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PROPOSAL TO CHANGE A

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PUBLIC AUCTION

PARTICULARS AND CON DITIONS of the Sale by Public 1 Law Man, No. 224, Cheung Auction to be held on Monday, Sha Wan Road, Kowloon, Hong the 30th day of May, 1938, at 3 Kong, hereby give notice that in p.m., at the Offices of the Publk consequence of re-registration, I Works Departntent, by Order of have applied to the Board of His Excellency the Governor of Trade, under Section 47 of the jone Lot of Crown Land at Repaise Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, in Bay Road, in the Colony of Hong term of 75 years, respect of the Lighter "Sin Tai Kong for a Yar" of Hong Kong Official with the option of renewal at a number 133235 of gross tonnage Crown Rent to be fixed by the 148.72 tons, register tonnage Surveyor of His Majesty 148.72 tons (New tonnage Gross KING, for one further term of 75 284.36 tons) (and Register 284.36 years. tons), heretofore owned by The Intending bidders are advised Taikoo Sugar Redning Company, ibat immediately after the dis Limited of London for the per posal of the lot the purchaser

not mission to change her name to (11 the applicant), will "TINLEY" and to have her be required to deposit with an registered in the new name at Ruthorised officer who will be pro-

the

the Port of Hong Kong as owned sent at the sale, the sum of two

by me.

Any objections to the proposed change of name must be sent to

hundred dellars, ($200) in cash. This sum will be refunded on

payment of the purchase price.

the Registrar of Shipping at PARTICULARS OF THE LOT Hong Kong within seven days from the appearance of this” ad vertisement.

Dated at Hong Kong this 25th

day of May, 1938.

GS08

T.S.S.

(Signed) LAW MAN.

ANTENOR."

ARRIVED 23/5/33.

GENERAL AVERAGE.

J

Cargo damaged as a result of

No. of Balo, 1

Rural Building

Lot No. 408.

Revistry No.

Bay

Locality.

Rap Road

1.8

Boundary

Measure-

ments.

As per

sair plan.

Contents in

Square feet.

Abont

30,000

Annual

Rental.

** | Up-st Price.

C

6,000

ADVERTISEMENTS.

B.

- PUBLIC AUCTION.

PARTICULARS, AND CON DITIONS of the Sale by Public · Auction to be held on Monday, the 30th day of May, 1938, at 3 p.m., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Or der of His Excellency the Gov. ernor of one Lot of Crown Land at Repulse Bay Road, in the

EDITORIAL"

Kwangtung To What Our

Solve Rice

Readers Say Shortage

KUGE SUM TO HELP AGRICULTURE IN

PROVINCE

(From Our Own Correspondent) Canton, May 25,

INTERNATIONAL "

POLICE FORCE

2

THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1938.

Hello & Goodbye

BY A. W. HYER

THE PAST TWO DAYS have been semi-quiet regarding ships and travellers, and we have attempted a bit of rejuvenation. Around up? of last week's voyagers, who have come and rone. but not forgotten, is in order. Kasima Maru

we debated last Wednesday, when

(To the Editor of the Hong Kong Dally Press) Sir-May I be allowed to unim- advert on points suggested by the address reported in your issue of March 19 by Mr. Montague Burton on the New Commonwealth policy? 1. Admitted that certain nations To solve the chronic shortage of

do not seem at present" to be will rice, prices of which have risen lately to new levels, General Waing to submit to an Equity Tribunal

powers than the Court of Inter London and the British U.P. omce. national Justice at the Hague, It We join with your many friends in then on to Shanghai. is surely right to strive for such Hong Kong in wishing you the best

•an ideal.

trip ever, and lots of luck, 2. The International Police Force Conte Verde S.S. Tjibadak

AT A VERY early hour Saturday Imperial Airways' Dorado with the the Kasima Maru unhitched good looking Captain L. J. White from her buoy and sailed away for at the controls deposited several of

our cohorts at Kai Tak, 4.50 p.m.

Mr. Eric Mayell. Fox's outstand- ing newsreel cameraman, is stop-

Europe.

Mr. Welden James. United Press

Cclony of Hong Kong for a tern: Te-chen, Chairman of the Kwang. developing from and with greater correspondent, was on his way toning in the Colony for a short visit,

tang Provincial Government, plans to raise $11,000,000 for the pro- motion of agriculture in the pro-

This sum is based on the needs as recommended by a body of agricultural experts and includes means, for irrigation, fertilising. seeds, loans to farmers and ex- tensive cultivation.

L

is not to be super-imposed on the THERE IS a lady visiting in our

Mr. Mayell for the past two- months has been filming places, people and events in Indo-China,

Siam, and the opening of the Naval Base in Singapore for the "Magic,

Carpet" series.

present huge national armies,

midst, who owns and operates navies and air. fileets bat organised

a brewery. Meet Miss C. Azadian. by transfer from national control who, with the aid of her brother. We were surprised and delighted to international control, which makes the wheels go round at the to see you again--but. Eric. where would plan joint command. loca-National Brewery of Shanghai, did you lose all that weight?

of 75 years, with the option of renewal at a Crown Reat to be Axed by the Surveyor of Hivince. Majesty the KING, for one fur. ther term of 75 years.

Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the dis posal of the lot the Purchaser

Mr. Y. C. Koo, manager of the (If not the applicant), will

Kwangtung Provincial Bank, is be required to deposit with now in Hankow to secure & part anthorised officer who will be of this sum, while the balance is present at the sale, the sum of to be secured by the Frovincialng the Great War of sending Ger- man nationals of that force to police Morocco, while the rest of two hundred dollars, (S200) in Government. cash. This sum will be refund.

the Legion went to fight with the French, British and Belgian troops ed en payment of the purchase

against Germany, would apply to

price.

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The price of rice in Canton is high, the best quality being $ for six cattles. But for the restraining

eports of the Food Administration Commission, prices would · have PARTICULARS OF THE LO gone much higner.

No. of Bal

A

Lot No. 400.

Repulse Bay Road.

Registry Noj

Locality.

Rural

Buildi

Boundary Measure

manta.

As per

unle plan.

Contents in

Square feet

Anonal

Bental

Upset Price.

About

$

15,000

172

3,000

H.K. DOLLAR PREMIUM

The high premium of the Hong Kong dollar has the tendency of Sending up the value of this cereal. Today, the Hong Kong dollar was equivalent to $1.85 local currency. $ Because of

the depreciation of provincial and national currencies, all foreign goods here are becom

ing more expensive.

tion, supplies, training, etc.

3. The principle adopted by the

French in the Foreign Legion dur

the I.P.F.

4. Collective security is said to have failed. Is this not largely due to the fact that the collective force envisaged in paragraph 2 of Article XVI waits for the worst possible conditions for its establishment? "Would it not be better to have a pre-organised force? Such a force

established in 1919 would have been the nucleus round which collective security could have been trans- formed to centralised security, and

pro-

realised by gressive transfer of national armed forces to the LP, Force. Let us try even now to persuade the nations to make a beginning.

Foreign firms doing expert bust-Wearmament ness in Shameer are benenting by the slump in local currencies as this means that native com- modities are becoming cheaper. Most export business not only of this Province but of Kwangs!, Kweichow. Yunnan, Human and

6801 Hupeli is now handled in this city

Rice is handled almost entirely by Chinese firms through branches for agents in Hong Kong. Con- signments are coming up dally by river steamers, although lack of freight accommodation has held up bigger shipments.

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HONG KONG, MAY 26, 1836.

JAPAN'S TROUBLES

rest in that unhappy

from

of

5. It may be argued that it this scheme is agreed to by the nations --say President Roosevelt's 90 per cent-no threat to peace would exist. Is not that just what we ore aiming at? And with a 100 per cent. acceptance, the IFF. could be drastically reduced as long as it retained superiority to any possible combination of national militia forces retained for internal purposes.

the

on

Mias Azadian, who is at

His mala Interest in ute Peninsula Hotel, came South on arrival at Kat Tak was a bath the Conte Verde for a short vaca- Mr. Edgar H. Morrow, and he is apt tion and business trip.

to be grumpy, is a special corres- The recent reorganisation of her pondent for the Chicago Daily company, coupled with plans for News, having just arrived via air a large volume of business here and from Paris. Mr. Morrow is stop- in the Straits, will höld Missping at the Peninsula Hotel for. a Azadian in the Colony for several short visit. weeks.

"The competition in the beer business is very keen," she states. However, this charming business woman will be equal to any occa sion, and pardon the alang, "More power to you."

The reason why the Peninsula

Hotel appears to have more life these days is due to the good look

ing and exuberant Miss Mary

il

M.V. Neptuna-Voyage No. 17 Out

IN THE EARLY part of July when you see a streamline white vessel, with black and white check band on her stacks, making her way to Kowloon Wharf. it will be Burns PhilpLine's m.v. Neptuna. Take time out and visit the most complete and comfortable small

liner that calls at this port.

Captain F. C. Vogelman, who has Frances Bell of Shangbal, who is stopping at said hostelry while sailed this company's ships for 12 vacationing with her friend, Miss years, Ls a charming host and the Azadian.

possessor of a clever and quick Miss Bell's voyage by the 3.3. sense of humour. » Tiibadak to Hong Kong was quite The Neptuna, built eight years. Gin," the ago. is very modern. The large successful, but "Bols Dutchman's fire water, was a bit double and single cabins, and the too strong an experience.

salons, are all comfortably furnish- Miss Bell, when not vacationing, ed and have plenty of light. The is an active member of the Bell | inviting, open alr built-in tile Lumber Company of Shanghai, swimming pool op the top deck, "The lumber business and in fact, has several large showers attached. most businesses in the North are

Frequently, weather permitting. having their difficulties. an out-dinners are served on the boat come of the war." Miss Bell re-deck, which also boasts of space for all types of deck games. The We hope the two business ladies long and wide promenade deck,

marked.

No one pretends that the dim.wl and better days ahead. after which can be opened or closed in,

filling in time during the past few culties are negligible, but what is months of the hostilities.

the alternative? The only hope is through collective security to the centralised security of an Inter- national Police Force, with" pro- vision made for peaceful change by an impartial international Equity Tribunal

No, it is not a Question forcing a finish. It is a matter ol how long can the Japanese hold out against the strain which the war has placed both on their man- power and on their finances. AT THIS STAGE it is interesting to note that when the hostill- tles Arst started, the Japanese militarists, anxious to solicit as

D. V. WALLACE. London, April 22.

much support as possible from the FATE OF CHINESE

civilians. promised faithfully that China would be conquered within

a few weeks.

ATEST NEWS received

Japan indicated that the up-

country

- WEEKS the consequent, on

ever-streng-

INTO thening resistance offered by the

MONTHS Chinese in the present hostilties.

is growing each day.

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part of all the astute pro- pagandists, there is every sign that open rebellion against the continuance of the struggle is but a matter of time.

Questions are being asked daily 6800 of those responsible for the cam- paign regarding the advisability of carrying on with a war that is bringing the country no benefit

this vessel having been on fire SERVICE TO READERS whatever. And the war-ords are

on 25th April will be Surveyed

at Holt's Wharf by Messrs. |

T

HE

AT A GUBERNATORIAL Con-

ference in Tokyo á few days

Minister, stated that although i

NOW.

Those few weeks have dragged on to nearly a year-10 months to be exact- and the Japanese are no nearer to their goal than they were in July 1937... They have, however, achieved

China is well able to put her own house in order. without any un- welcome assistance from the Nipponese.

Y.M.C.A.

IN WAR AREAS

IN

Hankow, May 25, Chinese YM.C.A.'s în areas now. under Japanese occupation have been suffering different. fales.

The Nanking YM.C.A. erected 15 years ago at a cost between ÚS. 580.000 and U.S. $100.000,- suffered the worst tate, it being looted and burnt down last De cember upon the entry of the Japanese into the capital. Mr. George Fitch, Its American secre- tary, personally witnessed Its destruction.

days two

their officers

ing erected with funds mainly raised by people in America could not be given over to any other use than Christian work

an enjoyable vacation In Colony.

the

is there for leg stretching and the dally constitutional.

in

this

Empress of Japan

*Everything you need, plus clean- MRS. J. E PRISMANN was aur-liness, excellent cuisine.. service rounded by a group of friends and amusements are incorporated hospitable ship which and given a royal goodbye.

Winding up

a visit with Mrs.travels from Hong Kong to Aus- Wilson, her sister, in the Colony.tralia via Indo-China.

m.v. Sailing on the

Neptuna, Mrs. Prizmann and her Bon Robert were returning to their home in Tuesday, were Mrs. C. J. Attfield Manila. Attired in a black and and her two daughters for Bydney. Mr. H. F. Baker, manager of white print silk dress." white

Bums Philp Line In Sydney and sandals, and a white, open crown.

travelling Saigon, ta on a vaca- off the face hat, she entertained her friends in Cabin No. 143," which tion as well as a business trip... had the appearance of a flower There was no need to inquire re- shop. We knew she had a most sarding his voyage it would be comfortable trip in that doating impossible to be otherwise than

perfect. hotel, the Empress of Japan.' Imperial Airways

Salling with the small peppery Captain. Vogelman and his attrac- “AHI GENTLEMEN of the Press:" tive Purser D. Jacobs, at your ser

What goes on here, hot news, vice, would be tops on anyone's Ust.

Thus of voyages, or a trip for your health?

BIBLE SOCIETY'S GOOD

YEAR

In spite of the efforts on the one thing-they have succeeded in arousing the indignation of the whole of the civilised world by the murderous methods they have employed in bombing open towns and cities, and," as far as their The flight of the Chinese 'planes gallant Navy is concerned, attack- over Osaka has made the anti-waring fishing Junks.

- 'The YM.C.A. at Hangchow was

The Archbishop of Canterbury, The number of Scriptures in Eng- was feeling (strong enough as it

the Japan wanted

world to nore fortunate. One morning last addressing the annual meeting lish sold by the society in the Bri before this historic visit from the

believe that the China campaign November.

after the of the British and Foreign tish Isles was 920,000, a notable, air) more intense still.

was launched solely for the salva-Chunese had evacuated the city. Bible Bociety at Queen's Hall Increase of 132,000 over the pre- tion of China-Est Asia as their several Japanese soldiers led by recently, said the place of the vious 12 months. spokesmen say.

presented "them-Bible in English llie was not what In the feld "of translation the THEIR DESIRE to bring about selves at the entrance.

They were it "used to be. Unquestionably harvest had been plentiful, 12 new "peace and stability" in this | blocked by Mr. E. A. Turner, Its among the young there was ayé:sions having been added to the part of the globe is so great that American secretary, who reminded most lamentable ignorance of society's list, which now totalled. they stop at nothing to gain their them that Y.M.C.A. being an in- the greatest of all books, and 723. Of these, eight were "for" ezd. But Japan forgets that|ternational organisation. Its build the Church must find a method of Africa, one for "Asta, one for approaching the younger genera Oceania, one for Europe, and one

on to vitalize their interest.

for South America, Great interest The spread of modern knowledge was taken in the publication a few nad in some way affected the months ago of St. John's Gospel credibility of the authority of the in. Sakata-the thousandth lan- Bible, and the Church wished to guage into which some part of the banish that idea. There could be Scriptures had been translated.: no question that if the knowledge

An increase of $10,000 in the and use of the Bible were to vanish society's annual income is asked from our national life the whole for. The society had a denetency soul of the people would be per- of £7,258 on the year's working." manently impoverished.

the total income being £378,002 The two other principal speakers and the total expenditure £385,348, The Chinese "Y" on Tung. Ma

were the Rev. J. 8. Whale, of Cam- Lu. Tientsin, was once seized by

bridge, and the Rev. G. W. Shep- the Japanese but it was evacuated tarists is far from: bright.

The outcome of the hostilities is following strong protests lodged Pard, the retiring Bible Bociety obvious. Exhausted and bordering by foreign staff members, but the secretary for China.

"y" building at Paoting, provin - on ruin as the result of her ar

the year 11,318,575 volumes of Holy cessful in making rogance and foolishness, Japan cial capital, is still being used an the Japanese adapt their plans to will find that no longer can she billets by the Japanese troops.

rank among the leading Powers The "" in Bonchow, occupied of the world and that, far from last November, is still in the subjugating China,, she has ren-hands of the Japanese who are dered her would-be victim a great using it as their headquarters. service by welding the Chinese

The Chinese "y" in Felping has people inte a united nation. so far not experienced any dras

to measures forced upon it by troops(Central the Japanese News).

finding that each question 1s more difficult to answer than the HONG KONG previous one. Goddard & Douglas from 10 a.m. DAILY PRESS, 1.TD., on Friday, 27th May and on and the HONG KNG subsequent days until the. Survey has been completed. Consignees WEEKLY PRESS, through ere requested to arrange for a their London Office, at 53, representative to be in attendance FLEET STREET, E. C. 4, Tel. at the Survey:

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We have pleasure in an nouncing that Mr. EDWARD GEORGE CRAVEN BELBIN has been appointed a Director of this Company.

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ago. Admiral Suetsugo, the Home was the policy of the Chiang Kai- shek Administration to pursue a prolonged struggle, it was not for the Japanese to fall in with such a scheme. On the other hand, he declared it was for them to try and force a finish as quickly as possible. advice regarding accommoda- Admiral Suetsugo, being a naval tion available, motoring faci- man apparently overlocked the fact that the [lities, suitable shopping FACTS A Generalissimo hac

OVERLOOKED centres, etc.

If, when at home, they will call or telephone to the above address, they will receive the utmost Basistarco and the

been

mast SÜL-

his tactics ever since the hostill ties commenced.

And as for the Japanese forcing à finish as quickly as possible, even though, the worthy Admiral ARNHOLD TRADING latest available information on may have forgotten that the war all subjects of enquiry will be was to have been over by Christ- placed at their disposal.

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mas, he can hardly believe that the Japanese have been merely

The situation has taken such a

STERN WORDS turn that very shortly Japan will

Mr. Turner's stern words suc and her hands full ceeded in defeating the "Japanese TROUBLE -In attending to desire to seize it. To date," the AT HOME purely domestic af- ¡ Hangchów "Y" remains intact ́ but. fairs. The feeling; all opportunities for. service with against the war is so acute that the exception of a small-scale je- 1000 the Japanese · Army may Het work among the war-stricken perhaps be engaged in quelling civilians have been thwarted. rota and rebellions at home.

Indeed, the future for the mill-,

For this alone, those, who hold nothing but contempt for Japan, are prepared to say "thank you.”

The report stated that during

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The following unclaimed tele- Scripture were circulated, this figure being made up of 1,151,099 grams are lying at the omces of Bibles, 1,379,509 New Testaments, the Great Northern Telegraph Co.: and 8,787,967 portions. This way Bhirt, Hong Kong, 0917; Chow only 25,373 books fewer than in the (Chau), Hong Kong Hotel: Chon Po previous year, and when it was Yi c/c Sun Wah Boarding House; considered that in China and Spain Yam Yuk Kung, Tal Loy Boarding war had reduced the circulation House 53. Kam Chak c/o Chun by more than 1,000,000 copies the Ming, 383 Shanghai Street, Tauma- result was the more remarkable. tl.