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EDITORIAL

ADVERTISEMENTS. ADVERTISEMENT

CHINA UNDERWRITERS,

LIMITED. (lacorporated in Hong Kong).

NOTICE is hereby given that

"THE "HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.

Notice is hereby given tha

THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1938.

FRENCH AIR HIGH SCORING RECORDED

EXPANSION

AIR MINISTER'S REVELATIONS

Paris, May 4.

AT MID-WEEK SHOOT

Belilios Shield Result

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The Hong Kong Rifle Association held ita weekly spoon and the Fourteenth Anausi Ordinary tickets Nos. 100,001-101,000 in

M. Guy La Chambre, the French práctico shoot yesterday on the Army Ranges at Kowloon City. General Meeting of Shareholders clusive in the Lantao Handicap air Minister, announced to the Two features of the afternoon, were the good numbers and high of China Underwriters, Limited Sweep to be held on 6th June. Press this morning that an exten-scoring of E. A. Templeton, R.N. will be held at the Offices of the 1938, have been lost, and that, xtre Company, 4A, Des Voeux Road pursuant to Rule 11 of the Rules Central, Hong Kong, on Monday, for Members Cash Sweeps, sachi the 16th day of May, 1938, at lickets have been duly cancelled noon for the purpose of receiving by the Stewards and will nat be the Report of the Board of DirecIncluded in the draw. tors and a Statement of Accounts

for the year ended 31st December, 1938. 1937, and of electing Directors!

and Auditors.

The Transfer Books and Regis

ter of Members of the Company

M

By Order of the Stewards,

C. B. BROWN,

will be closed from the 9th May, 6747 1938, to the 16th May, 1938, both daya inclusive.

Secretary.

air construction plan has] Yesterday the Middlesex Regiment sent their high numbers to

compete in the Spoon shoot. Each week they enrol more numbers to " been drawn up..

The first instalment of the plan come and make use of the mid-week shoot, both the standard of is due for completion in the spring shooting and the keeness shown become more apparent each week. of 1939.

The wind was rather trouble-Revolver competitions as well as If the Air Staff then considers some but it was expected being the a Sweepstake on the day's shoot. that the number of planes con- day after the threatened typhoon; Looking at the programme, a very Dated the 2nd day of May, structed is insufficient for the also everyone noticed the very enjoyable day will be spent by all. country's needs, warplanes will be sticky heat. A new innovation special prizes are being offered, and purchased abroad.

blessed by all was the canvas mat- special extra competitions are be M. La Chambre revealed that ting laid down on the firing points, |ing'arranged to give the newcomers since he had become Air Minister this, especially after the rain kept | who have not yet been successful he had given orders amounting to all the competitors clean and Tree a chance of winning some event.

In future We hope to see a great number 1,600,000,000 franes (approximately from dirt and stones. £10,000,000 at current rates of the Asssociation will always use competing on that day, this being exchange) from the 3,000 million this matting as on its first appear the first Sunday meeting of the franca at his disposal...

ance it was an unqualified success. Association that our new Honorary

The Belllion Shield has this year Secretary Major Murray has or been won by the R.N."Range Staffganised.

The results of yesterday's shoot. beating the HKVD. Force by 43 points, the score's being 529 and were as follows:-- 486. The Shield will be presented on" Sunday, May 15 at the prize- giving after the final shoot of the EA. Templeton scr. 34 32 33 99*

...... SCI. 33 31 31 85 scr. 31 32 31 94 practice shoots held on Stonecut Sit. Hale ser. 33 31 30 64 Kinhwa, May 4. ters Range last week were as Cpl. Hancock ... 5 29 31 30 90 Over 1,000 Chinese children are follows:-

Cpl. Nunn alleged to have been seized in E. A. Templeton 100, Nett Spoon: L. Le Beelleur... 2 32 30 27 29 Hangehou, and shipped away by ERA Keller 96, Handicap Spoon.

Cupt. Guscott ... 3 39 29 26 83 the Japanese. The purpose of this Both using the BR. (b) Ride.

6 31 31 26 88 action is unknown.

AB. Winder 85, Nett Spoon. St. Dunville..... Large numbers of able-bodied | Using the SR. (a) Rifle, males have meanwhile been press-

DEATH

He had decided to order

four

YIP TING-SAM-At his residence. different prototype planes instead No. 17 Bonham Road, at 1.20 of one, in order to facilitate mass pim. yesterday, aged 68. Fun-production-(Reuter). eral will take place on Sunday,

By Order of the Board of:

Directors, HERBERT R. STURT,

Managing Director. Hong Kong, 2nd May, 1938.

6753

HONG KONG

May & Cortege will arrive at the Wing Pit Ting (Pokfulam) at 1230 p.m. (Canadian papers please copy).

Bole Agents:

L. RONDON & CO., LTD.

MARINA HOUSE

·ADVERTISEMENTS. ADVERTISEMENTS.

LANE, CRAWFORD, LIMITED.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Extraordinary General Meet ing of the above named Company will be held at Exchange Build ing, Victoria, in the Colony of

LANE, CRAWFORD, LIMITED.

MUNICIPAL NOTIFICATION

No. 14/38.

The Daily Press.

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Editorial and Business Office: 15-19, Queen's Road Central, Tel 30251

NOTICE is hereby given that VACANCY FOR DIVISIONAL Night Editor (Wanchal Office): the Sixteenth Ordinary Yearly. Meeting of Shareholders will be held at Exchange Building, Hong

INSPECTOR POLICE FORCE

The British Municipal Council.

Hong Kong, on Saturday, the Kong, on Saturday, 28th May,Tientsin, is prepared to receive

28th day of May, 1938, at eleven thirty o'clock in the forenoon of 50 soon thereafter as the Ordinary Yearly Meeting of the Company convened at the same place on that day at eleven o'clock in the forenoon shall be concluded for the purpose of considering, and I thought fit, passing with or without amendment the followins:

1938, at eleven o'clock a.m.

applications from British Subjects The Transfer Books of the for appointment to the position Company will be closed from 14 of Divisional Inspector in its May to 28th May, 1938, both Police Force. days inclusive,

By Order of the Board of Directors.

A. W. BROWN,

Manager.

resolution as a Special Resolu Hong Kong, 2nd May, 1938.

tion :-

That the Regulations con- "tained in the Printed Docu- "meut submitted to this "Meeting, and for the purpose "of identification subscribed by "the Chairman thereof, be "approved as the Articles o

purpose.

6749

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PUBLIC AUCTION.

Candidates must be between 25 and 35 years of age; with at least 5 years police experience, preferably with a sound know ledge of traffic control and beat work.

Tel. 24511. London Once: 53. Fleet Street

ECL

HONG KONG, WAY 5, 1938.

THE STRAIN

IS ON

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JAPANESE. SEIZE CHILDREN

ed into labour service. by Japanese. (Central News).

to

furious

Season.

The results of the Spoon and

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S.R. (a)

H'c. 200 500 800 TEL.

Mr. Cory S/Lt. Mackie ...

5 29 31 29 89

All the above used the 1914 Rifte,

SR. (a)

X

the Spoon and practice shoot held on L/Cpl. Bremner 8 28 29 28 85*

April 23 at Stonecutters was Pte. Rymer ....... 10 23 31-30 84‡

5 27 28 27 82 Dmr. Stickley ... 2 30 26 28 82

omitted from last week's report. Lt. Jenks The results are as follows:--

P.O. Swan 88, nett spoon; ERA. Pte. Lock .......... 9 23 31 26 801 Keiller 7, handicap. Both using C.Q.M.S, Lockhart - 26 29 25 80 the B.R. (b) Rifle.

Pte. Alves.*** 9. 24 30 24 78 Pte. Bliv 83, nett spoon; Pte. Bds. Morton.... 11 25 26 28 77: Hammond.", 80, handicap. Both Pte. Rawling ... 24 28, 35 77 using the SR. (a) Rifle.

Bds. Veryard ... 9 27 28 21 76

All the above used the S.R. (a) Rifle as issued.

ロー hand-to-hand counters such as have been going on daily of late, in and around Taerchwang and Hsuchow.

They are greatly encouraged by the knowledge that discipline "behind the front" is not allowed

The season now draws to a close,

A

NOTE-The handicaps of win-

to slacken, and that even civilians there being only one more Wednes- day for the spoon and practice who are forgetful of their obliga-shoots and on Sunday, May 15 the tions at a time of national crisis Association is holding its 5th and are not permitted to do just, as

final Shoot of the season, at this (a) and (b) winners. they please.

has

HITLER'S VISIT

IT IS ALSO heartening to know meeting there will be two team THE TRUE WORTH of any man that in regard to munitions it events, Clay bird Competitions and

can never be properly gauged is understood that China until he has been called on to suficient ammunition in hand to meet an emergency; placed under last for at least a year. a strain which calls forth his Arsenals in various parts of the every effort reveals the weak-country are working day and night turning out rifles, machine- nesses in his make-up.

As with the individual, so with guns, and hand-grenades, and

the nation.'

For the past 10 months

other war supplies and heavy the armaments are coming in regular- Japanese have poured tens ofly from abroad. thousands of troops into China: It has been stated that some of attacked her ceaselessly by land, the mechanised units air and sea; attempted to beat her cfvillans into submission by bar-

baric acts of terrorism.

glare of publicity cast upon the

brought into "ac-

TO NAPLES

Italian Naval Manoeuvres

Naples, May 4.

zers have been reduced by one as shewn. This applies for all 8.R.

⚫-Nett spoon. 1-Handicap spoon.

Taierchwang Heroes Honoured

མན་ཅད་ཤ་ཏ་ཏབ ནམ༔ GENERALS TANG AND SUN GIVEN HIGH

PARTY AWARD -

Hankow, May 4. Generals Tang En-po and San

Order

recently

No fewer than 200 warships will SUPERIOR tion during the take part in the naval 'manoeuvres In the Gulf of Naples which will MECHANISED Öghting ground

UNITS Hsuchow were de-be held on the occasion of Chan- finitely superior to cellor Hitler's visit to Naples to- Far East by the hostilities, both the Japanese and were expertly morrow. The German Chancellor Lien-chung are to be awarded the

will witness the manoeuvres from Blue-Sky-and-White-Sun China and Japan are shown up in and most efficiently handled.

New men and new methods have the battleship Conte DI Cavour for their bravery and leadership tremendously improved China's which he will board at 10.30 am, during the recent battle at Taler-

chwang. tomorrow. Japan, in her arrogance, boast-military position during the past

This is the decision of the The Conte Di Cavour will part- Executive Yuan which met yester- her knees in a few weeks. Now, Japanese aggression And China cipate in the manoeuvres as one day under the chairmanship of upon probation for the first ed that she would beat China to three months, and 10 months of six months of his service and ar the end of that time, should his the world sees these words were not only wishful but well able to of the units of the first squadron Dr. E. H. Kung.

the prattlings of irresponsibles.continue her resistance. work and conduct have proven that the Island Empire has nearly

Evidence of this is abundant

*WES

The successful candidate wil

->

their true light... “

But what a contrast there is!

whose other units will the battle- The Order is the highest Kuo- ship Giulio Cesare, the cruisers of mintang Party honour which any may receive. ~(Central

TROOPS COMMENDED

Taierchwang, May 4. The Chinese Command has

News),

The commencing salary will be 450 dollars (local currency) per month in addition to which the candidate will participate in the benefits of the Superannuation Fund and will receive free quar- ters, a motor car allowance, free uniforms and telephones, etc. There is no pension attached to Association of the Company PARTICULARS AND CON the appointment the employce, The strain is on and in the “In substitution for, and to the DITIONS of the Sale by Public on retirement, merely receiving "exclusion of, all the existing Auction to be held on Monday, the amount due him "from the MArticles thereof.” "

the 9th day of May, 1938. Superannuation Fund as a lamp A copy of the New Articles at 3 p.m., at the Offices of the with the amendments and addi. Public Works Department, by Or tions to the existing Articles der of His Excellency the Gov underlined in Red Ink can beernor of two Lots of Crown Land Inspected at the Company's office at Ma Tau Kok, in the Colony of Hong Kong for teru or at the office of the Company's

of 75 years, with the option of satisfactory, he will be offered a reached the breaking point. for example, there is the record the Fiume class, the light craisers Chinese Solicitors, Messieurs. Deacons, 1, Des Voeux Road Central, Vic renewal at a Crown Rent, to be contract in accordance with the Her forces faced with annihila-showing how Chinese troops of of the Garibaldi class and several: torta, aforesaid, at any time fixed by the Surveyor of Hir conditions of the Staff Service tion in the field, her civilian the long-despised 29th Army won flotillas of destroyers of the latest

population bewildered by the in- a signal victory at Liny! over type. during usual business hours or Majesty the KING, for one fur

Regulations.

| cessant demands on their pockets crack Japanese troops of the Fifth The manoeuvres will begin with application being made for thaither term of 75 years.

The Council will pay his pas and the hopelessness of the future, Division under one of the most an attack by the submarines on Intending bidders are advised sage (First class) to Tientsin her markets rained, Japan indeed militant fre-eaters of the Japan- the Target, a ship which is steered issued an order of commendation that immediately after the dis and, in case he is not offered a

in recognition of the bravery of must run the day she set out toese Army, General Itagaki.

by wireless. posal of the lot the Purchaser contract at the end of his proba-civilse" her peace-loving neigh-A NOTED Chinese strategist has

In the afternoon the destroyers the troops under the command of General Yu Bauch-chung during stated that Linyl was one bour.

the south (st

recent nghting "on the applicant), will tionary period, a return passage AS FOR CHINA, néger before has of the most notable, battles of the and, submarines will carry out aj

Shantung front.- be required to deposit with a of similar class will be given him..

she stood so high in world war so far, because for the first sham attack on the cruisers and

It understood that all high 6750 authorised officer who will be He will receive half salary only respect; the work of her leader, time relatively ill-equipped and battleships, supported by hydro-

officers, including General Yu present at the sale, the sum of for the time spent in traveling i

Chiang Kai-shek poorly-officered Chinese units not planes which will descend to low

dropping bombs

himself, personally directed opera- has been crowned with success. only successfully attacked a large altitude THE CANTON INSURANCE we hundred dollars, ($200) in Tientsin and payment of this will

tions on the front and constantly. cast. This sum will be refund he calculated from the date of his against the invader, her people retire, but were also able to pursue

A United China stands resolute Japanese force, forcing them to launching air torpedoes,

The battleship Conte Di Cavour risking their lives under Japanese OFFICE, LTD.

ed on payment of the purchase embarkation.

have rallied unquestioning and the enemy for a whole day and and the other ships will return to fire, and the soldiers showed sheer of the the port of Naples at 6 p.m. gallantry and excellent morale- their consolidate the fruits ct In their letters of application conndent to the

victory.

After disembarking, the German (Central News). applicants must give date and country in her hour of need.

Indications of this new spirit "This event is of the greatest | Chancellor will drive to the Royal which permeates China can be importance declared this strate-palace accompanied by the King SMALL-POX IN

gist, "because it │of Italy. ence in police work" and position: seen on every hand.

FOTENTIAL · realtime Our held together with coples of refer. Discipline in the Army has been

The great demonstrations in up: considerations of STRENGTH OF faith in the pa- which 000.000 members of the vari- tightened ences and testimonials.

tential strength ous Fascist organisations will take have. not Applicants must pass a satis DISCIPLINE saved grave offen-

I can tell you that our outside the Royal palace. In the out among the Japanese troops" - factory examination as to physical | TIGHTENED ders from the firing Army fitness by the Council's Medical

squad; civil officials military strength is increasing evening the Fuehrer will attend a stationed at Pengon, on the south Health Officers on arrival in in Hankow who thought they dally and that our morale gala performance of Verdi's opera bank of the Hwal River, and "Alda" given in the San Carlo points in the neighbourhood. could gamble and dance, despite higher than ever. Marshal Chiang's express orders "Whether we beat and pursue theatre. At 11 o'clock in the even- Many are said to be dying daily- to the contrary, have spent thres the enemy, as at Linyi, or make Aing the Fuehrer will leave Naples (Central News). days at the police station and two strategic withdrawal from the by a special train which will ar weeks on road-making the blisters rallways, as in Shansi, all we now rive at Rome at 9 o'clock in the and aching muscles resulting from do constitutes a consciously pian morning of Friday. (Transocean). this unusual but useful exercise ned part of our strategy, aimed at curing them of all further desire exhausting and driving out the

By Order of the Board,

A. W. BROWN,

Manager.

NOTICE TO

SHAREHOLDERS.

not

price.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOTE place of birth, education, expert

Ordinary

Measure

The Fifty-Seventh Meeting of Shareholders will be held at the Offices of the under. signed on Friday, the 6th May, 1938, at Noon, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the General Agents, together with a statement of Accounts for the year ended the 31st December. 1937.

The Share Register and Trans fer Books will be closed from the

22nd April to the 6th May, 1938, both days Inclusive,

JARDINE, MATHESON &

LTD.,

General Agents.

Hong Kong, 13th April, 1938.

Kowloon Inland

Ms Tau Kok.

No. of Sale.

* Kowloon Inland :

Tau Kok

Sung Wong Toi Rd., Sung Wong Toi Rd., Lot No. 4014.-

Begistry No.

Lot No. 4013.

Locality.

Boundary.

ments.

sale plen

do.

Contenta in

Square feet.

About

105,000

About

Annual

Rental.

- Upset Price.

908'i

6762

Tientsin,

Applications should be address ed to "The Secretary and Engi- neer, British Municipal Council, Tientsin” and should be forward ed so as to reach him not later than 12 o'clock (Noon) on Saturday, 28th May, 1938,

By Order,

H. F. BARNES, Secretary and Engineer. TIENTSIN, 12th April, 1938.

Generalissimo

rank

ald

· THE ARMY

to shuffle mah-jonge tiles or step enemy."

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JAPAN ARMY

"Hanchow, May 4-

of the Chinese part, will be staged in a square A small-pox epidemis has broken

rut on the dance floor. De "There can be no doubt about the PRESIDENT OF EIRE

News of these and similar hapoutcome of the hostilities but it is

Dublin, May:4 penings reacts most favourably well for the people of China to

NAVAL BILL APPROVED

* Washington, May 4 The Naval B was approved: yesterday in the Senate by 56 votes to: 28. The Bill which has been considered for several weeks will

upon the rank and file of China's bear in mind Marshal Chiang's Dr. Douglas Hyde was today for azmales: the men who are called warning: "When you hear of mally installed at the first Pre- be returned to the House represen Upon to face withering machine victory, do not be vainglorious; eldent of Fire, the election for tatives as a number of other things aun fire, stand steady under when you meet with inculty, do which was unopposed(Reuter have been added to the original.

Bulletin).

Bill by the Senate 6789 heavy bombardment, and engage not be discourgized."

(Transocean).