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BIRTH

EDITORIAL

WOLFE-On July 12 1958, at COL. ANDERSON What Would

Tsingtao, to Mr. and Mra. Noel Wolfe, a daughter,

MARRIAGE

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at the Union Church, Shang- hal by Rev. G. W Allan. Valentine P. Alanis (nee Bre- clanatz), and George B. Rosen

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HONG KONG, Juzy 20, 1938.

CHINA'S WAR STUDENTS

~TUDENTS AND TEACHERS in

STUDEN

most cases, due to the dell berate destruction of universities and other, seats of learning by the Japanese, and their new quarters" in shabby and crowded buildings with only a minimum scientific equipment to work with

Even in institutions which have hot moved it is a valuable dis-i cipline of the mind and spirit for

FAREWELLED

Presentation By - Sergeants' Mess

Of HKVD.C

You Do?

IF GIVEN THREE MONTHS TO LIVE

'If you were given three months to live what would you do?

That was the problem that faced 29-year-old Charles Allbutt.

Three specialists told him in Blackpool, where he worked on the

WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1938

WEST CHINA BECOMING INVESTMENT CENTRE.

Plans For Development Of Trade And Industry

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT)

Chungking, July 15,

A "Southwest Industrial League, with provisional head-office in

"Presented to Lieut.-Col. R. C, B. Anderson, MC., as a mark of esteem: from members of the Sergeants* Mess, Hong Kong Volun- teer Defence Corps, July 19, 1938, was the inscription on a silver cigarette box presented to Lt. Col. had affected his right long so bad-"Industrial group from Shanghai and Hour Kour. Members of the R. C. B. Anderson on behalf of the ly that he could not live longer League are to meet regularly at luncheon to exchange views and in- formation, and it is expected that group luncheons will be held in Sergeants Mess of the H.K.V.D.C.than three months.

pleasure beach, that tuberculosis Chungking, has been organised as a result of the recent visit of an

by Regimental Sergeant Major A court order separated him from various places of the Southwest. Slattery at a pleasant function his wife.

Since the beginning of the year Chinese today are particularly held at the Sergeants' Mess of the

Hospital authorities pleaded with many Chinese banks have opened interested in extending their for- Corps yesterday evening..

him to undergo treatment. He re-branches or offices in various parts eign" trade relations. French 边 Speaking on behalf of the Ser-fused.

of Szechuen; among the recent terests have been pushing a rail- geants from the different unita Di His only idea was to enjoy him-comers into local financial circles (road scheme which may eventually the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence self while he could. And as dan-may be mentioned the Shanghat link up with Indo-China through Corps. R.SM. Slattery said that cing had always been his chief de-Commercial and Savings Bank, the Kunming, in Yunnan, while some the occasion gave him the oppor light it was to dancing he turned) Bank of Communications and the would like to see the early realisa- tunity to thank Col. Anderson for for solace-and went "dance mad." Kincheng Bank of Tientsin.

tion of public highway, if not a the sympathy and help extended He withdrew all his savings. Apart from Chungking and railroad, from Yunnan to the sea to the Corps during his term as More money was given to him by; Chengtu, where some "banks each by way of Burnd. Commandant.

sympathisers. From Blackpool be have a number of warehouses. went to London. Never did he Nettlang, Wanhsleri, and T deny himself anything he wanted. "Ilutsing are also becoming attrac- It is u happy coincidence in the "

Yet, at night, he used to lie tive to bankers. Nelkiang is well-present stage of Sino-British. **-- awake... wondering when the end known for its production of sugar lations, that the new British con- would come ....

Wanhsten, for ita export of tung. sular representative in Chungking

NEW CONSULAR OFFICER

The toast to Col. Anderson was then drunk with musical honours.

Col Anderson sultably replied, remarking that when he leaves on Saturday, he will be parting from a very great number of friends. That is the story of how one man or wood oil; and Tzeliutsing, for its is Mr. William Stark Toller, O.BE.

"Though I shall be separated faced a three-months "death sen- jgreat salt output.

who succeeds Mr. E W. P. MIDA, from you all by a very great dis-tence." It was told by Mr. Allbutt MODERN SUGAR MILL. Consul-General, now on furlough tance, I shall not forget you," he himself, when, bronzed and active. In Nelklang, overseas Chines after Ave years in Szechuan,

he walked into an English news have offered to participate in the

Mr. Toller has been many times paper office.

projected $3,000,000 modern sugar in Chungking. In 1910-1911, he mill. One of the active suga: was acting vice-consul: from 1918. chemists working there is a Can- to 1931 he was acting consul; and Yenchin, for a time in 1930 he was acting tonese, s University in Pelping.

graduate of

Consul-General."

concluded.

the students to concentrate on LORD BALDWIN'S

their work in the face of all the hazards of war, rumours and un-

There will be certainties.

un-

doubtedly more iron and steel in the character of this generation of college students.

China belleves that the war can be won only if the masses are

support to

mobilised

GENIALITIES

Lord Baldwin, even in the days when he was in office as plain↑ "Mister" was always one of the most human and least pompor of statesmen, and since he lai rallitary operations. The universities now,

aside the responsibilities of off

extend their influence far into the blems of the day is perhaps be baste structure of society and offer coming a little more genial than

country, ever.

"DESPERATELY WORRIED” * "For three months." he said, "I went on living as I had been doing "My money was now nearly all gone, and I was desperately wor- ried.

"In March I collapsed in the street and was taken by police to

a Manchester hospital.

"That has saved my life. I feel

"On account of the difficulty of transporting &. 1,200-horsepower machine to Neiklang, the new com- any is now labouring on improve ment of existing machinery.

LINK WITH HONG KONG

Since the close of Shanghai so

upper Yangtse trade, the British

Auction to be held on Monday, His Excellency the Governor, ol more than at any other time. must his approach to the various pro. Leicester. my home town. to take into Szechuen and other parts at Shanghai as a transhipging point

the 25th day of July, 1938, at 3 one Lot of Crown Land at Prince p.m., at the Offices of the Public Edward Road, in the Colony of Works Department, by Order of Hong Kong for a term of 75 years, His Excellency the Governor of with the option of renewal at a one Lot of Crown Land at King's Crown Rent to be fixed by the Road, in the Colony of Hong Surveyor of His Majesty the Kong for a term of 75 years, with KING, for one further term of 75 the option of renewal at a Crown į years.

Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor | Intending bidders are advised of His Majesty the KING, for one that immediately, after the dis further term of 75 years. posal of the lot the purchaser Intending bidders are advised (if not the applicant), will that immediately after the dis be required to deposit with an "posal of the lot the Purchaser authorised officer who will be pre (if not the applicant), will sent at the sale, the sum of two be required to deposit with an hundred dollars, ($200) in cash. authorised officer who will be This sum will be refunded on present at the sale, the sum of payment of the purchase price. two hundred dollars, ($200) in

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT cash. This sum will be refunded

the on payment of

price.

Purchase

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT

No. of Bale

Registry No.

Locality.

100

Inland Lo

East of Inland

No. 5809,

Lot No. 3012,

King's Road.

Boundary

Measure-

menke.

X. 9. W.

ft. ft. ft.

As per

sale plan

THE STAR "

Contents in

No, of Sale.

Square feet.

Annual

Rental.

* | Upest Priče,

Kowloon Inland Lot Begistry No. No. 4031.

Adjoining Kowloon laland Lot No. 4003,

About

15,000

91%

22,500

Locality.

Prince Edward Rd

Q.

.61.35

FERRY

COMPANY, LIMITED.

NOTICE TO

Boundary

Moscuro-

mants.

ft.ift.

As per

Bale plain

Contenie in

Arnus!

112

Rental.

7,313

10 Unrat Pric

About

NOTICE.

WATER SUPPLY.

my old job. "I shall never worry again: I am past all that. To live today well

V

is

fall that matters.

"Whatever the future has for me,

I shall take it as it comes."

Consulate-General in Chungking Not only are Chinese from the has had a greater degree of work, newborn, and I am going back to south and east filtering through as Hong Kong, has now replaced

West China, but many Europeans,for many Szechuen products.

The Bzechuen Trade Bureau, the mostly engaged in business in Hong Kong, have been coming here to Szechuen Travel Agency and other their resources to the

Szechuen trade organisatioris hav study conditions. Medical students from different There were some characteristic

Insurance business of various opened offices in the British co- .. parts of the country have been touches in his address at Malvern

forms, transportation, machinery tony, and both the Eurasia and the called to do medical relief work at College recently, writes a corres

Provided Mr. Allbutt avoids exer- and public works of all descriptions China National Aviation Corpora- the front and very well has been pondent.

tion and excitement for two years appear to interest the newcomers. tions maintain a daily air service. No one except Lord Baldwin. he can look forward to being com-

MORE EUROPEANS & between Hong Kong and other the response.

one imagines, would stress the impletely cured.

The number of Europeans in West China centres. GENERAL Wu Te-chen, Governor portance of preserving intact the "I intend to do all that the doc-Chungking and other parts of West It appears that a great flip has of Kwangtung, has ordered beauties of the English tongue and tors have told me," he said. China is increasing; and today, the been given to trade and Industry that instead of the winter vacation then wind up with a warning that "Today I feel perfectly fit but I wartime Chinese capital. has a in West China, and enlightened po all students must do one month off you do not, the bad words will shall take no risks. My second life foreign population of about 320,jlley and wise leadership will assure

which constitutes a record. rural work in their home villages, drive out the good "and you will is too precious to lose." assisting in organising and train- be left with the dud stuff." ing the peoples defence units. ''Dud" in that sense looks, rather anti-Japanese socletles, the move like a cheerful example of the ment for increased food production phrase which many would say and generally making themselves ought to be excluded, for, though "duds" is old enough English in The students in the Arts College | the sense of cloak or clothes of Lingnan University, for instance, (usually shabby), the rise of the are organised into a brigade of word as a general adjective of re- Sitting quietly at home in St. John's-road, Ipswich, a cheerful

teams to

cover

Honam proach has all occurred within girl of 21 listened attentively as her mother read a stical of telegrams Generally speaking there the present century, and for the of congratulation.

are three types most part during and since the of war students. war. The first are those who try to continue their studies in as normal a way as possible. The second type are

useful to the state.

seven

Islarid:

KRIGADE OF STUDENTS IN

HONAM

and

DESIRE TO SMACKE

Mother's Sacrifice For A

Blind Girl Genius

For the second year in succession this girl had gained the high est possible honours in the Theological Tripos. Now she has finished with Cambridge-her ambition served.

Ruth Mary Hitchcock is her name, and it will be always remem- Another of Lord Baldwin's gen-bered by the 80,000 blind people of Britain, for she has achieved what

ialities was the reference to a love and understanding of the or

on other blind person has ever done.

Blind since she was 10 months į At one time Ruth thought · of j

doing

the fullest measure of success.

SAN FRANCISCO GOLDEN GATE EXPOSITION

CHARM AND LURE

OF THE EAST

Bringing the breath and favour

of the deep tropics across the bịne Pacific to America, three of the East's most colourful landa will portray to more than 20,000,000 people their charm and lure at the 1939 Golden Gate International- Exposition. They are French Indo- China, Johore, and the Dutch East Indies.

A part of the romantic "Spice Islanda" and "fabulous Malaya `of Joseph Conrad, which exist only

those who have lost contact and dinary man and woman as one of are among the hordes of refugees, the necesities of democracy, follow-old. Ruth went to Chorley Wood becoming a missionary.

School for the Blind at the age of Her great ambition now is to get theired by the assurance. lost their identity

"You may have that and want. She became the school's most a job to try to repay those who educational advantages wasted. The third type are those who feel to smack them at times all the promising pupli and won a scholar-devoted so much love and care to

ship to Cambridge.

her. the lure to defend their country.sume."

There she decided to learn She is unspoiled by success and and feeling too restless to proceed Posdbly that restrained, desire with the normal scholastic work, to smack is the grand test of true Hebrew, one of the most dimeult often helps her mother

of languages. and Greek to help housework. 6136 demand some special training in democracy. When a dictatorship her theological studies. Her family

guerilla warfare, where they enrol desires to smack it usually does so bought her three special type-prayed for years ago to come toon maps and in books for most of in the Eighth Route Army, the possibly hard and long. Or even writers-one each

for Hebrew, pass," said Mrs. Hitchcock "It is the world's population, there are latter being very popular among if it refrains from physical assault

not so much the academic success no countries on earth which can the youth with big hearts in China. It is apt to fall back on inor-Braille, and normal letters.

For hours every day the blind I am happy about, but the fact offer a more colourful, more an- extensive and violent girl patiently tapped on the keys, that Ruth is leading a happy and fisual and interesting background

slowly mastering each machine. full life."

for the gathering of exhibits than those who joined up have" sur-" To long to smack and yet to re-

these. Devotedly helping her was het prised the Chinese Command with frain from both smacking and mother and Jeanne, her, 18-years-

Native life, quaint and pictures

•

dinately

EDUCATION counts in war and lectures.

"This is what we worked and

STUDENTS. HELPED Miss A. Robertson, Ruth's tutor

tecture.

"

forgotten cultures-ali lend themselves as outstanding material for most unusual exhibits. The spell of such names as Bali. Java, Anghkor, Balgon, Prom- Penh, Bahru is Irresistible to tour-

Owing to the low rainfall intelligence. Many of them parti-Ilfe, as good democrats are entiti- of studying and books, spent hoursham, said that Ruth lived the crafts, distinctive. Oriental ́ archi- their fighting ability, discipline and scolding is undoubtely the higher (old sister, Jeanne, who is not fond) during her three years at Newn-/ que, strange undreamed of handi- experienced so far, and the high cipated in the battle of Taler-ed to remember. consumption, it is quite possible chwang and notwithstanding the that all storage reservoirs will not test of front line warfare under the severest punishment. acquitted fill this summer.

themselves with the greatest credit. In the conduct of modern war- fare the mobilisation of intellectual i

the repleni

Consumers are earnestly re quested to exercise every care in the use of water and to have

SHAREHOLDERS,

Notice is hereby given that an Interim Dividend of $2.00 Per defective water Bitings repairé! Share has been declared, for the without delay. half year ended 30th June, 1938, payable on Monday, 8th August, 1938, on which date Dividend Warrants may be obtained on application at the Office of the Company, Kowloon.

The Register of Shares of the Company will be closed from Saturday, 30th July to Monday, 8th August, 1938, both days In- clusive.

By Order of the Board of Directors..

C. M. MANNERS,

R. M. HENDERSON, Water Authority.

Public Works Department, Hong Kong, 27th June, 1938.

6093

What do

you want?

If there

want.

la anything

to buy or mell

Ulassified advertisement.

Secretary 25 words $1.00 prepaid

Hong Kong, 16th July, 1938.

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for 3 insertions.

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NAMOA HEROES

PRAISED

Hankow, July 19.

with her sister reading books to normal life of a student. "At Lec- help Ruth.

tures, fellow students read aloud to MOTHER'S HELP

her from their books. "" Her mother mastered the Hebrew

A Newnhamn student said:- alphabet to help her and even went Ruth has been- the hap- back to school teaching to earn plest giri in the college. She money for school fees.

has the gift of friendship, and 1st. In comprehensive exhibit» resources is just as important as

She succeeded so well that Ruth those of us who shared in her designed to appeal to travel-loving MOBILISATION OF

Dr. H. H. Kung President of the not only learned Greek and Hebrew, studies were indebted to her for Americans, these colourful coun ishment of Executive Yuan, has dispatched a but now also reads and writes her delightful companionship." tries will transport some of the arm s or telegram to the Kwangtung Pro French and German. equipment. vincial Government commending

The secretary of the Theological spell of the East to Treasure The demands the bravery and loyalty of the charming manner, is also a poet said that Ruth's degres would be a

Ruth, a brunette with a frank, Faculty, the Her, H. C. L. Heywood, Island, site of the Exposition, in upon the universities are already] Chinese guerillas and militia carps and musician. She has gained good one for a man who was seek-

Each of these" countries will great but will vastly increase when who recently recaptured Namo honours in plano playing, and ing ordination.

erect its own building, each a post-war reconstruction work has Island (Centrai News)..

structure typical of their own in dividual architecture.ge

INTELLECTUAL. RESOURCES

to be undertaken.

The problem then of develop- ing higher education deserves, the earnest attention of the leaders who are interested in the building of a new Ching upon the ruins of the war.

JAPANESE COMMIT

MERCURY'S FLIGHT.

despite her studying finds time to Few women enter the Theological play to her family.

Tripos, and only two men students Her blindness has made her de-got a Arst in her section. velop her sense of smell so much that she can tell any English gar- den flower by ita scent.

1939.

Another oriental · country partie cipating is Japan, and it is expect ed that Slanı” also will take part.

to spend some time in the North Latin American and European

M. J. Ballens, Commercial At-The Chinese colony in San Fran- London, July 19. The composite aircraft Mercury Ruth does not believe women tache to the French Embassy to efsco, the largest outside of China. and Mala, dying as separate units, should take a place in the Church Chima, sailed from Shanghai for is spending $1,250,000 on a "china. lert Southampton this morning for would not take Orders, even if North China and Manchuria re town concession, which will be Foynes Harbour, Ireland. To it were possible for me to do so,"cently, accompanied by me one of the outstanding attractions

Ballens and their son. He intends of the Exposition. SUICIDE

morrow, weather permitting, the she told a reporter. fo Chengchow July 19. Mercury will set out ght WANTS TO TEACH *****

"I took theology because I was and then proceed to France vis countries added to the roster of Disgusted with the war, several across the Atlantic to Montreal and Japanese officers and 13 soldiers New York, via Botwood, Newfound interested in the subject. Now I Siberia, returning to Shanghai in foreign lands participating will at Talaotso, a coal mining town on land. The Mercury will be launch-Intend to become a teacher. I the beginning of autumn. In the bring the number to thirty-six the eastern section of the Tackoned in the air from the back of the shall go to the College of Ascension absence of M. Ballens M. Vibler making the 1939 Golden Gate In- at Birmingham to take a full course has taken charge of the Commer-ternational Exposition truly inter Chinzhua Railway, have com- Mats over the River Bharoon

in teaching.'

clal Attache's office.

national. - mitted suicide.(Central News)(British Wireless),

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