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YOU'LL FAVOUR THE FLAVOUR OF

BARDETT'S GIN

BARDEFT

DRY DISTILLED GIN

BARDETT

Sole Agents:

L. RONDON & CO., LTD.

MARINA HOUSE

HONG KONG

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 Bulld»] jug, Victoria, in the Colony of Hong Kong, on Saturday, the

28th day of May, 1938, at eleven thirty o'clock in the forenoon of so 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 awith of without amendment the following

LANE, CRAWFORD,

LIMITED.

EDITORIAL

ADVERTISEMENTS. ADVERTISEMENT

CHINA UNDERWRITERS,

LIMITED. (Incorporated in Hong Kong)",

NOTICE is hereby given that

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.

JAPANESE BOMB CHUNGSHAN

Many Casualties In Solo Raid

(From Our Own Correspondent)

• Macao, May 4.

t

A lone Japanese plane recon-

nottred over the north of Chung-

FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1938.

“BUNKERED" IN | REVOLUTIONARY

MAKING WILL

GOVERNMENT

ANNIVERSARY

H. Vardon's £11,000 Estate

JUDGE & "'UNHAPPY" USE OF FORM

When the will of Harry Vardon,

REMEMBERED

Canton, May & The city was bedecked with flags; today in commemoration of the anniversary of the founding of the Revolutionary Government in Can- ton by the late Dr. Sun Yat-sen.

At an impressive gathering this

ficance of the occasion were de- livered.

Natice is hereby given thai the Fourteenth Annual Ordinary tickets Nos. 100,001-101,000 in ' General Meeting of 'Shareholders clusive in the Lantso Handicap of China Underwriters, Limited Sweep to be held on 6th June, will be held at the Offices of the 1933, have been lost, and that, Company, 4A, Des Voeux Road pursuant to Rule 11 of the Rules shan Island soon after 5 mm. the golfer, was discussed in the morning under the auspices of the Central, Hong Kong, on Monday, for Members Cash Sweeps, such today and dropped several bombs Chancery Division recently it waKwangtung Provincial Party Head- Cheng Chan and Shekki,, suggested. amid laughter, that in quarters, speeches on the signi- the 16th day of May, 1938, 21 tickets have been duly cancelled on toon for the purpose of receiving by the Stewards and will not be causing many camalties among making it he had “got hunkered at

the inhabitants of these two towns. ❘ every turn." the Report of the Board of Direc. Included in the draw.

According to reports arriving. Mr. Vardon, who died on March

estate tors and a Statement of Accounta Dated the 2nd day of May, here, the Japanese plane made its 20, 1937, left

valued at at £11,000, which he disposed of by for the year ended 31st December, 1938.

appearance over the locality about 5.20 p.m., dropping its fusta will written in ink on a printed bomb on

Cheng Chau. A few form, minutes later it appeared ever The matter came before Mr. Cheng Tal, a small town across Justice Farwell on the river

and taken out by Mr. Arthur Brown, from Shekki.

an executor and trustee of the bombed a brick factors. The work- men at the time were enjoying their dinner and the bomb fell into their midst, king several of them.

1937,

and of electing Directors

and Auditors.

The Transfer Books and Regis ter of Members of the Company will be closed from the 9th May, 6747 ||1938, to the 16th May, 1938, both

day's inclusive.

By Order of the Board of Directors, HERBERT R. STURT,

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

MUNICIPAL

NOTIFICATION

筒

No. 14/38..

6753

NOTICE is hereby given that VACANCY FOR DIVISIONAL, the Sixteenth Ordinary Yearly Meeting of Shareholders will be

INSPECTOR POLICE FORCE

held at Exchange Building, Hong

ong, on Saturday, 28th May, Tientsin,, is prepared to receive

1938, at eleven o'clock a.m.

By Order of the Stewards,

C. B. BROWN,

MARRIAGE

Secretary.

GRAY-TAYLOR-On April 30 .-1933, at Holy Trinity Cathedral, Shanghai, by the Rev. E. J. Ottewell, L Th.,

Norman Hobbs, only son of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Gray of New York, USA; and Dorothy. third daughter of the late Mr. Albert Taylor and Mrs. Taylor of Shanghai.

According to eye-witnesses, two coolles jumped into the river for safety, whereupon the Japanese raider circled back and let loose with 1's machine-gun, one of the coolles being riddled with bullets While he was in the water.

Following this, the plane flew over Shekki where it dropped an- other bomb. A public latrine near the Macao-Shekki bus terminus was struck by this last missile. Three motor-buses, which were standing nearby. received the brunt of the explosion.

atop

DEATHS ROCHE-On "April 29, 1938, at Shanghai, Mrs. "Edith Carmen Roche (nee Vaughan), aged 34 years, the dearly-beloved wife

Chinese soldiers from of Henry George Roche" and

hauses in the vicinity opened fre mother of Sylvia and Heler

at the plane with their machine- BRUCE On April 30, 1938, at the guns without effect, the plane then

Country Hospital, Shanghai, j returning southward to its base. Matthew Wyllie Bruce, aged, 52 years, beloved husband of Frida Bruce

and father of Fred, Charles and Matthew Bruce,

The British Municipal Council, SMITH-On April 22, 1938, at a Putney. nursing home in William Henry Smith, late of Shanghai, dearly loved hus- band of Peggy Smith,

|applications from British Subjects | The Transfer Books of the for appointment to the position Company will be closed from 14th 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 Resoin Hong Kong, 2nd May, 1938.

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PUBLIC AUCTION.

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

work.

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The Baily Press

友之國中

Editorial

and Business Office: 15-19. Queen's Road. Central, Tel. 30251 Night Editor (Wanchal (mce):

Tel 24511.

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London Office: 53. Fleet Street

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Hoxo Koso, SAY 6, 1935.

CHINA IS STRONGER

One of the victims, a driver of one of the Macao-Shekki buses. was brought into Macao and taken to one of the local hospitals for first aid.

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as Chungking. Kwelyang. Slan and Kunming.

The motto of the "Chinese educational authorities is: War or

universities no

rauss war, the go on

A holiday was declared by the local banks which suspended dust-

ness today.

Utilizing the occasion, many dramatic troupes and lecture groups rarnded the streets giving patriotic performance And" de- ivering speeches persuading able- bodied men to enlist in the army. A women's delegation was also Mr. E. M. Winterbotham, for Mr. appointed which will pay a cour Brown, sald that the testator, Mrtesy call on the Chinese Air Force and present it with an embroider- Henry William Vardon, was more dig. (Central News). commonly known as "Harry" Vac- don

estate, which raised questions of construction of the will

"I seem to have heard the CORRESPONDENCE

даже." commented Mr Justice Farwell..

"HOME-DRAWN DOCUMENT"

Mr. Winterbotham, said that the was a home-drawn document of a very peculiar type. It read:

"I give and bequeath unto my wife. Jessie Vardon, all my house- hold furniture and house, also

£100 a year.

"My medals I should like to go to a museum or some such place in Jersey, where they have these things always..."

After disposing of a trophy to a niece, the will continued:

"I should like to know, that my other prizes should be looked after and not given away any old way.

"Same as pictures. There are some that will become valuable later on. There are in the draw- ers valuable things if sorted out.

"I would like Doris Williams to have a choice of cup and £200. All my mounted golf balls to be given to A. Brown if he would like them. "Then I hope that when my wife departs she will see the

"

On the foodstuff front. the money will be divided between my Chinese farmers under.. the sister and brothers and nephew

and nieces."

Mr. Justice Farwell: Not a very good effort!

guidance of the Government au- thorities, are labouring doubly hard to produce more to feed the fight-, ing units as well as the great civi- Han masses.

Mr. Winterbotham, said that Mr. Vardon had six brothers, two of For the same purpose, large whom were dead, and two sisters. numbers of refugees from the war,There were a number of nephews zones are being helped to migrate and nieces. to places where there is cultivable

WRITING CRITICISED land and where they can start all over again with official subsidies Mr. G. Upjohn, for a nephew. and other assistance.

argued that "nephew" in the will CHINESE STUDENTS, sometimes ought to read "nephewa,"

unjustly branded as literary It was not plain whether the Idlers, have proved their metal by document was in Mr. Vardon's actively participating in the cam-handwriting or someone else's. paign of defending their country. "It starts.or in a bold and Thousands of them may be found flowing hand and it gets worse." either at the front or in the said Mr. Upjohn. "I is quite plain villages and rural towns, preaching that as he goes on writing it gets TUCH PRAISE has been given to

the gospel of armed worse and deteriorates rapidly till for their STUDENTS resistance and help-it gets very bad towards the end." Mr. Justice Farwell: Oh, not ORGANISE ing organise the

masses for mobile very bad! It is legible, and that warfare against the invaders.

is more than can be said of every- With the war assuming a larger body.

day, hundreds "uf scale

Giving judgment, Mr. Justice Chinese women and girls have left Farwell said that it was another their homes to take up war-time instance of the unhappy use of a services. Many have become nurses will which could be purchased for while others are working among a mail sum at a stationer's shop. the soldiers, singing, sewing and Mr. Vardon, or someone on his writing letters home for them and befialf, had endeavoured to ex- raising funds for comforts.

press his ultimate wishes in a The herete deeds of these young i homely way.

sald "The only result."

the women, many still in their early i

The successful candidate will M China's soldiers

.

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EX-SERVICEMEN'S REUNION

To the Editor, The Hong Kong

Daily Press] St.-I have received advice from the Secretary of The Cana- dlan Corps Association, advising me that this Association is holding a reunion in the City of Toronto on July 30, 31. and August 1 of this year. 150,000 ex-9rvice, men are expected to be present.

Co-

The Secretary has asked me to give some publicity to this event. and I would appreciate your operation and assistance.

The programme is on dle in my omice, could anyone interested wish to see it

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While it is unlikely that any Canadian ex-service men in the Colony will be able to attend the reunion, they may desire to send messages to their old Unit.

for Thanking you in advance any assistance you may be able to give me, I'am,

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V. E. DỤCLOS Canadian Government Trade Commissioner. Hong Kong, May 5, 1938.

THEIR MAJESTIES TOUR ENDS

RETURN TO LONDON FROM SCOTLAND

London, May 6.

The King and Queen returned to London today from their two days tour in Scotland. In the course of which the King opened the Empire Exhibition in Glasgow..

Their Majesties yesterday visited the distressed areas around Glas- gow and were enthusiastically cheered by large crowds.—(Eri- tish Wireless),

PERSONAL

PARAGRAPHS

The commencing salary will be 450 dollars (local currency) per "That the Regulations con.

mouth in addition to which the "tained in the Printed Docu

candidate will participate in the **ment. submitted to this

benefits of the Superannuation "Meeting, and for the purpose

Fund and will receive free quar "of identification subscribed by

lers, a motor car allowance, free "the Chairman thereof, be

uniforms and telephones, etc. "approved as the Articles of

There is no pension attached to: PARTICULARS AND CON the appointment the employee, "Association of the Company

in substitution for, and to the DITIONS of the Sale by Public on retirement, nierely receiving "exclusion of, all the existing Auction to be held on Monday, the amount due bim from the "Articles thereof."

the 9th day of May, 1938 Superannuation Fund as a lump 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

be upon probation for the first gallant and effective resistance to tions to the existing Articles der of His Excellency the Gov.

ernor of two Lots of Crown Land six months of his service and a the Japanese invaders. and deser- underlined in Red. Ink can bei inspected at the Company's office at Ma Tau Kok, in the Colony the end of that time, should his vedly so.

of Hong Kong for a term or at the office of the Company's

work and conduct have proven of 75 years, with the option of satisfactory, he will be offered a Solicitors, Messieurs. Deacons, Į. Des Voeux Road Central, Vic-renewal at a Crown Rent to be contract in accordance with the fixed by the Surveyor of Hir conditions of the Staff Service toria, aforesaid, at any time

ather fields. Regulations. during usual business hours on Majesty the KING, for one fur application being made for that ther term of 75 years.

Roused by the brutalitles of the The Council will pay his pas Intending bidders are advised

sage (First class) to Tientsin Japanese soldiers, who kill, burn, rape and loot as they go, the that immediately after the dis-

and, in case he is not offered a Chinese masses have boldly risen posal of the lat the Purchaser contract at the end of his proba to engage their enemies in guerilia

the applicant), willlonary period, a return passage warfare. Their co-operation has teens, have been most inspiring Judge, has been that be has en Hong Kong Hotel is Mr. W. C. A

Clad in neat uniforms, they brave tirely failed, in my view, to ex- be required to deposit with an of similar class will be given him. made possible many Chinese mili-

danger and death during every press his wishes in any way that 8750 authorised officer who will be He will receive half salary only tary exploits in different sectors.

As a result of the last decade's minute of their work in the lines, is effective so far as the residue of present at the sale, the sum of for the time spent in traveling to abnormal growth, most of China's They never give way to fear, de- his extate is concerned."

His lordship found that there THE CANTON INSURANCE two hundred dollars, ($200) in Tientsin and payment of this will modern industrial plants, before claring that their task is to shed cash. This sum will be refund be calculated from the date of his the war broke out, were situated

were effective bequests of the OFFICE, LTD.

Chinese children also deserve house and furniture and an an ed on payment of the purchase embarkation.

in the coastal cities or along the mention. As the future citizens of nuity of £400 to the widow, and In their letters of application lower reaches of the Tangiaze. China, they do not wish to be out of 2200 to Ports Williams. The

Today practically every one of done by their elders.

residue was undisposed of. applicants must give date and them has been destroyed by Japan- PARTICULARS OF THE LOTS place of birth, education, expert ese shells and bombs or removed ence in police work and positions to Japan. Bat are the Chinese held together with coples of refer people discouraged? The answer is

deinitely in the negative. ences and testimonials. "

purpose.

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By Order of the Board,

A. W. BROWN,

Manager.

NOTICE TO

SHAREHOLDERS.

The Filty-Seventh". Ordinary 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 81st 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 &

CO., LTD.,

General Agents,

Hong Kong, 13th April, 1938,

(if not

price.

No. of Sala, į

Kowloon Inland

Lot No. 4013.

Registry K

Sung Wong Tol Rd., Sung Wong Toi Rd.,

Loja'ity.

Kowloon Inland

9101 CON SOT...

·Boundary H

Measure-

mente

sale plan

Contents in

About

105,000

Square feet.

About

000 68

Annual

908 1

449

Upset Price.

6752

At the same time is should not

every be overlooked that China's newly discovered vitality is not only re- military but is also evident in many

vealed in matters political and

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I blood and not terms.

Ting tots in kindergartens are saving a cent a day from their meals so that the money thus secured can be used for purchasing gifts for wounded soldiers in hos- pitals or for the maintenance of refugee children. MANY ORGANISATIONS have

been formed in various locall-

CHUNG SHING The Chung Shing Bathing Shed Kennedy Town will open for the swimming season on Sunday

at.

at 2 pm.

Mr. T. Engan of Manila has ar=" rived in the Colony an x-business visit, having travelled here by the Clipper. He will be here for some time and is staying at the Hong Kong Hotel.

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Another recent arrival in the Colony who is also staying in the

Freeman, of. London,

by the az. Barpedon.

*

He arrived

Mr. O.T. Breakspeare, formerly

editor of the Hong Kong Daily Press, is at present in the Colony. Mr. Breakspeare, who is editor of Finance and Commerce, a Shang- hal publication, is on his way to

London where he will spend a short holiday.

Mrs. Kincaid, wife of Lieut. Comdr. Kincaid, US Navy, left the Colony yesterday by the 8.8 Presi

dént Coolidge for America She had been here for about a week, making the Hong Kong Hotel, her headquarters.

Far from being disheartened, Applicants must pass a sat the people and the Government are factory examination as to physical working together in closest co- Otness by the Council's Medical operation for the development of new industrial areas in the South- Health Officers on arrival in Westem Provinces where natural ties to feed, clothe and educate Tientsin

Mrs. E. Hunter, and her daughter resources are abundant, ma

the Innumerable war orphans, 700 of them are assisting the

Hunter, left the Applications should be address NEW LINES of communication Of particular interest is the one Chinese Army Medical Service to Miss Madeline

Colony yesterday by the as. Presi ed to "The Secretary and. Engi. and transportation are being started by Madame Chiang Kai- look after the wounded soldiers, neer, British Municipal Council, rapidly laid down and new electric shek which has as its immediate The Chinese Red Cross, as the dent Coolidge after spending a

plants are being installed in the d * objective the care result of the war, has discarded its short holiday bere. They are return Tientsin" and should be forward interior cities away from any im- CARES FOR of 20,000 orphans loose organisation in favour of ang to California, having travelled ed so as to reach him not later mediate threat from Japanese 20,000 from the war areas war time, pattern under which round the world for the past year than 12 o'clock (Noon) on planes.

ORPHANS China's Journal- greater services can be rendered or EO

authors, car on a larger scale. Saturday, 28th May, 1938,

"By Order,

Following the general trend of moving to the hinterland, many Chinese universities and colleges H. F. BARNES,

with their build Secretary and Engineer. UNIVERSITIES ings rated to the BEGIN ANEW ground by the TIENTSIN, 12th April, 1938.

Invading hordes, 6789 are beginning afreen in such cities

toonists. actors and artists and even sing-song giris have all or ganised themselves to play their part in this life and death struggle of their country,

Doctors and trained nurses are not numerous in China but today

It would take many pages to The many friends of describe all that is being done by Frances Fisher will be sorry to her people for Chind in her hour learn that she is a patient in the of need but suffice to say China War Memorial Hospital, the spring of 1938 is stronger. arrived in the Colony rec better organised and more solidly took up residence at the Hon united than ever before.

Kong Hotel

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