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SHAREHOLDERS.

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C. M. MANNERS.

Secretary,

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG.

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CORRESPONDENCE.

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HONGKONG, SEPTEMIER 34, 1938.

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Dear Sir, I shall be very grateful it you will allow me through the medium of your paper to explain

EDITORIAL

VOLUNTEER ORDERS

ORDERS BY LIEUT. COLONEL H.

B. ROSE, M.C., COMMANDANT, HONG KONG VOLUNTEER "DEFENCE CORPS

RIFLE-TABLE A

Sunday 25th September. Kow

the following regulations regarding leon City B Range. 9 am, Corps Air Raid Précautions Examinations Signals, Engineer Company and as prescribed by the Home Office, M.G. Signals. and conducted by the St. John Range Office:-Captain Ambulance Brigade. as I have Bottomley.. received many enquiries regarding these examinations,

This is

J. H.

"ANTI-GAS OLARS The class for instruction Grade 1 Instructors Examination 'teration of respirators will com- for the certificate as mence at HQ. at 5.45 p.m. on prescribed by the Home Office for Wednesday 28th September. granting to officially recognised in-

N.C.O'S M.G. INSTRUCTORS" structors for lecturing to the

COURSE Brigade and General Public.

Monday 26th September. H.Q. (These certificates are, inter- London Omce: 53. Fleet Street changeable between the St. John 5.30 p.m. A. Cars Stoppages.

Tuesday 27th September. HQ Ambulance Organisation and the E.0.4.

5.30 p.m. B Class-Stoppages. British Red Cross Bociety).

H.Q. The examination consists of Thursday 29th September. three parts, cral. the delivery of 5.30 pm, H Class-Mechanism.

lecture-the marking being Friday 30th September. HQ. 5.30 chiefly for notes made, style of p.m. A Class Mechanism. CABINET CRISIS delivery, power to impart know-

ledge, and Interest the audience Thursday 29th September Stone IN YESTERDAY'S BRITISH etc, and a written examination. In Fier, Stanley. 6.30 p.m. Those off- OFFICIAL WIRELESS. Lord Hall-all three examinations 75 per cent cers who have submitted their Jax, the Foreign Secretary..appeal is the minimum for a pass.

names will attend. ed to the public to suspend judg-|. This certificate is officially re- all ment on recent, events until the cognised for instruction-in real facts are known. Appeals of A.R.P. årst aid work, and only dif- this nature are all very well butters from the CAOS (Cilian the British people have every Anti Gas Schools inasmuch as right to be informed, especially at it does not qualify for Instruction a critical juncture like the pre- in subjects outside first aid work. sent, what the facts afe; they do e.x. road decontamination. and

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BEACH MANNING

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1938.

CHINESE PRESS CHINA TO-DAY SERIES - VI

THE GENTLE ARTS OF SELF-DEFENCE

COMMENT

Czechoslovakia And Mr. Chamberlain

Commenting on the Euro- pean situation after the cap- itulation of Czechoslovakia, the

20 Takungpao in

editorial deplores the isolated condition of the country.

BY JACK CHEN

There are more" people singing songs about liberty, equality and fraternity in China to-day than in any other country. There are more plays in China than anywhere else in which Hitler, Mussolini and Japanese militarist are the actors. There are more artists here drawing the horrors of wak, the virtues of peace and the heroism of the common man than ever before.

Due to the heterogeneity of her

set to music. For the time being, birds, bam, popular slogane ethnic elements. and to the fact that she being a country recently boos, nudes and half-slices of Sometimes, old folk melodies would, created through the efforts of water-melon have taken a back be used, or new western style Britain and France, is still subject seat. Waterfalls and "peonies at music. A two-day stop in a town to depending on their support, the noon" are ata discount. These was time enough for a full dress.. editorial admits of the country's are still admired, but the crowd performance. natural weak points.

passes on quickly. The demand is The demands for the right of for posters, woodcuta, cartootis and self-determination by the other art that throbs with the struggle Hungarian, Polish and even Slavtor freedom.

Nearly every town in China “ has its theatre. Concert sets," clowns, choruses, simple anti- Japanese plays would be given and invariably Hitler and Alus- solini would be there, Skil- fully old folk art forms would be used to give modern mean- 'ings. In the bigger towns and cities more sophisticated por «formances took place, three net plays with realistle stage set- tings. lighting effects..

minorities, it is feared, will follow. More than ever, art has spread Although realising the difficult down to the millions, press art, position of Mr. Chamberlain, it is wall newspapers, posters, exhibi- greatly doubted if the step he has tions by artists of the struggle at taken cannot but result in bringing the front and the rear are seen about the opposite end. As Mr. in popular form in Canton, Han- Anthony Eden, in his speech pre-kow, Kunming, and Yenan. cisely declared, "with the present The new songs are heard from danger removed. others will crop end to end of the country. Travel- up as a result of an appetite ing from Canton to the North. I saw performances by two other whetted by the triumph of might west. I heard the""March of the large groups, organised by the over right.".

Volunteers" at least once every Boy Scouts of Shanghai that had A general war, instead of thus day, and in a dozen dialects. New toured hundreds of cities and The change in ime should be being averted, is; on the contrary.

encouraged to break out sooner ori later.

Dress-8.D. cap. K. D. jacket and trousers.

noted.

Left

کرنے

PARADES

1st Battery Section: Fray

་་

Only much more embrollments. 30th unfortunately, can be expected of

not want to be kept in the dark repair, demolition of buildings, fire September. HQ. 5:30 p.m. Arms the present joint manipulations of indefinitely.

brigade, special duties, wardens drill. Those detailed Miniature Mr. Chamberlain and Herr Hitler. Reports from London indicate official training. or the essential Range. Dress-overalia. shat, after the rejection of Herr services referring to water light.

enlein's ultimatum by the Czech and food supplies. Government, British policy follow,

ed a two-fold trend:-

1. A very definit» «rengtheting ** the Anglo-French entente and of the corresponding defensive mili tary precautions; but

2. sinister refusal to abandon the policy of pressing Prague to minke further concessions.

The impression was that, prior,

Grade II Instructors Examination This certificate does not quality for instruction, but for assistance to Grade I Instructors, or the conduct of tutorials, practical work etc provided that 露 Grade I Instructor is responsible for the class.

41

2nd Battery

Wednesday and Thursday, 28t

5.30 pm. Gun dr. Dress-Over- and 29th September. R.M.S. Tamar. 5.15 p.m. Subsection D. Those de-

tailed riding exercise. Dress- alls and S.D. cap..

Blue overalls.

Friday

HO 30th September. 5.15 p.m. Recruits-Riding

ise,

exer-

Army Service Corps Company Thursday 29th September. Star Fetry, Kowloon 5.30 pm. Convoy combined with map reading” exer- cise.

Engineer Company Sunday 25th September. Rifle Table A. See para. 1 above.

Monday 26th September (1) DEL. Section, H.Q. 5.30 p.m L. Ordinary A.R.P. Certificate. For instruction. (1) LL instruction.

Thursday 29th September. (1) to Herr Hiter's final Nuremberg all Brigade members and are re- speech, a temporary agreement on cognised by the Home Office viz DEL Section. R.E. Instructional In order to make it a success all a line to be pursued in Prague was (1) Trained and (II) Untrained. Shed. 5.30 p.m. DEL instruc-owners of cars are requested to reached between the Germans and The trained hold two certificates tion, (11) LL, Section. HQ 5.45 p.m.bring them. A section of the British Cabinet' a first aid one and an A.R.P. the L.L. instruction. and It appears that, when Sir untrafried-auxiliary, one or the Nevile Henderson, British Ambas- other. All Brigade members spdor to Berlin, returned to his should hold both.

a.m

Corps Signals

Medical Section

CHARACTERS AT THE FRONT...

By Jack Chen

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Tuesday 27th September. B.Q. Sunday 25th September. Kow- 15.30 p.m. Lecture by R.A.M.C. loon City B Range. Rifle Table 4. Oncer." post before the Fuchrer's speech. General Public Examination for R. V. Star Ferry, Kowloon. 8:30

Pay Section he was convinced of Nazi agree-Ordinary Certificate.

songs are appearing constantly. villages. For the first time in DressMusketry arrde", Friday 30th September. H. 5.30 There seems to be little diminu-China, juvenile art is being taken ment to the line of action proposed A very important part of the shorts and puttëës.

!p.m..

tion in the stream of books really seriously. Performances by by London for the pext phase. Government scheme is the educa- Tuesday 27th September. H.Q. CUPPS ORDERS-AMENDMET and magazines coming from the the Wandering Childrens' Drama- .. When the British Government tion of the general pubile in A.R.P. 5.30 p.m. Signal instruction Rerence Corps Orders No. 8/33 presses, but there is a marked in tie Troupe are unforgettable. They first faced the possibility of being Firstly-because

such education

Machine Gun Troop

dated 25.2.38, para. 5. Delete the crease in the mass distribution transport you to that wonderland Involved in war, its first act was when thoroughly done in a course

Tuesday 27th September. HQ name of No. 2228 Spr. W. R. Brum-type of literature:

where play is life and life is play to bring pressure upon of eight lectures, is the greatest 5.30 p.m. Lecture on maintenance weli. PRESSURE Prague to yield and prevention of panic. Secondly--

ON

later, a further and because a large number of helpers of Motor Transport. IN THE GOODS of ANNA]- CZECHS still stronger wave of are needed to staff first aid posts MARGARET. MAJOR, late

British pressure was and to form casualty clearing par- of 7, Waterdale, Winter Hill, brought to bear on President Benes ties. Many of the Brigade would be called to the colours, therefore Cookham Dean, in the

In other words. the intensiica- we must have a large auxillary County of Berks, in the tion of the Nazi threats at Nurem- reserve to meet this need of all United Kingdom, Widow,

berg were employed and were in-jages and physical grades.

well nation Thirdly because a deceased.

tended to be understood as the clever accompaniment of a new educated In A.R.P. is less likely to British attack behind the scenes be attacked by gas, as panic or in Prague.

permanent injury is not likely to Then came a surprising leading result if known preventitive mea article in "The Times" demanding sures are properly understood and the secession of Sudetenland to practised.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Court has by virtue of the provisions of Section 58 of Or, 'dinance No. 2 of 1897 made an order limiting the time for credi. tors and others to send in their claims against the above estate to 13th October, 1938.

AB Creditors and others are

accordingly hereby required to send their claims to the under signed on or before that date.

DEACONS,

Solicitors for the Executors,

1. Des Voeux Road Central, Hong Kong.

and his Cabinet.

Germany, a leading article which The above are the official ex- was submitted before publication aminations as prescribed by the to the German Embassy in Lou- Home Office in conjunction with don, and which immediately led to the recognised Red Cross Societies. Full Course is for Fire Brigade, ENCOURAGED BY THIS, Herr Police, Air Raid Wardens etc. Hitler was led to under-estimate Short Course of five lecture for the strength of British public indoor workers.

The local body is in urgent

an uproar.

opinion but this fault was none

of his own-it was due to the need of Transport workers and mistaken and unsuccessful attempt more. Auxiliary-A.R.P. Courses for

of the Chamberlain Government; the latter are regularly held at to muffle all views other than its Brigade Headquarters.

תקים

- APPOINTMENT

Armoured Car Section

Cpl. K. B. Mehal, Corps Signals Tuesday 27th September. HQ Acting Sgt. 23.9.38. 5.30 p.m. A Class-Stoppates. A Class-LA.

Friday 30th September. HQ.

6.15 p.m. for Kennedy Road Range.

Tacse detailed-Fart 1 Remain- der-Driving instruction.

Motor Machine Gun Platoon. Friday 30th September. HQ. 5.30 p.m. A Class-LA. all positions. B Class-LA. Nos. 1 and 2 positions, 3 and 4 poni. C. Class-1.A. Nos.

tions.

No. 1 MG. Company" Friday 30th September, H.Q. 5.30 p.m. A and B Classe Lecture on Occupation of a Position, Duties of INC.Os. etc. C Class-LA, and 12 positions...

No. 2 M.G. Company

Lic. L. Alltree, Co.ps Signals, Acting Cpl. 23.9.38,

Lic. J. Dobson. Corps Signals,

Acting" Cpl. 23.5.38.

ATTACHMENT CSM., C. E M., Tersy Corps No. 4 MG. Coy. 23.9.38.

TRANSFER Pte. L G. Morales, A.A. Com pany. Unit Reserve. 7.9.38...

Gar. D. E. Davies,, 2nd Battery No. 4 M.G. Coy, 23.9.38..

Pl. 23.9.38.

mas

.. and the Chinese always win, the traitor is always caught, 'and Anally the Japanese soldier sees the errors of his ways and repents. This troupe has performed all the way from Shanghai to Hankow, to Chengchow and back. It is now

the

Thursday 30th September. Hof Pte. GʻAinslie, No. 1 M.G. M.M.G. is a mass school where the funda· truth to millions of people is as

5.30 p.m. MG. instruction.

dangerous to the Japanese several well armed divisions.

Truckloads of priceless art treasures were seized by the Japanese in the sack of Nan- king. Truckloads of ancient masterpieces are DOW being carted from Pelping. Every- body knows how much the Ja- panese love art

While the war has put a virtual stop to advanced re- search due to the destruction of the universities, it has

in quickened activity education, in the spread of Jiteracy. And this work is being in-on a tour up the Yangtze.

ART SPREADS L/C. W. H Taylor, Corp Signals creasingly organised. Canton has its Mass Education Institute, that Acting Cpi 23.9.38.

Art has spread not only down to Sigma. M. Wong Quincey, MG not only runs schools

and pro-the people, but across the coun paganda corps but has done ex try. Shanghal used to be Signals, L/Cpl. 23.9.38.

centre for "cartooning. Pte. D. E. Davies, No. 4 M.G. Coy cellent work in putting up vital great art

Information and statistics in easily To-day, the Shanghai cartoonists Acting Cpl. 23.9.38.

understood graphic form. in pre-can be found on the guerilla fromts paring thousands of posters show 'of anhwel, Shanai, Bhensi, Kansa H.Qing the progress of the war and Hankow, Chungking, Changsha, what factors are involved. The Canton, Hongkong. Lists of other North West Special Region directs art workers would show like re- this mass education as part of the 'sults. The artists have shrumk functions of the Education Depart from no dangers" in carrying, on ment on a par with schools. In their work. And this democrati- the best armies, every army camp cally organised art that tells the

mentals of citizenship are taught.

LEAVE

SPECTACULAR EXPLOITS ་་ No. 3 M.G. Company.

A. D. Wylle, No. 2 M.G Sgt.

More spectacular are the exploits.| Sunday, 25th, September. Stone-Company. 13.8.35-30.11.38.

of the artists and theatre-people. All Old cutters. Sections 1, 3, 8 and 9 M.G.

Spr. W. R. Bramwell, Eng Coy. From centres like Wuhan, Kwel- Members are required to enlist in Part IL Launch leaves Queen's Pier DEL Sec. 7.2.38-12.9.38-

lin and Canton, the artists are Spr. Ngan Yah Kwai, LL. See putting out printed posters in The Cabinet in the meantime the Reserve Section, so that their at 8.15 am, and Kowloon Police

editions of tens of thousands that continued its negotiations with services may be utilised if neces-Pier at 8.30 am: Dress-optional. tion. 13.9.28-11.10.38.

Monday 26th September. H.Q „Germany 1or the slicing of Czecho-, sary.

C.Q.M.S, L. J. Cave, Pay Section. are sent all over the coountry by Please apply to the undersigned 15.30 p.m. 8. and A. Gun' and Lock

22.10.38-21.8.39. 1792 slovakia and, at the same time,

the Political Bureaux, but the ar and Care and Cleaning. conversations with the French for any further information.

tists are found also at the verr. At the same time, universities and ROSA LANGLEY (HON SEC)

Re-hundred on paper and

fronts brushing out posters by the libraries have been thoroughly

Centres of on walls, bombed.

learning Together with theatrical "groups gutted. The "dangeroga "thought" they are found far behind the Ja- ban is complete in all occupied cities. All creative art is stopped. panese outpost cities.

The theatrical and art group of Death sentences are passed for Central Publicity Board or possessing modern Chinese books, Hankow, was for instance, trapped The burning of pictures....death. in Esuchow. broke through the for one patriotic Chinese, word is Japanese Lines (two of the mem- bers were killed), and i... pound

MOVE TO EXTERMINATE

CULTURE Left themselves once again in Chinese territory. They rejoined their

The Japanese do not want to re Bat-units after a month's walking from peat the mistake of other would

Huchow to Shanghai, "acting all be conquerors in allowing the un- 2nd they way. Sections of the famous interrupted development of China's woman novelist Ting Ling's Front culture, that to-day preaches de- Service Corps are active in the mocracy realiam, liberty, peace, North East Shansi-Hopeh-Charter brotherhood.... In fact is a dead- territories that stretch underly antidote to Emperor worship, Chinese jurisdiction up to the fascism, slavery, war all the gates of Pelping.*

things that are the pillars of Ja“ I travelled with Ting Ling's main panese militarian, bak group on the last stage of a year's This destruction of culture la Adjutant, HE.V.D. Corps tour through Shanst and Shenat part of the military operations of "AFFILIATED UNIT" It had some fifty members actors, the Total War. It Coes not shrink Nursing Detachment, HK,V.D.C. posts, playwrights, singers, music from the extermination of the in- The next lecture on First Aid lans. dancers. At every reading tellectuals, has already occupied but all will be given by Professor L. T. place, the sound of fiddle or drunt the old centre of cultur Ride at the P.WD. Offices on Fri- would quickly collect a crowd to

(Continued on Page 3). day 30th September at 5.30 p.m.

RAINFALL BELOW AVERAGE

."

Total Hongkong rainfall to date this year is 47.02 inches. This is "against an average of 15.91 inches," and is thus 28.89 inches below average...?

The maximum temperature yes terday was 85, the minimum 79, which were the same as on Thurs- day.

NAVAL MOVEMENTS Eight American warships were

in harbour yesterday, being units

of the U.8. Asiatic Fleet, on their cruise. Their annual summer names are the Pecos, Pope, Alden, | Whipple. Heron, Barker," Paul Jones and J. D. Edwards." The length of their stay in the Colony

has not yet been determined.

HMS, Cardiff, sent out Bart as Telief to HM8 Adventure, is due here on Monday.

A motor bus service between Hengyang (Human) and Kwellin (Kwangsi) was inaugurated on September 16.'".

Trime Minister, M. Daladier, were kept up. apparently concerning the Anglo-French entente and the corresponding defensive tiltary precautions............

To the astonishment of 'M: Dala- dier, "Mr. Chamberlain, with the

"

STRENGTH-DECREASE

No. 4 MG. Company

F, Cdt, H. L. Tudor, Air Arm Tuesday 27th September. EQ. 5.30 p.m. No. 16 Platoon-Methan- serve, 30.4.38. am, revision.

Sgt. M. R. Deb, Corps COMMITTAL CASE

Wednesday 28th September H.Q23.9.38. HEARING FIXED 5.30 p.m. Nos. 13 and 14 Platoons Spr. Li Ping Kwad, LL, Section

23.9.38. Hearing of committal proceedings- A all positions.

STRENGTH INCERASE crisis already visible, entered into against Ho Tai-po and Shek Wai- Friday 30th September. H.Q 5.30 & long homily on the "undestra-kwan, charged with "counselling. p.m. Nos. 13 and 14 Pla-Prepara bilty of anything to hasten co-procuring, or commanding Li Lam tion for Part 1 M.G. No. 15 Platoon 8.9.38.

operation with Soviet to cast or throw a corrosive auid Repairs and Adjustments. Points "BOCIAL" Russia The French

on Yu Tak-chen with intent to B.DA. HOSTILITY Prime Minister was burn, main, or disfigure her," and

Portuguese Companies

..

Pie. K. S. Kjaer, No. 1 MG Coy, Pte. A. Beck, No. 1. M.G. Coy. Res, 18.938.-,

Gar. Joseph W, Yu, ist Bty. Bec. 10.9.38. ...

dar. W. B. Rae-Smith, 2nd Gor. M.Y.T.-W. Fiennes.

Pte. M. C. Hung, No. 3 M.G. Com AA. Company. N.C,O's, Drill, Dany 19.9.38, 14

Sigmn. N. J. Booker, M.G. Bign Trained men--A.A. handling. Re

als 19.9.38.-

S, F. HEDGCOE,

Major,

left with the start against Li Lam, charged with Tuesday 27th September. fing impression that, the "social" throwing the corrosive fluid, pro- No. 5 MG. Company. N.C.OS. hostility of the British Pring visionally fixed by Mr. Q. A. A detailed-HQ 9.15 p.m. for Ken-tery. 19.9.38. Minister and his advisers to the Macfadyen at the Kowloon Court nedy Road Range. M.G. Part 1. Soviet system was actually over yesterday for Thursday, Friday, Remainder-HQ. 5.30 pm.. L. A Battery, 19.9.38. riding in their minds the military and Saturday, October 3, 4, and 6. all positions. demands of their country's defence.

Again, on the occasion of the

Royal Visit to France this summer,

Meanwhile; gunfire has already

4

30

¥

...

Lord Halifax solemnly delivered M. bably the biggest single long-term cruits-Miniature Range

Sunday 2nd October. Stonecut- Blum with a lecture on the social factor in the apparently perilous undesirability of Bolshevism, as series of hesitations, shufflings and tera. Ride Table B.

Machine Gun Bignals though the British Government betrayals of the past three weeks.

Sunday 25th September. Rine were in a position to select who should be France's potential allies started in Czechoslovakis and for Table A. See pura, I above, and who should not.

this a great deal of the respon Monday: "28th September. H.Q OF THE EXISTENCE THIS elbility must fall on the shoulders 5.15 p.m. Subsections A B and D

his Lecture. Anti-gas duties. ATTITUDE--and the knowledge in of Mr. Chamberlain, and Berlin that it does exist--is pro-associates,

Wednesday 28th September, HQ

:

the

learn new songs many of them

the rule.