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PUBLIC "AUCTION

BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEE.

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Mr. E. V. M. R. de SOUSA bas received instructions to sell by PUBLIC AUCTION on FRIDAY, the 18th day of February, 1998, at 3 p.m. at the ORINA AUCTION ROOMS, No. 5 Queen's

Central, First Floor,

THE MOTOR SHIP

"LEE

HONG"

Road

with all her tackle, apparel azd furniture as she now lies in the Hir- bour of Hong Kong and whose particulars are as follows:-

192 fect and 8/10ths.

Length Breath...

31 feet 08.10th.

Depth

10 feet 7/10ths...

Speed

15 knots or

thereabouts.

"Gross

Tonnago.. 1097.29.

For

further Particulars und Conditions of Sale, apply to:-

MESH, LEO D'ALMADA & CO.,

Solicitors for the Mortgagee David Building, lat Hoor..

or to

M. E. V.. M. R. DE SOUSA,

The Auctioneer, China Auction Rooms.

Hong Kong, 12th February, 1938.

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Ishbel Macdonald To CHIANG ASKS WORLD TO

Marry Soon

London, Feb. 14

The engagement is announ-

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daughter of the late Ramany

Macdonald and sister of Mr. Malcolm Macdonald, BecretaŁY for the Dominions, to Mr. Nor-

an Ridgley, 34, a house de- corator. The wedding will take place abortly.-(Reuter).

WEEK-END GALE

CAUSES

TERROR

Into Great Catastrophe

MESSAGE TO DELEGATES OF LONDON PEACE CAMPAIGN

Hankow, February 14. GENERALISSIMO CHIANG KAI-SHEK has sent a message to Viscount Cecil, Chairman of the International Boycott Conference In London, urging him and the delegates, immediately to adopt effec- tive measures to curb "Japanese äggression and eventually to prevent a world catastrophe."

The Generalissimo. in his message, states: "On behalf of my 450,000,000 peace-loving fellow-countrymen, I wish to express to your

English Coastal Towns conference our gratitude for your efforts to stop Japan's ruthless war

Suffer Heavily

of aggression.

London, Feb. 14.

the

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"Besides seizing 500,000 square "If Japan is permitted to tear miles.o territory in Manchuria sixup treaties as scraps of paper, and

A night of terror for hundreds years ago, the Japanese have now to violate with impunity the ter- made homeless by the sea burst-invaded nine more provinces of ritorial integrity of her neighbour, ing the coast defences, extensive equal size to the combined territory which she is pledged to respect, it damage to coastal resorts and an of Britain, France and Italy. We will not be long before the world other flood crisis in the Yen dis- have been resisting the invaders will be plunged into the greatest trict were some of the consequen-attack to the best of our ability. catastrophe yet known in human ces of the week-end gale, which in and will continue to defend our history. some places was

worst for selves to the last man and to the

"Only the spontaneous and un-" last inch of our territory.

mistatable manifestation of the forty years.

The storm caused nity vessels to

"Whatever may be our sacrifice, consensus of world opinion, coupled our determination will not be with concerted action of the most for

shaken. We are fighting not only |effective kind; can awaken Japan for our own liberty and existence to the folly of prosecuting her

al treatics as well as the common to the impossibility of her military

conquest of China.”—(Reuter), security of all nations.

POSITION VACANT mass in Folkestone harbour

shelter.

Hundreds of bathing-huts were

sea

WAS front

THE Underigned have received.

instructions

TH

TO SELL Br

PUBLIC AUCTION

ON

TUESDAY, FEB. 15, 1938

COMMENCING AT 5.15 P.M.

AT THE SALES ROOM,

DUDDELL STREET

A VALUABIE COLLECTION OF POSTAGE STAMPS

ON VIEW TECH MONDAY, THE 14TH FEBRUARY, 1988.

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WANTED immediately energetic smashed at Ramsgate, while Mar- but for the sanctity of internation- headlong policy of aggression and PUBLIC AUCTION.

young man for printing works, gate's ten-mile Give references and state age to Box strewn with the wreckage of num- No. 5994. c/o Hong Kong Daily Press.

(5094) bers of small boats that were sunk. Sevem R.A.F. planes. pegged down outside the hangars at Manston aerodrome, were badly damaged by the gale.

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CATTLE DROWNED

In Horsey, Norfolk. 150 villagers evacuated when the sea forced a gap of three miles and rushed five miles inland.

were

PEACEFUL LAND INVADED

London, February 13.

་

THE

At the General Assembly of the International Peace Campaign in London today, Dr. Wellington Koo. Chinese Ambassador to France and leading delegate to the League of Nations, said that the inter- national rally had greatly heartened China.

M. Grumbach, a French Deputy, said the most peaceful country In the world had been invaded and made the victim of destruction. Many cattle

drowned at The burden of shame which had been added to that of Abyssinia Winterton, where twenty square and Spain must be removed: In the interests of their own national miles were flooded by the sea.

security, they should apply an embargo, London had an alarming week- end."

The Thames reached the high- est level since the 1828 flood dis- aster. There was по serious mishap but much flooding occur-

Mr. McLeod of Canada, in introducing the report of the Propa- ganda Committee said it was argued that a boycott would starve the Japanese people, but that was not true, as Government action would follow if the boycott was sufficiently wide-spread.

Lady Gladstone presented the-

THE Undersigned have received

Instructions

TO SELL BY

PUBLIC AUCTION

ON

Thursday and Friday the

17th and 18th February 1938

J

ComKinng Each Day at 9.30 A.M.

with an interval from 12 Noon to 1.80 p.m.

red in Twickenham, Rotherhithe report of the Consumers' Commit- RIVER JOURNEY

and other suburbs. (Reuter).

JAPAN IS MORE VULNERABLE

Kung Tells Why Japan Failed To Get Loans.

War

London, Feb; 13.

China's

tee, which proposed that a boycott must be immediately organised. One of the most important of the

recommendations was that people

should sign a declaration not to purchase Japanese goods.

Mr. Noel Baker, M.P.. intimated that they would point out to the women in the "democracilè cóun-

OF YANGTSE LIGHTSHIP

Heavy Craft Moved

tries that 90 per cent of the With Jerrybuilt Sail

world's all came from Japan, and would ask them not to buy afik for

some time to come.

from Wuhu The Trade Union Committee re-sail"

Hankow, Feb. 12.

AT H. M. NAVAL YARD, HONG KONG, AND AT KOWLOON, NAVAL DEPOT OLD & SURPLUS NAVAL STORES, ETC..

Comprising:- Anchors, Sewing Machines, Ho

Water Radiators.

Old Tools, Canvas, India Rubber,

Clocks, Leather. Electric Gear, Electric Motors. Lamps. Oara, Gymnastic Gear, Cordage, Firewood,

An interesting story was told to-Blankets. Carpets, Bugs. Jersey He would do all he could to in-day by the keeper and small crew Green, Cotton Cloth, Furniture, troduce a Bill in Parliament stipu- of a lightship on the Yangtse of Electric Cable, Oil Druma, Dirty Oil Japan's highly Industrialised lating that Japanese goods must how they brought the heavy craft ete, also Old Metals comprising structure is more vulnerable in a be marked as Japanese. protracted

to Hankow "under Zine. Copper, Brass, Iron. Steel, than

Lead Old, Battery Plates ete. agricultural system, declared Dr.port differed on the boycott issue Lightships are stationed at dif- H. K. Kung. Chinese Finance from the original draft, and even ferent points all the way up the Minister, in a statement to the the modification which was finally Yangtae and are heavily construct Lots my be inspected on Wednesday Observer.

reached failed to secure the sup-ed with no means of being moved]

the 18th February, 1938. port of the Swedish and Norwegian about. delegates.

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Japan started the war, he states, amidst financial and economic dif-

The keeper, whose boat is 55 Scultics, and the situation worsen- The modification, instead 0 feet long and 25 feet broad, said Terms of Sale: As detailed in ed for her because the doors of supporting a boycott as stated in he lived in the ship just above borrowing were unlikely to be the draft, expressed willingness to Wuhu. Recently he decided to opened to her.

help China. Not being qualified, take up anchor and make for Han- Largely provided with emer- however, to impose responsibility kow. gency exchange requirements, on their central trade union or- He constructed a jerrỳbuilt mast, China's foreign payments are like-ganisation, the delegates suggested hoisted the canvas awning as sail ly to return

approximate that "every avenue be explored and set out against the current. balance, he saya.

regarding the possibility of a boy- Despite military exigencies, says.cott." Dr. Kung, China has lived up and Mr. Gunnar Andersson, Co- The heavy ship was only able to intends to live up to her obliga-Fresident of the Swedish Trade move when the wind was strong tions by fully and promptly meet-Union Confederation. sald the enough to push her against the

Swedish and Norwegian delegates current. had not supported the resolutiori

Apparently he knew nothing of as they were not empowered to do the boom across the stream 40 so by their unions. (Reuter).

miles below Klukiang, but as the lightship only drew a couple of feet this presented no difficulty

After "sailing" for several, weeks he anally arrived in Hankow none the worse for the adventure...

Another lightship keeper arrived in Hankow recently from below Nanking.

ing the service of external and in |ternal obligations.--(Reuter).

GOGA LEAVES

RUMANIA

Bucharest, Feb. 14.

M. Octavian Goga, ex-Premier of Rumania, has left the country on: account of the state of his health. M. Goga hopes to recuperate by taking a long trip in foreign coun- tries.

His first destination is said to be Nice, on the French Riviera.- (Transocean).

NEW AVIATION SCHOOL

To Develop Industry In Japan

Tokyo, Feb. 13. The establishment of a new] aviation industry school in an effort further to develop the avia- tion industry in Japan is an nounced by the Tokyo Prefecture Government.

NO PURE COTTON CLOTH FOR JAPAN

Tokyo, Feb. 13. - Pure cotton cloths may disap-

pear from the Japanese home This man, however, made the market permanently, according to Mr. Yoshino. Minister of Com-350 miles through both the Japan- journey on foot, having walked

merce and Industry, as the result

manufactures.

ese and Chinese lines. of Government restrictions on Apart from the fact that he bad no shoes when he arrived, he look- Mr. Yoshino states the Governed quite well and healthy on the ment will not permit manufacturediet of Ash and greens which had of pure cotton goods for the home kept him alive during his long market, even after the termina- tion of the present China conflict. but, Instead, will favour, a mixture of cotton yarn and staple fibre.— (Reuter).

SCHUSCHNIGG RETURNS

Vienna, Feb. 12

trek-(Reuter),

PLOT TO WRECK TRAIN

Innsbruck, Feb. 13. The whole constabulary in the Tyról was called up today to patrol the German-Italian main line The school will be opened in April with the enrollment of 160 Dr. Kurt Behuschnigg. Austrian from Kufstein to Brenner. It was the German au- students who are graduates of Chancellor, arrived in Vienna by reported that primary schools. Approval for special train early yesterday after thorities had notified the Ans- the establishment of the school he meeting with Hert Hitler triame of the discovery of a plot has been granted by the Ministry at Berchtesgaden. Obersalzberg to wreck the train tomorrow.-

(Reuter). of Education (Reuter).

(Transocean),

THE Undersigned have received

instructions

To BILL 67.

PUBLIC AUCTION

ON

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WEDNESDAY,

MARCH 2, 1998

COMMENCING AT 9.30 A.M.”

AT H. M. KOWLOON NAVAL DEPOT

OLD AND SURPLUS VICTUALLING STORES

· Comprising:—

Clothing, including Blankets and Serge, Duck and other Remants, Electro Plate, Cutlery and Table' Lines, etc., etc.

Lots way he inspected on Tuesday the 1st March, 1938..

Terms of Sale:--as detailed

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