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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Court has by virtue of Section 58 of the Pro- bates Ordinance 1897, made. an Order limiting the time for PROGRAMME. creditors and others to send in their claims against the above | estate to the 3rd day of Septem. ber, 1938.

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

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1938.

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ENGAGEMENT -- ASUNCION-GOMES.-The' engage. ment is announced of Miss Teresa (Terry) M. Gomes, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. Gomes,

and Shanghai, of Mariano V. Asuncion, second son of Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Shanghai and Asunción. of Manila.

BIRTHS HAYNES-On July 17, 1938, at Tientsin, to Mr. and Mrs. John D. Haynes, a son. MENSHIKOFF-On August 3. 1938, at the Country Hospital, Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs. V. A. Menshikoff, a daughter.

EDITORIAL

SIR GEORGE TRIMMER

Governor's Token To Departing

Port Chief

"Au Revoir. but not good- bye," said Sir George Trimmer, retiring Chairman of the Singapore Harbour Board, when he left Singapore re- cently on the Ranpura on re-. tirement.

"I shall be returning to Singa pore next year," said Sir George to a Tribune reporter and added quickly. "to see my race-horse run in Singapore races in May."

Sir George spoke of the tremen dous growth of Singapore since he Arst knew it 20 years ago. “Singa- pore will become," said he, "the largest port in the East when the

DEATHS ISRAEL-On August 3, 1938, at 452 Avenue Halg. Shanghai Albert J. Israel, age 58 years, the dearly beloved husband of Mrs. Bertha Hyde Israel. CHERRY-On August 2, 1938, sud-full reconstruction of the port's

denly. at 51 Sun

Is Avenue, dry docking facilities Shanghai, Fred Cherry, aged plete." 57 years, the dearly-beloved husband

Bertha of Mrs. Cherry.

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Atlantic Air Services

WON'T BE LONG

NOW"

PUBLIC INTEREST IN UNITED STATES

* "lt won't be long now,” is the title of a cartoon in a New York newspaper recently show- Ing the air above the Atlantic buzzing with aircraft. This expresses the general feeling here regarding the inaugura- tion of regular Transatlantic alr services. The present flights are rapidly completing the education of the public to "such services, but inquiries

made indicate that the

pos- sibility of their expectations being realized this summer Is slender, says The Times. The tone of" official utterances is that the Americans' would begin

Sir George stressed the necesalty weekly return flights this year it tor even larger extensions to the the British were ready to do the Singapore wharfs that had been same, but as they say the British possible before. When he returns are not. prepared and the contract

Imperial Airways between

and next year. Sir George says, he

Pan-American Airways stipulates hopes to see that in less than a that neither shall start before the

year Singapore will have changed

a great deal. "especially as regards other is ready-the

must wait too. her port facilities.

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Ris Excellency Sir Shenton Thomas

present to say.

Was

good-bye to Sir George Trim- mer. Before be left he "bor- rowed" a silver coln from his ald-de-camp Capt. R A Gwyn, which he placed in Sir George's palm.

Americans

TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1938

Client Trapped

Jailed Client

SUDETENS- COMMUNISTS IN FIGHT

Prague, Angust 8, A perious incident occured at Saat yesterday when "Com- munists" returning from meeting assailed Sudeten Ger- mans in the street.

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Three Sudeten Germans were seriously injured and several slightly hurt.

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Police dispersed the crowd, rubber truncheons-- using

(Transocean).

Increase In Water Consumption

IN SINGAPORE

The very large increase in the amount of water consumed in Singapore has given the Municipality occasion to con- sider a similar increase in the supplies that should be avail- able for consumption in the town

This, however, does not reflect the position accurately. Only one of the six 72-seater Boeing flying- boats ordered by Pan-American The annual report of the Muni-

Barrister

THREE-YEAR

TASK

When Frederick Josep de Verteuil, 51-year-old disbarred barrister, and Frank Ronald *Whelan, 36, former solicitor's each managing clerk, wore sentenced to five years' penal servitude at the Old Balley, London, recently, the end was written to a tangled story, says the Scottish Daily Express.

were

De Verteuil and Whelan found guilty of conspiracy to de- Fraud and obtaining £8,100 from Hareid Edward Guylee, ex-finan- cler serving Ave years' penal ser- vitude, who was led to believe the money woa to be used to bribe Director of Public Prosecution - officers, the Press. and High Court oficials.

De Verteuil is probably the first barrister to stand in the Old Bailey dock charged with defraud- ing a client.

The story of his downfall starts in November, 1933, when Martin. Coles Harman, "king" of Lundy Island, city Anancier who control- lcd companies with €14.00.000

WAS sentenced to capital, months' imprisonment in the Sec- ond division for conspiracy to de- fraud.

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It was the oiggest fee he had,

Airways for the Atlantic service, cipal President. Mr. W. Bartley. De Verteull had defended Har- has been completed, and this one states that the large increase in man. His briet was marked 1,500 is undergoing radical alterations water consumption over the last guineas. since it was found in a trial flight [three years has again raised the

since his £1,000-a-year that its single rudder was insat- question of the necessity for fur-earned This was a token for the pair of ficient to control the huge machine ther supplies as the present avall days in India, where he defended scissors which he had used the with its 152ft. of wingspread.

able supply is 22,000,000 gallons a07 accused of murder, previous evening in opening the One good authority who recently day dry weather now only. With- west wharf extension scheme. saw the machine at Seattle, said in 12 months the consumption! "Others who sald good-bye to Sirit would not be ready for the air should be over 20,000,000 gallons a

WHERE NOW FOR George were the General Officer before September. One of the re-day so that the margin of safety to prison at embittered man.

FINANCES?

HARMAN WAS "EMBITTERED Harman losing his appeal, wend

He came out determined to get Commanding, Malaya, Major-Gen-maining five machines, each of will be reached.

Our present sources of supply justice. Himself dealt with at the eral W. G. S. Dobble. the Lord which will have a range of 5,000 Bishop of Singapore and Mrs. miles, is nearing completion, but have a potential capacity of 34.000. law's hands, he became a law in

000 gallons a day dry weather vestigator. Roberts. Mr. A. B. Jordan, Protec- the others are not.

flow and $100,000 was provided in TAPAN, Land of the Rising Sun.

tor of Chinese. Harbour Board and once the playground of

the estimates for 1938 for the com The success of the "pick-a-back"

of the extension mencement the Far East, must be a miserable officials, and Government officers.

Acting for Sir George Trimmer seaplane's flight has created great works the first step being the country to live in these days. The national. equilibrium has been is Mr. H. K. Rodgers. former local interest, and it is hoped that after doubling of the capacity of the

who is rumoured as the next Atlantic flight with a land niters at Gunong Pulal. rocked to its foundations by the Chairman, greed of the militarists, and so likely to succeed, Sir George as machine, which Imperial Airways great, indeed, has been the shock Chairman. caused by the China War that it

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is extremely doubtful if Japan will KING BORIS GOES be able to regain even a fraction

of her old-time prosperity.

Tre cause of the whole trouble

ON TOUR

Sofia. August 8.

2.30 Opening by Lady North may be traced to the fact that King Boris of Bulgaria left yea

when hostilities commenced the terday for Italy where he will pass militarists of Japan, over-confident some time at San Rossore with regarding their own strength, sadly the Italian Royal family. under-estimated the fighting strength of a united China. Or is

Followed by a talk by Wing.Commander

A. H. Steele.Perkins. 3.30 Demonstration of Bandag

ing, etc., by Members of the St. John Ambulance Brigade.

6.00 Talk by Wing Commander A.H. Steele-Perkins.

6.30 "Demonstration by St. John Ambulance Brigade.

2ND DAY

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11.00 Taik by Wing-Commander A.H. Steele-Perkins. 11.30 Demonstration by St. John Ambulance Brigade.

GERMAN FLIGHTS

On the present programme an are planning, some of the Empire extra supply of 1,500,000 gallons a flying-boats, which have been spe-

From March. 1935, he соц- tacted with many people. He took statements from them. When they were down and out he helped them.

He claimed to have found a nest of corruption, within the British legal system. wwww..com His probings led him after two cially strengthened, will also be day will be available by the end of

years to Mrs. Guylee, middle-aged Been here. The claims of other 1941. while the further develop-

ment can be either retarded or ac-wife of Guglee who, in March 1937. competitors are being pressed harder, but they do not seem to celerated according to the increase had been sent to penal servitude. have got very far.

Mrs. Guylee, said De Verteuli had stripped her husband of every penny he possessed.

any

OF

in demand.

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It will be necessary to con- sider the provision of loan funds to carry out the exten- sions on which five and a half million dollars will have to be spent within the next four years.

Ji Then Allan John Elderlow, man with a criminal past, went to Har- man. He had been De Verteuli's friend. They had quarrelled.

Eldenow corroborated Mrs. Guy- lee's story of pretended bribes.

The faultless flights of German machines have made an impres- sion, but it is believed that they do not carry payloads.. In Following his sojourn in Italy case, there is no immediate pro- continue his spect of the German's landing per- might have been that they rather King Boris will counted on a disunited China, but journey to Switzerland. travelling mit being extended to mal!

and will also visit freight services.

Water and the extension of the that is their own misfortune and incognito,

Generally speaking the United sewerage system are the only two States policy is that there must be large immediate commitments reciprocity in any service, that is though the expenditure on infant petitioned the Honourable Society started. It is pointed out that welfare will also probably increase of Gray's Inn which called De Americans constitute 75 per cent.materially owing to increase in verteuil to the Bar many years of the passenger traffic on Atlantic the number of children and the ago liners and that 87 per cent. of development of ante-natal. work these Americans travel in foreign which has just been commenced. ships.

is no excuse at all for the plight several other European capitals in-

which they have plunged cluding London.-(Transocean):

into

their own country.

News has been steadily received

in the Colony regarding the loss of ful conclusion of the war, with trade, imports, exports and ship its attendant rewards to those who ping. suffered by the Nipponese helped to finance the campaign since the undeclared war began even the most patriotic of the With each succeeding message the Nipponese have had enough of it situation becomes steadily worse and are not inclined to be exploit and now we have from an unim-ed any further. peachable source that the Internal

ever.

Care will be taken to prevent a repetition of this in the case of

Harman, his evidence completed.

De Verteull was summoned to a private inquiry.

The benchers found him guilty. FINANCIAL IMPROVEMENT

Harman, in his office last, January,. Financially the year was one of

showed me with melancholy satis- air traffic and the United States steady though not of spectacular faction their notice expelling the will insist that at least hair the improvement. Rates. licences and barrister from their midst. aircraft on the Atlantic services rents rose by about 3 per cent

De Verteull knew, that was not

situation has become worse than HAT then will be the next step

WHAT

to be taken by the Japanese must be American. Therefore, be and taxes and fees by about 10 per the end. He told me at the time. Government-a Government that is fore Germans, French, or any dent. All the trading departments ND the cause of this? It is purely military? Used to having others can begin services.

re-had successful years but the ad- that he, feared prosecution. A not difficult to seek. An ex-things their own way Japan's war ciprocal agreements must be made vance in water consumption was amination of the financial situation lords will not be pleased with any

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NOTICE.

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It is proposed to hold a dimmer

3.00

Demonstration by St. John Ambulance Brigade.

A

3.30

Talk by Wing.Commander

A.H. Steele-Perkins.

on Friday, August 12th on the occasion of the 1st anniversary of

revealed the fact that the whole of opposition: but by now, the civilian lines similar to the present Im-out of all proportion to the ad- PRESSURE ON JAPAN the special appropriation of Yen population have become equally

"The Shanghal Volunteer Corps 6.06 Demonstration by St. John 4,800,000,000 for military operations determined to spend no more on a

1937. Mobilisation."" Will all members and ex. members of the S.V.C. mobilized on that occasion who wish to attend please com municate for details, before Tues. day, 5 p.m. to

J.B.H. LECKIE, c/o Union Insurance Society

of Canton.

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consumption rising from 17,020, 000 gallons per day in 1936 to 18. 900,000 gallons per day in, 1937.

RABIES

INTIMATED TO EDITORS

in China, approved by the Diet war that was not of their asking.

A the Government should deem it CHINESE STUDENTS

banding together of Na- last March, will have been ex- On both days models will be hausted before the end of the desirable and expedient to fully

FOR AMERICA

tions "to say to Japan, "You exhibited demonstrating the present fiscal year, that is to say enforce the provisions of the Na-

After su interval of just 30 years should not increase the agony of Hankow, August 8-2

of. Chinese there was an outbreak of rables a stricken people and if you do methods of protecting the Home, in March 1939. Although that ap- tional Mobilisation Bill, what will

3 long way ahead, the next move be on the part of The first batch house fire appliances, lighting pears to be

students going to America to pur-at the end of the year. Although not stop it we will find a way to devices, various types of respira. those in charge of the operations the civilians?

alreadyThe, answer should not be far to sae higher studies salled from the Quarantine and Prevention of make you," was suggested recently tors and protective clothing, etc.. WHERE TO

scratching their seek, but it would nevertheless be Shanghai aboard the Empress of Diseases Ordinance is administer by former Governor H. G, Kump of

ed by Government and is not a Virginia.

He addressed the National Edi- RAISE FURTHER heads, wonder-interesting to see (or rather hear)

Only about thirty students are Municipal affair the Municipality Ing 6179 FUNDS. FOR

how and what excuses the spokesmen of CAMPAIGN? where further

Nippon will have going to the United States this co-operated by placing its Animal torial Association just before the the summer. In sharp contrast to the Infirmary at the disposal of Gov-400 men who edit the small-town funds may be THE "SHOW to offer to the large numbers in previous years, erament and also one of the build press of the Country left to visit raised if the war against China is DOWN" DUE world when to be continued.

SHORTLY time comes for the running often to four or five ings in Farrer Park which was filla demonstration coal mine near

ed up as a station for inoculation: Pocahontas, Va Consulted on the subject, the

"Show down."" for hundred-Central News). „

After the mass inoculation of dogs Finance Ministry blandly stated it is generally expected that this

which was most successfully con- that it could not hope to save will come about in the not too far

ducted by Government the Muni- more than Yen 180,000,000 in the distant future...

cipal Veterinary Department con tinued the inoculation of the dogs

not at which were not dealt with during

FARMERS SAY, "NO KING-HALL FOR US"

The farmers of Ormskirk Lancs, will not support Com- maader Stephen King-Hall, National La T candidate (here at the ext General. Election.

The executive committee of the Agricultural Parliamentary · Asso- ciation in the division held a private meeting recently," and re- solved -

That this association con- siders Commander King-Hall is not a suitable candidate to re-

- present this division, and with-

draws. Its pledge and support."

current general and special tác: ["

counts. That was before. the ten-1 AND while we are on the subject alon arose between Japan and So- of the consequences of the

CHINESE FLEE FROM -KAIFENG-

Loyang, August 8. Unable to stand Japanese op-

viet Russia. Since then consider Sino-Japanese hostilities, let us pression, many. Chinese civilians the intensive campaign, able sums have had to be spent also examine the altuation in in Kaifeng have fled to other

RAID CHUNGSHAN

on troop movements etc., so that China. A totally different outlook! places Looting by Japanese Bol- JAPANESE PLANES the position has become even more The country has grown more diers is reported to be rampant in serious than it was at first feared. united than in any period of her the city (Central News).

The Cabinet will hold a special history. The morale of the people meeting shortly to devise ways and remains at the highest pitch and means

raided.

Chungshan

In the face of bombing of civilians, the former Governor said. "I am not quite certain that the United States and other

great Nations, should. once band together" and take action against this practice."

Roy Dickinson, President of the Printers Ink publications, ad- ronged mig, co-operative advertising of Canton. August 8. campaigns, as the

yesterday. public now holds. He said: of meeting the latest the future is viewed, not in dread HEROIN PILLS - Three Japanese naval planes eradicating fallacies which

"There will be no place in this emergency that has confronted as is "the case with Japan, but

So Bum 68, appeared before Mr. They released four bombs at the country, but those who have hopefully.

One house was kind of copy which squirms or dis- China, confident of ultimate Barnett at the Kowloon-Court Keung Mo, killing seven civilians new type of advertising for any an jutimate knowledge of the true

torts the facts. situation in Japan fall to see how victory, has plans for the reyesterday charged with unlawful and wounding 20.

"It will have to be honest, fortbes the money can be raised. For one habilitation and reconstruction of possession of heroin puy demolished.

Later the raiders dropped two thing the people have given as her vast territories... work, when Sub-Inspector W. Armitt, In ask-

at Toumoon, but no right, put before the attention of much as they can. Let down by completed, that will put her on an ing for a week's remand said that

done (Central honest, frank, and forthright peo the militarista more times than equal footing with the most modern the number of heroin pills seized

plo." was about 4000. can be imagined over the "success countries in the world

damage

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