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PUBLIC AUCTION

BY ORDER

ITS

OF THE MORTGAGEE. QUALITY

Mr. E. V. M. K. de SOUSA has received instructions to sell by PUBLIC AUCTION on FRIDAY, the 18th day of February, 1938, at 3 p.m. at the CHINA AUCTION ROOMS, No. 5 Queen', Road

Central, First Floor,

THE MOTOR SHIP "LEE HONG” ·

with all her tackle, apparel and forniture aa abe now lies in the Har bour of Hong Kong and whose particulars are as follows:-

192 feet and 8/10tha

Length

Breadth...

31 feet 06, 10th.

Dopth

10 feet 7/10ths.

Speed

15 knots or

thereabouts.

Grose

Tonnage.. 1097.29.1

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Hong Kong, 12th February, 1938.

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JAPANESE FIRE ON FOREIGN GOSPEL PARTY

American Woman's Narrow Escape From Death

Gandhi Gives Warning

GRAVE SITUATION MIGHT DEVELOP

BRITISH NEWS SERVICES ARE INADEQUATE

Government Urged To Further Spread Of Correct Views

London, Feb. 16.

IN INDIA.

Haripura, Feb. 16. Mahatma Gandhi, who is t Annual Haripura attending the Congress meeting, told Reuter this Hankow, Feb. 17.

morning that the action of the

The lack of British nows aboard Several American and Australian Governor General in refusing to women belonging to an indepen-grant an amnesty for the rest of was drawn to the attention of the dent "gospel boat mission," who the political prisoners, as demand-House of Commons tonight by Mr. were engaged in relief work amonged by the Bihar Ministry, might John Lees-Johnes (Union member destitute Chinese war refugees entall a crisis the consequences of for Manchester) who moved a re- along the Yellow River, had a nar- ||which no one could, foretell. row escape trom serious injury and He added that the discharge or possible death when Japanese a few prisoners, even though they

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solution asking the Government to SATURDAY, FEB. 19, 1988. give its full weight or moral and

AT 12 0 CLOCK NOON financial support to schemes to planes bombed their craft, accord-

effective presentative. › of British were convicted of crimes that in- ing to reliable foreign reports re-cluded terrorism, could not end- news, views and culture overseas. Mr. Lees-Jones argued that ceived here yesterday from Kat- unger India's peace and tranquil-

conditions had changed i world ilty. The Mahatma said that the owing to the replacement of de-The Machinery, Farniture, Miss Helen Bailey of North Cardprtsoners had assured the Pre mocratic governments by dictator- Una, who was formerly connected sident of the Ministry that their ships and the creation of minis- Fixtures and Stock-in-Trade of with the Southern Presbyterian convictions had been changed tries

of propaganda. Subsidised The Wo Ping Rattan Mission, received ave slight wounds since their imprisonment and that and controlled news services had from bomb splinters.

their only desire was to live the either entirely suppressed British Manufacturing Co., of No. 3.. The women had a terrifyingute of peaceful citizens,~(Router), views or perverted their meaning time, as the planes swooped down

RISK TO TRANQUILLITY to give an entirely erroneous im- directly over their head. bombing

London, Feb. 18. pression of British opinion.. and firing with machine-guns.

The question of a new politi- Lieut.-Commander Reginald Flet- Chinese helpers of the party are cal situation in India consequent cher. RN. Retired Labourite, alleged to have been machine-on the resignation of Congress urged that in order to compete gunned as they fled to the shelter Ministries in the United Provinces with foreign news agencies British Bihar was raised in the agencies would have to have ac- During the present week 22 al: House of Commons this afternoon cess to cheap radio transmission rald warnings have been sounded after a recapitulation of recent or cheap cable rates. comparable WANTED immediately unergetic

In other countries. not been attacked though Secretary of State for India). young man for printing works Give references and state age to Box points close by have been bombed.

The news services operating in Lord Winterton said that the No. 1994. e/o Hong Kong Daily Prose.

the Far East at this moment could [3994-(Reuter).

Governor General; who was spe-

not possibly compete if they were cially responsible for preventing |

not subsidised. Some of them any grave menace to the peace

were deliberately `used to damage and tranquillity of India, had de-British interests in that area. he cided that he could not agree to

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PLANES TO RESCUE PAPININ PARTY

an immediate and indiscriminate Lieut.-Commander Fletcher add- release of a body of legally convict- ed that it was only Reuter's re- Moscow, Feb. 11. ed prisoners, who included ter-putation for reliability and im- Tcherivitch, the Soviet airman rorists with the worst of police re-partiality, and political and finan-

cords.

cial independence, which prevent- He was satisfied, and the Mared the final disappearance of the

is reported to have landed in close proximity to the ice foe on which members of the Papinin Expedi-quis of Zetland was in complete British-handled news from

the agreement with him, that adoption | Far East. tion have been drifting in

of the proposals of the Ministries

If British news was not to be Greenland Bea

of these two Provinces would be ousted from the Far East the He landed at 6.55 p.m. yester- attended by the gravest risk to Government must find a way of day after having started from the

peace and tranquillity.

sending news just as comprehen- ice breaker Murman about an

Lord Winterton added that the sively and just as cheaply as other hour earlier.

Provincial Governors were pre- foreign services. At 8.55 pm, the airman Viassovpared to deal with the cases of from the ice breaker Talmyr like prisoners at present not released wise landed in the neighbourhood on the basis of individual scrutiny, of the ice floe in his plane.

ly afterwards.

TO AVOID DEFECTS Moreover, this had to be done without importing into British Viassor returned to his base short-but the Ministries of both Provin-news services those defects which ces were not content with this are so often associated with Gov- procedure. They proposed to re-ernment subsidised services. Those on board the Talmyr have lease all the remaining so-called He believed. said Lieut.-Com discussed with Papinin by radio political prisoners, regardless of mander Fletcher, that this could details of the plan for the rescue the nature and circumstances of be accomplished if the problem of members of his expedition and their crimes.--(Reuter), salvage of their equipment- (Transocean),

CZECHOSLOVAKIAN

"RESHUFFLE?

Prague. Feb. 17, There is renewed talk of changes in the Czechoslovakian Govern-

ment following the return of Dr. Hodza, Czech Prime Minister, from a short holiday.

It is expected in political circles here that negotiations between the various political parties in this

matter will be concluded by the latter part of next week.-(Trans- ocean).

..

LABOUR CANDIDATE SUCCESSFUL

FIST-CLASS' CRISIS

Haripura, Feb. 18.

were to be tackled, because even during the Great War Reuter's service maintained its reputation for impartiality.

A first-class constitutional crisis has developed as the result of the

Lord Winterton, speaking for the resignation of the Congress Min- Government; said the House istry at Bihar, and the Cabinet of | should bear in mind the very pro- the United Provinces.

per limitations imposed by the

democratic It is believed that the resigna- British

constitution, tion of the remaining Congress which prevented anything ministries is now only a matter of censorship of news. time.

He said a traditional reputation The resignation was caused by for fairness and moderation the refusal of the Governor to statement had always been the allow the release, at Congressional bulwark of British prestige abroad.

request, of political prisoners.— (Reuter.)

KUNG'S DEPARTURE

KEPT SECRET

Feared Attack By Japanese Planes

Hankow, Feb. 17.

Dr. H. H. Kung, Premier and Fin- ance Minister, returned here by Landon, Feb. 17.

air from Hong Kong yesterday The by election at Ipswich, after an absence of over a week. caused by Siz John Ganzoni's His departure from Hong Kong elevation to the Peerage, resulted was kept a strict secret. for fear In a win for Labour, Mr. R R that the Japanese might make a Stokes poiling 27,604 and Mr. H. U. special attempt to shoot down the Willink (National Conservative) special plane in which he travel- 14,443. Reuter);

led.--(Reuter).

HOW JAPANESE TRIED TO

TRAP CHINESE CAMERAMAN

Shanghai, February 17,

The intervention of an English member of the International Set- tlement police force, Sub-Inspector A. G. Tilton, saved the intrepid Hearst cameraman, "Newsreel" Wong, from being seized and taken to Hongkew for punishment on a charge of having engaged in anti- Japanese activities, says a report

.

FOREIGN COMPETITION Dealing with the questiop of tele- graphed news from Great Britain. which was subject to increasing competition from big foreign tele- graph agencies, Lord Winterton said the porblem would receive consideration by the Cabinet Com- mittee dealing with the matter

The

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MONDAY, FEB. 2, 1938

AT 10.30 AM.

AT THEIR SALES ROOM, DUDDELL STREET

4 Pces Woollen Good. 2 Bales Canvas Duck 1 Beel Paper

50 Cases Canned Pineapple

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OLD AND SURPLUS VICTUALLING STORES

Comprising:

Broadly specking, the object of the Committee was to consider the adequacy and supply of British news telegraphed abroad. Committee was not likely to be Clothing, including Blankets and, able to complete its labour for two Berge, Duck and other Remants, or three months. It was difficult. Electro Plate, Cutlery and Table until the Committee reported, to | Linen, etc., etc. say anything further on the sub-

ject.

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Lots may be inspected on Tuesday the 1st March, 1938. .

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ELEPHANT HUNTER

AMENDED MOTION Mr. Lees-Jones' motion amended and carried unanimously in the following terms:

"That having regard to the in- creasing activities of certain for- eign governments in the field of propaganda, political and cultural. by means of press news, broad- casting and films, this House, be- log of the opinion that the evil effects of state propaganda of ten- dentious or misleading character Japanese gendarmes in pla It is alleged that Wong was de- can best be countered not by re clothes telephoned the Central Po-coyed to the scene of his adven-taliation but by widespread dis- lice Station on February 15 saying ture with the gendarmes by two semination of straight-forward in-

A European was fined and a that they expected to and the Japanese who posed as intending formation and news based on 'en-' leader of a group of anti-Japanese buyers of a camera,

lightened and honest public policy. pair of elephant tusks, which set workers outside a business office in Wong was held for eight hours urges the Government to give the up a Kenya record for weight, the Central district.

at the Central Police Station. A full weight of its moral and anan-were confiscated by an order in no evidence of anti-Japanese acti-clal support to schemes, to further, court at Mombasa recently.. Sub-Inspector Tilton arrived in vities was forthcoming, he was re the wider and more effective pre- time to find Wong, with his hand teased.

: sentation of news, views and cul- Wong is in the Japanese "bac ture aboad."(Reuter). ‹ on a pistol, ready to fight for his life against three Japanese gen books" because he has taken pie- darmes who were closing in on tures considered to be detrimental

him.

FINED

It appears that a hunter shot and wounded a "tasker which escaped. Gun bearers who, afterwards discovered the carcase of an elephant - brought in the

discovered that

to Japanese prestige, especially one Latest reports as to the trans- tusks, which weighed 1891 and Sub-Inspector, Tilton intervened shoying a wounded baby in the Canada air-mall mention that 1781b.

It was then and Wong surrendered peacefully midst of the wreckage of the South delivery of new aircraft has begun. when he realised he was to be Station, Shanghai, after it hud and that excellent progress is be- these were not the tasks of the taken to the Central Police Sta-been bombed by Japanese raiders.ing made in the training of pilots animal shot, and investigations: i t'on.

(Reuter),

Fand ground personnel.

were made by the police.