will be one collection from the pillar boxes as on Sundays. Ordinary correspondence will be sent out for delivery at 11.30 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. Registered correspondence at 4.00 p.m. only.

The Money Order Offee will be entirely closed during the Holidays.

HONG KONG ‘RADIO TELEGRAPHI ́SERVICE.

XLT Telegrams conveying Christmas and Now Year Greetings will be accepted by the Radio Office for transmission via Radio during the period from 14th December; 1837 to 8th January 1938, both dates in- clusive.

4.

(a) The charge for telegrams to places in China will be based on ONE FOURTH of the ordinary rate and to other places n ONE THIRD of the ordinary rate.

(b) The minimum charge för all places will be for ten words. Further particulars may be obtained on application at the Radic

The leading characters wete taken by the following:-Shella | Office Mackinlay. Margaret McAlpine, Bob Henderson, Anne Organ, Willle Forsyth. Leonard Starbuck. Tim Mackinlay, Ernest Moses, Harry Close, Alfred Fruen, Ernest Moses, Stella Best. Anne Organ. Winnie Henderson, Kathleen Luckin, Peggy Eccleshall, Joan Lakeman, Peggy Scotcher.

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ANGLO-AMERICAN

TRADE AGREEMENT

NEGOTIATIONS

London, Dec. 21. The Board of Trade are engaged in consultations with representa- tive bodies of manufacturers in- dustrialists and others in this country preliminary to the open- ing of formal negotiations for the Anglo-American Trade Agreement. Negotiations will begin early in the new year when a delegation consisting of officials of the de- partments mainly concerned will visit. Washington to assist the Bri- tish Ambassador, Sir Ronald Lind- say, who will be the chief British representative.-

British Wirslem Sarovon.

NO FRIVOLITY!

Hankow, Dec. 21. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek has ordered the most drastic punishment for Government of- cials found indulging in gambling. dancing or in the company of sing song girls.

Gendarmes cabarets and any officials found dancing are to be reported and shot. Meanwhile all Government officers" without special work here have been ordered to leave Han- kow immediately. Foreign. office officials will be going to Chungking In two batches, the first on Thurs- day and the second on Monday, the but Wang Chung-hul ard Vice-Minister Hun Mo will be re- maining in Hankow temporarily.-- Reuter,

are stationed in

WEATHER REPORT

HONG KONG ROYAL "OBSERVATORY

10 a.m., Dec. 21. Barometer fat sea level), 30.15

ins.

Temperature, 62, F.

Humidity, 74 per cent. Wind Direction, North.

Wind Force (Beaufort), 3. Temperature; maximum yester day, 66 F.

Air Mail Service to Shanghai ia temporarily suspended. Christmas and Now Year cards bearing not more than five written words and enclosed in open envelopes are accepted by the Post Office at the rate for printed matter. ie. 5 cents per, 2 ounces, for all countries.

Hongkong, China and Macao at 2 cents per 2 ounces. Envelopes must not be closed,

Letters and Postcards for Europe and South America are forwarded via Siberia' if so superscribed.

INWARD MAILS

JAPAN

FROM

SHANGHAI and Swarow MANILA

Strata sad Eurors via Sum (Letters) and Papers London, 11th Nor and Loader Parcel-London data, 18th November Starts and Hotnow... ÜALGUTTA Rnd DTKAITS STRAITS, MA ILA and London Parvols)

(London data, 11th November) JAPAN and BHANGHAI ..... STRAITE ...

SAIGON

JAPAN

**

GALOPITA and STRAITS

Наноме...

S+RAITS JAPAN

SHANGHAI and Swarow

JAPAN and SHANGHAI BANGKOK and Hwarow **

Air Mail by "Pan-American Air- WAJI Direct Service"-San Francisco date, 15th December SAIGON

Air Mail by "Imperial Airways Direct Service”—London date, 18th December. JAPAN STRAITS

STRAITO

Jaran azd ShANGEA NTRAITS

Ra-pura Burition, D'Artagnan

Ataula Maru

isang

Dra

Jaypors Kingyuan Emp, of Uanada

ww

2nd Dec.

22nd Deo,

22nd Doc.

Corfu

Munam

22nd Dec.

23rd Doc.

Birdhana.

23rd Dec.

Memnon

94th Dec.

24th Dec.

84 h Dec.

24th Dea

24th Dec.

24th Dec.

G. G. Paul Doumer

25th Thes.

25th Deo.

►

25th Deo.

25th Deo.

25th Dec.

28th Dec

Airways Flane

Beats Imperial

26th Dec.

28th Dec.

27th Dec.

"

"

27th Dec.

28th Deo.

18th Dec.

fith Dea.

29th Dec,

Vonis Perda Deucalion

-hantung" Scharnhorst Yingchow

Pan-American

Airways Plane

Rakuyo Maru Tilan Agapenor Athor I... Gremax

OUTWARD · MAILS-

REGISTERED AND PABORL MAILS are closed 15 minutes earlier than the time given below unless otherwise stated, and where mails are advertised to close as or before @ a.m., registered and parcel mails are closed at E p.m. on the previous day.

FOR

WEDNESDAY

Samshui and Wwwbow Swatow

Air Mail for North China and Nanking (via Hankow) by the **Eurasia Airways Service" (To further points by surface trans- port as Services permit). Kongmoon and (Pakhoi vis Kongmoon) Bangtok via Bwatow Bi anghai

Swatow

*Straits and Valcatta

Straits

last

THURSDAY

Temperature: -minimum night, 58 F.

Rainfall for 24 hours, ending 10th Manila day, nil

Total rainfall since January 1, 92.49 ins.

Bangkok via 8 •alow Ben Amoy and Foochow Shanghai

+

Pxz

Konso Hathaw

DATE and TIME

Wein aday 22nd.

MIRA 8.30 AM

¡G.P.O. &

Eurasia

KP.O.

-Plane

Bag Ord.

• 9:00 AM

9.30JAN

Book On Halion

9.03 AM

10.30 AM

Kanchor...

9.30 PM

Leesang

4.30 PM

Yuensang..

Par. 10:1

4.00 PM

5,00 PM

"Van Hestez

6,310 FM

Thursday 23rd,

Silverwalnut

8:30 AM

8.30 AM

2.00 PM

Kalyan

dasching

Szechuan

Air Mail for Wuchow, Kwellin. Kwelyang and Chungking by the "C.N.A.C., Airways Direct Ser- vice."

C.N.A.C..

1

Plane

FRIDAY

Against an average of 84.78 ins. Sunset to-night, 5.44 p.m. Bunrise to-morrow, 6.59 a.m..

4 p.m., Dec. 21. Barometer (at sea level), 30.05. Temperature, 62. Humidity. 8. Wind Direction, East. Wind Forde | Air Mail for North China, Sian & (Beaufort), 3. Maximum tempera- ture. 85. Minimum temperature, 58, Rainfall, nil.

Daya ofer

HONG KONG TIDE TABLE

From December 22, to 29, 1937.

Dato

Height

LOW WATZE.

Hong

Height

Nanking (via Hankow) by the ***Eurasia Airways Service" (To further points by surface trans- port as Services permit). Kongwoon

Jasad EUROPE via Siberia Bhanghai and *Japan Japan, Honolul, saada, USA. Central and South America and *EUROPE Fin Vano For B., (Paroels for Canads only)-das Vancouver B.0%) 12th Jan, 1238.

Hothon, Pakhoi and Haiphong

Manila, Australia and New Zealand vis Thursday Island-lae,„Tkuraday Lland, 6th Jan, 1938 ...

HIGH WATER.

Hong Kong

Long

Btandard

Standard

Time

Time

h. m.

b. 1.

Wed $2

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08.44

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the destruction of Japanese pro-

Office and the Admiralty urging The opinion is gaining strength Bat. 25 the Government to take prompt among the Association of Japan- measures for protecting Japanese. ese Cotton Spinners, whose opera-| Bun. 20 | property still left in Tsingtao.and tion was suspended in Japan Pro-

Mon. 27 other parts of Shantang..........

per, will eventually be removed to Spindles in Japanese cotton Tsingtao to replace the destroyed Tass, 28 mills in Tsingtao which were des- ones. Reuter.

000119 5 17 55 € 3. 10 29 07.17.14.12 01 08.

Is 37 6.7 11:19:

SATURDAY

Coylon, India, East and South Africa, Aden, Egypt and EUROPE via Marseillos due Mar seilles 21st January 1928...........

3,30 PM Kowloon P.0.

Iteg, or 5.00 PM

Ord. 29 5.00 PM..

G.P.O.

Reg. 28ri 8.00 pM Ord. 24th 6,00 AM

Frid y. 24th,

G.PO, &

K.P.O.

Reg. 9,00 am

(Ord. 9.30 AM

10.00 AM

Eurasia

"Plane

On Lea Dortu D'Arlamen

1,30 AM

1.30 PM

Parcels

1.00 PM

Emp. of Canada Beg

9.15 PM

Ord

2,00 PM

Kingykan

*3,00 PM

Reg.

5.00 PM

dinita Mars

rd,

Ranpura

superscribed correspondence only.

*6.30 PM

Saturday, 2tb,” “ U.P.O. GEPO.. Par, zith, 5.00 PW istog. 25th 9,45 AM

>»d, 2* K,10, 1OAM'

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