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WATER SUPPLY.

notified It is hereby

that commencing on Thursday, 1st September, the hours of supply to all districts on the Island and in Kowloon and New Kowloon will

he

6-11 A.M. and 4-9 P.M.

R. M. HENDERSON,

Water Authority. Public Works Department, Hong Kong, 29th August, 1938.

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COMMITTEE

TURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1938.

CHOLERA RAGES He..o & Goodbye

IN EASTERN

MEETING DISTRICTS

Sum Of $242,911

To Be Considered

to

Supplementary expenditure the extent of $242,911 will be con- sidered by the Finance Committee of the Legislative Counell today...

Among the more important items Are:-

550,000 to the Public Works Department for the purchase of the land and buildings belong- ing at present to the Tung Wah Infectious Diseases Hospital at Kennedy Town.

ap-

OF CANTON

Several anti-cholera · squads, organised by the Provincial Bureau of Public Health, loft- Canton yesterday for the East- ern district where oholera is rampant. About 7,000 persons In these districts have died and over 20,300 are stricken by the epidemic...

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BY A.W. HYER -

The last two or three days have been quite agreeable, and we know you all have found them so when it came to the weather de- partment. Just rain for those early sirplants and the rest of the day cool breezes and sunshine.

The truth to tell, we have been sitting" on the end of Pier 1 swinging our toes in the water, enjoying life with our fishing line and codgutating on all the peoples who would like to go sailing away from our beautiful weather and knowing they could not-Ah! very, very few boats in.

We are not really onery, and just to show you here is some news about people gone but oh! no, not forgotten.

Air France

Other anti-cholera squads also left for the West River districts and M. V. Gneisenau to Luchow. In the south, where

The PING! WENT THE bawser on that MIDST MUCH RAINING (but we need more inches) and much cholera has also broken out.

hot noontime last Friday when conditions in the western and

all set to thunder Air France called at Kai southern districts are, however, the "Gneisenau" was

snuggle up to the wharf. But after Tak, Wednesday 11.15 am. It has been proposed that Gov-not so severe as in the east,

Mr. D. D. LI arrived on a busi Yuchow

by a small delay this delightful ship aflicted #Iso ernment should acquire the pre- mises in order to make the site cholera. Intensive propaganda is was all tied up and dischargingnes strip. Due to the shut down of passenger air service to the available for possible future exten-conducted by students to prevent many people from the north,

Visiting the Colony for two weeks north China, this this gentleman. slons to the adjoining Government the spread of this disease, states Infectious Diseases Hospital. The car Canton correspondent

will be Mr. S. L. Soons. of Shang from Chungking had to use the

round about route. hai transaction was informally

Eurasia Aviation Corporation ar- charming Chinese gentle- proved by the Finance Committee

MAIL SALVAGEDman's trip is chainly one of bus-fairs demand his attention in the in June, 1937.

ness for his office, ne National Colony, but due to our fudging on Industry Bank. It has been some our Chinese lessons we could, not Another important Air France intends to find a little time for the

arrival was Mr. W. L. Band, from social activities. ime since his last call here and he gather much news for you.

A pleasant and successful visit North China. The China National Aviation Corporation business calls to you.

charming this gentleman a visiting. The beautiful and

No statement as yet froin th Mrs. V. T. Gardner returned from

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DEATH SELL-On August 21, 1938, at The

"OFFICERS' QUARTERS

Chungshan, Aug. 31. Grove, Seal, Kent.. very sud-

$10,000 to the Public Works De-.

After great efforts, all mall, car- denly, Sir John William An- derson Bell, of 10. Cumberlandpartment for the purchase of pro-i Terrace, Regent's Park. N.W.1.perty situated at No. 534 Magazine tied by the ill-fated C.N.AC. liner The body of the plane, which partner, Messrs. Gray. Dawes Gap Road for use as Sentor Om-Kwellin has been salvaged. & Co., London, and Messrs. cers' quarters.

It is stated that the return to had been raised above water, sank Mackinnon, Mackenzle & Co.,

Government by way of rent and in the stream again owing to its Calcutta. aged 65.

saving in rent allowances will be great weight. six percent on the purchase price.

340,300 to the Kowloon- Canton Railway for repairs to rolling stock due to the colll- sion in Shatin on July 13. BOMBING DAMAGE. $4.318 to the Kowloon-Canton Raliway for repairs to one lo comotive and two wagons damaged by bombing whilst in transit over the Chinese Section of the line..

$50,000 to the Medical Depart-

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CHANGE OF ADDRESS.

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HONG KONG, SEPTEMBER 1, 1938.

JAPAN'S -FINANCES

THE TALK given by Mr. Guenther Stein, the well-known author and authority on economics and finance, at the Rotary Club on Tuesday on the economic position of Japan, was interesting in more ways than one, especially as the By Order of the Board of speaker had been a resident in Japan for some years and his talk c/o Messrs... LOWE, BINGHAM | Directors.

was based on first-hand informa- than gathered

addressed to:-

& MATTHEWS,

Mercantile Bank Building,

Hong Kong.

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG.

PROBATE JURISDICTION.

G. MILNE,

Secretary, Hong Kong, 31st August, 1938.

G.

tion

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PUBLIC AUCTION. PARTICULARS AND CON- DITIONS of the Sale by Pablic IN THE GOODS of Robert Auction to be held on Tuesday, Henry Bott, late of Ling the 6th day of Sept., 1938, at wood Liss, in the County of 3 p.m., at the Offices of the Hampshire, England, Lieu Public Works Department, by tenant Colonci, Indian Medi Order of His Excellency the cal Service (Retired), do Governor of one Lot of Crown Land at Shamshulpo, in the Colony of Hong Kong for a NOTICE IS HEREBY term of.75 years, commencing GIVEN that the Court has by from 1st July, 1893, with the virtue of Section 58 of the Pro-option of renewal at a Crown bates Ordinance 1897, made an Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor Order Imiting the time for of His Majesty the "KING, for creditors and others to send in. one further term of 24 years less

the last three days thereof.

ceased.

their claims against the above estate to the 28th day of Septem- ber, 1938.

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Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the dis. All Creditors and others' are

posal of the lat the Purchaser accordingly hereby required to send their claims to the under-if not the applicant) will be signed on or before that date.

Dated the 31st day of August,

1938.

JOHNSON, STOKĖS & MASTER, Solicitors for the Executor, Hong Kong and Shanghai

Bank Building;"

Hong Kong.

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MACAO JOCKEY CLUB. SEPTEMBER RACE

MEETING. REMINDER.

Owners are reminded that en tries for the above meeting close on Thursday, 1st September. 1938.

By

CHENG,

Secretary

required to deposit with an authorised officer who will be present at the sale, the sum of two hundred dollars, ($200) -f cash. This sum will be refunded on payment of the Purchase price,

"rather

The bodies of Mr. LJ Chia-sung and Mr. Chen Chien-lei are still summer vacationing in Weinate, company as to the future policy, missing. While the remains of Her young son sports a lovely tan we hope, however, that all will be Mr. Singloh Hsu, Mr. Y. Hu, and and they are both happy to be back straightened out in the near future..

Empress of Russia others will be shipped to their with Hong Kong friends again.

Sunk beneath suitcases, boxes, native town for burial, those of

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Dr. Lu Yi and Mrs. Li Chia-sunggolf clubs, tennis rackets and a WE ALMOST HAVE TO TURN Captain, be buried

the travelling trame. will

here. (Central sports coat was Mr. Charles Free-night into day to keep up with

man down from Shanghai, News).

We do not know whether this Patrick brought his vessel into harbou 8.30 am, Wednesday, from man, and he must be by the name,

Manila.

CONVICT STAGES all we could see, were the feet, was

with

hiding from us, disgusted

And here is Mr. G. D. Litchfield.

does

fore heading North. He ment. The provision of $140.000 A SIT-OUT STRIKE coolies or if he was just stopping by again for a helle be-

resting from a delightful journey. Just the same we could not get travel, this executive, for the Sun.

Government hospitals by be- 11 Hours On Chimney any conversation going with one Life Insurance Company. We hope

tween one-quarter and one-third over last year's 5gure.

Top

Dartmoor convicts recently who

MEMORIAL FUND booed a fellow prisoner

DRIVE

"Hankow, Aug. 31.

had staged i sit-out strike on top of a 75 ft chimney stack, and cheered the warder who went to his reactie. The

convict,

about had served

twelve

parade

where be was exercising

eye peeking through golf sticks and you will spend a walle

this time. the other a suit case handic-80 the score was "you are doing fine hope you like Hong Kong. "Hello", Imperial Airways

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Nole of Interest: The Prince Batavia and company office Inspec- tion. He reports, "I will be glad and Princess Ferdinand of Prussia, to come back to Hong Kong in who are spending their honeymoon January and I'll be spending more travelling, are at present in Shang- hal They will arrive in the Co- than a month here this winter."

with us1

Mr. and Mrs. A. Barretto arrived from Manila and business affärs forrest, relaxation and pleasure. Many years have passed since they called at Hong Kong and they were IT WAS SIX O'CLOCK in the highly interested in the growth and morning" Tuesday. We were improvements which have taken We hope that your two weeks' named Dawson sleeps as usual, everybody else was place. Sponsored by, Messrs. Yu Ya-

sleepy

one passenger was

dalus" was all set to be taken off one. ching. Chang Yuan-tsi. Ho Teh-who kwel, and other prominent Chinese months of a sentence for house-snoring in his couch The Daevist will be a happy and enjoyable

new M. V. Ruys for Bangkok by the "brand leaders, a drive for a memoria breaking, ran from the fund for the late Mr. Hsu Singloh. ground,

well Dressed THE VERY NICE STEAMER of the Immaculate and

Dutch Ling will be visiting us well-known Chinese banker, who and climbed the steam pipe which Captain J. N. Wilson. was killed in the recent C.N.AC. runs up the side of the chimney

with a huge pipe, in his mouth plane outrage, has been launched stack,

For 11 hours he sat on top of the waited Mr. Robert White, or Stan for another week due to repairs. Shanghai The drive will continue until stack, plainly visible to hundreds dard Oil of New Jersey, On his She will be ready to set forth for the end of October. A committee of holiday-makers who thronged way to Bangkok, thence KLM, to the south September 8th. will then be organised to keep the the roads outside the prison. fund and decide on its use. He threatened to hit anyone who climbed up to him, and (Central News).

occasionally shouted that he would jump to his death.

We will be glad to have you add lony within the next two weeks, Efforts to "smoke" him off his Charged

continuing to

Clipper, for a visit in Mania. perch by stoking up the furnaces your pleasant self to the winter and y via Pan-American Airways' These two outstanding popular travel on a bus after he had been failed. But after watching his fel going-ons, Adios.

A round triper is Doctor H. Todd, Of course the propagandists, and requested to alight. Mr. T. B. M tow convicts march back to their spokesmen of Japan (official and Connolly was fined $10 when be cells at the end of their day's work London being his destination. The people have several friends in the

and welcome them. shouted that he would come trip is a personal one and will be Colony who are anxious to greet otherwise) are still trying to con- appeared at the Kowloon Court he

short, down. vince the world that Japan is in yesterday before Mr. Macfadyen.

Members of his family were on Mr. Connolly was represented by Scaffolding was constructed, and a very flourishing state, and that.

The descended while. prisoners hand to bid "Happy Landings" and no matter how long drawn out the Mr. J. M. D'Almada Remedios.

His plea was that he had bought watching from their cell windows were excited as he over his flying plenty in the coffers of the conn-a five-cent ticket when boarding cheered the warder who climbed Journey. We add our best wishes

This ticket he considered up to assist him and sent cat-calls And sleeping.soundly not worry- try to meet all demands.

a contract binding on the Kowloon echoing across the prison.

ing or thinking about an airplane The man's action was a protest at waiting for Him was Mr. R. E. De BUT TO RETURN to Mr. Stein's Motor Bus Co., the Company hav

address. He says, that gener-ing to deliver the passenger at the the refusal of the prison doctor to Lasola. Imperial Ahways super ally speaking the standard of stop where he wished to alight.

service rose to the occasion, a tele- certify his removal to hospital, The defence alleged that the bus

phone call at 6 a.m. brought this uving in Japan, which had been

stopped at the station

amusing person with full speed to on the downward trend since the had not

he the airport. In the plane "Manchurian Incident," has con- where Mr. Connolly had wished to

skidded and away to Bangkok and until it would tinued to fall off, and since the alight. Mr. Connolly had refused beginning of the present hostili- to leave "the bus

station carry him back to the

Alexander Ivaneskevick. 33. a Batavia at 6.20 am. ties this has been accentuated.

Retail prices have soared till which had been passed without a mechanic, and his wife, Valentine Delphinus-Tuesday Arrival"

Ivaneskevich, both "Russian sub- they are now almost 60 stop.

material."

The speaker gave some well- founded facts about the first category of Japan's economic difficulties and stressed the point that these are being felt very in- tensely by the people of Japan.

war will be. there is money in

+

EUROPEAN FINED

the bus

with

.'

RETAIL per cent. higher than The bus was driven to the Kow- PRICES in 1931 while the real loon City Police Station. There SOAR

income "of the average Mr. Connolly was charged full-time worker has

against China is continued for any length of time it must mean finan cial ruin for the country.

Japan is spending something like 15,000,000 yen per day on the war, and that does not include the replacement" of planes that have been

29.

PASSPORTS NOT

th

VALID,

Stamp Was Worth £10.000

Owner Wanted 12s

At First

(BY AIR MAIL)

London, August 23. A stamp worth £16,000 was pat on sale at Los Angeles for only 12s until the owner dis- covered his mistake.

A philatelist Mr. Warren du

fects. were each fined $10 by Mr.QUITE REJUVENATED, spick and Bois, bought the stamp in a collec-

span, Impertal's airplane "Del-tion for which he had paid. 260. Edwards at the Central Court yes-

It was an American one cent terday for entering the Colonyphinus" called at Kai Tak 4.03 pm..

blue Issue bearing a Baltimore, without valid passports on August Tuesday. 2

The very handsome German gen- Maryland first day cancellation of

of August 17, 1881... A missionary, Robert Boynton. 34,tleman Mr. E. J. Sauerland,

Before he discovered these de- of America, was also fined $10 on Shanghai, andved from his fing a similar charge,

trip to Europe, but all he would tails Mr. du Bols had offered the

It remain say was "Oh! You, hello," and away stamp for sale at 12s.

ed unsold. Then he inspected It ne ran,

A nice new human being arrived more closely... on the "Delphinus" Tuesday, Capt.

UNCLAIMED

TELEGRAMS

He deciphered the postmark, and

been steadily falling.

The biggest sufferer is, however, the farmer. Even before the war China the Income of the with farmer was grossly "Insufficient, but since then it has become even worse. The prices of als products HEAVY have been cut down but tools. WAR fertilizer, clothing and household CO575

The following unclaimed teles. Hoare, the future Captain of on checking with experts found he necessities cost a lot more now

Great Northern Telegraph Com-the details about this Britisa equipment captured. than they did before the war shot down, vessels wrecked or war grams are lying at the office of the the Imperial plane. By way of all had a rarity worth £10,000.

gentleman, Senior Captain on the TWO TRANSATLANTIC Although 211 difficulties. Inpany:

Chijeff, Hong Kong Jockey Club; Hong Kong to Bangkok route, frat

FLIGHTS MADE The so-called "general mobilisa-

Berlin, August 21. ton of commodities," which pro- placing the new Government loans hibits or restricts the popular con- which were actually issued, have Bang Cheong Pig Stall; 1 Wal call to the Colony, and we hope

Two planes of the German sumption of many manufactures, been overcome. all is still not well, Tu, Luk Kwok Hotel 713 (3 tele- you And it pleasant, and he is very for the actual financing of state grams); Wong Wing Lin, Luk attractive to see. Hello, very glad

Lufthansa Company complet- arid the use of numerous raw

to welcome you,

ed the north Transatlantic materials, of fuel, electric current, expenditure for the war is ve Kwok Hotel 307; Teh Hang, 177 Wanchai Road; 0137; Yim, 5 Fook etc., in the production of goods months behind schedule...

fight on Monday, both flights being executed with complete Despite all this the Japanese Kwan Road; 7060; 0045. for non-military purposes, is only

punctuality. now being enforced with that full still push on blindly, following like vigour which will be most strongly a flock of sheep the orders of the felt by the smallest units of induɛ- | war-mad militarists. It would be most undignifled to do anything

began.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT

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No. of Hain.

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Lot Na 2030.

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Junction of Tai Po Road aud Boundary Street, Shamshuipo.

Contente in

Annnal

Rental.

About

Upeet Price.

try and trade.

ALLEGED FRAUD The case against Elfreda Souza, The Government of Japan has but follow, follow, for all true sons 17, of Station Hotel, charged with admitted that the unemployment of Japan have been taught that obtaining credit by fraud to a total question will be most actite in the the country must come first of 240 from A. Buriukon, of Nathan Road, will be heard by Mr. under any circumstances. very near future.

But loyalty is one thing and Barnett at the Kowloon Court on IT HAS LONG been obvious and ruination another, and so we will the afternoon of Wednesday,

Mr. Stein's figures support the probably see very soon, Japan torn September 7, fact, that the finances of Japan by an internal war in addition to 1745 are tottering and that if the war the one against China.

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Mr. C. A. Butherten Russ will appear for the defence.

Mr. W. A. Cash co-pilot has been transferred from, his usual, position as assistant on the "Della." to the Delphinus," this make quite a combination. Kashima Maru.

One fight, namely that conduct- ea by the plane Nordwind left Horta (Azores) for New York at 1. pm. on Monday and reached its

Y. Yazima the new Hong Kong utes later ANOTHER how do you-do to Mr destination 15 hours and 13 min- Manager for the NYK Line. The return fight started from this gentleman, however, he is glad on Monday and reached its des

Bombay was the last berth for New York for Horts at midnight to be in cooler climes and locks, tination at 2.55 pm on the follow- forward to his duty in the Colony, ing afternoon (Transocean).