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SATURDAY, and MONDAY, close on Wednesday, 22nd Déc

the 25th and 27th December; ember, 1937.

1937. (Christmas Holidays).

Hong Kong, 22nd Dec., 1937.

NOTICE.

5840

"Notice is hereby given that VLADIMIR JOSEPHOVICH CITRIN known as WALTER JOSEPH CITRIN of May Hall, The University is applying to the Governor for naturalization, į and that any person who knows any reason why naturalization should not be granted should send a written and signed statement of the facts to the Colonial Secretary, Hong Kong."

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OFFICIAL NOTICE.

PROPOSAL TO CHANGE A

SHIP'S NAME:

1 John Finale, Manager of Taikoo Dockyard & Eng. Co. of H.K., Ltd. hereby give notice that in consequence of Proposal to re-name the present salvage vessel "Tai Koo," Tal "Koo I and to register the new salvage

vessel "Tai Koo."

I have applied to the Board' of

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1937.

DEATHS

Beloved husband of Gertrude MacDonald,

JOHNSON-On December 14, 1937, Tenant de la Tour, Shanghai, Henry Lawrence Johnson, Clerk

at House 3, Lane 286 Route-

Customs, aged 58 years.

December 12, 1937.

while in command of the

pany's s.s. Mel An.

NEWMAN.-On Tuesday. Decem-

ber 14, 1937. at Lane 235. House 7. Yu Yuen Road, Mary Ann Newman, aged 31 years, widow of the late Mr. E. F. F. New

EnaA.

THE VIKINGS IN ENGLAND

It would be surprising if a

HONG

KONG RIFLE ASSOCIATION

4TH SUBMARINE FLOTILLA R.C. DEFEAT MIDDLESEX R.C.

There was another large attendance at the mid-week Spoon and Practice Shoot, held by the Hong Kong Rifle Association on the Army Ranges at Kowloon City yesterday afternoon, when a match took

bers of the Rifle Clubs of the Fourth Submarine Flotilla and the 1st

place concurrently with the Spoon and Practice Shoot between mem-

were

Ba. The Middlesex Regiment. The match resulted in a win for the sallors by the narrow margin of two points, and it should be ex- plained that all the soldiers used the "rifle as issued" and riven a handicap of 7 points for each of the six members of the Flotilla. R. C. who were using the "1914" sight and sling.

Weather conditions were, on the 'whole, good, but, the light was too

British, solliers were killed by Ian Chesborough Rose MacDonald, Japanese airmen at Shanghai. Commander Royal Australian And finally, as a slap in the face Navy, passed away in Lister for all Western peoples, a great virile people like the Vikings had Hospital, Sydney. Australla,.on exhibition of Japanese military December 16. aged $1 years might panded the streets of the had no influence on English art International Settlement and other than that of destruction French Concession in Shanghai We can trace to them the styles What was the reason for all this? of stone carving known as "Jel- What other than a demonstration dinge" and "Ringerike" after two of the might, majesty, dominion places in Senndituwin. The form- of Works, Chinese Maritime and power of Japan who regards er brought to the English a new

with contempt the

combined beast, different from those which CARLSON-Killed at Honslen, powers of Europe and laughs at clambered about "in the Anglian Anhwel, pa Sunday afternoon. the United States of Amerien.vinescrolls, * crenture with a Captain Especially is Japan's intention to double outline, spiral joints, back- Cari Harry Carlson, age show that Britain is a buck hunt-bent head and a flap to its nose; Standard-Vacuum Ol Com-ber. The statement in a Japan. you can see one, with all these ese newspaper that the real war features, on a broken grave-alab was not against China but against at Levista in Yorkshire. The Britain was not merely a piece ringerike style is harder to des of Oriental journalistic rhetori erihe; it is marked by its treat It was the plain truth. Japan ment of leaf ornament; the leaves dull for the comfort of many com- wants to get Britain out of China resemble long fingers or tongues petitors, while the wind at 300 and if Britain's vested interests with a small curl at the end, and yards was of varying strength and direction, and was blowing sit- BROADLEY-Suddenly at Shang- are lost in the getting, Japan are often collected loosely to

December 15, 1937, will be all the more pleased.

gether in a bundle or bouquet, ciently hard to make shooting dim.1 Ronald Broadley, aged 28

British efort and enterprise, to a

More important than either of cult. The outstanding feature of years, son of Mrs. J. A. Broad- ley, and of the late Mr. J.-R. far greater extent than those of these is the introduction of wheel the match was undoubtedly the any other country, built up the head crosses. They seem to have all-round level of the aggregate VETTER-On Wednesday. Decem-International Settlement. To the spread from the Isle of Man by team.

ber 15, 1937, at 83 Carter Road, Chinese it has been demonstrat-three routes: to Comberland and Mrs. Marle Vetter, aged 86ed that these are at the mercy across Yorkshire: to Chester and of Japan. The hundred thousand from there, south-east; to south Chinese dead who lay stamped Wales and Cornwall.. into the marshes and creeks: On the whole they the Vik- north of the Settlement were notings) did England as much good a more impressive sign of Japan's harm. They brought with them a strong sense of personal. freedon and the idea, new to the Saxons, that crime was dis- graceful and not a nutter to be settled by the mere payment of 2 fine. In material things they had a very high standard of civilization, and in metalwork and shipbuilding they were more advanced than most of the peoples whose countries they

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Secretary.

$830

HONG KONG, DECEMBER 3, 1937.

PUBLIC AUCTION

PARTICULARS AND CON-

DITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Tuesday, the 28th day of Dec., 1937, at 3 P., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of one Lot of Crown Land at 'Tin Hau Temple Rd. in the Colony o Hong Kong for a term of 75 years, with the option of renewal at a Crown Reat to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the King, for one further term of 75 years.

Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the dis posal of the lot the purchaser (if not the applicant), will be required to deposit with an authorised officer who will be pre sent at the sale, the sum of two hundred dollars, $200.00 in cash. This sum will be refunded on payment of the purchase price.

Trade, under Section 47 of the PARTICULARS OF THE LO Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, in respect of the ship "Tai Koo"

of Hong Kong Official

128709 of registered

number

gross

net

No. of Bals

Registry No.

Locality.

tonnage 366 registered tonnage 20 tons, owned Taikoo Dockyard and Engineer. ing Co. of Hong Kong, Ltd., Hong Kong, for the permission | ¡ to change her hame to "Tai Koo I" and to have her registered in the new name at the Port of Hong Kong as owned by Talkoo Dockyard & Engineering Co. of

Hong Kong, Ltd, Hong Kong

Any objections to the proposed change of name must be sent to the Registrar of Shipping at Hong Kong, within seven days from the appearance of this ad. vertisement.

Taland Lot

No. 5097.

West of Inland Lat

Temple Road.

No. 2684, Tin

Boundary

Measure-

ments.

As per

Bale plans,

Annual

Rental.

toutente in

8,600

Square ices

Epril rice

991

5835

PRINCE AS SCOUT LEADER

power.

obtained by the members of each.

while the high average

европ, with aperture

THE "BULLETIN” The December issue of the Asso- ciation's monthly magazine, the

KRA. Bulletin." will be pub- lished immediately after Christ- mas, and will be found to contaih interesting photographs. many with news of equal interest · re- garding the activities of the Asso- clation, both in the past, and pro- Jected for the future.

made by the members using the rifles as issued" augurs well for Federated Malay States Volunteer the team which will use this rifle i when shooting in the 8.R. (a) team in the Inter-Colonial Match next week.

Information has been received from the Singapore Rifle Associa- tion that that Association and the

Rifle Association have agreed to the Conditions of Shooting sug- gested by the HERA for an an- nual match between members of these three Associations. Since this reply was received, a letter has come to hand from the Ceylon Rifle Association also agreeing to the proposed conditions for this shoot, and the matter is now be-

LOW SCORING -

That the change in temperature, dull light, and dificult wind ad- versely affected many of those demonstrated by the low scoring. ing actively pursued with the or- shooting yesterday afternoon is

particularly in the SR. (b) class.ganisations mentioned. and it is obvious that more than one of such members is not yet

It may be said: "Bat Britain retains her rights, no matter what ignorant Chinese spectators may think. Does she? Un- less much greater energy is shown in their defence than has been hitherto, the ignorant Chinese spectator will have displayed th truer judgmen. Japan is now stated to be ready to come south visited. They lived more inten-ger diameter in a dull. light.

weapons,

alive to the fact that the advan- tage of the six hole eyepiece in in the

the aperture sight. Hes ability to change from the eye- plece normally used to one of lar-

The Honorary Becretary of the Shanghai Rife Association, who has been visiting the" Colony, re- cently had an interview with the Honorary Secretary, ILE.R.A., when it was agreed that the condi- tions of the annual Inter-Port- Shoot should be revised in certain of those respects which led the to withdraw from the

and attempt to establish a puppet sely than any of their content- The annual Wapenschaw Bhoot, regime in Kwangtung, and, bow-poraries, and contact with such normally held on Boxing Day, has HKRA

ng in the true Nipponese style, vital folk must have, braced and been postponed until the Sunday match, and this, matter is also re she says to Britain: "Trust us to invigorated the English, as a look after your interests!"

sword is toughened in the fire and sharpened on the stone.

EXCHANGE CONTROL | SYDNEY

ahoot on the morning of January|ceiving the attention of those 23rd, since owing to the large affected.

The scores number of, members who are ex-.

made yesterday pected to take part in this com- afternoon in the match referred petition, the only range where to above, and the leading scores sufficient target accommodation of the usual, Spoon and Practice

Shoot are as follows:-

BRIDGE available is at Kowloon City.

SENSATION

Youth Dies After Crash

A young man fell 190 feet from

the centre "of the Sydney Harbour

Bridge into the water recently and was alive when he was picked ou

of the water more than an hour later.

He was rushed to Sydney Hos- pital by the Central District Am-

bulance. where doctors and nurses ought to save his life but he suffered terrible injuries and died some hours later. He struck the water with such great force that all his clothes except his shoes and

trousers were torn of: He fell

feet first. The soles of his shoes were ripped off by the shock of the impact, and the uppers were driven up his legs to the knees. His trousers clung to his body by only a few threads;

TRUST US, BRITAIN!"

Although the decision of Japan Japan is asking Great Britam to apply exchange control law to trust her to look after British to Manchuria, with discrimina interests in Canton if and when tion in favour of Japan, can the new puppet regime she has hardly be termed as a surprise, in view of her notorious breaches establishing in contemplated Kwangtung becomes an accom- of faith of recent months, inter- plished fact: One of the great fational indignation has been traits of the British churaeter is aroused and the British Consul- toleration: add British post-war General at Mukden has already politics have been noteworthy for lodged a protest while the Am- the burning desire, often at hlassador to Tokyo has also made expense of Britain's own interests the same representations. France and the jeopardy of her own and America, who also have colonial territories, to The large trade interests which will be adversely affected by the other's point of view.

Ever since, and because of, move, have taken action on the the abrogation of the Anglo-same lines, for this latest nove Japanese alliance in 1922, Britain on the part of Japan is in direct has been trying to view the Far contravention to the emphatic Eastern horizon, with special promises made by her when the concern for Japanese interests. invasion of Manchuria was in Britain has, in that time, as the ogress, namely that the prin

John Tames of North Sydney. result of this policy, sacrificed a eiple of the open door would he

wa reading in his room about great deal to Japan. What has

preserved.

midnight when he head a loud been the result? At every turn

use hiding the fact splash, and heard a man scream- Japan has hit, and hit as hard that the great market of Maning Tames dressed, and ran to the waterfront, but by the time he as she could, at British interests. churia is of vital interest

reached it the calls had ceased, Overlooking the past decade, let British concerns as well as to us examine some of Japan's acts the trading interests of all mann- of goodwill" to Britain during facturing countries, thus Japan's the present hostilities. A Union latest move can only be regarded Jdek was flying on the motor car as retaliation for the opposition bearing the British Ambassador she has received from the Powers 10 China, Sir Hughe Knatchbull-since the beginning of the pre- Hugessen, on a trip from Nansent campaign in China. king to Shanghai recently when hoped for recognition of Man- Japanese planes bombed the car chukuo has not been realised and then proceeded to machine- and the efforts, generally, to gun it. After having apologised stem the tide of war put Japan for this barbarous act, the same in an unpleasant mood. thing was repented in another' British Embassy car a couple of

It is no

The

and he could not see anything in

the dark water. A young man and

a girl, who were walking home,

also heard the splash and the cries."

Tames ran more than a mile to the North Sydney police station in his bare feet to give the alarm. When he arrived he was so breath- less that it was some time before

he was able to give a coherent account of what had occurred...

POLICE RESCUERS Constables MacKay and Ander- son began to search the water un- der the bridge in the water police launch Osiris just before midnight. They were about to abandon their efforts about 1.30 am, believing that the tide had carried the man when they heard a faint away, groaning and saw a man struggling fechly in the water. They lifted him aboard the launch and raced to the police boatshed. Constable

Until a few days ago, Japan weeks later, although a large had been telling the world in Union Jack was painted on the general that she had no territorial roof of the ear... The British designs in China bat it has since Prince Bernhard, husband of Charge d'Affaires, Mr. R. G. been announced that this policy Princess Juliana, has accepted the "Howe, was proceeding from will undergo a change if the Dated at Hong Kong this 21st Post of Royal Commissioner of the Canton to Kowloon in a train situation demands it. It is not

Netherlands Boy Scout organisa- which bore a large Union Jack indicated exactly what the deve Lechleitner had heard the four day of December, 1937.

Vice-Admi. Rambonnet has re- on the root The Japanese had lopments are that might cause warning blasts on the siren of the He was waiting on the signed as Chief Scout of Holland. been told that Mr. Howe and his Japan to change her mind so

wharf with a stretcher after 'call- His successor has not yet been ap- party were aboard the train and that the statement must be re-ing the ambulance, when the Osiris

yet Japanese planes flew ahend warded as yet another example of drew alongside. During the recent Jamboree in of the brain and bombed the the extraordinary policy which The man appeared to be con- the greatest, interest in the Boy permanent way. British ships Japan has adopted in regard to scous when the police lifted him into the launch. He mumbled were repeatedly bombed by China and foreign interests ir something, and then laped into Japanese planes in Chinese rivers that country:

“unconsciousness,

(Signed) For

THE TAIKOO DOCKYARD & ENGINEERING COMPANY OF HONG KONG, LTD.

JOHN FINNIE,

Manager.

5887

tion as from Nov, 22.

pointed.

Holland, Prince Bernhard showed

Beout movement and often took "part in camp-fre ̈sing-songa"

Osiris.

Lieut. Jenks

E. RA. Haynes

P.O. Hinds

4TH SUBMARINE FLOTILLA R.C.

Grand

300 Yds. 500 Yas,

600 Yda. Total

E. RA. Seymour

-L/Bea. West (1)

L/Sea, Knight ".. AB Looker (a)

Range Total

237

233

224

694

F,O, Clark

1ST BN. MIDDLESEX REGIMENT RC.

Lieut. Pullman Pte. Mosa L/Cpl. Langford L/Cpl. Baker Pie. Cox L/Sgt. Jordan Pte. Middleton Pte. Lever

Grand

300 Yds. 500 Yds. 600 Yds. Total.

Range Total'

211

222

217

650

Handicap

892

8.R.

(b)

Score at Score at Score at Aggregate,, Ass'n. 300 Yds. 500 Yds. 600 Yds. Score H'cap. Nett

Nett Nett

Nett

1.—ER.A. W. E. Haynes... SOT..

3 2.-P.O. C. Clark .. 3.-P.O. A C. Hinds 4-Lieut Jenks

97*

93†

BCT. 31

5.-E.R.A. L. F. Beymour... 2

6-8gt. Mannell

ser.

7-BA T. G. Johns

-30

.29

All the above competitors used the "1914" rifle.

S.B. (a).

1.—L/Cpl. R. Langford ... 2.Pte. E. Moss...

911

32.

87+

3.-L/Sgt. E. J. Jordan 4.-Lieut. Pullman 5.-P.O. H. Richards.......

861

28 #

6.-Lieut. L. B. Holmes

TL/Cpl. T. F. Baker

8.-Pte. A H Cox

..28

-30

9-Pte. T, Smith 11-Pte. W. Cranston 12-1/Cpl. J. Baird..........

Denotes the winner of the" nett" spoon.

1-Denotes the winner of the "handicap" spoon.

$28** 22 85.

NOTE: The handicap of each winner has been reduced by one point as shown. This procedure appiles to all 8.R. (a) and S.R. (b) Spoon Shoots.

Or. 62. persons who have fallen ITALY TO CEDE JURALAND TO

GERMANY from the Harbour Bridge since it was opened in May, 1932, only six

Paris, Dec, 22. A French paper reports that Italy survived the fall. All except this youth were rescued quickly. Four is contemplating, ceiling Jubaland died from their injuries, but two in Africa to Germany.

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