NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
BANK HOLIDAYS.
In Accordance with Govern- ment Ordinance, THE EX. CHANGE BANKS will be CLOSED for the Transactions of PUBLIC BUSINESS SATURDAY, the 1st January, 1938. (The first week-day in January.)
Hong Kong, 29th Dec., 1937.
INVESTMENT.
on
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY,
WHEN TRAVELLING
IN
GERMANY
AND ON "GERMAN SHIPS
5656 REDUCE YOUR EXPENSES CONSIDERABLY
Moneys amounting to $500,000
•are, available for investment on first
class mortgage security: Reasonable interest.
Apply to
MESSRS. WOO & WOO, Na. 4, Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong.
5857
MACAO JOCKEY CLUB.
The January Race Meeting will be held at Arela Preta, Macao, on Sunday, 2nd January,
• 1938, commencing at 2.00 p.m.
The First Bell will be rung at
1.30 p.m...
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By order,
S. W. CHENG,
Secretary,
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG
PROBATE
JURISDICTION
IN THE ESTATE ol ALLAN CAMERON, late of the City of Vancouver. Province of British Columbia, deceased.
"By Carrying Our
REICHSMARK TRAVELLERS
CHEQUES
THE AMERICAN EXPRESS CO., INC.
Incorporated with Limited Liability in USA.
4, Des Vœux Road, Central.
A
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
NOTICE.
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BRITISH MUNICIPAL
COUNCIL TIENTSIN
By order of the Stewards, the VACANCY FOR ELECTRICAL China Auction Rooms, (Mr. E.
V. M. R. Sousa-Auctioneer), will sell by Auction at the Pad- dock, the Race Course, Happy Valley, at 5.15.p.m. on Thursday, 30th December, the following 1938 China pony subscription: griffins :-
No. 57 Bay gelding aged 13 hands 3 inches" No. 93 Chess gelding aged
13 hands 3 inches
The purchasers of the above, it Members of The Hong Kong Jockey Club, will be entitled to race the ponies at the 1938
ENGINEER
No. 37/37
Applications are invited from British subjects for the post of Electrical Engineer to take charge of the Electricity Depart ment of the British Municipal Council, Tientsin,
The initial salary" to be offered is Chinese Dollars 1,290,00 per month, ($860 basic salary plus fifty per cent. repatriation allowance.
NOTICE is hereby given that the Court has by virtue of Sec- Annual Race Meeting as sub. Candidates must be eithe: tion 58 of the Probate Ordinancescription griffins.
Associate Members or Member 1897 made an order limiting the The Club will require a written, of the Institution of Electrica time for creditors and others to undertaking from the new owners, Engineers, and should be send in their claims against the that the ponles will not be ex between 35 and 45 years of age. above estate to the 28th day of ported from Hong Kong during Candidates must have bad sound January, 1938.
The present hostilitles...
technical training in Electrical Engineering, have held respon. sible posts in Municipal or Com- pany's Electrical Undertaking supplying both Alternating Cur. rent and Direct Current, and must have good administrative and organising ability with com mercial experience.
C. B. BROWN,
Secretary,
send their claims to the under Hong Kong, 23rd Dec., 1937.
All creditors and others" are accordingly hereby required to
signed on or before that date,
Dated the 29th day of Dec., 1937.
WILKINSON AND GRIST, Solicitors for the Administrator, No. 2 Queen's Road Central,
Hong Kong.
5865
G.
R.
NOTICE.
NON PAYMENT OF WATER ACCOUNTS.
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PUBLIC AUCTION
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The present capacity of the Council's Power Station is 7,000
ADVERTISEMENTS
NOTICE.
THE EASTERN EXTENSION AUSTRALASIA & CHINA TELEGRAPH CO., LIMITED.
Notice is hereby given that the name of the above Company will from the 1st January, 1938, be changed to
CABLE & WIRELESS, LIMITED,
with which is associated the Eastern Extension Australasia & China Telegraph Co., Ltd. (In corporated in England),
An agreement has been signed between "His Excellency the Governor, Sir Geoffry Northcote, K.C.M.G., and Cable & Wireless, Ltd., for the transfer to the latter company of the fixed sta tion commercial radio communi. cations of the Colony as from January 1st, 1938.
The present Radio Traffic Office will remain in the P. & O. Building, Des Voeux Road, until the end of January, after which the Office will be transferred to the Offices of the Eastern Exten sion Telegraph Co., Ltd. (here inafter to be known as Cable & Wireless, Ltd.).
Mobile Station Services (Sbips
DECE MBER
30, 1937.
would bring together all those who were keen on rifle-shooting, The final proposal was that no Association was likely to flourish unless it possessed its own Club- house.
The foregoing" were the more important proposals put forward- at that inaugural meeting, and we have mentioned them in de- tail for the simple reason that not only have all of them come to fruition, in the short space of just over two years, but the Colony now. possesses not only the largest rifle organisation in the Empire affiliated to the National Rifle Association
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HONG KONG RIFLE ASSOCIATION
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RETURN MATCH BETWEEN 4TH SUBMARINE FLOTILLA AND MIDDLESEX REGIMENT
Yesterday afternoon there were between 60 and 70 members who attended the usual mid-week Spoon and Practice Shoot on the Army Ranges, but the varying ught and wind proved to be once again troublesome to many of the com→ home, but has grown in mem-
petitors. As will be seen from the bership in mich outstanding results given below, C.P.O. Pellow fashion as to call for special of the Naval Range Staff, Stone- mention by a Cabinet "Minister cutters, won the spoon awarded for that the H.K R.A. is by far the the same Service took the "handl- in London. Actually we believe the best nett score in the SR. (b)
largest club of any kind in Hong eap" spoon. In the S.R. (a) class Kong, for we are informed that spoons were won by Pte. Cranston to-day is not far short of 700 Pte. Middleton of the 1st Bn. The the individual full membership and L/Cpl. MacDonald of the 1st Bn. The Seaforth Highlanderą, and with an affiliated membership Middlesex Regiment. eight times larger.
Whether it be in Hong Kong,
series, while Stoker Robinson ef
Concurrently with
the above
tine, as opposed to the universal use of the S.R. (b) weapon, in the case of the sailors.
One of the Bronze Medals pre- sented recently to the Fourth Sub marine Flotila RC. was awarded to the individual who made the highest score amongst the mem- bers of the Royal Navy who were shooting on this occasion. It was won by ER.A. Haynes, who tied with Lleut Jenks with an aggre- gate of 93, but in accordance with the Regulations, the first-named took the Medal for the reason that he made the highest score at the longest distance.
The Year-Book will be available on or about January 15, and those members who may be proceeding to other parts of the. Empire before shoot a return match was held be- that date, are requested, if they the Fourth Submarine desire to receive a copy, to for- or in any other Colony in the tween
Flotilla Rifle Club and that of the ward their new address to the Empire, the rapid growth of an 1st Battalion The Middlesex Re-Honorary Secretary of the Asso organisation such as the one in giment. Once again the soldiers ciation. Failing this, no copies will question calls for comment, and had to take second place, in spite be sent overseas. this is particularly the case here of the generous handleap of 56, where there is no doubt that the points which was given to their somewhat limited facilities at their having to use the SR.. (3) team, in order to compensate for present available in the way of range accommodation have made matters difficult for the Council. We have watched the activities
at Sea and Aviation), Broadcast | of the H.K.R.A, since its incep-
BELGIUM GIVES TO CHINA RELIEF
Brussels, Dec. 28.
Owing to pressure 'on space-de- tailed scores of yesterday's shoot have been held over and will áp- pear In Lo-morrow's issue.
25 YEARS TEACHER
"OF MUSIC
Prof. Gualdi "At Home" Yesterday
Prof. Flisie Gualdi was "At had Home" yesterday to his many
ing and certain other services tion with considerable interest, will remain under Government | and the account which we The Belgian Government headed control.
published in yesterday's issue with a 100,000 francs donation an 5848 shows, progress which can only appeal by the Red Cross Committee
to air victims of the Chinese war. be described as astounding.
The national appeal has The increase in entries for the very happy results. states the individual squadded events at the Committes. A Belgian organisa- Prize Meeting held last Aprilion has been formed in Shanghai from 874 in 1938 to 1.879, and and is starting work immediately-
Reuter. the fact that 300 individual full members joined the Association
Editorial and Business Omice: 15-19, Queen's Road Central. Tel. 30251.
Night Editor (Wanchal Office)
Tel. 24511.
London Office: 53. Fleet Street
RC.A.
The Baily Press
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HONG KONG, DECEMBER 30, 1937.
OUR BIGGEST CLUB
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pupils, friends and members of the Choral Group, of which he is con- in Nathan ductor, at his studio Road, Kowloon.
The occasion marked the 25th anniversary of Prof. Gualdi's debut as a teacher of music, and he was during the present year, show | Hull's protest is vague and eva. the recipient of hearty congratula- state of affairs which is adequate sive, and nothing in it suggests cluded Prof. E. Pellegatti, Mr. G. tions from those present; who in- testimony of the virility of this that Japan is sincerely repentant. D'Aquino, Mr. La Chor-chi, Dr. H Association: The former Gov-
Whatever other previous inci- Talbot, Mrs. Sylvia Choy, Miss ernor, Sir
Andrew Caldecott,"
dents might have been, the Norma Hyndman, Mr. Jack Salter, gave the Association his unstint-.
Prof. Pellegatti entertained the company with 'cello solos, accom- panied by Prof. Gualdi, and the
ed support in every direction Panay bombing has been shown Mr. Alec Greaves, Miss Mary Chan, possible, and the fact that his by the irreputable evidence of Miss Gloria Lau and Mr. H. Wood, survivors to be deliberate and successor. His Excellency Sir
part of a planged course of ac- Geoffrey Northcote, has consent ed to become the accond Patron ion. This is, strenuously denied of the Association is all the more by Japan. That Mr. Hirota has welcome to its members, since gone so far as to ndinit that the Sir Geoffrey not only personally attended the Imperial Meeting last summer, but was responsible for bringing a team to that meeting from British Guiana, with the most praiseworthy re- suita.
men and weapons which caused the disaster were Japanese is surprising in view of the extra-
The
latter's pupils also contributed several songs. It is understood that as a jublice effort, Prof. Quaidi- will endeavour to stage the two operas; "Cavalleria Rusticana" (Mascagni, and "La Serva Pa- drona" (Pergolesi), if sumcient
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POLICE COMMISSIONER ·
MISSING
inary statement of an officer support is forthcoming, some time of the Japanese (feneral Staff in the Spring of next year. On June 4th, 1935, just about
who said, "Neither the Japanese two and a half years ago, a
army nor navy were responsible meeting of rifle-shooting enthu- We feel that Hong Kong,
for the Panay incident. siasts was held to consider the should be proud of its Rifle disaster was due to a chair of forination of a Rifle Association Association, which we note has unfortunate circumstances and for this Colony which it was un-
nothing else." now extended its activities to animously decided to do. At miniature." und
There cannot be "unfortunate circumstances," however, with-
Chengchow, that meeting it was suggested shooting, and we consider that
29: Colonel
that Rifle Clubs which were the fact that it has managed to
out some unfortunate cause. By Hsiao Shan-ling, Nanking Police Commissioner, is reported to have already in existence, or which carry out the programme laid stating that she has taken and been missing since the occupation might be formed as a direct down at the inaugural meeting will take further steps to prevent of the capital by the Japanese His Excellency the Governor of the probationary period if services result of the coming into being without appealing to Government a recurrence of incidents of such troops on December 13.
PARTICULARS AND CON. DITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Monday, the 3rd day of Jan., 1938, at 3 p.m., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of
one Lot of Crown Land at King's Road near Quarry Bay
K.W.
The successful candidate will be on probation for a period of six months. A four years' con tract will be offered at the end of
prove satisfactory.
in the Colony of Hong Kong of education, whether married or Applications giving age, details for a term of 75 years, with single, training and experience the option of renewal at a accompanied by coples of testi- Crown Rent to be fixed by the monials should be addressed to Surveyor of His Majesty the the undersigned so as to reach King, for one further term of 75 Tientsin not later than February
Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the dis posal of the lot the purchaser pot the applicant), will
Excess water and meter rental accounts are posted to the person years. who signed the Form "G" guaranteeing payment. This. person is generally the landlord or his recognized agent.
In many instances inconveni. ence is caused to tenants by the water supply being disconnected without warning to them, owing
15, 1938,
By Order,
T. Y. CHEN,
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be required to deposit with an authorised officer who will be pre. COUNCIL ROOM, sent at the sale, the sum of two TIENTSIN, CHINA, hundred dollars, $200.00 in cash.
December 14, 1937.
to the failure of the guarantor to This sum will be refunded on pay the accounts within the payment of the purchase price. specified period. Tenants are, therefore, advised to make suit. PARTICULARS OF THE LO“
able arrangements with their landlords to ensure that all water and meten rental accounts are "paid promptly.
Changes of ownership of pro- perty should be notified imme- diately to this Office:
R. M. HENDERSON,
Water Authority.
Public Works Department, Hong Kong, 24th Dec., 1937.
5852
No. of Bala.
Inland Lot
Registry No.
Locality.
No. 5099.
Adjoining Inland
Lot No. 2536,
King's Road.
Boundary
Measure-
ments.
ft. ft. ft.
As por
ale plan.
About
Contents in
7,500
Square foo%
158
Rental.
13,950
Upest Price
5850
claybird"
of
all such unfortunate.
causes.
for membership, but who have tion in some form or other was not joined this Association, to quite within the realm of possi consider seriously whether duty bility. alone does not, demand action ri this kind.
Japan's words cannot be trust-
Dec.
Colonel Hsiao stuck to his post
Japanese troops had broken into the city, and an order for general
withdrawal was issued by the Chi- nese military command. With a batch of police he proceeded to the Hsiakwan Bund, where they boarded sampans to cross over to
until the last moment when the
of the Hong Kong Rifle Asso-
for any financial assistance is a nature, Japan nay be understood affiliate, and emphasis was given of the Council that the H.K.R.A. Yet Admiral Suetsugu, a Cabinet ciation, should be allowed to welcome proof of the intention to mean that she shall eradicate
to the point that under no shall stand on its own feet. cumstances would the internal the value of an organisation such Minister and one of the "big organisation or affairs of any of as this from the point-of-view of guns in Japanese politics, coin these Rifle Clubs be interfered the defence of this Colony, there cidentally gives a contradictory
with by the parent-body. It was
Pukow. The Japanese warships can be no possible doubt, and in impression by saying to the also proposed that individual, full these troublous times when wat Soir that occurrences such as vessels in the river, many of which
correspondent of the "Paris
off the bund fired heavily at all membership should be open to "unofficially." if not "officially," past and present members of th
the Panay bombardment were were hit and overturned. It was is being waged all round us, we unavoidable and that their repeti- at this moment that Colonel Estao Services. Volunteers, Police and would urge those who are eligible
was noticed missing.-- Acting Secretary. Police Reservists, and those who,
"Central News, being employed in Government or Mercantile Marine Service could not join the Volunteers. Other proposals dealt with the
ed. She holds up a sprig of ROYAL CUP FOR POLO desirability of a Council being
cherry blossom with one hand, formed which would be respor.
but conceals ̃ a bomb in the King Christian of Denmark has sible for the organisation and
other. In accepting Japan's re- announced his intention of offering activities of the Association, and
face value President & cup for competition during the ply at which should be thoroughly re-
Roosevelt is acting in the larger polo season at Cannes. interest of peace, but it is to he presentative of the units and clubs affiliated to it, while the Although America has officially noticed that he has not placed holding of a local prize meeting accepted the Japanese Govern- sale reliance on the promises of on the lines of the Imperial ment's apologies for the sinking the Japanese Government. The Meeting held at Bisley each July of the U.S.B. Panay and the President is more likely to have was declared to be the very incident is now regarded as based his decision on the deep lifeblood of any Rifle Association.closed, there is little doubt that impression which the affair has It was also stated that a Year no small measure of distrust of caused within Japan, a factor of Book would be found to be Japan's assurances and guaran, public opinion which it in hoped necessity, and that the holding tees still existe in American would Have a restraining effect of an annual dinner would be minds. The Japanese Foreign upon the irresponsible militarists eminently desirable in that it Minister's, reply to Mr. Cordell of that nation.
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The Police are offering a reward
of $50 for the apprehension of the culprit in connection with the
following:-
On Tuesday night, an Indian constable was found in an un- conscious condition In Macdonnell Road near Monmouth Path His revolver was missing from his holster and his left eye" was cut.
The Injured man was removed to the Queen Mary Hospital
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