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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG.

PROBATE JURISDICTION,

IN THE GOODS of James Reid, late of Oakleigh, 231, Nithsdale Road, Glasgow, Retired Shipbuilder, decess.

ed.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Court has by virtne of Section 58 of the Pro bates Ordinance 1897, made an Order limiting the time for creditors and others to send in their claims against the above estate to the 23rd June, 1938.

All Creditors, and others are accordingly hereby required to send their claims to the under. signed on or before that date,

Dated the 26th day of May, 1938..

JOHNSON, STOKES. &..

MASTER. Solicitors for the Executor, Hong Kong and Shanghai

Bank Building,"

Hong Kong.

R.

(Incorporated in Queensland).

Notice of Declaration of First

The

Daily

Interim Dividend.

On and after the 2nd June, NOTICE is hereby given that 1938 the Passport Office at the a First Interim Dividend of three Colonial Secretariat will be situat pence per share for the financial ed in the Police Department year ending 31st March, 1939, Offices, 5th floor, Chung Tin has been declared by the Directors Building, No. 5, Des Voeux Road, ot the Company in Brisbane, Central.

(84.) T. H. KING, Commissioner of Police,

Crd June, 1938.

G.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

PARTICULARS AND CON DITIONS of the Sale by Public] Auction to be held on The day, the 7th day of June, 1'38. at 3 p.m., at the Offices of the

payable on 21st June, 1938 to Shareholders on the Registers at Brisbane and Singapore on 20th June, 1938.

NOTICE is also hereby given that the Singapore Transfer Re gisters will be closed from Mon. day, 13th June, to Monday, 20th June, 1938, both days inclusive, for the preparation of Dividend Warrants.

By Order of the Board,

DERRICK & CO., Chartered Accountants, Local Secretaries.

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R.

Public Works Department, by Hong Kong Bank Chambers, Order of His Excellency the SINGAPORE, 21st May, 1938. (invernor of one Lot of Crown Land at La Salle Road. Kowloon Tsai, in the Colony of Hong Kong for a

term of 75 years, .com. mencing from 1st July, 1898, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by, the Surveyor

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ti.

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HONG KONG, JUNE", 1938.

CHINA'S RESERVES

THE JAPANESE are very fond of quoting figures-figures telling of innocent Chinese civilians slaughtered in mass air raids, of "victories" scored by the ruthless invaders, of unarmed junks sunk by the Japanese Navy.

con-

REFUGEES 'INTO COLONY

Each Immigrant Must Have $20 :

Each immigrant from China must have at least $20 in his or her Possession. This is one of the new regulations governing the entry Into the Colony of Chinese fugees,

re-

*-

The Police authorities are forcing this and other regulations in order to stop the unceasing flow of Chinese refugees into the Colony. In the case of a person required amount in possession, ar- entering the Colony without the

rangements will then be made for his or her repatriation.

Ships arriving from infected perts" will be boarded. in " the quarantine anchorage and ships from other ports will be boarded In Kowloon Bay or somewhere near the quarantine anchorage.

· EXCHANGE RATE

Canton June 1. The Hong Kong dollar again rose to $2.02 last night owing to heavy demand. Many people bought Hong Kong dollars in order to go to that Colony following the requirement that each refugee n:ust have $20 before being al- lowed to land. (Our Own Corres- pondent),

Righteousness and Bravery; while the third stage of training i advanced military technique and tactics qualiñes them as reservists, ready to be drafted into active service.

Remarkable progress has been made with this training and now, over 10 months after the start of hostilltier.. China has millions of reservists prepared to be sent to the front.

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THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1938.

LAWYER SAYS Hello & Goodbye

COMPLAINANT EXAGGERATED

Majestic Ballroom..

Case Resumed

BY A. W.

HYER

EVERYONE and his cousin were at the Kowloon Wharl Sunday evening. Homage was, paid to Norddeutscher Lloyd's Gneisenan, her officers, passengers her bar and the "German Hand." The In- termittent overflowing of the clouds had no effect upon the jubilant The case against the manage-

party spirit, or the Ane feathers of the males and females. ment of the Majestic Ballroom,

The large, substantial white steamer Gneisenau-Coloured lights summoned for creating unneces--bright blinding spot-lights-laughing people--staging people-band say noise so as to disturb the music whoops of "the ship's whistle (it did whoop!)-and the calls peace, was continued yesterday

of "Auf Wiedersehen" were all factors in a completely enjoyable and before Mr Edwards at Central exciting departure. Court.

Mr. M. A. da Silva was for the defence while Mr. M. J. Abbott. Assistant Crown Solicitor, prose- cuted

Captain H. Hengstenberg, with a Mr. J. K. Bousfield, of the Asiatic full passenger list "sailed 8.30 p.m., Petroleum Company, on his way to- Sunday for Hamburg.

Manila, was bld Bon Voyage by a Mr. Carl Berkelmann is tops large delegation of friends. Evidence was given yesterday

when it comes to "pursering." very Also Dr. and Mrs. F. Shore, and by Mr. Edward Lec-tak. floor emelently he sees to the passen-Mr. and Mrs. E. Willams, on their manager of the ballroom, who sers' comforts, amusements and way to Singapore, were practically said that the buildings in the Woes.

nobbed by well-wishers. We did neighbourhood were all occupied

Mr. Berkelmann has been con-not have our policeman's whistle by offices, there being few room,

nected with Norddeutscher Lloyd with us, so breaking through to used as residences.

since 1910. On arrival in the home them was impossible. port, he la due for a vacation of We wish six months. No aafing the seas journey.. in those days to come; he will re- Anna Maersk main with Mrs. Berkelmann and his children in Germany.

Mr. Silva submitted that the statement of the complainant, Mr. D. Fitches, that the noise of the

been able to sleep for band was such that he had not month was exaggerated. Mr. Silva fur- ther said that if it was true Mr. Fitches would have sudered some il physical effects.

The case will be continued to-

day.

4.

421 WEDDINGS LAST YEAR

Many Solemnised At Registry

EARTHQUAKE RECORDED

DAILY IN HK,

you all a pleasant

THESE Maersk boats coine in

bunches.

Tuesday a.m. at Stonecutters arrived Captain C. Hansen with his.... Anna Maersk from New York vis Japan and Shanghai.

Two passengers disembarking at Hong Kong were. Mr. and Mrs. P. Botelho, of Botelho Bros.. who were ending a very pleasant journey and glad to be back in the

C.NA.C.

According to the annual report Colony. of the Director of the Royal Ob- servatory, there has been earthquake in Hong Kong every day during the last ten years.

that

CONGRATULATIONS 'to Mr. It was further revealed that the Kal Tak 8 am, Wednesday.

Woods Ding, who took on at earthquake

shook Hong Kong last week was only one of will assume

Mr. Ding," on his way to Hankow,

his The report of the Land Office the three hundred which will be Assistant Manager in the C.N.AC. new duties as and Registrar of Marriages for recorded in the Colony this year.once in said city. 1937. Labled at the Legislative During 1937.398 shocks were Council yesterday, stated that the number of marriages celebrated fed with 342 in 1936, in the Colony during the year was

recorded during the year, "compar» President McKinley

September is said to be the 421, (of which 230 were between month in which most of the world's Chinese persons) IK compared | tremors occur, aith 375 (and 219) respectively in 1936an increase of 16.

The total amount of fees re-

SEVEN a.m. Tuesday-Here comes

the smiling and jovial Captain C. Bryant and his President Mc- kinley from Seattle via, Japan, with a small in-transit passeriger list and heavy cargo.

The McKinley sailing Wednesday

ceived "urider the second schedule LOCAL CHINESE 4 p.m. to Manila is replacing the

1875,

FOR INSTANCE, in the Central

of the Marriage Ordinance China province of Hupeh.

was $3.286.16 as compared with which has a population of 25.541.3.168.00 in 1936-an increase of

636, the reservists in Apri num- bered 1,700,060, while the neigh- beuring province of Hunan, with a total population of 28,293 735. had by March trained 2,000,000 rein- forcements.

The reserve lists for these tw

$118.16.

The increase is mainly account- marriages solemnized at the Office ed for by the greater number of

a the. Registrar.

LADS' DESIRE TO JOIN ARMY

Stirred by patriotism three locali Chinese youngsters left their homes yesterday with the intention of going to Canton to join the Chinese Army. states Central News.

President Taft run (Taft in dry- dock, San Francisco) and will be back in Hong Kong, June 16. then on to San Francisco.

Bobby, Captain Bryant's "intelli- gent face" hound, is aboard and enjoying his summer cruise.

PENSIONS FOR WIDOWS REDUCED

LAND OFFICE provinces, aș well as for other The total consideration on sales. provinces, grows daily mortgages, surrenders and miscel- KESERVES as the military train- laneous land transactions regis-

The lads, Chow Shao-chen. 14. GROW

ing conducted by the tered in the Land Office amount-Chang Ping-chang. 12. and Ho DAILY Army Conscription ed to 842,927 837.70.

Wan-halang. 14, students of a and 742 Offices

and Mass Crown leases were issued during primary school" In Kowloon, set on At the Legislative Council meet- Mobilisation Committees continues the year, as against 538 In

foot early in the morning along ing yesterday, the Colonial Trea- the throughout the country.

previous year-an increase of 104.

Kowloon Canton, Railway. surer and Financial Secretary The total amount of tees

Each had a small rattan case "con- | (Hon. "Mr. Sydney Caine) moved coi- lected exclusive of the New Tertaining their meagre belongings. the following resolution:- ritories amounted to $96,288.50. being decrease of $3.280.25 the preceding year.

to figure is China's

But there is one Agure of which the Japanese do not care to talk

All men within the age bracket of which they think with

of 18 and 45 are subject to con- alderable trepidation.

scription in China. This, as ap- And that

plied

Szechuen. the huge population of 450 000.000—a ̈ 03-

western province of China, would tion so vast that from it can b.

mean the arming of one out of drawn, without tear of exhaustion

every seven citizens, according to army after army of patriotie a statement made by Mr. Kuo soldiers to defend their country | Molo. a.Szechuenese leader who

unwarranted against

aggression

director of the Political to drive the Japanese in-

Affairs Board of the National vaders from the land.

Military Council. The Chinese are not militaristi-

and

is a

On this basis. he pointed out, Szechuen with a population of

70,000,000, equalling that of Japan

cally inclined but, since the out- break of the hostilities, the entire

can turn out 10,000.000 soldiers. nation has willingly co-operated

Taking China as a whole, 1 in the great task of training China's civilians in modern i would" be fairly safe to say that methods of warfare.

10 per cent of her population is At the start of the war the available for array service. National Army Conscription Head-THE POPULATION of the 18 quarters and the National Mass provinces of Hupeh. Hunan. Mobilisation Committee, were im-Fuklen, Kiangxi, Kwangsi. Kwang- Central Government and branches nan, Ningshia, Shens. Bikong. mediately organised under the tung Kweichow. Szechuen. Yun-

were soon set up in every pro- Sinklang, Kansu, Outer Mongolia vince, municipality and district and Tibet, according to the cuz- throughout the country.

rent issue of the China Year Book

22

Land registration fees in the New Ter.itories amounted to 86.030.45, and Crown lease fees to 800.

Stamp duties paid on registered documents (exclusive of Probates and Letters of Administration) amounted to #174,850.25 crease of $80.172.30...

de"

the

They aroused the curiosity of a The resolution is required be- train guard at Talpo who, on cause. by a resolution of this learning of their intentions. ad- Council adopted in 1902, a fixed vised them to return home as they rate of exchange of 3/- to the were under military age.

The youngsters after further persuasion, were escorted home.

QUEEN'S THEATRE

PROGRAMME

dollar was prescribed for, pensions paid in England from the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Fund and this rate is obviously no longer appropriate to present conditions. The special rate applies of course, only to pensions calculated un dulfur saʼarles but while the The management of the Queen's majority of pensions now granted THEOSOPHICAL · Theatre announces that the Almo persons living in England are calculated on sterling salaries "Goodbye Broadway" will be shown MEETING

there is no reason why any for the last times today and that Tonight at the lodge-room of tomorrow Jungle Love" will be pensions which may be grant

ed hereafter on the basis of dol-" the local Theosophical Society the feature. there will be held a public Ques-

lar salaries should be artificially rate tions and Answers meeting.

increased by payment at a For

of exchange of more than twice the current rate.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

PARTICULARS AND CON of His Majesty the KING, for DITIONS of the Sale by Public one further term of 24 years less Auction to be held on Tuesday, the last three days thereof. the 7th day of June, 1938, Intending bidders are advised at 3 p.m., at the Offices of the that immediately after the dis- Public Works Department, by Or posal of the lot the Purchaser der of His Excellency the Gov (if not the applicant) will beernor of one Lot of Crown Land required to deposit with at To Kwa Wan, in the Colony authorised officer who will be Hong Kong for a term present at the sale, the sum of of 75 years, with the option of two hundred dollars, ($200) in renewal at a Crown Rent to be cash. This sum will be refunded axed by the Surveyor of His on payment of the Purchase Majesty the KING, for one for

ther term of 75 years.

Intending bidders are advised,

China, were by no means un posal of the lot "the Purchaser fif not

training had been in operation on he required to deposit with an a nation-wide scale months ahead authorised officer who will be of the People's National Assembly.

Various detachments of the FORMIDABLE. would make Hong Kong Police Reserve took present at the sale, the sum of ; which was to have been held in ARMY INDEED а formidable

part ih a practice parade at two hundred dolları, ($200) in Nanking on November 12 last,

army. indeed

Police Headquarters yesterday for cash. This sum will be refund. and which was to have included and one before which the Japan-

the Governor's inspection, which mass military training as obe cf ese' aggressors might well ad on payment of the parchase the necessary phases of nation

will be held on Friday. faint-hearted.

The Commissioner of Police, the An order from the Central Hon. Mr. T. H. King, was present. So, when the Japanese.fired the Government

price.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT that immediately after the dis.

Now Kowloon

(No. of Sale.

Inland Lot No. 2817 Registry No.

Adjacent to New Kowloon Inland Lot No. 1136,, La ̈:

Locality.

Salle Road.

Boundary

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sale plan.

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20,000

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930

10,000

6025

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If there is anything

you want to buy or

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FORTUNATELY, the people of prepared for conscription. Citizen

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totals 227.759.211. assessed that 22775.921 are able-

Out of this number t has been

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PARTICULARS OF THE LOT, Arst shot in their undeclared war February throughout nine pro

No. of Sale, S

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Locality.

Lot No. 73,

Kowloon Inland

Opposite Kowloon

Lot No. 4017.

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THOUSANDS ALREADY...

TRAINED

on China at the vinces where army conscription Marco Polo Bridge had been in full force, advising on July 7. thou- that any province might be called sands upon thou- upon each month, beginning from sands of able February, to supply 10,000 men bodied civilian Chinese had al- for the war front. ready been trained in the rudi. ments of war and were ready for field service...

all the questions those interested would like to voice, menibers in the audience will be prepared to unswer from their seats.

The lodge room is situated at 1B Chater Road.

POLICE RESERVE. PARADE

NAVAL COURTS MARTIAL

Two court-martixis ате being held this morning on board HMS. Tamar, when two able- Japan may continue to, bolster seamen accused of striking P

up her waning courage. by bomb-petty officer in the execution of ing civilians and sinking helpless his duty on board HMB. Delight, To qualify for active army ser-fisher-folk, but she will never be will be tried separately. vice the civilian Chinese have to able to overcome the fact that she pass through three stages at will be defeated 'long before China training.

LOCAL HEALTH

Two cases of measles, and one each of cholera, enteric fever and

has found it necessary to bring more than a fraction of her fighting forces into the field.

And Japan was going to "beat China to her knees in a

few to of weeks!

Those who have completed the first stage are organised into the People's Militia Corps; those given the second are promoted into the Standing Militia Corpe

Mr. C. G. Sollis, Senior Inspec- tor of English Schools, gave an If this resolution is adopted all interesting discourse or "Pronun- such pensions granted in future clation" at the Belilice Public will be paid at the current rate School yesterday to members of of the day. the Evening Institute and their friends.

The Colonial Secretary second- ed, and the resolution was carried.

MEDICAL GRADUATES

The above, picture shows the graduates in medicine and surgery cerebro-spinal fever were notified of the Hong Kong University who received degrees on: Mos

the Health Authorities on Seated" centre (left) Prof. K. IL. Digby (right) Prof. L T. Tuesday.

(Photo: A. Fong).